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THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1952
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SCHOOLS USED AS RECREATION CENTERS
The use of school buildings in the United States as recreation
centers is growing rapidly.
Taxpayers are becoming conscious of the fact that their invest-
ment of half a million dollars in school buildings has been lying
idle after school closing hours. Wise patrons in many communities
are insisting that school buildings and playgrounds be made avail-
able to the public after schopl day use.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is known as the city of the lighted
school houses. In one year the public school buildings of New York
City were used by 2,300,000 persons after school hours. A total of
108,367 sessions were held.
Since no other plan seems forthcoming to give organized en-
tertainment for the young people of Paducah, perhaps Paducah
taxpayers would not object to the use of the Goodwin cafeteria or
the High School gymnasium for recreation spots. Students would
like to see the school opened for goodwill sessions preceding the
football games, for formal or informal dancing after the games or
for class social functions. Besides using the gym always for sche-
duled out-of-town opponents, how about class games, and use of
the floor for shuffleboard or ping pong or tennis? TAK
HOAD LED THEM 800 MILES
Members of the student cheering section and the Dragon band
traveled 800 miles the past football season.
Faculty members who accompanied these two groups of loyal
rooters were their sponsors, Miss Margurite Mathis and Frank
Wentz, and J, A. Williams, principal.
The longest trip was made three weeks ago to Littlefield, a dis-
tance of 281 miles. At 2 a. m. the loaded busses pulled into Padu-
cah with sleeping passengers—in the main. .,
Not a single flat tire, not a single minute of engine trouble
marred the bus trips. . ,
Should we mention it? Thirty-five Dragons and their coaches,
Raymond Troutman and John Higdon, also made those trips an
put out all they had for 60 minutes of playing time. GG
Texas history students read
every year that the Texans en-
joyed singing ‘“Come to the Bow-
er” as they slugged out some of
their marches before they met
Santa Ana. In class last week the
teacher asked Jerry Mowrey
what the song was. He scratched
his head and guessed, “The Eyes
of Texas”?
* * *
The colorful poster in the front
hall bulletin board came from
the front of Miss Mathis’ “Chris-
tian Advocate” magazine. She
donated it for a “Book Week”
paster, which read “Good Books
Are Good Friends.” The scene
was a library full of bright-
colored books.
* * *
We saw—
Seniors buying their own pen-
cils in order to have a chance
at the beautiful 53-piece set of
Rogers silverware which was giv-
en away Monday night at the
Talent Show . . . Seniors float-
ing around on little pink clouds
recently when their rings arrived
... The next morning after
teachers had looked closely at all
46 of the rings the day before,
one of the girls came in and
asked, “Have you seen my ring
this morning?” (The teacher
looked and admired.)
* * *
Eighteen turkeys had been
stored for more than two weeks
to be used in the traditional
Thanksgiving manner in the
cafeteria yesterday.
* * *
First and second year home-
making girls cannot understand
how third year girls would be-
come fascinated with the scram-
ble of rocks, dead flowers, leaves,
wood and figurines lying unfin-
ished in one of the home ec
rooms. Third year girls say, “Just
wait!”
* * *
Faye Latham Rose collected
the copies of the West Wind and
Shirley Cross packaged and mail-
ed them to Denton for the offic-
ial critical analysis. If the judges
have more than they can handle
already, the papers may not be
read, for (between us) the dead-
line slipped up on the staff and
they were sent off a week late.
* * *
Ray Bradley was absent from
school last Friday when he join-
ed a bus load of young men
bound for Abilene for physical
examinations. Ray hopes to re-
main in school until he can
graduate in May.
* * *
Miss Mathis is a member of
the Family Bookshelf, a book
club organized under the aus-
pices of the Christian Herald.
During Book Week three of the
books she bought this year were
available to upper classmen for
borrowing. Among them were
?‘The Bridge of Heaven” by
Murray Dyer, a novel of the Or-
ient—a doctor, a missionary, and
a woman; and “Cyclone in Cali-
co” by Nina Brown Baker, the
story of the Civil War nurse of
whom General Sherman said,
“She has more power than I . . .
She outranks me!”
* * *
The principal reports 99 stu-
dents with perfect attendance for
the last six-weeks period. Thirty-
three of these were sophomores.
Skyrockets Topple
Dragons 58-0 During
Homecoming Game
In a furious game in which
five players were thrown off, the
brave but weak Dragons bowed
to Wellington 58-0. Magnificent
running by Duncan, Moore,
Woods, Ingram and Johnson net-
ted the Skyrockets pay dirt.
Paducah completed six out of
12 passes for 59 yards while
Wellington completed eight of
nine passes for 140 yards.
WILLIAMS CLEANERS
RUG & UPHOLSTERY SERVICE
Faye Latham Rose: Fall Se-
mester Editor.
Jo Ann Ellis: Assistant Editor.
Shirley Cross: Managing Editor.
Kathryn Sanderson: Exchange.
Raymond Long
John Ross Campbell: Sports.
Tommye Kerr
Kenneth Tippen: Features.
Glenda Flippin
Vera Murray
Don Brothers
Onita Cooper: News.
Special Reporters: Tommye
Kerr, senior; Faye Latham Rose,
junior; Carolyn Cunningham,
sophomore; Bobby Tomison,
freshman; Bill Cartwright, FFA;
Vera Murray, FHA; Ruth Brad-
ford, Band; Lizabeth Long, Pep
Squad.
Miss Katherine Simmons —
journalism teacher and West
Wind sponsor.
J. A. Williams — High School
principal.
Alton Farr—Superintendent of
Paducah schools.
Published weekly except dur-
ing holidays and examination
weeks in the Paducah Post at the
courtesy of the editor-owner.
Home Ec Girls Hear
Grooming Reports
From “Miss Texas'
When Paducah home econom-
ics teachers returned from the
Home and Family Life Educa-
tion conference held in Lubbock
last Saturday, prospective models
in sewing classes learned many
new personality hints.
Mrs. E. G. Kainer and Mrs.
Marshall Baxter attended the
area conference in the Lubbock
Hotel under the direction of Miss
Esther Sorenson, district super-
visor.
Authority for the personality
hints was Miss Connie Wray
Hopping, “Miss Lubbock” and
“Miss Texas” of 1952, who told
the conference all the personal
perfection in the world could not
take the place of mental poise.
This, she explained, spreads _ to
the visible person and explains
charm.
When girls modeled their own
dresses in class last week as a
culmination of their recent pro-
jects, their teachers could see an
improvement in assurance and
poise, they said.
For four days before the show,
girls achieved new charm as
they practiced walking with self-
confidence before their class-
mates, Mrs. Kainer said.
The following girls modeled
two-piece tailored dresses last
Friday at seventh hour: Barbara
Bayne, Billie Lou Branscum,
Shirley Cross, Jerlene Fields,
Barbara Hamilton, Patricia Hut-
chison, Faye Latham Rose, Sue
Sandlin, Nadiah Seal.
THE WEST WIND
Volume
26
No.
12
Student Council, Quarterback Club
Are Hosts To Dragons And Rooters
Home Ec Rooms
See Face Lifting
Following hints from one of
the six-week test questions,
home ec girls have been improv-
ing their surroundings under the
direction of their teachers, Mrs.
E. G Kainer and Mrs. Marshall
Baxter.
New machine covers are in the
making. A book shelf has been
refinished and more attractively
arranged wtih books and plants.
Several new containers for flow-
ers and house plants have been
made.
Centerpiece and other flower
arrangements have been under
study and when the last bases
are sawed and painted or varn-
ished and the last cocklebur
gilded, there promises to be a
general festive look to the home-
making rooms.
To be specific gold paint has
been applied to dried flowers,
cockleburs and wheat, while
darker hues were applied to the
bases. Figurines of horses, deer,
ducks and rabbits will give life
and motion to the arrangements.
When the bouquets are com-
pleted, several will be displayed
in other classrooms about the
buildings, stated Mrs. Marshall
Baxter.
A preview of the Senior Talent
Show was presented as a floor
show at the goodwill party spon-
sored by the Student Council and
Quarterback Club at the Legion
Hall following the Wellington
game here last Friday.
Guests of the Council and
Quarterback Club were the Drag-
on team, the band and the cheer-
ing section and their sponsors.
Light refreshments of sand-
wiches, potato chips, pickles,
olives and pop were served in
autumn-like atmosphere.
Girls of the council headed the
committees on arrangements:
Helen Scott, Adelle Long, Jo Ann
Ellis, Shirley Cross and Fredda
Fields.
Other members of the coun-
cil, many of whom assisted in
the affair are as follows: Sammy
James, president; Don Brothers,
vice president; Bennie Bradford,
Charles Moss, Hal Sandefur,
Homer Long, Bill Eblen, Jr., Ken-
neth Buckley and Hershell Thax-
ton.
Council sponsors are Mrs. Dud-
ley Walker and Miss Katherine
Simmons. The Rev. H. S. Morris
is president of the Quarterback
Club. Guest student sponsors
were Raymond Troutman and
John Higdon, football coaches;
Frank Wentz, band director; and
Miss Margurite Mathis and Mrs.
J. T. Westbrook, Pep Squad
sponsors.
Ruth Bradford Is Crowned Queen
At Homecoming Pre-Game Ceremonies
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“Oink-Oink” Wasn’t
Loud Enough For
FFA Boys To Hear
“Oink, oink, oi-oink!”
These may have been the last
words of the hog missing from
the FFA chapter pen on the acre-
age north of town when dogs
routed eight hogs from their pen
recently.
After many hours of search,
the boys finally found seven of
the eight hogs—all bitten badly
and one with a broken leg.
“The other hog is probably
dead or stolen,” surmised Don
Brothers, president of FFA, who
did much of searching.
The ~ hogs have been moved
to a pen in the east part of town
where lights can be turned on
at night if dogs continue to mo-
lest the pens. Scraps from the
school cafeteria are hauled to the
pens and may have attracted the
marauding dogs, the boys conjec-
tured.
Vocational Heads
Pretty brunette Ruth Bradford
was the selection of the Dragons
at their homecoming game
against Wellington Friday night
at Dragon field.
Before the game the' band
formed a football with the Drag-
ons the lacing to the ball. A con-
vertible brought the queen
through the line of players to
the throne decorated with school
colors, orange and white.
Here Queen Ruth was present-
ed a bouquet of roses and a foot-
ball helmet for a crown. The
queen and her attendants sat
in state throughout the game.
Ruth is a sophomore, a twirler
and for other honors during her
school career can claim several:
FFA sweetheart, freshman foot-
ball queen, eight grade.
However, it is Ruth’s modest
and unassuming air together
with her steady dependability
which won her this top spot with
the Dragon team, a spokesman
from the team said.
Turn to the magazine section
of the Wichita Daily Times, Sun-
day, November 30, and see pic-
tures featuring Paducah.
Among the pictures made re-
cently by the Wichita Falls pap-
er were those dealing with agri-
culture, beef cattle, dairy pro-
ducts, manufactufing and voca-
tions offered in school.
In the agriculture department
W. L. Gotcher, FFA sponsor, and
Sammy James, FFA vice presi-
dent, will be shown. In the
homemaking department Mrs E.
G. Kainer, FHA teacher; Nancy
Nortell, FHA president; Don Bro-
thers, FFA president, and Ronnie
Gilbert, 4-H club president will
be featured.
Pictures of the FHA display
case as it appeared one day dur-
ing National Homemaking
Week, will also be shown.
Thanksgiving Day is near at last,
We’re getting ready, rushing
fast;
But let’s remember the meaning
of
The time of year that many
love,
Thanksgiving Day’s the time to
be
Thankful for blessings of you
and me.
—Student Life
* * *
“The most ignorant man is the
man who knows not that he
knows not.”
* * *
Six senior boys who have de-
cided they may continue further
training next year as college stu-
dents are Charles Moss, George
Bowling, Kenneth Tippen, Don
Brothers, Jimmie Cribbs, Carl
Kent Black and John Ross Camp-
Versatile English-History Major
Pinch-Hits In Girls Athletics
bell.
* * *
Although members of the Drag-
on football team enjoyed the
season, some were figuratively
turning handsprings now that
they can enjoy an occasional
Coke, eat candy with relish and
stay out until 10:30 (at least).
* * *
Many students had subdued
looks on their faces following the
second six-weeks exams — and
then again when the grades
came out. One girl insisted the
teacher graded her paper so
closely, she was flunked for hav-
ing a period upside down.
To Be Featured
In Sunday Times
STUDENTS SEE HAWTHORNE'S
"THE SCARLET LETTER"
THANKSGIVING DAY
“The Scarlet Letter” by Nath-
aniel Hawthorne, said by critics
to be the best-written novel of
the western hemisphere, was
shown in a paid assembly Mon-
day of last week.
Several English teachers had
prepared students for the film
and credit for a book review was
allowed in all classes except for
seniors who could count the re-
view as din added point in the
six-week grade. (Seniors read
books written by English authors
only.)
H S
UNS
The Sweepings
By George Bowling
One of the most friendly, court-
eous and sports-loving teachers
in PHS is Miss Margurite Mathis,
who currently is carrying a full-
time job of eight periods daily.
After school opened and the
coach for girls accepted work
elsewhere, Miss Mathis stepped
into the job besides carrying a
fair-sized load of two freshman
English classes and two general
math classes.
Miss Mathis was born in Run-
nels county near Winters, the
only girl in a family of five
children. Two of the boys are
are twins.
From a Methodist family, Miss
Mathis has one brother, Melvin,
who is a Methodist minister, for-
merly eighth grade teacher at
Goodwin in 1948-49. All her bro-
thers have college training.
Miss Mathis sings alto in the
church choir, is assistant Sunday
school teacher, is a member of
the Wesleyan Service Guild and
is secretary of the district or-
ganization.
Every third Tuesday members
of the Parent-Teacher organiza-
tion see her seated at the front
during the business session to
read the minutes of that organi-
zation.
Besides her work as girls’
coach, Miss Mathis is co-sponsor
of the Pep Squad with Mrs. J.
T. Westbrook, and accompanies
the cheering section on the buss-
es to the out-of-town games.
Miss Mathis drives a Ford se-
dan and tries to visit her par-
ents twice monthly at Winters.
Sometimes she rises early on
Saturday to make this trip after
attending an out-of-town game
with the Pep Squad the night be-
fore.
Where did she get her train-
ing for her variety of work well-
done? After Ballinger high
school, it was Tarleton State Col-
lege at Stephenville, McMurry
at Abilene for the B.A. degree,
and on to Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity at Abilene for the M. A.
in 1950. Here she majored in
English and history.
Students have called Miss Ma-
this “teacher” at Antelope, Mc-
Caullen, Norton, Eula and Divide
before she came to Paducah four
years ago.
Miss Mathis is a member of a
book club, owns her own por-
table sewing machine and enjoys
music. She selected “Indian Love
Call” and “My God And I” as
two of her favorite selections—
the first for listening, the
last for singing.
Theodore Roosevelt’s picture
appears on the $1,000,000 U. S.
Treasury Bond.
SPORTS REVIEW
The football season is over,
and it was the last game for sev-
eral seniors: John Ross Campbell,
Bill Biddy, Jerrel Northcutt, Carl
Kent Black, Thomas Turner, Don
Brothers and Bennie Bradford,
managers.
* * *
The first basketball tourna-
ment which Paducah players will
attend is scheduled for Dec. 11-
12-13 at Matador. Another bask-
etball tournament will be at-
tended at Lakeview, Dec. 17-18-
19.
* * *
Since Paducah’s average daily
attendance ran 183, the state
planning committee on sports in
high schools has grouped PHS
with an A conference grouping
for next year.
The schedule is as follows.
1953-54 Schedule (Football)
Sept. 11—Lockney, here*
Sept. 18—Memphis, here*
Sept. 25—Open
Oct 2—Floydada, there*
Oct. 9—Henriettta, here
Oct. 16—Electra, there
Oct. 23—Iowa Park, there
Oct. 30—Holliday, there
Nov. 6—Chillicothe, here
Nov. 13—Crowell, here
Nov. 20—Archer City, there
*Tentative
Williams Heads USO
Drive For Schools
Having great respect for the
USO and its services during
World War II, J. A. Williams,
principal, accepted the appoint-
ment of drive chairman for that
fund in Paducah schools last
week.
Money for this enterprise will
help soldiers and airmen to find
a homelike atmosphere in com-
fortable surroundings in towns
and cities where camps are situ-
ated over the land, he said.
Other appointees over the
county are as follows: Mrs. Jam-
es Terry, Coleyville; Mrs. R. C.
Anderson, Ogden; Mrs. V.
Cross, Finney; Mrs. G. P. Wilson,
Swearingen; Mrs. Carl Black,
Dunlap; Mrs. Homer Long, Hack-
berry; Mrs. T. A. Riddell, Cee
Vee; Mrs. Wallace Norrell, Del-
win and Mrs. Claude Flippin,
Valley View.
Jars are available in the
schools and in downtown stores
for donations, Mr. Williams stat-
ed.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1952, newspaper, November 27, 1952; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017577/m1/8/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.