The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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Weatherford, Texas, Wednesday, April 26, 1944.
NO. 15.
**•* & To&iuGLASSBLOWER TO PERFORM MAY 3rd
Welcome to W.H.S. Coach McKown.
We are looking forward to a successful
season.
On behalf of the seniors, we thank
Bud Martin for the barbecue he gave
Friday night.
The ninth grade class made $80.01
from their “Tack-Up Boy and Girl”
contest. Nice work!
Rumored Junior Class Slogan: Flunk
early and avoid the rush.
We enjoyed seeing new faces on the
“Kay Kyser” program Friday. Some-
times talented students go through W.
H. S. and never appear on a program.
We hope other home rooms will folio v
this example.
Time out! Today, we spotlight-the
Junior Class.
If your hobby is psychology, listen!
Twenty people were asked what they
thought of when the word “Junior”
was mentioned. Half answered—a
mean little boy—; some said sopho-
mores, others, puppies, people, etc. The
strange part was that all the members
of the Junior Class thought of “the
best class in school.
Winter has returned to WHS, at
least, jackets are in style. When the
football jackets arrived everyone wore
his jacket regardless of the heat. (Ex-
ception—the boys who LOANED their
jackets).
290 students have made the honor
roll this year. Over one-third of these
have been juniors. NOW you ask who
the intellects are?
Seniors to Present Show
A pay-chapel for the purpose of rais-
ing money for the Senior Class
will be presented Friday, April 28, at
the regular assembly period.
Appearing on the show, singing the
latest hit tunes will be Kenneth Walk-
er, Yvonne Austin, Martha Davis, Do-
die Sadler, Billie Beth Ballow, James
White, Harry Hopkins, Jack Ward, and
Jane Ross. Bob Murphy from Weath-
erford College will play the piano.
Mary Nelle Wright will tell jokes and
Harry Hopkins will act as master of
ceremonies.
Price of admittance will be 10c.
Boxing Match Held
In Gymnasium
Mrs. Weaver’s home room sponsored
a boxing match between the boys in
Weatherford High School, Wednesday,
April 12, in the gymnasium. Principal
J. E- Granstaff stated at the beginning
of the program that it was the first
time in the history of the school that
an event of that kind had taken place.
There were four bouts during the
hour. Each bout lasted three one;
minute rounds. The first fight was)
between Robert Cochran and Charles j
“Atlas”. Grissom. The final decision!
was in favor of Cochran two to one. j
The second bout was matched between j
Tom Barnard and Bishop Bantau.
The bantam weights of the afternoon !
were Benny Bridge and Pat Cato, both !
fighting to a draw decision.
Neil Smith and Marshall Colliflower j
featured in the main bout of the pro- 1
gram. Smith, gaining superiority of j
the ring by scoring a knock down in ■
the second round, was chosen the win- !
ner by a two to one decision.
Tommy Hardigree was the official
announcer and Bobby Christian acted
as referee.
FORTNITE NEWS
By YVONNE AUSTIN
RUSSIAN FRONT—The Red Army
is massing troops all along the Old
Poland border to launch an invasion
attack simultaneous with the Allies’
first blow from the west. The Russian
Army has driven the Nazis into a fifty-
square mile tip of the Crimea in the
battle of Sevastopol.
ITALIAN FRONT—Allied Mediter-
ranean Air Force, hitting hard at Ger-
man communications, poured explos-
ives into Venice harbor and the
Monafalcone shipyard near Trieste.
Fighting is still raging between Allied
and German infantrymen at the Anzio
beachhead, at Cassino, and Monastery
Hill.
BURMA FRONT—Allied troops have
made another spectacular landing be-
hind the Jap lines in Burma. Fierce
fighting rages on the far outskirts of
Imphal, the fall of which would mean
losses which the Allied command could
scarcely afford.
HOME FRONT—The United Nations
have agreed on the currency stabiliza-
tion plan instigated by President Roos-
evelt and Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau. Thirty four countries are
following the United States lead in
this.
Ralph A. Melville, Glass
Blower and Pattern
Maker to Appear May 3
Ralph A. Melville, Glass Blower and
Pattern Maker, comes to W.H.S., May
3, from Hollywood where he has been
engaged in creating unique lighting ef-
fects with glass. For seven and a half
years he worked at Twentieth Century-
Fox Corporation creating glass wig..,
glass wall paper, glass dresses, fancy
glass palace chandeliers, trick mirror
effect?' for the movies-
Mr. Melville created all the minia-
ture glas which Colleen Moore used in
her famous Doll House which she had
on exhibition. These included goblets,
lamps, dishes, etc. Perhaps the most
difficult piece of work which he ever
created was a reproduction to scale of
William Randolph Hearst’s castle at
San Simeon, which took seven weeks
to complete.
Mr. Melville began his training at
five years of age. As a child he watch-
ed the batches cf silica, potash and
lead which would be spun into fragile
clarity. He learned the secret of then-
oxide colorings—how ruby red glass
came from go.d, white glass from tin,
how copper produced incomparable
hues of green and blue, and dull iron
poured forth mellow browns.
While Mr. Melville is entertaining in
his work, he will tell something of the
fundamentals of glass, it's importance
to civilization, the secret of coloring, its
uses in World War II. He will create
crystal trees, fragile ships, vases, etc.,
from molten glass over blue flame, in
full view of the audience.
New Football
Coach Introduced
In Assembly
T. H. McKown, recently football
coach and teacher at Lamesa, was in-
troduced in assembly by Mr. Granstaff,
Monday, April 17, as the new football
coach.
Mr. McKown was in the army in
Fort Knox, Kentucky until last August,
1943, when he received a medical dis-
charge.
“Each football student must make his
grades in three subjects in order to go
out for football training this Spring,”
said Coach McKown.
“The students of Weatherford High
School are very friendly,” said coach.
A home room was recently given to
Coach composed entirely of football
boys.
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The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1944, newspaper, April 26, 1944; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1089804/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Weatherford High School.