The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1938 Page: 4 of 4
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Football Players
Receive Awards
In Assembly
The football season is over, to
those who fought in almost every
game and who were substituted a
great number of times were awarded
the ever cherished and high honor—
the letter sweater.
At the first of the season the out-
look of a team was poor, but the
boys didn’t give up and as a result of
their efforts, Weatherford High has
had the strongest team it has had
in seven years.
Coach Flewharty presented the
following boys with sweaters:
1. Paul Morgan, tackle, second letter
2. W. C. Moon, guard, first letter
3. Rosco Lester, end, second letter
4. Buford McCauley, guard, second
letter
5. John H. Hazle, center, first letter
6. Bernice Jones, guard, first letter
7. Frank Moseley, tackle, second let-
ter
8. N. H. Martin, tackle, first letter
9. Alvin Hodge, tackle, first letter
10. E. A. Thomas, Jr., end, third let-
ter, also received star
11. E. C. Shelby, full back, second
letter
12. Ted Rea, full back ,first letter
13. Fred Rea, half back, first letter
14. Joe Turner, half back, third let-
ter
15. Junior Teague, quarterback, sec-
ond letter, also received star
16. Barney Davis, half back, first
letter
17. Buck Owens, half back, first let-
ter
18. Harold Potter, manager, second
letter
19. Troyce McKinney, manager, first
year
The boys who lettered and will
be eligible to play next season are
W. C. Moon, Roscoe Lester, Frank
Moseley, N. H. Martin and Barney
Davis.
Once Upon A Time
Did you know that:
Gladys Alexander was the pep
leader for our dear ole’ school when
she was a junior.
Nellie Bounds had a nickname
while in high school which could
still be applied—“Mathematical
Shark”.
May Belle Whitsett was an unso-
phisticated high school student with
straight hair and bangs, and now
she has a degree from Columbia
University.
Maurine Shadle used to wear long
(very long) curls.
Miss Crosthwaite was a very
talkative high school student and,
consequently, she received a 75 in
deportment.
Mr. Charles Estes had a nickname
while in high school and he still
lives up to it—“Preacher”. Also, as
all bad little boys, he received a
spanking while in the fifth grade.
The colors for the Weatherford
High eleven of ’24 were purple and
white.
We have a teacher with the name
of Joshua Henry. His last is Flew-
harty—h’m-m, know him?
THE GRASS BURR
F. F. A. Sports
In the way of sports, the F. F. A.
boys have played two basket ball
games with Millsap. In the first
game, since some of our best players
were absent, our boys were defeated
45-28. Millsap got the jump over
our beloved Junior Thomas and
proceeded to make monkeys of our
team all during the first half. Dur-
ing the last half, our team outplayed
the Millsap boys, but we were not
able to overcome the score which
was run up in the first half.
The second game was played dur-
ing the holidays with most of the
best players there, but the tricky
little Millsap team was able to de-
feat the Weatherford boys the sec-
ond time by a close score of 39-33.
The Weatherford team showed great
defensive work but were not able to
hit the basket as they should. While
Mr. Jameson, the director and man-
ager of our team, was gone during
the holidays, the team was managed
by Willard Thomas, a student from
A. & M. College.
W, H. S. Girls
“We never noticed it before, but
it was recently called to our atten-
tion that girls are much like news-
papers.
They have forms.
They are bold-faced type.
They always have the last word.
Back numbers are not in demand.
They have a great deal of influ-
ence.
They are worth looking at.
You can’t believe everything they
say.
They carry the news wherever
they go.
If they know anything they usual-
ly tell it.
They are never afraid to speak
their minds.
—Kansas State Collegian.
Wunderkind
The pagan celebration of Satur-
nalia is still remembered by the
Classical Club. Perhaps it would on-
ly make youse other guys dissatis-
fied with life in the institution to
elucidate further. So with the com-
ing events, finals, casting big shad-
ows before us we say “Let us annus
movus” to you all and here’s hoping
it’s a pass!
Did You Know That—
A hippocampus is a small fish
commonly called a sea-horse.
On June 22, 1890, Eugene Merudieo
swam the East River with a two-
pound dumb-bell in each hand.
Stirrups were not invented until
the fifth century.
A cubit is the distance from a
man’s elbow to the end of his mid-
dle finger. If he gets water on the
elbow, a cubit equals two pints.
The invention of the microscope
destroyed all privacy for germs.
The Indians considered a bald-
headed man to be cowardly because
they had no scalp lock to grab when
scalping the guest of honor.
May 19, 1780, was a very dark day
You’re a sap if you read all this.
Slashes and Flashes
In Sports
Although some of the students
don’t know it, as evidenced by lack
of support at the basket ball games
this year, basket ball has begun
with two games being played.
In the sandlot boxing matches we
see that Winifred Brown is an out-
standing boxer. No doubt you have
noticed that these matches draw
quite a crowd.
This year the rules in basket ball
have been changed. Instead of the
center’s jump, he throws the ball in-
to the end of the court guarded by
the opposing team. This change
makes games more interesting.
Junior Thomas is not only good in
football but is high point man for
the Kangaroos in basket ball.
The Kangaroos play Arlington
tonight. Friday brings their first
conference game with Millsap.
Ten And You’re Out
They may not be in the Golden
Gloves Boxing run off, but Wea-
therford High will have produced
some well trained and efficient box-
ers before school is out in May.
It all started as a search for some
activity to give the boys in school
more exercise.
Boxing will be taught in regu-
lar classes. There will be five di-
visions: heavyweight, light weight,
middleweight, banttamweight, and
featherweight.
The boxing will be instructed by
Mr. Banks a former boxer of high
degree. The preliminaries will be
held after basket ball games played
with visiting high school teams.
In years to come these boys will
probably be represented in Golden
Gloves.
Tires, Radios, and Batteries
Goodyear Service
COMPLIMENTS OF
Hayes Motor Co.
Los Hidalgos
Los Hidalgos met Tuesday after-
noon, January 11 for the regular
meeting and were honored by a very
interesting speaker, Miss Whitsett,
who gave a talk on Mexico.
Having made three trips into the
interior of Mexico, Miss Whitsett
proved to be a very interesting and
authoritive speaker. She told us
about many cities of Mexico, of
which a few were Mexico City, Mon-
terrey, Santa Anna, Puebla, and
Tamozuanchale. She gave a vivid
description of Mexico and made
us all want to go and see it our-
selves, especially after she told us
the most important things to see in
each city and also that it was only
a two-day trip to Monterrey.
Miss Whitsett had a very inter-
esting collection of postcards and
kodak pictures of Mexico which she
passed around to the club. She also
had quite a number of Mexican cur-
ios, including a sarape, pottery, and
hand-blown glassware.
Since we are trying to learn the
language spoken in Mexico Miss
Whitsett’s talk proved doubly inter-
esting to us and we hope to have
her back again with us soon.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Chas. Sharpe Groc.
Citizens National
Bank
Weatherford, Texas
Member F. D. I. C.
E. M. Jordan
GROCERY & MARKET
599 Phones 600
COMPLIMENTS OF
Fort Worth Press
R. M. Robertson, Agent
COMPLIMENTS OF
The J.C. Penney Co.
Welcome High School Students
Try one of our 5c hamburgers
Claud Smith Cafe
207 North Main Street
Morning
Evening
Sunday
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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