The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), No. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, March 8, 1954 Page: 1 of 4
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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1954
WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
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WHS Classes Nominate
Candidates For King
For the second year the Grass
Burr Staff is sponsoring a King of
the Cowboys contest; The three
Classes met last Wednesday and
elected their nominees. Larry
Nash is the senior nominee; Way-
land Wright is the junior nominee,
and Bobby Wallis is the sophomore
candidate. Since Lan-y Nash has
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NOMINEES FOR COWBOY KING are Wayland Wright, junior; Larry Nash, senior,
and Bobby Wallis, sophomore.
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Congratulations to Larry Nash,
Wayland Wright, and Bobby Wal-
lace, the three nominees for King
of the Cowboys! W.H.S.’ers, it’s
up to you as classes as to who
will win this contest. The pen-
.nies and nickles and dimes each
of you place in your candidate’s
boot in the journalism room will
boost your candidates over the
top. So, attention, SOPHO-
MORES, JUNIORS, and SEN-
IORS! Plan your projects now
to support your favorite “King
of the Cowboys!”
ABCS
From what I hear the Latin
Club initiation of new members
really left a few of those mem-
bers weak! The reason: Well,
tire old members used that old
trick of pretending they were go-
ing to “brand” their victims with
a red hot poker. However, all
they really did was blindfold
them and “burn” them with ice.
Still, they say. the sensation is
the same.
ABC's
Verda Mae and Clyde wil be
“waltzing to sweet music” Fri-
day night when they represent
W.H.S. at Arlington State. Decked
out in their finest finery, they
will be presented in a formal roy-
al court. Congratulations and
good luck to you!
ABC'S
Delicious smells have been
coming from the homemaking
lab lately. Upon investigation, I
found that the 3rd year students
had a full-fledged dinner party.
Also, the classes made cookies
which were served to our guests
during Public School Week. Al-
though I’m not a guest — those
cookies surely were good!
ABC's
Congratulations to this year’s
basketball lettermen. Those new
jackets will surely add color to
the halls of W.H.S. and the way
thie weather has looked lately,
they’ll be seen for quite a while.
Spanish Club Will Journey
To Fort Worth for Dinner
“Entre Amigos” was the high- Tom Jackson,. Bonnie Smethers,
light'of the Spanish Club meeting Shirley O’Donald, Carolyn Mask,
at the Youth Center February 22. David J- T- wuhite- and
The play was presented by the
Kenneth Wilson.
At the business session it was
Spanish 11 students. The opening <2^3^ that the club would have
its annual Mexican Dinner at
number on the program was a
piano solo, “El Jarabe Tapatio” Fort Worth this month
by Nancy Gracy. The characters
of the play were: George Darden,
School Week
Closes; Is
Successful
Public School Week has come
to a close for another year. During
the past week W.H.S. was engaged
in a state wide participation with
the Public Schools of Texas. Pub-
lic School Week is observed each
year in an endeavor to have the
parents visit the schools and be-
come better acquainted with
teachers and faculty.
The public schools feel
having this annual event
bring the faculty and parents
closer together in understanding
the problems their children will
meet.
W. H. S. played host to the par-
ents and friends who came to the
high school last week.
Several comments were heard
from the guests. Among these—
“My, how the school has changed.”
“It wasn’t like this when I
in school.” “The atmosphere is
much more delightful”. “The stud-
ents were very polite”. “The
teachers show much interest in
the education of our children.
Principal Jack Frost said, “It
makes the faculty and me proud
of W.H.S. when we hear such
comments on our students and
school.”, Mr. Frost also said, “W.
H. S. would be even more proud to
have the parents and friends visit
more often rather than waiting
until the week set aside for the
The committee on the arrange-
mens is as follows: Retha Pritch-
ard, Betty Taylor, Bill Vincent,
and Don Grisham.
occasion,"
NEWS BRIEFS
Miss Gaynelle Lambert’s
typing classes have planned a
hayride and wiener roast Mon-
day night March 8 at 7:30.
The typing classes have been
New Coach
WHS s
acuity
A new member has been added
the coaching staff of W.H.S.
Coach L. G. Wilson is from Brown-
field where he was line coach and
head track coach. Coach Wilson
played high school football and
basketball at Anson. He received
schoolarsnip at Abilene Christ-
ian College.-He was ealled to the
Navy for two years. He returned
to ACC and lettered four years
Jin football and 2 in basketball.
Coach Wilson will work with the
Kangaroo line next fall Coach
Wilson stated that W.HLS. has
good material and could have a
good team if the boys have the
right desire. Coach Wilson, Mrs.
Wilson, and Stanley, small son,
live at 319 Live Oak Lane. Coach
Wilson said that he felt sure he
would enjoy his new position here
in Weatherford.
Western Play
Presented By
Speech Class
In answer to many requests,
Miss Beth Kayser and her fifth
'period speech class presented:
Thursday at Junior High a play
that was produced in Weather-
ford Senior High four years ago.
The play is, “Summer Comes
to the Diamond O”. The play was
very popular with the students
when it was produced before and
is now being produced as a result
of its popularity and requests.
It is a very popular cowboy
play. The chracters are as fol-
low: Cookey—HERBERT FOW-
LER, Curley—ROBERT HARDIN,
Stub—BROOKLYN FREE, Tex—
BILL VINCENT, Granney—RAN-
DY CONEY, Mr. Houston—BOB-
BY DRIVER, REGINALD REY-
OLDS, Windy—BOB BRADFORD,
Lash — CHARLES PEARSON,
Stage Manger — LEON SCOR-
BOROUGH, Prop Man—EDMUND
WEBB, Curtain Man—ROBERT
WILSON, Prompoters—ELAINE
BENNETT, MARTHA JEAN
MASSEY.
recently decided to graduate next
summer, he is now a member of
the senior class.
Three boots representing the
three candidates will be placed on
a table in Miss Whitsett’s room.
The contest begins Friday, March
12 and will end Friday, March 19.
The night of Friday March 19, a
party will be held at the Recrea-
tion Hall. The highlight of this
party will be the presentation of
the winner of the contest which
will be kept secret until that night.
Committee chairman have been
named to work on the project.
They are; Tickets, Glenda Reyn-
olds; Refreshments, Lois Darden;
Decorations, Barbara Garland;
Contest, Max Kele and Advertise-
ment; Don Gauldin.
Junior Class
Begins Plans
For Prom
Plans for the Junior-Senior
Prom to be held Friday, May 14,
at the Recreation Hall were dis-
cussed Tuesday, February 9 at
a meeting of the Junior Class.
President Maury Pentecost an-
nounced the committee chairmen
for the prom. They are: Donice
Thomas, refreshments; Joan Byers,
decorations; Jimmie Mae Harris,
finance; Kittie Lou Parks, pro-
gram; Jerry Smith, arrangements;
James Davis, clean-up.
Career Day
Is Planned
March 31 has been set as the
tentative date for Career Day.
When a “poll” was taken in Senior
Classes on ideas for Career Day,
the favorite plan for Career Day
was to have career-classes head-
ed by experts in different voca-
tions. Other new ideas given in
the “poll” are still in considera-
tion.
In a meetin? held Thursday,
February 11, pictures of the
Career Club were taken for the
Melon Vine. Glenda Reynolds was
elected secretary-treasury for the
club after Mary Louise Sharpe
withdrew from school at mid-
term.
Home Rooms
Give Programs
For Assembly
Two Sophomore homerooms will
present the assembly programs
this week.
Tuesday, March 9, Mrs. Martin’s
homeroom is going to present Mr,
Charles Brinkley accompanied by
his sister Mrs. Wanda Baker. This
is a familiar duet to the students
of W.HJS.
Thursday, March 11, Mrs. Rea’s
homeroom will present the fifty
piece Tarleton State College
traveling Concert Band, directed
by Mr. Bill Hill. Several former
students of W.H.S. will preform
in the program.
L. 6. Wilson Reports
Facts About Tax Dollar
Members on the Board of Ed-
ucation and Superintendent L. B.
Wilson have appeared on the pro-
gram of the P.T.A., discussing
what the tax dollar provides.
Out of every dollar spent 75.2%
is spent for instructional services.
The salaries of the professional
personnnel is the largest item
under instructional services. There
are 95 teachers in the Public
School System.
For administration 3.6%, opera-
tion of school plant 3.3%, mainten-
ance of school plant 2.5%, auxil-
iary services 5.4%, fixed charges
.5%, capital outlay 4.3, and debt
service is 5.2%.
The average cost per year of all
the Districts of Texas to educate
one child is $199.94. In the 1952-
53 school year in Weatherford be-
ing $183.37 per pupil. The total
expenditure for 1952-53 was $388,-
209.90 with an average enrollment
of 2,113.
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