(Historical Reprint – January 1959)
THE RED AND WHITE REVIEW STAFF
EDITOR: Carolene Miller
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Victor Frame
CLASS AND OFFICE: Rosa Gibson
CLUB: Kyle Barnette
SPORT: Kyle Barnette
CIRCULATION: Joyce Workman
TYPISTS: Barbara Lee Eagle, Joyce Workman, Charles Sigman, Carolene Miller, Pete Gibson, Ruby Rapp
Could You Have Done Any Better?
Fate has caught us up in its web of cold facts. The semester is finished; tests are over; the final decision is in the making. The verdict is yours! Was it favorable? Are you proud of your achievement? Does it rate the honor roll? Could you have done better? Are you satisfied?
The semester goes by so swiftly, that often we procrastinate just a little too long and are caught short of our aims.
The time has come to face a new year, a new semester, and a new aim—”This time I shall not put off until tomorrow, and when the term ends, I shall have all my work completed”.
New Year’s Resolutions
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I, Jack Wilson, swear never to borrow paper again.
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I, Dave Hamrick, resolve to stay away from the girls and kiss them on the sly.
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I, Jim Manning, resolve, by my most honorable truth, never to use the sick room for my sleeping studio.
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I, Judy Shaffer, have one thing I must get off my conscience that is, to apologize to Miss Bailes for mixing her paints together.
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I, Pat Manning, swear never again to use my loveliness to charm the boys of my room.
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I, Dave Wilson, resolve to quit being a pessimist.
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I, Mary Hamrick, swear never again to use Miss Bailes’ class to mean in. Won’t that be a change?
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I, Sandra Williams, resolve next year to get my hair cut.
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I, Victor Frame, swear to grow two more inches next year if every one pleases me to the utmost.
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I, Ruby Lee Rapp, swear that by this time next year I will have some news items for the Journalism class.
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I, Mr. Stover, resolve to hold my temper during girl’s physical education class.
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We, the students of Widen High School, resolve to make this a successful happy New Year.
Those who have learned the secret of perpetual youth have learned to remain children at heart. The heart that is truly happy never grows old. We only quit playing because we have grown old, we grow old because we cease playing.
OFFICE NEWS
The following schools of Clay County which make up region two; Nebo, Grose, Hollow, Swandale, Flatfork, Dille, Ramsey, Ivydale, O’Brien Walker, and Widen, sent their teachers to a meeting at the Widen High School on Monday, January 19th at 7 p.m. This was the second regional meeting of the year and the purpose of the meeting was to discuss and work out plans for improvement of the teaching of arithmetic in the various schools.
The first meeting, which was held at Widen to discuss what could be done to improve reading in our schools, had a very good attendance and seemed to be a success.
Widen Students See Educational Movies
The following movies were shown in the high school and grade school for the educational benefits of the students: January 6, Benjamin Franklin — Bragg; January 14, Sand and Flame — Elliott; January 16, Secretary Transcribes — A. Hathaway; January 22, Molly Grows Up — Bailes; January 27, Suez Canal — Stover.
Art Club Enjoys Landscape Painting
Landscape Painting with water colors fascinates the art club of Widen High School this Semester.
One project for the semester was the painting of Christmas cards which were made by doing original sketching and water coloring.
Other projects for the year will include art appreciation of famous artists and some of their paintings.
If you intend saying what you think … think twice.
Speak When Spoken To
I guess we all, at one time or another, have found ourselves giving others a pert remark. But, do we have to make it a habit?
We do not like to talk to someone who is always answering us with a wise crack. Some of us have a habit of doing this even when the conversation doesn’t involve us.
There is an old saying which could be applied to this kind of situation with amazing results. This saying happens to be “speak when spoken to.” Even this is not a complete remedy for those who have the bad habit of answering everyone with a pert answer.
KITCHEN RECEIVES NEW EQUIPMENT
New stainless steel drain boards were purchased for the sinks in the school kitchen with funds from the hot lunch program. These drain boards are more modern and more easily kept sanitary than the old ones.
Carpenters from the Elk River Coal and Lumber Company installed them, and also built new drain boards and made cabinets for the cook-room from them.
Where you there when?
Ruby Lee got married?
Mrs. Leona Griffith didn’t have a friendly smile for everyone?
Jack Wilson stood still?
David Wilson stopped talking?
Carolene Miller wasn’t bashful?
Janice Young got her short-hand?
Judy Shaffer’s hair was brown?
The Senior Class decorated for the prom?
Joyce Workman had a different steady guy?
Barbara Eagle wasn’t on the ball diamond?
Betty Sigman went to Study Hall?
Doris Young passed a Chemistry test?
Marilyn Lewis changed boy friends?
Joe Woods didn’t have a car?
Howard Daney was talkative?
Linda Rapp didn’t have a figure?
Jimmy Manning didn’t sleep in class?
Pete Gibson and Charles Sigman took pool pills?
Mrs. Eleanor Dodrill wasn’t glamorous?
The school had a change of mood on Monday?
Widen Buffaloes won a ball game?
Karen Donohue didn’t have enough food to eat?
Mary Hamrick didn’t have her homework?
Dawne Backus didn’t tell jokes?
Rosa Gibson wore her hair in a pony tail?
LIBRARY GETS DONATION
Mr. Herbert C. Johnson, donated thirty-three volumes to the Widen High School library. Included in the miscellaneous collection are seven volumes of “The Great Events of the great war,” and also four volumes of “The Human Interest Library.”