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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1940
Page
3
Scientists at the Experiment Station in Geneva New York test sprays fed to dead leaves under trees to cut scab infection by destroying overwinter spores and reducing summer sprays. Results show reduced infection with multiple ground spray treatments but require more field data in a scab year.
Betty Lou Kines four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Kines of Upperville Virginia was struck and killed when a Staunton Virginia truck swerved to avoid her as she ran into the highway in front of their home. Police indicate no charges yet filed while observers call the tragedy unavoidable.
Floyd Webster of Zepp Cedar Creek Valley died after a fall from the rear of a truck near Woodstock Virginia He was rushed to the Woodstock hospital with fatal head injuries An inquest will be held Webster leaves a wife and several children The accident occurred while Webster and Palmer Brill rode on a truck bed used to transport a store item.
A vintage recipe describes making cranberry and apple ice from sugar and water boiled three minutes. Gelatin softened in cold water dissolves in hot syrup, then lemon juice optional. Fold in applesauce and cranberry sauce, freeze to mush, then mix with meat preparation.
In a McGuffey Society talk Dean Shurtleff cites George Washington backing the Northwestern turnpike route to the Ohio, noting 1784 proposals and 1827 authorization with work starting in 1831. James Callahan credits Col. Claudius Crozet as chief engineer with Shaw assisting, detailing the turnpike’s national role and later railroad competition.
Snow Hill Maryland April 2 Campbell a 15 year old high school student who thought he could fly an airplane landed in jail. Worcester County Circuit Court judges suspended his sentence and urged him to return to school after his attorney said the plane was borrowed. He had been charged with and received stolen property.
From our files: one year ago Handlians sold by the Senior "salesman" and three years ago Jean Whitehurst became Editor-in-chief while Gus Cahill served as Business Manager. The Red Lamp won as Junior Play and prom committees were named. Four and six years back: prize winners and student assemblies highlighted.
A humorous sketch envisions Handley as a perfect school utopia where homework is rare, teachers relax, and swing is not just folly. It imagines Mr Browning, Prof McIlwee, Brown Ritter, Lester Arnold, and Mr Joyce all playing along to create an ideal classroom paradise.
In a small Virginia town during a busy Easter weekend in March, college students return home to mingle with locals and a senior local kindergarten pupil Deedie grows unhappy. The scene includes Rich mand and Charles Town visitors, corsages, and college-era chatter about names and flirtations. A playful gossip note named SNOOPER SCOOP adds teased telegrams from Va Tech and a new nickname for Hamman.
The text describes a lively pageant rehearsal with students like Bee Burgess Wassell Bill Groff and Mary Jean, plus Forney and Hawthorne. Hearts and chatter fill the auditorium as the Navy topic and various acts elicit reactions while others watch or imitate sounds and mingle around.
Our stage gains new curtains for the cyclorama improving appearance and acoustics. The adjustable fireproof curtain allows varying stage sizes for different occasions and is built from high quality material expected to last many years.
A verse describes professors breaking noon smoking rules in the boiler room. They stash Chesterfields and Wings, carry on rapid conversations about bugs and New York's Fair, and discuss affairs of state in a rare, crude chatter in Handley’s boiler room.
School year notes list in 1940 includes students Kitty Baker Politeness Jacquelyn English a tall man Jonedity Henry dancer Colleen Racey neat appearance See Hoffman Hawthorne and others recognized for honesty courtesy sincerity and faithfulness with varied skills like line variety and clean speech.
A series of brief questions and statements recall school events and routines. Names like Lester Arnold Marion Hamrill Howell Rivers Nancy Lee Coble and Bill Miller surface amid notes about study halls classes timing and attire.
The A Capella Choir entertained by singing an Irish program on Friday. Eight girls from the choir were chosen to perform The Londonderry Air. Wilbur Kern played trumpet and sang I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen and Macushla. The assembly joined in My Wild Irish.
At the March 27 meeting, Handley chose four delegates for the Virginia State Student Government Association convention in Newport News. A committee including Jane Barnhart Dorothy Hawthorne Mr. Bennett and Mrs Solenberger will nominate six delegates to be voted on by the Council. Officers for next year will be named by the nominations committee and then voted on by the General Organization.
Miss Beckwith's group presented Kay Kyser and his College of Musical Knowledge in a novelty entertainment. Contestants Rowe Robinson Whitham Dutton competed. Whitham won the first round while Gearing won the girls' round and the final. Prizes included a giant cigarette box and $35 in cash.
A fragmentary dialogue with dark humor and quips about money and romance features names and slang lines such as money doesn't make a fool out of a girl and bee references, plus brief exchanges about poetry, meters, and skipping class.
The item quips exams resemble women by keeping students up all night with foolish questions. It notes a humorous aside about a patient regaining consciousness and a doctor, and mentions Rhett and Scarlett and Roosevelt in a slangy editorial tone from the Kentucky Kernel and Kalamazoo College Index.
A fond look at senior students listing names known as Boots Klimes Hurst Pollard and Pitzer. It records their hobbies including football track and band and notes ambitions such as engineering medicine and becoming a major in the army corps.
A Techman from Virginia Tech shares a verse lamenting the shift from modest old time fashion to modern dress and behavior. The speaker longs for past skirts, petticoats, and simpler courting norms as today’s youth appear more fashion conscious and styled.
John Knight cites G O representatives talking more. Louis Avey urges tennis courts. Butch Robinson wants more beautiful women. Miss Martin backs fifty new typewriters. Lucille Spillman calls for a swimming pool. Charlie Patton favors a baseball diamond. Kenzil Timbrook wants less English homework. Leonard Perry seeks shorter hours. Mr Bennett asks for a men's lounging room. Martha Babb favors longer lunch period.
A brief item notes melancholy mood as students are kept after school in a hot parade. It mentions headlines in the Junior Evening Star and late students staying after hours. It also hints at a mercy scene where a student teaches and reflects on knowing what they know now.
A playful school moment ties fate to a report card as music and exams swirl. The piece likens a quiz to a turning point with a whimsical nod to a round of songs and fruit imagery.
Notes reveal curious claims about student counts per grade and posture, a question about Mr Browning, and a query on Kentucky, plus trivia about the head being dense and 23 school days left before a festival. The piece also mentions the evolution of the U S dollar symbol.
Washington reports show rising old age insurance claims as of March end. John Corson notes 96,628 claims by March 3 with projected 106,000 by March 31, aiming at about 2.9 million dollars paid for the quarter despite earlier forecasts.
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