Winchester Occupation Class Plans Student Visit Exhibit
Miss Barr's occupational class tours Winchester manufacturers and reports back on learnings. Mrs Hale's 7A cooking class hosts a luncheon for eight to eleven grade officers and General Organization members. The green and yellow Easter menu features fruit cocktail breaded veal cutlet sweet potatoes green peas deviled egg salad hot rolls and floating island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barr
Winchester
Hale
Sue Sowers
Ann Weatherholtz
Phyllis Moulden
Peggy Barrett
Bety Turner
Betty Cullers
Patsy Steele
Janet Garber
Multiplication Poem Helps Third Grader Learn Tables
A short poem used in Mrs. Sargent's class helps students memorize numbers by personifying the doll Mary Ann. The narrator recalls struggles with six times nine and two times two until a trick using the doll as a mnemonic leads to the correct answer and a moment of comic doubt with another student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Elizabeth Wigglesworth
Dorothy
Exciting World War I film shown in multiple classes
Mr Cooper and Mrs Hall history classes along with many others enjoyed a World War I movie. Students hope for more such films. Miss Gorham’s Junior English class begins one act plays and encourages student participation. Mr Thompson’s biology and general science classes continue movie viewings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Thompson
HandleyForms First Girls and Boys Tennis Teams
For the first time Handley forms girls and boys tennis teams. Mr. Mitchell will coach the boys team and plans multiple matches with other schools later in spring. Miss Bentley leads girls tennis and invites interested girls to sign up promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Mitchell
Bentley
Miss Bentley
Ice usage in the United States exceeds 285 million pounds daily
Report notes ice consumption in the United States surpasses 285 million pounds each day. The figure highlights widespread demand across industries and households, signaling extensive cold storage and beverage use nationwide.
Student profiles from Winchester and Akron yearbook
A collection of student mini bios lists names nicknames birthplaces hobbies favorite subjects and aspirations. It includes Don Marsden Hough Mary Josephine Jagiello Helen Marie Johnson Jack Evan Johnson Mildred Elizabeth Kellas John Russell Jones and Jack Thomas Sheetz with notes on hometowns interests and career goals. It also notes nearly 32 million visitors to U S national parks in 1949.
Apple Blossom School Recollections and Anecdotes
A nostalgic campus panorama recalls routines at Apple Blossom school. Vivid snippets mention era dances at lunch, non co educational past, daily assemblies, easy tests, and notable staff like Mr Quarles and Miss Simm. References to Proms Vaughn Monroe and Princess Handley frame the memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Handley
Mary Martha
Quarles
Princess Handley Bere
Vaughn Monroe
Miss Gorham
Apple Blossom
Handley Gym Hosts Athletics Dance and Royal Pair
A Friday night event in Handley Gym celebrated athletes with maroon and gray decor. Students performed songs and dances, the grand march preceded crowning Liz Cather as Queen and Manuel Semples as King, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Chuck Robinson
Helen Edmonds
Mary Martha Eisenberg
Arlene
Liz Cather
Manuel Semples
Elementary program highlights industrial exhibit
Miss Carson's class presented an industrious program revealing thirty four industries as reports by pupils. Sehany Kinter served as Master of Ceremonies guiding the parents and visitors through the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Carson
Sehany Kinter
Thespian Players Name Dance Committee Heads
Regular Thespian meeting in the auditorium last Tuesday appointed chairmen for dance committees. Decorations Carolyn Stanley Refreshments Charlene Grimm Invitations Jane Sowers Publicity Freda Seldon Margaret Ducknall Entertainment Helen Page Cable Finance Edna Richmond A skit titled Ah followed with cast Sue Sowers Jane Sowers Barbara Gregory Sally Pratt Marilyn Hamburger Patsy Wheeler Helen Page Cable Jeanne Kline Suzanne Watson Mary Ann Marcus Elizabeth Clark will lead the next program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Hamburger
Carolyn Stanley
Charlene Grimm
Jane Sowers
Freda Seldon
Margaret Ducknall
Helen Page Cable
Edna Richmond
Sue Sowers
Barbara Gregory
Sally Pratt
Patsy Wheeler
Jeanne Kline
Suzanne Watson
Mary Ann Marcus
Elizabeth Clark
Handley Glee Club Performs at Festival Mass Meeting
The Handley Glee Club presented its Festival Mass Meeting program to about 300 attendees. Highlights included When Johnny Comes Marching Home Dream of Summer and This Is My Country. Miss Haynes toppled her music stand prompting quick aid from Howard Holland and Delmer Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Glee Club
Johnny
Haynes
Howard Holland
Delmer Robinson
French Army Pharmacist Popularized Potatoes in France
A. A. Parmentier, a French army pharmacist, ate potatoes in a Prussian prison during the Seven Years War and introduced the crop to France, shaping its diet and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Parmentier
France
Getting in the Swing at Apple Blossom Pageant
Students practice for the Apple Blossom Pageant with groups including the Polka Pink Ballet and Gay Nineties. During rehearsal one dancer Richard Boxwell fell in the mud slowing his group briefly.
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Richard Boxwells
Court cases heard by Judge John Rice and Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards
Police court cases include Floyd Pitcock driving under influence with a 30 day jail term suspended. Dalton Rothgeb also DUI with 30 days suspended. Ray aon cited for drunk. Eugene Rhodes speeding. Messick drunk. Burke drunk. Nichols speeding. Hurd dis orderly and fighting. Archer drunk. Walter Lewis speeding. Cletus Dodson trespassing and using language calculated to cause breach of peace with 30 days suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Floyd Hardy Pitcock
Baker St
Dalton Rothgeb
E. Piccadilly St
Ray Aon
North Ave
Eugene O. Rhodes
Woodland Ave
TC. Messick
Woodstock Lane
Charles Burke
Winchester
Ashby Corbin
Fairmont Ave
John Rolfe Nichols
Loudoun St
Daniel L. Hurd
Berryville
Louis A. Archer
W. Erle Edwards
Walter Jefferson Lewis
Bunker Hill
Cletus Dodson
Stephens City
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St Star
Handley High School
U.S
Seiberling
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Don Marsden Hough
V. c
Drop Dead
Ken Windle
Mary Josephine Jagiello
Paggie
Quantico
Physicial
Helen Marie Johnson
Helen
Guy Lombardo
Caledonia
Jack Evan Johnson
Jack
Akron, Ohio
Mildred Elizabeth Kellas
Teenie
Leon Payne
Ambition Nursing
John Russell Jones
Ike
Woodwor
Jack Thomas Sheetz
U. S
Coeitedtacing
VOGUE
Good Housekeeping
Glee Club News
CAI
Elm St. Ph
Essea
Maryland
J Hurdle Co
Utah
Raking
Lwest
Philip Morris
Uae
America
Philae Moneis
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun
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