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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1950
Page
9
Handley students face a new method for Latin tournament selections as Mrs Peery withdraws usual representative choices. Exempt mid semester students take elimination tests to earn one of two top spots per year, with Handley hoping for strong showing. Princess Handley the school cat is a familiar figure in classes, even joining Plane Geometry with Mr Wood.
The Handley Band will make records for pag eant rehearsal use to save time and lessen strain on players and Mr. Strance. Rehearsals will begin two weeks before the pageant with the dance groups.
A Thursday assembly at the junior high featured a girls club skit. Joan Michael danced with Linda Smith who accompanied on the piano during the initiation scene. Suzanne Barr and Nancy James performed baton twirls and both were named drum majorettes for the Rouss Fire Company Drum and Bugle Corps.
Handley high runners participated in the season opener in Alexandria Virginia on Saturday. Manuel Sempeles placed third in Shotput and Jimmy Blackburn third in Discus as Durham High won the Alexandria Memorial Relays at George Washington High stadium for the second consecutive year. Competing schools included Baltimore Poly Washington-Lee Lynchburg Wilson Moe Kinley Tech Roosevelt Coolidge Monroe Fredericksburg Mount Vernon and Anacostia.
Don’t be alarmed if girls ask certain boys to a party on April 14, a Leap Year joke. The Thespian Players plan their first party this Friday with committees at work and invitations sent to every faculty member.
The Junior High Glee Club of about eighty five seventh and eighth grade girls performed Monday morning singing The Strife is Oer. They also supported the pagent by joining the Dedication Chorus.
The a cappella group delivered Were You There Friday in chapel. The song fit the occasion as the reading addressed the crucifixion and the resurrection.
Elementary class presents a program on scientists and inventions using three machines depicting Faraday Edison steam engines and medical advances. A Troy siege model and Wonder Animals from paper hangers are displayed. pupils also share biographical cards and favorite pursuits from a Virginia- based classroom roster.
The Latin Choir performed in chapel on Wednesday morning with Helen Edmonds delivering a flawless rendition. They closed with the choir singing In Christ the Lord Is Risen Today and When I Survey the Wonderous Cross.
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla departed Santiago for a 21 day visit to the United States aboard the Independence, the presidential yacht. He travels with his wife and a delegation including Foreign Minister Horacio Walker and his wife Campos Mendez, a deputy and his wife, and two military aides.
A. D. Kenamond of Shepherdstown has been appointed by Governor Okey L. Patteson as an alternate judge of the West Virginia State Court of Claims in Charleston. Kenamond previously taught in Stephenson City. The Air Force announced a contract to build a four engine version of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet to boost range and speed.
The Housing and Home Finance Agency earmarked 490280 dollars for slum clearance and urban redevelopment projects in Portsmouth Virginia. The move targets urban renewal and housing improvements under federal programs.
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