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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
5
The Handley High School junior staff praises Midget for leadership in sports and clubs while presenting Lucille Embrey as a dignified senior. Lucille plans a general diploma, nursing studies, and Army nursing service with overseas duty ambitions.
A lively game atmosphere at Handley Maines with bands, cheering sections and alumni returning. Observers note Keith and Judy among the crowd while seniors face their last game and a bittersweet farewell fills the stands.
Friday digest notes Thanksgiving ceremony for Handley juniors, with Clarence Hoover earning most valuable lineman honors while Hink Wis and Gladstone Crim tie as most valuable backs, each receiving sweaters.
The Evening Star spotlights local sports with feature stories on area teams and standout athletes. It previews scores, schedules, and standings for tonight’s games across city venues.
Advert reads as a balm for pimples eczema and itching skin offering soothing effects after one application with a money back guarantee. The copy highlights skin comfort and relief from red blotches and irritation.
The column records holiday gossip about Helen Miller nights with Dan or Carroll and questions about Miss White and Miss Hyatt. It hints at Grove interest and a car with six people in Martinsburg, plus a tip from Bill Medary on building a fire.
The Junior Evening Star notes ongoing paper shortages shrink the paper’s content and force editors to cut material. Readers are urged to keep mailing items but understand that juicy tidbits and open forum letters may be omitted due to wartime constraints.
Handley will observe Pearl Harbor Day on December 7 with a patriotic program and a student slogan contest. Each student submits a 9 by 12 inch paper with a slogan to their advisor. one winner per advisory room will receive a $1 war stamps prize, judged 75 percent on content and 25 percent on presentation.
For sale copies of 1944 Handiian offered at 3 dollars each or later at one and two dollar options. Interested buyers may contact Helen Blosser Virginia Goss Courtney Fauver Gladstone Crim or George Boyd immediately.
The report notes Hink, a 140 pound, 5 ft 4 inch player, starred on the Junior Varsity. He earned a Monogram Club year and lettered for football, serving as quarterback and aiming toward a future spot on the varsity team.
Change Posts NEW YORK December 1 The Tokyo appoints Zengo Yoshida to the Supreme War Council Nobu take Kondo verilen Yoshida’s former post as commander of the Japanese fleet in Chinese waters.
A school talent show hosted by the student council featured King of the Key Board performances and acts by Betty Hengeveld, Helen Blosser, Mary E. Norris, Johnny Pappas, and Joe Cather. Ann Shull served as mistress of ceremonies with Betty Hengeveld and Betty Hendrie as accompanists. The event included bingo, refreshments, and dancing, with admission for seventh through twelfth graders via G. O. tickets.
The piece profiles Frank Butsler who aspires to join the Naval Air Corps and later become a public accountant after completing the General Course. It notes his sports involvement, interests in guns and pro teams, and hobbies such as photography and music, mentioning his roles in the basketball and intramural softball teams. It also briefly references Mary Margaret Everhart and her Steno graphic Commercial Course and secretary ambitions.
Mrs Susan H Kabler executive secretary of the local Red Cross Chapter has arranged a display of weekly prisoner of war packages in the window of Miller and Anderson on East Bosca Owen Street Area headquarters provides the packages contents from the army and the Red Cross packs them An excerpt from a February 1943 letter from a prisoner in Italy expresses appreciation for the aid received through these packages.
A wartime letter describes a Red Cross food parcel as a blessing and manna from heaven. The item list includes prunes, raisins, chocolate, tea, sugar, cheese, sardines, salmon, corned beef, luncheon meat, butter, milk powder and biscuits, bringing tears of gratitude and relief.
nessman was held for grand jury action after a hearing before United States Commissioner Charles D. Fox Jr. on a charge of purchasing gasoline ration stamps from a janitor who worked there. He posted $2,000 bond and had been at liberty since Nov. 19. Walter A. Hardwick the janitor pleaded guilty the day he was arrested and was held for grand jury action.
A home front campaign urges citizens to purchase war bonds to back military efforts. Public appeals stress civic duty and national unity as the cost of freedom is funded through responsible savings.
Frank Armstrong Jr executive vice president of the National Mr Armstrong spoke at a Kiwanis meeting and in Richmond before legislators and industry reps. His Thursday talk covers the Apple By-Products Industry In the War.
Reckord, a Maryland native, has headed the Third Service Command since Jan. 6, 1942. He becomes deputy chief of staff of the Army Service Forces, with changes effective since July as the command shifts leadership.
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