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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1939
Page
5
The speaker criticizes students for bad conduct and distractions in class. He argues that attention and effort are needed for better grades, noting the impact of whispers and naps on engagement and performance.
A student notes Brooksie from The Citadel visiting, plus Virginia peers in discussion with faculty. It covers late nights, exams, Shryock and V. P. 1 rumors, a dance with Basil Hayley, senior mischief, and playful letters about basketball and a theater finale.
Jean Shryock says it should win the Academy Award if such a thing existed. Kathleen Garrett rates it good with Junior Moustache as a standout. Louise Ensogna calls it pretty good while noting Fran ces experience. Reba Snarr cites Duell as stealing the show.
The Handlian staff urges immediate subscriptions for the 1940 Handlian yearbook. Seniors are told to act quickly to secure order blanks and guarantee a copy, with the price set at 1.50 now and 1 later. The top seller earns a free yearbook.
Freshmen write that they are capable of forming a class with faculty support. They argue they are not too young, call for cooperation, and challenge treating freshmen as babies in a letter signed by Miss McCue's Fresh Men.
In a midweek basketball game the Sipe’s Wildcats defeated the Light’s Sureshots 28 to 22. Key players included D Wooldridge for the Sureshots and Wildcats captained by S. Brown with guard Bash M Bayliss and center B Lovett.
Sixth graders plan a one act comedy titled The King s Toothache. The King is played by Ruler of the kingdom of ayache ae and hand ames Menial serves the King and is made by Danny Babb. Jester is a palace servant operated by Janney Lupton.
Handley fielded six students for a debate conference at George Washington University on December 8. Betsy Porter Margaret Smith Margaret Dick Robert Bridgers Philip Barnhart and James Thompson will represent Handley in discussing the resolution Should the Government Own and Operate the Railroads.
The 9 A Vocational Civics class Friday held an exhibit with short talks on members hobbies. World War relics stamps dolls and drawings of local buildings were displayed. The event filled the period and was greatly enjoyed.
Three players Rowe Patton and Ritter return from last year's varsity squad as the basketball program builds with fifty boys. New juniors and veterans will share time while aiming to fine tune fundamentals before the first December 19 game with Harrisonburg. The JV team faces eight to ten games and cheerleaders are expected at all games.
The Shamrocks led by Captain Farley Massey face the Maroons under Captain Kitty Baker in the opening game. Shamrocks lineup includes R Landacre Ebert English Womack Light Hawthorne Carpenter Kern Browne Leatherman Shryock Kline. Maroons feature Captain Baker Dorsey Rainsberger Ensogna Baker Mackie Woolfolk Fauver Green DeHaven Myers.
A playful note asks seniors to share a funny or unusual event from their eleven years of school. It mentions Dotty Moore, Dorothy Hawthorne, Dotty Robinson, and Natalie Browne as those who want a secret told, urging good sportsmanship among students.
Portrait style item listing students with nicknames pet expressions hobbies and ambitions. Catherine Campbell Walter Bailey Allison Burgess Neill Babb shown with interests bands orchestras writing and general activities. Ambitions include joining a symphony composing a book and recapturing past glamour.
A reader overhears Handlians debating yearbook format, weighing short career notes under senior portraits versus a simple list of organizations and activities. The discussion highlights affection for witty, readable captions and individual portraits.
A Handian staff meeting confirms seniors may not receive short write ups under their pictures though the column will include something beneath each photo. The decision leaves uncertainty about who will be featured and which awards for best dress or heartbreaker to include.
A student returns home to study late and work through the night leaving little time for meals. After only three hours of sleep, the next morning at school the student feels exhausted and notes Mr. Browning’s appearance as odd, but Sceneone confirms it was correct.
The gym sports new basketball back boards and thicker supports. Players from Maroon Shamrock intramural and varsity leagues quickly adapt and score more baskets. Coaches Mr. Legge and Mr. Knee are credited for the upgrade.
One year ago Jack Raymond, noted sports writer and snake expert, spoke to students using ten live snakes as specimens. The Boys Monogram Club hosted a football dance with Soddy Haines providing dance music. Plans for a corridor commission were approved after Edith Dunn’s report to the Executive Council. Mary Lois Bean named Handley Beauty in assembly with judges Mrs Peery, Mrs Barr, Miss Haynes, and Mr Bennett. Six years ago senior girls won a dribble contest 15 12 over juniors. Handley Glee Club performed at a Lion’s luncheon. Three years ago Emilie Rosenberger bowled a 92 game while Whitham and Himelright showed promise as varsity players.
A fifth grade note by George Fries describes a bedtime scene full of books. The speaker sits with stories about pirates Indians and Injun Joe the half breed as rain falls outside and counts the books read before sleep.
Physicians in Winchester Frederick County and northern Virginia are invited to a cancer clinic on November 13 in Martinsburg West Virginia tied to the Eastern Panhandle Medical Society annual meeting. Dr L Clarence Cohn and Dr William Neill will discuss breast skin and external tumors with slide illustrations and offer diagnosis and advice at no charge.
Stuart S. Janney attorney of Garrison in Green Spring Valley will be given a hearing December 12 on a charge of fatally injuring pedestrian David Weger 45 who died at a hospital after being struck by an automobile as he started across a street on November 27.
Richard Frantz 25 was exonerated after a hearing following his car’s fatal clash with Millard Almony 60 as the newlyweds left for their honeymoon. Almony stepped back from a streetcar into Frantz’s path, and Frantz spent his wedding night in jail.
E. J. McFadden drove to the scene of an accident in Dallas and offered assistance. When he turned to leave his car had vanished, the report notes the sudden theft during the aid attempt.
Pittsburgh telegram reports 52 year old John Christ under magistrate order to kiss his wife at least once daily for a year. Mrs Christ claimed she had not been kissed for a year and said she is a kissless wife. Magistrate Anthony Lucas released Christ on promise to kiss and stop drinking.
Dr. Manfred S. Guttmacher a prominent psychiatrist confirmed he was called to treat Al Capone at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore He said he was brought in by Dr Joseph E Moore who has treated Capone since his release from federal custody and admission to the hospital on November 16.
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