Talent Assembly Showcases School Clubs and Skits
The General Organization hosted a talent assembly to display varied club acts. The Vivace Club offered The Snow White Fantasy, while the Boys and Girls Monogram Clubs performed musical skits The Jail Bird Game and rhythmic pieces. Other groups presented Mr Carper's Clans In the Future and Sis O' the Ozarks with square dancing and a dance band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Cora Helen Fry
Mary Lou Sydnor
Barbara Lewis
Heddy Barnsley
Booster
Little Nell
Monogram Club
Marshall Crisman
David Jackson
Jackie Crenshaw
George Sempeles
Science Club
Mr. Carper
Thespian Club
Sis O' the Ozarks
Lupton Horticulture Club
International Christmas themed senior party planned for December 9
The senior class meeting set December 9 in the gym for an International Christmas party. Committees include decorations with Hubert Stone and Peggy Wyndham as co chairs. invitations led by Jane Petrie and Janice Stickley. refreshments by Iris Allen and Jeanette Rhodes. entertainment with Joe Higgs and Hedy Barnsley. tickets led by Mary Lou Sydnor and George Sempeles. clean up by David Jackson and Stewart Yeakley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Stone
Peggy Wyndham
Fred Donica
Jo Anne Vincent
Bill Whitacre
Wayne Lineburg
Thomas Nelson
Jane Petrie
Janice Stickley
Virginia Mullins
Sylvia Patton
Betty Argenbright
Iris Allen
Jeanette Rhodes
Tyler Whetzell
Robin Reardon
Betty Smallwood
Shirley Guess
Joe Higgs
Hedy Barnsley
Irvin Shendon
Donnie Stotler
Eileen Cahill
Mary Lou Sydnor
George Sempeles
Shirley Horner
Sammy Long
David Jackson
Stewart Yeakley
Ronald Shickle
John Kanode
Pat Taylor
Ryland Carper
Seventh Grade Chapel Services Weekly Thanks and Music
The article lists daily chapel duties for seventh grade and junior high. Readers include Carol Zirkle Mary Ellen Sheetz Linda Nelson Shanda Kiser and Virginia Athey with piano by Ann Arnold Martha Bly Diane Dunlap and Martha Rose Whitten. The A Cappella Choir and Junior High Glee Club provided special music and flag salutes were led by Carter Kellas Spuazie Glaize and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Zirkle
Ann Arnold
Mary Ellen Sheetz
Sandra Nicholson
Janet Stanley
Carter Kellas
Linda Nelson
Evelyn Riley
Martha Bly
Junior High Glee Club
Shanda Kiser
Anita Pennypacker
Diane Dunlap
Virginia Athey
Martha Rose Whitten
Room 47
Ellen Dupuy
Spuazie Glaize
Vivace Club Concert Under Miss Haynes at Civic League
The Vivace Club directed by Miss Haynes presented a program Friday at the Woman's Civic League. Miss Finkelstein accompanied. They opened with The Nations Prayer and sang Love Is the Wind Beautiful Dreamer The Snow White Fantasy Then closed with When Jesus Was a Little Child and Christ of the Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivace
Miss Haynes
Woman’s Civic League
Miss Finkelstein
Jesus
Christ of the
193 Teachers Attend Banquet
Seventy eight teachers from Winchester schools and 115 from Frederick County attended the annual Business Industry Day banquet at the George Washington Hotel on November 28. The Shenandoah Manufacturers Association provided the chicken dinner. Joseph Van Pelt, superintendent of Bristol schools and past president of the Virginia Education Association, was the guest speaker. The dinner followed tours of local industrial plants on October 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah Manufacturers Association
Joseph van Pelt
Bristol Schools
Virginia Education Association
Newspaper Staff Listing for Editorial Team
The article lists Editorial and Assistant Editors Mary Ruth Whitten and Anne Barnhart with a roster of reporters including Heddy Barnaby Helen Sullivan Martha Butler Barbara Lewis Eileen Cahill Spozzie Glaize Helen Solenberger Jane Petrie Mary Lou Sydnor Robin Reardon Cora Helen Fry Betty Petrie Susie Butler Mary Bruce Rhodes and Pat Royston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heddy Barnaby
Helen Sullivan
Martha Butler
Barbara Lewis
Eileen Cahill
Spozzie Glaize
Helen Solenberger
Jane Petrie
Mary Lou Sydnor
Robin Reardon
Cora Helen Fry
Betty, Petrie
Susie Butler
Mary Bruce Rhodes
Pat Royston
National Book Week Displays Observed in School
The week of November 12-19 was observed as National Book Week. Posters hung in corridors by Library Club members and Miss Pannill’s art pupils displayed colorful drawings with reading mottos. New books and reminders promoted the week’s focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Club
Handley Students urged to show courtesy at assemblies
Editorial notes pride in Handley Student Body for welcoming visitors and supporting programs. It laments recent booing whistling and stamping during assemblies and urges restraint to maintain proper auditorium decorum.
Polite Conduct Called for During Assembly Program
A reader urges better behavior during an assembly program to avoid distracting noises and actions. The note asks attendees to act like ladies and gentlemen and focus on the presentation.
Calendar of Events for Junior Evening Star
The page lists upcoming events including a Special Assembly Accordion Due on Friday December 9 with 20 cent general admission tickets and a Senior Dance on Friday December 9 in the gym. Editors note many activities are planned and invite notices by Friday 9:00 a.m. for inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O
Junior Evening Star
Coriells Present Outside Assembly
The Coriells Vernell Earl and Dottie presented a balancing act program on November 21. They performed unicycling juggling and acrobatics showed how a juggling club is made and balanced volunteers on a teeterboard. The group demonstrated difficult balancing acts and entertained the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coriells
Vernell
Earl
Dottie
Cornells
Banquet Honors 1955 Grid Team
A banquet recognizing the 1955 football team was held at Handley on Friday December 2. Attending were the football squad managers coaches Mr Archie Fry Dr Garland Quarles and Charlie Tait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Archie Fry
Garland Quarles
Charlie Tait
Football Champions Toasted At Banquet In Handley
Co captains George Sempeles and Frank Armstrong II presented Coach Maddox with a trophy for a successful season. A post banquet dance in Handley gym featured Mr. Siebert’s orchestra and a crowning ceremony for Football Queen Martha Butler by Dr. Garland Quarles. Students praise Handley dance as among the best in years and extend congratulations to District 10 champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sempeles
Frank Armstrong II
Maddox
Handley Gymnasium
Siebert
Martha Butler
Garland Quarles
Handley
New Teacher Joins Handley Faculty
Mrs. Holcombe, a new Handley teacher from Shepherdstown West Virginia, joins seventh eighth and ninth grade English. She earned a BA in Secondary Education from Shepherd College and resides on Battle Avenue with her husband Mr. Holcombe who also teaches at the high school. The student body welcomes her to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Shepherd College
Holcombe
Battle Avenue
Nelson Urges TB Seal Sales Boost in Winchester
Al Nelson, chairman of the 1955 Christmas Seal Sale, urges immediate contributions as the campaign enters its fourth week. Returns from November letters total 2488.60 dollars, about 19 percent of the funds needed for TB prevention, health education, and a year round relief program in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al” Nelson
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
P. O
Association
Winchester
Nelson
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Evening Star
Handley High School
Vivace Club
Sis O
Ozarks
David Keen
Robert Button
Dick Good
Anne Barnhart
Mary Ruth Whitten
Spuzzie Glaize
Editorial
Mrs. Holcombe
Kenneth E. Henry Co
Saturday Evening Post
Northern Virginia Power CO
Mayfair
Sheffield
Sherwood
Stratford
Frigidaire
Northern Virginia
Berryville — Strasburg
Front Royal
Beauty Center
W. Boscawen St
Helen R. Collier
North Loudoun
Newberry
Orion
du Pont
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