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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
5
Mary Boyd, Agnes Grubbs and Turessa Kitchen compiled essays praising high school value. Roscoe Edwards led the boys group and Helen Carper led the girls group, with the class choosing the same title for all.
TEACHERS TAKE NOTICE The Seniors are overworked and should take a few days off to recuperate. Worry centers on Kenneth Campbell while those with perfect attendance include Mary Boyd Agnes Grubbs Dorothy Herrell Turessa Kitchen Shirley Lillard Florence Messick Georgiana Neff Charles Bauserman and Jack McAboy. Edward Clarke Dovell born October 24 in Stephens City Virginia is profiled.
The Joys and woes of teachers and students are detailed in Junior News with profiles of Mrs Rhodes Home Economics Mrs Stickley Health and Mr Aylor Principal. The piece notes Freda Tusing in Memorial Hospital and lists freshmen who have perfect attendance. Home Economics reports Christmas decor and recipes while hosting visiting agricultural men December 8th.
Mary, a thinly clad girl in a snowy city, gaps at shop windows while crowds surge. A tall man asks if Santa is coming, learns her father is dead and her mother poor, and the moment carries a quiet, unresolved ache.
A poor Water Street girl Mary learns of a charitable plan from a mysterious benefactor. The mayor and his daughter lead a girls club effort to gift Mary and her mother a Christmas tree and toys, proving Santa Claus exists through community kindness.
Morgantown reporter Robert Sturgiss of the Dominion News twisted in sleep and fractured a vertebra, breaking his neck while turning over in bed according to a physician. The incident occurred in Morgantown, West Virginia as brief news note.
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