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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
9
The Middletown School News lists editors and reporters including Miss Audra Hunt as Editor and Miss Helen Hottel as Assistant Editor. Reporters include Frances Cooley, Russell McCauley, Helen Mowery and Robyn Ann Williams with Anna Lee Grim in Home Economics.
A mixed set of 校 cheer, announcements, and student profiles from Middletown High School in Virginia, dated December 7, 1940. It includes class officer elections, annual staff selections, and biographical sketches of senior students Jean Campbell, Maggie Murray, and others, with humorous captions and a Christmas present list.
On December 5 1940 freshman class meeting called by president John Mudd minutes read by secretary. A Christmas party was scheduled for December 20 with school dismissed for holidays. Committees listed include Irma Clem Irving Grim Jeas Clark refreshment and Roland Dalton Robyn Ann Williams Sara Jane Judy entertainment. Meeting adjourned.
The text lists scattered student prompts and responses about abilities and behaviors such as chewing gum sitting with girls reading books dieting and academic tasks. It reads like a fragmented classroom exercise or playful prompt list with initials marking each student and varied outcomes.
The bulletin lists pupils who had teeth fixed by Dr Burke including James Prarks and Lillian Cooley, notes a December 17 1940 min strel show Pickaninny Jamboree at Middletown High School, and highlights classroom activities from fourth to second grade with holiday projects, new library books, and student crafts.
Clarke County Historical Society plans restoration of Greenway Court the Fairfax estate near Berryville Virginia. Buildings including the lodge kitchen stockade and well house may be rebuilt starting in spring under the society with a ten year land lease by the Kennerley sisters descendants of Mrs Carnegie who inherited the property.
City Sergeant Taylor Barr is bringing three prisoners Louie Klein Steve One and Norman Morrise from Harrisville Ritchie county Va to face larceny charges. They allegedly took three overcoats and a small camera from John Webster’s car in front of the Winchester Hotel. One overcoat was recovered at Hogue Creek. others were said to have been found by a passing motorist.
The 4-H Economics unit supports the American Red Cross with items like dresses jackets and blankets shipped to war stricken England. Middletown FFA held its third monthly meeting on November 27 1940 with President Brumback presiding. A turkey raffle was planned for Christmas and yearly objectives were adopted. The library received new books for both grades and high school with titles such as Billy Monkey Rebecca and Anna Karenina. Student helpers included Christine Wright Audra Hunt Dorothy Smith Helen Cornwell James Coffman Ruth Sperry Etheleen Henson and Dorothy Tevalt.
In Clear Spring Maryland at the Clear Spring National Bank two would be robbers entered the bank around 9 45 am but fled after cashier G B Hall triggered a burglar alarm ten minutes before 10 am A L Brewer assistant cashier reported they did not display guns and fled in a car possibly stolen to the west toward Hagerstown A rifle was fired by Hall at the vehicle but it is unclear if anyone was hit Elizabeth Troupe, book keeper, was present during the attempted robbery and witnesses described one assailant as short with a mustache and foreign accent
Ben Belchic of the Novick Transfer Company spoke at the Lions Club luncheon on truck transportation. He noted the company is among the citys largest, with 190 employees and a weekly payroll around 4000 dollars, operating 60 units between Roanoke Virginia and New York City. D H Sencindiver chaired the program. Christmas seals were promoted with carols by three third grade children, and Dan Leatherman also supported the cause.
The trial of Mrs. Floyd Riley, 19, for the fatal shooting of her sister Mrs. John Shiflett on October 20, is slated to begin Thursday December 12 in Clarke Circuit Court with Judge Philip Williams presiding. The shooting occurred in the Riley residence yard on James P. Reardon’s farm as the victim spoke with Riley.
London reports two German spies were executed at dawn in North London prison for treachery act violations. Jose Waldberg age 25 born Mainz and Karl Meier age 24 born Koblenz were convicted November 22 after arriving in England. They allegedly set up a radio transmitter in rural spots and believed invading German troops would relieve them.
Ottawa reports the 1337 ton Canadian destroyer Saguenay was torpedoed in the eastern Atlantic during an encounter with a submarine. Twenty one men are missing and eighteen wounded. Saguenay reached port for repairs, the naval service announced. It is the first confirmed direct damage to a Canadian fighting ship by an enemy vessel.
ATLANTA December 10. Several passengers were injured when a Southern Railway passenger train derailed about 14 miles south of Atlanta. Southern president E. E. Norris suffered a broken leg and scalp lacerations, general manager O. B. Keister had a broken arm, and W. F. Cooper was knocked unconscious. First reports cited an open switch at the foot of a grade. The Ponce De Leon was en route from Chicago to Florida.
Mexican ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera predicted an early agreement with oil companies whose properties were expropriated in 1938. He returned to Washington and said a prompt settlement is likely and the Mexican government will soon sign an accord.
A Frederick County jury found Fred Shuler guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence. He received a $100 fine plus costs and 30 days in jail. Wyatt H. Richards served as jury foreman. The conviction was appealed from Trial Justice Tavenner's court.
The Duke and Duchess arrive aboard the Southern Cross at the Miami pier with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Wenner-Gren for a restrained tour. They stay at St Francis Hospital and later the Miami Biltmore Hotel, avoiding public appearances during the visit. The royal party plans a future full-dress U.S. tour.
Mrs. Roosevelt voices views on labor rackets and unions while testifying about work seekers. Alberta Thomas, mother of eight, describes a nomadic family search for jobs since 1934 and an inability to pay a $300 initiation fee to an electrician's union.
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