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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
9
On Friday Dec 14 a Christmas card box will be placed in the Main Hall for Junior and Senior High School students to place cards. Recipients should ensure name and Home Room number are legible on envelopes. The box stays until Advisory on Dec 20, cards delivered to Home Rooms on Dec 21.
The Winchester Education Association visited Quarles School for a Christmas party on Thursday night, December 6. Dr Racey of Shenandoah College spoke on the holiday theme. The Valley Chanters directed by Floyd Haines performed carols with solo by Eula Affleck.
The Senior High Glee Club will present the Annual Christmas Concert in Handley Auditorium on Sunday December 16 at three o clock directed by Neill Stallings with Darlene Himes as accompanist and a Handley Band brass sextet. Katherine Pannill organizes auditorium decorations. The program features carols from various periods and composers including Quarles Bach Old English and Ukrainian pieces with a cappella choir and drum.
The Boys Monogram Club held a December 6 advisory meeting and announced volunteer ushers for the December 16 Christmas Concert. Members John Anderson Gary Bailey Bill Bauserman Larry Bell Philip Cram John Dick James Good Andy Gott Doug Hardesty Woody Hawkins Dennis Hinkle John Kelly Kn 24 Killian Fred Lineburg Fred McKay Larry Meadows Frank Patton Charles Polhamus Robert Saville John Setzer Fred Shoemaker Kenny Sisler Eddie Stern Barnie Stine Dwight Sunderlin Charles Swartz Turner Trice Jimmy Wilkins Earl Willey. Eleven new members were welcomed: John Dick Gene Fisher Douglas Hardesty Sam Heltzel Douglas Killian Larry Meadows Frank Patton John Setzer Fred Shoemaker Eddie Stern George Weidig.
An exhibit from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts features watercolors by U.S. artists in an abstract style at Handley Gallery. Visitors view the pieces, priced from 90 to 700 dollars, through this week from 9 to 5 daily, as Handley students thank the museum for the display of contemporary American art.
The byline names Sally Bell as editor in chief with Julie Glass as assistant editor. Staff reporters include Elizabeth Baker Connie Carlisle Joyce Anne Gano Linda Garber Carolyn Manuel Linda Richter Janet Shawen and Cheryl Whitney.
The school lists students achieving top academic standing with no grade below a B and no conduct mark below fair for the second six weeks. Names are organized by homeroom sections and include Wanda Armstrong and many others across classes.
A long roster of individuals grouped by surnames includes Clark Russell Schmeller Sherrard Sencin diver Smith Tuggle Wleach West White with numerous first names listed under each surname. The document appears to catalog residents or participants by family name in a civic or organizational context.
Attractive holiday place mats decorated with pictures of Christmas scenes were made by art classes for the veterans of New ton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia. They are displayed in the Main Hall and will be sent to Martinsburg soon. The Handley student body extends holiday wishes to these veterans.
The Boosters Club announces two new senior members Gretchen Higgs and Joyce Miller who were omitted from last week's article.
On Wednesday December 5 Mrs Tuggle’s first and second year Spanish classes staged an assembly in the auditorium. Meredith Bowers opened with a Hitchcock sendup while Tom Lee portrayed Pedro Gunn and Gary Streit played Lola. The show featured a Dr Ben Casey sketch and ended with students singing in Spanish.
A regular meeting of the Library Club held on Thursday December 6 announced committees for Christmas decorations. Sandy Willingham, vice president, warned fines for late bulletin board decoration and new co directors Linda Mallory and Meg Greene were chosen for the play Have You Had Your Operation.
The first basketball pep assembly on Friday December seven featured chants from the audience and a performance by the Varsity Cheer leaders. Coach Maddox and co-captains John Anderson and Jimmy Wilkins spoke of a winning season while Girls Monogram Club members Sharon Grimm Barbara Lillis and Barbara Loy performed as “witches” in a Macbeth inspired chant. Stephany Martin awarded fall intramural trophies to Jane Holsinger’s junior hockey team and Linda Sirbaughs freshman volleyball team, with accolades to the winners.
On Tuesday December 4 the senior girls in the Handley cafeteria took the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow test. Mrs Hart and Mr Philips supervised as scores are sent to Handley with the school winner advancing to state and possibly national competition.
Seniors vote on class flower and motto ideas with Meredith Bowers representing.
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