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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1956

Page

8

Christmas Concert ProgramSunday

The annual Christmas Concert directed by Miss Gwendolyn Hayes opens with a Welsh carol by the Elementary Chorus. Dr George D Jackson offers the invocation and Dr Garland R Quarles delivers greetings. The Vivace Club performs four selections with the Elementary Chorus including Shepherds Awake and Let Our Gladness Know No End. The Elementary Chorus adds Within the Stable. The A Cappella Choir performs three selections with the Elementary Chorus The Snow Lay on the Ground and Christmas Roundalor. The Junior and Senior High Glee Clubs proceed with O Come All Ye Faithful and O Holy Night by a guest soloist and the Glee Clubs, followed by Gloria Gloria. Miss Sadie Finkelstein accompanies the Glee Club. The program ends with Silent Night.

Gwendolyn Hayes George D. Jackson Presbyterian Church Garland R Quarles Vivace Club Sadie Finkelstein Glee Club Accompan

Editor and staff listed for newspaper

Editor Mary Bruce Rhodes assistant editor Cora Helen Frye with reporters Betty Petrie Spozzie Glaize Susan Butler Elizabeth Riley Helen Sullivan Janet Stanley Dorothy Daugherty Barbara Lewis Kitty Swisher Ann Keller Mary Dickinson Ann Sullivan Gayle Crabill Sally Dunn and Susan Crisman named as staff for the publication.

Mary Bruce Rhodes Cora Helen Frye Betty Petrie Spozzie Glaize Susan Butler Elizabeth Riley Helen Sullivan Janet Stanley Dorothy Daugherty Barbara Lewis Kitty Swisher Ann Keller Mary Dickinson Ann Sullivan Gayle Crabill Sally Dunn Susan Crisman

Keeping Studies Ahead During the Christmas Season

The piece urges students to balance holiday cheer with work during the weeks before Christmas. It warns that half of the six week period will pass before holidays and stresses finishing assignments before exams.

Student Rosters by Grade and Name List

Grade level rosters list students including Floyd Leighton Victor Haynes Garnette Miller Eddy Russell Mimi Lane Carol McKee Ann Troester Nancy Wotring in Sth grade. Sixth grade includes Barbara Eavis Judy Wolfe Meredith Bowers Ronald Hartman.

Floyd Leighton Victor Haynes Garnette Miller Eddy Russell Mimi Lane Carol McKee Ann Troester Nancy Wotring Scott Atkinson Paul Cramn Peter March Richard Sherman Salir Bush Mary Gaunt Mary Greene Carolyn Kirby Jennifer Mumpower Sandra Ritter Barbara Eavis Judy Wolfe Meredith Bowers Ronald Hartman

Handley to Have Christmas Card Box in Main Hall

The Booster Club will place a decorated box in the main hall on Friday December 14 for junior and senior high students to drop in cards. Each card must include the recipient name and home room number. Cards will be distributed December 20 and participation is encouraged.

Booster Club

Glee Club Flourishes Under Miss Haynes at Handley

The Junior Evening Star profiles Miss Gwendolyn Haynes director of Handley’s Glee Club. Born in Marion Kentucky she trained at Louisville Conservatory and Stetson College. She taught at Murray College before joining Handley in 1936 and has built the A Capella Choir and Vivace Club. The Christmas concert is annual and the Class of 1946 honors her with a Handlian dedication. In 1949 she is named outstanding citizen by the Chamber of Commerce.

Gwendolyn Haynes Miss Haynes Marion Kentucky University of Louisville Conservatory of Music Stetson College Florida Chicago Murray College Handley Haynes Chamber of Commerce

December events calendar for Lupton high school clubs

The schedule lists Lupton Horticulture Club meeting December 11 and Library Club on December 13. A Winter Wonderland freshman dance starts December 14 at 7 30 p.m. A Christmas Concert occurs December 16 at 3 00 p.m. in Handley Auditorium with readers and musicians performing.

Lupton Horticulture Club Library Club Handley Auditorium

Yule Stockings Sent to Veterans

The High School and elementary homerooms filled 108 Christmas stockings for Perry Point Veterans Hospital. Decorated with yarn and novelties, the stockings were then stocked with small items including cigarettes toothpaste life savers memorandum books puzzles and games. The project was sponsored by the Junior Red Cross.

Perry Point Veterans Hospital

Miss Overcash Named Member of VHSL Group

Miss Overcash attends Virginia High School Leagues Non Athletic Commission meeting in Charlottesville. She will represent Group II schools for two years to discuss literary and non athletic school life issues and make recommendations to the league's legislative council.

Miss Overcash Non- Athletic Commission of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia Legislative Council League

Jazz Band Helps Entertain Seniors Dance Night

Seniors enjoyed a Friday dance in the gym decked in red white and blue. A Confederate flag hung on the east wall while a jazz band led by Cecil Cadwallader performed for the crowd.

Cecil Cadwallader

Musical Salon Features Talented Local Ensemble

Charley Riley played clarinet with Lewis Bower, Marshall Crisman on trumpet, and Jerry Stern on drums as Dorothy Daugherty accompanied at the piano. They performed Margie, When the Saints Go Marching In, and Moongrow before Carol Mumpower danced to Five Foot Two. Mary Dickinson closed with Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody as guests helped takedown decorations.

Charley Riley Marshall Crisman Lewis Bower Jerry Stern Dorothy Daugherty Margie Saints Moongrow Carol Mumpower Five Foot Two Mary Dickinson Baby

Executive Council Holds Meeting

The Executive Council met Monday December 2 with president Spozzie Glaize and advisors Miss Overcash and Mr Wood thanking members for their help.

Spozzie Glaize Miss Overcash Mr. Wood

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