Handley High Students Urge War Defense Training
The Junior Evening Star argues for mandatory military and disaster training in high schools nationwide, citing Handley High's past program and urging preparation for air raids fires and other wartime emergencies. It reflects wartime sentiment and includes notes about school events and social news from the era.
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the Junior Evening Star
Handley High School
America
Handley
United Man Tecoienbee
Bene
Tratn
Local recollections from Handley era students and townsfolk
Vague notes recall Judy with bangs and Alonzo attending school. Billy Dunn visited town while Betsy arrived in Handley in the fourth grade. Mentions of tardiness, Brook's Drug, Front street, Allan Legge and Anne Waener appear with minimal context. Onile liked Billy Harty in a scattered reminiscence.
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Judy
Alonzo
Billy Dunn
Betsy
Handley
Brook
Allan Legge
Anne Waener
Onile
Billy Harty
Senior Class Roster and Profiles From Handley
The excerpt lists dozens of graduates and their peers with full names, nicknames, and family ties. It notes Linwood Dusings twin, his Handley high year 42, the diploma type a woolen mill job aim and dancing hobby, Bill a seventh grader joined Browning’s room and his commercial diploma, plus Julia DeHaven described as a chatterbox.
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Linwood Dusing
Mr. Browning
Handley
Oe City
Linwood
Student Julia to Graduate Stenographic Diploma
She will graduate this year with a stenographic diploma. She came to Handley as a sophomore from the county and earned a monogram in all sports. Julia is treasurer of the band, a Booster, and helps feed the group. She plans to be a secretary to an older man, joking that only dumb men have secretaries.
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Handley
Julia
Nancy Lee Star Player Among Solen Berger Girls
Nancy Lee, a standout in Solen Berger’s girls sports, captained the team this year and holds the highest participation points in sports. She will graduate next spring with an Academic diploma and plans to decide her path after graduation.
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Nancy Lee
Solenberger
Rts
Monogram Club
Wednesday Skit Delights Audience While Prompting Reflection
The performance starred Maisie Ton Butler as T Bone with a cast including Miss Fioosie Frills Imaret Ann Tique Franses A Pain Ara Clatter Fifi Jones and Jesta Wright. Participants Myrt le Cooper Marjory Frye Kathleen Weakly Betty Brown Ethel Punk Thelma LaFollette and Mary Rogers provided laughs and prompted serious thought for future original programs.
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T. Bone
Maisie Ton Butler
Shawn Uite
Miss Fioosie Frills
Imaret Ann Tique
Franses A. Pain
Ara Clatter
Fifi Jones
Jesta Wright
Myrtle Cooper
Marjory Frye
Kathleen Weakly
Betty Brown
Ethel Punk
Thelma LaFollette
Mary Rogers
Booster Club to make Surgical Dressings for Cross
Notes show weekly Tuesday deliveries after noon by Snuffy with mail, plus small items about students, navy enlistments, song references, holiday break, and local happenings including basketball games and Bettye Jane Turner returning home for Christmas.
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Bucky Yost
Donald Lon Long
Navy
P. S
Purcell
Billy Dunn
Janey
Bettye Jane Turner
Quail
The
Express Company
Judge Open Basketball Season Tonight
The 1941 42 season begins with Maddox's Judges facing Pope's Bobcats at Handley at 7 30 tonight. A Friday game against Berkeley follows. Two early contests precede Christmas, with a strong turnout of named players and a large junior squad under Mr Parsons.
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Pope
Bobcats
Berkeley Oe
Wood
Gail Robinson
Sencindiver
Huyett
Garber
Richards
Sladen
Moore
Rivers
Lewis
Ritter
Pee Wees
Mr. Parsons
Booster Club Sews Surgical Dressings at Church Each Tuesday
The Booster Club meets at Presbyterian Church every Tuesday from three to five thirty to make surgical dressings. The weekly schedule reserves Mondays for Girl Scouts, with encouragement for Scouts to attend whenever possible.
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Presbyterian Church
Knitting Club Formed To Aid Red Cross War Effort
Anne Woolfolk chairs a meeting in Mr Barrs office where many girls learn to knit for the Red Cross. A beginners class will also be offered to increase wartime garment production for war victims.
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Anne Woolfolk
Christmas Carol Concert Delights Audience and Students
The annual Christmas Carol Concert Sunday by the Glee Club A Capella Choir and the Fourth Fifth and Sixth Grades Chorus drew praise. Miss Haynes directed and Miss Finkelstein accompanied, earning notable credit for the program’s success and effort.
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Miss Haynes
Charles Zuckerman
Glee Club
Louie and
Vincent
Haynes
Finkelstein
Gossip Column Snippet Sparks Hearsay Bets
Snooper reports weekend happenings and chatter among the townfolk. Mentions include a Woodrow Wilson reference, Peggy Whitlock, Mary Baldwin, Etta Kett style dating notes, Bill Way winning a $20 prize at Rhodes, and couples like Eugene and Mary Clegg. Betty Jo Hilderbrand and Peggy Anderson look happy amid romance speculation.
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Will
Helen
Woodrow Wilson
Whitlock
Peggy
Mary Baldwin
Etta Kett
Louis
Fansler
Bill Way
Rhodes
Mildred
Bills
Eugene
Mary Clegg
Snooper
Betty Jo Hilderbrand
Peggy Anderson
Buck
Jimmy
Blackout Cloth With Flowers Swoops Up For Christmas
New York shoppers rush blackout cloth for curtains with floral designs as department stores create dedicated counters to meet demand. The article notes growing popularity and a likely surge in orders as Christmas approaches.
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New York
Marines Request More Japs Aboard Wake Island
Dispatch from Honolulu reports a Wake Island garrison reply to navy officials asking for needs. They asked for “more Japs” indicating fierce morale and strong intent to resist. The account reflects wartime rhetoric circulating in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Youth with arsenal stopped after attempted hold up
Police captured a 12 year old boy fleeing from an attempted hold up. He carried five automatic pistols a revolver and six packages of shells. Authorities report the incident occurred in Boston on December 16.
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Boston
Air Raid Drills at School Stir Calm Memories
A school recounts air raid drills with bells signaling practice alerts. Students fetched gas masks trench coats and galoshes then moved calmly to underground shelters. They describe lying under desks shielding from splinters and the trench life, ending with singing and sharing memories.
Berryville basketball game preview
Readable text hints at a Berryville basketball game coming up this week. Missing specifics on teams, venue, or exact date, but indicates anticipation and local interest in the matchup.
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