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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1940
Page
10
A fragmentary diary style entry recalls Morris Cather unable to answer in class while Mrs Solenberger stays on topic. The girls chatter about the river Capon and Susan Shryock’s home work, and Jane Gearing does not reveal details of a geometry assignment.
Charles Joll 19 of South Fork Penna CCC enrollee at Camp Roosevelt near Edinburg died instantly in a 1:30 a.m. collision with a truck driven by Cletus Houff Weyers Cave. Five other enrollees and Houff escaped serious injuries. Joll was thrown from the car and suffered fatal head injuries. coroner ruled accidental death.
The writer laments crowded school halls during transitions. They urge students to keep moving, avoid blocking doorways, and enter rooms fully to ease traffic and prevent collisions. They call for timely, space aware behavior.
Jim Thompson reports Handley students recount a chaotic Washington trip. Highlights include Ruby Landacre sans shoes at the conference, Howell Rivers nearly detained, June Cline misplacing money with a streetcar conductor, and Philip Barnhart noted as well behaved. Dorothy Moore and elevator antics add further chaos.
Phillip Barnhart aims for chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee and participates in the A Capella Choir Glee Club band orchestra and Handley Hot Shots. Estella Armentrouf plans study in Washington state with Fort Myer ties and dislikes homework. Virg ie Adams, county student and aspiring secretary, plans business college after Handley with piano playing as a hobby.
One year ago Mr Browning had thirteen boys on the honor roll. Two years ago Farley Massey got an A for Mr Browning. Four years ago the Oranges and Shamrocks had a football game. Six years ago a Shakespearean play was given by the Literary Class.
At an Executive Council meeting the noon dances were approved every other week with the same orchestra and price but more attendees. The note urges boys to bring partners, arguing the dances should feel like a school fair and be inclusive for all students.
Gossip notes at school recount rumors of new romances and couples like Colleen with Blosser and Louise with Parke. Seniors receive rings. an atmosphere of fashion and competition grows as Jane Cather flaunts Massanutten jewelry.
Juniors staged a gym event with the Friday the 13 motif featuring blue and white streamers black cats and big 13 symbols. Guests walked under step ladders to enter the gym while Jimmy Doman provided music and the event included refreshments and girl break dances for all.
The room housing sewing machines was intended as a bedroom for the Herne Economics Department. The Booster Club formed in 1934. There are 37 typewriters in the typing room and 79 steps in front of Handley School. Mr Joyce crafts antique furniture. The first Handley Senior Class graduated in Spring 1924.
Handley faculty highlight the annual Christmas program produced by the Glee Club and A Capella Choir under Miss Gwendolyn Haynes. Haynes joined Handley from Marion Kentucky five years ago with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Louisville and six years as music instructor at Murray State.
A local roundup lists youngsters wishes from Morris Cather seeking an automobile rero and a world trip to Jeanne Shade asking for a big teddy bear and others hoping for items like a Victrola Mary Beattie a pink 37 Chevy Gail Robinson a Rose Bowl ticket Alta May Ayers a shotgun and bullets.
George Hott returned from the University of Virginia for the weekend. Marion Hurst 40 Winifred Bailey 39 Bill Sullivan 40 and George attended the Junior Dance Friday. Margaret Smith 40 will be home for Christmas from Randolph Macon Woman's College Lynchburg. Wilbur Kern 40 visited Handley. Lehr Dunlap 39 from Maryland and Jimmy Brown 39 from Virginia also home for holidays. Dot Hawathorne 40 from Stephens College Missouri.
A set of dialogue fragments features a speedometer joke, a can opening misunderstanding, a hesitant American reciting the flag verse, a courtly offer to swap a partner with a funeral undertaker, and a costly kiss quip from a sly elder. The pieces mix humor with a dash of menace.
David Starry spoke on Jamaican superstitions during last Thursday's assembly. He described rituals such as hanging a squirrel in a tree and throwing dirt through the legs, plus voodoo drums and beliefs about monkey rum aiding grave digging.
Evansville Indiana December 17. A man named Nathan Taylor rushed to police claiming someone robbed his money from his pocket while inside a local bank. Investigator Set. Frank Freihaut said police would try to recover the $106 before December 25.
Washington December 17 The new director of the army construction program Lieut Col Brehon B Somervell took action to speed logging on camps cantonments and other defense work He centralized and reorganized the national headquarters consolidating 14 major admin sections into five and promised a veteran official to tackle labor delays hindering the completion of 25 camps.
Fred J. Kiehl mistook a railroad right of way for a street during a sleet storm. He rode 10 blocks before hearing a train and seeing a locomotive head light behind him. His auto stalled. trainmen shifted the car to avoid collision.
By order of the Trial Justice Court of Winchester Virginia in the J. W. Miller versus James Hodge and Clarence Hodge case, a 1936 Chevrolet truck will be sold at public auction in front of the Winchester Court House on Friday December 20 1940 at 10 o clock a m. Cash terms. City Sergeant Taylor L Barr conducts the sale.
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