Leahy Heads to France as New U S Ambassador
Admiral Leahy sails from the naval base aboard the Tuscaloosa to Lisbon to assume his post as United States ambassador to France. He avoids discussing the mission, saying only that he represents the U S government and looks forward to visiting the expanding base and reuniting with old colleagues Taussig Leutze. Rep Colgate W Darden Jr cautions him on the gravity of the task ahead.
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Admiral D
United States
France
Naval Operating Base
Tuscaloosa
Lisbon
Portugal
Marine Corps Guard of Honor
Joseph K. Taussig
Norfolk Naval District
Admiral Taussig
Admiral Leutze
Trevor W. Leutze
Annapo
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Virginia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Darden
Leahy
Manna
Warm Colors and Cold Colors
The warm colors are red orange and yellow. The cold colors are green blue and violet.
Surviving Student Pilot Lands After Midair Crash
Millard McInnis, 26, escaped a midair crash at State Airport with a severed tail and guided his damaged plane to a safe field landing. His leg wound was treated in hospital. Fellow student pilot G Gilbert Kornstein, 19, died in the crash.
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Aaave
R.1
Millard McInnis
G Gilbert Kornstein
Price to Name Richmond-Petersburg-Hopewell Council
Governor Price planned to name the nuclear personnel for the Richmond Petersburg Hopewell regional defense council by week’s end after talks with city and county representatives and the state defense council. Dr Douglas S Freeman said recreation facilities top the agenda for the new coordinating body and pledged quality options for thousands of trainees next year.
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Richmond
Price
Richmond-Petersburg-Hopewell
Camp Lee
War News Censored Caution For Star Readers
Readers of The Star are cautioned that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before it is transmitted to the United States. This advisory notes reporting may be incomplete or altered by authorities.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Negroes Entrained For January Draft In Virginia
Ninety two Black draftees were added to Virginia January quotas bringing total to 592 for first 1941 induction. Fort Meade will train many. inductions set for Baltimore Richmond and Roanoke between Jan 16 and 20. White draftees total 500 at same points on Jan 9 and 10.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mills F. Neal
Third Corps
Neal
Fort Meade
Baltimore
Roanoke
Selective Service Army
Buchanan County
Henry County
Portsmouth
Southampton County
Newport News
Accomack County
Albemarne
Charlottesville
Amherst County
Arlington
Alexandria
Augusta
Bedford County
Botetourt
Brunswick
Buckingham
Campbell
Caroline
Carroll
Charlotte
Chesterfield
Culpeper
Dickenson
Dinwiddie
Petersburg
Elizabeth City
Fairfax
Fauquier
Floyd
Franklin
Giles
Grayson
Halifax
Hanover
Henrico
Isle of Wight
Lee
Loudoun
Louisa
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Nansemond
Suffolk
Nelson
Norfolk County
Norfolk City
Northampton
Orange
Page
Patrick
Pittsylvania
Princess Anne
Prince William
Pulaski
Rockbridge
Rockingham
Burgsell
Scott
Shenandoah
Smyth
Sussex
Tazewell
Warren
Warwick
Washington County
Wise
Wythe
York
Santa Claus Delivers Turkey and Gore Christmas Buzz
Gore brief notes Christmas fun include a Santa Claus plane visit over Gore warning kids to be good and go to bed early. Local families visit Winchester, Hagerstown and Paw Paw while moves and visits mingle in the holiday week.
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Marguerite
Jeanne Constable
Security
A. D. Davis
Santa
Santa Claus
H. F. Clemons
Daught Fay
Janet
Winchester
Howard Wilson
Bryan Constable
Cleo Sirbaugh
Hagerstown
W. M. Hover
Roy Whitacre
Paw Paw
W. Va
Cover
Chambersburg
Gore
Muriel Bowman
Christmas Issue of The Quill Shines with Holiday Content
The Quill presents December contest win stories by Sam Brooks and Lewis Trahan and Dan Saxe’s Christmas with Shakespeare. It highlights Handley Christmas activities, student courtesy essays by Helen Kaknis, book reviews, Debs Doing gift hints, Workshop crafts, a basketball schedule, Nancy Bond’s poem Little Bear Tails, and Aspacia Semples art. The Marron and White Quill staff receive praise for the magazine.
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Paul ‘ the
Dasher
Sam Brooks
Land o’Cotton
Lewis Trahan
Dan Saxe
Handley
Helen Kaknis
Debs
Nancy Bond
Little Bear’ Tails
Aspacia Semples
Marron and White Quill
Girl With Pigtails Sings of Love and Farewell
A lyric narrative of a melancholy mood and romance. The Girl With the Pigtails meets a Scatterbrain Man south of the border and shares dreams of love. A chorus of promises follows as the man jokes about time and marriage then vows to leave town.
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O Johhnie
Names of Elementary Students and Staff Listed in Class Roster
A reader note lists numerous elementary students and teachers, including Miss Daughtery Geraldine Guiliani Teddy Keller Bert Anne Cather Kitty Jon Arnold Nancy Hurst Cary Marshall Betty L McFarland Dorothy Minnigerode Margaret Moore Colleen Sager Virginia Yates Miss Hamilton Wanda McKee Miss Irby Douglas Braithwaite Betty Jo Dearing John Thornton Mrs McNally Ralph Harry Roberta Rinker Miss Shipp Doris Laign Jeannine Williams Margit McFarland Edne Rinker Miss Snider Betty Cather Barbara Hough Betty June Hurst Crawford MacCallum Harrison McCoy Gladys Miller Richard Owens.
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Miss Daughtery
Geraldine Guiliani
Teddy Keller
Bert
Anne Cather
Kitty Jon Arnold
Nancy Hurst
Cary Marshall
Betty L. McFarland
Dorothy Minnigerode
Margaret Moore
Colleen Sager
Virginia Yates
Miss Hamilton
Wanda McKee
Miss Irby
Douglas Braithwaite
Betty Jo Dearing
John Thornton
McNally
Ralph Harry
Roberta Rinker
Miss Shipp
Doris Laign
Jeannine Williams
Margit, McFarland
Edne Rinker
Water mix up causes charged water in Portland dwellings
In Portland on December 24 residents in the west side district found faucets spouting charged water. Water engineer Sid Benedict traced the fault to a nearby service station where the attendant had attached an air compressor hose to a city water pipe instead of the station’s air hose.
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Portland
Ore
West Side
Sid Benedict
Tarly
Handley Opens Season With Nail biting Win Over Berryville
Handley edging Berryville 25 to 24 in a tense first game of the season, with Handley coming from behind to lead in the final minutes. The crowd stayed on edge as Berryville narrowly fell short in the closing seconds.
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Berryville
Handley
Christmas Assembly Ends School Term With Song and Gratitude
Students gathered for an afternoon Christmas assembly as the term closed for holidays. Jeane Whitman and Hubert Kerr performed solos in Come All Ye Faithful and O Holy Night, followed by Noel sung by Jimmy Rose and Ralph Harry. The Glee Club joined the finale as Mr. Quarles praised the Fellowship Club for donating food baskets and reminded everyone to be grateful.
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Auditorum
Fellowship Club
Jeane Whitman
Hubert Kerr
Relief rolls rise in Pennsylvania in mid December report
Relief officials release a weekly update showing an increase of 1 586 persons on Pennsylvania relief rolls bringing the total to 372 600. The report covers the week of December 14 and outlines progress in expanding industry support and employment relief measures.
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Seeeiancs Eos Rn Io
Pennsy
Honor Roll Honor Roll Second Report Honors List
The article lists many students and staff across several advisory groups led by Mrs Solenberger and Mr Sipe. Names include Martha Babb Ellen Butler Colleen Clower Lucy Belle Fawcett Mary McClure Sara Moling and others across multiple classes. The compiled roster names dozens of students along with advising teachers in a year end report.
Seven to One One-Act Play Presented by Miss Laughton Group
Miss Laughton advisory group presented the one act play Seven to One during the assembly period. Eight college girls and one invited boy staged a judge party without the others knowledge. Participants included Dixie Puggitt Frances Hicks Betty Jean Nixon Helen Cooper Brenda Carter Betty Edmonds Doris Register.
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Miss
Senior Martha Babb Ambitions Shine In School Life
Martha Babb, a high school senior, excels in Glee Club, A Cappella Choir, Booster Club, and serves as Library Club president. She aims to attend Madison College after graduation or pursue a singing job. her favorite orchestra is Jimmy Dorsey and her favorite song is Stardust. She dislikes prunes, homework, and Hillbilly music, but enjoys staying out late and having fun.
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Martha
Madison College
Jimmy Dorsey
Good Deed Donnie Delivers Gifts to Handley Faculty and Students
Christmas Eve note recalls Donnie’s return to hand out items requested in his annual letter. Gifts include badminton set for Mr Maddox, Hershey bars for Mrs Garrabrandt, chewing gum for Miss Corkey, a wedding ring for Miss Beckwith, candy in silent paper for Mr Browning, plus gifts for Betty Alden Pifer, Betsy Conklin, and Billy Dunn.
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Donnie
Santa
Handley
Mr. Maddox
Mrs. Garrabrandt
Miss Corkey
Miss Beckwith
Mr. Browning
Betty Alden Pifer
James Lee Bethea
Betsy Conklin
Billy Dunn
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Timberlake
G&polite
Palace Theatre
Chapman Motor CO
Chrysler
Merry Christmas
Woodrow White
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
Pennsylvania
Cammer
Solenberger
Mrs. Solenberger
Martha Babb
Ellen Butler
Colleen Clowser
Lucy Belle Fawcett
Mary McClure
Sara Moling
Dotty A. Robinson
Elsie Teets
Estelle Tinsman
Louise Travers
Mildred Waterman
Miss Collette
Doris Dearing
Marian Johnson
Jane Lanahan
Margaret Owens
Virginia Rittenour
Colleen Shine
Susan Shryock
Gretna Sirbaugh
Kalla Yeatras
Miss Barr
Ibba Dan
Helen Boyd
Terry Coaver
Margaret Hay~maker
Ileana Orndorff
Helen Stultz
Bianca Danely
Shiley
Kenneth Pugh
James Saxe
Teddy Stapls
Franklin Taylor
James Taylor
Kelly — N. Bowen
Helen Colvin
Elizabeth Haymaker
Elinor Hutchinson
Ann Shull
Pery
Thelma Edwards
Virginia Mackie
Janeva Bohrer
Belle Davidson
Jessis
Fanning
Miss McCue
Glenda Allen
Alice Amos
Mary Ellen Flenner
Betty Hendrie
Miss Laughton
Brenda Carter
Dixie Fugitt
Frances Hicks
Winifred Wilson
Philip Barnhart
Ell Glover
John Carson
Delmar Robinson
Joyce
Douglas Butler
Morris Cather
Charles Pitzer
Frisby Smith
Courtney Fauver
Pavey Lupton
Elizabth Teets
Miss Finklestein
Joseph Jolliffe
Alton Powell
Bennett
Roger Edmonds
A Laign
Ochs
Joe Harry
Dinsene Potts
Mr. Walton
Beryln Moore
Mr. Maddex
Benny Potts
Shenandoah Motor CO
Merry
Harry Himelright
Conoco Station
S. Cameron
Millwood Ave
Mayes
Ci Hes
Stars, Roebuck and CO
E. Boscawen St
Raylass Department Stores
F. N. Randio
Raylass Department Store Organization
Pine Motor
Dodge
Plymouth
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