Winchester Handley Trust Dispute Details Board Powers
The case outlines Judge Handley's bequest to Winchester and the city’s initial refusal, leading to a 1896 Virginia statute creating a Board of Trustees. The board administers the trust, while ultimate fund application requires City Council approval. 1901 decree frees the fund from Virginia bonds limits, allowing investment to best serve the trust with council oversight.
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City of
Win
Winchester
Decemer
Lupton
Comnon Council
Handley
General Assembly ‘of
Virginia
Ormke
General Assembly
Common Cil
Board of Trstees
John Handley
Common Council
Board of Trustees
Great Trust
City of Winchester
Great Ice Jam Unloosed On Mississippi River Traffic
MEMPHIS TENN February 6 The Mississippi rivers worst ice jam of the century loosened its grip on steamer traffic as freight boats moved again after 16 days Vessels navigated carefully to dodge floes The ice moved southward leaving a jagged ribbon along shores from St Louis to Friars Point Crushed wharves and punctured boats marked the advance Channel free south of Memphis but captains waited for ice to clear Gayoso Bend Caruthersville Drivers Landing and Sugar Loaf before traffic could reach St Louis
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Friars Point
Miss
Gayoso Bend
Caruthersville
Federal Labor Policy Criticized by AFL Leaders
Miami Florida February six. An AFL statement titled a call for united action denounces seven years of national policy on industry and social economy. It warns of drift toward insolvency and industrial collapse and urges united effort to protect Americans of tomorrow. The document bears the names of William L. Hutcheson and Matthew Woll among eight other labor leaders.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
United Action
William L. Hutcheson
Matthew Woll
Nose Sensitive Relief For Head Cold
A new aqueous medicated product offers soothing relief for a sensitive nose during a head cold. The device clings to nasal passages providing longer relief without burning or stinging. Patent protection highlights the unique action and extended relief customers can expect.
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Vicks War
Wife Beat Husband Suspect Parole Ends in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia after a 30 day sentence for beating her husband Ethel Wolfson 26 leaves jail and receives several marriage proposals and a vaudeville offer none from her husband. Husband Wolfson a meat salesman says he wants a divorce and will not grant one. He says he will not go near her.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ethel Wolfson
Wolfson
Communicable Diseases Decline in Virginia in 1939
Virginia reports a general drop in communicable disease cases for 1939 versus 1938. Measles led with 10,868 cases, down from 12,303. typhoid and paratyphoid fell by 33 to 469. Meningitis and undulant fever halved. scarlet fever and diphtheria also decreased, while diarrhea and dysentery rose to 4,306 cases.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Doctor Finds Radium Needle After Daylong Search
In Fort Worth Texas a patient carried 75 milligrams of radium out of a physician’s office. Dr Frank Hoecker of Kansas City used a homemade electro meter to locate the needles. He recovered two of the three needles after chasing clues across streets and a courthouse lawn. An airport trip interrupted his search but the needle was found.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Frank E. Hoecker
Kansas City
Honor Roll Names For Semester At Local School
The list records students who earned honors for the semester across multiple houses and last names such as PEERY BET HENDRIE KELLY MARTIN LAUGHTON BENNETT BROWNING LIGHT OCHS MADDEX COE JOYCE SOLENBERGER SHILEY and others. Additional names appear for students who qualified only for honors in the semester but not in the third report, including BARR PEERY THRESH BECKWITH KELLEY MARTIN LANGTON SOLENBERGER and LANGTON groupings.
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MOCUE
Mary Va
Carson Kulla Vestras
St Peery
Ruth Cuthbert
Jean Fauver
Guen Janet Lovett
Pavey
Lenora Rusk
Evelyn Stonnon
Molly Ann Grien
Isabelle la
Ae Meade
Jane Over
Ann Robinson
Juanita Steele
Betty Jo Stretchberry
Garrabrandt
Mary Beattie
Winifred Wilson
Hale
Betty
Hendrie
Kelly
Martha Bowers
Helen Boyd
Emma J. Brannon
Terry Copenhaver
Bianca Darney
Margaret Haymaker
Marianne Howard
Mary Diego _ Miller
Arlena Mowery
Janet Nixon
Helen Stultz
Martin
Alta M. Ayers
Jane Cather
June Cline
Marian John‘son
Laughton
Louise Avey
Martha Babb
Frances Bickers
Ellen Bitler
Colleen
John Moling
Carroll Marrow
Tom Pollard
Yockie Preston
Dan Saxe
Barr
Muriel Brockenbrough
Majorie Frye
Mary Rogers
PEERY
Lillian Hodgson
Thresh
Helen Blosser
Virginia Goss
Betty Hengeveld
Beckwith
Betsy Conklin
Kelley
Blanca Danley
Susan Shryock
Helen Jenkins
Langton
Patricia Barr
Jean Ebert
Carol Lindstrom
Louise Travers
Solenberger
Carolyn Hoffman
Nina Ramacciotti
Lucille Spillman
Jacqueline Womack
Catherine Slaughter
Wake Up Klunks Students urged to improve homework effort
An encouragement piece urges Joe Klunk and readers to wake up and do homework this semester. It touts reports as motivation and promises better grades, fewer cram sessions, and less last minute cramming if students consistently complete assignments.
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Joe Klunk
Joe
Six Years Ago A M A Defeated Handley In Basketball
Historical notes recount a 29 to 25 win by A M A over Handley in basketball six years ago. Five years back Handley Faculty presented an acting piece The Passing of Chow on. Winners of the Led Poetry Contest were thrine Rust first prize and Betty Starner second prize. Three years ago the senior class elected officers for Class Day. One year ago students strive to go Nickelo lean.
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Handley
Chow
Thrine Rust
Betty" Starner
Sidelines and cheer as graduates defend high sportsmanlike conduct
Basil Hayley and Jean Shryock gaze affectionately while English strains to spot a Front Royal figure. Allie Brassy Pete Lohr referee corrections. Bill Sullivan regrets a judging error. Some graduates seek to lower high standing as boos are rejected. Tom Whitham coaches Wayne from the sidelines. Ann Williams returns from a long hibernation. Jonedith and Cookie vie to outcheer as Mr Maddox smiles at great plays.
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Basil “Casanova
Hayley
Jean Shryock
English
Allie
Brassy
Pete
Lohr
Bill Sullivan
Tom Whitham
Wayne
Ann Williams
Jonedith
Cookie
Mr. Maddox
February Issue of the Maroon and White Quill
The February issue praises Junior High students for producing a high quality Quill with puzzles jokes and features. It highlights Pinocchio reviews of Pinocchio Gone with the Wind and Gulliver's Travels and includes a quiz on famous birthdays and an article on George Washington's visit in 1940.
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Jr. High
Gulliver
Chubby Places Second in Women’s Trap Shooting
Ruth Cuthbert known as Chubby at Handley earned second in Women’s Trap Shooting at the Grand American Handicap held in Ohio last summer. She answers questions about her gun, tenure, and titles including three years as Virginia Ladies’ Champion and one year in a handicap.
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Ruth Cuthbert
Chubby
Handley
United States
Ohio
Virginia
Intercollegiate All-Star Basketball Teams Formed
Annual intervarsity selection creates teams from schools including Alabama Duke Notre Dame Army Elon Elon team standings show Army and Duke leading with record 2 0 0 and 1 2 0 respectively in a mixed results table.
Shamrocks and Maroons Open Volleyball Practice
The Shamrocks and Maroons hold their first volleyball practice this afternoon with many girls attending. The note invites more players to join Thursday’s session, noting six practices before games the week of February.
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Shamrocks & Maroons
Shamrocks
Maroons
Quick Read of Things That Speak
A playful catalog where objects and beings describe themselves with simple adjectives. The list pairs items like the apple, judge, piano, and clock with spoken qualities, creating a whimsical chain of self descriptions credited to Boosters.
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Lousey
Seniors Hold Important Meeting for Invitations and Bios
A senior class meeting set deadlines for commencement invitations by March 1. Cathrine Beattie urged ordering invitations and Handiians reservations by February 29. Irvin Zucker man reminded bios must be corrected while Nina Ram acciotti pushed accuracy. Mr. Browning asked John Knight to appoint committees for the senior play. Steve Spanos failed to push a Leap Year dance.
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Cathrine Beattie
Irvin Zuckerman
Nina Ramacciotti
Browning
John Knight
Comao
Steve Spanos
Confucius Say Boosters Sell Rip Van Winkle Tickets
Boosters flood the halls selling twenty five cent tickets for the Rip Van Winkle show on Friday February 9 at 2 pm in Handley Auditorium. The appeal urges all students to attend and support the school event.
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Confucius
Handley Auditorium
Booster Club
Honor Roll for Elementary Grades Names Listed
Elementary school honor roll includes students Dunlap Bryan Minnegerode James Taylor Martha Arnold Nancy Butler Massie Hawthorne Ellen Sargent Leigh Rosenberger Mary Bencin Georgianna Whitlock Watkins Pauline Nicholson Joe Orndoff Snider Barbara Jones Potter Frank Taylor Theodore Staples Betty Ann Grim Iffa Danley Charles Hartley across 6th grade groups.
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Bryan Minnegerode
James Taylor
Martha C. Arnold
Nancy Butler
Massie Hawthorne
Ellen Sargent Leigh Rosenberger
Mary 2
Bencin Diver
Georgianna Whitlock Watkins
Pauline Nicholson
Joe Orndoff
Snider
Barbara Jones Potter
Frank Taylor
Theodore Staples
Betty Ann Grim
Iffa Danley
Charles Hartley
Reminiscences of School Days and Neighborhood Life
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls junior high clothing, bike rides to school, nature walks, rock gardens created by fourth and fifth graders, and classroom routines. It mentions a Mrs Finklestine, Miss Finklestine in an old car, penmanship with stick pens, and the reading circle at John Kerr with seating and titles. Edith and Tom Handley are noted as a perfect couple.
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Phyllis Fowle
Leicester Street
John Doe
Dear Editor on Handley basketball crowd and sportsmanship
Readers urge stronger school spirit for Handley basketball with posters and announcements for games, cheerleaders at events, and fair play. They condemn booing and Bronx cheers as unsportsmanlike, noting referees see plays differently and urging support without penalties to players.
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Bronx
Handley
C. V. A. L. League
Rip Van Winkle Play Set for Winchester Students
Winchester mothers arrange a school auditorium performance of Rip Van Winkle on Friday February 9. An acclaimed acting company presents the play with tickets at one cent for students and forty cents for others. Students will be dismissed at 2 p.m.
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Winchester
Ace Company
Schoochiaren
Miss Rankin asks Navy for defense only policy
Washington February 5 The nations first woman congresswoman Jeannette Rankin who opposed U S entry into World War I urged the House Naval Affairs Committee for a naval policy limited to defense only.
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Washington
Jeannette Rankin
United States’ Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Rankin Urges Broader View in Naval Expansion Debate
First witness in the opposition to the $655 million naval expansion program, Miss Rankin of Montana, a Republican, spoke for the inarticulate women and urged the committee to avoid acting only as a tool for the army and navy. She warned that the two departments have cast a spell of war talk and urged prudence.
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Miss Rankin
Montana
Army
Navy
Xxx
Milk Prices Held Private Transaction
Washington report says Tom G. Stitts of the Farm Credit Administration told the Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Federation annual meeting that milk prices affect public welfare and involve both fair consumer pricing and adequate farmer returns. The remarks were delivered in an entrent prepared for delivery.
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Washington
Tom G. Stitts
Farm Credit Administration
Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers’ Federation
Bng
Answers to Today's WAIZ Test Questions
The list provides ten answers including Balsa, No, Morpheus, 21-year voting age for all states, Plane tree, Wellington, Baseball, animals with a spinal column, Montecongawa, and Texas. The format mirrors a printed answer page with concise responses.
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Balsa
Morpheus
Wellington
Baseball
Monteconcagua
Texas
Rescued Youth Has Good Chance On Mt Washington
Rescued after 28 hours on blizzard swept slopes of Mt Washington, Webster N Jones Jr, 19, Harvard sophomore and son of Carnegie Tech engineering director, had good chance today of recovery. Doctors said several days would reveal full outcome, but he was not in danger and in fair condition.
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Yittleton
N. H
Mt. Washington
Webster N. Jones, Jr
Harvard
Carnegie Tech
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