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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
11
Last Tuesday morning 160 students attended the Wayside Theatre in Middletown to view the Wayside Players' interpretation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The matinee was described as an enjoyable and highly profitable experience for all concerned.
Pattern 4961 Misses' sizes 10 to 18. Size 14 requires 3 yards 35-inch fabric. Pattern price 65 cents plus 15 cents for first class mailing. Send to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York. Include name address ZIP size and style number. Catalog offer and sewing book advertised.
The Handley choral program announces four groups for the fall with auditions in March. The Winchester Intermediate Seventh Grade Choir opens to sixth graders excluding band members. Glee Club meets five days weekly for seventh grade and eighth grade boys and seventh grade girls. Vivace Club targets eighth and ninth grade girls. Handley Chorus includes tenth and eleventh grade boys. Automatic memberships apply to current performers. Auditions occur in early March. Students earn half a credit per year for participation. permission slips required.
The annual French Tournament will be held on April 20. Eligible Handley students based on French grades will compete in French I and French II with listed participants and alternates.
Wednesday February 28 in Chapel Room 41 reader Sandy Rhodes led by Mike Lineburg with pianist Randy Melon. Friday February 29 World Day of Prayer at Chapel features Father Ruth as guest speaker Steve Mc Intyre with pianist Philip Webber. Saturday March 2 College Boards cafeteria 8 30 a m. Monday March 4 Chapel Room 205 reader James Himeslbright leader Michael Glasscock with pianist Kim Smith.
Space science lecturer and NASA demonstrator Mr. Fred Bell spoke to the student body on February 19, outlining rocketry satellites and space exploration. He, with students, demonstrated how the binary system transmits information from space using two transmitters.
Handley High School principal Ralph Sherrard announces the Class of 1968 top honors Joan Lovett salutatorian and Carolyn Austin valedictorian. The two students rank first and second in scholarship and will present the salutatory and valedictory at June commencement exercises.
The record notes that Elizabeth Austin and Margie Cov ert were left off the participants list for the Latin III division in the State Latin Tournament.
The Junior class presented Saki s The Open Window on Feb 20 directed by Miss Faris and Ts Streit. Vera Sappleton played by Dyan Newman tricks Framton Nuttel as Mrs Sappleton’s relatives appear. Ned Wright, Donald Brill, Allen Ebert deliver tense turns. student audience applauded.
The document lists editors Joan Lovett and Carolyn Austin with an editor in chief title. It names reporters Joanne Baden Susan Fernandes Linda Jones Rhonda Lineburg Barbara Pope Sandra Royston Sharon Snarr Mary Carolynn Anderson Ann Dunlap Lindsay Huntsberry Ruth Ohl Suzanne Brown Emily Cone Donna Deloatche Carol Gore Barbara Lyons Cynthia McAboy Laurie McKeown Patricia Rinker and Robin Wolfe.
The piece argues that a right attitude is a personal mindset rather than a purchasable product. It defines attitude as thinking and acting in line with school standards, enabling sports victories and academic progress while fostering friendships and readiness to face challenges.
An orientation course in Automatic Data Processing will be presented by the Cumberland Valley Chapter of the Data Processing Management Association. The class meets Tuesdays at six for about 10 sessions taught by Koheler of Harris Intertype. Twenty one seniors are accepted: Stephen McIntyre, Sharon Hahn, Nina Rice, Shirley Carter, Barbara Fisher, Sharon Boyer, Robert Boyd, Steven Lake, Theras Carter, Helen Davenport, Gregory Fauver, Robert Herrill, Martha Bageant, Diana Baker, Judith Weidig, Cynthia Martin, Michael McLaughlin, Wanda Butler, Barbara Thompson, Agnes Orndorff, and Yvonne Walker. The class carries no graduation credit.
The Handley High School gym hosted a loud district final where the Judges defeated their rival in a climactic finish. Fans roared as seniors cut down the nets and carried Coach Omps from the floor with the championship trophy.
Increased crime in the Bronx leads to doubling criminal court judges. Indictments rose from 223 in 1966 to 275 in 1967, including 81 for murder, prompting reallocation of judicial resources.
A Maryland legislature bill to award scholarships to Miss Maryland winners prompts charges of unfairness frivolity and absurdity from critics. The proposal seeks state support for pageant champions amid debate over public funding and merit.
The Handley Distributive Education Club will take part in the District 10 Contests at Broadway High School on March 6. The event features three divisions: Individual Creative, Individual Participation, and Group Activity and Project. Competing schools include Broadway, Luray, Turner Ashby, Montevideo, Elkton, James Wood, Central, Strasburg, Harrisonburg, and Handley.
Handley celebrated school spirit with a weekend pep rally. A concert featured Danny Conley, Kathy Byrd, Bud Snyder, and Harvesta Williams. The Spirit Stick was awarded to the group that promoted spirit first, the Judges.
On February 24 Handley students joined peers at the University of Virginia for the annual conference on dramatic and forensic activities. Morning sessions covered theater questions and play selection as well as debate strategies, with an afternoon talk on a new direction in public speaking by Professor John Graham.
After the chapel service on Wednesday February 21 the United States Continental Army Brass Ensemble gave a concert. Seven musicians performed Renaissance and Baroque pieces along with modern selections from West Side Story and I think I am going out of my head providing a light touch to the day.
The Defense Department reports two Virginians killed in action in Vietnam. Army 1st Lt. William E. G. Bobbitt of Norfolk and Army Sgt. Charles C. Mitchem of Woodbridge were confirmed dead, Mitchem having been formerly listed as missing.
Senator William B. Spong Jr. told the University of Richmond Law School Student Bar Association that a formal review of the Tonkin Gulf incident could settle unanswered questions about the clash. He said it would not change the current U S involvement in Vietnam four years after the 1964 event.
The clipping lists Stephens City and Winchester addresses for local services and contractors plus a poem style note on family life. It mentions Mennonite Church at 442 National Ave Winchester and several local businesses with phone numbers. A 1966 copyright note appears from Concord Associates Harrisonburg Virginia.
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