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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1941
Page
3
A fragment mentions January 28 1941 and references Joneaith Henry and Steve Rosenberger in a gym or school setting. It hints at songs or recitals and exams with uncertain phrasing and notations about memory and forgetting. The text is a small, unclear snippet.
A school community calls for stopping booing at games and quieting hallway disruptions by seventh graders. The letter also condemns fountain pranks and noisy assemblies urging students to save stories for after 3 10 P. M. in hopes of better study and order.
A fragmented scene shows students frantically managing monitor checks during exams and chaotic gym class drills. Several groups, including Whitings and Lesters, clash with meetings and invitations while Steve R makes a mud dive and Alice Brumback tries to exclude a farm figure from a junior event.
Catherine Patricia Barr known as Kate from Handley High, arrived from Lynchburg in 1939 after E. C. Class High School. She graduates this June with an Academic diploma and plans to attend college then pursue nursing. Active in Booster Club and school activities. Floyd Barrett joined Handley in sophomore year and aims to Sacramento Junior College for engineering after graduation. He studies trumpet and belongs to the General Organization. Anna Bell has attended Winchester schools since first grade.
A student expects to receive a commercial diploma in June and hopes to become a ceper after graduation. She is a member of the General organization.
Eight captain led teams named for this year's intramural basketball series including Navy Southern California Army Duke Boston College Pitt and Iowa City with rosters listed. To date all teams have played at least one game with reported scores and standings in the early slate.
Miss Ruby Shiley, a Handley high school alumna class of 1935, earned a B A in mathematics from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1939. Her scholastic record earned Phi Beta Kappa induction and she has been teaching.
A sequence of year by year notes recalls past events: One year ago Mr Browning shaved his mustache, two years ago the Junior Class chose Junior's Mustache as their annual presentation, four years ago Red and Blue girls basketball teams existed, five years ago Lee Poetry contest winners Ka Rusk and Betty Ser, seven years ago exams worried students.
Many seniors participate in a sale of Handlians to fund the yearbook. Buyers hear flexible payment options with a $2.50 price, and the top seller will win a prize. Students are urged to place orders.
June Cline Beer-Barrel Polka Cuban Pete and other titles listed alongside performers Hildegarde Wheeler and Frederick Crisman. The fragment references a music page with a mix of songs and artists including Alice Brumback Duell Glover and others in a wartime era sheet.
Leon Pope is a high scorer and valuable shooter for the Varsity team in his second year, known for sinking long shots. Wilbur Oates is another outstanding Varsity member, always fighting hard and an asset in any game.
Dotty Moore, president of the General Organization, warns the student body that the student government faces removal unless cooperation improves. She argues faculty control would bring strict rules and curb freedoms, urging every student to assume responsibility and govern themselves.
Snoopie reports Handley students show renewed interest in student government aiming for full 100 percent participation. Mentions Anna Burchell Juanita Weatherholtz and Ann Robinson as part of campus social chatter while noting curiosity about Christmas rivalries and upcoming V. P. I. Midwinters celebration.
Remember when there was no Jefferson Street and a student body with school Spirit. Milk at recess on John Kerr, courteous boys, and Phyllis with Wayne dating for the first time. Seniors dignified, Miss Gray lost her voice as pupils took charge. Jimmy Thompson skipped Handley. Steve and Dowell shy of women, hints of change.
Readers note items about a classroom sale of Handlians, Gulliver's Travels not for kids, exam exemptions for Yehudi, Browning reflections, a Winchester schools book inquiry, and plans for a booster club second hand book store after exams.
A humorous golf vignette describes a golfer's erratic play with mishaps near a brook and a disputed final putt. The text also mentions a bridge named for President Coolidge spanning the Connecticut River near Northampton and notes Will Rogers’ Santa Monica ranch home now open to visitors with a collection of mementos on 325 acres.
The B. & C. Bakery of Winchester announces a new Vitamin B-1 Bread with whole wheat properties. The B & C Vitamin B-1 Bread is now available in Winchester and surrounding territory with Brown and Cochran securing the local formula. Each pound provides at least 450 international units of Vitamin B-1 and six slices yield about 150 units to the diet.
Richmond officials announce 1941 Virginia State Fair will run September 22 to 27 with tentative dates for other fairs statewide. Officers re-elected include Somma as president and McCaleb Tabscott Eanes Wilkins Ralston in key posts.
The text notes Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch as the longest Welsh place, meaning St Marys Church near the white hazel bush by a whirlpool and near the church of St Tysilio with the red cave, though the sgt is shortened to Lianfair.
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