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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
9
Berryville High School plans finals tonight with diplomas awarded to 36 graduates. Prophet predicts Berryville grads will hold key roles in future endeavors, highlighting notable alumni across military, medical, and educational fields.
Berryville High School students select a long list of "Who's Who" winners in a light hearted election. Notable names include Louise Campbell, Wilbur Feltner, Elizabeth Denny, Clifton Gaunt, Sybil Price, and Julian Williams with varied categories from best athlete to most bashful and most conceited.
A Georgia reader recalls classmates Prin ces Williams Elizabeth Locke Genevieve Wynkoop Louise Campbell Doris Marcus Constance White Marjorie Moreland Maurice Wisecarver and Chinky. The writer mentions offices in a large building and a wholesale firm across the street and sails the Atlanta steamer as they look to 1958 with pride in career progress.
Development of the federal old age insurance program under the social security act has given added importance to the record section of the old family Bible baptismal certificates and other papers carrying birth dates. Lump sum payments amount to 12 percent of wages since 1936.
A high school class poem reflects on four years of study and preparation for the future. The speaker thanks the school for its best efforts and expresses resolve to pursue success as the Class of 1938 moves forward.
In Philadelphia the General Assembly urged unity with China and Japan for a just peace and adjourned to meet in Cleveland next year. The report by Ezra Van Nuys lamented civilian bombings in Canton and called for stopping scrap-iron shipments to Japan for war purposes.
J R Ware of near Kearneysville West Virginia in Jefferson county displays a queer spider in this office. The six week old specimen lived and fed in loose earth inside a rusty tin can. Its ferocious stance and catlike drawing up to hiss impressed the finder. Several locals found it in a quarry and asked Ware to classify its species.
Dr E C Stuart of Winchester advised five graduates from King's Daughters Hospital nursing school Martinsburg W V to avoid burnout and enjoy rewards of life. He cited courage perseverance and essential nursing virtues while urging temperance and lifelong avocation. Florence Nightingale praised as a model and diplomas presented by Dr Marvin H Porterfield at Christ Reformed Church.
The District Nurse Association reports eight TB patients in Catawba and Blue Ridge hospitals funded by Christmas seal sales. May activities included an orthopedic clinic led by Dr. Funsten at University of Virginia Hospital with 27 patients examined and 32 under age 21, aided by Red Cross transportation.
Berryville High School seniors publish a whimsical last will and testament listing bequests to classmates and teachers. The document names twenty eight recipients sharing items from ink and gum to spelling and wisdom while noting one final pledge to the faculty and a bicycle for Mr. Bradley.
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting in the hall at 8 o’clock Thursday evening June 2. All members are requested to be present. Richard Boxwell, Captain.
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