Senior Class Will Bequeaths Features To Handley 38
The Class of 1938 drafts a humorous will listing bequests to students and faculty at Handley High School. Named recipients include Mr Hale, Mr Yates, Mrs Rhodes, and Mrs Barr, with items such as a clock, a roof, disguises for moviegoers, and a nonfunctional tardy bell abolition.
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Sybert
Handley
Hale
Handley Science
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Mr. Browning
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Yates
Heine
Joyce
Mile Laughton
Bennett
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Norman Cooper
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Tale of Tatiana Conus Marries Italian Prince in New York
Tatiana Conus age 22, once a perfume salesgirl in a New York shop, marries Prince Guido Colonna of Italy. The couple, now in New York for the ceremony, will reside in Toronto where Colonna serves as Italian vice-consul.
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Tatiana Conus
Guido Colonna
Italy
Toronto
Central Press
Seniors Begin School Careers In 1925 Chronicle
In fall 1925 the John Kerr School students began a twelve year concert of growth from elementary to senior high. The class recalls friendships, dances, plays like The Red Lamp, and leadership as they progress to senior year with final solos approaching. Janet Largent writes as Class Historian.
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John Kerr School
John Kerr
Handley
Janet Largent
Scholarships of W and L Awarded at Washington and Lee
Lexington June 10 The faculty of Washington and Lee University has awarded twelve endowed scholarships several prizes and sixteen departmental scholarships at its final meeting of the year. Commencement exercises tomorrow will feature an address by President Francis P Gaines Valedictory to be delivered by William Saxby Tavel of Waterbury Conn in Lee Chapel burial place of General Lee Phillip Williams Jr of Woodstock wins one of the George Mahan prizes for creative writing William H Kibler Jr of Quicksburg receives the young scholar award.
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Washington and Lee University
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William Saxby Tavel
Waterbury, Conn
Lee
Phillip Williams, Jr
Woodstock
George Mahan
William H. Kibler, Jr
Quicksburg
Young
Memory Book Delights Readers In Small Town Pastimes
A long society column piece recalls a memory book of class notes and clipped items from 1950s era life. It catalogs friends actors writers and a fictional town Feominster with its mayor engineers and busy staff showing the era’s social pages intertwined with dramatic life events.
Navy to Name Destroyer After Lieut Mons Monsson
Mrs Sadie Monsson of Brooklyn New York rejoices as word arrives the U S Navy will name its newest destroyer DD 436 for her late husband Lieut Mons Monsson a hero in a 1904 ship explosion She also faces foreclosure on her home by HOLC with a June 30 deadline.
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Europe
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Beanie
Miss Bean
Art Museum
Gordette Schenck
Charles Aulick Gibbons
Ann
Sadie Monsson
N.Y
Class Poem By Thelma Spicer
The poem recalls schooldays at Handley High with memories of friends and freedom. It speaks of long days and nightingales, faded youth, and the enduring love for past classmates and the school.
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Thelma Spicer
Handley High
Old Grads of U Va to Receive Special Honors
Virginia alumni from 1888 and earlier aged fifty years or more attend a four day reunion and will become charter members of the Thomas Jefferson Society of Patriarchs. Dr. Paul B. Barringer is named grand patriarch. certificates signed by Dr. Barringer and John Lloyd Newcomb will be issued at a Saturday luncheon.
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University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Society of Patriarchs
Paul B. Barringer
Alumni Association
Barringer
John Lloyd Newcomb
John
Battle
Charles Caldwell
New York
Law
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James Morrison
Lynchburg
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Commencement Rites At Handley Well Attended
EX-Governor H G Kump urged Handley High School graduates to exercise observation and understanding to appraise proposals for living. He noted three key virtues self reliance leadership and moral courage and urged sacrifices to preserve freedom citing global turmoil and the need for steadfast citizenship.
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Kump
Handley Well
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Handley High School
Norman Son Receives Diploma Despite Illness
Walter White Norman of Frederick County graduated from Handley with 110 peers last night though he was not present due to a throat infection. Doctors report he is very ill but not in critical condition.
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Walter White Norman
Mr. Norman
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill push wage hour compromise
On Capitol Hill lawmakers continue wage hour conferees efforts to reach a compromise. Relief conferees discuss Senate addition of 212 million for farm benefits. Senate amends and passes 375 million flood control bill. Senate approves 500 thousand anti trust investigation. House unseats Rep Jenks and seats Alphonse Roy.
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RNH
Alphonse Roy
Average monthly rainfall and year to date figures
The record shows present rainfall to date at 1.53 inches and year to date at 13.40 inches. It lists 25 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1937, with January 2.59 inches, February 2.00, March 2.95, April 3.25, May 3.60, June 3.63, July 3.37, August 3.77, September 2.36, October 3.21, November 2.30, December 2.33. The average annual rainfall over the 25 year period is 35.36 inches.
Milwaukee Youths Caught Attempting Leather Store Burglary
Patrolman Eric Geschrei found two boys, aged 9 and 10, trying to force open a leather goods store window. The younger one admitted it was a burglary. Both boys were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eric Geschrei
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