Record Class Graduation at Handley High in Winchester
Handley High School graduated a record 122 seniors in gray caps and gowns as Garland R. Quarles presented diplomas after Dr. J. D. Eggleston of Hampden-Sydney College urged character and service. Three awards were announced including Frances Bickers receiving the Woman's Auxiliary medal for outstanding character leadership and scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Popular Education
Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
J. D. Eggleston
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden- Sydney
Quarles
Frances Bickers
Woman's Auxiliary
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Culpeper to Play Saturday Ball Brothers Stars in lineup
Culpeper prepares for a Saturday game against Winchester Park with the Ball Brothers Culpeper Stars led by Chick Ball at third base. Ball is described as natural, with notable college stars in the visitors’ lineup promising an excellent contest. Congress Heights of Washington visits Winchester Sunday with three 400 plus hitters and only three below 360, while Winchester’s pitcher remains unnamed but faces a tough task.
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Ball Brothers Culpeper Stars
Winchester Park
Congress Heights
Washington
Winchester
Winchester Park Playground Set to Open Next Monday
The writer promotes the upcoming opening of Winchester Park playgrounds, praising them as safe, supervised spaces for children to play away from traffic dangers. It urges parents to send their kids to the park for healthful activity and useful lessons.
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Winchester Park
Education For Citizenship Is Stressed By Eggleston
Dr J D Eggleston president of Hampden Sydney College urged Handley High School graduates to pursue citizenship building as the core purpose of public education. He warned that neglecting moral law leads to spiritual and economic disaster and stressed training intelligent citizens over mere personal success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Pitta Ewes
J. D. Eggleston
Historic
Old Hampden-Sydney College of Virginia
God of Nations
Williams Attends Fourth Circuit Law Conference in Asheville
R Gray Williams attends the seventh annual Fourth Circuit judicial conference in Asheville North Carolina at the invitation of Hon John J Parker chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The conference focuses on new federal court rules with leading lawyers Howard Abcott and others leading discussions. Chief Judge Parker and Associate Judges Northcott and Soper chair Friday sessions. Saturday features a general discussion on improving justice administration.
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John J. Parker
North Carolina
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
R. Gray Williams
Asheville
N. C
Charles McHenry Howard
Baltimore
John L. Abcott
Lynchburg
Parker
Northcott
Soper
Large Gathering At Dick Funeral
The funeral of the late Fremont Dick at Cedar Grove yesterday drew a large crowd. An estimated 75 to 80 automobiles accompanied the hearse procession. Pallbearers named include Jack Wentworth Eugene Russell Carl Cather Curtis Bly Henry Keller Arthur Dunlap Edwin Michael. Distant friends from Baltimore attended, among them Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wentworth and Mrs. Joseph Parr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Dick
Cedar Grove
Jack Wentworth
Pete Anderson
Eugene Russell
Carl Cather
Curtis Bly
Henry Keller
Arthur Dunlap
Edwin Michael
C. E. Wentworth
Joseph Parr
Clifton Panton
Baltimore
Alumni Society Elects Officers At Handley luncheon
The Handley Alumni Association held its first official luncheon in years at the George Washington Hotel. Officers elected include James March as president John Glaize as vice president Dorothy Rice as treasurer and Robbie Wood as secretary. An executive committee was named with Salome Crisman Sue Schlack Isa belle Alexander Nat Hawkins Otis Sargent Gertrude Peery Howard Shockey Fred Ritter Kenneth Robinson Jenny Line Catherine Jack Blackburn and Edith Cornwell. Garland R. Quarles spoke at the gathering.
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Alumni Association of Handley
George Washington Hotel
James March
John Glaize
Dorothy Rice
Robbie Wood
Salome Crisman
Sue Schlack
Isabelle Alexander
Nat Hawkins
Otis Sargent
Gertrude Peery
Howard Shockey
Fred Ritter
Kenneth Robinson
Jenny Line Cather
Jack Blackburn
Edith Cornwell
Tax Extension Granted for Delinquent Real Estate
Treasurer W A Baker announced the Finance committee approved a extension of the payment deadline for delinquent real estate taxes to Saturday June 19. Delinquent properties were posted in four city polling places and a sale date remains set for June 19 if unpaid. no further extension will be granted.
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W. A. Baker
Finance Committee of Common Council
Special crepe dress lengths
Moling and Cather offer crepe dress lengths at 1.95 each. Readable label notes lp-1t.
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Moling & Cather
Methodists To Parsons Make new Series Of Summer Events
The Baltimore Conference announces a summer program of assemblies for pastors lay workers teachers and youth. Bishop E H Hughes will keynote with platform addresses during the second week. An institute for children's workers June 21-23 Front Royal and an intermediates assembly June 28 July 3 are listed with Mrs C R Kennett as dean. Massanetta Springs assembly July 5-11 will be led by Herman Moorman with about 500 enrolled. Registration for the Front Royal pastors school closes June 14.
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Baltimore Conference
Schoo
M. E. Church
South
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
E. H. Hughes
Hubert Sydenstricker
Braddock Street
M. E Church
Baltimore
C. R. Kennett
Roanoke
Lucia B. Harvey
EF. H. Saville
Carlotta DeLong
Lewisburg
W. Va
Massanetta
Young People’s Assembly
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Herman Moorman
W. A. Smart
Page Il
Mrs. Annie Lee Moreland Dies in Clarke
Mrs. Annie Lee Moreland of Clarke county dies at 63 in her Pine Grove area home after illness. Survived by children Button Moreland Lillian Dodge Grafton Moreland Lewis Moreland Susie Moreland Alfred and Robert Moreland and siblings Clifton Longerbeam Jennie Dwyer and Alice Sisk. Funeral at Clarke County Ebenezer Church Saturday at 2 o clock led by Rev Clarence Lloyd.
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Berryville
Annie Lee Moreland
Pine Grove
Bhiemo
J. H
Rebecca Eaton Longerbeam
Button Moreland
West Virginia
Lillian Dodge
Clarke County
Grafton Moreland
Arlington
Lewis Moreland
Susie Moreland
Washington, D. C
Alfred
Robert Moreland
Clifton. Longerbeam
Jennie Dwyer
Winchester
Alice Sisk
Hillsboro
Clarke County Ebenezer Church
Clarence Lloyd
Husband of missing New York socialite pleads for contact
Roy McDowell and relatives of Alice McDowell Parsons urged kidnappers to stay away while still hoping for contact. Federal agents led by J Edgar Hoover arrived nearby as a Coast Guard seaplane monitored the scene on Long Island. Parsons, Yale graduate and poultry farmer, said I am in a jam in response to questions about new ransom notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stony Brook
N. Y
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island
Roy McDowell
Brookhaven Township
Gould Road
Parsons Place
North Shore
Stony Brook Village
Federal
J. Edgar Hoover
Coast Guard
Long Island Sound
Hoover
Washington
William H. Parsons
Yale
Counties Endorse County Manager Form In Virginia
The League of Virginia Counties unanimously endorsed the county manager or executive form of government in a closing session. The legislative committee urged no changes to the county manager law by the next General Assembly unless approved by the Virginia Commission on County Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
League of Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia Commission On County Government
Simpson Swears No Pay Authorized In Noted Divorce Case
Ernest Aldrich Simpson testified in the king's court that he received no money or promise of payment to stay out of the divorce involving Wallis Warfield and Edward of Windsor. Mrs. Joan Sutherland apologized through counsel and withdrew Simpson's slander action.
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London
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
King’s Court
Wallis Warfield
Edward of
Windsor
Joan Sutherland
Simpson
King's Bench
Law Courts
Senate panel votes broad inquiry into U.S. mail interference in steel strikes
The Senate postoffice committee voted a broad preliminary inquiry into charges of mail interference related to steel strikes. It will hear witnesses on mail handling issues at Republic Steel in Niles Ohio and consider a Guffey amendment on steel industry labor actions and gunmen as strike breakers. The scope remains undefined pending further testimony.
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Washington
Senate Postoffice Committee
Bridges
Guffey
Holt
D.-W. Va
Republic Steel Company
Bailey
D.-Pa
Rites Planned for Ollie C Cooper Jr at 4 P M
Funeral services are set for Ollie Con rad Cooper Jr who died yesterday at his father Ollie C Cooper's home 830 Amherst St The 24 year old had suffered ill health since childhood Survived by father brothers and a sister with services Saturday at 4 P M conducted by Rev Hubert Sydenstricker at Braddock Street M E Church South Interment will follow at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named Allen Crovestone Bud Patton Raymond Patton Burrell Luttrell Warner Luttrell Taylor Barr
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Ollie Conrad Cooper, Jr
Ollie C. Cooper
Hubert Syden~ Stricker
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Mr. Cooper
Mattie W. Cooper
Lawrence E. Cooper
Clifton Forge
Strother C. Cooper
Mary C. Cooper
Amherst Street
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Allen Coverstone
Bud Patton
Raymond Patton
Burrell Luttrell
Warner Luttrell
Taylor Barr
Mrs. P. E. Swisher Dies at 83 After Stroke
Christina Swisher widow of Perry F. Swisher of Hampshire County West Virginia died at 5 15 am at her son’s home in Bunker Hill from a stroke suffered Wednesday She was 83 born in Yellow Springs Hampshire County and last lived with her children Survived by four daughters and three sons Funeral services set for Sunday with a service at the family home and a later service at Hebron Lutheran Church Capon River burial in the church cemetery
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Christina Swisher
Perry F. Swisher
Hampshire County
W. Va
C. F. Swisher
Bunker Hill
Swisher
Yellow Springs
Hiram Spaid
A. B. Lupton
Winchester
John W. Haines
Millbrook
E. L. Shanholtz
Pikeside
Hebron’ Lutheran Church
Capon River
C. H. Anderson
Richard Brill
Martinsburg
Keller's Store Food Sale Benefit for Church
A food sale is held at Keller's Store Building on Saturday June 12 from 6 to 11 PM to raise funds for the Church of Cc. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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Keller’s
Benefit Church of Cc
Ewing Dance
Miller’s Drug Store
Auto Mishap Injures Handley Seniors on Route 5
Three Handley high school seniors escaped serious injury when a car on Route 5 near Hayfield lost a tire and overturned. Driver Wilbur Anderson, with companions Lawrence Bell and Tom Cochran, were not badly hurt. car owned by Mrs Helen Chapman. A separate Route 11 slick overturn near Cedar Creek left occupants unnamed, not seriously injured.
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Handley High School
Route 5
Hayfield
Tom Cochran
Lawrence Bell
Wilbur Anderson
R. E. Bayliss
Helen Chapman
Anderson
Middletown
Cedar Creek
Bayliss
Sarah Zane Company Dedicates New Hall On Tuesday
The Sarah Zane Fire Company will formally dedicate its new engine house on North Loudoun Street at 8 oclock next Tuesday evening June 15. The committee invites the public and friends of the company to attend. the dedication program details will be announced early next week.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loudoun Street
Golden Glow Coffee Shop Promotes Cool Summer Meals
Local notice advertises cool summer meals at Golden Glow Coffee Shop. Also seeks carpenters via H N Ritter in Berryville Virginia. Miller Drug Store promotes Eaton escripto Linen stationery fountain pens and garden seeds with sprays and insecticides.
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Golden Glow
Eaton’s Escrito
Conklin
Millers Drug Store
Miller Drug Store
Labor unrest sparks Monroe mass meeting call and steel clash
Governor Murphy mobilizes sheriffs in Saginaw Valley counties for a Lansing conference as union leaders plan a large Monroe protest over the Newton Steel picket line incident. Homer Martin of the United Auto Workers and Philip Murray of the CIO to speak. tensions rise with armed guards and factory shutdowns across Michigan.
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Murphy
Saginaw Valley
Lanssing
Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Monroe
Mich
Newton Steel Company
United Automobile Weesers
Pontiac U. A. W. A
Martin
Pontiac
Fisher Body
Saginaw
General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Company
Flint
Newton
Republic Steel Corporation
Daniel A. Knaggs
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Adrian
Lansing
Fran Murphy
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Guard
Russia To Try Flight To Frisco
The State Department approved a Russian embassy request for a Soviet aviator to fly over U S territory. Moscow plans a possible later flight from the capital to San Francisco via the North Sea venture, which failed in 1935.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Moscow
San Francisco
Northeya
Auction notice for properties on Valley and Braddock Street
Special Commissioner James P. Reardon advertises June 2 auctions at the Court House. Properties include a modern brick residence off Valley Avenue near Handley School and a brick mixed use building at 12 14 16 South Braddock Street. Rent listed at sixty dollars per month.
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Affleck
Front Court House
Valley Avenue
Handley School
South Braddock Street
James P. Reardon
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Handley High
DR. Eggleston
Hampden-Sydney
M. M. Lynch
Culpeper
Margaret Montgomery
Chicago
John Rockefeller Prentice
Emmett Moynihan
Miss Montgomery
Prentice
Central Press Soundphoto
Eggleston
Handley
Williams
Law
Alumni Society
Methodists
Parsons
Randolph-Macon
Bishop Hughes
Ders
Ebenezer Church
New York
McDowell
U. S
C.C. Cooper, Jr
Father
P.E. Swisher
Hebron Church
Sarah Zane Co
New Hall
Pure Food
Carpenters
H. N. Ritter
Virginia
Russia
Frisco
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