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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
3
Life's race calls for a well rounded education not just book work and clubs. We should learn to work with people beyond Handley and live life fully. Graduates should leave not half cooked but well done.
Mary Jean pursues Academic studies and aims for a Finishing School. She belongs to the General Organization and enjoys dancing. Bill Clark, a Senior, crafted the football field lines and plans Aeronautical Engineering in college. he is in the Monogram Club and General Organization. Colleen Clowser studies stenography, unsure about college and future, and is a Booster Club member.
The paper notes include a St Patrick’s Day flag raising, a 1941 license buyer Mrs Peery’s husband, and Monogram dance clearing expenses this year. It mentions Miss Laughton as third sponsor of class of ’42, a Handley epidemic of measles and mumps, each student in about two dances, and a Handley alum entertained by Bette Davis in Hollywood. The Senior play Spring Dance is set for Friday March 28.
The piece describes festival practice as lively and bustling with Ball Dance students Isabel Larrick and Mary Miller showing stiff graceful leaps. Duell and Butch in the Skaters Waltz provoke laughter as Butch lifts Duell after each skating step revealing the playful chaos of rehearsal.
In an assembly on Wednesday the Marian College Choir performed under Miss Anna Marie Gustafson with accompanist Miss Agnes. The program featured Hey Derry Down Derry Bach Golden Slumbers Jacob The Valleys of Dream Fletcher and Going Home Dvorak sung by the chorus. The college sextet then sang Which is the Properest Day to ...
Inquiring ee Reporter records student opinions on whether elementary grades should have lunch hour monitors. responses cite anticipated benefits like cleanliness and experience, while some doubt effectiveness and feasibility across grades and schools.
A damaged OCR listing many surnames and paired names across multiple line items. The fragment appears to catalog social or wedding style honorees with numerous individuals and partners, including Bennett-Rogers, Walton-George Boyd, Shiley Bryan Minnigerode, Finkelstein Powell and multiple clusters of first and last names.
After eliminations Handley selects its contestants for the French tournament to be held April 19 in Harrisonburg. First year French representatives are Dorothy Davis and Rodger Laign. Second year French representatives are Frances Bickers, Ellen Butler and Jean Ebert. Best wishes to the team.
A distorted OCR fragment mentions Alice Brumbeck and Oscar Bywsters with unclear context. The text remains unreadable for a solid event, date, or place, preventing a reliable summary.
Snoopie returns with a village tone of gossip centered on Front Royal measles warnings and local romances. Reba, Johnnie, Colleen, Petty Anderson, Kitty Arnold, and Yvonne Pierce appear amid mentions of V P I and Berryville nightly outings.
A timeline notes past events from seven to one years ago. The Hand iian press dated seven years back, a six year trend in a Lollipop fad, Anne Browne crowned Winchester Queen of Charm, and a one year old senior play Life Begins at Sixteen enjoyed success.
Backstage chatter recalls Butch and Herbie pushing the Senior play toward a minstrel show with Charcoal faces. The group teases Bobby about romantic scenes while Handley’s Casanovas test tips after practice. Lester lingers in the band room, missing his cues.
Alumni Jackie Womack returns from Washington with mumps. Paul Hunter from the University of Virginia visits Winchester before moving to Hagerstown. Winchester hosts a festive crowd including Cooper West Hampton Ann Klimes Fairfax Hall Jean Hamman Louise Hicks Winifred Largent Anna Bell Snider from Mary Washington College and Bobby from Virginia. Bobby visits Ole Handley and Mr Hale's lab.
Page County Grand Jury indicted William Keller a game warden for murder of Bernard Seckford killed February 12 during a warrant service and Charles Meehan for hit and run in Richard Deavers death February 8. Both pleaded not guilty with trials set April 16 and March An Emma Dallas and Edgar Butler manslaughter cases join the docket in what is described as the largest docket in years.
Police officers found eight women hysterical in a room, then escorted them to patrol cars. They were charged with gambling on the Lord's Day after sergeant Thomas P. Davin reported spotting them through a transom while they played poker.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker shown in Atlanta hospital bed recovering after sustaining injuries in a Georgia plane crash. He said he attempted to enter the pilot cabin to see what went wrong, calling the accident inexplicable. Health officials note early symptoms and prompt attention crucial for cancer outcomes and emphasize swift diagnosis and treatment.
Virginia health officials press a national cancer drive noting that in 1940 cancer killed 2,131 people out of about 29,600 total deaths, with 718 savable lives lost due to ignorance or carelessness. Dr. C. C. Riggin emphasizes heightened public education as key.
Mrs. W. L. Frederick chased down a passing car for help after a purse theft by a youth. The driver ignored her plea, laughed from the window, then pulled away as the thief escaped in the vehicle.
The verse Isaiah 7:20 mentions the Lord shaving with a razor hired by the King of Assyria, targeting the head, hair of the feet, and the beard. The question asks if this refers to shaving with a razor.
Homeowners vacationing in Jerseyville triggered a sheriff alert after noticing a window shade and draperies moved. Neighbors peered in and found a large squirrel perched on the dining room table, mistaken for an intruder.
A bug forced M P Jones to descend in an open field near Jones A student flier said the insect lodged in the duct of the plane causing motor trouble. Jones escaped injury but the craft was damaged after the fall.
The first barometer was created by Evangelista Torricelli, a pupil of Galileo, in 1643.
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