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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
11
The season opener track meet is set for Saturday at 1 PM featuring Handley Broadway Clarke County and Warren County competing in a quadrangular meet.
Handley High School leads a district festival youth chorus contingent with 34 boys and 29 other high school groups. Returning lettermen include Bob Scully and Tom Massie. Participants travel to Buffalo Gap for events across pole vault discus throwing hurdling and sprints. Handley entries include two small ensembles and nine soloists awaiting ratings on a scale from fair to superior.
The note extends warm regards to the Handley Track Team as they begin a new season, wishing them success in their upcoming meets and competitions.
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The Booster Club hosted a spelling bee on Thursday March 21 during advisory period. Sara Thomas a sophomore won the competition open to grades nine through twelve with judges including Mr Sherrard and Miss Faris Miss Finkelstein and Mr Fry.
Handley High invites parents of eighth to eleventh graders to meet guidance counselors in the cafeteria to discuss next year’s class scheduling. Eighth and ninth grade parents meet tomorrow at 7 30, while sophomores and juniors may attend Thursday at 7 30.
The Virginia Young Democratic Club opens its annual convention in Richmond with a keynote by Del Willis M. Anderson of Roanoke and Sidney S. Kellam of Virginia Beach. State President Frank N. Perkingon Jr. announced the lineup, with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to speak at the Saturday banquet to be introduced by Gov Mills E. Godwin Jr.
The Jr. Star announces its editorial team led by Editor-in-Chief Joan Lovett with Assistant Editor Carolyn Austin and a large roster of staff members including Joanne Baden Susan Fernandes Linda Jones Rhonda Lineburg Barbara Pope Sandra Royston Sharon Snarr Mary Carolynn Anderson Ann Dunlap Lindsay Huntsberry Ruth Ohl Suzanne Brown Emily Cone Donna Debatcha Carol Gore Barbara Lyons Cynthia McAboy Laurie McKeown Patricia Rinker and Robin Wolfe.
The schedule lists events from March 27 to April 2 including readings in Chapel Room 44 with Levine Nelson and Benny Frye, a Senior Class play You Cant Take It With You with a 8 p.m. showing at Handley auditorium, a District Choral Festival in Buffalo Gap Virginia at 1 p.m., and a Senior Tour to Washington.
Mrs Isherwood head of the Girls Physical Education Depart ment praised the program as a tremendous success after last Friday night show. About 800 people attended to watch some 500 students perform on mini tramp side horse vaulting box trampoline parallel bars and uneven bars.
Union College Choir from Barberville Kentucky presented a special program yesterday morning at Handley. The students enjoyed the inspirational and contemporary music sung by the choir.
The piece argues manners reflect character and urges respect for classmates and substitute teachers. It cites door rushing and line cutting in the cafeteria as common discourtesies, noting how small courteous acts shape personal character and school culture.
Nancy Armstrong a Handley senior won first place in the district Girl s Poetry Reading at Shenandoah College while Eileen St Denis took second in Girls Prose and Joan Lovett second in Girls Public Speaking. Armstrong will represent the district at the State Forensic Contest in Charlottesville on April 27. Handley Forensic Team members will present selections on cable TV tomorrow night at 8.
The Handley class of 68 will miss classes Tuesday April 2 to tour Washington D C. Highlights include the White House FBI Headquarters Capitol Hill meetings with Senator Byrd and Rep Marsh tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Kennedy gravesite followed by a chartered bus return.
The Handley High School Chorus of 88 will perform at the Apple Blossom Rally at the George Washington Hotel today. They will sing The Shadow of Your Smile More Deep River People and Lone Home Valley.
In Ephrata Pennsylvania a crowd surpassing 500 residents will travel with the Ephrata High School band to Winchester for its first Grand Feature Parade appearance on Friday May 3. The marching unit has 125 members directed by James Althouse and funds for the trip totaling 1000 dollars were raised by veterans groups clubs and local donors.
Miss Sandra Kay Renner a 17 year old James Wood High School senior is selected by the Back Creek Raritan Club as its representative in the Rappahannock District Zone I beauty contest. The April 5 event at 7 pm at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home in Stephens City features seven contestants.
The Virginia Education Association finishes its probe into the dismissal of Gate City High School Principal James Olinger. The inquiry, ordered by Olinger and the Scott County Teachers Association, will yield recommendations in the coming days. Olinger, a former Scott County Democratic Committee chair, calls the firing political. The school board cited public opinion for his removal, noting a board party shift from five Democrats and two Republicans to a new five-member board with three Republicans and two Democrats.
Ralph Nader charges the Bureau of Mines is captive to coal mine operators and accuses United Mine Workers leadership of siding with operators against preventive safety measures. He made the charges in a Monday letter to Interior Secretary Udall.
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