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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1939
Page
5
Monday includes pageant rehearsal at 2 40 and booster club meeting at 3 10 along with a cappella and other rehearsals. Tuesday features boys glee club band practice assembly and pageant rehearsal while Thursday lists girls glee club and Friday has pageant practice and the senior play at 8 00.
Readable scraps show Betsy Porter discussing Billy Tate and gunpowder with Betsy and others. Massey claims talking with a gun is risky. Ann Wolfolk and Dot Hawthorne mock or dismiss the topic, signaling tension and frustration.
Readable items include Olly Ramaciotti fishing Eleanor Leatherman walking home at 11 Mrs Barr keeping students until 630 Aloise Brill modeling Betsy Porter designing dresses Edith Russell collecting autographs Hell in Lillis tennis Shooey hauling girls home and unnamed pupils flirting or looking pretty This appears as a list of personal notes and activities without a cohesive event.
Round dancing at Sunny Side Tavern on Gainesboro Pike Saturday night with no admission charge. Come early and stay late. (3-24-21)
Students are urged to stop loafing after the reports and complete back assignments for multiple classes. The note warns that delay causes carelessness and late nights, and stresses that efficient work will yield passing grades.
A list of students and families appears in the March 1939 fourth report, naming individuals by last name and given names across multiple households. The compilation includes the Laughton Farley Massey group and others such as Slaughter, Womack, Shiley, Armel, Cammer, Fauver, Henshall, Lindstrom, Lupton, Anderson, Brill, Brunmback, Gatewood, Jackson, Lillis, Lind, Pierce, Allen, Babb, Bond, Butler, Clow Ser, Ebert, Gano, Moling, Barnhart, Fuller, Robinson, Whiting, Capper, Conklin, Copenhaver, Fahrney, Field, Grim, Larrick, Robinson, Tredway, Bailey, Duffey, Potts Beckwith, Edwards, Marian Johnson, Shine, Duvall, Owens, Yeatras, Strater, Maddox, Cather, Bridgers, Hartman, Browning, Anderson, Brown, Jones, Campbell, Carper, Miller, Orndorff, Porter, Ritenour, Simpson.
The fragment mentions Saddle shoes, Page-Boy hair styles, newgirl dresses, nail polish, and Senior boys in short pants. Names like Tommy Groves Marian Hammill and Dot Hawthorne appear in questions about presence or appearance, with unclear context about Germany and Europe.
Billie Pap arrives at senior play with curlers and excitement about Pete Himelright praising Hono lulu. Handlians model Friday night while Handley students prepare for Broadway dreams. Junior Evening Star invites student submissions. Sympathy extended to Mr Browning and his Angels in Honor Roll competition.
A mosaic of quoted lines shows reactions at a party. Characters include Lohi Dunlap recalling a car incident, Nancy, Sarah Sullivan, Charles Cook, Vance Bourjailey, a barber and Kathryn Kline debating actions and hair trimming. The exchange hints at tension and personal connections.
Chatter reports a senior play practice last Thursday night where hats flew and the scenery collapsed. Jane Jackson nearly missed her part amid the chaos while Billy Louthan is hoped to recover soon. The piece ends with a playful greeting to Nancy and a nod to report cards from Tuesday.
Town manager L B Dutrow returned from Richmond after attending a finance officers school. The R M A executive committee met in Col J C Boggs office. Socials included Mrs C A Pence hosting luncheon and bridge. Several locals and guests were noted, plus the Front Royal Order of the Eastern Star installed new officers after a covered dish supper.
Mrs. P. B. Eastham recovers from influenza. Parkway Chevrolet personnel from Front Royal meet at Hotel Royal with members from Warrenton Fredericksburg and Winchester. Rotary Club luncheon features Dr Liu Ring and Mrs Ring entertaining Warren County High School pupils. Weekend visitors include families from Tappahannock Richmond and Fredericksburg. A gun collector in Newport OR purchases an antique shotgun with loaded barrel.
Clues list includes perched happened game epic poetry public speakers word matches, many entries interwoven with country and language hints. Copyright notice 1939 King Features Syndicate Inc appears at end.
An advertisement urges readers to try a thirty day RIS trial treatment for active kidneys. It claims happiness improves with kidney health and markets RIS as the sole product, priced 25 to 50 cents and up to a dollar, sold by leading druggists with no substitutes.
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