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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1950

Page

9

Handley Students Showcase War Films Poetry And Band Concerts

A Handley High School page highlights seniors choosing an author to present, US History students viewing World War II film, a stenographic class practicing phone protocol, and juniors reciting Edgar Allan Poe. The Handley Band performed a spring concert under Mr. Strance featuring Gershwin works and other selections.

Cooper Garrabrandt Edgar al- Poe Annabelle Lee Handley Franklin Galladay Bobby Lind Donald Duffey Virginia Ates Ole Handley Band Mr. Strance George Gershwin Virginia Strance

Handley Glee Club Sings at Mass Festival Meeting

The Handley Glee Club presents its annual program at the George Washington Hotel beginning at 8 15. Miss Haynes announces selections including When Johnny Comes Marching Home Dream of Summer and This is My Country.

Handley Glee Club George Washington Hotel

Thespian Players Hear Monologues at Friday Meeting

The Thespian Players met during the advisory period Friday. Patsy Wheeler performed several monologues including The Coward Tomboy The Leak in the Dyke and The Lost Purse. Barbara Gregory Janella Shade and Jane and Sue Sowers volunteered for next meeting.

Patsy Wheeler the Coward Tomboy Barbara Gregory Janella Shade Jane Sue Sowers

Spelling Winners Crowned In Handley Stage Match

Friday afternoon in the Handley ara bari Stage a spelling match featured two winners from each class. From Freshmen Sally Getzendan ner John Williams Donald Leight Sue Dorsey Don Campbell Kitty Clark Robert Grubbs Donald Elliott Preniih Bartley Virgie DeHaven. Sophomores Paul Glass Marion Grove Janet Ha Betty Sigros Dick Youngblood Betty Kendall Ann Arthur Beverly Whiting. Juniors Mary Martha Fisen berg Mary Frantz Margaret Dunn Jimmy Foltz William Covington Ronald Wilson Betty McNealy Robert Lake. Seniors Julia Dotson Helen Johnston Doris Stone Mary Ellen Tavenner Elizabeth Brown ing Bobby Anderson. After several rounds Ronald Wilson emerged as champion over Betty McNealy and Donald Leight and received a Webster Collegiate Dictionary.

Sally Getzendanner John Williams Donald Leight Sue Dorsey Don Campbell Kitty Clark Robert Grubbs Donald Elliott Preniih Bartley Virgie DeHaven Paul Glass Mariam Grove Janet Ha Betty Sigros Ronald Wilson Betty McNealy

Play Featured In One Act by Room 48 Students

Our Wednesday assembly presented a one act play The Patterson Dinner. Joyce Binner played Mrs Patterson Patsy Wheeler Royal Kitty Clark Barbara Natalie Russell Helen Nancy Quarles Evangeline Rose Foley Aunt Clara delighting the audience with solid character work.

Room 48 Patterson Joyce Binner

Juniors Start Yearbook Staff Signup and Promos Planning

Junior class news notes editor Lishiiver and manager Billy Deushtery are rallying Juniors to join the yearbook staff for next year. Juniors are urged to sign with Dot or Billy for preferred departments. Despite Proms being weeks away, gym decorating plans are underway and mottoes are being collected in Miss Gorham's room for selection.

Lishiiver Billy Deushtery Next Oo Handlian Dot Billy Miss Gorham

Industrial Project Showcases Winchester County Industries

Miss Carson's room studied 34 industries in Winchester and Frederick County. Pupils visited manufacturers for samples and pictures, then organized a display. In Mrs Hale's seventh grade, girls prepared a balanced luncheon with soup, meat, vegetables, salad, bread, and dessert.

Library Club News Promotes April Party Plans

The Library Club schedules an April 21 party with an organizing committee of Sue Sowers Elizabeth Cather Sara Gold Martha Robinson Al Slaughter and Helen Page Coble guiding the event. During Christmas members made memorandum books from old cards for hospitalized children to show kindness and support.

Library Club L. C Sue Sowers Elizabeth Cather Sara Gold Martha Robinson al Slaughter Helen Page Coble

Student Profiles Reveal Hopes and Hobbies of Local Seniors

A set of senior interview snippets lists names such as Henry Hawkins Donald Grove Helen Hershman Margaret Greenwalt Betty Halterman Douglas DeHaven and Robert Huffman with details on favorite pastimes songs orchestras and sports. They share ambitions from farming and graduation to naval service and marriage, plus hometowns Winchester Va Mt Sidney and personal quirks.

Robert Willis Huffman Bobby Mt. Sidney Guy Lombardo

Barbara Sprenkle Elected President of Gamma Phi Beta Chapter

Miss Barbara G Sprenkle of Handley High School now at State College Pennsylvania has been elected president of the Pennsylvania State College Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta. She is a junior in home economics.

Barbara G. Sprenkle Handley High School State College Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State College Gamma Phi Beta Sprenkle

Honor Roll Names From Handley Elementary List

Honor roll list from Handley Elementary includes students across grades with numerous mentors. The compiled roster names Kian Solenberger Betsy Turner Ann Weatherholtz Patricia Wheeler and others in multiple homerooms and classes.

School Staff and Students Named in Local Directory List

A long OCR read lists dozens of names grouped under various classroom and school segments. The names include Joyce Crumay Dunn Barbara Hockman Betty Jo Johnson Mary Lea Kellam Sally Madden Peggy McCarty Jean Nethers Ann Sir baugh Anita Tidler and many others followed by Mrs Payne Alma Wilson Miss Carson Jack Bowen John Jones David Keen George Eaton Grover Carter Harry Dolan James Hickerson Carter Kellas Jack Kerr George Sempeles Charlotte Holliday among others. The fragment shows a roster style notice likely from a school yearbook or community directory.

Joyce Crumay Dunn Barbara Hockman Betty Jo Johnson Mary Lea Kellam Sally Madden Peggy McCarty Jean Nethers Ann Sirbaugh Anita Tidler Payne Sth Alma Wilson Miss Carson Pickney Arthur Jack Bowen John Jones David Keen John Kinter George Eaton Ray Bolton Grover Carter Harry Dolan James Hickerson Carter Kellas Jack Kerr George Sempeles Charlotte Holliday Kiser Michael Hollis Jack Reid Thomas Reid Judith Dale Nancy Sjostrom Janet Stanley David Sisler Shade Patricia Ann Gearing Pauline BE. Glenn Ida Marie Martin Larrick George Rosa Irvin Shendon H Barnsley Laura Mae Button Hilda Good Pauline Heltzel Norma McCall Sylvia Patton McFadden Mildred Emerson Barbara Ann Fawcett Jeanette Rhodes Mrs. Anderson Carolyn Arnold Ann Barnhart Sheila Breeden Martha Butler Mary Lou Hollis Ellen Kalbach Sharon Omps Miriam Rowe Patsy Royston Mary Ruth Whitten Mary Wilson Tommy Baker Donnie

Virginia Avenue Students Named For Grades Four and Five

Foreign names list students in Grade 4 and Grade 5 with teachers Miss Shenk and Miss Newman identified. The U S Soil Conservation Service notes a hypothetical two inch rain on a field would raise seven inches of soil three feet into the air.

Virginia Avenue Miss Shenk Charles Frye Robert Golightly Marshall Mason James Morgan Russell U. S. Soil Conservation Service

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