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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1944

Page

5

Plane Crazy stage show boosts hospital help drive

Due to nurse shortages at Inchester Memorial Hospital volunteers work two to three hours daily handling duties. Community groups including Nurses Aid Troop 1 Girl Scouts and the Women's Volunteer Corps aid during the event. The production Plane Crazy features a cast with Boyd Hi 17old Jimy Judy Light and many others delivering a lively act with humor and flight themed acts.

Inchester Memorial Hospital Nurses’ Aid Troop 1 Girl Scouts Women’s Junteer Corps

Pageant Practices and School Memories Recalled

Reminiscent notes tell of practice for a school pageant, a stag line at Frances, booths at Rhodes, and young students with pigtails. Mentions of five weekly periods of chemistry and physics, candy wrappers in the lunchroom, nature walks in fifth grade, and Pop Walton at Handley with Hubert Kerr singing Apple Blossom Time.

Rhodes Pop” Walton Handley Cavalry Hubert Kerr

Open House Sparks Spring Social Rumors

The note hints at social intrigue as Leonora hosts gatherings amid dating scenes. Nancy juggles multiple beaus while Dan appears lonely over the weekend. Mary Clegg is away, and Harold with Jean show springtime vibes. A sailor at Bainbridge and a sparkling ring prompt questions about gifts and affections.

Snoopie Leonora Nancy Dan Mary Clegg Harold Jean Robert K Kathleen Weakley Barney Helen Stultz Bainbridge Ee Fern George St. James Coxie Barbara Boyd Judy Evelyn Snooper, Sr

Honor Roll Girls and Boys Named in Local School

The notice lists numerous students by surname and title across tiers including Mrs and Miss. Names include Antrim, Browning, Durst, Garrabrandt, Gray, Grove, Hall, Snider, Solenberger and Thresh among others. Students span several first names and family names with many entries such as Kitty Peffer James McCoy Marshall Novick and Tommy Goode Jack Lewis along with Elaine or Iris Pugh and Donald Crim.

Mrs. Antrim Kitty Peffer James McCoy Marshall Novick Miss Barr Anne Barnett Dorothy Dodson Fay Headley Audra Polhamus Betty Lou Smith Mr. Browning Tommy Goode Jack Lewis Richard Grove Miss Brumback Anne Cather Jane Cather Louise Crisman Dolores Coffman Elizabeth Glaize Katherine Grant Florence Harley Nancy Hurst Betty Kersey Cary Marshall Margaret Merriner Dorothy Minnigerode Margaret Moore Susan Robert Hall Theodore Keller Joseph Guiliani Philip Solsenberger Garrabrandt Betty Bickers Mary Glascock Janet Nixon Helen Stultz Mr. Gray James Poole Miss Grove Martha Clay Arnold Ida Danley Dorothy Davis Eleanor de Grange Jacqueline Eagle Betty Ann Grim Massie Hawthorne Elizabeth Lichliter Lila Lee Robinson Betty Jeanne Rose Mary Sencindiver Retha Shirkey Hall June Grubbs Florence Robinson Winina Teets Miss . Hyatt Edith Claytor Lorraine Fahnestock Mrs. Peery Edward Clark Peyton Marshall Dan Saxe Miss Snider Evelyn Brown Solenberger Jean Armed Dottie Barnes Nancy Bond Courtney Fauver Betty Scott Hengeveld Betty Barr Manuel Betty Jean Redfern Mrs

Dignified Seniors Highlight Arthur Swisher and Friends

Senior profiles name Arthur Swisher as Most Athletic in Who's Who with plans to enter the Navy after graduation. Aspacia Semples, praised for art and leadership, is voted Most Talented and enjoys Greek folk dance. Ruby Smith, a dignified senior, is set to leave with a Commercial diploma and aims for a typist career.

Arthur Swisher Boys Monogram Club Swish Naval Reserve Navy Aspacia George Sempeles Aspacia Harrisburg Library Club Handiian Anna Aspacia Glee Club Pen and Palette Club Teady Ruby Smith Mrs. Solenberger Fort Dix N. J Keesler Field Miss Camp Polka Ruby Handley

Winchester to Launch City Recreation Department and League

The new Winchester recreational department operates with a $6000 budget under Miss Virginia Gregory. Plans include forming a softball league open to any entering organization and establishing separate white and colored playgrounds. A mass meeting on recreation is set for May 8 at 8 pm at the George Washington Hotel with NR.A. official Arthur H. Jones as speaker. high school students are urged to attend.

Winchester Miss Virginia Gregory Miss Gregory West Hampton University of North Carolina Athens Service Club Military and Naval Welfare Division The Red Cross Miami Beach Florida George Washington Hotel Arthur H. Jones Nr.a Gregory

Vivace Club Debuts With Glee Club Singers

The Vivace club made its first public appearance in assembly last Friday and was warmly received. The group is formed from top Glee Club singers including Dot McDonald Betty June Hurst and Betty Jean Redfern.

Glee Club Dot McDonald Betty June Hurst Betty Jean Redfern

Minnetonka radio program features Betty Cather and friends

Evelyn Preston and a group including Janet Nixon and Betty Scott Hengeveld perform opening numbers Like By the Waters of Minnetonka and Love is the Wind Betty Cather plays violin for the first piece They close with Green Cathedral and When Day is Dying in the West The segment notes a prior radio trend of singing commercials and a Plane Crazy ad from Senior Class Inc urging students to pay 35 cents and outsiders 55 cents for admission with a Deep in the Heart of Texas jingle.

Evelyn Preston Janet Nixon Mary Sencindiver Pavey Lupton Ireneohnson Jane Henshall Marie Garber Courtney Fauver Betty Cather Barbara Hough Betty Hendrie Betty Scott Hengeveld Waters of Minnetonka Peanut New~lin Inc Heart of Texas

Edward Clark Elected President of 1945 Senior Class

Edward Clark was elected president and Peyton Marshall vice president at a Junior class meeting. The class voted to publish an annual next year with Marshall chairing the committee.

Edward Clark Peyton Marshall

Junior Class Plans Careers and Banquet Roles

Edith Claytor Marty Glascock Jean Butler and Dan Saxe plan for the annual meeting. Juniors elected chairmen for committees John Moling recreation Carroll Morrow orchestra and Mary C Miller refreshment. Junior girls will serve Seniors at their Senior banquet with strong student turnout.

Edith Claytor Marty Glascock Jean Butler Dan Saxe John Moling Carroll Morrow Mary C. Miller

Rule For France Worked Out

Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that detailed arrangements for administering liberated France were being worked out by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Brig. General Joseph Pierre Koenig, head of the French military mission in Britain.

London Anthony Eden House of Commons Today France Dwight D. Eisenhower Joseph Pierre Koenig Britain

Postmaster Grush Advances in Civil Service Plans

Harry Grush of Geistown Pennsylvania, serving as postmaster for 20 years, has expanded his stamp business to the point it moved from fourth to third class. The law requires him to qualify in a competitive civil service examination to remain in postmaster status.

Geistown Harry Grush Grush

German Tourists Abroad Again

German spies have flooded El Ferrol San Esteban Gijon Santander and San Sebastian on the Spanish Bay of Biscay coast according to Tass Russian news agency in Lisbon. The dispatch said many newly arrived tourists were in fact German airmen destined for secret airfields on the Iberian peninsula.

London el Ferrol San Esteban Gijon Santander San Sebastian Spanish Bay of Biscay Tass Lisbon Iberian Peninsula

Prayer Service At Grace Lutheran Church Tonight

The mid week prayer service will be conducted at 7 30 o clock tonight at Grace Lutheran Church. The public is cordially invited to this service.

Grace Lutheran Church

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