Clock Is Ticking For Handley Seniors
A clock in the Hodgson and Brown window now marks the countdown to determine Handley High School graduation honors with the boy and girl graduates to be named.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1949
Page
7
A clock in the Hodgson and Brown window now marks the countdown to determine Handley High School graduation honors with the boy and girl graduates to be named.
A vintage drug ad warns of Pin-Worms invading the body and spreading quickly among children. It promotes Veyne's P-Wormfuge by Jayne Co as the medically approved remedy, urging readers to seek it at the first sign of infection.
The clock contest lists 54 senior girls outside the dial and 45 Handley boys inside. As time runs down the minute and hour hands will indicate the gift recipients, with watches awarded to the lucky girl graduate and the Handley boy. The local firm has sponsored this contest for many years.
In Richmond on May 18, State Agriculture Commissioner L. M. Walker Jr. led talks toward a statewide program to stabilize milk quality and distribution. A follow-up meeting with producers and distributors is planned as Virginia dairy farms report a milk surplus.
Miss Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Peyton Marshall of 409 S Stewart St won a scholarship to the University of Richmond for first place in Spanish 2 Miss Pingley daughter of Mrs L V Pingley of 123 W Monmouth St won a medal for first place in Spanish 1.
Clarke county hosts three special Rural Life Services Sunday for 4-H members and Hour 4-H clubs. Berryville Presbyterian Church will feature Rev. R. K. McDonald at 11 am with 4-H members as ushers and florists. Boyce Episcopal Church hosts Rev. G. Peyton Craighill at 11 am, while Pine Grove 4-H members hear Col. John B. Shinberger at 3 pm at Good Shepherd Mission Episcopal Church.
Paul Smith, president of Potomac Edison Co., will be guest speaker at the weekly Rotarian luncheon. He is a past president of the Hagerstown Rotary and will be introduced by Andrew Bowen of the Northern Virginia Power Co., a PE subsidiary.
The Frank T. McFaden Bible class of Winchester Presbyterian church will visit Opequon Memorial Presbyterian church Kernstown at 9:45 a.m. Sunday led by Earl Luttrell with W. W. Glass as teacher. Members assemble 9:30 a.m. and travel in a body with ample transportation. They return for the 11 a.m. Winchester service. Special music includes songs by Mr and Mrs Everett Conner with Mrs Earl Luttrell accompanying.
A drastic cold snap dropped temperatures 30 to 40 degrees, spreading from the Upper Plains across the nation. Snow and hail were reported in Billings and Great Falls Montana, Williston North Dakota, and Aberdeen South Dakota, with record rainfall in places. Temperatures reached 38 in Billings and Williston and 33 in Great Falls as thundershowers appeared from the Texas panhandle to the Canadian border. The system was expected to reach Chicago by tomorrow midday and continue eastward.
State Auditor J Gordon Bennett approved audits of six circuit court clerks for 1948 in satisfactory order. The review included Lee N Whitacre of Frederick.
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