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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
3
Juniors and Seniors are invited to a post exams prom on June 5 featuring the George Washington Orchestra. Students are urged to attend for celebration after exams and to bid farewell to departing seniors.
Prom plans spark chatter about Ritter Zuckerman attendees and a queenlike guest. A letter reveals a prank by Kitty Bakers father. Seniors depart, writers complain of writer's cramp as Handlians circulate and Snooper signs autographs.
The Crimson Comet from Michigan City Indiana riffs on insomnia and teen labels. It offers blunt binary traits for students and women, calling studious minds Bookworms and girls labeled as Fast or Tomboys.
A list of song titles and authors includes Will You Remember by the Senators Woodpecker Song Mr. Sybert s and Yates classes and Blue World Steve Span among others. Entries reference teachers and exams with songs such as Im magic Imag ination by Mr Browning and Say it over and over again.
Witnesses describe a lively track meet scene with Mrs Dechert and Mr Brown accompanied by Dot Hamman and Phy, noting head together banter and a glimpse of the women after months away. Quarles shown slipping, Janey seeking Pat, Coach Ochs releasing long awaited steam, Shryock and Klimes discussing plans for Virginia Tech.
The Executive Council decided to award a medal for the most outstanding senior girl, similar to the American Legion Medal for boys. Criteria: 50 percent character, 25 percent leadership, 25 percent scholarship. Senior girls will vote, top four nominees face advisers and teachers. Jean Ebert and Dorothy Moore join the committee with Mr Joyce as chair.
One year ago Bill Sullivan and Paul Bour jaily led the Handlian staff as heads. Four years ago Oranges won fan basket and the Glee Club performed on the front steps. Five years ago Handley beat Woodstock 13 to 0 in baseball. Sixteen years ago Handley and S. V. A. tied 3 to 3 in an exciting game.
A reader praises Handlian 1941 yearbook editors Paul Bourjaily and staff for thoughtful writing and original layouts. The letter highlights features such as the playing the game theme, campus woodwork program success, bulbs planted around campus, and the overall effort behind the yearbook.
John James Ingalls said that in the democracy of the dead all men are equal, there is no rank or prerogative in the republic of the grave.
An ad promotes Uolga Tablets containing bismuth to coat the stomach lining and ease ulcer and stomach pains caused by excess acid. It claims relief for heartburn and burning sensations, offers a 25c box at Baker's Drug Store, and pledges money refund if not helped.
Washington May 21 Senate debate pressed American action on Allied islands in the Indies to guard the Panama Canal. Proposals ranged from using the lands as war debt payment to outright US ownership if Germany wins the European war. Senator Millern urged securing Bermuda and Bahamas. others suggested a protective force or naval intervention.
San Antonio Texas May 21 cadet training at Randolph Field is being stepped up to meet President Roosevelt’s push for a larger air force. Currently five hundred cadets will grow to about one thousand as plans to expand the West Point of the Air proceed.
Gen. Stephano Cagna newly appointed head of civil aviation for Italy is pictured arriving in Miami from a news vantage on commercial aviation. Former aide to Gen Italo Balbo and Libyan-born, Cagna took part in Balbo's 1933 mass flight to the United States.
Blitzkrieg era units ride at 50 miles per hour in Camp Beauregard maneuvers. Streamlined kitchens trail the columns, offering three kinds of show cooking. Ice boxes travel to the front, fueled by gasoline stoves to feed troops during war games.
A compact notice announces a revised and enlarged edition of Parliamentary Law as a dependable guide for clubs societies schools and churches. It invites readers to send ten cents postpaid with a coupon to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington D C for the booklet.
HOLLYWOOD May 21 Jane Withers the No 1 juvenile at her studio since Shirley Temple retired is starting a new career. At 14 she graduates into no pictures and shifts from plump child star to slender demure actress. She has made 24 movies and earns about 2500 dollars a week, with experts predicting she will eventually outpace Temple in wealth.
The State Corporation Commission grants a charter to Dr Pepper Bottling Company Winchester, Inc. with J. C. as president to operate a soft drink business. Maximum capital stock set at 50000 dollars. Charter obtained by attorney T Russell Cather. The firm has run a local branch for several years.
A Virginia state audit questions a $5,000 bequest from Mrs Helen L Mason to the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Staunton. The gift directs no income be used for education and blind pupils. the use of U S Savings Bonds prevents interest and raises questions about annual income for the blind children.
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