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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1949

Page

3

Handley High School juniors present spring music assembly recital

The Handley High School junior class and Miss McCartney's music students staged an assembly on May 24 1949 featuring solo and duet performances. Pieces included Malaguena Gypsy Song Ritual Fire Dance and Etude de Concert with performers June Henshall Eugene Russell Betty Lou McFarland and others. A June 14 free recital will expand the program with additional student participants and selections.

Miss McCartney Donald Duffey Earn Malaguena June Henshall Miss Mceran Betty Lou McFarn Aloe Poe Betty Lou McFarland Eugene Russell Handlian

Booster Club Elects Officers at Special Meeting

Hilda Taylor chaired a special Booster Club meeting on Monday May 16 to elect officers for next year. Elizabeth Browning was chosen president and Anna Fleming secretary. editor roles for the Junior Evening Star to be appointed.

Hilda Taylor Booster Club Elizabeth Browning Anna Fleming Evening Star

Pola danee and song segment at school assembly

Through ne ace ongwid he alongs die Pollard and Robert Solenberger. Bessie Smaltz and Lillian Solenberger wound the dolls. Don Campbell was a doll Pianist and a good one. Tommy Winn accompanied two dainty toe-dancers Joyce Binner and Phyllis Moulden. Patsy Wheeler changed everything with the monologue I Were A Boy. Accompanied by Tommy Winn Dick Seidel a clown tap danced. Cappie Sax sang Galway Bay for the Irish in the audience. Sally Getzendanner presented a gypsy dance with Mary Martha Eisenberg. Gail Hodgson and Loma Good sang Forever and Ever as bride and groom. Rose Foley closed on Spanish guitar.

Ace Ongwid Redhaired Cappie Sax Galway Bay Sally Getzendanner Mary Martha Eisenberg Gail Hodgson Loma Good Rose -Foley

Handley School elects student leaders after spirited campaign

The Handley student body crowds cheered as Liz Browning Jane Sowers and Jimmy Clark ran for president and Mary Martha Eisenberg Sue Sowers and Holmes Bayliss for vice president. Clark won president in a landslide while Bayliss edged Weatherholtz for secretary after a weekend of debate.

Tew Ident Handley Band Liz Browning Jane Sowers Jimmy Clark Mary Martha Eisenberg Sue Sowers Holmes Bayliss Ann Arthur Ann Weatherholtz Peggy Long

Handley Students Win Prizes At Annual Art Exhibit

Handley students and visitors admired the annual exhibit for weeks. Betty Jo Dearing won first with a portrait of a classmate Elizabeth Halvosa. Diane took water color first. Charles Johnson led the elementary group with Ralph Pugh Margaret Varscoy and Virginia Clark as runners up. Judges were Mrs B B Dutton Mrs Leslie Bell and Miss Beverly Hofer. Prizes were donated by Winchester branch AAU roads. The United States is more three million miles of rural.

Handley Betty Jo Dearing Elizabeth Halvosa Diane Charles Johnson Ralph Pugh Margaret Varscoy Virginia Clark B. B. Dutton Leslie Bell Beverly Hofer Doue Winchester Branch Aau

Notable Local Figures and Hobbies Snapshot

A compact profile list highlights several residents and exude: Marshall Michael known as Dirty Mike from Berkeley shares favorites in music and sports with plans for graduation. George O. Orndorff from Winchester pursues math and horticulture while aiming to graduate and secure a good job. Maynard Latane Patternson Jr. shows a focus on algebra basketball and graduation. John Sempeles and John Solenberger appear with distinct musical tastes and ambitions.

George O. Orndorff as—George Winchester Vaughn Man Maynard Latane Patternson Jr Maynard Wet Hoppen Jimmy Dorsey

Handlians Appear Dedicate 1949 Yearbook to Mrs Garbrandt

The Handlians 1949 yearbook project featured editor Nancy Hurst and business manager Sam McFadden presenting in assembly. The foreword and dedication honored Mrs Garbrandt for her personal interest and guidance shaping students into responsible citizens.

Nancy Hurst Sam McFadden Handley

Ocean depths reveal sounds in new Moody Institute film

A Moody Bible Institute science film titled Voice of the Deep shows underwater noises from Garibaldi snapping shrimp porpoises and croakers heard via a hydrophone. The Navy’s war hydrophone work led to fish talk discovery. UC war research later aided the project with expert guidance from F Altori Everest.

Moody Bible Institute First Baptist Church Irwin A. Moon Chesapeake Bay University of California Division of War Research F. Altori Everest Moody Institue Dr. Moon

Handlian Honors Given By Handley Seniors

The senior class of Handley recognized staff and contributors with Handlians. Mrs Garrabrandt received hers along with praise for Mrs Hall Mr Gray and Mr Quarles for support. Eddie Manuel earned a Handlian for selling the most Handlians.

Garrabrandt

Contractor Ready To Start Jail Addition Work

Turner and Harper Construction Co expects to move in equipment tomorrow to erect the addition at the rear of the city county jail. The Strasburg firm bid $78,225 for the job after the site was staked today. American ladies of long ago used smooth handmade glass balls to cool their hands on hot days.

Turner and Harper Construction Co Strasburg

Buzzards Eye Feast In Brazilian Flood

Belem reports the lower Amazon floods have submerged towns from Maceio to Algoas, with hundreds feared dead. Governor Silvestre Pericles says at least 100 dead and damage surpasses 2.5 million dollars, as a three day mourning period is declared. An air survey shows towns completely under water with only palm tree tops visible.

Rio DE Janeiro Amazon Belem Maceio Algoas State Silvestre Pericles

Net US population rise 1944 to 1948 driven by births and arrivals

Census estimates show July 1 1944 population at 138,083,000 and July 1 1948 at 146,571,000. The 1944-1948 increase totals 17,571,000 from natural growth plus 917,600 civilian arrivals from abroad.

Bureau of the Census United States

Man Not Obligated To Stop Wife Seen In Adultery Act

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a husband may watch his wife to obtain proof of adultery without being required to stop her. The court found adultery abundantly evidenced and said such conduct does not amount to connivance without proof of encouragement.

Trenton N. J New Jersey Supreme Court New Jersey

Britain Plans Secret Atomic War Defense Exercise

At Camberley England on May 24 leaders from the Army Navy and Air Force plus 13 ministers attended Exercise Britannia a five day hush hush staff planners session. They reviewed civil defense and atomic warfare possibilities with only major generals and higher allowed.

Camberley Eng Britain Army Staff College Royal Navy Royal Air Force

Light knocks down street light on S Loudoun St

A Garber Ice Cream Co truck knocked down a street light and shade yesterday on S Loudoun Street near Carpenter's barber shop. A reader asks why woodpeckers favor telephone poles. answer notes poles serve as signaling posts in sparse areas and offer clear ground sight lines, with dead wood resonant and creosote-dipped poles used to deter birds.

S. Loudoun St Garber Ice Cream Co Carpenter's

Rembrandt van Rijn Meaning in Name Context

The name indicates Dutch origin and denotes “Rembrandt of Rijn.” van Rijn links the painter to the Rhine region in the Netherlands, identifying him as from or associated with the Rhineland area.

van Rijn Rembrandt B. M

Painter Born by the Rhine in Leyden in 1607

The artist, born on the banks of the Rhine at Leyden in 1607, is noted for his early life beside the river before rising to prominence in the art world.

Leyden

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