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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1936
Page
2
The Handley High School Glee Club and chorus, with fourth to sixth graders, present a May 29 concert on the front steps at 7 30 PM, weather permitting. rain moves to the auditorium. Rehearsals listed for next week and a brief program excerpt noted. Also mentions a baseball score 10 7 with Oranges and Shamrocks.
A list of classroom guidelines rendered as archaic commandments covers prompt attendance respect for staff limited meal time home room duties avoiding tardy excuses truthfulness in friendships and restraint from inappropriate behavior and shared supplies.
The first baseball game of the season in the gym Tuesday afternoon ended 7-6 with the Oranges leading from the first inning. Both teams showed well and the crowd was encouraged to attend more contests. The Oranges also won the second seven inning game played Thursday afternoon in the gym.
Handley entered ahead and finished ahead as Woodstock fell 13 to 0 at Woodstock. The lopsided contest featured strong Handley play throughout and solid defense limiting Woodstock to no scoring.
A quirky local note describes locusts singing liked by Miss Robinson and a pleasant evening at June Bean's home. It mentions junior boys receiving affection and rumors of a frameup with a bashful face.
Professor Browning questions Jessie Hillyard in a classroom exchange about Carlyle and changing the world. The joke cycles through the room with Jessie answering she started with him and now is back to him. The dialogue ends with uncertainty from both sides.
Mountain View School in Hayfield Virginia plans a closing program on May 29 at 8 p.m. Attendance urged for good seats. The faculty thanks patrons for support in the Apple Blossom Parade and during the term. Debaters included Elsie Triplett Darlene Barr William Clowser and others with topics on country life city life relief and race. Prizes were awarded to Dorothy Richard and Udell Long.
A devotional reflection on Psalm 23 5 about Gods provision and blessing. The text urges trust in God as shepherd and asks God to make the speaker a blessing to others through close fellowship with Christ.
The report marks Justice Cardozo's 66th birthday at the Supreme Court bench with plans for lunch with intimate friends. Appointed by President Hoover in 1932, he is the newest justice but not the youngest. Justice Stone is 63 and Justice Roberts 61, as the court’s total ages rise to 638.
The passage notes that aside from Cardozo Roberts and Stone, six other Supreme Court members may retire on full pay of $20,000. Cardozo, a Democrat, aligned with the liberal stance of his predecessor Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Miss Johanna Dames, age 23, famed as a crusader against gophers, reports her black cat Professor has claimed the 131st catch since the war began in 1914, continuing the long battle against pests.
W and Dearing of Bedford County died in an airplane crash near Montvale late Saturday. J J Bower Jr a Roanoke student pilot remained in critical condition after the nose dive into the ground at a local hospital.
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