Stephens City Students Tour Shenandoah Valley Bank
Reporter groups and teachers accompany students to Winchester for a bank tour led by Mr. Hopkins and staff. They tour departments, view the vault, learn about money handling, and receive blotters as part of a lesson on American banking. Peggy Pangle and Beulah Snyder express gratitude for Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Then a cookie recipe closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Hopkins
Robert McNally
King
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Peggy Pangle
Beulah Snyder
Alumnae visit recalls old times and future paths
A campus note recounts alumnae visits on November 8 and 11 with mentions of Rachel Welch now a Bridgewater College freshman and home on sick leave. Other graduates from the class of 1939 and 1940 attend Strayer College and Pittsburgh Academy. Home Economics notes Christmas candy making with recipes for Pecan Sticks and Peanut Butter Cookies.
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Rachel Welch
Rachel
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Shirley Lillard
Shirley
Strayer College
Washington, D. C
Helen Pappas
Strayer Business College
Severine Gardner
Pittsburgh Academy
Sarah Pirkley
Strayer Business
Fists In Gloves Stephens City Boxing Team Ready for Action
The Stephens City boxing team forms for January with expected members Dan Metz Thomas Russell Harry Hartman Singhass Denzil Fawcett Lee Fawcett and Billy Gardner. Head coach Robert E Ayler with assistant Fred A Dobbins leads a strong squad hoping for a successful season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Dan Metz
Thomas Russell
Harry Hartman
Singhass
Denzil Fawcett
Lee Fawcett
Billy Gardner
Robert E. Ayler
Fred A. Dobbins
School Glee Club and FFA News and Seniors
The Glee Club adds four new members Zida Artrip Lucille Perry Louise Perry Betty Moore. F F A members study hog production eight chief breeds and state ties. Betty Jane Clark, senior girl known as Bee Jay, born 1923 in Pittsburgh, champions aviation ambition and local activities. Thanksgiving recalled as juniors attend Handley game and classmates joke about social life during study period.
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Shirley Smith
Ella Louise Sargent
Betty Barton
Pauline Owens
Nina Stine
Margaret Smallwood
Ella” Sargent
Zoe Lemley
Glee Club
Zida Artrip
Lucille Perry
Louise Perry
Betty Moore
Betty Jane Clark
Bee Jay
Blonde Dynamite
Pittsburgh
Frederick County Band
Girls’ Athletic Association
Newton Pippin
Student Sassy Quotes Stir Classroom Tones
Sophomore Pet expressions reveal a lively classroom scene with students trading playful exclamations. Names like Billy Sandy Daggone Donald Armel Lofton Hicks Fawcett Pennington White Keckley Reynolds Owens Taylor and others contribute a chorus of spirited remarks and retorts.
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Billy Sandy
Daggone
Donald Armel
James Lofton
Alfred Hicks
Lee Fawcett
Roland Pennington
Ella Rae White
Pete Keckley
Joe
Evelyn Reynolds
Pauline Owens
Nancy Taylor
Freshman Christmas Gift Exchange Drawn in Section A
Section A students started Christmas celebrations by drawing names from a box for a class gift exchange. Each student submitted a name and each participant will exchange gifts with the person drawn.
Arbitration urged by Pan American chief in New York
Cornelius V. Whitney chairman of Pan-American Airways urged Americans to strengthen inner defenses through arbitration of disputes in business government and labor instead of courts or picket lines. He spoke in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Arbitration Association
Cornelius V. Whitney
Pan-American Airways
New York
Christmas Gifts And School Activities Highlight Class News
The text notes Christmas gift exchanges among students and assigns duties for decorations and program planning led by Emilie Huffman and Margaret Smallwood. It mentions a visit by Mr. Hopkins, a class meeting on November 13, new student Peggy Yvonne Combs, a magazine contest with $23.50 raised and shared, and seventh grade efforts with the Tuberculosis Association. It also covers absences in first to third grades, a new classmate Glenna Orndorff, Chalettta Smith’s illness, and a short original poem about a turkey by Aubrey Lee Clevenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilie Huffman
Mr. Hopkins
Red Hill
Mrs. Rhodes
Margaret Smallwood
Rhodes
Culpeper
Peggy Yvonne Combs
Moorefield
W. Va
Curtis Publishing
Miss Sampsell
Kenneth Burhart
Gloria Lee Clark
Betty Jean Keller
Ruth Rinker
Mary Ramey
Lois White
Verlene Godlove
Glenna Orndorff
Chalettta Smith
Control of Pine Mice Directions for using rodenticide
Instructions issued by John W. Hamlet of the Maryland Entomology Division describe lime bait preparation for pine mice in orchards. Mix two inches of cut apples with rodenticide in enamel pans, use one teaspoon per quart, expose bait in concentration stations under asphalt squares and mulch, with caution to avoid non target life.
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U. S. Biological Survey
John W. Hamlet
Scean of
Unity
Maryland
Oratorical Sendoff for Selective Service Volunteers
In Martinsville Virginia on November 29 an informal sendoff for two selective service volunteers at the Patrick County courthouse drew a strong oratorical display. Congressman Burch of Virginia joked that if the crowd keeps talking they will all volunteer.
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Martinsville
Patrick County
Burch D
Admiral Nulton Outlines Four Critical Youth Phases
Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton told Rotary Club listeners that four life phases shape citizenship: early home life, early school years, later home life, and college. He urged parents to build a solid foundation, support firm yet fair teachers, curb harsh language, and teach restraint and responsibility at college age. Clifford Grim introduced him and credited Col. B. M. Roszel and Gen. William Mitchell for their foresight.
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Rotary Club
Louis M. Nulton
Nulton
Admiral Nulton
Clifford Grim
Boys Work Committee
Grim
Admiral Nurton
B. M. Roszel
William Mitchell
Local residents visit kin and travel wanderings noted
Armel Virginia brief highlights visits as Russell Clevenger of Pontiac NL and Mrs. Paul Johnson and Mrs. Charles Hawes of Hillsville Pa arrive to see relatives. Edward Grimm stays in Winchester after visiting J W Hughes. Bertha Armel visits Washington with Wills M Gault. several families attend gatherings in The Plains, Slanesville and nearby areas amid illnesses and travel.
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George Fleury
George, Jr
Lillian
G. E. Armel
Maude
Irma Dawson
The
Plains
John Hughes
Pricedale
J. B. Clinger
Mayme Shiley
Jennings Alleman
Winchester
Washington
W. E. White
Victor Haines
Gertrude Cave
Chicago
Ill
C. C. Haines
Treaty signing location for Louisiana purchase
The treaty of cession of Louisiana to the United States was signed at Paris, on April 30, 1803, formalizing the transfer of the territory to the United States.
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United States
Louisiana
Paris
Cross Roads Notes Update from Cross Roads Virginia
Cross Roads Virginia notes report visits by Leslie Fletcher and family to W J Line. Mrs W W Hicks visited aunt Fannie Haines on Jersey Mountain. A group including Gilbert Oates Rosa Nelson J B White Esta McKee and children called on Ellen Oates Sunday afternoon. W V Carpenter added a new roof to his house. Hoke couple visiting daughter Vergie McKee. Mrs McKee has a newborn son after returning from Winchester Memorial Hospital. widow of Edgar McKee killed by automobile. Deavers of Cold Stream visited relatives W J Sine and family on Sunday.
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Cross Roads
Leslie Fletcher
W. J. Line
W. W. Hicks
Fannie Haines
Jersey Mountain
Gilbert. Oates
Rosa Nelson
J. B. White
Esta McKee
Marie
Dorothy
Lois
Margaret
Ellen Oates
W. V. Carpenter
W. J. Sine
Sunay
Pole climber turns steeplejack after daring ascent
Springfield reports L. N. Songer who once climbed the state house dome 365 feet high 39 years ago did so again recently for business reasons. He later became a professional steeplejack, applying the risky feat to a career in height work.
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Springfield
Ill
L. N. Songer
State House Dome
Afternoon News Is LATE News At Press Time
The Star notes varying press times across cities with 9 P M in London 11 P M in Alexandria and Bucharest 10 P M in Berlin while Rome follows later in the evening. The statement emphasizes delays in late afternoon news distribution and differing time zones.
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the Star
London
Alexandria
Bucharest
Berlin
Rome
Average family radio listening time exceeds five hours daily
Eighty six percent of families with radios listen more than five hours a day on average.
US Imports One Million Gallons Rum From Rico
Annual shipments to the United States total 1,000,000 gallons. The statement notes Rico as the supplier, with no further details on distribution or dates.
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United States
Rico
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