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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1934
Page
9
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The calendar lists weekly activities including orchestra, boys' and girls' glee clubs, tap class, and band practice from Monday to Friday with football game against Clarendon on Friday. Dues grant access to all athletic games and assembly programs. The meeting elected officers for the year: President Hugh Crisman, VP Ralph Shafer, Secretary Helen Hatcher, Treasurer Miss Salisbury, with sponsors Mrs Peery and Mr Legge.
The senior officers for this coming year are President James Goode, vice president Helen Hatcher, secretary Mary Elizabeth Ebert, and treasurer Garland Baptist. The Handlian staff, chosen last spring, has started work this fall with plans for an unusually attractive book. Editor in chief Rosilind Kater. assistant editors Arthur Field and Helen Chauderis. business manager Pred Hunt. assistant business managers Ruth Trimble and Ralph Summel. advertising managers Carter Baker and Eleanor Scully. sales manager Esther Bustier. photograph Virginia Cather. joke editor June Bean. sports editors Louise and Frank Pierce. art editors Rosalie Headley and Virginia Smith. secretaries Goldie Affleck, Elizabeth Forney, and Margaret Price.
The Booster Club begins a new year with many graduates leaving and fresh invitees joining. Old members listed include June Bean and Ro salie Headley among others. New members welcomed are Marjorie Atwell Anna Fugit May Bowers Eleanor Scully Ruth Trimble and others. The club will again publish the Junior Evening Star this year.
The article notes room representatives have been elected and started the annual drive to collect G. dues. Browne’s room led with 100 percent payment, while other rooms are urged to follow. Home room reps listed include Mary Huntsberry Esther Eustler Mary Katherine Baker Shirley Williams Martens Lupton Betty Pierce Holloway Kinney Doris Shade Lucille Grant Anna Belle Scrivner Vida Doyle Joyce Gibbons Kenneth Heinie Carter Baker Charles Patton John Ramey Charles Kirk Stover Walters John Dunlap Joseph Thrift and Garland Mason.
The Shamrocks and Oranges introduce soccer baseball using a soccer ball with rules like baseball. Training begins soon for a series of games. Also notes Handley football vs Washington and Lee on October 5 at Handley Stadium with a strong roster and last year’s 13 0 win. A car fire in the back driveway caused delay and minor damage with teachers inconvenienced.
An editorial urges Handley students to begin the year with energy and effort in academics sports and school life. It champions belonging through action and diligence, pledging pride in a year built on effort, cooperation, and respectful behavior.
Executive Council held a Wednesday morning meeting in the auditorium of the general organization. All students who paid school dues of 1.50 for the year or 20 cents a month are included. Dues fund athletic expenses and furnish funds for activities.
Fox Film epic opens at Palace Theatre chronicling a family across four generations in four nations. Madeleine Carroll Franchot Tone star with Reginald Denny and others, plus a Fox News segment accompanying a two-a-day New York premiere noted as the producer Winfield Sheehan’s ambitious project.
An advertisement promotes Cremulsion as a seven in one remedy for coughs and colds. It claims to be powerful yet harmless and narcotic free, with refunds offered by your own druggist if relief is not achieved.
A light remark notes a new seating arrangement described as a “family chariot” that breaks the routine of everyday life, described as pleasant despite its interruption of sameness.
A number of last years grand ol seniors have decided that school is worth while and have gone to college for four more years. The list includes Martha Forney George Washington University and Jimmie Davis University of Maryland among others. They are back as post graduates making the halls familiar. Clint DeWitt and James Thrift will attend 8 VA.
The District Nurse Association seeks two woolen blankets and two pairs of pajamas for a tubercular patient at a state sanatorium. Those able to donate should contact the association at their earliest convenience.
The Great Lakes receive water from many streams. Lake Superior’s main sources are the Rainey river Rainey lake and Pigeon river forming the Minnesota Ontario boundary. Lake Michigan and Lake Superior drain into Lake Huron and then Lake Erie and finally Lake Ontario where the St Lawrence river flows.
Middletown Virginia October 1 Dr B L Hummel professor of rural sociology at VPI Blacksburg spoke on A Balance Agriculture at Booster Night sponsored by the Middletown Grange. The Reliance quartet entertained and was repeatedly encored. He cited farm income trends showing declines from 1919 to 1932 and highlighted a brighter 18 months with wheat and tobacco incomes rising sharply.
Crop leaders urged universal agricultural support as the Grand Master presided. Speakers urged backing an agricultural program praised for aiding farmers, noting criticisms without constructive proposals. The program opened by Byron O Brumback, with readings by Lou Bailey and Charlotte Baker, a George Baker poem, Katherine Foltz recitation, and Mildred Judy reading.
Admiral and Mrs Louis M Nurton have returned from visits to their sons in Cleveland Ohio and Mayville Kentucky meeting Mr and Mrs Dean D Francis and Mr and Mrs Laurence L Browning.
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