Poem Fragments Compare Gum Chewers and Cattle
A verse compares gum chewing people to a cud chewing cow noting a thoughtful look as the key difference. It then cites the Mayan Indians as skilled wood carvers potters and weavers.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1947
Page
3
Student Executive Council Election Details and Members
The article outlines how the Executive Council operates as the student government with elected home room reps. Officials named include president Shirley White and vice president Robert Hall, with secretary Florence Harley. It lists council members and faculty advisers, noting campaign contests before elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Shirley White
Robert Hall
Florence Harley
Ann Boyd
Richard Chapman
Marguerite Christjohn
Garland Clark
Betty Cullers
Raymond Dick
Eugene Dicks
Pat Frye
Sally Getzendanner
Glen Goode
Barbara Gregory
Diane Hunt
Roland Johnston
Joan Landacre
James Lawrence
John Massey
Peggy Miller
Donald Smallwood
John Solenberger
Virginia Wentz
Rebecca Daugherty
Robert McKee
Bobbie Rinker
Donald Crim
Philmore Green
Jimmy Miller
Margel McKee
Ralph Harry
Imogene Minton
Mrs. Perry
Frye
Mrs. Carter
Handley to face Waynesboro in first home game
Handley meets Waynesboro in a Saturday grid clash after a loss at Harrisonburg. With two veterans and several newcomers the team aims for a win aided by student body and the Handley band in its season debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Waynesboro
Harrisonburg
Handley Band
R. E. Mc Kee
R. T. M. Seples
R. G
D. Semples
Crim
L. G
Lake
Tay Depos Semples
L. E. Solenburger
Ss B. Lamb
H. B
Wolverton
Wolfe
F. B
McIntyre
Handlian Staff Grows with New Editors and Assistants
This week Handlian announces staff additions across departments. Jimmy Hall leads as editor of Photography with West-Wood Wright as assistant. Billie Jean Smith June Henshall and Donald Smallwood named art editors. Wanda McKee Ann Dors ey Evelyn Brown and Jo Ann Castleman run literary edits. Eddie Levi joins advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hall
West- Wood Wright
Handlian
Billie Jean Smith
June Henshall
Donald Smallwood
Wanda McKee
Ann Dorsey
Evelyn Brown
Jo Ann Castleman
Eddie Levi
Liquid Air Demonstrations Steal the Show at Open Meeting
Elliot James presented the first outdoor program of the series on liquid air. He showed cooling by ice, a kettle boiling on ice, and explained the extreme heat difference of about 344 degrees. He demonstrated rapid pressure rise in a flask, liquid air’s ability to power engines, and its effect on mercury turning to a solid head. He noted rubber becoming brittle like glass in cold, with clothes snapping if exposed to extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot James
Mr. James
Handley F FA elects officers and adds new members
The Handley F FA met for the first meeting of the year with officers elected in June led by Richard McKee as president and Donald Smallwood as vice president. New members Richard Wolfe Jimmy Semples William Wolverton Keith Lee Marvin Hutchinson Buddy Robinson Granville Creele Herbert Carr Kenneth Lake join as part of a year of objectives and community farming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley F. FA
Richard McKee
Donald Smallwood
Albert Lazzera
Richard McIntyre
Rumsey Michael
Marshall Michael
James Poole
Wayne Spaid
Richard Wolfe
Jimmy Semples
William Wolverton
Keith Lee
Marvin Hutchinson
Buddy Robinson
Granville Creele
Herbert Carr
Kenneth Lake
Fellowship Club
Library Club Shines At School With 82 Members
The Library club, eight years old, now numbers 82 members with 9 boys. Initiations feature dressing new members as book characters. Mrs. Wisecarver lauds library assistants who volunteer weekly in study halls, after school terms, and value their unpaid service. Certificates honor year-end helpers as officers include Rebecca Daugherty president, Joan Landacre vice president, Anne Butler secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Club
Rebecca Daugherty
Joan Landacre
Anne Butler
Deaths from Cholera Top 100 in Egypt
Cairo reports 37 more cholera deaths in the last 24 hours raising the toll to 103. The official count lists 599 confirmed cases in the week-old epidemic in Egypt. A separate note states US fur imports in 1930 were valued at 70 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cairo
United States
Denver Freshman Football Player Killed by Lightning
A lightning bolt struck during a Denver university freshman football practice, killing 17 year old Ken McCauley Jr of La Junta Colorado. The bolt hit as McCauley moved to run after a scrimmage shake up on the dirt field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Denver University
Ken McCauley Jr
la Junta
Colo
McCauley
Wallace Attacks Truman's Food Plans
Henry Wallace told 7,000 Boston listeners that earnest pleas for food conservation will not suffice and that bold action on prices is needed from the Truman administration. He urged rapid organization to force controls and rationing to distribute scarcity and ensure Americans can eat well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry Wallace
Truman
Police Court Dispositions From Judge John Rice
Judge John Rice disposed cases including C B Turpin of 603 Woodland for drunkenness with a 15 dollar fine Elwood Preston Stotler cited for motor carrier act violations 54 25 Albert Quinlan of Apple Blossom Camp Rennertown for registration and license failures 14 25 7 25 Charles B Streit Winchester RT 1 for reckless driving and license 14 25 Frank Newlin 506 S Kent St for drunkenness 14 75 James F G Pranklin Stephens City for reckless driving 54 25 Marshall Mason Winchester for drunkenness 10 25 Preston Moomaw Clearbrook for license absence 11 25 Massey Roberts N Kent Sr drunk 10 25 and drinking in public 20 25
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Preston Stotler
Whitacre
Albert Quinlan
Apple Blossom Camp
Rennertown
Charles B. Streit
Winchester
Frank Newlin
S. Kent St
James F. G. Pranklin
Stephens City
Marshall Mason
Preston Moomaw
Clearbrook
Massey Roberts
N. Kent Sr
Woodrow Wilson regional vocational school opens in Staunton
Staunton October 1 the Woodrow Wilson regional vocational school begins operation after a $40 000 grant from the State board of education The county sponsored institution claims to be first of its type in the state offering courses in business communication and other technical subjects The article notes the origin of the word cotton from the Arabic Kotn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Augusta County
Woodrow Wilson Regional Vocational School
State Board of Education
4-H Fair Clubs List Of Members And Leaders
A long list of 4-H clubs names and their respective girls and boys members is presented. The items include Gore Hayfield North Frederick Friendly Grove Gravel Springs and Gravel Springs with numerous names such as Violet Miller Virginia Palmer Lynn Wolfe Earl Sargent Janet Owens and Benny Ashwood among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Miller
Violet Marie Spaid
Eleanor Whitacre
Norma Shumaker
Viola Spaid
Phyliss
Janice LaFollette
Betty Ann Whitacre
Shirley Kerns
Tom Biggert
John Whitacre
Julis Whitacre
James
Julian Pugh
Mr. Williams
Dorothy Bell
Marilyn Feeley
Ruth Feeley
Lucille Fox
Lorraine Fox
Betty Ann Fox
John Fauver
Ernest Fauver
Ronnie Ashwood
Benny Ashwood
Irvine Williams
Charles Wallace
Robert Fox
Hayfield
Virginia Palmer
Willetta Adams
Joyce Adams
Ann Arnold
Virginia Adams
Charlotte Leach
Margarete White
Margaret Ramey
Alice Ramey
Evelyn
Margaret Triplett
Catherine Fout
Mary Fout
Edith Cook
Ann Wolfe
Lynn Wolfe
Wayne Miller
Boyd Ramey Jr
Donald Ramey
Connelly Ramey
Carlton Ramey Jr
Joseph Palmer
Sonny Palmer
Roger Ramey
North Frederick
Roxanne Rogers
Wilda Jean Adams
Rebecca Loy
Janet Owens
Patsy Sutherland
Nancy Baker
Catherine Farris
Rhoda Whitacre
Gloria Shultz
Juanita Braithwaite
Sarah M. Smith
Jean Bobbie Owens
Louise Boyce
Betty Blue McKlwee
Earl Sargent
James Largent
Don Anderson
Kenneth Farris
Vernon Farris
Gordon Phillips
Harold Phillips
Charles Sutherland
Sidney Rogers
Billy Whitacre
William Baker
Friendly Grove
Mary C. Dodson
Iou
Ann Dodson
Kathryn Hulver
Martha Triplett
Mary Triplett
Dorothy Sine
Vanessa Clowser
Ernestine Sine
Nancy Triplett
David McGraw
Harry R. Hodgson
Lewis Allen Hodgson
David Clowser
Curtis Clowser
Ronnie Clowser
Richard Ferrell
Roy Line
Eugene Halver
Marvin Lewis Plum
Earl Dodson
Claude Line
Haines
William
Gravel Springs
Fay Orndorff
Anna Marie Brill
Eleanor Brill
Moline Orndorff
Helen Wymer
May Belle
Tucker
Yvonne Everett
Sadie Utterback
Enyla Grubbs
Ima Mcllwee
Patsy Brill
Neva Me
Joan Beatly
Boys
Guy Beatley
Max Renner
Ray Brill
Earl Brill
Delaine Orndorff
Donnie Tucker
Delmar Orndorff
Lewis Utterback
Ripley Shell
Carmen Shell
Glenn Orndorff
Max Ray Himelright
Rodney Orndorff
Alfred Ponton
Be Prepared For War Tito Tells Veterans
Belgrade Oct 1 Premier Marshal Tito urged Yugoslav veterans to always be ready to take up arms if needed. He said to prepare as if war tomorrow while working as if peace will last for centuries. He also denounced the Truman Doctrine as a move to encircle the Soviet bloc and blamed western powers for Greece's troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Europe
Soviet Union
Greece
Trial Justice Court Dispositions by W Erle Edwards
Case list includes Carroll Fiddler of Wadesville for reckless driving and operating on revoked license with $79.25 fine. H L McDaniels of 4 E Cork St charged with speeding and fined $4.25. Ralph J Spurs of Mt Williams fined $24.25 for no operator's license and reckless driving. William C Madagan of White...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Erle Edwards
Carroll William Fiddler
Wadesville
H. L. McDaniels
Cork St
Ralph Jefferson Spurs
Mt. Williams
William Clark Madagan
Post Reckless Driving Case Against Frank Geass
Frank William Geass of R. 1 Winchester faces a speeding citation in a post case with a fine of 14 dollars and 25 cents. Police report details indicate reckless driving cited under local traffic rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Frank William Geass
Winchester
Nichols Faces Reckless Driving Charge in Pall Mall Case
Theodore Robert Nichols of 112 E Pall Mall cited for reckless driving with a $14.25 fine. Offense details listed in municipal records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Robert Nichols
E. Pall Mall
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Handley High School
Callblil
On the
Westinghouse
Baker and Anderson Electrical CO
N. Braddock St
Future Farmers
Ieree Miles
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Wallace
John Rice
C. B. Turpin
Woodland
Regional Vocational School
Winchester Armory
Holland
Winchester’s
Trial Justice Court
Ve Kotex
Three Garden Clubs of
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chrysler Airtemp
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing & Heating
N. Cameron St
Winchester FurniTure CO
Loudoun
Northern Virginia Power Co
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