Gore High Enrolls 144 for New Term Under De Haven
Gore High School reports 107 in elementary and 74 in high school for a total of 181 with some students not yet enrolled due to orchard work. PTA to meet Oct 4 at 7:30 PM to plan the year. A Glee Club and Home Economics Club organized with projects planned. Boys softball schedule includes games with Gainesboro and Bunker Hill. Gore won vs Gainesboro but lost to Bunker Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore High School
A. V. DeHaven
DeHaven
Tony
Gore Parent-Teacher Association
Verner
Lesser Ones Go On Trial In Insurance Murder Case
Philadelphia report says 11 defendants have been convicted or pleaded guilty in the insurance murder cabal. Among the accused are the Petrillos Herman Counsin Paul and Morris Bolber the witch doctor. More trials proceed as 12 of 23 indicted go to court this month. Mrs Providenza Miccichi faces trial for plotting to kill Jennie Cassett by poisoning.
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Philadelphia
Othe
Petrillos
Herman
Counsin Paul
Morris Bolber
Commonwealth
Providenza Miccichi
Dominick Casset
Jennie
Cassett
Daniel Put On Univ. Va. Board
Governor Price announced the appointment of State Senator Robert W. Daniel of Brandon to the University of Virginia board of visitors to replace the late Frederick W. Scott of Richmond. Daniel resigns from the State Board of Education after serving since 1930 and is a vice-president and trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
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Richmond
James H. Price
Robert W. Daniel
Brandon
Board of Visitors
University of Virginia
Frederick W. Scott
Daniel
State Board of Education
Sweetbriar College
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Not To Suffer Over Selling Goods of War
Washington reports that the United States plans a cotton for rubber barter with Britain as WWII era shipping begins. Officials expect fewer international complications than in the World War, noting changes to manifests and potential neutrality act limits while rubber quotas rise to 75 percent of capacity.
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Andrue
Washington
America
England
United States
Britain
State Department
London
Roosevelt
Congress
International Rubber Producers’ Committee
Trustees' Sale Of Fine Business Property Postponed
Trustees announce the resale of a Winchester Virginia business property on East Loudoun Street Numbers 124 126 128 and 132 after postponement from September 23 to October 7 1939. Sale at public auction 11 AM in front of the Court House with terms one third cash and balance in two yearly installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Aucts Duvall & Cane.
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A. Taylor Ritter
C. W. Ritter
Corporation Court
Winchester
Court House
Virginia
Loudoun Street
Cork Street
W. E. Jones
H. M. Seabright
School Weekly Activities Schedule
This listing shows a weekly plan with booster club meeting on Monday at 3:00, band practice and soccer practice for Shamrocks and Maroons, a Wednesday assembly at 2:40, and a Thursday schedule including band practice and the first Shamrocks versus Maroons soccer game. Friday features a football game against West Virginia School for the Deaf.
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Shamrocks and
Maroons
Shamrocks
West Virginia School For Deaf
Handley High School Booster Club Expands Junior Evening Star
The Booster Club announces a larger staff for the Junior Evening Star by adding a girl and boy reporter from grades 7 through 12. The paper serves Handley High students and the school community and invites submissions of school news poems and literature via a mailbox outside the Booster Club office.
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Booster Club
Junior Evening Star
Handley High School
Autobiography of an Unknown Student Seeks Institute Path
A first person note from a student detailing early life at Handley when eight plans to enter Staunton Institute for Women after Handley and pursue writing and teaching. The writer mentions jam making copying Mr Browning and hints at a future death noted in the 1999 Who's Who.
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Handley
Miss Laughton
Browning
Solenberger
Bennett
Staunton Institute For Women
Institute
Mr. Browning
Remember When Our School Cafeteria Echoed with Tales
Dick Kerns hailed as football hero by students while Tom Ritter is remembered as a curious boy. Sara Sullivan visited the school, Willie and Mary Virginia drifted apart, and Mr Browning reportedly shaved no mustache. Senator Ritter and Slim Hershman were seen together as Kenneth Heine covered sports. Gus Cahill spent long hours in the chemistry lab as Danville dominated classroom chatter about government. An annual Faculty play was part of the year’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Kerns
Tom Ritter
Sara Sullivan
Willie
Mary Virginia
Mr. Browning
Senator Ritter
Slim Hershman
Kenneth Heine
Gus Cahill
Danville
Week of October 27 plans from Frederick County home agent
Miss Madeline Blair announces the weekly schedule for the county home demonstration and 4-H clubs. Activities include September month review to the Board, travel to Charlottesville for a State 4-H Committee meeting, Gore and White Hall club meetings, Shawnee club gathering, and weekend office and market work.
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Madeline Blair
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Charlottesville
Home Demonstration Workers Association of Virginia
Gore Home
White Hall
No Man’s Land Warns of Death and Despair
A poem laments war’s spread and a tyrant’s supposed wrong but declared right. It warns of a restless march of armies and the bloodshed looming over France and England, urging vigilance to stave off catastrophe and death. Voices of Bobby Green and Jacquelyn Eglish convey fear and plea for peace amid brutal conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortell
Handlian Yearbook Staff Elected at Senior Class Meeting
Handlian staff elected to begin work on the yearbook immediately. The 1940 editorial and business staff are listed with roles fromEditor-in-Chief Paul Bourjailly to Circulation Manager Irvin Zuckerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handlian
Paul Bourjailly
Wassiel Tripplet
Robert Bridgers
Everett Jones
Nina Ramaccoit
Dot Hawthorne
Cecil Adams
Ralph Fansler
Farley Massey
Carolyn Hoffman
Kathleen Zimmerman
Bill Sullivan
Mildred Smith
Wilbur Kern
Elden Spaid
Stevenes
Handley Prepares For Berkeley Springs
Handley High officials test three new school songs in assembly for Berkeley Springs visit. The tunes assessed include Here's To Handley High Fight and a song by Virginia Rittenour to Row Row Row Your Boat. New cheer leaders led the assembly in cheering after the songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High
Virginia Rittenour
Conductor Jumps for Train After Missing It
A Pittsburgh Pullman conductor, ticket collector on a New York to Chicago run, leapt into a taxi at East Liberty Station and rushed to the downtown Pennsylvania depot. He explained he left the platform too late and realized the train was his own, costing 90 cents for the cab fare.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Pennsylvania
East Lierty
Alabamy Bound and Other School Stage Selections
A collection of student performance titles and performers. Verses include Alabamy Bound by Jack Boyce with Junior Class at a hot dog stand appear. Don't Worry About Us features a football team. Have Mercy is credited to Mr Browning. Other pieces include a Katherine Beat e How Strange Lucille Spillman It’s All So New To Me Patricia Barr and You Don’t Know How Much You Can Suffer Ann Klimes riding high seniors.
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Jack Boyce
Mr. Browning
Katherine Beate
Lucille Spillman
Patricia Barr
Cookie
Ann Klimes
Phyllis Fowle
Bob Bridgers
School gossip and social notes from the era
Cheerleaders announced and crowds urged to cheer. Mentions Carroll Mason’s absence and hopes for his return. Romance rumors at Ole Handley and Martinsburg. Junior girls traveling, a yellow car rumor, Burgess sightings, and questions about early romance. Theatre visits, Nancy Gano and a boy at Olde Mill and John Marshall, shoe-less senior boys, Kitty Baker’s ring, autograph hounds for the Drum Major L Fe, and band chatter about Ma a a. Corridor Commission and study hall reminders conclude.
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Carroll Mason
Handley
Jane Shade
Robert Allamong
Martinsburg
Burgess
Palace Theatre
Nancy Gano
John Marshall
Kitty Baker
Front Royal
L. Fe
Girls' soccer baseball practice starts for Maroons and Greens
The article notes practice for the Maroons and Greens began last Monday with a good crowd. Captains were elected Tuesday: Jack English leads the Greens and Elizabeth Rainsberger leads the Maroons. The first game is set for Thursday after school.
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Maroons
Greens
Jack English
Elizabeth Rainsberger
Aspacia Semples Wins School Art Contest
Aspacia Semples, an eighth grade student, won a contest sponsored by Child's Life Magazine. Her winning artwork will appear in the October issue.
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Aspacia Sempeles
Handley
Child's Life” Magazine
Youngsters Called to Register as Britain Faces War
London reports King George VI signed the armed forces act raising Britain's conscription pool to about 500000. Some 250000 additional youths aged 20 to 22 will be called up and registration dates set. Earlier, about 240000 youths aged 20 before June 3 had already registered under prior measures. A ministry note described a dogfight over the Siegfried Line with five RAF planes battling 15 German fighters. three British planes were shot down amid a fierce battle.
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London
George
Britain
Information Ministry
Germany
Siegfried Line
Royal Airforce
Handley cheerleader nominees win close vote
Last Friday during Assembly the nominees for cheerleaders performed a fre demonstration. Phyllis Fowle Dorothy Hawthorne Dorothy Moore Mary Pappas Ann Williams Charles Cook Bill Louthan and Woodrow Moore were the entertainers. Phyllis Ann Charles Bill won the majority.
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Phyllis Fowle
Dorothy Hawthorne
Dorothy Moore
Mary Pappas
Ann Williams
Charles Cook
Bill Louthan
Woodrow Moore
Phyllis
Handley
Varsity Given Quiz Ends With Hershey Bar Prizes
The assembly featured questions on football prepared by Mr. Ochs and Mr. Maddox acting as judges. Ten boys including Green D Robinson G Robinson Rowe Fansler B Taylor McIntyre Ritter Miler and Whitham answered and did credit to their coaches.
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Quarles
Ochs
Maddox
Green
D. Robinson
G. Robinson
Rowe Fansler
B. Taylor
McIntyre
Ritter
Miler
Whitham
Hershey Bars
Charlottesville High School Chronicle Snippets
One year ago Shirley Williams Louise Miller Ottie Fries and Dick Stutton were elected cheerleaders. Four years ago a one act play Where But In America was performed by three students with David Headley Helen Woore and Betty Wilkins in key roles. Sixteen years ago Hendley performed at Charlottesville High School.
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Shirley Williams
Louise Miller
Ottie Fries
Dick Stutton
America
Mrs. Espenhayne
David Headley
Helen Woore
Betty Wilkins
Hendley
Charlottesville High School
Unclear Handlian Staff Notice Mentions Campaign and Events
A fragmented notice references a five dollar deposit campaign for seniors and asks about monitoring, food, and programs. It mentions football quiz and assembly time with lunch and dancing. Theodore Youem appears in garbled form.
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Handlian
Browning
Theodore
Youem
New Cheers Arrive as Ballot Box Replaces Chair
A corridor sign reading New Cheers attracted attention on Thursday morning then a chair was swapped for a table with a ballot box. The incident reveals students seeking new school yells and cheers rather than a pun.
British Air Force Communique on Battle Damage and Escape
The communique reports eight of twelve men in another unit made a forced landing after a British squadron leader completed a reconnaissance mission by dodging and weaving. A gunner in the tail sprayed accurate fire, downing two German planes while the rest withdrew.
Shenandoah Life to reorganize with new chairman and finance panel
Richmond reports the Shenandoah Life Insurance Company adopts management changes including creating a chairman of the board and a finance committee. A selection committee will appoint the new chair. The action, approved by the Virginia Tennessee and District of Columbia insurance departments, aims to address prior criticisms while confirming the company’s solid financial condition.
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Richmond
George A. Bowles
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company
Bowles
State Corporation Commission
State Insurance Department
Roanoke
Action Bowles
Commissioners of Insurance
Virginia
Tennessee
District of Columbia
Insurance Department
E. Lee Trinkle
J. P. Saul Jr
Shenandoah Life
Answers to Today's Quiz Listed
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include O zero, Colombia, Betty Jameson, to restrain flood waters, Woodrow Wilson, the Himalaya Mountains, a genus of tropical American lizard, the Little Big Horn River Montana, Centime, and Chronology.
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Colombia
Betty Jameson
Woodrow Wilson
Himalaya Mountains
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Grading List as Employed In Apple Markets
The text outlines apple grading standards including Fancy, No 1, Early, Commercials, Utility Early, and combinations. It defines color and maturity requirements, with notes on use for cooking and premium pricing.
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Apple
U. S
Berlin priest posts hunt hour mass for duck season
Father John Bonk of Nimrods' Friend Berlin Wisconsin inserted notices in the local newspaper to announce a 4 p.m. Mass to accommodate hunters before the duck salon opens Sunday. Parishioners and non churchgoers should have the same chance to obtain blinds before daybreak.
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Nimrods
Berlin
Wis
John Bonk Peewee
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P.T.A
Gore
Glee Club
Che
Evening Star
Home Economics Club
Thriftivator
Hotpoint
E. Piccadilly St
Einar Quality
N. Loudoun St
Univ. Va
Oe Lynch
Duvall & Cane
Parlett Funeral Home
Gainesboro Road
Miss Blair
Kinney Shoe Store
N. Loudoun &J
Europe
Bobby Green
France
No Man’s Land
Heaven
Hell
Jacquelyn Eglish
Berkeley Springs
Bell Clothes
Handley’s Hit Parade
Aspacia Semples
Fowle
Williams
Cook
Louthan
Mr. Bennett
North America Society of Richmond
Shenandoah Valley Telephone
Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Braddock St
Vicks
Sherwin-Williams
John S. Miller & CO
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