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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1952

Page

11

Handley Glee Club Tours Harrisonburg for Teachers Meeting

The Handley Senior High Glee Club traveled by three buses to Harrisonburg to sing at the District 6 teachers meeting at Madison College auditorium. They opened with The Star Spangled Banner and performed songs including You'll Never Walk Alone Swanee and The Battle Hymn of the Republic under Miss Haynes and Miss Finklestein. They closed with Apple Blossom Time and then enjoyed lunch before returning to Winchester.

Handley Harrisonburg Harrisonburg High School Madison College Auditorium Glee Club Haynes Winchester

Marching Band Pleases Fans at Local Games

Mr. Strance leads the marching band through halftime shows at Lexington and Harrisonburg games. They formed an L for Lexington and Hs for Handley, then W ell a Mill Bottle a Teakette and Jug, spelling out both school names and promising future programs.

Strance Lexington Handley Harrisonburg

Pep Rally Attendance Cut by Rainy Weather

Rainy weather reduced attendance at a pep rally as students and staff faced damp conditions. The event proceeded with reduced turnout and altered activities due to the forecast and steady showers.

Editorial staff list for the newspaper

The editorial staff includes Nancy R. Quarles as editor and Lillian Solenberger assistant editor. Reporters named are Donna Anderson Kitty Clark Bessie Smalls Cap py Saxe Sally Getzendan ner Gail Hudson Carolyn fame and John Arn old.

Lillian Solenberger Donna Anderson Kitty Clark Bessie Smalls Cappy Saxe Sally Getzendanner Gail Hudson Carolyn Fame John Arnold

Cooperation Key to Handley Students Football Efforts

An editorial urges Handley students to practice cooperation during football season. It highlights behaving at games and pep rallies, supporting cheerleaders, and thanking Booster Club, the program, band, and Junior Stand for their roles. It stresses individual conduct reflects on all Handley students.

Handley Leena

Judges Smear Blue Streaks Tackle Cumberland Next

The Handley Judges beat Harrisonburg 14 6 to seize first in District V with a 5 0 Handley record while Harrisonburg drops to 4 1 Front Royal 4 0 Cumberland 1 0 next. Next week the Judges travel to Cumberland Maryland to face Fort Hill High in a non league game.

Handley Harrisonburg Blue Front Royal Meredith Boyd Bill Brannon Boyd Bill Minor Harrisonburg Bobby Farr Mark Shull Farr Eugene Adams Hantley Brannon George Semples Cumberland Fort Hill High Cumberlanders Martinsburg Bulldogs

Jets Complete Hop From Texas To Midway Base

The last of 15 jet fighters completed a four hop 7,800 mile flight from Texas. The final leg covered 2,575 miles from Midway in a record shattering nonotop leap.

Japan Texas Midway

Students Wrestle With New Word SHUBA

A playful classroom piece defines SHUBA as a Russian fur coat. Students share quirky hypothetical uses from dinner to a bedtime companion and a date request, reflecting light humor about a borrowed term.

Seniors Visit Lime Company

The Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association arranged two student tour series for the Senior Class. The first visited Grove Lime Company in Stephens City, P. W. Plumly Lumber Corporation, and Virginia Woolen Mill. The Oct 3 Grove Lime tour included a lecture on limestone and by products and a plant tour.

Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association Grove Lime Company Stephens City P. W. Plumly Lumber Corporation Virginia Woolen Mill O'Sullivan Rubber Shenandoah Bass The Lime Company

Improvements Made In Sewing Room

Improvements in the sewing room include removing the partition to create a larger space, updated electric sewing machines for faster work, a wash basin, and a full line of equipment for students. Miss Boxley praises the department for enabling more activity and says she can give more age than before.

Boxley Quakes

Chapel Services Include Devotionals and Hymns

Last week chapel was held on Monday and Wednesday. Sue Sibert read the devotionals, Margaret Crisman led the hymns, and Mary Kaknis was the pianist.

Sue Sibert Margaret Crisman Mary Kaknis

Fifth Grade Studies Insects History and New England

Elementary learners explore insects observing habits daily. Mrs Saver and Miss Carson introduce New England topics and seed trays. Students in Miss Manuel's class begin History Notebooks with George Washington and U.S. history.

Miss Manuel George Washington United States

Snooper Reports Oddities in School Life and Chapel Gossip

The Snooper notes a student walking without crutches and a second year French class entertaining Mr Litten with songs about Mountaineers and orange and black colors. Dismissal at Martinsburg School is 3 10 with typing continuing. A junior girl's large feet in the chapel causes amusement and questions about faculty joints.

Bobby Litten Martinsburg

Handlian News 1953 Handlian yearbook call to buy

An appeal to readers to purchase the 1953 Handlian pictorial yearbook featuring life at Handley during 1952-53. It urges buying from listed sellers Billy Thompson Jack Dunn Carol Suiker Millie Sanderlin Ronnie Coffman Billy Minor and Sonny Shiley and suggests friends and parents may want copies.

Handley Billy Thompson Jack Dunn Carol Suiker Millie Sanderlin Ronnie Coffman Billy Minor Sonny Shiley

Douglas to Play At Culpeper Friday

Douglas High School football aims for victory after a 13-13 tie with Page Jackson of Charles Town at Rouss Park. The team, reduced by Armed Forces callups, previously beat Luray's Andrew Jackson 12-6, and faces Culpeper in its third game of the season on October 17.

Douglas High School Page Jackson Charles Town Rouss Park Armed Forces Douglas Luray Andrew Jackson High School Ovent Culpeper

Temperature dips near base in Greenland with high winds

The region around the new Thule air base in Greenland records temperatures as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit with winds reaching 125 miles per hour. Snow is minimal despite the harsh conditions.

New Thule Air Base Greenland

Winchester TB Association X-ray program rewards students

Last Thursday the Winchester Tuberculosis Association sponsored X rays in Handley junior and senior high schools. About 100 students received the best X rays, and officials urge citizens to support early screening for tuberculosis, noting that early TB can be cured.

Winchester Tuberculosis Association Handley Winchester

Former Handley grid stars attend homecoming

Handley High School welcomed many former grid stars at the Handley Harrisonburg homecoming game. About a hundred former Handley players cheered the Judges to victory. The gathering highlighted continued alumnae support at home games.

Grid Handley Handley-Harrisonburge

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