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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1939
Page
3
The annual Harvest Fests in Martinsburg from November 9 to 11 will open a three day apple wonderland. The festival features apple booths murals and displays with modern designs. Band concerts apple pie contests and cooking entries are planned as part of the event.
Round Hill 4-H Club met Friday with pledge and motto recited. Plans set for Frederick county 4-H Club fair October 19 21 and a Hallowe en party October 31 at Opequon club house. Committee includes Mary Kathryn Pingley Peggy Pangle Winnie Carper and Sarah Belle Pingley.
Monday yields booster club at 3 10 and basketball practice at 3 10. Tuesday features boys' glee club at 2 40 band practice at 3 10 and junior high soccer game versus Greens and Maroons. Wednesday includes a 2 40 assembly and 3 10 a capella choir. Thursday offers girls' glee club at 2 40 and junior high soccer game at 3 10. Saturday remains unspecified.
Members of the senior class have been measured for class rings and work on the Handlian has begun. Photos from class pictures are on display at Barr's Studio after a busy week of posing and birdie smiles. A senior meeting last Thursday discussed dedicating this year's Handlian with a second ballot expected, vote results to be known in May.
In Junior High School physical education, seventh and eighth grade girls compete in soccer. Dorothy Keckley’s seventh grade team and Evelyn Curl’s eighth grade team were winners in their sections. Sections I of seventh and ninth grades remain unfinished. next week the winning teams will be announced.
An editorial notes flimsy excuses for missing work, cites players and students using alibis when games are called off or crowded schedules interrupt study. It urges accountability and highlights teachers’ insight into such excuses.
Theodore Yokom writes to students urging better school spirit and attendance at after school class meetings. He emphasizes participation in class activities and notes forgiveness after future attendance. The letter targets all grades, urging timely attendance to learn and voice preferences.
The Mutual Broadcasting System will air a 15 minute description of the near total eclipse on the 28th starting at 1 30 a m in the plane and at the microphone Dave Driscoll from The short wave forecast predicts a stormy week with conditions improving to good by week end
The piece lists names and scenes from a school period, mentioning teachers Mr Boitnett and Mrs Barr, students Charles Cook Beatrice Lovett Dot Hawthorne and others, with notes on rooms, outfits, events like a bonfire and Commencement, and odd street and parking references.
A quirky list ties similes to area residents and figures, naming Duell Glover Philip Howell Nancy Lee Coble Charles Cook Katherine Slaughter Marion Hammell Mr Joyce Deedie Dunn Jean Shry Mrs Solenberg Allison Burgess "Butch" Robinson saddle shoes Marion Hurst Max Sargent Mr Browning and the idea of success with playful tone.
An informal Q and A lists fictional pairings from readers. The names include Butch Robinson and Davey O Brien, Miss Martin with Desdemona Pollard, Gloria Dorsey with Jim Hawkins, and other playful matches such as Mr Quarles with an old shop woman, Lea Louthan with a mayor, Frances Bickers with Donald Duck, and Sarah Moling with Tarzan, among others.
A condensed listing outlines The Europe program on WEAF NBC and WABC CBS with segments including Rush Holt and radio forums featuring Warren R. Austin, Col Theodore Roosevelt, and National Defense discussions. Evening slots note musical acts, theatre, and news interludes across WJZ NBC WEAF CBS stations.
Puzzle fills with tone nudges and wordplay across many clues. Readers match synonyms and phrases to common crossword answers and enjoy a light brain teaser from the daily page.
An anxious reader seeks advice from Pitty Pat about winning the interest of a boy in Study Hall. The note recalls a chalky setup as alphabets separate seating and nerves rise while a math book is dropped. Pitty Pat advises self initiative and watching for reciprocation.
A fragment notes Virginia Butsler was elected captain five years ago and recalls earlier events in Luray, Virginia. It mentions a booster club drive on politeness from a year ago.
A seventh grade snapshot shows a boy in back reading a packet, Margaret Smith studying chemistry, Richard Forney asleep, and students reading study hall rules. Nina Ramacciotti translates Latin, Carol Lindstrom hunts for gossip, and Wassiel chats with Mary Jeans and Colleen Clowser while Hurst and Hamman share gossip. Cookie tries to coach the teacher on seating pupils.
The Shamrocks beat the Maroons to win two of three games in the series after a 19 19 tie through seven innings and a score in the eighth inning securing the Shamrocks victory.
Two junior girls watch Martinsburg boys arrive as Burgess and Jake Everhart charm the crowd. Bickers and Cookie snap candid photos while Billy Groff flirts. Jenedith struggles to keep order, Klimes vows to ditch hose for socks, and Annie picks footwear. Kitty Baker with four escorts debates dance partners as Mr Coe observes.
A biography of Andrew Jackson portrays him from a red haired thirteen year old recruit in the Revolutionary War to a frontier law officer in Tennessee. It details his private life as a planter horseman and his defense of his wife's honor. He leads troops through swamps to decisive victories against Indians, Spanish, and English forces.
The note asks who teaches Billy Groff to drive and if he is a good student. It mentions the Angels Chorus displeasing faculty, Ann Klimes, Pete and Archie at home, and Mr Butler’s habit of ejecting women from cars. Peggy McIntyre elected Student Body president. Pete and Joe seen home for the weekend. Joe reportedly gave short notice to a redhead.
The North Frederick Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Landon Whitacre’s home. Plans for Achievement Day on November 1 were made with Mrs. Mary Whitacre elected to the refreshment committee. Eight members promised canning contest entries. A covered dish oyster supper was planned for November 8 at Mrs. Lee Whitacre’s, with neighboring clubs invited. Program for 1940 discussed and county campaign committee to meet soon.
The 180 ton Yangtze vessel Taiku Maru capsized 12 miles from Woosung with 400 to 500 Chinese aboard. A Japanese tug rescued about 60 survivors, the British steamer Hanna aided but final numbers unknown. The ship, built for 200 capacity, had been seized by Japan in 1937 and handed to the Chinese inland fleet. A German captain first reported the disaster after witnessing the vessel roll completely and sink.
Walt Disney started cartooning in Kansas City in 1921 with Laugh-O-Gram. He moved to Hollywood in 1923 with Roy Disney to produce the Alice Cartoons. The first Mickey Mouse appeared in 1928 in Steamboat Willie. The Skeleton Dance was the first Silly Symphony in 1929 and Flowers and Trees the first in color in 1932.
Film star Isa Miranda appears in a Los Angeles naturalization court where she obtained her first American citizenship papers. Born in Milan, she came to the United States in 1937 to work in Hollywood. Last July she married Alfred Guarini in Tucson, Arizona.
Fog and rain curtailed military activity along the war front over the weekend. A French communique said ambushes snared German patrols with claimed results including prisoners. Rivers Muese Mouzon and Saonelle overflowed, hampering communications across Lorraine frontier provinces.
Lexington Virginia October 16 The fifteenth annual inter scholastic press association contest invites entries from high and preparatory school newspapers magazines yearbooks and foreign language publications to be postmarked by October 21 Delegates must attend the convention to compete A trophy and certificates will be awarded with trophies presented at the final banquet November 4 Group meetings and judging will occur by experts in each publication type Eligible students and staff are urged to participate across six newspaper classes two magazine classes and yearbooks with further divisions by enrollment and language involvement.
Radio schedules list WABC CBS and WJZ NBC programs with segments on books, industry, and a panel discussion featuring Alfred Sloan and Charles Kettering. Also noted are Farm and Home Hour and a movie segment on Radio Harris.
Shanghai reports 20 Chinese planes raided Hankow releasing at least 40 bombs and killing 50 Chinese with no Japanese casualties. Twenty-one drums of gasoline ignited at a suburban air field during the second raid since Japanese occupation on October 25 1937.
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