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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1936
Page
5
The Junior Evening Star reports a theft problem at Handley High with lockers gone through by a rogue group. Students urge reporting thieves to improve school safety, noting key nonreturn and the need to act.
The Monday morning assembly featured entertaining moving pictures courtesy of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Students enjoyed the show and hoped for more. A Wednesday morning program by the Handlian Staff recalled last year with Rachel Jennings and Bob Sutton. Aloise Brill and Kenneth Brengle danced from the operetta. Booster Club performers Ella Rudolph, Dorothy Larrick, and Hilma Hottel sang Seeing Nellie Home, though the group drew laughs at the singing. Dick Fauver performed acrobatics, the Handley band played several stunt pieces, and John Ramey spoke about this year's Handlian and its easy payment plan to buy one. The piece urged all students to support Handlian publications.
Miss Laughton and Mrs Perry lead as their rooms report 100 percent dues paid for the year. three girls rooms and three boys rooms join the list showing the feat. The piece questions why underclassmen have not yet paid and notes Browning's "Angels" are not guaranteed.
The Handlian team outlines efforts by the business, literary, and art staffs to publish this year’s Handlian. They note faculty comments on politics and sports, including Navy versus Army and John Hopkins football, plus school song work and student cooperation with Mrs. Burr.
At a recent Boy's Monogram Club meeting officers were elected President Mifflin Clowe Vice President Richard Kern Secretary Treasurer Marshall Boyd. A constitution committee was formed of Kenneth Heine Charles Gibbons Halford Baker and Mifflin Clowe with Mr Ochs offering help. The committee will meet Tuesday October 20 1936 at 730 pm at Kenneth Heine's home. All members urged to attend.
In a Tuesday softball clash the Shamrocks rallied from 0 0 through early innings to lead 10 5 after 4, then 13 5 by the sixth before the Oranges surged to 13 11 final. The Oranges had swept last year’s series, but Shamrocks flipped the script this time.
In pouring rain Handley Judges and Washington and Lee Generals fought a muddy football game ending in a scoreless tie. Both sides struggled, Handley pressed for a touchdown but could not score, spectators sheltered on the porch and joined in cheer after a long, wet contest.
A collage of unlikely roles prompts reflection on identity. Joe Zuckerman leads as a minister, Browning envisions being a sheik in Arabia, Quinten Flickinger cleans streets, Ella Rudolph experiments with hair curling, and Misf Clowe runs a hot dog stand.
A string of quirky inquiries questions about students and staff raising curiosity over behavior and classroom routines. The piece hints at uneasy dynamics among pupils like Jack Smith Janet Sargent Miss Cornwell and Kennie Heine while mentioning teachers and school practices such as assembly songs and dress standards.
Historic notes recall Oranges winning a soccer game, Shamrock beating Oranges earlier, and Handley versus Charlottesville High School from years past. Key teams and places include Oranges, Shamrock, Handley, and Charlottesville High School.
Notes from a school page tease several topics including where Huyett Light spends Sunday nights which sophomore girl draws attention in a class led by a senior, and congratulations to Miss Laughton and Mrs. Perry for 100 percent G. O. dues. The Robin room starts a ball rally while interest in Martinsburg Pike fascinates the Junior Class treasurer.
In a tense classroom exchange, Joe Zuckerman and Winnie Bailey clash with Miss Robinson over math and memory. Halford Baker mentions theatre tickets as students pivot to discussing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and travel scenery.
When storing white garments for the season keep them unstarched and unironed to preserve whiteness Wrap with blue tissue paper to help maintain brightness
The Republican National Committee criticized disruptions in the Fireside Talk broadcast featuring President Roosevelt’s recorded voice. Columbia officials delayed and then barred phonograph use, causing mixed reception across outlets, with only WGN Chicago carrying part of the program. Senator Vandenberg’s address was recorded for future use and the committee pledged to share the recording with stations upon request.
Democratic elector Robert Whitehead argued at Bergton rally that the Republican platform of 1936 favors a general sales tax funded by direct taxes and condemned Hoover era deficits. He contrasted Roosevelt gains with Hoover losses, citing farm income declines, thousands of bank failures, high mortgage rates, and rising bankruptcies.
A speaker describes vast economic collapse with ten billion foreclosures, seven billion in savings losses, general business downturns totaling over 25 billion, and a national income drop to 40 billion. The public lives in fear and gloom despite repeated promises that prosperity is near as the Hoover badge becomes a patch on every man’s trousers.
Advertises Fasteeth for daily dental plate care claiming teeth stay securely in place all day with deodorizing effects. Stresses no gummy or pasty feel and urges purchase from local druggists.
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