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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1941
Page
3
The first issue of Quill features a cover with a large V for victory and figures a Private Sail and Workingman. Inside are two short stories and a beginning of a third, plus a tricky page and an interview with Mr. Parsons. Readers are urged to buy to see the rest.
Rumors say Sopho more girl mourns Ralph Frye’s graduation last year while Tevious Bailey’s flame remains. Elsie is asked about it. Ralph Bageant is too shy to ask a girl out. Evelyn has ideas on the subject, possibly to help Nancy.
The fragment lists name swaps such as Grace for Fireman and Regina for Shine with assorted mismatches. It resembles a playful or coded text noting changes to given names and occupations, including Betty to Fries and Doris to Werdebaugh, among others.
Lewis Richards appeals to readers to discourage football players from dating the night before a game. He quotes Coach Maddox urging rest after skull practice for players' welfare. He asks girls to avoid dates with squad members to prevent removal from the team.
Alumni from V P I and area schools fill the bleachers for Handley versus Fort Hill as Deed ie, Jacque, and other faculty members attend. Four lettermen join to cheer, Gail plays well, and Libbie forgets her own romance amid the fanfare.
Harold Anderson will graduate with a general diploma and plans to become a barber after school while excelling in basketball and sprinting. Dorothy Armel earns a commercial diploma and aims for a telephone office job with interests in tennis and bowling. Mary Bowman, a top senior, graduates from Handley and intends to work at Garfield Hospital as a nurse, serving as Library Club president.
Commander Edward Ellsberg profiles John Paul Jones founder of the American Navy and explains the tragedy behind his name. Ellen Glasgow completes In This Our Life, a modern Virginia Tidewater novel set just before Europe war.
A local page lists students with playful titles such as Most Popular Mary Grshank and Most Studious Jean Butler. Jeanne Baker earns Prettiest Eyes and Prettiest Hair, while Myrtle Cooper is noted as Biggest Flirt and others receive various lighthearted accolades.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd shared a 9000 foot film reel and a talk on polar and aviation expeditions to an appreciative crowd. He traced wanderlust from age twelve, praised his crew, and credited twenty science branches for aiding his work while noting Little America hardships.
A campus letter urges student responsibility for trash and litter, noting elementary boy patrols curb paper tosses. The writer laments campus decline after ar rival of lazy students and asks peers to avoid tearing up papers and breaking bottles at games to preserve appearance and reduce cleanup for the Junior Class.
A collage of school notes reveals Howell Rivers uses his first grade book satchel while Mrs. Peery adds a back room mirror for her Chatterboxer. Mr Borwning taps a poetic rhythm in class as Miss Laughton recalls mud puddle moments.
Maurice Eckman, a 180 pound tackle, is described as a large good-natured player on the team. He is well liked and has shown promise as he works toward a junior high level.
Mr. Sipe works at Vis cose Plant and starts a new job while Alonzo plays at a game. Betty Jo and Jane Lanahan are mentioned with affections, and rumors claim engagements involving Peggy and Eli and Mary. Theodore Yokum Jr. signs off with love.
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia denounces John L. Lewis for closing coal mines essential to steel plants and defense contracts. He warns that strikes threaten national defense and urges immediate action to stop all strikes in defense industry operations.
A cheeky YM gossip column hints at romances, returns home for Thanksgiving, and small town intrigues. It mentions Onile, Billy, Berryville, Betty Jane, Bob Jones College, Janny Lup ton, Betsy Authur, and a flurry of social musings about dating, drivers, and weekend plans.
Firefighters in eastern Pennsylvania faced a double challenge as a barn fire broke out after farmers lured an angry cow into a pasture. The crew worked a 16 hour shift to reach flames smoldering in a Philadelphia area storehouse, while spending two weeks in a state hospital.
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