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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1957
Page
5
The Junior Evening Star notes Halloween planned activities at Handlequi School with parents visiting classrooms for light refreshments and social time. It cautions against vandalism, recalls Halloween origins, and urges students and staff to celebrate in the proper spirit without damaging property.
Handley High School prepares a special Parents Night for National Education Week on November 12. Executive Council and Booster Club plus a faculty committee organize a program inviting parents to report to their children's home rooms at 7 45 p m. They will follow the students schedule through six periods with lunch and advisory omitted and time per period limited.
The byline shows Editor Ann Sirbaugh and Assistant Editor Betty Jo Johnson with a roster of reporters including Gayle Crabill Sally Dunn Pat Pugh Susan Crisman Susan Bierer Genevieve McCeney Joan Miller and Ann Sullivan.
The booster club meeting date is moved to November 1 to acquaint Handley students with clubs, officers, and entrance requirements.
Channel listings show a dense slate across stations with programs from Footlight Theater to The Honeymooners and 64 000 Question. Multiple hours feature news weather sports and variety shows alongside dramas and game shows.
The 50th annual Virginia Education Association convention runs Oct 31 to Nov 3 in Richmond. Winchester educators Evelyn Kiser Jack Fretwell Helene Walker Katherine Pannill Mildred Grove will attend with delegates registering at Hotel John Marshall. Speakers include VEA president Virginia E Lewis and Billie Davis.
The Handley High School Executive Council met October 21 in the upstairs study hall with Vice-President Charles Rinker presiding. Plans were announced for officer swearing on November 4, Parent-Teacher night, and parental involvement, plus reminders to avoid food outside the cafeteria and use of halls as hangouts.
The schedule lists readers, song leaders, and pianists for Chapel programs on October 28, 30 and November 1. Home Room 21 will host singing on Friday with Martha Rose Whitten at the piano and Evelyn Riley leading hymns. Also noted are Junior Class, Library Club, Science Club, Booster Club meetings and a Home event on upcoming dates.
A football game with South Hagers Town is noted for Monday events around a Monitor Commission Meeting set for November 4.
The Scholarship Qualifying Test for National Merit and other scholarships was given Tuesday October 22 1957. Seniors in the upper fourth of class sat for the two hour QT. ten qualified by scholastic rank, twelve by ACE rank, and thirteen by both. ETS in Princeton grades the tests by electric machines. results arrive in December.
The senior girls won the intramural volleyball tournament at Handley defeating the juniors 48 to 46 and the freshmen 40 to 9. The freshmen were runners up. Basketball is the next sport for ninth to twelfth grade girls.
The Senior tour set for Tuesday October 22 was postponed because many seniors could not attend. It will resume on November 5 with a visit to the Northern Virginia Power Company.
Students attend a pep assembly during advisory period led by cheerleaders and the pep band. Co captains express confidence in victory in the North Hagerstown football game scheduled for Saturday. Alma Mater sung to close the rally.
The Winchester branch of the American Association of University Women sponsors traveling exhibitions from Virginia Museum now at Handley. It features 27 watercolor paintings by Elizabeth Nottingham Day, known for The Wheatfield and Legend of Shawnee Springs. Day taught art at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton before her 1956 death. her works reflect summer trips to Vermont Florida South Carolina and Virginia locations. The gallery is open to the public 9 to 4 30 on school days through next Wednesday.
Eleven murals designed by Handley high school and middle school students decorate John Kerr School for Book Week. The works span up to 4 by 8 feet, created with liquid tempera in bright colors. Advanced students Patsy Aiken Iris DeSchon Patricia Goode Doris Lake Betsy Lillis Graham Nelson Kitty Pope Helen Psiakis and Gayle Shumat e assisted by Carol Ann Lipscomb and seventh eighth grade helpers.
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