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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1938
Page
5
Rainfall data through October shows present and past totals with inches for the period ending 8 a m. October to date 1.20 ins Year to date 21.03 ins and the 25 year average monthly and annual rainfall figures from 1913 to 1937. The average annual rainfall over the 25 years is 35.36 inches.
Rich mond Oct 30 State police urge better driving after a study shows many wrecks stem from ignoring elementary rules. Don’t make right hand turns from the road’s edge and always give a hand signal. Button hook turns cause crashes and a rear view check should be routine to prevent collisions.
A Richmond citizens committee will be organized to analyze the Richmond Social Service Bureau and advise on more efficient operation. It will work with six social work authorities chosen by Richmond AA social workers executive committee. The scope may expand from ethnical functions to a full review of relief costs and factors.
Monday schedules include football and basketball drills. Tuesday features seventh and eighth grade soccer game. Thursday hosts ninth grade soccer, ball practice and football, with Handley and Fort Hill facing off at Cumberland.
A column urges readers to accept sacrifices players make for football and to back the team with enthusiastic cheering. It imagines the temptations of candy and social outings while in training and calls for appreciation of the players defending school honor.
DI¢swomw PARADE notes Harold Patton's versatile play as blocker punter and potential rusher this season. Meredith Shoemaker, despite a hand cast, contributes strong interference and tackling in every game. Hap Dunlap, captain for a fourth year, is a seasoned tackler and playmaker at Handley.
Handley's Student Government aims to let students govern themselves by making and enforcing regulations. The organization funds its activities and is split into legislative and judicial divisions led by an Executive Council, 22 committee representatives, two athletic representatives, and four class officers.
Theodore Yokem D D writes to students to stop shouting at teachers and classmates claiming everyone is deaf. He says normal voice suffices and urges calm, noting occasional loud crashes disrupt conversation.
The A section under Miss Kelly publishes the Junior High News biweekly. Sold to seventh graders for a penny per three issues. The staff is elected every six weeks. Pavey Lupton is editor in chief with Asnacia Sempfes as art editor and Betty Hengeveld and Neil Driver as reporters. Courtney Mae Fauver is printer. Students submit poems stories riddles and puzzles. An original crossword puzzle is featured. The paper aims to be a permanent factor in the junior high.
Rumors swirl about Colleen Hoover's concerns over the S V A dance on Saturday as junior girls allegedly mentor Hamman in relationship breakups. Weekend antics at Handinian staff include cow bells for the boys while Anne Hatcher is asked about her time. A UVA student visits town and chatter links a Richmond trip to Pete Himelright. A senior girl reportedly takes private dancing lessons while a senior boy prefers homebound mischief. A blonde sophomore is said to have beat the cadet in timing.
Three years ago Andy Grove replaced Misf Crowe on the football squad. Five years ago the first C W A L game featured Waynesboro with a 15 6 Handley victory. Eight years ago Shamrocks and Oranges tied 13 13 in basketball.
The fragment lists numbers on Handley building students about 1398 and 90 rooms. It notes 36 bells rung daily, 325 tons of coal heated Handley last winter, and 2131 pupils in Winchester Public Schools. It mentions average pencil lead usage and a 30 hour weekly timetable.
The scene centers on a school event with Steve Spanos performing acrobatics on the Junior stand while Allie listens to Dick. Juniors sell pop and hotdogs as Champ Connor chases bottles and alumni reminisce about past games.
The fragment hints at a school setting where teachers would serve gum in class and students from Greens and Oranges might be required to participate in all sports. Mr Browning and Mr Hale are noted for classroom decisions and laboratory remodeling. The text mentions football and girls basketball participation and P G courses for the entire senior class.
The Executive Council met on Wednesday October 26 approving nine student judges for the Student Court: Willy Cather Gordon Whit ham Mary Maxwell Bond Philip Barnhart Helen Lillis Donald Steward Jean Forney Delmar Robinson and Margaret Jane Athey. The council also considered expanding the assembly committee with six student members and named three volunteers to help nominate twelve students for selection. A committee was appointed to design plaques for rooms fully paid in G O dues, and a proposal to reserve part of the auditorium for county students who must leave early was discussed to broaden access to programs.
The President directed the secretary to verify council member attendance and the meeting closed. Student Court members elected Gordon Whit ham as presiding judge of the court.
A compact listing of local song titles and performers including Billie Pappas Shirley Williams Margaret Jane Athey Allie Coop Colleen Racey Willie Cather Ottie Fries and references to York's A Little Country Tavern See My Verosity and Ho Ho Hum.
A playful Pennsylvanian page features school year mood and quips about exams and grading. It switches between student lines about marks and teachers, a quip about a flivver rattling, and a set of puns on butter and numbers. It ends with a wry line on people growing up to be voters.
The following students were chosen to serve on the honor court Willie Cather Gordon Whitham Donald Stewart Jean Forney Philip Barnhart Detmar Robinson Margaret Jane Athey Helen Lillis Mary Maxwell Bond They will decide all cases of honor pledge violations and general school rule breaches Mr Quarles administered the oath and explained duties Students urged to cooperate with these officers
CCC director Robert Fechner reported 23 446 men employed in Maryland forest work from April 1933 to June 1938. The program cost 23 146 000 dollars with 20 136 in the ranks and 3 310 in supervisory roles. Forest fire prevention was a major CCC activity.
By virtue of an execution Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company v R E Worsley the city sergeant will offer the defendant's property at public auction in front of Winchester Court House at 10 o'clock A M on Saturday November 5 1938. The sale item is a 1937 Model Ford Coach with cash terms.
Across Alabama Virginia and surrounding states crews fought spread fires amid drought and low humidity. The North Carolina blaze near Blowing Rock was brought under control as 250 CCC firefighters tended about 3000 acres burned with several homes lost and farm provisions destroyed. Weather bureau noted rainfall shortages and rising smoke skies as fire crews ranged from 2000 to 2500 in Alabama while Virginia saw 6000 acres burned on Sand Mountain near Wytheville before containment.
In Richlands Virginia on October 30 Jeff Short a 44 year old timber operator died at Matteo Williams hospital five hours after his son Ed Short 24 a miner shot him through a door with a Winchester rifle Sheriff Fulton Ratliff charged Ed with murder saying the incident followed a father son altercation Ed claims he fired only to frighten him away Bond of 5000 was set for Ed Short.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Herbert R. O Conor plans a final week campaign in Baltimore City and county after addressing a Salisbury rally. Governor Harry W Nice visits Annapolis and Salisbury with Republican activities in Wicomico Worcester and Somerset counties. The Nice tour includes a Salisbury rally at night and a cross roads campaign in the county.
Richmond October 30 Virginia's largest forest fire in eight years burned over 6000 acres on Sand Mountain near Wytheville. State Forester F C Pederson said the blaze, which started early last week, was brought under control with CCC help after Wythe county lacked a patrol. Additional fires in Dickenson and nearby counties were reported under control with mopping up underway. Pederson called the situation critical due to dry conditions and urged care with fire in wooded areas.
Charlottesville reports a 19 year old Bethesda Maryland student Ralston Adams wounded in the left arm near the University of Virginia campus. Detectives J Adams and W Mayo say they will question him in the coming days as Adams refuses to name his attacker. He is hospitalized with a gunshot wound at UVA Hospital.
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