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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1959
Page
3
Skyline Drive attracted 305 398 visitors in August, a six percent rise over prior August. The North District served Central and South districts, boosting park totals 13.4 percent for August 1959 versus August 1958. For the year to date 1959, visitors reached 1 174 654, up 9.66 percent from 1 071 068 in 1958.
George Massey managing secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has presented his resignation effective November 2. He served in the county for two and a half years after coming from Canton South Carolina where he led the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. No replacement named. Massey plans to continue chamber work in the Southeast.
Printed Pattern 4592 offers a sleek shirtdress with no waist seams and hip pockets plus buttoned cuffs and a tab front. Tomorrow's pattern is Misses' jumper in sizes 10 through 20. size 16 requires 3 yards of 54 inch fabric. Send fifty cents plus ten cents per extra pattern for first class mail to Anne Adams in care of Winchester Evening Star.
Anne Largent serves as editor of The Junior Evening Star weekly by the Handley Booster Club during the school year. Roonie and Aimee Gibson are highlighted as active leaders in girls sports, clubs, and intra mural activities. both will head booster club reporting.
The student body mourns Wendell Phillips absence as he is in the hospital. They express regret at his illness and hope for a speedy return.
Anne Largent serves as editor in chief with Aimee Gibson as assistant. The newspaper lists reporters Sally Scully Joyce Lake Carolyn McKeever Sandra Kright Nancy Baumgardner Valerie Bolton Sally Sea Blosser Margaret Fisher and Jeri Chapman.
Editorial explains weekly issue features school news and booster club activities. It credits Winchester Evening Star, Mr. Charlie Tait, Handley Booster Club and readers for support, urging student reporters to contribute and readers to read and approve the paper.
Over half of last year’s seniors will enter college this September. The list shows Handley students at campuses from New England to Mexico, including Madison-Caroline Atwell and others at Longwood, University of Virginia, Roanoke, Elon, Mary Washington, Averett, Radford, V. M. S., and many more, with numerous named individuals and institutions.
Handley adds ten new teaching staff members led by Homer L. Ice science and Nancy E. Malone English. The newcomers join the Handley faculty as the school expands its academic offerings and capacity.
A roster shows Betty Roy Snellings and James Omps in social studies and math with Betty Jean Faucet in social science. George F. Life leads science, James Huey Jr. in science, Mary M. Sullivan in English reading history, Suzanne Rosenberger in English reading, and Joyce Searle in history.
This year at the College of William and Mary Summer Band School in Williamsburg three Handley Band students attended. Ann Milton and Sally Seabright joined the Senior division June 14 to June 28, while Robert Earhart attended the Junior division June 28 to July 11. The program covered theory and harmony, band rehearsals, and three formal concerts including The Common Glory.
August 25 marked the start of practice for 31 varsity players under Coach Maddox. Ten seniors, seven lettermen, co captains John Merriner and Steve McLaughlin, with varsity staff Maddox Omos and Siebert, plus junior varsity and peewee coaching planned. The 2024 schedule lists away and home games from September 18 to November 26 with all home games at 2:00 p.m.
Joyce Lake president of the Booster Club attended Virginia Girls State at Radford College. Larry Boppe president of the General Organization attended Boys State at VPI.
Robert K. Stickley announces changes to how wheat acreage history is calculated under a new law. Farmers may qualify for maximum 1960 history credit by 1958 or 1959 acreage plus Soil Bank diversions reaching 75 percent of the year’s allotment, or by seeding 75 percent of 1960 allotment. Weather-related nonplanting allows 1960 credit if prior notice is filed by December 1, 1959. Virginia McClure notes wool ballots due by September 30. basic farm rates requests through Thursday. retire cropland options also discussed.
Joyce was elected chairman of the delegates to the State Convention and chairman of Health and Sanitation and captained the softball team. Larry served as chairman of the delegates and was a member of the House of Delegates.
Handley cheerleaders Anne Largent Joyce Lake Cindy Miller Jayanne Haynes Carol Jean Smalts and Nancy Bell have trained since June at the Smith-Walbridge Cheerleaders Camp in Indiana directed by Mr. Herkimer the world champion. They gained new cheers and pep assembly ideas through national peers.
Johnston's No Roach offers a modern brush on insect control and is on sale at Safeway Peoples Grant's Rhodes Martin's Boyd's and other drug stores distributed by Gilpin District and Strother.
Elections will be held in October with the new committee assuming office on November 1. Nominee lists for each district will be published soon. The text notes that the term telephone may be used as a noun or verb in formal usage.
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