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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1936
Page
2
The piece explains the general organization of students who fund athletics and literary activities, urges dues as school spirit, and notes assembly, football prospects, staff selections, list of new students, boosters, and a formal initiation led by Mary Katherine Baker.
Kiwanis Club held a Wednesday luncheon at Handley cafeteria to honor Constitution Day. The Glee Club performed three songs, a tree was planted on school grounds in memory of Edmund Randolph by his descendant Mr. B O F Randolph and Senator T Russell Cather, marking an annual custom. Sloan Kuykendall closed with a witty line about senators planting trees.
The Miller School welcomes its new ninth grade cohort including Daniel Bageant Mary Buncutter Oscar Bywaters Margaret Dick Viking Dyas Harland Hannum John Mowery Gregory Norman Margaret Orndorff Mary Pingley Carroll Rowe Katherine Rudolph Samuel Russell William Sager Frank Tavenner Catherine Unger Ruth Wright Charlotte Schlack Colleen Bageant and Hall White Jo.
Tuesday morning the senior class of 1936 37 was called to order by the junior president. Officers were elected: President Mary Scully, vice president Edward Hollis, secretary Mary Jane Jolliffe, treasurer Jack Smith. Sponsors were Miss Cornwell and Mr Browning.
A group of girls in a school setting are reportedly singing a popular tune, described as the most appropriate song for the moment, creating a lively, lighthearted scene.
A last year graduate with a tender affective line keeps company with a dark-haired girl labeled Miss Hurst in class. Dunlap boy antennas of history class humor surface as Mr Joyce calls out Miss Hurst by mistake. Snag now runs a soda fountain and sports shop at the George Washington Hotel while serving as assistant football coach.
John D. Neff of Staunton resigns as chairman of the Seventh District Young Democratic Clubs to devote full time as Virginia Young Democrats college secretary. A district caucus at Massanutten Caverns near Harrisonburg on September 26 will name a successor with A. Willis Robertson as a featured speaker.
Deeds placed on record include Alonzo D Parsons to A Riley for three quarters acre on Martinsburg Pike Stonewall district. Handley Board deeded right of way to Northern Virginia Power Co over Weems Dairy Farm near Winchester for a transmission line. Rights of way with State Highway Commission to widen Martinsburg Pike and Route 7. Roy R Boyce and wife to Philip R Fowle for 50 acres north of Winchester in Shawnee district. Nominal consideration.
A devotional urging believers to witness for Jesus starting locally and expanding globally. It emphasizes telling the full plan of salvation, carrying Christ in daily life, and sharing the gospel to all peoples as in Acts 1 6 14.
Ocean City, Md. reports $250,000 in damage and 50 homeless as the port and resort recovers from last week’s tropical hurricane. With the storm abated and communications restored, residents recount dramatic experiences from Friday and Friday night.
Advertisement notes that sprinkling Fasteeth on denture plates each morning prevents dropping slipping and sliding. Claims all day comfort and tight hold with deodorizing effect and no gummy taste. Available in three sizes from druggists.
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