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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1965
Page
7
Editorial urges students to back elected officers as leaders. It stresses responsibility shared by all members, the hours of work, and accountability for successes or failures. Leaders depend on collective effort, attendance, committees, and willing cooperation throughout the year.
Fashionable sewing notice offering Printed Pattern 4706 for Misses sizes 10 to 18 with a two-piece jumper and plunging V neck blouse option. Includes yardage for size 16 at 2.4 yards and 2.14 yards respectively, pricing 50 cents per pattern plus 15 cents mailing, mailed to Anne Adams pattern dept Winchester Evening Star New York.
Directory lists executive council honor court monitor commission chapel committee and staff with sponsors presidents vice presidents and secretaries. It names class sponsors and officers for junior senior sophomore and freshman groups plus booster library thespian science clubs monograms and cheerleading squads.
Last Friday the Handley student body heard Mr. Johnson the new superintendent praise the students for their fine behavior and readiness. He urged seizing educational opportunities and echoed Shakespeare from Julius Caesar about taking the current when it serves. He named club leaders and sponsors including Lup ton Horticultural Club Glee Club RAND and listed student officers.
The Reverend Hilton Manasseh Carty from British Guiana becomes vicar of St. Francis, Cowley, in September, marking the first Negro priest to lead a Church of England parish. Previously he served at St. Agnes with Simon, Bristol.
Mrs Edith Garrabrandt and Mrs Henrietta Ritter of Handley's English department attended the Virginia Association of Teachers of English State Conference in Richmond. Noted speakers included Robert Lacampagan Dr R Baird Shuman Dr R C Simonini and Dr Richard Meade. The Sheraton Motor Hotel hosted the event from September 24 to 25.
The annual Parents Day football game will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Handley bowl with a special bleacher section reserved for players' parents. Junior Varsity Cheerleaders will usher them to their seats.
The note lists upcoming activities and games: Wednesday September 29 in Chapel Room 22 with Arlene Maul and Joyce Newlin. Thursday September 30 JV at James Wood at 4 pm. Friday October 1 Chapel Room 25 with Cynthia Flowers Pamela Ligon and Mary Jané Clement. Saturday October 2 Handley versus George Mason at Handley 2 pm. Monday October 4 Chapel Room 25 with Christopher Alien Wendell Porterfield and Gene Willks.
Carolyn Wolfe and Fred Brumback chaired the Junior Stand effort for Handley. More than 80 juniors helped set up, with stands sold out by halftime and restocked to meet crowds. Ginger Edwards Anne Kerlin Bobby Mason and Gene Willis led four stand chairs and all members, making the day profitable.
General Organization President Ben Dick presided at the Executive Council meeting on Monday September 20. Margaret Smith led the Chapel Committee in prayer. G O reps were reminded to notify homeroom students to pay dues by October 1 to secure a four dollar yearly rate. after that the dues rise to four dollars and fifty cents. The council praised Warren County football game sportsmanship and announced a rescheduled bonfire likely for October 1 ahead of the George Mason game.
City stores report a surge of seniors pursuing advertisements for the 1966 Handlian. Ann Dunlap chairs the Advertising Committee with Miss Sníder advising. The staff records daily sales and rivalry to win a free Handlian as rewards grow.
A Dear Abby column fragment discusses privacy in a family history project, gift sharing boundaries, and a reader's marital troubles. The items show Abby's responses on personal boundaries, gift etiquette, and a call for medical advice over hair loss. The column ends with subscription and mailing details from McNaught Syndicate Inc in 1965.
Local readers note the new gymnasium construction is behind schedule but will be completed by the end of December 1965. Assistant to the superintendent Mr. Maddex confirms progress with walls rising and blasting history.
Handley halls showcase eighth grade art with posters urging support for the team. A display case features Latin version of Peanuts comic strips. Elsewhere, banners from clubs and individuals decorate the corridors.
Scientists at Byrd Station Antarctica drilled to 1000 feet and recovered ice cores dating to roughly the cre ee inaane birth era around AD.
The seventh through eleventh graders took a series of state tests last week. Tests began Monday September 20 and ran two periods daily through today. Both achievement and aptitude areas are measured and after computer grading scores will be compared with other Virginia students.
Richard Harris is cast as the title role in the London production of Dylan based on Dylan Thomas books. The Broadway hit previously starred Alec Guinness and Harris moves from This Sporting Life to the stage after finishing Hawaii.
Sheffield England AP report of George Holland who drops a bait can and keys into the Derwent River then falls in while retrieving them. He breaks into his car via a side window and starts the engine by shorting ignition but cannot steer due to an anti-theft device. The incident ends with Holland quipping the episode was a triumph for the fish.
The Rev Roy Hunt vicar of Colston Bassett and rector of Langar Nottinghamshire resigns from the Church of England in protest against legalized Eucharistic vestments. He accepts a pastorate at Mill Hill Evangelical Free Church Deal Kent. He says his new church stands where the Church of England stood before it legalized the Mass vestments.
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