Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Lonaconing, MD)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY Going on Seventeen, a comedy of youth in three acts was presented by the Senior Class on March 31, 1949. The play took place in the living room of the Carhart's during midsummer. The plot is based on the visit of Joan Lansing and her sister, Lillums and the Town Topics, a magazine edited by Buddy Carhart and his friends. Excitement and humor prevailed through the play. The Fourteen Characters were enacted by the following Seniors: Elsa, fthe Carharts' maidj .......................... Edythe Alexander Mrs. Kate Carhart, fBuddy's motherl ...... .. . Ruth Lee Cuthbertson Mr. Frank Carhart, fhead of the housej ..... ......... W illiam Lucas Buddy, fgoing on seventeenl ................. ........ P aul Johnson Florence, fBuddy's nineteen-year-old sisterj .... Phyllis Goodwin Tom Williams, fFlorence's boy-friendj ....... Gene Whitefield Paul, fBuddy's friendj ..................... .... T homas Wilson Shrimpie, CBuddy's friendj ................ .... A ndrew Smith Joan Lansing, fFlorence's school friendh .. Charlotte Barber Lillums, fJoan's younger sisterj .......... ..... J eannette Gowans Helen, .......................... .......... L eonarda Woods Agnes, CFlorence's friendsb .... .... D orothy Jean Johnston Doris, .................................................. Maxine Stuby Miss Rita Hughes, the Director, was responsible for the success of this dramatic production. Make-up P R O D 'U C T I O N S T A F F Business Manager Car01 Bradley Ann Louise Broderick Lois Grindle Pmmpters Properties Norma Lee Kitzmiller Elsie Fazenbaker Colleen Monahan Ushers Electrician Colleen Smith Norma Jean McCormick Robert Lee Anna Louise Eichhorn Stage Crew Tune Stakem Donald Clark Iona TiPt0l'1 Jack Stephens Zolleen Nolan Jagk Elliott gouise Cooper Vlary Jane McDonald 49

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WE REMEMBER Those who have served as Principal in the present building known as CENTRAL HIGH scHooL ' Graduates Boys Girls Total George M. Perdew . . . . . . 1890-1895 Arthur T. Talmadge ...... 1895-1899 1 7 8 N. B. Studebaker ....... T. . 1899-1900 1 5 6 Arthur F. Smith ....... 1900-Feb. 1944 415 784 1199 Daisy Cline facting Prin.J . 1944-1945 37 73 110 Lewyn C. Davis .... . ......i 1945-1948 61 102 163 Raymond McCullough .... 1948. 22 34 56 MEMBERS OF THE FIRST GRADUATION CLASS - 1897 Present Address ' Emma Gardner Mary Hamilton CMrs. Edward Lowellj University Park, Maryland ' Maud Myers Catherine Nolan fMrs. Wm. Lyonsl Mt. Savage, Maryland ' Elizabeth Peel fMrs. Samuel C. Newmanl William McL. Somerville Cumberland, Maryland Florence Thomas fMrs. Michael Winnj Alhambra, California ' Bessie Yaste KMrs. Harry Waynej ' Deceased COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER William MCL. Somerville Graduate of Central High School Class of 1897 Born in Barton, Maryland, William Somerville attended public school there until his family moved to Lonaconing in 1892 when he was enrolled in Central School. He was a member of the first class to be graduated- l897-from Central High School. Qlt is believed that William Somerville was the only boy to have been graduated in Allegany County that yearl. Following his graduation from Central High, he attended what was then Allegany County Academy in Cumberland-the building now occupied by the Cumberland Free Public Library. Finally he matriculated at Uni- versity of Maryland to study law and there received his LL.B degree. Since then he has practiced his chosen profession in Cumberland, Mary- land. Mr. and Mrs. Somerville reside on Washington Street in Cumberland, Maryland. They are the parents of three sons.