Millsboro High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Millsboro, DE)
- Class of 1954
Page 1 of 88
Cover
Pages 6 - 7
Pages 10 - 11
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Pages 8 - 9
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Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1954 volume:
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throughout our school l1fe M1ss Sue Baynaxd and Mrs
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Laura Ward o 1: home room teacher for hu under
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Mrs Moffett Mrs Buhl Mrs Long SECOND ROW
Mr Shawda Mr Burton Mr Remel Mr Johnson
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Elliott Shirley Whaley SECOND ROW Lee RoyW1l
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OFFICERS
President: Gerald Moore
Vice-President: Maxine Hudson
Secretary: Ellen Maude Hitchens
Treasurer: Anna Mae West
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Pres. of Freshmen and Senior
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cil Pres. 1 yr. gEditor in Chief
of Yearbookg Football 2 yrs.:
Captain of Football 1 yr.g Bas-
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"Bill Pryor" in Senior Playg
Play Book Committeeg "Peter"
in University Delaware Play
Festivalg Academicg To attend
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WILLIAM LINFORD ATKINS
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Baseball 4 yrs Football 2
yrs Pollceman 1n Sen1or Class
Play Representatlve to Boys
State 1953 Representatlve to
Student Counc1l Junior Yr
Member of Yearbook Staff
Pres of Movle Commlttee Ju
n1or Yr General'To be a suc
cess wxthout workmg
EUGENE BREWINGTON
Gene
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Football 1 yr Baseball 2 yrs
General To have a blg t1me
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FRED JAMES BURTON
Burt Legs
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FFA 3 yrs Football 2 yrs
Vocatlonal Agr1culture To be
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Play GleeClub 4yrs F H A
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Commerclal To be happy
ELLEN MAUDE HITCHENS
Maudle
My land
Aunt Cath1e 1nSen1or Class
Play Secretary 1n Senlor Year
V1ce Pres1dent IH Sophomore
V1ce Pres1dentF H A lyr
Debate Club 1 yr Dramat1c
Club 1 yr Basketball l yr
Softball 1 yr Glee Club 4 yrs
Mlss Trot ln Umversxty of
Delaware Play 1953 Commer
c1al To love every momentl
l1ve
MAXINE HUDSON
Maggle
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Student Counc1l Representa
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yrs Dramatlcs Club lyr
Debate Club 1 yr L1z Pry
1n Senlor Class Play
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1953 V1ce Pres1dent ofSen1or
Class F H A Parl1amentar1
an 1 yr Mlss Carrle Ells
worth 1n UIl1V9!'S1ty of Dela
ware Play 1953 Commerc1al
To l1ve a successful andhappy
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NORMA LEE HUDSON
Babydoll
Basketball 4 yrs Softball 4
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2 yrs Flrst A1d Club 1 yr
Industrlal Art Club lyr T1
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Representatlve ofG1rls State
1953 Capta1nofG1rl s Basket
ball 12th Treasurer of 10th
V1ce Pres1dent of llth Sec
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MONA G LAWSON CAROLYN LAYTON
Lawson Layton
Basketball 3 yrs Glee Club
4 yrs Band 4 yrs County
Band 3 yrs Dramatlc Club I
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A lyr Play Book Comm1t
tee Member of the Year Book
Staff Aunt Jane 1ntheSen1or
Class Play Academ1c To be
happy and to make others hap
G1eeClub3yrs F H A lyr
Softball 4 yrs Prompter 1n
Semor Class Play Make up 1n
Semor Class Play Treasurer
ln l0th General L1ve love
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Play General To be a suc
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ANNE RUDISILL
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Band 4 yrs County Band 3 Usher at Seruor Play Cheer
3 yrs F F A Pres1dent 1 General To be successful 1n
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GRACE IRENE RYAN
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4 yr Softball 4 yrs Fxrst
A1d Club 1 yr F H A lyr
Industmal Art Club 1 yr
V8I'f1S1l'1g commlttee and t1cket
committee fo r Semor Play
General To be a career gxrl
KATHLEEN SCHROEDER
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Glee Club 2 yrs H A
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merc1al To be successful 1n
doxng ln only what Iwant to do
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What the heck Want a r1de Baby?
Footballlyr FFA 3yrs F FA 3 yrs Baseball3
Sound effects ln Semor Play yrs Sound effects 1n Senior
Vocatxonal To get along in hfe Play Vocational Agriculture
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MARY LOU TIMMONS
And Away We Go
Debate Club 1 yr Dramatic
Club 1 yr Glee Club 4 yrs
Softball lyr Basketballlyr
Secretary in 10th Secretary
1n 11th F H A 2 yrs Sec
retary A Treasurer of Student
Council 1 yr Grandma in
Un1vers1ty of Delaware Play
Usher at Senior Play Business
Manager of Semor Play First
Aid Club l yr General To be
a success
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Nanny
Debate Club 1 yr Dramat1cs
Clublyr FHA lyr Gee
Club 4 yrs Mlss Moran 1n
Umversxty of Delaware Play
Fest1va1 T1cket Manager
Semor Play Commerclal To
Be an effxclent Secretary
Westy
Band 5 yrs County Band 3
yrs Glee Club 4 yrs County
Chorus 2 yrs Basketball 3
yrs Dramatlc Club 1 yr F
H A lyr Treasurer of F
H A lyr Treasurerofllth
and 12th grades PlaybookCom
m1ttee To do well all that I
undertake Academ1c
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Glee Club 1 yr Prompter of
Semor Class Play Make up of
Sen1or Class Play Cornmer
c1al To do everythlng posslble
ln a l1fet1me
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Whitey Wxlk Half P1nt
That s a matter of op1n1on
School Band 5 yrs County
Glee Club 2 yrs State Chor
us I yr County Chorus 2yrs
Baseball 4 yrs Basketball 4
yrs Soccer 1 yr Football
lyr Pres of 10th 8: h
Secretary of 9th Mr Dav1d
Brent 1n Semor Class Play
Academlc To be successful
1n everythmg that I undertake
and be an asset to the commun
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F A s Sec of F
ture To contmue to l1ve on the
farm take lt easy and make
plenty of money
That s cute as cotton
Dotty 1nSen1or Play Inez
Club 1 yr I-hstorxan 1n F H
A 1 y Glee Club 4 yrs
F H A 2 yrs Commercxal
To have a successful happy
l1fe and many fr1ends
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CLASS PLAY
AUNT CATHIE S CAT
On December 4 and 5 Aunt Cathie s Cat a three act mystery comedy
was presented by the Senior Class B111 Pryor KGerald Moore! a real estate
agent shows the Norfleet Mansion to the Trimble family who have prospects
of renting it Miss Jane Tr1mblefMona Lawson! a sedate spinster and the
head of the family IS persuaded to rent the house by her two nieces Peggy
KAnna Mae West! and Dorothy lThe1ma Jean Wootten! who has a yen for read
mg While the family tours the house Cath1eTr1mble lEllen Maude Hitchens!
does some sleuthing and is determined that there is something mysterious in
the house While the family is out of the living room two ghostly Spanish ser
vants Maria and Jose Garcia Uane Rutter and Richard Mumford! who are
looking for their money appear The Trimble s ma1d Tilly Pitts QNorma Lee
Hudson! likes allmen and finally runs off with the know-it-all officer CLin-
ford Atkins!. An agent for kitchen utensils QDoris Elliott! the gas man lLee
Roy Wilkerson! and the injured man Uames Phillips! add to the mystery,
Peggy who falls in love with Bill learns through her conversation with
him that his sister is her old friend Liz lMaxine Hudson!, When Mr David
Brent KRobert White! the owner of the house enters the plot the reason for
the mysterious happenings is found After the money is found and everyone has
left David and Jane old Sweethearts begin their romance again.
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Be It remembered that we the Mlllsboro lhgh SchoolC,lass of l954 In the common
wealth of Delaware bemg of sound mmd and memory but knowlng that we are soon to
leave these walls do make th1s our last w1ll and testament hereby revoklng all former
w1ll by us at anytxme heretofore made
After the payment of our just debts and commencement expenses we bequeath and
devxse as follows
To the Jumor Class webequeathourhome room and the back seats ln the aud1tor1um
To the Faculty we leave peace and qu1et at last
To Mr T1mmons we leave the memorles of the past years
I L1nford Atkms bequeath to Henry Dale Shockley the rlght to play basketball 1n hls
S9T'l101" year w1thout trxpplng anyone
I Eugene Brew1ngton bequeath to Charles l'1mmons noth1ng because what he hasnt
got he s b1g enough to have
I Fred Burton bequeath to Wallace Powell my ways of bemg 1n trouble
I Dor1s Ellxott bequeath to Leon Rxchards a muffler so there w1ll be less no1se 1n
the hall
I Ellen Maude Hltchens bequeath to Bllly Baker all my unpald b1lls
I Max1ne Hudson bequeath to Patsy W1ll1ams the ab1l1ty to be able to drlve 1na gar
age w1thout tearlng the chrome off the car
I Norma Lee Hudson bequeath to June M1tchell the road to Rehoboth s1nce I have
taken over the road to Dover
I Mona Lawson bequeath to Wm LeRoy Mears nothmg because all he wants IS mon
ey and I need all I have
I Carolyn Layton bequeath to Barbara Cleave the road to Selbyv1lle
Gerald Moore bequeath tO Barbara Schumacher all my h1dden talents and the Job
of f1nd1ng them
I Rxchard Mumford bequeath to 'Nhch Varatto my ab1l1ty to get along w1th all the
I James Ph1ll1ps bequeath to Joyce Betts noth1ng because she has more than she
needs already
I Anne Rud1s1ll do w1ll and bequeath my ab1l1ty to say the wrong th1ng at the rlght
t1me to Barbara L1ttleton hoplng she w1ll make good use of It
I Jane Rutter bequeath to Della McCabe nothlng because I ll probably st1ll be here
when he graduates and I ll need lt
I Grace Ryan bequeath to Everett Rust the rlght to dr1ve through town w1thout get
tmg pulled
I Kathleen Schroeder bequeath to George Mumford the ab1l1ty of completlng home
work two m1nutes before class t1me
I Dale Short bequeath to Dor1s Mltchell the ab1l1ty to get through school the easy way
I Wayne Smxth bequeath to Melvln Adams my ab1l1ty to get along 1n school w1thout
much effort
I Mary Lou Tlmmons bequeath to Tlmothy Hudson my ab1l1ty to do the rxght th1ng at
the rlght t1me and 1n the r1ght place
I Nancy Townsend bequeath to Betty Franklln the he1ght I don t have
I Anna Mae West bequeath toConn1e Smlth my ab1l1ty to squeak 1n band practlce
I Sh1r1ey Whaley bequeath to AIICG Van Scoy all A1r Force Boys but two who are
already occupxed
I Lee Roy Wllkerson bequeath to Barbara Ge1ger my ab1l1ty to get along good w1th
Wlth all the teachers
I Robert Wh1te bequeath to Paulme Coffln nothlng because I won t have nothlng left
after th1s year
I Thelma Jean Wootten bequeath to Wayne Cooper all my 'good hab1ts 1n dr1v1ng
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SEATED QLeft to R1ghtl T1m Hudson Maxme Hudson
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the establishment of and the promotlon of hxgh standards of
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