Salisbury High School - Beacon Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Yd OG EE 4 nd ch ee SENIOR SUPERLATIVES MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Margaret Bailey “en sneer r oe at er ee oe ne A, Ree ri ' ae 4 + . be - “ =, a 4 ° . ‘ oaveteie ee DS ” “ ger’: — Russell Brown BES T PUBLIC SPEAKERS Phyllis West John Clark MOST STUDIOUS William Jones Dorothy Leatherbury » ? os $, a . whe « A « aes b Ree 4 es ak ee na oS ee : —. » . od — x», y , “ar ey | . CI fe? wr = — MOST AMBITIOUS Betty Johnson Russell Brown

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She was also chosen Miss Fashionetta of 1954, In the English Department, Mary Everett wrote two award winning stories for two of the countries leading magazines on Romance, The entire class took a memo- rable trip to the Nation's capital, Several members gained fame in Music, Journalism, Athletics, Speech and Dramatics, The class presidents were John Clark 10A, Joan Hill 10B, Dorothy Leatherbury 10C, and Bertha Preston 10D, The Junior year was to be one of great work, and new adventures, The greatest task for the young and eager minds was preparing for the Junior-Senior Prom, This was the first real formal function of High Society of which the class underwent, Again the instructors urged the class to organize into one whole body so that they might better endure hardships to come, The class officers were as follows: Presi- dent, John Clark; Vice President, Margaret Bailey; Secretary, Jean Elsey; Treasurer, Preston Pinkett; Chaplain, Mary Everett; Sergeant-at-Arms, Harry Wright. Now for the year of reckoning -- the greatest year of the history of the class of 1957. Again they underwent a similar process of promotion, this time a great thrill accompanied it, For now after four years of hardships, work and many new adventures, they were at the top of long flights of stairs. They were “Seniors”! With the gaining of this title, they began to take themselves more seriously than before. The organization of the Senior Class was noteworthy, the following list of officers being in charge: Presi- dent, John Clark; Vice President, Edgar Mitchell; Secretary, Jean Elsey; Assistant Secretary, Dorothy Leatherbury; Financial Secretary, Monterey Banks; Treasurer, Preston Pinkett; Chaplain, Connie Gaines; Sergeant-at-Arms, Harry Wright, The class project for the year was the preparing and publishing and putting together of the yearbook, This proved to be the most difficult problem ever undertaken by the class of ‘57, They attacked it vigorously and had much success accomplishing the task, The social events were marked with brilliance. Among those noteworthy ones was the election of Consdevella Gaines as Miss Salisbury High for 1957. The runners up and maids-of-honor were Phyllis Harris, Arelela Hull, Agnes Polk, Shirley Dutton, and Dorothy Leatherbury, A number of Seniors gained distinction during the year, particularly those whose discovery delighted the explorers, Among those mentioned for their outstanding accomplishments were Paul Hull, Harry Wright, Alton Jones, Randolph White, and Robert Brown who are to be commended for their great work for their New Farmers of America, On their trip to Atlanta, Ga., Paul Hull was elected Second National Vice President for the entire N,F,A. On October 20, 1956, Arelela Hull and Phyllis Harris represented the school at the unveiling of the Frederick Douglass monument at Morgan State Col- lege. In Music, Connie Gaines was among those chosen to represent the school in the all-state chorus. Along the sports lines, seven seniors were responsible for the winning of the district five touch football championship. A class song, will, and motto were adopted and used on every possible occasion priate celebration, a ceremony known as Commencement was held, Speeches were m sung, and scrolls signifying the skill and finesses were given to the Seniors By way of appro- ade, songs were SETTLEMENT This was a period not so easy to describe, In these rapid and disturbing times settled for long, but it appears that Seniors were urged to Stay in this country to wid five years previously to be explored and now were about to be tions, Each is destined to become famous throughout the land nothing remains ch they had come settled, They have all chosen their voca-

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BEST MUSICIANS Rosemary Gordy Donald Purnell BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS Phyllis West Orilester Smith » ] i ” | ; “ b te 7 - ET a wary BES T PERSONALITY Marcellus Turner Arelela Hull BEST ALL AROUND Margaret Bailey Phelps Dennis