Alexander Park High School - The National Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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THE 1945 CAN YOU IMAGINE? Howard Sparks staying in class all period? Joe Smith coming to school on time? Mr. Early not having a cheerful word for everyone? Anyone not having an overdue book from the library? Mr. Seawell not eating lunch at the cashier’s desk? Ethel Sumner not leaving class to attend a meeting? The Alexander Park boysivithout a G. I. haircut? The Seniors not being custodians for Laboratories 1 and 2 ? Mrs. Maroney giving you too much change? Frankie Greer and Lewis Campbell not being the neatest boys in school? Alexander High being a dull place? Mrs. Ostenkamp not being full of pep? Not having to wait in line in the Cafeteria? Shirley Thurmond not carrying a “torch” for Eddie? Our football team winning two consecutive games? Lillian Wilson running out of something to say? The Bookkeeping Class failing to take their books home? Miss Anthony actually enjoying teaching “noisy” children? James Hill not grumbling about his grades? Our Seventh Grade actually being quiet, attentive and well-behaved? Where Miss Fitzgerald and her committee get all those clever ideas for the Bulletin Board ? Actually getting a seat on an Alexander Park bus? Mr. Anderson not having anyone waiting to see him for a “conference”? Everyone dreading to see 3 o’clock come ? Carohn Henderson without those cute dimples? Beulah Ross not being able to “jitterbug”? R. B. Williams having his history notebook completed on time Mrs. P uchanan losing her temj)er? The Underclassmen thinking everything of the Seniors?

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NATIONAL First Row: Raymond Absher, Joyce Campbell, Colene Pope, I )oris Sullivan, Agnes Rell, Ruby Hylton, Marianne Beck, Curtis Phelps, Annie Frazier, Emma Bindamine, Ruel Collins Second Row: Janye Burgess, Helen Bailey, Burton W’inemiller, Cornelia Brown, Dale Sloan, Jeanelle Sloan, Marvin Byrdwell, Jimmy Webster, Marshall Elington, Irene Spivey, Joan Deal Third Row: Geraldine Dameron, Bill Anderton, Catherine Dodd, Raymond Sabaliski, Marie Walsh, Weaver Tanner, Marshall Deal, Robert Barnes, Norma Burgess, John Guthrie, Ervin Poplin, Nancy Drum, Alan Johnston, Dickie, Wood Upper Deck: Alton Benton, William Kelley, Robert Welch, Ralph McAlexander, Harry Scarce, George Johnson H.M.S. PINAFORE BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF ALEXANDER PARK HIGH SCHOOL March 28 and 29, 1945 DRAMATIS PERSONLE Josephine. Buttercup Hebe Boatswain ..Jeanelle Sloan Ralph Backstraw Marvin Byrdwell Cornelia Brown Dick Dead Eye Burton Weinmiller ...Ire ne Spivey Sir Joseph Porter IHarshall Ellington .James Webs ' er Captain Corcoran Dale Sloan Sir Joseph’s Sisters, Cousins, and Aunts: Helen Bailey, Ruby Hylton, Marie Walsh, Colene Pope, Emma Birdemann, Marianne Beck, Curtis Phelps, Agnes Bell, Jean Deal, Annie Frazier, Janye Burgess, Dot Sullivan, Norma Burgess, Nancy Drum, Katherine Dodd, Geraldine Dameron, Joyce Campbell. Sailors of the Pinafore : Bill Anderton, Dickie Wood, Ervin Poplin, Robert Welch, .-Mton Benton, George Johnson, Weaver Tanner, Raymond Absher, Raymond Saboleski, Harry Scarce, Marshall Deal, Ruel Collins, Allan Johnston, John Guthrie, Robert Barnes, Ralph McAle.xander, William Kelley. Musical Director Miss Anne Gemmell Dramatic Director Mr. L. W. Anderson

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1. What again? 2. Athletes? 3. Coach Byrd. 4. Just loafing around. 5. Ditto! 6. Basketball player.s — sometimes! 7. What tooth paste are you advertising? 8. Majorette. 9. Our Dieticians. 10. Faculty. 11. What are you doing here, Heloise? 12. Tapeworm Joe. 13. Trailer Camp.