Alexandria High School - Alecko Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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3 } BATTALION. ATTENTION! The fair assemblage of young ladies on the drill field every day at twelve is none other than the Girl Cadet Corps. This organization was started four years ago as one platoon, and now is a battalion, commanded by Major Celeste Gorham. Company A is commanded by Captain Dorothy Apperson, and Company B is commanded by Captain Florence Turner. At the beginning there were about twenty enlisted. Now there arc one hundred and two enlisted — a growth from one platoon to six platoons. Many members of the corps are now busy on the rifle range every evening, preparing for the selection of the team to compete against the George Mason team later this semester. The recruits of February boast a larger number than has ever before enlisted at mid-year. They are eighteen in number and are forming a new platoon for Company B. Major Celeste Gorham Lieutenant- Adjutant Mary Simpson Sergeant-Major Faith DeWalt COMPANY E Captain Dorothy Apperson Lieutenant Edna Weiner, Company Sergeant Rosemary Bernhardt, Guidon Bearer Marguerite Seymour. First Platoon: Lieutenant Harriet Baggett; Platoon Sergeant Lillie Azema; Guide Sergeants Virginia Greenwood, Betty Miller, Catherine Gibson; Corporals Thelma Simpson, Anne Caton. Second Platoon; Lieutenant Dorothy Catrow; Platoon Sergeant Mildred Gillum; Guide Sergeants Marion Hicks, Anne Knight; Corporals Dorothy Embrey, Shirley Major. Third Platoon; Lieutenant Helen Seymour; Platoon Sergeant Grace Mosher; Guide Sergeant Florence Miller; Corporals Fay Wakeman, Neva Copperthite. COMPANY F Captain Florence Turner First Platoon; Lieutenant Annie Shapiro; Platoon Sergeant Elizabeth Shaw; Guide Sergeants Jean Brown, Virginia Tomlin; Corporals Irene Dodge, Shirley Sartin. Second Platoon; Lieutenant Rose Shapiro; Guide Sergeants Irma Tothill, Norma Knight. ‘T‘age Sixty-three

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BOYS OFFICER PERSONNEL GIRLS OFFICER PERSONNEL “Page Sixty-four