Cradock High School - Admiral Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Tfze QJY6lI77ZZ.7'd! 0 1939 CLASS HISTORY El El N the year 1935 we walked into Cradock High School, proud that at last we could enter high school. That pride left us as we soon realized our position as lowly freshman. We had no class oflicers that year and we were under the joint supervision of Miss Wiley and Miss Codd. The year passed uneventfully and in June we at last became upper classmen. Returning in September we gloried in frowning on the lowly freshmen. Among the chief frowners were the president of our class, Rudy VVheatleyg the vice- President, Wlinfrey Arnold, and the secretary-treasurer, Charles Ferrell. Our sponsor was Miss VViley. VVe settled down to studying after a few clashes with the freshmen and before we knew it June was here. The third milestone had been reached and in September we decided that for our president we would like to have James Mills, for our vice-president Alfred Price, and for our treasurer Norma Harrell. Miss Byrd was our sponsor. The time slipped by until the great Junior-Senior held in May. It was a gala affair and the class was complimented on the success of the dance and on the excellent choice of an orchestra. Came June and with it the goal of everyone's ambition. VVe were seniors at last. In September we came to school for our last term in C. H. S. We chose for our ofiicers Gilbert Light as president, Buddy Jenson as vice-president, Audrey Kirkman as secretary, and Norma Harrell as treasurer. Miss Byrd was chosen sponsor and Miss Wiley co-sponsor. 'ln October We had our Supreme Court, which was a very delightful occasion. After a hard session of deciding what kinds of rings, invitations and calling cards we should have, we passed the period of mid-term exams and then started on an arduous session of picture-taking. VVe selected the staff for our Annual and also our Hall of Fame. Came a senior dance and then the senior play, which was pronounced a success by all who saw it. The glorious Junior-Senior came in May and we were honored by the grand festival tendered us. Having gone to press in April, the Annual was issued in May and was acknowledged to be the best in the history of Cradock High School. VVe buried all our grievances at the Senior Burial and toasted our successes at the Senior Banquet in May. june has rolled around and now we are sorrowfully bidding adieu to our alma mater. We hope C. H. S. will continue to improve as it has done and, with this wish, we say good-bye to one of the grandest schools of our native land. DONALD DUECKER. l 16 l hifi

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Tfze Qxilfzzifaf 0 1939 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS El El c:lILBEli'l' LIGHT ..... ...... P 7'6.filfEIIf BUDDY JENSON . . . Ifirzf-Pzwidwv! Aumuzx' KIRKMAN . . . . . .S'.-rrremry Noiuvux HARIlELL ..........,................ . . . Trmxzuer Miss Evi2i.YN BYRD, Miss EL1zAss'rH W11.sv-Spw1.rw'.r El El lvfallo: Onward ever, backward never Colors: Red and Wlhite Flower: Red Rose EI E1 Class Poem When the time comes to disband, When we reach the parting of ways lt isn't quite the promised land Of which we dreamed in other days. The memories of the days gone by, VVhich never more can we recall, Now crowd upon us though we try To stop the idle tears that fall. But we must put away this sadness, We must banish tears and gloom And face our future with a gladness As we leave the old classroom. VVith ideals high, ambitions great, As down the road of life we gog We bow our heads before the gate That is the peak of all we know. MAR'I'HA FISH -1 .- ui Farewell Song CLASS OF '39 fT11m' of Gold Mirze in the Skyvl Now the time has come for us to say adien To our friends and, dear old Cradock High, to you. - just remember that the best of friends !TlLlSt part, And perhaps this thought will ease your aching heart: O, those days of yore will come no more, we know, But fond memories linger with us as we go, And the tears will fall and we will surely sigh YVhen we bid adieu to dear old Cradock High. Thirty-nine, Thirty-nine. lVe can always cherish memories, class o' mine, And we'll say hello, though now we say good- bye, WVhen we meet again at dear old Cradock High. Thirty-nine, Thirty-nine', . . . class o' mine. MA Rx' XNILSTRU P l15l

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The efydmirczl 0 1939 CLASS PRGPHECY EIEI ET us look into the future. The scene is the class reunion in 1949. The reunion is being held in the large hotel run by Jimmy Day and his wife, Eleanor. As we enter we hear the sweet swing of Mercer Joyner's orchestra. The butler announces the guests as they enter. Phillip Duncan is now a successful truck farmer. We now hear a song from Lola and Martha Fish, singing with joyner's band. Dolores Franz is now conducting the V. P. Co. cooking school at the Gates Theatre. Here come Don Duecker and Leonard Purdy, now owners of the Pole to Pale flirlines, Im. Jimmy Buhls and Billy Lawrence, owners of the Fill Your Tank Gas Slalion, have just arrived. VVe now hear a solo from Clyde Kennedy, playing the trumpet in the orchestra. Here comes Audrey Cranheld, popular cinema star and her leading man, Floyd Light. The room is now filling. There is Flash Hofiier, pro-football player, and Virginia Wise, star comedienne, who is taking Gracie Allenis place on the radio. Geraldine Orr, who has written her third best seller, has just came in. Admiring the mural on the wall, we are not surprised to find that it was clone by Jimmy Mills and Virginia DeLoache, famous artists. Two famous dancers have just entered, Mildred Coley and Mary Williams. Telegrams of regret have been received from Elizabeth Manning, now a buyer in Paris, and Raymond Echols, who is a missionary in China. YVho is that surrounded by those autograph seekers? It is Bill Burnham, American League home run king. Doctor Thomas Comer and his colleague, Gilbert Light, have just arrived. Walter Freeman, Chief of the Forestry Service, has just arrived. Elwood Gibson, who has advanced brain surgery to such an extent, has just entered. Buddy Jenson, owner of the Freeze Ice Company, enters with Audrey Kirkman. Audrey is manager of the Bloomer Girls' base- ball team. Richard Leach, an ensign in the Navy, and Elsie Taylor, a Red Cross nurse, have just arrived with Graham Lutz, also a Navy man. The Army is represented by,Murray Kent Sylvester. Leroy Willey, a farmer in Deep Creek, has come in with Hugh Via, also a farmer. Joe VVise has just arrived. He has made a fortune in stocks. Dot Denson, who is clerking in Leggett's, Evelyn Lauer, who is married and keeping house, and Iris Hanbury, who is now half owner in the Famous Dress Shop, have just come in together. The Hoor show has just begun. Well, isn't that Norma Harrell and Marian Styron doing exhibition dancing? The next thing on the program is a solo by the famous concert violinist, Duncan George. Now entering are Edythe VVhyte, famous model, and Peggy VVar- ren, noted actress, escorted by William Etheridge, who is in the Coast Guard after attending the Acad- emy. The nursing profession is represented by Janice Sherman, Marjorie Tyson, Elsie Bogan and Lula Via. Norma Ballance, Beatrice Skinner and Shirley Cousins are school teachers. Look, there's Chrystal Gomer and her husband, David Nelson. Ted Taylor is busy taking notes. He is star reporter for the New York Timer. Carl Sawyer, now a bus driver, enters with Joe Wright, who drives a milk truck. Kenny Wright-we have often wondered what he is doing-is in the real estate business. Let's see who is in this crowd. There is Alice Bartlett, an air hostess, and Marjorie Jereme, noted dress designer. There's Emily Euler, a buyer for Blumberg's. Betty Albrecht is doing portrait painting. Leading lady in a play now running its forty-first week is Mary Wilstrup. Ida Rolls is teaching dancing for Arthur Murray. Jean Blankenship arrives, escorted by Dippy Cohen. She now clerks in his corner drug store. Here is Dot Calhoun, who retired after winning the sweep- stakes. Burnley Shiflett is now singing in the Palais Royale night club. Mary Daniel is head librarian of the Library of Congress. Plato Phillips has just arrived on the fire truck. He is now chief of the new Deep Creek Fire Department. Betty Ritter is playing on Audrey's ball team. VVho is that coming in so late? Could it be Viola Domme? Viola, who always had the motherly way, is running a boarding house for college boys. Fillmore Irwin is lecturing on f7.fl1'onamifalPhenommrz at the same college. FILLMORE IRWIN l17l 'L A A