Cradock High School - Admiral Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Class of ’52 looks back at the days in “dear ole Cradock”. The crowning of the Homecoming Royalty. Calender Of Events Pep Rally, Parade (winning floats: Dramatics, Art, G.A.A.) Banquet, (honored Classes of ’32, ’42, ’52.) Pre- game Show, Football game (Cradock stopped Oscar Smith 26-18) Dance, sponsored by the Senior Class. Cradock’s parade winners receive their trophies. Good friends are together again. 27

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They too, traveled the halls of Cradock Homecoming Hampered by rain, and a postponed game, the Cradock High School 1957 Homecoming, which still managed to be a huge success, honored the classes of 1932, 1942, and 1952. The Homecoming Parade was squeezed in between two large rain showers and proved to be one of the best Cradock has had since the first Homecoming back in 1948. The PTA for the first time sponsored the Home- coming Banquet and the largest turn-out for a school banquet was present. The crowd was estimated at being close to five hundred persons. After the banquet, however, the Alumni were told the bad news that rain had cancelled the football game and dance. On the following Monday night. Queen, Joan Spear, and King, Ray Cox, were crowned at the half-time show of the Oscar Smith-Cradock game . . . Cradock won 26-18. The awards were also pre- sented to the best floats that were in the parade. Th e winners were the Art Club, the Dramatics Club, the GAA, and the Job’s Daughters. Plans for the Homecoming, however, began long before the actual date, with Earlene Whitehurst and Joan Spear chosen as co-chairmen for the big day. The two girls were in charge of selecting persons to serve on various committees and were to see that everything was going smoothly. Everyone did a wonderful job and the Alumni will be the first to S3 V SO ■ Tiger player stops Komer after a long gain. Homecoming KING and QUEEN, Ray Cox and Joan Spear. The 1942 football team????

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The McKinleys arrive at an awkward moment. John Loves Mary One of the funniest comedies ever to have been staged at Cradock was presented on December 5, and 6 before a crowd close to 1,200. The play that was such a success on Broadway and in the movies was also a smash with the adults and students. Having the lead roles were David Spivey and Marcy Wilkins. One of the brightest spots in the play was the appear- ance of Monroe Duncan and Earlene Whitehurst who made their parts into characters who had the audience continually laughing. Others in the cast were A1 Biddle, Ray Cox, Tommy Perry, Karen Belding, Lee Smith and Tommy Cooper. The play was judged on Thursday night by Norfolk County dramatic coaches. On Friday the Best Actor Award was presented to A1 Biddle and the Best Actress Award to Marcy Wilkins. Both Biddle and Wilkins have won previous awards. Director for the play was Mr. Wil- liam Sindlinger who was assisted by Miss Margarette Miller and Miss Cora Mae Fitzgerald. John just couldn’t take it! Best Actor, A1 Biddle Best Actress, Marcy Wilkins THE CAST . . . M. Duncan, E. Whitehurst, D. Spivey, M. Wilkins, A. Biddle; Second row: R. Cox, T. Perry, K. Belding, L. Smith, T. Cooper, Mr. Sindlinger.