Dunbar High School - Dunbarian Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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: F Music that knows no nation, race or creed ' But gives to each according to his need... The Dunbar High School Chorus Officers Preside tts Wes ste ates eeeteca ea dee te © oleae ee uate donayet sts te caer apolar fares Lawrence Price Vice. Presid@nty i eect cdelc. ehaeus tial eras cotenaB at sts. ol oe) 6 eho olixnoer Alice Morris SEGCr etary a ade giasste sae ocaeatekeds aeiegseey io iae soninir shel scsie) seem Anna Johnson Assistant SE€Cretaryatec ccc ao yet cisleiers aise ohn = syspe eo Sin laiaas Janice Robinson Business ‘Managers. ones ae ape sree ae nterei sis! = 0 esis lee ieee meas Kenneth Epps LDPArlANS yc eles sie shonsis chatele cfemene sbelstetnrersiel » sl cep iiel ous thts Frieda Mclvor Marcia Wright Pianist Se okies ole ces Cle eee pe centers ene ree etna ee anaes Emmie Norvell Greene Eloise Pullen

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The Dunbar High School Gaud “ In 1948, the Dunbar Band made its initial performance under the leadership of Mr. David C. Moore. Members of the sixty- piece organization are chosen on the basis of their ability and the completion of a certain amount of work prescribed in the courses for their instruments. Activities of the group consists of con- certs and parades. ia} We are the music-makers, And we are the makers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers And sitting by desolate streams Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it seems. OFFICERS Front row, left to right: Roscoe Pullen, Secretary Treasurer; John Scott, Busi- ness Manager; Jolly Minor, Assistant Bus- iness Manager; Richard Lee, Vice President; Melvin Griffin, President. Second row: Edward Jones, Custodian; Lloyd Green, Librarian; John Tweedy, As- sistant Drill Master; Edward Jackson, Ser- geant at Arms. Not shown here: Alice Morris, Assist- ant Director and Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.

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UPPORT THE ND DRIVE —ee Oem SDDS, DUNBAR CHRONICLE CHEER YOUR TEAM TO VICTORY ——— Oem Published by the students of Dunbar —————— jecoming Parade tacular Event By Jeanette Oglesby less spectacular and even ala than ever was Dunbar’s Homecoming Parade on iber 7, 1952. m the street came the ig majorette sextet led by rum major, Frieda Mclvor. g drums of the band seemed “Here we come, see Dun- parade.” first float was a yellow con- containing attractive Em- se Ross, accompanied by Wright, William Cun- mand Jessie Lewis of the | team by which she was Miss Homecoming. Stuniing attire consisted Id velvet suit and matching th brown accessories. Add- this was the gorgeous bou- f yellow chrysanthemums she held against her beau- utfit. Completing the pic- md carrying chrysanthe- were her attendants dress- gleaming white. These at- ts were Doris Smith, Inez son, [Elva Kidd, Evelyn ers, Bettie York, Frieda , Jimmie Turner, Barbara 1, Ora Shaw and Margaret n. Senior Class of “53” de- some of the occupations ll be offered to seniors after ave finished their work at r. The seniors on the float Bettie Lee depicting the te; Merril Chambers, the ; Toseph Reid the docter 1déa] ” You unbar C opeland itumn re 8’ could easuy nave peen atto of the vocational float, Where else could you have Such a magnificent fall aS was portrayed on that lough the mercury didn’t degrees, one could hard- but feel the warmth of Mixed with white on the float. . LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER, 195 ? TE EEnEEEERERER EERE Thanl Witch” By Yvonne Thorpe 3efore leaving for the long anticipated Thanksgiving Holi- days, our students were enter- tained by “The Thanksgiving Witch.” This play was based on the WEeTE Cage;r lO Breet tue One Muli- dred and sixty patrons that visited our school during the American Education Week celebration. On Thursday, Nov. 13, at 2:00 p.m. a program was presented to the Dunbar students and visiting patrons. The play with a cast of about sixty-two pupils was en- titled “For All.” The theme of the play was Democracy. While Fealivy Edilorn ws dporta Edilte Killiney Out Q diriy.” Drama 3y Frieda M. Mclvor On November 19, 1952 at 8:00 p-m. in the Dunbar auditorium, the Senior Class of 1953 pre- sented a three-act play entitled “Take Care of My Little Girl.” iCaiden ECdilorig arc Cssoctate ElitFes) key Hop | Selling Up the Oummy 9? Affair brams On Friday evening, November 14th, the Dunbar Gym was beauti- fully decorated with the air of Thanksgiving: pumpkins, corn- stalks, bright colors and the King of the ball, the Gobbler himself. were A live turkey was placed in the center of the gymnasium to add Twenty-Ore Cot Members Electec By Gwendolyn Gree: On the same day th national election was hetd, i one students were elected Dunbar High School ¢ Council in the November 4 tion held at Dunbar. Before the election, the s to be elected from the and the candidates at lars two minute speeches ask: Dunbar pupils to vote fo and telling them what they try to do and have don serving on the council, if Those elected from the Victor Miller, Ga Stamps, Carolyn Elliott, Pullen, Mitchell Cunni Wayland Mitchell, Evelyn bers, Bertha Payne, Shirle and Jimmie Turner. The candidates at larg William Copeland, Beatri terson, Emma Ross, Ann son, Ethel Walker, Rosett son, Emmett Wright, McCain, Smith Fletcher Camm and Wilbert Lewis The Council held its fir ing Tuesday, November 9:05 a.m. during the activ od. In an Assembly on Ni 20th, the newly elected members were installed. Guest speaker for this was Mr. Samuel Thomps« ident of the Student Gov Association at Virgini College in Petersburg, ‘ His subiect was “The V was i ern whon : och, 1 and her stude himselt | ‘eser iwith a § 1e Cz clea et M ‘ueens,’ nist hich mi 1eml eas bly, Mrs ort il the ¢ Che numbe 4 to th t Jing rol usi owing : tior Sandi Sc —Helei S “Ma — sic ‘ority pi - 2 arge, rt = cbu cel org ; : : “act- AmMa } Otsu 4 OG ‘ ce aatlk CS ‘intellectual’? and Vea CALL iment As —Frieda Mclvor u } this asser e, house mother- 44, hy Et ? ies; Mrs. Belle yp —ontial alumna—Frances ae 5 Scruggs; Joe, an Ag. student— By Clara Clark IN SHIPMAN Joseph Reid ;,Chad, a Fraternity man—vTheodore Lewis; Sam, al- so a frat man—Wilbert Lewis. Other members of the cast were Anne Abbott, Yvonne Thorpe, Hazel Bass, Kay Calloway, Ethel Walker, Alice Morris, Chloteal Steptoe, Nancy Minnis, Theodore Phelps, Lawrence Price, Billy WUlamack and Fmmett Wricht This year’s Annual Spelling Bee was held in the auditorium on the thirtieth of October. For the second time since she has been at Dunbar, Beatrice Patterson has won the title as champion and was awarded First Prize. Rosetta Jotnson, the runner-up, mis- spelled ‘‘occasionally” and Beat- By Eloise Pulk On Saturday morning ber 22, 1952 about 8:50 Dunbar High School | for Shipman, Virginia. The parade in which participated was sponsor 4-H Clubs in Nelson Cr All the floats in th Pe Ae) | -°