Dunbar High School - Dunbarian Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Backward Glance Over Traveled Road In September, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, an eager group of Sub-Freshmen invaded Dunbar High School. For many of us this was an entirely new experience, really a beautiful dream come true. With orientation over, we found high school life somewhat different from what many of us thought. We were confronted with the problem of adjusting ourselves to this new environment, to our new teachers and to our many assignments. Officers for the.Sub-Freshman year included: President, Barbara An- derson; Vice-President, Carolyn Lewis; Secretary, Roscoe Pullen: Treas- urer, William Banks; Class Reporters, Frances Scruggs and Shirley Claxton. In.the Freshman year, the officers were: President;-Helen Cox: Vice- President, Mary Hall;.Secretary, Emmie Green: Assistant Secretary, Laur- ence Spencer; Treasurer, Shirley Claxton. As Sophomores the officers were: President, Wilbert Lewis; Vice- President, George Bradley: Secretary, Emmie Green; Assistant Secretary, Janice Robinson; Treasurer, Robert Penick: Sergeant-at-Arms, William York; Attendants for Miss Dunbar, Helen Camm and Doris Carter. In our Junior year, the officers were: President, Frank Saunders; Vice-President, Beverly Sorrell; Secretary, Emmie Green; Assistant Sec- retary, Helen Camm; Treasurer, Roscoe Pullen; Business Manager, Ray- mond Loving; Class Reporter, Helen Camm. During the short period of our visit here; many of us were outstanding in extra-curri cular activities offered here at Dunbar. The following people will leave vacant places on the band. for future interested.Dunbarians: Mildred Coles, Elizabeth Stone, Corrine Anderson, Collene Anderson, Glenda Mitchell, Gladys Tweedy, Doris Shelton, Edward Jackson, Roscoe Pullen, Eloise Pullen, Laurence Spencer, and Selena Green. Persons who will leave the chorus through graduation will be: Emmie Green, Janice Robinson, Carolyn Lewis, Janet Lee, Robert Penick, Carolyn Elliott, Jolly Minor, Vernell Brown, Delores Mosley, Frank Saun- ‘ders, George Bradley, Elizabeth Jeffries, Joan Brown, Collene Anderson, Corrine Anderson, Melvin Jones, Doris Shelton, Laurence Spencer, Jean Hubbard, Samuel Thomas, Mary Hall, Eloise Pullen, Nancy Lee, Yvonne Robinson, Alvalaz Hale, Gloria Mosley, Willie Greene, Langston Walker, Helen Camm, Marjorie McCory and Ralph Early. National Honor Society members leaving include: Carolyn Lewis, Emmie Greene, Joan Brown, Shirley Claxton, Janice Robinson, Delores Mosley, Doris Carter, and Frank Saunders. In sports, basketball, football, tennis, track, tumbling, our star ath- letes include: Frank Saunders, Thomas Evans, Joseph Pullen, George Has- kins, George Cobbins, Beverley Sorrell, William York, Wayland Mitchell, Langston Walker, Wilbur Franklin, Edward Jackson, William Early, Melvin Jones and Robert Penick. Other events which warrant honorable mention include: Carolyn Lewis, winner of Omega Oratorical contest for the year 1953-54; Helen Camm, Miss Dunbar 1953-54; Mildred Coles, Drum Major for the year 1953-54. —By Mildred Coles and Frank Saunders

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Ce ra SAM A SR rr gino eeeR SS AMA ES EE aire eRe: TYyyyyyry We, as seniors, having. ole® the top’ of @A ladder 23 diligently climbed, are in be feet. The' ore as Well-as some of us, pre : od, Prana see vi far. eerauae “of the clouds of dust rig Up by the footballeteam being coached by JOSEPH PULLEN at “ties “new? JAMES WARD HIGH SCHOOL: “In’sports there-is JOHN SCOTT quarterbacking- for the ‘ Mithigan’ Wolverines” and CAROLYN ELLIOTT is one of the team’s’ cheGrleaders. Well DORIS ‘CARTER and GEORGE BRADLEY have a partnership business and are manufacturers of, the new coats With zip-on sleeves (the new lo6k). WILLIAM EARLY and GEORGE HASKINS have both become expert® in cabinet qnaking for CLAUDE DAVIS'S TV SETS. ELNORA REEVES is the head” seamstress for the fabulous..clothes designers BAR- BARA PANNELL and ELAINE THOSNSULL. COLLENE.. ANDERSON is also an aE ET ef seamstress, Thus, Aa soPeryons seems to”have gone “his way and made ju most AGies bei preity stécessinl. Lét'’stake another lols and) see what we » See. Im’ Hoping: that we'll see as encouraging.a sight as we have thus far, o Now that d’ve dusted off the.crystal good»andeclear, I can plainly see ‘VERNELL BROWN and-MILDRED COLES téaching their physical educa- Giest students, dbout “howto hooka»boy-friend.” Incidentally, they're in- structing at the “new MAJORIE.McCORY HIGHSCHOOL. BEVERLY SORRELL, the gréat®movie producer, has hired ALFRED JONES to play a part in the picture, “Hot Rods..STANDFORD FERGUSON is the lawyer for the “50th Century-Fox” Movie Producers:-ELOISE PULLEN has come up with something few: it’sta. “Dragnet Boogie.” (Hot stuff, boys!) DR. = ROSCOE PULLEN (the ladies’ man), has just fired seven nurses and «RAYMOND LOVING, «president at the EMMA MACK GENERAL HOS- ‘PITAIs His replacément nurses are: JEAN HUBBARD, GLORIA MOSE- —L¥yrGLENDA MITCHELL, ROSA YORK, KATHLEEN ROSS, GLADYS TWEEDY and NANCY LEE THOMAS, EVANS was running in the Cross Country Marathon and had a good chance of winning but, alas, the poor boy got lost, and ran all the way to Russia before he realized that he was lost (poor dévil); HELEN CAMM-was elected “Miss USA” for the fifth time.