Duncan University Fletcher High School - Senator Yearbook (Neptune Beach, FL)

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and also teaches a class in How To Evade Mrs. Merrill . lust simple strategy and skilful maneuvering, she explained. Even though I didn't make it. Elizabeth Bothwell teaches gym and Lor- raine Ayoub is in charge of the music de- partment. She has the Glee Club doing a beautiful rendition in our honor of Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well. Lish Dunn, is coach's secretary, and can take shorthand in Mongolian, Yiddish, and Chinese. We've got to play somebody, declares coach, who is just as debonair as ever. He informs us that Earl Thompson is the only letter man left on the team-in fact, the only man. Walking past the football lockers and re- calling how the team borrowed our gym shorts for football practice, we notice a shadowy form lurking farther down the corridor. It is Mrs. Merrill, still checking hall permits. Who's there? she cries and thrusts her bayonet sharply in our direction. lust me, we reply cautiously. You mean I! she shouts vigor- ously, and begins to advance. We take a look at each other, and reach a conclusion. It is indeed time to leave. Fond memories, adieul Here's to the future. 5,-Q qffic' , ,T-.t i..J 'gQJ.,,-+ ,Y YV, Y ..v- ,

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box and getting back seventy-five cents change, and that Virginia McGraw has qone into the clothing business, but her twelve children have consumed the entire stock. We decide to stroll down the boardwalk. A speck bobbing on the horizon catches our eye. Billy Goethe, who runs the ferris wheel, tells us that it is Iimmy Patterson, who is making his third trip around the world in a barrel. Such a daredevil he always was , we murmur before continuing on our way. We stop in at the shooting gallery, which is run by Clara Drake, Betty Davis, and Kather- ine Olin. They are learning how to get a man the easiest way as well as making money, they tell us wisely. Proceeding with our stroll, we decide to enter the fortune teller's booth. Behind a misty veil is Bobby Smith with Shirley Laing as her assistant. Shirley picks our pockets as Bobby foretells our future in our palms. In her crystal she tells us that Dick, Bring-Em-Back-Alive Weber is in Africa on a hunting expedition, and with him are Elizabeth McClure and Katherine Iohnson, who tames the elephants. Ioe and Elinore have bought a corner lot in Lover's Lane, and Iohn and lane Kissling reside just next door. lane, at present, has gone to Panama to have her face lifted. Entering the fortune teller's booth as we are leaving is Audrey Mann, who informs us that her husband is away on a trip. Place called San Quentin, she said. Must be in Texas??? We amble on down to McKenzie's Saloon, where Donnie Donaldson is barkeeper, and Pat McCarthy dances and sings nightly. Tom- my Haddock, most athletic boy in the class of '46, is keeping his muscles in shape by wielding a billiard stick. Gathered around him is a small group including lack Harvey and Iohnny Pyatt, who want to learn, too. We seat ourselves at a small table near the front and are served by Catherine Harden and Annie Mae Oesterreicher. Suddenly a brawl begins and we hurriedly leave by the window of the hat check room, having been given our hats, such as they are, by Annie Laurie Phillips, the charming hat check girl. This leads us into a side street where we are knocked to one side by Billy Powell, who is apparently jet-propelled, and who clutches a saw in one hand. He is now a big man in the medical profession, and is on an im- portant case. His very efficient nurse, Iose- phene Adams, dashes after him. Picking ourselves up, We stagger weakly onto one end of the boardwalk, where our attention once more is drawn to a large crowd gathered around the ''Bing-The-Bell-With-The Hammer concession. This is run by Iohn Horn. Broke the darn thing again, he mut- ters. I should have taken up baseball. We decide to leave the boardwalk, fasci- nating through it maybe, and visit dear ol' Fletcher High. After all, who educated the faculty? Ours are indeed fond memories. Entering the barnacle-covered portals of our alma mater, we look over the schedule and find that new additions have been made to the faculty. Among these is Mr. Doggett, our former principal, who at present is occu- pied with burning a pair of fur-bottomed shoes. Somebody must have left these here , he remarks. Neil Carrigan, our most intellectual boy, is professor of literature, and wears a goatee to make it look authentic. He informs us that the class has just begun Forever Amber . Frances Givins, our most intellectual and athletic girl, does janitorial work to keep trim

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min C-fa.44 ia: . . . 1940-1941 SEPTEMBER: The Senior Class of 1946 was born. OCTOBER: WE witnessed the campaign speeches ol prospective Student Council mem- ers. NOVEMBER: The Fletcherettes were formed under Mr. Sykes' leadership. DECEMBER: Mrs. Ramsdell directed a wonderful Christmas Pageant. IANUARY: We put on a gigantic amateur show. APRIL: We eagerly watched the operetta, The Pirates of Penzance , under Mr. Clarence Nice's direction. MAY: The Senior Play this year was Daddy Long Legs , expertly chosen and coached by Mrs. Lena Ramsdell. IUNE: The Senior Class ol 1946 had live more years ol high school ahead of them. 1941-1942 SEPTEMBER: This year we were oldtimers around the school. Don't those seventh graders seem small. DECEMBER: Pearl Harbor! Coach Shuler, Messrs, Rodgers, Carlisle, Worsham, Varn, Bialolenki, and Nice enlisted or went into war activities. MARCH: We saw a German Sub sink a Liberty ship. The war was close to home. We were placed in a total blackout. MAY: Ever Since Eve, Senior Play, was presented. 1942-1943 SEPTEMBER: Two ol our class members were elected to student Council. NOVEMBER: First year Fletcher played in the annual Kiwanis football tilt. DECEMBER: Our new music teacher, Mrs. Nease, helped Mrs. Ramsdell with the Christmas Pageant. FEBRUARY: Mr. Battista renewed interests in our band. MARCH: Mr. Doggett left lor the Navy, Mr. Wilson took his place. MAY: The enjoyable Senior Play, The Shoplifterf' was written by a Fletcher Student, Fred Allen. 1943-1944 DECEMBER: Bought lighter airplane from the money with which the students bought bonds. APRIL: Operetta, Bobbie, was given. MAY: Senior Play, lime Mad, was presented. l944-1945 SEPTEMBER: Gymnasium was made into class rooms for the 7th grade. DECEMBER: Last year Fletcher played in Kiwanis Classic. APRIL: Annex to building was completed. MAY: Senior Play, Charm School, was given. Iunior-Senior Prom tBest in history of schooll. First Annual published. 1945-1946 SEPTEMBER: We roll our sleeves up to take on the light with Mrs. Merrill. IANUARY: Mr. Doggett returned as principal as did Mr. Shuler. MARCH: Took achievement tests. APRIL: Glee Club Concert. 1946 Edition of the Senator out. MAY: Senior Play, Nothing But the Truth, was presented by Mrs. Ramsdell and Mrs. Duncan. Iunior-Senior Prom. Our Graduation. Now for the hard, gruesome world.