Gwynn Park High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Brandywine, MD)

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ching ln September, 1947, seventy-five wide-eyed students fumbled around the classrooms of Gwynn Park High School, meeting new friends from Baden and Brandywine Elementary Schools. We were thrilled at the ex- pectation of spending six wonderful years at the relatively new school. During this first year we presented to the school three plays: The King's Big Toe , The Patch-Work Quilt , and Billy's First Date which left them all laughing and very much impressed. When the next year rolled around, we were all proud to find that we had advanced to the eighth grade. This was the year that we welcomed Melvin Gotshall to our Class. The next year we were freshmen. This was the year we decided which courses we would follow during the next four years of high school. This was the year we made our first entry into the Senior High Play Contestg we presented Mother Walks Out . During this year we welcomed Martha Ingle and Doyle Funkhouser who proved to be assets to our class. In our sophomore year we undertook the project of putting on the Harvest Dance, which has become an annual affair for the sophomore class. As the end of the year was drawing near, we gave the graduation reception in honor of the Seniors. , One section of our class. 1947 8

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The other section of our class. 1946 In our junior year we welcomed two new classmates, Shirley Auer and Dick Berkheimerg the latter left us in great sorrow by his passing on. This was the year in which we sponsored the annual Valentine Dance, and we also gave the Junior-Senior Prom in honor of the graduating class. This was the first time we had ever presented a hillbilly play, It's Cold in Them Thar Hills . We finally reached our senior year and began to think seriously of our future careers. In this year we welcomed two new members to our class, Betty Jean Burroughs from Brazil and Jackie Kornhauser from Hawaii. After much hard work, days and nights after school, we presented to the public our first three-act play, which was at one time a very well- known movie, Mother Was a Freshman . In the meantime we were very busy with the publication of our yearbook. - During our last few weeks of school we prepared for our graduation which took place in June. Now we have all taken different paths in life, but we shall always carry with us the memories of good times of our days spent at Gwynn Park. 9