Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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After studymg the thxrteen colomes ue studied the Industrxes of the Umted States Thev were cotton o1l lron mllk and so forth We got most of our materlal from books We made marxonettes and had a marxonette show The name of the play was Down South vuth the Cotton Plckers Ive also had tvso operettas The first one was Old Pipe and the Dryad We then worked on Rumpelstlltskm and gawe xt Durmg the year we learned new songs and Folk Dances The Polk Dances were records The songs were mostly out of Smgmg Days whlch IS our songbook for school IOSEPHINIL GUERIN GRADES FIVE AND SIX Mlss PRETTX wxAN In our room we haxe two grades the hfth and sxxth There are elght 1n the Hfth grade and thlrteen 1n the svith grade whlch makes The fifth grade has been domg fractlons but now they are domg declmals The slxth grade had quite a blt of trouble wlth fractlons so we started rev1ew1ng Next we worked wxth declmals and now we are domg per centage In the beglnnmg of the year we studxed Mexlco and drew elewen b1g pxctures whlch told the story of Mewxcan hfe Then we de clded to study Delaware YVe drew maps of Delaware blg enough to put ln our notebooks MISS Prettyman read the book called Once Upon a Tlme 1n Delaware whlch we hked very much Next we studled the Hawauan Islands We made an Hawauan scene of Sponges whxch mcluded a vlllage pmeapple held beach and a naxal base Now we are studymg the Umted States and we expect to make a large map and draw pxctures of the products of each state In art we hawe made pottery and done some weaw mg At Chrxstmas txme the gxrls made thelr mother s potholders and the boys made copper foll plaques Vte drd a group of pnctures about wmter and now we are domg a group of Sprmg pnctures and mountmg them Bax Eau How XRTH SIXTH GRADE Mlss FUTCHER We started the vear of '59 40 wlth thnrtv four old members and four new ones I'or the fxrst semester the ofhcers elected were as follows Preslclent B111 Megee Vlce PFCSI dent 1m Rxley Secretary oanne Green spun Treasurer Sarah Carpenter The last half of the year these were the ofllcers Presx dent 1m Rlley WIC6 President Carroll Clrons Secretary Hxlda Howard Treasurer Sarah Carpenter One b1g ex ent of the year was a mmstrel put on for our parents Exeryone seemed t enjoy It Another Important thmg IS our hbrary We elect a hbrarxan and an assxstant each month Our art work thls year was very xnterestmg We haxe done a number of new thmgs One was wood carvmg another was workmg wlth copper foxl One of our most xnterestlng umts 1n hxstory was the slavery problem or the Cxvll War perxod A great deal of art work was done nn connectlon wxth this un1t Our llallowe en Chrxstmas and Valentine partles were blg events of the year Our class dues wnth a few donatlons made xt possnble to have splendid refreshments at all these occasxons SPECIAL CLASS Miss TROH Durmg thls year we accomphshed many thmgs We learned to read better learned more about arxthmetlc and craft work We have made rugs reed baskets shoppmg bags -and clothespm bags YVe had a good t1me at our Halloween party We also had a Valentme and Easter party Mlss Troy taught us how to make candy Easter eggs One of the boys Daw nd Shocklev brought a robxn to our class wxth a broken leg We set xt wlth a toothpnck and adhesxve tape Our teacher read us a story exery noon We hked especlally Treasure Island Gulh wers Traxels The YV1zard of Oz and Pm occh1o , ' . , . . . 1 K , ,' ' , , . . . , . Y . . H x l , ll V . . ,, ' ' ' - ' 1 I r I I ' ' I 1 - 14 ' rl v , , ' ' , ' I. . . 7. . 1 r ' r I I Y Y , . ' . I 0 y Y . A . Q c I ' twenty-one m all. . . I . . , , . . . . , Y , I H . . . . . ,, . . ' , , , . .. ' ' Y - I 1 ' - I P I , . . . , , I I ' , Y vl 1 ,,l Y . , . , , - , . I , V . . - I P Y ' 7 .

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THIRD GRADE Miss In LOR 'Ihe hrst of the year we had thlrtv sn pupnls sxnce then Phvlhs Danrow Robert Yvallace and Wnllard Veasey haxe moxed Two new people haxe yomed our class Made hne Stem and Edward Rehrer Our first day of gettmg acquamted was spent ln talkmg about our summer xacatlon About a week later we had some arlthmetlc spellmg musxc readmg and art We talked about what was golng on m the world and then our own town with so many mterestmg places Each week or two we took a walk v1s1t1ng the Cannery Zwaanendael Museum most of the Churches mslde and out Power House Memorlal Park Post Ofhce Brxde and Groom Trees and the Canal After these walks we declded to make a mm mg plcture of Iewes to whnch we shall mute our parents Our class elected new othcers about ex ery two months The presldents have been Betty O Colllns Kim efferson and Exans Ronme Knapp and Donny Ratledge Sec retarxes Evans YVebb Mary Ann Muller and Betty O Colllns We have also studxed about the Dutch people We drew a summer and wmter plcture whlch makes our room look xery mce Mlss Taylor has read us many books They have been about Planets Once Upon a Txme ln Delaware whlch told how Delaware came to be also about the Swedes and Dutch landmg Gullxver s Trawels and P1IlOCCl'llO A boy ln Dixon Illlnols sent our class a letter H1s name was Roland Wooldrxdge Here IS a statue of Abraham Lmcoln He was a captaln here durmg the Black Hawk war ln 1852 hns hrst publlc office We are golng to answer h1s letter Iweryone enjoyed the Faster egg hunt especlally eatmg the eggs afterwards Durmg the year we hawe entertaxned our parents sexeral txmes Fxrst durmg Natlonal Pducatnonal Yveek we had them nn to see our two plays made up from our readxng The Sparrowand theCrow and lheGreedyCat At Chrlstmas we entertamed our parents and all the grades w nth our plav 'Santa lakes a Nap Once a month we went mto the 'ludltorlum to llsten to the band Ex ANS WEBB Km IEFFERSON FOURTH GRADE Mxss How FLL Thns year we haxe forty sn chlldren ln our room Flrst we studxed about Holland We learned about dlkes the clothes the Dutch wear the work they do and how they get to town 1n summer and wmter Before Chrxstmas txme we started to make a moue of the Wxzard of Oz Fxrst we read the book and then we put three chlldren nn a group we took a blg plece of paper and drew the pxctures We had the moue after Chrxstmas and muted our mothers Next we studled about the Cawe Nlen YVe learned about the use of hre and how thev We are now studymg about Egypt W studxed about the tombs the pyramids the oasxs and the Nmle Rner We haxe twelxe chnldren who are takmg lessons on mstruments to be m the band EDITH LL PTON IEAN STAwaAuGH FIFTH GRADE MRS INCRAN1 In the begmnmg ofthe year we had thlrty sex en puplls Later three glrls and one boy came They were Martha Walls Medora Yvallace Isabella Parker and Arthur Rhodes Somethmg later caused hlartha and Medora to leaxe us So now we haxe a class of thlrtv nme The tlrst un1t that we studled was about the settlement ofthe thxrteen colomes XX hlle we were study mg we d1d much art work For mstance we made a panel of the mterestmg sorts of our study We made stage settmgs and colomal dolls too V, V V V. ,, ,. VV ., V V V t . V V . V . . ' Y I U y A ,. V V . , . . V , V , V . 1 1 1 - ' l ' f . . . , ' 1 I I Y 1 ' 1 , J V V . . V i . ' If ' ll ' 1 1 - ' , , ,' ' 1 ' . V . . - 7. - l Vu r l 1 V ' V ' ' I ' Y l 1 . f , I' ' . . . Webb, Y nce-presxdents, Betty Ann Murray, ,mproved then. hfeV ' 5 ' ' ' . le 1 1 1 ' ' , 1 1 . V , V I Y V . . Y . . , . . 7 Y I ' 1 1 A V . . . V n n V . . . . ' l ' ' Y Y ' . 3 . . . 7 . V 3 V . 1 . l nf - , . VV V . V . . . V V V. . V I V . V V . . V V . . V . ,, , . , . ff Ill' PY ' . , . 26

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L lhe Qussex Countv I eague Students Asso c1at1on IS composed of the followmg schools from the lower part of Delaware Bndgex llle Rehoboth Lord Baltlmore Delmar Iwllton Selbyulle Georgetown 'md Iewes Once a month the orgamzatxon meets 1n one of the preuously mentxoned schools at whxch tlme we are entertamed at an elaborate banquet followed bv a buslness meetxng and socxal dancmg From both the soc1al and educa t1onal uewpomts th1s league has proxed xtself benehclal because lt IS at thls txme we meet xerv mterestmg guest speakers who are TTlll1lStLl'S Ingh school PIIDLIPHIS Ol teachus from 'mv place w1th1n the state who brmg us worthwhlle addresses concermng vouths problems and how to face them Besxdes thcse people we unconsc1ousl5 come mto sehools md ms a result we select ou1 frnends perhaps fol llfe an 1mpo1tant facto1 III th1s fast mox 1ng socxal world 'lo exerg meetmg the Lewes Semor H1gh School students elect twelxe representatnes three from each of our commlttees Socxal Safety Athletxc and Propertx Uul school has been fortunate ln hax mg one of lts memLers ofhcers of the S C L 5 A for manv vears The x 1ce presxdent of th1s organ lLatl0I'l for thls yeax of 39 and -IO happens to be a I ewes student and no other than Anna IX1ae I reeman e S L A olhee s I rf 11111111 XX 1LL1AX1 H1 x1eN1H I elm ll Izce Pm f1'1l!'llf AINNX X111 I4REEX1xN Iewes eSec1ela11f and Ifltlflllcl' GRACF H11e111Ns Nhlton flzzturer CPCIL FORD S11,11ern1r1nq Pllllflfldl I elmar Iwelaw 1re PTA Off cers ofthe X ear Prerzdml NIR XX11.1 uw IFPFPRSOIN I me Imuden! 'VI11s XX 11.1 uw Hocm becrflarzf IVTISS Donorm I' H1Lc11z1 lrvarurfr 'Vlns I'1zN1s1 MIFFI 111111111 Llzauman Mus c1I1-NXXOOIJ H ua RINGTON Pllbflflflf Cfldlfllldll ATISS XI 'IRCLI Rifl- RINCLFR Ift'l7l!1L'f'F'h1fJ Clldlllllfll 1 RS XX IIIX 1 llorp1lal1l11 cfldlllilflll MRS BIRNICI I Oes IION The year 1939 40 prox ed to be a xerv suc cessful one for the P T A A membershlp of 103 persons gaxe Lewes first place 1n the state membershlp competltlon The Health Commlttee was exen more actne th in prexlous xears Ilee l'IllIli was selxed to tlnrtv clnldren hot lunches to hlteen dental worle w 'ls done glasses supphed and warm clothmg w'1s purchased for manx who were 1n need In 3dlI1tl0Il the usual pre school summe1 roundup wts sponsored bw thxs orgam ltl0I1 I HI' SUPP RNAIN llflz lu U10 ll 1 fjlll 11rr11la11l 311,111 In Ollbffffl' manzf 111' fzar Iauqfzl un fI1t'I1fll 11111111 11 dazf III 14 11 ro Keen I Fllllllllg flllflf flaw Illlfllf been lffllllllllll U11 1 1 of f11f ful I fllll 11 In frm! I llzfepzan Iruf- lla been fur due Some flazf Ve! III fIll0!11 14l11Ic fzqfzlv 1111 name may 11r1 In lil! ll lzenylzlr S. C. . S. A. Th - I. L. S. . H ' -rs are: -e .' L nz ' - J ' 3 ' . 3, 3, I 1' ' ' ' 1 . 7 I 1 1 ' , . 1 , 4' 'I' . V . ' v' I . . , 1 ., ,Y A ff I L- . , ' . 1 1 1 1 4 , , . , . . - , 1 . l . , - . - ' 3, 1 ,Z , . I ' I , I I 0 n u - . in V Y 4 1 Y ' ' ' -J-.' -A1 .. ' ,-:R . . . . . . . Y , Y , Q H . I i4 1. I 4 Y ' I x 1 ' I 1 1 1- w 1 1 , I - 1 . '--1 e. . z. 2 1 -1 I ' 1 - 'y -' s' - . x-- , I '. - ' . . ' 'I K WY sf 4 4 I ' K A Y. . V . I If - 'T A 1 1 2 . I I ' I 1 ' ' ' ' . . ' w 'VI . '1 .. , A contact with students our own ages from other HOCKIQR, Ning, JOHN XX'11,50N -1 . . , , V . ' ' ' I ', . 1 - . J v. e K K e 1 I nn 1, 'l A ' . . 1 - , , ,, , V - - 1 v y - v . I . 1 Q I I I I I I ' I . I I . . - N - T , . x c '3 - 1 . . . . 'C 1- ' 1 '- z 1n L x , A , lI. . , . - - 21 ' . V' 1 . 1' x y o x y 1 I I I I xx I 1 3 X I -'.a. ' ' , ,C v I , - , . . - , ' ' . . . , L , .I K , Lv , , ' ' ' ' ' . . . V I 4 s 5 1, . , 3 I3 ' s 4 vf v 1 '- 4 C I ' C- e -I . . . 4 1 1-1 . . . ,., up ,1., A. -I ,,,.':. ' 'K A , Q N 5 ' .. .' t . .1' ' , 1 , I .' . . .r l. ,' . ' 11- 1' . - e' ' V 1 ' ' Q 'S