Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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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

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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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B B HOMEROOM XNN1 1 Nl xr I RI 1 W1 KN elzanman 'W XRION HOehIf R frm vlan! Claun an H XZPI P,-lssw xr! RS Sefnlamf IANFT Brrm Ireamrer fhe aloxe ofhcers were elected hx the homeroom members '1t the begmmng ofthe vear and each week the chanrman apponnted '1 commlttee to earrv out the necess'1rv sm 1ll dutxes that '1re mxolxed ID keepmg a tldy frxendlv homellke atmosphere throughout the year under the falthful guxdance of Mxss Beebe We haxe gaxned a great deal of pleasure '1s well as knowledge ln takmg upon ourselx es the responsxblhtxes ln connectlon wlth enter talmng guests These opportunxtles arose more than once thlS Vear especxally at the YHFIOUS hol1d'1ys mcludmg Hallowe en fhanksgnmg Chr1stm'1s St X 1lentmes 1nd Faster We were honored upon sexeral of these speclal occasxons to h ue as our most adusers of Bylers and Ingrams Home rooms These partles seemed to haxe been successes lf all the fax or 1ble comments he lI'Ll thereafter were faxr lIlCllCcltl0DS Durmg the month of IW IV these Socx 1ls reached 1 clxm 11 when all the Semor Hlgh School Homerooms Jomed together 1n enter talmng our p1rents at 1 lox elv Tea m the auehtorlum wxth musnc skxts and refresh ments as attr'1ct1ons As xt has usuallv been customary at CllI'lSt mas we trxed to make some unfortunate needv fil'l1llV 1 hnppler md more cheerful hohdav through the m 1nv L0l'ltl'lbUtlOllS ol food clothlng 1nd texs th it filled a large box brlmmmg full Ihxs xttempt xs met each veal wlth more 1pprec1at1on and zest fulness than preuouslv Besxdes this under t1kmg we sent c1rds to the xeterms 1nd later helped Wltll lhe Chlldren s Crusade We hue sueeeeded tw xee m obtunmg the P I' A lwnner which IS offered onlv to the homeroom wlth the hxghest percentage ot pxrents present 1t the X'lI'l0llS P T A meetings We the unxors 'md Sophomores of this homeroom s'1v farewell to our twelxe Semor memlers 'md wlsh them much success' HOMEROOM OF BYLER S BEARS Preamfen! HILRALD BRITTINGHANK I we Prerldeni ALTON MAL LL Secrelarzf PRESTON Suockem Treaaurer ARCIIIE. SeoTT rlhxs year we haxe been xerx successful ln the way of manv partxes ack Brxttmg ham Louls Graves and Herald Brlttmgham are known as our comedlans At the begin mng ot the vear we had many bovs who took muslc thxs caused much conluslon changmg from our rooms to Mr Ingram s We changed so that the others went to Mr Kepners and Wir Bylers rooms We haxe been xery happy to welcome Wxlham Robert son from Phlladelphxa to our homeroom He came here ln the early p'1rt of Aprll We haxe also mn our group some xery good basketball and baseball athletes HILGERT S HOMEROOM The Hllgert homeroom was orgamzed after our return to school IH September wlth twenty sn members The followmg officers were elected Chaxrman Bl 1nche Adylotte XICL Chalrman Flwabeth Calhown and Sec netarx Ixa loseph Olhcers were agaln elected U II ' , , ' ' ' , , . ,z . 1 - 1 '. . . . . 1 1 .1 A .1 2 ' Ct. .1 , ' . ,, A 1 . , If- Q 1 ' 1' ' ' ' ' , 1 e . Y i Vx vi 11 ' , 3. :,e re 1 f- ' I v n . tt. ., . , . ' . K . Y 1 . . A . Q , . ' ' t . v 1 C V y V1 ' ' 1 1 - L f. Y . - Y - K V v ' ' , I Q - . 1 ' ' V V V -7 c I Q U s , u .v. . ,' . , l , , , Y, L., s . 1 ' 1 , , 1 Y ' s - , . , , 1 5 ' . V . ' . . . , . . . ' 5 ' respected guests the gentlemen and thexr , , v- I - , T . - . . Y . ' ' , . X I I V 5 1 - 3 1 v 1 1 5 -w 1 . . c lc V, , ' l ', I 11 -4 n . . ev ' c 1 , ' z z. ' - V v ' ' I . ll Il ' C C xv xf I - . L .l I ' c 2 ' , z 1 'f 2 1 -1 1 L K n s w , zu- Z x N l i ,H Z . . , ,. ., . - - ,. ... . . . ,' f . ' z 1 ' '. ' X L 1 v. Z' ' . ra - . . z , '- . 1 z 3 - '1 -z ' z ' - - : , z 5 ' uf- - 1 rl Y- ' ' , , , ,- . , . , . . , vs zv,. -wt, , V'-s' i' ' ,- . -,.t,' V. 5 ' B N 1 , ' 'IQ