Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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BOARD OF CONTROL The Board of Control was organlzed under the dlrectlon of Mr ames Moore The members conslst of one representatlve from each homeroom and the presl dent of each commlttee We hold regular meetlngs the first Monday mornxng of each month Our problems are such as face our dlfferent organlzatlons We dls cuss these thoroughly and suggest solutlons Offzcers elected at the beglnnlng of the year were as follows Preszdent R1chardBr1tt1ngham Secretary Treasurer osephyne Guerin After Sldney Downs left for the Navy oseph Hudson was elected to fill thls vacancy We have trled to serve the school and the students durlng the school term The Board stressed the clothlng drive We had qulte a large turnout of bundles Two members helped Mr Moore pack these bundles Thls year we have pressed the need of constltutlons IH all commlttees We have one of our own and we adhere to It very closely Rlchard Brlttmgham oe Hudson Mane Rltter ames Cooper Blll lngram Bobby Short Betty Glbson Nancy joseph Mary Ellen Teal Peggy Hastings Margaret Lockerman Vernon Terres Tom Hooker Paynter Lynch Betty Walls Clxff Howarth Elva Marvel Helen Llngo Bam Howarth osephyne Guerln '40 . I . I - ' J s O Vice-Prcsidenl4Sidney Downs - ij ' 4 - K . y -I n J U ' - .l '

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rmgton Chrrstme Murphy Mary Low Wllley and THE JUNIOR RED CROSS Presrdenl Dorothy Brugge Vice Presxdenl Shirley White Secrelary lrma Pettyjohn Treasurer LlywellaWh1te Sponsor Mrs Ann K Walls The members are lrma Pettyjohn Nancy Cava naugh Helen Rltter Leah Mlllman Peggy Prettyman Gertrude Mltchell uue Jackson Dorothy Brugge Kathermce Cook Llywella Whlte VICLOTIH Davxdson Beatrxce Thomas Betty Rebel Vlfglnla Lee Deale Ruth Cavanaugh Dons Short Shlrley Whlte Ann Prettyman Kaye Burnsude Clara Dlrks Margaret Plummer Barbara Dorman Vlrgmxa York Sally War Bonnle Brewer At the first of the year we collected forty four dollars and eighty cents ln the Red Cross Membershlp Drive Our first project was stuffed ammals and llallowe en favors Por Valentrne s Day we made decoratrons whxch were made out of paper dolhes and construction paper We mtend to make Easter favors Memorial Day decorations and hem some handkerchlefs and napkms We have cooperated wlth the Junlor Red Cross m Wxlmmgton whnch sent us necsesary mforma DRAMATIC CLUB By JEANETTE ELLIOTT txon Prcsrdenl Elame Rhoades SecrelaryfRuth Plummer Advrser Mrs Houston So far this year the Dramatic Club has sponsored one play We planned many tlmes to glve nt but somethmg always hmdered us We finally gave xt rn the Assembly on anuary 31 1947 We also gave It for the P T A on February 3 l947 On january 3l I947 Mrs Houston ordered three more plays We plan to gxve at least one of these this year After our first play we decxded to take a trxp The club voted to go to Washmgton Phlladelphla or Valley Porge The majorxty of the club decldecl to go to Washington Our group decided that lf we went to the Playhouse an Wrlmxngton to see a play lt would glve us some very good ld6aS about a play We don t know for sure wheth r we are gomg or not We have been studymg some dramatxc books on how to give plays They are The Best Plays of l94l and 942 One Act Plays Actmg and Playxng Stage Costummg and Producing Amateur Enter talnments Although our flrst play was a success we hope tc make a lot of xmprovement m the future LIBRARY CLUB By LARRY MUNDY Presrdenl Buzzy Lafferty Vzce Presrdenl Franklm Marsh Secrelary Larry Mundy Treasurer Skxpper Joseph Sponsor Mass Tarbert The Lxbrary Club learned how to stamp books and put them back m the right order We attended to other varlous dutles around the hbrary We had several qurzzes whlch came from some of the books ln the llbrary We are now practrcmg a play which we will have at the end of the year The members of the club are Larry Mundy Betty Hazel Buzzy Lafferty Mary Cavanaugh Albert joseph Wllllam Kmg Peggy Smith Phyllis Johnson Anna May Shaeffer Prankhn Marsh Dons Hazzard Bertha Carey Charles Farrell Louls Nobles Elsie War rmgton Betty Cooper lrene Rogers Nancy oseph Blanche Taylor MILITARY CLUB Bu JOSEPH HUSDON Colonel l lerbert Warren Lreuf Colonel Chfford johnson Major ack Schmrerer Squad A oe Hudson Wrllnam Carpenter Robert Maclntlre Gordon Donahue Duval Evans Donald Mltchell lames Brlttmgham Squad C Edward Steelman Raymond Elllott Donald Lynch Paul P Wilson ames Martm Roland Conaway George Gibson Albert Ash Squad B Cay: lam Robert Hall Lzeulenanl jack Dorman Serg ani Corporal P F C Prrvale Prrvale Prrvaie Earl Brlttmgham Rodney Hazel Lawrence Dodd B111 CIISP Thomas Marshall joseph Dodd Squad E Lzeulcnanl Howard Mnllman Sergeanl Earl Rutter Corporal ohn Smrth P F C Prwale Prrvate Prrvale Prrvae ames Pratt Kelly Foster Albert Rlckards The Mllxtary Club has as its advisor Mr Marsnllr We are workmg ln squads this year Concentratlon IS on the problem of dlscrphnlng the new members We have a competltlve program to retain rank ln the club The purpose of the club IS a pre lnductlon course to Uncle Sam s mllltray tralnlng PEP CLUB Presrdenl ,larmon lngram V1 e Pre rdcnl Patsy Lawton Secretary Treasurer anlc lngram Span sor Mlss Mary Mears The Pep Club was formed at the beginning of the school for the purpose of furthering good sportsmanship and to lead the students ln cheering the teams to victory Thxs year we purchased five cheerleading sweaters through the General Assoclatxon sold pennants and pms made posters adverhslng the games and secured a mascot We have five cheerleaders They are Janne lngram armon lngram Patsy Lawton Erwin Webb and Donald Steelman . b ' sl l . . v ' I . ' g ' 'g J A .r.. ' .. .. l T ' Samuel Russell ...... Caplain .,.. , .Robert l ludson ' - I - .' ' ,..,... ..,. J ' - . ' ..... . . ., . . ,ul .l . - - - , I -,, ,, I .. . . Q- 7 JA . V - ' ,I . D . ' . 20

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PRESS CLUB By MARGARET S FU RMS Edulorual Slap Peggy Warrungton josephyne Ccerun Evelyn Mutchell Busmess Managers Parke Perune Elva Marvel Donald Mutchell Ari Edulors Kenneth uullen Margaret Sturms Louu e Duckerson Secretary Treasurer Barbara Dayton Advusers Mr Kehs Muss Beebe The Press Club began the year by plannung for the Beacon Carnuval After several unterruptuons we pre sented a very successful Beacon Carnuval un january I7 l947 The funds receuved from the event auded un the productuon of our yearbook the BEACON The publuc has been unformed about school actuvutue and the members of the graduatung class through our wrute ups m the local newspapers The money collected from the Boosters Patrons and ads helped to balance the expendutures for the year books publucatuon We wush to thank everyone for thelr cooperation and generoslty After all plans and preparatuons were completed the BEACON was sent to press As an emblem of dustmctuon alll members of the Press Club purchased puns srgnufyung theur umportance We celebrated the completuon of the BEACON by guvung ourselves a Press Club Dunner at the Sequoua Tea Room un May The Press Club experuenced a very profutable year and the members were honored to edut the school year book Dayton Louuse Duckerson ,Iosephyne Cuuerun Sam Howarth Muckey Lawton Robert Lockerman Donald Mutchell Evelyn Mutchell Parke Penne Kenney uullen Theodore Ruchards Vurgunua Russell Betty Ann Shupley Fred Stevenson Margaret Sturms Elva Marvel Peggy Warrungton Dolly Whute MRS WALLS AND MRS HOUSTONS ACTIVITY By MARY WOLFE SHIRLEY WHITE and SALLIE ANN WARRINGTON Presudenl Albert oseph Vzce Presudenl Paulune Evans S crelary and Treasurer Shurley Whute In Mrs Walls actuvuty we are studyung about Japan and uts homes and uts way of luvung In Mrs Houston s actuvuty we are stressung current events We read articles from newspapers and maga zunes and guve oral reports We follow parluamentary procedure Many of the class subscrube to the Reader s Dugesl whuch IS unterestung TWIRLING ACTIVITY The purpose of the Twurlung Actrvuty us to have Twurlers and a Drum Majorette for the Hugh School Band Our unstructor Faye Whute us also a Drum Majorette There are flve gurls un thus actuvuty The twurlers go to Newark Delaware un the sprung whuch us the realuzatuon of one of theur achuevements for the year We are taught struttung and dufferent kunds of twurl mg The me'nbe s are as follows Betty Bryan Ruth Richards Vurgunua Deal eanette Elluott and Vurgunua Mutchell SERVICE ACTIVITY Presudenl Mary Shupley Vuce Presudenl ,lean Sharp Secrelar y and Treasurer oyce Sutton The Servuce Actuvuty was started late un the year but has progressed much un that tume We have made many posters for actuvutues ln school and outsude The chool s bulletun boards have been decorated at all tumes The rest of the year we plan to make a booklet fo the suxth graders that wull enter the seventh grade next year Thus book wull show them somethung of the eventh grade work and the duflerent thungs one must do un thus grade We all benefited from thus Actuvuty very much Members Barbara Bruttungham oyce Sutton lean harp Hester Donavan Mary Shupley Peggy Hastungs DRIVING ACTIVITY Presudenl Raymond Elluotl Secr lary Ethel Rutter Advuser Mr Marsullu Inslrudor Mr Hennung The purpose of the druvung actuvuty us to teach students the rules and regulatuons of the road and how to druve an automobule Every student was requured to have thurty hours of theory and eught hours of druvung We were requured to read two books entutled Man and the Motor Car and the Druvers Manual of the State of Delaware Some of the students gave reports on druvung We were requured to take an examunatuon guven bv the State Hughway Department Motor Vehucle Duvusuon We were requured to pass the examunatuon un order to take the druvung lessons After hus suxteenth burthday each student must to to Georgetown to take hus eye test and get hls lucense Members of the Druvung Actuvuty are Burton Ash Wulluam Carpenter Katherune Dodd Raymond Elluott Emmalane Ewung Ann Gannon Margaret Lockerman Clayton Melson Wulluam Ruchards Phyllus Ruckards Ethel Rutter Herman Smuth Alune Stevenson Mar garet Sturms Nancy Vaughn Wulluam Warrungton and Chrustune Wulson LIBRARY ACTIVITY Advrser Muss Tarbert The lubrary actuvuty us confuned to the seventh graders Thus organuzatuon us for the benefut of the students Under thus system the students enterung hugh school leam how to use books varuous files pertaunung the locatuon of book and the many essentuals concernung the lubrary They learn by dour g un thus actuvuty rather than by knowledge from a textbook - ,- V ,WJ Q A . - - . . . . I Q . S n . S . . . - : . . ' J ' M The members are: Dicky Brittingham, Barbara l - I - 4- Q . , . I . . . , . . A . V 1 r ' ' Y ' N' J . . . z . ' KI