Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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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

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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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