Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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M ELLEN BEATRICE THOMAS LAND SAKESI BEA Class Treasurer 4 Drxver s Educatlon I Junior Honor Soclety 2 Semor Honor Socrety 2 Office Practrce I Home Nursmg I Semor Press Club I Prom Committee I Perfect Attendance 3 Handrcraft Club I Class Play Bea IS one of the most actlve members m the semor class and she has always been wlllmg to do her share ln school actlvxtles She has proved herself very efh clent In the capacrty of treasurer of our class for four years As a commerclal stu dent she excels and wlll make someone a very good secretary We w1sh her the best of luck ROWLAND PAYNTER WARRINGTON WELL I 1.1. TELL You Semor Press Club 2 unlor Varslty Basketball I Varsity Basketball 3 Mrlltary Club I Good Etlquette I R P IS one of the tall basketball athletes ln our class He I8 well known for his engaglng personalxty and abllrty to get along wlth people He has been wlth our class smce the first grade and has stood as a prominent member For the past two years he has been on the yearbook business staff where hrs work has shown out standlng salesmanshlp qualltxes R P I8 takmg the general course and hrs future Iles ln the Navy H15 classmates wlsh hum the best of success nn the future MARY LOU WILLEY WHERE s CHRIS3 MARY Home Nursmg 2 Office Practlce I Drlver s Course I Handicraft Club I Prom Commxttee I Class Play Mary as she IS known to her many fnends IS a worthy member of the semor class She ns one of the quleter and shorter gxrls She IS also very studlous She has been wnth our class smce It orlgmated She IS engaged ln studymg the general course We are sure Mary will do well ln any Held she wlll choose Good luck Mary WILLIAM THOMAS WILLIN JR OH BE QUIET' BILL Current Events I Safety Commlttee I Mllltary Club I Art Actlvlty 2 unlor Honor Soclety I Etlquette Club I Semor Press Club I Driver s Educatxon I Vlce Presldent of Tenth Grade Cotllllon Club I Mathe matlcs Club I Office Practlce I Prom Commlttee I Perfect Attendance I Brll IS one of the tall handsome boys of our class He IS noted for his abllxty to get along wlth the glrls. He IS very actlve m the semor Press Club. Bxll IS tak ing the scientific course and though he is undecided about the future he has an interest in attending college. We know he will succeed in whatever he does. I8

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EDNA MAY SCHILDKNECHT You KNOW WHAT I MEAN EDDTE Varslty Club 2 Drmvers Educatlon I Prom Commlttee I Ofhce Prac tlce I Hockey 2 Basketball 2 unxor Press Club 2 Senlor Press Club I Class Play I Perfect Attendance I C0tllIl0n Club I Cymnastncs Club I Softball 2 Current Events I Pep Club I Property Commlttee I llandl craft Club I Vlce Presldent of I lomeroom President of Semor Press Club I Edna IS one of the small wltty glrls who IS sure to be found ln a black 98 She has been wlth us slnce the hrst grade Edna IS taking the commerclal course an plans to enroll nn the UHIVETSIIY of Mlaml There she w1ll study to be a com merclal teacher We are Ceftaln that with her ablllty she wlll succeed ln what ever she undertakes DORIS LEE SHORT OH MY LANDS' SHORTY Drivers Education I Senlor Honor Society 3 Ofhce Practlce I Home Nursing I Senior Press Club I Prom Commlttee I Ilandlcraft I Perfect Attendance I unlor Honor Soc1ety 2 'Hof Dons has been active m the Honor Society Press Club and other school ac 'T tlvltxes Also ln class aCtlVltlCS she IS always there to help Dorxs has always enter tamed the class with her smgmg and wxtty jokes She has taken the commerclal course and may be a secretary or a beautlclan Good luck Shorty ROBERT CANNON SHORT OH MY LAND' IIERM Band 7 County Band 3 Chorus 2 County Chorus 2 Football 3 Baseball 2 Rifle Club 2 Student Council 5 VICC Presldent of State Student Coun cll I President of Sussex Student Councll I President of Student Council I President of Class I unlor Honor Soclety 2 Senlor Honor Society 2 Homeroom Presldent 3 Bob IS very well Ilkecl with the glrls as well as with the boys He IS very actlve 'M' 1n hls class work as the Presndent He IS president of the local Student Councll State Representative to the Student Council meetlng ln Boston and also vlce presl www years He IS takmg a sclentmfic course and plans to go to college to major m engl neerlng C-ood luck Bob ln whatever you undertake ij X BUENA FAYE STEELE I DON T BELIEVE IT' PAYE Band 3 County Band 2 Chorus 3 County Chorus I Drlvlng Course I Prom Committee I unlor Honor Society I Cotllllon Club I Perfect Ar tendance 3 unlor Press Club I President of Band I Shop Actlvlty I Music Harmony Class I Class Play I Pep Club I Property Commnttee I Faye has been very actlve ln all school actlvltles especlally ln muslc She as participated ln chorus and band for three years Taking the academle course Faye hopes to enter college thls comlng fall and major ln muslc We are certain that she wlll succeed ln whatever she undertakes JOAN REBECCA THARP I DON T KNOW' BECK, Basketball 4 Hockey I Softball 3 Chorus 4 Band I Varslty Club 2 Drivers Education I Perfect Attendance 2 Handicraft Club I Class Play Junior Press Club I Prom Commlttee Ofhce Practice Becky one of the shorter gxrls of our class could always be found playing hockey baseball and basketball throughout her hugh school years oan IS well liked by her classmates Shes taking the commercial course and plans to enter business college ln the fall We wish Becky good luck IH future undertaklngs 4 i 4ff4Af'f'fIM ' : I: :J ' In - : ' I w 1 : . - , V : . . ' , X' ' . . ' . U . . I . A .Sf ' : J . , . I I I -' 1 I ' . : .I ' ' I 1 ' ' : g n HHII I . . . . . I . . I., t ' . ' - ' . ' . . . H fl 5 X dent of the.State Student Council. He has been a member of the band for seven 1 -wr ' ' ' ' 2 ,I I f I it , 4 K ww W! g Y I I' ' S .I I 5 ' ' 3 H I I I I i I . fi , ff It L' I I7

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CLASS PROPHECY By DOROTHY BRUGGE At last after savrng every penny for an rntermrnable ten years I was ready to realrze a long cherrshed dream a trrp around the world When my luggage was prled rnto the back seat of my convertrble I waved good bye to dear old Lewes and drove on I drdn t really drrve far when I ran out of gas rn front of a new fully equrpped servrce statron whose owner was a former classmate Lours Nobles I had no need to stop agarn untrl I reached Phrladelphra where I went to Dorrs Short s Beauty Salon Srnce my corffure was done rn trme we went to hear Phyllrs ohnson grve a speech on her extensrve travels I had to leave rmmedrately because I had accepted a cordral rnvrta tron to spend the nrght at the home of Mr and Mrs Brll Metcalfe Beatrrce Thomas Gorng out of my way I stopped to see Professor Dorothy E Hadder who rs the head of the Natronal Scrence Development Department Srnce I made good trme I was able to catch the last performance of Mr Robert Short the famed concert pranrst Many curtarn calls later h told me hrs success was largely due to hrs manager Patrrcra Lawton Durrng the mornrng of the day of the lrners sarlrng I phoned Powers Model Agency to speak to Edna Schrldknecht and Joanne Roney whose prctures have appeared rn all leadrng magazrnes Later on the deck of the SS Waslrmglon I was pleased. to have the former Shrrley Bryan and her four lrttle cherubs see me off Spenclrng a lersurely after noon I was rnterrupted on my way to drnner by the tarn s table Unable to understand why I made my way to the captam s table where who should be seated at the head of the table but Captarn Albert Ash After dmner I was led to the huge ballroom From hearrng the dreamy musrc outsrde I wasn t surprrsed to see the well known Brll Crrsp and hrs orchestra wrth hrs featured vocalrst Sara Dorman In my spare trme durrng the trrp I read Love s Last Stand by Betty Conroy a famed love lorn columnrst When we docked rn England I met Second Lreu tenants Chrrstene Murphy and Clara Drrks who were leavrng for the Unrted States after two years servrce rn Morocco I had tea wrth actress ay Rowland whose command performance of Romeo and ulret for the queen of England was the followrng nrght One of my many actrvrtres rn Parrs was to attend the brrl lrant drsplay of tap dancrng by Kay Burnsrde whose success rs at rts zenith On my route from France I stopped at the enormous port of Marserlles to talk to Admrral Bob Hall Accrdentally armon Ingrams path crossed mrne rn Spam where she had a lecture tour on archeology Wantrng a thrrllrng huntrng expe drtron I accepted Tom Marshall s the multr mrllron arre tycoon offer to jorn hrs party Besrdes the huntrng I enjoyed talkrng to hrs secretary Helen Rrtter who explarned how she managed hrs many busrnesses I Iran I decrded to spend a portron of my trme dorng nothrng rn Duval Evans spacrous hotel Hearrng about the burldrng of another branch office of the lnternatronal Electrrc Company rn Delhr Indra I boarded a plane rn order to renew old acquarntances wrth the owners Holmes Russell and Donald Mitchell Upon enterrng the office I realrzed the efhcrency needed by therr secretary oan Tharp ln Chrna I made an apporntment to talk to Ambassador Roland Paynter Warrrngton who has brought about under standrng for Unrted States rn many natrons Havrng to leave I boarded the boat wrth a former school chum Mary Frances Omwake She was a mathemarrcs teacher who was vacatronrng rn apan also Every nrght durrng the voyage we were enter tamed by the famous musrcran Faye Steele Walkrng clown the gang plank I waved to Admrral ,Irm Brrt trngham head of the Unrted States Coast Guard Leavrng San Francrsco I flew to Tucson Arrzona where I went to Brll Wrllrn s two thousand acre ranch Whrle we were eatrng dmner George Crbson the veterrnarran walked rn to check up on some srck horses I trred to persuade both to come to Mexrco because Nancy Joseph and her husband were meet prng at Bryan Texas I spent a pleasant day chattrng wrth Mrs Rrchard Shockley CAlrce Hess, In St Lours I notrced a newly establrshed hosprtal named for rts founder Doctor ane Ingram Entermg the hosprtal I bumped rnto Ann Hrll the Drrector of Nurses who showed me to a patrent s room I wasn t surprrsed to see I-Irlda Hawks sufferrng from a relapse trymg to please everybody The following week all cars were headed to the Indranapolrs Speedway The World Champronshrp of Hot Rod Racers was bemg run be tween Al Donahue and Gus Marshall Therr cars were furnrshed by the Hudson Hornet dealers Larry Knapp and Raymond Hall of Loursvrlle Ken tucky I flew back by way of Washrngton D C where I was rn trme to catch the afternoon game of Washrngton Senators managed by one of my old classmates Wrllard Ellrngsworth When I reached Delaware I stopped by to see Mary Wrlley who lrves on a modern farm Reachrng the outskrrts of Lewes I knew that rt rs the best town rn the natron JINGLES Albert Ash Albert has a mechanrcal mrnd A better one rs hard to find Shrrley Bryan Shrrley rs so lrttle and blond But the class of her rs fond Jrmmy Bnttmgham rmmy Brrtt that tall tall guy Can always make the women srgh Dorothy Brugge Dorothy rs a sweet lrttle a To everyone she rs a pal Kay Burnsrde Many successes she wrll see If a dancer she wants to be Betty Conroy Betty who rs rn the band ls always wrllrng to lend a hand Gordon Donahue Cordon rs a speedy guy And how he makes that Burck fly Clara Drrks Clara plans to be a WAC She ll be a success and that s a fact ltfllfllllllfl un pay: . - . . D' I . I . , . 'A n ' I I 7- A . l . . . ' . , e . . h , - porter who gave me an invitation to dine at the cap- ing me, and, later, we would go to a bull fight. Stop- ' v . . g I, I U . , Q ' 1 ' .ml I9