Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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CLASS We the Class of One Thousand N1ne Hundred and Fnfty two of Lewes Hrgh School belng of sound mmd do hereby declare this our last will and testament as follows To Kathryn Nlxllman and Rosann Lange goes Bea KFICC Thomas and Phyllls johnson s typxng abnhty Walter Bryan lnherlts Charlle Marshall s way of get tmg ln trouble aney lngram glves to her pal Bertha Carey her giggles Tom Marshall presents Carlton Bailey with the oot ball team ,Ioan Tharps place ln Chorus wlll be occupied by Mary Lou Rltter Shlrley Bryan leaves her height to Shirley Little To Sam Paynter goes R P Warrmgtons Romeo technique Hmlda Hawks bequeaths her shyness to Nora Buckley Elhngsworth armon Ingram leaves her basketball ablllty to Elaine ackson Bob Hall s gripes go to Carl Walls Dorothy Hadder donates her unusual 1d8aS to Susie Lafferty To Wanda Boteler oanne Roney leaves her red halr Bob Short entrusts the Student Councrl to Bull Burton anet Lorah rs left the softball team by Kay Bumsrde Douglas Melott mherxts Bull Wnllrn s abxlrty to blush Ann Hull leaves to Marne Papcxak her drwmg drsabnlrty To Rose Nobles and Betty Chappel go Chrlstene Murphy and Mary Willey s quietness Cordon Donahue bequeaths the baseball team Ronnle Donavan Dorls Short leaves her love for hrllbrlly music to ean Chfton Larry Knapp glves Dace Fltch his ablhty to daydream WILL ack Strltzmger lnhents Mr Moore s mechanlcal draw mg class from Albert Ash Helen Rltters seat on the bus will be occupied by anet Hexser Dorothy Brugge s way of gettmg along wxth people IS QIVCH to ,Iudv Atklns The B sketball Team IS entrusted to Sonny Colhns by Jlm Brlttlngham From Edna Schlldknecht Nancy Ward 1S left the hockey team Holmes Russell and George Gibson glve their friend shlp to B111 Lowe and Doug Roberts Betsy McGovern mherlts Sara Dormans ablhty to sung Donald Mltchell leaves hls drnvmg to Bob Doty Faye Steele s temper will be enjoyed by Mary Frances Dickerson ackson To Mike Hlll Jay Rowland s favorite nickname IS left Brll Crlsp bequeaths hls place m the band to Danny Thomas Nancy joseph leaves her Dodge to Brackme Porter Pat Lawton and Betty Conroy gave the squeaks ln the band to Cynny Raught Louls Nobles mechamcal abllxty IS glven to George Boys The Honor Soclety IS entrusted to ,Iaclue Souder by Mary Frances Omwake Gall Whlte lnherlts Alice Hess pleasant smlle The shop IS left to Barkley Wllson by Raymond Hall Clara Dlrks leaves her ablhty to laugh to Pat Miller We the Class of l952 wnsh the Class of I953 success and happlness In wxtness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this day of une 6 1952 Teslalars Class of l952 Wrlnesses The Faculty 'I D ' , . . . . . f - I The F. F. A. is entrusted to Gerald Tarr by Willard Duval Evans gives his quietness in Class to HOPPY J . . - I I y ' D . ' ' J . I I ' 1 . 1 to . . . . . 20

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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

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ROLL CALL Name Albert Ash .llm Brlttrngham Dorothy Brugge Shlrley Bryan Kay Burnsrde Betty Conroy Brll Crrsp Clara Drrks Gordon Donahue Sara Dorman Wrllard Ellmgsworth Duval Evans George Gibson Dorothy Hadder Raymond Hall Robert Hall Hrlda Hawks Alrce Hess Ann Hlll .laney lngram .Iarmon Ingram Phyllls Johnson Nancy Joseph Larry Knapp Patsy Lawton Charles Marshall Tom Marshall Donald Mltchell Chnstene Murphy Louls Nobles Mary Fran Omwake Helen Rltter .loanne Roney .lay Rowland Holmes Russell Edna Schrldknecht Dons Short Bob Short Faye Steele .loan Tharp Bea Thomas R P Warrington Mary Lou Willey Wllllam Wlllrn Noted lor Wavle halr Legs Forgetfulness Trnyness l ler colors Clarlnet l lrs trumpet Laughrng Speed Neatness Quretness Mumblrng Congenralxty Brarns Lateness Grrpes Shyness Her letters C-rggles Blushmg Drets Buddy Handsome men Freckles l ler compact Gettrng along wrth Mrs Walls Harrcuts Innocence Qunetness Whrslcers Fraternity pm Laughrng Her halr Eatrng Corny jokes Her one and only Nrclcnames Tallclng with hands ller temper Commercral abllrty One man Flxrtrng Wltty remarks Blushing I Secret Ambrtron l Sea captam Graduate from college See the world Nursrng Dancer Write a Love Lorn Column Own a Cadrllac Waves State Trooper Stlll a secret Make a mlllxon Axrplane prlot Horse doctor To be anonymous To travel Oh Brother' Please everyone Be famous Nurse C-ym Teacher A famous Arche ologlst Mrs B Cooper Marry Mr DuPont Fastest car Own a Cadrllac Drrve race cars Mxlllonalre Bachelor Waves Go to England Travel Llve ln Calrfornla Model Actress Barber Model Beautxcran Concert planlst Ballet dancer To be marr1ed Old maid 2000 acre ranch Somebody s wrfe Auto racer Destlny Navy Coast Guard Work Housewife Secretary Umv of Del Navy l wrsh l knew Yellow Jacket Speedway Secretary Navy Unlv of Del Army College Sergeant ln Army Navy Does anyone know3 Work Unxv of Penn SouthernSem1nary Southern Semxnary Travel Work Farmer Mrs G Donahue Langhorne Umv of Del Un1v of Del See far away places Navy Univ of Del Washmgton Unrv of Del Stephens College of Del of Mlamr l lard to te of Del of Penn Unlv Unrv Unrv Unlv Goldey Beacom Mrs B Metcalfe Husband Travel Univ of Del F avorlte Song Cry Heaven Knows Why Stardust l Don t Want To Be Free l Don t Want To Be Free Clarr de Lune Blue Moon lt May Be Sully But Arn t It Fun Cold Cold Heart Stormy Weather Stardust Slowpolce Egyptlan Ella Tell Me Why Come What May l ll See You rn My Dreams Whrte Chrrstmas Because of You Come What May Remember Me My Silent Love Laugmg on the Outslde and Crying on the ln Sl e GlVe Me a Kiss To Bur a Dream On Any Trme All the Things You Are Wanderrng Stardust ust One More Chance And So To Sleep Agam Clarr de Lune Desert Song Because of You Sophlstxcated Lady Blue Moon Who Stardust Down Yonder l labanara Stardust Because Be ause of You Black Smith Blues Let s Lrve a Lrttle lf You Knew Suzle Zl E on 1 . I u . F .p l A l l l l s . ..... p y p , . . N . Y .4 l , F. . l . l fQfffT -V l ' W l ' . ,..,., I ' t 5 l i - ' . .,r., r.,,. l - ....... F ,,,. r e l 4 -, F - l . . . r T l 'd ...... Q ' ' l v l . r....rr,,. 1 - 1 l .. V 1 - 'iiifcr I t ? 'Z 1 J y - ....s ys.s 5 a I i r ' . .... ' A . P . I l It ll F