Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE)

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CLASS OFFICERS Colm Webb President Vice President ames Warr1ngt0H TTC Wllllam Wilson Secretary asuref Clara WllSOI1 Motto Climb though the road be rough Colors Flower Blue and Silver Red Rose CLASS SONG QTune o ' I II Be Seeing You Words by Elaine Baringer We are leaving you And all lhe things at Lewes High Thai we have shared logelher wzih you All lhese years. Wilh a will lo win We II lake our failures in our slride Because we know success s door is alwa Now the world we ll meet And hope we'll never know defeal. We II cherish all our memories and joys of dear old Lewes High. We'lIel1mb although ihe road be rough And when we reach our goal We will lhink of Lewes High And we'll be seeing you. 9 ys open very wide.

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CLASSIHSTORY By CLARA WILSON Twelve years ago ln September l942 we entered the doors of Lewes School We brought with us the mterest to ach1eve a good educauon but also brmg mg a lot of fun and excitement whlch belleve me has Increased each and every year Fmanlv we finlshed our young happy days of the elementary grades and then took a great step entermg umor Hlgh School unlor hrgh school was started wlth a new and greater excitement Then we thought we were grown up for we were changing classes and keeplng a locker of our own We had many skatmg partles under the supervlslon of Mr Dillon There was a great deal of fun had at these partles and a good proflt for our treasury These two years flew rapidly by and then we passed into Hrgh School There dldn t seem to be much change ln the ad vancement except of course we started courses m our fre hman year whlch depended upon our plans for careers Mrs Warren our advisor helped us keep new and more projects gomg ln our final four years to acqulre money for our future plans As junlors we acquxred the prlvllege to the con cesslon stand We gave the SCHIOIS a Prom on May l 1953 Our theme was Moonlight and Roses We u ed hundreds of beautlful brlght red roses In our senlor year we sold candy and Chrlstmas CLASS cards Another project was the school store whlch we had acqulred from the PIEVIOUS semors We sponsored a movle and among our last projects we gave the class play Head Fxrst All proceeds of these projects went toward our semor class tr1p to New York Clty Classmates mlsslng from our class since unlor Hlgh School oy Hamllton C-eorge Howard Marlyn Bryan Mitchell Barbara FUIDISS ane MCKlttflCk Douglas Evans Harry Faust Wrlham Whlte Robert Nelson Patsy Cannon C-eorge Lowe Nancy Shockley Hazel ohnson Helen Mitchell lrene Lane Thomas Pugh Musco Adklns Vlrden Barley James Hartman Creorge Mltchell Ronald Murray CllHOl'd Cooper Though our years of school are completed our success 1n llfe IS just beglnnmg Havlng no xdea what l1es IH the future we head out into the world reluctantly lblddlng good bye to Lewes Hrgh with the Baccalaureate Servlce and Commencement We are leavlng with our class motto ln mlnd Cllmb though the road be rough POEM Together we have spenl lhe years From forty Iwo lo-H ly our Some fun we ve had some tears we ve shed And now our high school days have sped The trme has come la look ahead And say Clrmb though the road be rough We leave wzlh hopes or ulure brzghl Because 0 you Dear Lewes Hrgh Your azlh rn us will be our shield Your pairence wrll be our prrd Your hopes :deals and wzshes true To us wrll be our gurde When from these beloved walls we go Into the world so wzde - , . J, ' ... . J . 'I . .V . AI -r U I . . . sl. .uh . V .V -1 -I - - . f-f: V ' ff ' ' f 4 -. 8

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WILLIAM THOMAS ASH I 1.1. oo rr TOMORROW Blu.. FFA 4 Reporter 3 Vlce Presxdent I Mlnstrel 3 Rlfle Club 2 Drlver s Education I Gymnastlcs Club 2 Semor Press Club I Prom Committee I Dramatlcs Club I Baseball 2 Perfect Attendance 6 Harvest Ball 2 Delaware History Club I V Football 2 V Baseball 2 ,I V Basketball 2 Captam I B111 xs one of the humorous and practlcal Jokers of our class He IS always ready to take part ln anythmg the class undertakes He has been an active member of the F FA for 4 years Blll s future IS not dehnlte but he hopes to joxn the Alr Force soon after graduatxon The class smcerely wlshes hum the best of luck and happiness for the future ADELAIDE RUSSELL ATKINS WHAT coop ARE YA3 D Senlor Press Club I COLIIIIOD Club I Prom Commlttee I Folk Dancing Club I Drlver s Educatlon I unlor Press Club I umor Honor Soclety 2 Senior Honor SOCICLY 2 Dramatxcs Club 2 Hockey 2 Basketball 2 Gymnastlcs Club I Thesplan Socxety 2 Ad IS one of the attractlve and popular glrls of our clas She rs tal-:mg the sclentlflc course and plans to go to Wllllam and Mary College after grad uatlon Adelalde IS an active member ln class and has always been ready to lend a helplng hand and share IH the school actlvltles The class of 54 wlshes Adelalde the best of luck ln the future ELAINE LOUISE BARINGER WHAT333 ELAINE Senlor Honor Society 2 unlor Honor Society 2 Hockey 3 Soft ball I Basketball I scorekeeper I Varslty Club 4 Llbrary Club I Band 3 Photography Club I Gymnastics Club I Folk Dancing Club I Vlce Preslclent of Class I Chorus 2 Student Councll I Cotllhon Club 2 Perfect Attendance 9 Prom Commlttee I Senlor Press Club I Dramatncs Club 2 Nat1onalThesp1an Society I Senlor Class Play I Elame IS one of the humorous and well llked gxrls of the Senlor Class She has been wlth us for twelve years and has partlclpated ln both athletnc and scholastlc actnvxtles She can always be counted on to help wlth class act1v1t1es and has shared all our Joys and sorrows Elalne has declded to go to an Arr Lme Career School ln New York after graduat1on and the class of 54 wlshes her success ln all her undertakmgs CARL FREDERICK BARLEY JR KNOCK IT OFF' FRED Gymnastics Club I Basketball I Projection Club I Fred Jomed our class th1s year from Sellersvllle Pennsylvama Hrs grand personallty IS an outstandmg tralt He IS a hard worker and IS always wlllmg to lend our class a helpmg hand Fred plans to enter the servlce after graduatlon and then later go to College We are proud to have hxm as a member of the Senlor Class and we wlsh hxm the best of luck and success ln whatever he may do IO : . 1 : , , D. , .I , , - , . . . 1 , , 1 , , . : , . if 'V dl lv , .