Milton High School - Clipper Yearbook (Milton, DE)

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If ALFRED WILKINSON, leave the Senior’s elevator to the next year’s Seniors who will also have their ups and downs. I, ROBERT G. WILKINSON, leave my women or woman trouble to RICHARD SIEBERT. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above class of ‘55’ as and for our LAST WILL and TESTAMENT. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 1951- 1952 Just think! We’re in high school. This was the thought of everyone as we entered our homeroom on September 12, 1951. During our Freshman year our class increased from twenty-eight to the grand total of thirty-four. Since we were just getting accustomed to the high school activities, not many entered into them; however, our boys formed a basketball team that won the intramural championship all the way through school. Lina Clifton made the basketball team and Jim Gregory played first string football, as well as baseball. 1952- 1953 Our activities during the second year in high school were more numerous and varied. Mrs. Chambers became our homeroom teacher and class advisor. Under her direction we held a Sophomore Hop on November 14, and in May we terminated our year’s activities with a hay- ride, beach party at Prime Hook. During the course of the year, everyone belonged to at least one organization in the school, and by the end of the year, we were already looking forward to the prom which we would give the seniors the coming year. 1953- 1954 Prom time was the main topic of discussion in homeroom period during our Junior year. Our first problem was to make more money so that we could present an outstanding prom. This was accomplished by having a bake, a movie, and a play. The movie “Easy to Love,” was held at the Milton Theater through the courtesy of Mr. E. M. Scott. Our Junior play, “Boys About Bobbette,” was the first Junior play to be presented in Milton High School. Finally, after many weeks of preparation. May twenty-eighth came. The auditorium doors were unlocked for the school and the public to see “Davy Jones Locker,’ which was the theme of our prom. The class of this year brought new and numerous problems to prepare ourselves to face our final and most important year of high school. 1954- 1955 Senior year in high school is very exciting as we were soon to find out. Just after school started we began practicing for our play “Papa was a Preacher.’ At the same time we de- cided to have a year book and commenced to work on it. We presented a movie “Her Twelve Men” on November 14 and 15. When we went back to school after the Christmas vacation, we were looking forward to our Senior trip, which would take place sometime in April. As the end of our high school days grew closer, we faced our biggest problem of all. What should we do when we get out of school?

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CLASS We, the class of ’55 of Milton High School, Milton, Delaware, being sound of mind and memory do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our LAST WILL and TESTAMENT. I, BARBARA CLENDANIEL, leave my problems of love to BESSIE MILLMAN. I, LINA CLIFTON, leave my athletic ability to JEANETTE GROSS. I, BETTY CRIDER, leave my “Horse Sense” about boys to SHIRLEY PANUSKA. I, GEORGE DAVIDSON, leave my dancing ability to CLAYTON MOORE. I, SALLY DRAPER, leave my ability to wash cars to JANET HASTINGS. I, RONALD ELLIOTT, leave an old mangled Rook to JOHN HILL. I, EDDIE FIGGS, just leave. I, WILLIAM FISHER, leave my study hall in room 3 to EARNEST DONOVAN. I, JEANETTE GREELISH, leave my dancing ability to ELEANOR PEPPER. I, MARY JANE GREEN, leave all of my errors to anyone that is unlucky enough to get them. I, JAMES GREGORY, leave my ability in Chemistry to CLOYD BUSHEY. I, RUSSELL GREGORY, have very little to leave. I, ARLENE HESS, leave my loafing ability to KATHLEEN WORKMAN. I, CONSTANCE HOWELL, leave my cheerleading ability to GRACE WILLIAMS. I, FAY JEFFERSON, leave any extra abilities I might find to JOHN JEFFERSON; “Have to keep it in the family you know.” I, GLADYS JEFFERSON, leave my typing ability to BETTY LEGATES. I, TRUITT JEFFERSON, leave my weight to VERNON SMITH. I, THEODORE JONES, leave with EDDIE FIGGS. I, DORIS MILLMAN, can’t afford to leave anything. I, FRED REED, leave my quiet mind to LLOYD TYNDALL. I, HALL REED, leave my position in football to EARNEST DONOVAN. I, TILLIE SCOTT, leave to MABEL CARPENTER nothing because after my Senior year, there is nothing left. I, JULIA STEELE, leave my quietness in class to ELLEN YOUNG. I, JOSEPH C. WALLS, leave my ability to sleep in Economics class to DONALD PASS- WATERS. I, MARIANNE WARRINGTON, leave my position as guard on the basketball team to RUTHIE DRAPER. I, WILLIAM J. WELLS, leave my powerful muscles and exceUent physique to RONALD FOLKE.

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AMBITION AND DESTINY BARBARA CLENDANIEL GEORGE DAVIDSON LINA CLIFTON RONALD ELLIOTT ELIZABETH CRIDER EDWARD FIGGS SALLY DRAPER WILLIAM FISHER JEANETTE GREELISH JAMES GREGORY MARY JANE GREEN RUSSELL GREGORY ARLENE HESS TRUITT JEFFERSON CONSTANCE HOWELL THEODORE JONES FAY JEFFERSON FRED REED Vjl GLADYS JEFFERSON HALL REED DORIS MILLMAN ELIZABETH SCOTT JOSEPH WALLS WILLIAM WELLS JULIA STEELE RAY WILKINSON MARIANNE WARRINGTON ROBERT WILKINSON Floorlady at Sam’s Department Store Tinker Toy demonstrator Forward with the Philadelphia Warriors Search for tadpoles in drinking water Madame Thursday K. P. duty in National Guards Find the needle in the haystack Who knows Dance instructor at Arthur Murray’s Lecturer on Birds of Paradise Waldorf’s chief cook-bottle washer Tricycle mechanic Actress on Broadway Control Isaac’s Farm Power’s model ,, woieRV ' First to raise mashed potatoes World’s greatest physicist Scorekeeper for Alumni Team Mr. Peeper’s assistant Entrance manager for Soap-Box Derby Mrs. William Lyons Thirty school children President of Lee College Grow six feet tall Work in dime store Captain of U. S. S. Never Sail Private secretary to Admiral Nemitz Janitor of the White House