Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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120 THE BEACON finest spirits ever sent among grow- ing boys and girls and now President of Elkins College in West Virginia. CLASS OF JUNE, 1910 Ten years ago last June, there graduated from the old High School Building, which was later destroyed by fire, a class of seven boys and seven girls, known as the Class of June, 1910. Today, we feel rather proud of our class as a whole, as we hear of the achievements of its vari- ous members in their chosen paths, and we feel, with what we consider a pardonable show of p ride, that we reflect only honors and glory to our “old school.” Our contribution to the World War included Steward Andrews, Parker Host and Jack Fitzgerald, all of whom served as officers in the U. S. Army. Stewart is now connected with the firm of Benson-Phillips, coal dealers of this city; Parker is the Manager of Hasler Company, one of the largest shipping agencies in this city, and Jack is still in the Army, Lieutenant Hugh John Fitzgerald, and at present is attending the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kansas. Archie Shankland is a very suc- cessful business man, holding a posi- tion of note and of lucrative return with the Bethlehem Steel Works, Bethlehem, Pa., in their Chemical De- partment. Duval Hudson, our old foot ball hero, continues to hold a responsible position with Saxon W. Holt Co., local wholesale dealers. David has been with this company during his en- tire business career, which speaks for how well he has performed his ser vices. The last news we had from New- man Bennett was that he was in Alexandria, Va., in the employ of the Southern Railway Company. “Pete,” as he is better known to his old class- mates, went to Alexandria to live shortly after his graduation, married a young lady of that town, and has visited back here, but we are unable to say at this writing just where he is. In a new office building on Twenty- eighth Street of this city is Dr. A. G. Morgan, Dentist — no other than our friend and classmate, “Green” Mor- gan. We have heard many expres- sions of satisfaction from Dr. Mor- gan’s patrons, and we are sure he has a successful career before him. In this “history” we have seemed to give our boys precedence, not from design nor from a feeling that their achievements have been more note- worthy than those of the remaining seven of our class, as we would now seek to show. The Class Valedictorian, Laura Carver, married shortly after her graduation to a young business man of this city and is Mrs. William Spen- cer. Flora Lash, the “artist” of the class, has been living in Philadelphia for the last four or five years, where she has made fame for herself as an artist, and has recently been honored by being given the position of Secre- tary to the Print Club of Philadelphia. Ruth Hudson moved away from Newport News several years ago and we are unable to find out just where she is or what she is doing. Lutie Morrison, after teaching in the local schools for a few years, mar- ried and is now Mrs. Jack Dove of this city. Elsie West was married a year or so ago and is now Mrs. Norvin E. Green of this city. Theo Harwood is the wife of Cap- tain Richard Cave, U. S. A., and is now making her home in Norfolk, Va. Eline Krisch, after attending Farm- ville, became a primary teacher in the local schools. Last summer Eline completed a course at the Columbia

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THE BEACON 119 All the members of this class are successful men and women and hon- ored citizens. Only one member is missing from the group, William A. Graff, a young lawyer of this city, and the Class Essayist, who died with the Influenza in 1918. Albert Osborn Loomis, the Presi- dent and Valedictorian of the class, was graduated from Cornell Univer- sity as a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and gave a good account of himself with the American Engineers in France. Alb ert instructed, in turn, all the girls of the class in Astron- omy, as it was not included in the regular course. Robert A. Davis, one of the most popular boys in the class, was gradu- ated from the University of Virginia, and after practicing medicine in our city, joined the colors, serving abroad in an English Hospital. He is again practicing in our city. Allen Davis, the mathematical won- der of the class, is a successful busi- ness man of our city. Clara Gresham Smith, the Class Salutatorian, after graduating from the Farnrville State Normal, taught in the schools here for a few years, and is now the wife of Doctor Lewis Stoneburner, a prominent physician of Richmond. A. Elizabeth Edwards, the second of the trio of Farnrville girls, was the Principal of the Highland Park and Stoney Creek Schools for several years when she became the wife of Mr. U. R. Hoyle, a newspaper man of Richmond, now on the staff of the Daily Press. Mae Marshall, the third of the Farnrville trio, taught school here in the city for a few years, afterwards becoming the wife of John D. Ed- wards, late lieutenant in the United States Navy. She is again teaching school. Elizabeth Curtis, after finishing at Hollins and the New England Con- servatory of Music, came home to be the companion of her father. She is now living in Charlottesville, Va. Anne Eatonia Daudridge, better known as “Torey,” always one of the best old sports in everything, is now Mrs. Lincove Stratton of this city. Maude Garner, the most beautiful member of the class, became the wife of Mr. Edgar Wertheimer, Jr., and now lives out on the Boulevard. Lillian Bonnewell, so well remem- bered for her gracious hospitality to the class, taught school for several years and then m arried Mr. A. C. Brown. She now lives in Craddock, Virginia. Olive Marlow moved to Washing- ton, D. C., and there married. Francis Stewart, the gifted soprano of the class, married James West, now a Washington editor, and resides in that city. Lelia Snell, our alto, whose duets with Francis, were always in demand, is now the wife of Mr. L. Bishop of this city and a popular business man besides. Lorena Holt, soon after graduating, went to live in New Mexico. She married Mr. William R. Blair and lives in El Paso, Texas. We hope some day she may come East. Lorena could always clean up after chemistry as no other member could. Lucy Moss, who could, as the old saying goes, “make a piano talk,” is our most recent bride. She is now Mrs. Morris, I believe. This ends the roll call of 1905, but we can not mention this class without recalling the names of first, our be- loved Instructor and Principal, vVil- liam C. Morton, afterwards Superin- tendent of the schools of Newport News, and now Superintendent in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and sec- ondly, that of James Allen, one of the

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THE BEACON 121 University and is now an instructor in the Business Department of the Walter Reed High School. And so ends the account of the do- ings of the “Brave Fourteen.” We found life very full and rich with blessing ' s, and we would not forget the part played by our school in mak- ing possible that much we have done. The associations of those days are very dear to us and often present in our memory, and perhaps there are those among us who would fain turn back the hands of Time and tread once more the halls of the “old school.” £bri$tma$ flight The beautiful doll is broken; The little tin horn won’t blow; The tree is shedding its tinsel; And the sun has melted the snow. Hushed are the bells in the steeple, And hang silent every one; And the children’s lids are drooping; For Christmas day is done. Yet we sit by the fire in the gloaming, 1 And we yearn for nothing more; It matters not that broken toys, And ribbons strew the floor. For our hearts are linked together, As we sit in the family ring, With a chain of the sweet old feeling, That only this day can bring. FRANCES GRAY, June, ’22.