Wendell Phillips High School - Phillipsite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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, OCEOLIA WILLIAMS Stenoqrapher G.A.A.. C.I.C. ORA WILLIAMS Stenoqrapher Honor Club, G.A.A.. Student Council, ACap- pella, C.I.C. STEVE ROBINSON WILLIAMS ,ry Chemist Intramural Sports, ACappel1a, Boy's Chorus. Honor Society C.I.C. THOMAS WILLIAMS Engineer C.I.C. LESLIE WILLIS Mechanic Mixed Chorus, Swimming Club. CATHERINE WILSON Children's Nurse G.A.A., C.I.C. annex air on gi 5.1 faf iffy Club, The Phillips Song. words and music. was written by Mildred Bryant Iones-teacher of music at DuSable High School, former- ly of Phillips High School. LYRATA WINGFIELD Social Service Worker Library Club, G.A.A., C.I.C., Girls' Service ACappella, Girl Reserve. ESTHER WOODS Typist G.A.A., C.I.C., Voice ol Phillips. ERNESTINE WOODY Satistician National Honor Society. Girls' Service Club. 3A Vice President, Student Council, Year Book Committee, Honor Society, G.A.A., C.I.C., Letter Club, Negro History Club, Voice of Phillips. HAYWOOD LEWIS YOUNG Chemist Football, C.I.C. ALTONIA YOUNKINS Nurse G.A.A.. C.I.C. ,WT 'lf' ,: ll ,. F ,1 , N 1 5 mv xg. ' Q ' fi y vi Q 4 I N v w I ha 93EaZ'Qf1i, Qwiiffifzi 595. p 1 fl il

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HELEN WATKINS Nurse G.A.A., Honor Club, C.I.C. WILLA WATKINS Dancer ACappella, C.I.C., G.A.A. LUTHER D. WATSON Engineer Band, C.I.C. MARCELLA DELINE WEBB Teacher G.A.A., Reporter, C.I.C., Library Club Honor Society, National Honor Society MARGARET WEBB Beautician G.A.A., C.I.C., Band, Negro Hxstory Club HAROLD WEST Engineer Intramural Sports Basketball Football Honor Society, National Honor Society Student Coun cil, C.I.C. own we is ANNIE LAURA WHEELER Teacher Honor Club, C.I.C., G.A.A. EDWIN LEROY WHITE Doctor ACappe1la, C,I.C. MARY IO WHITE Teacher LIBRARY Club, H ERMA WILKERSON Teacher C.I.C. IOSEPH WILLIAMS Aviator C.l.C-, Drama Club, Intramural Sports co ou 'zaacg f 5 ig 74

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l UNE CLASS PRGPHECY Los Angeles Cal1forn1a September 23 1958 Mr Roland Chamblee 57 E 57th Avenue New York New York My Dear Roland Much has transp1red SIHCS we met last I have traveled extenslvely over the Un1ted States and 1t so happens that I have a week of lexsure 1n the beau tttul Clfy of Los Angeles You w1ll of course remember that we were rem1n 1sc1ng about our class of Iune 41 and wonder1ng about our classmates Some we knew about about others we werent qu1te so sure As a s1del1ne to the research work for my new novel I dec1ded to look up some of them The results were qurte grat1ty1ng Th1s tr1p I planned carefully be1ng certa1n to touch many small towns as well as the larger ones Ioan Iohnye Taylor happened to be here collect 1ng matenal to t1n1sh her latest book The t1tle 1S not be1ng revealed so she dec1ded to accompany me as well as cont1nue her research as she wanted to glve her publtc shall we say another thr1ll as her pre v1ous ed1t1ons have done We left the c1ty v1a Amer1can A1rl1nes and ar nved rn Ph1ladelph1a Wlthln cr short t1me Amazrng how planes travel Wh1le hav1ng lunch at the Com modore 1mag1ne whom we ran across None other than pet1te I.1nn1e Shaw Remember? We d1d have a jolly reun1on She was to make her debut at the C1v1c Opera House and msrsted upon our staytng over We consented and secured box seats on the hrst balcony and were able to see many d1st1ngu1shed celebr1t1es Among those present were Alpha Wad l1ngton now starnng 1n a colossal mus1cal comedy on Broadway Boulden the tamed art1st was squrrmg h1s two best models shapely Beatrrce Blocker and Clesther Gaston How lovely they looked but 1f you w1ll re member they were always easy on the eyes V1rg1n1a Mart1n Fashlon Edltor of the Ph1ladelph1a Star arr1ved 1n the latest fad To our del1ght Lynns debut was a thnlhng success and the road to fame has just opened before her We w1shed her luck and left 1mmed1ately v1a bus for Pennsy1van1a Whmle ndrng through Pennsylvama we chanced upon the qua1ntest lrttle town known as Eutopan1a We had a three hour stop over so be1ng 1nqu1s1t1ve we dec1ded to 1nvest1gate as 1t m1ght prove benef1c1al To our surpnse we saw Chfford Hopps the Chrei of Pollce 1nspect1ng h1s force Wh1Ch 1ncluded Iames Paschal Ioseph W1ll1ams Steve W1II1GmS and Iames Hunt Qu1te a force dont you thunk? Clrfford took It upon htmself to escort us over h1s channmg c1ty whlch seemed to be tull of Ph1ll1ps1tes The towns lead1ng c1t1zen the banker was none other than Frank Barron wrth Arnett Holmes as h1s able asslstant The 1nhab1t ants surely had fa1th dont you thmk? There ahead of us on the corner was a beaut1tul church When we 1nqu1red about rt we were happy to learn that Theodore Rrchardson had ach1eved h1s l1fe long am b1t1on and was now clergyman 1n th1s farr Clly Wllh such outstand1ng geruus there IS reason for such a thr1v1ng town It must have been street clean1ng day for whom drd we see busy about hlS task as Jolly as ever but Malcolm Dcngre lust as we greeted h1m a da1ry truck whtzzed by whlch read McCl1ntons Dany Could that have been Fred? You can bet your boots lt was Gorng 1nto the res1dent1al sectton we saw many attracttve homes We passed a lovely whrte cottage wrth a tul1p garden and wh1le we were admmng rt the charm1ng owner came 1nto the yard To our sur pr1se It was none other than Yvonne Mart1n the gla mour g1rl We chatted for a wh1le and learned that Florence now a Temple Iacquel1ne Bell a school teacher and LOUISG Clemmons a dramat1c star l1ved 1n the same ne1ghborhood Due to the t1me we were unable to stay longer But lmCq1n6 th1s the1r mayor was a woman and guess who Amanda Iones who served such a splend1d term dunng our last year of school We d1d so regret to leave th1s town but w1th a sad Aloha we departed though our greatest a1m 1S to v1s1t Eutopan1a agam Resummg our places on the bus we sped along the h1ghway toward Wash1ngton We stopped 1n Alexandr1a to v1s1t Roland Stewart We had lunch at the Colonxal Club Here we met the reporter of the famous Tlt Tat column 1n the New York T1meS Iohnetta Felton She told us of the play Naomr Hale has wntten whxch 1S to co star Vlola Cross and Isaac ' ' ll I II I I I I . -I u - . I I I 1 ' , ' ' II I ll I I a I . . . I . I ll n I . ' . - . I . - U I II ' I 1 II - - He did succeed after a hard trial. ' ll I ll I, , I' , . I . I 1 I n 1 1 a ' I - I I I ' ' . l I ' I D . o 0 J . ' l - ll - - rl - . ' ' s n I I I I I ' ' I - I n q I a I I - I ' I I I ' I 1 I