Wilmington High School - Blue Chick Yearbook (Wilmington, DE)

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D Sf ar J WT xl T s. l TERTU AgN .... Wx , n KN '-TXQ7 VOTE iw JOHN - O Jgggg gd an p' PER coRP5 AKTY iilili TFGUSFGD RW A cold winTer day in January I944 saw groups OT upper classmen escorTing shaking lOB's To Their new homerooms. How sTrange iT Telf To realize suddenly ThaT a new world lay beTore you wiTh grown-up sTudenTs as iTs inhabiTanTs who carried on The business oT school acTiviTies smooThly and wiTh auThoriTy. Oh, how bewildering were Those TirsT Tew days which Tound you losT in a sea oT unTamiliar Taces and Toreign scenes! The Teeling oT depression was soon liTTed, however, by discovering new and inTeresTing personaliTies. As a resulT OT This ThrusT inTo new surroundings, new Triends. and new ideas, your ouTlook on liTe began a quick change, and in The Three years OT high school, has conTinued To do so aT record-breaking speed. Claude FosTer was our TirsT PresidenT. The oTher oTTicers included: Vice-PresidenT, JeanneTTe Monaco: SecreTary, Sara DeShong: Treasurer, Charles Tresslerg STudenT Council, Diane Kipp and Richard Wadman. The aThleTic girls immediaTely Tried Tor The Leader Corps. The iniTiaTion greaTly marred Their appearance: buT suTTering embarrassmenT was only The beginning, and despiTe The long hours and hard work, They loved iT all. C'ur class has reason To be very proud oT Their record in serving The school. Our TirsT social evenT was a combined parTy wiTh The lOA's To celebraTe The winning oT The compeTiTive play Elmer , The parTy was a huge success, buT The small number oT our class was easily recognized. By The Time The IOA Term was reached, The newness oT The school wore OTT wiTh The budding oT long-lasTing Triendships. As a lasT summer's Tling, we accompanied The ! lB's on a boaT ride. The weaTher- man Turned againsT us, Tor ThaT morning began as a dark, dismal day, and The river was heavy wiTh unpleasanT odors. NaTure's gloomy display Tailed To dim The pros- pecTs oT a good Time: dancing TeeT To The rhyThm oT TasT recordings and conTinuous laughTer managed To brighTen one spoT on The Delaware River. LaTer, Though, auTumn saw us seTTled down and sTudying hard. The promoTion in January I945 marked The TirsT year in high school. Along wiTh The consciousness oT belonging To The school, came The peculiar Teeling ThaT you had been There Tor ages and ages, junior high seemed so Tar behind. The commercials really began oTTice work wiTh daily Typing exercises and slow progress in shorThand, while The academics bore up under American hisTory and English grammar. Again we won The conTesT among The Three one-acT plays. This Time iT was The LosT ElevaTor . ThaT winTer was very long, and The lessons were excepTionally hard. There seemed To be no end To The grind. Do you remember your ioy when one sunny morning you awoke To find spring had silenTly crepT in Through The nighT? lnsTanTly There spread an epidemic oT spring Tever. How we all welcomed her arrival: plans were immediaTely made Tor a picnic aT Baynard STadium. On The day oT The evenT dark clouds ThreaTened iTs success, buT in spiTe oT showers The picnic Took place while joyous youTh laughed aT NaTure's Tears. We enioyed ourselves playing ouTdoor games wiTh hoT TrankTurTers and cold cokes Tor our reward. ATTer a wonderTul vacaTion, SepTember musT come, buT you were really happy To reTurn To school and reveal To your chums The evenTs oT The summer. IT was hard seTTling down To sTudies, because The elevenTh grade includes a heavy schedule. The pasT picnic was such a success, ThaT The class voTed Tor a repeaT perTormance. IT f , X V NIJ fix! l ca O KX, X f , ,f 4 an 'F K liUP ooww I -.-- 0 Lost Elevator Pl CN IC ,-gr' .kiwi T T32 y My I .. .mls PARTY A

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RICHARD WADMAN llDickll TaII, blond, and oh so handsome, Dick posseses all fhe desirable qualifies fhaf will make fhe girls' haarfs fluffer. Known as a regu- lar fellow , he has forged ahead in making himself an oufsfanding Ieader among his classmafes. THOMAS J. WALKER, JR. ..WaIk.. This mischievous fellow is one who makes a classroom rock wifh Iaughfer because of his hilarious anfics. Alfhough a Iiffle bashfui wifh fhe girls, he is immensely popular wifh fhe males, and gains their praise for his abilify in bas- kefball. CLAYTON C. WIEST. JR. CIarke This ex-G.I., a new addifion fo our class, has won many friends by his pleasing personalify. Clarke will always be remembered as a dashing, iovial spirif of life who brighfened fhe frials of ofhers while pracficing his falenfs fo per- fecfion. CLARKE F. REYNOLDS Corkay Slighf in build and spry as a rabbif, I'his veferan possesses a winning personalify and a grand sense of humor. Yes, you guessed if.-Clarke, of course. NORMAN BRADLEY Norm Shy and unassuming, his modesf manner wins him many friends. He is fhe mys'I'ery man of our vef- erans and refuses 'Io divulge any informafion abouf himself: how- ever, he does edmif a magnefic fascinafion for eyes. LAWRENCE B. MILLER Larry Who's fhaf fellow wifh fhe curly hair and big blue eyes? The one wifh fhe flashing smile and sef of dimples is nof Roberf Taylor. He is one of our vefsl DONALD P. FAGAN uDonu Quief and demure, 'Ihis ex-G.I. of Irish background speaks when spoken fo, buf nof because he can'f fhink of fhings fo say, for his inferesfs lie in many direcfions. Don has capfured fhe friendships of all wifh his nice plain way . J. SHIRLEY WALDMAN Jenny She is Iiffle, buf oh so big! Among her good qualifies, fhere is an alerf mind, honesfy, and ius- fice in her dealing wifh ofhar people. Serious fhoughfs find her riding fhe cloud of high ideals, buf when if comes fo iolly non- iense, Jenny is peppy and full of un. LEO A. WATERS, JR. ..Leo.. Welcome back 'Io Dear Old High ! A forceful member of fhe armed forces, he is back fo his sfudies wifh vim and vigor. Where, oh where, are fhere more like him. SYLVIA E. WIRTS NSY... Syl needs no infroducfion. The all-around girl of '47 is here in our midsf. Whaf a worker! Whaf an assef fo our class! Thanks for everyfhing, Syl. HAROLD W. GUNTHER nmggy.. Easy on fhe eyes and friendly, Harold is quife a dish! He has a wonderful sense of humor and is one boy who can fake if. Where do you gef your cheerfulness? ARTHUR W. O'BRIEN lIAr+ll A former PhMIfc of fhe Unifed Sfafes Navy, he infends fo con- finue in pharmacy. Alfhough a serious and reserved young man, he possesses a wide variefy of in- fe resfs. RICHARD FORD Dick Infroducing anofher G.I. who fraded fhe Army Khaki for a secondary educafion. Tall, dark, buf as sfubborn as a mule, he is quife affracfive fo fhe girls. Do you have a quesfion? Ask Dick for fhe answer. Whefher righf or wrong, he never hesifafes fo reply. BERNARD T. DOWD Irish He:-c's anofher new and wel- come addifion fo our class. He enfered via fhe Armed Forces of Ihe Unifed Sfafes. As far as class work goes, he has plenfy fo say in discussions or answering quesfions, buf fhis quief chap rarely parficipafes in fhose friend- ly Iiffle chefs on fhe side.

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Q CTC: T CQ f is, G PA RTY 3 Q 9 xvefqe AS ,ZR Q25 Tl-KANKSGIVING yy swf' JDE Q iv seemed we had grown older in Tive monThs, and The young ladies and genTlemen now occupied Themselves by singing camp songs and dancing To popular Tunes. FooTball season arrived wiTh a greaT maioriTy oT our boys on The Team. The class wishes To pay TribuTe To our TighTing TooTbail Team who Took pride in Their vicTories and were True sporTsmen in deTeaT. As IIA's we sponsored The annual Thanksgiving Day program which consisTed oT picTuresque porTraiTs explained by a small group OT choral speakers, and woven around The idea oT Thanks Tor peace. One morning in January I946, you suddenly awoke and Tound yourselT in IZB. IT was hard To believe ThaT aT lasT you had reached The l2Th grade, when iT seemed only yesTerday ThaT you Timidly walked Through The doors oT WilmingTon High School Tor The TirsT Time. During This Term, sTudenTs who parTicipaTed in exTra acTiviTies iusTly earned honored posiTions, such as The Leader Corps girls, who splendidly supervised all work in sporTs. OThers were equally ouTsTanding working willingly and conTribuT- ing unselTishly Tor The improvemenT oT The school. The social evenT This year oTTered music and dancing, buT The pupils and guesTs preTerred The various games. Mr. Fulmer, always an excellenT principal, proved To be a champ aT checkers. Miss FriTz was an added aTTracTion perTorming TorTune Telling wiTh cards. The end oT The Term broughT The STudenT Council elecTions, wiTh colorTul and clever posTers sTrung all over The school. The resulTs Tound William Hooper PresidenT, and Diane Kipp Vice-PresidenT. ATTer eleven and one-halT years OT work, sTudy, sacriTice, and enioymenT, The lasT year was greaTed wiTh a deep sigh. We have Tinally reached The lasT rung oT The ladder, where we were presenTed wiTh a ring represenTing hard sTudy and loyalTy To The school. Early preparaTions were being made Tor graduaTion, and one oT The earliesT was The siTTing Tor The picTures. WhaT a day oT exciTemenT ThaT was, wiTh The boys hand- some in Their besT suiTs and beaming Taces, and The girls very aTTracTive wiTh Their neaT and Trim appearances. The work To be accomplished in such a shorT Time wiTh such a small class was Tremendous. and many pupils carried sTaggering schedules, Though They had loTs OT Tun. This accounT was prepared beTore The anTicipaTed besT Times: The perTormance oT The hilarious comedy. You Can'T Take lT WiTh You : senior odd day, wiTh our original idea oT red devil caps: and ThaT unprecedenTed evenT, our own senior prom. AT This Time The graduaTing Class oT I947 wishes To express sincere graTiTude To our sponsor, Miss ElizabeTh Cloud, who guided The group Through Three years oT high school and who carried on her shoulders The burdens oT each individual, and To The WilmingTon High School TaculTy Tor Their aid and cooperaTion in all The acTivi- Ties oT our high school liTe including Their excellenT guidance and Their unTiring eTTorTs in providing us wiTh a Thorough educaTion. The brand oT WilmingTon High School has been burned inTo our hearTs, There To sTay Torever. As we pass Through her slowly closing doors Tor The lasT Time, we halT momenTarily, and wiTh a sob in our ThroaTs gaze upon ThaT inspiring moTTo, EnTer To learn, go TorTh To serve . 59123 s 92- JPSB55 ' CV ,Q Q +1 mi fx !X X abc 'D L4 ODD DAY .swf JWHS 52. f WHS o oo Zi. -I 1 fp GO FORT! ' MH JF' cmawlvm. M A fini? TO see- L-... - ,