THE

SENIOR

BEACON

JUNE 1932

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Graduates:

May your success

at this time lead you

Compliments

of

Broadway Shoe Store

into greater successes

in the years to come.

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3024 Washington Avenue

Founded 1891 — Newport News, Virginia

About fifty per cent of the graduates

of Newport News High School go to

College.

Will you be one of these ?

Now’s the Time to

Start Saying

BEACONNewport NewsHigh School

Newport N|ews Virginia

To The Seniors

-- "'D/im vivimus, vivamus!” -

- "While we live, let us live!" --

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Let us endeavor always to exemplify our motto in its

deeper sense, worthily spending our lives in rendering

the broadest service to man.

Let us, the class of June ’thirty-two, here resolve our

heart and mind to be ever devoted to fraternal thought

and universal service.

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MRS. MAE M. EDWARDS

Senior Statistics

OFFICERS

President Winthrop Gay

Vice-President <. Lee Dickinson

Secretary , Dena Jensen

'treasurer . Randolph Tucker

Student Council Representative Sarah Seammon

Sponsor Mrs. Mae Marshall Edwards

COMMENCEM ENT SPEAKERS

Valedictorian Dorothy Satchell

Salutatorian Sarah Seammon

Choice of Class James Boutchard

Choice of Faculty Anne Seney, Esther Cutler

COMMITTEES

Pennant Committee Ring Committee Scrap Bag Committee

Willard Schreck Sidney Edwards Lee Dickinson

Richard Ilebble George Soar Willard Schreck

Susie Dickinson Sarah Seammon

Invitation Committee Motto Committee Flower Committee

Anne Seney Margaret Gunter Susie Dickinson

Randolph Tucker Esther Cutler

Mary Diggs Anne Seney

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First row (from left to right): Walter Smith, Frances Price, Anne Seney, Dorothy Satchell. Sarah

Scammon. Helen Honick, Nancy Parker. George Soar.

Second row: Spencer Plummer. Phyllis Allen, Rose Johnson. Dena Jensen, Ethel Nelson, Esther

Cutler, Apollon Orphanidvs.

Senior Honor Students

This group of students will ever stand out as superior. For the last four

years these sixteen seniors have been members of the one class.

Each semester senior students having a B average or above for work done

during the four years of their high school career are selected as honor students.

Dorothy Satchell is the valedictorian this year. Sarah Scammon won second

place as salutatorian.

Because of their high places of honor both girls are commencement speak-

ers. Dorothy will speak on “The High School as the Center of Community

Development.” Sarah’s topic will be “The Necessity, in a Democracy, for

Education for Citizenship.” Both girls have been outstanding in activities as

well as in scholarship. They are members of the National Honor Society, an

organization for students superior in scholarship, leadership, character and

service. Sarah is president of this society.

In order of their scholastic standing the honor students are Dorothy Sat-

chell, Sarah Scammon. Esther Cutler, Anne Seney, Helen Honick, Frances

Price. Walthall Rogers. Phyllis Allen. Ethel Nelson, Walter Smith, George

Soar. Rose Johnson. Dena Jensen. Apollon Orphanidys, Nancy Parker and

Spencer Plummer.

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WINTHROP C. GAY

Class President ’31. ’32; Home Room Of-fices: “My Spanish Sweetheart”; Cast of

“Crimson Star,” “Three Live Ghosts,” “Little

Old New York”, “Houseparty,” “The RoyalFamily,” “Coming of Arthur”; Sesqui Pa-geant; Football '28, ’29; Basketball ’28, ’29;

Thespians ’31, ’32.

LEE DICKINSON

Football ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Beacon Staff ’29,

’30, ’31, ’32; Home Room Offices; Track ’30,

’31, ’32; Debate Team ’31; Vice-PresidentSenior Class ’32.

DENA JENSEN

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”; Cir-

culation Staff of Beacon ’31; Staff of “House-party,” Senior Plays, “The Royal Family”;Class Offices ’32; Literary Club ’31, '32;

Beacon Typist; Sesqui Pageant; Honor Stu-dent; Thespians ’32; Usher ’31.

RANDOLPH WILEY TUCKERLatin Club ’28, ’29; Home Room Offices;

Junior Hi-Y Club ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”;Class Offices; Football ’30; Senior Hi-Y Club’30; Beacon Staff ’30, ’31; Student Council;Keeper of the Pound; Spanish Club ’31;

Basketball ’31, ’32; Cast of “Houseparty”;Sesqui Pageant; Chairman of Student Coun-cil Constitutional Committee ’31, ’32; Vice-President Student Council ’32; Literary Club’32; Tennis Team ’32; Senior Invitation Com-mittee.

SARAH LOUISE SCAMMONClass Offices ’29, ’30; Home Room Offices;

Student Council ’30, ’32; Readers Club ’31,

’32; Girls’ Athletics ’29, ’30; Literary Club’30, ’31, ’32; Writers Club ’31, ’32; NationalHonor Society ’31, ’32; Quill and Scroll ’32;

Beacon Staff ’32; Co-Editor of Senior Beacon;“Rip Van Winkle”; Salutatorian.

BERNICE ESTELLE WRIGHT“Rip Van Winkle”; Type Certificate ’31;

Sesqui Pageant; Readers Club ’31, ’32.

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ANDY ABBITT

Student Council ’28; Home Room Offices;Captain of Home Room Basketball Team ’27,

’28; Sesqui Pageant.

PHYLLIS ELIZABETH ALLENFrench Club ’28, ’29; Beacon Staff ’29, ’30;

Glee Club ’28, ’29; Home Room Offices; Writ-ers Club ’30; “Rip Van Winkle”; State andDistrict Shorthand and Bookkeeping Contests’31; Staff of “Houseparty,” “The RoyalFamily”; Secretary of Mr. Weiss; Honor Stu-dent.

MARY LORENE ALLMONDLatin Club ’28; Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Student Council ’30;

Usher ’31; Home Room Offices; Sesqui Pa-geant; Staff of “Houseparty,” “The RoyalFamily”; Home Economics Club ’31, ’32.

FRANCES T. AMES

Home Room Offices; Girls’ Athletics ’28;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Type Certificate ’30, ’31;

Readers Club ’31; Sesqui Pageant.

AIMEE H. ASHBURN

Glee Club ’28; Home Room Offices; Girls’

Athletics ’29; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,”“Little Old New York”; Type Certificate ’30,

’31.

RALPH TERRILL BAKER

Latin Club ’28, ’29, ’30; “Rip Van Winkle”;Writers Club ’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant; Staff

of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family” andSenior Plays; Junior Football ’31, '32.

CHARLES W. BARCLAY

Football ’26, ’27; Track '27, ’28; Home RoomOffices; Midget Football Team ’31.

LINDSAY BIGGER, Jr.

Home Room Offices; Staff of “Is Zat So?”,“Buddies”; School Cheerleader ’29, ’30, ’31.

GEORGE WILLIAM BLANCHARDHome Room Offices; Football ’30, ’31; Span-

ish Club ’31, ’32; Staff of “Houseparty,” “TheRoyal Family”; Sesqui Pageant.

JANE FRENCH BOWENGlee Club ’28, ’29, ’30; Home Room Offices;

Latin Club ’28; Usher ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; SesquiPageant; Math Club; Staff of “The RoyalFamily.”

PERRY HENRY BREON

Home Room Offices; Beacon Staff ’29;

Usher ’29, ’30, ’32; “Rip Van Winkle”; Staffof “The Royal Family”; Sesqui Pageant.

NORMA RAY BURROUGHS

Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29; Home Room Of-fices; Class Cheerleader ’29, ’30; Cast of

“Knave of Hearts”; Staff of “Rip Van Win-kle,” “Three Live Ghosts,” “Little Old NewYork,” Senior Plays, “The Royal Family”;Type Certificate ’31.

GERTRUDE CALF

Home Room Representative ’31; Home RoomOffices; Math Club; Home Economics Club ’32.

EDITH MAE CARTER

Type Certificate ’31.

EVELYN TYNDELL CLIFTON

Latin Club ’28, ’29; Cast of “Knave of

Hearts”; “Rip Van Winkle”; Literary Club’30, ’31, ’32; Glee Club ’31, ’32; Home Eco-nomics Club ’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant; TypeCertificate ’31; Staff of “The Royal Family”;Senior Beacon Typist.

JAMES EMMETT CURTIS

Football ’28, ’29; Track ’29, ’30; Home RoomOffices.

ESTHER VIRGINIA CUTLER

Home Room Offices; Girls’ Athletics ’28,

’29; Student Council ’29; Usher ’29, ’30, ’31,

’32; Glee Club ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; “Rip VanWinkle”; Octette ’30, ’31; Winner of SpeechContest ’30; “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”;National Honor Society ’31, ’32; Cast of

“Houseparty” and “The Royal Family”; Staffof Senior Plays; Literary Club ’31, ’32; Ses-

qui Pageant; Winner of Reading Contest ’32;

Honor Student.

EDNA MAE DANIEL

Glee Club ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Girls’ Athletics’29, ’30; Latin Club ’29, ’30; Usher ’29, ’30,

’31, ’32; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,” “Little

Old New York,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,”“Houseparty,” Senior Plays and Senior Skit;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Beacon Staff ’30, '31;

Home Room Offices; Sesqui Pageant; Liter-

ary Club ’32.

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JOHN DEAL

Home Room Offices; Track ’29, ’30, ’31;

Basketball ’29, ’30; Class Officer; “Rip VanWinkle”; Glee Club ’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant.

DONALD DELINGER

Orchestra ’30, ’31, ’32; Band ’30, ’31, ’32;

“Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Robinson Cru-

SUSIE EAGER DICKINSON

Class Offices ’28, ’29; Glee Club ’28, ’29,

’30, ’31, ’32; Latin Club ’28, ’29; Home RoomOffices; Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29, '30; SchoolUsher ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Writers Club ’31, ’32;

Beacon Newspaper Staff ’31; Literary Club’31, ’32; National Honor Society ’31, ’32; Staffof “The Royal Family.”

MARY OLIVIA DIGGS

Cast of “Buddies,” “Three Live Ghosts,”“Houseparty,” “The Royal Family”; StudentCouncil ’29, ’30; Glee Club ’30; “Rip Van Win-kle”; Thespians ’30; Literary Club ’31; Staff

of “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Little OldNew York,” Tournament Plays.

ANN JACQUELYN DUDLEY

Beacon Staff ’28; Debate Club ’28; StudentCouncil ’28; Home Room Offices; Usher ’29,

’30, ’32, ’32; “Rip Van Winkle”; Staff of

Senior Plays, Tournament Play, “Little OldNew York”; Cast of “Houseparty.”

CATHERINE McINTYRE DUNBARHome Room Offices; Cast of “Rip Van Win-

kle.”

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AMANDA CATHERINE DYKEGirls’ Athletics ’29; Home Room Offices;

Rip Van “Winkle”; Sesqui Pageant; HomeEconomics Club ’31, ’32.

LUCILLE EASTMANHome Economics Club ’31, ’32; Math Club;

Staff of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family,”Senior Plays.

SIDNEY PRITCHARD EDWARDSFrench Club ’28; Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29,

’30, ’31; Athletic Letter ’29; Literary Club’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Class Officer ’28; Usher ’29,

’30, ’31, ’32; “Rip Van Winkle”; Glee Club ’30,

’31; Sponsor Senior Hi-Y Club ’30; Staff of“Three Live Ghosts,” “Legend of SleepyHollow,” “Little Old New York,” Senior Plays;Beacon Staff ’30; National Honor Society ’31,

’32; Debate Club; Ring Committee; SesquiPageant; Assistant Director “Houseparty.”

AGNES M. EICHELBERGER

Student Council ’29; Home Room Offices;Girls’ Athletics ’29, ’30; Type Certificates ’31;

Beacon Staff ’31, ’32; Senior Beacon Staff’32; Home Economics Club ’32; Dances for“Knave of Hearts.”

ELLEN MAE EPPARD

Home Room Offices; Staff of Senior Plays;“Houseparty”; Home Economics Club ’31;

Beacon Staff ’32; Cast of “The Coming ofArthur.”

ROBERT ETHERIDGE

Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,” “Oh, Mr.Moon,” “Little Old New York,” “The RoyalFamily,” “Robinson Crusoe,” “Legend ofSleepy Hollow,” Tournament Play ’31; SeniorPlays; Thespians ’31; Sesqui Pageant; HomeRoom Offices; Gateman ’31.

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EDGERTON B. EVANS

Home Room Offices; Bronze Type Pin ’29;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Cast of “The Royal Fam-ily,” “Dizzy Baton”; Staff of “Little Old NewYork,” “Robinson Crusoe,” “Houseparty,”“Three Live Ghosts”; Silver Type Pin ’30;

Type Certificates ’31; Sesqui Pageant; The-spians ’32; Literary Club ’32; “Legend of

Sleepy Hollow”; Glee Club ’31, ’32; State Com-mercial Contests ’31; Beacon Staff ’31, ’32.

ETHEL IRENE FISCH

Hikers’ Club ’29; Writers Club ’29, ’30, ’31,

’32; “Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices;

Sesqui Pageant.

VINCENT dePAUL FORETICH

Football ’28, ’29; Track ,29, ’30, ’32; HomeRoom Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”; Sesqui Pa-geant; Class Officer ’31.

VELTA BEULAH FURMANClass Officer ’32.

ELLA WAINWRIGHT FYFE

French Club ’28; Girls’ Athletics ’29; “Rip

Van Winkle”; Type Certificates ’31, ’32; HomeEconomics Club ’31, ’32.

BETTY PAGE GARY

Glee Club ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Secretary-Treasurer Readers Club ’29; Secretary Read-ers Club ’30; Literary Club ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Writers Club ’30, ’31, ’32;

Home Room Offices; Sesqui Pageant; Staffof “The Royal Family.”

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H-BEACON

LOUISE MAY GILDNER

Latin Club ’29. ’30; Basketball ’29; TypeCertificate ’31; “Rip Van Winkle”; Home Eco-nomics Club ’31, ’32.

WILLIAM GLEASON

Literary Club ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”;Spanish Club ’30, ’31.

SARAH GOLDBERG

Student Council ’28; Home Room Offices;Class Officer; Debate Club '29; Type Certifi-cate ’30; Staff of “The Royal Family.”

SADYE GOODMANOrchestra '29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Cast of “Knave

of Hearts”; “Rip Van Winkle”; Beacon Typist’31; “Robinson Crusoe”; Staff of “Three LiveGhosts,” Senior Plays; “Legend of SleepyHollow”; Type Certificate ’31.

MYRL GRAYStaff of “Three Live Ghosts,” “Little Old

New York”; Home Room Offices; Glee Club’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant; Office Force ’31, ’32;

Tvpe Certificate ’31; Home Economics Club’32.

MARGARET GUNTER

Glee Club ’28, ’29 ’30. ’31, ’32; Home RoomOffices; Southern Music Conference at Ash-ville ’29; Staff of Senior Plays, “Three LiveGhosts,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” “Little

Old New York,” “Houseparty,” “The RoyalFamily.” Tournament Play; Sesqui Pageant;Thesoians ’31, ’32; Type Certificate ’30;

Motto Committee ’32.

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LYMAN THOMAS HANEYAdvertising Staff Football ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31,

’32; Advertising Staff Basketball ’29, ’31;

Home Room Offices; Cast of “Legend ofSleepy Hollow”; Staff of “Houseparty,” “TheRoyal Family”; Track ’32.

RICHARD H. HEBBLE

“Rip Van Winkle”; Sesqui Pageant; Gate-man ’31, ’32; Spanish Club ’31, ’32; Staff of“Houseparty,” “The Royal Family”; WritersClub ’31, ’32; Beacon Newspaper ’31; HomeRoom Offices.

JIMMY L. HENKELCast of “Crimson Star”; Basketball ’28, ’29;

Home Room Offices; Office Helper ’30; Track’31; Literary Club ’31, President ’32; SesquiPageant; Math Club ’32; Student Council ’32.

SLATER VINCENT HOLLANDCast of “Crimson Star”; Home Room Of-

fices; Staff of “Houseparty,” “The RoyalFamily”; Sesqui Pageant.

HELEN HONICK

Home Room Offices; Student Council ’29;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Staff of “Three LiveGhosts,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “LittleOld New York,” “Houseparty,” and SeniorPlays; Commercial Contests '31; Thespians’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant; Debate Team ’32;

Honor Student.

ANN ELIZABETH HUNDLEYGlee Club ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Girls’ Ath-

letics ’28; “Rip Van Winkle”; Sesqui Pageant;Staff of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family,”Senior Plays; Type Certificate; Home RoomOffices.

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ALICE MAE HUTCHINS

Latin Tournament ’29; Home Room Offices;“Rip Van Winkle”; Spanish Club ’30, ’31, ’32;

Student Council ’31, ’32; Beacon Staff ’31, ’32;

Sesqui Pageant; Staff of Senior Plays,“Houseparty,” “The Royal Family.”

ETHEL JANIK

Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31; MonogramClub ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Cast of “Rip Van Win-kle”; Home Economics Club ’31, ’32.

rose McClelland Johnson

Readers Club ’30, ’31; “Rip Van Winkle”;Home Room Offices; Home Economics Club’31, ’32; Type Certificates ’31, ’32; ExchangeEditor Beacon ’32; Senior Editor Senior Bea-con Magazine; Honor Student.

ALLAN DUDLEY JONES

Home Room Offices; Literary Club ’28, ’29,

’30, ’31, ’32; Student Council ’27.

MARJORIE LEE JONES

Basketball ’28, ’29; Home Room Offices;

Type Certificate ’31; Home Economics Club.

JOHN KEAT

Usher ’28, ’29; Track ’29, ’32; Type Certi-

ficate ’31; Staff of “Little Old New York,”Senior Plays, “Houseparty,” “The Royal Fam-ily”; Sesqui Pageant.

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BETTY KINCAID

Glee Club ’28, ’29; Cast of “Knave of

Hearts”; Home Room Offices; Girls Athletics

’29; Latin Club ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; Usher’30; Staff of “Little Old New York,” “Legendof Sleepy Hollow,” “The Royal Family,”Senior Plays; Sesqui Pageant.

SADY KINLAND

Girls’ Athletics ’29, ’30; Monogram Club ’30,

’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant; “Rip Van Winkle”;Type Certificate ’31; Latin Club ’30.

ZELDA KRAMERHome Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;

Sesqui Pageant; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts.”

SPINDLER KRAUSETrack ’30; Football ’30, ’31; Midget Ty-

phoon; Staff of “Houseparty,” Senior Plays;Sesqui Pageant; Assistant Business Managerof Beacon Annual ’32; Beacon Staff ’32.

KATIE KURZER

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,” “Legend ofSleepy Hollow,” “Little Old New York,”“Houseparty” and the Senior Plays; SesquiPageant.

MABELLE A. LAMBCast of “Crimson Star”; Student Council

’28; Glee Club ’28, ’29, ’30; Home Room Of-fices; Beacon Typist ’30; Home EconomicsClub ’30, ’31, ’32; Staff of “Houseparty.”

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JOSEPHINE LASSITER

Glee Club ’29; Home Room Offices; HomeEconomics Club ’31, ’32; “Rip Van Winkle”;Type Certificate ’31; Beacon Typist ’31.

HUGH LIPSCOMB

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Sesqui Pageant; Football ’31, ’32; Staff of

“The Royal Family.”

ROBERT MACDONALDFootball ’28; Basketball ’29; Baseball ’29,

’30; Track ’29; Home Room Representative.

MARTHELLA MARSTON

Home Room Offices; Orchestra ’30, ’31. ’32;

Glee Club ’30, ’31, ’32; Staff of “Is Zat So?”,Senior Plays, “Little Old New York,” “House-party,” “The Royal Family”; Beacon Staff

’31; Sesqui Pageant.

MARY LEWIS MARSTON

Latin Club ’28; Home Room Offices; Girls’

Athletics ’29; Orchestra ’29, ’30. ’31, ’32; Glee

Club ’30; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,”“Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Houseparty,”Senior Plays; Sesqui Pageant.

VIRGINIA ROCK MAYOCast of “Here Comes Arabella,” West Point

High; Senior Beacon Magazine Typist; TypeCertificate.

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DAWN CONWAY McDANIEL

“Rip Van Winkle”; Latin Club ’30; Girls’

Athletics ’30.

MARGARET V. McKEEN

“Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices;

Type Certificate ’30, ’31; Student Council ’31.

MILDRED RUBY MEEKS

Glee Club ’29, ’30; Home Room Offices;“Rip Van Winkle”; State Commercial Con-test '31; Type Certificate ’31, ’32; Home Eco-nomics Club ’32; Senior Beacon Typist.

RAYMOND M. MICHIE

Home Room Offices; Class Officer ’29;

Track ’31; Student Council Representative’31; Staff of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Fam-ily”; Office Force ’31, ’32; Basketball ’31;

Thespians; “Rip Van Winkle.”

EDWARD LEE MILLNER, Jr.

Latin Club ’28, ’29; Math Club ’32.

ALFRED WALKER MONFALCONECast of “Crimson Star”; Home Room Of-

fices; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts”; HeadElectrician for “Little Old New York,”“Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Houseparty,”Class Plays; Sesqui Pageant.

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JOHN B. MUNNIKHUYSENCast of “Knave of Hearts,” “Houseparty”;

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”; Ses-qui Pageant; Office Helper ’31; Debate Club’32; Triangular Speaking Contest ’32.

ROY H. MUSE

Home Room Offices ’27; Sesqui Pageant.

ETHEL ELIZABETH NELSON

Home Room Offices; Girls’ Athletics ’28,

’29; Glee Club ’28, ’29, ’31, ’32; “Rip Van Win-kle”; Type Certificate ’31; Secretary of HomeEconomics Club ’31; President of Home Eco-nomics Club ’32; Writers Club ’31, ’32; BeaconStaff ’32; Senior Editor Beacon Magazine ’32;

Honor Student.

MELVA GERTRUDE NELSON

Girls’ Athletics ’28; Home Economics Club’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices;

Staff of “Little Old New York,” Senior Plays,

“The Royal Family”; Beacon Typist ’31, ’32.

fred McIntyre nevin

Orchestra ’27, ’28, ’28, ’30; Staff of SeniorPlays ’32, “The Royal Family.”

APOLLON ORPHANIDYS

French Club 28, ’29; Track ’29; StudentCouncil ’29; Beacon Staff ’29; Home RoomOffices; Baseball ’30; Spanish Club ’30, ’31,

’32; Orchestra ’30, ’31, ’32; National HonorSociety ’32; Math Club ’32; Honor Student.

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RUSSWYN HILL OTIS

Writers Club ’29, ’30, ’31; President ofWriters Club ’32; School Usher ’29, ’30, ’31,

’32; Home Room Offices; Readers Club '30;

Beacon Staff ’30, ’31; Sesqui Pageant; Activi-ties Letter ’31; Prose Editor of “High Tide”’32; College Math Club ’31, ’32; Staff of “TheRoyal Family,” “Little Old New York” andSenior Plays.

NANCY PAGE PARKER

Home Room Offices; Latin Club ’28, ’29;

Student Council ’29; Girls’ Athletics ’29; Castof “Knave of Hearts”; “Rip Van Winkle”;Writers Club ’31, ’32; Staff of “Houseparty,”Senior Plays and Skit; “The Royal Family”;Sesqui Pageant; Honor Student.

LEAH LORRAINE PELTZ

Beacon Staff ’29, ’30; “Rip Van Winkle”;Type Certificate ’30; Sesqui Pageant; Staffof “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family” andSenior Plays and Skit.

SENORA ETHEL PETERS

Class Offices; Home Room Offices; SchoolUsher ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Girls’ Athletics’28, ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; Staff of “ThreeLive Ghosts,” “Little Old New York,” SeniorPlays; Beacon Staff ’30, ’31, ’32; Type Certi-

ficate; Writers Club ’31, ’32; Council Constitu-tional Committee ’31, ’32; Sesqui Pageant;Home Economics Club ’31, ’32; Cantata Staff’31, ’32; Student Council ’31, ’32; Debate Club’32; Triangular Debate ’32.

EDWIN R. PHARR

Cast of “Crimson Star”; Boys’ Glee Club’32.

BLANCHE JOSEPHINE PITTMAN

Home Economics Club ’28, ’29, ’30, WeldonHigh School.

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SPENCER PLUMMER

BILLY AYLETTE POWELLHome Room Offices; Track ’28, ’29, ’32;

BasketbaPx ’28, ’29.

FAY THOMAS PRIDDY

Basketball ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Baseball’29, ’30; Head Usher ’31, ’32.

FRANCES EITEL PRICE

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Latin Club ’30; Student Council ’30; Girls’

Basketball ’30; Home Economics Club ’32;

Honor Student.

LAWRENCE EVERETT PULLEN

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Class Officer; Hi-Y Club ’30; Vice-PresidentHi-Y Club ’30, ’31; Sesqui Pageant; Gateman’31, ’32; Math Club ’32; Literary Club ’32;

President of Spanish Club ’32; Honor Student.

JAMES EDWARD RICH

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BLANCHE AUDREY ROBINSON

“Rip Van Winkle”; Beacon Typist ’31, ’32;

Writers Club ’31, ’32; Senior Beacon MagazineTypist; Home Room Offices; Type Certifi-

cate ’31.

ELIZABETH BROWN ROGERS

Glee Club ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Usher ’30,

’31, ’32; Cast of “Crimson Star”; Latin Club’28; Basketball ’29; Home Room Offices; Staffof “The Royal Family.”

WALTHALL ROGERS

Writers Club ’28; Home Room Offices;Girls’ Athletics ’29; Latin Club ’29; “Rip VanWinkle”; Staff of “Three Live Ghosts,” SeniorPlays, “Little Old New York,” “Legend of

Sleepy Hollow”; Cast of “The Royal Family”;Honor Student.

SIDNEY B. RUBIN

Home Room Offices; Track ’32.

HARRY SAGER

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Math Club ’32.

OLGA SANDBERG

Home Room Offices; Home Economics Club’29; Staff of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Fam-ily”; Sesqui Pageant.

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'B'eACON

DOROTHY LOUISE SATCHELL

Student Council; “Rip Van Winkle”; Dis-trict and State Bookkeeping Contest ’30; Dis-trict and State Commercial Contests ’31; Bea-ion Typist ’31, ’32; Literary Club ’31, ’32;

National Honor Society ’31, ’32; Type Certi-

ficates; Quill and Scroll ’32; Business Managerof Beacon Newspaper and Beacon Annual ’32;

Home Room Offices; Valedictorian.

WILLARD SCHRECK

Assistant Manager Football ’28, ’29; Assist-ant Manager Basketball ’29; Home Room Of-fices; Staff of “Queen’s Husband,” “ThreeLive Ghosts,” “Little Old New York,” Tourna-ment Plays; Class Offices ’30, ’31; Thespians’30, ’31, President of Thespians ’32; Cast of“Houseparty,” “The Royal Family.”

ROBERT CURTIS SCULL

Football ’28; Home Room Offices.

ANNE HOLLAND SENEY

Beacon Staff ’28, ’29; Debate Club ’28;

Girls’ Athletic Letter ’29; Nelms Honor Scroll’29; Literary Club ’29, ’30; Cheerleader ’30,

’31, ’32; Secretary Athletic Council ’30, ’31,

’32; National Honor Society ’31, ’32; Staff of“Little Old New York,” Senior Plays; Cast of“Houseparty”; Thespians ’31, ’32; Vice-Presi-dent Student Council ’31; President of StudentCouncil '32; Chairman of Invitation and GiftCommittees; Honor Student.

THOMAS ELWOOD SEYBOLD

Debate Club ’28; Boys’ Octette ’28, ’30;

Home Room Offices; Cast of “The Valiant,”“Little Old New York,” “The Royal Family”;Staff of Senior Plays ’30, ’31; Thespians ’30.

’31, ’32; Beacon Staff ’31, ’32; Co-Editor ofSenior Beacon; Cast of “The Dizzy Baton”;Boys’ Glee Club ’31, ’32; “Coming of Arthur”;Sesqui Pageant; Staff of Fall and SpringPlays; “The Knighting of Sir Gareth”; “TheQuest of the Holy Grail.”

JULIA BROADDUS SHELDON

French Club ’28; Girls’ Athletics ’29; Stu-dent Council ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; HomeEconomics Club ’31, ’32.

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ALICE MADONNA SHOCKLEY

Glee Club ’28, ’29, ’30; Home EconomicsClub ’28, ’29, ’30; Senior Beacon Typist; “Rob-inson Crusoe”; Type Certificate.

REVA L. SHREAVES

Home Room Offices; “Rip Van Winkle”;Staff of “Little Old New York”; State Short-hand Contest ’31; Type Certificate ’31; Ses-qui Pageant; Home Economics Club ’32; Bea-con Staff ’32.

CLIFFORD JOSEPH SIEGRIST

Football ’28, ’29, ’30; Track ’29, ’31, ’32;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices; Staffof “Houseparty,” Senior Plays; Spanish Club’31; Basketball ’32; Math Club ’32; Tennis ’32.

WALTER SMITH

French Club ’28, ’29; Student Council ’28;

“Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices; MathClub; Honor Student.

GEORGE HUTCHINSON SOAR

Class Offices ’28; Home Room Offices;“Rip Van Winkle”; Student Council ’30, ’31;

National Honor Society ’31, ’32; Staff of“Houseparty,” “The Royal Family”; LiteraryClub ’32; Quill and Scroll ’32; Senior BeaconStaff ’32; Beacon Newspaper Staff ’31, ’32;

Glee Club ’31; Honor Student.

MORTON WALTON SPIGEL

Home Room Offices; Track ’29; MidgetBasketball Team ’30; “Rip Van Winkle”; Ses-qui Pageant; Type Certificate ’31, ’32; Staffof “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family”; Tennis’32.

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SHERWOOD SPIVEY

Football ’29, ’30; Staff of “Houseparty”;Stage Manager of “The Royal Family”; SeniorPlays; Sesqui Pageant; Cast of “The RoyalFamily,” “Rip Van Winkle”; Track ’32; HomeRoom Offices.

DOROTHY TEESE

Home Room Offices; Type Certificate ’31;

Sesqui Pageant; Staff of “The Royal Family.”

EDWIN COURTENAY THOMAS

Home Room Offices; Gateman ’31, ’32;

Sesqui Pageant; Math Club.

FRANK V. THOMPSON, Jr.

Home Room Offices; “Legend of SleepyHollow,” “Robinson Crusoe.”

VERA KERN TILMAN

“Rip Van Winkle”; Home Room Offices;

Staff of “Houseparty,” “The Royal Family,”Senior Plays; Type Certificates ’32.

MARTHA ROWE WARDLatin Club ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; Home

Room Offices; Spanish Club ’31, ’32; BeaconStaff ’31; Sesqui Pageant; Home EconomicsClub ’32.

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ELIZABETH FRANKLIN WATTSLiterary Club ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Beacon Staff

’29, ’30; Staff of “Rip Van Winkle”, “LittleOld New York,” “Houseparty,” “Legend ofSleepy Hollow,” “The Royal Family”; SeniorStaff; Debate Team ’32; Office Force ’32;

National Thespians.

ANNE ELIZABETH WEISS

Girls’ Athletics ’28, ’29, ’30; Latin Club ’28,

’29; Class Officer ’28; Home Room Offices;Student Council ’29, ’30; “Rip Van Winkle”;French Club ’30, ’31; Office Staff ’31; SesquiPageant; Staff of “The Royal Family.”

DANIEL B. WELCHHome Room Offices; Student Council ’31;

Basketball ’29, ’30, ’32, ’32; Junior FootballTeam ’31.

JOHN WILEY, Jr.

Student Council ’28, ’29, ’30; Home RoomOffices; Latin Club ’29, ’30; “Rip Van Win-kle”; Spanish Club ’30, ’31, ’32; Staff of

“Queen’s Husband”, “Little Old New York”,“Houseparty,” Senior Skit and Senior Plays;Sesqui Pageant; Tr'angular Reading Contest’32; Literary Club ’32; Cast of “The RoyalFamily”; Math Club ’32.

VIRGINIA WILLIAMS '

“Rip Van Winkle”; Type Certificate ’31.

WILLIAM ROBERT WINSTEAD

Home Room Offices; French Club ’28, ’29;

Student Council ’29; “Rip Van Winkle”; Bea-con Staff ’30, ’31; Sesqui Pageant; TennisTeam ’32; Triangular Debate Team ’32; Lit-

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A Vagabond's Dream

By Lee Dickinson

It is 1950—believe it or not. I have just returned from a wonderful vaga-

bond journey around the world. I either saw or heard something about every

member of the -Tune 1932 graduating class.

My first destination was Atlantic City, and the first person I bumped into

was Fay Priddy, rolling a baby carriage with twins down the boardwalk. Wetalked over old times and then I walked over to a museum which had statues

of famous people.

The very first statue I came to was a modernistic one of Mary Lewis and

Marthella Marston, the two dancing sisters, who had gained fame and fortune

in Walter Satchel] ’s theatre near Lower Gloucester. 1 read an inscription

beneath the statue of Catherine Dunbar, Susie Dickinson, Evelyn Clifton and

Edna Daniel, famous female quartet. It said: “Catherine sang tenor, Susie

sang soprano, Evelyn sang contralto and Edna sang terrible.” Virginia Wil-

liams and Bernice Wright owned the museum.

I saw a rocket that had been shot to Mars and back, carrying Harry Sager,

Walter Smith and Alfred Monfalcone, three world famous scientists. Theirfeat was made remarkable by the fact that all three had left the hospital—the

Eastern State hospital—to make this trip.

Very soon I reached the steel pier and went to see a minstrel. I sat downright beside Walthall Rogers, who was taking a vacation from the stage in NewYork City. The female impersonator in the minstrel was plenty hot, andstrange as it may seem—it was Edgerton Evans, our old classmate, who usedto tickle the ivories.

I went back stage to see Edgerton and he took me to the end men’s dressing-

room. There were Lindsay Bigger and Stuart Grubb, end men in the minstrel,

and I hadn’t even recognized them on the stage. I asked them “how come”and they told me they were always at the end of their classes back in highschool and thought they should make good in this game.

I went over to another theatre on the pier, where I saw the niftiest chorusof girls. There were Rose Johnson, Ann Hundley, Ethel Janik, Agnes Eicliel-

berger and Esther Cutler. They could sure shake a mean limb.

Ehvood Seybold, famous actor, was the headliner. He impersonated Spen-cer Plummer giving Farm Relief—you see, Spencer was President of the UnitedStates.

John Munnikhuysen was master of ceremonies. He introduced the “crackedquartet” composed of Hugh Lipscomb, Robert MacDonald, Raymond Michieand Edward Millner. The quartet was supposed to stand on a cake of ice andsing a song called “In Sunny South”—but they got cold feet and walked out

on the show.

Elwood Seybold told me he had seen James Boutchard and Mary Diggs in-

the audience one day. They were on their honeymoon.A circus was progressing at the end of the pier—so I took a look. Lawrence

Pullen was doing the strong man act—pushing little ducks overboard. Irene

Fiscli gave an aquatic demonstration. She had recently won the world’s dog

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paddle title at Hampton Creek, in competition with Leah Peltz. Dorothy Teese

and Blanche Pittman. Elizabeth Rogers and Vera Tilman were tight rope

walkers, and Betty Kincaid dived off a forty foot tower on a mule.

Virginia Mayo. Mildred Meeks, Margaret McKeen and Dawn McDaniel

were known as the four sensational trapeze artists. They flew through the air

like graceful birds as the excitd throng looked on with their mouths open and

their eyes closed.

I strolled down to the beach to get a change of scenery. Allan Jones,

famous artist, was painting Elizabeth Weiss, popular model in Helen Honick’smillion dollar dress shoppe.

Way up over the Atlantic ocean, a man dropped from the wing of an air-

plane and floated down beneath his spreading parachute as twenty thousandpeople gasped and marvelled at his nerve. Some lady said that it was Jack Cur-tis. daredevil of the ether, making his 300th parachute jump.

Before long I tired of Atlantic City and headed for the metropolis byfreight. 1 met a couple of other bums in my private box car. They were both

hid behind a bale of untamed whiskers and I’d never have guessed it wasSpindler Krause and Roy Muse, traveling for experience. An empty stomachwas their only experience so far. they said.

I got a job on a cattle boat when my train hit New York. I was surprised

to find so many of my old schoolmates on this boat. Apollon Orphanidys wasleader of an orchestra called the “Bovine Syncopators. ” Ralph Baker, RichardIlebble and James Henkel played the saxophones, while Slater Holland. WilliamGleason and Fred Nevin played trumpets. James Rich beat the drums andRobert Scull would have played the piano if the ship had not forgotten to

bring one.

I wondered why there was a jazz orchestra on a cattle boat. I learned

that music kept the cows contented.

Edwin Thomas, a former bull fighter, was ship veterinarian. AndrewAbbitt was the salty skipper of the cowboat.

Joe Siegrist. first mate on the boat, pointed an island out to me and re-

marked that Russwyn Otis was living there alone. She was gathering material

for her next novel, which she was going to name “Robinson Crusoe Did It

—

Why Can’t I?”

Our first stop was an island named Harpersville. George Blanchard andWinthrop Gay were battling for possession of the island. Perry Breon, Charles

Barclay. Walter Barry and John Deal were fighting for Gay. and Donald Del-

linger. Robert Etheridge, Vincent Foretich and Lyman Haney were battling

for Blanchard.

Willard Schreck. the wittiest boy in our graduating class, was making a

fortune in the taxi business on the island. Edwin Pharr and Billy Powell werehis chauffeurs.

Sherwood Spivey was war advisor to Gay, and planned all attacks on

Blanchard.

Frances Ames and Jane Bowen were representing a jewelry firm on the

island, patiently awaiting a king to be declared so they could sell him a crown.

The cows began getting restless—so we pulled anchor and headed for SouthAfrica. We turned on our radio and heard Ethel and Melva Nelson, the syn-

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copating crooners of the air. They made the cows seasick—so we threw the

radio overboard.

Uncle Sam had a track team in South Africa making a tonr. John Keat

was coach and he had his wife, Dena Jensen, along with him.

Anne Seney was the only girl athlete to represent the American team.

Prank Thompson, Ranny Tucker, Dan Welch, John Wiley and Mason Wilkins

were outstanding track stars.

Morton Spigel was manager and George Soar was ballyhoo man, in chargeof all advertising.

A searching party was hunting for Aimee Ashburn and Norma Burroughs,two aviatrix, who had become lost while on a non-stop flight from Tokyo to

Thirty-fourth street and Washington avenue.

I deserted the cattle boat because it kept me awake all day, and bummedmy way to Russia. Amanda Dyke, Lucille Eastman, Vel'ta Furman, Ella Fyfeand Myrl Gray were nurses in a large Russian hospital—which was doing a

rushin’ business.

Josephine Lassiter, Betty Page Gary, Louise Gildner and Mabelle Lambwere teaching English in Russian schools.

I entered a hair cutting establishment owned by Sadye Ivinland, ZeldaKramer and Martha Ward. They were nearly starved because business was so

bad. They said the people over in Russia thought that the Five Year Planmust have meant they needed a haircut only every five years.

I met King Ruben and Queen Edwards and they invited me to dinner.

The king called in his entertaining talent to perform for me.

Nancy Parker, Margaret Gunter and Anne Dudley danced a new tangocalled the “Wiggle Woggle Waltz.” They were a scream—in fact the kingwas screaming for them to leave before they had finished.

Senora Peters gave a red hot recital in which she imitated Olga Sand-burg, Julia Sheldon and Alice Shockley, who were all fighting for the hand of

a Russian nobleman.

T bade farewell to the king and queen and headed for Egypt. WilliamWinstead was the big Sphinx there. He had a large harem and some of his

wives were Reva Shreaves, Majorie Jones, Alice Hutchins and Ellen Eppard.He was working overtime trying to pay up his back alimony to Phyliss Allen,

Lorene Allmond and Gertrude Calf, who had left him a year before.

I sailed for China in a schooner. We anchored in the Whangpoo and I wasalmost knocked down the minute I reached shore by a Chinaman trying to sell

me an Elizabeth Watts washing machine.

I entered a cafe and saw Katie Knrzer. Sarah Goldberg and Sadye Good-man. They said they were running the cafe for American tourists.

They told me that the intelligent members of our class were missionaries

over in Manchuria. Imagine Sarah Scammon and Dorothy Satchell missionaries!

I caught an oil tanker heading across the Pacific for America. I picked

up an old newspaper and read about Frances Price, Blanche Pittman and EdithCarter winning scholarships to study abroad.

The sun was shining hot, and I began to think that this old universe of

ours wasn’t so large after all.

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Barclay & Sons

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