Sunday, April 29, 2018

1955 Lewes graduations


75th LEWES HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

JUNE 7, 1955


Dr Leon H. Ferrin, superintendent, announced the ceremony will be June 7, and that
Judge Elwood Melson of New Castle will be the speaker. In the school auditorium .

Baccalaureate Service will be next Sunday at 8 pm with Lewes ministers and the
High School choir. Rev. W. W. Hamilton will give the sermon.

Graduates are; Rrobert Hastings, John Hudson, III., Ronald Jackson, William Joseph,
Jack Lee Kee, Edward Cotner, Otto Lang, William Millman, William Mincy, Jr.,
Larry Palmer, Irvin Ritter, James Ritter, Douglas Scott, William Smith, Jr., Charles
Sockriter, James Stritsinger, Charles Sweetman, Olwin Tharp, William Vessels, Frederick
Vogal and George Edward Wyatt, Jr.,

Mary Lou Baily, Shirley Downs, Mary Ann Carver, Jean Dodd, Janet Gibson, Shirley
Hudson, Gail Janney, Vera Kassatkin, Patricia Martin, Carol Lee Maull, Thelma Parsons,
Orneo Hether Purcell, June Lee Ritter and Laura Short.

Class President, George Edward Wyatt, will give a welcome address. Glenwood Harrington,
School board President will hand out the diplomas and Dr. Ferrin will give various awards.

The High School Band will play the Processional and the choir will present a program of
musical interludes.



Abstract by Harrison H. 04/29/18, Wilmington Evening Journal , June `1, 1955.

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