Helen Prayther Duvall

The class will.

Flyer with the where, when and what of the Oldies but Goodies concert of October 1990.

Page 2

Contains the following: - First page of the program, with a brief summary of the plot. Written by Beulah Woolard. Bettye Marshall delivers the opening "Graduate Soliloquy."; - The second page, with the scene in which the act takes place. Also has the cast printed; - List of the musicians, then three more roles: Class Bill (?), Prophecy, and Gifts. These are delivered respectively by Beatrice Snowden, Elsie Carter, and Yvonne James & Arthur Dock; - Back of the pamphlet, with writing on the top right corner. It may read either "Ho 1054." Hard to tell.

Senior Superlatives.

Continuing with photos of the students as they were in 1985 with a short bio.

On the left side, the yearbook staff. On the right, the beginnings of various clubs - starting with the Dance Club and the Glee Club.

The pamphlet, the front and back pages scanned. This shows the list of students, and the title page. The inner pamphlet depicts the schedule and chain of events. Contains a list of students, and the title page, and the schedule of the program.

Bottom row left to right: Leon Thomas, Floyd Brown, Hurley Brooks, William "Junebug" Fields, Willie Lee Rita, Tommy Hill, Elwood Gross (Maxine's father); Middle row, left to right: Clarice Briscoe, Elmore Adams, Dorris Prayther, Edward Dory, Helen Prayther (Dorris's sister), Emma Dory, Mary Jackson, James Weems, Jean (Ann) Gray; Top row left to right: Catherine Walls, didn't remember, Mary Douglass, Carl Cager, Mary Hamilton, Percy Power, Margaret Anderson. Written in cursive on the back of the photo: "The picture belong[sic] to Clarice M. Briscoe."

Various photographs of students posing together. On the right page are the various titles won by students - Prom Queen '48-'49, Berdell Hamilton; Mr. Lakeland '48-'49, Arthur Dock; Miss Lakeland '49-'50, M????????? [Can't read handwriting]; and Miss Lakeland '48-'49, Helen Prather Duvall.

graduating class of 1950. Senior photos continued.

Photos of students and their accomplishments. Arthur Dock won Mr. Lakeland '49-'50, counterparted by Madeline Green as Miss Lakeland in the same years. Bendall Hamilton was the Prom Queen '48-'49, and Helen Prayther was Miss Lakeland '48-'49.

Cover Page: Mentions the Officers, PGC's 300th Anniversary, the legacy of the last graduating class of Lakeland Jr. Senior High School, and the structural goals.

Page 3

Continuing with various students, with photographs and a list of the clubs they were involved in.

Last page

Edgar A. Smith Scholarship document; typed on a typewriter; scholarship established before invention of computers. The scholarship was organized by Lakeland High school last class, but they wanted to include other schools. They traveled to Upper Marlboro Legal Library to research and structure the scholarship, eventually getting it incorporated. Each year, the committee reviewed applications with the goal to distribute $2,000 to high school students for college costs; recipients were from the towns of Fairmont Heights, Bowie, Laurel, and Muirkirk. School desegregation impacted the group of recipients.

On the left, final page, a poem written by Delores Barrows Berdeves, a classmate. She passed Oct 2019 in Fairmont Heights. Lakeland High School english teachers, who largely came from Morgan State or Hampton, stressed poetry reading. The first page shows the logistics of the Memorial Service - who would be leading it, where it was and what time., The order of service and list of classmates and teachers the service was in honor of. Emma Dory Powers, lived in Lakeland and attended Maryland State Teacher's College at Bowie; Tillman, worked with the federal government; Marvin Henry; Charles A. Thomas, had a large family in Muirkirk, went into the military, was a good hunter, and played sports; Malachi Hunter, was the best dancer among males in the class, was a "rascal" and altar boy. Teachers listed: Edgar A. Smith, Lakeland High School Principal "he wanted the best for you", taught algebra; Mrs. Myrtle M. Fentress "was a real leader who wanted the best for us," "if we ever needed anything, she was there", taught history and led the Glee Club, was found in her apartment after suffering blood pressure problems; Mrs. Vivian M. Ford, taught English to ninth graders only; Mrs. Marie Owens Halls was "mean" and soft-spoken, she wrote her day's objective on the board, "she was an excellent teacher" and a Prince Georgian. She went to Douglass and went to Howard, she was eventually afforded an opportunity to go to NYU for her Masters since Blacks weren't allowed to attend UMD.