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1951 Memories
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Any corrections or omissions please submit them by E-Mail
web pages designed and maintained 
by  John "Eddie" Lee class of '68
The pictures are as represented in the Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth, Virginia yearbook or annual of the year indicated on the page.  The Memory pictures may not be complete and pictures and names may have been removed by request of the person involved. Also, it does not offically indicate the year of graduation and/or that the party in question graduated. This section of the website is dedicated to the memories of all alumni and are found in personal items that alumni have saved and were kind enough to allow it to be shared with others.  Thank You. If you are not represented in your class, or have other pictures for the memories section you may submit a photo to be added.  John “Eddie” Lee ’68.



1951 Sports
Woodrow Wilson
High School
Portsmouth, Virginia
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1951 Class Roster
ADMINISTRATION
Mr. R. L. Sweeny
Principal 
Mr. B. W. Allen
Assistant Principal
FACULTY
Miss Betty Ames
Home Economics
Madison College
University of Tennessee
Miss Mary B. Ames
Librarian 
College of William and Mary
Mrs. G. Anderson
Science 
Radford College
Mr. John Apkeney
Diversified Occupations
West Virginia
Institute of Technology
Cornell University
Miss P. Arthurs
Art Catawba College
Columbia
University
Miss C. Avery
Business
 Longwood College
Miss M. Cross 
Mathematics
Mary Washington
College
Mrs. Mary Brady
English
University of Indiana
Miss Helen Brent 
French
College of William and Mary
Mr. Paul Brown
Band
New England
Conservatory
University of
Illinois
Miss Marjorie Codd
History
Longwood College
Miss E. Culpepper
Mathematics
Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College
Columbia
University
Mrs. Emily Curlee 
Home Economics
Catawba College
Mrs. D. Darden
Mathematics
Mary Washington
College
Miss E. Dashiell 
Mathematics
Longwood College
Columbia
University
Mr. George Davis
Biology, Physical Education
College of William and Mary
Miss Lelia Deans
English
College of William and Mar
Miss H. Devilbiss 
English
Hood College
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
University
Miss D. Diehl Home Economics
Longwood College
Colmnbia
University
Miss Lolita Diaz
English
Brenau College
Mr. J. Dragseth
Director of Vocational Education 
The Stout Institute
Mr. O. B. Dyer
Cabinet Shop
Western Kentucky
State Teachers
College
Mrs. F. Fletcher 
Business 
Mary Washington
Colleg
Mrs. B. Fordham
Science 
Mary Washington
College
Mrs. L. Fontaine
History
College of William and Mary
Mr. Woodrow Gray
Physical Education Mathematics
Virginia Military
Institute Columbia
University
Mr. C. Gutzler 
Shop
Edinboro S. J. C
Mr. Ezra Heyler
Business
 Northwestern
University
La Salle U. Bowling Green
College of Commerc
Mrs. Charlotte Hill
Mary Washington
College
Miss Mildred James
Mathematics
Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College
Columbia
University
Mrs. M. Johnson
English
College of William and Mary
Miss Gladys Kemp
Physical Education 
Madison College
Mr. A. Landis 
English, Journalism Oberlin College
Miss Ellen Lash
English
College of William and Mary
Teachers College of Columbia
University
Miss Mary Mason
Enghsh
Mary Washington
College
Mrs. J. Mayo, R.N.
School Nurse
Butterworth
Hospital
Grand Rapids,
Michigan
Miss Louise Mays
Enghsh
Meredith College
Mr. C. McClurg
Physical Education
Mathematics
University of Kentucky

Mr. Pete Mills  
Physical Education
History
Appalachian State Teachers College
Mrs. M. Newcomb
Enghsh, History
West Virginia
University
Mr. Lysle Padden
Mechanical
Drawing
Oswego Normal
School
Mrs. Faye Paul
Science
 Woman’s College of 
University of North Carolina
Miss N. Perkins 
Business 
Bowling Green
College of Commerc
Miss Mary Rice 
Mathematics
Longwood College
University of Virginia

Miss Doris Ross
Distributive Education
 Beaver College
College of William and Mary

Miss A. Shumaker
English
College of William and Mary
Miss K. Woodward
Spanish
Vanderbilt
University Stanford University
Miss Laura Wright
English
Mary Washington
College
Miss J. Tomlinson
Spanish, English
Woman’s College of University of North Carolina

Miss E. Vaughan
English, History
Wake Forest College

Miss A. Vincent
Latin, English
Randolph-Macon
Woman’s College
University of Virginia

Mrs. G. Waldron
History, English
University of Cincinnati
University of Richmond
Mr. Harry White
Science
College of William and Mary
Miss Ruth White
Physical Education
Teacher’s College
of Columbia
University
Miss W. Whitman
History
Westhampton
College
Mr. Ernest Wild
Drivers Training
Physical Education
Adrian College
Miss G. Woodhouse
Business 
Mary Washington
College
Miss K. Woodward
Spanish
Vanderbilt
University Stanford University
Miss Laura Wright
English
Mary Washington
College
Mrs. M. Clayton
Office Clerk
Mrs. N. Howell
Library Clerk

Miss Sue McCurry 
Office Clerk
 . . .  As we know
Miss Spradlin
Miss Ames
Miss James
Miss Devilbiss
Coach Wild
Miss Vaughan
Miss Brady
Coach Landis