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Chester High School
The
Cestrian,1934
Chester County, South Carolina
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First
Soprano
Sophie Abnell
Mattie Reid
Allen
Louise Brown
Lillian Bush
Anne Carroll
Sarah
Frances Crosby
Frances Elliot
Nina Eskridge
Sarah
Glenn
Polly Hamilton
Julia Hardin
Mary Miller
Heath
Mary Hennies
Miriam Hellman
Margaret
James
Elizabeth Knight
Mary Rose Louis
Elizabeth
McCullough
Christine McCoy
Mary Page
Julia
Pegram
Nell Sims
Margaret Walsh
Frances
Williams |
Second
Soprano
Esther Abelsheimer
Ethel
Bell
Catherine Coogler
Mary E. Cunningham
Charlie
Edmiston
Elizabeth Hardin
Dorothy Horner
Eunice
Hunter
Elizabeth McDonald
Margaret Robbins
Elizabeth
Robinson
Sara Thomas
Eloise Vaughn
Lucille
Vaughn
Mary Philips White
Bertie Wilkes
Betty
Woods |
Alto
Frances Dyer
Pauline
Grant
Ruth McCall
Margaret McCullough
Hazel
Moore
Lila Nichols
Mildred
Perkins | |
Girls' Glee
Club
Elizabeth Knoght . . . President
Charlie
Edminston . . . Secretary
Sophie Abell . . . Treasurer
Julia
Pegram . . . Business Manager
Miss Bettie E. Hutchins . . .
Director
Margaret Land . . . Pianist
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Bass
Hiram
Brawley
Phelps Brooks
Judson Brawley
Jamieson
Byars
Steele Caldwell
Leslie Cox
J. T.
Connor
Clark Miller
Tom Patrick |
Tenors
Harvey Brown
Phillip
Adelsheimer
John S. Collins
J. G. franklin
Charles
Grant
S. W. Hopper
Bill
Nunner | |
Boys'
Glee Club
Miss Hutchins . . . Director
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Trumpets
Tom Patrick
Harry
Williams
S. E. Wylie, Jr.
Alex Oliphant
Bill
Atwell
Billy Andrews
Bass
Derwood Lee
Baritone
William MacLaughlin
Clarinets
David Crosby
Clifton
Horner
Peter Wylie
Edgar Davis |
Altos
Paul Stroud
Robert
Walker
Flute
Sarah Frances Crosby
Saxophones
Simon Hellman
Brown
Wylie
C. C. Young, Jr.
Dexter Wallace
Lucille
Crosby
Trombone
Frank
Campbell | |
The Chester High School Band
Mr. Guy
Hutchins . . . Director
Simon S. Hellman . . . President &
Assistand Director
Frank Campbell . . . Vice-President
Phelps
Brooks . . . Secretary & Treasurer
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J. G. Grant, Jr. . . . Business
Manager
Elizabeth McDonald . . . Associate Business
Manager
Bill Nunnery . . . Circulation Manager
William
G. Grant . . . Athletic Editor
Mary Wylie . . .
Historian
Phelps Brooks . . . Lawyer
Albert Campbell .
. . Prophet
William Stroud . . . Joke Editor
Anne
Davis Guy . . . Local Editor
Margaret Banks, James Walton . .
. Art Editors
Margaret Land, Dorothy Smith, Anne Leitner . .
. Assistants, Art Staff
Lamar Kelsey, Edwin Morrison, Billy
Andrews, Mary Janet Alexander, Jean Brown, Juanita Fennell, Louise
Bigham, Catherine Refo, Louise Johnson, Clarke Miller, William
MacLauchlin . . . Assistants, Ad Staff |
The Cestrian Staff
Catherine Irwin . . . Editor-in-Chief
Robert Guy . . .
Associate Editor-in-Chief
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Capt. Gregory -
Tackle
Lawrence Spearman - Coach
Alt. Capt. Porter -
Center
Manager Davis
Chester, Columbia, Spartanburg
It appears taht the Class "A" race among the larger
schools of the state has narrowed to three teams, Chester, Columbia
and Spartanburg. None of these has been defeated in
intra-state competition. Chester has been tied by
Gaffney.
Columbia and Spartanburg will meet each other
Thanksgiving day at Spartanburg. In the meantime, Columbia
will meet Charleston and Spartanburg will meet Gaffney.
Chester has yet to play Thornwell orphanage of Clinton and Rock
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Football
1933
The Cyclone of 1933, under their splendid
coach, L. A. Spearman, have won for themselves a name never before
attainable by a team of Chester High. They have finished a
sucessful season undefeated and unscored on, and had they not tied
Gaffney would have claimed the State championship. This team
will go down as one of the greatest Chester has ever
know.
Chester
Splendid Record
Much has been said abut the enviable performances of
Columbia and Spartanburg, but Chester has been marching quietly
forward toward one of the best records in the state.
Since
Lawrence Spearman took over the coaching reins there six years go,
the Red Cyclone has lost only two games in South Carolina high
school league competition, one to Batesburg-Leesville in 1929 and
the other to Camden in that memorable Christmas game of
1931.
This year, for the first time, Chester was graduated
into the Class "A" ring. It has a student body including about
200 boys, and of this group nearly 30 tried out for places on the
school's eleven.
The squad is not composed of heavy
material. The first eleven averages only 151 pounds over all.
The quarterback, Harvey Castles, weighs only 123 pounds. One
of the halfbacks, Gene Robinson, weighs four pounds less. S.
W. Hopper, fullback, is the heaviest member of the secondary
quartet. He weights 166 pounds. Cooper, the other back,
tips the scales at 145.
From let to right, the regular
linemen are: Bill Nunnery, Tom Gregory, John Holder, Charley
Porter, "Fat" Ramsey, Tom McLure and Jimmy Weir. The work of
these forwards has been largely responsible for Chester's remarkable
showing in keeping all opponets this season beyound the 20-yard
line.
The red Cyclone opened the season with a 23 to 0 win over
Union, then followed with victories over Newberry, 66 to 0; Clinton,
54 to 0; Camden, 27 to 0; Charleston, 19 to 0; Orangeburg, 13 to 0;
Laurens, 13 to 0, and Gaffney, 0 to 0, giving a total of 215
points.
Chester's strength was evident in its battle with
Gaffney, a team highly respected by any opponent. Once
Spearman's boys penetratred to the 1-yard line, only to be thrown
back by a penalty. In playing what Spearman himself terms as
the best game Chester has played during his regime, they made 14
first downs, more than has any other Gaffney opponent this year,
against the Indians' five. Gaffney was able to make a net gain
of only 12 yards through Chester's line. The Cherokeeans, it
is remembered, scored against Columbia.
If other Palmetto
high school teams have more impressive schedules than has chester,
it is not Chester's fault. Before the campaign opened, the Red
Cyclone sounded the word that it was out for big game and attempted
to book every outstanding high school team in the state. An
attempt was made to arrange a meeting with Columbia, but schedule
conflicts prevented. Spartanburg was on the card at one time,
but was forced to cancel for the same reason.
Nevertheless,
Chester did line up an imposing array of foes and one by one has
picked them off. If the winner of the Columbia-Spartanburg
game should lose its previous game and Chester should complete its
season undefeated, the Cyclone would have a strong claim to the
championship. Ties could put the state Class "A: status in a
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Football 1933
September
the first found the Cycloners around Coach Spearman ready and
anxious to begin practicing. A number of last year letter men,
along with quite a bit of new material, constituted a squad of about
thirty-five. After much time spent practicing, the squad
developed into a successful team.
The Cyclone showed her
great desire to win for herself a name by the way in which she
defeated Union. The old spirit began with the whistle and
ended by downing Union 23 to 0. The next victim was Newberry
(Coach's home town). Everyone expected a hard game, but the
Cyclone could not be stopped until the final whistle which resulted
in a 66 to 0 victory. The team then went to Camden and brough
back the Pig-skin by scoring 27 points and keeping her own goal
uncrossed by the hard fighting Bulldogs. The first home game
was played with Clinton, who also could not score, but by playing
hard ball, held the Cyclone to 53 points. The first four teams
played hard, but could not stop the Chester team.
The Great Game
of the season came when the team went to Charleston and agin
returned with a victory. Everyone expected the Cyclonews to
lose, but the old Chester spirit was with the team. The team
started clicking as the whistle blew and soon scored a
touchdown. Taking this lead, they played real football and in
the end had 19 points while Charleston had none. The ones who
attended this game shall never forget the skill and ingenuity our
team showed on the Citadel field.
The next four games were
played on the home gridiron. Laurens was the first to come but
failed to take back a score, for the locals had taken it 13 to 0.
Orangeburg followed and battled hard while it rained. Everyone
went to the covered stands while the Cyclones went toward the
desired goal. The game ended a victory for Chester, 13 to
0. The Gaffney Ghost was the next to come and they held the
Cyclones to a scoreless tie. The Cycloners took the ball deep
in Gaffney's territory early in the game and made more threats, but
could not take it over. The Ghost in someway did what no other
opponet could do to keep the Cyclones from scoring. The lad
from the Thornwell Orphanage came next but Chester was too much for
thm, and the game ended 20 to 0 in our favor.
The next and
last game was played with an old foe, Rock Hill.
There
is a sad yet joyful feeling over this game. This game was sad
because it was the last time that some of the players would ever
wear a uniform for Chester High. It bore with it the joy of
kicking in an old foe. The team did marvelous work and in the
end scored 42 points and kept Rock Hill form crossing taht desired
line, even one time.
Everyone on the Chester 1933 squad
contributed most earnestly to its success. The stars for this
season are hard to pick for all the players played good
football. Never before has a Chester High team won for itself
more love and admiration than this 1933 team.
William
Grant
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