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Capt. Dave,
I was looking through some old photos handed down from my relatives and
discovered some vintage NNHS pictures. One is a 1918 Football team photo. Seems
they were the state champs that year and no one scored against them. Pretty
amazing. I’ve got to work on the scans to clean them up but they will be
available soon. I guess Walter Reed High School was co-existent with NNHS about
that time…see attached photo. Do you think your NNHS65
site would like some of the scans I am doing, or is this stuff too old for
that site?
- Ron Lowder of VA - 01/18/11
Ron,
A way cool scan. It will be interesting to research “Walter Reed
High School” and its connection with NNHS. We know that NNHS existed earlier
than 1918. It was once in a building on Washington Avenue. Later, it was located
in what became Daniel School on 31st Street.
The Huntington Avenue school was completed ca. 1922. So, it is a mystery to be
solved just how WRHS fits into this.
In answer to your other question, NOTHING is too old for the NNHS site. I am so
sure of this that I have CCed Carol, so that she can see and use the image.
She and I will look forward to the other scans, as you prepare them for
publication.
Thanks,
- Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
01/18/11
I’ve cleaned these
photos up as much as I can. Hope the NNHS web community enjoys them.
There is one common thread in these photos. In each one is my uncle, G. Edward
Travis, who was sports editor and then managing editor of the Times Herald
newspaper for many years before its demise. He also broadcasted the news on
WGH Radio once or twice daily from the old
Daily Press building
downtown.
- Ron Lowder of VA -
01/20/11
Thank you so very much, Ron - and Dave!
According to the 1996 lithograph, the "new" Newport News High School building was completed in 1923:
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Graduating Class of 1918
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Walter Reed High School, Newport News, Virginia Graduated Saturday, June 15, 1918 Mallory S. Andrews, President Colors - Yellow and Green |
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Friday, December 20, 1918 -
Walter Reed High School, Newport News, Virginia Season of 1918 - September to December - Scored 62 Points Against Their Opponents - Was Scored on by NC Team Champions of the Peninsula and of the State with a Percentage of 100%! Won Three Games, Tied Three Games, and Was Not Scored upon
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TOP ROW:
Carl G. Campbell, Coach; Norman Bradburn; Adolph Lefkowitch; Genevive
Woodward; Prof. (Frederic M.) Alexander, Principal; Howard Tall; Conn;
Ellis Mirmelstein; Robert Bailey, Business Manager;
MIDDLE ROW: Willard Smith; Otis Forbes; John Islin; Winnifried Topping; John Todd; Fayette Cline; Hobson Wilson; Reginald Stinnette; John B. Stone; SITTING: Clarence Barton; Carter Robinson; Clark Smith; Venable Jester, Captain; Norman Williamson, Manager; Edward Travis |
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| 1920 Virginia State Champions - Walter Reed High School, Newport News, Virginia | |
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