Welcome to the Class of 1937

Did You Know?

January 1 The first Cotton Bowl game is played in Dallas, Texas.
January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new cross country air record
February 16 Nylon is invented
April 17 Daffy Duck makes his debut in the cartoon Porky's Duck Hunt.
May 3 Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
May 6 The Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute
May 28 The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened
May 28 Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.
June 29 The snowmobile is invented.
July 2 Amelia Earhart's plane disappears while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
September 21 J. R. R. Tolkien publishes The Hobbit.
October 17 Donald Duck's three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, first appear in a comic strip.
December 21 The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs first premiers
December 22 The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.

Famous Birthdays

January 30 Vanessa Redgrave (Actress)
April 5 Colin Powell (Secretary of State)
April 6 Merle Haggard (Singer)
April 22 Jack Nicholson (Actor)
April 27 Sandy Dennis (Actress)
May 3 Frankie VallI (Singer)
June 1 Morgan Freeman (Actor)
September 6 Jo Anne Worley (Actress)

Spencer High School Alumni

Marjorie Hardman (Harden)	marjieh@svic.net
Furn Martin (Price)	1511 Presidential Dr. Richmond, VA 23228
Alton Clyde "Hoot" Rader	clyderader@aol.com