Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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r Snf •i ' 111 ROULETTE r E 3 EI 1 . . j JUNE CLASS PROPHECY— Continued Elizabeth Neaves and Ethel Breeden are models for the great sculptor, “Izzy” Cantor. Izzy’s side partner is, of course, none other than the great and renowned Albert Wice. Frances Whitt is playing the part of Lanky in George Smith’s Freak Circus. Dot Ritchie is the clown. He also has Margaret Keeler as the world’s most famous giggler and “Pinky” Friend as the lady whose hair is on fire but never burns. Peculiar, isn’t it? Fulton Youngblood is now French teacher at Anderson High and smiles covertly at Gladys Hawkins, who has sup- planted Miss Browning. Virginia Rawles has received an international prize for translating French the fastest. “Jimmie” D’Alton, having become so used to the uni- form, is now a sailor scrubbing the decks of a U. S. cruiser. “Mac” Underwood is an admiral in the Navy. Alton Tipton is a big league ball player, and Gordon Williamson is manager of his team. Now, we know which team to bet on — and how! Harry Temple is a Packard salesman. Dick Godsey and Lewis Patteson are prospects. And who do you suppose buys one? Why, “Louie” does, of course. “Fatty” Townes, Marie Wilkinson, Louise Smith and Margaret Mitchell are seen in the crystal as bathing beauties in a contest at Miami Beach. And there is dear old Norman McCaleb at his old job, dealing out towels and keys for the bath houses. He would! Depend on “Mac.” “Trixie” Mitchell is assistant to the advertising man- ager of the Progress-Index. She seems as busy as in former times at P. H. S. Edith Scherer is a permanent wave specialist, and has as her victim Inez Jackson. Poor thing, didn’t you know better! James Hemphill is vice-president of the United States and has appointed 0. B. Newton postmaster general. Charles Bradsher is advising him on the matter of a sweet mucilage for postage stamps. — 59 —

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Prophecy of the June Class ELL, here I was exploring one of those dark, damp tunnels, all because Mr. Miller had said that we in Petersburg didn’t know anything about our own city’s historic places. The atmosphere was slight- ly oppressive, and I wondered how the Civil War soldiers could have stood it. Moving on through the tunnel, I came to a rather large hole, into which I stuck my head inquisitively and, to my surprise, found it blocked by a little gnome. “Come in,” he piped in a wee, small voice. “Lord Juss is holding court.” In a maze I followed the queer little creature. “Who is Lord Juss?” I inquired. “Oh, he’s King of Gnomeland but also a great prophet,” he explained. A prophet ! I grasped at this word as the proverbial drowning man grabs for a straw. Here was a way out of my dilemma. And so I was led into the presence of the great Lord Juss and allowed to gaze into his magic crystal, which fore- told all things. The first person I saw within the crystal was Leroy Clements, who dolefully informed me that the name of Pe- tersburg High School had been changed to Anderson High. Then, along came Claiborne Hawkins, Jacob Crocker and Alfred Young, arguing themselves blue in the face as to which was the best appellation for our dear high school. On a street corner I glimps ed Leonard Breeden, quite the center of attraction, lecturing on “The Hub of the Wheel” and using Elbert Long as one of the spokes, evi- dently. Doris Tipton, whose bank account was swept away in the Union Trust and Mortgage Company failure, has at last succeeded in saving enough “chink” to buy that new Ford, it was seen, and was breezing Helen Webb, Ethel Cornette and Elizabeth Kirkland up and down Sycamore Street. — 58 —

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JUNE CLASS PROPHECY— Continued Meade Stith, having attended V. M. I., is now Secretary of War. Meade ' s for world peace, we know. He never quar- reled about anything in his life. Albert McCants is manager for the Boston Braves and is quite a hustler. Dorothy Perkins, the answer to a “Teacher’s Prayer,” has at last achieved her highest ambition and is Civics teacher at high school. Louise Sadler is a famous jockey. She won the last Kentucky Derby, according to a medal she wears. “Dick” Robertson is a minister. Last Tuesday he made a talk in assembly. Sufficient to say, he didn’t need a stop watch. “Dick,” you’re a good product of P. H. S. I pinched myself to be sure if I was quite all there, because there were Annie Gay and “Bee” Kaplan just chat- ting away and using the most atrocious English. Can you imagine that? Mary Lelia Wells has at last succeeded in driving a car and, at the same time, can speak to her acquaintances. Congratulations, old dear, but please don’t try to be an aviatrix! We’re afraid you’ll “snoot” us all the time. Are you sure that’s ‘‘Sassy” Beachy teaching in a school for the deaf and dumb? “Sassy,” they can’t even hear you. What do you do? Keep a parrot for company? Maud Perkinson, Blanche Pride, Virginia Lamb and Catherine Rudy are shown by the crystal as the famous “Flying Four.” They make their balloon ascension to- morrow, competing for the endurance prize. Virginia Smoot is engaged. We wonder if he’s a saint. “Joe” Manson is now a member of a secret Corsican organization, having received the idea from Mr. Freas’s ti- rade on “Colomba.” Blood and thunder! We hope he won’t get revenge for any of the wrongs done him while at P. H. S. George Edmunds is sponsoring a Hi-Y club for girls. Oh, man! On with the idea! — 60 —