Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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7 oe |) Ch c jQ u 11 ti u S OD) (ce OT ep THOMAS CHERNAULT YEAMAN “Tom” Basketball, ’26; Football, ’25; Track, ’24, ’25; Mon- ogram Club; Athletic Association; President Class, ’26; Business Manager of THe Nuntius; Minstrel, °26; Class Play, ’26. “Not failure, but low aim is crime.” | Thomas Yeaman, popularly known as “Tom,” aims high and seldom fails. ‘T’om’s” studious habits, and sterling worth earned him the highest gifts his classmates have to bestow, and we salute him as “President of the Class of ’26,” a dignity that he carries well. Upon “Tom’s” shoulders rests much of the respon- sibility for the success of the class annual, but “Tom’s” shoulders are broad, he has aimed high again, and hit the mark, and is worthily leading the Seniors through their last year at Altavista High. PAGE TWENTY-ONE LN) (| RI) ( ) ( ) (|) A {| ND ( ) OD) ( ) EE () AER) {) A ( SR ()- ER ( ) ND (ER) (A (|) | (|) (|) |) (|) (a LL A A Oe — — a == 2 7 LL | | | | LF A A A A A

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a A) A) A A (a OO A A ES , = ee ) |) KENNETH DEW WALKER “Kenneth” Philologian Society, ’22; Basketball, ’26; Vice-Presi- dent of Athletic Association; Class Historian; Joke Editor of Tut Nuntius; Minstrel, °26; Class Play, ’26. “Fle possesses a peculiar talent of producing effect in whatever he says or does.” Kenneth, our class historian, is a very witty fellow. He is fond of laughing in school and making others laugh. It seems as if he will never get over his babyhood. Although he is grown he still has to have some kind of a toy to amuse himself with in school. If Ken- neth should lose these traits we would not know him. AVIE BOOKER WOOD “Booker Wooker”’ Athletic Association; Class Play, ’26. “Not too sober, not too gay, but a good true gil m every way.” To her literary knowledge “Booker Wooker,” bas had the culinary art, and that of “some fisherman too.” So vou may expect to find her able to “cook what she catches,” and much more that she doesn’t. i), Y WILLIE CATHERINE WOOD 3.0 a Athletic Association; Class Play, Grumbler. ’ 26; Class “Owuwet in appearance with motive unknown.” We wonder what Willie would take for that hard-boiled look she has. She says, “Be hard- boiled and let nature do the painting.” Al- though “Bill” gets a little careless with her temper once in a while she should be con- sidered a good classmate. . Willie has to study real hard sometimes, but she’s determined to make good. PAGE TWENTY Che s2untius LA L$ | | | |) A A) A ea 7 A A) (| eI OS A A A A A) A A A ) SE — — == OO P P a P a ee ee a

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a ses FT LI | [ate DT EU Cs fae re rire reer oe ISTORY N one glorious September morn in 1922 there assembled in the Freshman room of old A. H. S. a bunch of crude material to start out their first year in high school. Who should be in the bunch but three former classmates who had started in the first grade with the historian, Dorothy Smith, Alta Belle Carr and Emily Johnson. There were other old classmates who had joined us in the higher grades—Cuyler Smith and Lewis Vaughan in the fifth; Ella Doss and Catherine Payne in the sixth. With these there were some entering A. H. S. for the first time, Mary Mattox, Harry McCoy and Elbert Richard- son. These constituting most of our light brigade, we were ready to start out to attain our high school ambition. Of course we, like all other rats, were expecting an easy time and as many privileges as we could take advantage of, but we were disappointed in our expectations because it wasn’t long before we learned that Algebra and Latin demanded study, if we expected to pass. This year a new principal had come to take us in charge. Everyone was eager to learn his name and ! ! ' ! ! j } ! ! i ! ! j j i ! ; i j ! ReGen Ghilds. : This was a very interesting school year for us, but a little dificult because our studies were new and j we had to become accustomed to our new teachers and habits of high school life. j Entering school in 1923 as Sophomores, some dropped out, while others joined to make up for the loss. = These new-comers were: Essie Baker, Annie Turner and Thomas Yeaman, a very desirable trio. Nothing i of very much interest happened during our Sophomore year, but, despite the fact ous studies were getting j harder and harder, we were forging ahead toward our goal and hoping each tomorrow would find us nearer bs than today. ‘ The following, our Junior year, we could begin to look back over our past high school days and realize i how much a rat really has to do ere he can become a Senior. This year five new-comers filed in as Juniors: ] Ruth Calloway, Booker and Willie Wood , Joe Robertson, and, after mid-term exams, Reese Smith. 4 We were very badly crowded and getting more cramped for room every year, but we made the best i of it, and, by the time school was out, arrangements had been made to make an addition to the building. j Being so happy that we were now Juniors, and so eager were we to become Seniors, this year passed re quickly by. : And then, in the fall of 1925, there entered a body of noble and enthusiastic pupils who were to form | the Class of ’26. 4 Olen Jones, one of last year’s Senior class, and one of our faithful students, was waiting to give us a ' hearty welcome. ! At last we were dignified Seniors, mostly just Seniors, still working hard for our reward—a diploma! 2 We were still up against it for room as the construction of the new building had not been completed. } But by February of ’26, we were able to spread out as some of the lower grades were moved into the new : building. Our classrooms had been enlarged. a The class hadn’t been organized long before it began to consider putting out an annual. This took i much consideration, but by a large majority vote, backed by the promise to do our best, we decided to pub- = lish an up-to-date annual. i We shall never forget how faithfully our editor-in-chief and president worked, nor the thrill we got r out of having our “‘beauty struck’? for publication. j Of course, we, like all Senior classes, thought ourselves the smartest and best class that had ever grad- i uated. Although we have a few less apt, we have a number of whom no school would be ashamed and Wwe point with pride, to our valedictorian, who, with others of the class, has made a splendid high school j record. KENNETH WALKER, rt Historian. ! } ! j ‘ x PAGE TWENTY-TWO $ ' : | j ! | ! : j } : i ) ' } ‘ i i ‘ LJ j | : i : get a good look at him. But we were not long in suspense until he was introduced to the school as Mr. ! t : j i ! ' | } j t } : | j } i i : ! } f { ;