James Cumnock is still thinking about the good old days when he sat up until midnight to listen to Glenn Miller’s Orchestra; he has taken quite an interest in the tenor saxophone which he is now playing in one of the ten best orchestras in the country. Ruth Johnson is keeping up the family tradition of running a successful boarding house. Clyde Brooks is now a foreman in a large ammunition plant, using his skill in sheet metal which he learned in shop at A. H. S. Virginia Smith has taken Kate Smith’s place as the National Favorite Singing Star. Wallace Barbee has now given up Pro-football to devote his time to his family. His young son has inherited Wallace’s old remark, Watcha Know ? Ruth Gaddy is still torn between two loves, the one in Washington and the one back home. She is having difficulty in making up her mind. Curtis Trent has now taken Clark Gable’s role as Screen Lover No. |, and is terribly enrapt ured by Shirley Temple who is quite a lovely young lady. Dorothy Gregory has just been voted one of the ten best dressed women in the United States. Buddy Lane has returned from the army, settled down to work as a talent scout, and now can afford a 1951 Chevrolet. Catherine Bennett is employed in the cosmetic department of Millner’s in Lynchburg. Vera Jackson is secretary to Congressman Downs of the Sixth District. (Our old friend, Hubert, a congressman! ) Hollie Bowers 1s following in the footsteps of Alfred Einstein, the world’s greatest mathematician. Margaret Anthony is driving the school bus in place of her brother who has resigned. It sounds like London trams. Inez English is teaching commercial courses and coaching basketball at Leesville, which now boasts a high school all of its own. Mary Frances Mason is the world’s champion typist. Naomi Trent is designing dresses for the Hollywood movie stars and Estelle West is her secretary. Dorothy Yeatts is wearing the other ring to match her pretty diamond which she received in her senior year, and 1s she happy ? Annie Bel Williams is author of the “Lonely Hearts’ column in the New York Times. Her success is due to the fact that because of so much ex- perience, she is well qualified for the position. This is all the soldier was able to reveal to me because he was so weak from his wounds. I intend to ask him more when his condition improves. It has been such a full day but I am so happy because I feel that I have had news directly from each classmate; and to one away from home this means a lot. Goodnight Diary.” ALTAVISTA HIGH SCHOOL
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