Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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THE PEAKS Junior-Oenior Party The annual Junior-Senior Party was held at Lake Lodge, on the 22nd of December. The members of both the Classes ef ’28 and ’29 were present and also the football squad and several members of the faculty. The attractiveness of the room was enhanced by tasteful decorations; also the soft glow of the candles, and the crackling wood fire added warmth and color to the scene. Several contests and unusual games were enjoyed. Notable among the latter was one whose chief equipment consisted of a marshmallow placed in the middle of a long cord. The point was this: A boy or girl, having placed one end in his or her respective mouth, endeavored to reach the marshmallow first, by chewing the string. Some results in this game were so close as to be very entertaining. Later on, there was dancing, followed by delicious refreshments. When the party was over, everyone professed having had a fine time, the only “fly in the oint- ment” being the Juniors used consternation concerning “Paying the Piper” (the Piper being chiefly the Bedford Merchants).

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aN 3 = a) ¥ ss ee aN 7” | THE PEAKS (26 @3 But Mr. Holt did not have very much time to teach us English on account of having to nurse his foot. Miss Temple took us on a picnic to Joppa Mills during the session. Next September when we came to schocl what we didn’t do to those “rats” is not worth telling, for we were then Sophomores. Our class has increased more and more each year and this year we received into the class Kenneth Latimer, Claude Hatcher, Norine Parker, Virginia Saunders and Mary Witt. Mr. Gudger, our Biology teacher, had a hard time teaching us how frogs hop and why fish swim. We had lots of fun that year and to cap it all we went to Forbes Mill on a weinie roast at the end of the session. Our Junior Year was another long year for us because we were anxious to share the privileges of a Senior. A few more pupils joined the class—William Foster, Joe Hardy, Alice Hawkins, Lydia Markham, Mary McMillan, Rebecca White, Alma Wills, Sallie Wright, Jack Wright and Mary Wooldridge. Miss Berry was one of our English teachers, and one of the many things which she taught us was how to play paper-dolls. We entertained the Seniors at a masquerade party at the country home of Virginia Saunders and everyone had a delightful time, also at the end of the session the Seniors entertained us at a party given at Three Otters. Now our geal is reached and after long years of struggle and studying, we are at last Seniors and we are allowed to receive full benefit of the privileges legally given to us and too of the ones we take. Our Senior year has been full of work and pleasure. The year started out with good prospects and we each seemed determined to spend the entire year in hard studying in order to make our last year in high school a success. Carl Danner and Rucker Updike joined us this year. The class of ’28 during this year organized the Nique Literary Society, in which we had debating teams and several times the debaters had contests throughout the county with other debating teams, and we had great success. Athletics this year prospered under the training of Mr. Rutherford. Although we did a great amount of studying, we always had time for fun. We had several parties during the year and one which was enjoyed perhaps the greatest was a supper at which the class was entertained by the Rotarians. We had our annual Junior-Senior and Senior-Junior parties which everyone enjoyed. Now that we come to the end of our High School career it is necessary for us to take leave of our thoughtful teachers who have led us from the foot of the ladder to the top rung, and as we go forth, from time to time we will always remember the teachers who have helped us threughout the years. Now that we have looked back over our school days we rest easier that we may take leave from good Bedford High, and as each one ef us goes forth in the battle of life, we each will try to follow onward and never say fail.

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