Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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Nancy Teass, Anne Miller, Hugh Mackey, Dorothy Hopkins, Rebecca Saunders ost Graduates

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HUGH SIMPKINS Athletic Association, '40, '41; Football, '41; Literary Jiviniles. Hugh HELEN SAKEN Latin Club, ’40; Hi-Y Club, ’40, ’41; Beta Club, ’40, ‘41, Treasurer, 41; Literary Jiviniles. Helen ELIZABETH TEASS Spelling Club, ’41; Literary Jiviniles. Elizabeth JAMES TEASS Athletic Association, ‘40, '41; Home Economics Club, 41; Paper Staff, 41; Lanier Literary Society. James ANNIE WITT Spelling Club, ’41; Literary Jiviniles. Annie Seniors MARY WILLIE WATSON Athletic Association, 4 years, Secretary, '41; Secretary, Freshman Class; President, Sophomore Class; Hi-Y Club, 4 years, President, '41; Beta Club, °40; Olter’s Lookout Staff, 40; Tattler Staff, '40; Basket Ball, 4 years, Manager, ’41; Student Council, ’38, ’41, Chairman, '41; Mathe- matics Medal; Annual Staff; Literary Jiviniles; Class Historian; Citizenship Award. Mary Willie DOROTHY WILKES Athletic Association, '41; Hi-Y Club, '41; Beta Club, ‘41; President, Spelling Club, '41; Lanier Literary Society. Dot ED HOLDREN Athletic Association, ’38, °41; Football, °41; Tattler Staff, °40, °41; Beta Club, '40, '41, Vice President, '41; Senior Play; Treasurer, Lanier Literary Society; President, Senior Class, 41. ay EVELYN ZIMMERMAN Athletic Association, ’38, '39; Library Club, ’41; Camera Club, ’41; French Club, ’40; Literary Jiviniles. Evelyn First Row (left to right): Hugh Edward Simpkins, Helen Marie Saken, Annie Elizabeth Teass, James Albert Teass SeconD Row (left to right): Annie Dorothy Witt, Mary Willie Watson, Emma Dorothy Wilkes, Edward Cooper Holdren, Evelyn Elizabeth Zimmerman

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Class History This is station B. H. S. bringing you the important news of the graduation of forty-nine Seniors from Bedford High School. Through the courtesy of the network of radio a. this time we have been given complete control of the air. Because of the importance of this momentous occasion and the thrill of joy over the triumph of this group which has just reached the goal towards which it has marched for the better part of the life of each member, your announcer has here some facts which you have been waiting to hear. Eleven years ago in September, 1930, an important event occurred. For the first time in the lives of the pupils of Class ’41, they were separated from their omni-present mothers. Then for seven years these boys and girls, with their hardships and pleasures, traveled through elementary school, losing some of their classmates and gaining others, until June, 1937. On this date they reached the first goal for which they had been striving, that of graduating from elementary school into high scholl, where in September, 1937, the graduates of Bedford Elementary School and Liberty Academy entered Bedford High together. This was the first group of boys and girls from Liberty Academy ever to enter Bedford High. In high school, Sherrill Coleman’s leadership was first recognized when he was elected Freshman Class President. The next year this office was held by Mary Willie Watson. Again in 1939 Sherrill was elected president in his Junior year. In its Senior year the Class of ’41 elected Edward Holdren for its president, along with these other officers: Vice President, Mary Lydia Lyle; Secretary, Virginia Bell, and Treasurer, Gamiel Draper. These officers have faithfully and efficiently performed their duties in helping to steer the class smoothly through the years of high school. I have just received a report from the sports commentator, saying that in the graduating class this year there are quite a few athletes, among whom are Helen Padgett, Captain of the girls’ basket ball squad; Mary Willie Watson, Manager, and Homie Massie, Marianna Schubert, Charlotte Gray, and Mary Elliott; among the boys are David Draper and Sherrill Coleman, Co-Captains of the foot- ball team, also Gamiel Draper, Kyle Jones, Edward Holdren, Ted Cook, Hugh Simpkins, Paul Drum- heller and Clyde Morgan, Captain of the boys’ basket ball team. The cooperation and team work of these athletes of B. H. S. undoubtedly won for the Otters’ football team the Class ‘““C” Championship of Virginia and led the boys’ basket ball team to Char- lottesville where they were runners-up for the state championship. The Draper brothers, David and Gamiel, and Sherrill Coleman will always be remembered for their part in all the sports of the school. The spectacular Draper to Draper and Coleman passes, and the magnificent drive of David Draper, fullback on the Otters’ football team, have many a time thrilled the crowd of spectators at the B. H. S. games. The athletes brought the year to a successful close when ribbons were won at the Track Meet in the spring by Homie Massie, Clyde Morgan and David Draper. Not to be forgotten are other activities of the Class of 41. In this Class is the Editor-in-Chief of the Otter’s Lookout, Estelle Foy, who has been the force be- hind much of the work that has made for the success of this publication. Mary Elliott is the very diligent Editor-in-Chief of the 1941 Annual Staff. Mary, with her friendli- ness toward every one, has won many friends and the cooperation of the members of the staff, among whom may be mentioned Doris Burks, the efficient Business Manager. Jimmie Synan, President of the Beta Club of 1941, rose to the full height of his dignity this spring when, in the presence of the entire student body, he initiated into the Club its new members. Here are a few highlights on other distinguished individuals of the Class of ’41: Virginia Bell, who won medals all through the grade school, continued her nice work by receiving the U. D. C. and the D. A. R. medals in her Junior year, and by winning the place of valedictorian in her Senior year. In the Home Economics Department, Helen Saken and Marilyn Miller showed the girls many tricks in sewing and cooking. Helen came to the head of her class in her Junior year and received the Home Economics Medal.