Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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LaurA KATHERINE WALKER Torch-Y, 41; Latin Club, ’41-’42°43; Athletic Association, '42; Library Club, ‘41-42-43; Victory Corps, °43; Beta Club, 44; Senior Play Cast. Laura Doris Mar WuHortey Library Club, ’43-’44. Doris Loutse Marte ZIMMERMAN Torch-Y, 41; Library Club, ’41-'42-43, Secretary, 42; Beta Club, ’43-’44; Stu- dent Office Assistant, “44. Rusty al

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20 ExvizapEtH Murray SMITH Athletic Association, °41; Library Club, ‘44; Glee Club, ’42. Betsy LesTER JOHNSON STANLEY Athletic Association, “41-42; Boys’ Home Ec. Club, ’41; Baseball, ’41-42. Runt CaTHERINE REBECCA VAUGHN Glee Club, ’41-'42. Tootsie

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22 Class Hisiory Eleven years ago last fall we started to school. That was a happy moment for most ae us, as it made us feel quite “grown-up.” However, the thoughts of eleven long years of hard work ahead were almost fright- ening to ones so young. Now looking back—those years have been very Shae and well—not too hard. There are certain incidents in our school life which we should like to recall to your memory. Surely you haven’t forgotten Janet's love for Tom resulting in Tom’s name being carved on all fie apple trees around the Hick’s hore or Mary Cox’s staying in for chewing gum. Miss Bessie wrote on the board “I must chew gum in school,” Anal told Mary to copy it. Little did Miss Bessie realize That she had left out the word not—until Mary had written the sentence one hundred times. It was also Miss Bessie who had Tom dance every morning for our entertain- ment. He was so bashful that he turned his back to us. June got her dancing practice on the side doing the “pickanniny shinny” at recess. The plays we gave in the first, second, and third grades afforded quite a bit of interes and excitement. We played the dashing roles of fairies, elves, birds, and vegetables. An annual event of the graded school, in which we found great pleasure, was going to the fair. Don’t you remember how we saved our nickles and dimes for weeks in order to be able to ride on the hobby- horses, ferris wheel and the like—to say nothing of taking in all the side shows. Our class was divided in the fourth grade, and all the children liv- ing outside the corporation were transferred to Liberty Academy, the new elementary school for the pupils of central district. Those of us who were sent to the Academy found conditions quite different. We heard much about the new curriculum and found that along with it went more freedom, fewer rules, no home work, and many clubs. The Glee Club, of which many of us were members, went to Lynchburg and gave a radio program— —which we considered very pro- fessional. May Day at Liberty Academy was looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure, because about the first of April we started practicing for it and we did n’t have many lessons. In the fifth grade, the girls were very much embarrassed when