Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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25 Class Prophecy Listen, O my children, to these words of wisdom. Listen, that ye may hear a the great divination revealed to your most humble seer by the Divine One. a he lay in docile slumber, your lowly prophet was blessed with an omnipotent power; and a rev elation of the illimitable future of the class of ‘44 was made unto this humble person through a vision. From out of the mist comes the glare of foot lights, behind which stands Willie “Bernhart” Nichols, the great American Actress, enacting the famed dagger scene from Macbeth. Ah, yes, and in the orchestra pit there’s “Kettle Drum” Marshall and his “Hot Rocke.” There are quite a number of celebrities in the audience, too, such as Ann Anderson, the Dorothy Thompson of 1954, taking notes for her column and throwing peanuts into the balcony; then there’s “Olsa” Craig just back from big- game hunting in Africa; with her is “Play Boy” Fizer, local Casonova, now divorcing his ninth wife. But wait! There’s an interruption; a voice screams, “Is there a dentist in the house?” and as Dr. Fields steps forth, a man rushes up and cries excitedly, “Come quickly, Doctor, my wife’s cutting a tooth!” As the excitement dies down, Mr. Frank Sin- atra steps into the spotlight and announces that his next wife is to be none other than Miss June Scott, famed debutante. A hush runs over the house as Miss Eunice Moore steps to the stage and pleads for funds to help the Missionaries in China, where she and her fourth husband Call preachers) are planning to carry on their good work. The scene changes and the odor of magnolias blends faintly into my lethargy. From pehence cometh this pleasant scent, you ask? Why, my children, it issues from the luxurious plantation of Colonel Carlyle, a truly ¢ great Southern gentleman. On the veranda we see Colonel Car- lyle and General J M. Bower, retired, who now runs a neighboring chicken farm, talking with Rusty Zimmerman, famed Wee enoman anil sipping mint juleps.. You guessed it, friends. The well in the back- yard doesn’t contain water. It’s rumored that Colonel Carlyle and Henry Howard are running a still in addition to their regular duties. Purely carrying on the tradition of the South, of course. The topic of conversation seems to be the next presidential election in which Wendell Willkie and Miss Julia Dooley, now Congresswoman, are running against—yes, that’s right, it’s good old F. D. R. Horrors! There’s a terrifying roar heard, and Sine ‘de-Servesky” Phillips zooms over in his newest rocket ship, followed by Major John Arthur of the Army Air Force. Colonel Carlyle calls his secretary, Miss Mary Cox, short-

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24 June and Mary Garland will like him half as well as they do their be- loved Frank. One day Miss Ida caught James Phillips, Jimmy Bower, and Gene Fizer playing volley ball in her homeroom at recess. You should have seen them scrubbing walls that afternoon after school. One cold snowy day, Malcolm, Lester, Jimmy, and Gene put Mar- garet and Barbara out on the roof at noon recess. Even this didn't cool them enough to quiet them. E We all know that Ann Arlen didn’t eat any supper the night of the play. Even then it is very surprising that she could eat as much as she did on the stage. - If you have noticed the way Laura has gone around day dreaming you know that she is in love, but it seems that she could have found someone nearer her age than the preacher. Speaking of love affairs, we have had plenty of them: Lillie Belle and J. S., Rachel and Ralph, Kathleen and Hugh, Marjorie and Jimmy, Betsy and Ralph, and Eunice and Paul. James Henry came to school every morning claiming that he had to study bookkeeping. Could it have been that he was interested in Virginia? Alma and Doris certainly were interested in Holy Cross basketball team, and we all understand the reason they were so anxious to have a second game. There are two events that we aren't likely to forget. One is the Halloween Party, the first all-school party to be held in high school. We recommend that it become an annual event. The other is the Ju- nior-Senior Party, which was so much enjoyed by all. As our high school years come to an end we recall other memorable happenings, such as, our trips to Natural Bridge, Timber Lake, and the County Lake. We shall probably forget some of the things we learned, but we shall always remember and cherish the memories of the friends we made and the teachers who have been our guides and our friends. ANNE PADGETT and MARIE ZIMMERMAN, Class Historians

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26 hand expert, and dictates a letter to Miss Anne Padgett, noted chemist, who is working on a formula for synthetic booze. Colonel Carlyle is sponsoring the experiment. Ah! Another couple approaches the spacious mansion; yes, it's Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, the former Rachel Hoback, who manage Carlyle’s large estate. There seems to be another couple lounging at “Julep Hill”; it’s “Dizzy” Stanley, big league base-ball pitcher, and his fiancee, Margaret Saunders. Mr. Claiborn Arrington, local postman, tosses the paper upon the veranda; and as it falls open, we see that Barbara “Pin Up” Johnson and Harry Besosa, noted engineer, are planning a world tour along with Malcolm Dea- con, who has amassed a fortune in the laundry business, and Bill Miller, florid play boy of New York. Also on this trip are Misses Sylvia Rob- erts, Louise Beard, Doris Whorley, Lillie Belle O’Donohoe, and Eloise Luck, all professional nurses. There’s a group of teachers on board, too; namely, Miss Janet Hicks, Laura Walker, Mary G. Holland, Helen Leftwich, Marjorie Holland, and Nancy Ballard. Other graduates seen were: Doris Blankenship, Betsy Smith, Kathryn Vaughn, and Kathleen Elliott. With this last scene the vision vanished, and your humble prophet was left in peaceful slumbers. PAUL OVERSTREET, Class Prophet