James Wood High School - Woodbine Yearbook (Winchester, VA)

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Minnie Russell and Carolyn Solenberger are really up in the air these days. Both are airline hostesses. Tommy Reardon was catcher in the World Series games which were held recently at the Rouss Ball Park. Several people of the class of '51 are teaching at james Wood. Ann Mongon is Physical Ed. Instructor, Margaret Brumback is teaching Home Economics, and Jean Marple teaches bookkeeping. Jerry White and Graham Teets have founded a home in Frederick County for old men. They call it Bachelors Blockhousef' 1 Bill Bailey is now a Senator in Washingtong not politics, but baseballg he is pitcher for the Washington Senators baseball club. Mary Hermanson is a nationally known singer. Her theme song is My Buddy. Nancy Lee Cather, Jane Grim, Betty Ann Whitacre, and Wilma Ferrell, besides being busy housewives, are active members of the How to Raise Fourteen and Still Look Young Club. There is a new version of Math since Ellen Rivers is teaching that subject at James Wood. The students think 2 and 2 make 22. Ray Hines is owner of the Capitol Theater. He has three little ushers to help him. Emmogene Omps, June Luttrell, and Ruth Rinker are all government secretaries in Washington. All three still retain their love for skating. Pat Swink finally received her one-way ticket to Minnesota. If someone changes Pat's mind, she will go to Hawaii. Barbara Wolfe is a very successful homemaker. She always did claim they were cheaper by the dozen. Victor Crim has given up his career of riding a ship on the high seas in favor of riding a tractor on the farm. Hazel Barham, Sarah Marks, and Gladys Lamp are the chief operators at the Winchester Telephone Office. They supervise fifty other operators. Rosa Lee Hendricks is a grand up-roar singer at the Winchester Municipal Opera House. Helen Newcome is a makefup artist at 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood. Bucky Singhass, who held several important positions, still holds his original position as the only remaining bachelor of the class of '51. Shirley Peoples is secretary to the manager of the A E? P chain stores. She still has her old habit of teasing members of the opposite sex. Jo Ann Wilson has resigned teaching Home Economics in order to devote all of her time to that lucky Sailor. Donald Luttrell is manager of the A Es? P chain stores in Winchester. Charles Hoak is court reporter for the Winchester Juvenile Court. Jimmy Hammock is owner of the largest garage in the Pinehills. Paul Strawderman is the last person in the world who will let you down-he is an undertaker. Warren Thompson is a professor of Agriculture at V. P. I. Virginia Shifllet, who is a famous novelist, has just Hnished her sensational new book All About Adam. Delmer DeHaven is still in the Navy and captain of the big ship Lazy Bones. Mae Snyder and Lois White are lap secretaries at the American Viscose Corporation. Donnie Anderson is a big executive of the International Harvester Company with a desk for each foot. CLASS MOTTO-FORXVARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER CLASS FLOWER-RED ROSE. CLASS COLORS-BLUE AND SILVER 33

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lllll MASS PIHIPHHZY As I was walking down the street in Winchester the other day, I saw a fortune teller's sign, and thought it would be nice to know what the members of the Senior Class would be doing ten years from now. Madame Futura's crystal ball brought forth these astounding predictions. Mary Ann Mcllwee has opened a dancing studio in Winchester, teaching the unique McIlwee Method. Frances Wolford, the famous interior decorator, has just finished redecorating the White House. Hillary Brant is seen on television every Tuesday night sponsored by the Four Roses Garden Club. Dorothy Colfelt is doing charity work in Frederick County. Betty Keiter is still collecting stuffed animals. She collects them for Willie, junior now. Dolly Shifilett, who has been in the Waves for ten years, has ten more years to go before she can retire for smooth sailing. Dwain Place is manufacturing a new kind of car called The Place. His motto is The Place will go any place. Louise Walker is busy these days housekeeping. In her spare time she works in her mother's store in Kernstown. Jane Clevenger is grand winner of the Midget Auto Races held recently at Akron. Kitty and Mary Bragg work for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. More men are taking out insurance policies than ever before. Don Taylor is part owner of one of the largest farms in this part of the country. His farming partner is his little brother John. Nancy Sue Cather, Johanna Kettlewell, Pat Sutherland, Nancy Baker, and Libby Hollis are taking nurses training at john Hopkins University. The doctors there received a lecture recently for not concentrating on their work. Warren Kines is now big time operator for the B Es' M Chevrolet Company. Gardner Brannon, who is a research chemist, has made a great discoveryg it is a new kind of lipstick that is allergic to shirt collars. Phyllis Dick, Irene Russell, Helen Owens, and Lamaris Sager are office workers. They also take an active part in the Flippy Flirts Club. Charles Cochran, who is still in the Marines, is stoop-shouldered from wearing his numerous decorations and medals. Robert Renner is Kernstown's biggest car salesman. He is owner of Renner's Hotrod Haven. Mildred Kirk is still secretary to Mr. Beable. In her spare time she is bookkeeper at Hotrod Haven. Roxanne Roger's thoroughbred horse, Racing Roxy, has just captured all honors at the Kentucky Derby. Since Page Huffman, Robert Catir, and Carroll Dalton are bus drivers, it is harder than ever for the girls to keep up with them. Julian Ebersole, equipped with a brand new police whistle, has advanced to the position of Chief Warden at Sing Sing. Betty Wolford is now a missionary to China. Patsy Smith and Phyllis Herbaugh have traveled around the world five times. Both always did get around quite a bit. Charles Coates, Pat Russell, and Jimmy Hottle, all big time farmers, have a yearly V contest to see which one can produce the biggest and best corn. The judges claim it is a hard task trying to decide whose corn is the corniest! 3?

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