Varina High School - Varinian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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24 the varinian We hardly recognize Edwin Mistr as he enters. VVitl1 him is a lovely girl, and by the way she blushes, it is plain that Edwin has been making love to her, which proves after all that he has not changed much. Edwin has a fine dairy and he is set up as a line example by all of the community. There is a rustle of silk and we turn to see a tall and stately woman, who is none other than our friend Hattie Childrey. Every one is proud to have been in Hattie's class, for she has accomplished great work as a missionary to Africag she has written several wonderful books about her work there. Hattie is very happy with her work and true to her word has never married. As everyone chatters gaily we turn to see Gladys, whose maiden name had been Fisher. Gladys is alone but she laughingly explains that she left Harold at home to take care of the children. NVe hear from Gladys' friends about the lovely home she has and what a fine cook she is. We are completely taken by surprise when we see a tall, dis- tinguished gentleman crossing the room with a pretty woman, who is evidently his wife. The man is Alvin Mistr, and we find, with surprise and delight, that he is Minister to Spain. We had expected Alvin to go into the dairy business with his brother. We had never expected that some of the boys and girls in our class would turn out to be such great men and women. We now wait expectantly for the rest of our classmates and Nettie is the next to come. She has not changed much, only the added years give her more dignity. Nettie is teaching school and likes her work very much, and by a curious twist of fate she is teaching Gladys' chil- dren, her classmate. We are very much surprised to find that Nettie had never married, when we look back to our school days and remember her little love affairs. Sallie Brackett timidly enters and with her is her girlhood sweet- heart. Sallie has been acting as an old ladies' companion for several vears, but as time slips by she decided that she would like to have a home of her own and we are very sure she will get it. We hear peals of childish laughter and turn to see Lorraine, who is a Johnson no longer, enter the room with her husband and tour little boys.

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the varinian 23 Qeninr Qlllass iBruphecp if OULD you like to look into the future, friends and classmates? It is the year of 1933. Time has passed quickly for the graduating class of 1923, and old Father Time has added but few marks on the boys and girls of yesterday. It is a warm June night, the moon is shining softly, and in a beautiful house lights beam brightly and music floats from the windows. Someone is having a party, it is a reunion of the class of '23, and all of the dear classmates have come together to make merry and talk of old times. None other than our friend Catherine l-Eernheisel is hostess and by her side stands an old man, her husband, to receive the guests. As a girl Catherine made clear her intentions of marrying for both love and money, but one seldom has both and Catherine always was luxury loving. She respects the old man very much and declares she always did like elderly men. Olive Hall comes up to greet our hostess and with her is our tall and gallant Randolph Harrison. They are both young, happy and forgetful of the rest of the world. Olive has a very large diamond on her linger which sparkles brilliantly. lt puzzles Randolph very much to know why it took him so long to find out how very desirable Olive really was. Olive has been doing splendid work as an interior decorator as well as teaching French in a private school. Randolph is a promising young lawyer and people say that a better one cannot be found. As the happy couple go off to dance Richard Fussell and Willie Lanham enter. Willie has not changed much, only the sparkle of mischief has nearly died from his eyes. He is the pastor of a very large church and is doing line work. Though Willie does not dance he enjoys talking over the old days with his friends. Richard has a large farm with all modern improvements and all young ladies in the community wonder why he will persist in remaining a bachelor.

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I the iearinian 25 Ruby comes next and with her is a tall grey haired man who seems familiar, we find out he is Norman Finnegan. The final knot has not been tied yet, but it will not be long before the wedding bells will ring. Ruby is a wonderful housekeeper for she has been keeping house for her mother and father for several years. Every one has come except Charles Jefferson and we are beginning to feel uneasy when we hear a soft silvery laugh followed by a manls deep voice. We turn to find Charles escorting a tall and handsome widow who is about to change her name to Jeiferson. He proudly introduces us to the handsome widow. VVe are very much disappointed for we had expected things to come out differently. Charles is well off as far as worldly goods are concerned, for he has turned out to be a fine public speaker. All greetings being over my classmates and their dear ones dance until the sun peeps up over the hill tops, when we, like Cinderella, must vanish. ' . -CECILE MCCOLLISTER, Prophet.