Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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CLASS WILL The members of the Senior Class of Altavista High School leave this, their last will and testament, as evidence of their good wishes to students and teachers whom they regretfully bid farewell in June, nineteen hundred and forty. To Mr. Meade our deep appreciation for his sincere interest in our problems; and to Mr. Fray and the Campbell County School Board our sincere thanks for their efforts in securing improvements in our school. Mr. McIntosh receives our wishes for a new chemistry and biology laboratory; for Mrs. McIntosh a new crop of Jim Bennetts and Lawson Harmons. To Miss Simmons a condensed edition of English Grammar and to Mr. Mopsik a Civics class who will be enthusiastic about the subject. For Miss Steppe we wish a class of perfect ladies and gentlemen. We leave Miss Bailey our hopes for a radio to be installed in the Home Economics Cottage. To Miss Davies an annual staff that will work quickly and efh- ciently, and for Miss Phillips we wish a Senior Class who will keep their desks straight and the floor clean. For Mr. Kranke we leave a bigger and better Industrial Arts Department. Finally, to John, a quieter student body whose members do not throw paper and trash on the floors or school grounds. To: Hollie Bowers is willed Warren Yeatts’ curly locks. J. W. Hamner receives Jimmy Morgan’s place in the Senior Class as “class comedian.” Lamar Tinsley, Lessie Miller’s interest in school work. Inez English, Phyllis Hall’s position as captain of the physical education softball squad. For Bobby Newman we’ve saved Howard Weeks’ Latin grades. To Louise Hall goes Mazie Downs’ three years experience in playing basketball. We leave to Catherine Bennett, Geraldine Johnso n’s chatter box; to T. D. Tinnin, Jr., Fannie Barnard’s record for school attendance; and to Oliver Hutcherson, James Hylton’s versatility. We're giving James Cumnock, Rachel Patterson’s ability to type, and for Virginia Smith we bought a car like Vincent Allen used to have to be her very own. Don Mergler and Billy Wilburn are going to be presented with an automatic mischief maker. Charles Fauntleroy’s habits and ways are dedicated to Elizabeth Lewis. We are wondering if Estelle West could use Ann Wilburn’s blonde hair; and we know that Vera Jackson would be pleased to have some of Ruth East’s height. Clyde Brooks, Jr. is given Vincent Allen’s large collection of convincing (?) alibis. To Clara Pickrel we leave Dan McCoy’s “‘hail fellow well met” manner; to Bernard Rice, Vernon Rountrey’s originality in writing; and to Dorothy Burgess, Helen Hutcherson’s business ability. We imagine that next year Joe Creasy will occupy the same position among the Senior Who’s Who as does Warren Yeatts of this year’s class. The Senior Class presents to Hubert Downs a whistle to use while going through the hall; and to Sybil Reynolds a record of that Navy tune, Anchors Aweigh. Curtis Trent is given Roy McCrickard’s good spirits and Lessie Miller’s ability to study. We leave Peggy Gregory’s friendliness and cute smile to Margaret Anthony, while to Wal- lace Barbee goes Mary Hamner’s and Nancy McCartney’s love for music. For Annie Bel Williams a newspaper staff that will be cooperative, and for Mary Frances Mason, Edwin Cothran’s energy and pep. Marian Dickerson’s talkative manner is willed to Clara Newman. To Ruth Gaddy is given Mary Coffey’s ability to sing both soprano and alto; to Dorothy Gregory we leave Maude Worsham’s quiet manner. Perhaps Naomi Trent would like a little of Eunice Tinnin’s dignity (?), or Dorothy Lowman some of Mildred Harman’s studious- ness. For Lois Stinnette we’ve reserved E. G. English’s ability to debate and for Ruth Johnson, Helen Hutcherson’s naturally curly hair. The Senior Home Economics stu- dents’ love for that subject is left to Alma Quarles, while Katherine Lowman is pre- sented with Roy McCrickard’s ever present smile coupled with James Hall’s air of sophistication. To this, our Last Will and Testament, the Class of 1940 does set its hand and seal.

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SENIOR SNAPSHOTS

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CLASS PROPHECY It is the year 1950 A.D. The scene is the laboratory of those famous scientists, Dr. Vernon Rountrey and Professor James Hylton. They have just invented a machine that tells what someone is doing at a stated time by placing a photograph of that person in it. To aid in testing the machine, the inventors have secured the aid of Howard Weeks, world renowned photographer of the Maharajah of Calcutta. He traveled many, many miles returning to the United States in order to make pictures of a group of people for the experiment. And guess whom he selected—why the dear old class of 1940, of course. The first photograph in the machine is that of Ann Wilburn. On the silver screen we see a small suburban cottage with Ann and five charming children portrayed there. Then the scene changes. We are in Hollywood where E. G. English is directing Warren Yeatts, the great romantic lead, and Patricia Rachelle, titian-haired beauty, whom we once knew as Rachel Patterson, in a motion picture. They are being starred in James Morgan’s latest story, “Watch them and Weep,” written especially for Warren and Rachel. Still in Hollywood, we see Mary Hamner who designs dresses for the stars. But what is this—is the invention burning up? No, we have only put the picture of the Glamour Girl of 1950 into the machine. And do you know who she is? Nancy McCartney? Certainly. Traveling with lightning speed across the ccntinent to Atlantic City, N. J., we see Edwin Cothran, the big executive, owner and manager of The Elite Kitchen Fixtures Corporation and Afhliated Industries for the Improvement of Soap, the E.K.F.C.A.I.LS, for short. While there, we find that in his outer office is none other than Fannie Barnard, his private secretary. All advertising for this company is handled by the McCrickard Advertising Agency, headed by Roy McCrickard, whose business partner is Marian Dickerson. Geraldine Johnson’s picture is currently appearing in magazines to advertise Elite’s new jade green kitchen sink. Well, we never thought our Geraldine would become a model, but times do change. Our old friends, Mazie Downs and Mary Coffey, are shown playing on the National Women’s Softball Team. They are just now at the peak of their careers, the team having won the United States and the Australian Championship. Helen Hutcherson seems to be doing very well as editor of The Woman’s Gadabout Journal, with Mildred Harman working very hard as her secretary. Phyllis Hall has disappeared into the South American jungles with her husband, a famous missionary, leaving her welfare uncertain. And who is this? Why Peggy Gregory—teaching com- mercial education and Spanish to the natives of the Belgian Congo. With her is seen Maude Worsham who teaches them Russian and Geometry. Charles Fauntleroy is pictured as owner and operator of a dairy that butters the b read and creams the coffee of all Altavista; and Vincent Allen is shown as operating a fleet of trucks which hauls T.N.T. between Gretna and Yellow Branch as well as all the material for the J. B. Hall Textile Co., (President, James Hall). Dan McCoy is coach of the football team at Duke. Remember this star player from Altavista High. We didn’t know where the machine was taking us when Eunice Tinnin’s picture was put into it. We finally ended up among the Fiji Islands, where she has located her winter home. You see, Eunice married a millionaire and summers in Bar Harbor, but winters among the Fiis. Ruth East has been in France as a volunteer nurse for the past six years. She has been decorated for bravery by the French Government on two occasions. Now James Morgan’s photograph is placed in the machine, and we see him lying on the beach at Miami, Florida. It’s this way: he planned to make a fortune and retire by 1945, spending the rest of his time enjoying life. Evidently he has succeeded. In closing the experiment, Rountrey and Hylton pronounced it a success and announced that they, too, expected to make a fortune from sale of the machine. Then they will also retire and have some fun in life.