Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Gi Peoples HIS is an excerpt from Nurse Louise Hall’s diary. Miss Hall, a gradu- ate of 1941 of the Altavista High School, is now in a London hospital, nursing the English soldiers who have been wounded in the war which is still raging. This section of her diary reads as follows: “Dear Diary: As I was binding a soldier’s wounds, guess what I found out about him? He was psychic to an extreme degree and informed me that he could reveal news to me about anyone concerning whom I might te interested. Lately memories of my high school days have crowded upon me and | was consumed with curiosity as to what each one of the old gang was doing. What else should I have asked him about other than my graduating class back in Alta- vista? I actually flooded him with questions and he answered them patiently. This is the news I gleaned. Oliver Hutcherson is a tobacco farmer in Canada. Sybil Reynolds is piano accompanist in Glenn Miller's Orchestra. Don Mergler is manager of one of Pender’s Stores in Norfolk. Dorothy Lowman is married and raising a family of very tall boys and neat little girls. Joe Creasy is escorting Public Deb No. | about the night spots in New York, Chicago, Hollywood, and points west. Clara Pickrel is in New York tripping the light fantastic with the most eligible bachelors in town. J. W. Hamner, Jr., is now Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Rayon Mill and is still as witty as ever. Katherine Lowman is buyer for New York’s fashionable Lord and Taylor’s. Billy Wilburn hasn’t stopped matching nickels and dimes yet. (Really, Billy, I think you lost enough back in your senior year). But even so, he is a great success following Dad’s footsteps, managing Bibee’s. Lois Stinnette has found her Home Economics course useful. She is now a dietitian in a military academy. (Oh well, I can’t say I blame you, Lois). Dan McCoy is holding a high position on the third shift in the Blue Ridge Rayon Mill and is still waiting for the nght girl. Elizabeth Lewis’ friend has now returned from the army and there will be a June wedding. Needham Wilson is in Honolulu. He has purchased an enormous quan- tity of grass skirts for distribution to numerous girl friends back in the states. Clara Newman is seen as Home Economics teacher in A. H. S. with Miss Bailey as county supervisor. ALTAVISTA HIGH SCHOOL

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ed BS ee Lois EARLE STINNETTE a ieodes Glee Club, 1938; Home Ec. Club, Glee Club, 1939; Home Ec. Club, Glee Club, Art Club, Commercial Club, 1940; Home Ec. Club, Glee Club, Circulation Staff, Nuntius, 1941. MARTHA VIRGINIA SMITH “Ginny” Glee Club, Botany Club, 1938: Glee Club, Home Ec. Club, Student Council, Choral Club, 1939; President of Glee Club, Home Ec. Club, Dramatic Club, Com- mercial Club, Athletic Club, 1940; Glee Club, Home Ec. Club, Advertising Staff, Nuntius, 1941. NAom! JUANITA TRENT “Ne” Glee Club, 1938; Glee Club, Home Ec. Club, 1939; Home Ec. Club, Commercial Club, Dramatic Club, 1940; Home Ec. Club, Library Club, Circulation Staff of Annual, 1941. NEEDHAM BROUGHTON WILSON “Buckskin” Industrial Arts, Shop Club, Monogram Club, D. O., Football, 1941. 1940; JosEPH WILLIAM WILBURN “Billy” Botany Club, Home Ec. Club, 1938; Safety Patrol, Monitor Club, 1939; Commercial Club, Football, 1940; Shop Club, 1941. ESTELLE VIRGINIA WEST Rosie’ Botany Club, 1938; Home Ec. Club, 1939; Commercial Club, Dramatic Club, 1940; Dyiversified Occupations, 1941. ANNIE BEL WILLIAMS loots Botany Club, Glee Club, 1938; Press Club, Glee Club, Basketball, Softball, 1939: The Colonel Staff, Glee Club, Dramatic Club, Home Ec. Club, 1940; Press Club, Basketball, D. O., Advertising Staff of Annual, 1941. VIVIAN JACOBS “Boots” Post Graduate from Gretna High School. Although Boots is not a Senior, she has cooperated wholeheartedly with us in carrying out the activities of the Senior Class. ALTAVISTA HIGH SCHOOL

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James Cumnock is still thinking about the good old days when he sat up until midnight to listen to Glenn Miller’s Orchestra; he has taken quite an interest in the tenor saxophone which he is now playing in one of the ten best orchestras in the country. Ruth Johnson is keeping up the family tradition of running a successful boarding house. Clyde Brooks is now a foreman in a large ammunition plant, using his skill in sheet metal which he learned in shop at A. H. S. Virginia Smith has taken Kate Smith’s place as the National Favorite Singing Star. Wallace Barbee has now given up Pro-football to devote his time to his family. His young son has inherited Wallace’s old remark, Watcha Know ? Ruth Gaddy is still torn between two loves, the one in Washington and the one back home. She is having difficulty in making up her mind. Curtis Trent has now taken Clark Gable’s role as Screen Lover No. |, and is terribly enrapt ured by Shirley Temple who is quite a lovely young lady. Dorothy Gregory has just been voted one of the ten best dressed women in the United States. Buddy Lane has returned from the army, settled down to work as a talent scout, and now can afford a 1951 Chevrolet. Catherine Bennett is employed in the cosmetic department of Millner’s in Lynchburg. Vera Jackson is secretary to Congressman Downs of the Sixth District. (Our old friend, Hubert, a congressman! ) Hollie Bowers 1s following in the footsteps of Alfred Einstein, the world’s greatest mathematician. Margaret Anthony is driving the school bus in place of her brother who has resigned. It sounds like London trams. Inez English is teaching commercial courses and coaching basketball at Leesville, which now boasts a high school all of its own. Mary Frances Mason is the world’s champion typist. Naomi Trent is designing dresses for the Hollywood movie stars and Estelle West is her secretary. Dorothy Yeatts is wearing the other ring to match her pretty diamond which she received in her senior year, and 1s she happy ? Annie Bel Williams is author of the “Lonely Hearts’ column in the New York Times. Her success is due to the fact that because of so much ex- perience, she is well qualified for the position. This is all the soldier was able to reveal to me because he was so weak from his wounds. I intend to ask him more when his condition improves. It has been such a full day but I am so happy because I feel that I have had news directly from each classmate; and to one away from home this means a lot. Goodnight Diary.” ALTAVISTA HIGH SCHOOL