Atlantic High School - Cardinal / Beacon Yearbook (Oak Hall, VA)

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CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of Atlantic High School in the town of Oak Hall, the county of Accomack, the State of Virginia, having struggled through four hard years of high school and realizing that, as a result, we are weak of mind and body, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. It is our last request that the following be carried out to the smallest detail. I, Kenneth Adams, leave my ability to drive my Ford to Kenneth Miles. Use it well. I, Pat Bradley, leave my “come hither” eyes to J. W. Tapman. I, Dempsey Bruton, leave my muscles to Herman Chesser. I, Francis Campbell, leave my love for colleges to Laura Ellen Trader. I, Maxwell Christopher, leave Jane Ann Bode in the care of Mike Mitchell. Take care of her. I, Richard Coffin, LEAVE. I, Charles Drewer, leave my ability to get sent out of class to Bob Wessells. I, Buddy Hodge, leave my ability to lose women to Jerry Varner. I, Carlton Justice, leave my conceit and way with women to Franklyn Onley. I, Pat Lang, leave my ability to get “fighting mad” with a typewriter to William Earl Dennis. I, Carson Long, leave aU my girl friends to Stanley Smith. I can’t take them with me. I, Bob Markland, leave my Yankee heritage to Betty Camper. I, Vincent Marnier, leave the back steps to Iris Ann Gunter and Billy Sparrow. I, Glenn Matthews, leave my “speedy ways” to P.D. Fisher. Watch the ditches. I, Wrendo Mears, leave my “sernaders” to Jimmy O’Toole. I, Bob Miller, leave my “secret dharm” to the one who needs it. I, Larry Rantz, leave my love for “Chinco” to Thomas Matthews. I, Frankie Shannon, leave my curly hair to Marvin Justice. Take special care when shampooing. I, Bobby Sparrow, leave my tackling ability to Lawerence Davis. Do your best. I, Billy Taylor leave my spit curl to Albert Miles. I, Jimmy Pronier, leave my great Physics knowledge to whoever needs it in class. I, Carolyn Bailey, leave all my commercial books to Shirley Bailey. Don’t lose them. I, Joyce Bailey, leave my quietness to Rosine Pollitt. I, Betty Bloxom, leave my brown eyes to Betty Sparrow. I, Annette Brittingham, leave my ability to make a hoop shot to Judy Lang. I, Carolyn Broadwater, leave my blonde hair to Brenda Sayer. I, Jo Ann Byrd, leave my love for Parksley to Jeanette Hall. I, Carolyn Chesser, leave my appendix to Lula Mae Miles. Gone but not forgotten, I, Mary Jane Fletcher, leave my quiet laugh to Mamie Lou Trader. Giggles are permitted. I, Mary .Ann Hall, leave my love for typing to Phil Watkinson. A typewriter is human. I, Virginia Jordan, leave my red hair to Katherine Williams. We, Patsy Killmon, Frances Moore, and Shirley Bundick, leave our strong basketbaH defense to next year’s guards. I, Mary Lou Lambden, leave nothing. I, Billie Lou Marshall, leave my recipe for going steady to Winnie Rhodes. I, Billie Miles, leave my knee-socks to Mary Margaret Taylor. Hope they keep you warm. I, Sara Taylor, leave my “speedy Dodge” to Midget Taylor. Watch the speed limits. We, the Senior Class of 1954, leave our bad habits to the Junior Class. Have as much fun with them as we have had. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seal this day of June, 1955.

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CLASS PROPHECY This is your roving reporter, Pat Killmon, bringing you the on-the-spot report of a sight seeing tour to Mars on a new rocket ship, “Cardinal Express”. This ship has been designed by the expert engineering of Christopher and Long, and is piloted by Captain Taylor and Co-Captain Rantz. Among the passengers are the famous soap¬ box opera singer .... Mary Ann Hall; world renown orator ....... Dempsey Bruton; chic fashion designer.Lou Lambden; and the scientist Jim Pronier. The trip is being made more pleasant by the gracious stewardess Betty Bloxom, and seemingly before the trip has begun we have landed on the planet Mars. We’re putting on our oxygen masks and leaving the ship very anxiously. The housing development on Mars is new, but it is growing very fast. As we walk down main street, we notice some of Mars’s most promising enterprises. . . . “Starlite Salon” run by Mmes. Broadwater and Byrd, “Adams’s Garage”, “Campbell’s Super Market”, “Lang’s Shave and Hair- Cut Shoppe” and a fashionable dress shop operated by those Bailey girls from Horntown. I see on a billboard where there’s a thrilling stock car race tonight starring women dri¬ vers-and who should be racing but my former classmates Sara Taylor and Vir¬ ginia Jordon. I always thought they had a knack for racing. Oh, where’s the crowd going? Let’s follow and see! Why here’s “Hurricane Britt”. She has just won another trophy for racing in her speedy boat “Our Baby III”. Her childhood training has paid off. It’s almost time to go back to the ship, but we would like to see more of Mars. As we turn down Heavenly Blv., we are almost knocked down by Vincent Mariner, whose wife has the rolling pin again. Around a meteor rock we see a large sign reading: See the planet Earth. . . . Wonderful Scenery .... Old Friends. Well, this certainly is a switch looking thru a telescope at Earth instead of all the stars. There is just enough time for a quick glimpse. I am paying my dollar, and quickly adjusting the telescope to my Old Aimer Mater A.H.S. I see many changes that have taken place in 10 years. Mrs. Justice is still teaching English, but I do see some new faces on the faculty. Mary Jane is Mr. Justis’s secretary. Wrendo Mears is teaching Agriculture and is turning out ace farmers. Carolyn Chesser is teaching Home Economics. ... no more burnt biscuits! The “Cardinals” are still the top football team, and they are being ably coached by Bob Sparrow. The “Little Cardinals”, too, are a championship team, and I suppose all the praise should be given to their coach, the old veteran, Frances Moore. The school looks spic and span due to the wonderful care given it by the janitor, “Rick” Coffin. As I admire the beautiful farmlands of the Shore, I can’t decide which is the better looking. . . . “Matthews Manor” or Bradley’s Pleniful Acres”. Saxis is still on the map! Billie Marshall and Shirley Bundick make pretty nurses, and the clinic they founded on the island has helped everyone. Charles makes his home at Saxis, but he isn’t there very often for he is busy traveling with the Ringling Bros. Circus. No time to see more, for it’s time to go back to ship. Now we’re on our way again. Look there is the Milky Way! Why, I do believe that’s Billie Miles .... and she is milking a cow. She and her husband George have an up-to-date dairy farm. I hear that Buddy Hodge delivers their milk daily to Mars. A nice set-up! Now we’ve arrived at the Washington Airport! It has been a wonderful trip, but now I have another problem. How can I cover two big news spots tonight, both happening at the same time? What are they? Why, the two top heavy-weight fighters of the century--“Powerhouse Shannon” versus “Mighty Mo Markland” are battling for the title tonight. Then out in Griffith Stadium, the Washington Redskins play the Pittsburgh Steelers. And who would want to miss seeing those razzle dazzle “touchdown twins”, “Big Bob” Miller and “Choo Choo” Justice play! Thus ends the trip thru space. It was nice seeing the class of ’55, wasn’t it?

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