Big Island High School - Islander Yearbook (Big Island, VA)

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JOYCE ANN COLLIER Very quiet. And quite artistic. In this world. She ' ll go a long way with it. Senior Class Poem We ' re leaving our school, our teachers, and friends. On our childhood we ' re closing the door. We seniors are entering a new phase of life. Taking with us our memories vast store. We ' ll always remember - how can we forget, ' Tho our days be a hundred and one; Our joys and sorrows, our failures, successes. And the satisfaction of jobs well done. We remember our shyness that first day of school When everything was strange and new. The trouble we had with our ABC ' s And the pictures the dunces drew. And on through the years like the leaves of a book. How fast the time seems to fly! We remember how envious we stood and watched As seniors of that day went by. So now WE are seniors - our goal has been reached; We ' re proud we ' ve come through with a will. But we ' ll cherish in memories our deam Alma Mater - Our school that stands on the hill. Yes, we ' ve come a long way, since we started that day. But we ' ve come through with colors a-flying. And this goes to show what we want you to know That there ' s really nothing like trying! So we ' re turning our backs on Big Island High - We ' ll each go our own separate way. The path of the future stretches wide for us. Which leads to a brighter day. - 9 - Joyce Collier Class Poet

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MARY ELIZABETH REYNOLDS CHARLES EDWARD SANDERSON Happy-go-lucky, and carefree too. Without him what would the girls do? A most petite and black-haired gal. To all who need her she ' s a pal. ALICE CLEOLA WILSON Sure to make, a loving wife ar t lead him through a happy life. f - 8 -

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Class Prophecy I have a story to tell. After twenty years of scientific research at Mt. Everest Observatory, I decided to take a well-earned vacation at a re- sort hotel on Mars. While on this vacation I have the good fortune to find out about the mem- bers of the class of ' 53, many of whom I haven ' t seen since graduation. It is the year 1973. It is a morning in June, while on my trip to Mars, that I recognize Mary Reynolds, an old high school classmate, seated among the passengers aboard the spaceship. We immediately renew friendship, eager to find out what has happened to each other in the last twen- ty years. As we fly through the Universe, Mary tells me all about her political career. Yes, after graduation Mary entered the field of politics and became the first woman vice-president of the United States. Her three children, Connie, Betty Lou, and little Wilbur, named after the Maxwell family children of school-day plays, are mighty proud of Mama and from the gallery they watch her preside over the Senate. Time passes quickly as we recall many hap- py school-day experiences and we arrive on Mars, still full of the many questions we each had about the class of ' 53. We decided to eat lunch together at the new Qakwood Restaurant, one of an interplanetary chain of exclusive res- taurants owned by our senior sponsor. Miss Van Cleve. After lunch Mary and I take a jet taxi to the Happy Garden, a roller skating rink owned by Billy Booker. He claims that the gravity on Mars isn ' t as great at that on Earth which make s roller skating much more fun. You see, he told us, when you faU here you don ' t hit half as hard as you do on Earth. Talking with him a while longer, we found out about many wonderful machines which the people of Mars had invented. One, in particu- lar which interested us, was a new receiver with a three dimensional screen, which a friend of Billy ' s had invented. It gives the factual and pictorial life of anyone whose name you mention into its microphone. Eager to find out about our other classmates, we immediately visit the inventor, who gracious- ly lets us use the machine. After Alice Wilson ' s name is mentioned into the microphone, we become entranced with the vividness and reality of what we see. Alice, after winning a national baking contest, was ap- pointed head of the O. C. C. (Official Cooking Commission). While on one of her many official trips abroad she met Baron Von Martin, a for- mer classmate who had won distinction abroad. and after a whirlwind courtship, the couple were married in one of international society ' s biggest events. What about Jimmy Furr? asked Mary. Yes, we were eager to find out about Jimmy, voted the laziest boy in the Senior class. At the mention of his name a large baseball park ap- pears with huge neon lights blazing forth Furr ' s Field. This beautiful parkin the industrial city of Big Island is owned by Jimmy, who is mana- ger and pitcher of the Big Island Spitfires, the paper town ' s ball club, now a member of the Universal League. When the baseball season is over, Jimmy packs up and goes to Hawaii, where he relaxes with his beautiful wife, Marilyn Mon- roe. And who was voted the laziest girl in the Senior class? Mary asks. Dorothy Ballowe, I answer as I yell her name into the microphone. As her image comes into view, we see Doro- thy in an exclusive night club, playing the guitar and singing Too Old To Cut the Mustard, still a hit song. Dorothy, who owns her own televi- sion network, has made hillbilly songs popular everywhere and is in great demand all over America as an entertainer. Her television pro- gram received the Look Popularity Award. The next former classmate that the receiver picks up is Charlie Sanderson, who is now a famous movie star. His climb to stardom was spectacular, having first been spotted by a talent scout who saw him driving the school bus. His latest picture in which he co-stars with his beau- tiful wife, Beulah Grassnod, entitled Come Back Little Ring, won him an Academy Award as the best actor of the year. Another classmate whom we were particular- ly interested in was Patsy Mitchell, whose life begins to unfold on the screen. After winning beauty contests all over America, she won the title of Miss Universe. Then turning down nu- merous movie offers she decided to make ath- letics her career. Again she gained fame as a basketball star scoring 189 points in a single game. The publicity given her for her athletic triumphs won her the position of director of athletics at the University of California, a posi- tion which she still holds. As the life of Patsy began to fade on the screen we changed the scene immediately by the mention of Joyce Collier ' s name. A fashion salon appears and we find Joyce modeling a beau- tiful evening dress which she designed. Yes, as owner of the most exclusive dress shop in Paris, Joyce is really kept busy. She is mar- ried to Count Dimitri Dior and in spite of her career she finds time in private life to be the - 10 -