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

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1955 volume:

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MR. W. P. OGLESBY A.B. Lynchburg College PRINCIPAL MR. WM. J. BURKHOLDER B.A. Roanoke College Alegebra FACULTY MRS. JEWELL RUSH B.S. Madison College Commercial, Math Physical Education MRS. N. D. HENSLEY Home Economics History MRS. J. C. OLIVER Librarian English, Science MRS. MARGARET PARKS A.B. St. Joseph College English, Latin Physical Education MISS NELLE HARRIS A.B. Randolph Macon Woman’s College-Math, Latin, Science MR. C. W. CALLAHAN Industrial Arts SENIORS OFFICERS PHYLLIS WILSON President LEFT TO RIGHT: Marian Phillips, Vice-President; Shirley Taylor, Treasurer; Joan McNeely, Secretary. MASCOT JERRY LEE DAWSON Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon B. Dawson Brother of G. B. Dawson, Jr. GORDON BRYANT DAWSON, JR. He was sometimes absent, often late But he very seldom made a mistake But I don ' t think we have to worry G. B. will go places in a hurry. ROSA ANN DAWSON Her specialization is in cooking But we admit she ' s not bad looking In sports whe has been quite a whiz We ' ll tell the world how great she is. CARL VAUGHAN ARRINGTON We all admire our carefree boy Who thinks to study is no joy But whatever route he takes We ' ll know he ' ll get just what he makes. THOMAS JOSEPH HALEY He came to us in ' 54 from somewhere in the west. But he has shown us that he is one of the best. As we ve known him and studied with him daily, We know we ' ll never forget our pal Tom Haley. WILLIAM SAXON HUDSON An example of what a student can do This guy has always come through We ' ll know he needs no luck to succeed For he has the qualities that many need. JOAN ANITA McNEELY Our gal that ' s really swell Seems to do everything well, Happy-go-lucky, carefree too, Without Leroy, what ' d she do. DOROTHY JANE OGDEN A favorite in the student line, With hair as black as black can get; She ' s popular (intellectual too)- Will we remember her? You bet! MARIAN LORETTA PHILLIPS Here ' s a senior liked by all, Not so short but not so tall She eats a lot, we all admit, But in our school, she’s been a hit. DOROTHY ELIZABETH REYNOLDS To get an education is the thought in her mind- A truer friend to all, you could not find- As she goes on her way to college We ' ll know she ' ll make the most of her high school knowledge. NANCY GLENN TAYLOR A most amibitous little scholar, She ' ll always lead and others follow, In this world she ' ll go a long way, Even if we, her classmates, do say. SHIRLEY JEANETTE TAYLOR Shirl” is a most outstanding girl Even her hair has a natural curl. Best-all-around, studious too, We ' re so glad to have known you. MARY ELIZABETH WILLOUGHBY We thought last year we ' d lost this gal But we ' re real glad ' cause she ' s our pal Short blonde and full of go Her help to our class always seems to show. PHYLLIS VERNELLE WILSON Quiet and sweet, likeable too, What will B. I. H. S. do without you. Our good-looking class president On doing her best, she is bent. CLASS POEM OUR THOUGHTS Our thoughts are of the things to come, More than of things gone by; But still there linger memories Of old Big Island High. Our thoughts are diff’rent now than when We shaped these memories; We did not know that someday we Would have such thoughts as these. We ' re thankful for the ones who gave Their all that we be led; And as we lead those after us, We’ll lead as we were led. And in the moment we depan From earth, God make our aged hearts As glad o ' er all the days gone by As those at old Big Island High. Billy Hudson Class Poet CLASS PROPHECY It was spring of 1970 when I journeyed from my home on the campus of Notre Dame back to my old home town, the city of Big Island. As my husband, Maurice, is a professor at Notre Dame, I accepted a position there also - teaching music. I have 4 children which are quadruplets, 2 girls and 2 boys - but I had left them home with my highly educated baby-sitter Madam Mazar, who formerly lived in Big Island. (You may remember she told fortunes at all our old school carnivals.) J decided to first visit my old classmate, Phyllis Wilson (who is now Mrs. B. R. Vandoozen) at her ultra-modern apartment on the corner of Charlemont Avenue and Sweet Hollow Road. Phyllis is now the Superintendent of Nurses in the 1,000 bed hospital, the Oglesby Mem- orial, where her husband is a widely known surgeon. As I was planning to stay a few days in my old home town, Phyllis and I went over to the Burkholder, Big Island’s newest and largest hotel, which is one of a chain of hotels all over the United States. There we found Mrs. William Manley, the former Mary Willoughby who has been happily married for 13 years to her childhood sweetheart and has 10 children, all boys, who are in a private school while Mary and her husband are working. While driving through the big metropolis of Big Island in Phyllis’s 1970 Cadillac, she showed me the huge Spence’s Hill Baptist Church where another of our classmates. Doctor William Saxon Hudson, D. D. S. is pastor. His wife, the former Iris Routon, is choir director of the huge choir of 1,000 members. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson are widely known all over the world for their evangelistic crusades and missionary work. Their church, which has an enrollment of one million, is located on the peak of Spence’s Hill. The daily Big Island paper, the Rush Tribune, today carried the pictures and news story of the world famous star of the women ' s division of the Globe-Trotters basketball team - Mrs. Odie Coffey, the former Rosa Dawson. Although Rosa Ann is successfully married to the manager of the Globe-Trotters and has 3 little globe -trotters, she is renowned for her faking, pivoting, and stomping on the basketball court. Phyllis and I immediately made plans to see her the next time she came to Big Island or Notre Dame. The next stop we made was Phillips’ Supermarket, Bakery, Sandwich Shop, Restaurant and Snack Bar, Marian Phillips owner and proprietor. She was not in, however, as she was in Switzerland testing cheeses for her famous Grill Cheese on Rye sold at her Sandwich Shop. Miss Phillips is widely known for her recipes and food which she developed through her extensive eating program. Miss Phillips ' manager told us also, that Miss Phillips’ closest friend, Mrs. Leroy Arthur (the former Joan McNeely naturally) was visiting in Big Island. Since graduation, Mrs. Arthur has become a secretary for her husband, who is a general in the Air Force at the U. S. Air Force Base in Sweden. As Mrs. Arthur had not been home for 15 years, she was the center of attraction with her Swedish accent and clothes. That night we attended the astounding Parks Conservatory, a concert by Nancy Taylor who has toured the world as a concert-pianist. She had also a violin accompanist, Miss Nancy King Peck, her former piano instructor. Nancy has also invented a new combination instrument, the Callawacker which plays all instruments at one time. Nancy has become very wealthy as well as prominent since graduation. Next on our agenda was a visit to the jet plane factory of Carlos Arrington, the master mechanic. Carlos has established the Hensley jet plane factory and modeled several planes after the blueprints he made in Art Class. Carlos’ wife - the former Senorita Anna Maria Gondolas. Carlos and his wife have a huge rancher o with an adobe house. There, the 15 little senoritas can play. Miss Dot Reynolds, another of our classmates, is now teaching at the new consolidated Big Island High School. Miss Reynolds accepted the teaching position after attending Lynchburg College and touring Europe, She has charge of the revised physical education program at the new high school which includes swimming, tennis, hockey, and golf. Miss Shirley Taylor is now nursing at Oglesby Memorial Hospital. Shirley is now engaged to a prominent doctor. After many love affairs she has finally decided on the doctor she likes best. Shirley’s dream of the past is coming true in the near future. Shirley also has quite a large interest in “Goodbar” - oops - we mean candy of course. Captain Gordon Bryant Dawson, Jr., U. S. Marines, was reported to have been married while in Hawaii to a beautiful Hawaiian girl. G. B., as he is better known, is making a career of the U. S. Marines. G. B. has been in all parts of the world and has become quite a well-known person. He will retire soon and live in the Hawaiian Islands with his hula dancers. Thomas J. Haley is now a National Forest Ranger in Ohio. After 4 years at the University of Wisconsin, Tom decided he didn’t want to live alone. He is now married to the famous Marilyn Monroe who has given up her movie career to stay home with the little Haleys. Even though there is an age difference, Tom and Marilyn have worked out a perfect marriage. ' This magnificent Senior Class of ’55 was the last to graduate from the old Big Island High School. As a gift to die school is the usual custom, this remarkable Senior Class left a new modern high school for the oncoming classes. After a tour of this magnificent building, I boarded my plane for my flight back to Notre Dame to my professor and my little “Mooses and Madam Mazar. CLASS WILL We, the senior class of 1955, leave our last will and testament. To Mr. Burkholder, we leave our troubles and many thanks for the wonderful work he has done during our senior year. To Mrs. Parks, we leave our many thanks and appreciation for her efforts and interest in our class. To Miss Harris, we leave a better senior class in the years to come. To Mr. Oglesby, we leave a better basketball team and all of our history books. To Mrs. Rush, we leave special typewriters which give 100 to the students each day. To Mrs. Oliver, we leave a mechanical brain that will select the book list for ’56. To Mr. Callahan, we leave our knowledge. To Mrs. Hensley, we leave a better lunchroom group. We wish to thank the entire faculty for their faithful guidance in helping us to make this achieve- ment in our lives. To the Juniors, we leave our homeroom and the honor of becoming sophisticated seniors. To the Sophomores, we leave our charming ways with the teachers. To the Freshmen, we leave our athletic ability to keep B.I.H.S. shining. To the 8th Grade, we leave the privilege of becoming Glee Club Members. MARIAN PHILLIPS leaves her size to Edith DeWitt and her sandwiches to Myrene Ross, MARY WILLOUGHBY leaves her date book to Eleanor Goff and her athletic ability to Phyllis Turpin. NANCY TAYLOR leaves her walk to Betty Arthur and her ability to raise her right eyebrow to Russ J dins on. PHYLLIS WILSON leaves her noisy ways to Norma McNeely and her dignity to Patria Manley. SHIRLEY TAYLOR leaves her ability to drive to Iris Routon and pretty smile to Shirley Tolley. DOT REYNOLDS leaves her history notes to Bobby Brown and her jammed thumb to Bobby Taylor. JOAN McNEELY leaves her witty ways to Emma Lou Sanderson and dashing ways to J ackie Oliver. JANE OGDEN leaves her interest in Glee Club to Dottie Farley and her charm to all the girls. ROSA ANN DAWSON leaves her stomping ability to Audrey Markham and ambition to become a housewife to Glenna Fifer. BILLY HUDSON leaves Iris to the senior class of 56 and his brains to Aline To mlin son. G. B. DAWSON leaves his way with the girls to Penny Shephard and height to Jean Harris. CARL ARRINGTON leaves all his girl friends to Robert Williams and ability to draw stills to Howard Tomlin. TOM HALEY leaves his looks to Randy Williams and his black wavy hair to Arthur Burks. Class Prophets Jane Ogden Phyllis Wilson Class Testators Nancy Taylor Rosa Ann Dawson LOOK AT THOSE MUSCLES GET OFF THAT GRASS GIRLS! THE GANG DISTINGUISHED SENIORS SENIOR SNAPS Bravo! Actors. Our Athletes. Absentminded? The Artist. Flirts! So Studious. Oh so Friendly. So Lazy. Cutie Going Somewhere? Glamour Gal! Quietest Going Places. Most in Love. name noted for weakness likely 03 D G O X X 2 D T3 0) bO 03 bO G 03 D 4—) CD x CO 03 X) o3 CJ bO c OJ X CO o CL CO ' S in cd E 3 bO bO 4- P 3 CO .a a) X! 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Y 1,2, 3,4 Glee Club 1, 2,3,4 Latin Club 3,4, President 3, Secretary 4 Biology Club 2 S.C.A. 3,4 Reporter of Freshman Class Telletorium Staff 2,3,4 Delegate Virginia Girls State 3 TOM HALEY Basketball 1,2,3, 4, Co-Captain 4 K.V.G. 4 S.C.A. 4 Volleyball 4, Captain 4 JOAN McNEELY Basketball 1,2, 3,4, Co-Captain 3,4 Softball 1,2, 3, 4 Volleyball 2,3,4 Telletorium Staff 2,3,4 Islander Staff 3,4 Beta Club 3,4, Secretary 4 Delegate State Convention 3 Delegate Virginia Girls State 3 Geometry Club 3 S.C.A. 3,4 Leaders Club 2,3 Biology Club 2 Glee Club 1, 2,3,4, Librarian 3 G. B. DAWSON Biology Club 2, Vice-President 2 Basketball 4, Scorer 1,2,3 Bus Driver 4 S.C.A. 3,4 K.V.G. 3,4, Crewleader 4 Geometry Club 3, President 3 Baseball 3 BILLY HUDSON A.Y. 2,3,4, Vice-President 2, Reporter 3 Glee Club 1, 2,3,4, Secretary 2, Reporter 3, Quartet 3,4, Octet 3, Delegate to Virginia Music Festival 2 S.C.A. 3,4, President 3,4 Leaders Club 2,3, President 2 Beta Club 2, 3, Vice-President 3, President 4, Delegate to State Convention 3 Latin Club 3,4, Treasurer 3 Geometry Club 3, Secretary 3 Telletorium Staff 1, 2,3,4, Editor 4 Islander Staff 3,4 Basketball 1,2, 3, 4, Captain 4 Baseball 1,2, 3, 4 Volleyball 2,3,4 Delegate to Boys ' State 3 JANE OGDEN Glee Club 1, 2,3,4, Librarian 2 Quartet 3,4, Octet 3, Delegate to Virginia Music Festival 1 A.Y. 1,2,3, Reporter 1,2, Sec- retary 3 F.H.A. 1,2,3, Reporter 1,2, Vice- President 3, Delegate to State Convention 2, Federation Pianist 2.3 S.C.A. 3,4 Geometry Club 3 Biology Club 2 Leaders Club 1 , 2 Latin Club 3 Class President 2 Cheerleader 1, Co-Captain 1 Softball 1,3 Volleyball 3 Dramatic Club 1,2,3, Secretary 3 Delegate Virginia Girls ' State 3 Telletorium Staff 1,2, 3, 4 Islander Staff 3,4, Editor 4 S.I.P.A. Delegate 1 Basketball Scorer 4 MARION PHILLIPS Dramatic Club 1,2,3 A. Y. 1,3 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4, Librarian 3 F.H.A. 1,2,3, Treasurer 3 Basketball 1,2, 3,4 Softball 1, 2,3,4 Volleyball 1.2, 3, 4 S.C.A. 3,4 Geometry Club 3 Biology Club 2 Safety Patrol 3,4 Telletorium Staff 3,4 Vice-President of Class 4 Secretary of Class 3 Delegate Virginia Girls ' State 3 DOROTHY REYNOLDS Glee Club 1, 2,3,4 Telletorium Staff 1, 2,3,4 Safety Patrol 1,4 Biology Club 2 Geometry Club 3 Latin Club 3,4 Softball 3,4 Volleyball 2,3,4 Basketball 1,2, 3, 4 S.C.A. 3,4 Islander Staff 2,3,4 A.Y. 2,3, Treasurer 3 Dramatic Club 1,2,3 F.H.A. 2,3,4, Secretary 3,4, Federation Secretary 4 Delegate State Convention 3 Delegate Virginia Girls ' State 3 NANCY TAYLOR Glee Club 1 , 2, 3,4 Pianist 3,4, Octet 3 Delegate to Virginia Music Festival 2,3 A.Y. 2,3 Beta Club 3,4, Reporter 4 Class President 3 Latin Club 3,4, President 4 Basketball 1 S.C.A. 3,4 Geometry Club 3 Biology 2 4-H 1,2 Delegate Virginia Girls ' State 3 Telletorium Staff 1,2,3 SHIRLEY TAYLOR Basketball 1,4, Scorer 2,3 Telletorium Staff 3,4 Islander Staff 3,4 Beta Club 3,4, Treasurer 3, Secretary 4 Geometry Club 3 Biology Club 2 Glee Club 1,2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4 Dramatic Club 1, 2,3,4 F.H.A. 3, Reporter 3 A.Y. 2,3 Safety Patrol 4, Second Lt. 4 Treasurer of Class 2,3,4 Beta Club Convention 3 S.C.A. 3,4, Treasurer 3,4 MARY WILLOUGHBY Glee Club 1,2, 3, 4 F.H.A. 1,2 Latin Club 3,4 S.C.A. 3,4 Biology Club 2 Softball 1, 2,3,4 Basketball 1, 2,3,4 Volleyball 2,3,4 A.Y. 1,2,3 Telletorium Staff 1, 2,3,4 Islander Staff 2,3,4 PHYLLIS WILSON Glee Club 1, 2,3,4 A.Y. 3 F.H.A. 1 Biology Club 2 Latin Club 3,4, Vice-President 3,4 Beta Club 4, Vice-President 4 Softball 3 Telletorium 1,2,3 Islander 3 S.C.A. 3,4 Class Treasurer 1 Class Vice-President 3 Class President 4 Safety Patrol 1 , 2 Basketball 4 Delegate Virginia Girls’ State 3 JUNIORS Betty Arthur Edith De Witt Eleanor Goff Patria Manley Bobby Brown Arthur Burks Dottie Farley Audrey Markham Russell Johnson Norma McNeely Jackie Oliver Emma Sanderson Shirley Tolley Phyllis Turpin Pendleton Shepherd Bobby Taylor Aline Tomlinson Absent; Doris Smith Randy Williams Howard Tomlin Robert Williams SOPHOMORES Gayle Fifer Lacy Goff Carolyn McGee Barbara Oliver Roberta Arrington Palsy Arthur Donald Burks Janet Camden Irvin Putney Ed Sanderson Donna Spence Donald Taylor Della Tolley James Vest Bill Willoughby Wayne Wilson Reginald Wilson Jean Wise Helen Wright FRESHMEN Fred Bechmann Betsy Branch James Brown Beatrice Burks Doris Burks Faye Coleman Ray Coleman Shelby Collier Esther Dawson Betty Lou Day Kitty Harris Carrie Hensley Robert Inge Ernest Manley Talmadge Manley Mildred Markham Phyllis Martin Nancy Ramsey Ronnie Ross John Rusher Jerry Trevey Earline Wilson EIGHTH GRADE iteif w p w : A m Mj y « SPONSOR - MR. WILLIS OGLESBY FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Lorene Angus, Annie Wilson, Maynard Wilson, Wade Burks, Ronnie Day, Roger Rice, Gladys Tomlin, Mr. Oglesby. SECOND ROW: Marilyn Nease, Mary Burks, Gerald Fulks, Dickie Woodfin, Wray Tomlinson, Earl Cheatham, Franklin Reynolds, Eugene Goff. THIRD ROW: James Peters, Edna Coffey, Ray Wilson, Carl Watkins, Shirley Turpin, Opal Goff, Marie Markham. ABSENT: Jewell Wise, Daisy Whorley, Sylvia Fitzgerald, Marie Goff, Kathleen Shepherd. ACTIVITIES ISLANDER STAFF SEATED, Left to Right: Barbara Oliver, Jane Ogden, Billy Hudson, Dot Reynolds. STANDING: Phyllis Wilson, Pendleton Shepherd, Nancy Taylor, Frances Underwood, Joan McNeely, Marian Phillips, Shirley Taylor, Irvin Putney, Mary Willoughby, Iris Ruton, Jackie Oliver, Jean Wise, Jean Harris, Rosa Ann Dawson, Glenna Fifer, and Myrene Ross. Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager . Circulation Manager . . . . Assistant Circulation Manager Social Editor Assistant Social Editor . . . Boys ' Sports Editor . . , . , Assistant Boys ' Sports Editor Girls Sports Editor Assistant Girls ' Sports Editor Literary Editor Assistant Literary Editor . . Art Editor Typist Staff Reporters J ane Ogden Barbara Oliver Dot Reynolds Shirley Taylor Billy Hudson J oan McNeely Mary Willoughby Phyllis Wilson Pendleton Shepherd Irvin Putney Rosa Ann Dawson Jean Harris Nancy Taylor Marian Phillips Randy Williams . Myrene Ross . Iris Routon, Jackie Oliver, Glenna Fifer, and Jean Wise . Mrs. J. C. Oliver Sponsor FIRST ROW, Seated: Rosa Ann Dawson, Jane Ogden, Billy Hudson, Dot Reynolds. SECOND ROW, Standing: Della Tolley, Pendleton Shepherd, Nancy Taylor, Frances Underwood, Joan McNeely, Marion Phillips, Shirley Taylor, Barbara Oliver, Myrene Ross, Iris Routon, Mary Willoughby, Jean Wise, Jean Harris, Donna Spence, Glenna Fifer, Irvin Putney, Jackie Oliver. Sponsor Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager . Circulation Manager . . . . Assistant Circulation Manager Social Editor Assistant Social Editor . . . Girls’ Soorts Editor .... Assistant Girls’ Sports Editor Boys’ Sports Editor Assistant Boys’ Sports Editor Reporters Mrs. J. C. Oliver Billy Hudson Myrene Ross Dot Reynolds Barbara Oliver J ane Ogden Shirley Taylor Nancy Taylor Mary Willoughby Rosa Ann Dawson Marion Phillips Irvin Putney Pendleton Shepherd Iris Routon, Jackie Oliver Glenna Fifer, Jean Harris, Frances Underwood, Della Tolley, Donna Spence TELLETORIUM STAFF STUDENT COUNCIL SEATED, Left to Right: Franklin Reynolds, Jerry Trevey, Billy Hudson, Irvin Putney, Randy Williams. STANDING: Phyllis Martin, Phyllis Wilson, Janet Camden, Dot Reynolds, Myrene Ross, Gladys Tomlin. LATIN CLUBS I and II FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Phyllis Wilson, Dottie Farley, Nancy Taylor, Arthur Burks. SECOND ROW: Miss Harris, Sponsor; Rosa Ann Dawson, Frances Underwood, Audrey Markham, Aline Tomlinson, Iris Routon, Dot Reynolds, Mrs. Parks, Sponsor. THIRD ROW: Jackie Oliver, Emma Lou Sanderson, Mary Willoughby, Bobby Taylor, Shirley Tolley, Myrene Ross. SAFETY PATROL LEFT TO RIGHT: Pendleton Shephard, Wayne Wilson, Jimmy Brown, Robert Cheatham, Ray Tomlinson, Dickie Woodfin, Randy Williams. SECOND ROW: Carrie Hensley, Joan McNeely, Shirley Taylor, Jackie Oliver, Marian Phillips, Donna Spence, Patria Manley, Emma Sanderson, Dot Reynolds, Patsy Arthur, Audrey Markham, Norma McNeely, Mr. Callahan, Sponsor BETA CLUB SPONSOR: MR. OGLESBY FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Joan McNeely, Billy Hudson, Phyllis Wilson, Shirley Taylor. SECOND ROW: Myrene Ross, Nancy Taylor, Emma Lou Sanderson. THIRD ROW: Bobby Brown, Mr. Oglesby, Bobby Taylor. JUNIOR 4-H CLUB SEVENTH GRADE: White Eagles Teacher, Miss Page President . . Vice-President Secretary . . Treasurer . . Song Leade rs Reporter . . . . Ann Tomlinson , . Billy Williams . Eleanor Tomlin . . Kyle Williams . . Jeanette Rice Bob Woodfin Norma Markham SIXTH GRADE: Singing Seminoles Teacher, Miss Evans President Johnny Reynolds Vice-President Dorothy Wilson Secretary-Treasurer Carol Wright Junior Club Leaders Wayne Neas Mickey Douglas Song Leaders Jack Dawson Truly Branch Reporter Vincent Tanner FIFTH-SIXTH GRADE: 4-Clovers Teacher, Mrs. Wilson President Tommy Lester Vice-President Wray Massie Secretary-Treasurer Jane Dawson Reporter Neal Massie Junior Club Leaders Stuart Knight Sandra Wood Song Leader Marion Fitzgerald FOURTH-FIFTH GRADE: White Eagle Teacher, Mrs. Burkholder President Vice-President . . . Treasurer Reporter Scribe Junior Club Leaders Song Leaders .... . Joyce Farley . . . Larry Ives . . Junior Wise . Charles Smith . . Leanne King . . Danny Burks Judy Arrington Barbara Smith Bobby Harris FOURTH GRADE: White Skins President . . . Vice-President Secretary . . . Treasurer . . , Song Leaders . Teacher, Miss Day Sandra Snead Cecil Ramsey Nancy Wilson Lewis Smith Bob T revey Gloria Burks Rebecca Dawson Reporter GLEE CLUB FIRST ROW: Irvin Putney, Jerry Trevey, Shirley Taylor, Myrene Ross, Bobby Brown, Billy Hudson. SECOND ROW: Arthur Burks, Russ Johnson, Beatrice Burks, Ed Sanderson, Donald Taylor, Howard Tomlin, Jean Harris. THIRD ROW: Bobby Taylor, John Rusher, Mary Wil- loughby, Rosa Ann Dawson, Nancy Ramsey, Glenna Fifer, Kitty Harris. FOURTH ROW: Donald Burks, Janet Camden, Nancy Taylor, Emma Sanderson, Roberta A. Hatcher, Phyllis Wilson, Shirley Tolley. FIFTH ROW: Donna Spence, Patsy Arthur, Dorothy Reynolds, Carolyn McGee, Jane Ogden, Norma McNeely, Della Tolley, Phyllis Turpin, Betty Day, Dottie Farley, Jackie Oliver. SIXTH ROW: Miss Page, Marion Phillips, Doris Burks, Phyllis Martin, Edith DeWitt. SEVENTH ROW: Iris Routon, Esther Dawson, Audrey Markham, Aline Tomlinson. K.V.G. SQUAD r Bobby Taylor, Jimmy Brown, Donald Taylor, Ed Sanderson, G. B. Dawson, Bobby Brown, Howard Tomlin, Carl Arrington, Donald Burks, Reginald Wilson, James Vest, Arthur Burks, Russ Johnson, Randy Williams, Tom Haley, Robert Williams, John Robert Rusher, Bill Willoughby, Wayne Wilson. SEATED: Rosa Ann Dawson, Dot Reynolds, Myrene Ross, Phyllis Turpin, Roberta Arrington Hatcher, Iris Routon. FIRST ROW: Edith DeWitt, Edna Coffey, Della Tolley, Kitty Harris, Phyllis Martin, Nancy Ramsey, Shirley Tolley, Betty Day, Marilyn Neas. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Hensley, Sponsor; Audrey Mark- ham, Emma Sanderson, Doris Burks, Esther Dawson, Sylvia Fitzgerald, Dottie Farley. CHEERLEADERS LEFT TO RIGHT: Marilyn Neas, Jean Wise, Glenna Fifer, Myrene Ross, Kitty Harris, Betty Day, SEATED: Jean Harris, Captain. ABSENT: Gayle Fifer, Co-Captain. SPONSOR: Mrs. W. J. Burkholder CAPTAIN CO-CAPTAIN BOYS’ BASKETBALL itf i I I jami JnCf i j Jn Coach Mr. W. P. Oglesby Captain Billy Hudson Co-Captain Tom Haley Scorer FredBechmann FIRST ROW: Bobby Brown, Tom Haley, Billy Hudson, G. B. Dawson, Robert Williams. SECOND ROW: Mr. Oglesby, Ed Sanderson, Donald Taylor, Donald Burks, Irvin Putney, Wayne Wilson, F red Bechmann. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coach Mrs. Margaret Parks Captain Rosa Ann Dawson Co-Captain JoanMcNeely Scorer J ane Ogden Timer Emma Lou Sanderson Manager J ackie Oliver LEFT TO RIGHT: Mary Willoughby, Phyllis Wilson, Audrey Markham, Barbara Oliver, Rosa Ann Dawson, Joan McNeely, Donna Spence, Carolyn McGee, Marion Phillips, Shirley Taylor, Dot Reynolds, Iris Routon. STANDING: Jane Ogden, Mrs. Parks, Jackie Oliver. ABSENT: Emma Lou Sanderson. HOLD THAT POSE! BETA CONVENTION ART STUDENTS VISIT RICHMOND 54 ART CENTER 54 THE BIG FOUR SINGING SEMINOLES MRS. SCHENK QUINTET BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY. MAY 1954 OLD DOMINION BOYS’ STATE AND VIRGINIA GIRLS’ STATE DO YOU REMEMBER ? WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. NICE SHOT, WAYNE! YEA, TEAM! S.C.A. CHRISTMAS PARTY LEST WE FORGET ALMA MATER NEWCOMERS BUT WELCOME OUR VISITING MUSIC TEACHER CLAUD IE CAPABLE HANDS PREPARE MEALS FIRST ART CLASS A VIEW FROM THE CLASSROOM BICENTENNIAL PARTY ELEMENTARY GRADE FACULTY SEATED, Left to Right: Mrs. W. J. Burkholder, Mrs. Mary Tomlinson, Miss Marie Day, Miss Gwen- dolyn Page, and Miss Dorathye Evans. STANDING: Mrs. David Mitchell, Mrs. Neil Scott] Mrs. Louise Wilson, Mrs. Verna Sowell, and Mrs. Ethel Arrington. . V 4 $ SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Raymond Gable, Freddie Massie, Harold Plott, Kyle Williams, Neil Casto, Lawless Camden, Bob Woodfin, Danny Mason. SECOND ROW: Leslie Burks, Ann Tomlinson, Karen Hensley, Rachel Branch, Eleanor Tomlin, Ruth Angus, Elsie Goff, Brenda Ross, Corretta Hensley. THIRD ROW: Chester Hickman, Johney Smith, Billy Williams, Michael Brown, Donald Underwood, Billy Hudson, Patsy Feagans, Jeanine Goff, Carl Clark. FOURTH ROW: Jeanne Ramsey, Norma Wilson, Myrtle Tolley, Catherine Fitzgerald, Betty St. John, Norma Markham, Jeanette Rice, Warren Fulks, Robert Cheatam, Eddie Arthur. SIXTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Junior Wilson, Earl Manley, Melvin Underwood, Barry Spence, Johny Reynolds. SECOND ROW: Jean Campbell, Nancy Goff, Lorraine Fitzgerald, Dorothy Clark, Enith Tolley, Truly Branch, Patsy Thomas, Dorathye Evans, Johnny Goff. THIRD ROW: Betty Byers, Mickey Douglas, Doris O’Conner, Jimmy Goff, Allen Burks, Junior Tolley, Wayne Neas, Margaret Martin, Dorothy Wilson, Calvin Rice, David Arthur. FOURTH ROW: Lois Peters, Violet Collier, Susie Branch, Martha Burch, Pat O’Conner, Carol Wright, Alice Burks, George Ware, Clyde Hensley, Vincent Tanner, Jimmy Downey, Jack Dawson. ABSENT: Maybell Burks, Peggy Manley, Pauline Willoughby. FIFTH-SIXTH GRADES FRONT ROW: Deloma Spence, Dean Wilson, Lawrence Goff, Ronnie Martin, Neal Massie, Jordan Spence, Lacy Hudson, Noah Whittaker, Roger Boothe. SECOND ROW: Albert Goff, Ronnie Duff, Tommy Lester, Keith Goff, Sandra Wood, Shirley Hickman, Beatrice Tolley, Tommy Collins, Mrs. Wilson. THIRD ROW: J. W. Firkin, Doris Brown, Marion Fitzgerald, Larry Underwood, Stuart Knight, Steve Wilson, Barbara Coleman, Bernice Goff, Jane Dawson, Alan Spence, Wray Massie, Jessie Burks. FOURTH-FIFTH GRADES FRONT ROW: Pearl Goff, Rosalita Branch, Patsy Tomlinson, Doris Goff, Jean Goff, Me Wane Campbell, Roy Sigmon, Stephen Gable. SECOND ROW: Jimmy Smith, Wayne Staton, Leanne King, Thelma Wilson, Frank Bechmann, Charles Wise, Tommy Farley, Barbara Markham, Linda Tolley, Mrs, Burkholder. THIRD ROW: Bobby Harris, Charles Smith, Larry Ives, Helen Peters, Danny Burks, Joyce Farley, Judy Arrington. ABSENT: Ronnie Burks, Sammy Goff, David O’Conner, Shirley Goff, Helen Rice, Sandra Spence. FOURTH GRADE FIRST ROW: Miss Day, Eldridge Gibson, Daniel Whittaker, Lewis Smith, Robert Shepherd. SECOND ROW: Helen Whorley, Rachel Whorley, Sandra Snead, John Marshall, Frank Branch, Ryland Rice, Nancy Wilson. THIRD ROW: Shirley Burks, Josephine Goff, Mary M. Parks, David Reynolds, Nancy Blankenship, Gerald Wilson, Audrey Tolley. FOURTH ROW: Gloria Burks, Wayne Wilson, Clifford Wilson, Larry Fifer, John Manley, Cecila Collins, W. D. Branch, CecilRamsey. FIFTH ROW: Ray Tolley, Dana Humphreys, Betty Trevey, Randell Wilson, Bob Trevey, Ann Massie, Howell Burks, Becky Dawson. THIRD GRADE FIRST ROW: Phyllis Markham, Carolyn Reaves, Linwood Goff, Ryland Fitzgerald, John Williams, Marie Arrington, Linda Angus, Ray Whorley, Albert Goff. SECOND ROW: Lincoln Goff, Nancy Mayhew, Marian Hudson, Barbara Gable, Doris Hickman, Steve Taylor, Joyce Goff, Madie Goode, Lula Mae Gibson, Asa Coleman. THIRD ROW: Emma Jean Branch, Frances Goff, Lorine Rice, Sharon Ross, Henry Brown, Gail Tom- linson, Lee Watkins, Gary Brown, John Tolley, Arthur Tolley, Frances Tolley, Mrs. Tomlinson. SECOND- THIRD GRADES FIRST ROW: Ernest Markham, Winston Goff, Charlie Goff, Winfred Goff, Roger Lee Martin, Marie Peters, Tony Ware, Carolyn Smith. SECOND ROW: Clayton Staton, Roger Lee Clark, James Fitzgerald, David Wilson, Frances Goff, Shirley Goff, Floyd Goff. THIRD ROW: Phyllis Byers, Brenda Goff, Jessie Goff, Stephen Burks, Dora Bell Goff, Dalmase Goff, Lewis Clark, Carolyn Brown, Bobby Goff. TEACHER: Mrs. Scott. ABSENT: Fletcher Burks, David King, Parkie Long, Karen Bennett, Claudine Burks, Betsy Hughes, Purticha Goff. SECOND GRADE FIRST ROW: Sherman Rice, Woody Spence, Glenn Tanner, Ronnie Coleman, Avery Fitzgerald, Alvin Gibson, Clayton Wise, Eva Wilson, Sandra Wilson, Linda Yoder, Roger Goff, Gray Smith. SECOND ROW: Marshall Goff, J. D. Burks, Doris Whorley, Linda Snead, Bonnie Bryant, Martha Wilson, Charles Goff, Gale Humphreys, Beryl Tanner, Carolyn Arthur, Albert Willoughby. THIRD ROW: Fred Wilson, Gerald Smith, Robert Skinnell, Roger Wilson, Owen Burks, Kinkle Goff, Jeffrey Stephens, Elwood Burks, Clayton Markham, Jewell Smith, Velma Branch, Connie Routon, Wayne Hensley, Teacher, Mrs. Mitchell. FIRST GRADE l-A FIRST ROW: Jimmy Burks, Stephen Reaves, Jerry Wilson, William Goff, Danny Boothe, Early Fitzgerald, Wesley Manley. SECOND ROW: Paul Marshall, Wayne Wright, Dallas Station, Gary Oliver, Tony Smith, Billy Tolley, Donnie Cox, Linda Goff. THIRD ROW: Martha Burks, Gloria Taylor, Rosaline Watkins, Connie Brown, Vernon Goff, Peggy Feagans, Billy Hensley, Mrs. Sowell, Teacher. FIRST GRADE l-B FIRST ROW: Faye Goff, Dorothy Goff, Loyd Goff, Marian Fulks, Sammy Whorley, Everette Goff, Richard Long. SECOND ROW: Lynne Lester, Rayetta Ross, Randa Goode, George Goff, Riley Wilson, Freddie Whorley, Russell Burks, Francis Goff. THIRD ROW: Michael Tomlin, Leon Burks, Robert Goff, Larry Whorley, Frank Branch, David John- son, Mrs. Ethel Arrington, Teacher. ABSENT: Danny Smith, OdeU Goff, Michael Long, Charles Goff. CONNER PRODUCE COMPANY INC. Dial 2 - 4583 -Jefferson Street Lynchburg, Virginia Distributors Chow Oranges And Chow Grapefruits SUNBEAM BAKERY INC. “Reach For Sunbeam, The Bread You Need For Energy’’ Lynchburg, Virginia In Lynchburg It’s For All Your Shopping Needs GILBERT’S PIANO COMPANY Knabe Pianos, Kranich Bach, New and Used Pianos Hammond-Spinet Organs Dial Lynchburg 4-2321 Gilbert Storage Transfer Corporation 512 Main Street Lynchburg, Virginia PHILLIPS BROTHERS COMPANY 906 Main Street Lynchburg, Virginia Complete Line of Jewelry Lugguage, Music and Sports REAM’S FURNITURE COMPANY Furniture And House Furnishings Stove And Refrigerators 620 And 924 Main Street Lynchburg, Virginia SNYDER AND BERMAN The Store of Value 914 Main Street Lynchburg, Virginia Congratulations To The Graduation Class Of 1955 JAMES LEES and SONS Blueridge Division Glasgow Virginia MURRAY CHEVROLET INC. For Your Family Needs. . . . 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