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

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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

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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.

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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.