Bland High School - Echo Yearbook (Bland, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 130 of the 1950 volume:

X LIBRIS PROPERTY OF DEDICATION The Senior Class Holds it a High Privilege to dedicate The Nineteen Hundred Fifty Echo To Vrs.Een L.Bird Because of her Nobility of Character Her CooDerative Spirit in All School Activities Her Remarkable Talent as a Pianist and Her Kindness and Understanding Are a Gloving Example of The Good Life Eugene Smith, Principal Mirs Virginia Brown Library - Chemistry Ralnh Revnolds Agriculture Jane A,Stafford Home Economics Mrs.Heien P.Hardy Mathematics Victor R.Gilly Physical location Social Science n ELEMEA TAftyT£AGkEft£ Front row;lary Greever, Ethel Billips, Lena Burton Back rov:; Mrs.Vinor Vuncy, Varie C. Groseclose, rtle Stuart, and Georgia Vustard. EII10 ES I Ellen Peery Fanning 'When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece' Valedictorian Walter Gerald Mustard 'Love all,trust a few - Do wrong to none' President Kitty June Morehead 'A good heart is better than all the good heads in the world' Salutatorian 9 Ruby Beatrice Sutphin 'Oh', how many torments lie in the circle of a weddine ring' S.C.A. President Ralph Wayne Brown 'Eat,drink, and be merry for tomorrow you may die' Ruth Carol Dunn 'Time and Tide wait for no Man' Ben Hale Muncy 'One hour sleep after midnight is as good as two before' Wanda I-ouise Burton 'Friendship often ends in love,but love in friendship never' Louise Repass 'What man dare,I dare' (No picture shown) Vary Mellissie Kidd 'Child you are like a flower,so sweet and Dure and fair' Francis Vae Mann 'She moves a goddess,and she looks’a queen' a Hubert Dexter Kitts 'I shall be as secret as the grave' Lake Joyce Morehead 'Your looking glass tells you what your friends will not' k3 Charles G. Pauley 'To laugh,to laugh,what is life if you can't laugh?' Thurleen Beatta Houn.6hell 'What is life without love' Wanda Christine Puckett 'It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all' CO Varlene McPeak 'When the cat's awav the mice will play' Johnny Coyle Hoosier 'How far that little candle throws its beams. So shine a good deed in a naughty world' Silas M. Ritts James Harvey Pau]ey Always think before doi o H CO Guida Rea Tickle 'Do you not know I am a woman? When I think,I must speak' Willard Lawrence Fanning 'So much is a man worth as esteems himself Lee Elwood Morehead 'Still water runs deep' JUNIORS Junior Scott Wapda Riddle Eddie Hoge Francis Short, Ak ' s  till Ak Gayle Richardson Faulkner Willard Wright Carolyn Scott Evelyn Tickle J.R. Morehead. Billy Pauley Joy Wright Rosa Lee Burton Eldon Tickle Sallie Marie Hoge Bobby Bane, Kay Morehead Bobby Jewell Juniors not shown ■Een Bird,Jr. Bobby Bruce Billy Bruce Buzz Morehead James Thomcson Phyllis Burton Carol Childress Doris Dunn Delphine Farlow Louise Goins Nora Lambert Lois Miller Margaret Pruitt Ramona V.’right 4 o to o SENIORS SOPHOMORE CLASS - FRESHMAN CLASS ANNUAL STAFF Ellen Peery Fanning Marlene McPeak Janet Morehead Ross Morris 5 Maria Bowen Ralph Brown Mellissie Kidd Ben Hale Muncy Joyce Morehead Gerald Mustard 9 June Morehead Georgia Lee Francis jj Ruby Sutphin Betty Diliow 5 Carol Dunn Louise Repass Johnny Hoosier 5 Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Business Manager Associate Business Editors Activities Editors Art Editors Mrs.Ruth B.Kegley Faculty Sponsor L 104 610 We,the seniors of 1950, would like to tell you,the readers of this annual just about one-half of the shady deals we have received during our four years in the so called Bland High School. To begin with, on the first day of school we were dubbed The Terrible Freshmen . We were given a schedule and told to pick our subjects, but in the end the school picked them for us. We had a new principal that year who knew as little about Bland High School as we did. We had many exciting escapades that year, but since we are on the eve of graduating we had better not grumble about them. One thing we venture to print is the time we just happened to spill some fingernail polish on one of our teacher's chair and he just happened to sit down in it. It cost us a cleaning bill in the end. In our sophomore year we started out feeling very grown up and intelligent, because we had completed our first vear of high school. This was the year that somebody thought up the idea that one hour was not long enough to spend in English so they locked the door on us. When the time came to order our rin® in our junior vear, the salesman came and showed us his samples. We picked out a ring that we all liked, he told us that it would cost two or three times as much as t'-ie others and would take about six months longer'to come. So we had to settle for something else. This brings us up to our senior year. We had always heard about dignified seniors, but our teachers didn't treat us any different and we didn't feel any different. The rest of the school think that the seniors have all the privileges, but as far as we can see the freshmen have more. When we were trying hard to get up an annual, we had to do two or three weeks'work in advance before re could be excused to go sell advertising. It seems as if all the teachers are still working against us. So considering everything, we think we have had a very rough time during our four years at Bland Hi gh Sdhool . CLASS WILL % o rH CO o We, the seniors of E.H.S., being of sound mind and realizing that the parting day is nigh and re must Dart with the beloved valuables that we have treasured for so many years, do hereby dispose of them in the following manner, making all previous wills null and void. V.'e have no specific directions to leave concerning our funeral, but we do hope you will come prepared to praise as well as bury us. To our dear Alma Mater we leave our sincere love and loyalty. Also, we leave the peaceful quietness caused by our absence in Eland Hi. To the faculty we leave only our memories, because half of the fun of an experience is thinking back over it many years later. Let us not forget our dear teachers who have so faithfully presided over us. Vie hereby give, free of all taxes, our entire store of knowledge, from them it came and to them it should be returned. We also will all the goose-eggs on our test papers, hoping they will be able to hatch out better grades before the eve of graduation. To our principal, Mr. Smith, we leave our gratitude and thanks for bringing us through these recent years. To the lazy juniors, we will our beloved books, or rather the remains knowing that they can use them to advantage. Also, we leave our willing cooperation, our front seats in assemblies, and our rear seats in the shows. These are the larger portion of our bequeaths, but the individual ones are as follows: To the less fortunate ones than we who have to remain a few more years at dear Bland Hi. I,James Pauley, leave my fondness for holding hands to Eddie Hoge. I, Carol Dunn, leave my ability to be tardy and my everlasting seat in the office to Sallie Marie Hoge. I, Ben Hale Muncy, hereby leave my ability to argue to Billy Hart. I, Silas Kitts, will my ability to pick a fight to Gib Rav Reoass. I, Louise Repass, leave my lazy ways to Bobby Gene Jewell. I, Herbie Fanning, will my studious ways to Willard Wright. I, Maria Eowen, will my precious love for funny books to Billy Franklin. We, Joyce Morehead and Mellissie Kidd, leave our ability to have a good time - even in government class - to Bobbv Bane and J.R. Morehead. I, Hubert Kitts, leave my little brown jug to Donnie Ray Muncy. We, Christine Puckett and Charles Pauley, leave our silly laughs Stowers and Gayle Richradson. % o tH O I, Marlene McPeak, leave my dramatic ability to David Hubble. I, Ross Morris, will my pull with Mrs, Kegley to Bobby Gene Stacy. We, Thurleen Hounshell and Betty Dil'iow, will our basketball ability to Letha Thompson and Sara Stowers. I, Gerald Mustard, leave my excuses for going to the library to Merelle Kitts. I, Janet Morehead, hereby will my excellent driving ability to Rosa Lee Burton. I, Wanda Burton, leave my quiet and serious ways to Wavne Peery. I, Willard Fanning, will my ability to aggravate Mrs. Kegley to Kay Morehead. I, Leon Pauley, leave my beloved school bus to Dan Smith, hoping he will take good care of it. I, Johnny Hocsier, hereby leave my teasing and mischievous ways with the girls to Harry Hull. I, Guida Rea Tickle, do hereby will my tiny waistline to Carolyn Scott. I, Ralph Wayne Brown, will my ability to sleep in class to Carol Childress. We, Fancis Mann and Georgia Lee Francis,leave our ability to stick together as 9iamese Twins to Norma Jean Penley and Pearl Wilson. I, Fllen Peery Fanning, leave my ability to be called teachers pet to Floyd Taylor. I, June Morehead, hereby leave my sincerety to Jerry Durham. I, Ruby Sutphin, do hereby, gladly, turn over my S.C.A. gavel to Robert Newton Morehead. We, the seniors,do hereby leave our seats in the junior room at lunch time to anyone who desires them, also our chalk and eraser battles to anvone fortunate enough to get by with them. we will our seats in the office, all paper on the floor, and all the chewing gum that can be collected from the seats and tables to the future students of Bland High School. Witnessed by: Signed: ' Prophecy Hilltop News I960 CO These are some of the highlights of the Bland High School alumni news. Maria Bcwen is entering her horse, Shang in the Kentucky Derby. V.e understand she has had some bad luck with her horses and has lost a great sum of money. Ralph Wayne Brown is manager of Maria's farms and there is a rumor that there will be wedding bells ringing for them soon. Johnny Hoosier has recently returned to his home in Bastian and is pastor of the Church of God there. It does nbt seem strange that Johnny has remained a bachelor since his love for his former classmate,Ellen Peery Fanning, remains. Guida Rea Tickle, now Mrs.Darrell Lambert, is a busy little housewife and the happy mother of three fine boys. Elwood Morehead is now the owner of his garage, You 7 reck 'Em, We Fix 'Em , located in Vechanicsburg. We understand he also deals in used cars. Ruby Sutphin, now Mrs. Sammie Morris, has recently returned from her position as secretary to Ben Hale Muncy who now writes the gossip column for the Bland Messenger. The last we heard,Leon Pauley was a sailor on the Queen Mary. It seems he has been doing quite well for himself. He has sailed all the seas on his several trips around the world. Carol Dunn has just returned from a southern trip where she has been making a study of the negro and his problems. We understand that Carol has established a scholarship fund for the higher education for negro boys and girls. Gerald Mustard, a graduate of Asbury College,Kentucky is now a missionary in China. We remember Gerald as a studious and conscientious person and we hear that he is doing a wonderful job in China. Louise Repass has finally landed a man. She has married a South American, the owner of a large sugar plantation in Frazil. Before her marriage, Louise toured the South American Countries with Tony Martin's band as a vocalist. June Morehead, a graduate of V.P.I.,is now the home demonstration agent for Bland County. Joyce Morehead who was determined to marry young is now an old maid and dean of a fashionable girls' school in Bland. Ross Morris, now State Troooer in Bland County,seems to be well liked by everyone,especially a brunette in White Gate. Everyone is wondering what the outcome will be. Good luck Ross. © tH © © Betty Dillow is now the physical education director in Radford College. The Muncy gossip column in the Bland Messenger for this week says that Betty has finally landed her man. Herbie Fanning has completed a course at V.P.I.on new methods of farming. Herbiefe farm has become the No.l farm for demonstration purposes in Bland County. Thurleen Hounshell still has that ability to get what she wants. After four years in training as a nurse she has finally landed a good looking doctor. Hubert Kitts has made a great name for himself in the field of sports. He is considered Virginia's No.l hero in basketball. At the present time he is serving as a life guard at Miama Beach. Ellen Peery Fanning is now teaching dramatics and Engli sh at the Radford College. We understand that she is director of the Dramatic Festival in Virginia. Mellissie Kidd is now secretary of the Kidd Chevrolet Sales and her husband,Charles Pauley, is general manager.Mellissie has proved to be a very efficient person with her secretarial work and housekeeping. James Pauley has soared in his popularity since a talent scout discovered him on an amateur program. He has made a great name for himself in Hollywood and has recently signed a movie contract. Janet Morehead has also made a name for herself. She is to appear soon as the leading lady in The Hoosier Schoolmaster . Wanda Eurton is head nurse at Jefferson Hospital in Roanoke. There are two more Bland County girls working there. Marlene McPeak is dietitian and Francis Mann is head of the nursery. Christine Puckett has finally dragged Will Pauley to the alter after all these years of courting. Georgia Lee Francis now a nurse is working with her husband,a doctor,in a Red Cross hospital in southern France. Silas Kitts is still up to the usual thing, Speeding . He was caught on Brushy Mountain,yesterday, bv a State Policeman, Ross Morris. Willard Fanning is now married and the father of two children. He is working for the State Highway Department. 0 CLASS HISTORY We,the senior class of 1950, feel that history would not be complete without a record of our achievements and failures. Thus I, as historian begin this account by looking back to our freshman year of 19l 6. O vH to O We were forty-five greenhands, somewhat bashful at the beginning of our first year at old Bland Hi. Yet, we soon got over our shyness and our teachers thought we went a little too far to the other extreme. Before many days had passed, we gained for our- selves a nickname, The Terrible Freshmen which we have kept all through school. Everyone said we were hard to manage. Well, I do recall that we had to stay in for days at a time for such things as spilling fingernail polish in the teacher's chair. C.V. South was class president this year. With seventeen of our first year members missing and four new ones we began our sophomres year thirty-four strong. It was this year that Mr. S' ith, our principal, while walking through the hall was hit by - well he must have thought it was a flying saucer for it almost broke one of his ribs. Detectives who examined the case found that this thing was Charles Pauley, a member of the sophomre class. Gerald Mustard was president of the class for the year. In 191 8,with the addition of thirteen new students from Hollybrook, we were thirty-eight juniors led by Carol Dunn as cla s Dresident. We had become highly civilized and somewhat settled down to our work. As we look back over these first three years of our high school life, we cannot help but think of our teacher, Miss Blankenship, who had led us this far. We started our senior year with thirty-two on roll, having lost six during our junior year. Although we feel very dignified, we are still known by our name of Terrible . Up to this date two of our class have dropped out leaving thirty seniors who hope to graduate. Thus ends our record as the class of 1950, and we must now take up the record of each individual who must answer his or her separate calling. 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