Botetourt High School - Post Yearbook (Gloucester, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1944 volume:

' . ' H1 ' 4, V ; , , - v ; Wfi ' K • . SS ; • s vn R KiSBi BgSHliraSlOTKCSI ' ■ ; t-V, ■ ' ;-■•;• l ' .?) ;; ' .r ;-fr‘,:i. fi. ■ ' - ' .■:■• :• • -. ' t , . ' •«. • ' vV ■ i:. ■ ' ’ ••a- v , ' .■ ' • . . •fc‘¥ 1 - .� ? % • • ,?-) -,’ LS. vi..•■■■ ' ' ; w ;.-: , ; ' .V.-; v ■ ' : ' ;! ■■ . ' ... ;V ■ : : ; ■ ,’ ' ' ■ ■ : f •%■ ' ' ' ■ ; ' i ;v “ ' 1 . ' . V ' ■: Mr • $ . ft ‘ ' ' ■f, V . ■ 55 .■■ $ % ' jS!” Kw v -t ■ ' h W- yn--: • : ' ■ JUSTINE EDWARDS Editor-in-Chief THELMA ANN BROWN Business Manager MISS EMMA NOBLIN Faculty Adviser The Fourth Post Nineteen Hundred and Forty Four Botetourt Hioh School, Gloucester, Virginia Cl asses Organizations Cadet Corps M emories Proloi � ue From education comes knowledge; from knowledge comes power; from power comes achievement. Our graduation from high school is an achievement of which we are justly proud. As a monument to this achievement we present this, The Fourth Post. In presenting this year ' s Post, we have attempted to record faithfully the many enjoy¬ able hours spent at Botetourt. By doing this we hope to keep vivid our memories of student life and the debt of gratitude we owe to our Alma Mater. Dedication We members of the Senior Class of Botetourt High School, do hereby dedicate this issue of ' The Fourth Post to those former students of Botetourt who are now fighting our fight and building a new world for our future; with undying gratitude for their sacrifices, we give our affec¬ tionate salute in this year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and sixty-eighth. Mr. J. Walter Kenney, B. A., M. A. Superintendent of Gloucester Schools Mr. H. C. Page, B. S., M. S. V. P. I. and Rutger’s University Principal, Agriculture Miss Agnes Miles, B. S., M. A. Farmville State Teachers College Northwestern University Supervisor of Grade Schools Miss Emma Noblin b. s. Farmville State Teachers College Commercial Mrs. T. M. Anderton Special, Blackstone Columbia, William Mary, University of Va. Mathematics—Latin Mr. M. A. Waldrop b. s. William Mary Science—History Mrs. M. A. Waldrop William Mary University of Richmond Mathematics—History Miss Margie P. Clements B. A., M. A. William Mary Librarian—English Mrs. E. J. Chism V. P. I. Home Economics Mrs. Russell Gray, n. p. Farm ville State Teachers College History—English Mrs. M. S. Johnson b. s. Mary Washington College Mathematics Mrs. Guy Smith Special, William Mary Seventh Grade Mrs. L. C. Robins William Mary Mary ll 7 ashing ton Seventh Grade Miss Dorothy Smith N. p. William Mary Sixth Grade Mrs. Jennie Fuller William Mary Fifth Grade Mrs G. S. Rhodes Mrs. W. T. Robins B. S. Farmville State Teachers College Fourth Grade Farnn’ille State Teachers College M a ry Was king ton Fourth Grade Miss I. Louise Smith William Mary Mary Washington Third Grade Miss J. Louise Smith N. P. Mary Washington Second Grade Mrs. Jack Hall n. p. Alary Washington First Grade Miss Elizabeth Overby n. p. Farmville State Teachers College First Grade Classes Senior Class Officers JIMMIE MORGAN.President VIRGINIA BELLE BROWN.Vice-President CAROLYN OLIVER.Secretary-Treasurer WRAY RHODES.Sergeant-at-Arms ELSIE BRISTOW.Reporter MISS EMMA NOBLIN.Sponsor COLORS Scarlet and Gold FLOWER Talisman Rose MOTTO Quitters never win; winners never quit. JOHN CATLETT ELSIE BRISTOW LOIS BLAKE FART RICHARD CLEMENTS THELMA ANN BROWN ELIZABETH BRIDGES BILLY FIELD JOHN GIVANS MARIAN DUNSTON VIRGINIA BELLE BROWN GERARD HOPKINS HAMILTON HALL JUSTINE EDWARDS CARY CLEMENTS BILLY JOHNSTON GEORGE LAWSON HAZEL FANNING ROBERT MARBLE GLADYS GERHART RUBY GRESHAM WILSON MOORE ALICE MAY LAMBERTH JIMMY MORGAN EDITH PEMBERTON WRAY RHODES HELEN RHODES VIRGINIA BELLE MATTOX CHRISTINE RILEE CAROLYN OLIVER EDITH WALKER BETH WALTON HARRY SOLES Class History Act I, Scene I Setting.Botetourt Grammar School lime.September, 1933 Characters: Seven boys—Jimmie Morgan, Francis Fary, George Lawson, Billy Field, John Givans, Hamilton Hall, Richard Clements; seven girls—Justine Edwards, Edith Walker, Lois Blake, Carolyn Oliver, Elsie Bristow, Christine Rilee, Hazel Fan¬ ning; a teacher—Miss Neta Helsabeck. The play opens on a bright, sunny morning in September. The afore mentioned boys and girls are the little first graders which the recently promoted second and third graders look upon with scorn. But to them it is a very happy occasion because it means after this year there are only ten more. As the years go by, they realize more and more that soon school days will be over. Seven short years elaps e; and as vacation, this time, draws near, the characters, strange as it may seem, appear to be more dignified. Tt may be said here that the cast of characters has increased from fourteen to thirty. The ones are : Thelma Anne Brown, Virginia Belle Brown, Virginia Belle Mattox, Eliza¬ beth Bridges, Marian Dunston, Cary Clements, Alice May Lamberth, Ruby Gresham, Helen Rhodes, Wilson Moore, Wray Rhodes, Billy Johnston, John Catlett, Harry Soles, Robert Marble, and Gerard Hopkins. All of them have special parts to play, looking forward to a brilliant future. Special thanks are to be given to the following who so willingly gave of their time, knowledge, and patience to guide them through their first seven years: Miss Linwood Stubbs, Miss Mary Baird, Miss Bessie Bagley, Miss Annicc Stringfield, Miss Dorothy Smith, and Mrs. Cecil Hall. In June 1940 the first act closes and the characters go to their homes with happy hearts and the thought, next year we’ll be in high school, forever sounding in their minds. Act II, Scene I Setting.■.Botetourt High School Time .September, 1940 Characters: Same as in Act 1 ; also Miss Anne Eppes. As the morning hell rings, the hoys and girls all rush for seats in the Freshman room. Miss Eppes is seated at the desk and does her best to bring order and attention. Schedules are made out, classes decided on, physical exams taken, and so the day is finally over. The Freshmen are established. What if they are the last in line and the so-called green horns! Aren’t they at least Freshmen? Of course, hut not for long, as you will see in Scene II. Scene II Setting .Sophomore Room Time.September, 1941 The bell has just rung—another year of school. But thank goodness! Not as Fresh¬ men! No, they are now Sophomores and are they proud! They also have a feeling that some one else must he proud of them, too, for who is that at the desk but Miss Eppes! What a surprise and what a nice one! There was also another surprise, for this year the Rev. R. L. Moore came up and taught them the real he-man drill. So under Miss Eppe’s wonderful sponsorship this group marches on to bring to you Scene III. Scene III Setting ..Junior Room Time .September, 1942 Characters: Same; also Mrs. Anderton. Oh ! what a wonderful feeling—more than half of the journey over. I his must be the most prevalent thought in the mind of each Junior. And what a grand teacher Mrs. An¬ derton is ! Why, they can do things this year which they never thought of doing before. For instance, they invite the Seniors on a party and everyone has a wonderful time. Many things are learned and accomplished in this year and they all think of it as their happiest. Scene IV Setting .Senior Room Time .September, 1943 Gosh ! people, it’s come at last ! That wonderful day looked forward to since way hack in ’33. Yes, they are Seniors; very proud, very dignified. What a feeling it must be to he the “cheese” of the whole school. This year they consider themselves very lucky to have Mr. t hadbourne as their spon¬ sor. But after a while he secs greener pastures ahead and turns his job over to Miss Noblin, who fulfilled it in a wonderful way. Now, as they think of June drawing near, it is a happy privilege to sit and think ol former days. They also think of the new pupils added to the list: Edith Pemberton, Gladys Gephart, Beth Walton, and Boh Parrish. Bob left in February to go live with his “LIncle Sam.” Yes, it has been a very happy and profitable eleven years. Many things have been learned; among the most important the Senior room motto has been put down pat Winners never quit; quitters never win.” May this motto forever remain in their thoughts and may their years out ot school be a play lived as happily and profitably as the ones they spent at dear old Botetourt High. Hazel Fanning, Historian Class Prophecy When I returned from work one evening, I was very tired so I decided to go directly to bed. 1 drifted off into the land of nod and began to dream. The years seem to pass before me and finally halt in the year 1954. 1 see all my former classmates scattered throughout the forty-eight states. One of the first people 1 recognize is Justine Edwards, now a well known radio actress. Next I see Billy Johnston, Governor of Virginia. I hear music, and as I walk into a night club 1 notice Cary Clements playing the big bass drum and Helen Rhodes playing the saxophone instead of the bugle. Later Virginia Belle Mattox renders a beautiful solo. Then two attractive young ladies come into view with escorts from the United States Army. They are Ruby Gresham and Gladys Gephart, both happily married. Now the scene is wholly changed. 1 am in a spotlessly clean hospital. I see Hazel Fanning, Superintendent of Nurses, and Marian Dunston as her as¬ sistant. Recovering from my astonishment, I walk outside to see a band playing, led by a pretty majorette whom I recognize as Edith Pemberton. Harry Soles and Francis Fary are playing bugles in the band. I realize that a campaign is on; for around me I see posters which read, “Vote for John Catlett for Presi¬ dent of the United States.” Walking down the street, 1 see an art museum. As 1 go in I see many beautiful paintings by Beth Walton. Suddenly I hear a zooming roar. I rush outside to see George Lawson piloting one of the new planes he has just designed. As 1 pass a newstand, 1 notice a picture on the front page of a paper. I recognize it to be Hamilton Hall, now heavy-weight champion of the world. My vision passes to an office in New York where 1 see two efficient stenog¬ raphers at work. They are none other than Alice May Lamberth and Christine Rilee. Their boss is John Givans. At a dance in the home of Miss Carolyn Oliver, physical ed instructor at Hollins College, I see Robert Marble, a captain in the Army, Elizabeth Bridges, the president’s private secretary, Lois Blake, professor of mathematics at Co¬ lumbia University, and Jimmie Morgan, the famous chemist. Next I see three young lieutenants in the Navy. They are Richard Clements, Wilson Moore, and Gerard Hopkins. Wray Rhodes is now ' Sheriff of Gloucester County, and Billy Field is Clerk. My attention is then focused on Elsie Bristow, now teaching history at William and Mary College. Thelma Ann Brown and Virginia Belle Brown are working in offices in Washington, D. C. They are discussing Thelma Ann’s approaching marriage. Then everything w ' ent blank. When I awoke, I was very happy because I had seen all my classmates who 1 had not seen since we graduated together in 1944. Edith Walker Class Poem BEYOND GRADUATION As we go out on through the years, We graduates of Botetourt High We ' ll need to know the things we learned In all these years that have passed by. We’ll leave the school to us so dear. We’ll leave the carefree days of o’er. We’ll leave our teachers and our friends. Yes, we ' ll be gone forever more. Oft times the path looks easy; ’Tis made to suit our dreams. But when we walk life’s highway, It isn’t what it seems. The days and years that lie beyond, Are full of things to do. Our country needs the best from us To keep it pure and true. As each of us takes his place, As did the men of yore, We’ll need the strength and courage Of these men gone on before. Then when the eve of life is here And our work has been well done, There will be for us, great triumph In the peace we will have won. Marian Dunston La£t Will and Testament The Senior ( lass of 1944 of Botetourt High School doth hereby bequeath and freely leave some of its most valuable possessions and talents. We have no specific directions to leave regarding our funeral, but please come prepared to praise us as well as bury us. We leave to the Juniors our good luck and our well-known nerve, which they will need very much next year. To the Sophomore Class we leave our patience. It will be found useful when trying to work those geometry problems. We bequeath to the young Freshmen any unfinished lollipops, pencils, old notebooks or fountain pens that they might find lying around. To the seventh grade, soon to become freshmen, we leave a map of the school so they won’t be roaming around looking for their classroom. We bequeath to our dear old school building the peaceful quiet caused by our absence, and apple cores, wads of gum, or crumpled notes that we might have left about. To our principal we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last graduated. To our teachers, we hereby give, free from all inheritance tax, our entire store of knowledge. We also give and bequeath to the faculty our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. John Catlett leaves his nice curly hair to Mac N. Wilson. Richard Clements leaves his place in Study Hall reading the paper to Boyd Moore. Marian Dunston gives her ability to primp in Study Hall to Clara Mae Lawson. Jimmy Morgan bequeaths his ability to give military commands to Jean Day. Hazel Fanning wills her good History IV grades to anyone who may find need of them. Francis Fary leaves his position as leader of the F. F. A.’s to whomever Mr. Page secs fit to take his place. Beth Walton bequeaths her art talent to Carolyn Barter. Elizabeth Bridges wills Jacquelin Robins her ability to type. Billy Field leaves his great talent to flirt to Charles Kerns. Thelma Ann Brown leaves B. H. S.; her main interest now is Tee Jay. John Givans gives his bookkeeping knowledge back to Miss Noblin. Elsie Bristow leaves her school spirit to Beatrice Hudgins. Virginia Belle Brown wills her height to Faye Gresham. Hamilton Hall leaves his sayings to Archie Leigh. Gerard Hopkins bequeaths his cars to Herbert Field. Carey Clements gives her ability to play the drum to anyone who thinks they can do just half as well as Carey has done in the past two years. Billy Johnston leaves his heavy physique to Vernon Brown. Justine Edwards leaves her ability to study and get all A’s to Sarah Frances Oliver. Robert Marble leaves his Company B to Lauren Corr. Gladys Gephart leaves her apron to Florence Morman to use in the cafeteria. W ilson Moore wills his quietness to Sonny Pulley. Helen Rhodes wills the sailors to Betty Robins. Carolyn Oliver bequeaths her ability to play basketball to Kathryn Chapman. Lois Blake leaves her ability to stay home at night and study to Virginia Oliver. Harry Soles wills his way with the girls to Francis Duval. Virginia Belle Mattox bequeaths to Yvonne Moore her nice blonde hair. Alice May Lamberth leaves her neatness to Raymond Sterling. George Lawson wills his attractiveness to Norman Groh. Edith Pemberton bequeaths her place as major of the band to Yvonne Moore. Edith Walker leaves her smile to Mary Davis. Wray Rhodes leaves his ability to stay out late to Bill Healy. Christine Rilee leaves her extra weight to Betsy Oliver. Ruby Gresham leaves her love for school work Ann Corbell. Carolyn Oliver Hamilton Hall G cj ' o -4- GO o cj crj 5m -+J CO cn O E w r , o H Z rvi Px H O W Cm P4 Z w w CO H co h -1 fy ' O Pm Q W H CJ Z O u u Vh o CO 4J _2 0 Cm ° m 2 t Mi: nS CO •5 Cm Ot . - —� G CO co _G Ti be r- CO ex; u x . Pm PQ H o U o o pq u cj Gi CJ u X CJ p- G Pm 03 CJ CJ G O Pm pq co CO 03 Tj .50 ffi G O CO ' fcfc E 03 pq cj g Pm CO CJ CJ CJ G H CJ £ o CJ QJ O bfi L . y=i K ° it G 2 CO W u Mi u w CO z o o j o H CM £° W CJ g co Z 5? CO 03 CJ G Pm CJ II W O CO O 1 00 0 UP £ O O 0 03 bo bo bo bO bp to JX r™ G . G p- CJ 03 53 0 ml E oJ G O .2 Mi O r- CJ 0 J CJ CO c bO ' 03 OJ Pm O CJ Gi CJ Gh G .£ — ■ I CJ CO £5 G co bO 0 C x: x CJ CJ G bO 03 G5 co CO G G £ bo g: cC ,— 1 • — G CO GJ 0 0 O CJ Wr _ S £ to o X X g CJ Pm X u CJ Pm o CO bO CJ (U 2 o .q Ph Pm 5° 2 X be C a! u x; to .c u ® co P c Ih o U a! G m z o j? Cm co . a! Q CP M n H o , Mi c o z •M CO 53 . ■ CO C M o 0 X u £ c hJ pq G g bo bo -H CO co CJ . - M 2 to bo bo N a! 00 jx CP 0 X pq CO rn CO • — ' u 1 P o CO CJ CJ _ 03 03 CP CJ bO co G pq o X o Vm o G O O C G 03 G CJ aj 03 r g a; G, bo a; o3 o Q j£ cn ' C bo u c 2 , “) rt to O u Mi O be Mi CM O •“ ct o £ £ cj co K bo c ■ 0 o M-M Pm % CJ G2 Z3 P- O g: C CO +M bO bO -£ o J-H , U q bo 5d CO — 03 c C C bo o c bo £ I? O r- G O Pm o bo h £ r p- G O bO bO .G 03 .G C o o CJ Pm bO bo co c .a bO O O bO -G co X H a CJ CJ CO o3 bO CJ C CJ a; CJ G5 03 aj CJ bO .5 bo o bO o3 CJ I s Ed pq CJ m co CJ .£ G co C J CO CJ bO bp G bp bo bp bo -| bo bO bo § 5 bp bp £ £ bO £ ’C bp ’cj bO CJ G cj E G CJ to CJ CJ pG O bb t bp u £ r- 3 E •M c i to +e u O c X C E £ £ p- bo .£ CO CQ C J C-h O ] O Q pq Gm z ffi H O CO CJ O O E bO CJ Gh CO • •— Pm G . G CJ Pm b O G CJ G E CJ O Mi kS O G O x 3 £ U H PP CJ 03 CJ c5 CJ CJ s §, CO CJ M— o3 OJ � 03 Ph 03 CJ 2 03 bb 03 qj Pm G 0 ■4— CJ -G CJ G bO — CJ G , ° s o o3 -5 q q bo cj CO v 5 CJ CO bO § s o T CJ X CJ ►— CJ - Pm ‘5b CJ C o3 £ bo GG o £ “ o K(o Uto CJ O 03 Pm U CJ Pm iq 03 p- g: cj CJ CJ o O 03 g: co o W p —1 r ; pq CJ .2 CJ CJ . G O G G 1 _ r | Gi _CJ « , G cT G o £ bp E O PM pq G X E S X pq CJ 03 D Bh g a: (—■ • “M C Ph qq H .CJ M-m r i .2 £ .2 e-h CO CJ CJ Cj CJ N N CJ CJ Q r CJ E CJ 0 Mi u Pm S) 5P CO £ E G G •£ eeny E .2 CJ CJ pq E S H O u 5 Q Q CO H O w Q W m P-MM CO CJ CJ 0 u ct r CJ 5 2 C? u 03 fr .2 £ CJ 03 rG Pm G PL, Z o3 6 03 ffi C o ’£ £ K G5 G G O g: o 03 PrH o3 Pm CJ o CJ M- fi? fc 0 -e CJ O O pri bo CJ JDO ' q pq G g C 2 pq P cj x co cj cj u G o S £2 •£ m X? u rt M3o — i-l w rh G 1—1 j PQ § rt .2 u E � i n -x 13 u 0 CO Pm G bO .£ 4 — Pm G E G £ 0 CJ C Q E G G c7 O G co CJ G G 5 0 r- 1 CJ Ph CO 6 E 2 , .2 .£ ! CJ bo O Pm G CO N G E G G . CJ Pm p- G E qP X 0 V 5 u O CJ Pm CJ G PP CJ O 5 CJ X K CJ W Junior ci ass Officers .President .Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer .Reporter .Sponsor JEAN DAY. SALLY BRAY. LA YE GRESHAM. YVONNE MOORE. MRS. E M. ANDERTON COLORS FLOWER Red and White American Beauty Rose MOTTO Esse Quam Videri Junior Class First Row: Virginia Oliver, Shirley Sears, Marian Fary, Margaret Gregg, Mary Frances Robins, Yvonne Moore, Ann Deal, Evenelle Farinholt, Pearl Gephart. Second Row: Rose Hall, Carolyn Barter, Lorraine Howlett, Jeane Dunn, Hazel Trevilian, Faye Gresham, Sally Bray. Third Row: Irene Horsley, Mabel Horsley, Frances Pierce, Lauren Corr, Frank Nuttall, Archie Leigh. Fourth Row: Charles Kerns, Herbert Feild, Robert Robins, Vernon Brown, Billy DeHardit. Fifth Row: Colmore Atkins, Jean Day. Not in picture, Mary Davis and Peggy Ann Smith. Sophomore Class Officers .President Vice-President . Secretary . . . .Treasurer .Sponsor COLORS FLOWER Lavender and Gold Irts NORMAN GROH. FRANCIS DUVAL. ELEANOR KERNS.. . . BYRD SOMERS. MR. M. A. WALDROP MOTTO Paratus, Libens, et Possum Sophomore Class First Row: Dorothy Howlett, Eileen Gwyn, Ann Stubblefield, Agnes Lamberth, Eleanor Kerns, Mary Mason, Jane Gray, Katherine Vaughan. Second Row: Dick Bridges, Allen Dischinger, Sonny Pulley, Jimmy Pointer, Willie Bohannon, Raymond Sterling, Lewis Rhodes, Stanley Gray, Peyton Hall. Third Row: Mary Ellen Clements, Jacqueline Robins, Beverly Heinig, Betsy Oliver, Byrd Somers, Jeanette Robins, Ann Abernathey, Kathryn Chapman. Fourth Row: Mac N. Wilson, Francis Duval, Boyd Moore, Wilbur Fletcher, Robert Clements, Jasper Fletcher, Bill Healy, Boyd Sheppard. Fifth Row: Lewis Rilee, Paul Deal, Arthur Farner, Ann Corbell, Beatrice Hudgins, Harriet Clements, Norman Groh. Not in picture, Jeanette Sears, Arlene Howlett, Clara Lawson, Thelma Nicholas, Delano Smith. Freshman Class Officers ROSALIE CORR. DONALD DAY. RUTH CORR. MRS. M. A. VVALDROI .President .Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer .Sponsor COLORS Blue and Silver FLOWER Tulip MOTTO If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Freshman Class First Row: Josephine Wilson, Robert Warthen, Mary Jenkins, Bernard Hall, Jacqueline Rhodes, Donald Day, Florence Morman, Willard Dutton, Harvey Morgan, Mildred Sears. Second Row: Frances Sterling, Roland Miller, Ann Thruston, Rex Hinkle, Lucille Walker, Joe Pointer, William Catlett, Sally Mills, John Crump, Marilyn Deal, Billy Brown. Third Row: Janice Wilson, Gloria Boston, Marvin Brown, Sam Healy, James Thrift, Nellie Mae Eastwood, Millard Wagner, Billy Atkins, R. L. Moore, Ruth Corr, Jacqueline Walker, Elizabeth German. Fourth Row: William Fary, Mary Lee Oliver, Fayett Wiatt, Harry Clements, Rosalie Corr, Ellsworth German, Herbert Emerson. Not in picture, Marie Moore, Betty Robins, Charles Blake. BEST-ALL-AROUND THELMA ANN BROWN MOST INTELLECTUAL JUSTINE EDWARDS BEST ATHLETE CAROLYN OLIVER MOST ATTRACTIVE IEAN DUNN MOST POPULAR EDITH PEMBERTON BEST-ALL-AROUND JIMMIE MORGAN MOST INTELLECTUAL JEAN DAY BEST ATHLETE JIMMIE MORGAN MOST ATTRACTIVE SONNY LAWSON MOST POPULAR JIMMIE MORGAN Ordan izations The Staff JUSTINE EDWARDS. . . WRAY RHODES. THELMA ANN BROWN LOIS BLAKE. FRANCIS FARY. EDITH PEMBERTON... ROBERT MARBLE. JIMMIE MORGAN. GEORGE LAWSON. HELEN RHODES. BETH WALTON. YVONNE MOORE. SALLY BRAY. MISS EMMA NOBLIN. . .Editor-in-Chief .Assistant Editor .Business Manager .Assistant Business Manager .Advertising Manager . . . .Assistant Advertising Manager . . . .Assistant Advertising Manager .Sports Editor .Assistant Sports Editor .Art Editor .Assistant Art Editor .Junior Assistant Editor Junior Assistant Business Manager .Sponsor Safety Patrol First Row: Ann Deal, Bobby Kerns, Ruth Corn, Robert Warthen, Emma Horsley, Raymond Sterling, Alice Mae Lamberth, Secretary-Treasurer. Second Row: Arline Howlett, James Thrift, Cary Clements, Robert Marble, Captain, Elizabeth Hatch, Jimmy Pointer. Third Row: Delano Smith, Todd Duval, Boyd Moore, Edith Pemberton, Lieuten¬ ant, Mary Lee Oliver. Fourth Row: Jean Day, Lieutenant, Francis Fary, Paul Deal, Richard Clements, Archie Leigh. Not in picture, Robert Clements, Frank Nuttall. F. F. A.’s First Rozv: Robert Clements,Secretary, Robert Warthen, Jimmy Pointer, Willard Dutton, John Crump, Joe Pointer, Peyton Hall, John Catlett, Reporter. Second Row: William Farv, Archie Leigh, Roland Miller, Herbert Emerson, James Thrift, Francis Fary, President. Third Row: Arthur Farner, Treasurer, Lewis Rilee, Boyd Sheppard, Harry Clements, Ellsworth German, Willie Bohannon. Fourth Row: Paul Deal, Wilson Moore, Richard Clements, Wilbur Fletcher, Jasper Fletcher, Vice-President. Not in picture, Charles Blake and Delano Smith. Ho me Economics Club First Row: Mrs. Chism, Sponsor, Josephine Wilson, Eileen Gwyn, Secretary, Agnes Lamberth, Treasurer, Ann Stubblefield, Marilyn Deal, Katherine Vaughan, Jacqueline Rhodes, Song Leader, Lucille Walker. Second Row: Hazel Fanning, Mary Mason, Dorothy Howlett, Kathryn Chapman, President, Mary Jenkins, Mildred Sears, Ann Thruston, Frances Sterling. Third Row: Cary Clements, Jacqueline Robins, Jeanette Robins, Rosalie Corr, Mary Ellen Clements, Vice-President, Ruth Corr, Nellie Mae Eastwood. Fourth Row: Byrd Somers, Ann Corbell, Marian Dunston, Beatrice Hudgins, Irene Horsley, Betsy Oliver, Jacqueline Walker. Fifth Row: Gloria Boston, Janice Wilson, Mary Lee Oliver. Nnt in picture, Jeanette Sears, Elizabeth Hatch, Clara Lawson, Arlene Howlett, Marie Moore. Imps THELMA ANN BROWN.President EVENELLE FARINHOLT.Vice-President VIRGINIA BELLE MATTOX.Secretary-Treasurer SALLY BRAY.Reporter MISS MARGIE CLEMENTS.. ' .Sponsor MEMBERS Kathryn Chapman Justine Edwards Jane Gray Faye Gresham Agnes Lamberth Helen Rhodes Mary Frances Robins Beth Walton Glee Club First Row: Byrd Somers, Eileen Gwyn, Yvonne Moore, Agnes Lamberth, Evenelle Farinholt, Secretary, Edith Pemberton, President, Virginia Oliver. Second Row: Mary Mason, Shirley Sears, Jeane Dunn, Lois Blake, Ann Abernathy, Hazel Fanning. Third Row: Alice May Lamberth, Kathryn Chapman, Jane Gray, Frances Sterling, Marilyn Deal, Carolyn Oliver. Fourth Row: Cary Clements, Elsie Bristow, Ann Corbell, Eleanor Kerns, Treasurer, Sally Bray, Justine Edwards, Vice-President. Not in picture, Beth Walton, Publicity Manager, Jeannette Sears, Peggy Smith, Mrs. R. L. Moore, Director. Athletic Association JIMMIE MORGAN. THELMA ANN BROWN JUSTINE EDWARDS... EDITH PEMBERTON.. WRAY RHODES. MISS EMMA NOBLJN.. MR. H. C. PAGE. President .Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer .Reporter .Reporter .Sponsor .Sponsor m — | Ln r to — C) 1 Hamilton Hall, Jimmie Morgan, Captain; George Lawson, Robert Robins, Vernon Brown, Manager; Wilson Moore, Donald Day, Francis DuVal, Jean Day, Billy Field, Sonny Pulley, Frank Nuttall. SCHEDULE BOTETOURT SCORE OPPONENTS SCORE Bovs G iris OPPONENT Bovs Girls 35 9 Achilles 25 22 31 Syringa 20 32 19 Saluda 27 16 18 Christ Church 51 18 Syringa 17 22 7 Achilles 16 9 29 West Point 12 19 Christ Church 29 Virginia Oliver, Captain; Thelma A. Brown, Manager; Virginia Brown, Eleanor Kerns, Kathryn Chapman, Hazel Fanning, Faye Gresham, Carolyn Oliver, Byrd Somers, Helen Rhodes, Jackie Rhodes, Jackie Robins. Literary Society Officers THELMA ANN BROWN.President JEAN DAT.Vice-President J IM M Y MORGAN.Secretary-Treasurer ELSIE BRISTOW.Leader WRAY RHODES. MISS EMMA NOBLIN Sergeant-at-Arms .Sponsor Botetourt Drum and Bugle Corps First Rozv: Yvonne Moore, Mary Frances Robins, Edith Pemberton, Drum Major; Virginia Belle Brown. Second Row: Nelson Robins, Bobby Kerns, Evenelle Farinholt, R. L. Moore, Harvey Morgan. Third Row: Bill Healy, Helen Rhodes, Robert Marble, Captain; Rex Hinkle, Jimmy Pointer. Fourth Row: William Johnston, Carey Clements, Bobby Bristow, Billy DeHardit. Fifth Row: Harry Soles, Francis Fary, Robert Clements, Walter Moore. Mr. C. C. Briggs, Director. THE SENIOR CLASS OF BOTETOURT HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS MARRYING MARGARET HARRISON HUNTER. WINIFRED HUNTER. LEILA HUNTER. MARGARET HUNTER HARRIET HUNTER.. LEONA HUNTER. LEONARDSTATTON. LEO STATTON. MARJORIE TUCKER. AMELIA GARDNER.. NOEL THOMAS. .A Retired Business Man His Twenty-one Year Old Daughter . ... His Nineteen Year Old Daughter .His Twenty-five Year Old Daughter .Harrison’s Maiden Sister .A Cousin .Engaged to Leila .Engaged to Winifred .A Friend of the Hunter Sisters .A Friend of the Hunter Sisters .Engaged to Marjorie ROSS VAN BUREN.Engaged to Amelia ETHEL.Maid at the Hunters LORIN GILBERT.Answers the S. O. S. PROFESSOR MAXWELL DEVINE.Answers the S. O. S. IGNATIUS WILBUR WELLINGTON.Answers the S. O. S. Leila and Winifred Hunter, two vivacious modern girls, are engaged to marry two brothers, just as modern and fun-loving. Margaret Hunter, their oldest sister, is just twenty-five but she is quite different from her sisters. She is plain, matter-of-fact, uninterested in men or pretty clothes and a confirmed hookwo rm. In all these eccentricities, she is aided and abetted by her Aunt Har¬ riet, a dyed-in-the-wool spinster. Mr. Hunter will not allow the younger girls to marry until Margaret is married. To marry off Margaret will not be an easy task but the sisters decide to do that very thing at any cost. They arrange a masquerade party in honor of Margaret’s birthday and invite every eligible male available. They even insert an advertisement in the newspapers for a husband for Margaret. Aunt Harriet advertises at the same time for a man of all work. When the “handy men” and “would-be-husbands” begin to apply the situation becomes screamingly funny. Finally, all are rounded up and induced to mask for the party. Masked, Margaret sheds her own personality and becomes a per¬ fect siren. Every young man at the party succumbs to her charms and for a time it seems that all the other girls are destined to he wall-flowers. Margaret plays the game well and wins the man she has been waiting for. Even the el¬ derly Aunt Harriet finds her mate. Cadet Corps CAPTAIN JIMMIE MORGAN CAPTAIN ROBERT MARBLE COMPANY A COMPANY B FIRST LT. GEORGE LAWSON FIRST LT. JEAN DAY SECOND LT. HERBERT FEILD SECOND LT. LAUREN CORI CAPTAIN THELMA ANN BROWN CAPTAIN EVENELLE FARINHOLT COMPANY C COMPANY D FIRST LT. EDITH PEMBERTON FIRST LT. VIRGINIA MATTOX SECOND LT. FAYE GRESHAM SECOND LT. ANNE ABERNATHEY Acknowledgement As we complete our 1944 edition of The Fourth Post, we hope that we have presented a rounded picture of this past year at Botetourt. To the members of The Fourth Post staff, to whom this book represents the result of many hours spent chewing pencils and tearing hair down in the “Staff Room”-—we can only begin to express our gratification for the time, effort, and talent they gave. We realize that without the help of certain individuals and groups the pub¬ lication of this book would not have been possible. We acknowledge with sin¬ cere appreciation the services of the following: The McClure Printing Company, Staunton, for their help with layout, theme and art. We want to mention especially Mr. J. E. Runnels whose hints and letters always made us feel more confident about our work. The Gazette-Journal, for making our pictures and for the patient and friendly service of Mr. Paul Titlow. Miss Margie Clements, for her good suggestions and helpful aid with our writeups. Mr. H. C. Page, for his kind, patient, and friendly assistance. Miss Emma Noblin, our chief adviser and straightener-out-of-problems. She had a lot to do this year but she was never too busy to answer any questions we might ask. More and more we realize that we could not have had a yearbook if she had not been there to help us with all the problems confronting an in¬ experienced staff. And lastly, we thank all the members of the Student Body and the Faculty for their co-operation and interest in The Fourth Post of 1944. Justine Edwards, Editor-in-Chief Thelma Ann Brown, Business Manager Wray Rhodes, Assistant Editor Memories Ads N 0 L D E ' S W. R. Mason H. M. Mason ! MASON BROS. American Maid FUL-O-PEP FEED BREAD and CAKES SEEDS . . . FERTILIZER ALL GOOD DEALERS • Phone 1332 ARK, VA. FOR BEST FOODS Stop At TIDEWATER INN COMPLIMENTS of S. G. JONES N. O. SUTTON, Manager Gloucester, Virginia North, Virginia E. C. SUTTON and SON GENERAL MERCHANDISE Dutton Virginia COMPLIMENTS of READY TO WEAR SHOP GOLDEN DROOKS Matliews Virginia COMPLIMENTS Visit Our Ladies’ and Gents’ of Furnishing Department HYCO CLEANING PLANT R. WESLEY FOSTER Matliews Virginia When in Matliews TATTERSON BROS. Matliews Virginia COMPLIMENTS of HUDGIN’S DRUG STORE Matliews, Virginia . . . YORK INN . .. FAMOUS FOR GOOD FOOD Prank A. Driscoll Proprietor West Point, Virginia W. D. HAYNES AND CO. • HOME FURNISHINGS • GENERAL MERCHANDISE • TALLEY ' S FURNITURE STORE AMOCO GAS and OIL • • WEST POINT, VA. PHONE 1513 • HARCUM VIRGINIA Phone IS-J H. J. Talley i COMPLIMENTS of WOODFORD R. CHAPMAN KNAPP’S RESTAURANT SEAFOOD—CHICKEN—STEAK DINNERS HOME COOKED FOOD West Point Virginia COMPLIMENTS of RIDDLE’S PHARMACY West Point, Virginiii TIDEWATER INSURORS R. Tyler Bland, Manager COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE West Point, Virginia COMPLIMENTS HARRIS-BRENAMAN, INC. of ATHLETIC SUPPLIES H. S. BLAND SPORTING GOODS 21 1 North Seventh Street Cologne, Va. Richmond III . . . Virginia JOHN’S DEPARTMENT STORE COMPLIMENTS DR GOODS, HOOTS AND SHOES TIRES AND TUBES of RETREADING A SPECIALTY CAL H0 R S L E Y White Marsh Virginia COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS of of C. A. PROCTOR N. H. TILLAGE Gloucester Point, Virginia P. C. WILLIAMS COMPLIMENTS GENERAL MERCHANDISE of ! Wicomico, Virginia W. F. BIJ NTIN G COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS of of CLARA BAILEY Gloucester, Virginia ... DR. T A B B . . . COMPLIMENTS J. DOSWELL DUTTON of FEED. PAINT, WALLPAPER HICKORY FORK and HARDWARE SERVICE STATION Phone 52 Gloucester, Va. COMPLIMENTS of DUVAL b DEHARDIT J. E. HUNT • • Real Estate Brokers . ..FORD. . . WATER FRONT PROPERTIES SALES AND SERVICE Colonial Estates—Farms i • • Used Cars.Tractors John T. DuVal Geo. P. DeHardit Phone 1 Gloucester, Virginia GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS of of MRS. E. S. HEALY GENERAL MERCHANDISE THOMAS E. HOGGE NuttaR, Virginia COMPLIMENTS of COMPLIMENTS JOHN HUDGINS of ! GENERAL MERCHANDISE HERMAN E. HARRIS Hayes Store, Va. E. B. BROWN L. C. ROBINS GENERAL MEItCHANDISE PLUMBING AND HEATING Phone 20F11 Phone 20F5 SCHLEY, VIRGINIA SCHLEY, VIRGINIA COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS of of BERNARD R. THRIFT RICHARD BRIDGES yg yg yg yg COMPLIMENTS yg yg O F COMPLIMENTS COCA-COLA O F BOTTLING WORKS GAZETTE-JOURNAL • • GLOUCESTER GLOUCESTER VIRGINIA V I R G I N I A yg yg yg y§ yg yg at COMPLIMENTS O F S. C. LAMBERTH AND BROTHERS COMPLIMENTS O F J. H. MARTIN AND COMPANY • • . . . GRAY ' S PHARMACY . . . Gloucester, Virginia CANDIES, CIGARS and COSMETICS . . . PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED . . . yg COMPLIMENTS O F F. A. CLEMENTS AND SON GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA TRI-COUNTY FURNITURE STORE FURNITURE ... FOR . . . EVERY . . . ROOM • • WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES When The War Is Over 9 • GLOUCESTER .... . VIRGINIA jg yn Vi Vi MILES SHOE CO., Inc. E. H. BLAND • WEAR “THE BEST THING ON FOOT” • • GENERAL MERCHANDISE “Miles Texas Steer” — Miles 9 • Ralston and Bellaire Shoes CAPAHOSIC, VIRGINIA 9 tW MU R I C H M O N D ks VIRGINIA Vi Vi YORK WHOLESALE COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS OF DEL MONTE AND POCAHONTAS CANNED GOODS WOLF AND COUNTRY HOME FLOURS . Phone 86 West Point, Va. QUALITY FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES FLOWERS SCHOOL EQUIPMENT COMPANY 327 WEST MAIN STREET . . RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMPLIMENTS OF GLOUCESTER-YORKTOWN FERRY LOCATED ON U. S. 17 NORFOLK-WASH I NGTON SHORT ROUTE GLOUCESTER BARGAIN HOUSE “MORE GOODS for LESS MONEY” GLOUCESTER VIRGINIA ...VICTORY... ON THE TIMBER BATTLE FRONT CALLS . . .EOR... (a) Unceasing Protection of Lands Against Forest Fires (b) Intelligent Methods of Cutting Timber that Lands may be Left in Healthy Restocking Condition. (c) Your Constant Interest as a Good Citizen in Promoting the Two Above Obj ectives. THE CHESAPEAKE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA FORESTRY DEPARTMENT WEST POINT VIRGINIA W. T. FARY BROTHERS LUMBER and COMPLIMENTS of J. C. BROWN DISTRIBUTOR BUILDING MATERIALS Texaco Petroleum Products Phone 15F2 Phone 20F2 Gloucester and Mathews Counties ARK, VIRGINIA SCHLEY, VIRGINIA COMPLIMENTS of VALUE SHOP . . . West Point’s Leading Department Store . . . COMPLIMENTS of W. H. TREVILIAN ARK, VA. COMPLIMENTS of CENTERVILLE GARAGE GAS—OIL—AUTO SERVICE COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS of of GLOUCESTER GLOUCESTER STEAM LAUNDRY CHICK HATCHERY COM PLIMENTS of J. C. WHALEY ATEYAH’S ICE CREAM J ewelry—G i fts — R e pairi n g West Point, Virginia West Point, Virginia Woodberry Poultry Farm CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH QUALITY CHICKS “THEY LIVE and GROW to LAY and PAY” Although the quality and vitality of the chicks vve have produced during the past twenty years have been quite satisfactory, we believe that our customers will get chicks of even higher quality in 1945. Our breed¬ ing pens will be headed by R. O. P. cockerels, individually pedi¬ greed, with records from 260 to 325 eggs per year. Thus another step will be completed in a continuous effort to increase the egg production of hens grown from our chicks. • W. D. Weaver J. W. Weaver, Jr. CLAY BANK, VIRGINIA Morgan’s Drug Store THE REXALL STORE Sodas .... Magazines .... Cigars .... Sundries . . . Prescriptions Carefully Compounded . . . Greyhound Bus Agent PHONE 67 GLOUCESTER, VA. LOUIS GROH CLAY BANK, VIRGINIA SEEDS BOUGHT AND SOLD Custom Cleaning FOSTER, INC. • Newest Styles In Better Things To Wear New Arrivals Every Week WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US Values Unequalled In Every Department Phone 3S Mathews, Va. Chesapeake Dairy Products Company INCORPORATED I ke Farmers Friend ICE CREAM and BUTTER • Phone 50 MATHEWS, VIIIG INI A W. E. Thrift £r Company, Inc. Agents Insurance It. C. Bensclioten, Manager Farmers and Mechanics Hank Building On Leave of Absence in The Li. S. Army Janie K. Benschoten, Acting Manager • PHONE 163 WEST POINT, VIRGINIA SM s$g v§ COMPLIMENTS 0 F COMPANY D % vi “FORWARD WITH HOOKS” COMPLIMENTS • of BOTETOURT HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL 5c to $1.00 STORE LIBRARY West Point, Virginia COMMUNITY COMPLIMENTS of SERVICE STATION M. J. ELLIOTT • BETTER ROOFS WEST POINT, VIRGINIA Don’t Put It Oft —Put It On • • • • BEST WISHES TO BOTETOURT CLASS OF 1944 • ARTHUR ROBBINS WHOLESALE FLORIST • 112 West 28th St. .... New York, N. Y. • • • • COMPLIMENTS OF THE BANK OF GLOUCESTER COMPLIMENTS O F COMPANY C % yg as % yg % COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS O F 0 F COMPANY B EDGE HILL THEATRE OS isg n 5g 331 $31 $31 $31 COMPLIMENTS O F ADNER HORSLEY BELLAMY, VIRGINIA $31 $31 331 $31 331 $31 $31 331 $31 $31 COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS 0 F O F Gloucester Men ' s Shop Edwards Motor Company GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA $31 $31 $3g 331 $31 331 331 • • • • WE WILL BOND COMPLIMENTS AND INSURE YOU O F • United States Fidelity Countess Beauty Shoppe and Guaranty Co. GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA R. II. ROANE, Agent • • • G LOUCESTER, VIRGINIA • • $31 S3g $$g $31 BOTET OURT HIGH SCHOOL Class Rings— Commencement Announcements —Calling Cards Supplied By W. C. SAUNDERS COMPANY 211 N. Seventh Street .... .Richmond, Virginia $3g $3g 331 $31 Huy More War Bonds For Victory and Freedom H. S. HOPEWELL COMPLIMENTS of CLEANING . DYEING W. C. TUCKER Gloucester, Virginia COMPLIMENTS of COMPLIMENTS MR. J. B. WILLIAMS of MIL It. J. CROUCH Janney Insurance Agency A FRIEND si si si si Si Si si si COMPLIMENTS COMPLIMENTS O F O F BOTETOURT CAFETERIA COMPANY A si si M Si si si si si • • • • COMPLIMENTS WE ARE GLAD THAT THE TAXES WE PAY HAVE HELPED EDUCATE THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 15)44. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. 0 F • Virginia East Coast Utilities BOB FARI NHOLT INCORPORATED • • • • • East Coast Telephones, Inc. si si si si INSURANCE ALL LINES si si si si COMPLIMENTS of MR. C ' . E. EDWARDS • Southside Insurance Agency Incorporated • MR. JOHN NEWCOMB MR. N. C ' . WILLIAMS MR. N. H. TILLAGE MR. W. I. LEWIS Phone 1)4 RTO Building Gloucester, Virginia Si Si si • si MR. S. II. MILIIY TWIGG MOTOR C O 31 P A N Y Si si si si AUTOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPHS McClure Printing ' Company ' j ' afe , ) •.4 i