Boydton High School - Beacon Yearbook (Boydton, VA)

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Jiigh School faculty MR. EMORY S. WALDREP Principal MRS. LORENE WARD English MRS. ADELAIDE S. WEISIGER Librarian MRS. RUTH SCOTT MR. OTIS BLAND CROWDER, JR. Home Economics Coach Social Studies 1 f Dear Memories We Shall Always hold Jr. -Sr. Prom of 1951 At Maxey ’s Club 58

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I - . LILLIAN RHODES “A happy life is wished by Us all. The best things come in packages small. ” Secretary of Class 2; Reporter of Class 3; Softball 1,2,3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; F. H. A. 2,3, Program Chairman 4; Cheerleader 3,4; Glee Club 2, 3,4; Block B Club 3,4, FRANCES STONE ‘A warm heart; a friendly grin. To all of us; she is a friend. ” Vice-President of Class 4; Glee Club 3, Treasurer 2,4; Softball 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 3; Cheerleader 3,4; Block B Club 3,4;F,H.A. 2,3,4; President Home Economics Club 4. THELMA STRICKLER ‘‘Gentle in speech; modest in manner. ” F.H.A. 2, 3,4; Glee Club 2, 3,4; Basketball 2,3; Softball 1 , 2, 3, 4; Block B Club 3, 4. W. T, WOODY, JR. “There is no hell I’d not explore; To find one hidden heavenly door. “ Baseball 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2, 3, Co-Captain 4; Block B Club 3,4.

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Class History When the Senior Class of 1952 entered high school in 1948, we were walking on clouds, We were the talk of the town! This was because we just couldn’t behave ourselves. One of our teachers said that we were as green as gourds, but now she knows we are as good as gold. There were twenty-six of us, sixteen girls and ten boys. During the first part of December, Mrs. Weisiger carried the class to Richmond. At Christmas we all enjoyed a party, sponsored by our class. At the end of school, we had a picnic at Mrs. Jones’ pond. On June 5th we bade each other adieu until the next September. In September of 1949, we entered the sophomore class with our heads high. There were only eighteen in the class now. Mrs. Darnell Long, Mrs. Lillian Pittard, and Mrs. Helen Allen had been replaced by Miss Lorene Claiborne, and Mr. Shelton Short, III. We had a New Year’s party in the school cafeteria. In January, we had a contest to choose the best-looking and prettiest girl. Frances Stone and Milton Anderson were the victors. The class enjoyed a trip to Williamsburg in April which Mrs. Weisiger chaperoned. We were all very sad at the end of this term when we left, but we were looking forward eagerly to the following sessions. As we entered our Junior year, there were only sixteen of us left. We had lost three of our classmates and gained one. Our teacher. Miss Claiborne, was now Mrs. Mackie Ward. Mrs. Jones and Mr. Short did not return for this session, but Mrs. Helen Gregory and Mr. Mark B. Glasscock, Jr. took their place. We were all looking forward to sponsoring the second annual Mecklenburg County Beauty Contest which was to take place in December. We all put forth every effort possible to gain sponsors and contestants. The Beauty Contest was held on Decem- ber 8, 1950, with a hundred contestants in which Juanita Dayberry of Chase City was our winner. In February we were overjoyed by the arrival of our class rings. With the money which we obtained in the Beauty Contest, we sponsored a trip to Washington for both Juniors and Seniors. Mr. and Mrs. Mackie Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Glasscock, Jr. chaperoned this trip in April. This trip was of great educational value to us, but, of course, we are inclined to re- member the good times which we had with the ex-Seniors. On June 9, 1951, both Junior and Senior classes enjoyed a picnic at Staunton River State Park, We give this credit to our class, of course. As we enter our Senior year, we find that during the past summer, two of our classmates have left us to get married and two have dropped out. This leaves us a class of twelve. We have two new teachers, Mrs. Ruth Scott and Mr. Otis B. Crowder, Jr. , in the place of Mr. Glasscock and Mrs. Gregory. As we look into the future to the night of graduation, we anticipate the following events: the publication of the BEACON, a trip to the General Assembly in Rich- mond, the Senior Play, a Junior and Senior Prom, and the annual Junior and Senio trip. Will The Senior Class of 1952, being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. I, Linda Cottrell, will to Dorothy Strickler, my ability to look intelligent. I, Lillian Rhodes, will to Dorothy Allen, my slimness. To Mabel Bowers, I, Janet Crowder, will my ability to wear a dress sometimes. I, Betty Jane Puryear, will to Betty Cantrell, the ability to put on airs only at necessary times. I, W. T. Woody, Jr. , will to Grayson Gregory, my ability to pass more than one subject in my four years of high school. To Eula Grey Kindley, I, Frances, will my naturally curly hair. I, Dave Dunn, will to Leroy Icenhour , all my new excuses for being tardy. I, James Bing, will to Clinton Morgan, “old Number 12’’ and the school bus route. I, Juanita Phillips, will to Etta Mae Morgan my height and weight. I, Thelma Strickler , will to Shirley Gregory mymodestways and the ability to stay quiet some- times. I, Patricia Cantrell, will to Beth Kindley, my editorship of the annual with all of its worries and hardships. I Annie Lee Anderson, will my brain power to Gordon Perry.