Boydton High School - Beacon Yearbook (Boydton, VA)

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Class Prophecy It was in the year 1 955, this memorable year of 1955, this last year that BOYDTON HIGH SCHOOL had distinguished seniors issuing from her portals, that I can remember now so well. These seniors bade BOYDTON HIGH SCHOOL a fond, but sad, adieu because they knew that BOYDTON HIGH SCHOOL had reached its end in life. This being the year 1966, I look back; and in the various places and situations have I found the last of the line of BOYDTON HIGH SCHOOL Seniors DONALD, having finished V. P. I. is now County Agent in BoydtonI Our only Senior boy could not desert his “Alma Mater”. DOROTHY STRICKLER and BETTY YANCEY, as you might well have sus- pected, are married to Harry and Lavern. Both are living in Chase Citya n d have opened a beauty shop called “The Glamour Salon”. MARY FRANCES JEFFRESS is now head nurse on the Men’s floor at Medical College Hospital . That blond hair may land her that handsome rich man of whom every girl dreams. EULA graduated with honors at Mary Washington; from there she went to the University of Virginia for her masters degree. Today she is principal of the elementary school and an instructor in Physical Education at Boydton, Vir- ginia . With Linwood stationed in Japan , SHIRLEY had plenty of time to complete her modeling course in New York. She is now modeling in the exclusive dress department in John Wanamakers in Philadelphia. MARY CARROLL is very busy now that she has landed that rich husband with a huge estate and she also has four children to look after. MAJOR ALICE MOREFIELD has really earned a place for herself. Today she is an officer in the W. A, F. Her twinkling brown eyes have carried her a long way. The lingerie department of Macy’s Department Store is now operated by the competent JEAN HENDRICK, formerly of Boydton High School, and business is booming! ! ! ! ! Be sure to visit the Chase City County Fair in the Fall. There you will find NANCY PURYEAR, as head of the “Daredevils”; a mad group of crazy car drivers . “BEA ADCOCK, is producer and director of h e r well known television pro- gram “Enter Not This Door.” She has come a long way since herfirst per- formance in the Senior Play of ' 55. Who should be the cover girl of our class, except DORIS HATCHELL. She is employed by the True Story Publishing Company, and has a part time job modeling Paris fashions. CORA LEE is now Home Economist for VEPCO. Her demonstrations have carried her over most of Virginia. LENIS ANNE is secretary to the eye specialist, Dr. Farrar, in the South Hill Memorial Hospital.

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Senior Class Play Laura could really get her sister told off . And there sat Mama ' s little Eileen, trying to satisfy her curiosity. “ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH’ Doris Ashley . . . . Christine Ashley . , Lizzie Peterson . . Cicily Sayres . . . . Laura Ashley . . . . Anna Mrs . F r isbee . . . . Madame Parmlee . Eileen Mabel Pennypacker Mrs . Owens Amy Townly Helen Sherwood . , Betty Y ancey . . . Mary Carroll Dunn . . . Dorothy Strickler Shirley Newton . . . . Eula Grey Kindley . . . Cora Lee Simmons Mary Frances Jeffress Alice Morefield . . . Lenis Anne Phillips Nancy Puryear , . . . . Beatrice Adcock Doris Hatchell Jean Hendrick DIRECTOR MRS. WARD Music Betty Jane Allgood Lighting Donald Thompson Prompter Patricia Yancey The whole cast, as they looked at dress rehearsal. Poor Anna never could remember which door went to the porch, but always knew where food was being served.

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Cast Will And Zest a meat I, BEATRICE ADCOCK, WOULD LIKE TO WILL MY STYLE OF LONG HAIR TO SHIRLEY LANEY. I, SHIRLEY NEWTON, BEING IN SOUND MIND, DO WILL MY NATURALLY CURLY HAIR AND MY STYLISH HEIGHT TO ANNIE MAE COLLINS. I, ALICE MOREFIELD, WILL MY SPARKLING BROWN EYES AND MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TO BARBARA GENTRY. I, MARY CARROLL DUNN, WILL MY DAILY BUS REPORT AND ALL THE TROUBLES THAT GO WITH IT TO MARION GREY MORGAN. I, LENIS ANNE PHILLIPS, WILL MY ABILITY TO GET MY LESSONS AND REALLY STUDY TO JEWEL ANNE BEVELL. I, NANCY PURYEAR, WILL MY EXTRA PLUMPNESS TO BETSY DUNN. I, DORIS HATCHELL, WILL MY NATURAL BLOND HAIR, SO SHE WON’T GO BROKE BUYING BLEACHES, TO SHIRLEY PRICE. I, JEAN HENDRICK, WILL MY LOVE FOR DANCING TO SHIRLEY LANEY SO SHE CAN DO SOME FANCY STEPS. I, CORA LEE SIMMONS, WILL MY QUIET VOICE TO GO WITH HER DAINTY SIZE TO MICK- EY WELLS. I, BETTY YANCEY, WILL MY ABILITY TO BE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE SENIOR CLASS TO BECOME ENGAGED, AND STILL FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, TO ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY CAN DO IT. I, MARY FRANCES JEFFRESS, THE BLOND BOMBSHELL, WILL TO MILD RED ICENHOUR MY DOMINANT PERSONALITY SO THAT SHE MAY HAVE AN EXCITING LIFE. I, EULA GREY KINDLEY, WILL MY LOVE FOR SPORTS AND EATING TO PATRICIA YANCEY. I, DONALD THOMPSON, WILL MY ABILITY T O BE THE ONLY SENIOR BOY, AND TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL ONLY HALF A DAY TO GARY BEVELL. I, DOROTHY STRICKLER, WILL MY SLIMNESS AND ABILITY TO MAKE A LITTLE NOISE SOMETIMES TO PACE COOPER. THE THRESHOLD As you emerge from the chasms of time, • Behold that threshold gate. There are no warning bells to chime; The future will not wait. Time has nothing to tell, Of future days in stock. Life has so much to sell, So many doors upon which to knock. Future urges us along, The past stays close behind. Promising fulfillment of these wise words, “So seek and you shall find”. That threshold gate gapes open now, Choose your road without a bend. Walk it constantly all the while , Hurry--for there is no end. ALICE MOREFIELD