Buckingham Central High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Buckingham, VA)

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CLASS HISTGRY Many and many a year ago,two men exploring the new country stumbled upon a cave in Willis Mountain and carved their names there so others would know who were the first to come to the confines of BN I mgkmmwgounty. Thus began the history of the county. Years passed, settlers theYcou'tWWqlg?ew populous and prosperous. Those people cleared the land,bu9- w e xhdxgwwwgmn Hjgjxnized the government of Buckingham County. More yearw k Xyv' u p ax 01 ,xalrly set, Wdygihanded over to their descendants. ' In 1949, we, who are here qs efforts to build a better world,became the 8th g ' X mf g 1 That Sept- 0 E4 v 5 . . . W um ,nn. , 1, ' ember day we were as the first twM lorers ing in a strange land. When a bell re gathered in ' '1' i e princi- pal called our names and we ided into three group m '1 3 i f',,Q7 MW,W , ransford, Miss Ingle and Miss Harris. an this,we remember very littu t ut our year longed and were just when we would be W , m e n, and someone else would fill plaqgas Sub-Freshmeng x p, A it 1 - When we returned the in our ranlQ!fiX3Some had dropped back and some had had Thwyear we mapped out the road we would year,g,Gi5hgHh't:R. Qgijfkhome room teachers were Mr .Shotzberger , from Richmond , in the 8th grade. We felt deal of the time,but when sp e We nbe- . ut u '1' ww' w , , ,Y .1 m m, The year moved on xv ry Wpidly aw! it was wha spri Wgam Inl951,we foutig! irhthgtmiddlexxofwgr g3Wchdbl-'education. This time we were divided into t unddr Mis s N 'mir .Qhbfzberger . About twen- ty of the group wed! to join 'the Hi-Y and some be- came members oQltlf,WgMn,S:ious ball teams . M,w6EWl9'gie Shmtisaker left school to marry Wesley Banton, mgtwtjfiarmon, whmi'rioW:tl in the neigtywvifhqod from West Virginia, joined the class soQn,the'tentlif'gi'ade year wttwoyer and we were ready for our vacation. il H1 ' , i , In three we came back to Central. like Junior Class . We were real- ly beginning tqEgQ,fe5fQ fll'1i5'iimportant. Before October hid passed, three of the girls had eloped- Louise Hornef and FlorineJQIm6Ilion . Janice Griffith, Eugene Hall and Dan were added to our rolls. I-Ielqpsgpvage and Margie Shumaker both enrolled in 'fwlessed State of Matrimony. ffwlhen we had completed our Junior year, the clam! reduced from 100 to about 415. , difthe Junior year was the Junior-Senior prom . Itwas formal and called it successful. 'oined our cla s s Gdm-dll-line AV Fr education for a job. J ,,.,tt 1 ii, , . ,,t W. .lst . We are the Seniors! We have had the pleasure of order- ing , mvtigtarious.land caps andgowns. We have also had the thrill of X rip to Washington' inlthe' worst snowstorm of the season. But regardlejs,f',tMf5iWQ'snow and a broken down bus, we had a wonderful time. We to the ,Junior-Senior Prom, the Senior Play and Gradua- tion. One Wrigfhhdecided to hasten her graduation, so she finished at School andftnarried in August. Eugene Hall transferred to Hanover Counkyham JuniqqbQU-xiffilh frroved to Maryland. Phyllis Chandler married during the summerlvacatioh. Bob Bryan, from Tennessee, joined us and Johanna Stillfried, from Germdny. We now have forty-two membe 1' s of the Class of '54. Allan Shepherd is our President. In a few m ore months we'll have our coveted diplomas and our places will be filled by a new group of Seniors. The halls of C e nt ral that echoed to our shouts and laughter will know us no more.

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L D TESTAME T I, Peggy Hardiman do will and bequeath my status as Old Maid of B. C. H. S. to Kathy Wojnicki. I, Lyle Ranson do will and bequeath my school bus to Donnie Shep- herd. I, Betty Harmon do will and bequeath my curly hair to Thelma Max- e . Y I, Allan Shepherd do will and bequeath my whiskers to Pete Gowin who probably never will have any. I, Paula Hill do will and bequeath my locker full of chewing gum to all Juniors who chew. I, Edna Jamerson do will and bequeath my ability to play the cym- bals to Stella Staton. I, Charles Shores do will a nd bequeath my red hair to Mr. Sadler. I, Dolores Jamerson do will and bequea th my Chemistry book to some of the students who always want to see my answers. I, Rosie Jamerson do will and bequeath my ability to get along with people to Howard Taylor. I, Carolyn Jones do will and bequeath my ability to dance to anyone who wants to learn how. I, C.C. Shumaker do will and bequeath the good times you can have as a Senior, if you try. We, Alice LeSueur, Annie Oliver, and Shirley Stout do will and be- queath our a bility to have two study hallsa day in our Senior year to anyone who can still have enough credits to graduate. I, Gaynelle Maxey do will and bequeath my majorette uniform to anyone small enough to wear it. I, Josephine Maxey do will and bequeath my basketball suit to any- one capable of making the team. I, Bill Stanley do will and bequeath to any Junior boy my privilege of having only three classes during my Senior year. I, Jeanette Moss d o will and bequeath my quiet ways to Betty Ruth Dunevant. I, Shirley Ragland do will and bequeath my extra half credit to Eu- genia Bryant. I, Alice Ragland do will and bequeath my a bility to get along with people to Betty Jean Adcock. I, Johanna Stillfried do will and bequeath all my good luck that has come my way to any person who needs it. I, Carter Taylor do will and b equea th my bus driving to Ernest Taylor. I, Billy Miller do will and bequeath my quiet ways to Howard Shipp. I, Audrey Taylor do will and bequeath my quiet ways to anyone who talks too much. I, Lucy Wootton do will and bequeath my pencil to anyone who wish- es to write news articles for the Journalism Class. I, Charles Whorley do will and bequeath my extra credits to anyone who needs them. I, Alton Ragland do will and bequeath my height to Claude Kail. He r e unto have we set our hands and seals this day in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four. Lucy Wootton and committee

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CLASS PROPHECY While walking down Route 20 this June morning 1964,we, Peggy Hardiman now an art teacher,Annie Oliver, now Mrs. Richard Smith,Shirley Stout,now Mrs.Rich- ard Huddleston and Alice LaSueur, now Mrs.Harold Earman,passed a big dairy farm owned by Carter Taylor and Alton Ragland. They told us that Shirley Ragland, now Mrs. James Branch, lived on the adjoining farm. We dropped in to see her and found Alice Ragland, s e c r e ta ry to the Standard Drug Company in Richmond, was visiting her. Alice told us she had seen several of our old classmates the week be- fore, Rosie Jamerson, Audrey Taylor, Annie Christian, Lucy Wootton- all had jobs in Richmond. We started walking again. We got tir ed and litdown to rest. While we were sitting there talking over old times we saw a truck compel nag down the road, driven by Lyle Ranson who was dr i vin g for Allan Shepherd'iifi?Q1jiig,lcing Line. We rode a few mile s with Lyle and we all stopped at Charles Whoiffijffygstore and he treated us with drinks. Charles told us that C. C. Shumaker ownedmgjyqge pool room about two miles down the road. Lyle's route ended there, s o we s ta r te d walking finally reached C. C.'s pool room a n d whom should we see shooting pool 'hut',WQ1,Qtan.ley, who was home on leave from the Air Force. Bill told us that Rowlett Bruce were in the Scottsville Memorial Hospital, recuperatiiig from a s e they had caught in Africa, when they had landed their plane there. Hep us that their nurses wer! Lauri Ayres and Johanna. Stillfried. We thought' d go in to see David andRowlett,h,ut on the way we stopped in at a Recruitii'ig5i3' tW i i and the sten- ographenlmn Atwater, told us that Paula Hill,Ann Cook and mon had been in the Air Force for two years. i. We started walking again ,but had only gone a little way . fy ilg Piercy came by and piclmdps up.fH.e.,was going to Bob B1-yan's farm to vagggj tiis cattle. Bob told us tHlfQDive-iyioigin and Charles Shores were BachelQi3ii fiQ3g together in a nearby town. Afterlwxglgsft fBoh's farm we saw another and walked to- wa rd it. To our curhifiiig. it was the home of Edga...JameraQfiii i gilvlrs. Dude Rob- erts. We swpptd to herif We Hlking classmates and she told us that Glynallewilvfiititey was a boo keeper forzi g x g fier, who owned and operated a large business fig-gxistnscottaville. Paulette Agee came by to see Edna lnd when leftjhtgvgilkgd the new school, which was an el em entity and high school .,,i to introduce us to the teachers. The Home Ecitmqxgoics te a We went on down to the second grade be ta lkinigi iteacher, Ma ry Ester Adcock, but 'ol5fEtSYlp8'!pAte Carolyn x cott. We thought we for one day 'ygyent home. When we reached our found tha t Jo Ann an Shep- herd, was there. She vacation and had vi s iteld? diirnerson in Dillwyn, now I comngwwial In Buckingham she had 'sieleaf er Maxey, wh o was a bookkeiiikgr. 'While on Willis Mountain during her Vaeition, she met Jimmie Charlton, an Ast:-qQzbt'her,with the Mt.Palomar Observatory. In Rich- mond she had visitedJ5Sge Gilliam, who was a Medical Technician in the Medical College Hospital. V V in L We all decided to s t aiiifylligaogether sincgwketfwegaptoo,tiredtomgo any further. We ate a hot supper and went at Central. when we were all young and careiegee ,so iifdiiiiiifiiof our classmates doing so well. Class Prophets Alice LeSueur, Annie Oliver Shirley Stout, Peggy Hardiman