C H Friend High School - Chit Chat Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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the Spotlight staff, and yet take second highest scholastic honor in the class. Char- lotte, it won't be easy. Rawley Fuller leaves to Crawford Staples all hi profound wisdom. Follow in Rawley's footste s Crawford d d 't- '- ' ' ' ' p , , an on .over use this gift. It might be dangerous. Dorothy Maynard bequeaths to Sarah Maynard her journalistic ability. Sarah, we hope you will help the school in this- line as much. as Dorothy. ' Eugene Motley wills to John Collins all his pictures of beautiful girls. John, you can call these for dates, rather than' looking all through the phone book. Pearl Goodman leaves to Hazel Herbster her Southern accent. But, Hazel, we think you make a swell Southerner, without the accent. O. T. Grimes leaves to Billy Smith his smooth, polished manners. Billy, you know such things d.o help people to get along in the world. Jane Wilkinson bequeaths to Elsie Spencer her ideas on everlasting love. If you have the real thing, Elsie, it's a wonderful life. Tom King leavesto Ned Allred his ambition and ability to take part in track meets and beat all contestants. Sam White leaves to anyone who is always wrong and never right his ability always to be in the right and never wrong. . Gwendolyn Pence leaves to Wesley Ballou her wonderful recitations on poetry in English class. This will come in handy, Wesley, when you start on your fourth year English. Dalton Roberson wills his interest in all types of business to Chick Lovelace. Now maybe Chick can concentrate on business rather than redheads. James Satterfield leaves to Tommie Greer his ability to say the least and have the most understood of any boy in school. Wiley Umstead wills his enormous appetite to Coach Jones. Coach, you might get that manly physique too. Robert Walton and' Mervin Matze bequeath their quietness of manner to Berry- man Green. Now Berryman can put on the soft pedal when he makes announcements in class. We leave to the seniors and all the rest of the student body a beautiful new school' building, with space in it for everything, and a whole school day in which to work without hurrying. And finally with gladness in my heart, I leave to anyone who is crazy enough to take it, the prophecy of the class. BECKY WILLIAMS.

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i Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of 1938, being of sound mind and sound body, do hereby make this, our Last Will and Testament, We, the Senior Class, 'will to the coming seniors our magnanimous ability to cooperate as a class. Mary Godbold wills to Ethel Elliott her cute, trite expressions. Pudd'n', we only hope they get you as far as they did Mary. Margaret Reaves leaves to Frances Lawson a few hundred pounds. Let it never be said that Margaret is stingy. W. S. Crenshaw bequeaths to Johnnie B. Glass his golden wavy hair. With this attraction, Johnnie B., you won't need any more Butches. Helen Hope Walker wills to Sarah Wade Owen her calmness of manner. We hope Sarah Wade will take advantage of this opportunity and set as good an example for the seniors next year as Helen Hope did this yea1'. Allen Fuller bequeaths his reputation as the Dignified Iceberg to Lawrence Pence. If you use this, Lawrence, you will never regret it. Lamb Hodges bequeaths her title as the acme of femininity to anyone who so desires it. It may be Lamb's baby talk, but the boys are usually hanging around listening. , Vernessa Henderson wills to Libby Stover her dainty'features and very petite figure. They are for your use in the Dramatic Club, Libby. A. D. Dodd' leaves to Sonny Hodges his ability to out-argue the teachers at all times. Sonny, you have to use your wits to baffle these teachers. Mary Stewart leaves to Bette Lawson her reputation as a great athlete. Bette, if you keep up the good work, you might be as good as Mary some day. T. J. Glascock bequeaths his schoolboy charm to Dick Haymes. Dick, all the girls will fall for it, and the teachers too. 1 - With my charm you can bet Some day you'll be Miss Mottley's pet. Charlie ,Smith leaves to Jack Spears his originality. . Charlie's .latest was Coach Jones' teaching a class for lovers. There might be something in that. Maybe the boys would come to school. Margaret James wills her charming and winsome ways with the Roxboro boys to Aileen Wilkerson. Frances Vaden leaves her domestic touch in Home Economics class to Margaret Dewberry. Margaret, if you profit by this legacy, some day you might get that preach- er you talk about. Arthur Crute leaves to Peter Staples his good nature and generosity. Peter, don't let them take advantage of it. John Hubbard bequeaths to Billy Williams his interest on Peach Avenue. Billy, if you had had Doonie's looks, physique, and personality, it might have been a close race. Shirley 'Owen wills her good disposition ,to Miss Lacy. Miss Lacy, I know you need this in Trig class. Oza Ridgeway wills to Charlotte Veasey her ability to do wonderful work on

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Prophecy' Just as I was finishing the basketball season at the exclusive girls' school where I was coaching last year, I received a letter from New York City which included an invitation to a -class reunion. At first glance I was sure that the reunion would be my old college class, but it wasn't my .college class at, all. The class of 1938 of C. H. Friend High School was having a reunion, sponsored by Lady Horace Von du Swangle, the former Miss Katherine ,Bevillef I was much more excited than if it had been my college class reunion, so the very next morning I took the first bus to New York. I I entered the grounds or the 'spacious du'Swangle estate from an inconspicuous doorway, for I wanted a chance to look around first. After a quick tour around the grounds I entered the house from a side terrace, and found that- I had entered a spa- cious room filled with books. I knew' that my hostess could not be far away, and sure enough, there she was, all excited over the first edition of . Why Marry? by Dorothy Maynard, who had just arrived and was receiving congratulations from Mary Stewart. Mary, who arrived in her private plane, was also receiving congratulations for the world records she had recently broken with her trans:Atlantic fiight. More of the guests arrived, and we wandered on into the- drawing room to find Oza Ridgeway warbling an aria which she was to sing on the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera this season. There was W. S. Crenshaw, trying to look interested in operatic music, when I knew that his mind was really on those interplanetary rockets he had just completed. Becky Williams arrived in the latest model-roadster, and I ,discovered that she had been doing remarkable work in the slums of New York and other crowded cities of the North. I went on upstairs, and there was 'Vernessa Henderson, pushing little curls all over her head, and giving the maid instructions at the same time. .It soon came to light that she was really the famous Antoyne, so famous for her original coiffures. I would like to go into detail about the way Vernessa's hair was arranged, but Shirley Owen walked in just thenflooking just as intelligent as ever, but a little more dignified on account of her new responsibilities. She was recently elected to a seat in the .United States Senate, and the papers have been full of the new deal in politics expected from Senator Owen. V We were talking about the old high school days, when our host. walked in and invited us down in the garden where the others had assembled. The first person I recognized inthe garden was Lamb Hodges, looking as dainty as ever in a becoming blue chiffon, and surrounded by a flock of men who had been the boy graduates of our class. She was telling' them about her work in the advertising department of the General Motors Co. Beauty and brains are still as rare a combination as they were in '38, but our class was exceptional in that respect. Mary Godbold was there, doing her part to entertain the men too, and we learned that she was doing an enterprising business in Hollywood, grooming children for the theater. I What do you suppose Margaret Reaves is doing? She has advanced to the position of efficiency expert for the J. J, Newberry Stores, and it is noised about that she has become so invaluable to the business that Mr. Newberry intends to retire and make her president of the entire chain. When we think of Margaret we naturally thinlc of Frances Vaden, and sure enough, there was Frances, telling Margaret that her fifth marriage had not been a