Chatham High School - Chat Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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THE CLASS PROPHECY O perator, give me long distance. June 6, 1955, please. ... Is this Doctor Julian Green? .... Gee it’s nice to hear your voice again. This is Barbara. . . . Yes, that’s right; we finished high school together back in ’45. . . . Julian, I just read in the paper of your great discov ' ery and felt that I must call and con- gratulate you .... You really gave the world a great gift when you discovered the cure for poliomielitis. Me? Oh, I’m getting along just fine and I enjoy teaching Shakespearean English here at the ‘ ' Uni ’ersity of ’irginia for Women” tremend- ously. . . . Can you realize that it has been ten years since that night when we clutched firmly our newly earned diplomas and set out in a world of our own. I have made it a point to keep up with what the members of this group have been doing for the past ten years. . . . What have they been doing? Well: You already know from the newspapers that Fletcher B. Watson I ’ is being considered for membership to the “New World Organization”. However, at the present he is a member of the ’irginia Supreme Court. It’s good to know that Miss Motley’s History IV helped one of us anyway. George Rison has liv ' ed up to his nickname; he is chief “MOLL” exterminator for Pittsylvania County. Ruth Fox is now private secretary for W’estinghouse, after having taught commercial work at the Pan American for the past four years. I got a letter from Kathryn Easley just the other day. She tells me that she is quite happy with her husband and “Little Evie” on their dog farm which is situated in the outskirts of Richmond. Along with Kat’s letter was a clipping from the Times which gave an account of Diora Spear’s work as a missionary in Germany. Now when someone says Kathryn, Eva Mae Amos comes to mind. E ’a is a graduate nurse ot John Hopkins. Paul East went into the Air Corps the year that we graduated. He liked aviation so well that he stayed in after the war and is now a pilot for the Pan Ameri- can Air Lines. The fortune teller was right — Louise Osborne, having finished school, waited ten days and then took up the role of being a wife. However, she couldn’t bear giving up her job at WTitehead’s and is now co-owner of that prosperous firm. Marian .Anderson’s dreams came true. She is touring the World with Mr. .A. trailing close after her. Marion writes me that of all the places she has visited she likes the EAST better. You remember, we left Clyde “Henry” Scruggs behind when we finished school. He just couldn’t stand the thoughts of leaving dear ole C.H.S. so he is now assistant to the principal of our Alma Mater. Emma Jean Nuckols and Ruby Parrish are co-owners of an e.xquisite little antique shop at Villiamsburg, Virginia. Betty Oliver has proved herself a wizard in mathematics. She has just completed a theory which makes Logarithms as simple as adding 2 and 2. Billy Gatewood and his family are quite happy in their cute little cottage on Chatham Hall Hill. Billy gets his well earned income from being head dairyman of the Chatham Hall Dairy, Chatham, ’irginia. Kitty DeHart is president of the Parent-Teacher’s Association in Culpeper, Va. From all I hear Johnny, Jr., and Little Kitty are proving a joy to their deserving parents. Margie Thomas’ interest in Home Economics helped her to choose her vocation. She is a dietition at Duke University. [ 13 ]

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WHO’S WHO Kathr-i n Easi FA’ Paul East Kitty Df-Har t Julian Grfen Pretties! Best Looking Best All Around Best All Around Eva Mae Amos (Jforge. Rison Most Athletic Most Athletic 1 1 ' ittiest I ) ittiest Beti ' v Oliver F. R. Watson I Most Likely to Most Likely to Succeed Succeed Emma Jean Nuokoi.s Cai.vin Green Margie Eiiomas C.lvde Scruggs Xeatesl Xeatest Most Talented Most Talented I 12 1

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Leroy Giles distinsruished himself in the Battle for Tokyo of Vorld War II. .- t the end of the war, he returned to civilian life and is working in the .Agriculture Experimental Station of Blacksburg. ell can you really believe it? .Annette Simpson is a chemist in New A ' ork City. Jean Hylton is working with the Veather Bureau raising little “Clouds”. Catch? By the way Julian, how is Calvin getting along with his Men’s Clothing .Store? I hear that he is literally raking in the dough. But really now, I must hang up. It has been swell to spend this short time reminiscing. “Days may come and days mav go. But old friendships always glow.” Goodbye. JuLiA.N Greene Barbara Motley WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ... . Paul East wasn ' t handsome? Billy Gatewood couldn’y find the way to Danville? Leroy Giles was seen with a girl? Julian Green forgot to roll up his hair? Galvin Greene wasn’t such a man of the world? J. T. Nuckols expressed his opinion in class? George Rison wasn’t a “nice” wolf? Clyde .Scruggs wasn’t loved by everyone? F. B. Vatson I ’ washed his “T” shirt before a basketball game? Eva Mae .Amos fell in love? Marion .Anderson’s love life wasn’t a triangle? Kathryn Easley wasn’t always day dreaming about her sailor? Kitty DeHart didn’t swoon when she heard “.Stardust”? Ruth Fox didn’t have her soldier to worry about? Jean Hylton didn’t make funny noises in class? Barbara Motley lost her intelligence? Emma Jean Nuckols was seen jitterbugging at a dance? Louise Osborne wasn’t always busy? Betty Oliver lost her love of life? Ruby Parrish’s hair got straight? .Annette Simpson gave up without an argument? Diora .Spear didn’t always say, “Oh, for Pete’s sake”? Margie Thomas wasn’t always hungry? Jea.n Hylton Calvin Greene 14