Chatham High School - Chat Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 46 of the 1951 volume:

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA -—--- GIFT OF DIVISION OF EXTENSION VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE ENTRY BLANK; YEARBOOK CONTEST MB-3 NOTE: The entry for the current contest should be last year ' 3 copy and must be submitted on or before March 1st of the year following its date of publication. INSTRUCTIONS : Make out this entry blank in dup licate . Type or print. Enclose one copy in an envelope addressed to the Executive Secretary, Virginia High School League, Box 1487 University Station, Charlottesville, Virginia. Attach the stamped envelope to the outside of a package containing one copy of your yer Snok for the previous session, likewise addressed to the Executive Secretary, anu ggil on or before Ma rch 1st . Entries postmarked after midnight of March 1st will not be accepted. Retain one copy of this entry blank for your files. SCilOOL: CA � R fUV. [ ,a K 0 Moo DISTRICT: (p GROUP: J 5T March membership in the high school grades: A? i _ NAME OF YEARBOOK: _NUMBER OF BOOKS PRINTED: 0 e FACULTY SPONSOR: 7T da 7 TOTAL CIRCULATION: _ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: CW y,a ljUf} ' ,ik.A TOTAL GOST: dT5 6 . ob _ business mViGm fhbfihfifiO- Mt ' -feJW Cost per book:, JL£Le£, _ Number pages each book: 6 FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECEIPTS : Advertising.. . 3 Sales: _books at 3-Qo . 35 - °° Individual representation fees. Hi. eo Organizational ropresentation fees. A Other receipts or subsidies. o TOTAL RECEIPTS... EXPENDITURES : Covers. ..S ' ’ Photography. O • °° Avh Urxr V Published by the Senior Class of CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL Chatham, Virginia Hr Lb . C.‘ . ■ ' VUL bin | aug2 7 JJ 763 ■CHI m DEDICflTIOn We, the Senior Class, ded¬ icate our publication of The Chat to Mr. Warren B. Bowers, Principal of Chatham Public Schools. Graduate of Emory and Henry College, Grad¬ uate Study at Duke Uni¬ versity and University of North Carolina. h For His Leadership, For His Understanding, For His Untiring Efforts in Our Behalf, For His Friendliness and Good Humor. Mr. Bowers, on the French Riviera, December, 1945. PROPE.iY OF TTO. T,TP,RACTQg VIRGINIA 2 EI£EM0I©,VA SCHOOL BOARD LEFT TO RIGHT: A.J. Fuller, M.W. Adams, D.T. Rorer, Dr. Haile V. Fitzgerald, G.T. Hubbard, Dr. C.J. Schollenberger, R.H. Reynolds. fflCULTy MR. GEORGE GARNER B. A., Carson- Newman College MRS. AGNES TUNE B.S., University of Virginia, Diploma, Longwood College MRS. MARGARET GILES Diploma, Radford College MRS. ERMA B. COCKE B. S., Radford College MR. RUSSELL DUFFORD B. A., Lynchburg College V MRS. TILLI de PONCEAU B. A., Limestone College Graduate Certificate, Columbia University Director of County Music 3 SEAIOR CLASS OffICERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer . CAROLYN HENDERSON . . . . GAIL MOON . BETTY LEE TAYLOR CALLIE HAILE GILES Publicity Chairman .FAYE SOURS HIGH LIGHTS OF HIGH SCHOOL September, 1947 • . Entered High School September, 1948 . . . Ninth Grade September, 1949 • May, 1950 • • . Junior-Senior Banquet April. 1951 May, 1951 . . • Junior-Senior Banquet May, 1951 . . . . The Chat June, 1951 . . . . Graduation WILLIAM LANGHORNE CRADDOCK Football 4; Basketball 4; Secretary of Hi-Y Club 4; President of 4-H Club 1 , 2 , 3 ; vice President4; 4-H Honor Club 3,4; President of 4-H County Council 3; All Star 4; Beta Club 2,3; Assistant Circulation Manager of The Chat; Vice President of County 4-H Honor Club. LOU ANNIE BAUGH F.H.A. Club 2,3,4; 4-H Club I. BOBBY DEAN GILES Baseball Team 1,2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; Pres¬ ident of Freshman Class; K.V.G. 1, 2 ,3,4. JOHN POWELL BOSWELL Basketball 2; Le Circle Francais 3,4; Hi-Y Club 3,4; K.V.G. 4. The Home of Better Values LEGGETT ' S DEPARTMENT STORE Remember, you always save at Leggett’s THE PITTSYLVANIA TRIBUNE Pittsylvania ' s Home Newspaper Since 1865 Chatham, Virginia sms MARY ELIZABETH COMPTON Vice President of Freshman Class; Secretary of Sophomore Class; Treasurer of Junior Class; Tri-Hi-YClub3,4; F.H.A. Club 2,3,4; Pres ‘ ident of Piedmont Federation 4; Glee Club 1, 2,3,4; Beta Club 2,3,4; Secretary Beta Club 2; Delegate to F.H.A. Convention 3; Honorary Vice President of Danville Fair; Literary Ed- ; mr of The Ch? BARBARA ELAINE nuAMo Glee Club 2; 4-H Club 4; F.H.A. Club 3. 5 SEIHORS CALLIE HALE GILES F.H.A. 2,3,4; Beta Club 3,4; President of Beta Club 4; Treasurer of Senior Class; Tri- Hi-Y Club 4. GLORIA RITA HALL Transferred from Dan River, 4-H Club I; Glee Club I; Le Circle Francais 4; Art Lessons 3; Tri-Hi-Y 3,4; Publicity Chairman 4; F.H. A. 1 , 2 ,3,4; Basketball 3; Annual Staff 3; Publicity Chairman of Junior Class; Art Ed¬ itor of The Chat; Class Prophet; Beta Club 4, CAROLYN ANN GILES Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Beta Club 2,3,4; F.H, A. Club 2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 2,3,4; Vice President of Tri-Hi-Y 4; 4-H Club 1 . 2 ,3,4; 4-H County Honor Club 3,4; President of Honor Club 4; President of County 4-H Coun¬ cil 4; Manager Girls ' Basketball Team 3,4; Basketball 2,3; President of Student Council 4; Private Music Lessons 1, 2 ,3,4; Secretary of Junior Class; Assistant Editor of The Chat; Delegate to Girls ' State 3; F.H.A. StateCon- vention 2 ; Library Club 4; Sergeant-at-Arms, Senate, Model General Assembly; Score- keeper Girls ' Basketball 3. MARY ELIZABETH HEDRICK F.H.A. Club 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club I. NANCY MAE GILES 4-H County Honor Council 3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3,4; F.H.A. Club 1,2,3,4; Secretary 2; President 4; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Beta Club 2,3,4; 4 H Club 1,2,3,4; Club Editor of The Chat; F.H.A. State Convention 3; Private Music Lessons 4; Scorekeeper Basketball 4. CAROLYN FRANCES HENDERSON F.H.A. Club 1,2,3; Historian 2; Vice Pres¬ ident 3; Tri-Hi-Y 3,4; President 4; Glee Club 1 . 2 ,3,4; Le Circle Francais 3; President of Junior Class; President of Senior Class; Beta Club 2,3,4; F.H.A. State Convention 2 ; Li¬ brary Club. CHATHAM COAL WOOD CO. Bettie W. Watson Prompt Deliveries Phone 2331 Chatham, Va. Compliments of HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY Excellent Educ ational Facilities at Reasonable Rates Competent Instructors Personal Attention Col. A. H. Camden, President Chatham, Virginia sfmoRS PEGGY FULLER MOORE Transferred from Callands, F.H.A. Club 2, 3 . 4 - ZELMA DEEN KEEN Basketball 1,2,3,41 Co-Captain J.V. , 2; Glee Club 1,2,3,41 4-H Club 1,2,3; Le Circle Francais 3; F.H.A. Club 4; Voice Class4; Tri-Hi-Y4; Sports Editor of the Chat; Ran V. Overbey QUALITY COAL Chatham, Virginia GAIL MOON Transferred from Russell High School, At¬ lanta, Ga., Beta Club 2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3,4; F.H.A. Club 2; President of Sophomore Class; Vice President of Senior Class; Bas¬ ketball 3; Le Circle Francais 3,4. Compliments of McLaughlin supply co. Chatham, Virginia CHARLES BYRON MORTON Treasurer of Freshman Class; Baseball Team 1,3,4; President of Sophomore Class; Basket¬ ball Team 2,3,4; Beta Club 2,3,4; vice President of Junior Class; Treasurer of Beta Club 4; Le Circle Francais 3,4; President 4; Manager of Football Team 4. BARBARA VAUGHN MITCHELL Basketball 1, 2 ; Tri-Hi-Y Club 2,3,4; Dele¬ gate to Model General Assembly 3; Beta Club 2,4; Publicity Chairman 4; 4-H Club i; Li¬ brary Assistant 4; Glee Club 1,2; Art Class 3; Business Manager of The Chat; Class Historian; Le Circle Francais 3,4. CHRISTINE HARLOWE MOTLEY F.H.A. Club 1,2,3,4; Reporter 4; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2; Reporter I; Vice President of Sophomore Class; BetaClub2,3, 4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3,4; Historian 4; Basketball 3,4; Safety Patrol 4; Assistant Literary Editor of The Chat. TUNE TOLER Electrical Contractors Chatham, Virginia SfRIORS EUGENE RYLAND MOTLEY Baseball 1 , 2 , 3 ; Manager of Football Team 4; Manager of Basketball Team 4; EVELYN JOYCE RIDDLE Basketball 3; Glee Club 1 , 2 , 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 4; Circulation Man¬ ager of The Chat; Voice Class 4. NORMAN WESLEY MARTIN Candidate for diploma, August, 1951; 4-H Club 1,2,3,4; 4-H Honor Council 3,4; Bas¬ ketball 2,3,4; Hi-Y Club 3,4. WESLEY BENNETT ROWLAND Transferred from Spring Garden, F.F.A. i; Baseball 1,2,3; Le Circle Francais I; Basket¬ ball 3,4; Football 4; Captain of Football Team GARLAND DALE PIGG Safety Patrol 4; 4-H Club 1,2,3,41 Basketball 3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; Football4; Beta Club 2; 3,4; Hi-Y Club 4. EVELYN ARNETT SHELTON Glee Club 2,3,4; F.H.A. Club 2,3;. Beta Club 2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3,4; Assistant Sec¬ retary of Tri-Hi-Y 3; Secretary of Tri-Hi-Y 4; Parliamentarian of F.H.A. 2; Le Circle Francais 3,4; Assistant Publicity Chairman of The Chat. L. HERMAN Congratulates The Staff of The Chat and the Class of 1951 8 stnioes GLORIA PATRICIA SHORTER Tri-Hi-Y 1,2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; Glee Club 1, 2 ,3,4; Le Circle Francais 3,4; Assistant Club Editor of TheChat; Cheerleader 4; Piano Lessons 1,2,3,4. JAMES CLARK SLAUGHTER 4-H Club I, 2 , 3,4; President 4; Baseball 3, 4; Football 4; Student Council 4; Boys ' State 4; K.V.G. Member 3,4. FAYE SOURS Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 3,4; Le Circle Francais 3,4; Publicity Chairman of Senior Class; Cheerleader 2,3,4; 4 H Honor Club Council; 4-H Club 1 , 2,3,4; 4-H All Star. BETTY LEE TAYLOR Tri-Hi-Y 4; Basketball 3 4; F.H.A. Club 3, 4; Secretary of Senior Class; Library Assistant 4 - EMMA ANN VAUGHAN Glee Club 1,2,3,4; 4-H Club I, 2; F.H.A. Club I; Assistant Cir¬ culation Manager of TheChat; Tri- Hi-Y Club 4; Library Assistant 4. CONSTANCE CARRINGTON WHITEHEAD 4-H Club i; Beta Club 2; F.H.A. Club 2,3,4; Tri-Hi-Y Club 2,3,4; Treasurer 4; Basketball 1,2,3; Glee Club 1,2,3,4; Editor in Chief of The Chat; Class Lawyer; Annual Staff 3; Library Assistant 4; Reporter of Model General Assembly 3. CHATHAM FURNITURE CO. Furniture-Bedding-Floor Covering General Electric Appliances Chatham, Virginia GRUBB TERRY, INC Sales-Service Chatham, Virginia 9 jyniofi class OFFICERS President . Vice President Secretary . Treasurer . . . JULIA MOTLEY JOHN La PRADE BARBARA TAYLOR . . MAMIE LEWIS Gay Brooks Joyce Farmer Anna Mae Craddock HARRY LEE SHELTON Bobby Jackson Edgar Earles Gerard Hall Mamie Lewis Rudolph Stephens jumoit CLASS Janie Moore Little Julia Barbara Taylor Julia Motley Pauline Taylor Leonard Parsons Robert Shields Not Pictured Ray Giles John La Prade Larry Motley Monsey Muse Coleman Mustain Harold Payne Lee Shannaberger Mary Lucy Thornton Ann Whitehead Gaynelle Sours Now Nancy 11 Faye Yeatts fRfSHHIIID CLASS OFFICERS President.BOBBY NEAL Vice President . . . . E. W. OWEN Secretary .... EFFIE MOTLEY Treasurer.LESLIE GILES (Not Pictured) Jean Bigger May Brooks Jewell Butting ton Gerald Bryant Ray Compton Rachel Crider Holland Crews Maribeth Davis Betty Jane Dodson Bar boric Giles 12 ffi£SHmfln CLASS Donnie Giles Ronnie Giles Judy Hall Charles Haymes Lelia Goggin Mary Jenkins Reid Jones Helen Kendrick Harold Lewis Charlotte McGhee Iris Lee Mitchell Effie Motley Harold Motley Bobby Neal Billy Nuckols E. W. Owen Shirley Perkins Beulah Rowland Jill Saunders Haile Shelton Not Pictured Alyne Adkins Leslie Giles Melvin Haymore Richard Jones Wilfred Motley Rebecca Murphy NEATEST Carolyn Henderson Langhorne Craddock WITTIEST Connie Whitehead John Powell Boswell MOST VERSATILE Carolyn Giles Jimmy Slaughter MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Elizabeth Compton Bobby Giles PRETTIEST--BEST LOOKING Faye Sours Wesley Rowland MOST ATHLETIC Zelma Keen Charles Morton MOST POPULAR Connie Whitehead Charles Morton 14 BEST ALL AROUND Carolyn Henderson Eugene Motley FOOTBALL caj , Bnk k ° 0 bbv Si Geoe « . J£sr “ • c --TZT ' “X- CITIZEN ' S FOOD BANK Meat Processing From the Pen to the Par Dial 5411 Chatham, Va. Route 5 For the first time in 2.5 years Chatham High School has a football team! The team was coached by our principal, Warren B. Bowers. The Boys Showed remarkable skill by winning 3 out of 6 games and tying one. Warren Bowers 15 THE BLUE DEdlOUS LEFT TO RIGHT: Gene Motley (Manager), Jack Dufford (Coach), LanghorneCraddock, John Boswell, Doc Hall, Harold Payne, Wesley Martin, Bobby Giles, Edgar Earles, James Bigger (Assistant Manager), Dale Pigg, John La- Prade, Bobby Neal, Bobby Jackson, Charles Morton, Harry Lee Shelton, Chubby Haymes, Ray Compton. Compliments of MUNDY ' S RESTAURANT Chatham, Va, Compliments of CHATHAM CLEANERS Furniture Frigidaires-Floor Coverings CLEMENTS PARKER Hotel Danville Building Danville, Virginia Compliments of W. I. GREEN CO. Depot Street Chatham, Virginia 16 the moy Demons LEFT TO RIGHT: Betty Jane Dodson, Christine Motley, Pat Shorter, Roxie Taylor, Mae Taylor, Jill Saunders, Carolyn Giles; Manager, Evelyn Riddle; Time-Keeper, Shirley Perkins; Betty Lee Taylor, Frances Taylor, Zelma Compliments of IRA SHELTON BUCK CROCKER MARVIN EDWARDS HENRY SOURS 17 “ THEa ALSO SEfiVf Compliments of THOMPSON ' S DRUG STORE GIRLS ' MANAGER Carolyn Giles TIMEKEEPER Evelyn Riddle SATER’S Smart Clothe Shop Danville, Va. LEFT TO RIGHT: Manager, Shelton; Simpson, Giles, Giles, Bryant, Lewis, Hazelwood, Dalton, Davidson, Giles, Shelton, Motley, Giles, Payne, Dodson, Hall, Coach Dufford. COACH Jack Dufford CHATHAM JEWELRY CO. Gifts, Diamonds Watches Chatham, Va. BOYS 1 MANAGER Eugene Motley CHEERLEADERS SCORE-KEEPER Nancy Giles Main Street Lunch BURNETT BROTHERS Chatham, Virginia 18 SCHOOL VIEWS Ip From the south west corner c °ho e ' a; a ° cl J? Cs °° 53§?2Jv; 6 C °W c o ■V. Stiotv. itvS c Glee Club playing Tonettes, west side lawn. QU i CHATHAM PHARMACY Luncheonette Service Purity, Accuracy, Quality Where It Counts. Dial 2511 Chatham, Va. Compliments of MITCHELL ' S 5 £ to $1. 00 P. O. Box 365 Chatham, Virginia 19 1EIT1PUS FRESHMAN YEAR-- 1947-1948 1. Timid, clumsy, awkward 2. New ideas, environment, responsibility 3. Members joined Home Economics Club 4. President - Bobby Giles SOPHOMOPE YEAR-- 1948-1949 1. Club members of Beta Club 2. Trip to Charlottesville 3. President - Charles Morton JUNIOR YEAR-- 1949-1950 1. Junior-Senior Banquet 2. Male Beauty Contest 3. President - Carolyn Henderson SENIOR 1 . 2 . 3. 4. YEAR-- 1950-1951 Junior-Senior Banquet Senior play President - Carolyn Henderson Graduation High School days are now behind us And we ' ve all had fun. But harder days that stand before us Now have just begun. We all regret the things we ' ve done that Did not please our friends; But now our task is almost finished And it ' s late to make amends. But as we go through life ' s long conquest We ' ll always think of you. Always reaching for life ' s best qualities Being loyal and ever true. Class Historian . Class Poet. Class Prophet. Class Observationist Class Lawyer. .Barbara Mitchell . Emma Vaughan . . .Gloria Hall . . . Gail Moon Connie Whitehead flJGIT 20 John Boswell Barbara Mitchell Carolyn Giles Elizabeth Compton Connie Whitehead . Barbara Mitchell . Elizabeth Compton Gloria Hall .... Zelma Keene . Evelyn Riddle . Nancy Giles Julia Motley . . . Mrs. Tilli de Ponceau . . Editor in chief . Business Manager . . Literary Editor . . . . Art Editor . . . Sports Editor Circulation Manager . ., . Clubs Editor Junior Representative . Faculty Editor Christine Connie Motley Whitehead Eugene Charles Motley Morton Gloria Hall Mrs. Tilli de Ponceau Faculty Editor Pat Shorter Evelyn Riddle Nancy Giles Emma Vaughan WHITEHEAD COMPANY More Than a hardware store. Chatham, Virginia Southe rn -State s Corporation Feed, Seed, r Fertilizer Farm Supplies. LEONARD ELECTRICIAL APPLIANCES Phone Chatham 4201--Gretna 956 Julia Motley Langhorne Craddock 21 STUDMT council OFFICERS President.Carolyn Giles Vice President.Faye Yeatts Secretary.Charlotte McGhee Treasurer.Jessie Me lone Board Representative Sponsor ...... Mr. Bowers James Slaughter Gloria Younger . Gloria Younger . . Mr. Bowers Merle Craddock Jean Martin Carolyn Giles Jessie Melone Langhorne Craddock Faye Yeatts Effie Motley SHELLEY ' S SHOP Where Quality Price Count Chatham, Virginia RAYLASS DEPARTMENT STORE Visit the newly Remodeled Store for Smart School Clothing 335 Main St. - Danville, Va, Compliments of BOOTH-WHITE SPORT SHOP Athletic Supplies We Equip for all Sports. Danville, Virginia t« O. P. DALTON ' S Service Station and Grocery Chatham, Virginia 22 Compliments of HENRI ' S GIFT SHOP Chatham, Va. Serving Better PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY MOTORS, INC. Va. License 993 Phone 5661 LEFT TO RIGHT: Melvin Emerson, Dean Martin, Richard Motley, Cecil Shelton, Virgil Crider, Johnny Hazewood, Billy Murphy, Jimrnie Harris, Barbara East, JoyceFarmer, Shelby Taylor, Jean Martin, Marie Motley, Billy Crews, Hunt Mead¬ ows, Gillie Owen, Stanley Payne, Langhorne Craddock, Bobby Davidson, Mamie Lewis, Barbara Taylor, Ellen Whitehead, Bobby Simpson, Edith Whitcher, Patsy Shelton, Iris Lee Mitchell, Shirley Perkins, Geneva Sours, Mae Taylor, Evelyn Riddle, Patsy Barbour, Barbara Adams, Jill Saunders, Kitty Mitchell, Merle Craddock, Marion Slaughter, Ann Howard Terry, Bobby Neal, Gladys Sours, Shirley Falls, Kitty Brooks, Nancy Meadows, Yvonne Motley, Shelby Craddock, Alease Brooks, Jimmy Slaughter, Wesley Martin, E. W. Owen, Dale Pigg. Compliments to SCOTT FUNERAL HOME Seniors of 1951 24 Hour Ambulance Service V. O. MUNDY CO. Chatham, Virginia 23 Tlil-HI-y Carolyn Henderson Carolyn Giles . Evelyn Shelton. Connie Whitehead . Christine Motley . . . President Vice President . . Secretary . . Treasurer . . Reporter ROW i: Carolyn Henderson. ROW 2: Evelyn Shelton, Carolyn Anne Giles, Connie Whitehead. ROW 3: Gail Moon, Zelma Keene, Julia Motley, Christine Motley. ROW 4: Pat Shorter, Barbara Mitchell, Anna Mae Craddock, Callie Hale Giles, Emma Anne Vaughan, Nancy Mae Giles, Leslie Anne White- head, Charlotte McGhee. ROW 5: Mamie Lewis, Barbara Taylor, Evelyn Riddle, Faye Yeatts, Faye Sours, Elizabeth Compton, Effie Motley. LOVELY LADY BEAUTY SHOP We specialize in permanent waves of all types Call Chatham 5671 Mrs. L. F. Riddle WYATT BUICK SALES CO. 627 Main Street Buick Sales Service ATLANTIC Gas - - Oil Chatham, Va. W. I. WHITE FARM SUPPLY Fertilizer, Seed, Hardware John Deere Equipment Depot St. , Chatham 24 GLEE CLUB Compliments of CHATHAM ESSO and WHITEHEAD ' S DEPARTMENT STORE Chatham, Virginia PUBLIC APPEAR.ANCES Assembly Program .... . December 8 Music Festival. . December 10 Rotary Club. . December 14 Eastern Star. 14 Caroling. . December 14 Lions Club . . December 17 Assembly Program .... 20 P. T. A, . 9 Garden Club Fashion Show. . February 3 6 Assembly Program .... . May 4 Music Festival. 6 County Education Association . . May 10 Commencement Sermon . June 3 Class Night . 1 Graduation Night. . June 4 Callie Hale Giles Arrna Mae Craddock Christine Motley Gail Moon Charles Morton Mrs. Cocke Barbara Mitchell Dale Pigg Gloria Hall Julia Motley Anne Whitehead Carolyn Henderson Elizabeth Compton N ncy Giles Carolyn Giles Evelyn Shelton Mrs, Cocke Sponsored by WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Compliments of M. L. Hall, Owner CHATHAM BILLIARDS Chatham, Virginia Chatham, Virginia 26 REX MOTOR CO. , INC. For Economical transportation Chatham, Virginia Get your new Commencement suit at THOMPSON ' S S ' Where style hits Chatham first. Chatham, Virginia “PflfiLtZ-VOUS Ffifincflis?” LEFT TO RIGHT: Pat Shorter, Gail Moon, Barbara Mitchell, Gloria Hall, Faye Sours, Evelyn Shelton, Anne Whitehead, Mrs. Tune, John La Prade, Lee Shanaberger, Mary Easley, Julia Motley, Mamie Lewis, Marvin Emer¬ son, Rudy Stevens, Monsey Muse, Robert Shields, Charles Morton, John Boswell. OFFICERS Le La La Le La Presidents . Vice Presidente Secretaire . . Tresorier . Directrice . .Monsieur Charles Morton Mademoiselle Julia Motley .Mademoiselle Pat Shorter . Monsieur John La Prade . . . Madame lUrie Compliments of OLIVER GROCERY CO. Chatham, Virginia Phone 5111 MONTGOMERY HARD WARE Distributors for Crosley Refrigerators and Radios Chatham, Virginia EDWARD ' S MEN ' S Compliments of SHOP GARNER ' S FROZEN Chatham ' s Best CUSTARD Store for Men. Chatham, Virginia THE fUTURC HOIIEIIKCIS OffllHEHICR LEFT TO RIGHT: Charlotte McGhee,Parliamentarian;Gaynelle Sours, Treasurer; Christine Motley, Reporter; Anna Mae Crad¬ dock, Secretary; Nancy Giles, President; Ann Whitehead, Vice President; Julia Motley, Pianist; Gloria Hall, Song Leader; Fran¬ ces Taylor, Historian; Mary Easley, May Brooks, Barborie Giles, Pauline Taylor, Rachel Crider, Emma Vaughan, Phyllis Tyree, Shirley Perkins, Zelma Keene, Elizabeth Compton,Jewell Bul- lington, Jill Saunders, Barbara Adams, Carolyn Giles, Connie Whitehead, Betty Taylor, Roxie Taylor, Peggy Moore, Maribeth Davis, Effie Motley, Ann Terry, Janie Moore, Barbara Taylor, Lou Annie Baugh, Elizabeth Hedrick, Callie Giles. Compliments of DR. R. O. REYNOLDS and DR. A. SNEAD CAMDEN Nancy Giles Elizabeth Compton CONNER BROS. SOURS GARAGE Pure Oil Gas General Repair, Lubrication, Washing, Tires, Tubes Batteries. Dial 3841 Chatham, Va. HITCHCOCK STUDIO Portrait, Commercial 42 7 Main Street Chatham, Virginia BYRD ' S CABS For Prompt Service Call 5555-6666 Chatham, Virginia 28 JUniOfi - SEHIOI BfflUTIES Best Wishes To The Class of ' 51 BELK LEGGETT COMPANY Danville ' s Shopping Center Danville, Virginia Miss Gloria Hall SENIOR II Miss Faye Yeatts JUNIOR III 29 “ uiHtn hie ujere younetfi!” Geneva Powell Happy Sailing ! Current Stars 168592 Giles Miss Ann Bell Mr. G. W. Garner (see Faculty page) Buddy Adams Ale as e Brooks Kitty Brooks Yvonne Bowling Wanda Bridges Roy Carte r Shelby Craddock Merle Craddock Julian Crowder Kenneth Dalton Bobby Davidson Wayne Dodson Betty Due an Elsie Eanes EIGHTH GRADE Sandra Easley Sarah Hurt Friend Patsy Fox Betty Gray Gene Kent Hall Joyce Hammock Jimmy Harris Walton Hayden Larry Hazelwood Mary Jane Kelly Nancy Meadows Kitty Mitchell Donald Wayne Motley Susie Motley Yvonne Motley Anne Montgomery j Gillie Owen Marvin Parker Shirley Rigney Bobby Shelton Bobby Simpson Marion Slaughter Gladys Sours James Sours Shelby Taylor Mary Dana Tune Ellen Whitehead Eugene White Harold Wood Eldridg-e Walker £L£IH£l1TflRU SCHOOL Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bowers, 1941. Elementary School May Day Mrs. Carolyn McGinnis SECRETARY Mrs. Nellie Pickrel DIETITIAN Do you recognize them? It ' s Bobby Johnson, Pat Shorter, Betsy Kenney, Connie Whitehead, Carolyn Henderson, and Barbara Mitchell. 1940 32 SUCCE ROW i: Carroll Adkins, Raymond Anderson, Billy Brooks, Billy Crews, Harry Jackson, Dean Martin, Billy Moore, George Moore, Richard Motley. ROW 2: Bobby Shelton, Eugene Sheilds, Sammy Shorter, Thomas Yeatts, Jeanette Anderson, Eunice Betterton, Rose Crocker, Jane Davenport, Barbara East. ROW 3: Daisy Elixson, Kathryn Elmore, Peggy Fox, Patricia LaPrade, Rose Meadows, Nancy Morton, Edith Witcher, Elizabeth Payne, Patsy Poole. ROW 4: Perry Saunders, Margaret Taylor, Mary Kathryn White, Gloria Younger, Randy Casey, Melvin Craddock, Virgil Crider, Jimmy Giles, John Hazelwood. ROW 5: Hunt Meadows, Mary Lee Tucker, Billy Murphy, Patsy Shelton, Edwin Elixson, Frank Rowland, Cecil Shelton, Harold Taylor, Eugene Towler. ROW 6: Elsie Adkins, Polly Barbour, Emma Kate Emmer- son, Shirley Falls, Elnora Giles, Jean Martin, Marion McElroy, Patsy Montgomery, Marie Motley. ROW 7: Sandra Motley, Marie Parker Rachel Murphy. NOT PICTURED: Boyd Motley, Vaden Nuckols, Vir¬ ginia Pruitt. TEACHERS: Mrs. Bryant, Mb. Giles. 4 i„JI SIXTH GRADE ROW i: Shelby Adkins, Robert Angell, Odean Barbour, Yvonne Barbour, Johnny Yardly, Aubrey Boles, Geraldine Bullington, Thelbert Wood, Virginia Carter. ROW 2: Louise Chumley, Walter Coles, Evelyn Crowley, Eddie White, Nancy Duncan, Clarice Earles, Rebecca Matherley, Irvin Elixon, Margaret Elliot. ROW 3: Odie Falls, Floyd Fox, Nancy Giles, Wendell Thorton, Irene Gray, Jimmy Hayden, Billy Haymes, Fay Hazelwood, Gyspy Ann Hedrick. ROW 4; June Hunt, Twila Logur, Christine Meadows, Geneva Meadows, Shirley Meadows, Bedford Motley, Jr., Johnny Motley, Norman Motley, Elizabeth Thompson. ROW 5: Myra Myers, Elise Norcott, Jane Rowe Reynolds, Carol Rowland, Betty Jean Shelton, Nancy Thomas, Kenneth Shelton, Jerry Shelton, Shirley Shelton. ROW 6: Averett Simpson, Arline Smith, Eugene Sours, Iva Jean Sours, J. C. Sours. NOT PICTURED: Ray Blair, Fraud Campbell, Edna Dove, Patricia Easley, Dore Goggin, Mary Lou Murphy, Eloise Shelton. TEACHERS: Mrs. Clements, Mrs. Harris. 34 w t A ' i . i lif £ .t- Rill ) flflH GRADE ROW i: Charles Adkins, Ruth Blair, Carroll Bowsell Jr., Joan Bryant, Harry Campbell, John Carter, Helen Chludzinski, Pat Clark, Mary Ruthledge Clement, Leon Craddock. ROW 2: Judith Crowder, Wilbur Dalton, Ronnie Dodson, Barbara Dunnavant, Joe Eanes, Jimmy Eamondson, Nancy Jane Edwards, Betty Elixson, Dale Fretwell, Martha Gay. ROW y Landon Taylor, Stephen Giles, Ann Wooding Hall, Henry Hammer, Mildred Pierce, Gloria Irby, Mary Johnson, Joyce Jones, Nancy Kelly, Maynard Kendrick. ROW 4: Christine Payne, James Logue, Shirley Payne, Joe McDaniel, Raleigh McDaniel, Geraldine Meadows, Nellie Meadows, Elizabeth Mitchell, Fred Mitchell, Godfrey Mitchell. ROW 5: Wayne Yeatts, Vernon Giles, Dale Motley, Ruth Carol Mundy, Alice Lewis, Eloise Norcutt, Nancy Osborne, Jesse Buck Overbey, Cecil Owen, Billy Owensby. ROW 6: Betty Payne, Shelby Payne, Kenneth Taylor, Sylvia Reynolds, Thelma Riddle, Delores Roach, Joseph Roach, Bobbie Saunders, Garland Scearce, Grace Scruggs. ROW 7: Gwynn Self, Leonard Shelton, Ryland Shelton, Wayne Shields, Barbara Yeatts, Vaden Walker, Merle Watts, Ruth Lynch Whitehead, Christine White- head, Harriet Whitehead. ROW 8: Shelby Giles, Carlton Morton, Eve Moses. NOT PICTURED: Luther Hammock, Rebecca Mur¬ phy, Clifton Murphy, Betty Ann Pruitt, Bane Stoneman, J. F. Vaughan, Billy White, Miss Carter, TEACHER. TEACHER: Mrs. Hayden. 35 I— e . FOURTH GBflDf ROW I: Aubrey Adkins, Frances Atkinson, Patsy Barbour, Jerry Betterton, Bonnie Boles, Wayne Collins, Ellen East, Jewell Emerson, Wayne Emerson, Jean Friend. ROW 2: Edward Giles, Mary Anderson Grubb, Tommy Hodges, Sandra Jefferson, Eugene Logue, Margaret McElroy, Mimi Noell, Preston Owen, Carolyn Poole, Wayne Robertson. ROW 3; Laughton Rowland, Henry Shelton, Peggy Shelton, Phillip Shelton, Mac Simpson, Bobby Smith, Ben Sours, Brenda Taylor, Geraldine Taylor, Nancy Taylor. ROW 4; Billy Vaughan, Steele Watson, Louise Whitehead, Ran Witcher, Jane Yardley, Ann Yeatts, Judy Barker, Brenda Brooks, Billy Cannan, Franklin Crowder. ROW 5: Lawrence Haskins, Barbara Jean Lowmiller, Bobby McGhee, Bonnie Moon, Louise Payne, Raleigh Sours, Sara Sours. TEACHERS: Miss Mundy, Mrs. Bowers. 36 r . L f - JV 7 ' S m h 1 £p 3- . V ' V. «J, % 1 fe J K. i THIRD GRflDf ROW i: Edward Archer, Carol Bennett, Gerald Blair, Rachel Brooks, Ellen Bryant, Ramsey Bullington, Howard Campbell, Ronnie Chamberlain, Johnny Chludzinski, Sue Ann Conner. ROW 2: Sarah Coles, Ben Davenport, Shirley Dunnavant, Jean East, Jesse East, Clarence Edwards, Jr., Frances Falls, Wayne Fretwell, Gail Giles, Juanita Haskins. ROW 3: Carlton Hayden, Henry Hurt, Billy Lee Hutson, Paul Irby, Harold Jackson, Cary Kenney, Joyce Kinzer, Jesse LaPrade, Mary Hicks Law, Junior Meadows. ROW 4: Benjamin McGuire, David Moore, Mildred McDaniel, Carl Mitchell, Frances Mitchell, Margaret Moser, Patti Sue Moses, Katie Murphy, Irvine Owen, Lewis Owen. ROW 5: Ronnie Payne, Jay Petty, Jo Annie Pierce, Linda Pickeral, Roy Roach, Emily Riddle, Mildred Rigney, Lois Robertson, Jo Ann Self, Dwane Shelton. ROW 6: Larry Shelton, Tommy Shields, Jack Shorter, Yvonne Simpson, Carolyn Taylor, Jarett Taylor, Marie Taylor, Billy Thompson, Billy Tune, Jimmie Tune. ROW 7: Harry Vaughan, Homer Witcher, Myrtle Yeatts, Jacob Coles, Carol Hudson, Elizabeth Lowe. TEACHERS: Mrs. Shelton, Miss Mundy, Mrs. Giles. 37 V■ - i .. t SfCOdD GRADE ROW i: William Adams, James Atkinson Jr., Bobby Barbour, Betty Jean Boles, Calvin Bennett, Shirley Harris, Alvin Bryant, Warren Boles, Christine Chumby, Philip Carter. ROW 2: Elvin Clark, Wayne Crider, Dorothy Easley, John Echols, Mack Eanes, Lloyd Easley, Sam Falls, Willie Falls, Richard Giles, Eugene Hart Jr. ROW 3: Micheal Jefferson, James Kendrick, James King, Micheal Meadows, Stephen Merricks, Calvin Moser, Ryland Moser, Douglas Moore, Don Moses, Stuart Motley. ROW 4: Larry Newby, Clifton Owen, Jacksie Youger, Raleigh Poindexter, Richard Powell, Pat White, SuzanneTucker, Sarah Tredway, LarryRoach, Jimmy Reynolds. ROW 5: Joe Rogers, Philip Schwitezerlett, Charlie Smith, Kenneth Tyree, Douglas Updike, Sammy Whitehead, Coleman Yeatts, Bonita Betterton, Diane Bigger, Linda Blair. ROW 6: Daisy Boles, Maises Boles, Patricia Campbell, Jean Caldwell, Elizabeth Chumley, Nancy Lee Clark, Sarah Ann Clark, Judith Crad¬ dock, Shirley Carter, Patsy Giles. ROW 7: Joan Herndon, Kathleen King, Lorraine McGhee, Maxine Montgomery, Carol Motley, Jean Motley, Linda Motley, Katie Myers, Sarah Mae Pierce, Lois Parker. ROW 8: Betty Jo Parrish, Patricia Payne, Jane Picrey, Dawne Marie Powell, Lurlene Robertson, Marjorie Robinson, Nikki Saunders, Ora Jane Scruggs, Bobbie Shel- horse, Buelah Shelton. ROW 9: Joan Shelton, Linda Shelton, Joyce Taylor, Patsy Jane Taylor, Elizabeth Terry, Donald Barbour. NOT PICTURED: Wayne Barbour, Rhodes Blair, Henry Burnett, Otha Cox, James Payne, Charlie Powell, Charlie Pruitt, Mac Pruitt, Ella Ruth Parker. TEACHFRS: Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Giles, Mrs. Johnson. M a a — « tv ' . t ' v - FIRST GRADE ROW i: Hunt Morris Allen, Winston Angell, Teresa Bailey, Raymond Bat- terman, James Bennett, Carl Betterton, Donald Betterton, John Blands, Ralph Brumfield, JosephCampbell. ROW 2: Henry Clement, William Craw¬ ley Jr., Barbara Jean Custer, John Daniel, Jerry Dodson, Mary Clare Dominick, Guy Earles , Charlie Elixson Jr., Leroy Falls, Ronald Fretwell. ROW 3: Linda Gammon, Betty Lee Gibson, Elaine Groggin, George Harris Jr., Jack Hayes Jr., Janice Hudson, John Hunt, Raymond Johnson, Rebecca Jones, James Jones, ROW 4: Thomas Kings, Taylor Lee Meadows, Jane McDaniel, Cabell Montgomery, Joseph Mitchell, Leon Mitchell, Wayne Moore, Myrtle Louise Moore, Nancy Moore, Sadie Moser. ROW 5: Joyce Motley, Gail Myers, Elizabeth Neal, Jesse Newby Jr., Freddie Nickols, Thomas Payne, Jewel Pickrel, Malcolm Roach,, Linda Reshow, Mattie Lou Robertson. ROW 6: Patricia Saunders, Peg Saunders, Sarah Shelton, Betty Sue Sours, Marion Taylor Jr., Allen Wehry, Archie Lee Yeatts, Janice Yeatts, Richard Bullington, Johnny Thomas. ROW 7: Kitty Sue Law, Gladys Taylor, Bernice Taylor. NOT PICTURED: Micheal Bloomquist, George Daniel, Mary Katherine Daniel, Josephine Evans, Nelson Giles, Jimmie Motley Jr., Carroll Parker, Tommy Payne, Carolyn Taylor, Wayne Thomas, . TEACHER: Mrs. Bennett. 39 OUR SflffTy PATROL Jean Martin, Lt. Dale Pigg, Capt. Faye Sours, Christine Motley, Mary Lucy Thornton, Ann Mae Craddock, Peggy Fox, Patsy Fox, Marie Motley, Haile Shelton, Leslie Giles, Ida Sue Murphy, Pauline Taylor, Beulah Rowland, Ray Carter, Stanley Payne, Dean Martin, Wayne Dodson. 40 m iMYERS -- YEARBOOKS THE PACEMAKERS OF QUALITV MYERS AND CO. INC. TOPEKA, KANSAS THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA 1000758579