Chester High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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' ector- TELEGRAMS RECEIVED— Continued Have recently been chosen president of Man Haters League. — Maria Martin. Will substitute as Manual Training Teacher honeymoon. Am studying vocal in Europe this summer. ■ 1 am now English instructor at Westhampton. for Herman Hess, who is — -Rennie Tudor. — Esther Johnson. — Hazel Wood. on Will lecture at Harvard on Have won fame as actor, women. New Movement in Literature. — Julius Hines, Ph. D. Police guard protects me from mob of admiring — Norwood Bentley. ■x- -x- Have won medal in national declamation contest. — Maria Woody. Am conducting series of lectures on how ' to be slender. — Leitner Vest. -X- -X x- -x- Grange Hall School has progressed greatly since I have been principal. — Virginia McIntosh. Touring Europe this summer. AX ' ill have double wedding next fall. — Gladys Foster and Muriel Dailey. Come and see me demonstrate my famous Golden Glint Shampoo. — Virginia Baird. -X- -X- Am at Columbia University working on Ph. D. -X- Am now editor of Southside News. — Gertrude Avent. — Elinor Guza. Broadcast over WRY A every nigh — Willis Fore. -X- rrah ! We can now take dictation at sixty words per minute. — Mary E. Wood and Carrie Condrey. People flock from miles around to hear my lectures. -Margaret Patton —CONNIE MAE SIMS. ■ HL Page Thirty Two

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le 7 je lector- Telegrams Received in 1945 Over Station C. H. S. Subject for lecture will be Interesting Experience in the Senate. — Hugh Baird. -: • x- -x- Leaving New York for trip home. Arrive Centralia Thursday. — Mrs. Bob N’ase. Indians agree to meet Keydets Friday at Lexington. — Coach Dunn. -X- -X- Have been promoted to manager of Petersburg Telephone Company. — Katherine Goodwyn. Mrs. Thomas, nee Sue Cole, will visit Tuesday in my conservatory. — Doris Smith. We are now successful nurses at Johnston -Willis Hospital. — Mary Lotz and Daisy Collier. Will lecture on Perfidy of Man at my Home for Indigent Females. — Virginia Pretlow. Am taking history class of Chester High on trip to Washington. — Ethel Martin. Will dance all next week at the Palace Theatre. -Mildred Jeter. My collection ol ' poems, Moonlight Reveries, has just been completed. — Mamie Wilson. Was chosen queen of artists’ model beauty contest at Atlantic City. — Lucy Jennings. Lois Johnson, famous artist, has come to hear me in Grand Opera. — Christine Hightower. My Domestic Science Class of Chester High won first prize at Fair. — Josephine Farmer Am continuing my French study at the University of Sorbonne. — Brodnax Robertson. My novels have won world-wide recognition. — Zadv Yancey The “Virginia” will be launched from Otey Ship Yard today. — Capt. Ed. Robertson. - Page Thirty One

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Last Will and Testament E, the Senior Class of Chester High School, in the year ( i) J one thousand nine hundred and thirty, pause to reflect for a few moments ere we step out into the cruel, cold, hard world to face Life in all its successes and vicissitudes. In consideration of the unlimited kindness bestowed upon us by the Faculty and other well-wishers during our sojourn of four years here, we do hereby make, execute and publish this, our Last Will and Testament: Article I. Section 1. To Mr. T. C. Williams, our amiable superintendent, we will the privilege of securing a set of good-looking teachers to supersede those who are leaving to answer the call of Hymen. Section 2. To Mr. Greene, our esteemed principal, we will a complete detective outfit, including a pair of rubber-soled shoes, magnifying glass with extension handle, an adequate finger print equipment and a book on the Detection of Juvenile Criminals. Section 3. To neat Miss Moses, we will a trip to Woking, England, where she may visit on the Balfour estate. Section 4. To mathematical Miss Perkins, we will the privi- lege of attending a meeting of the Student Government Associa- tion of Richmond College, where she may cast her vote whole- heartedly “yea” instead of “nay.” Section 5. To cake eatin’ Mr. Justis, we will a small St. Bernard in which we trust he may find an abiding pleasure. Section 6. To talkative Miss Baird, we will a dictaphone that will speak for her should she become exhausted during the course of her lecture. Section 7. To petite Miss Sousley, we will an abode in Chester and a “marshall” to look after her. Section 8. To substantial Miss Ward, we will a generously stored pantry which will not be raided by the Home Economics “rats” which infest the cottage. Section 9. To big-hearted Miss Gray, we will another Civics Class to whom she may assign the work of looking up every H[. + Page Thirty-Three