Clarke County High School - Talon Yearbook (Berryville, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY It has been said that history repeats itself. That has been especially true of our class. Each year has been one of joy mingled with a little sorrow and sometimes misunderstandings. Now, at commence- ment time, we realize that the history of 1953 is closed to us as a class, but is beginning for us as in- dividuals. Let us turn back to chapter one and review the events and memories of the past twelve years. We started out as two separate classes, one at Boyce and the other at Berryville. Richard Dove, Goldie Garrett, Margaret Jenkins, Susan Jones, and Charles Suddith started to- gether at Boyce. During the early years they were joined by Bobby Cooke, Joyce Denny, Margaret Shiley, Helen Wilson, Russell Allamong, Irene Riley, Betty Jean Gray, and Betty Lou Wiley ; who came from the near countryside. Another one to join them in the early grades was Gertie Kerns from Hagerstown. The first grade class at Berryville consisted of Rebecca Ann Ashby, Milton Nicodemus, Bobby Bell, Ronald Fuller, Bill Royston, Marie Levi, Georgie Renner, Martin Grim, Mary Lou Hibbard, Russell Roberson, Bill Peters, and J. D. Berlin. The second grade gave us a brother and sister team — Kenneth and Shirley Stickley. In the third grade Johnny Dodson from Gaylord and Ginger Locke from Berryville joined us. Then in the fourth grade Mattie LaP ' ollette came to us from Clearbrook and Barbara Grove from Richmond. Polly Boyd from Pine Grove, Anne Jenkins from Berryville, and Carol Pine from Richmond were welcomed in the fifith grade. We added Bobby Crim, Edward Weir, and Sara Crim to our number in the sixth grade. The seventh grade was probably the happiest of our elementary school days, for it was there that we received diplomas and entered high school. We really felt grown-up then. Juanita McDonald re- joined us that year after an absence of three years. In the ninth grade we were joined by Ida Morris from Aldie and Ivan Ostrishko from overseas. The tenth grade saw the two schools consolidated and the two classes were joined together in a fine spirit of cooperation. We were honored in our eleventh year of school by being the first class to receive their school rings in the Junior year. We all worked hard that year to make the prom a success for the seniors. This brings us up to our Senior year where we were joined by Garfield Royston, who had taken the four grades of high school in three years. It was in our Senior year that we worked the hardest and had the most fun. We’ll never be able to forget the numerous times that we stayed up at night burning the midnight oil while studying for those English, shorthand, government, or trigonometry tests. Then too, the trip to Charlottesville to the football game, the “Talon”, the Senior play, the trip to Washington, the prom, and our many other wonderful experiences will long be remembered by the Seniors of the class of 1953. — Susan Jones — J. D. Berlin 29

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SENIOR SNAPS I. Play boys. 2. Little Georgia Page. 3. Little Ed. 4. Cutie. 5. That Ronald. 6. Stick ’em up Mac. 7. Look at that smile. 8. Tootie. 9. Sister and brother in their own little world. 10. The old gang. II. Hello there, Bobby. 12. Happy as a lark. 13. Batesy boy. 14. Our president. 15. On our way to Washington. 16. Three stooges. 17. Take my picture. 18. Aren’t they cute? 19. Sweet Willie. 20. Look at Pee Wee. 21. Don’t you think I have grown? 22. My first bathing suit. 23. Ready to go bye-bye. 24. Becky, what’s on your mind? 25. Goldielocks. 26. Time for relaxation. 28

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CLASS PROPHECY Ten years have passed since I graduated from high school. Being so tired of the crowded city life after hard work in a test kitchen, I decided to accept the invitation which was extended to me by one of the girls. Her family had rented a cabin near Lake Placid. The night was stormy and we sat before an open fire watching television programs until late. Even after I went to sleep, I seemed to be still watching the screen. But the scene and actors had changed. The Cavalcade of Stars was now the graduates of the Class of ’53. The first person that came into view was Ginger Locke, my neighbor in days gone by, now a very successful model for the Roberta Style Center of New York. She was modeling a dress designed by Mattie LaFollette, one of the best designers in the East. The headquarters of a noted theatrical company in New York comes into view. Susan Jones is directing a Broadway success. Backstage Betty Lou Wiley was the noted make-up artist and Russell Roberson was stage technician. The scene shifted to the Sunny South. I saw Anne Jenkins, who is always having a good time, operating a hotel resort in Florida. Not far from there Carol Pine was seated in the primary depart- ment of an ultra-modern school building, reading a book to the children. I also saw Kenneth Stickley as the head coach for North Carolina State. The scene switches to our Nation’s Capital. In one of the many large offices I saw Joyce Denny as secretary to a United States Senator from Virginia. With the camera picking up other Washington scenes, I saw Pauline Boyd as head secretary for the Hecht Company. In the same office working hard keeping books was Irene Riley. Down the street at 13th and F Streets, the home of Strayer Col- lege, Juanita McDonald was teaching shorthand. Also I found Marie Levi as a secretary in the Penta- gon. Living near Washington, Bill Royston, our star football player, was shown as defense guard for the Washington Redskins. My eyes almost popped out of my head when I saw Betty Jean Gray as private secretary for Clarke Griffith, owner of Griffith Stadium. Then the Kitcheteria came on the screen and I noticed Sara Crim, Goldie Garrett, and Russell Allamong having lunch together. They were talking about their real estate firm and the head of it, J. D. Berlin. Again, a change In the dial and in a mining district of Colorado I recognized Richard Dove nd Charles Richard Suddith now profitably employed as engineers for a gold mining company. Mysteriously, the dial is turned and the picture shifts to a familiar scene — Main Street of Berry- ville. Bobby Bell operator of a truck farm on the Shenandoah River was talking to Johnny Dodson manager of Byrd’s Cannery. They seemed interested in the news of Garfield Royston, who is now owner of his own business firm in Charles Town. They were joined by Martin Grim, manager of the local A P Store. Across the street in the Bank of Clarke were several former F.F.A. members, Milton Nicodemus, Bobby Cooke, Edward Weir, and Bobby Crim, all owners of dairy farms in Clarke, discussing the market prices. Again, the scene shifts — this time to the office of Gegertha Kerns, head nurse at King’s Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg. Relaxing over a cup of tea are Ida Morris and Georgie Renner on the Win- chester Hospital staff. Margaret Jenkins, dietitian at King’s Daughters and Barbara Grove, county nurse from Clarke were in deep conversation. I learned from them that Mary Lou Hibbard and Shirley Stickley had moved to Richmond. Mary Lou has become secretary to the Governor of Virginia and Shirley opened a smart dress shop. A slight turn of the dial brings the campus of V.P.I. and the reunion of the class of ’57. The two I recognized were Margaret Shiley and Billy Peters exchanging notes on their chosen fields — sewing specialist at V.P.I. and surgeon at Johns Hopkins. An airport looms into view and I see Helen Wilson, airline hostess, boarding a huge plane bound for New York. I recognized Ivan Ostrishko getting on the plane, and learned from Helen’s greeting that he was an Interpreter for the Llnlted Nations. I heard two of the passengers talking of the won- derful aviator, Ronald Fuller, who has set a new record at the air races in Cleveland. I was suddenly awakened by the sound of an airplane, and I wondered if maybe the dream could have been true. — Rebecca Ann Ashby 30