Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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PUFFS fr PATCHES 1936 CLASS PROPHECY E Y, . . b I was gazing into the dancing tlanie ot a camp lire, the night ol' the school picznie, 1 suddenly found. nilyselilf alone. The il:-une hegan to l'or1n a scene and as it became clearer, I saw that it was the picture el' Main Street. Anione' the Inany C electric signs on the street, I saw these ot II.. Brooks, Iloady-to-Wear, and J. liin- eaid, Printing. There were several other sions which held niy attention. Two were ol' C particular interest, There was a large sign telling of the exhibition param-hute jump elf Miss Helen Carper. Another announced that Miss Margaret lieirn and Miss Vivian Anderson taught piano lessens in the oliiees on the sixth tloor. I scrutinized the laces ol: the women shoppers and diseovered among theni Hath Jaekson, ll.-gina Steliey, and Madeline Burch, who were hargain-seeking housewives. The tlanies leaped higher and the scene changed. The pieees liited together as a jigsaw puzzle does and I recognized the tall buildings ot New York During the next l'ew minutes I tried to lind how New York was connected with nie. Suddenly, I saw the olliees el' a. well known newspaper and upon reading' the nanirs ol' the mein- hers of the stall, I saw those et Vlaude Nicely, Business Managerg Alice Itlrady, Social Editorg and Russell Wilson and Lenis Helper, Head Sec-retaries. Although the smoke hroke up this pic-ture, another one was qui:-klly formed. This turned out to he that elf Broadway. Among the names of the IHIIIOLIS people whose names were in lights. I saw those of Teil Lainh and Henier Dodd, two of the most lfanious comedians in the world, Teetie Wagner, one of the most famous tereh singers in New York, and Ann ifaniphellj the 'iseeond Ruhinollf' Among the people entering the theatre I recognized Velia Childs with her wealthy hnshandg James Jordan, the great traveler and leeturerg Kerinit Hughes, the well-known literary eritie. When that picture faded, Radio l'it-y's lllillll studios appeared heliore nie. I realized that there were two very llillllllllll' faces and alter a elose serutiny, I knew that they were Joe 0,Neil and Ted Press, radio announcers. There appeared in the li re the buildings ol another large city, Chivage. with a large hospital in the lforeground when the interior ol' the hospital was shown, I saw a GV man. standing outside the operating room waiting ,lor the criminal being' operated on, The MG man was Frank Sizer. In the operating roein. there was Doctor Paul Lacy performing the operation with lloxie Bark and Margaret Karnes as the nurses. I eeuld see hy the quick and aeeu rate work olf the three that their were well acquainted with their work. The Haines leaped up and destroyed this scene, and the lohhy ol' some olliees in a large store was seen. As I read the names written on the dillerent olliee doors, I saw the nanies ol' Lucy Skeen and Mary Owens, Buyersg ll-lulh Watkins, Designer: and James Miller, I'resident. The door ot an oliiee was open and I saw a eonterence 24 7 I

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PUFFS 6' PATCHES 1936 We not only studied in this room, but we haql our Qlfun. We get more pleasure, I think, in giving the Seniors a banquet and dance, the first in C. H. 5. Everyone seemed to enyoy it, and it was on this night that the Seniors ol' '35 told us that they were leaving their shoes behind tor us to till. The fourth and last year we came back to U. H. S. to read the hardest and inost interesting books ol' the entire library. We knew that we 1IlllSt lill these shoes, and in my estimation, we crowded theni. lt seenis that eheniistry was a book hlled with a lot ot hard workg I didn't hear of anyone playing with it. Business, as well as English, was getting inore and more interesting. We learned to keep books, but not the kind found in libraries. Shake- speare occupied a. lot of space in this room. There seemed to be Shakespeare pushing Macbeth along through l1is tragedy a.nd ailter hini Johnson and his ffnnous circle. We were taught that ainbition can soinetiines cause disaster. l think a very important aeeoniplislnnent ol' the Senior Class ol' 536 was to bring the annual, Pnrrs axn Pixtrenns, bark to lite. It had slept for about six years and we thought that was long enough for anything to rest. lt was a real success and showed the talent that we didn't know could be found in the class. Junior Mauck was our Cllltili'-lll-L'l1lCf and John Davis was business lnanager. Our class gave whole hearted support to the fl?'lIlUlHlCl4I', our school paper. Then something happened to the attendance olf the class and we had our contest between the two senior class rooms. l inight add that our social activities CHIIIC to light again this year, the greatest being our proni given by the Juniors. We all had one grand get-together that night. The last olf May had brought about the niost exciting and important days of our livesg they were happy and sad. Many in our elasses have won distinetio'n. Claude Nicely as an orator, Junior Mauck with his untiring etlforts to inake our class a success, Olin fl'a.vne with his pleasing personality, and let,s donit forget Buster Ballenge:-ts disagreements with Mr. Curtnian in eivies class. We also had many good actors and athletes who put forth niueh effort in helping our activities. NVe are leaving the C. H. S. Library and all its good hooks to children who will beeonie outstanding citizens of Covington and hope that they will learn and enjoy its books as niueh as we have. We feel that now we may be of some benefit to our community. -EnN.x Nonenoss, Firm ll'liRl0l IiHI1 23

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PUFFS 6' PATCHES 1936 eoniposed of J runes Miller, JlllllO,l.' Ujlirien, president of an eleetrie eonipany 5 George Hodges, a eonilnereial artist, and Robert West, an areliiteet. They seemed to be diseussing the lront page elf a newspaper. On that page I saw in head lines Miss Margaret Bowers, secretary, 1I1il.1'1'lCS the wealthiest nian in the United States, under- neath was written Olin Payne, the niost daring flyer of all times makes another record. Alter that seene faded another olliee hall appeared, on one o lf the doors was written John D. Davis, President of the Davis Coal lfoinpany. On the adjoining olliee there was the nanie, Miss Roxio Dale, Secretary. The next pieture presented was that oit a huge boat, on the door of one ot the eahins 1 read the naine of Harry Lamb, President ot tl1e Starboard Steamship Coin- pany. As the recreation rooni appeared, lll tl1e :tlanies I recognized Betty Greig, who was the hostess ol the ship, entertaining Virginia Rhodes and Melha Landis Zlllll their liusbands. Finally, the arrival of the boat in France was shown. As the pas- sengers descended, l saw Pat lrvine aeeoinpanied hy a large erowd of his niovie admirers, meeting Martha. lflolloinan Hllll Mae Sizer, who were famous actresses. There then appeared i11 the tlaines, the register ol' the .llitz liotel. On it I, read the names ot Ruth MeDaniel, writerg Nancy Boyd and her husband: Louise Walton, artist: Phylis Eaken Pllltl Alina Ergenliriglit with their group olf eollege girls: Anne Marie Woodson, traveler. Near by there was 2111 announeeinent ol' the opening ot the 11ew Ritz Beauty Salon OW1lCil hy Edna Norcross and Eudora Huffman. When that seene went up in smoke, Ql found that seene was again laid in the lv. S. at Madison Square llardeii where there was ?l.lJ21SliGtl321ll game heing played. l saw that Bill Childs and Lanier Snyder were the eoaehes, and that Robert lleardon was liroadeasting the ganie. As the ilanies li0I'lllUll the faces ol' some of the people illllflllg' the onlookers l reeognized, those ol ,Burns Severson, who looked like the president ot a eollege. Lloyd Uarter and Junior Manek were with them and looked very niueh like pro lfessors. The next pieture appeared illlfl l saw 1113' ow11 image, suddenly l realized that l had heen dozing and had seen into the future. It seeined that all the players in the sf-enes had realized the dreanls that they had in liiOYlllgl0ll High Sehool. -Isonici. ljHII,l,Il'S 25