Crewe High School - Railroader Yearbook (Crewe, VA)

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Elizabeth Johnson . Lewis Bridgforth Judy Owen Eleanor Mason . Frances Norton . . . . President . Vice President . . . Treasurer . . . Secretary . . . Reporter The year 1945 is a very outstanding one in our memories for it was during that year that we, the Juniors, started to school. Under the guiding hands of Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Inge, we soon learned to read and write. By the time we entered the second grade, we had learned the whole alphabet and could even spell CAT. In the third grade we were allowed to use notebooks in¬ stead of tablets. We stopped printing our letters and mastered the art of writing. Did we feel grown-up! During the fifth grade, we really traveled. We went to Richmond and to Williamsburg. Miss Haskins consented to let us wade in the James River, but Jimmy May became over¬ anxious and took a plunge. We found out what exams were in the sixth grade. Wow! It was that year, too, that we pulled a real booboo in winding the May Pole during our May Day dance. We took a trip to Washington while we were in the sev¬ enth grade. The most impressive place we visited was the zoo. It is hard to tell if we were more impressed with the animals or they with us, especially the hyena that laughed at Diana Gayle. Our eighth grade will long be remembered. Mr. Reid ' s social studies class was really stupendous! Our first dance was another milestone in our school career. We ended the year with the bright prospect of meeting new classmates from Burkeville the next year. Page 16 Sponsored by THE BANK OF CREWE Pat Bare Barbara Bass Harold Bennett Dottie Bui lock Bertha Cook Gordon Cook NOT SHOWN: Wayne Barlow

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Walter Dillemuth Jimmy Dunn Norman Emerson Diana Gayle Fisher Linda Franken Mozel le Frazier In 1945 a small, but united class, was enrolled in the first grade at Burkeville to embark on an adventurous journey, one that was to last for twelve long years. Of course, our first year was very eventful. Daisy Mae shed so many tears she hasn ' t been able to cry since. It was a common sight to see Miss Overton braiding Judy ' s or Barbara ' s hair, or helping Johnny get on his overshoes. The fourth grade was a ' dilly. Jimmy Dunn dyed the janitor ' s head with royal blue ink. What ' s more, the school caught on fire! The highlight of the fifth grade was the first county-wide May Day program, which was held at Blackstone. We were Japanese dancers. In the sixth grade, we were introduced to exams. But, taking the bitter with the sweet, we were allowed to goto Wash¬ ington with the seventh graders. It was the first trip therefor most of us, and we were very impressed when we saw Mount Vernon, the Capitol, Smithsonian Institute and the changing of the guards at Arlington National Cemetery. Feeling quite sophisticated, we returned to Washington in the seventh grade. It was also during that year that the Mny Day program was held at Burkeville with our class participating in the chorus. During our eighth year we organized our first S.C.A., and felt quite honored to have Judy Owen elected as secretary. It was with reluctance that we bade Burkeville goodbye at the end of the year for it had been decided that the Crewe and Burkeville High Schools should be consolidated at Crewe. Page 17 Sponsored by CREWE BUILDERS ' SUPPLY COMPANY WALKER ' S RESTAURANT Tommy Jenkins Barbara Jones David Kidwel I Carolyn Klocke Jimmy May Curtis McCormick