Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY Can it be possible that four years have passed since we entered high school in that lowly estate occupied by freshmen? At that time our four years stretched endlessly before us with promises of hard work and good times along with friendships and high school romances. Now as graduation draws near, we look back and realize, almost regretfully, that our high school days have passed very quickly. As inexperienced and undignified freshmen, we were placed under the able direction of Miss Juliet Gentile, Miss Anna Mae Harris, and Mr. Charles Caldwell who was later replaced by Mrs. Lewis Smith. We were made to feel more at home and important after we learned to change classes, elected Eunice Allen as our president, and were given a picnic by the seniors. Whether by the fact that it rained for our picnic or whether by the war situation, this was the last Senior-Freshmen picnic given. This year the football team, under the newly acquired coach, Mr. Edward Null, was runner-up for the state championship and the commercial course was established in the high school. One year of our high school life already gone, we found ourselves sophomores under the direction of Miss Mary Cunningham and Mr. William Heffernan with Tootie” Trainum as our president. We wondered, as we enviously watched the seniors march in, if we would someday occupy that stately rank and appear as dignified as they. Now our entire lives seemed to take a turn as this was the year of 1941, bringing with it that fated December 7.” Sports seemed to take on an added importance and our football team earned the State Class C Championship. The Student Cooperative Association was founded entirely new in C.H.S. this year. The glee club received the rating of Excellent” in the music festival at Richmond and a motion picture machine and a radio were added to our school’s equipment. Having finally become juniors, we started on another year’s work with Miss Anne Green Porterfield and Miss Anna Mae Harris as our sponsors. After much campaigning and consideration, Bobby Johnson was chosen as our president. What a year! For this was the time when the Pcpcrgram won first place in class C in the Virginia High School Literary and Athletic League’s annual newspaper contest and our C.H.S. repre- sentatives were the national winners in the Kraft Dairy Production Demonstration Contest. The Victory Corps was organized and the juniors were the intramural basket- ball champions of the school. It was during this year that our class gave up its first member, Charles Stringfellow, to the service of the country. On the lighter side of our school life, we gave the seniors that all important Junior-Senior Prom. Suddenly we found ourselves at that senior goal which had seemed so far out of reach. We began our last phase of high school life with Bud” Burton as our president. Due to the size of our class, we were divided into two home rooms with Miss Carrie Gibboney, Miss Mary George Bolen, and Miss Ruth Campbell as our sponsors. Imagine our pride as we now saw the under-classmen enviously watch us march in at assemblies. We began work on our Colonnade with Hilda Inskeep as Editor-in-Chief, and in October we ordered our senior rings. We’ll never forget how proud we were of our senior class play, A Mind of Her Own,” and all the fun connected with it. Along with the happiness, a note of sadness was added to our school life, for we lost two of our classmates, Ernest Curtis, who gave his life for his country and Seldon Mastin who was accidentally killed. As we ordered our caps and gowns, we realized that our C.H.S. days were numbered. We regret that the seventeen members of our class now in the service may not be here at graduation with us, but to them and each one of you we wish a fond Adieu” and a sincere Godspeed.” Millicent Hutcherson Sixteen

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1944 SENIORS Gladys Katherine Settle Gladys ” Helen Constance Singers Connie ” Emily Cornelia Smith Emily” Janet Aileene Viar Janet” Dorothy Virginia Webb Dot” Winfrey Garr White, Jr. Winnie” Dorothy Landon Yancey Dorothy” Lillian Katherine Yowell Lillian” Helen Jeanne Zeller Jeanne” Fifteen

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NOTES FROM A SENIOR’S DIARY August 29 Last day of vacation. Better make the best of it while you can. September 1 . . School begins. Ho! hum! back to work. September 12 Election of Senior class officers. Congratulations, Bud!” October 1 Opening football game of the season. (Fluvanna 39 — C.H.S. 0) October 19 Senior rings ordered. Garnet or onyx? October 29 ... Dance given by Boys’ Monogram Club. Thanks, boys. November 8 . . . First Pcpcrgrani issue. It was a hard fight to get it published, but we won. November 19 . First of the dances given by the S.C.A. Council. A good beginning. November 24 . Thanksgiving holidays. Turkey preceded by football tie with Manassas. (6-6) December 7 ... . School threat campaign goes over the set goal. Good work, boys and girls. December 10 Monogram Club initiants give dance. Thought my feet would drop off. December 22 . Christmas holidays. Santa ple-e-ase be good! January 4 Back to school after a perfect holiday. January 18 ... . Mid-term comprehensives. Cramming and more cramming! January 21 ... . January 24 Measured for caps and gowns. Height? Weight? January 27 Bond Rally. Went way over the top! February 11... Members of Home Economics Club hostesses for a dance. Decorations, too! March 3 Girls’ Hi-Y gives Leap Year Dance. Now’s your chance, girls. March 9 Four students initiated into the Quill and Scroll. Three juniors and one senior. March 14 Schools At War Banner presented by Dr. Alvey. And we had over 90 per cent! March 31 Seniors present A Mind of Her Own”. Our crowning victory! April 1 Did ingenuity conjure something different? April 7-10 Easter Holidays mixed with reverence and floral bouquets. April 10-20 . . After patiently waiting, at long last our class rings have arrived. April 28 Dramatic Club presents Cross My Heart.” It was a good play, cross my heart! May 5 Junior-Senior Prom. Thanks, juniors, we will remember it, always. May 14 Pepergram Dance. Another proverbial feather in our cap. May 21 Baccalaureate sermon. God of Our Fathers.” May 23 Senior class day. Were we proud! May 2 5 Commencement exercises. Our final glory! Eunice Allen Seventeen