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

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1946 volume:

0 0 0 Proposed new Culpeper High School. The progress of our school has resulted in crowding and loss of efficiency in our present quarters. This new building to be erected soon, represents the fulfillment of the dreams of each student and graduate of C.H.S. jhe . . . tries each year to present an authentic picture of school life. Sometimes this picture represents the serious aspects of our life and sometimes a view of the lighter moments, so that in future years it will bring to its readers many recollections and happy memories. As this is the seventy-fifth anniversary of public schools in Cul- peper County, the staff has chosen as its theme the diamond jubilee of Culpeper schools. Comparisons have been drawn at four definite periods: the first school, 1871; twenty-five years later, 1896; fifty years later, 1921; and seventy-five years later, 1946. It is our aim to picture the progress made in the public school system of Culpeper County during this period and to honor those who have been instrumental in this progress. FEATURES ADVERTISEMENTS Ann Wingfield 1929 — The first school in Culpeper was a typical one of the times. It occupied only one room of a building; here all students studied the same subjects. It was bare and gloomy and had few comforts. The first school was located on Commerce Street. Soon afterward, another building nearby was used to ease the crowded conditions. Mrs. Ann Wingfield taught in the former building, and Rev. R. H. Stone, principal of the school, taught in the latter building. As the school grew, it was moved to East Street, where it occupied three rooms and required another teacher. In 1891, an appropriation of $12,000. was made, and a building was erected where the present high school building stands. In 1915, the present grammar school building was started, costing $23,000. In 1928, the old building was torn down. A new high school building, named for Mrs. Ann Wingfield, was completed in 1929 at the cost of $95,000. Thus the school has grown from a one room school in 1871 to the present two-building public school system of today. School Building Grammar School Building 1891-1928 hum 1915- Dedication . . . In appreciation of his unceasing interest in us, his tireless work as our senior sponsor, and his friend- liness to each of us, we of the Senior Class do dedicate this issue of The Colonnade to 7 Ur. ffloycl cJ. £Binns Faculty AN { Mr. Paul Hounshell B.A., M.A. Superintendent of Culpeper County Schools SUPERINTENDENTS 1871-1946 Robert E. Utterback 1871-1876 John A. Holtzman 1 876-1882 John W. Colvin 1 882-1886 Warren E. Coons 1886-1893 James M. Beckham 1893-1917 Thomas W. Hendrick 1917-1941 Paul Hounshell 1941- Mr. C. E. May B.A., M.A. Principal PRINCIPALS 1871-1946 Robert H. Stone 1871-1892 A. F. Lowe 1892-1893 Thomas W. Hendrick 1893-1900 James Hurst 1900-1903 Thomas W. Hendrick 1903-1917 H. C. Barrett 1917-1918 R. R. Tolbert 1918-1 94 S C. E. May 1943- Mrs. Ann S. Wingfield First Public School Teacher in Culpeper Faculty FIRST ROW: Miss Nancy Angell, B.S., Distributiie Education, Consumer Education; Mr. Floyd T. Binns, B.A., B.D., Cities, Biology, Social Science; Miss Mary George Bolen, B.S., Librarian; Mr. Edward G. Darst, B.A., Mathematics; Miss Jean V. DeShazo, B.S., Bookkeeping, Typing, Shorthand ; Miss Mary Drewry, B.S., Visiting Teacher. SECOND ROW: Miss Helen Einstein, B.A., M.A., Director of Instruction; Mr. William D. Gravatt, B.A., Th.M., Language Arts, Social Studies; Mrs. W. A. Haley, Secretary to the Principal; Mrs. George N. Hudson, Home Economics; Miss Jean D. Hudson, B.S., Typing, Mathematics; Miss Gertrude Lewis, B.A., Language Arts, Social Studies. THIRD ROW: Miss Virginia E. Lewis, B.S., Social Studies, Language Arts, General Science, Chemistry ; Mr. Howard H. Newlon, Shop, Mechanical Drawing; Miss Edna P. Reed, B.S., Public School Music, U. S. History; Mrs. Thornton Stringfellow, Physical Education; Miss Constance H. Sutton, B.A., Spanish, Latin, English, Social Studies; Mrs. Harry A. Swisher, B.S., Physical Education. BOTTOM ROW: Mr. R. R. Tolbert, B.S., Agriculture; Mr. Carter White, B.S., Physical Education; Miss Elizabeth Whitfhorn, B.A., English, History; Mrs. Gordon B. Witt, B.S., Mathematics; Miss Marion E. Wright, B.A., Latin, English, History. NOT PICTURED: Mr. A. Jackson Steele, B.S., M. Ed., Language Arts, Social Studies. On this page, we introduce to you our present high school faculty. When the first school opened in 1871, Mrs. Ann Wingfield was the sole teacher of the entire school, which offered only grade subjects. In 1896, the faculty numbered four teachers and a principal, all of whom taught elementary subjects. In 1921, the high school faculty consisted of seven teachers, and the grade school teachers numbered eight. Now, in 1946, we have an efficient staff of twenty high school teachers and seventeen grade school teachers who guide us along the paths of knowledge. Seven 3n Hmnrtmn Miss Ruth F. Campbell 1894-1945 Miss Campbell, whose qualities of heart and mind were an example and an inspiration to all with whom she was associated and to all whom she taught, died at her home on November 30, 1945. She taught in Culpeper for 31 years and was assistant principal from 1919 to 1945. Her under- standing and kindness left an indelible impression upon the hearts of all who knew her. Eight Senior Class Officers Billy Reams President Lorraine Frye Secretary Mr. Floyd T. Binns Sponsor David Kelly Vice-President Willie Martin T reasurer Class Flower: Red Rose Class Colors: Red and Gray Motto: In ourselves, our future lies. SENIOR CLASS POEM Hark, my children, lend an ear, An exciting story you shall hear. A wonderful feeling, Seniors at last, Through school halls another year we’ve passed. Together we’ve had fun for eleven years, Through happiness and the shedding of tears; Now, from each other we must part, Keeping sacred memories in each heart. Working and struggling with English and math Gaining a little knowledge along life’s path. Football, dances were fun — great sport, Now the years seem very short. Dear C. H. S., now we must part With love for you in every heart, Through your portals as Seniors we pass One more time — this is our last. —Lorraine Frye Nine Seniors . Joanne Lester Bailey Suzanne Baker Robert Lee Barfield Geraldine Gordon Bartholow Ann Bragg Brown Postgraduate Elizabeth Clay Brown Florence Elaine Brown Ruth Eleanor Brown Willie Mae Bledsoe Shirley Mae Blue Alvin Wayne Breeden Katherine Mae Bowen Ten . . 1946 Virginia Gray Brown Preston Mercer Browning, Jr. William Ryland Button, III Eleanore Edward Cannon Jacqueline Curtis Joseph Theodore Domazet, Jr. Marian Aldena Estes Orin Allen Fant Harold Franklin Carder Charles Fielding Chelf Mary Katharine Childress Beatrice Walter Clarke Elei en Seniors . . Betty Lorraine Frye Rita Mae Fletcher Margaret Kathleen Gaines Mary Marshall Gilmore Richard Anderson Forbes, Jr. Anna Joyce Gaines T welve . . . 1946 Dorothy Strother Inskeep Margaret McChesney Jeffries Margaret Griffith Jones John Franklin Kelley William Herndon Martin Clarence Edward May, Jr. Doris Lorraine McDevitt Pauline Marie McMenzie David Armstrong Kelly Edward Kelly Leathers Robert Baker Loving Erma Vivian Lucas Thirteen o, o Seniors . . Malcolm Thompson Moore, Jr. Theodore Humphries Mozingo David Earl Myers Donald Abby Myers Marj orie Elizabeth Payne William Dinwiddie Reams, Jr. Florence Louvenia Settle Earl Sanford Shaw Betty Marshall Sims Elmer Franklin Singers Ida Sparks Smith Lillie George Starkey You r een 1946 Hilda Jean Taylor Ruth Lelia Thomas 9 Fifteen Underclass Officers JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Anne McMullan Vice-President Marie Kibler Secretary Peggy Blankenbaker Treasurer Cary Humphries Sponsor Mr. Howard Newlon SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS President Pat Johnson Vice-President Johnny Brown Secretary Billy Cook T reasurer Buddy Catron Reporter Teddy Willcox Sponsor Mr. Carter White FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS President Johnny Edmondson Vice-President Howard Newlon Secretary Mary Hurt Treasurer Margaret Thomas Sponsor Mr. R. R. Tolbert Sixteen Juniors Jack Atkinson Eilef.n Bayley Jack Blankenbaker Peggy Bi.ankenbaki r Pete Bragg Charles Brown Elaine Brown Thomas Broyles Robert Bruce Stockton Butler Dallas Christensen Hazel Childress Thompson Claxton Roland Clement Vivian Corder Betty Lee Curtis Eddie Dinkel Doris Domazet Mary Embrey Annie Laurie Estes Jack Fincham John Flannery Stanley Frazier Marshall Gayheart Gladys Hicks Joyce Harlow Beulah Hilton Frank Hitt Hunter Hixson Cary Humphries Betty Jacobs Geraldine Jones Katherine Jones Jean Judd Paul Karnes Seventeen Juniors NOT PICTURED Harry Dulaney Kennon Eller Helen Kibler Marie Kibler Mende Lerner Elizabeth Martin John McDevitt Anne McMullan Mary Lee Moore Virginia Morris Eugene Mozingo Charles Myers Doris Myers Orvil Painter William Partlow June Payne Barry Peckham Kelly Peyton Evelyn Pound Eloise Roberts Walter Scales Stanley Settle Virginia Settle Hollie Lee Sisk Fred Stober Barbara Stultz Nolie Towsey David Thurston Edgar Willis Mary Frances Yancey Margaret Yeager Ethel Yowell Jesse Carpenter V. uhtccu Rebecca James Sophomores Hollie Amos Gloria Arrington Eleanor Baber Ellen Baber John Bache Nancy Backe Jack Barber Jo Anne Baumgardner Hazel Beahm Billy Bennett Dorothy Bledsoe Virginia Bowen Barbara Brown Frank Brown John Brown Stanley Brown Helen Broyles Walter Catron Ethel Collier Billy Cook Frances Corbin Jean Crews Hazel Cummingham Gloria Curtis Myrle Davis Elizabeth D odson Violet Dowdey Anna Mae Dulaney Elizabeth Edmondson Ollie Edwards Nine teal Sophomores Alelze Fincham Louise Frazier Sara Gardner Herbert Garr Laura Geil Vivian Gore Jimmie Gorman Douglas Grady June Haught Earl Hawkins Ollie Hawkins Marshall Haynes Thomas Hensley Byrd Hitt Lucy Lee Hitt Nancy Hounshell Lucyle Humphries Betty Hurt Grace Inskeep Julian James Mildred James Henry Jenkins Rachel Jenkins Edward Johnson Pat Johnson Uary Lou Jolliffe Elsie Jones Everette Kelley Patsy Kerrick Robert Leavell Kenneth Maddox Reva Miller Bill Mitchell Peggy Norris Billy O’Bannon Rachel Painter Twenty Sophomores Inez Palmer Harold Paul Earl Peyton Jim Queen Mary Quinn Joan Reel Helen Richards Barbara Rosenberger Thomas Rosenberger Jimmy Ross Cecil Ryder Frances Ryder Gene Sanford Charles Settle Lindbergh Settle Doris Sisk Bryant Smith Louise Smith Melvin Spicer Kathleen Swan Dorothy Taylor Hilda Taylor Margaret Tharp Ann Thompson Lucy Willis Thornhill Madge Tucker Betty Ray Turner Norma Jean Utz Irva Walker Vera Walker Aleize Weaver Eddie West Edward Willcox Kitty Williams Bernard Wren Jean Woodville Gertrude Yowell Lee Yowell NOT PICTURED Dorothy Hitt Eugene Byram T wenty-one Freshmen Firs Row: Ruth Allen, Virginia Arnold, Russell Aylor, Thomas Bache, Claude Backe, Cornelius Backe, Jack Backe, Lawrence Backe. Second Row: Clarence Bailey, Louise Bettis, Ann Brown, Betty Brown, Billy Brown, Eugene Brown, Jimmy Brown, John Brown. Third Row: Joyce Brown, June Brown, Levi Brown, Robert Brown, Viola Brown, Charles Bruce, Carter Bunch, Ruth Bunch. Fourth Row: Betty Lou Burke, Otis Burke, Dick Butler, John Butler, Mary Lou Carroll, Betty Lou Childress, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Thomas Colvin. Fifth Ron : Bobby Lee Cook, Lee Cooper, Albert Corbin, Helen Corbin, Savilla Corbin, Thelma Corbin, Agnes Cunningham, Sarah Curtis. Sixth Row: Walter Deal, Viola Delf, Ellen Dodson, John Dodson, Josephine Dodson, Margorie Dodson, Oscar Dodson, Lois Domazet. Seicnth Row: Ellis Dulaney, John Edmondson, Betty Anne Elmbrey, Roy Estes, Kemper Fant, Hattie Mae Faulkner. T wcnfy-two Freshmen First Row: Terrence Flannery, Evelyn Mae Fletcher, Virginia Fletcher, Ann Foushee, Frances Ann Frazier, Mary Frazier, George Freeman, Alma Mae Gayle. Second Row: Jean Fiackley, Reginald Harlow, Shirley Haught, William Hawkins, Frank Hensley, Peggy Hensley, Richard I Icrbert, Vcrnelle Hicks. Third Row: Helen Highlander, Mary Jan e Hilton, Campbell Hitt, Elizabeth Hitt, Gertrude Hitt, Irma Hitt, Leo Hitt, Louise Hitt. Fourth Row: John Holmes, Mary Hurt, Elizabeth James, Edna Mae Jenkins, Francis Jenkins, Rachel Jenkins, Rachel Jenkins, Rebecca Jenkins. Fifth Row: Ruth Jenkins, William Jenkins, Betty Jones, Helen Jones, Edna Kailor, Helen Kerrick, Bobby Kibler, Gordon Kibler. Sixth Row: Jack Kibler, George Kincer, Marie Leake, Ann Martin, Diane Montague, Gloria Moss, Clodius Myers, Jean Myers. Seventh Row: William Myers, Howard Newlon, Jr., Walter Ney, John Norris, Carolyn Orange, Victoria Osborne. T wenty -three Freshmen First Row: Doris Payne, Jean Payne, Marion Payne, Billy Paul, Ed Perryman, Maude Perryman, Doris Pickelheimer, Alice Pierce. Second Row: Jean Pierce, Loraine Pote, Thomas Preston, Peggy Pullen, Beverly Rosenberg, Barry Rosson, Willie Rumsey, Louise Settle. Third Row: Mary Catherine Sheads, Jack Silvey, Creighton Smith, Everett Smith, Fred Smith, Ruth Spicer, Palmer Stearns, Douglas Stringfellow. Fourth Row: Ruby Stringfellow, Jimmy Swan, John Taylor, Olive Taylor, Ellen Thomas, Margaret Thomas, Betty Thompson, Kerrnit Wagner. Fifth Row: Calvin Weakley, Carroll Weakley, Harry Weakley, Wyvonne Weaver, Betty Webb, Virginia White, Clyde Whitlock, James Edwin Whitlock. Sixth Row: Thelma Willoughby, Harriet Witt, Lucy Anne Wolfrey, Henry Woodville, Opal Wood, Janie Mae Yancey. Not Pictured: E. V. Baker, Lawrence Bunch, Mildred Hawkins, Clifford Jenkins, Marshall Sophia. T wenty-four We have always enjoyed the lighter side of our school life, and we record it in the feature section. As there was no record of these things until 1932, we must take for granted that students in past years also enjoyed these lighter moments. We do know that the senior class has produced a play every year. In 1913, the senior class presented three plays. In the past several years, a feature section has been added to the annual. Here we present the feature section of 1946. — 7 A ' etocs V. Lewis Archie Lili.ard Mountain Home, Idaho May 3, 1943 Ernest Maxwell Curtis New Caledonia, South Pacific February 9, 1 944 Elias Mauzy Johnson, Jr. Over Germany, March 2, 1944 George Richard Elliot France, June 11, 1944 Andrew Franklin Mitchell Normandy, France June 26, 1944 Joseph Earl Curtis France, July 17, 1944 Charles Wallace Edwards Over Germany, August 24, 1944 John Travers Bickers France, September 19, 1944 V j7 Sayre Nottingham Thompson France, September 20, 1944 Claude Powell Bradley, Jr. English Channel December 2 5, 1944 John Conway Guthrie, Jr. Germany, February 2 8, 194 5 John Joseph Weaver, Jr. Germany, March 23, 1945 Garnett Shields Williams Over Burma, February 6, 1945 Robert Jameson Fant Iwo Jima, March 3, 194 5 Norman Hall Marean Italy, April 22, 194 5 Robert Conrad Yowell France, June 20, 1945 T u enty-six Calendar 6 - 21 - 2 8 - 3- J- 12 - 12 - 16 - 2 - 9- 9- 21 - 21 - 3 0- 7 7— 13 14 2 - 4- 8-9 2 5 —: -Started to school -Our First Senior Assembly -S. C. A. Induction SEPTEMBER School clays, school days,” Here we go again! Sure felt good! How did we look? Hope we lived up to the pledges. OCTOBER Dear old golden rule days” -Woodberry 0 — C. H. S. 0 -Unhappy day! -Oh! happy day! -S. C. A. sponsors first dance -Roth program Just for practice. James Monroe 20 — C. H. S. 0 Fluvanna 7 — C. H. S. 13 Started the year with fun. Music from the Marimba. 1 — 4 — 8 — 11-1 1 5— 22 NOVEMBER Reading and writing and arithmetic,” Blue Devils triumph Miller School 7 — C. H. S. 12 ■Falls Church 0 — C. H. S. 6 Stand ’em on the grand stand!” Dramatic Club party Fun and good cake. •Blue Devils tie last game with Fluvanna 7-7. Thanksgiving Holiday Um! — Turkey! Miss Campbell dies Our beloved sponsor. DECEMBER Taught to the tune of a hickory stick” ■Dramatic Club presents 3 one-act plays Magnifico! End of Bond Drive — Over the top! Good work, kids! Sickness causes longer holiday So long, books, for a little while. Jingle Bells! Victory Ball Freshmen and juniors entertain seniors and sophmores. JANUARY I was your hashful barefoot beau,” Back to school Still full of plum pudding. Monogram Club dance They play good football, sponsor good dance. -No school Short vacation, but a help! S. C. A. Dance Come and help others dance. FEBRUARY You were my queen in calico,” D. E. Circus Biggest little dog in the world — ha! ha! New term Library Club Assembly. 5 — No school Sweetheart Cotillion Sock-Hop Work harder! New books — Thanks, Mrs. Calfee. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” Flowers and the figure! Overalls, socks, straw and corn! MARCH You wrote on my slate, I love you so,” 14- — S. C. A. District Conference Marjorie Payne, Chairman 22 — Front Royal Music Festival Good luck, Glee Club 29 — Senior Play Hand of the skeleton — oh! APRIL When we were a couple of kids ” ■Dramatic Club Contest Off to Farmville we go! 2 — Glee Club State Music Festival Richmond Pretty dresses and flowers!” 5— 11-1 26 — Junior-Senior Prom 9 — Movie 17 — Dramatic Club Play MAY School days, school days” Last movie this year. Bravo! Bravo! -Class day -Baccalaureate sermon -Graduation JUNE Dear old golden rule days” 7 9 13 14 — Report cards Goodbye, C. H. S. Colonnades presented God of Our Fathers” Pomp and Circumstance” i i i T uenty-seien 1 . Biggest Wol ves Rita Fletcher Willie Martin 2 . Biggest Teasers Lorraine Frye Teddy Domazet 3 . Most Dignified Margaret Jones Edward May 4 . Most Original Peggy Jeffries Jimmy Towsf.y 5 . Most Punctual Suzanne Baker Robert Loving 6 . Class Clowns Geraldine Viar Billy Reams 7 . Best Dancers Marjorie Payne Mac Moore 8 . Most Athletic Eleanore Cannon Robert Lee Barfield 9 . Laziest Shirley Blue Allen Fant 10 . Biggest Eaters Kate Willis Allen Haley 1 1 . Quietest Betty Sims Henry Wolfrey 12 . Best Looking Jean Taylor David Kelly s. SHEEPSKIN TRAIL In the prehistoric days of 42-’43 FRESH- MEN roamed the dark and mysterious lulls of Culpeper High School. Relics of three tribes of the stone-agers are to be found in the annuals of the school. Upon careful study of these documents of an earlier age it is found that the matriarchs were Misses Virginia and Gctrude Lewis and Mrs. O. R. Thornhill, Jr. Pres Browning was the big shot or tribal chieftain. Their greatest conflict was between clubs and clas:es; the clubs mpeded their progress from room to room. In those days much time was spent in iving up to the ideals of the upper cave men and in becoming members of that lusivc and exclusive set known as The Educated.” When knighthood was in flower, so bloomed the SOPHOMORES. In this, the medieval er.j the royal rulers were Their Majesties, Miss Page Fry and Mrs. James Olson. By common consent of the nobility as personified by the Sophomores, Mac Moore was appointed Sir Knight ot the Realm. At the height of this era Her Majesty, Mrs. Olson, abdicated and was succeeded by Miss Mary Frances Sours. Most of their days and nights were devoted to delving into the mysterious depths of algebra, English, and biology. They had become a unified people with a common aim — that sheepskin! Vi With the era of renaissance, the JUNIORS made their entrance into the picture. King David Kelly led them through this period. The powers behind the throne were Mrs. Harry Swisher and Miss Jean DeShazo, members of the High Order of the Faculty. Among the state affairs was the Junior-Senior Prom, at which time the powdered and peruked gentlemen led the hoop-skirted damsels through the stately measures of Rum and Coca-Cola. With sheepskins dangling tantilizingly before their eyes, they dreamed of the day when they should at last clutch them in their grimy little fists. sponsor M.ss Ruth Campbell. After her passing, the post of commander ,n ch.ef occupied by Mr. Floyd T. Bmns, whose br.ll.ant strategy brought them to gradua- tion ' door This era was filled with super excitement, what w.th rings, invitations, and caps and gowns. Among the many social events ot the year were Boys ' and Girls ' H,-Y Sweetheart Cotillion, the Library Club Barnyard Special Sock-Hop, the Victory Ball given by the Freshmen rid Juniors for the Sophomores and Seniors, and the Junior-Senior Prom. L ' nder their accomplishments are listed their own senior play and class day exer- cises. In this year, they learned the truth of the saying, A sheepskin in the hand is worth two in the office.” With their diplomas safely in their possession, a fond farewell was bid to their dear Alma Mater and they prepared to take the plunge into the sea of life. Margaret Joms Kate Willis S — — Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of Culpeper High School, being of sound minds and disposing memories, do hereby make and publish this, our last will, hereby revoking all wills heretofore made, with the intention of disposing of our better known qualities — or, as the case may be, quantities. Bill Button leaves his mathematical mind to next year’s Einstein, W. L. Scales. Jacque Curtis wills her unique spot as a redhead to Eleanor Kivett. Dickey Singers abdicates his throne as High Monarch of Basketball to Jimmy Ross. To Billy O’Bannon, Jean Taylor’s neat, well-dressed appearance. Henry Wolfrey, driver of bus No. 11, bequeathes his quiet and unconcerned manner to fellow driver, Lindbergh Settle. Eleanore Cannon donates her Mitchells accent to ex-Yankee Eileen Bayley. Anything to help the Good Neighbor Policy. John Franklin Kelley commends a dignified example of how to mind your own biz-nez” to sundry members of the underclasses. Edward Leathers, affectionately known as Jake”, relinquishes his unlimited vocabulary” to Bobby Bruce. Geraldine Viar wills her rug-cutting ability to Norma Jean Utz. To Marie Kibler, Irene Gimbel’s success in juggling cafeteria finances. Jimmy Towsey and Mac Moore leave their book of Flonzak Mihalovitch Proverbs to Howard Newlon, Jr. David Kelly leaves his blue beard and five razor blades to Roland Clement. Mary Catharine Childress wills her dream song Bell Bottom Trousers” to Joyce Harlow, with her slogan, Hitt’s the Navy”. After fruitless attempts to find some industrious person to receive Shirley Blue’s laziness, it looks as if she’ll just have to keep it herself. Ida Smith bequeathes her petite manner and size 3 shoe to Hunter Hixson. We leave to next year’s senior class a S. C. A. president with Margie Payne’s qualities of leadership. To Mary Quinn, Willie Mae Bledsoe’s bowling record of 200. Allen Fant commends his red and yellow shoes and 100 lbs. to some underweight, undernourished under- classman. Alvin Breeden relinquishes his rank in the Virginia Reserve Militia, as Most Supreme High Guardian of the Exalted Order, Fifth Phlanx, to Recruit Frank Hensley. Joyce Gaines wills her four-foot high jump record to Jean Crews. Dick Forbes bequeathes his piano, trombone, and his big bag of marbles to Tommy Broyles. To Tommy Colvin, Ruth Haught’s model airplane collection. Harold Carder leaves his Baptist Hymnal and a good strong voice to Melvin Spicer. Earl Shaw contributes his cousin Artie’s arrangement of Star-dust” to next year’s Jr.-Sr. Prom. Ruth Thomas commends her unassuming way to Kitty Williams. Henry Witten wills his way with college women to E. Q. Willis. Mary Marshall Gilmore and Dorothy Inskeep give up their thousands of Sammy Baugh pin-ups and 2 tickets to a Redskin game to the highest bidder. Julia Woodville, of avoirdupois fame, commends her bookeeping to Thompson Claxton. To Mary Lee Moore, Kate Willis’ love of a good time, plus one pack of chewing gum. Chuck Haley wills to Banny Partlow his boisterous laugh, his hearty appetite, and his always neat appearance. Having attained it, Charles Chelf thrusts forth his burning desire to graduate to Richard Herbert. To Gloria Arrington, Margaret Jones’ mania for R. M. A., F. U. M. A., A. M. A., H. M. A., S. M. A. and F.F.A. boys. Joanne Bailey bequeathes to Kenneth Maddox two chocolate popsicles and the living-room sofa. Suzanne Baker and Teddy Domazet leave the Memoirs of a Broken Romance” to any little freshmen who might get ideas. To David Thurston, Betty Sims’ peaches-and-cream complexion. Thirty Last Will and Testament One of the many poems collected by Clay and Virginia Brown is dedicated to Bryant Smith and Teddv Willcox: Now I lay me down to sleep, Kill the teachers and bury them deep.” Robert Loving leaves his pretty blue truck and his attendance record to Kelly Peyton. Margaret Gaines and Pauline McMenzie, pin-up pretties from their respective county dwellings, just leave. Robert Barfield leaves his backward passes to the 1946 center. Elaine Brown’s knitting needles and sewing basket are affectionately contributed to a few of our teachers — you know your names! Rita Fletcher bequeathes with bitter reluctance, her little black book of telephone numbers and her special, 4931, to Barbara Stultz. To any underclassman who desires a waist measure of 18 inches, Ruth Brown donates one of the same quantity. To Cary Humphries, Lorraine Frye’s pep, vitality, and abundant sense of humor. Gladys Hensley, liking nothing better than settling back with a good book, transfers this trait to Lucy Willis Thornhill. Pres Browning commends his Model T”, never-on-time attendance record, and his blushes to Pat Johnson, who really doesn’t need them. Alice Hitt wills her trips to the post office to Nolie Towsey. To Pete Backe, Billy Reams donates his slightly used” overalls and a few old jokes. Beatrice Clarke leaves her main pleasure in life, dancing, to Hollie Sisk. Kitty Bowen wills 4 years of faithful service in the Dramatic Club to Doris Domazet. Geraldine Bartholow bequeathes to anyone wishing them, enough pictures to paper entirely any room in his house. Willie Martin contributes a pair of last row balcony seats in the ole the-ater” and one convertible wreck to Johnny Edmondson. Erma Lucas, most diminutive person in the class of ’46, lends her 4 ' 8 to try to counteract some of William Jenkins’ altitude. Eddie May leaves his dad. Snooks” McDevitt, better known as Doris, bequeaths her most excellent art of basketball and her knap- sack to Inez Palmer. Theodore Mozingo wills his wavy pompadour and a bottle of cream-oil to Marshall Gayheart. Lillie Starkey, known for her business-like, or I’m going to do it any ' how”, walk presents it to Jimmy Gorman, who needs one of any kind. Betty Wagner, whose hobbies are music and bowling, gives the first to Lucyle Humphries and the latter to Madge Tucker. Donald and David My ' ers, accepted wits of the senior precinct, leave their golden oratory with Mr. Binns and their Jr. G-Men badges to Billy Cook and Palmer Stearns. Don’t ask us why . . . We leave the hopes that next year’s Colonnade Editor-in-Chief will do as fine a job as that done by Peggy Jeffries, whose middle name just happens to be McChesney. Florence Settle, who has started a penny collection toward her future dime store (she won’t need but ten pennies), and Vivian Walker, who hopes to manage a department in foresaid store, leave their ex- amples of ambition to the 1947 D.E. Class. Ann Brown and Irene Hilton, last year’s scholastic hangovers, leave their positions of high respect and unlimited esteem to next year’s postgraduates. From the whole senior class of ’46 go the heartfelt thanks to the many teachers who have helped pull us through”; and from us two scribes comes this document. Given by us this 7 day of June, being then of sound mind and doubtful intelligence. Jimmy Towsey Mac Moore Thirty-one Senior Play First Row: Ida Smith, Rita Fletcher, Suzanne Baker, Mary Marshall Gilmore, Joanne Bailey. Second Row: Billy Reams, Teddy Domazet. Third row: David Kelly, Lorraine Frye, Pres Browning. The Skeleton Walks bv Felicia Metcalfe Cast DR. HAROLD FERSIG ELAINE BLAIR MRS. MADGE EMBREY, Elaine’s mother BOBBY EMBREY, her son KATHLEEN (KINKS) EMBREY, his sister BILL CLAYTON, Elaine’s fiance ANNE ROWELL, Elaine’s cousin MRS. ELIZA HUBBARD, Dr. Fersig’s housekeeper OLLIE HUBBARD, her son MRS. LILIA DONAHUE, a neighbor David Kelly Rita Fletcher Suzanne Baker Pres Browning Ida Smith Teddy Domazet Lorraine Frye Billy Reams Joanne Bailey Mary Marshall Gilmore The plot is laid in a lonely old house situated on a small bland connected to the mainland by only one bridge. To this deserted place come Elaine Blair, her lawyer-fiance Bill Clayton, and mother, Mrs. Madge Embrey, and her half-brother and half-sister, Bobby and Kinks, to look over the property which Elaine has inherited at her uncle’s death. To their surprise they find the house in the possession of a suave and mysterious physician, Dr. Fersig, his sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Eliza Hubbard, and her deaf-mute :on, Ollie Hubbard. The old house is worthless, but both Elaine and Dr. Fersig know that a large sum of money is secreted somewhere on the island. Thinking the visitors have left the island, and wanting to search for the money unmolested, Dr. Fersig orders the deaf-mute Ollie to blow up the bridge. But to his chagrin they return, having stopped at an old well on the island to eat a picnic supper. Because the bridge is destroyed, they decide to spend the night in the old house. And now things begin to happen. Strange, ethereal noises are heard. A skeleton walks through the dim shadows of the house. Elaine suddenly disappears. A strange woman appears and threatens to kill the visitors. Bobby disarms the woman and she admits that her plan to kill them was a hoax. Her name is Mrs. Donahue, and before her house burned down, she lived near-by. When her house was destroyed, her husband disappeared and Dr. Fersig was keeping her. Bill finds Elaine in the attic, in a hypnotical state. Dr. Fersig is accused of hypnotising Elaine and of being the skeleton. He calls Mrs. Hubbard to put them out, but Mrs. Hubbard” turns out to be Jack Dow, the famous detective, and Ollie” is his wife, Jane. Dr. Fersig is sent to prison and the property was given back to Elaine. The play, a comedy-mystery, was a great success. T hirty-tiio CtlCTJ Here we present four good reasons why we think our senior class is tops. These girls were chosen as the outstanding seniors of 1946. To prove to you that they live up to the class’s pride we present the evidence. Marjorie Payne is our S. C. A. President. She was president of the district S. C. A. Conference held in March. In addition to this, she is an active member of the Glee Club, is treasurer of the Girls’ Hi-Y, and is on the Colonnade staff. Margaret Jones is president of Quill and Scroll, an honor society for high school journalists, and is treasurer of S. C. A. Her support is given to the Glee Club, the Dramatic Club, Pepergram Staff, Science Club, Library Club, Girls’ Hi-Y, and The Colonnade Staff. Besides being president of the Girls’ Hi-Y, Mary Marshall Gilmore is circulation manager of The Colonnade. She also is secretary of the S. C. A., Library Club reporter, a member of Quill and Scroll, of the Pepergram Staff, and was in the senior play. As Editor-in-Chief of the Pepergram, Kate Willis is kept very busy, but she lends her aid to the Dramatic Club, Quill and Scroll, and the Colonnade Staff. She is president of National Thespians, an honor society for dramatists. We are sure that you agree that these are four queens of whom we are all justly proud. Thirty-three ADVANCED ALGEBRA CLASS Miss Ruth Campbell CIVICS CLASS Mr. Lloyd Binns SPANISH CLASS Miss Constance Sutton SHORTHAND CLASS Miss Jean DeShazo ENGLISH CLASS Miss Gertrude Lewis Seventy-five years ago, when the first public schools in Culpeper County opened, the course of study consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, grammar, and geography. These subjects were taught until 1907, when the school was divided into two sections, Culpeper Graded School and Culpeper High School. In high school, it was necessary to take 4 credits of English, 2 of Math, 1 of Science, 1 of History, and 8 elective subjects. Among these were alegbra, geometry, French, and Latin. In 1916, Culpeper High School became an accredited school. During World War I, agriculture, home economics, and commercial courses were put into the high school curriculum. In 1924, physical education was introduced into schools, but it wasn’t until 1941 that the advanced program now offered was put into use. In 1940, after many years without a Commercial Department, typing, shorthand, and other business subjects were offered to those planning a career in secretarial work. Among the other electives arc chemistry, biology, music, shop, mechanical drawing, distributive education, consumer education, Spanish, Latin, geometry, and algebra. In the pictures above, we strive to show a cross section of senior subjects. In these years we have come from a standardized 6 subject school to one with many courses and electives. Thirty-four Directory JOANNE LESTER BAILEY — Colonnade Staff; Girls ' Hi-Y, Vice-President; Freshman Class Treasurer; Glee Club, Treasurer, Secretary-Treasurer; Pepergram Staff, Assistant Editor; Library Club; Home Economics Club, Treasurer; Victory Corps, General Division; Quill and Scroll; Senior Play. SUZANNE BAKER — Pepergram Staff, Social E ' ditor, News Editor, Alumni Editor; Colonnade Staff, Assistant Editor; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Glee Club; Library Club, President; Girls’ Hi-Y; SCA Council; Quill and Scroll; Senior Play. ROBERT LEE BAREIELD — Football Team, Co-Captain; Monogram Club, Vice-President. GERALDINE GORDON BARTHOLOW — Mitchells High; Glee Club; Dramatic Club, Newspaper Club. Culpeper: Distribu- tors’ Club. WILLIE MAE BLEDSOE — -Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club; Distributors’ Club, Vice-President. SHIRLEY MAE BLUE — Glee Club; Home Economics Club; Sophomore Class Vice-President; Cheer Leader; Pepergram Staff. KATHERINE MAE BOWEN — Dramatic Club; Victory Corps, General Division; 4-H Club; Home Economics Club; Junior Red Cross Council. ALVIN WAYNE BREiEDEiN — Mitchells High; 4-H Club; Science Club; Aviation Club. Culpeper: 4-H Club. ANN BRAGG BROWN — Sperryville High: Freshman Class President; Basketball Team, Captain. Culpeper. ELIZABETH CLAY BROWN — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club. ELOREiNCEi ELAINE BROWN — Home Economics Club; Victory Corps, General Division. RUTH ELEANOR BROWN— Home Economics Club. VIRGINIA GRAY BROWN — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club. PRESTON MERCER BROWNING, JR. — Woodberry Forest School. Culpeper: Freshman Class President; Victory Corps, General Division, Vice-President; Dramatic Club; Colonnade Staff; Boys’ Hi-Y; Library Club; Senior Play. WILLIAM RYLAND BUTTON, III — -Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Football Team; Baseball Team; Athletic Association; Pepergram Staff, Sports Editor; Boys’ Hi-Y, Secretary; Dramatic Club; SCA Council; Quill and Scroll. ELEANORE EDWARD CANNON — Mitchells High: Glee Club; Dramatic Club. Culpeper: Glee Club; Science Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff. HAROLD FRANKLIN CARDER — 4-H Club; Victory Corps, General Division; Glee Club; Pepergram Staff; Boys’ Hi-Y; Dramatic Club; Colonnade Staff. CHARLES FIELDING CHELF — -FFA Club; Distributors’ Club. MARY CATHARINE CHILDRESS — Home Economics Club. BEATRICE WALTER CLARKE — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club. JACQUELINE CURTIS — 4-H Club; Victory Corps, General Division, Land Division; Home Economics Club; Girls’ Hi-Y, Secretary; Safety Council; Library Club; Quill and Scroll; Colonnade Staff; Pepergram Staff; Junior Red Cross Council. JOSEPH THEODORE DOMAZET, JR. — Freshman Class Vice-President; Pepergram Staff; SCA Council; Victory Corps, General Division; Football Team; Athletic Association; Monogram Club; Colonnade Staff; Boys’ Hi-Y, President; Senior Play. MARIAN ALDENA ESTES — Garden City School, Garden City, New York: Science Club; Dramatic Club. William Byrd High School: Science Club; Dramatic Club. Culpeper. ORIN ALLEN FANT — 4-H Club; Victory Corps, General Division; Boys’ Hi-Y; Safety Council. BETTY LORRAINE FRYE — Glee Club, President; Pepergram Staff; Home Economics Club, Reporter; Cheer Leader, Captain; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Sophomore Class Reporter; Dramatic Club; Junior Class Vice-President; Colonnade Staff; National Thespians; SCA Council; Girls’ Hi-Y; Senior Play. RITA MAE FLETCHER — Victory Corps, General Division, Land Division; Glee Club; Dramatic Club; Pepergram Staff; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff; National Thespians, Secretary; Senior Play. RICHARD ANDERSON FORBES, JR. — Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division, President; Glee Club, Vice-President, Boys’ Hi-Y, Treasurer; Baseball Team; Football Team; Athletic Association; Pepergram Staff; Colonnade Staff; SCA Council. ANNA JOYCE GAINES — Victory Corps, General Division, Community Division; Home Economics Club; Safety Council. MARGARET KATHLEEN GAINES — Victory Corps, General Division, Community Division; Home Economics Club; Safety Council; Library Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Pepergram Staff. MARY MARSHALL GILMORE — Girls’ Hi-Y, President; Colonnade Staff, Circulation Manager; Pepergram Staff, Social Editor, News Editor; Library Club, Reporter; SC A Council, Secretary; Freshman Class Reporter; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Quill and Scroll; Senior Play. IRENE MARY GIMBEL — Victory Corps, General Division, Community Division; Home Economics Club; Safety Council; Girls’ Hi-Y. ALLEN WOODWARD HALEY — Glee Club; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division, Football Team; Library Club; Monogram Club; Boys’ Hi-Y; Dramatic Club. RUTH MADDOX HAUGHT — Home Economics Club. GLADYS MAXINE HENSLEY — Mitchells High: Glee Club, Reporter; Hobby Club, President. Culpeper. BESSIE IRENE HILTON — Brandy High: 4-H Club; Basketball Team, Junior League; Softball Team; Dramatic Club. Culpeper: Home Economics Club; Victory Corps, Land Division, Community Division; Athletic Association; Colonnade Staff, Assistant Editor; Library Club; Quill and Scroll; Softball Team; Pepergram Staff; Distributors’ Club. T hirty-ji ec Directory ALICE RAY HITT — Victory Corps, General Division; Glee Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Dramatic Club; Pepergram Staff; Distributors’ Club, Treasurer. DOROTHY STROTHER INSKEEP — Pepergram Staff, Circulation Manager, Business Manager; Colonnade Staff, Business Manager; Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Library Club; Quill and Scroll, Secretary- Treasurer; SCA Council. MARGARET McCHESNEY JEFFRIES — Glee Club, Student Director; Pepergram Staff, Service Editor; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Girls’ Hi-Y; Library Club; Quill and Scroll, Vice-President; Colonnade Staff, Editor-in-Chief; SCA Council. MARGARET GRIFFITH JONES — Glee Club; Library Club; Pepergram Staff; Victory Corps, General Division, Community Division; Dramatic Club, Treasurer, Reporter; Girls’ Hi-Y; Quill and Scroll, President; SCA Council, Treasurer; Science Club; Colonnade Staff. JOHN FRANKLIN KELLEY— Boys’ Hi-Y. DAVID ARMSTRONG KELLY — Glee Club; Junior Class President; Boys’ Hi-Y, Vice-President; Monogram Club; Library Club; Colonnade Staff; Senior Class Vice-President; Senior Play. EDWARD KELLY LEATHERS — -Victory Corps, General Division; FFA Club. ROBERT BAKER LOVING — Pepergram Staff; Science Club, Vice-President; Colonnade Staff; SCA Council. ERMA VIVIAN LUCAS — Pepergram Staff; Science Club, Vice-President; Colonnade Staff. WILLIAM HERNDON MARTIN — Pepergram Staff; Victory Corps, General Division, President, Land Division; Library Club; Football Team; Monogram Club; Glee Club; Athletic Association; Boys’ Hi-Y, President; Dramatic Club; Colonnade Staff, Advertising Manager; SCA Council; Senior Class Treasurer. CLARENCE EDWARD MAY, JR. — Fluvanna High: Band; School Paper; Sophomore Class President; Basketball Team. Hampton High: Band. Culpeper: Colonnade Staff, Assistant Editor; Football Team; Athletic Association; Boys’ Hi-Y; Dramatic Club; Quill and Scroll. DORIS LORRAINE McDEVITT — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff. PAULINE MARIE McMENZIE — Victory Corps, General Division, Community Division; Home Economics Club; Dramatic Club; Pepergram Staff; Library Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff. MALCOLM THOMPSON MOORE, JR. — Pepergram Staff, Library Club; Football Team, Co-Captain; Victory Corps, General Division; Sophomore Class President; Monogram Club, President; Boys’ Hi-Y, Reporter; Colonnade Staff; SCA Council. THEODORE HUMPHRIES MOZINGO— FFA Club. DAVID EARL MYERS — Mitchells High: 4-H Club; Aviation Club. Culpeper 4-H Club. DONALD ABBY MYERS — Mitchells High: Athletic Club; Aviation Club; 4-H Club; Glee Club; SCA Council. Culpeper: Cheer Leader; 4-H Club. MARJORIE ELIZABETH PAYNE — Claude Swanson High, Arlington, Virginia: First Aid Club. Culpeper: Glee Club; Girls’ Hi-Y, Treasurer; SCA President; Colonnade Staff. WILLIAM DINWIDDIE REAMS, JR. — Pepergram Staff; Athletic Association; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Monogram Club; Sophomore Class Treasurer; Dramatic Club; Junior Class Reporter; Senior Class President; Boys’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff; SCA Council; Senior Play. FLORENCE LOUVENIA SETTLE — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club; Safety Council, Reporter; Distributors’ Club. EARL SANFORD SHAW — Mitchells High: 4-H Club; Aviation Club; Athletic Club. Culpeper: 4-H Club. BETTY MARSHALL SIMS — Mitchells High: Glee Club; Freshman Class President; Sophomore Class President; Culpeper: Glee Club; Girls’ Hi-Y. ELMER FRANKLIN SINGERS — Baseball Team; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Football Team; FFA Club, Vice-President; Athletic Association; Monogram Club. IDA SPARKS SMITH — Glee Club, Secretary; Library Club, Reporter; Victory Corps, General Division, Land Division; Pepergram Staff, Activities Editor; SCA Council, Secretary, Vice-President; Girls’ Hi-Y; Quill and Scroll; Senior Play. LILLIE GEORGE STARKEY— Home Economics Club. HILDA JEAN TAYLOR — Glee Club; Victory Corps, General Division; Pepergram Staff; Home Economics Club; Colonnade Staff; Distributors’ Club, President; SCA Council. JAMES AUBREY TOWSEY, JR. — Dramatic Club, President; Victory Corps, General Division; Pepergram Staff; Library Club; Football Team: Boys’ Hi-Y, Vice-President; National Thespians; Colonnade Staff. RUTH LELIA THOMAS — Victory Corps, General Division, Land Division; Library Club; Pepergram Staff; Girls’ Hi-Y. GERALDINE MAE VIAR — Dramatic Club, Treasurer; Victory Corps, General Division, Sea Division; Glee Club; Pepergram Staff, Sports Editor; Athletic Club; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff. EVA ELIZABETH WAGNER — Victory Corps, General Division; Home Economics Club; Colonnade Staff; Girls’ Hi-Y. MARY VIVIAN WALKER — Mitchells High: Glee Club; Hobby Club, Secretary. Culpeper: Distributors’ Club. HENRY CALVERT WITTEN — Football Team; Monogram Club; Junior Red Cross Council. KATHERINE WILLIS — Victory Corps, General Division; Pepergram Staff, Assistant Editor, Editor-in-Chief; Dramatic Club, Secretary; Glee Club; Library Club, Secretary-Treasurer; National Thespians, President; Quill and Scroll; Girls’ Hi-Y; Colonnade Staff; SCA Council. HENRY HARRISON WOLFREY — Victory Corps, General Division; FFA Club; Safety Council, President; Colonnade Staff. JULIA STEVENSON WOODVILLE— Home Economics Club. Thirty-six In this section, we strive to portray a general view of our extra-curricular activities. In 1871, there were no clubs, and the only sports were the few games the children played. In 1896, we find that the sports consisted of baseball and German, a game played with a small hard rubber ball. In the next twenty-five years additions to school life were football, baseball, the debate club, the Hendrick and the Poe Literary societies, and girls’ basketball. In 1921, Culpeper’s football team held all opponents scoreless until the championship game, when they were defeated. Other clubs were active then. Among them were the Debate Club, Dramatic Club, and Literary Societies. Now in 1946, we have the sports and clubs as shown on the following pages. Division Bosses Peggy Jeffries Edit or -in -Chief Dorothy Inskeep Business Manager Miss Mary George Bolen Sponsor U ' ,e ' 0 Colonnade Staff Chroniclers of School History Fin Ron : Edward May, Pete Bragg, Anne McMullan, Peggy Jeffries, Miss Mary George Bolen, Suzanne Baker, Mary Marshall Gilmore, Dorothy Inskeep, Willie Martin. Second Row: Miss Ruth Campbell, Eleanore Cannon, Lorraine Frye, Margaret Jones, Geraldine Viar, Pauline McMenzie, Jacque- line Curtis, Rita Fletcher, Joanne Bailey, Kate Willis, Jean Taylor, Mr. Floyd T. Binns. Third Row: Robert Loving, Billy Reams, Teddy Domazet, Mac Moore, Doris McDevitt, Marjorie Payne, Betty Wagner, Harold Carder, Henry Wolfrey. Fourth Rou : Dick Forbes, Pres Browning, Jimmy Towsey, David Kelly. Mining from picture: Erma Lucas, Bill Button. Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editors Business Manager Circulation Manager Advertising Manager Junior Assistants Peggy Jeffries Suzanne Baker, Edward May Dorothy Inskeep Mary Marshall Gilmore Willie Martin Anne McMullan, Pete Bragg CIRCULATION ASSISTANTS Eleanore Cannon Harold Carder Jacque Curtis Dick Forbes Margaret Jones Kate Willis Robert Loving Erma Lucas Pauline McMenzie Anne McMullan Jean Taylor Geraldine Viar Betty Wagner FEATURE WRITERS Eleanore Cannon Lorraine Frye Doris McDevitt TYPISTS Jean Taylor FACULTY ADVISORS Miss Mary George Bolen Mr. Floyd T. Binns ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS Joanne Bailey Bill Button Pres Browning Teddy Domazet Lorraine Frye Dorothy Inskeep Margaret Jones David Kelly Mac Moore Marjorie Payne Billy Reams Mac Moore Jimmy Towsey Henry Wolfrey Miss Ruth Campbell T hirty-nine Pepergram Staff Stated: Bill Button, Charles Brown, Mende Lerner, Mac Moore, Jimmy Towsey, Mary Lee Moore, Kate Willis, Joanne Bailey, Suzanne Baker, Mary Marshall Gilmore, Geraldine Viar, Ida Smith, Margaret Jones, Elizabeth Edmondson. Standing: Jimmy Ross, Edgar Willis, Teddy Domazet, Cary Humphries, Lorraine Frye, Kitty Williams, Lucyle Humphries, Ann Thompson, Joyce Harlow, Lucy Willis Thornhill, Nancy Hounshell, Grace Inskeep, Irene Hilton, Jacque Curtis, Virginia Morris, Miss Gertrude Lewis. Editor-in-Cbief Kate Willis Assistant Editors News Editor Feature Editor Activities Editor ( Joanne Bailey } Mary ' Lee Moore Mary Marshall Gilmore Lorraine Frye Ida Smith Sports Editors Alumni Editor Staff Artists Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Typists Faculty Adviser Geraldine Viar ( Bill Button Suzanne Baker j Jacque Curtis | Fred Stobek Pete Bragg Melvin Spicer Louise Frazier Alice Hitt l Harold Carder Miss Gertrude Lewis Pepergram Staff At Work Forty Reflectors of School Opinions Quill and Scroll Members What goes on behind the publication of a school newspaper? What does the editor do? Why is she always busy? These are questions oftened asked by a student. Please get your assignments from Miss Lewis today. All articles must be in by next Monday”. Thus another year of work on the Pepergram begins. As next Monday” draws near, reporters rush after the subjects of their articles; columnists search for new jokes or interesting news items, and the various editors gather vital information. Meanwhile Kate, Joanne, and Mary Lee work with Miss Lewis on the dummy until every line is measured. Next Monday” arrives, and articles are turned in. Late hours and hard work soon bring success, and the copy goes to the printer. Proofs are returned, and frantically changes are made. Finally the finished product is distributed among the students. The purposes of the school newspaper are to provide news of students, to provide activities written by the students and for the students, to provide pictures of interest to the students, to promote originality in writing and art, and to present student opinions in school, national, and international problems. Journalistic- minded students receive experience in making up a newspaper and in managing the business side of a publication. This year, the staff has published eight issues of THE PEPERGRAM. Atomic Week”, April 8-12 was sponsored by the staff. Information was secured and displayed in the library, and an assembly on atomic power was presented. And so THE PEPERGRAM serves a two-fold purpose — to provide for the students, news and features about school life, and to give experience in editing and in managing a newspaper. Seated: Joan Reel, Howard Newlon, Billy Reams, Pete Bragg, Melvin Spicer, Harold Carder, Pauline Mc- Menzie, Barbara Rosenberger. Standing: Miss Gertrude Lewis, Patsy Kerrick, Doris Sisk, Betty Ray Turner, Eleanor Kivett, Hazel Cun- ningham, Louis e Frazier, Ellen Dodson, Thelma Corbin, Margaret Gaines, Alice Hitt, Gertrude Yowell, Madge Tucker. Forty-one S. C. A. Council School Legislators First Row, Seated: Ida Smith, Marjorie Payne, Margaret Jones, Mary Marshall Second Row, Seated: Betty Brown, Thelma Willoughby, Peggy Jeffries, Vir- ginia Morris, Frances Ryder, Elizabeth Edmondson. Standing: Billy Reams, Jean Payne, Jean Taylor, Suzanne Baker, Marie Kibler, Thomas Rosenberger, Roy Estes, Robert Loving, Miss Virginia Lewis. Third Row, Seated: Gloria Arrington, Lorraine Frye, Kate Willis, Willie Martin, Dick Forbes, Bill Button. President Marjorie Payne Vice-President Ida Smith Secretary Mary Marshall Gilmore Treasurer Margaret Jones Sponsor Miss Virginia Lewis The principal purposes of this organization are to promote the closest coop- eration among pupils and the most effective coordination of all the pupils’ activities for the development of the school, to encourage good fellowship among the students, to develop strong school spirit, and to encourage student participation in school government. This year, the council accomplished many things. Among these were the candle light installation service, the presentation of the Good Citizenship Award, and the Council-Faculty picnic. They also sponsored two dances, the Polio Drive in the school, the bond and stamp sales amounting to $ 56 , 124 . 75 . They saw that the curtains in the auditorium were cleaned and new shades were put up. A record of the activities of each student was kept by council members. The District S. C. A. Conference was held in Caroline County. As it was our turn to furnish a district president, Marjorie Payne served in this capacity. Accompanying Miss Virginia Lewis, sponsor, Mr. C. E. May, Mr. Paul Houn- shcll, and Marjorie were six members of the student body chosen by the council to represent Culpeper. The committees for the past session were the following: Health led by Suzanne Baker, Bonds and Stamps headed by Margaret Jones, Monitor steered by Barry Peckham, and Clean-up led by Bill Button. This organization has given the student body a voice in the government of the school. Gilmore, Mac Moore, Pete Bragg, Barry Peckham. Marjorie Payne Library Club Book Worms President Suzanne Baker Vice-President Kennon Eller Secretary-Treasurer Mary Lee Moore Reporter Mary Marshall Gilmore Sponsor Miss Mary George Bolen When someone mentions the Library Club, many of its varied and useful activities come into our minds. We are instantly reminded of its hearty cooperation with the SCA and the other clubs of the school. It was through them that the students learned of the resources found in the library. The members of the club helped Miss Bolen by working at the desk during the day and at activity period. Their job consists of checking in and out books for students and helping to keep the library clean and attractive. We recall that the Library Club gave an assembly on the new books in the library. At this time, members reviewed some of the current books. Through the Library Club a service Honor Roll has been kept. This project was under the leader- ship of Peggy Blankenbaker. On February 22, the club entertained the student body with a Barnyard Special Sock-Hop. Students attended in jeans and shirts and checked their shoes at the door. Music was furnished by Peck ' s Bad Boys. Hard at Work With the help of their sponsor, Miss Mary George Bolen, the club carried out one of its most important objectives, to show the boys and girls of Culpeper High School the joys of good reading. First Row: Miss Mary George Bolen, Gloria Arrington, Ida Smith, Kennon Eller, Mary Marshall Gilmore, Suzanne Baker, Mary Lee Moore, Peggy Blankenbaker, Jacque Curtis. Second Row: Irene Hilton, Joanne Bailey, Mac Moore, Ruth Thomas, Jean Crews, Reva Miller, Margaret Gaines, Pauline McMenzie, Patsy Kerrick, Helen Kibler, Lucyle Humphries, Carolyn Orange, Joyce Brown. Third Rou: Virginia Morris, Dorothy Inskeep, Tommy Broyles, Jack Blankenbaker, Roland Clement, Charles Brown, Kenneth Maddox, Pres Browning, Jimmy Ross, Eddie Dinkel, Katherine Jones, Elizabeth Edmondson, Pete Bragg, Peggy Jeffries. Forty-three Girls ' Hi-Y Seekers of the Truth First Row: Joanne Bailey, Marjorie Payne, Mary Marshall Gilmore, Jacque Curtis. Second Rou : Irene Gimbel, Lorraine Frye, Betty Wagner, Eloise Roberts, Peggy Blankenbaker, Doris Domazct. Third Row: Betty Sims, Ruth Thomas, Peggy Jeffries, Suzanne Baker, Doris McDevitt. Fourth Row: Eleanore Cannon, Katherine Jones, Alice Hitt, Ida Smith, Miss Ruth Campbell. Fifth Row: Pauline McMenzie, Rita Fletcher, Dorothy Inskeep. Sixth Row: Margaret Gaines, Ann McMullan, Miss Jean Hudson. Seventh Row : Margaret Jones, Geraldine Viar. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sponsor Mary Marshall Gilmori Joanne Bailey Jacque Curtis Marjorie Payne Miss Jean D. Hudson The purpose of the Girls’ Hi-Y is to create, maintain, and extend through- out the school and community, high standards of Christian character”. It is the aim of each girl to live up to this purpose every day by doing all within her power to carry out the standards of the club. These standards ire: clean speech, clean scholarship, clean thoughts, and clean sportsman- ship. These ideals have made the Hi-Y Club an effective force in the Christian life of the school. Once a month throughout the sessions, the girls attend one of the churches in the community as a body. The Hi-Y also had charge of the World Day of Prayer services on March 8. Later in the spring, a Bible Study Course was offered. At this time, ministers from the various churches were invited to speak to the student body. Perhaps one of the most useful services of the Hi-Y is the adoption of an underprivileged girl in the grades. It is the pleasure of the club to do many things for her. Clothing, food, and toys are given to her, and the club has taken her to school entertainments during the year. Delegates from the organi- zation attended the District Hi-Y Conference held in Charlottesviille on November 9-11. The club sent Marjorie Payne, Margaret Jones, Ida Smith, and Rita Fletcher to represent Culpeper’s chapter. An all out effort brought success to the formal Sweetheart Cotillion given by the Boys’ and Girls’ Hi-Y on February 15. At this time a figure was formed by the members of both organizations. After the intermission, the judges selected Mac Moore and Lucyle Humphries as the best dancers, and this couple was crowned King and Queen of Hearts. Miss Jean Hudson sponsored the club during the past year. Much of the success of the organization in its activities was due to her work. Forty-four Delegates to Hi-Y Conference Boys ' Hi-Y U pholders of High hi cals President Vice-President Secretary T reasitrer Sponsors Willie Martin David Kelli Bill Button Dick Forbes Mr. William Gravatt (Mr. A. Jackson Steele Mr. Steele and Willie Ably led by President Willie Martin and Vice-prexy David Kelly, the Boy’s Hi-Y looks back on a year of accomplishments. New members were installed. Does it still hurt to bend over, Haley? The club gained recognition at the district meeting held at Charlottesville. Delegates from Culpeper’s organization were Dick Forbes, Teddy Domazet, David Kelly, and Mac Moore. A new constitution was written and ratified. The Hi-Y religious assembly sent out a helpful message that all could use. At the end of the first term, Mr. William Gravatt resigned as sponsor and Mr. A. Jackson Steele took his place. Each month the club joined the Girls ' Hi-Y and together the two groups attended one of the churches in the community. On February 15, the boys donned overalls and helped the girls clean and decorate the Municipal Building for the Sweetheart Cotillion. In the spring pins were ordered. These were more than mere ornaments. They reminded each member of his duty to improve the Christian life of the school by example and influence. First Row: Bill Button, David Kelly, Willie Martin, Dick Forbes, Mr. William Gravatt. Second Row: Melvin Spicer, Pat Johnson, John Flannery, Jack Fincham, Pres Broxvning, Thomas Broyles, John McDevitt. Third Row: Allen Haley, Billy Cook, Robert Lee Barfield, Allen Fant, J immy Towsey. Fourth Rou : Harold Carder, Edward May, Teddy Domazet, Mac Moore. Forty -fi vc Glee Club First Rou : Geraldine Viar, Margaret Jones, Rita Fletcher, Ida Smith, Suzanne Baker, Marjorie Payne, Jean Taylor, Eleanorc Cannon. Second Ron : Geraldine Jones, Anne McMulLan, Joyce Harlow, Eloisc Roberts, Nolic Towsey, Peggy Blankenbaker, Eileen Baylcy, Gladys Hicks, Alice Hitt, Margaret Yeager, Betty Sims. Thrid Rou: Harold Carder, Fred Stober, Thomas Broyles, Charles Brown, Allen Haley, Melvin Spicer, Jimmy Ross, John Edmondson, Reginald Harlow, Edward Willcox, Kenneth Maddox, Howard Newlon, Kermit Wagner. Fourth Rou : Edgar Willis, Elizabeth Edmondson, Dorothy Hitt, Helen Jones, Ann Martin, Betty Hurt, Nancy Hounshell, Lucy Willis Thornhill, Kitty Williams, Alice Pierce, Viola Delf, Betty Brown, Thelma Willoughby. Fifth Row: Mildred Hawkins, Ann Thompson, Betty Ray Turner, Rachel Jenkins, Lucy Lee Hitt, Helen Kerrick, Loraine Pote, Grace Inskeep, Joan Reel, Eleanor Kivett, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Jean Pierce. Sixth Rou: Mary Hurt, Helen Broyles, Lois Domazet, Virginia Arnold, Gertrude Yowell, Hazel Beahm, Beverly Rosenberg. Dorothy Bledsoe, Hazel Cunningham, Diane Montague, Betty Lou Childress, Louise Hitt, Louise Frazier. President Vice-President Secret ary-T remit re r Business Manager Student Director Accompanists Sponsor Lorraine Frye Dick Forbes Joanne Bailey Willie Martin Peggy Jeffries ( Doris Domazet ) Lucyle Humphries Miss Edna P. Reed Miss Reed at the Piano Forty-six Close Harmonizers This Culpeper version of Fred Warings Glee Club is composed of eighty- three members under the direction of Miss Edna P. Reed. The aims arc to cultivate singing voices and to encourage and develop the art of choral singing. In carrying out these, music classes have been organized. These classes meet every day and in class, students learn vocal scores for the various programs given by the club. Several assemblies were given by the club. The first was a community sing program. During this student entertainment period, solos were sung by Lois Domazct and Fred Stober. Among the songs sung by the students were patriotic songs and rounds. The next assembly was given on January 29. At this time, selections were sung by the entire Glee Club, a trio of girls, and participated in the P. T. A. programs, American Education We:k, and school On to Front Royal! a double sextette of girls. The Glee Club also assemblies. Much work was put on a pageant, The Story of Christmas”, but because of sickness, the production was abandoned. On March 22, the Glee Club traveled to Front Royal to be judged in a district music contest. The decision of the judges decided if the club went to Richmond on April 12 to compete in the State Music Festival. On May 5, the group sang for the Culpeper County Music Festival. As the strains of God of Our Fathers” were heard, the realization that another year was ending dawned upon the club. The members donned white dresses and suits for the baccalaureate sermon and the graduation exercises. Thus the end of another suc- cessful year of singing had closed. First Row , Seated : Dick Forbes, Lucyle Humphries. Second Row , Seated: Doris Domazet, Willie Martin, Joanne Bailey. Standing: Lorraine Frye, Peggy Jeffries, Miss Edna P. Reed. Forty-seven Dramatic Club Creators of Laughs and Suspense Firs Row: Elizabeth Edmondson, Eleanor Kivett, Gloria Arrington, Charles Brown, Margaret Jones, Jimmy Towsey, Geraldine Viar, Mary Lee Moore, Doris Domazet, Nancy Hounshell. Second Row: Billy Cook, Willie Martin, Lucyle Humphries, Kitty Williams, Lorraine Frye, Kate Willis, Pauline McMenzie, Rita Fletcher, Peggy Blankenbaker, Eloise Roberts, Betty Hurt, Kitty Bowen. Third Row: Miss Nancy Angell, Inez Palmer, Jimmy Ross, Eileen Bayley, Nolie Towsey, Barbara Stultz, Elizabeth Martin, Joyce Harlow, Pete Bragg. Fourth Row: Allen Haley, Edward May, Roland Clement, Billy Reams, Barry Peckham, Thomas Broyles, Pres Browning, Mendc Lerner, Kenneth Maddox, Marshall Gayheart, John McDevitt, Harold Carder, Billy O’Bannon. Fifth Rote: Cary Humphries, Hunter Hixson. President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Sponsor Jimmy Towsey Charles Brown Mary Lee Moore Geraldine Viar Miss Nancy Angell Property committee madly assembles eve rything from a hairpin to a full-dress uniform, actors say lines in their sleep, sponsor wonders why she ever thought plays were fun, student directors tear hair, and another year of performances of the Dramatic Club ends. This Culpeper edition of The Mercury Players’’ presented a group of three one-act plays on December 7. These were June Madness,” directed by Kate Willis, The Kickoff,” directed by Doris Domazet, and The Valiant,” directed by Mary Lee Moore. As was the usual custom, the Club presented a three-act play in the spring. This year’s production was Janie,” a three-act comedy. On April I, the cast of The Valiant” went to Farmville to compete in the State Play Contest. During the year, several one-act plays were presented to the student body. A dance was given by the organization on Novmber 9. An assembly was given for the presentation of National Thespian pins to members who had excelled in work in the Dramatic Club. Membership in National Thespians is based on outstanding work in stage crew management, acting and directing. Miss Nancy Angell served as sponsor of the club during the past year. Under her guidance, the club reached new heights in dramatics. Forty-eight National Thespians Distributors ' Club Keepers of President Vice-President Secretary T rcasurer Sponsor the Counters Jean Taylor Willie Mae Bledsoe Mary Frances Yancey Alice Hitt Miss Nancy Angell The purposes of the Distributors’ Club aro to become more conscious of the problems facing employers and customers and to become better retailers through training. In the morning, members of the club go to classes in distributive education, English, civics, and an elective course. After the afternoon roll-call bell, they scurry off to their jobs. These people learn how to become better clerks by experience and are paid for their work while in training. Distributive education, or D. E. as it is known best here, was established in Cu ' pepcr High School last ye r under the direction of Miss Nancy Angell. This year, the club sponsored a circus which was given in the Municipal Building on February 1st. Among the many sideshows were the dancing pavillion, the fishing game, a fortune teller, and a cake walk. Hot Dogs, soft drinks, and candy were sold during the evening. At the end of the evening, door prizes were given. These were corsages, candy, kitchen utensils, and other useful and decorative items. Later in the year an interesting assembly was given to show what was learned in the D. E. classes. The Distributors’ Club is training its members how to serve the public to the best advantage. Jean at Work Firs Row: Geraldine Bartholow, Alice Hitt, Vivian Walker. Second Row: Florence Settle, Willie Mae Bledsoe, Jean Taylor. Third Row: Doris Myers, Mary Frances Yancey, Irene Hilton. Fourth Row: Charles Chelf, Mi s Nancy Angell. Forty -nine Science Club Atom Smashers First Row: Mende Lerner, Robert Bruce, Barry Peckham, Eileen Bayley, John McDevitt. Second Rou : Inez Palmer, Robert Loving, Bill Button, Nolie Towsey, Marshall Gayheart, David Thurston. Standing: Mr. Edward Darst. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sponsor Barry Peckham Eileen Bayley Robert Bruce John McDevitt Mr. Edward Darst The Culpeper High School Science Club, now under the sponsorship of Mr. Edw-ard Darst, was founded last year. Since that time club membership has increased by 60%. The aims of the club are varied but all are in keeping with science. Perhaps the most important of these objectives is to further the interest of science in C. H. S. Culpeper’s scientists are enrolled in the Virginia Junior Academy of Science and Science Clubs of America. Emblems are proudly displayed on sweaters and coats of the members. The club gave an assembly, at which time mem- bers demonstrated the process of an experiment. As each member must have one credit in science and must be taking another scientific subject, all are well qualified to help extend the education of science throughout the land. Fifty Mr. Darst and Barry Discuss Science Club Problems Junior Red Cross Council Helpers of Others The Junior Red Cross Council, composed of representatives from the home rooms, had many aims for the past year. Among these aims was to fill boxes for a few of the many homeless children in Europe. Eleven boxes were filled with things thought to be useful to these children, such as toilet articles, writing materials, and small toys. Another aim of the council was to enroll as many students in high school as possible in the Junior Red Cross. Through the efforts of the members of the council practically all the students enlisted in this worthy organization. One of council’s useful and varied activities was the collection of games for the service men through the cooperation of the student body. Jacque and Henry holding Red Cross Poster A member of the council, Jacque Curtis, made posters on several occasions to be put on the bulletin boards. The organization gave an assembly for the promotion of the County Red Cross Drive. Miss Constance Sutton was sponsor of the Junior Red Cross Council. Seated Around Table: Otis Burke, Eugene Brown, Louise Frazier, Virginia Arnold, Beverly Rosenberg, Kennon Eller, Nancy Hounshell, Jacque Curtis. Standing: Eileen Bayley, Miss Constance Sutton, Henry Witten. Fifty-one Football Team Gridiron Wizards First Rou: Billy Reams, Henry Witten, Allen Haley, Robert Lee Barfield, Charles Thomas, David Kelly, Mac Moore. Second Rou : Jack Fincham, Stanley Frazier. Kelly Peyton, Jimmy Swan, Billy O’Bannon, Tommy Colvin, Bill Mitchell, William Partlow, John Flannery, Edward May, Walter Catron. Third Rou : Orvil Painter, Hunter Hixson, Pat Johnson, Cary Humphries, Johnny Brown, Dickey Singers, Douglas Grady, George Freeman, Palmer Stearns, Marshall Sophia, Jimmy Gorman. Fourth Rou : Hollie Sisk, Teddy Domazet, William Jenkins, Frank Hitt. All set! Ready! Signals! 1-2-3-4! It’s Coach White’s ’45 edition of the Bluedevils coming out of the huddle into the T” to open the season against Fredericksburg at the college city. The T” and single wing were no match for the Orange and Black’s fancy shift and edge in weight, so Culpeper came out on the short end of a 20 to 0 score. Unload! L T nload! It’s a pileup and Culpeper meets Fluvanna on the latter’s field . . . William Jenkins gallops around end for a touchdown run . . . amid the crash of helmets Brown scores as he drives over from the five . . . Culpeper wins 13 to 7! Ray! Tricky reverses . . . discharged Navy veterans . . . superior weight and Lee High School of Staunton all the way on Staunton’s field. Culpeper is game throughout, but is snowed under 31 to 0. Moore and Barfield spark line play as co-captains . . . Miller School bows to Culpeper 12 to 7 at Firemen’s Park. Boom! The kickoff and the start of a tight game . . . Haley, Kelly and Thomas, stalwarts of the line, play fine game . . . Game saved by Sisk intercepting a pass and scoring . . . The whistle! 6 to 0 in favor of Culpeper against Falls Church. Seventy yard kickoff return by Brown . . . Sisk batters line . . . Humphries barks signals for Painter to speed around end . . . Culpeper plays host to Fluvanna ... A hard fought game ends in a 7 to 7 tie. Thus another football season comes to an end. Good work, Coach White. Fifty- two Moore and Barfield — Co-captains Monogram Club Iron Men President . . ' Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer . . Sponsor Mac Moore Robert Lee Bayfield David Kelly Willie Martin Mr. Carter White Mrs. Haley, Honorary Member After a season of hard work and fine performances on the football field, twenty-two warriors of the gridiron received their letters of achievement. These symbols of work were presented at the Victory Ball on December 14. At this time, Mrs. W. A. Haley became an honorary members of the organi- zation. To become a member of the club, a boy must have participated in at least one more than half the quarters of football played. New members who are not pictured below are John Flannery, Stanley Frazier, Douglas Grady, Allen Haley, Frank Hitt, William Jenkins, Bill Mitchell, Kelly Peyton, Dickey Singers, and Charles Thomas. These boys were initiated into the club during the winter, to their discomfort and the enjoyment of the students. Bossman of the club is Mac Moore and his able assistant is Robert Lee Barfield. Coach Carter White serves as sponsor of the organization. Under their supervision, a dance was given on January 4 in the Municipal Building. All agreed that it was one of the best dances given this year. Let’s give three cheers for our twenty-four iron men! Rah! Rah! Rah! Standing: Cary Humphries, David Kelly, Billy Reams, Jack Fincham, Mac Moore. Seated: Hollie Lee Sisk, Hunter Hixson, Teddy Domazet, Willie Martin, Pat Johnson, Johnny Brown, Orvil Painter, Robert Lee Barfield, Henry Witten. Fifty-three Senior Boys ' Basketball Team Backboard Bouncers Reading Clockwise: Dickey Singers, Henry Witten, Mac Moore, Bill Button, Teddy Domazet. Intra-mural basketball again was played at C. H. S. and this year the seniors came out on top. Scores Seniors 28 Sophomores 6 Freshmen 28 Sophomores 14 Seniors 20 Freshmen 9 Juniors 29 Sophomores 9 Girls ' Softball Team Amazons Standing: Mrs. Harry Swisher, Lucyle Beahm, Sara Robbins, Thelma Corbin, Geraldine Viar, Irene Hilton, Dorothy Bledsoe, Nancy Hounshell, Lorraine Taylor, Louise Leavell, Claudine Weaver. Seated: Dorothy Faulconer, Margaret Eggborn, Mary Johnston, Joyce Harlow, Margaret Thomas, Margaret Tharp, Shirley Blue, Eleanore Cannon. SCORES Madison (here) We 9 They 22 Remington (there) 26 19 Manassas (here) 20 1 1 Orange (there) 29 4 Orange (here) 8 3 Manassas (there) 8 9 Total Points 100 68 Last session, for the first time in a number of years the girls of Culpeper High School organized a softball team. Margaret Eggborn and Dorothy Faulconer, members of last year’s graduating class, served as co-captains. The lettermen and the substitutes deserve a round of applause” for their long hours of tireless practice. Much of the credit for success rightfully goes to Mrs. Harry Swisher, coach of the team. Fifty-four Safety Council Safety Educators First Row: Douglas Noakes, Roy Carroll, Bobby Loy, James Weakley, Mary Frances Yancey, Stockton Butler, Mr. Floyd Binns, John McDevitt, Betty Hurt, Florence Settle, Fred Jolliffe, Billy Bledsoe, Jimmy Wagner. Second Row: Louise Settle, Billy Bennett, Allen Fant, John Edmondson, Stanley Frazier, Stanley Settle, J. H. Payne, Everett Smith, Louise Frazier, David Guinn. The main purpose of the Safety Council is to provide for the safety of school children in school, on school busses, and as they cross the streets. The council also tries to educate the school children to the need of safety measures. The C. H. S. Safety Council works with the Culpeper County Safety Council. John McDevitt serves as council president, and Mr. Binns sponsors the organization. 4-H Club Leaders of Rural Progress First Row: John Brown, Janet Bolen, Mattie Jenkins, Kitty Jenkins, Bobby Hitt, Charles Crane, Mary F. Yancy, Lorreta Corbin, Dorothy Settle, Barry Hounshell. Second Row: Elizabeth James, Gloria Moss, Janie Yancy, Charlie Jenkins, Jimmy Rossen, Shirley Tanner, Norman Pycha, Mary Lou Rucher, Laura Ray Brown, Mary Rogers Button, Gordon Kibler. Third Row: Thompson Claxton, Harold Carder, Creighton Smith, Henry Jenkins, Lawrence Cook, Campbell Hitt, Shirley Fletcher, Frances Nicholson, Betty Lee Curtis, Miss Virginia Lewis. Fourth Row: Alvin Breeden, Lee Yowell, Walter Catron, Katherine Jones, Mary Frances Yancy, Jimmy Gorman, Melvin Spicer, Roy Estes, John McDevitt, Billy Brown. The 4-H Club is composed of boys and girls between the ages of ten and eighteen who are interested in agriculture and the home. Their motto is I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, and my country”. The president is Walter Catron and Miss Virginia Lewis is sponsor for the club. Fifty-fi ve F. F. A. Club Tillers of the Soil First Rour: John Taylor, Clyde Whitlock, Lawrence Bunch, William Jenkins, Earl Hawkins, Cecil Ryder, Stanley Brown, Marshall Haynes, Mr. R. R. Tolbert, Harold Paul. Second Row: Russell Aylor, Gordon Kiblcr, Harry Weakley, John Butler, Clodious Myers, John Holmes, Dick Butler, James Edwin Whitlock, Calvin Weakley. Third Rou : Robert Brown, Billy Brown, John Bache, Claude Backe, Edward Johnson, Walter Ney, Campbell Hitt, Lindbergh Settle, Stockton Butler, William Myers. Fourth Row: Frank Hensley, Fred Smith, Clarence Bailey, Cornelius Backe, Henry Woodville, Thomas Rosenberger, Charles Settle, Thomas Hensley, Roy Estes, Julian James, Leroy Leavell. Fifth Row: Carroll Weakley, John Dodson, David Thurston, Oscar Dodson, Bobby Kibler. Culpepers High’s future tillers of the soil are led by President Cecil Ryder and Vice-president Earl Hawkins. The F. F. A. organization, numbering fifty-seven, is one of the largest clubs in school. The boys had a busy time getting such a large chapter organized. At the beginning of the year, a program of work was set up and the activities were selected. Committees were appointed to carry out each activity. The club has one broad general aim. This is the development of agricultural leadership, cooperation, and citizenship. These boys are being trained to carry out their motto: Learning to do, doing to learn, learning to live, living to serve. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sergeant-at-Arms Sponsor Cecil Ryder Earl Hawkins Lawrence Bunch William Jenkins Stanley Brown Marshall Haynes Mr. R. R. Tolbert Fifty-six F. F. A. Officers Home Economics Club Mamma ' s Little Helpers Pres ' dent Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsor Marie Kibler Betty Lee Curtis Hazel Childress Inez Palmer Lucy Willis Thornhill Mrs. George Hudson Betty Lee and Mrs. Hudson Although one of the most recently organized clubs of C. H. S , the Home Economics Club has come to be one of the most out- standing. This year, the club has the largest enrollment of any club in the school. The girls of the club are interested in homemaking. It is the purpose of the organization to develop in its members a fine type of individuality and to broaden their intelligence and efforts in the art of homemaking. It is the hope of the club that through its influence every girl will develop a richer social and recreational life. The club made contributions to the Red Cross and Infantile Paralysis drives. Members of the organization participated in a fashion show presented at an assembly. One of the most important services of the Home Economics Club is their services in the cafeteria. The club tlso adopted a child from the first grade for whom they provided tickets for school entertainments and to whom the girls sent gifts of food, toys, and clothing during the year. The club is under the able and patient direction of Mrs. George Hudson. First Row: Lucy Lee Hitt, Mrs. George Hudson, Lucy Willis Thornhill, Inez Palmer, Hazel Childress, Betty Lee Curtis, Marie Kibler. Second Row: Margorie Dodson, Louise Smith, Helen Richards, Frances Corbin, Barbara Rosenberger, Eleanor Kivett, Vera Walker, Irva Walker, Elizabeth Dodson, Margaret Thomas, Rebecca Jenkins, Mary Lou Carroll, Lucy Ann Wolfrey. Third Row: Helen Highlander, Jean Payne, Joyce Brown, Jo Anne Baumgardner, Elizabeth Martin, Virginia Settle, Betty Lou Burke, Vivian Corder, Ollie Mae Edwards, Ruby Stringfellow, Betty Jacobs. Fourth Row: Rachel Jenkins, Helen Broyles, Lois Domazet, Ollie Hawkins, Aleese Fincham, Norma Jean Utz, Ethel Collier, Virginia Fletcher, Agnes Cunningham, Gloria Moss, Elizabeth Hitt, Louise Bettis, Myrle Davis. Fifth Row: Mary Frazier, Marie Leake, Doris Payne, Mary Jane Hilton, Elizabeth James, Jean Hackley, Louise Settle, Wyvonne Weaver, Mildred James, Helen Corbin, Edna Mae Jenkins, Opal Wood. Sixth Row: Marion Payne, Peggy Hensley, Viola Brown, Jean Myers, June Brown, Alma Mae Gayle, Frances Jenkins, Betty Jean Jones, Lee Cooper, Ruth Jenkins, Ann Foushee, Louise Hitt, Irma Hitt. Seventh Row: Margaret Ann Brown, Alice Pierce, Virginia Bowen, Savilla Corbin, Violet Dowdy, Hilda Taylor, Maude Perryman, Virginia White, Janie Mae Yancey, Peggy Pullen, Rachel Jenkins, Frances Ryder, Hazel Beahm. Fifty-seven 1. The Brown tribe. 2. Sweet little urchins (?). 3. The big chiefs. 4. Goal-line dust. 5. Ouch! 6. Country queens. 7. Is it cold? 8. Vim, vigor, and vitality. 9. Nice doggie. 1 0. Get to work, yardbirds, 11. John’s Other Wife.” 12- How many shekels? Fifty-eight A necessary part of every school community is that played by the merchants. Without them, students, their families, and teachers would be at a definite disadvantage. Some of the merchants in 1871 were R. B. Macoy, druggist, and H. C. Burrows, general merchandise. Among those in 1896 were John Yowell Hardware Co., J. William Swan Co., and R. B. Macoy. In 1921, we find C. Roy Jones Jewelry Co., and John Yowell Hardware Co. In 1946, we find the business houses are still necessary to school life. Won’t you help us thank our advertisers by patronizing them? MERCHANTS ' GROCERY PLEE-ZING BRANDS P. W. FORE, Owner Dial 3121 CULPEPER MOTOR COMPANY SALES SERVICE Ford Cars and Trucks CULPEPER, VIRGINIA United Sanitary Chemicals Co. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND C. V. SHOEMAKER WOODSTOCK, VA District Representative Culpeper Building Supply Company R. S. CHILTON, Manager CULPEPER, VIRGINIA “How a bou o Coker Southeast School Assemblies ROBERT E. ROTH, Director P. O. BOX 12, GREEN LANE, PENNA. Select Speakers, Dramatic and Concert Artists A. D. KELLY Furniture and Musical Instruments Philco - Crosley - Bendix Radios Refrigerators New Home Sewing Machines CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Payne Brothers Barber Shop MAIN STREET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA E. J. NOTTINGHAM CLASSI Exclusive ARRINGTON CLEANERS “WE DRY CLEAN EVERYTHING” Dial 2441 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty J. A. Swan, Jr. and Company CLARKE ' S MARKET Oliver Farm Implements CULPEPER, VIRGINIA FANCY MEATS and GROCERIES At Economy Prices For the Best in Model Building and Athletic Supplies Southern Athletic Supply Co. 116 NORTH SEVENTH STREET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 2-6203 PITTS COLONIAL THEATRE PITTS VICTORIA THEATRE Fredericksburg, Va. PITTS FAUQUIER THEATRE Warrenton, Va. PITTS MURPHY THEATRE PITTS PARK THEATRE Front Royal, Va. PITTS THEATRE Manassas, Va. PITTS CLARCO THEATRE Berryville, Va. PITTS THEATRE PITTS ROXY THEATRE Emporia, Va. PITTS SMITHFIELD THEATRE Smithfield, Va. PITTS THEATRE Lawrenceville, Va. BENJ. T. PITTS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER MAIN OFFICE FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA Telephones: 275, 1235 and 569-1 T. I. MARTIN BRANCH MANAGER PITTS CHADWICK THEATRE PITTS CAVALIER THEATRE PITTS CARVER THEATRE Suffolk, Va. PITTS THEATRE PITTS FAIRFAX THEATRE Culpeper, Va. PITTS TALLY-HO THEATRE Leesburg, Va. PITTS YORK THEATRE West Point, Va. PITTS MADISON THEATRE Orange, Va. PITTS JEFFERSON THEATRE Charlestown, W. Va. PITTS PATRICK HENRY THEATRE PITTS EAST END THEATRE Richmond, Va. Longerbeam ' s Furniture MAYFLOWER GRILL Company EXCELLENT HOME COOKED FOOD CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Steaks and Sea Food Triplett Milling Company MEAL - FLOUR CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GROCERIES CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty-one CULPEPER PHARMACY Fine Candy and Drugs ROCHESTER JIMMY WILLIAMS, Owner CULPEPER, VIRGINIA ROPES NORTHERN VIRGINIA ICE CORPORATION CULPEPER, VIRGINIA SAVE — Food - Flavor - Money WITH ICE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA JOHNSON ' S HOUSEHOLD LINENS PANAMA CARBON PAPERS Piece Goods - Hosiery and Inked Ribbons CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Improve Your Correspondence WARD-RUE LUMBER CORONET CARBON AND RIBBON CO. COMPANY BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty-two FOR ALL OCCASIONS FUSSELL’S ICE CREAM BEST SINCE 1851 Dial 3661 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA HARRIS-BRENAMAN, Inc. ATHLETIC SUPPLIES CENTRAL HARDWARE Sporting Goods Electrical Appliances Sporting Goods 717 EAST GRACE STREET Building Supplies RICHMOND 19, VIRGINIA Dial 3-2241 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA MAIN STREET GOOD LUCK TO BARBER SHOP Class of ' 46 GREENLAND RESTAURANT DOMAZET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA INSURANCE Sixty-three C. ROY JONES OPTOMETRIST and OPTICIAN CULPEPER HIGH SCHOOL EYES CAREFULLY EXAMINED GLASSES ACCURATELY FITTED Class Rings and Personal Cards CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Supplied by GEORGE L. CLARKE HARDWARE W. C. SAUNDERS COMPANY Sporting Goods - Household Supplies Hardware - Stoves - Paints CULPEPER, VIRGINIA RICHMOND, VIRGINIA YANCEY BARK and LUMBER COMPANY F. L. WHITE COMPANY The White Shop” FOR QUALITY WEARING APPAREL CULPEPER, VIRGINIA BEST WISHES TO COLLEGIATE CAPS and GOWNS Senior Class of ' 4S Furnished Culpeper High School Through Gorman ' s Battery Service JAMES L. DECK 4004 KENSINGTON AVE, RICHMOND 21, VIRGINIA The Quality Dry Cleaners DRY CLEANING and DYEING Work Called For and Delivered DINE WITH AUNT LIZZIE AND UNCLE JOHN At the Ritz and Hi-Hat Coffee Shop CULPEPER, VIRGINIA 116 MAIN STREET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty- four DULIN ' S SERVICE STATION CLASS RINGS, CLUB PINS, CAPS and GOWNS CALLING CARDS and INVITATIONS Walter B. Anderson L. G. BALFOUR PRODUCTS MAIN STREET RICHMOND 21, VIR GINIA GOODYEAR and SINCLAIR JONES RADIO SHOP PRODUCTS R. C. A. Radios SALES and SERVICE Dulin ' s Car and Home Supply CULPEPER, VIRGINIA DAVIS STREET Auto Accessories - Home and MAIN STREET MARKET Electrical Appliances CULPEPER, VIRGINIA L. B. DULIN, Jr., Owner CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GROCERIES and MEATS J. A. BRAGG, Jr. 2681 THE GREEN WAGON SALES - - - SERVICE DRINKS - SANDWICHES INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCKS HOMEMADE PIE McCORMICK - DEERING CULPEPER, VIRGINIA FARM IMPLEMENTS Culpeper Laundry and Cleaners Dial - Culpeper 5601 SOUTH EAST STREET LAUNDRY and CLEANING SERVICE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 6251 A. W. MITCHELL CO. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty-five SHAFFER’S GARAGE ED SHAFFER, Owner DeSOTO and PLYMOUTH Sales and Service 118 CAMERON STREET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 3711 Sixty-six HOPKINS- WILLIS CHEVROLET CO., Inc. GENERAL REPAIR - TRUCK REPAIR 24-HOUR TOWING 301 NORTH MAIN ST. - CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 3331 - Nights 5261 Graves Humphreys Hardware Company WE SPECIALIZE IN SCHOOL EQUIPMENT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Dial 5551 LERNER ' S DEPARTMENT STORE Hoffman Implement Service Successor to PETERS SHOES J. WILLIAM SWAN - CULPEPER, VA. DRESSES - SUITS John Deere - DeLaval - New Idea Papec Farm Equipment CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Service When You Need It jjigi y i 118 S. MAIN ST. ART and CRAFT MATERIALS SCHOOL FURNITURE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Flowers School Equipment Co. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA STRADLEY ' S FUNERAL HOME The Home of Thoughtful Service CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 6751 Sixty-seven ' Jhrfhnf of Better XUum’ dept4 C W STORE ' O ' QUALITY MERCHANDISE POPULAR PRICES CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GIMBEL’S SERVICE STATION THEATRE SHOP AMOCO GAS - OIL Ice Cream and GREASING Drinks Dial 6966 J. W. ROSS, Manager Western Auto Associate Store Bowers Flower Shop DAVIS TIRES, WIZARD BATTERIES Dial 3441 TRUE TONE RADIOS CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Home Owned and Operated by GENE SCEAR CE 167 DAVIS STREET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER CREAMERY Culpeper Co-operative Clement Insurance Agency Farm Bureau Dividend-Paying Insurance Flour, Meal, Feeds, Fertilizers and SECOND NATIONAL BANK BLDG. General Farm Supplies CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 2411 Sixty-eight SPEED EFFICIENCY and SERVICE with UNDERWOOD STANDARD, NOISELESS and PORTABLE MODELS AccausttutKf Machined . . . A MODEL FOR EVERY REQUIRE- MENT AMutCf, MacltUtel . . . 10 KEYS - TOUCH OPERATION RIBBONS AND CARBON PAPERS UNDERWOOD CORPORATION ONE PARK AVENUE. NEW YORK 16. N. Y. NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY F. R. SIMPSON GULF GAS DISTRIBUTION CULPEPER, VIRGINIA LOVING ' S HATCHERY J. WALTON LOVING, Owner BABY CHICKS and TURKEY POULTS Dial 2771 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA LEE ROSENBERG Florsheim Shoes Dresses - Coats Suits CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA J. J. NEWBERRY COMPANY CULPEPER BOOK STORE HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES Magazines - Latest Fiction School Supplies CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Sixty-nine BYWATERS The Professional Pharmacy CULPEPER, VIRGINIA BEST WISHES TO CLASS OF ' 46 VALLEY LUNCH Lord Culpeper CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Hotel Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc. DESIGNERS and MANUFACTURERS BUS BODIES TROLLEY COACHES - TRAILERS HIGH POINT, N. C. Stultz Jewelry Store WATCHES REPAIRED JEWELRY - ENGRAVING CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GEEST FUNERAL HOME ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING FOR OFFICE AND HOME 131 Davis Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 6484 GOOD LUCK SENIORS Dodson and Dodson GIANT FOOD STORE Shoe Shop 237 DAVIS STREET CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Seventy Browning Real Estate FARMS and COUNTRY ESTATES Culpeper, Virginia CAREER COURSES STRAYER offers business training on the college level. Graduates secure positions as secre- taries, accountants, and executives. Special 8-week Summer Courses in Shorthand and Typewriting. B.C.S. degree conferred on graduates of Busi- ness Administration course majoring in Ac- counting subjects and Business Law. SUMMER CLASSES— June 24 and July 8 FALL-TERM CLASSES — Sept. 9, 16, 17 Ask for Secretarial or Accounting Catalog Strayer COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF ACCOUNTANCY SECRETARIAL TRAINING 13th S F, N.W., Washington 5, D. C. NA 1748 Sinclair Refining Company I. Frank Brown, Agent METRO PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers Building Maintenance Supplies P. O. BOX 419 ATLANTA 1, GEORGIA Culpeper Florist FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Dial 3171 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Athey-Strother Transportation Co. MILK TRANSPORTATION TO WASHINGTON, D. C. - ALEXANDRIA, VA. BRENTWOOD, MD. - FREDERICKSBURG, VA Phone 6776 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Seventy-one STAGE First floor plan of cient classrooms t growing school — cafeteria, gymnas that dreams do C( this dream will be of years. GIRLS LOCKER RM.