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

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1949 volume:

EX LIBRIS MARY GEORGE BOLEN «j net Bolen Gomu from iiC O On ' v el 1 jC« 1 02 i of George Bolen ME . v wAnEB os ' FT V (fa trr ' fi J V i y y 4 r . x s etfCPEPER TOWN AND COUNTY LIBRARY MAIN AND MASON STREETS CULPEPER. VIRGI NIA 22701 COLDNMDE Published by THE SENIOR CLASS Sabrena Sanford, Editor Mary Love Somerville, Business Manager Miss Mary George Bolen, Sponsor CULPEPER HIGH SCHOOL Culpeper, Virginia THE FOREWORD First Deed in Culpeper From out of the past comes modern Culpeper. Two hundred years have passed since Culpeper became a county; prior to that time what we now know as Culpeper County was a part of Orange County. In 1749 the House of Burgesses passed an Act whereby Orange was divided by the South River of the Rappahannock, commonly called the Rapidan, up to the Conway, to the head thereof, to the top of the Blue Ridge. All this was merely a portion of Lord Culpeper s many acres granted from King James of England. Culpeper in 1749 was a vast region undeveloped and characterized by its rugged forests and rolling hills. Lateir Madison and Rappahannock counties were taken from Culpeper, and there was left the Culpeper whose boundaries we know today. As the year 1949 marks the end of a two hundred year period of history for Culpeper County, the Colonnade staff feels very fortunate to be able to use the history of Culpeper County as its theme. In this edition of the Colonnade we present, for your pleasure and the record, the year as we see it reflected in the classes, activities, athletics, and the outstanding events of 1949 at C. H. S. May you ever be mindful of the fact that these are concrete evidences of the growth and development in Culpeper County through the years. As you read this book may you appreciate the great heritage that is yours, the traditions developed during the two hundred years of Culpeper ' s history. In the picture the students are looking at the first deed made in Culpeper County of which there is a record, Kinkaid to Duncan, dated June 15, 1749. They also saw the record of the Stamp Act Protest made by sixteen justices on October 21, 1765. DEDICATION THE SENIOR CLASS of CULPEPER HIGH SCHOOL affectionately dedicates the 1949 COLONNADE to Mr. Albert Thomas Howard, Jr. in recognition of his sincere interest and service in Culpeper High, not only as a teacher, but as an athletic coach. CONTENTS Foreword 2 Dedication 3 Locale 5 Administration and Faculty Classes 1 5 Organizations 37 Athletics 59 Features 73 Advertisements 81 Finis 100 The 1040 COLONNADE - - Culpeper High School Main and Davis This intersection of Main and Davis is surrounded by businesses of all types. There are chain stores, drug- stores, dress shops, department stores, groceries, service stations, hardwares, farm equipment stores, and many others. On West Davis are the Courthouse, Municipal Building, Fire House, law offices, and other town buildings. The school is conveniently located about one block from this part of town. All routes for the Culpeper County school buses meet at this intersec- tion. Locale South Main Street South Main Street is lined with beautiful homes, some old and some modern residences, overshadowed by stately trees. Students on buses from the Fredericksburg, Orange, and Madison roads enter town on this street. Here, too, walk the stu- dents from the southern and west- ern parts of Culpeper. [ROUTE 15 23 ! 522 CULPEPER A Favorite Haunt Just up the street from school on the same block is a small store where the students can make a dash for candy, drinks, paper, ice cream, and other small articles. Very often bus students, if they hurry, can get a snack here for their ride home. Some students are seen in the pic- ture as they chat and eat around this store after school. Locale Grade and High School Buildings This view of our alma mater shows the grade and high school buildings. In the background can be seen what is known as the Burnette Building. Some of the primary children are housed here due to the crowded conditions of the grade building. Students in high school find the front of their building a pleasant place to relax during the noon hour in warm weather. ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Culpeper County has always been fortunate in having men of outstanding caiiber to take the lead in civic and military affairs. An outstanding figure in the early history of Culpeper County was General Edward Stevens, nationally known for his part in the Revolutionary War and respected by his fellow citizens for his interest in local and state affairs. At the commencement of the Revolution he commanded with distinction a battalion at the battle of Great Bridge. Soon afterward he was made cobnel of the 10th Virginia Regiment with which he joined General George Washington in the north. At the Battle of Brandywine he saved a part of General Washington ' s army from capture. He distinguished himself at Germantown, and was made a general of Virginia Militia. He served with gallantry at Camden and Guilford Courthouse. At York- town he performed important duties, and throughout the Revolution he possessed the respect and confidence of General Washington. He was a member of the senate of Virginia from the adoption of the state constitution until 1790. General Stevens also had the honor of casting the first electoral vote of this district for General George Washington for president of the United States. % General Stevens gave the land adjoining his family burying ground to the Freemason Lodge for the Masonic Cemetery, as it has been called for over a hundred years. General Stevens also gave the land on which was erected and now stands St. Stephens Episcopal Church and an acre on which to build a Presbyterian church. In the following section we present the leaders of Culpeper High School today, the adminis- tration and the faculty members. In fulfilling their duties, they are comparable t o the early leaders of Culpeper County. In the picture two seniors read the inscription on the slab over the grave of General Edward Stevens in the Masonic Cemetery. ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL BOARD OF CULPEPER COUNTY, Left to right: Mrs. G. B. Shadrach, Cedar Mountain District Miss Minnie Burton, School Board Clerk; Mr. Fred Huffman, School Board Chairman, Salem District; Mr. Paul Hounshell, Superintendent of Schools; Mr. J. A. Covington, Stevensburg District; Mr. R. M. ' VC ' illis, Catalpa District; Mr. James Button, Jefferson District. SENIORS 1949 The value of your school experience depends upon your ability to select, grasp, and hold on to worthwhile things and, at the same time, to discard those which are undesirable. It is my sincere hope that, while in public school, you have received a foundation upon which you can build a happy and successful life. Diiision Superintendent of Schools. t, I Mrs. L. N. Warren Mr. Charles W. Weisiger, Jr. Miss Esther James Putnam B.M., Juiliiard School of Music; B.S., M.A., University of Virginia. B.S., Mary Washington College of New York University; Barnard Director of Instruction. the University of Virginia; Rich- College. mond Professional Institute. County Supervisor of Music. Visiting Teacher. J 8 b ADMINISTRATION Mr. J. H. Combs M.Ed., Duke University. Principal. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL No greater reward can come to a school and its faculty than that the graduates of that school become worthwhile citizens of the community, state, and nation. To that end are the energies of the faculty directed. To that end must you — seniors and undergraduates — direct your efforts, and when, as you surely will, you have found your position in com- munity life, may you regard your high school as an institution which gave you help and encouragement along the way. Then will this book, prepared with such diligence by the staff and sponsor, afford you endless pleasure and serve to keep alive priceless memories. Miss Elizabeth A. Griffin B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia Secretary to Principal. i 9 y FACULTY Miss Martha Anderson B.A., S.T.C., Farmville. Spanish, Language Arts. Mr. Floyd T. Binns B.A., University of Rich- mond; B.D., Colgate-Roches- ter Divinity School. Social Studies, General Science. Miss Virginia Sutton Bland B.A., S.T.C., Farmville. Art. Miss Mary George Bolen B.S., S.T.C., Farmville; Columbia University; University of Virginia. Librarian. Miss Rebe cca Chappell B.S., Madison College. Music, Language Arts. Mrs. Robert S. Chilton, Jr. B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia. General Business, Typing, Shorthand. Mrs. John A. B. Davies B.S., S.T.C., Farmville; Stratford College. Mathematics. Miss Margaret FIawkins B.S., Madison College. Health and Physical Education. Mr. A. T. Howard, Jr. B.S., Flampden-Sydney Col- lege; U. S. Marine Corps School. General Science, Mathematics. Mrs. George N. Hudson University of Virginia; University of Pennsylvania; Madison College. Home Economics. Miss Joan Marilyn Lane B.S., Richmond Professional Institute; Marion College. Distributive Education, Consumer Education, Mathematics. Miss Gertrude D. Lewis B.A., Westhampton College; Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia; Madison College; Richmond Professional Institute. Language Arts, Journalism. J 10 y FACULTY Miss Virginia E. Lewis B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia; College of William and Mary; Madison College; University of Virginia. General Science, Biology, Chemistry. Mr. Howard H. Newlon University of Virginia Diversified Occupations, General Shop. Miss Ellen McMullan B.A., S.T.C., Farmville. Language Arts, Social Studies. :: ' Mr. Edward Null B.S., Hampden-Sydney College. Health and Physical Education. Mr. Edwin H. Pote U. S. Army. Shop. Miss Laura Thornhill A.B., Westhampton College; College of William and Mary; University of North Carolina. Language Arts, Social Studies, Latin. Mrs. J. W. Ross A.B., Miami University. Language Arts, Social Studies. Mr. R. R. Tolbert B.S., Clemson College; V.P.I.; University of Virginia. Agriculture. Miss Martha Annette Warriner B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia. Typing, General Business, Bookkeeping. Miss Ellen Whitmore B.S., Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia. Language Arts. Mrs. Gordon Witt B.S., University of Virginia; University of West Virginia. Mathematics. Resigned in y fcvsiL ihsL J ' acuJJti V lombsiAA, Wjcwsl JksuUL. JjjqhJtsiJc Vlflnmswhu A. Mr. Newlon displays the wild turkey brought in from a day’s hunt. His dogs share the spotlight. B. Mr. Null halts on his way to the dressing room. C. But for the fishing rod and bait can, Mr. Binns appears too dressed-up for fishing. D. Mrs. Witt pauses on the walk of her new home. E. Miss Bolen and Mac” enjoy the rare sunshine of a January day. F. Returning from church one Sunday morning, Mrs. Hudson stops outside her doorway. G. Mrs. Warren rides forth. H. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Chilton bask in the Florida sunshine. To afford an insight info the way in which the faculty spends time outside the classroom and away from regular work, we present these pictures and sidelights. Four teachers have two interests in common. Growing flowers and teaching Sunday School classes are the interests, and the four teachers are Mrs. J. W. Ross, Miss Virginia Lewis, Mrs. Gordon Witt, and Miss Mary George Bolen. Mr. R. R. Tolbert and Mr. J. H. Combs expressed a liking for reading. Finding it hard to stay away from their chosen work even when off duty Miss Margaret Hawkins, Mr. A. T. Howard, and Mr. Edward Null enjoy working in sports. Mr. Howard also enjoys hunting, as does Mr. Howard Newlon. They will tell any willing listener the merits of their dogs. At this point Miss Bolen will enter the conversation, but along the line of collies versus setters. Mrs. George Hudson doesn ' t get very far from the work of a home economics teacher when she says that she enjoys her home. Three ofher teachers listed their homes as among their major interests — Mrs. Witt, Mrs. Robert Chilton, and Mrs. J. A. B. Davies. Mrs. Davies also likes a good game of tennis. Enjoying a game of bridge as a pastime is the preference of Miss Gertrude Lewis, Miss Ellen Whitmore, and Miss Ellen McMullen. Seven faculty members have rhythm in their bones, proven by the smiles of Miss Rebecca Chappell, Miss Martha Anderson, Miss Ashby Griffin, Miss Joan Lane, Miss Laura Thornhill, Miss Martha Warriner, and Mr. Hunter Pote which lightened the dance floor on the night of the Sweetheart Cotillion. Drawing is a diversion for Miss Warriner, Mr. Charles Weisiger, Miss Sutton Bland, and Mrs. L. N. Warren enjoys a ride on one of the horses on her farm. Mr. Floyd Binns says he likes fishing, but anyone who has seen him in action when his softball team is playing knows where his real interests lie. {Riiiw and (JULhmsdid A broad field of subjects from which to choose their courses is offered to the students of Culpeper High. Three main courses of instruction are offered: the general course, the commercial course, and the college preparatory course. The general course is the basic high school course. It is designed especially for pupils who wish a practical education rather than the specialized college preparatory or commercial work. The general course equips boys and girls to be good citizens and homemakers and prepares them to enter any one of a number of practical vocations, including retail selling, farming, apprenticeships for mechanics, printers, plumbers, carpenters, and other trades. Some of the subjects required to graduate in the general ccurse are: four years of English, one year of mathemitics, one year of science, and one year each of civics and U. S. History. The commercial course is planned for pupils desiring to specialize for secretarial or commercial posi- tions. The standards in this course are very high so as to give assurance that only those pupils who are sure they wish to enter the secretarial and commercial fields take the course. Pupils taking the commercial course must demonstrate ability to do careful, accurate, and speedy work in the required subjects. The subjects necessary frr graduation under the commercial course are: one unit of senior civics, one of science, two of typing, two of shorthand, one of bookkeeping, and one unit of vocational bookkeeping and office practice. Students taking the commercial course are allowed two electives. The third course in Culpeper High is the college preparatory. This course includes the subjects considered necessary for doing successful scholastic work in a top grade college. The scholastic require- ments for this course are high and only those pupils who average C” or above in the required subjects will be recommended for college entrance. The subjects offered in this course are four units of English, two units of science, one of U. S. History, senior civics, two of algebra, one of plane geometry, and one half unit of solid geometry and trigonometry. Some of th; electives offered to these students are world history, Latin, Spanish, chemistry, physics, and typing. As the eighth grade now stands, it is an integral part of the high school. It serves to bridge the gap between elementary and high school education. Eighth grade pupils are given an opportunity to explore their interest and abilities by try-out courses in art, agriculture, general business, industrial art, home economics, music, and science. The eighth grade course places special emphasis upon the under- standing and practice of good citizenship in a democracy. The school has a program of physical education. In these classes students participate in sports and have health lessons, all of which is for the betterment of the students’ health and physical fitness. These classes are held in the gymnasium during the winter months. To serve the nearly five hundred students of Culpeper High in their school work, there are more than 5,000 volumes in the library. These volumes consist of some of the most up-to-date references, fiction, and non-fiction books. The library subscribes to 5 0 magazines and 3 newspapers. The science work is carried on in a laboratory with modern equipment and a large supply of chemicals. A 13 y JhsL JIvuul fiX. in. fikiwuL A — Albegra II class of first period is pictured above. Taught by Mrs. J. A. B. Davies, it is one of the classes in the college preparatory course. B — The above picture is of a Civics IV class, taught by Mr. Floyd Binns. Civics is one of the subjects required of all graduates, and is usually taken in the senior year. C — The Spanish class shown above is the only foreign language other than Latin offered here. Spanish and Latin are usually taken by college preparatory students. D — The 8th grade music students pictured above are learning some of the fundamental principles of music. This is an exploratory course of the eighth grade and it runs for a nine-week period. Miss Rebecca Chappell teaches this class. E — Typing is one of the main subjects in the commercial course but is an elective for the other courses. Mrs. Robert Chilton is teaching a class of Typing I students in the picture above. F — Another of the subjects required of all graduates is English IV. Miss Gertrude Lewis teaches this course. This class studies principles of grammar and learns to appreciate English literature- Drawn from the entire county, students in Culpeper High School travel over historic soil to and from school. Town students walk along the streets where 17-year-old George Washington served as county surveyor, commissioned by the College of William and Mary; where the famed Minute Men gathered before they marched away to take part in the first battle of the Revolution in Virginia; the spot where stood the old court house in which the I 6 Justices of Peace protested the Stamp Act in 1765 and resigned their commissions; and, where during the War Between the States, more than a hundred thousand Federal soldiers were encamped within the limits of Culpeper County with headquarters in the town. Those students who ride one of the twelve buses coming from the various sections of the county likewise ride where some time in the past, history making events took place. Spread over the territory from Brown ' s store on the Madison road, across the Sperryville Pike, the Eldorado road, and as far as Muddy Run on the Rixeyville road, Federal soldiers encamped on the areas crossed by many of the school bus routes. Over what is now the Brandy road near Inlet station, General J. E. B. Stuart ' s whole command passed in review before its commanding general, Robert E. Lee, the day previous to the fierce battle between Federal and Confederate cavalry, in which about I 5,000 cavalrymen were engaged. Buses cross the Cedar Mountain battlefield seven miles south of the town of Culpeper, where Stonewall Jackson met and repulsed the attack of Banks ' corps of Pope ' s army, driving the Union forces through the town. In the following section you will see pictures of the boys and girls who come from the historic territory described in the previous paragraphs, and who constitute the five classes of the high school. In the picture the loaded buses are ready to return the students to their homes in the county. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS First row, left to right: Jean Pierce, Betty Lou Burke. Secord rov : Mr. Floyd Binns, Thomas Colvin, Stanley Brown. { 16 F SENIORS Jack Belford Bache Band 3; Pepergram 3, 4; Ushers 3; Library Club 4; Colonnade Staff 4; Quill and Scroll 4. Frank Edward Brown Mitchells High School. Culpeper High: D. O. Club 4. Stanley Eugene Brown F. F. A. Reporter 2; Colonnade Staff 3, 4, Junior Representative 3; Boys’ Hi-Y 4, 5, Treasurer 4, President 5 ; Monitors’ Committee Chairman 3 ; Boys’ Monogram Club 4, 5; Distributors’ Club President 4; S. C. A. Council 5; Football Squad 3, 4, 5, Co-Captain 5; Vice- President of Class 5. Ruth Verle Bunch Library Club 3, 4, Secretary-Treas- urer 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4. Otis Lee Burke Junior Red Cross Council 1, 2; Boys’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4; Science Club 2; Track Team 3; Pepergram Staff 4; Clean-up Com- mittee 4- Hazel Virginia Beahm ' •-H Club 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 2, 3 ; Dis- tributors’ Club 4. John Edward Brown D. O. Club 4. Thelma Joyce Brown Library Club 1, 2, 3; Home Eco- nomics Club; Pepergram Staff 2; Health Committee 2; Bonds and Stamps Committee 3, 4; Monitors’ Committee 3, 4; Colonnade Staff 4; F. B. L. A. 4. Betty Lou Burke Cheerleader 1, 2, 3; Monitors’ Com- mittee 1, 4; President of Class 2; Bonds and Stamps Committee 2; Library Club 2, 3; Vice-President of Class 3; Girls’ Hi-Y 3, 4; Treasurer of Class 4; Vice-Presi- dent of S. C. A. Council 4; Pepergram, Sports Editor 4; Col- onnade Staff 4. Dick Arthur Butler D. O. Club 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 3. A D y SENIORS Frank Conrad Butler Mitchells School: President of Class. Culpeper High: F. F. A. 4; D. O. Club 4. Joan Alyce Carver Victoria High: Dramatic Club 2; 4-H Club 2; Home Economics Club Treasurer 2. Culpeper High: Home Economics Club 3, 4; Dra- matic Club 3, 4v Genevieve Lee Clatterbuck Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 1, 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Clean-up Committee 2; Dramatic Club 3; Monitors’ Committee 3; Junior Red Cross Council 3 ; Health Committee Chairman 4; Pepergram Staff 4; Colonnade Staff 4. Thomas Elmo Colvin Football Squad 1, 2, 3, 4; Peper- gram Staff 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Colonnade Staff 3, 4, Junior Rep- resentative 3, Associate Editor 4; Dramatic Club 3; Science Club 3; President of Class 4; Boys’ Mono- gram Club 3, 4; Monitors’ Com- mittee 4; Quill and Scroll 4. Annie Lee Cooper Home Economics Club 1. Mary Lou Carroll Home Economics 1, 2; Library Club 2, 4; Pepergram Staff 2, 4; Colonnade Staff 4; Distributors’ Club Reporter 4; F. B. L. A. 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Monitors’ Commit- tee 4- Walter Leck Catron, Jr. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 4-H Club 1, 2, President 2; Safety Council 1; Boys’ Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, S; Baseball Squad 1, 2, 3, 4; Football Squad 2, 3, 4, 5; Basket- ball Squad 3, 4, 5, Captain 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 3, 4, S, President 4; Bends and Stamps Committee Chairman 4; Senior Play 4. Jean Juanita Colvin Mitchells High. Culpeper High: Home Economics Club 2, 3, Re- porter 3- William Francis Cook, Jr. Blair Junior High, Norfolk: Bowl- ing Team 1. Culpeper High: Boys’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, 5, Treasurer 3, Vice- President 4 ; Treasurer of Class 2; Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, 5; Bas- ketball Squad 2, 3, 4; Junior Red Cross Council 4; Library Club 4, 5, Reporter 5; Colonnade Staff 4, 5; Pepergram S. Agnes Marie Cunningham Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3; Library Club 3, 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Colonnade Staff 4; F. B. L. A. Secretary 4; Pepergram Staff 4. i is y SENIORS Martha Ellen Dodson Pepcrgram Staff 1, 2, 4; Softball Squad 2, 3; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Col- onnade Staff 4; F. B. L. A. 4. Ellis Dulaney, Jr. Baseball Squad 1, 3, 4; Football Squad 3, 4; Basketball Squad 4; Boys’ Monogram 4. James Terence Flannery Junior Red Cross Council 2; Dramatic Club 3, 4, President 4; Library Club 3; S. C. A. Council 4; Colonnade Staff, Advertising Manager 4. George Lynwood Freeman Football Squad 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball Team 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball Squad 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 2; Clean-up Commit- tee 4q Boys’ Hi-Y 3, 4. James Phillip Gorman 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Science Club 1, 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 3, 4; F. F. A. 3, 4; Football Squad 2, 4; Baseball Squad 1; Track Team 3. Lois Ainslie Domazet Home Economics Club 1 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary-Treas- urer 4; Softball Squad 1; Girls’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 3, Chairman of Clean-up Committee 3; Basketball Squad 3, 4. Roy Eugene Estes S. C. A. Council 1, 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; Football Squad 3, 4; Library Club 4; Monogram Club 3, 4. Ann Maxine Foushee Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4; Distributors’ Club 4. Herbert Hoover Garr Baseball Squad 2, 3, 4, S; Basket- ball Squad 3, 4, 3; Monitors’ Com- mittee 5 ; Pepergram Staff, Sjaorts Editor 5 ; Boys’ Monogram Club 3, 4, 5; Quill and Scroll S. Douglas Eugene Grady Football Squad 2, 3, 4, 5, Captain S; Boys’ Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, 5; D. O. Club President 5; Safety Council 3; F. F. A. 1; Boys’ Hi-Y 3. i 19 } SENIORS Ethel Vernelle Hicks Junior Red Cross Council 2, 4, Secretary 4; Home Economics Club 2, 3, President 3; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4; Bonds and Stamps Committee Chairman 3; S. C. A. Council 3; Colonnade Staff 4; Library Club 4- Louis Samuel James F. F. A. 2, 3, 4; V ice-President 4; f-H Club 2, 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4; Safety Council 3. Rebecca Evelyn Jenkins Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4; Home Eco- nomics Club 1; Pepergram Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Club 2, 3, 4; Bonds and Stamps Committee 1; F. B. L. A. 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; D. E. Club 4. Betty Jean Jones Home Economics Club 1, 4- Helen Delores Jones Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4; Home Eco- nomics Club I; D. E. Club 4; F. B. L. A. 4; S. C. A. Council 4. Helen Mae Highlander Home Economics Club 1; Peper- gram Staff 1 ; D. E. Club Secretary 4; F. B. L. A. Rachel Goodloe Jenkins 4-H Club 1, 2; Girls’ Hi-Y 3, 4; Colonnade Staff 4; Home Eco- nomics Club Reporter 4; Moni- tors’ Committee 4.; Health Com- mittee 4; Library Club 4. William Frederick Jenkins F. F. A. I, 2, 3, 4; Football Squad 1. 2, 3, 4; Baseball Squad 1, 2, 3; Boys’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 2, 3, 4, President 4; Track Team 3. George Morris Jones M tchells School: President of S. C. A. 1. Culpeper: Baseball Squad 2, 3; F. F. A. 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 4. Anna Kearnes Warrenton High - Culpeper High: F. B. L. A. 4; Library Club 4. i 20 y SENIORS John Franklin Kelley Boys’ Hi-Y 3, 4. Post Graduate. Patricia Harford Kerrick Pi per gram Staff 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Li- brary Club 2, 3, 4-, 3; Home Eco- nomics Club Vice-President 5 ; Clean-up Committee 4; Colon- nade Staff 5. Marie Iola Leake Home Economics Club 1 ; 4-H Club 1; D. E. Club 4. Ann Moore Martin Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Science Club 3; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Monitors Committee 3, 4; Pcpergram Staff 4; Colonnade Staff Circulation Manager 4; Quill and Scroll 4. Howard Hampton Newlon, Jr. Vice-President of Class 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Business Manager 2, President 3; Boys’ Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball Squad 1, 4; Pcpergram Staff 1, 2, Business Manager 2; Basketball Squad 2, 3, 4; Track Team 3, 4; S. C. A. Council, 3, 4,, President 4; Quill and Scroll 3, 4; Thespian President 3; Football Squad 3, 4. Thomas Everette Kent Ivor High School. Culpeper High School: Boys’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Treas- urer 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Band, Assistant Librarian 4- Nydia Arminda Lastre Colegio Victoria de las Tunas” High School: College Home- maker;” Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Soft- ball 1; Bambu Club” Treasurer 2, 3. Culpeper High: Girls Hi-Y 4- Robert Leroy Leavell F. F. A. I ; Football Squad 3, 4, S; Boys’ Monogram Club 3, 4, 5; D. O. Club 5. Marion William Myers F. F. A. 1, 2; Library Club 4; F. B. L. A. 4. John Randall Norris S. C. A. Council 1, 2; Dramatic Club 1, 2; Glee Club I, 3; Library Club, 1, 2; Football Squad 1, 3; Pcpergram Staff I; Basketball 3. i 21 i SENIORS Virginia Victoria Osborne Doris Jean Pickelheimer F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Safety Council 3, 4; Bonds and Stamps Commit- tee 4; Library Club 4% Jean Katherine Pierce Giee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-Presi- dent of Class 2; Dramatic Club 2, 3; Health Committee 2; S. C. A. Council 2, 4; Secretary of Class 3; Pepergram Staff 3, 4, Assistant Editor 3, Editor-in-Chief 4; Chair- man of Health Committee 3; Moni- tors’ Committee 3, 4; Colonnade Staff 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Quill and Scroll 4; D. A. R. Good Citizen 4. Leonard Thomas Preston, Jr- Basketball Squad 2, 3; Dramatic Club 3; Football Squad 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 4. Willie Doris Rumsey Library Club 3, 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Home Economics Club 4. Marian Aileen Payne Home Economics Club 1 , 3, 4, President 4; S. C. A. Council 2, 4; Library Club 3, 4; Colonnade Staff 4; Pepergram Staff 4. Alice Christian Pierce Anacostia High, Washington, D. C., 2. Glee Club 1; Home Economics Club 1; Pepergram Staff 3, 4, Typ- ist 4; Library Club 3, 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Colonnade Staff Typist 4; Junior Red Cross Coun- cil 4; Bonds and Stamps Commit- tee 3 ; S. C. A. Homeroom Repre- sentative 4. Barbara Loraine Pote Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2; Library Club 2, 3, 4; Softball Squad 2, 3; Girls’ Hi-Y 3, 4, President 4; S. C. A. Council 3, 4, Secretary 4; Basketball Squad 3; Girls’ Monogram Club 3, 4, Presi- dent 3. Rita Beverly Rosenberg Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 1; Junior Red Cross Coun- cil 1; Bonds and Stamps Commit- tee 2; Health Committee 2; Li- brary Club 3, 4.; Pepergram Staff 3, 4, Assistant Editor 3, Exchange Editor 4; Colonnade Staff Asso- ciate Editor 4; Quill and Scroll 4; Dramatic Club 4. Sabrena Sanford Mitchell s School: S. C. A. Council 1. Culpeper High: Girls’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 4; Glee Club 3; Dramatic Club 3, 4, Secretary- Treasurer 4; Colonnade Staff 3, 4, Junior Representative 3, Editor- in-Chief 4; S. C. A. Council 4; Quill and Scroll 4. { 22 y SENIORS Charles Lindbergh Settle F. F. A. 1, 2, 3; Football Squad 3, 4; D. O. Club 4. Robert Lyle Settle, Jr. Mary Love Somerville St. Mary’s Episcopal School, Mem- phis: Girls’ Choir 1, 2. Culpeper High: Dramatic Club 3; Glee Club 3; Library Club 3, 4, Vice-Presi- dent 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 3, 4; Colon- nade Staff, Business Manager 4; S. C. A. Council Treasurer 4; Moni- tors’ Committee 4-; Quill and Scroll 4. Edwina Strong Mitchells School: S. C. A. Coun- cil Secretary 1. Culpeper High: Pepergram Staff 3, 4, Typist 4; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Softball Squad 2, 3, 4; Colonnade Staff, Typist 4; Bonds and Stamps Committee 4; Girls’ Monogram Club 4; Moni- tors’ Committee 4; Quill and Scroll 4. Margaret Kelly Thomas Flome Economics Club 1, 2; Soft- ball Squad 1, 2; Science Club 2, 3; F. B. L. A. 3, 4, President 4; Girls’ Monogram Club 3 ; D. E. Club, Treasurer 4; S. C. A. Council 4. Dorothy Roberta Settle Washington High: Glee Club 1, 2. Culpeper High: F. B. L. A. 3, 4; S. C. A. Council 4. Fred Osborne Smith F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Palmer Newcomb Stearns, Jr- Football Squad I, 2, 3, 4; Science Club 3; Basketball Squad 3, 4; Baseball Squad 3; Boys’ Hi-Y 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 4. James Douglas Swan, Jr. Football Squad 1, 2, 3, 4; Track Team 3, 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 3, 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 4. Betty Ann Thompson Softball 1; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Band 3, 4. J 23 y SENIORS David Thurston Victory Corps 1; Science Club 2, 3; F. F. A. 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Band 4. Kermit Holland Wagner, Jr- Glee Club I, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3, Pres dent 4; Boys’ Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Football Squad 2, 3, 4; Basketball Squad 2, 3, 4; Boys’ Monogram Club 3, 4; Dramatic Club 4. Katherine W yvonne Weaver Home Economics Club 1 ; S. C. A. Council 1, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Junior Red Cross Council 2, 3, 4, President 4; Library Club 3; Dramatic Club 3; Girls’ Hi-Y 4; Colonnade Staff 4. Virginia Adeline White Home Economics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Club 4. Opal Dell Wood Home Economics Club 1, 4, Treas- urer 4; Library Club 4 Vinton Lee Twyman F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; 4-H Club 1, 2; D. O. Club 4, Frances Irva Walker 4-H Club 1 ; Home Economics Club 2, 3; D. E. Club 4. Rosa Elizabeth Webb Library Club 3, 4, President 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4, Reporter 4; S. C. A. Council 4; Colonnade Staff 4. Lucy Ann Wolfrey Home Economics Club 1, 2; Safety Council 2, 3, 4; Library Club 3, 4; Girls’ Monogram Club 3, 4. Not pictured: Floyd Edward Bentley, James Garnett Carpenter, Jr., Betty Lou Childress, Marshall Ashby Sophia, Jr. J 24 }- fllilllilililSI UNDERCLASS OFFICERS JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS First row, left to right: Richard Her- bert, Helen Kerrick, Miss Laura Thornhill, Douglas Stringfellow. Missing from picture: Maude Perry- man. SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS First row, left to right: Audrey Turn- er, Sarah Ann Bates, Everette Powell, Martha Ann Colvin, Carolee Mos- carella. Miss Martha Warriner. FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS First row, left to right: Richard Coates, Estil Brown, Mrs. Maude Witt, Jackson Utz, Francis Thomp- son. EIGHTH GRADE OFFICERS First roiv, left to right: Ruby Guinn, Charles Coveil, Maxine Weaver. Second rou 1 : Mrs. J. W. Ross, Margaret Quaintance. .JUNIOR CLASS i — J V 1 Ruth Allen Virginia Arnold Russell Aylor Winfrey Barfield Ann Brown Patricia Casey Charles Curtis John Dodson Oscar Dodson, Jr. Betty Embrey Kr.thlene Estes Kemper Fant Hattie Faulkner Frank Hensley Richard Herbert Campbell Hitt Elizabeth Hitt Gertrude Hitt Louise Hitt Elizabeth James Frances Jenkins Grace Kearnes Flelen Kerrick Gloria Moss William O’Bannon Doris Payne Maude Perryman Louise Settle Mary Catherine Sheads Douglas Stringfellow John Taylor Clyde Whitlock James Whitlock Not pictured: Levi Brown, James Crane, Jack Kibler, Helen Richards. { 26 y SOPHOMORE CLASS Russell Aylor Sally Ann Barber Sarah Ann Bates James William Bledsoe Eleanor Brown Louise Brown Kathleen Button Mary Rogers Button Betty Byram Ann Carder Elizabeth Carpenter Virginia Carpenter Roy Carroll Raymond Childress Naomi Claxton Martha Ann Colvin Betty Ann Crane Daniel Crane Louise Cubbage Clarence Curtis Terry Curtis Paul Davis Lois Deal R. E. Deane Helen Dinkel Nancy Duff Frances Durham James Dyer f 27 SOPHOMORE CLASS Fmily Edwards I.ouisa Fincham Margaret Fincham Shirley Fletcher Agnes Frazier Jchn Frazier May Grady Ann Graves David Guinn Louise Hadder Scott Harlow Isabell Hawkins Hope Heflin Jean Hensley Ann Herndon James Hilton Eleanor Hitt Otis Hitt, Jr. Barry Hounshell Russell Hunt Sandra Hunt Barbara Hutcherson Elmer James Pauline Jenkins Mildred Johnson Fred Jolliflfe Fiances Kelly Rena Kibler i 28 h SOPHOMORE CLASS Jacquelyn Kilby Robert Loy Keith McNeer Mary Miller John Morris Carolee Moscarella Anna Mae Myers Helen Myers Douglas Noakes Carrie Payne J. H. Payne, Jr. Robert Peters William Pickett Everette Powell, Jr. Patricia Scott Vernon Shaffer Violet Smith Violet Soutter Margaret Thompson Audrey Turner James Weakley Virginia Weakley Mildred Ruth Weaver John Weible Thelma Whitlock Bessie Woodward Lester Yowell Not pictured: Bayne Bentley, Hildred Jones, Charles Sisk. - 1 29 y FRESHMAN CLASS James Arthur Maxine Baber Ruth Baber Donald Bache Claudette Backe Mary Ellen Baumgardner Claude Berry Janet Bolen Alice Brown Estil Brown Gwendolyn Brown Harry Brown John Moffet Brown Laura Brown Sliirley Brown Virginia Brown Ada Bunch Doris Butler Robert Button Mildred Carder Barbara Carver Carroll Cla tterbuck Villiam Clement Louise Cline Richard Coates Robert Coates i’illiam Colvin Peggy Cook Kelly Corbin Mary Corbin Charles Crane Kenneth Crosman Kenneth Cunningham Sarah Curtis Elsie Delf Annie Mae Dodson Lewis Dodson Lois Doyle Mescal Dugan Robert Dwyer Florene Frazier Margaret Frazier { 30 y FRESHMAN CLASS Mary Frazier Claude Gaines Homer Garr Mary Elizabeth Gayle Thomas Geil Ruth Gimbel Margaret Glenn Dorothy Gore Fay Grady Floyd Griffith Nora Hackley Trewitt Harding Katherine Haught Ira Hawkins Richard Hensley Maxwell Henson Jacqueline Hicks James Hicks Richard Hicks Geraldine Hitt Julia Kyle Hitt Lora Hossley Annie Mae Huffman Sidney Hypes Robert Inskeep Reginald Jacobs Judy James Margaret James Catherine Jenkins Clara Jenkins Ella Jenkins Irma Jenkins Lawrence Jenkins James Jones Mary Jones Ruby Kahoe James Kelley Ann Kennedy Cynthia Kent Nancy Keth Lucille Leake Paul McNeer i 3i y FRESHMAN CLASS Not pictured: Robert Corbin, Earl Deal, Ray Grady, James Jenkins, Nina Kennedy, Thomas Priest, Daisy Mills James Moore Margaret Myers Marie Painter Juanita Payne Shirley Payne William Pickering Ruth Printz Junior Pritt Ruth Pruett Grace Pullen Norman Pycha John Quinn Charles Racer Basye Read Vivian Reams Wayne Rice James Rosser Edgar Sims, Jr. Dorothy Sisk Howell Sisk Fannie Smith Robert Somers Barbara Jean Sophia Jewell Stephens Haliburton Swan Barbara Thomas Francis Thompson Jimmy Tuel G. C. Tutwiler Jackson Utz Myrtle Utz Gene Wagner Harold Walker Mary West Audrey Williams June Wood Annie Woodward Marion Woodward Donald Yowell Evelyn Yowell Kathleen Pullen. 1 32 1 - EIGHTH GRADE Bernard Arthur Earl Aylor Dolores Aylor Betty Lou Barfield Jerry Bartholow Barbara Bauckman Robert Berry Frank Bishop William Bledsoe Page Borst Ellsworth Bowler Elsie Brown June Brown Leon Brown Margaret Brown Paul Brown Raymond Brown Roy Brown Thomas Browning Betty Bryson Mildred Butler Cora Byram Barbara Carpenter Mary Jane Carpenter Milton Carter Willie Mae Childress Elinor Chilton Warren Chuckinas Betty Jean Clark Jean Clark James Clatterbuck Jeane Coffey Constance Coiner Franklin Compton Dorothy Corbin Eunice Corbin James Corbin Charles Covell Cleo Covington Barbara Crane Shirley Creel James Cubbage i 33 Y EIGHTH GRADE Andrew Curtis Barbara Curtis Gladys Deal Leon Dodson Mary Dodson Carlyle Doftlemoyer William Donald Patricia Duff William Durham Melvin Dwyer James Embrey Lucille Estes Hazel Faulkner Grady Ford Franklin Frazier Clara Gibbs William Gilbert Dorothy Grimsley Curry Guinn Ruby Guinn Morton Halsey Ethel Hart Harlean Haverstock Barbara Hawkins Thomas Hawkins Charlotte Heflin Maurice Heflin Marjorie Hensley Joyce Hitt Mason Hitt Lewis Hixson Lucille Hoffman Lula Huffman Georgie Hunt Ronald Jacobs Wilbur James Elizabeth Jenkins Ivan Jenkins James Jenkins Jerome Jenkins Jessie Jenkins Mary F. Jenkins «{ 34 J. Mary L. Jenkins Betty Jones Dora Jones Jeanne Jones Roy Jones Betty Lou Keyes Shirley Kicklighter Everette Kilby Joyce Kilby Mary Lee Kilby Russell Kilby Thomas Kilby Joseph Knakal Genilla Knighton Clarence Lawson Alice Leake Robert Leake Peggy Leavell Richard Leavell Anna Lee Martin Doris Martin Lee McCallum Eugene Michael Barbara Miller John Minnis Benjamin Mitchell Edward Moyer Ellen Myers Elsie Myers Walter Norris Shirley Payne Franklin Peters Katherine Pickett Margaret Quaintance Jacquelyn Reynolds Betty Richards Eleanor Rinker James Rosson Mary Lou Rucker Hilda Ryder Gladys Schlosser Marshall Settle { 35 y EIGHTH GRADE Phillip Shaw Winfrey Sisk Eiwood Smoot Peggy Somers Ptggy Spicer Betty Ray Spillman Thelda Sutphin Alicia Taylor George Taylor Kenneth Taylor Phyllis Taylor Mary Tinsley Jo Anne Trice Ruth Tutwiler William Veach Patricia Waters Margaret Wayland Marilyn Weakley Maxine Weaver Grace Weible Catherine Whitlock Mary Woodward Jac k Yancey Letitia Yancey John Yowell Not pictured: Shirley Colvin, Dallas McFarland, Eleanor Michael, James Paul, Margaret Teole, Kenneth Tucker. •{ 36 y Throughout the course of Culpeper history, no organization has excelled the Culpeper Minute Men in fame. The Culpeper Minute Men were organized in 1775, just after the Revolutionary War broke out, in answer to the call for assistance from Patrick Henry, then commander of the Virginia troops. To fulfill Patrick Henry ' s call, 150 men from Culpeper and 200 more men from Orange and Fauquier counties met at Catalpa and became the first Minute Men raised in Virginia. The flag used by the Minute Men had the figure of a coiled rattlesnake striking in its center, above which was inscribed The Culpeper Minute Men. ' On the sides were the words ' Liberty or Death’ and beneath was the statement Don ' t Tread on Me. The Minute Men wore green hunting shirts and buck-tails in their hats. In their belts were tomahawks and scalping knives. They were armed mainly with fowling-pieces and squirrel guns. Under the command of Col. Edward Stevens they had the honor of being at the battle of the Great Bridge, the first battle fought in Virginia. They were also at Norfolk when it was burned. To enrich character and mind, various student organizations function for the students throughout the year. In this section group pictures of these organizations are shown with accounts, and in some cases, pictures of their activities. A group of C. H. S. students on the Court House steps examine a replica of the famous Culpeper Minute Men flag. THE COLONNADE Recorders of School Days First row, left to right: Miss Joan Lane, Thomas Colvin, Sabrena Sanford, Beverly Rosenberg, Alice Pierce, Miss Martha Warriner. Second row: Miss Mary George Bolen, Mary Love Somerville, Terence Flannery, Ann Martin. COLONNADE STAFF OFFICERS EJitor-in-Chief Sabrena Sanford Associate Editors . . {Thomas Colvin (Beverly Rosenberg Business Manager. .Mary Love Somerville Circulation Manager Ann Martin Advertising Manager. .Terence Flannery Head Typist Alice Pierce (Miss Mary George Bolen Sponsors . . .(Miss Martha Warriner [Miss Joan Lane Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble! That’s what the staff was constantly reminded of on the days and nights that they slaved to put out the ’49 annual. After much confusion the staff was finally organized. My, what a time they did have selling those subscriptions and ads. What a mad rush it was to get the Colonnade to press on time. Finally, the day came, the book was on its way to the printer, and the staff could rest their weary minds and bodies. Helping for the first time this year were two underclass representatives from each class who took a load off the seniors; also for the first time the staff had three advisors. The Colonnade Staff’s main event of the year was attending the S. I. P. A. con- vention in Lexington. { 38 1- ENTIRE COLONNADE STAFF First row, left to right: Miss Martha Warriner, Terence Flannery, Thomas Colvin, Sabrena Sanford, Beverly Rosen- berg, Ann Martin, Alice Pierce, Mary Love Somerville, Miss Joan Lane. Second row: Ann Graves, Mary Lou Carroll, Edwina Strong, Wyvonne Weaver, Flelen Kerrick, Page Borst, Joyce Brown, Patricia Kerrick, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Jean Pierce. Third row: Margaret James, Jacquelyn Kilby, Agnes Cunningham, Lois Doyle, Betty Lou Burke, Ellen Dodson, Rachel Jen kins, Miss Mary George Bolen. Fourth row: Vernelle Flicks, Elizabeth Webb, Jack Bache, William Gilbert, William Cook. Missing from picture: Maude Perryman, Marian Payne. MEMBERS OF STAFF Circulation: Jack Bache, Joyce Brown, Betty Lou Burke, Genevieve Clat- terbuck, William Cook, Agnes Cunningham, Vernelle Hicks, Rachel Jenkins, Patricia Kerrick, Jean Pierce. Advertising: Mary Lou Carroll, Ellen Dodson, Marian Payne, Wyvonne Weaver. Typists: Edwina Strong, Elizabeth Webb. Junior Representatives: Helen Kerrick, Maude Perryman. Sophomore Representatives: Ann Graves, Jacquelyn Kilby. Freshman Representatives: Lois Doyle, Margaret James. Eighth Grade Representatives: Page Borst, William Dudley Gilbert. Editors of the two school publi- cations — Sabrena Sanford, Colon- nade — Jean Pierce, Pcpergram — visited Natural Bridge during the S. I. P. A. Convention in May, 1948. Editor, Sabrena Sanford; Asso- ciate-Editor, Beverly Rosenberg; and Junior Representatives, Helen Kerrick and Maude Perryman are seen leaving the Alderman Library of the University of Virginia where they viewed the Virginia High School League exhibit of yearbooks. d 39 Y THE PEPERGRAM All the News That ' s Fit to Print First row, left to right: Jack Bache, Mary Miller, Jean Pierce, Kathleen Button, Patricia Kerrick. Second row: Beverly Rosenberg, Margaret Glenn, William Gilbert, Thomas Colvin, Herbert Garr, Betty Lou Burke, Mary Lou Carroll, Jacquelyn Kilby. Third row: Miss Gertrude Lewis, Carolee Moscarello, William Cook, Mildred Ruth Weaver, Lois Doyle, Helen Kerrick Ann Martin, Virginia Arnold. Missing from picture: Marian Payne. PEPERGRAM EDITORIAL STAFF Editor -in-Ghief . Assistant Editors Jean Pierce (Mary Miller | Kathleen Button News Editor Feature Editors Sports Editors Staff Artist . . . . . .Patricia Kerrick Marian Payne Jack Bache Betty Lou Burke | Herbert Garr . .Mary Lou Carroll Exchange Editor .... Beverly Rosenberg f Jacquelyn Kilby Columnists ... ) Margaret Glenn j Thomas Colvin f William Gilbert Reporters Mildred Ruth Weaver, Carolee Moscarella, William Cook, Lois Doyle, Virginia Arnold, Helen Kerrick, Ann Martin. PLPPERGRAM BUSINESS STAFF First row, left to right: Louise Hitt, R. E. Deane, Barry Hounshell, Vernon Shaffer, Edwina Strong. Second row: Genevieve Clatterbuck, Ellen Dodson, Agnes Cunningham, Eleanor Hitt, Alice Pierce, Miss Gertrude Lewis. Third row: Roy Carroll, Rebecca Jenkins. Missing from picture: Maude Perryman. Barry Hounshell Business Manager Vernon Shaffer Advertising Manager Charles Crane Roy Carroll Rebecca Jenkins Eleanor Hitt Assistants R. E. Deane Circulation Manager Agnes Cunningham Louise Hitt Maude Perryman Genevieve Clatterbuck Assistants Edwina Strong Ellen Dodson Alice Pierce Typists Miss Gertrude D. Lewis Faculty Advisor JOURNALISM CLASS Learning the correct facts and style for newspaper writing, the small Journalism Class prepares another issue of the Pepergram. They are Betty Lou Burke, Herbert Garr, Patsy Kerrick, Miss Gertrude Lewis, Jean Pierce, Billy Cook, Beverly Rosenberg, Jack Bache, and Marian Payne. PEPERGRAM Winner for the third consecutive year in the Virginia High School League News- paper contest, the Pepergram is published every three weeks by the journalism class and other students interested in journalistic writing. The twelve issues of the 1948-49 Pepergram featured Kee-Hole News Flashes, Wil- liam Dudley Gilbert’s Popularity Hi-Lites, Tommy Colvin’s Molecules of Mirth, and Bouquets-and-Brickbats. It was edited by Jean Pierce, with Mary Miller and Kathleen Button as assistants. QUILL AND SCROLL Quill and Scroll is an honorary society for high school journalists. A student must have done outstanding work on a publication before he is eligible. Members of the society as they pause in front of school for a chat are Ann Martin, Howard Newlon, Beverly Rosenberg, Sabrena Sanford, Herbert Garr, Tommy Colvin, Louise Hitt, Jack Bache, Maude Perryman, Mary Love Somerville, Edwina Strong, and Jean Pierce. i 4i y S. C. A. Defenders of Students’ Rights First row, left to right: Helen Jones, Margaret Thomas, Jean Pierce, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Frances Kelly, Lois Doyle, Janet Bolen, Helen Kerrick, Dorothy Settle, Elizabeth Webb. Second row: Loraine Pote, Mary Love Somerville, Sabrena Sanford, Wyvonne Weaver, Lula Huffman, Barbara Sophia, Constance Coiner, Betty Lou Burke, Vivian Reams, Miss Virginia Lewis. t hird row: Winfrey Sisk, Joseph Knakal, Everette Powell, Thomas Colvin, Stanley Brown, Richard Herbert, How- ard Newlon, Thomas Preston. Fourth row: Scott Harlow, Barry Hounshell, Terence Flannery, Oscar Dodson, Roy Estes, Estil Brown. Missing from picture: James Moore, Kermit Wagner, Jeane Coffey, Louise Hitt, Marian Payne. OFFICERS Howard Newlon ... President Loraine Pote Betty Lou Burke Vice-President Mary Love Somerville Miss Virginia Lewis .... Sponsor Secretary T rcasurer The student governing body of C. H. S. strove to become a banner S. C. A.; to promote school spirit; to have educational assemblies as well as amusing ones; and to develop leadership among the students. Howard Newlon, president of the council, presided over all assemblies. Besides other worthwhile things, the S. C. A. sponsored the T.B. and March of Dimes drives along with the first social of the year. Under the heading of the S. C. A. Council comee the Health, Ushers’, Monitors’, Bonds and Stamps, and Cleanup Committees, which have all done helpful and worthwhile jobs throughout the year. The Ushers’ Commit- tee sees that chairs are set up for assemblies and that students come into the auditorium in an orderly way. It is the job of the Cleanup Committee to keep the halls and grounds clean. The Bonds and Stamps Committee en- courages the sale of sav- ing bonds and stamps. The job of the Moni- tor’s Committee is to keep the students in the halls orderly at all times. LIBRARY CLUB Tomorrow’s Book of the Month Club” First row, left to right: Patricia Kerrick, Mildred Ruth Weaver, Ruth Bunch, Mary Love Somerville, Eleanor Hitt, Virginia White, Carolee Moscarella, Opal Wood, Lucy Wolfrey, Peggy Cook, Elizabeth Webb. Second row: Miss Mary George Bolen, Loraine Pote, Martha Ann Colv in, Rebecca Jenkins, Alice Pierce, Betty Ann Crane, Emily Edwards, Doris Pickelheimer, Sarah Ann Bates, Willie Rumsey. Third row: Ruth Gimbel, Mildred Carder, Laura Brown, Mary Gayle, Anna Kearnes, Grace Kearnes, Agnes Cunning- ham, Beverly Rosenberg, Rachel Jenkins, Vernelle Hicks, Mary Lou Carroll. Fourth rou ' : Jack Bache, William Myers, Daniel Crane, Jackson Utz, William Cook, W illiam O’Bannon, R. E. Deane, W’illiam Clement. Fifth row: Samuel James, Roy Estes. Missing front picture: Marian Payne. OFFICERS Elizabeth Webb President Mary Love Somerville Vice-President Ruth Bunch Secretary-Treasurer William Cook Reporter Miss Mary George Bolen Sponsor Library Club members care for circulation of books, sign permits, and keep records of magazines. A book review is written by the Library Club reporter for each issue of the Pe per gram. During Book Week the Library Club planned an assem- bly program. The club also gave a dance for the high school on April 1. Members of social and dance committees are shown preparing decorations for the Library Club dance with their chairman, Patsy Kerrick. Members are Ruth Bunch, Beverly Rosenberg, Patsy Kerrick, and Betty Webb, president. Mary Love Somerville, program chairman of Library Club, is shown making prepara- tions with her committee for Book Week. They are Martha Colvin, Mary Love Somer- ville, Alice Pierce, and Eleanor Hitt. d 43 }- GLEE CLUB Advanced Warblers First row, left to right: Helen Dinkel, Bessie Woodard, Louise Hadder, Peggy Cook, Sally Ann Barber, Carolee Moscarella, Mary Rogers Button, Mildred Ruth Weaver. Second row: Betty Ann Crane, Jean Pierce, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Rebecca Jenkins, Hazel Beahm, Ann Martin, Helen Kerrick, Violet Smith, Ann Graves, R. E. Deane. Third rov.’: Kermit Wagner, Scott Harlow, Barry Hounshell, Helen Jones, Wyvonne Weaver, Lois Domazet, Beverly Rosenberg, Gloria Moss, Mary Miller, Vernon Shaffer, Frances Kelly. Fourth row: Howard Newlon, Walter Catron, William O’Bannon, Louise Hitt, Virginia Arnold, Virginia Carpenter, Hattie Mae Faulkner, Jacquelyn Kilby, Kathleen Button, James Gorman, Everette Powell. Missing from picture: Loraine Pote, Patricia Casey. OFFICERS Kermit Wagner President Lois Domazet Secretary-Treasurer Barry Hounshell Librarian Jacquelyn Kilby . . Pianist Mrs. Marjorie H. Warren Director Besides singing during American Education Week, at assemblies, at P.-T. A. meetings, and at Commencement, the Senior Choral group gave an operetta in the spring. One of the big events of the year was the Christmas dance that the singers gave. Another big event was the Music Festival at Harrisonburg, Virginia. Still, the greatest thrill of all was being able to sing over the new Culpeper radio network. The Glee Club’s pianist, Jackie Kilby, is shown practicing heartily for a Glee Club program. Glee Club officers, Kermit Wag- ner, Barry Hounshell, Jackie Kilby, and Lois Domazet, pause at the tele- phone building to view some new music. •( 44 y THE BAND Swingers with Symphonic Tempo First row, left to right: Jay Geest, Christopher Geest, James Gorman, Douglas Noakes, Ruth Printz, Mary Rogers Button, Fred Jolliffe, Barry Hounshell. Second row: Lora Hossley, Betty Thompson, Thomas Browning, Vernon Shaffer, Miss Rebecca Chappell, Ellsworth Bowler. Missing from picture: Cynthia Kent, Thomas Kent, Wayne Rice. OFFICERS Barry ITounshell Douglas Noakes Fred Jolliffe Thomas Kent Christopher Geest Miss Rebecca Chappell President . . . Vice-President Secretary-T re usurer Librarian Assistant Librarian Director One of the youngest organizations in school, the band, has made rapid progress. This year it played at many school functions. Now associated with the band are six majorettes. Members expect to have uniforms by next year, and hope to be able to play during football games. New addition to the band, Major- ettes Louise Hitt, Betty Ray Spill- man, Pat Casey, Violet Smith, and Letitia Yancey practice their march- ing in the snow. i 45 y JUNIOR GLEE CLUB Beginners in Song First row, left to right: Catherine Whitlock, Maxine Weaver, Marie Painter, Elsie Brown, Katherine Haught, Delores Aylor, Miss Rebecca Chappell, Ada Bunch, Julia Hitt, Barbara Crane, Charlotte Heflin, Shirley Creel, Gwendolyn Brown. Second row: Janet Bolen, Barbara Hawkins, Mary Jane Carpenter, Margaret Quaintance, Jeanne Jones, Barbara Carpenter, Doris Martin, Shirley Brown, Rachel Leake, Jeane Coffey, Peggy Spicer, Mary Tinsley, Lora Hossley, Cynthia Kent. Third rou: Margaret Glenn, Margaret James, Eleanor Rinker, Warren Chukinas, Joseph Knakal, Charles Crane, Francis Thompson, Gene Wagner, Thomas Hawkins. Fourth row: Betty Ray Spillman, Betty Hunt, Mary Jenkins, Constance Coiner, Ethel Hart, Mary Lee Kilby, Patricia Waters, Jo Anne Trice, Richard Coates, James Rosser, Ellsworth Bowler, Morton Halsey, Thomas Browning, James Moore, William Gilbert. OFFICERS Janet Bolen President Thomas Hawkins Vice-President Francis Thompson Secretary-Treasurer Librarian Constance Coiner JUNIOR GLEE CLUB President of the Junior Glee Club, Janet Bolen, and other officers of the club chat in front of school dur- ing recess. Miss Rebecca Chappell, Tommy Hawkins, Tommy Thomp- son, Connie Coiner, and Maxine Weaver take part in the pow-wow. The Junior Glee Club’s purpose is to train the younger voices for the senior organiza- tion. Along with the Glee Club, the club sang at the American Education Week program, for the P.-T. A., at assembly, and on Robert E. Lee’s birthday for the U.D.C. program. This year, for the first time, the junior singers attended the State Music Festival, and had the thrill of singing on Culpeper’s newest corporation, WCVA, the radio station. Included among the songs that the junior singers rendered at different times during the year were: Prayer Perfect,” Oh, For Wings,” By the Bend of the River,” Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones,” and other special music for Christmas and Commencement. Maxine Weaver, accompanist for the junior singers, warms up at the piano in room 9 before the club’s rehearsal. Before Junior Glee Club prac- tice begins, Tommy Thompson sets up chairs for the members. i 47 y DRAMATIC CLUB Thespians of the Stage First roil ' , left to right: Beverly Rosenberg, Mary Rogers Burton, Ann Martin, Mary Miller, Kathleen Button, Sabrena Sanford. Second row: Sarah Ann Bates, Ann Graves, Jacquelyn Kilby, Joan Carver, Miss Ellen McMullan, Miss Ellen Whitmore. Third row: Keith McNeer, Terence Flannery, William Cook, Kermit Wagner, Jack Bache. Missing from picture: Thomas Kent, Oscar Dodson. Officers Terence Flannery President Jacquelyn Kilby . . .... . . . . Vice-President Sabrena Sanford Secretary-Treasurer Misses Ellen McMullan and Ellen Whitmore Sponsors The Dramatic Club was smaller this year than ever before, but there wasn’t far to look to find talent. The dramatists’ major play this year was a mystery-comedy, The Man on the Stairs.” They also prepared a one-act play for the district contest. To top the year off the Players” of C. H. S. gave a very enjoyable social. The major play of the Dramatic Club was The Man on the Stairs.” Here the leading characters, Terry Flannery, Beverly Rosenberg, Keith McNeer, and Ann Graves, go through a scene of the play. i 48 J .JUNIOR DRAMATIC CLUB The Lnufs and Fontannes” of Tomorrow First row, left to right: Delores Aylor, Betty Lou Barfield, Letitia Yancey, Janet Bolen, Elsie Brown, Betty Jean Clark, Margaret Quaintance, Maxine Weaver, Patricia Waters, Betty Ray Spillman, Shirley Creel. Second row: Barbara Carpenter, Margaret James, Jeanne Jones, Charles Crane, Francis Thompson, Winfrey Sisk, Lois Doyle, Cynthia Kent, Patricia Ann Duff, Mary Dodson, Margaret Brown. Third row: Betty Lou Keys, Doris Martin, Elinor Chilton, Lora Hossley, Page Borst, Constance Coiner, Vivian Reams, Jo Anne Trice, Charlotte Heflin, Mrs. J. W. Ross. Fourth row: James Rosser, Ellsworth Bowler, William Gilbert, Melvin Dwyer. Missing from picture: Claudette Bache, Ethel Hart, Joseph Knakal, James Paul, Ruth Printz, Peggy Somers. OFFICERS Vivian Reams . . . William Gilbert Lora Hossley Jo Anne Trice . Mrs. J. W. Ross . President . . . . Vice-President Secretary T rcasurer Sponsor The Junior Dramatic Club has as its purpose the development of dramatic ability, the instruction in correct speech, the development of poise, and the enjoyment of good fellowship. In the fall, the junior dramatists presented a one-act play in assembly, The Mighty Mysterious Tree.” During the year the club worked on three one-act plays, one of which was given at assembly in May. William Gilbert, Ells- worth Bowler, Joe Knakal, Lois Doyle, Charles Crane, Jo Anne Trice, Betty Jean Clark, Janet Bolen, and Vivian Reams of the Junior Dramatic Club go over their lines from their one - act play, The Mighty Mysterious Tree.” J 49 Y GIRLS’ HI-Y CLUB Maintaiucrs of Clean Word, Thought and Deed First row, left to right: Vernelle Hicks, Sabrena Sanford, Loraine Pote, Genevieve Clatterbuck, Mrs. J. A. B. Davies. Second row: Rebecca Jenkins, Lois Domazet, Ellen Dodson, Rachel Jenkins, Betty Lou Burke, Edwina Strong, Mary Lou Carroll. H ' i , Third row: Wyvonne Weaver, Jacquelyn Kilby, Frances Kelly, Eleanor Hitt, Martha Ann Colvin, Willie Rumsey, Jean Pierce. Fourth row: Ann Graves, Mary Love Somerville, Margaret Thompson, Mary Miller, Kathleen Button, Agnes Cunningham. OFFICERS Loraine Pote President Vernelle FJicks Secretary Sabrena Sanford .... Vice-President Genevieve Clatterbuck Treasurer Mrs. J. A. B. Davis Sponsor The purpose of the Girls’ Hi-Y is to create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character.’’ The main activities were: adopted a needy girl in the grammar school, to whom food and clothing was sent; attended vari- ous churches once a month; sponsored a movie to send delegates to the Fli-Y conferences; planned religious assemblies; and placed inspiring mottos in each room weekly. On February 11, the Sweetheart Cotillion, an annual event, was held in the high school gymnasium. Also, two induction services were held during the year, and a mother and daughter picnic was given. Waiting for the other mem- bers of the Girls’ Fli-Y, these girls stand in front of the Pen- tecostal Church where they at- tended services one Sunday morning. On a windy day the officers of the club, Loraine Pote, Sabrena Sanford, and Genevieve Clatter- buck, move closer together for warmth. i 50 b BOYS’ BI-Y CLUB Improvers for Christian Living First row, left to right: Otis Burke, Stanley Brown, Thomas Kent, Mr. Floyd Binns. Second row: Richard Herbert, Howard Newlon, Walter Catron, Kermit Wagner, Daniel Crane. Third row: William Cook, James Swan, George Freeman, Palmer Stearns. Missing from picture: William Jenkins. OFFICERS Stanley Brown William Jenkins Otis Burke Thomas Kent Mr. Floyd Binns President Vice-President Secretary . . . . T reasurer Sponsor All boys interested in clean living are eligible to be members of the Boys Hi-Y. These boys attended church in a body once a month; they took charge of religious assemblies; they helped to keep the boys’ rest room clean; and they encouraged other boys to become members of the club. Along with the Girls’ Fli-Y they entertained the faculty and students with one of the biggest socials of the year, the Sweetheart Cotillion. Jimmy Swan, George Freeman, Stanley Brown, Buddy Catron, and Otis Burke stop outside the Pente- costal Church for a snapshot before going in to attend services. i 51 y •JUNIOR RED CROSS COUNCIL Helpers of Those Who Need First rote, left to right: Terence Flannery, Wyvonne Weaver, Vernelle Hicks, Miss Martha Anderson. Second row: Margaret Quaintance, Lois Deal, Sandra Hunt, Virginia Arnold, Grace Weible, Alice Pierce. Third rou : Vivian Reams, Jack Yancey, Robert Inskeep, Hattie Faulkner. Fourth row: Thomas Browning, Estil Brown, Robert Button, Roy Carroll. Missing from picture: Mary Rogers Button. Officers Wyvonne Weaver President Vernelle Hicks Secretary Terence Flannery Vice-President Mary Rogers Button Treasurer Miss Martha Anderson Sponsor The Junior Red Cross Council, which consists of a representative from each home- room, had many plans for this school year. Again last summer the council was represented at the J. R. C. Leadership Training Center which was held in Pennsylvania. Mary Rogers Button and Wyvonne Weaver, who attended this camp, came back with ideas for activities of the council. The Council helped the Senior Red Cross Chapter to decorate baskets for distribution to the needy at Christmas. In November an enrollment campaign was staged. An International Art Album was planne boxes, to be sent overseas, were packed. for exchange with a foreign nation. Gift Terry Flannery and Wyvonne Weaver will- ingly display for the staff photographer one of the Junior Red Cross posters they are distributing to the various homerooms. { 52 y FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA Business Heads of Tomorrow Fin row, left to right: Margaret Thomas, Ellen Dodson, Helen Jones, Elizabeth Webb, Ruth Bunch, Dorothy Settle, Violet Smith, Anna Myers, Naomi Claxton. Second row: Alice Pierce, Rebecca Jenkins, Joyce Brown, Helen Highlander, Mrs. Robert Chilton, Doris Pickleheimer, Emily Edwards, Louise Brown, Thelma Whitlock, Barbara Hutcherson. Third row: Virginia Arnold, Gjoria Moss, Agnes Cunningham, Hope Heflin, Patricia Scott, Louise Hadder, Audrey Turner, Mary Lou Carroll. Fourth row: Betty Thompson, Anna Kearnes, Grace Kearnes, Jean Hensley, Violet Soutter, Virginia Carpenter, Ann Carder. Missing from picture: Mildred Ruth Weaver. OFFICERS Margaret Thomas President Alice Pierce Treasurer Louise Brown Vice-President Elizabeth Webb Reporter Agnes Cunningham Secretary Mrs. Robert Chilton Sponsor The Future Business Leaders of America was organized in 1948. This organization serves as a means of giving young people who plan to enter the business world an oppor- tunity to learn about business organizations and the way they work. Any student who is enrolled in one or more business subjects, either in office or distributive training, is eligible to become a member of the local chapter upon the pay- ment to the national office of twenty-five cents dues each semester. The F. B. L. A. visited Washington, D. C., in the spring, where they visited Strayer’s College and the F. B. I. Building. On a windy day in January, officers of the F. B. L. A., Alice Pierce, Agnes Cunningham, Margaret Thomas, and Lou Brown, consent to pose for the staff camera- man. i 53 f DISTRIBUTORS’ CLUB Tyros of the Counter First rou, left to right: Margaret Thomas, Helen Jones, Joyce Brown, Helen Highlander. Second rou. : Rebecca Jenkins, Ann Foushee, Marie Leake, Hazel Beahm, Irva Walker, Mary Lou Carroll. T bird raw: Miss Joan Lane. OFFICERS Helen Jones President Joyce Brown Vice-President Helen Highlander Secretary Margaret Thomas Treasurer Miss Joan Lane . . Sponsor Members of the D. E. Club spent the morning in school, and the afternoon working at their respective jobs. To raise funds the club members sponsored a movie. For entertainment they gave a Christmas party, and for information and experience, they visited Richmond and sent delegates to the state D. E. convention. During the year, the club had several outstanding personalities of the business world to speak to them at their regular meetings. The D. E. students and their teacher, Miss Joan Lane, pose in front of their banner before begin- ning their class. Resting on the school steps before they are off to their respective jobs, the D. E. officers are Mary Lou Car- roll, Joyce Brown, Margaret Thomas, and Helen Jones. J 54 1- DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATIONS CLUB Skillful Trade Workers First rou’, left to right: Douglas Grady, Charles Curtis, Leroy Leavell, Russell Aylor, Conrad Butler, Mr. Howard Newlon. Second row : Kemper Fant, J. E. Brown, Vinton Twyman, Frank Brown, Lindbergh Settle, Dick Butler. OFFICERS Douglas Grady President Mr. Howard Newlon Sponsor The D. O. Club, organized in the fall of 1948, had as its objectives to advertise diversified occupations programs, to encourage improvement in scholarship, and to have all students to take an active part in club meetings and programs. Taking a much needed rest Doug Grady, president, and Mr. Newlon, sponsor, sit on the steps and chat. i 55 Y HOME ECONOMICS CLUB F uturc Homemakers of America First row, left to right: Opal Wood, Hattie Faulkner, Willie Rumsey, Virginia White, Patricia Kerrick, Rachel Jenkins, Betty Jean Jones, Mildred Johnson. Second row: Mrs. George Hudson, Isabell Hawkins, Ann Foushee, Joan Carver, Frances Jenkins, Nancy Duff, Emily Edwards, Louise Cubbage. Third row: Margaret Fincham, Helen Myers, Betty Ann Crane, Mildred Ruth Weaver, Rena Kibler, Sandra Hunt, Carrie Payne, Gertrude Hitt, May Grady. Fourth row: Ruth Allen, Eleanor Brown, Ann Brown, Elizabeth James, Mildred Carder, Laura Brown, Elizabeth Hitt, Mary C. Sheades, Lucille Leake. Missing from picture: Marian Payne, Maude Perryman, Lee Cooper, Frances Durham, Catherine Estes. OFFICERS Marian Payne . President Patricia Kerrick Vice-President Ann Foushee Secretary Opal Wood Treasurer Rachel Jenkins Reporter Mrs. George Hudson . . Sponsor One of the most helpful clubs in school is the Home Ec Club, which adopted an un- fortunate child in the first grade and cared for her throughout the year. Girls of the Home Ec Club learn how to cook, sew, can, preserve, and also home nursing. In short, this club teaches the girl how to be a better wife and mother of tomorrow. Working diligently the welfare committee is shown wrapping pres- ents for the needy for Christmas. They are Marian Payne, Frances Jenkins, Betty Jones, Opal Wood, and Sandra Hunt. J 56 y First row, left to right: Edgar Sims, Roy Estes, Raymond Childress, Mr. R. R. Tolbert. Second row: James Weakley, John Dodson, Samuel James. Third row: Robert Peters, Norman Pycha, James Whitlock, Frank Hensley, Campbell Hitt, T. T. Curtis, William O’Bannon. Fourth row: John Taylor, William Pickett, Augustus Yowell, Thomas Priest, George Jones, John Brown, Oscar Dodson. Fifth row: Russell Hunt, Clarence Curtis, Otis Hitt, Paul Davis, Clyde Whitlock, John Frazier, Winfrey Barfield, Ray Grady, James Hilton. Sixth row: Harry Brown, Kelly Corbin, James Arthur, Charles Racer, Fred Smith, Ira Hawkins. Seventh row: Sydney Hypes. Missing from picture: Conrad Butler, Dick Butler, Winfrey Corbin, James Gorman, EJmer James, William Jenkins, Charles Sisk, Vinton Twyman. OFFICERS Roy Estes President John Dodson Treasurer Samuel James Vice-President James Whitlock Reporter Raymond Childress ....... .Secretary Mr. R. R. Tolbert .Sponsor With one thought in mind, Keep Virginia Green,” the Future Farmers of America participated in soil conservation and federation contests. One of their biggest events of the year was the father and son banquet. There was only one disadvantage, the F. F. A. had only one meeting a month, but they managed to secure at least five applicants for the state degree. The George Washington F. F. A. Federation Basketball tournament was held at Spotsylvania on February 5. Culpeper F. F. A. won over Stafford 40 to 8 in a preliminary game. Posing for the photographer the officers of the F. F. A. get back to their precious soil. They are: Sammy James, Roy Estes, Raymond Childress, and James Whitlock. 4-B CLUB Makers of the Best, Better First row, left to right: Lois Doyle, Janet Bolen, Ruth Printz, Louise Hitt, Mildred Carder, Laura Brown. Second row: Claudette Bache, Charlotte Heflin, Elinor Chilton, Virginia Carpenter, Marie Painter, Alicia Taylor. Third row: William Bledsoe, Edgar Sims, Paul Brown, Samuel James, Sydney Hypes. Fourth row: Lee McCallum, Campbell Hitt, Elwood Smoot, Robert Peters, John D. Yowell, Mr. R. R. Tolbert. Missing from picture: Harry Brown, Jack Brown, Lois Deal, James Gorman, Margaret James. OFFICERS Louise Hitt Edgar Sims Virginia Carpenter Lee McCallum Janet- Bolen Mr. R. R. Tolbert President ' Vice-President Sccretary-T reasurer Reporter Song Leader Sponsor For the first time the club held its meetings at night in the municipal building. The 4-H Club plans to do many new things in the future, such as project work and develop- ment of a recreation hour. This year the advisor, Mr. R. R. Tolbert, was assisted by Mr. Paul Cassell, assistant county agent, and Miss Elizabeth Farrar, home demonstration agent for Culpeper County. 4-H Club officers Sonny Sims, Janet Bolen, Louise Hitt, and Mary Rogers Button sit on the steps and plan their next project. { 58 y ATHLETICS Modern educational standards demand more from the schools than the funda- mental courses of reading, writing, and other sciences. There should and must be included in the curriculum opportunity for participation in athletics, not only to develop physical fitness but also to develop traits such as cooperation, honesty, good sports- manship, and other innumerable ones. The strength and skills created by participating in athletics are similar to those needed by soldiers. More than 1050 men and women from Culpeper County served in every branch of the service in World War II. A total of twenty-six natives of Culpeper were killed. Fourteen of these were killed in battle, three died of wounds received, and nine were killed in accidents. Culpeper honored its returned war heroes with a parade, followed by ceremonies on the court house lawn on December 7, 1945. It was planned especially to honor Major William Wallis Lewis, a native of Culpeper who was captured with Major James P. Devereux on Wake Island. Also honored on this day were seven veterans who were iaken prisoners in the European theater of action. These men were Lieut. Robert Blish Jones, Sgt. Thornton Stringfellow, Sgt. Robert L. Martin, Pvt. John E. Riley, Pvt. Andrew L. Berry, Sgt. John W. Feaganes, and Sgt. Charles Allport. This day became generally known as ' Wallis Lewis Day. Major Devereux was openly welcomed by Culpeper citizens when he was the speaker at Memorial Day exercises in Culpeper in 1946. In the next section, pictures and season records of athletic events of the school year will be pictured. In the picture above students examine the Ftonor Roll of men from Culpeper who served in World War II. This Honor Roll is located on the Court house lawn. VARSITY FOOTBALL First Team William Jenkins, RHB Douglas Grady, QB (Captain) Marshall Sophia, LHB Daniel Crane, FB Roy Estes, RE Richard Herbert, RG James Swan, LG Walter Catron, LE Stanley Brown, RT (Co-Captain) Leroy Leavell, C Thomas Colvin, LT Mr. A. T. Howard Line Coach VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD Opponents Place We T hey Louisa Home 53 0 Luray Home 35 0 Warrenton Home 27 0 Strasburg Home 27 6 Glen Allen Home 6 18 Front Royal Home 33 12 Fredericksburg A way 20 27 Falls Church Away 14 0 Manassas Away 49 19 Mt. Vernon Away 6 14 f-S 4 k Mr. Edward Null Backfield Coach . .A s. v % !r a “ ' ■ ' . r •-0- V • ' ‘ -R- Glen Allen, in the third quarter on the third down, gets set to carry the ball around right end. Glen Allen supporters are shown in the background. SECOND AND THIRD TEAMS First row: William Gilbert, Manager; John Weible, RE; David Guinn, C; Howard Newlon, RG; James Gorman, LT; Roy Carroll, LE; Thomas Browning, Manager. Second row: Palmer Stearns, RHB; William O’Bannon, RHB; Ray Grady, QB; Kermit Wagner, LHB; Douglas Stringfellow, FB; William Bledsoe, LHB. Third row: George Freeman, RE; Charles Sisk, RT; Lewis Dodson, RG; Robert Loy, C; Thomas Preston, LG; J. H. Payne, LT ; Frank Hensley, LE. Mute testimony of the Falls Church game played at Fairfax in a downpour of rain, the team’s uniforms are spread out to dry. At half-time during the Glen Allen game, Coach Ed Null gives first aid to Roy Estes as the rest of the squad relaxes. .JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTRALL Future Gridiron Champions . First row, left to right: James Moore, James Kelley, William Colvin, Pete Clatterbuck, Richard Hensley, John Minnis, Terence Flannery. Second row: James Rosser, Andrew Curtis, Bayne Bentley, Jickson Utz, Lee McCallum, Robert Button, Fdgar Sims. Third row: Richard Coates, John Dodson, Robert Coates, Thomas Hawkins, Robert Dwyer, Francis Thompson. JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD Opponents Place We They Warren County High Away 6 25 Lane High Home 12 12 Woodberry Forest Away 6 0 James Monroe Away 0 27 Lane High Away 0 6 Cheering wildly for their players are the students at a football game and even the outsiders look enthusiastic. { 62 1 - GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL Gatherers of Fame First row, left to right: Julia Hitt, Catherine Jenkins, Maxine Baber, Lois Deal, Ann Herndon, Pauline Jenkins, Margaret Fincham, Lois Domazet. Second row: Mr. Floyd Binns, Sally Ann Barber, Barbara Soihia, Eleanor Hitt, Elizabeth Carpenter, June Wood, Mary Ellen Baumgardner, Martha Ann Colvin, Juanita Payne, Audrey Williams. Ann Herndon Captain Audrey Williams Manager Mr. Floyd Binns Coach GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD Opponents Place We They Madison . . . .Away 11 31 Washington . . . . . .Away 11 18 Falmouth .... . . . . Home 9 32 Spotsylvania . . . . . .Home 28 21 Manassas . . . . Away 26 21 Spotsylvania . . . . . . Away 25 10 Opponents Place We They Falmouth .... . . . . Away 23 26 Front Royal . . . . . . Away 16 27 Manassas . . . .Home 17 15 Front Royal . . . . . . . Home 19 28 Washington . . . . . . Home 19 6 Madison . . . . Home 20 18 Maxine Baber demonstrates how she guards Martha Ann Colvin, who is about to try for a goal. Margaret Fincham shows how she guards a forward, Ann Herndon, who is about to make a pivot throw. Lois Domazet attempts to guard Pauline Jenkins who starts for a wicked pass. GIRLS’ JUNIOR VARSITY RASKETRALL Novices of the Hoop First row, left to right: Barbara Crane, Elsie Brown, Jo Anne Trice, Betty Jean Clark, Barbara Carpenter, Mar- garet Quaintance. Second rote: Janet Bolen, Anna Lee Martin, Rachel Leake, Jeanne Jones, Page Borst, Miss Margaret Hawkins. Jo Anne Trice { Betty Jean Clarr ) Miss Margaret Hawkins.... Co-Captains Coach The girls’ jayvee basketball team plays a seven game schedule. These girls hope to gain experience so that they will become varsity players next year. The co-captains are Jo Anne Trice and Betty Jean Clark. GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD Opponents Place We They Opponents Place We They Madison . . . .Awav 4 IS Manassas . . . . Home 23 13 Falmouth .... . . . . Home 6 29 Front Royal . . . . . . Home 12 19 Falmouth . . . . . . Away 3 34 Madison . . . . Home 21 40 Front Royal .... Away 9 28 Washington . . . . . . Home 12 6 Barbara Crane, forward, demonstrates an overhead throw as Page Borst guards her. Betty Jean Clark, forward, shows the cameraman how an underarm pass is thrown as Jo Anne Trice guards the pass. Margaret Quaintance, with feet close together, guards Anna Lee Martin as she begins a chest pass. BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL Cham pious of the Backboard Vint row, left to right-. Jerome Jenkins, Walter Catron, George Freeman, Herbert Garr, Ray Grady, Mr. A. T. Howard. Second row: Homer Garr, Robert Loy, Howard Newlon, Kermit Wagner, Palmer Stearns, Marshall Sophia. Missing from picture: Thomas Preston, Roy Carroll. Herbert Garr Captain Walter Catron Co-Captain Jerome Jenkins Manager Mr. A. T. Howard Coach BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD Opponents Place We They Opponents Place We They Eront Royal . . . Home 19 18 Orange . . . Home 46 35 Luray . . .Home 34 24 Falmouth . . Home 27 40 Luray . . . .Away 16 15 Falmouth . . . Away 34 55 Fredericksburg . . . .Away 28 30 Falls Church . . . . . . Away 49 48 Manassas . . . Home 26 21 Manassas . . . Away 19 52 Spotsvlvania . . . . . Home 31 24 Madison . . . Home 27 25 Madison . . . Away 26 29 Front Royal . . . . . . Away 44 37 Falls Church . . . Home 34 30 Fredericksburg . . . . . Home 34 21 Spotsylvania . . . 40 39 Orange . . . Away 37 26 Marshall Sophia demonstrates an on guard” position. George Lreeman, who controls a spot under the backboards, poses in a forward posi- tion. Ray Grady shows how he fakes his opponent out of position. Herbert Garr often uses a one-hand push shot to keep the record of varsity high scorer. Howard Newlon takes a defensive guard stand. BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL First row, left to right: Douglas Noakes, Richard Hensley, Keith McNeer, Robert Somers, Thomas Browning, Gene Wagner, Francis Thompson, Joseph Knakal, Paul McNeer. Second rou: T. T. Curtis, Vernon Shaffer, Barry Hounshell, Robert Coates, James Moore, John Weible, Thomas Hawkins, Elmer James, Charles Crane. Third row: Mr. Edward Null. Francis Thompson Captain Charles Crane Manager Mr. Edward Null Coach BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL RECORD Opponents Place We They Eront Royal . . .Home 20 22 Luray . . . Home 30 1 1 Luray 19 25 Fredericksburg . . . .Away 26 30 Manassas . . .Home 28 31 Madison . . .Away 31 21 Falls Church . . . . . .Home 24 38 Orange . .Home 34 16 Opponents Place We T hey Falmouth . . .Home 36 32 Falmouth Away 30 32 Falls Church . . . . . . Away 22 37 Manassas 33 42 Madison . . . Home 22 16 Front Royal .... . . . Away 13 21 Fredericksburg . . . . Home 25 28 Orange . . . Away 14 18 Tommy Thompson, captain of the J. Y.’s, hugs the basketball on his way to practice. i ee y SOFTBALL Undefeated Champions First row, left to right: Miss Margaret Hawkins, Mr. Floyd T. Binns. Second row: Loraine Pote, Jane Hilton, Hollie Amos, Nancy Biche, Margaret Fincham, Rachel Jenkins, Lucy Ann Wolfrey. Third row: Lois Deal, Eleanor Baber, Ann Herndon, Edwina Strong, Ellen Baber, Hope Heflin, Maude Perryman. Fourth row: Norma Jean Utz, Hildred Jones, Helen Richards, Ruth Baber, Sandra Hunt. Batting Averages A.B. H. Avg. Jane Hilton . 24 16 .666 Eleanor Baber . . . . . 29 19 .665 M. Rachel Jenkins 66 43 .652 Ann Herndon . . . . . 82 47 .571 Hildred Jones . . . . . 58 33 .569 Loraine Pote . 76 43 .566 Lucy Wolfrey . 75 42 .560 Margaret Fincham 13 7 .538 Hollie Amos . 77 40 .519 Edwina Strong . . . . 56 29 .518 Lois Deal . . 2 1 .500 Maude Perryman . . . 21 10 .476 Ellen Baber 36 17 .472 Nancy Bache . . . . . 54 24 .444 ' Hope Heflin .... 6 2 .333 Team total . . . . .675 373 .553 1948 GIRLS SOFTBALL RECORD Date Place School We They April 6 There Louisa 21 3 April 9 There Spotsylvania 26 3 April 13 Here Manassas 12 5 April 16 There Madison 12 5 April 20 Here Orange 46 7 April 28 Here Mt. Vernon 10 6 April 30 Here Warrenton 42 3 May 4 There Warrenton 34 1 May 7 There Manassas 29 7 May 1 1 Here Madison 10 9 May 14 Here Louisa 10 0 May 18 There Mt. Vernon 25 5 May 21 There Orange 24 2 May 2 5 Here Spotsylvania 47 0 Rachel Jenkins slugs the softball far into right field. Pitcher Ann Herndon, gives a Madison batter one of her fast balls. Edwina Strong gives the ball a hard smack for a good two-base hit. BASEBALL Sluggers of the Apple” Front rote’, left to right: Mr. Edward Null, John Quinn, Kermit Wagner, Ellis Dulaney, William Jenkins, Herbert Garr, Kenneth Maddox, George Jones, Roy Estes, Gene Wagner. Second Row: Frank Hensley, John Henry Brown, Bernard Wrenn, Roy Carroll, George Freeman, Palmer Stearns, Edward Johnson, Marshall Sophia. Missing from picture: John R. Brown. John R. Brown Captain John Quinn Manager Gene Wagner . . .Manager Mr. Edward Null ... .Coach BOYS’ BASEBALL RECORD, 1948 Opponents Place We They Opponents Place We They Spotsylvania . . . . . .Home 8 0 Falmouth . . .Home 4 8 Spotsylvania . . . . . . Away 8 11 Falmouth Manassas . . . Away 1 9 Mt. Vernon . . . . Home 1 4 Manassas . . . .Home 8 7 Mt. Vernon . . . . . . .Away 7 11 Orange . . . Home 4 3 Stuyvesant . . . . . . .Home 18 1 Orange . . . .Away 6 13 Stuyvesant . . . . .Away 9 6 Madison . . . . Away 2 8 Falls Church . . . . . . Away 3 5 Madison ... . . . . Home 13 4 Falls Church . . . — Rain . . . Home 9 0 George Jones slams a ball far into right field. Marshall Sophia sends a wicked drive into left field. Herbert Garr sails past second base. William Jenkins soars onto third base — the speediest man on the entire team. i 68 y iffilH First row, left to right: Mr. A. T. Howard, Marshall Sophia, Richard Herbert, William O’Bannon, Estil Brown, Howard Newlon, James Gorman, Jack Fincham, Oscar Dodson. S econd row: Palmer Stearns, James Swan, Ray Grady, Lewis Dodson, J. H. Payne, Arnold Birkett, Daniel Crane, James Rosser. Third row: William Jenkins, Stanley Brown, Robert Loy. Missing from picture: R. E. Dean and Ivan Jenkins. Opponent Madison Warrenton Woodberry Forest Stuyvesant Class B Schools) District 2 TRACK RECORD Place Winner Away Culpeper Home .Culpeper Away Woodberry Forest Woodberry Forest Bulldog” Herbert sends the shot high, serving notice to Devil opponents to beware the Bulldog.” Danny Crane soars 5 ' S over the bar. Billy O’Bannon and Howard Newlon finish the 220-yard dash together. A 69 b GIRLS’ MONOGRAM CLUB Devilctte Winners of the C” First row, left to right: Ann Herndon, Edwina Strong, Martha Ann Colvin, Miss Margaret Hawkins, Lucy Wolfrey, Margaret Fincham, Pauline Jenkins. OFFICERS Ann Herndon President Miss Margaret Hawkins Sponsor The Girls’ Monogram Club is composed of girls who have done outstanding work in athletics, and who have been awarded a C”. The club sponsored the intramural basketball games played by the physical education classes at activity period. The members served as coaches, referees, timers, and scorers for these games. The purpose of these games was to give students who have no chance to participate in school athletics an opportunity to play on an organized team. Some members of the undefeated girls’ softball team prepare to venture to Mt. Vernon for another win. Planning another intramural game, members of the club look over scores. i 70 y BOYS’ MONOGRAM CLUB Holders of the C” First row, left to right: Richard Herbert, Frank Hensley, Herbert Garr, Stanley Brown, Walter Catron, Hermit Wagner. Second row: Douglas Grady, Daniel Crane, Leroy Leavell, Howard Newlon, Marshall Sophia. Third row: Mr. Edward Null, J. H. Payne, Roy Estes, George Freeman, Thomas Colvin. Missing from picture: William Jenkins, Ray Grady, George Jones, Charles Sisk. OFFICERS William Jenkins President J. H. Payne . Vice-President George Freeman Secretary-Treasurer Smack, bang, wham, ouch! All of these noises were heard on the days of initiation of the boys into the Monogram Club. To be a member of the Monogram Club, a boy must be outstanding in any sport and achieve at least one letter for that sport or some other. Kermit Wagner, dressed in tattered clothes; Frank Hen- sley, ready to do an exhibition hula dance; and Charles Sisk are worn out after a day of Monogram initiation. George Freeman takes a needed body rest after being paddled. Jug Payne and Danny Crane pose for the photographer after which they will get a few slaps from Richard Herbert. { 71 j CHEERLEADERS Boosters of School Morale VARSITY CHEERLEADERS Right: Varsity cheerleaders take time out during the Beat Glen Allen Parade” to have a picture taken. Left: Cheerleaders Betty Lou Burke and Charles Crane give themselves a work- out in yelling. • Frances Kelly, Leader Miss Margaret Hawkins, Sponsor Left to right: Lois Deal, June Wood, Page Borst, Charles Crane, Frances Kelly, Doris Payne. The six Varsity Cheerleaders led by Frances Kelly were chosen in the spring. The Junior Varsity Cheerleaders were picked by the varsity cheering squad. While the Varsity cheerleaders were cheering at the varsity football games, the J. V. cheerers did likewise at the junior varsity games. Both squads cheered at basketball games. The two groups sold candy in order to raise money to buy their letters. JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADERS Left: High School parade before the Glen Allen game. Right: Junior Varsity Cheerleaders pose for the cameraman in front of Glen’s before the big” football game. • Janet Bolen, Leader Miss Margaret Hawkins, Sponsor • Left to right: Maxine Weaver, Jo Anne Trice, Janet Bolen, Jeanne Jones, Patricia Waters, Betty Ray Spillman. A visit to Culpeper by Marquis de Lafayette proved to be one of the most out- standing events in early Culpeper history. At the close of the Revolution, Lafayette had returned to France. Revisiting America in August, 1825, he was the guest of the nation. It was during this visit that he accepted an invitation to visit Culpeper. He received the invitation at Montpelier, where he was meeting with James Madison, James Monroe, and others of his old friends. On August 22, he started to Culpeper accompanied by Monroe. On the way he received ovations from everybody along the way. The company arrived at Greenwood, home of Judge John W. Green, for refresh- ments. Here he was introduced to each man personally, after which he went to the Masonic Hall where crowds of his friends were awaiting him. Here he received the veterans of ' 76, many of whom were old members of the Culpeper Minute Men. Following this a great dinner was served at Bell Tave rn. The banquet was held under a huge tent in the yard because of the large crowd. This banquet consisted of meats, barbecued in every style, roasted pigs, ducks, turkeys, hams, and all the trim- mings. Thirty toasts were drunk, proving that the atmosphere was gay and merry. That night a ball was held at the Masonic Hall. Lafayette left the following morning for Warrenton. One hundred years later, August 22, 1925, Culpeper citizens relived Lafayette s visit in a pageant given on the lawn at Greenwood. While the events pictured and recorded in the next section may not be of such significance as to be relived 100 years hence, they are worthy of special presentation as outstanding events and occasions of the year. In the picture three high school students walk under the trees that once sheltered Lafayette from the August sun. 0 ) l JtksL dfaafidA, 4, 1%8-ty9 by Jack Bache and Marian Payne September 7 — School started. Hallelujah! We are seniors at last. September 11-12 — First week-end. We surely needed the rest. September 17 — Candlelighting Service. Our S. C. A. officers were very impressive. October 4 — First issue of the Pepergram. The staff did a swell job. October 8 — District Teachers Meeting. A holiday at last! October 15 — Glen Allen game. The big game of the season but we lost 18-7. Better luck next time. October 19 — End of first six weeks. How did anyone make straight A’s! November 8 — Colonnade pictures were taken. We watched the birdie and smiled. November 9 — Parents’ night! Mom and Pop were given a better understanding of school life. November 19 — Juniors sponsored Sunshine Sue.” It was a treat for the hillbillies! November 2 5-26 — Thanksgiving at last! We were thankful for everything, the vacation mostly. December 3 — S. C. A. sponsored first dance. Everyone had a grand time! December 9 — Basketball season opened. The Blue Devil Cagers defeated Front Royal 19-18. Close! Wasn’t it? December 10 — Dramatic Club play. Who was The Man on the Stairs”? December 21 — Christmas vacation! Was everybody happy? Two weeks of nothing to do. January 3 — Back to work. Most of us survived the exams! January 12 — Faculty-Student basketball game. We rooted for the teachers. January 15 — March of Dimes. These contributions were for a worthy cause. January 28 — Senior privileges granted. It was nice to go up town without an excuse. February 1 1 — Sweetheart Cotillion, first formal of the year. Thanks, Hi-Y. February 2 5 — Big basketball game. The Cagers put on a swell performance. March 11 — Monogram Club Dance. Semi-formal and lots of fun. April 1 — Library Club Dance. Bookworms” gave an April Fool’s Dance. April 22 — Seniors present The Haunted Schoolhouse.” The play was a big success. April 29 — The big event of the year, Junior-Senior Prom. You juniors worked hard and we certainly appreciated it. April 15-18 — Easter Holiday, five days of fun. But, Alas! How soon it was all over. May 24 — Seniors sent announcements. May 27 — Class Day. The Colonnade was late. May 29 — Annual sermon for seniors. June 3 — Graduation. Ah, those long awaited sheepskins. J 74 y J hsL WL-% QlubA. fcnhAJtauL Uisl SkidswlA, wjMl ihsL SWEETHEART COTILLION Above the photographer catches Danny Crane, Jackie Kilby, Stanley Brown, and Loraine Pote as they circle the floor for the second time. Immediately following intermission, mem- bers of the Boys’ and Girls’ Hi-Y and their dates joined in the Grand March, led by the two Hi-Y presidents, and formed a heart. Then there was a no-break dance for the Hi-Y members only. To end a perfect night of dancing, the last dance was announced, and all boys got their respective dates to dance the last dance with them to the tune of I’ll See You In My Dreams.” So ended a perfect night, thanks to the Hi-Y clubs. One of the most awaited events of the school year is the Sweetheart Cotillion.” This dance is given annually by the Boys’ and Girls’ Hi-Y clubs; the two clubs work jointly to make this dance successful. It is customary for the dance to come as close to St. Valentine’s Day as possible. The Cotillion, being one of the two formal dances of the year, is the only formal which underclassmen may attend. The gym is usually decorated with red hearts and red and white streamers. Chosen as best dancers by a com- mittee of three and crowned by Mr. Edward Null, Margaret Quaintance and William Dudley Gilbert reigned over the occasion as Sweetheart King and Queen. A 75 y A CHAPTER OF HISTORY COMPLETED FOR THE CLASS OF 49 by Jean Pierce and Beverly Rosenberg Ah! Those were the good ole days! Freshme l we were and ambitious. A little bewildered at this new, great, wide, wonderful world surrounding us, we soon got to know our way around. And were we glad! We could join clubs, participate in activities, attend school dances, and we didn’t have to look at the same teacher all day, for we changed classes every fifty minates. Speaking of classes, ours was the largest fresh- man class in school history, with 161. Led by Johnny Edmondson and sponsored by Mr. R. R. Tolbert, we resided in the various homerooms of Misses Virginia Lewis, Gertrude Lewis, Constance Sutton, and Elizabeth Whithorne. Saddest event of the year was t ie death of Miss Ruth Campbell, teacher in Culpeper High for thirty years. In ’46, we climbed to the level of sophomores, no, not all 161 of us. Keepers of the flock were Mrs. Russell Inskeep, Mrs. J. A. B. Davies, and Miss Miry C. Addison. Betty Lou Burke was made Head Shepherd, with full rights and privileges to keep her flock grazing steadily and quietly. Having lost one, we acquired another, new principal that is, who was none other than Mr. J. H. Combs. The eighth grade was added this year. C. H. S. played host to the District S. C. A. Convention in April. Under the able direction of Sponsor Laura Thornhill and President Edward Bentley, we prepared for the Occasion of our junior year — the Junior- Senior Banquet and Prom. My, how we slaved to raise funds. Remember the Vox Pop Show and the bathing beauties of the football team? Such plans, such work, such results! Why, we were the very first class to provide an orchestra for the mutual enjoyment of the two select” groups, or so we liked to call ourselves. Our theme for the prom was Stardust,” complete with a moon, stars, pine trees, and even clouds. While we were busy working on the prom, two new clubs were organized in school — the Future Business Leaders of America and the Diversified Occupations clubs. Also the long awaited and much talked-about band was formed. At last we started on the last mile of our journey. Tommy Colvin came up with the highest vote for the exalted rank of president. And Mr. Floyd Binns, being supervisor of the dignified,” tried to encourage us to live up to our title. Class rings came in September! Were we proud! Something new was added that made us feel really big. After much debating by the faculty, senior privileges were granted to us, and did we take advantage! After we ordered cards, invitations, and caps and gowns, our main concern was the senior play and the prom. Speaking of the prom, let us take time out to thank the small junior group for such a big prom. They must have thought that one good turn deserved another, because they even hired an orchestra for our enjoyment. Another big event was Class Day when the Colonnade was presented to the students. Then came the sermon for the seniors, our last minute pep talk before we would go out into the cold, hard world to face the new life that was ahead of us. Then, graduation! The last time we dignified seniors would walk down the aisle — this time not only down the aisle, but across the stage to receive our sheepskins. With tears in our eyes, with lumps in our throats, with happy but yet sad feelings in our hearts, we knew that we could never forget our dear teachers and classmates with whom we had so much fun in by-gone days at our dear alma mater, C. H. S. A 76 y SENIORS OF ’49 HONOR THEIR LEADERS Nominated by the faculty and elected by the Senior Class, four seniors are selected each year fer their outstanding scholarship, loyalty, dependability, and contribution to school life. The 1949 seniors thus chosen are Howard Newlon, Loraine Pote, Sabrena Sanford, and Mary Love Somer ville. Howard Hampton Newlon, Jr. has demonstrated his executive ability throughout his high school career. He was vice-president of the Freshman Class, business manager of the Glee Club and Pepergram in his sophomore year, and president of the S. C. A. Council his senior year. Furthermore, he has shown his well-roundedness by participating in all athletics: football, basketball, baseball, and track. Because of his service and dependability he will make a place for himself in the future world, just as he has done at C. H. S. As president of the Girls’ Hi-Y, Barbara Loraine Pote has carried out the Hi-Y motto: To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and Howard Newlon community, high standards of Christian character.” She has also been out- Loraine Pote standing in her work on the S. C. A. Council, especially as secretary this year. She is active in the Glee Club and Library Club. Loraine played softball in her sophomore and junior years and basketball last year. She was also president of the Girls’ Monogram Club last year. She will be a success in life because of her unselfishness and loyalty. Sabrena Sanford was chosen editor-in-chief of the Colonnade because of her initiative, depend- ability, and ability to get things organized. The task of editing the Colonnade is not an easy one, but Sebrena, having served as junior representative on the ’48 staff, knew what was ahead of her. She also has given her support to the Girls’ Hi-Y, of which she is vice-president; to the S. C. A. Council; the Quill and Scroll Society; and the Dramatic Club, of which she is secretary and treasurer. Even though Sabrena participates in many activities, she finds time to keep her name on the honor roll. Her sincerity has made her well liked among all her schoolmates. Having transferred from St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis, Mary Love Somerville has been at C. H. S. only two years. However, she has made a place for herself in her home county, and her sense of humor has gained her many friends. Her business ability has made her business manager of the Colonnade and treasurer of the S. C. A. Council. In addition to these activities, she is vice-president of the Library Club and an active member of the Girls’ Hi-Y, Monitors’ Committee, and the Quill and Scroll Society. Her name is among those on the honor roll regularly each six weeks even though she is kept busy with her other activities. With these characteristics, we are sure Mary Love will make a success in whatever she undertakes. i 77 j. Sabrena Sanford Mary Love Somerville MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WAIL Most Original People can be original, but they seem to have gone overboard. Jean Pierce and Jack. Bache Most Athletic They’re ready to get in there and pitch, but what do you say let’s take one at a time? Lucy Ann Wolfrey and William Jenkins Most Versatile These two can do everything from turning flap-jacks to passing that pigskin. Loraine Pote and Kermit Wagner Most Happy-go-Lucky What smiles they have. They prove their point, this happy- go-lucky twosome. Agnes Cunningham and Sonny Leavell Most Popular We really have them on a pedestal, don’t we? Just one more move and they’re off. Betty Lou Burke and Marshall Sophia Wittiest What do they think they’re doing? Trying to make some- one laugh, Ha, Ha! Lois Domazet and Palmer Stearns J 78 y Best Lookin A glance in the mirror just to prove they’re pretty good looking. Wyvonne Weaver and Buddy Catron Most Likely to Succeed Stroking their loving cups? No, but they probably will be some day. Sabrena Sanford and Howard Newlon, Jr. Best All Around Best all around? Why pick a tree, a merry-go-round would be more appropriate. Mary Love Somerville and Tommy Colvin Most Dignified What a stately stance! After all, they are most dignified. Vernelle Hicks and Stanley Brown Most Dependable They depend on their fingers, we depend on them. Betty Webb and Terry Flannery Best Dancers We’ve seen them glide grace- fully across many a ballroom floor. Bev Rosenberg and Billy Cook WHO’S MOST TYPICAL OF TH EM ALL? i 79 y THE JUNIORS PLAY HOSTS TO THE SENIORS WITH THE JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM Shown in the picture above are hosts and guests for the not-to-be-forgotten occasion, the ’49 Junior- Senior Prom, staged in the gym at 8:3 0 to midnight, April 29. Left to right are: Richard Herbert, Gertrude Yowell, Jack Atkinson, Helen Kerrick, Stanley Brown, Betty Lou Burke, Jean Pierce, Tommy Colvin, and Douglas Stringfellow. Led by the executive committee composed of the four class officers — Richard Her- bert, president; Douglas Stringfellow, vice-president; Helen Kerrick, secretary; and Maude Perryman, treasurer — the Junior Class planned and worked on the Junior-Senior Prom from September to the night of the Prom. To secure funds for the occasion, the class sponsored a benefit movie and a radio performer’s program, and sold autograph books and Christmas cards. Sunrise Serenade” was used as a theme with appropriate decorations of purple and white. Conor C. Phillips and his Cavaliers” orchestra, first used by the ’48 Juniors, were again secured for the ’49 Junior-Senior Prom. i 80 y ADVERTISEMENTS Two hundred years is a long time to grow and develop. From the densely wooded area dotted by an occasional pioneer home, crossed by narrow trails, and showing undeveloped farm lands, has grown Culpeper of today. Justly proud of our forbears and grateful to them for the progress and improvement they initiated and maintained, we point with pride to the Culpeper of today. Diversified farming claims the interests of the greater portion of Culpeper citizens. High yields of barley, oats, wheat, corn, clover, and alfalfa harvested consistently year after year are the results of modern and scientific methods of farming. Herds of registered Guernseys, Holstein, and Jersey cows graze on farms equipped with modern dairy barns. Herefords, Angus, and Shorthorn herds are tended on other farms. Hogs rank high in the agricultural program where registered Poland China, Hampshire, Berkshire, Tamworth and Yorkshire are produced. Sheep produce finest quality wool, and lambs are sold on nearby markets. The agricultural interests of Culpeper are guided by the Agricultural Board. The county agent and home demonstration agent work closely with this board. F. F. A. and 4-H Club work is a major program of the county and members in these clubs have done outstanding work with their projects through these clubs. The Soil Conservation Service is for the purpose of advising and guiding farmers in proper soil conservation means. We have tried to make our advertising section indicative of the vocational, industrial, and agricultural phases of Culpeper County. On each page of advertise- ments you will notice a pertinent fact about Culpeper County. The Colonnade Staff wholeheartedly thanks these business firms for the generous support they willingly gave us. Culpeper High School CLASS RINGS Supplied by W. C. SAUNDERS COMPANY 717 East Grace Street RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The Culpeper Exponent The Quality Dry Cleaners BUCKNER GREEN, Manager Work Called For and Delivered Subscription price $2.00 year in advance $2.50 out of State • CULPEPER, VIRGINIA FASHION SHOPPE FRED’S FOOD MARKET Fred Kinzer Dial 2571 • Fancy Meats, Groceries CULPEPER, VIRGINIA and Frozen Foods CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dairy farmers of Culpeper County ship $165,000 worth of cream and milk to Wash- ington, D. C., every month. H 82 K 128 COMMERCE STREET Phone 8767 TRAILWAYS BUS TERMINAL WRIGHT-WEAVER GULF SERVICE GULF OIL PRODUCTS CULPEPER MOTOR COURT Completely Modern 502 North Main Street Phone 8228 WARD - RUE Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 1949 LUMBER PIEDMONT PRODUCE Robert and James Hudson CO. A. D. KELLY CULPEPER, VIRGINIA FURNITURE and MUSIC DEALER Lester Betsy Ross Pianos Crosley and Philco Refrigerators There are 1,419 farms in Culpeper County. i 83 y CULPEPER CREAMERY MONTICELLO BRAND ce Cream Butter Dial 4731 The RITZ HI-HAT RESTAURANT JOHN S. THORNTON 126 Main Street Culpeper, Virginia REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE GREEN ' S GROCERY Decorated Cakes for All Occasions FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES Fancy Groceries Let Us Help You With Your Party Plans KNAKAL ' S BAKERY Southeast School Assemblies CULPEPER DINER ROBERT E. ROTH, Director • • Where Good Food is GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Always Available C. D. KENNEY DIVISION Rosson Troilo Motor Co. Consolidated Grocers Corporation AUTO REPAIR and GLASS • Modern Grill — Tele. 2408 WASHINGTON 4, D. C. BRANDY, VIRGINIA The population of Culpeper County consists of 13,885 people, chiefly farm families. 4 84 y MILLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED Manufacturers SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, INTERIOR FINISH MILLWORK — BOX SHOOKS — LUMBER Office and Factory Stockton Street, Sixth to Seventh RICHMOND II, VIRGINIA FOR THE LADIES Healthy Glamorous Feet Gold Red Cross Shoes RAPIDAN MILLING AAAA-AAA-AA-A-B-C-D-E COMPANY Sold Here Exclusively Each Pair Fitted Perfectly Sizes 4 to 1 0 • High Grade Flours FOR THE CHILDREN Corn Meal, and Feed Weatherbird and P aypoise Longwearing Shoes • FOR MEN AND BOYS Peter ' s Shoes City C ub Shoes WATER GROUND IN • OLD VIRGINIA FOR THE GROWING MISS Peter ' s Shoes Melody Shoes William ' s Shoes LERNER’S RAPIDAN, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GIANT FOOD STORE HOMOGENIZED BOND BREAD MEATS and GROCERIES Bird ' s Eye Frosted Food Stays Fresh Longer BOND BAKERS CULPEPER, VIRGINIA The average farm in Culpeper County has I 78 acres. i 85 f THE JEWEL BOX • 1 1 1 Davis Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA HOFFMAN IMPLEMENT MONQUAIN SERVICE Electrical Corporation Successor to J. William Swan ★ • ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS John Deere — DeLaval New Idea — Papec Farm Equipment Authorized Hot point • APPLIANCE DEALER Service When You Need It Dial 2791 1 20 West Culpeper Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA ★ CULPEPER, VIRGINIA PHONE 8177 The CENTRAL JONES’ RADIO SHOP HARDWARE • • Home Appliances — Sales — Service J. B. CARPENTER, Manager • CULPEPER, VIRGINIA More milk per farm in Culpeper County is shipped to Washington than any other county in the State of Virginia shipping milk to the same market. t 86 h Florsheim Shoes for Men Enna Jettic Shoes for Women LEE ROSENBERG The Young Man Himself CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Henry Rosenfeld Dresses for Women Steven L. Stetson Hats for Men PRESTON M. BROWNING REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE 303 South Main Telephone 7761 ROCKLAND NURSERY MRS. G. B. SHADRACH, Proprietor Winston, Virginia — R. F. D. 1 Phone — Culpeper 4338 SALES SERVICE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCKS McCORMICK-DEERING FARM IMPLEMENTS A. W. Mitchell Co. South East Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial — Culpeper 5601 Western Auto Associate Store Davis Tires — Wizard Batteries True Tone Radios Home Owned and Operated by Gene Scearce 167 Davis Street Culpeper, Virginia JOHN T. SISK CULPEPER, VIRGINIA TRANSFER — LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE Culpeper County, serving eleven counties, is the artificial dairy breeding center of Northern Virginia. -I 87 h Stop at the Sign of the ORANGE DISC For the Best in Petroleum Products for Your Automobile F. R. SIMPSON Distributor - Gulf Oil Company PITTS THEATRES 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-J 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. Culpeper has more acres of alfalfa than any other county in Virginia. i 88 f ROYAL CROWN COLA NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Locally owned and operated Claude Vernon — Mac Thomas Winnie Eddins IT SURELY PAYS TO BUY ORANGES DIRECT FROM THE GROWER — Many thousands of customers agree with this statement. They prefer oranges, grape- fruit and tangerines sent to them direct by express, because: 1. They receive better quality, riper, sweet- er, juicier fruit. 2. Fruit sent by express arrives in better condition — it is fresher, tastes better, lasts longer. 3. It costs less — you pay only for the fruit, Bowers Flower Shop Corsages — Floral Designs — Bouquets Flowers tor All Occasions packing and express. Fruit direct from the groves of our member- growers is carefully selected and packed, and is offered to you direct-by-exDress under the DIAMOND R BRAND— Your guarantee Dial 3441 404 South Main Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA c of satisfaction ROPER GROWERS COOPERATIVE P. O. Box 218 Winter Garden, Florida ROCHESTER ROPES White School of Dancing 303 North Main Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA • CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Modern American Ballet Toe, Tap, and Ballroom CULPEPER FOOD SHOP Merchant’s Grocery • Plee-Zing 162 East Davis Street Brands Phone 454 1 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Culpeper is the only county in Virginia which has its own fertilizer mixing plant. i 89 y Model Airplanes Motors Gasoline Racers Culpeper Book Store 159 East Davis Street School Supplies — Cameras — Books CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1949 MAY YOUR CAREER BE A SUCCESSFUL ONE NOTTINGHAM’S Tires and Tubes Farm Tire Service Farm and Home Supplies SHEER AO) ft Home Appliances and Housewares Culpeper Appliances, Inc. 105 East Davis Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER. VIRGINIA Culpeper County covers an area of 384 square miles. { 90 h HOPKINS- WILLIS CHEVROLET CO., Inc. Your Chevrolet Dealer 24-Hour Towing 301 North Main Street, Culpeper Virginia Dial 3331 Night 5261 CASCADE PAPER COMPANY On the Hoosac River WAUGH North Adams, Massachusetts School Supplies - Cafeteria Equipment Your Representative — Mr. Perry Rowe Real Estate Agency Culpeper, Virginia Phone 8021 Stop at J. H. WILLIS SONS Congratulations to the Class of 49 LIGNUM, VIRGINIA Thank You Dial 4820 Arrington Cleaners and Dyers C. ROY JONES Optometrist - Jeweler BETTY ANN SHOP Optician Eyes Carefully Examined INFANTS ' and CHILDREN ' S WEAR Glasses Accurately Fitted 128 North Main Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GAYLON ZERICEL SCHENCK CHEESE CO. CONTRACTOR WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA • • MT. JACKSON, VIRGINIA Wholesale Food Specialties Culpeper County produces corn, barley, oats, and wheat in large quantities. d 91 Y Kitchen and Dining Room Supplies and Equipment for Hotels - Restaurants - Institutions WM. P. SWARTZ, JR. CO., Inc. 421 Luck Avenue Roanoke, Va. Culpeper Pharmacy Fine Candy and Drugs JIMMY WILLIAMS, Owner CULPEPER, VIRGINIA JOHN P. FLANNERY REAL ESTATE Dial 8787 Culpeper, Virginia J. J. Newberry Company Headquarters for School Supplies CULPEPER, VIRGINIA ROBERT M. STULTZ CERTIFIED WATCHMAKER Diamonds — Watches Jewelry P. W. FORE P. W.. Jr. CULPEPER MOTOR CO. Sales - Service - Ford Cars and Trucks Dial 2241 Culpeper, Virginia PULPWOOD — TAN BARK YANCEY BARK and LUMBER, Inc. Main Street Market CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GROCERIES and MEATS J. A. Bragg, Jr. Dial 2681 THE VIRGINIA STAR Browning Tractor and Ecpiipment Company J. L. MOORE, Manager Dial 3851 Box 590 126 Cameron Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA JOHN J. QUINN PLUMBING — HEATING Lennox Air Conditioning Phone 5391 209 South East Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GEORGE L. CLARKE Sporting Goods — Household Supplies Hardware — Stoves — Paint 2 1 7 Davis Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Holstein cows are predominate in Culpeper dairies, but there are also herds of Guernseys, Jerseys, and Ayrshires. { 92 h bports pause . . . Have a Coke COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS Inc. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA LEWIS PHARMACY SODAS — DRUGS IDEAL BARBER SHOP SHOWER BATH 307 North Main Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA With All Modern Conveniences Clore Funeral Home The Home of Thoughtful Service CULPEPER, VIRGINIA J. Carlton Clore, Manager Dial 2361 CULPEPER, VIRGINIA GLENS FAIR STORE PRICE F. L. WHITE CO. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Products You Prefer Prices You ' ll Like Alfalfa, lespedeza, clover, timothy, and mixed hays are produced liberally in Culpeper County. d 93 b SATISFACTION GUARANTEED PROMPT SERVICE CARPENTER’S SEED CLEANING PLANT GENERAL SEED CLEANING Treating — Clipping — Drying — Scarifying — Sales Mitchells, Virginia Dial 8300 THE KIAMIE TEXTILE MILLS, Inc. AND THE NEW CULPEPER MILLS, Inc. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA EUBANK CALDWELL, Inc. ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS Design and Construction ROANOKE, VIRGINIA Approximately twenty-three percent of Culpeper County is woodland. f 94 h MASSAPONAX SAND AND GRAVEL CORP. Sand, Gravel, and Concrete Fredericksburg Richmond Virginia Triangle Regent For All Occasions FUSSELL’S ICE CREAM Best since I 85 I 9 Dial 3661 Cul peper, Virginia Culpeper County has an R. E. A. Cooperative with one thousand members. d 95 h The C. and E. Co. (comfort) (economy) PROPER SANITATION For Your Schools and Institutions Super Seal-o-San Gym Finish Contractors and Applicators of ROCK WOOL INSULATION Neo Shine 1 8% Wax Floor San Universal Cleaner Huntington Laboratories, Inc. FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA 208-A Wakefield Apartments ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Phone 28 Jack Haney, Representative SHAFFER’S GARAGE EMPLOYMENT ED SHAFFER, Owner and • PROMOTION DeSoto and Plymouth Save time, save money, and begin a career earlier by attending STRAYER. An ideal suc- cess formula is — Strayer training plus Strayer SALES and SERVICE Employment Service. Evidence that you are qualified: The B.C.S. or M.C.S. degree from Strayer College of • Accountancy, or the approved Secretarial diploma from Strayer College of Secretarial training. Spencer Street Write for catalog or call in person for Dial 8021 information, guidance, or registration. CULPEPER, VIRGINIA STRAYER COLLEGE 13th and F Streets, N. W., Washington 5, D. C. CULPEPER LAUNDRY CLEMENT INSURANCE and CLEANERS AGENCY LAUNDRY and CLEANING DIVIDEND-PAYING INSURANCE SERVICE Second National Bank Building CULPEPER, VIRGINIA Dial 6251 Culpeper, Virginia Dial 241 1 Culpeper has 75,000 acres of crop land. d 96 h FLOWERS SCHOOL EQUIPMENT COMPANY Quality School and Church Furniture Phone 7-4035 327 West Main Street Richmond, Virginia Carpenter Brothers The L. W. SINGER Body and Fender Repair Shop COMPANY, Inc. Glass Work — Painting PUBLISHERS OF General Repair Work Your PROSE and POETRY Books JOHN A. BROWN General Merchandise LIGNUM, VIRGINIA Dial — 7817 Joseph Domazet C. C. Courtney Representatives Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co., Inc. JOHNSON ' S for QUALITY PIECE GOODS Dial 8744 Culpeper, Virginia We Need Your Head in Our Business SOPHIA ' S BARBER SHOP FOR CONSISTENT, UNSURPASSED QUALITY INSIST ON FARMERS CREAMERY DAIRY PRODUCTS THE FARMERS CREAMERY CO., Inc. FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA METRO PRODUCTS COMPANY Manufacturers of Building Maintenance Supplies P. O. Box 419 Atlanta I, Georgia Seventy-five percent of the income in Culpeper comes from agriculture, twenty per- cent from industries, and five percent from other sources. 4 97 F Longerbeam Furniture 201 East Davis Street CULPEPER, VIRGINIA W C V A 1490 Kilocycles 250 Watts CULPEPER, VIRGINIA MUSIC NEWS SPORTS DRAMA Affiliate of the NORTHERN VIRGINIA ICE CORPORATION KEYSTONE BROADCASTING SYSTEM Lang-Worth — Standard Music Libraries Block I ce Crushed Ice Ice Refrigerators Picnic Chests Phone 85 I I Culpeper Broadcasting Corporation United Press News 24 Hour Direct Wire NELL SNEADE’S BEAUTY SHOP (The Home of Personal Charm) Culpeper Co-operative Farm Bureau Any method of Permanent Wave Other Services of Beauty Culture to meet your personal needs Dial 6151 506 South Main, Culpeper, Va. For Better Service on Radios and Irons and Other Household Appliances See Handback ' s Electrical Service FLOUR — MEALS — FEEDS FERTILIZERS and General Farm Supplies MARTIN VARNISH COMPANY 900 West 49th Place Chicago, Illinois There are 6,000 alfalfa producing acres in Culpeper County today. d 98 h BEST WISHES from GOODE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION GENERAL CONTRACTORS CHARLOTTE, N. C and CULPEPER, VA. -ocated on more than fifty farms, artificial hay driers in Culpeper County outnumber those in any other county in the United States. -i 99 h Finis In this book, the 1949 Colonnade, we have come from the begin- ning of Culpeper, 1749, to the present, 1949. We have seen Culpeper move t hrough some of the greatest periods in modern history. The events of the past are now recorded history, and Culpeper students and citizens must face the future. We must build the future on the past. It will be only as successful, as bright, and as sunny as our best efforts will make it for years to come. The major portion of education of Culpeper County in the future will be centered in the new high ' school, ' the blpe print of which is shown in the picture above. Underclassmen Nydia- Lastre, Margaret James, and Barry Hounshell examine the drawing of the new school. The seniors of ’49 write finis to their education in the old school, and the underclassmen look to their future education in the new school, now under construction. 0 $ V scfi . 0 (P ' o- 4 •Q £. Co- =K„ . y 4 yCzt t •k. 2 tfi v V T -75S- a( X c A )