Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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CLASS SONG One last remembering, School days now are at an end Days spent in learning, Days in making friends; Mem'ries swell our hearts now As we bid farewell to you For our journey's over, We must say adieu. Farewell, Alma Mater, Time has come for us to part, Farewell, Alma Mater, The school of our hearts. vil School days are over, Now our goal has been attained; Classmates now sever, Part from fricnds we've gained, Though our days are through here We will always loyal be, To the school we love dear And her momory. Farewell, Alma Mater, Hearts are sad as parting's nigh, Farewell, Alma Mater, Ce. He Se goodbyce K

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—= scro0L DAZE CTS JOhn Barker Anne Davis Ruby Dennis Elizabeth Gates

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Ge ANTS eo CLASS HISTORY ) 5 == CHG As we look back over our high school life, we real- ize that our little class has spent many happy but turbulant years together and we reluctantly see these years coming to a close. Onur present class was started in the fifth grade un- der the guidance of Miss Gay Gilliam when Anne Davis and John Barker joined others who were here in previous years. Entering the seventh grade, we left several of our number behind. Miss Martin was the teacher for this year and at its end, although we did not have a seventh grade commonce— ment, we looked forward to entering a new phase of school life. Oh, what a thrill it was to bo a Freshman in high school! How strange it was! And what a beautiful new build- ing we had! Why, wo felt quito lost. Aftcr a time, however, we entercd into the swing of high sehool life, fecling very proud of our privileges and showing our importance to the grade pupils. During this year we suffered the loss of two of our students, Elicn Hongstler and Randolph Gilliam. After a sunmmor filled with fun, we entered our Soph- omore year. This ycar we were allowed to choosc from a wide field of studies, home economics being one of them. Miss Mar tha Giles was tae new and efficient teacher for this subject. Near the close of the year, we lost anothcr leading and help- ful classmate, Malcolm Stewart. We also lost our principal, Mr. J. A. Stanley, and our assistant principal, Mr. A. B. Row- lett, who were of great assistance to us. At last we were Juniors, fceling much loss important than we did as Freshman. Wo had a new principal, too! How anxious we were to get a first glimpse of him that fall! This Principal was Mr. McDanald, who has proved to be a faithful friend and helper to us. With grcat hopes we entcred into the activitics of the school during that Junior ycar,. First, we sponsored a dance at which everyone had a good time. We wore clatcd by this success so we produced a play, Hillbilly Courtship, di- rected by Mrs. Ruby Budd. Since we had never produced a play before, this was a big performance to us. It was an uproar- ous comedy in which Elizabcth Gates played the part of Emma, @ swect little mountain girl. Ruby Denmis, hor mothcr, was real hillbilly advertising for a husband. John Barkor was tho hard boiled neighbor of Emmy's people and the father of @ bashful, backward boy played by Pat MecKenry. Anne Davis was the country girl who had lived in the city for a while and Earl Billy Blanton was a radio man looking for talent in the hills. As time passed we realized that, as Juniors, it