Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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was our privilege to entertain th e Seniors. With great deter- mination to be the best host and hostesses, we planned a trip to Timber Lake. What sunburns we got while swimming, what blisters from rowing boats, and what a tired but happy bunch we were when we got back to Cumberland? As Scniors, we returned to school in a quandry. There were only four of us to shoulder all the responsibilities of Seniors! True to our old standards, however, we did not give up but resolved to do big things. We furnished members for the basketball and baseball teams as we had done in previous years. We worked hard at all of our activities and made a suc- cess of all of them. First, we gave a play. This time it was a mystery called Spooky Tavern. Elizabeth Gates and Anne Davis were college girls visiting an old tavern. John Barker played the part of the owner of this tavern... Ruby Dennis fornished a touch of comedy as an old colored mammy. This class was assis- ted, in producing this play, by other high school students. Mrs. Ruby Budd was our director. We wore very proud to have the Dramatic Club from Prospect as our guest. Of still more interest was our county wide beauty con- test. Thirty-six lovely girls from every scction of Cumberland County paraded before a large audience to the beautiful strains of Clyde Duvalil's Farmville Silvcr Band. Pretty Miss Anna Lee Blanton was chosen Miss Cumberland while Misses Lucie McKenry and June Kenny ran her a close’ second and third. Mrs. Ruby Budd was the director of this contest. Another big task undertaken successfully by our small class was the publication of an annual. Elizabeth Gates served as editor-in-chief, of this annual, Ruby Demis, the efficient literary editor, Anne Davis as production editor and John Bar- ker ranking as our sports editor. Due to our class being so small, we had to have double duties. For our artistic work, Elizabeth Gates served as a most talented art editor. Anne Davis brought the production out successfully serving as Busi- ness Manager. On May Day of this year we say Elizabeth Gatos crowned queen. John Barker was the stalwart prince. Ruby Dennis the lovely maid of honor, and Anne Davis a very courtly attendant. On Saturday, May 25th, the Senior Class was honored with a seight seeing trip by the Juniors. Was ever a crowd so eager to start? We were all ready to begin our trip at that early morning hour of six o'clock - even the members of the faculty who acted as chaperones. We will overlook a few yawns that escaped a few sleepy members of our party. Before return- ing we visited Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, Langley Ficld, Mariners Museum, and ended our day by secing a moving picture in Richmond. oe Now, with graduation at hand, the history of the class ef 1940 does not close but is just beginning to grow. Anne Davis

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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

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