Dan River High School - Archway Yearbook (Ringgold, VA)

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Oe 2A ce hitasp ete onl el Onseo HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1936 ()x September 12, 1932, the Wheel of Education started turning as sixty-four Freshmen were all seated upon it. As it turned slowly but surely we were initiated into the routine of work. May 12, 1933, brings us around one fourth of the Wheel; while during this time six of our group fell off, leaving fifty-eight old ones to start into the second year. The Sophomore year, like the Freshman year, was a quiet one. With the ex- ception of club work and athletics there was no excitement. For us the turn was very slow indeed. The next May, 1934, we noticed our wheel was rotating faster, in spite of the fact that more had dropped off. Only thirty-six were with us now; a few new ones, but mostly the same old bunch. This year a few medals were awarded. Dorothy June Davis won the English medal. The basketball team won the championship cup. During the same time the baseball team also won the championship cup. During the Literary Contest among the county schools, Dorothy Shelton and Lucy Ferguson won the county title in debating. For three years Dan River has stood at the top in basketball, for which we are proud. As we come to the end of another year we are about to reach the end of the Wheel. Not only two of our pupils fell off but three teachers and our principal, Mr. M. C. Davis, but when we started in our Senior year, Mr. P. A. Mickel and other teachers came to our rescue. Having so many new teachers the work was rather hard at first, but when we started the Wheel went faster and faster. We had only one fourth of the way to go as “Dignified Seniors.”” When the Wheel started its rotation we were anxious to reach the end: now as we are about to do so, a sad feeling steals over us. At the climax of the year, lessons were neglected for the Senior play, “Me, Him, and I.” After this came the Junior-Senior Banquet, and following this, the day which all Seniors look forward to—Commencement Day. The Wheel was about to come to a stop. One by one we were given a diploma, the receipt for our service on the Wheel of Education. But this stop was only the first one, for after leaving this Wheel we join the Wheel of Vocation. L. Fercuson, Historian. 16

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Caer ae tate yeweday a t oor 71 985 6 HH Best Looking Neatest Best Athletes Most Popular DorotHy BENNETY FRANCES OAKES WILLARD JEFFRIES Mary Davis B. C. STARKEY i} RyLAND GROFF Harorp Dyer EveiyN HArpINc 1 Heten Mays I Most Intellectual Most Conceited Biggest Tease Most Dignified Enisk PATTERSON JuNior YEATTS Lucy Frrcuson’ B. C, STARKEY WILLARD JEFFRIES CorNELIA Dopson Hi Jolliest Most Conceited Boy Biggest Baby Best Actors A CAROLYN SAMS BAG sorARKEy Mary Davis Rosa SLAYTON HH RoBERTSON BENNETT Binty WILkEs iI Outetest Largest Song Birds i Rusy WILES MARGARET WILKERSON Lucy FERGUSON EAr, FRANKLIN Harorip Dyer Ear, FRANKLIN 15

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The Arehbwap for 1936 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Son beautiful, and sentimental music slowly floods the living room of the bunglow located near Dan River. The room is decorated with colorful flowers and beautifully woven tapestries. Gazing into the living room one can see an elderly couple sitting by the glowing fire, having after-dinner coffee. The handsome old man is thinking of days gone by. One can clearly see by the expression on his face, that his memories are of the old Senior Class of ’36, It is only natural that he should speak first of the sponsor, Mrs. Chenault. He asked his wife, “Do you suppose Mrs. Chenault has found a man that she can truly believe what he says, although thirty years have passed and time changes things?” The next thought is of the President, Junior Yeatts, he was a happy-go-lucky lad. Now just what has become of him? Ah! Junior is manager of the Belk-Leggett Store in South Boston. The elderly couple could never forget their classmates, especially Evelyn Hard- ing, who is a dietitian in a hospital in New York; nor Lucy Ferguson, who is a splendid nurse in St. Francis Hospital in South Carolina. They had to laugh when they thought of Cornelia Dodson, the little girl who is a famous radio violinist and whose chords thrill thousands of people; and to think that Garnett Riddle has only a few nights before playing her latest composi- tion on one of the largest organs in New York. It does not startle the couple to think of B. C. Starkey as an aviator, for he has made the best record of a ll pilots, including this year of ’66. As the eyes of the mediator wondered about the room they were brought to a focus on the west side of the wall, for there hang a masterpiece of Elise Patter- son, a famous artist. The butler enters the room and habitually turns the dial to Station WEAF, as his employer always listens to Polly Barker’s Peter Pan stories, told to an audience of happy children. As the story ends, he picks up a paper and opens it to the social column. He discovers that Clarabel Wells has married a rich man in North Carolina. Rosa Slayton is a big actress in New York. Billie Wiles is imitating Bing Crosby over the radio. The doorbell rings and immediately the butler announces the arrival of a guest, a very, very old man now, Mr. Mickel. They proceed into the living room and Mr. Mickel tells the news concerning the Class of 36. Margaret Wilkerson has married a farmer and living in the country, having a gay time raising chickens and pigs