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

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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

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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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The Arecehwayp for 1936 Harold Dyer, a big basketball player with a league team, is getting ready to go to the Olympics; and what do you think? Helen Mays is going with him! Earl Franklin has become quite rich in the tobacco business, and gives the Dan River High School a big bus. At last Margaret Dodd and Bernice Oakes’ dreams have come true, for both of them are married and living in Richmond, Va. Frances Riddle has just finished a library course and is now a librarian in Richmond, Va. Dorothy Bennett, after an extensive travel, has returned to her old home town and has settled down to be an old maid. Mr. Mickel finishes his breathless account with the news of receiving a letter from Robertson Bennett, asking for references. Robertson is sure of securing the position as joke editor of The Literary Digest. After spending an enjoyable hour Mr Mickel, with the aid of his chauffeur, enters the car and speeds away. Arriving home his butler announces that four, on their way to aaaee were very sorry to have missed him, but left cards. Mr. Mickel discovers they were none other than Thelma Davis, Helen W alton, Helen King, and Ruby Wiles. The two occupants of the bungalow continue to discuss their classmates. They recall that Daisy White and Hlah Mills are beauty specialists in New York. As thirty years have passed, just what has become of the dignified Seniors, Alma Walters, Esther Shelton, and Gladys Hall? Ah, yes! They are in Washing- ton, holding governmental positions. Frances Oakes is a nurse at Duke Hospital and is still in love with Willard Jeffries, now a doctor there. After a tender good night the wife rises, walks to the bookcase and replaces a famous novel she has just read. The author being one of her classmates, Carolyn Sams heG De The glowing logs having burned, crumbled and dropped one by one and the embers are growing cold. His wife, Mary Davis, glances at the old grandfather clock and is startled to see that it is 11:30. She reminds her husband, Ryland Groff, of the hour. Ryland taps the ashes from his pipe, yawns and enters the bedroom. ; ey : ‘ lhey had spent an enjoyable evening in the land of happiest memories. NV. JEFFRIES.