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

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De ARCHWAY — Floyd Wendell Williams | “Wendell” 4-H Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. [MB sea PAr Oh tk F.. F. A. Secretary, 4. Degree Team, 3, 4. Junior Play, 3. “A little nonsense now and then, Is relished by the best of men.” REMEMBER. .. . .’WAY BACK IN SECOND GRADE FWOnNteROWs eee ee , Pauline Watkins, Nancy Walton, Beatrice Kidd, Feral Green, Nancy Hodnett, Agnes Dodd, Goldie Haley. Second Row: Lois Moore, Thomasene Milam, John Collie, Jr., George High, Ray Vernon, Albert Dodson, Wendell Williams, Raymond Moore, Howard Dodd, Reba Bennett. Third Row: James Bohannon, Ruth Slaughter, Carl Lewis, Joy Turner, Preston Tate, Louise Wiles, Clyde Kent, Faye Walton, George Blackstock, Sara Mylum, William Dodson. Fourth Row: Billy Motley, Tom McCormick, Nathaniel Cox, Blair Clark, Eleanor Gosney, Ruth Milam, Willard Clark, William Yeatts, Norman Roberts, John Bennett, Miss Lily Garnet Ford (now Mrs. F. W. Terry). Fifth Row: Ramona Carr, Carolyn Evans, ............ , Ida Meadows, Edward Eanes, TE. oy Ruby Hall, Jerrine Brown, Ann Fowlkes, Margie Rowland. Page Twenty-two

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he ARCHWAY “88% Senior Class History At the peal of the nine o’clock bell on the morning of September 7, 1943, Dan River High School was the victim of a great tragedy as Fresh- men scrambled in from everywhere, coming from Glenwood, Keeling, Laurel Grove, Blairs, Sutherlin, Ringgold, and everywhere, even Moun- tain Hill! One-Hundred and three of us! Boy! Were we a loud bunch! We just knew that we were the very ones that Dan River had always needed to make it a great place. We had no time to waste on those drips, the Seniors! All good things must end, they say, and did our pleasant illusion end when we were initiated? Did those “drips” give us a workover! The girls were forced to wear their hair in pigtails, and no makeup! The boys took over the “paint” job that day, wearing the lipstick, etc.; we were being whittled down to size. Moreover, we had to salute upperclass- men with a toothbrush suspended from our necks, and the crowning in- sult was that we had to fall prostrate on the ground at the cry of “Air Raid!” We pretended thal we were humiliated, and that our pride was hurt, but secretly we enjoyed it more than the Seniors did! Being so numerous, we were assigned to three home rooms, in charge of Miss Jane Carter, Mr. George Euting, and Mr. Stough. Each room selected their own officers, and then our sponsors began the process of civilizing us. About January we began to realize that exams were upon us, and that after all we were supposed to get an education. Many of us tried to get Frances, Jerrine or Audrey to get us ready; anyway more passed than didn’t. Mr. White began coaching the boys’ basketball squad while Miss Alma Ricketts started on the girls. Sara and Lois made the squad; the former’s speed placed her on the team, and “Speed” became her nickname, the latter’s excellent guarding started her to become one of the best that our school has ever had. In the fall of ’44 we came back after a short summer vacation, a little older, a little louder, and with a brand-new name, Sophomores! We tried it out for size, and decided that we liked it. We jammed into two homerooms, under the sponsorship of Mrs. Rawley Bennett, and Mr. Stough, and as we understood each other better we had a better start. Ah! yes, we remember those Sophomore days—never a dull moment, even with the essays we had to write. Elna said that she thought Mr. Stough ought to be the best educated teacher we had for, “look at all those essays of ours he’s read.” For officers we selected Ryland Dodd and Patsy Gravely, presidents; Jerrine Brown and Eleanor Gosney, vice-presidents; Rebecca East and Ruth Slaughter, secretaries; Thomas Marshall and Louise Wiles, treasur- ers. We also found out that Glenwood wasn’t such a bad place; that Keeling was more than a spot on the map, and even Blairs had some good points. Jerrine and Frances were making THE school grades, Mary, Eunice and others captivated the boys, Joe and Billy Conner sup- plied the comedy, Dorothy and Rebecca added the dignity, while Layne, Dodd, and Clark joined the State Guard. Batterman, Motley, Guill and Clark represented us in athletics, while Sara, Lois, Joy, Ruby, Shirley, Eleanor and Carolyn were making the girls’ basketball team. That year our girls’ team divided championship honors with Renan. In the spring Mr. Stough gave a party for us, with loads of fun and fellowship, and our second year closed with stronger ties of friendship. In our Junior year we elected Melvin Vernon, president; Carolyn Evans, vice-president; Eleanor Gosney, secretary; and Rebecca East,