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

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CLASS PROPHECY From the armchair of my writing desk where | had sat down to rest that night after a day of hard work, | heard..the’ distant ‘voices fromthe street, diminished by the thick walls of the room. | saw through the window in front of mea clear sky- full of stars, whose-light softened that of thefull moon. | heard singing on the T. V. from the other room. It weis’a song. that brought me memories of my school days. It had been ten years since the graduation of the class of '58. As | sat there wondered what had happened to my old friends. A rocket was being launched to the moon by LARRY BARKSDALE with GLENDA CHAMBERLAIN, SALLY PLEASANT and myself as passengers. Enroute to the moon, we noticed, out of the rear view mirror, old familiar pals, ANNE BEGGARLY and BOBBY PARKER, balancing the Big Dipper. At dusk the evening star shone brightly on the residence of DIANNE GILBERT, who was teaching the duties of a housewife to LANA HODNETT, FAYE GILBERT, and SANFORD YATES. Since it was so late, we stopped at Mars Hotel, where preprietor, DAVID HADLEY, was playing the latest Rock and Roll records. We were amazed at seeing LOIS SIMMONS and DALLAS SNEAD, Mars Champion Dancers, rehearsing for their space debut. The Bellhops, ROBERT COMER, RONALD THOMPSON, MERVIN PRUITT, and JAMES LEWIS showed us to our recom. While dining at the Dewdrop Inn, BETTY ADAMS, GLORIA DAVIS, and VIRGINIA TERRY served us excellent food cooked by DOYLE EDWARDS. (We noticed Chef on his lapel.) The evening would not have been complete without Mars' greatest comedian STANLEY Sputnik GOSNEY. At break of dawn we were on our way again and a short time later, we reached the moon. Strolling down Fairyland Avenue, we met FAYE ROWLAND whe was on her way to be maid of honor at the double wedding of JUDY and CLIFTON, VIOLET and WESLEY. WALLACE BRYANT, Pastor, performed the double ring ceremonies. Greatly astonished, we noticed WAYNE YATES as ring bearer and KITTY NEAL as flower girl. TOMMY WALKER, who was having a scientific meeting with technicians, JUNE BARKSDALE, GAYNELLE SHELTON and MINNIE HOWERTON, invited us to go with him to Pluto to see BARBARA REYNOLDS and FAYE GIBSON compete for championship in the All-Star Universal Wrestling match. AUBREY DODSON refereed this event. The Planet was ruled successfully by Kings Momo, RANDOLPH MARTIN, and Koko, RAY JONES. On our return trip as we jerked off, we heard HAZEL EVANS singing “By the Light of the Silvery Moon to MICKEL, EARLENE, JOAN and BILLY. We waved goodbye to CHARLOTTE and MAXINE who were sweeping stardust from the stars so that there would be enough light to see our way back to earth. We landed our rocket safely with the help of BLANCHE BARRETT, JUDY GRAVELY and BETTY HILL, who pulled us in, and MARY JOHNSON, who tied it down. There to greet us were REBECCA HOWERTON and JEAN MILAM. Just as | was ask ing them how they had spent the past ten years, an eerie wail from the other room awakened me and | noticed that SALLY and GLENDA were nowhere in sight and that | wasn't in a rocket. It had al! been a figment of my imagination. | went in the direction of the scream and to my surprise, | saw on the T. V. set, WAYNE HALL playing the villain in a serial. After his pesty ways in high school, | can imagine the delight he is getting by scaring people out of their wits. What a day this had been! | could hardly believe that the rocket trip was a dream. | can still see all of my classmates and | can remember the fun that they were having! GLENDA CHAMBERLAIN CAROLYN TATE SALLY PLEASANT

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LAST WILL and TESTAMENT We, the senior Class of 1958, in full possession of a crammed mind, well-trained memory, and almost superhuman under- standing, do make and publish this, our last will and testament. We hereby declare all previous promises to pay, wills, or testaments made by this class, as null and void. 1, BOBBY PARKER, leave all my girl friends to Gene Burnette if he can figure out which ones are mine. |, ROBERT COMER, leave my long hair, charming smile, and fine physique to Charles Felts. |, JEAN MILAM, leave my temper to my sister, Lois, in hopes that she can control it better than I. We, GAYNELL SHELTON, LOIS SIMMONS, and BETTY ADAMS, leave our friendship to Joyce Booth, Frenda Harrington, and Kate Eanes. |, BARBARA REYNOLDS, leave my ability to study General Business to Linda Owen. |, FAYE GIBSON, leave my ability to catch the bus on time to Linda Gilbert. 1, ANNE BEGGARLY, leave my helpfulness to anyone who would like to explain notes and questions, !end home-work papers, and make extra book reports, without getting caught. 1, DIANNE WHITLEY GILBERT, leave my ambition to finish school to Gay Campbell Strader. 1, EARLENE DODSON, leave in hopes that Bill Eastwood's heart won't be too broken. |, RANDOLPH MARTIN, leave my basketball ability to David Kidd. His height plus my ability should make him a good ball player. |, DOYLE EDWARDS, leave my ability to study to Wayne Strader if he can find it. |, CLIFTON HODNETT, leave all of my abilities to Allen Martin if he can find out what they are. 1, BLANCHE BARRETT, bequeath my shorthand and typing ability to my sister, Patricia, in hopes that she will do as well. |, JUDY GRAVELY, leave my ability to study at lunch time to Irvin Walton. |, JOAN WALTON, leave my curly hair to Betty Barber. 1, BILLY BRUMFIELD, leave my ability to chew gum in class to Tommy Strader. |, JAMES LEWIS, leave my bus to George Wiles. 1, SALLY PLEASANT, leave nothing, because | haven't anything to spare. 1, LARRY BARKSDALE, leave my ability to argue with teachers to Harry Shriver. 1, MICKEL BATTERMANN, leave my masculine handsomeness to Bobby Walton. |, AUBREY DODSON, leave my cafeteria romance to Sterling Green. |, WAYNE HALL, leave my mouth organ ability to Junior Gee. 1, RAY JONES, leave all my excuse blanks and absence privileges to Maynard Brandon. 1, MERVIN PRUITT, leave my pitching ability to Wayne Strader. |, GLENDA CHAMBERLAIN, leave my tired lungs to Denny Mays in hopes that he might accidentally give them a rest. |, BETTY HILL, leave my ability to make good grades to Sally Chaney. |, MAXINE HOOKER, leave my witty remarks to Ruth Kuykendall. 1, KITTY NEAL, leave my peaches and cream complexion to anyone w ho can eat chocolate and get by with it. |, FAYE ROWLAND, leave my ability to get along with boys to Judy Blankenship. We, CHARLOTTE CARTER, SANFORD YATES, and LANA HODNETT, leave our study hall to anyone who can find it. 1, JUDY CLARK, leave my position in the various clubs to anyone who has more spare time than I. |, WESLEY BARKER, leave my taxicab service to anyone who thinks they can afford it. 1, VIOLET WILKERSON, leave fifth period study hall to anyone who wants it. |, HAZEL EVANS, leave my ability to get a wheel in second to Miss Hodnett. 1, WALLACE BRYANT, do hereby leave my bus-driving ability to anyone who can turn in the arch without trying to move it closer to the school . I, STANLEY GOSNEY, leave my ability to entertain the class to James Arendall. 1, DAVID HADLEY, leave my pestering ways to Bobby Neal Evans. 1, MARY JOHNSON, leave my ability to get along with Mr. Fuller to the future seniors. May they be as successful as I. 1, DALLAS SNEAD, leave my height to Ray Lewis. 1, RONALD THOMPSON, leave my ability to be late to homeroom period in the mornings to Harold Jones. I, JUNE BARKSDALE, leave my determination to finish school to anyone with enough courage to keep trying. We, MINNIE and REBECCA HOWERTON, leave our ability to get our names mixed to Kaye and Faye Roberts. I, GLORIA DAVIS, leave my knowledge acquired from many years of studying to my sister, Linda. 1, VIRGINIA TERRY, leave my quiet ways to Elaine Thompson. |, FAYE GILBERT, leave to be with Chase. I, TOMMY WALKER, leave in hopes that Linda Slayton will soon follow. 1, WAYNE YATES, leave my fondness for freshmen (especially one) to George Wiles. All the rest of our property, of what nature, kind, and quality it may be, and not previously disposed of, we bequeath to the Principal and Faculty of our school to de disposed of for the good of the future classes. BETTY HILL Testator

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