Dunlap High School - Reflector Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Class History The 1955 senior class of Dunlap High School had its beginning early one September morning in 1944 when Gloria Brubaker, Carol Lewis, Ruby Powell, Sylvia Wickline, Charles Smith and H. B. Kersey started to attend school for the first time. Juanita Hubbard joined us in the second grade from Boy’s Home. Nancy Bostic came from White Sulphur Springs to Dunlap in the third grade. In the fourth grade, Delbert May joined us from Falling Springs. In the fifth grade, Larry Morris, Randolph Webb, Clifford Booth, Buddy Ballard, Sammy Rogers, Rodney Kirby, and Dallas O‘Connor came from Callaghan School to Dunlap. Patsy Jones, Annabelle Meadows, and Sally Martin joined us from Hunter School in the seventh grade. 1951, and we entered our freshmanyear of high school. Katherine Ail- stock and Leona Broughman came from Jeter and Earle Ray Cooke al¬ so joined us the same year. In the Sophomore Class we were joined by Jean Bess from White Sul¬ phur Springs, Bobby Nicely from Jeter, and Roberta Walton from Fal¬ ling Springs. David Webb and Darrell Martin also joined us that year making a total of twenty-seven. The high-light of our junior year was the presentation of the Junior- Senior Banquet at Reid’s Grill in Covington on April 9. We received our class rings at the banquet. The class officers of our Senior Class are Buddy Ballard-President, Annabelle Meadows-Vice President, Gloria Brubaker-S e c r e t a r y and T reasurer. Some of the main events of our senior year have been publishing our our annual, THE REFLECTOR, presenting the Senior play and last, but not least, our commencement exercises. The graduating class of 1955 ha s a record number of twenty -six graduates. Class Historian, H. B. Kersey

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RUBY PEARL POWELL “Stuff” Basketball 2,3,4; Glee Club 1; Annual Staff 4;Mar- shall 1,2,3; Softball 2; 4-H Club 1,2,3,4; Athletic Club 1,2; Dramatics 3; Typing Club 1; “It is far better to be independent, to have a mind of your own. Make up your mind concerningwhat is right, then do it.” ROBERTA JANE WALTON “Berta” Bible Club 3; Glee Club 1; 4-H Club 4; Annual Staff 4; “Silence is golden.” RODNEY MARTELL KIRBY Rod” Basketball 1,2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Football 1,2, 3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3; “Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until day after tomorrow.” SYLVIA MARIE WICKLINE “Silver” Glee Club 1,2; Typing Club 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Newspaper Staff 3; T.A.B. Club 1, 2; Maid of Honor in May Court; “Laugh and be gay.” N. DAVID WEBB “Dave” Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 2,3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; 4-H Club 1,2,3,4; Annual Staff 4; “I’ll find a way or make it.”

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Class Prophecy As I look into a mirror of the future, I see reflections of my dear classmates of 1955. I can see them clearly as thev will be in 1965. Juanita Hubbard and Roberta Walton are teaching in Massachusetts. The students now graduate in the third grade and are ready for college in the fourth. Ruby Powell has just been elected the first Lady President of the United States. Her secretary is Nancy Bostic. Earle RayCooke and Charles Smith are starring in Paramount’s West¬ ern Pictures. Their first movie will be The Grea t Jesse Jame s Rides Again . Sylvia Wickline and Bobby Nicely have created a comic strip, ‘‘Goons and Swoons . ’ ’ Jean Bess has just been crowned “Miss America of 1965’’. Annabelle Meadows and Carol Lewis are in the movies competing with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Carol Lewis is married to David Webb, who is co-starring with Roy Rogers. This break for David was due to ‘‘Trigger’s’’ retirement. Katherine Ailstock and Dallas O’Conner are full-fledged nurses. The funeral homes are doing a thriving business. Leona Broughman and Randolph Webb are married andlivingin Call¬ aghan. They are busy raising their 14 children. Delbert May is in Hawaii teaching the girls to hula. Patsy Jones has taken up the profession of wrestling under the title of “Muscle Jones.’’ Because of a wrestling bout with “Muscle Jones’’, we pay last re s - pects to our dear friend and classmate, Sammie Rogers. Darrell Martin is now playing with the New York Yankees. Rodney Kirby is his uniform presser. Gloria Brubaker is now a Power’s model. Clothes never looked bet¬ ter. After Buddy Ballard’s dream of marriage to Betty Howard became a nightmare, he skipped the country. He is now in the divorce business. Larry Morris is now reclining in his “Rest and Relaxation” office. His secretary is Sally Martin, who helps keep up the morale. Business is excellent. H. B. Kersey is in the show business. He is announcing for the hula dancers at the fair. Clifford Boothe’s latest song sensation was introducted by Earle Ray Cooke in his latest picture. The title is “Two Guns and NO Shells. Prophet, Sally Martin