Graham High School - Graham Yearbook (Bluefield, VA)

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for hours watching girls parade by in bathing suits and pretty clothes. Joe Coon, the janitor, there, is quitting his work, too, because he is beginning to have trouble with his eyes. Dick Byrd has taken over the Penny ' s Cooperation, while Mrs. Byrd, the former Phyllis Anderson, is taking care of the money. I understand she is very good at that. Those engaged couples like Anna Buchanan, Patricia Smith, Margaret Wilson, Carrie Epperson; and Betty Lawson have all married their fiances and have their hands full taking care of their individual families. Ruth Pruett, our class beauty, is taking honors in New York for Powers Modeling Agency. Joanne Caldwell and Maxine McKenzie jointly own a thrilling business in Chicago, a slaughtering house. Would they have been popular back in the old days of meat rationing? Elaine Tilley and Iva Lou Wilson are specializing in the Little French Beauty Salon and have branches scattered all over the country. Johnny Mattox is now driving a bus while Betty is working in the bus station. Gerald Jones joined the Salvation Army so he could make an impression on his girl friend with his uniform. Josephine Keene and Carolyn Carroll are operating a Baby Service Corporation, producing baby diapers, among other things. Virginia Wilson has moved to Montcalm, where she has half or over half, we don ' t know which, interest in the country store. Elizabeth Neel and Robert Nash have founded a home for the aged. Jimmy Burkett finally settled in Princeton aft% r roaming over a lot of territory and is now running a filling station. Charles Hale is running a salon for More Perfect Bodies for Men. Tom Mitchell and Margaret Davis are partners in the ownership of Buddy ' s Restaurant. Bernice Foglesong is employed at Charlie ' s Place where she is pianist. William ' Potty ' Lawson as you know is one of Virginia ' s sectors to Congress and spends most of his time in Washington trying to get some more industries for his former home town. Carleton Whitley re-enlisted in the navy and is now an Admiral. Jessie Collins and his wife, the former Betty Snell, are now owner of the Collins Credit Clothing Store. Betty Neal is personal secretary to the President of the U. S. Betty Hylton is teaching art in her own art studio. Eugene Wallace and Charles Kitts finally graduated last year. They hated even then to leave the dear old school.

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necy. Emmett ShufFlebarger, band director, and Nancy Long, coach of girls ' basketball at Graham High School, are in the library eating lunch. Remember some of our good times we spent here during our school days, es- pecially our senior year? said Emmett. Oh, I do! We didn ' t realize what a good time we were having, replied Nancy. Say, whatever happened to Reginald Ayers, our president? Haven ' t you heard that he is now the president of the University of Virginia? said Emmett. Tell me about the rest of the gang, Emmett. Well, Pauline Lawrence Lampert and Ruth Mattox Neal are living in Pensacola, Florida, with their husbands. They have won several beauty contests. The French sisters, Nancy and Virginia, have made their careers in radio. They are on the program Bring ' Em Back Hair Tonic. Lorraine Williamson has also made her career in radio. Bobby Cyphers is now captain of foot ball team at V. P. I. Mrs. Cyphers, the former Joyce Lefler, is with him. Vivian Crigger has half-interest in Woolworths. Geneva Hawks is working there, also. Remember June Akers? She now owns a chain of Longworth Drug Stores and specializes in a Loafers ' Bar. Speaking of people who made good, mustn ' t forget Doris Amburn and Norma Bryant who instruct night classes on ' The Art of Getting Your Man. ' I hear their pupils have been successful. I heard just the other day that Orrin Davis now has a large dairy farm in New Jersey and is experimenting on how to keep cows out of bath tubs. Do you remember how industrious George Reece Osborne, Ralph Minton, and Norman Robertson always were? Well, they are co-owners of WLNW Broadcasting Station. As their main attraction of the evening, Peggy Steele plays the piano and Norma Hawks sings. Boy! when they do the Beer Barrel Polka the people just roll in the isles. Homer Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, the former Sara Crabtree, are still residents of Bluefield and Homer is Mayor of the Big City. John Scott is now deputy sheriff of Tazewell County. You can see Peggy Christian and Helen Hodock in any magazine advertising for Beech Nut Chewing Gum. Aubrey Oscar Smith is a great orator. Pierce Devor and Richard Elam are now members of the Supreme Court. Annette Leftwich, our queen of the Carnival, has been elected Queen of Virginia and has received many awards. Barbara Morgan is now teaching at her own school. Phyllis Osborne is manager of Strietman Biscuit Company. Paul Burton is now in New York and is owner of the firm The Burton ' s Model ' s. He is thinking about giving up his career though because he says it ' s so boring just sitting

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Peggy Harvey has private classes in dramatics- Paul Scott is owner of Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Earl Bowling is residing in Gossip Botton with his wife. Pete Gibson is President of Pocahontas Fuel Company. Gracious it ' s time for the bell, we better go to our class, said Nancy. Who would ever have thought we ' d be here as teachers? We ' ll talk some more about our former class mates again soon, said Emmett. See you later.