Graham High School - Graham Yearbook (Bluefield, VA)

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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.

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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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(SLs ( Will We, the Senior Class of Graham High School, regretting we must leave our teachers and fellow students, wish to dispose of our valuable possessions in the following manner, making all previous wills null and void. To our beloved sponsors, Mrs. Louise Wetzel and Mrs. Kathleen Damron, we wish to leave our appreciation for their never ending patience and their cooperation in making our Senior year a memorable one. To our principal, Mr. T. M. Gillespie, we give our deepest sympathy in hopes that he will be able to continue his struggle in helping the future seniors. As we realize we have tried his patience we also wish to leave him twelve dozen boxes of aspirins. To the faculty, we leave the memory of our noisy, tiring, and up-setting days, as we know there were many. To the present Juniors and future Seniors, we leave our ability to skip school and not get by with it. We, the Senior Class, dispose of our possessions as follows: Jessie Collins thinks it it time for him to will his ability of getting along with girls from Beaver High and the privilege of loafing in Hankla ' s Pharmacy to Bill Scott. Bobby Cyphers definitely cannot will Joyce Lefler but would like to, to anyone who has the courage to face her temper. Reginald Ayers wills his ability to obtain A ' s on his report card to Charles Akers. Since Albert Baldwin has only a limited amount of time to make a will before losing everything owned to Sara Crabtree, he hastens to leave his masculine figure to Edward Welford Hogg better known as Piggy . Earl Bowling, doubting whether he will leave Graham because of English, or should we say Zelda, wishes to will all his love to Zelda. Jimmie Burkett wishes with all sincerity to leave his dates in Princeton and his way with the women to Bobby Tabor. Paul Burton wills his shy smile in the halls of good old G. H. S. to Bill Mitchell. Joe Coon leaves his drugstore manners to Gerald Grim. Orrin Davis leaves his old faithful truck and their enjoyable rides to Norma Farris. Charles Hale bequeaths his bashfulness toward the opposite sex to Fred Taylor and, having a share and a half, leaves Mack McGrady the left-overs as he doesn ' t need much anyway. William Potty Lawson, due to old age, wills his ability to travel to Boston to Montie Leffel.