Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Betty Riggins and Ann Lewelling leave, inseparable. Bill Phillips and “Ray” Pennington leave still double-dating. Doris Moore leaves Hampton with her heart in William and Mary. Lester Ragland leaves for no good reason. Addie Mae Willoughby leaves as quietly as she came. Esther Weber leaves English class in a DITHER. Evelyn Williams leaves the library quietly ???? Robert Tennis leaves his drums to Matt Gardner. Marvin Sachs leaves his voice (?) to Bubba Barham. Beth Goodyear takes over where Edna Mae Portwood left off in the Home-Economics class. Bert Stacey leaves to become a full-time banker. Phil Routten leaves to become Mayor of Fox Hill. Shaner Carneal and Jimmy Crenshaw leave to man the fleet. Tommy Marshall and Stanley Mauro leave to join the Junior Birdman’s Club. Henry Reid leaves his sliderule to Dwight MacSmith. Jimmy Wallace Well, he tried! Dewey Maston leaves his asthma to Paul Tysinger. Jack Locke and Dudley Violette leave Betty Batts and Mary Allen Phillips to keep each other company. Bruce Wagner le aves his chemistry and physics to whoever wants them. J. C. Robinson leaves his ability to sling the “bull” to Mike Sanyour. John Churchill leaves what’s left of the dark room to Mr. Gibson Margaret Tennis leaves for the U. S. O. Margaret Mixson leaves in Charlie Lockwood’s Packard. Catherine Collins, and Jane Moore leave with honors. “Beppie” White and “Nick” leave to set up housekeeping. Betty Lee Williams leaves her dramatic ability to Billy Hopkins. Elise Thurman leaves Miss Boyenton in peace. Tommy Tucker and Louise Vann leave the gym classes together. Virginia Thompson, Betty Willis, and Miriam Meyer leave for Phoebus. “Jackie” Poteat and “Kitty” Jones leave for Copeland Park. Alice Marshall leaves her sister, Marilyn, to carry on for the Marshall family. Angeline Matthews and John Howard leave dreamy eyed. Anne Page Violette and “Bobby” Perfater leave their note writing technique to whoever wants it. Bill Grimsley leaves his executive ability to Paul Burbank. Joe Nealon and Nancy Murray leave their good looks to Jack Hardy and Betty Engleburt. Dot Newell leaves her ways and means to Jackie Stewart. Berkley Norvell leaves for “Frenchy’s” Juanita Perviance leaves Virginia Diggs with no one to talk to. ITEM 3. And lastly we do appoint Mrs. Stevens as sole executor of this, our last will and testament, and do solemnly charge her that she do use all of her power as debator to present the execution of this will. In witness whereof and by virtue of the authority vested in me, I, J. W. Churchill, of the county and state aforesaid, have hereunto affixed, my hand and seal the day and year above recorded. Witnesses: Doris Taylor Janice Hayes Testator: John Winston Churchill Co-signer: Harriet Hinman Page Twenty-seven

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Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of Hampton High School City of Hampton, County of Elizabeth City, State of Virginia, U. S. A., being of sound mind and body and desirous of bequeathing all of our rights, privileges and accomplishments, do hereby ordain and constitute this, our last will and testament, this the eighth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four: ITEM 1. The English Classes leave Miss Boyenton gasping for breath. ITEM 2. The following Seniors betroth to the other classes the following: Conway Adams leaves still looking for gingerale. “Carrots” Anderson, Beth Phelps, and Nancy Murray leave Hampton minus redheads. Phillis Anderson and Jo Rawlings and William Eareekson leave for the N.A.C.A. Richard Bagley and Mary Virginia Peake leave keeping up each other’s morale. Henry Baker and William Willoughby leave for the Boy Scouts. Margaret Barham and Lattie Tappen leave jitterbugging. Tom Bartron and Jean Freeman leave romancing. Lillian Hedgepeth leaves her wrestling career to Jackie Watson. Geraldine Bassista leaves her height to Irene Creasy. Woodrow Bauer leaves to join his Uncle Sam? Rita Beerman and Carol Buxbaum leave hand in hand. Bill Adams leaves still making excuses. Bobby Cumming leaves still wondering why. Jefferson Johnson and Carl Copeland leave for Fox Hill. Babe Cogan leaves Bobby Lumpkin happy. Robert Harrison leaves a place to be filled by his little) brother. Ernest Harris leaves Miss Spratley without a good worker. Sue Kirkpatrick leaves her flirting ability to any younger freshman; it takes four years to learn how. Harold Jackson leaves for Carolina. Leon James leaves, but it’s up to his Model “A”. Marguerite Mark leaves with her heart at Emory and Henry. Ruth Evans leaves waiting for her guy named “Joe”. Carlton Howard leaves still trying to make time with a certain girl. Betty Edwards leaves after being only girl in Review Math Class— Wow! Carroll Hunt leaves quietly. Helen Hughes leaves for the Apprentice School. “Moose” Goodman leaves with a Bang! Jean Harris leaves without a word. Wesley Machen leaves the stage in one piece. Anne and Shirley Begor leave togther. “Droopy” Wheeler, Mary Booth, Ann Marshall, Virginia Bent, and Boots Torok leave their morning reunion in the cafeteria. Doris Taylor leaves still asking Janice Hayes what’s what in Spanish. Virginia Watkins and Mary Bowen leave after eleven years together Darlene Boltz leaves Mrs. Goffigon in peace. Magdalene Moore and Jo Lee Brown leave to see the animals in the zoo. Juliette Gardner leaves waiting for the fleet to come in. Ruth Ann Lawless and Nena Doughtie leave Lucky Hampton! Janie Hanks leaves, sweet sixteen and never Eh, Richard? Harriet Hinman leaves to sail on the deep blue sea Yea, sail! Bill Johnson and Perry Foster leave still amazed. Martha Robins leaves, a good student. Thordis Ritz leaves her uncanny laugh to Billy Harrison. Betty Jo Phillips and Gertrude Cunningham leave for C. A. P. Hugh Samper leaves his trumpet to ???? Billy Robertson, Mary Roberts and Charlie Powell leave the art work of the Krabba to ' Betty Batts. Page Twenty -six

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CLASS PROPHECY Flash ! ! Flash ! ! This is M. C. A. bringing to you a world of news about the news of the world from station H. H. S. You hear this news, not as gossip, but as it is actually taking place in the year 1954 at Hampton, Virginia. Billy Robertson. Troy Letchworth, and Henry Reid are starring this week at the popular Rex Theater in the Cogan Goodman play called “Freemen of the Law-less Country.” Jimmy Crenshaw, Robert Coleman, and Carl Copeland were appointed to become students at the F. B. I. school by Chief William Eareckson. Chief of the Hampton police forco has announced that Betty Edwards has caught the man that has been following her for the last fixe years. Choose from the following list the one you think is guilty: 1. Billy Knight Charles Lockwood and Audrey Johnson were awarded the first prize as the best dancers at Buckroe Beach last night. Miss Margaret Tennis, former “Queen of the U S. O.” has just embarked upon a nursing career. She finds that nursing the veterans of the great war reminds her of the “old days. Some of her fellow nurses are Miss Ella Mae Morgan, Miss Martha Robins and Miss Doris Moore. Mr. Henry Reid and Mr. Barry Ottenstein, after working several years at the Y. A. C. A., have invented a new type of slide rule. Other details will be issued later. Two telephone operators. Misses Evelyn Williams and Betty Jo Phillips, have been promoted to supervisors. Both young ladies say they’ve relieved not to have to spend their time getting Angeline Matthews on the wire for John Howard. The newly elected officers of the Hampton S. C. A. (Street Cleaners Association) are Mr. William Willoughby, president; William Mitchell, vice-president; and Mr. Bill Phillips, secretary-treasurer. Two members of the organization, Mr. Carl Roberts and Miss Nellie O Keefe, were recently expelled for throwing banana peelings on the street. Several members of the W. B. D. O. (Women’s Bus Drivers Organization) were seriously injured when three busses collided at the comers of Watkins and Portwood streets. As a result of tlais accident due to an unknown cause, sev eral people were rushed to the nearby Miriam Meyer Memorial Hospital. Among the injured were Magdalene Moore, Judith Nevias, Christine Olson, and Juanita Perviance. The three reckless drivers. Miss Sadie Peters, Miss Jackie Poteat and Miss Ruby Redden only prove the point that “Women drivers are no good!” NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA Two famous women doctors at Buxton Hospital announced today that they have perfected an operation which will completely cure insanity. Drs. Betty Lee Williams and Dot Newell will operate before the whole hospital board tomorrow on their first victim. PIEVILLE, KANSAS The Annual pie-making contest was held last week at the city hall. Miss Ruby Ketchie took top honors. Other successful pie makers were Misses Jean Lawrence, Ann Levvelling, Janice Hayes and Phyllis Anderson. When asked why she made pies. Miss Jane Curtis replied, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA An oustanding American chorus under the direction of Raymond Adcock gave a per- formance at the Richard Bagiev Hotel last night. Outstanding members of the choir are Thelma Crews, Virginia Bent, and Perry Foster. WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS The newest night club, the Krazy Kat. owned by Miss Ruth Chapman, opened last night with the biggest crowd on record. The public had the honor of hearing John Churchill and and his “Zoot-Suitors” orchestra. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK The great gangster mob of New York was rounded up last night at the Ferguson Bank on 7th Avenue. “Bozo the killer” Dale was leader of the gang. Other members captured were Henry “Muscles” Baker and Bill The Terror” Adams. J. C. Robinson, the crooner that made famous the song “Sam, You Made the ' Pants Too Long”, is resting peacefully at the Harris Hospital at Cooney Island, after a brief illness. Miss Frances Ray, editor of the “Broken Hearts” column in the Daily Mirror, for the first time in her career seems to be having trouble with her correspondents. She has recently received letters from Fannie Muir, Mary Roberts and Doris Wheeler. It appears that these three are disappointed in love and don’t know what to do about it— Does anybody? DOODLE VILLAGE, NEW YORK Carroll Hunt, a local barber, while shaving Woodrow Bauer, a multimillionaire customer, cut the young man’s throat and injured him severely. Dr. Tom Bartron was called to ad- minister to the wounded man. Miss Esther Weber, famous author has just published her latest book, “Live and Let Live”. In it she clearly portrays the life of a small town boy who made good— namely Raymond Pennington. The great songwriter, Marvin Sachs, has finally achieved success. His latest song “Who Threw the Overalls in Betty Murphy’s Chowder” has just created a sensation on Broadway. Page T wenty-eight