Honaker High School - Torch Yearbook (Honaker, VA)

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JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Howard Fletcher Leon Owens Peggy Jackson President • Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer As Juniors we have behind us three years with unforgetable memories. The happiest of these memories is the receiving of our class ring, which is a token of three happy years. However, this ring is not only a symbol of achievement, it is also a promise ot the year to come, when it will mean the fulfillment of our goal. i 21 -

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CLASS PROPHECY One evening, in the montli of October, 1959, I ghinced through my mail and found a small envelope postmarked Honaker, Virginia. I hurriedly opened the envelope and much to my certain surprise and pleasure I found an invitation to attend a ‘Homecoming” for the Class of ’49, sponsored by Miss Mary Sue Fuller, our Senior Teacher in 1949. 1 was very e.xcited about the meeting with my old classmates, many of whom I had not seen since ’49. The date for the event was October 25th, and wheri I enrered the living room of the Home Ec. Cottage that evening the atmosphere was familiar. There was Miss Fuller to receive us and she seemed very happy to see us and was just as sweet as ever. I shall endeavor to tell you who read these pages about all those persons who were in attendance. Harmon Hess, the President of Emory and Henry College, was outstanding in appearance and manner. Janice Counts, the famous doctor, located at Johns Hop- kins Hospital was there and she could talk of nothing ex- cept her many successful operations. Sue Starnes was practicing to become a model and I was told she had hopes of securing a position with the Power’s Modeling Agency in New York City. A very happy aeroplane hostess, Dorothy Mullins, said she was employed by the American Airlines. Helen Jean Dye (Mrs. Bobby Keene) was then the mother of two bouncing baby boys. Archie Fletcher, yet as big a pest as ever, was a very suc- cessful business man in Drill, Virginia. One of the residents of the home town, Mrs. Joann Honaker, had made Harry very happ y by presenting him with lovely twin girls. Virgil Brewster was teaching Agriculture at “Dear Ol’ Honaker Hi.” He believed he was doing the job as well as Mr. Busic did in his days. The Nursing Profession was well represented by Mary Ruth Musick, Head Nurse at the Clinch Valley Clinic in Rich- lands; Rutli Brown, Sunervisor of Nurses at the University Hospital in Charlottesville; and Joy Jackson, who was teach- ing Home Nursing to the High School students in Russell County. Betty Miller was very successful as the new Junior history teacher at Honaker. Mrs. Bill Moore, the former Dorothy Steele, was living hap- pily in a little cottage in Swords Creek, Virginia. Frank Sinatra’s place on the “Hit Parade” had been taken by none other than Bdl Gillespie. James Hubbard said he had achieved his high ambition as a pilot in the Navy Air Corps. Richlands High School had a new Home Ec. teacher, Beulah Robinette. Margaret Jackson had become the owner of one of the largest beauty salons in New York City. The Garden Greek High School students were very proud of their hand.some basketball coach, Eddie Matney. Fay Bostic owned a thriving coal mine at Swords Greek, Va., and had continued to practice the art of questioning. The overweight ladies in Honaker had no cause to worry be- cause a reducing school was being operated by Elizabeth Ray. Jean Wilson was co-owner and efficient secretary to the Dry Gleaning Firm of Johnson and Wilson in Roanoke, Va. Manley Miller was tall and handsome in his uniform for he was a General in the Army and had married the daughter of the Secretary of War. Maior Joe White was even more handsome in uniform than he was in 49, when he and all the girls thought he was so “cute.” Eula Hubbard was planning to celebrate her tenth wedding anniversary in December of that year ’59. Mary Belle Miller said she had no trouble managing her hus- band, Toby Jackson, for all she had to do was to reach for the rolling pin. Ruth Gorns was secretary to the Swords Greek Mining Cor- poration. Evelyn Steele was complaining about the difficult time she always had securing a “baby sitter” to look after her five children, A very industrious taxi business was owned by Bill Martin in Grundy, Virginia. Slnrley Gooke, Billie Honaker, Roscoe Foloneo, and Glyde Taylor were owners of four of the largest farms in South- west, Virginia. Marie Ghildress was coaching basketball at Tazewell High. These three happy housewives — Peggy Palmer, Vivian Miller, and Louise Welch, insisted that they would rather be home- makers than career women. Glaude Mason was home on a furlough from the Army and said he wanted to make it his career. An art student studying in Ghicago was the talented Vina Price. Delphia Gombs was an efficient secretary in Bristol, Tennessee. Betty Deel was employed in Detroit as a Private Public Speech Teacher. A day nursery for all the children in Drill whose mothers work away from home was operated by Lorene Goleman. Mildred Ball was teaching on Big A Mountain, having suc- ceeded her sister. Roberta Taylor and Ruth Taylor were still employed by Mr. Ben Penny of the Five and Ten Gent Store in our town. Gorena Whited was a switchboard operator working in Japan. Jimmy Harris was a successful salesman for the Fuller Brush Gompany. Jacqueline Smith was teaching school at Pine Greek, Virginia, having succeeded her mother. Glen Whitt was principal at Richlands High, a school of two thousand enrollment. Mae Stump, the talented piano teacher at Lebanon High, was loved by all her pupils. Melba Steele was a happy housewife in Richlands, Virginia. Of all the people present. His Excellency, Governor Kenneth Boyd, was probably the most distinguished. After all the gaiety of the Homecoming it was indeed diSicult for me to return the following morning to my arduous du- ties as private secretary to His Excellency, the then, present Governor Boyd of Virginia. PHYLLIS MUSIGK 20 } -

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JUNIORS Marion Lee Akers John Artrip Jean Baldwin Mildred Ball Mildred Boyd Doris Call John D. Call Bill Counts Doris Crabtree J. B. Crabtree Geanette Crabtree Bobby Deel Donald Deel Betty Jean Dye Gene Dye Kennetli Dye Llovd , Dye Loi Geneva Dye Mona, Dye Oma Gay Dye Peggy Dye Sonny Fay Dye Howard Fletcher Ruth Hall Betty Harris ' Carl Henry Hart Wintred Hess Bobby Hillman Irion Honaker Janies Honaker Joe Hubbard