Honaker High School - Torch Yearbook (Honaker, VA)

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Honaker High Sc, Class Prophecy (Continued from preceding page) . Harry A ' ilson, who is now manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, was being congratulated on the success of liis team. I knew it was almost time for tlie program to end and I started to turn the receiver off, but as I started to do so that tiny Joan Wyatt stepped out on the stage to announce that she had just been made Miss America of 196-5. Then the program was over and I turned off the receiver and sighed. Ah, my friends had done well for themselves in life, hut now’ I must apply fresh make-up and get ready to land at my destination, Hawaii. I 17 -

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1950 Torch Class Prophecy (Continued from preceding page) Elmer Fuller, employed by the A P at Grundy, was stocking the shelves and smiling above dark rimmed glasses at a buxom school teacher. Howard Fletcher and his wife, lildred Van Dyke, were cleaning the yard around their new stucco farm house at Little River. Roberta Gent, swimming instructor at V. I. College, was having a talk with the board of direc- tors about having a new swimming pool installed. Then I saw a handsome man writing a letter and looking very miserable. It was Carl Henry Hart writing to Beatrice Fairfax, asking her what to do when you have ten girl friends and there are only seven short days in a w ' eek. Jimmy Hurt had gone into the hold-up business. He was making a new kind of suspenders. James Honaker w ' as interviewing a contestant on his radio program “It Pay.s to be Ignorant.” The next scene was in a lawyver’s office. The lawyer was none other than Jack Johnson and his client was Miss Lorene Musick. Clifford Jessee was trying in vain to teach his young son to ne% ' er trust a woman. I.ula Jackson was in Washington, D. C. obtaining a patent for her new medicine, called “.Tackson’s Little Worm Pills.” Betty Jackson w ' as a saleslady for the “Superform Girdle Co.” Then there was that plucky little Nellie Jackson, trim in a crisp uniform going about her duties as a gracious hostess on one of the modern American Airlines planes. Peggy .Jackson was entering a bathing beauty contest in Florida to be judged by Mr. Dallas Starnes. I was very surprised to see Mary Sue .Johnson and Geneva Whited lying fast asleep in a cotton field in Alabama. Thev had chosen many occupations for a living, but had finally decided on cotton picking. In the distance I saw a night club “The Star”on big A Mountain, featuring Virginia Simms as the feather dancer who had great ability to entertain the customers. Betty M.artin was in her well furnished kitchen having a quiet supper with her husband, Polk Fields. Their four children were patiently waiting in the back yard for their turn to eat. Much to my surjjrise, there was Betty Jo Musick, working as personal secretary to Jimmy Durante. Kyle sillier was being awarded a silver cup for breaking the world record as a running cham- pion. M llbur Miller was welcoming a new member into his I.onely Hearts Club. The new member was none other than Mary Rose Wilson. Patty Parris and her husband, Ray Mason, were boarding the train at Penn Station, enroute to their old town of Honaker to begin a revival. Leon Owens was standing in front of “OldGlory” as he was being inaugurated as Republican President of the United States. Jo Ann Newberry appeared tlien, driving down Fifth Avenue at Honaker searching for her husband. Bill Combs. Mary Peck was an efficient little housewife at her new home at Raven, Virginia. Henry Price was smiling happily as he was working at his new job, fitting hosiery for ;ach lady customer. Lloyd White was jjroudly trying to get someone to allow him to give them an injection of h. ' s new serum which was supposed to produce knowledge overnight. ( Continued on next page ) —16

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1950 Torch Class Will We, tlif Seniors of Hoiiaker Higli Scliool, Russell County. State of Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, jniblisb and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, and hereby revoke all avills and codicils bv us at any time heretofore made. Ma rion I.ee Akers wills her lovely dark hair to Sally INliller. John Artrip bequeaths his long legs to Franklin Perkins. To some lucky girl .lean Raldwin wills her diamond. Don Barnhart wills his interest in going to school to Hubert Homans. ■Mildred Boyd wills her curves to I orene Combs. INIyrtle Brown wills to I.illie Simms her ability to get Home Economics. To Anna Pearl Steele. Doris Call gives her winsome smile. Bill Counts, in consideration, le;nes his height to Bud Gent. Doris Crabtree wills her “Naek tor fancy hair do ' s to Mary Katherine Davis. Geanette Crabtree leaves her seat in General Business to Louise Roman. .1. B. Crabtree leaves his position as President of b. F A. to James Blankenship. Bobby Deel leaves his seat in the Senior Home Room to Baker Barrett. Gene Dye bccpieaths ninety nine and one half ])er cent of his bashtulness to Frazier Plaster. Kcnnetli Dye gives his ability to get Creometry to all .Tuniors who take it. Lloyd Dye be(|ueaths his flirting ability to IBlly Kdd S nq)les. Mona Dye bequeaths her short hair to . Joyce Wilson. Oma Cray Dye wills her basketball ability to Patsy MJlson. Sonny Faye Dye wills his sunny disposition to the unhapjnest juniors. Howard Fletcher lea es his ability to get along with his instructors to Clay G. Shelton. Elmer Puller leaves his ability to get along with all the women to Cletis Perkins and wills his big feet to .limmy I ' crguson. To some lucky junior girl Roberta Gent wills her ]H)sition as basketball captain and to some un- lucky junior she wills her big mouth. Carl Henry Hart gives his .Junior History book to some unhappy .Junior. .Jack Hess becpieaths his short legs to Donald X ewberr ' . Bobby Hillman gladly gives his red hair to .James Clark. Irion Honaker wills his glib s))ecch to IMr. Couch. •James Honaker leaves his title “Wittiest” to Charles Wysor. .Jimmy Hurt gives his title “Biggest Pest” to some healthy junior. Betty .Jackson wills her dignity to Carol Honaker. Gleji .Jackson leaves his love for American History to some uninterested .Junior. Lida .J.iekson bequeaths to Billie Dye her Adam’s ajiplc. Nellie .Jackson leaves her ability to argue with IM r. Couch to her sister, Xaydne. Peggy Jackson bequeaths her position as Miss .Senior to Bobby IMiller. Clitford .lessee leaies his front seat in History class to .James Hall. .Jack .Johnson bequeaths his superior driving ability to Billy Pld Sample. Mary .Sue .Johnson leaves her red hair and temper to Neva Hubbard. P ' reda Lockhart wills her bashfulness to IMonica Miller. Betty Martin leaves her ability to read Shorthand to some unlucky .Junior. Kyle Miller wills his basketball ability to Don Honaker. Wilbur Miller gives to Mrs. Busic his slim flgure. (Continued 07i next page) — 18 —