Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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-1. tZL (HlasB Propljprg AVING completed my day’s work at the office earlier than usual, I was on my way home when I glimpsed a fortune teller’s sign hung just outside a neat brick and stucco building. Being a woman gifted with a creditable amount of curiosity, my restless eyes glanced again at the intri¬ guing board. This second glance, alas, proved to be my undoing. Voila! I entered. A turbaned attendant immediately took my card. There was something vaguely familiar about his features, but as he silently beckoned to me, I quickly followed him into an apart¬ ment which fairly reeked with mysticism. Then he silently dis¬ appeared, as the heavy drapes covering the entrance fell to¬ gether in sinuous folds. It seemed that they severed all my connections with the outside world. At last I was face to face with my fate, and ... a huge crystal ball, which seemed to render every other object in the room inconspicuous, as the only source of illumination seemed to eminate from the ball itself with an unearthly glare. I perceived a wizened and bewhiskered face just opposite the table upon which rested the crystal. He was gazing into its clear depths from beneath beetling brows, and neither moved nor spoke until I was seated. Then his voice came to me with a peculiar strained intensity. “Ah!” he said, “already I have fathomed the purpose of your interview. The crystal has told me. In the ten years that have passed since you and your classmates have graduated, many things have happened! Look!” I gazed at the ball whose depths were becoming faintly ob¬ scured by a swirling cloud. As it cleared I saw Morris Aderholt and Waller Lescure deliver the final smashing drives which made them international doubles tennis champions. Richard Frye and Bernard Storey were co-writers of the event for the Associated Press. Among the frenzied gallery I could see the former Dorothea Nevils, now the wife of John Djiovanidis, prom¬ inent Syracuse contractor. Among others of the socially prom¬ inent were George Munt, ex-playboy of Broadway, and his fiance, Eleanor Bridges. A cloud of smoke from a huge Oriental urn engulfed the crystal, and as it cleared again, the hard glare and contrasting

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CLASS HISTORY—Continued The Mock Minstrel which followed was the source of much merriment. There was much sarcasm employed and it enhanced the entertainment greatly. Something new was tried by the school this year. A Beauty Pageant was held with the girls sponsored by the merchants and the school clubs. This was one of the beauty events of the year and was highly appreciated by the audience. The proceeds went to the “Kaleidoscope.” The success of the event was due to the hard work of members of the staff and several teachers whose services were invaluable. This issue of the annual is not an entire product of the Senior Class. Mr. Smith, our sponsor, suggested that several of the lower classmen be on the staff so that they might have the experience for their Senior year. This suggestion was ap¬ proved by the Senior class in the interest of bigger and better school annuals. We wish to express our gratitude to Miss Burch, Mr. Mal- lonee, and each teacher who has assisted us to successfully com¬ plete our courses in high school. Our fondest memories shall be of you. You worked hard to help us, and now as we are ready to leave you, you can see in our actions the result of your work. What you have meant to us, we can not express in words. With a great appreciation of what you have done for us we bid you good-bye! We have safely reached the summit of the mountain of High School Education. As we stand on the top gazing into the unknown, we know that we shall be ready to play the hand that fate shall deal in the great game of life. The game will be played with earnestness, sportsmanship and honor—a direct reflection of our high school life. In a few short days we shall step off the mountain and down the other side to part the curtain on the stage of life. Marsden Wallec. Page Twelve

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CLASS PROPHECY—Continued green of a baseball diamond was revealed . . . the Yankees and the Cardinals in the last stages of the pennant game! The white sphere sailed gracefully over the fence, making the sixty-second home run for Steve Belcher, who was the Cardinal’s star bats¬ man. This play clinched the pennant as Belcher was preceded across the plate by Ruben Lewis. The umpire was John Kennedy. Seated in the grandstand were Josephine Burchett, Mary Harris, and the former Blanche Forney accompanied by her young son, William McKaig, Jr. The scene faded, and was replaced by a large office building in Richmond, Virginia. A suite of rooms was occupied by the law firm of Marsden Wallace and Stanley Burt. They employed Mary Stephenson and Roxie Johnson as secretaries. Among their wealthy clients were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wells (the former Helen Marks). Mr. Wells was suing Mervin Gage for alienation of affections. On the ground floor was a large drug store occupied by Robert Buren with Bill Cleere, his chief pharmacist. Their greatest source of profit was 3.2 beer which was manufactured in Washington by the brewing firm of Clyde Collins and Paul Kislik. Again the scene changed, and I saw in the crystal ball the interior of Roxy’s Theatre in New York City. As the light flashed upon the silver screen, Courtland Kennedy and Clara Faw were billed in one of the coming attractions by the produc¬ tive genius, Elroy Phillips. In the vaudeville feature, Helen Mifka, Velma Via, and Nellie Layne were starred in the current Broadway success. Inex Cox led the performance by her rendi¬ tion of one of the popular “torch” songs. The next feature was a fashion parade. Iris Foster and Dot Lewis led the mannequins displaying the latest creations of Charles Elliott, designer of fashionable women’s dresses and exquisite underwear. As the scene gradually dissolved, my mind reverted to the old familiar streets of Hopewell. Immediately my thoughts were reflected in the kaleidoscopic crystal. In the now enlarged high school building, Alice Gilliam was teaching a large English class. Helen Charvat was at the head of the history department; while Mary Virginia Jarvis was in¬ augurating a new routine in the girls’ Physical Ed. class. As a worthy successor to Miss Fannie Lewis, Maribel Higgins was playing the inevitable march for the chapel period. Page Fourteen