Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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THE KALEIDOSCOPE 1945 L JLOAS As I sat in my easy chair, the sharp ring of the doorbell startled me. I immediately went to answer it, and to my surprise there stood a boy from Buck Rickman’s telegraph office, with a telegram in his hand. As 1 unfolded it, I saw it was signed by Mayor “Sonny” Enochs of Hopewell, Virginia. It stated that I was urged to attend the reunion of the graduating class of 1945. I unconsciously gazed up at the calendar and realized that it was now the year of 1958. It had been 13 years since I had graduated from Hopewell High School. The reunion was to be held in the teeming metropolis of Hopewell, Virginia, the next day. I immediately packed my things, rushed to the airport, and boarded a plane. The pilot came up and greeted me. 1 recognized him at once as Earle Worley, the famous Transcontinental Flyer. The hostess, Rotliie Nobles, informed me that she was now the wife of Earle Worley. O ur first stop was Hollywood, California. Pretty girl Carol Keener and Mrs. Fred Morene, the former Miss Bertha Crocker, MGM Studio’s leading stars, boarded the plane. As the plane was about to take off, the pilot suddenly stopped the ship. The reason was that Luggie Hutto, director of Metro Goldwyn Hutto Studios, has been de¬ layed by his latest production, “The Wolf Howls at Night,” starring Edna Rafey and Walter Sheppe. As we resumed our journey, I interested myself with the morning paper which seemed to be a special Hopewell edition according to the news items. On the front page was an article telling how a large Chicago fire had been put out by Fire Chief Fill Cuddihy, assisted by Charles Bausell, Sidney Harrison and Leo Edmondson. I turned to the sports page and 1 saw that Dante Frankie and Tommy George, ex-pro football players, had purchased the pennant winning football team, the Hopewell Devils. I also saw that the famous music teacher, Dorothy Doutt, had dislocated her jaw while on the highest note of the song “L’Accent-uate le Positive.” The noted specialist, Dr. William Broaddus was called to administer help. He was assisted by his nurses, Joyce McRae and Jean Massey. Suddenly the plane plunged into a sickening dive. The stewardess requested that everyone fasten his safety belt in order to prepare for a crash landing. Suddenly, Tony Moogalion sprang up from his seat, asking if anyone wished to take out life insurance. He shouted, “Now or never, buy your insurance from the Earl Hogarth Life Insurance Company.” Idle plane crashed into the world’s greatest engineering wonder, Tinker’s Dam, built by the world-renowned engineers, Robert Lee, Dick Westlake, and Sidney Con¬ nelly. As we dragged ourselves from the plane, Melbourne Pearson, the eminent cartoon¬ ist, casually remarked, “Tinker’s Dam isn’t worth a Tinker’s Dam, now. After a few minutes, an ambulance arrived driven by Nello Alexander. Three of the most famed nurses in the country, Alice Rusnak, Marguerite Collins, and “Monkey” Falls began administering first aid. Doris Talton, the brilliant teacher who was on the plane, suffered a serious injury consisting of a sprained eyelash. The George (Sordelett) Spatig bus line sent one of its buses driven by Agnes Harvey to take us to the train. As we arrived at the train station, the engineer, Roy- well Herdman, informed me he would take us to our destination aboard the Hopewell Reunion Special. On the train I noticed Charles Connelly, the handsome Casanova, up to his old tricks again, flirting with the Belle of Bellewood, Marion Jackson. Someone came and tapped me on the shoulder and I turned to see Thales Green, an eccentric scientist who had achieved fame through the invention of a perpetual motio n machine. Upon sitting down, I heard someone say, pointing to Bessie Leigh, “They call her the SenSen girl—she takes your breath away.” “What is that thing on her head?” I exclaimed. CProph ropueci

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HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL EARLE FREDRICK WORLEY Scientific “Earle” “Sports, sports, and still more sports.” DANTE ALOYSIUS FRATARCANGELO Elective “Frankie” “Happiness is in action.” ROBERT ALMONTE HARRISON Elective “Bobby” “Happy-Go-Lucky” ROYWELL GEORGE HERDMAN Elective “Roy” “There’s greater speech in silence than in words.”

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HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL “That’s one of the outstanding hats designed by the famous hat designer, Libby Crichton,” was the answer. At our next stop, four of the world’s most noted scientists boarded the train. They were Johnnie Lastovica, Ida Abrams, Barbara Furr, and Isabelle Vartanion. Following them, Frankie Olson got on the train assisted by John Wells, librarian of the John Randolph Wells Library in Hopewell. Frankie had been given the title, Miss Bubble Gum of 1958. They were followed by two dress designers, Marie Hole and Tudie Pope. Glancing out of the train window, I saw the Barbara Hudson Beauty Salon. The chief hair dresser was “Tut” Connelly. Arlene Herdman, now an Army wife, was sitting opposite me, laughing as usual. I heard Virginia LaFoon, Estelle Morris, and Louise Minor discussing their new stenographic jobs at Dorothy Sale’s “Tonight or Never” lipstick factory. Margaret Pearson, who invented the new reversible Kleenex, was talking to Bobby Henry, reputed basketball coach. Bernice Aldridge and her new heart throb, William Gates, were sitting in a dark, secluded, cozy corner, carefully eating Jean Holsclaw’s famous Coleslaw and reading about Elizabeth Opocensky, the Navy’s newest pin-up girl. Doris Ellis hurried down the aisle to the women’s drinking fountain. Doris was now State Supervisor of Physical Education of Virginia. Then 1 noticed Anna Lastovica, famous nurse, husily attending to her two patients, Richard Gleason and Wiley Eavey, both noted inventors. They had been hurt while working on their new invention which was so secret, even they didn’t know what it was. As the train drew into Petersburg, one of the suburbs of Hopewell, we began gathering up our baggage and preparing to get off. After a few minutes, the train drew to a stop in Hopewell’s Main Street Station. Fay Lewis’s brass band was playing as we stepped down from the platform. The whole town was celebrating the arrival of the class of ’45 . Robert Harrison, principal of Hopewell High School, drove us to the west wing of the school, which had been designed by Gus Hnarakis. Lucille Waters, Catherine Williams, and Myrtice Swindell, all commercial teachers at Hopewell High School, met us. The party had already begun. Evelyn Butterworth and Alma Reid, local business¬ women, were standing in the hall admiring the paintings of Marie Garrett. Nancy Ellis and Frances Garfmkel, co-owners of Hopewell’s leading department store, were listen¬ ing to Irving Sacra’s singing. He was accompanied by Robert Barnett with his guitar. The rooms were artistically decorated by the interior decorator, Helen Sapon. Juanita Balderson had just arrived from North Carolina, where she had been serving as a foreign missionary. Louise Bailey arrived in the new helicopter her husband had just given her. Neil Hall, owner of the A. Q. Grocery Stores, and his bookkeeper, Reba Barber, were drinking some of Kathryne Case’s “Kikapoo Cola.” V ilford Leach was reading his own book titled, “Love in a Dixie Cup.” Elpie Doulis and Jane Croom, noted orators, were busily arguing concerning Thelma Dooley’s marriage. David Ameen, now a commissioned officer in the Army, was busily engaged in admiring Betty Thompson and Thalia Eliades, two Power’s models drinking “Lime and Coca Cola.” Edith Birchett and her Corn Cobblers were playing while Lois Townes was singing the new hit song, “Me and You in an Igloo.” Vivian Connelly, coach of the basketball team of Hopewell, arrived in her B-98. At 4 A.M., as I staggered to my bed, my thoughts wandered back to the good times and good friends I had in the class of ’45. So I closed my thoughts for the day, and so I close this prophecy, saying “Here’s to the class of ‘45.” Doris Ellis David Ameen Joyce McRae Wilford Leach