Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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The Kaleidoscope L Aass The big game of the year 1968 is going to start in just a few minutes. The Hopewell Blue Devils (every member of the squad an all-state player) are to play “The Crimson Ripple’’ (the only team in the state with just eleven players, no substitutes!) The game was scheduled especially for the members of the class of 1948, to bring back memories of what used to be. It is almost time for the kick off. A man is selling candy and cigars and I think he looks familiar. Of course! he is “Shug” Shornak and the man buying the cigar is “Pop” Skelton. Elliott has become bald as well as the boys’ adviser and assistant principal of H. H. S. Now the team is thundering out onto the field with Coach “Curly” Powell leading them. The Hopewell lads are in tiptop shape and the star of the season is “Goo-Goo” Nelms, the son of famous “Baby” Nelms. The crowd cheers and stands as the team fights bravely. Who should be a cheerleader out in front but an all-around fellow with a circular-circumference—Little Birdsong, offspring of the widely known Howard. A happy couple is sitting near me. The motherly-looking lady blowing bubble gum reminds me of Elsie Keener—and she is! 1 am suddenly blinded by a colorful figure approaching the broadcasting booth—Jean Roberts, the famed Artist. She is wearing the new color Canvas, 1 believe is the name. I hear mad laughter as one of the officials falls in the mud. No mistaking that laugh, it’s Drummer Daniel, the mayor of the largest and most prosperous city in the world—Hope- well ! ! I am trying to see the game through my field glasses but a movie star keeps borrowing them. Yes, its Pete Wells. He’s wearing sun-glasses so the teen-agers won’t miss the game while getting his autograph. There’s an airplane diving straight at us, and someone is bailing out! It’s Paul LaForce coming from Alaska to see the game. He’s going to drill an oil well on the field later. (Some¬ one told him it was pay dirt.) Here comes a girl with a sign on her back which reads: “If you have a decaying molar, Come and see Joretta Holder. She will pull it very quick The bill will be your only kick.” The aroma of hot-dogs fills the air. The person munching them looks familiar but her hair is covering her face! Pete says she is Judy Rash who has been trying for twenty years to find a becoming hair-do. She decided that this one styled by the famous hair-dresser, Ken Barrus, is the best. Alvin O’Berry, H.H.S. principal, and Pat Hitchcock, girls’ adviser, are carrying on a heated conversation. They’re arguing about who should give the referee the hot-foot! Each says it is his turn. “Goo-Goo” Nelms just ran 90 yards for a touchdown ! The crowd is going wild ! Two men are arguing as to-whether he can run as fast as his “pop” used to run. Phil Robbins, a noted criminal lawyer, who has won several important cases including the case of U. S. President, Rudolph Leggett versus Mike Mardigan over the possession of a dead duck, is arguing with Forrest DeShields, the author of the crime novel, “Who Done It?” Robert Colona who is the Sergeant of Police is hastening up to stop the argument before the men come to blows and here comes the Police Chief, Pete Altman, to help him. The Blue Devil team is driving mightily down the field! Wait! The Ripple’s players have landed on our full-back. 1 hear two screams and there go nurses Agnes Hart and Peggy Talton out on the field to administer first-aid but the fullback is getting up now. It seems that all he needs is a needle and thread. Herbert Hendrix, world famous surgeon is repair¬ ing the damage with his novel pick up stitch and the play will be resumed in a minute. A dirigible is hovering over the field with a banner advertising “Grow-Pup”, sold at T. N. T. Super Market—Joe Alexander’s new grocery store. It’s now the half-time and Band Director, Maurice Synan is leading the band in the new march, “The Waltzing Flea,” com¬ posed by Mary Bishop. The main feature during half time will be the “You Throw ' Em—- We’ll Catch ’Em” tumbling act starring Vera Jane Hardy, Earnestine Parson, Christine Starke, and Frances Savage. Propli ropneci r

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APHRODITE HNARAKIS Elective “Freda” Loves to eat, loves to sleep, loves to talk. Study? LOVELENE VIVA SCRUGGS Elective “Lovelene” A name that personifies the person. 19 4 8 Senior Glass Officers PETE ALTMAN. ALVIN O’BERRY. . President Vice-President . Secretary AGNES HART. FORREST DESHIELDS Treasurer

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19 4 8 Glass Prophecy No game is complete without interviewing the H. H. S. Faculty. Here is Frances Silver- man who teaches algebra, talking to Monty Morris, the English instructor who teaches Mac¬ beth in the modern way. (What can that be? ) There is now a tittering chorus led by Helen Wethering on and a group of girls. They will present soon the famed Silbert and Gullivan operetta, “The Giggles of Gloucester. “How to Forget Anything You Accidentally Learned” is a class tutored by Kathleen Haynie which is not overloaded with students since accidents like that just do not occur! The game is so nationally known that Melro-Goldwyn Austin and 2Cth-Century-Ard Pic¬ tures have sent their cameraman to take a picture since all the Inter-National fans were not able to be seated. The movie, “How to Play Football the Blue Devil Way will be shown in the “C hain-Reaction World Theaters, owned and operated by the sophisticated globe trotter, Jeannine Carder. She won a loving cup in ’58 for—(and what would you like to win a lov¬ ing-cup for?) being liked so well in all countries. As 1 was about to say, the camera-man taking pictures, Richard McLean, is having quite a time photographing the game because of a girl passing in front of the camera. Someone says it is cute Joan Jolly trying to get a liee screen test. Besides the movie publicity, the game is now on city-to-city, state-to-state, planet-to-planet hook-up. Evelyn Baker and Mary Boettcher, famed inter-solar explorers have set up their television radio service to anywhere and everywhere. Dolores Vincent, the Walter Winchell of ’68, will comment on the air later about some of the celebrities who are attending the game. Johnnie Shornak is president of Sportswear, It never Scialches, but always Itches Knit Company. I am now chatting with Neal Petree, the world famous basketball player. The great athlete is noted for his tricky basketball play, the “Basket Ballet Flutter” which employs two graceful flutter kicks. He also dabbles in movies. There by the goal post is celebrity, Pat Ricks, who decided to concentrate all her crushes in one place—her advice to the lovelorn column, “Aunt Pat’s Pining Pals.” Busily chatting (or shall we say drawling) with her is the Girls’ Physical Education diiector, Dot Cotman. Her energy?? (hm-m-m) seems to have been caught by her classes whose favorite exercise is now, the come hither look.” Also in the stadium is the former Belle Glass. She has just been voted the best house-wife of the year. Clyde Crocker, recently bought out Western Union. The new name is Eastern Con¬ federacy. Even the Atomic Power Modeling Agency has sent out its famous models, Betty Moore, Carrie North, Gloria Furr, Ellen Lumpkin, and Alice Hays dressed in the latest styles. People are shocked by this daring new trend. Their ankles are showing! Also the famous authoress Genny Gankakis who wrote the romance of “Protons, Neutrons and Electrons to be understood by Idiots, Imbeciles and Morons is doing research on another book. The superintendent of schools, David Hayford, approved of this masterpiece so much that he has made it an H. H. S. textbook. It is now the beginning of the second half. One of the Blue Devils jumps into the air to catch a pass. Photographer Alvin Curtis, known for unusual snaps, took the picture with a McCoy camera, invented by David McCoy known as the “darkroom king.” The third quarter is passing quickly with the Blue Devils scoring every minute. This is really a history making game! The opposing team put up a terrific fight. Their team has fought to the finish. What form! What a line! What a team !... .What a form? What line? What! A team?? They will probably spend the night at the John Randolph Hospital. 1 have been trying to get this out for hours—(ever since the last touchdown which ended the game.) The score is 102 to- 0 in favor of Hopewell. All the members of the ’48 class are now heading toward the school’s gigantic gymnasium where a banquet is to be given in their honor. This building was built by the Hainstock-Grifhn