James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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1. Snowballing (Elsie Williams). 2. Marelial, Jefferson, Willard, Hall. 3. Lindsey in action. 4. Three Stooges (Pitts, Pepper, Sullivan). 5. Posing (Paige Sullivan). 6. Senior Day ’47 (Richard Hall). 7. Happy Damsel (Nancy Gaquerel). 8. Every day at ten minute period. 9. Bob Hamner and his girl. 10. Going home (Mathew Hall). 11. Location J. M. H. S. (Dot Snellings). 12. The Old Hangout. 13. At the old ball game (Beck, Heflin). 14. In the garden (Ruth Young). 15. Two old buddies (Potvin, Lindstrom). 16. On the job (Jackie Kendall). i i9 y

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(IASS WILL We, the Class of ' 48, of James Monroe High School, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, in manner and form fol¬ lowing, hereby revoking any will, or wills, heretofore made by us. We, the Senior Class of ' 48, Do Hereby Bequeath ' Our Numerous Possessions Thusly: f, Margaret Luck, leave my studiousness to Olga Bauer with the hope that she will use it to the best of her ability. We, Elsie Williams and Lois Pritchett, leave to Miss Rowell the task of securing another soprano and alto for the Girls’ Small Group. T, Arden Lane, leave some of my red hair I have dressed so carefully to any young lady v ho wishes to let hers grow. We, Douglas Janney and John Lindstrom, leave our bright and happy smiles to anyone who can use them as effectively as we can (especially on girls). 1, Jack Russier, leave my immense height to some “tall” fellow like Joe Dan McCary. We, Thad Green, Bobby Hamner and Ran¬ dolph Young, leave our worn out tires to Lee Pritchett; his truck might need a few extras. We, Dean Pulliam, Jackie Kendall and Frances Hume, leave our English notes, so that the Seniors next year won’t have to work so hard. I, Ward Jones, leave my editing ability to next year’s Monroe Echo editor. I, Ruth Young, leave with everyone the hope that someday I will grow. I, Tommy Thurston, leave my nickname, “The Head,” hoping that someone might find use for it. We, Bertha Shelton and Paula Marchal, leave all our bubble gum wrappers; they’ll si art, good tires in the furnace next winter. We, Bettie Willard and Betty Jefferson, will some of our best laughs to anyone who would like to have them. We, Nancy Sullivan and Jean Aldridge, do bequeath to next year’s basketball forwards our ability to always “make the basket.” I, Joyce Monroe, leave to the student body my talent as an artist. We, Ranny Mills, Jerry Cox, Dickie Limer- ick, Almont Lindsey and Alfred Ventura, leave to Herman Carr, Ray Donald, Tomty Cocke and Charles Harding our ability to play football and win. I, Mathew Hall, will to Bert O ' Toole my gracefulness as a basketball player. We, Mary Heflin, Pearl Hall, Nadine Ferris and Peggy Shelton, will to Doris Pepper, Mary Oliver, Jackie Pitts and Carl Howard our skill to take shorthand. I, Betty Sullivan, do will to the president of the Class of ’49 my vacant chair as presi¬ dent and my efficiency as a speaker. We, Nancy Straughan, Margaret Snellings and Betty Belew, will to three naughty Juniors our ability to be quiet in class. We, Anne Beck and Shirley Gallahan. bestow our charm and personality on next .■sear’s Senior girls. We, Gloria Wright and Rudy Mills, do bequeath to the most deserving couple our secret for happiness. We, Nancy Gaquerel and Anne Resell, will our love for horses to Lois Harder. We, Marianne Rose, Paige Sullivan and Dorothy Snellings, leave our formula for friendship to any three inseparable persons. We, Charles Carter and Jean Burton, leave our ability to “slide in” just as the tardy bell rings, to those having trouble finding acceptable excuses to tell Mr. Talbott. We, Anne Stone, Howard Sullivan, Clinton Atkins and Bobby Heflin, leave to the silent members of the Junior Class our skill to carry on a conversation no matter where we are. We, Billy Ross and Roger Chartters, will to the student body our secret for being “two ■very quiet Seniors.” We, Carl Mason, Donald Barr, Robert Featherston, Donald Holton and Edgar Mor¬ ris, leave our ability to work and like it to any lazy persons. [, Arthur Domnas, will to David Wheaton my skill in algebra. I, Virginia Embrey, will to any industrious person my skill in library work. I, Mary Peden, will to Marlene Kendall my flirting technique. AVe, Ernest Cope and Gerald Potvin, leave our love for travel to others who have a wan¬ derlust. In Witness AA r hereof, A T e, the Class of ’48, have hereunto subscribed our name and affixed our seal, the thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight. Class op ’48. Per Peggy Shelton Witnesses: Dean Pulliam Jackie Kendall 4 is y

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SENIOR PLAY December 12, 1947 Left In right, Mr. .1. F. Dnhlgren, (Director) ; Lois Pritchett, (Prompter) ; Tliad Green, Pearl Hall, Douglas Janney, Nancy Gaquerel, Jack Pussier, Margaret Wheeling Luck, Bettie Willard, John Lindstrom, Betty Sullivan, Betty Jefferson, Mrs. Mildred Chick, (Director) ; Arthur Domnas, (Stage Manager). «{ 20 |