John D Bassett High School - Timber Tints Yearbook (Bassett, VA)

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A Cruise With The Merry Cans W ERE you invited to take a cruise with the Merry Gang? If you weren’t, then we certainly feel sorry for you, for you don’t know what you missed. We embarked on this voyage April 9th at the Riverside Hotel with a crew of sixty. Passports, which were issued a week previous to the voyage, had on them a description of the persons to whom they belonged, and invited them to the mess hall of the ship Bassett High School at 8 bells. Every passenger had to present his passport at the dock in order to board the ship. However, there were many stowa- ways. The mess hall carried out the color scheme of red and white, and ships were placed here and there on the tables. The favors were small red and white ships on which were attached a lifesaver and a small life boat full of mints. The programs, which were red and white, had a very artistic ship design on the front. All the sailors wore red and white sailor caps. The course of the cruise was as follows: Song — Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here (All) The Commanding Officer (Toastmaster) Howard White Toast to Seniors Codell Jones (President of the Junior Class) Stories Heard on Deck (Senior Poem) Johnnie Ausburne Piano Solo Hazel Hundley Tribute to an Old Boat (Senior Prophecy) Joel Fine An Old Sailor’s Story (Senior History) Lorine Shropshire Toast to Faculty June Stone ( June Stone, Virginia Grogan, Dorothy Song { Hamlin, Maxine Philpott and ( Jessie Williams. Cruiser’s Will (Last Will and Testament) R. P. Scott, Jr. A Cablegram (Toast to Juniors) Gray Jarrett (President of Senior Class) Many jokes were told, making the trip a very gay one. A storm occurred at sea when all the passengers started throwing mints at each other, and the com- manding officer had quite a time making his orders heard. The mess consisted of: Lighthouse Driftwood Barometer Rudders Searchlights. . . . Waves Portholes Pirate’s Delight Icebergs . . .Tomato Juice . . . .Veal Cutlets Potatoes Beets String Beans Cherry Jello . . . Buttered Rolls Angel Food Cake Ice Cream Those who went on the cruise were:AIisses Thelma Brammer, Inez Craig, Lorene Eggleston, Hazel Hundley, Frances Martin, Elsie Metz, Celia Shanker, Evelyn Snead, Hazel Stone, Lorine Shropshire, Odessa Turner, Juanita Williams, Mabel Joyce, Marjorie Clark, Mildred Franklin, Virginia Bell Franklin, Virginia Grogan, Dorothy Hamlin, Myrtle Hancock, Mildred Helms, Minnie Helms, Codell Jones, Edna Joyce, Hope Leftwich, Elsie Mitchell, Nellie Moran, Maxine Philpott, Nellie Philpott, Arlene Prillaman, Estelle Prillaman, Reva Shelton, June Stone, Jessie Williams, Ellery White, Mildred Akers, Clyde Ramsey, and Dora Mitchell. Messrs. Johnnie Ausburne, Robert Carter, Jimmie Craig, Joel Fine, John Helms, Paul Hollandsworth, Gray Jarrett, Alton Purdy, R. P. Scott, Jr., John Snead, Elmead Turner, Wasena Wright, Jason Giles, Ralph Ingram, Mack Little, Melvin Stone, Edward Varner, Howard White, E. C. Hoover, Christian Merritt and Harvey Cooper. The faculty sponsors for the banquet were Misses Ramsey and Flannagan and Mr. Cooper.

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The Crystal Cazer I gaze into the magic crystal hall , The mystic sphere which holds the past And future of my classmates each and all; And like the wind they move so fast. With outstretched hands I try to grasp Them close to me and hold them tight, And never again let them out of my sight. As the mysterious smoke which enshrouds the ball Thins and disappears, I see the name that I love best, The three letters that are engraved upon my mind, Good old B.H.S. where the immortal sun will for- ever shine. Behold this name I see some more; Lo, it is the date of 1954. I am standing on the corner of something very new, For in 1954 it ' s a streamline avenue. Suspended from a building is a sign of white and brown. On it reads, “ Vote for Elmead Turner for the mayor of this modernistic town.” On passing by the “ Radium Theater,” I wanted to know what ' s playing. On the screen was “ The Purple Sage ” Plus Evelyn Snead and Celia Shanker on the stage. Next to this was a music studio. Who rented this studio Pd like to know, So I read the sign above that stated: “ Inez Craig and Hazel Hundley, Incorporated.” On the next block was a radio store. The whole front was trimmed with Neon lights; On the roof was the word that I adore. With letters six feet tall, “ W. F. Wright ' s.” Oh, 1 hear a noise above me, It ' s an airplane that I see. In 1954 tt ' s the only means of transportation, Thanks to R. P. Scott for this progress in aviation. Speeding down the street In an airflow limousine, Was the grandest sight I ' ve ever seen. There sat Juanita Williams with a pearl necklace Around her neck And a diamond pin in her hair. For she had married a multi-millionaire. As I walked unconsciously on the way, I bumped into a friend of mine of bygone days. Today he was the king of speed. It was none other than handsome John Snead. I looked across the wide avenue. A humorous sight came into view. Why, it was the funiiiesi sight in all the land; It was Hazel Stone running a beauty stand. In passing the town ' s golf course, I noticed on the green Robert Carter taking the cup For being the national champion. I noticed up the street a crowd of girls around An old pal of mine from my home town, For then and there he made his show; It was Paul Hollandsworth, the professional gigilo. By me passed two enormous trucks Loaded with pigs, chickens and ducks. Although he did not become a girl charmer, God made Alton Purdy a prosperous farmer. In passing by a horse race track, I saw John Helms on a horse ' s back. And on his face were scratches and smudges, And around him stood three stately judges. Since my school days I wasn ' t surprised, That some day John Helms would take the first prize. I heard a voice shouting behind me, I turned around to see who it could be. It was neither G able, Garbo or Taylor; It was Lorine Shropshire, Sec. of Labor. She said, “I’m glad to see you, Joel Fine.” “ Come up and see me, and I ' ll give you a job, sometime . I was as weary as can be When a beautiful painting attracted me. I hurried over there to be sure, And to be true at the bottom was Johnnie Aus- burne ' s signature. Oh, there’s an accident, and someone has broken a leg - Oh, my stars, it ' s Jimmie Craig. I knew that great comedians couldn’t last, For now he ' s got his leg in a cast. And gee, with Elsie Metz as his nurse, I know that’s a lot of money out of somebody ' s purse. I noticed signs floating everywhere Of the new sensation that was in the air; Thelma Brammer has written a new book On “Why Should Women Learn To Cook.” There’s a public gathering up the street. A piece of land was being confiscated; And whom do you think I should meet — Odessa Turner, married and domesticated. The latest news is out, And it ' s all about A woman has been elected. It should have been expected That Lorene Eggleston Would some day go to Washington. I stopped to visit an old friend of mine, The most well-known man at this time; Gray Jarrett has become a great orator And acquired the job as state legislator. As I turned the last corner of this paradise, I met someone who was very nice. I asked her for her autograph; Frances Martin is on the President’ s staff. -Joe Fine.

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Last Will and Testament W E, THE Class of 1937, in twenty-four individual and distinct parts, pre- paring to pass out of this sphere of education with a well-trained mind and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills or promises by us at any time heretofore made. As to our estate, as it has pleased the fates and our own strong hands and brains to win for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: 1. We give and bequeath to our beloved principal, Mr. E. C. Hoover, our deepest reverence, and our heartiest gratitude. As a partial payment for all the help which he has given us during our long years at Bassett High School, we give to him the privilege to accept for himself, as interest on our great debt, every part of the praise and honor that we may achieve on the great stage of the world, knowing that it is all due to his faithful instructions. 2. We give and bequeath to the dear faculty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet succession of peaceful and unbroken dreams. No longer need they lie awake at night and worry over the possibility of this one not doing his work, or whether this one will remember the iron-clad rules of English in the preparation of her essay. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be hard to handle at all times. 3. We also give and bequeath to our beloved faculty all the amazing and startling information that we have furnished them from time to time on our examination papers. We trust they will feel at liberty to make use of all such bits of wisdom and enlightenment for the education of the classes to come after us. 4. We give and bequeath to the present Junior Class our seats in classroom and chapel, our Senior dignity, and any stubs of pencils, erasers, or scraps of paper that we may unthinkingly leave behind us in the haste and excitement of gathering up our cherished treasures for the last time. May they feel free to make use of them, and feel, perhaps, that in some mystic way, these things may impart some of our great knowledge to them. The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted as valuable assets to those who may receive them: 5. Johnnie Ausburne gives and bequeaths to Maxine Philpott and Marjorie Clark his “gift of gab.” 6. Thelma Brammer and Gray Jarrett give and bequeath to Jesse Williams and Nellie Philpott their executive abilities and their powers to convince Air. Hoover of their unerring judgment. 7. Lorine Shropshire gives and bequeaths to all future class secretaries her difficulties as Senior Class Secretary.