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

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Our Social High light April 6, 1945, the Junior Class entertained the Seniors at a formal banquet at the Riverside Hotel. The Seniors, the High School Faculty and additional guests, Airs. E. C. Hoover, Airs. R. P. Via, Bill Hicks, Sergeant John Pace, and Rev. E. E. Renn were ushered by the Juniors into an “Old-Fashioned Garden.” This theme was very colorfully and elaborately carried through with arrangements of spring flowers on the tables and the trellis at the entrance of the dining room. This decoration was supplemented with place cards a nd program cards repre- sentative of a garden. The favors were attractive nosegays of spring flowers. The program, with Alartha Stultz as toastmistress, was as follows: Alusic The Blossoms (Welcome) The Buds (Response) Solo The Garden The Gardeners Life is a Garden Senior Class Prophecy Song: “Old-Fashioned Garden” Senior Class Will Alusic Juniors and Seniors .Esther Lee Ingram Rachel AIartin Bill Hicks John Brammer Etta AIoore AIr. Hoover Rainie Harris Juniors . .Elizabeth Howell Juniors and Seniors Everyone reported a good time with thanks to the Junior Class and its sponsor, Aliss Ruth Whitt, for a lovely occasion.

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12. Ralph B. Jarrett wills to D. L. Kendrick, Jr., his charm in attracting the opposite sex. 13. Racine Joyce wills to Frances Jones her uncanny ability to play basket ball. 14. Josephine Roger and Juanita Shelton will to Mabel Collier their ability to keep their love affairs straight. 15. Bill Joyce wills to Frank Carter his ability to be Mother’s baby boy. 16. Rachel Martin wills to Doris Nash her unerring ability to be the senior class president. 17. Helen Smith and Helen Mason will to Mary Frances Joyce their talent for expressing much through silence. 18. James Law wills to John Brammer his ability to answer questions in Ameri- can Government class. 19. June Moran wills to Emily Martin her ability to make friends. 20. Jo Philpott and Helen Philpott will to Christine Horsley their winsome smiles. 21. Paul Martin wills to Douglas Looney his technique of flirting with all the high school girls. 22. Kathryn Prillaman wills to Martha Stultz the secret of her popularity. 23. Mary Ramsey and Lera Seay will to Virginia Osborne their quiet nature. 24. Bruce Pegram wills to Lynwood Craig his ability to be cute at all times. 25. Lucille Williams and Martha Moore will to Eloise Smith their Home Economics talent. 26. Eula Stone wills to Louise Richardson her ability to win first place in essay contests. 27. Wayne Spencer wills to Bill Robertson his ability to sing “ Kentucky Babe.” 28. Eleanor Tiller and Esther Weinstein will to Glenwood Hutchinson their ability to lead in singing and playing the piano, respectively. 29. Daphne Craig and Iris Stone will to Ruby Roberson their ability to out- laugh any other senior. 30. Eugene Stone wills to Starling Whitlow the senior dignity that he doesn’t have. 31. Virginia Young wills to Betty Ingram her ability to eat huge red apples. 32. Wilson Thomason wills to Tommy Giles his handsome mug. 33. Miss Stone wills to Miss Whitt her ability to help the Seniors with their personal problems. We, in witness whereof, have written and signed this our last will and testa- ment. Witness: Elizabeth Howell Bruce Pegram Marie Eggleston Eula Stone

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Cough ]four Z roubles A wag Miss Stone: “I wish someone would suggest a way of keeping you pupils away from this desk with all these needless questions.” James Law: “Eat onions.” ★ ★ ★ Iris S. : “What is that knot on your head?” Eula S.: “That’s where a thought struck Lera Seay: “Hey, what’s the idea of wearing socks on the wrong side, Martha?” Martha M.: “There’s a hole on the other side.” ★ ★ ★ Mary Ramsey: “A millionaire once owned this pearl necklace.” Texas J.: “What was his name?” Mary R. : “Woolworth.” A Ralph J.: “What are you doing for a living?” Eugene Stone: “ I’m breathing.” if if if Lois Booth: “Let’s do something odd, some- thing eccentric.” Mabel Dodson: “All right, let’s go over to Dr. Dee’s and hunt for chewing gum under the tables.” ★ ★ ★ Daphne Craig: “Have you read ‘Freckles’?’’ Helen Mason: “No, thank goodness, mine are light brown.” ★ ★ ★ “Nolie, you grow more beautiful every day.” “Oh, Curtis, you do exaggerate.” “Well, then every other day.” ★ ★ ★ Josephine K.: “What makes the leaves turn red in fall?” Lucille W.:“They are blushing to think how green they have been all summer.” ★ ★ ★ H elen P. : “What is an island?” Josephine P.: “A piece of water.” if it if Wilson T.: “Didn’t you find your dime, Bruce?” Bruce P. : “Naw, but me kid brother foun’ it.” Wilson T.: “Then what are you looking for?” Bruce P. : “Me kid brother.” if ir if Eleanor T. : “Rachel, we are going to have an oral exam on English tomorrow.” Rachel M.: “Is it going to be written?” if if if P. K. M.: “Remember when we met in the revolving door in the bank?” Pat: “But that wasn’t the first time we met.” P. K. : “Well, that was the time we began going around together.” if if if Wayne S.: “You know last year the doctor told me if I didn’t stop dancing I’d be feeble- minded.” Bill J.: “Well, why didn’t you stop?” ir if if Rainie H.: “I paid my fourth visit to the beauty parlor today.” June M. : “Strange you can’t get waited on.” Helen Smith: “Are you going to the fair?” Juanita S.: “What fair?” Helen S.: “The paper says, ‘Fair here to- day and tomorrow’.” Mrs. Bailey: “Did you hear me when I called you this morning?” Rolen: “Yes.” Mrs. Bailey: “Why didn’t you answer then?” Rolen: “Couldn’t think of anything to say.” if if if A. G. Ingram: (On seeing Carolyn march in with the graduating class) “Oh, Look, mama! Carolyn has on a gown like grandma’s.” it if if Kathryn P. : “Mrs. Divers, there is one thing I want to know.” Mrs. Divers: “What?” Kathryn: “Who waters the bulbs at the electric plant?” if if ir Esther W. : “Having any luck in school this year?” Strother F. : “I should say so. Somebody swiped my Latin book.” if if it On his tour of the country Mr. Darst, inspect- ing the High School building, came before a class of girls. He wrote upon the blackboard, “LXXX.” Then, peering over the rims of his spectacles at a good looking girl in the back row, he asked, “Young lady, what is your name?” “Elizabeth Howell.” “Well, Miss Howell, I’d like you to tell me what that means.” Elizabeth Howell: “Love and Kisses.” ir ir if Marie Eggleston: “I just put my hand on a hot iron; what must I do?” Edith Jones: “Read Carlyle’s Essay on Burns.” it it it Virginia Young: “Say, did you know that you can get a good chicken dinner for ten cents down town?” Racine Joyce: “Where?” Virginia: “At the feed store.” it it it The lightening bug is a funny bird, The poor thing has no mind, lie goes on stumbling through the world With his head light on behind. 27 }