Lebanon High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Lebanon, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY After twenty years have drooled by, we find Leb- anon a huge metropolis of 2 5,000 of which 49 are prominent citizens and also graduates of L. H. S. As this is the twentieth anniversary of our grad- uating class, we are meeting for the first time at Hotel Lebanon under the management of J. L. Fields. As I entered, whom should I meet but my old friend, Jo Jo Duff, now a typical scientist with a goatee. ' X ' ith him is his charming wife, none other but Clara Mae Sword, who is now a home economics teacher. Our host, J. L. Fields, next appeared with another old friend, James Trigg Gillespie, the owner of the Squee Department Store.” As we assembled in the orchid room, we were somewhat surprised to see Elizabeth McCloud as hostess. She seated us at a table opposite ' X ' alter Fields, Clyde Ferguson, and E ' illy Rhea, partners in the Fields, Ferguson, and Rhea Lumber Company.” As we turn back the pages of time, Billy Rhea tells us that Ethel Marie Gilbert is now playing the part of Baby Snooks over Jack Smith’s WCYL broadcasting station. Also over WCYL we hear each night the famous band leader, James Glenn, with his five piece brass band consisting of Ollie Helton, Jean Settle, Horace Davis, Dallas Hubbard, and Mabel Eerguson. His great crooning star, George Williams, succeeded Erank Sinatra years ago. As we tuned in, we heard him sing There’s a Chill on the Hill Tonight.” We next hear a scheduled ten-minute speech from Bobby Leonard, president of The Tri-County Grange. It lasted two hours. After hearing this short speech, we next proceeded to the Princess Theatre, meeting our old friend, Virginia Snead, who is giving away tickets to a basketball game. Edith Fields, Fannie Jessee, and Augustus Chafin ushered us to our seats. It was then that Mary Jane Morrison appeared on the stage singing Too Fat Polka.” Five chorus girls (with their beautiful legs) came out dancing to the music of a hill-billy band with Rheba Johnson, Nancy Warner, Hilma Hawkins, Louise Hubbard, and Estella Garrett. Jean Hedrick, Beatrice Hawkins, Hester Nunley, and Gaynelle Boardwine were the chorus girls. Tiring of this, we next go to the opening of the Barnum Bailey Circus. The first perform- ance of the evening turned out to be Anne Pratt on the flying trapeze. As we focused our eyes on the entrance, we saw Harold Bausell, weighing a little less than 5 00 pounds, with his wife, Virginia Dale, barely balancing the scales at 104. Whom should we now see but Bobby Owens who had given up his ambition to become a flyer to turn into one of the greatest acrobats of all time. We wandered on to find Jackie Wilson who was the engineer on the Choo Choo Train” for kiddies. As we turned to view some more of the sights we bumped into that famous juggler, Joe Worley Stinson. Talking to him, we discovered that Routh Smith and Billy Joe Dorton were bow-legged cowboys. Entering the tent where the hep-cat perform- ance had begun, we saw Anna Kate Williams, Fan- nie Cumbow, and Marion Brooks. Going into a fortune tellers booth, I found Lillian Fields sitting at a table gazing intently at a large crystal ball. Then looking upon the crystal ball, I saw myself proposing, I mean, prospecting for a gold mine in Campbell’s Hardware. Upon my exit, I ran into Billy Fields, who said that he and Charles Jenks were lion tamers. He said it was only a temporary job as they were practicing this so they could tame their wives-to-be, Wilma Jean Price and Ada Garrett. — Dorothy Vencille.

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JUNIORS Kow 1: Irene Hughes, James Cumbow, Loretta Thomas, Hubert Fields, Betty Breeding, Don White, Anne Steele. Row 2: Hoyle Fields, Faye Davis, O. B. Davis, Carleene Garrett, George Rasnake, Clair Fields, Gains Snead. Row 3: Louise Jessee, Pat McCloud, Mary Katherine Robinson, Dean Robinson, Betty Jackson, Julian Givens, Louise Hess. Roll’ 4: Mary Frances Breeding, Haskel Warner, Jean Reynolds, Betty Hargis, Lillian Rasnick, Annette Buckles, Mary Alice Farmer.