Lebanon High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Lebanon, VA)

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Mary Ellen Duty wills her ability to succeed to Naomi Taylor, Mildred Faulkner and Christine Robinson. Billy Boyd Wilson wills his short physique to Jimmy Easterly and Richard Mayo. Bill Sutton wills his laziness to Tommy Shrader. Merle Ferguson wills Jack to Betty Pratt and Shirley Harcum. Margaret Johnson wills her wit and humor to Ann Elliott and Douglas Buckles. G iles Francisco wills his nicknames to Kyle Price. Charles Saddler wills his ability to sing to Franklin Stinson and Gypsy White. Graham GriFfith, Jr. wills his brown eyes to John Ed Duty and Margaret Vencill. Lowell Jessee wills his big hands to Jimmy Farmer. Hoover Meade wills his good grades in history to Wylodean Hughes and Franklin Nunley. Harry Smith wills his quiet ways in class to Mary Lynn Gillespie and Betty Thomas. Nancy Elliott wills her pretty clothes to Bonnie Kiser and Betty Van Dyke. Gaynelle Ferguson wills her winning ways to Billy Owens and Betty Robinson. Norma Sword wills her feminine ways to Rebecca Burdette. Charles Cross wills his good looks to Jimmy Jenks, Lloyd Monk and Joe Harmon. Hilderd Fields wills her pretty hair styles to Virginia Chafln and Nancy Buckles. Donnie Gray wills his trim figure to Kenneth Dean, Donald Gilmer and Billie Sword. Egbert Eastridge wills his locker to Austin Vencill and Bernice Kimberlin. Danah Castle wills her ability to bake cakes to Lola Bell Johnson. Lauretta Davis wills her chewing gum to Mary Elizabeth Payne and Nancy Camp- bell. Nancy Smith wills her friendship with the teachers to Virginia Carpenter and Bonnie Barton. Nancy Stinson wills her heart to Bobby Herndon. Nancy Ketron wills her seat in classes to Reva Litton and Harold Garrett. Pauline King wills her typewriter to Jackie Brooks and Kenneth Garrett. Mary Jane Martin wills her music lessons to Charlene Campbell and Regina Fields. Jimmy Thompson wills his class ring to Elizabeth Garrett and Valma Lee Fields. We, do now bequeath the job of class legator to any two future Seniors with new ideas. Nancy Smith Mary Joyce Fogleman

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Class Will As our last days of L.H.S. are slowly drawing to a close, we, the Senior Class of 1951 do bequeath to the future Senior Class of 1952, the fun, the knowledge, and the trials of our year. We, the Senior Class, bequeath individually to the Junior class, the following: Bobby Campbell wills his abilify to pass English to Marvin Dingus. Peggy Barnette wills her cheerful ways to Nancy Purcell. Peggy Bays wills her ability to get boy friends to Danah Easterly and Nancy Aker. Junior Dorton wills his girl friends, all of them, to Dudley Dotson. Bob Gillespie wills his gentlemanly qualities to Con Puckett and Fred Pruner. Floyd Johnson wills his quiet ways to Don Lasley. Kaney Warner wills himself to any unlucky Junior girl. Sue Campbell wills her girlish figure to Elizabeth Helton and Nancy Hagy. Raymond Lasley wills his basketball suit to Fred Kiser. Angeline Kiser and Joyce Fogleman will their gift of gab to Elizabeth Mitchell and I la Gentry. Jimmy Gay Yates wills her quiet personality to Elizabeth Johnson. Beatrice Kimberlin wills her knowledge of shorthand to Boots McReynolds and Gaynelle Anderson. Betty Ferguson wills her neat appearance to Irene Farmer. Anna Kate Snead wills her pretty hair to Virginia C. Ferguson. Margaret Nunley wills her diamond, but not Boots to Sarah Tate and Etta Ruth Chafln. Ann Sykes wills her ability to make friends to Anna Ruth Dickenson and Mary Sue Easterly. Joe Campbell wills his knowledge of agriculture to Eugene Wampler and Tommy White. Kenneth Davidson wills his ability to make bright remarks to Buddy Stoots and Buddy Taylor. Betty Lou Cassell wills her hist ory book to Roy Davis and Charles Fogleman. Tommy Bundy wills his mighty build to Jackie Hall and James Adams. Lola Belle Fields wills her giggles to Billie Booher. Joan Harrison wills her athletic qualities to Anne Bundy and Edith Ann Sutton. Patty Barnette wills her typing ability to Frances Mitchell and Jean Helton. Fred Elliott wills his place in the cafeteria line to Leon Castle. Hoppy Dickenson and Sue Wysor will their companionship to Virginia B. Fergu- son and Roosevelt Ferguson.

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Class History As we stand for the last time on the threshold of our Alma Mater, let us pause for a few moments and gaze back over the few short and happy years that have in- tervened since we first gathered here. It is true some changes have occurred since that far-off September morning of 1947. Perhaps you will find it hard to believe, but we, that same Freshman Class, now are the important Seniors. Four years ago in 1947 we began our high school career. The total enrollment for our Freshman year was 70 girls and 62 boys, but a large number of them dropped out. We looked with wild eyes at those big Seniors and wondered if we would ever become the same. We studied hard and soon reached our Sophomore year. At the beginning of this year we welcomed Mr. Barker as coach to Lebanon High School. Mr. Barker brought with him the knowledge and stamina to take a bunch of greenhorns and make them in to a football team. The first season the boys did not score, but they fought hard all the way. The second season, however, they won 4 and lost 4. An excellent stand- ing for a team that had known nothing about football two years prior to this one. The year quickly passed and we found ourselves studying for the last term exams. At the beginning of our Junior year Mr. Renick had taken Mr. Moore ' s place as Principal, and several new teachers had come to L.H.S. This was also a year of hard work and many accomplishments. We came back our Senior year with all the dignity of our rank. Out of the 132 Freshmen that started out in 1947, we now have 54 Seniors. To such ones, we can only say we have weathered a good many storms together and we have found school life not all a bed of roses. But we can truthfull y say that whatever trouble and annoyance has come to us has been largely our own fault, and the natural result of our own carelessness, indifference, or outright disobedience to rules which we understood perfectly well. Mr. White joined our band-wagon this year and he has made friends with every- one. He is well-liked by the students and teachers. Mr. White had the privilege of producing Lebanon ' s first band, and he has progressed far in teaching choir. He has been an asset to our school and we feel privileged to have him with us. Leave we must, and should, in spite of our reluctance. We feel not all has been in vain, and now it is easy to see the mistakes we have made in the years gone by. Our failures are dim shadows in the past and it is with great pleasure that we look ahead for tomorrow. BEATRICE KIMBERLIN JOAN HARRISON