Lincoln High School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Lincoln, VA)

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HYUPHPFH My name is Sir Lancelot of the Knights of the Round Table. I am what I suppose you would consideraghost for you cannot see me. When those '53 Seniors at Lincoln studied the medieval period in English Literature and were so interested in King Arthur, I saw that they were an extraordinary class and have been interested in their activities ever since. QYou might wonder where that Old English speech is--Well, who could keep that accent and speech after being around those Lincoln Seniors for as long as I have 'PJ Fifteen short years ago, in 1953, I attended their commencement at Lincoln. Now they are scattered over various parts of the country, so touch my armor in order to be able to follow me, and we shall go on a journey ..... There's ELMER CARTER'S farm. He raises Aberdeen-Angus cattle and is a very prominent farmer in Virginia. Now we are coming to Washington. There's KLAUS BALZER: on his way to the em- bassy. He's the new ambassador to the United States from Germany. See that huge restaurant over there ? ARTHUR CORE and BLAKELEY MARCUS own it and serve excellent meals. Here's the Capitol. Listen to that confusion. Representatives CLEVELAND LANHAM and FENTON PIGGOTT have just introduced a startling new bill. There's the Pentagon where CAROL BROWN holds an important position as secretary to the Chief of Staff of the Army. That's Constitution Hall. SYLVIA CROOKER, the famous young soprano, is giving a concert there. Just listen to that ovation! The talented young pianist accompanying her is SHEILA PAYNE. Let's leave Washington and go southward. There's V. P. I. DICKIE POTTS is an instructor there. He's very well-liked by his students. Do you see that service station with all the large cars in front of it? That's BOB WAUGERMAN'S. He really has a fine business. Now we're in Kentucky. See those fine-looking horses in that field? ADELE HAW- THORNE trains them. She really does a fine job--I know. Here we are in Sarasota, Florida. That's JEAN WOODWARD over there. She has a seal act with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus. Aren't those two estates vast ? CHARLOTTE SEACE and her husband own one and PATSY BROY and her husband own the other. There're Charlotte and Patsy now, talking over old times. We're on our way westward now. Here's New Orleans. FLOSSIE WALTERS teaches home economics in that large school. Over 2500 students go there. Let's go to Texas next. MARY WOLVERTON is secretary to that big construction firm. There's MARGORIE PIERSON. She owns that modern hotel. Shall we stop and rest a bit ? That's the First National Bank where LIN BLOCKER is president. See him working? -28-

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-an-g I i Carol Brown leaves her tranquility to Connie Sipe. Patsy Broy leaves her smile to Mary Ann Locke. Harriet Caffey leaves her wondering imagination to Tommy Presgraves. Barbara Cooper leaves her office job to Caroline Hindman. Sylvia Crooker leaves her success as a vocalist to Maurice Anderson. Laura Belle Dawson leaves her ability to draw to Billy Carbaugh. Junie and Kitty Dwyer leave their sisterly disputes to a brother-and-sister Mary Alice and Ralph Windle, Jennie Lou Echols leaves her mania for driving to Violet Wiley. Betty Jean Fleming leaves a neat physics manual to Billy Lanham. Irene Fleming leaves her skating enthusiasm to Juanita Ransbottom. Dorothy Fox leaves a dustless library to the new library assistants. Charlotte Geiman leaves one slightly used pair of basketball shoes to Barbara Graham. Anne Grille leaves her unshakeable poise to Phyllis Tribby. Shirley Hall wills the ability to pay attention to Robert Jewell. Adele Hawthorne leaves her hard-won blue ribbons to Christine Stefferud. Barbara Irwin leaves her Irish wit to future humor editors of the Lincolnite. Marjorie Kephart leaves her soft voice to Betty Poston who should use it after her cheerleading job. Ellen Kirby leaves her silly giggle to Mary Frances Brown. Betty Lanham leaves her industrious attitude to Paul Reed. Barbara Parks leaves Mrs. Whitley clean blackboards. Sheila Payne leaves her A's to Jimmy Simpson who, of course, has no use for them. Marjorie Pierson leaves her desk in the back of the room to Mark Kinnaman. Charlotte Seace leaves her nice handwriting to Bill Thomas. Bernice Sunday leaves her infectious giggle to Linda Lowry. Hattie Tomblin leaves her skill in basketball to Betty Piggott. Betty Tribby leaves her collection of empty shorthand notebooks to Barbara Greer. Flossie Walters leaves her old Literature book to Jimmy Smith. Mary Wolverton leaves her deep voice to Janie Cooper. Jean Woodward leaves her freckles to Sue Ann Wenner. We here affix our seal, this the third day of June, in the year of our Lord, Nine- teen Hundred Fifty-Three. team, QSignedJ King Arthur Testator Witnesses thereof: Sir Lancelot, Sir Kaye, Sir Modred 4.- 3 L 'si

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Now we're in C alifornia. There's BERNICE SUNDAY. She designs bathing suits. They're very popular these days. That's BETTY LANHAM'S Photo Studio. See those pictures ? She and her staff really do excellent work. Look at that girl on the tennis court. Why it's ELLEN KIRBY preparing to compete in the national tennis finals. Do you recognize those two nurses entering the new Washington Hospital? They're BETTY JEAN FLEMING and CHARLOTTE GEIMAN. That's Warner Brothers' Studios. DOROTHY FOX is secretary to the president there. Let's attend this television program. It's JENNIE LOU ECHOLS on her own show, Jennie Lou's Forum. TOMMY WYNKOOP is appearing with Jennie Lou today. He's the comedian that critics say is the best since Milton Berle. There's ANN BROWN in that radio station. She plays the star role as a southern belle in the radio serial, Belle of 1858. BARBARA COOPER is teaching at that elementary school over there. She has the first grade and is helping greatly to get pupils started off correctly. Let's leave California now and go to Utah. RAY BLEVINS, D. D. S. , has his offices in Salt Lake City. There they are, and lookl JIMMY COLEMAN, the prominent auto- mobile salesman, is his patient now. Dr. Blevins, however, doesn't seem to be causing him any pain. That lady on the street is SHIRLEY HALL. She designs much of today's modern furni- ture. KITTY and JUNIE DWYER, who establishedagirls' school in Nebraska, are talking with her. MARJORIE KEPHART is a very prominent novelist who is working on her new book The Open Door. There she is, coming from her publisher's. Let's take this bus. It's one of MARVIN WHARTON'S. He owns the Continental Bus Lines. Look over there in those seats. There're LINWOOD REID and LEE RODGERS. Linwood is the dynamic basketball star who is in the headlines a good deal these days. Lee is president ofthe newly established Grant College--Too bad we're invisible and they can't see us. I-lere's Indiana. That's MELVA ATHEY getting out of her car. She owns a well-known beauty shop. IRENE FLEMING, who is a noted fashion expert, is coming to confer with her. That's LAURA BELLE DAWSON. She has acomic strip in a national newspaper. She's talking with BARBARA IRWIN, the well-known professional skater, who is currently with Skate Follies of 1968. Now we're in Ohio. BETTY TRIBBY over there is talking with HATTIE TOMBLIN. Betty is housekeeping now, and Hattie is author of several popular mystery stories, the latest being The Missing Corpse Murder Case. Now, here's New York. That's the New York Times. FRANKIE FIELDS is the editor. He's increasing the circulation every day. HARRIET CAFFEY, ANNE GRILLE, and BARBARA PARKS are lunching together. Harriet's a model for the famous model agency, Jewells'. Anne is writing popular songs. Her latest hit is For the Moment. Barbara is the noted designer for taller women's fashions. Well, that's the '53 Senior Class of Lincoln in 1969. Hope you enjoyed your trip with me. , Sir Lancelot , -29-