Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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CLASS WILL We the Senior Class of 1945, being of sound mind, do hereby, make our last will and testament. First, we wish to express our appreciation to the faculty for their sincere guidance in all respects, and secondly, we wish to be¬ stow upon the Juniors our most destinctive personalities. Elizabeth Mawyer wills her mirror, comb, and lipstick to Florence Watts, Sarah Crist, and Idell Stevens. Princess Spencer wills her quiet and lovable ways to Mary McKenzie and Louise O ' Brien. Louise Mawyer leaves Patty Rowan the right to knit in Miss Walker ' s s tudy hall. Anne Trice leaves Forest Ann Burford the pleasure of driving every¬ body crazy with her singing. Margie Bryant and Alice Bolton leave their witty sayings to Frances Wood, Lucille Bryant, and Dicky Moon. Virginia Wright leaves Norma Lee Johnson and Maxine Jackson the privilege of writing letters in Latin Class. Mary Giles leaves her noisy b ut happy ways to Clara Fitzgerald and Agnes Jane Sheffield. Dorothy Lee Showalter wills her dignified manner to Arlene Bryant and Margaret Fitzgerald. Thelma Giles leaves her carefree ways to Mildred Thacker and Lila Wills. Edith Stilwell and Doris Via leave their place in the back hall to Helen Via and Josephine Lincoln. Thelma Showalter and Nannie Mae Clarkson will their lady-like ways to Pauline Harris, Russell Frances Rice, and Bessie Ritenour. Caroline McAlexander leaves her sweet disposition to Christine Harris and Elsie Banton. Merle Dell Wright wills her quiet business-like ways to Elizabeth Showalter and Marie Snead. Audrey Shelton leaves her love for boys to Allene Bradley and Katherine Ann Short. Pettis Coleman and Thelma Oakley leave their flirting ways to Frances Robertson and Dorothy Carter. Frances Bridgwater wills her neat appearance to Mary Lee Fortune and Virginia Purvis. Rebecca Saunders wills her ability to draw to Alice Ann Bradley. Maria Whitehead .and Edgar Turner leave their love of Music to Ruby Ann Horsely and John Roberts. Bernice Powell leaves her ability to make good grades in her classes to Lucy Jones and Lucille Simpson. Mildred Ogden and Helen Gordon leave their ability to make friends to Alice Coleman and Virginia Harris. Helen Wilson leaves her pleasant personality to Christine Smith. Russell Lee Evans leaves Maxine Bryant and Hugh Turner the privi¬ lege of staying love sick all the year. Marion Lincoln and William Albert Stevens leave their athletic ability to Paul Shelton and Wilton Spencer. Thomas Wood and Arthur Wilson leave Fred West and James Duncan their privilege to cough in Civics Class. Cliff Wood leaves Palmer I ' unstall his studious abilities to make good marks in class. Rex Forbes wills Robert Fortune his way with girls. Billy Walker and Billy Somerville will their quiet ways to William Terry and Martin Turner. James Hughes wills Margery Dunning his seat on Turner ' s bus. Aubrey Spencer leaves Calvin Jennings his Commercial abilities. Waller Crist and David Hughes leave their neat appearance to Fred Wood. Steve Jones leaves his mischievous ways and curiosity to J. T. Matthews• 14

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THOMAS WOOD Tood Thomas has many friends. His hobby is build¬ ing airplanes. BILLY WALKER Cowboy Billy is the quiet type and likes to read about airplanes. MERIE DELL WRIGHT Dell Merie Dell is the most basliful girl in our class, although she is no man hater. She is also studious. REBECCA SAUNDERS Chink Rebecca is the most studious girl of the Senior Class. She is willing to do her part in every undertaking. AUBREY SPENCER Pete Aubrey is the tallest of the Senior boys. He is very funny and al¬ ways telling something interes ting. PRINCESS SPENCER Pen Princess is very court¬ eous and studious. She seldom smiles but has many friends. DORIS VIA Monk Doris has light hair and blue eyes. She is very quiet. Doris has a liking for a certain Sophomore boy. MARIA WHITEHEAD Birdie Maria is the most digni¬ fied girl of the Seniors. She is ever willing to take over a duty and per¬ form it to the best of her ability. 13

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY I haven’t had the craziest dream--no, it lies beyond dreaming--but a vision so realistic that something convinces me that the destiny of my classmates must be as I predict. Whom should I see but Mary and Thelma Giles, experts on the latest South American dance steps, at their swanky night club catering to Lovingston’s elite society, and little Alice Bolton crooning a blues song? In competition with the Giles ITsters, Waller Crist was running Shantytown.-Then I had a glimpse of Cliff Wood. He was giving a new tractor a try-out for fear that he would not be satisfied with its maneuverability (he was still air-minded).-Pettis Coleman had be¬ come a Red Cross nurse as a favor to Uncle Sam. All of her patients fell for her red hair. Laughl I thought I would never stop, when I heard Thelma Oakley matching her witty sayings with Bob Hope over his program. Believe it or not, she was holding her own.-Edgar Turner was pitcher for the Cardinals. He was very good judging from the ap¬ plause that rose from the grandstand, and from t he smiles of his man¬ ager, Arthur Wilson.-Audrey Shelton was traveling with a circus. not as an actress but as manager. She was really making dough from her stuffed three-headed calf.-I was astonlsned at the change in Thelma Showalter. She had taken a liking to football and was yelling for all she was worth for a certain player to make a touchdown. Caroline MacAlexander was happily married and living in Washington where she had worked as a stenographer before settling down.---Virgin¬ ia Wright was teaching shorthand at Virginia Commercial College at Lynchburg.-Mildred Ogden was in the Metropolitan Opera House sing¬ ing I Dreamed I Dwelt in Marble Halls . Those in the balcony were held spellbound as her voice rang out.-Rebecca Saunders was sitting on a high chair with her hair tousled and her eyes were peeping through a microscope. I heard her yell, I will revolutionize the w orld with my new discovery . Princess Spencer was in Paris teaching some squeaky Frenchmen the English language.-James Hughes was an engineer on the Southern Rail¬ way, sending the Streamliner on its course. He had to come over to the Southern as the C 0 didn ' t have time to fool with him. Thomas Wood was a designer of model airplanes. He had made many improvements and helpful suggestions to the American Air Lines.-I saw Elizabeth Mawyer in New York typing for the mayor. When she had extra time, she was always typing her ov n love letters. David Hughes I That ' s all I could hear when I got on the bus at Lynchburg. Looking at the driver, I saw the David Hughes. Only now he had lost nis romantic instincts ana naa Decome a woman-hater.-Edith Stilwell v as giving a lecture to her pupils and telling how she be¬ haved when she was a pupil herself.-Billy Somerville was a blue¬ print engineer. He knew his work well, and when anything went wrong, never hesitated to say so.-Rex Forbes had come into a large sum of money. He was known as the play-boy of Shipman. As usual, every girl was gaa gaa about him.-Nanie Clarkson as a society dame giving elaborate parties. Among the celebrities who v ere present at one of them were Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Madame Chiang Kai Shek, Gloria Van¬ derbilt, and Hilly Somerville.-Billy Walker was the pilot of one of Uncle Sam ' s house on wheels. He gave the passengers the thrill of their lives with his loops and barrel rolls.-I saw Dorothy Lee Show¬ alter as being contented with nothing less than Mrs. Ollie Crank, but first giving all of her devotees heartbreak.-Maria Whitehead was Secretary of State. Margie Bryant was what I suppose you would call Maria ' s right hand lady; she controlled all of her business for her. Aubrey Spencer had accepted the position as secretary to Maria. He was severely reprimanded one day for trifling with Margie ' s affec¬ tions .-Russell Lee Evans and Frances Bridgwater were happy as man and wife. They were as lovesick as ever.-Helen Wilson was creating quite a crowd around her beauty salon. Helen Gordon, a beauty special- (Continued on next page.) 15