Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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CLASS WILL Robert Fortune bequeaths Stanley Allen his lady-charming ways and Willard Phillips his love for basketball. Calvin Jennings leaves his physique to Dan Payne and his position in the office to Fayette Watts. J. T. Matthews wills Bernard Lewis McGinnis and Tommy Saunders his love for sports. Dickie Moon bequeaths Charles McGinnis the right to sleep in English and History class in the seat up in front of the room. John Roberts leaves his love for the girls to Harry Wills. Palmer 1 unstall wills J. T. Coleman the privilege to hitch-hike to all football games. Hugh burner and Fred Wood bequeath their reckless ways to Buddy Adams. Billy Walker leaves Ray Proffit his love for machinery and electricity. Martin Turner wills his quiet way to Grafton Simpson. Alice Ann Bradley leaves her love troubles to Bernice Knight. Allene Bradley and Frances Robertson will their sweet ways, and lasting smiles to Margaret Jones. Forrest Anne Burford bequeaths Virginia Smoot the right to eat in History and English class. Lucille Bryant leaves her happy-go-lucky ways and Florence Watts leaves her love for Billy Norvell to Dot Clements. Dorothy Carter and Margie Dunning will their interest in boys to Juanita Brooks. Alice Coleman bequeaths her surplus weight to Mary Ella Coleman. Mildred Fields wills her polite ways to Jeanette Stevens. Clara Fitzgerald bequeaths her jitterbugging to Myrtle Fitzgerald. Mary Lee Fortune and Virginia Harris leave their neat appearances to Nancy Lou Hale. Christine Harris wills her love for the Naval Air Corps to Lorraine Crank. Pauline Harris and Thelma Oakley bequeath to Susie Dunning their love for soldiers. Ruby Anne Horsley wills her ability to play good old mountain music” to Virginia Johnson. Maxine Jackson bequeaths her love for sailors to Anne Jackson. Norma Lee Johnson and Agnes Jane Sheffield leave their business abdity to Dorothy Camden. Josephine Lincoln and Ide’l Stevens will Angie Marie Purvis the privilege of being the chatter-box of the Senior Class. Mary McKenzie and Elizabeth Showalter bequeath their calm ways to Anna Odgen. Virginia Purvis and Evelyn Thacker leave their quietness to Louise O’Brien. Russell Frances Rice and Bessie Ritenour will their sweet dispositions to Janie Stevens. Pattie Rowan wills Maude Wood her love for the boys of the class of ’45. Audrey Shelton bequeaths Ella Blanch Turner her long black hair. Kathryn Ann Short leaves Marie Payne the blood, sweat and tears she put forth on the School Daze. Lucille Simpson bequeaths her right to be Senior Class President to Bernice Woody. Christine Smith leaves her willingness to help others to Pearl Smith. Kathryn and Marie Snead will their quiet and dignified ways to Frances Harris. Mildred Thacker wills Madeline Stevens her favorite seat on Mays’ bus. Aileen Wills bequeaths her love of sports to Anne Henderson. Lila Wills leaves Arlene Witt her right to giggle in classes. Margaret Fitzgerald wills her position in the store to Frances Ragland. Arline Bryant bequeaths Mary June Bryant her love for bus drivers. Maxine Bryant wills her flirty ways to Margaret Robertson. Mary Micklem leaves her bashful ways to Alice Martin. To the Junior Class as a whole, we the Seniors extend our best wishes for a happy Senior year. 11

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SENIORS Arline Bryant Tiny’ Secretary of Glee Club; Dramatic Club; String Band Club. gENIOR HALL of FAME-- Best Looking - - Girl . Christine Harris - - - Boy Most in Love - - Girl Frances Robertson - - Boy Most Conceited - - Girl Alice Ann Bradley - - Boy Neatest - Girl Mary Lee Fortune - - Boy Wittiest - - Girl . Thelma Oakley - - - - Boy Best All Around - - Girl Christine Smith - - - - Boy Most Athletic - - Girl . Clara Fitzgerald - - - - Boy Most Polite - - - Girl . Christine Smith - - - - Boy Biggest Nighthawk - - Girl Mary Lee Fortune - - - Boy Most Popular - - - Girl Maxine Bryant - - - - Boy Biggest Flirt - - - Girl . Forrest Anne Burford - Boy Most Studious - - - Girl Christine Smith - - - - Boy Most Dignified - - - Girl . . Kathryn Ann Short - - Boy Biggest Pest - - - - Girl . . Forest Anne Burford - Boy Cutest - Girl . . Maxine Bryant - - - - Boy Mary Micklem Birdie” 4-H Club; Commercial Club; Glee Club. Robert Fortune Hugh Turner Robert Fortune Palmer Tunstall Dickie Moon Palmer Tunstall Robert Fortune Palmer Tunstall Hugh Turner Robert Fortune Robert Fortune Palmer Tunstall Palmer Tunstall Calvin Jennings Dickie Moon

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It is about graduation time again at Lovingston High School, and as I gaze over the class with which I have spent so many years there comes a vision of each of them in 195 4. Ten years have passed since we so proudly marched up the aisle to receive our diplomas. Some were crying, some laughing and some wore the expression of a long-cherished dream coming true. Even after ten years this scene still remains clear in my mind. This television is really a marvelous thing. Why only last night I was listening to my favorite band when they introduced their new vocalist—Sandra Ward. Imagine my surprise when I saw the face of Forrest Anne Burford. Her voice certainly has changed! ! She was crooning the new blues song, He’s My Pilot.” That word pilot remained on my mind until I saw Robert Fortune as an Ensign in the Navy Air Corps. He has finally attained that much dreamed-of goal and is wearing Gold Wings. The scene shifted to a large business firm. There I saw Calvin Jennings as president and Allene Bradley as his private secretary. After I left the office, I saw Bessie Ritnour and Clara Fitzgerald as secretaries in other parts of the firm. As I passed by the city hospital, I saw Fila Wills, Mary Fee Fortune and Audrey Shelton, happy in the profession they had chosen, nursing. They are well-liked by all of their patients for their interest and capability. Who is that trim girl in the Cadet Nurse Corps uniform? ? ? Yes, it is Maxine Jackson. She has finished her training and is leaving for a hospital in Texas in a few days. Kathryn Ann Short has received her degree from the University of Virginia and is now happily married and living near Lynchburg, her carefully planned career upset. While gossiping with her, I learned that the Bryant twins, Arlene and Maxine, are in New York as dress models. Their pictures appear very often in the fashion magazines of the day. The Harris twins are both married. Christine is making her home in Florida near a Naval base where her husband is stationed. Pauline is living near Arrington. As I pass through Shipman, I see Dickie Moon is upholding the family tradition by taking over Moon’s store. The years haven’t changed him; he is still the laughing, happy-go-lucky boy he was in High School. Three very business-like girls just passed. They looked familiar and when I look closer, I recognize them. They are Virginia Purvis, Frances Robertson, and Margie Dunning. It seems they are working in different offices in Shipman. There was quite a crowd at the station. Among them were Mildred Thacker, Russell Rice and Florence Watts waiting for a train. They are leaving for their new positions in the Navy Observatory in Washington. Hugh Turner is an owner of a large cattle farm in Tye River. He is also married. The schoolhouse really looked familiar; all of the teachers are new however. Well, if it isn’t Christine Smith teaching Latin to a group of uninterested Juniors, and whom should we see as the new commercial teacher but Agnes Jane Sheffield. The bell was ringing for class exchange when I arrived. It was playing the top tune of the week. Just a small invention of Professor P. G. Tunstall. The class bells all over the country keep up with the Hit Parade. While talking to the teachers I discovered a new program on the radio which I simply must hear; Frances Wood, Thelma Oakley, and Lucille Bryant are teamed up, answering each others wise cracks! Lovingston has grown into a prosperous little town. Look at that department store, Turner and Duncan, Inc. They are none other than Martin Turner and James Duncan, other members of the class of ’44. Who is that coming down the street? ? Pattie Rowan and Alice Ann Bradley? ? That’s right. Pattie spent several years at Notre Dame College, long enough to meet and marry an Ensign anyway. I always thought she would be the home type. Alice Ann started her training as a Navy nurse but dropped it in favor of marriage. She seems radiantly happy. These two girls have really stuck together; they are both making their homes in Eastern Virginia. There is also an exclusive dress shop in Lovingston owned and operated by Marie and Kathryn Snead. Kathryn does the designing and Marie the sewing. They are becoming quite famous. I wandered down to the airport to see what was going on. This is located on what was formerly known as the Tunstall farm. An airplane is getting ready to take off. The pilot is Fred Wood. Imagine it, he has turned into a woman hater. Helen Via, Josephine Lincoln are on board; they are leaving for Chicago to dance at a famous night club. J. T. Matthews is getting on board; I learned later he has become a great football player. Elizabeth Showalter and Mary Micklem and two very handsome men are there too. They are leaving on their honeymoon, married cousins. Just then an airplane came in and who should I see but Ruby Ann Horsley. She has been to New York collecting material for her latest novel. She informed me that John Roberts was a great movie director in Hollywood. I suppose his training at Lovingston High was a great help. Norma Lee Johnson and Virginia Harris also came in on this plane. They are teachers in Baltimore and home on vacation. I left the airport and took a bus home. On the same bus were Louise O’Brien and Dorothy Carter. They were planning a double wedding next month. They were speaking of Lucille Simpson, Alice Coleman, and Idell Stevens who had left for new jobs in Portland, Maine, the day before. It was then that it dawned on me that the hostess on the plane that had left the airport was another of the class of ’44, Mary McKenzie. Evelyn Thacker and Mildred Fields got on the bus in Charlottesville. They are owners of a beauty shop in town. The vision faded when the class bell aroused me from my deep meditation. With my mind still occupied with this vision and thoughts of what the future might hold, I gathered up my books and went to my next class. Alice Ann Bradley