Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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JUNIORS President Mary June Bryant Vice-President Virginia Smoot Secretary Pearl Smith Treasurer Marie Payne HALL OF FAME Best Looking - - - - Girl Margaret Robertson - - Boy Stanley Allen Neatest ------ - Girl Marie Payne - - - - - - Boy Bernard L. McGinnis Most Dignified - - - Girl Anne Henderson - - - - Boy Dan Payne Biggest Flirt - - - - Girl Margaret Rob ertson - - Boy Buddy Adams Most Polite - - - - - Girl Maude Wood - - - - - - Boy Tommy Saunders Most Popular - - - - Girl. Margaret Robertson - - Boy Charles McGinnis Biggest Nighthawk - Girl Marie Payne - - - - - - Boy Buddy Adams Most Conceited - - - Girl Margaret Jones - - - - - Boy Stanley Allen Most Studious - - - Girl . Anne Henderson - - - - Boy Dan Payne Most Athletic - - - - Girl Anne Henderson - - - - Boy Bernard L. McGinnis Best All Around - - Girl Marie Payne - - - - - - Boy Charles McGinnis

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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

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JUNIORS HALL OF FAME Wittiest ------ Girl Virginia Smoot ----- Boy Charles McGinnis Cutest ------- Girl Maude Wood ------ Boy Charles McGinnis Most Bashful - - - - Girl Anne Henderson - - - - Boy Tommy Saunders Best Looking - - - - Girl Mary Ella Coleman - - Boy Willard Phillips Neatest ------ Girl Angie Marie Purvis - - - Boy Fayette Watts Most Dignified - - - Girl Pearl Smith ------- Boy . Fayette Watts Biggest Pest - - - - Girl Myrtle Fitzgerald - - - Boy . Fayette Watts Most Polite ----- Girl Pearl Smith ------- Boy . Willard Phillips Biggest Flirt - - - - Girl Lorraine Crank - - - - Boy Willard Phillips Most Popular - - - - Girl Lorraine Crank ----- Boy Fayette Watts Most Conceited - - - Girl Bernice Knight ----- Boy Willard Phillips Most Studious - - - Girl Pearl Smith ------- Boy . Fayette Watts Most Athletic - - - - Girl Myrtle Fitzgerald - - - Boy Willard Phillips Best All Around - - Girl Arlene Witt ------ Boy Fayette Watts Wittiest ------ Girl Lorraine Crank - - - - Boy Fayette Watts Cutest ------- Girl Dot Clements ----- Boy . Fayette Watts Most Bashful - - - - Girl Janie Stevens ------ Boy . Willard Phillips Biggest Nighthawk - Girl Lorraine Crank - - - - Boy . Willard Phillips [ 14 ]