Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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Class Prophecy Ten years have slowly passed by, and I am leaving my home in New York for the Newark Airport to look up the graduates of 1946. As I stepped into the plane a smartly uniformed stewardess passed by and when I took the second look, I discovered it was Georgia Davis. To my great surprise Estes Sheffield was the pilot of this plane. I picked up the morning paper and was reading about the opening of the American League season at the Yankee Stadium in New York. I stopped and stared when I read the Yankees were playing their first game under the sponsorship and fiscal direction of Joe White. The plane stopped in Washington and I decided to stay there for a few days. I visited a New Eng¬ land style auditorium called Town Hall”; I must say I was shocked to find Mary Wilson making a Concert debut; this was her big test. At the piano was seated Betty Kidd, a very talented pianist. I was amazed to discover one of the Town Hall’s most constant habitues was Graham Forbes; he told me that he now specializes in designing gowns for prima donnas, and show girls. I spent the night in Roosevelt Hotel, and who do you suppose I met? The former Betty Ann Shef¬ field, now Mrs. George Parrish. I asked her a number of questions, and she told me she was leaving for Reno to get a divorce. I was shocked, but interested in her new love affair with a Hollywood director. She asked me to celebrate with her, so we decided to go to a night club. The sign SAMMIES NIGHT¬ CLUB” attracted our attention, and who do you suppose was the owner? Sam Saunders! The biggest attraction inside was Bernice Johnson, his torch singer” and Maggie Harvey, a professional dancer, who specializes in doing the Hula.” In the midst of my pleasure, an ’ole tooth started to ache. I was told that Dr. Drumheller was the best dentist around. I was surprised to find Winfred Drumheller a well known doctor, and startled to see Virginia Tinnell as his nurse, and the diamond on her left hand would make you think she meant more than a nurse to Dr. Drumheller. Irvine Kidd was also a dentist in the same building. In Richmond, I found many of my class mates. Willie Ripley was a well known lawyer and Kath¬ erine Pittman, his secretary. While walking down the street I saw two handsome men of the merchant marines, a blonde! and a red head! You might know it was Tommy Harris and Harold Mawyer, still charming all the girls. Traveling west, I stopped in Lovingston to see if I remembered any of the people around. The first person I saw was Ruby Craig. She informed me that she was Mr. W. E. Kidd’s private secretary. She was all smiles. The sign Dorothy’s Beauty Shoppe” was still up on Main street, but Dorothy’s had changed; Dorothy Clements was now the owner of the attractive little shoppe. I also met Joan Wilson on the street; she is now a trained nurse. I enjoyed my little chat with her a lot. She told me that Peggy and Nannie Tyree were hostesses in a near-by U.S.O. and that they still had their ways of charming the sailors. On my way to Lynchburg the train stopped at Monroe; I saw Lewis Elarlow there. He is now engineer on a freight train; he really has those freight train blues. I asked him about some of his old pals. He informed me that Bobby Gunter was an old bachelor living on a huge farm. He has turned into a Woman Hater.” He also told me that he was very glad that Lewis Roberts was Secretary of the Navy. I stayed in Lynchburg only a short time. I had heard that Ella Blanche Turner was working at Baldwin’s, so I went in to see her. She was a beauty operator there, spends most of her time on her own hair and face. I met Gertrude Simpson on the street. She is the wife of a soldier and every day her husband thinks war is being declared, because Gertrude is a strong believer in Petticoat Government.” Bernice Lee Woody is giving Dancing Lessons at Buck Woody’s. I saw her swinging Wilbur Hughes round and round there. I heard that he is planning to buy the place. I had always had a great desire to visit Hollywood, and figuring I would find lots of my class mates there, the next time I started traveling I made only a few stops for rest until—at last I was in Hollywood. One of the first persons I saw was Billy Norvell; he is still turning out all of the girls, and I have my serious doubts of his ever growing old. Lie told me that James Bridgwater was flying high up in the sky, not as an Angel” but as an aviator. He is commander of the Death Squadron.” d 12 V

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1946, being of sound mind, do hereby, make our last will, to the Junior Class. Jeanette Purvis leaves Nancy Trice her imaginary seat on Tony Purvis’ bus. Jean Harlow wills some of her excess fat to Ruby Aistrop. Katherin e Pittman and Tracey Bryant bequeath their quiet ways and sweet dispo¬ sition to Charlotte Stevens. Betty Ann Sheffield and Mary Wilson will their flirty, flirty, ways to Doris Browning. Virginia Tinnell bequeaths Eunice Adcock her right to walk around the school house with Lee Morris. Alice Lee Ashley wills her pleasant smiles to Ardella Butler. Georgia Davis wills her Shirley Temple curls to Anne Harvey. Gertrude Simpson and Bernice Johnson will their neat appearance to Virginia Thacker. Ruby Craig’s love for Soup” is left to Mattie Lee Simpson. Elizabeth Ogden and Mary Jane Wright bequeath their baby ways to Sallie Litz- gerald. Betty Kidd and Marion Thompson will Nancy Lincoln their happy-go-lucky ways. Ella Blanche Turner and Nannie Lee Tyree bequeath their love for sailors to Marie Walker. Cora Belle Wood leaves her many responsibilities and her love for soldiers to Rebecca McKenzie. Dorthy Clements and Mary Glenn Saunders will their love for dancing to Prances Crist. Maggie Harvey leaves to Nancy Henderson her love for basketball. Peggy Tyree and Joan Wilson leave their friendly ways to Viney Morris and Jeanette Stevens. Bernice Woody wills Jean Terry her willingness to help others. Anna Ogden wills Muriel Harris her interest in boys. Harold Mawyer, Tommy Harris, and James Bridgwater, leave their name, The Three Musketeers” of the class to William Prederick Rafley, Malcolm Parrish, and Lee Morris. Billy Norvell and Wilbur Hughes will their two-timing ways to Dan Taliaferro. Irvine Kidd and Willie Ripley leave their quiet and polite ways to Robert Chewning. Winfred Drumheller and Estes Sheffield will Henry Allen their right to be the chatterbox of the Senior Class. Sam Saunders and Gerald Smallwood leave their interest in politics to Curtis DeCatur. Bobby Gunter and Lewis Harlow bequeath Leo Ogden their hate for women. Jake Thompson and Joseph White will their athletic abilities to Russel Turner. Graham Porbes and Lewis Roberts will George Gordon their way of making love to girls. d 11 1-

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I saw Marion Thompson as a platinum blond movie actress. Marion had divorced four husbands and was making plans to marry the fifth. I read that Jeanette Purvis was a chorus girl on Broadway. She is really getting into the limelight after many struggles. Was I surprised when I met Mrs. James Harris (the former Anna Ogden) and her curly headed little son. She told me she was living in California since James was driving a transfer truck there. She told me that Elizabeth Odgen was a teacher in a mission school. A sign The J-T-A Place” worked on my curiosity, so I went in and was glad I did, because it was a swanky dress shop owned by three of my friends, Jean Harlow, Tracey Bryant and Alice Ashley. They told me that in a recent letter that they had gotten from Jeanette Stevens, informed them that she was a fortune teller in Shipman, still trying to win the love of Lynn Thompson. The last of my school mates that I saw in Hollywood was Mary Jane Wright; she told me that she was doing secretarial work in a law office. In reading newspapers, I discovered that Gerald Smallwood is now a professional Athletic director and is touring through the states giving demonstations. I also read in the same paper, the announce¬ ment of Mary Glenn Saunder’s marriage to a college professor. After seeing many of my class mates, I returned to my home very happy, and proud of my friends’ progress in life. Cora Belle Wood In Memoriam In loving memory of our dear class mate and friend, Carrol Bryant, who died on February 2, 1946, after a long illness. Dear Carrol, you are not forgotten Though on earth you are no more; Still in memory you are with us As you always were before. Sadly missed by your Senior Class. T 13 h