Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY Ten years ago tonight, the Class of 1948 of Lovingston High School were solemnly awarded their diplomas thus ending our carefree and happy school days. Ambitions burned bright then, as we set out on our various ways of life. The years have slowly passed, and after due consideration I have decided to take a two week’s vacation and look up as many of my old classmates as possible, hoping that I will find them as happy as I have been these past ten years. Having decided to take the family auto I set out from my heme in Richmond bright and early. The logical place to look, I decided, would be in or around Lovingston. Deciding to stop in Charlottesville for a sandwich, I ran into Annie Dee Harvey, still unmarried but from the looks of the diamond on her left hand, it won’t be long now! Stopping just outside of Charlottesville to have my car checked, I saw Harvey Knight at the garage and he was evidently doing a rushing business from the looks of things! He also told me that Gordon Johnson was in partnership with him, and that they intended to enlarge the building soon. Just as I was leaving George Ripley pulled up and Harvey told me that he was now a traveling salesman selling Pop-o-pop” bubble gum! Finally I arrived at what the sign said was Lovingston, although I was not quite sure! How it had changed! Yet Main Street” had a strangely familiar look—As I was a little tired I decided to check in at the Hotel Lovingston. As I was ft llowing the bell¬ boy across the lobby, I saw a stunning brunette whom I recognized as Lucy Taliaferro. Believe it or not she recognized me also, and at lunch she told me that she was on her way to Reno to divorce her third husband. After that she said she was going on to Hollywood to marry Ernest White who was now a movie producer. She also told me that Patricia Bailey and Gilbert Johnson were fast ri sing to fame as a song and dance team. Later on in the afternoon I decided to take a ride around Lovingston. While riding down Main Street, I saw a grand theatre with a glittering rnarqee! What did it say? Nelson Theatre! Well! Just then a long black limousine pulled up at the curb, and out stepped Joe Lee McClellan, evidently the owner and manager. He invited me in to see the matinee of the big stage show. I was introduced to his secretaries, and they turned out to be none other than Mary Lockard and Georgia Farrar. They seemed to have all the qualifications, and Joe Lee confided to me later they were quite efficient. I was persuaded to stay and see the show and was enjoying it immensely when some gentleman came in and askec me to remove my hat which annoyed me very much. I turned around to give him a cool l ook when I saw none other than Mack Bridgwater glaring at me. We had quite a reunion and he told me he was going to a party of an old classmate that night and invited me to come along. We were talking so much I neglected to ask him who’s party it was until we pulled up in front of a grand mansion. That too looked familiar when suddenly it dawned on me. It was the big house at Oak Ridge!! Going up the steps Mack hurriedly told me that Betty Jean and Mack Parrish had been married after graduation and tonight were giving an anniversary dance. Betty Jean was the perfect hostess and I can’t remember when I enjoyed an evening more! Later on in the evening I saw a familiar face J 10 y

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1948, being about to depart from this school life and being of sound mind do hereby make our last will and testament to the Junior Class. First, we wish to thank the faculty for their efficient and sincere guidance rendered us during our schcol life. Second, we as Seniors wish the Juniors to carry on our highest honor at L. H. S.— Senority” and to them we extend our best wishes for a happy senior year. Third, as individuals we are handing down our personal characteristics— Nancy Wood bequeaths Florence Pittman her time and work spent in getting the School Daze” out on time and with hopes that it will be even more successful. Betty Lee Banton leaves Page Bailey the right to be the Shorty” of the Senior Class. Charles Thacker leaves Alfred Chewning his excess weight.” Winnie Mawyer wills her studious ability and her willingness to help others to Joyce Gunter. Ffarvey Knight leaves Melvin Ripley his way with girls in the neighboring high school. Lucy Taliaferro bequeaths her good looks and ladv-like ways to Dallas Ashley. Bucky Wood leaves Peter Wood the right to be the monkey of the class of ’48-’49. Joyce Farrar leaves Oakley Crank and Nell Butler the right to flirt with the boys in the Senior Class. Betty Jean Purvis bequeaths Margie Stevens and Frances Watts her athletic ability. Arlene Showalter leaves Winnie Robertson and Barbara Gowen the right to be the faithful workers of the Senior Class. Vernon Dillard and Clyde Watts leave John Daniel Berry their neat appearance. Georgia Farrar leaves Helen Ann Powell her ability to attract boys. Gilbert Rae Johnson leaves his happy-go-lucky” ways to John Harris. Katherine White wills Alice Giles and Edith Browning her ability in basketball and softball. Shirley Jackson wills her sunny disposition and winning smile to Virginia Ann Kidd. Ernest White and Russell Watts bequeath their mischievous ways and love for girls to Glen Wills. Patricia Bailey leaves Frances Bryant and Arlene Carter her polite ways. Opalton Snead wills his love for sports to James Kidd. Warner Crocker leaves his excess energy to Lowell Butt. Annie Dee Harvey bequeaths Christine and Louise Fitzgerald the privilege of being the chatter boxes of the Senior Class. Tracy Matthews leaves the privilege of being the most meddlesome of meddlers in the Senior Class to Neal Henderson. Gordon Johnson wills his O’s to James Goodwin. Mary Lockard leaves Evelyn Balleu and Jane Powell the ability to wear nice long hair. George Ripley wills his quiet and good natured ways to Horsley Wills. Joe Lee McClellan glat ly leaves Aylese Carter his habit of forgetfulness. Malcolm Bridgwater leaves Dillard Fitzgerald the right to be captain of th? football team next year. d 9 h

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coming toward me—Miss Shirley Jackson escorted by her current beau. I see she is still a gal about town. While standing by the orchestra resting, I turned to see two prosperous looking gentlemen having a heated discussion about a new state law. Why, it was Tracy Matthews and Bucky Wood! Tracy was now an important Senator in Congress and Bucky was a prosperous merchant of Wingina who owned quite a great deal of stock in a railroad. To think they had been my classmates! The next morning, having a severe headache and wanting to get some letters written, 1 rang for the public stenographer. As she entered I blinked, for it was Arlene Showalter. We talked so much that I never did get my letters written. She told me that she still lived in Arrington, boarding with our former classmate, Katherine White who was married and had a beautiful home there. She said that Russell and Clyde Watts had gone into business for themselves after discovering a geld streak in the hills of Arrington. She said that they always handled the New York office, leaving Charles Thacker, a rising young executive in charge in Arrington. After Arlene left, I ate lunch and went out for a drive. Passing the new Lovingston High School I decided to look in, hardly expecting to see anyone I knew. While walking through the corridors, I heard the clatter of typewriters and a voice that sounded familiar. I looked on the doer and saw Miss Dorothy Kim Coleman—Commercial Director. I hardly had a chance to talk to her, there were so many high school boys hanging around saying, Please teacher, keep me after school.” She was evidently quite a success. After leaving her room I was going down the front steps when a baseball hit me squarely on the head. The next thing I remember I was looking into the laughing eyes of Nancy Wood, who by her white uniform was evidently the school nurse. The last bell rang then, and 1 gave Nancy and Dot a ride home. Nancy wanted to take a little girl home whom she thought was taking the measles. She told me that Winnie Mawyer was happily married and lived at Myndus and that this was her little girl, also named Winnie! The next day I decided to drive to Lynchburg to do some shopping. I saw Opalton Snead who was employed in Lynchburg and he told me that Warner Crocker was now president of the A. E. P. Co., and that Vernon Dillard was head of the Trailway Bus Lines. I was quite surprised fer all my classmates seemed to be doing quite well. While reading the evening paper I noticed an article in the Society Column announc¬ ing the engagement of Miss Betty Lee Banton! With a start I remembered that this was all my classmates of 1948 and how well and happy they all seemed! Ho! Hum! 1 guess tomorrow morning I can start back home. 1 am getting lonesome for my family anyway. Now at last my mind is at ease about the graduates of 1948!!! By: Joyce Ann Farrar 4 ii y