Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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Class of ’4 9 Louise Fitzgerald Pete The music of the angels trembles at her fingertips.” Louise is full of fun, and has a smile for everyone. She has quite an interest in music, and is the type of person who will not stop until she reaches her goal. Beta Club, Commercial Club, Glee Club, Basketball, Softball, Cycle Staff. Glen Wills Coon A finger in every pie.” Regardless of what is being said or done, Glen always wants to know all of the details. If Glen is as inter¬ ested in being successful as he is in everything else, I am sure he will be. Safety Patrol, Baseball, Forest Fire Fighters. Melvin Ripley Irony Cheer up—the worst is yet to come.” Saying and taking even funny things in a very un¬ concerned way is one of Melvin’s characteristics which makes him a favorite in the crowd. As long as he is around there will always be laughs and smiles. School Daze Staff, Commercial Club, Dramatic Club, Glee Club, Safety Patrol, Football, Baseball. Aylese Carter Polly Little—but oh! so loud!” Aylese is the little nurse of the senior class. At least, she plans a career in that field. She can always find something to laugh at, and seems to have quite an interest in Baltimore. Commercial Club, Beta Club, Latin Club. Virginia Kidd Jenny Last, but not least.” Virginia has brown hair and eyes. She is quiet and somewhat bashful, but makes friends easily and is liked by all of the senior class. Glee Club, Softball. 4 9 Ir

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Class of ’4 9 Frances Bryant Frankie A sunny disposition is a blessing.” Frances is another one of our senior blondes.” She has a friendly disposition and a smile for everyone. Glee Club, Dramatic Club, 4-H Club, Safety Patrol. John Daniel Berry, Jr. johnny You were made for enjoyment and the world teas filled with things to enjoy.” John Daniel is a good sport and takes quite an interest in athletics. Whenever a ball game is the question, he is always ready to go, and seems to prefer taking blondes. Cycle Staff, 4-H Club, Glee Club, Dramatic Club, Captain Baseball, Football, and FFF. Roland Wood Peter ”Built like a mosquito—long and thin.” Roland is one of the tallest boys of the senior class. He loves to joke and have a good time, and by doing so has made himself one of the favorites of the class. Beta Club, Dramatic Club, School Daze Staff, Cycle Staff, 4-H Clu b, Safety Patrol, Baseball, Football. Winnie Robertson Win key ”Quiet in appearance with motive unknown.” With her serious, businesslike manner, Winnie has established a reputation of dependability. But, of course, like all the rest of us, she enjoys having a good time, too. Cycle Staff, Beta Club, Commercial Club. Evelyn Ballew Eve ”Silence is more eloquent than words.” Evelyn is very quiet. With her quiet, sweet manner, she will long be remembered by her former classmates. Lowell Butt L. T. In spite of all the learned have said, 1 still my own opinion keep.” Lowell has light hair, blue eyes, is very witty and popular with the girls. We are sure that he will be successful. Football. Horsley Wills Frogy Take life too seriously, and what is it worth}” Horsley’s friendly disposition has won many friends for hin) during his years at L. H. S. Commercial Club, Beta Club, Glee Club, Safety Patrol. Patrol. Christine Fitzgerald Chris ' She was just the quiet kind whose natures never vary.” Quiet, studious, and a very active worker of the senior class, a good description of Christine. Cycle Staff, Commercial Club, Beta Club, Glee Club, Softball. i 8 y

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Class Prophecy Here it is. 195 9, and exactly ten years ago, my many classmates and I were leaving Lovingston High School with our diplomas. Many names, faces, and the good times we had together flash through my mind. Memory! What a wonderful thing! By means of it, we are permitted to revive the past—both joys and sorrows alike. For the majority of us, memory is the only means by which we may remain in contact with our fellow schoolmates during the years following our graduation. For the first ten years following this occasion, the same was true of me. But recently I spent most of my vacation in the section of the country where our school days were spent. I had the pleasure of seeing quite a few of the other graduates of 1949 and heard from the others through some one who had been in direct contact with them. The first person I saw was Page Bailey. She was the stewardess on the plane I took to Lovingston. She said that Barbara Gowen was secretary to a well-known lawyer in New York and that Frances Watts was holding an important government position in Washington. I decided to go to Lovingston High School for a visit and see if I could find any former acquaintances. As I walked in, I found the Glee Club in session, and who should be the leader, but Christine Fitzgerald. She said that she enjoyed the work a lot and that Louise Fitzgerald was married and living in Washington. 1 was invited to visit the Home Economics Department and as I walked into the room, I recognized the teacher as Elizabeth Mundy. During our conversation she told me that Virginia Mundy was a Biology instructor in Northern Virginia, and Dick Mundy was an Engineer. From Lovingston I went to Shipman. I decided to visit the newspaper offices and as I walked into the Editor’s office of the Shipman Gazette , I recognized the person behind the desk as one of the graduates of ’49—Jane Powell. We had lunch together and she told me about her work. Then our conversation drifted to the subject of school friends and she said that she heard from Evelyn Ballew and Joyce Gunter quite often. They both hold secretarial positions in Richmond. While spending some time in Lynchburg, I saw other classmates of ’49. The first was Virginia Kidd. She said that she, Frances Bryant, and Helen Ann Powell were all in business together. They had a lovely little dress and millinery shop on Main Street. I also saw Arlene Carter and Winnie Robertson. They are both secretaries; Arlene, to a bank president, and Winnie, to the manager of a large department store. Arlene said she had received a letter from Aylese Carter that day. She is a nurse and very happily married, in Baltimore, Maryland. In Shipman I was told that Oakley Crank was living in Charlottesville. As I was going to spend some time there, I planned to look her up. She was very happily married and had an adorable little home. She had been a Physical Ed. instructor for a while and then settled down to married life. She gave me Margie Stevens’ address, for she, too, is living in Charlottesville. Margie had a lovely little apartment. She said that since both she and her husband worked, that was all the room they needed or that she could very well take care of. When I returned to Lovingston, I found that Nell Butler and Dallas Ashley were still the close friends they have always been. They had toured the United States with a group of young musicians and singers. When they returned home, Dallas was married. Now she has two darling little children. Nell worked in Lynchburg, for a short time, and then she was married. i io V