Lovingston High School - Cycle Yearbook (Lovingston, VA)

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They also told me that Alice Giles is now married. Her husband is in service and she travels with him from camp to camp. Her letters are frequent and filled with things about the interesting places she goes and people she meets. The following day, I was hurrying down the street, and as I rounded a corner, I nearly collided with a Naval officer. As I hastened to apologize, I recognized him as Lowell Butt. We talked a few minutes and he told me that he is now at Annapolis, and plans to continue his career in the navy. He told me too, that Melvin Ripley has set up a permanent office in Boston. He is now a psychiatrist and Lowell said that Melvin is quite efficient, enjoys his work and is extremely well liked by all of his patients. As I hurried on I happened to glance to the side and see this sign on the door of an office building: HENDERSON, GOODWIN FITZGERALD CONTRACTORS (Main Offices) Since all of the names sounded familiar, I decided to investigate further. By doing so, I found that they were actually three of my senior classmates, Neil Henderson, James Goodwin, and Dillard Fitzgerald. Since I had left Lovingston after graduation, a radio station had been opened there. I have always had a weakness for radio, so I planned to visit the studios. There I wanted to meet a certain disc jockey” of whom I had heard so much talk. When I got to the station I was greeted by another announcer and as we talked he told me that the disc jockey usually came running in about two minutes before air time, all out of breath and with no script, but he had the most popular program on the station and received more fan mail than any other announcer. When he finally came in and we were introduced, it was Roland Wood, the midnight disc jockey of WLUV. Lie told me that Forrest Banton was also in the field of radio, but was located in another state. The next morning, I planned to leave Lovingston for the West Coast to visit friends. At the airport I met the pilot of my plane and again I was almost speechless with sur¬ prise, for it was John Daniel Berry. As we talked Lee Norvelle also came up and spoke. We were taking the same plane, so we had time to talk after we left. He said that he travels a lot in his work, but his headquarters are in the East. He is the art director for a leading fashion magazine. While in California, a friend took me to visit a big ranch. We were greeted by the owner, Alfred Chewning. When we arrived he showed us over part of the ranch, but we were unable to see all of it for lack of time. As I still had extra time, I decided to return home by way of the Southern States. In Texas, we stopped overnight in Fort Worth. I spent the night at a small, attractive hotel. While I was there I saw a face which looked familiar and soon I recognized him as Horsley Wills and introduced myself. He and Glen Wills owned the hotel at which I stayed. He said that he saw Ned Dowdy quite often too. He is a petroleum engineer and while traveling he often spent the night at their hotel. Back in Virginia, in a farm magazine, I saw a name which sounded very familiar, James Kidd. He was being honored for outstanding conservation work and there was a brief sketch of his life given. One sentence read: He graduated from Lovingston High School in 1949,” so I knew my search for ’49 graduates was through. Thus, my vacation has come to an end, and I have found all of my Senior classmates of 1949 quite well, happy and successful, enjoying life and their work. Florence Pittman. A ii 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

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Best Looking Richard Mundy Florence Pittman Most Studious Dillard Fitzgerald Joyce Gunter Most Likely to Succeed James Goodwin Florence Pittman Neatest John Berry Nell Butler Most Popular Lee Norvelle Oakley Crank Laziest Ned Dowdy Oakley Crank Biggest Flirt Ned Dowdy Oakley Crank Most Bashful Alfred Chewning Jane Powell Best Natured James Kidd Florence Pittman Best Athlete Neil Henderson Margie Stevens