Madison Heights High School - Monelison Yearbook (Madison Heights, VA)

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The I9S0 tylau’l Jch (Class Pniyltrni As I sit before the fire, reminiscing of days gone by at our good old Alma Mater, I become sleepy and drowsy. Suddenly, before me there appears a tall knight, clad in bright armor. As I stare at his face, I find it a familiar one. Sure enough, it is Gordon Foster. (Could you believe it?) When I become accustomed to this shock, 1 see a large poster containing the picture of Frank Murphy and Denise Hubbard, a great tenor and soprano, who will sing at a banquet at the King’s palace in honor of George Farmer and Whitney Purvis, knights who have killed a dragon. (Whitney almost killed George instead of the dragon.) After seeing this, I decide to go to the banquet at the King’s palace. The arrival of the King was a great shock to me. The King, I find, is Reggie Rickets, who is very lazy, and calls upon his most royal subjects, Robert Bell and Emmett Carson, to do all his work while he docs nothing. As I mingle with the group of people at the banquet, 1 see many people from good old Madison High. I see that George Pulliam, the Casanova of the Court, is surrounded by a group of pretty ladies, three of whom arc Lois Goodman, Edith Lyon, and Lynn Woody. I wander on and find that Barbara L.inthi-cum and Shirley Smith, two ladies of the Court, are wearing gowns for Odelle Watts, the great clothes designer of the King’s Court, who has as her two assistants, Marlene Wilkcrson and Naomi Stinson. Next, I find that Myra Tyree will present a speech concerning the deeds performed by Sherwood Stinnettc. They say he killed two dragons in one day. (This seems incredible, doesn’t it?) Now, the scene changes. Before me a hunt is taking place. Dick Holt as King Arthur, with N. ). Thomas as Sir Garwaine and Gene Peters as King Pellimore are in hot pursuit after the big white stag of Fairyland. Arthur is far ahead of Garwaine and Pellimore. Suddenly, as he enters a heath, his horse becomes very frightened at four fairies: Mildred Clements, Mary Coleman, Jean Ayers and Helene Dawson. This scene fades, and a beautiful castle appears. Within its walls is the brilliantly decorated Round Table of King Arthur. R. D. Floyd, as Gareth, pleads with the King to make him a knight secrellv after being released from a vow made to his mother, Bellicent, who is Shirley Ewers. His request is granted, and shortly his quest begins. He is to go with Lynette, who is Pansye Franklin, to rescue her sister, Lynores, who is Shirley Campbell, from four knights: Morning Star. Noon-Sun, Evening Star, and Death who are Robert Foster, David Nuckles, Leonard Davis and Thomas Coleman. There, in the distance, I see John Walker as Sir Launfal riding in search of the Holy Grail. In my illusion a few hundred years elapse, and I see two ministrels, Betty Coffey and Peggy McConnell, being prepared by Ruby Hudson and Fay Hartless for a narration. In another part of the castle, a Monk, Laban Coleman, copies Sir Launfal's adventures in search of the Holy Grail. As I stare ahead, I catch a glimpse of a small village with an inn run by Barbara Phillips and Sylvia Campbell. I see the village blacksmith, Carlton Floyd, busy at work. The village sign painter, Ferol Briggs, is making new signs for his shop. Anthony Davis, the village merchant, is well-to-do from the sale of his goods. At the corner of the street. I see Taylor’s Clothing Shop owned by Mary Stuart Taylor, with clothing modeled by Kay Crews. Now the scene changes again. Across the Thames River I see the Tabard Inn. Among those to take the pilgrimage to Canterbury are Constance Wilkerson, Odessa Wood, Marjorie Carson and Doris Davis. Suddenly, there comes to my vision a beautiful castle, designed and built by Billy Story with the help of his able assistant, Massie Cash. I see the King, who is Carlton Wingfield, talking to his royal attendant, Juanita Thomas. Two messengers, Billy Ware and Bobby Ramsey, enter and invite the King to a banquet at which Caleb Stowe, Prince Charming, will select the most beautiful lady in the Kingdom for his wife. As the scene fades away, I find Dorothy Foster as Joan of Arc with her personnal guard, Julia Ann Burtyrd, ready to answer the call of her country. stir and sit up, to find the fire burning low. To my amazement, I have been dreaming. Now I realize that ty fellow classmates are contributing to the world as they did to our dear old Alma Mater in the golc i days of old. f24h

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fttadiJCh Heights High £chetl (Class iijistnrii On a day in September 1946, we, a band of 95 weary knights, set out on a conquest to gain new wealth in the form of knowledge. We were very fortunate indeed to have as our leaders in the first phase of the battle, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. McDermott, and Mrs. Arthur who were well informed and experienced in this type of encounter. For our able captains we chose Mary Stuart Taylor, President; Caleb Stowe, Vice-President; Gene Peters, Secretary and Treasurer and Dorothy White as our class representative. In this, our first battle, we were defeated many times, but under the rule of Mr. Fulcher, we finally won and set out for more wealth. In our second pilgrimage, we felt more confident as our armor was stronger and we had more experience. Although 27 ot our number had fallen in battle or deserted, we still were a courageous and hard-fighting group. Our capable commanders were Mrs. Butler and Miss MacPherson, who contributed much to build our character and further increase achievements as knights. To serve as our guides we chose Warren Rucker, President; Denise Hubbard, Vice-President; Laban Coleman, Secretary; Emmett Carson, Treasurer and Barbara Linthicum and Shirley Ewers as Representatives. Although we were weak and our armor badly worn by now, we were gradually mastering the struggle for knowledge. As a reward for our efforts, the title of Juniors was bestowed upon us. For this encounter, we had as our faithful leaders Miss Easterling and Mrs. Sandidge. To aid us in our work, we elected Joel Stowe, President; Laban Coleman, Vice-President; Warren Rucker, Secretary; Richard Holt, Treasurer; and Peggy McConnell, Gene Peters, and Juanita Thomas as class Representatives. In commemoration of our victories and our winning ability, we received our class rings, for which we had waited so many weary years. During this year we experienced the delight of being taken into many of the various clubs and in being invited to the Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance and the Junior-Senior Picnic. Now we were prepared to enter the Senior Class of our knighthood. We had served our apprenticeship well, and we had earned the privilege of becoming Seniors. Our Senior sponsors, to whom we owe much of our success, were Mrs. Davis and Miss Mitchell. As our President, we elected Laban Coleman; Vice-President, Richard Holt; Secretary, Lynn Woody; and Treasurer, John Walker. We elected Juanita Thomas, Gene Peters, Peggy McConnell, and George Pulliam for our class representatives. Our Senior Year was highlighted by such events as the Senior Play and the Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance. After such a long but delightful struggle, we finally have come to the end of this comradeship, and each of us must take his own course of life, inspired by the dear old Alma Mater and the teachers and our classmates who have not yet reached this goal. -! 23 I-

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tfladiACh Height High School (Class Util ITEM I To our forward-moving Alma Mater, we will: 1. New scenery for the stage and then a new stage for the scenery. 2. Venetian hlinds for the auditorium. 3. Some more pencil sharpeners for the auditorium, so the students can get to class on time. 4. At least one movie every two weeks. 5. Radiators that won't leak and fill the lunch room. 6. Water fountains with cold water. 7. Water fountains with water. 8. Radiators for the Physical Education room. 9. A “Monelison” as good as the one this year. 10. A man to keep the typewriters in repair. ITEM 11 To our beloved Faculty we will: 1. To Mr. Fulcher, a new cushion for his chair and a new chair for his cushion. 2. To Mrs. Davis, a special pair of carmuffs, so that she can not hear the jokes told by her Senior boys. 3. To Miss Mitchell, a third period English class that knows “when to be quiet.” 4. To Miss McPherson, an all-girl trig class, or some boys that won’t tell jokes. 5. To Miss Easterling, a guarantee that her boyfriend finishes college, so that she may go out more than once a week. 6. To Mrs. East, a special barber shop in which to get her hair cut. 7. To Mrs. Fraley, a special fender made of rubber to bounce off fire hydrants. 8. To Mrs. McDermott, a new lab. Maybe she will get a “bang” out of that. 9. To Mrs. Powell, another student like Carlton Layne to speak Spanish with her. 10. To Mrs. Arthur, a detective set, so that she may carry on her private-eye work more thoroughly. 11. To Mrs. Butler, the privilege of taking care of the library another year. 12. To Mrs. Stone, an invitation to brush up on her bookkeeping during the summer. (Not by correspondence.) 13. To the former Miss Driver, a very happy married life in the years to come. May there be many little things to please her. 14. To Miss Alderman, a contract to teach in an all-male college. 15. To Mr. Evans, a stork that won’t visit him during the basketball season. ITEM III To the I uni ors, we will: 1. The privilege of being Seniors next year. 2. The ambition and talents of the Seniors of ’50. 3. Our old faithfuls, M. D. and V. M. 4. The privilege of thinking they will soon Ire through. To the Sophomores, we will: 1. The privilege of having many students in the Beta Club next year. 2. The pleasure of having the Seniors speak to them next year. 3. The privilege of writing a school paper to be published at least once a month. -125 1-