Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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History of the Senior Class On September seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, eighty-six pupils entered Manchester High School as freshmen. After the first month of school we had a class meeting for the purpose of electing officers to lead us through our first year of high school. June Johnson was elected president of the class. Joyce Harris was elected vice-president and Bill Traylor, secretary and treasurer. With the aid of our sponsors, Miss Berry- man and Miss Hodges, we had a very successful year. The following spring we had a May Day Festival in which we were represented by Mary Clarke, Annie Werne, Jimmie Craze, and Jim Turner. We had a picnic in the same month at Forest Hill Park, where we had a lot of fun together. At the end of the year, there was a feeling of loyal class unity and a pride that we were to enter Manchester the next year as sophomores. We were called together by our sponsors, Miss Lumpkin and Miss. Fore, to elect ofricers for the coming year. Hilda Protzman was elected president and with the aid of the other officers, vice-president, June Johnson, secretary-treasurer, Ruby Pinkleton, and reporter, Joyce Harris, we started another school year. Seeking entertainment, we organized a bowling team and had regular bowling games at bowling centers in Richmond. The class again had an outing at Forest Hill, which was enjoyed by everyone. Our class was represented in the May Court that year by Doris Wright, Gloria Butler, Raymond Ferguson, and Harry Lane. That closed our school activities as sophomores. The following year we returned to school as juniors. The class elected Ray- mond Ferguson as president, Bill Pfeffer, vice-president, Ruby Pinkleton, treasurer, and Roy Grubb, secretary. Miss Lumpkin and Miss Crawford were our sponsors for that year. During that school year one of our sponsors, Miss Lumpkin, was married, and Mrs. Crump came and took her place as sponsor and teacher. As juniors, we sponsored a play, Pickles Becomes a Lady, which proved a great success. With the arrival of spring, May Day festivities began. Those representing the junior class were Mary Clarke, Joyce Poarch, Jimmie Craze, and Harry Lane. Gloria Butler served as maid-of-honor. In the big event of the season, the juniors were hosts and hostesses to the seniors, at the annual Junior-Senior Banquet, held in the new gym on May 15, 1942. A very happy year was ended in June with great hopes of returning to Man- chester as seniors in the fall. In September, 1942, the fourth and last year of our high school life began with our beloved sponsors, Miss Ball and Miss Terry. In our first meeting of the year we elected oliicers, who were, president, Raymond Ferguson, vice-president, Hilda Protzmang secretary, Ann Jolly, and treasurer, Ruby Pinkleton. We had a Christmas Party in the home economics cottage which was very entertaining, and everyone enjoyed it. Because of the war and gas rationing many of the senior activities were cur- tailed, but we, as patriotic citizens, understood the circumstances. We knew that we would give up our pleasures now so that we might enjoy them later. Many of the former students of our class have entered the services. Those who have gone are Ranny Collier, Robert Hudson, William Donner, Warren Davis, Ralph Reams, Jim Turner, and Jimmie Craze. Many other boys are qualified for the armed forces and are expecting to be called. We seniors know what we can do for our country, and that is to keep on buy- ing War Bonds and Stamps, which we have engaged in so faithfully this year. As graduation came nearer, we realized that as a class we would not have much longer to be together. Some were planning their college careers and others were making plans to go out into the working world. We, as a senior class, greatly enjoyed our high school days together, and we wish success and happiness to those who follow.

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NORMAN BREWER Woou, JR. Norman Norman is a good student and a ood sport. He has proved his capa- bility in the business field by his work as business manager of the Paper and Annual. He is a Safety Patrol Lieu- tenant and a member of the French Club, Beta Club, and the Dramatic Club. He works hard and faithfully at whatever he begins and succeeds in it, Doius PATTERSON WRIGHT Doris Doris is one of our prettiest seniorsg she has charming ways, a sunnv smile, and a sparkling personality, She has found her way into the hearts of her classmates and is liked by everyone. Doris was in the May Court two years. She was a member of the Glee Cluh. We all wish Doris the best of luck in whatever she undertakes. 1? -1', 4 STANLEY RAY Wooorm Mufl,' Stanley is one of the quiet type of boys. Although he is qu'et in schcol, outside he is rather talkative. Stan'ey p ayed an exce lent part in the junior Class Play, and he belongs to the French Club. He is also associate editor of the Annual. Luck to you always, Stanley, and keep your friend- liness all through life.

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PROPHECY Looking into the future there is war, but somewhere beyond that strife there is an everlasting peace. We, the senior class, have attempted to look into that future to picture our- selves in the year 1955. First we go to the Stork Club in New York. As we go in, everyone is dancing to the music of, yes, it's those Kings of Jazz, Raymond Ferguson and Raymond Graves. VVe take our szats just as a beautiful girl, Joyce Poarch, starts crooning a love song. Say, this looks like a family affair, there's Nettie Mae Davis doing a danc- ing specialty. Remember how that foursome used to hang together back in '43? Leaving the night club, we center our interest on the El Paso Theatre located on Broadway, starring Veronica Brook and Robert Tyler in The Ever- lasting Peace. We enter as the feature begins and gasp in amazement when we find the leading roles to be played by Gloria Butler and Bobby Williams. Remember how they used to fuss and scrap at school in '43? My, they have turned out to be a lovely pair! A As we leave the theatre and enter a subway, we find ourselves being pushed and shoved around. We glance up and there in the conductor's seat sits Stanley Woodfin, all grins. During our conversation with him we discover that he and Elizabeth Winn are to be married soon. Remember how they arrived late for school every morning? We visit Roy Grubb and his wife, Christine Wilkinson, in a beautiful apartment down town. Roy is ex- pecting to ride his horse in the Ken- tucky Derby next year. Good luck, Roy! You know it seems funny about Clarine Wilkinson and Sidney Chalk- ley being separated from Roy and Christine, but they seem to be doing fine with their lovely set of twins. Stuart Baltz, who used to run around with that group, is no longer with them now, for he is in the farm business. We get off the subway and decide to go sight seeing. just as we step on the bus, we bump into that one and only Ellen Chadwick. We have seats together and have an Old Memories talk. It seems that Ellen is a private secretary for that famous lawyer, Raymond Wilkinson, in New York. She boards with Grace Crouch and Twila Smith, who are also secre- taries for a Real Estate Business. Remember how well they got along in commercial work? Ruby Pinkleton, who used to be with that crowd, mar- ried one of those sailors who used to be around. Just imagine that! Alice Seay and Decatur Miller are engaged to be married. Decatur is half-owner of a circus in which Alice is a stunt motorcyclist. Norman Wood, who used to attend to all of our senior business, is at last a lawyer. It seems that he and Audrey Britton are engaged. Doesn't that make history for you? Do you remember how quiet Belver Richie used to be? Well, she is an advertising agent for the Lowman Company, and she and Raymond hardly used to speak to each other. My, how people change. We hear a newspaper boy yelling the headlines at the top of his voice.