Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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PROPHECY As everyone drrfted toward the steps to dress for the banquet Sophre heard June Parlow Know marrred to Mann to whom she had been engaged so longl drscussrng marrred lrfe wrth Edna Clrborne also happrly marrred Followrng them up the steps came Mr Harold Pannell an rnsurance salesman who had had hrs branch offrce rn Mexrco Crty and another traveler Professor Franklrn Krng who had traveled rn the capacrty of a scholar When everyone had gone upstarrs Sophre raced to the krtchens to help and before she knew rt the banquet was berng served Peekrng rnto the banquet hall she saw that Irby Brown who had been a much sought after lecturer was Master of Ceremonres and was rntroducrng the frrst speaker Mr Thomas Blackstock the famed Physrcrst on earth He spoke brrefly havrng retarned hrs bashfulness The next speaker was Wrley Davrs mrllronarre professronal football player who announced that he had brought wrth hrm hrs prrvate professronal cheerleader Grnny Root Mr Brown next rntroduced Mr Rrchard Hart who told about hrs actrvrtres as busrness executrve banker draftsman and radro announcer besrdes ownrng a small drugstore rn Forest Hells Next on the agenda was Benny Johnson who spoke on the problems of runnrng the Veteran s Admrnrstratron and how hard rt was to get bonuses for veterans At that trme there was a break rn the serrous vern Mr Brown wrth a chuckle rntroduced Katherrne Lrndsey who gave some of her wrttrest rmpersonatrons and mono logues She had been a famous radro commedrenne Followrng Mrss Lrndsey Mrs Betty Boswell Newcomb was rntroduced to the gatherrng She had been chosen Mrs Amerrca rn the brg contest at Atlantrc Cnty back on earth and everyone especrally her husband was proud of her The program was concluded wrth a short talk by Rosalre Johnson on her experrence reluctant to rnterrupt hrs storres of some of hrs best games Leonard had played foot ball for the Unrversrty of North Carolrna and had been called another Choo Choo Justrce At the tables rn the meantrme Buddy Hundley had been tellrng Freeman Fox how he sold cars hot off the productron lrne Freeman was strll lookrng for a rob Lrstenrng rn was the noted Southern gentleman Broadus Crowder And then the ball It was a huge success' By request several of the member helped entertarn at rntermrssron Wrllram Clements frrst gave a short prano recrtal He had been a member of the Vrrgrnra Symphony Orchestra Then Tommy Thomason played a prece on hrs famed trumpet Several of the classmates Vrrgrnra West Joyce Mann Patsy Lrttle and Emma Newton had become members of Fred Warrngs Glee Club and although there were only four of them they gave forth wrth a lovely rendrtron of Stodola Pumpa Then Edrth Gunn who had become famous rn the movres for her character parts presented a lrttle monologue starrrng Aunt Jemama After rntermrssron the orchestra started agarn and Sophre from behrnd her potted palms saw among others Naomr Schwartz dancrng by wrth her husband whose face Sophre couldnt see Naomr had played basketball a whrle then settled down to marrred lrfe On the other srde of the dance floor Sophre saw Mary Ann Wrlls chattrng garly about her years as a grade school teacher Then after the ball was over and everyone was gettrng back to hrs room fthey had planned to leave for respectrve parts of Heaven early the next mornrngl Sophre as she was gorng down the hall happened to see a door half open and stopped by There rn the room seated on the floor was Hazel Hay tellrng storres to the many delrghted chrldren of Mr and Mrs Earl Newton Mrs Newton was the former Arlene Lerghty Sophre quretly shut the door and contrnued down the hall thrnkrng what a success the reunron of the 1950 class of Manchester Hrgh School had been' MARTHA SOPHIE AUSTIN T233 . I . I I I , . D ' I . I I ' ' ' II II ' I I , . I ' 1 ' I ' I , , , . . ' I I I I ' ' , , . . . . ' ' 1 1 . . , . I I in elementary teaching. Rosalie was seated next to Leonard Morgan and seemed ' ' ' . II - ll ,, . . ,, . . . . . , . . . . . , s . . , I I , ' ' II II ' ' II ' II .I , . . ' . ' I ' I I I , . I 0 I II II

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PROPHECY Sophue was the newest arruval un Heaven and dudnt know much about what was goung on but one of the furst thungs she heard aboJt was the bug reunuon of Manchester Hugh Schools class of 50 Accordung to the gossupung angels they were already begunnung to arruve from all parts of Heaven for the bug event whuch would take place at the Celestual Hotel Not to muss anythung un her new world she wandered down to the aurport to see the members arruvung on wung wuth theur extra whute evenung robes carrued un luttle clouds Leadung the group was a most umportant man Mr Wayne Gubson who durung hus lufe on earth had progressed from edutor of the MEMOIR to edutor un chuef of the New York Tumes He was followed by hus staff of secretarues whuch uncluded Delores Andrews Jane Basl and Mary Ann Newcomb Sophue tagged along as the group went down Harp Avenue to the hotel In the lobby much back slappung and handshakung was goung on sunce others had been arruvung all the tume As Sophue walked un at Mr Gubson s sude the furst thung that met her eyes was the Red Cross flag on the wall opposrte Then she saw Betty Fusher Bass chasung about un her R C unuform makung another collectuon Of course when she came to Ann Hagood the former great Physucal Educatuon Coach at Maduson College she was agaun duscouraged by Anns declaratuon that she had no money Anyway she soud lm too busy gettung Mr Garland Campbell to polush my halo Garland had made All Amerucan basketball team of 55 Naturally as near as possuble was Audruan Creasy but now Mr A Creasy mulluonaure He had Invented and patented a sure fure way to successfully skup school Sophue was shocked to hear an uncelestual yelp as Dorus Colluns retured kundergarten teacher rushed un to greet Creasy Theur greetung rocked the luttle hotel but the nouse was hushed as everyone turned to stare when Peggy Bredemeuer the famed opera star paraded un followed by Wrenn Moorung Putney also a sunger but un the popular veun Among the plans for the evenung was a large banquet and a ball afterward whuch had been planned by the Lewus Reese Mrs Reese was the former Margaret Sumpson presudent of the class of 50 They had never quut workung and had left theur 'obs hers as buyer at Heaven s branch store of Murphys Inc and hus as Head Stockboy there He had gone places sunce hus graduatuon at M H S Jolune Hockett and Betty Lou Terrull had assusted wuth the plans and decoratuons They were especually capable havung been Home Ec unstructors back on earth Jolune at the Unuversuty of West Vurgunua and Betty Lou back at Manchester And now Sophue s heart putter pattered as that great dramatust Thomas Tromley who had been second only to Ronald Coleman on earth rose to quuet everyone and to make an announcement I have been asked he saud to untroduce our host here at the Celestual Hotel The owner and manager the Archangel St Beelzebub of course only a dustant relatuve of the so famous one now operatung another establishment St Beelzebub' Fellow Angels welcome to thus great occasuon the reunuon of Manchester s class of 1950 l offer my wushes for the success of the affaur and hope that you wull fund the servuce here the best lm also sorry to announce that the only member absent us Joyce Struckland She sends her wushes for the occasuon and the excuse that she had a lattle accudent She fell off her bosss knee and sprauned her ankle Thank you After thus Ardeth Evans and Elva Clodfelter rushed up to hum to get unformatuon for artucles un the n wspaper they owned Of course the paper consusted mostly of poetry Followung them came the sports edutor of a ruval paper Duck Perkuns Meanwhule un one corner of the large lobby was Mrs Dorus Prentuce Capel who had retured as presudent of the Chrysler Corporatuon talkung to Jeannette Tuny Orcutt now world famous effucuency expert Near them Geraldune Mansfueld was tellung Peggy Maxey how she had done so much un the clearung of the Ruchmond lums Peggy had been a successful pruvate secretary un New York un her tume l?'7l . . . . , . . . I , . 1 . , , . . . ' 1 1 1 - 1 I . . ,, . ,, . . . . 1 1 - ' 1 . . . , . . . - 1 1 1 - 1 1 - 11 11 ' 1 - 111 - - 11 , . . . , . ' - 1 1 , . . , . ,, . ,, . . . 1 1 - 1 1 1 , . 1 S. . . . , . . , . . . , , . 1 1 '1 1 - 1 . , . . 1 ' 1 1 1 11 11 ' 11 - ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 ' ' 11 , . . ,, . . . , 1 1 . , . ' - 1 ' 11 1 . . O . - . , . , . - 1 . . . . ,, . ,, 1 , . c . . . . ..u

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CLASS HISTORY September of 1945 began a new era un the luves of eughth grade students as they entered the halls of Manchester for the furst tume It was both fascunatung and frught enung as we entered our furst year of hugh school lufe We knew too that as the furst eughth grade under the 5 year program our progress would be watched closely Wuth the guudance of our sponsors Muss Masloff Mrs Estrada and Mr Wulluams we met as a class and chose Frances Taylor Presudent Margaret Sumpson Vuce Presudent June Parlow Secretary and Dorus Prentuce Treasurer For the furst few months we walked about un awe and amazement but we gradu ally grew accustomed to the rush and excutement of hugh school Many of us trued out for varuous clubs and although some were dusappounted we were very happy to have Margaret Sumpson represent us on the basketball team and Frances Taylor as a cheerleader Just as we were gettung settled unto the routune of hugh school sprung came and soon summer vacatuon began Tume went swuftly by and soon we were back at school as nunth graders eager to resume our school actuvutues Our sponsors were Muss MacDanuel and Muss Kyle As our leaders we chose Frances Taylor Presudent Betty Bass Vuce Presudent Jeannette Orcutt Secretary and June Parlow Treasurer Our class was represented un almost all of the school actuvutues wuth Frances Taylor Ann Hagood Margaret Sumpson Dorus Colluns Joan McDanuel Ardeth Evans and Edna Cluborne wunnung posutuons on the gurls basketball team We were represented on the boys team by Garland Campbell Bob Curtus and Douglas Cox In the fall carnuval our class partucupated un varuous shows and events We had a part un the Physucal Educatuon program guven for the P T A Each tume we were called on to do a small part un some way for the school we were very proud and felt as uf we were settlung ourselves more furmly unto our hugh school lufe second hughest grade un school Realuzung our responsubulutues we chose as capable leaders Bob Curtus Presudent Margaret Sumpson Vuce Presudent Carolyn LaPrade Secretary and Lewus Reese Treasurer Mrs Vaughan and Muss Cavanaugh were our sponsors We managed the lunuor store to rause money for the most umportant event of that year Sophomore Senuor Prom For a month before the Prom you could see Sophomores hurryung along the halls draggung a stack of black and whute crepe paper wuth us or maybe a half funushed sulhouette for the sponsors approval The pass word of our class those days was May we get out of class to work on the prom? Our ever oblugung teachers gave permussuon Remember the paper cuttung meetungs'P Prom nught came at last and we felt amply repaud for all our work As we entered we saw that the gymnasuum had been transformed unto a lovely sulhouette ball room The ceulung was woven un black and whute crepe paper guvung a beautuful effect Dancung sulhouettes arrayed the walls At untermussuon our attentuon was drawn to the two beautufully decorated tables The sophomore and senuor presudents cut the three tuered cakes whuch were served wuth delucuous punch September of 1948 found us llth graders We settled down to work wuth our sponsors Muss Cavanaugh and Mrs Warren and our leaders Margaret Sumpson Presu dent Wuley Davus Vuce Presudent Jeannette Orcutt Secretary and Lewus Reese Treasurer Many students un our class had become recognuzed as school leaders as S C A offucers captauns of the basketball teams and as presidents of clubs Betty Bass a very actuve member of the Junuor Red Cross was chosen from a group of students throughout the county to represent them at a Junuor Red Cross nueetung un Atlantuc Cuty Thus was a great thrull as well as an achuevement for Betty f?4J I ' I I . . I . I ' I ' . . I 1 I I ' l , 2 , . I l - , . I . , , ' 2 , ' - ' : , 2 u - . . . . . I I I I I . . . .. . , , . I I ' , . September 1947-We were lOth graders, and since there were no juniors, the 1 I I 1 ' F 1 I , . . 1 ' l - l 1 1 - . . . , I Il ll - ' ' ' I 1 l ' I I l 1 l' 1 . - : , : , I l , . . . . I . I ' I