Manchester High School - Memoir Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY Tume came to order our class rungs When they came there was much excutement as we compared and trued on everyones rung ln the Sprung we gave a rung dance and unvuted the senuors as guests of honor Stardust was our theme We turned the Gymnasuum unto a pleasant garden at nught wuth a dark blue sky twunklung overhead wuth a mass of sulver stars Everyone had a wonderful tume There have been many changes at Manchester sunce we were frughtened eughth graders A new wung wuth twelve classrooms clunuc room an audutoruum and a cafeterua has been added Wu h th buuldung of Holly Inn we at last found a suutable hangout and could be found there almost any tume even at lunch At last September of l949' We were proud senuors and entered unto our senuor year full of happy antucupatuon yet wuth a feelung of regret that thus would be our last year at Manchester We elected Margaret Sumpson Presudent Irby Brown Vuce Presudent Wrenn Moorung Secretary and Lewus Reese Treasurer Mrs Tompkuns and Muss Fullon were our sponsors The MEMOIR Staff was ummeduately organuzed and we began work on our annual Many students worked hard and fauthfully so that our annual would be one of the best On September 30th our class left Manchester on two school buses headed for Charlotte vull We were to be guests of honor at the Vurgunua George Washungton foot ball gam at Scotts Stcuduum We al o vusuted Montucello All too soon we had to reuurn home but the day had been fun' The n xt dat on our socual calendar was December 22 The Chrustmas dance was guven un our new cafeterua whuch was decorated un the tradutuonal holly and cedar Another date long to be remembered by our class was March 17 We presented our furst play Luttle Mu s Sputfure Headung the cast was Margaret Sumpson as Nora the luttle sputfure Supportung her were Wayne Gubson Ann Moore Wulluam Clements Ardeth Evans Elva Clodfelter Irby Brown Lewus Reese Peggy Maxey Vurgunua Root Leonard Morgan and Harold Pannell Mrs Tompkuns was our durector Tume came for orderung our unvutatuons and callung cards We really began to realuze what luttle tume we had left The doors of the Gymnasuum were closed to the senuors as the uunuors began workung on the prom Wuth natural curuosuty we would peek now and then and catch a glumpse of the yellow and green decoratuons Our curuosuty was satusfued on May 12 The gymnasuum was decorated as a beautuful colonual garden Sprays of holly hacks and roses attracted our attentuon and the checkerboard woven ceulung blended perfectly The prom was a bug success We can never thank the lunuors enough for such a wonderful tume Our last months were fulled wuth many happy events The furst was our Senuor Banquet May 19 Appropruate gufts and speeches were presented Then came Senuor Day We had the freedom of the school and un our senuor S C A program we saud our farewell to the faculty and student body On June Sth we receuved our duplomas and became graduates of Manchester Hugh School Although we are leavung our years of work and play our successes and faulures all of those thungs that have played a part un our hugh school lufe have made a dent un our memory that cannot be erased We suncerely thank our teachers our pruncupal and our fellow students for theur help and guudance throughout the years we have spent wuth them T203 ' I . ,. ' I I u e , . , . I , : , - 1 , . I 5.7 . - , . .. . e . s . e e ' . ' . ,,. .. .. ,, . . 1 -' - 1 . , . , , , , . , , , . . . Q .n I , . . . , ' I I I

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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

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