Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 124 of the 1954 volume:

' w ' 7 EDITOR --- JENNY JO PRUNER APT FniTOR MARGARET WILLIAMS Foreword We, the staff of 1954, have compiled for you this edition of the HURRICANE. It is your memory book which records the deeds of the students, who embody the spirit of Marion High School. In the years to come this annual will keep olive the memories gathered during your school days. The future years will bring new faces and changes to the School scene, but there shall be this record of the friends we knew, the things we did, and the memories that are still dear to us. Presenting Our Theme Alma Mater Oh, never may thy sons and daughters bring thee reproach and shame, Before us as a flaming beacon that guides the wanderer to shore. Thou Marion dost lead us onward, our guide for evermore. Oh, Marion, the coming years will never dull our love for thee. The hours we spent within thy walls will live again in memory. The noise and tumult of the world, the bitter storm and strife Will lead our thoughts to high school days, the sweetest time of life. Thou, Marion, dost lead us onwdrd, our guidf for evermore.. ’ 1 Special Recognition We, the 1954 HURRICANE staff, take pride in giving this special recognition to Mrs. Cornelia Anderson, who, in her quiet and unassuming manner, has inspired all who know her not only to appreciate the culture of the past, but to possess a keener interest in the things of the present. Because of her unselfish service and masterful instruction, she will be long remembered by the students of Marion High School. Dedication In appreciation of his devoted interest in the students of Marion High School and their activities as instructor and friend, we, the 1954 HURRICANE staff, sincerely dedicate this edition of our yearbook to Mr. Charles K. Franzen. Before us as That guides the Administration MR. T. MARCUS GILLESPIE Principal of Marion High School MR. FRED D. McDONALD Assistant Principal of Marion High School MR. FRANCIS COPENHAVER MR. J. LEONARD MAUCK Superintendent of Smyth County Schools MRS. KERMIT ADKINS Chemistry, General Science MISS PAULINE ANDERSON English, Guidance MRS. EVELYN BOWLES Office Secretary a flaming beacon luanderer to shore.. ' MRS. CORNELIA ANDERSON Latin MRS. JAKE ANDREWS Cafeteria Manager MRS. JERRY BRILLHEART MISS JOSEPH! NE BUCHANAN MR. CHARLES COOPER Physical Education English, Guidance U. S. History, Physical Educotion - ■ V. . — - r MISS MARGARET S, COPENHAVER Librarian MR. JOSEPH ERVIN Band Directar I t y MR. CHARLES FRANZEN Physical Education MRS. J. H. DICKENSON Distributive Education MISS BETTY LOU GREENWOOD Home Economics MISS MARTHA HULL English, Social Studies MISS CHARLOTTE LYLE Biology, General Science MISS BETTY McCONNELL T h e F a c u I t y ■ 4 MRS, DONALD JONES Typing, General Business, Bookkeeping MISS BARBARA MAUPIN . English, Social Studies, Physical Education MR. A. L. MITCHELL MR. HOWARD NISWANDER Industrial Arts MR. HARLAN PAFFORD Plane and Solid Geometry Physics, General Mathematics MR. EDWARD PHIPPS Agriculture -mtk a MISS BETTY RUFF Choral Music MISS MARY SEBASTIAN English, Social Studies T h e F a c u I t y MRS. GENE SAMS Mathematics MISS PHYLLIS SIMPKINS Shorthand, Typing MISS KAY TURPIN mR. CLARENCE WILKINSON MRS. JOHN YEAGO Art, American History Algebra, Plane Geametry English, Social Studies Whoops, your ears are drooping Loves good books! Loves good — books? Picnic Time? ' I ' ll excuse you this time! ' ' What a jokel . . . As I was saying . ' Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Good ole Latin class! Oh never may thy sons and daughters bring thee reproach and shame...” SENIOR CLASS JIMMY BOONE President DALE DIXON Vice-President LOUISE GENOA Secretary CHARLES FOWLER Treasurer ELIZABETH WAYLAND Reparter CHARLOT PARSONS Historian MR. C. A. WILKINSON Sponsor JANICE BERNICE ARNOLD ' A merry heart moketh a cheerful counte¬ nance. BARBARA LINDA BARNETT ' One of those happy souls which are the salt of the earth. BEVERLY BEAVER ' Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it. JO ANN DORTHA BLEVINS Contented, self-respecting, and keeping the middle of the road. JAMES PRESTON BOONE ' They respect him for his character, his in¬ tegrity and judgment. MARTHA BURKE BUCHANAN Her air, her manners, oil who saw admired. s E N I O R S BETTY ZANE BURGESS Silence may do good and can do little horm. WALTER JACKSON CARMONY, JR. Knowledge comes of learning well retain ' d! HELEN FRANCES CLARK Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. RICHARD LEE CLARK The most useless day of life is that in which we have not laughed. AGNES ELIZABETH COPENHAVER ' A cheerful temper will make wit good- natured. GENEVA GREY COX Silence is true wisdom ' s best reply. RONALD FRANKLIN COX He is always laughing, for he has an in¬ finite deal of wit. LORETTA JEAN CREWEY Laugh when I am merry. DALE DIXON Fun is the cheapest medicine that has ever been discovered. JOHN DAVID DORITY It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. I FRANCES ANN DYSON Life is a sweet and joyful thing. DOROTHY JUNE ELLEDGE With virtue and quietness one may con¬ quer the world. ELIZABETH ANNE ELLER Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined. ROXIE BELLE FARMER Kind words ore benedictions. s E N I O R S CHARLES ALLEN FOWLER Anything for a quiet life. SUSAN FRANCIS People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. HERBERT EUGENE FREEMAN An essential of a happy life is freedom from care. OPAL VIRGINIA LOUISE GENOA Politeness costs nothing and gains every¬ thing. EARL LEE GILLESPIE Men of few words are the best men. SHIRLEY FRANCES GOODPASTURE Silence is full of potential wisdom and wit. s E N I O R S HAZEL MARIE GOODSON Joy is an elation of spirit. DOROTHY IRENE GORDON A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life. PAUL DAVID GREER Joking and humor are pleasant, and often of extreme utility. CELIA PAULINE GULLION What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness. CLAYBORNE BEATTIE GWYN ' The sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquillity. KENNETH RICHARD GWYN Today let me live well; none knows what may be tomorrow. ' To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of tolent. FRANKIE JEAN HALL Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low. SHERMAN TERRY HALL Why should I spare words? They cost nothing. BILLY ODELL HART I prove and find the quiet life does most abound. EDITH CHRISTINE HASH She is mirror of all courtesy, PHILIP BRITTON HASTINGS To make the world a friendly place, One must have a friendly face. SHIRLEY JACQUELINE HAULSEE Pleasures afford more delight when shared with others, PATSY ANN HELDRETH To be happy is the true aim of life. EDWARD JEEEERSON HOGE And certainly, he was a good fellow. SHIRLEY JEAN HORNE She sings as sweetly as a nightingale. SALLY JANE HUTCHINSON We must present an appearance of neat¬ ness. SHIRLEY JEAN HUTTON The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do. DAVID LIVINGSTON JOHNSON There reigns a cheerfulness, a manly hi¬ larity. JOHN ANDERSON JOHNSTON The sign of a true-hearted rran is to give and to take a good joke. S I o R S s E N I O R S JOANNA JEAN JONES If you have a contented mind, you have enough to enjoy life with. MARGARET LEE JONES J What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. DANA YVONNE KELL ' Diligence is the mother of good fortune. FREDERIC JACKSON KIRBY Men love to wonder and that is the seea of our science. CAROLYN JEANETTE LAMBERT Goodness is easier to recognize than to define. PEGGY GAY LAMIE ' Humor is gravity concealed behind the jest. JOHN WILLIAM LINDSEY While you can, have your fun. SHIRLEY ANN LOUTHEN The all-in-all of life — Content. ANN GALE MARTIN A merry heart that laughs at care. PEGGY LOU MARTIN Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing. REVA JEAN MARTIN Manners must adorn knov ledge. RAYMOND EDWARD MATHENA ' Little in stature but not in deed. MABEL JOANN MAXEY ' It is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live. GEORGE HOWARD McCREADY ' There ' s not a minute of our lives should stretch without some pleasure. BETTY VIRGINIA MclNTYRE Perseverance keeps honour bright. DELORES ELAINE McKINNON With wilLone can do anything. EVERETTE GRAY MONTGOMERY I am sure care ' s an enemy to life. BARBARA JEAN MOORE Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind. CARROL ALMEDIA MURRAY Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others. BETTY LOU NAFF Nothing endures but personal qualities. s E N I O R S s E N I O R S SHIRLEY FRANCES NAFF It is only people who possess firmness v ho con possess true gentleness. GERALDINE VIRGINIA PARKER Silence is one great art of conversation. RAYMOND JESSE PARKS There ore smiles that make us happy. CHARLOT STEVANN PARSONS It ' s good to be merry and wise. ALMA MAE PRATER Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in the art of conversation. DAVID EDWARD PROSE I have done my duty. VIRGINIA JOSEPHINE PRUNER The reason firm, the temperate will, en¬ durance, foresight, strength, and skill. WILLIE ANNE PUGH Let us live then, and be glad. FREDRIC DELMAS QUERY fife is a game to be well and skillfully played. BOBBY GENE REEDY Cleverness is serviceable for everything. NANCY JANE REPASS ' A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind, WILLIAM STANLEY REYNOLDS ' Tis good will makes intelligence. EDWINA GAYE RICHARDSON Thus to turn serious matters to sport. LOUISE BLEVINS ROBBINS Contentment furnishes constant joy. MILDRED ESTELLE ROBBINS Serene will be our days and bright, and happy will our nature be. BETTY ANN ROBINSON Nothing is so popular as kindness. KAY ANDERSON RUTH Style is the dress of thoughts. BEATTIE WAYNE SAPP Life then seemed one pure delight. PEGGY ANN SAWYERS A witty woman is a treasure. CHARLES WILLIAM SEAVER Wit and wisdom ore born with a man. S E N I O R S s E N I O R S BOBBY EUGENE SIMONS The deeds of the leader shall live. WARREN DAVIS SMITH Smile with an intent ta do mischief. FRANCES IRENE SNAVELY Our characters are the results af aur con¬ duct. CHARLES EDWIN SNIDER He that has knowledge spares his words. NANCY LEE SNIDER Will and intellect are one and the same thing. MARY LYNN STAMPER The gift of gaiety may itself be the greatest good fortune. CONSTANCE ROSE STEPHENSON One of the greatest pleasures in life is conversation. MORRIS GILMORE STEPHENSON Variety ' s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour. LILA GLENDA STONE Live happy in the midst of pleasures. ISOM MEEK STURGILL Silence is man ' s chief learning. SHIRLEY JEAN TESTER ' Smiling always ' vith a never fading serenity of countenance. ANNE IRENE THOMAS ' Nor spoke slie one more word than was her need. ELIZABETH ANN THOMPSON She was good-natured and cheerful. GEORGE SPROWLS THOMPSON By confidence, great deeds are done. MARTHA ANN VERNON ' All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful. ELIZABETH ROSE WAYLAND Nothing great enthusiasm. was ever ach ieved without RUTH ANN WEBSTER It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. LOIS KATHLEEN WIDNER Deeds are better things than words. PEGGY ANN WHITE She should be humble, v ' ho would please. MARGARET CAMPBELL WILLIAMS She was a queen of noble nature ' s crown¬ ing. A smile of hers was like on act of grace. s E N I O R S s E N I O R S MARVIN DAVID WILLIAMS Lifes ' a pleasant institution, let us take it as it comes! ROBERT LEWIS WILLIAMS Youth calls for pleasures. NANCY ARLENE WOLFE And if thou wouldst be happy, learn to please. ROBERT RAYMOND YOUNG Wit is the salt of conversation. POST GRADUATE ROBERT LEWIS STEPHENSON Learning makes a good man better. SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES HAYDEN EUGENE GOODMAN ' Be satisfied with life always. HAYDEN CHARLES REEDY Most happy he who is entirely self-reliant. ' HOWARD DWIGHT SLEMP A mon of manners, too. RICHARD LOWELL WILLIAMS Why should he study hard or wrack his brain? Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of 1954, being of sound (?) mind and possessing many qualities, abilities, and assets, which we feel would be useful to those we leave behind, do hereby moke, publish, and declare this our last v ill and testament. To the faculty, we leave our appreciation for their understanding, helpfulness and patience. Martha Buchanan wills her short haircut to Mary Lou Haywood. Glenda Stone wills her tenor sax to any on-coming band member who has the will power to restrain himself from bending it around a tree. Kay Ruth wills her ability to get along with Mr. Mac to B. B. Brrchfield. Chariot Parsons wills her frequent appearance on the absentee blank to next year ' s seniors who need the rest. Janice Arnold wills her locker (with the cartoons) to Phyllis Eblen, sincerely hoping it will expand to hold the annual material more comfortably, Earl Gillespie wills his place at the end of the lunch line to anyone who wonts it. Dale Dixon wills his parking place to anyone who can keep clear of Mr. Mac ' s front fender. Sherman Hall and Raymond Parks will their educated typewriters to anyone who can figure out how they work. Johnny Johnston wills his ability to go steady to Scrapiron Catron. Libby Ann Thompson wills to Harriet Slemp her sewing box with hope that she won ' t wound herself on the contents. Richard Clark wills his position as hall monitor to Charles Hash if he has the patience and a strong right arm. Barbara Moore wills her ability to shelve books (fiction) to Rita White. Louise Genga wills her position as secretary of the senior class to any oncoming senior who likes to run the mimeograph machine. Dorothy Elledge and Betty Lou Naff will their early morning seats in the cafeteria to any industrious government students. Anne Eller wills to Sandra Groseclose the circles under her eyes from working too late on the MARIONETTE. Shirley Naff wills her chess pie in the cafeteria to Isbet Anderson. Carolyn Lambert wills her shortness to Pat McCready. David Prose wills his nickname of Yank to David Scalise. Robert Young wills his ability to get along with Miss Buchanan to Lewis Pugh. Dick Williams will his place in line at the college to Bill Rouse. Bob Reedy leaves his A+ in Physics for all to admire — its ' s the first and last one on record says Mr. Pafford. Connie Stephenson wills her good times on band trips to other band students who will take advantage of them. Edwina Richardson wills to Nancy Dutton her bruises received in basketball. Carrol Murray wills her position on the basketball team to Katherine Simmerman. Frances Snavely leaves her front seat in Mr. MacDonald ' s government class to anyone who has the nerve to take it. Yvonne Kell wills her ability to leave things to the last minute to Phyllis Vernon. Charles Reedy wills his place behind the plow handles in agriculture to Jack Stowers. Ronnie Cox wills his solo chair in band to Bill or Jimmy. (May the best man win!) Shirley Tester and Helen Clark will their ability to annoy Mr. Sturgill in study hall to anyone who wants to be the target of the teacher. Kathleen Widner wills her grades to Mildred and Lorraine Widner. Elaine McKinnon wills her ability to get by without studying to anyone who dares risk it. Kenny Gwyn wills his use of strategy to Ralph Sebastian. George Thompson wills his half back position to his brother, Bill Thompson. Shirley Horne wills her position as majorette to Margaret Eller. Clayborne Gwyn wills his ability to lay out of classes and get caught to Boyd Comer. Patsy Heldreth and Joann Maxey will their ability to slip up in lunch line to Ella Stephenson and Nancy Clyburn. Elizabeth Woyland wills her office as president of the Forsenic Club to next year ' s president, hoping he or she won ' t be such a pest to Miss Greenwood. Charles Fowler wills his love for football to Billy McCarty. Shirley Goodpasture leaves her love for physical education class to all the lazy girls at MHS. Frances Dyson, Hazel Goodson, and Shirley Louthen, the Three Muskateers, will their ability to talk in class to any oncoming seniors who con get away with it. Arlene Wolfe, Peggy Sawyers, and Joanna Jones will their ability to sneak out of class to Freedie Overbay, Joy Greer, and Joan Bowman. Margaret Williams wills her artistic talent to Libby McCarty. John Dority wills his laziness to Carl Waddell. Bob Williams wills his ability to be a 60 minute man to Robert Rash. Peggy Lamie wills her enjoyment of coming to school everyday to Judy Parks. Pauline Gullion wills her ability to sleep in Miss Anderson ' s English class to anyone who has the nerve to try it. Betty Burgess wills her shorthand books to the city dump. Ann Vernon wills her position as center guard on the basketball team to Joann Young. Jenny Jo Pruner wills her position on the annual staff and the gray hairs that go with it to Peggy Jarrett. Mary Lynn Stamper wills to Betty Stamper her seat in government class, so that it may be kept in the family. To Mr. Gillespie, we leave our gratitude for the time, work, and thought he has given us. To Mrs. Dickenson, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Wilkinson, our Senior sponsors, we leave our thanks for their guidance during our Senior year. Witness my hand and seal to this, our Last Will and Testament on this the twenty-second day of March, 1954. Ruth Ann Webster Who’s Who in the Senior Class BEST LEADERS Anne Eller and Bobby Simons MOST TALENTED Doris Haga and Dale Dixon MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Elizabeth Wayland and Jimmy Boone MOST VERSATILE Jenny Jo Pruner and Morris Stephenson MOST ATHLETIC Martha Buchanan and Freddie Query FRIENDLIEST Margaret Williams and Phil Hastings BEST LOOKING Louise Genga and Raymond Parks HAPPIEST Ann Vernon and Dave Johnson LOUDEST AND QUIETEST Loretta Crewey and Billy Hart NEATEST AND BEST DRESSED Kay Ruth and Clayborne Gv yn MOST STUDIOUS Ruth Ann Webster and Walter Carmoney WITTIEST Peggy Sawyers and Robert Young BIGGEST FLIRTS Gale Martin ond Bob Williams JUNIOR CLASS Robert Aker President __ __ Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Evelyn Arnold i HUGH SEVER! LEWIS PUGH BETTY JO MOORE .. DON BAKER ANNETTE ELLIS i 1 Jackie Barker Beverley Birchfield Charles E. Blevins Doris Blevins Margaret Blevins Pauline Blevins Donna Boone Barbara Bownnan Sue Britton Linda Broce Esther Burnette Patsy Campbell J u N I O R S Barbara Catron Boyd Comer Jedd Copenhaver Martha Copenhaver J u N I O R S Harold Greer Joy Greer Shirley Grinsteod Sandro Groseclose Robert Crewey Carl Crews Margaret Davis Betty Dillman Jeanette Dutton Nancy Dutton Phyllis Eblen Annette Ellis Edward Foster Robert George Curtis Gillispie Johnny Gillispie Lorraine Hampton Frances Ann Hawks Mary Lou Haywood Coleen Huggins Aloma Hutton Margaret Jarrett James Jones J u I o R s Jeff Kelly Jack King Christine Lael Dwayne Little 73 O J u N I Betty Powell Minnie Price Lewis Pugh Joan Query Eva Marchant Kenneth Mathena Elizabeth McCarty Patricia McCready Mary Jane McGlothin Betty Jo Moore Shirley Moxley John Thomas Osborne Freelove Overbay Randolph Pennington Madeline Perkins James Richardson William Richmond Lena Robinson William Rouse Ralph Sebastian Hugh Severt J u N I O R S Betty Sheets Nancy Shuler Edith Shupe Katherine Simmerman J u N I O R S Filbert Williams James Williams Marie Winebarger Jean Wymer Loretta Sims Harriet Slemp Jack Stowers Joyce Thomas Loretta Umbarger Phyllis Vernon Carl Waddell David Whisman Rita White ±L ±1 A K ' H 1 11 i 1| 1 31 SOPHOMORE OFFICERS First Row: (Left to Right) BEN FULTON, President; CURTIS MURRAY, Vice-President. Second Row: (L. to R.) JANE HORTON, Secretary; DON BALES, Treasurer; JOANN YOUNG, Reporter. SOPHOMORES President _ Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer _ Reporter _ MARY ANDERS ARLIE ANDERSON BARBARA ANDERSON FAY ATWELL JOANN ATWELL BENJAMIN FULTON CURTIS MURRAY . _ JANE HORTON _ DON BALES __ JOANNE YOUNG I i I |t DONALD BALES SOPHOMORES H. C. BEVERLEY BETSY BLEVINS DELSIE IRENE BLEVINS JOAN BOWMAN MORRIS BUCHANAN RONALD BUCHANAN ERED BUCK JUDY BURKE WALTER BYRD LEON CALLAHAN MARLENE CARMONEY ROSALIND CASTEEL CHARLES CATRON JANICE CATRON JOAN CATRON VIRGINIA COLEY IVANELLE COMBS EUGENE COPENHAVER CHARLES CORMANY KENNETH COX MARGIE COX LEWIS CRESS MARY LOU CROCKETT CHARLES CUMBO ELEANOR CUMMINGS JOANN DANCY JAMES DEAN CHARLES DOYLE EREDA DUNFORD MARGARET ELLER BENJAMIN FULTON SAMMY GIBSON JEAN GILLESPIE WILLIAM GREENWOOD HAZEL GRIFFEY SOPHOMORES MABEL GULLION JOSEPH GWYN HALLIE HALL MARY KATHY HARRISON ELIZABETH HAWKINS WILLIAM HELTON HOWARD HENDERLITE THOMAS HESTER FAYE HOPKINS KENNETH HOPKINS JANE HORTON JERRY HOUNSHELL GROVER HOWELL HEWLETT HUTTON SANDRA INSCORE BETTY JEAN IRESON ALICE JASIK JOANNE JONES JOAN KALBER HARRY KEPLER DONALD KING HAROLD KIRBY MARY LEE NED LEGARD SAMMY LEGARD PEGGY LEONARD ROBERT LINDAMOOD JACK LINDSEY ELMER LUNDY RONALD MARTIN MARTHA McDonald MARY E. McLaughlin ROSA LEE McVeigh KENNETH MINK BOBBY MORRIS SOPHOMORES CURTIS MURRAY JOHN ORR DREMA OSBORNE EDITH OSBORNE TIMOTHY PAGE MARION RITA PARKER DAVID PARKS JUDY PARKS SUE PARKS PAUL PEACOCK C. M. PEAVLER PEARL PENNINGTON CHARLOHE PETTY MARY ELIZABETH PETTY BARBARA ANN PHIPPS ROSCOE PHIPPS PATSY PLUMMER MARTHA POWELL EVA PRAGER PATRICIA PRICE HENRY PRUNER ROBERT RASH CHARIS RECTOR SHIRLEY REEVES ELIZABETH ANN REPASS JAMES RICHARDSON SENA RICHMOND MARY LOU RIDDLE LOIS ROBBINS SHIRLEY ROGERS CLIEFORD ROSEN WILLIAM ROSS DOUGLAS ROWLAND JAMES SAWYERS NANCY SAWYERS SOPHOMORES BEHY SCOTT WILLIAM SEXTON AUDREY SHOEMAKER PHYLLIS SHORTT GERTRUDE SHUMATE LORRAINE SIMMERMAN WILLIAM SNAVELY ARLEN SNIDER PAULINE SNYDER JO ANN SPEER BETTY FAYE STANLEY ROGER STURGILL BETTY SUE TEASTER BEULAH THOMAS SARAH THOMAS WILLIAM TROXELL WILLIAM THOMAS VERNON BETTY JO VOGT SHIRLEY ANN WADDELL IRENE WASSUM LARRY WHITE MILDRED WIDNER ARVILLE WILLIAMS DAVID WILLIAMS WALTER WINEBARGER SAMMY WOLFE EDWINA WOLFENDEN NANCY WOLFENDEN BETTY YOUNG JOANN YOUNG FRESHMEN President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer BILL THOMPSON ROBERT FRAY JUDY GREER JOEL ROSEN BOBBY ALTIZER ELIZABETH ANDERSON WANDA ARMSTRONG DONALD ARNOLD MARY ARNOLD PATSY ATKINS GAYLE BALES THOMAS BARNETT ELIZABETH BARTON BETTY ANN BEAR RUTH BERRY CHARLES BLEVINS EARNEST BLEVINS HOWARD BLEVINS J. W. BLEVINS JANICE BLEVINS VIOLA BLEVINS JAMES BOOTH KENNETH BOWMAN RONALD BROOKS ILA BUCHANAN JAMES BUCHANAN EVELYN BUCK CHARLES BURCHEn PRISCILLA ANN BURCHETT STANLEY BURGESS ELIZABETH BURKETT OPAL BURKEH PATRICIA BURNOP RONNIE BYRD ROBERT CALE BETTY ANN CAMPBELL FLORENCE CARICO JAMES CATRON PERRY CATRON RALPH CHURCH FRED CLARK GENE CLINE BILLY CLYBURN MARGIE CLYBURN NANCY CLYBURN MATTIE COLEY PAUL COMBS RUTH COMER PEGGY CORMANY RONALD CORN CAROL CRIGGER LAWRENCE CRIGGER WILLIAM CULLOP JEANETTE DAVIS PAUL DEAN ERIC DEATON DELORES DENMAN SCOTT DOLINGER EDDIE DYSON DARRELL EADS RUDOLPH ELLEDGE ROBERT ELLER SUZANNE ELLER IVA LEA FARMER JAMES FARMER EARNEST FINNEY WILLIAM FIRESTONE GLENN FOSTER RICHARD FOWLER ROBERT FRAY LOIS FRAZIER ELIZABETH FUNK CHARLES GENGA DOROTHY GENTRY MILDRED GEORGE DAVID GILLEY JEAN GOODMAN SHIRLEY GOODPASTURE ROBERT GREENWOOD JUDITH GREER WILLIAM GREER DOROTHY GRIFFEY AINA GRUZITIS EUGENIA GULLION BUDDY HAGA SHIRLEY HAGA ELEANOR HARRIS SHIRLEY HASH WARREN HASTINGS BOB HEATH MARTHA HEATH FRED HEFFINGER PAUL HEFFINGER PEGGY HESTER DAVID HILL CLIFTON HOOVER F R E S H M E N R E S H M E N CHARLES HORNE WILLIAM HOWELL BARBARA HURT ALTON HUTTON ELSIE HUTTON GRADY HUTTON JOYCE HUTTON HERMAN JOHNSON VIRGINIA JOHNSON NANCY JO JOHNSTON BETTY JONES MARY JONES HICKS KILBY SHERMAN LAWSON MARY LeDUKE .fM ROBERT LINCOLN FRANK LINDSEY ' l- SARAH LINDSEY ' RHEA LITTLE ' RICHARD LITTON WILLIAM MAY WILLIAM McCarty RALPH McFARLANE JOSEPH McGRADY JIMMY McKinnon CARL MORRIS BETTY MUSSER BRUCE MUSSER KENNETH MYERS RALPH NEWMAN GORDON NULL JIMMY OAKES STANLEY OCKERS JAMES OGBURN MARY OSBORNE CALLIE OVERBAY SARAH OVERBAY JANICE OWENS SUE PEAK ALLEN PEAKE SCO TT PEAVLER RUTH PICKLE BETTY PIERCE JOYCE PIERCE JACQUELINE POWELL SUSAN PRAGER EVA MAE PUGH CORENA QUILLEN CURTIS ROBINETTE ELEANOR ROBINSON NORMAN ROBINSON JOEL ROSEN DAVID RUSSELL MARTHA RYMER EUGENE SAGE JUDY SCOTT PATRICK SCOTT ARCHIE SEXTON CARL SEXTON PAUL SEXTON PAT SEYMOUR SHAROLL SHUMATE JAMES SMITH PATSY SMITH MILDRED SNAVELY GAYLE SNIDER MARY LOU SNIDER GREGORY SPRINKLE VICTOR STANLEY BARBARA STARLING JANET STEELE BARBARA STEPHENSON PRESTON STEPHENSON CLINTON STOWERS LOIS ANN STURGILL KENNETH SULLIVAN GERALDINE SUTLIFFE ROBERT TAYLOR TOMMY TERRY DELORES TESTERMAN DORIS TESTERMAN EDWARD THOMAS JUANITA THOMAS BILL THOMPSON JACKIE TILSON RUBY TILSON BENJAMIN UMBARGER ARTHUR LEE VERNON GLENN VERNON WILLIAM WAGG DONALD WaCH EMMA JO WHEELER JACK WIDNER WILMA WILLIAMS DEXTER WILSON BILLY WINEBARGER HERBERT WINEBARGER NORMA WINEBARGER SUE WYMER NANCY YONTS F R E S H M E N i i ' I I I I I I President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer . Reporter RUTH SCHOLTEN SANDRA STEPHENSON MARY SHUMATE LUCILLE COPENHAVER _ BOBBY ESTEP Eighth Grade ELIZABETH AKER EMMA JEAN AKER JAMES AKER WILLIAM ALEXANDER JEAN ARMSTRONG SANDRA ARNOLD JAMES ATKINS IRENE BERRY BETTY BLACKBURN DENNY BLAKELY DENNIS BLEVINS EDWARD BLEVINS PEGGY BLEVINS KAY BOWMAN MICHAEL BOYLES JAMES BROOKS LENA MAE BROOKS HAROLD BROWN GEORGE BUCHANAN FREDA BURGESS SARAH BURKE WILLIAM BURNETTE WARREN BYRD RICHARD CALE ANN CAMPBELL BARBARA CAMPBELL GARLAND CAMPBELL HARRY CARRICO CLARENCE CATRON SHIRLEY CATRON HENRY CHURCH MARY CHURCH BETTY CLARK DON COFFEY JUDY COPENHAVER LUCILLE COPENHAVER DORIS COX RAYMOND DAVIS THOMPSON DAVIS, JR. CHARLOTTE DILLMAN JAMES DISHNER RICHARD DORITY VIRGINIA DOYLE THELMA DUNAVAN LOUISE DUNFORD SANFORD DUTTON ANNE DYE RALPH EARNEST SARA ELLER ANNA LOU ELLIS ROBERT ESTEP CHARITY FARMER WALTER FISHER DAVID FORD DONALD FORD ELIZABETH FULTON LOUISE FUNK CONSUELO GARZA NANCY GATES KATHERINE GILLEY BRENDA GOODPASTURE FREDERICK GRAYBEAL VIRGINIA GREEN GEORGE GREER LOUISE GREER HALEY GRIFFEY ROY GRIFFITTS BETTY GULLION ELEANOR GULLION FRANCES GULLION WAYNE GUY LOUISE HAGA MARGARET HAGA RUDY HAGA BEULAH HALL HAZEL HALL JOSEPH HALL DAVID HAMM EVELYN HAMM RICHARD HARDEN MARVIN HARRISON ANNE HAULSEE BOBBY HAULSEE JANICE HAWKS DON HAYES PEGGY HAYTON DORIS HEFFINGER JOE HEFFINGER VIRGINIA HELTON COURTNEY HOGE BARBARA HOLMAN RALPH HOPKINS NANCY HORNE CHARLES HUFF DAPHNE HUFFMAN ro CL Qj cr E ♦ I g h t h THELMA HUTCHINS FRANCES HUTTON THELMA HUTTON WILLIAM HUTTON G. C. 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SHOEMAKER SHIRLEY SHULER MARY ELIZABETH SHUMATE BETTY SHUPE BILLY RAY SHUPE JOAN SHUPE KENNETH SIMS BILLY JOE SMITH JANELLA SMITH MARY RUTH SMITH IRENE SNIDER JOSEPHINE SNIDER E i 8 h t h G r a d e GLENN RAY SNYDER GLENN SPRINKLE HUDSON STANLEY SANDRA STEPHENSON MARTHA STONE ROGER STONE FRANKLIN STROUPE DOROTHY STURGILL NANCY SURBER MYRTLE SUITS RUTH THOMAS MARVIN THOMPSON WILLIAM TIBBS DON TILSON NANCY TROXELL ILA UMBARGER MAX WAAK DOROTHY WAGG DANIER WASSUM JAMES WASSUM EDNA WEAVER PATRICIA WHITE LORRAINE WIDNER ROSEMARY WILKINSON BOBBY WILLIAMS BUTCH WILLIAMS MILDRED WILLIAMS PEGGY WILSON K J JACKIE WINEBARGER WILLIAM WINEBARGER MARVIN WINTERS SARAH WRIGHT r ! CLUBS ’The hours lue spent within thy walls will again in memory...” MR. A. L. MITCHELL Sponsor JENNY JO PRUNER Editor CLAYBORNE GWYN Business Manager MR. FRED D. McDONALD Sponsor YVONNE KELL Layout Editor JANICE ARNOLD Picture Editor MARGARET V ILLIAMS Art Editor RUTH ANN WEBSTER Senior Informotion Editor MARTHA BUCHANAN Sports Editor ANN VERNON Feature Editor LIBBY McCARTY Assistant Layout Editor PHYLLIS EBLEN Assistant Picture Editor ANNETTE ELLIS Assistant Sports Editor BUDDY RUSSELL Assistant Art Editor BARBARA THOMAS Junior Information Editor DONNA BOONE Assistant Feature Editor CARROL MURRAY Circulation Manager KAY RUTH Club Editor BOYD COMER Assistant Business Manager PEGGY JARRETT Assistant Editor PATRICIA McCREADY Assistant Club Editor EDWINA RICHARDSON Typist BILL ROUSE Assistant Circulotion Manager DOROTHY ELLEDGE Typist I_ Stay on the SIDEWALKS! iitnr lerman Teac MISS MARY SEBASTION ANNE ELLER SANDRA GROSECLOSE 10 Give the Spring Flowers (and grass) a chancei _I N I j 111 1) I ■ r ” “ March 20 Sponsor I mi 11 ( 1 1 Siitisvriplion }rivo St (iris F( t), 22 Editor-in-Chief I i ' (� |)rr I lioiii| 8i «a talk on Til.- Ml Kl.-lt AM. i in � n 1 .inipo.-.i . . jiii Fi‘! inr Jj. 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Reporter r ” SANDRA STEPHENSON a Reporter u LINDA BROCE Reporter ALICE JASIK Reporter t .‘ .•rnwtU‘ ' i IliM.Un li ' li I MARGARET DAVIS Reporter JOAN QUERY Reporter M- r bobby ESTEP ’ Reporter ,i,„j CHARIS RECTOR Reporter • ' ! U.-s PEGGY JARRETT Reporter ELIZABETH WAYLAND Reporter Students’ Advisory Council (First row, left to right) Anne Eller, Ruth Scholten, Ben Fulton, Hugh Severt, Ann Vernon, Lester Hall, Bobby Simons, Morris Stephenson, Alice Josik, Fred Query, Jimmy Boone, Bill Thompson, Jenny Jo Pruner. (Second row, left to right) Carolyn Lam¬ bert, Jane Horton, Elizabeth Wayland, Chariot Parsons, Charles Seaver, Phil Hastings, Frankie Sayers, David Johnson, Charles Reedy, Jimmy Richardson, George Thompson, Glenn Vernon, Charles Cormony, Martha Buchanan, Betty Lou Naff, Dorothy Elledge, Shirley Horne. (Third row, left to right) Mr. T. M. Gillespie, Sara Eller, Joan Bowman, Ginger Green, Gale Martin, Dan Lindamood, Johnny Johnston, Bill Williams, Eric Deaton, Bill Naff, Patricia McCready, Margaret Williams, Elizabeth Funk, Connie Stephenson, Betty Dillman, Miss Pauline Anderson. (Fourth row, left to right) Janice Hawks, Mary Lee, Sandra Stephenson, Peggy Cormony, Judy Greer, Billy Winebarger, Norman Robinson, Barbara Anderson, Peggy Hayton, Walter Robinson, Phyllis Eblen, Patsy Campbell, Ann Dye. BOBBY SIMONS _ . .. __ . _ ... _ President LESTER HALL _ __ - _ Vice-President ALICE JASIK _ ____- Secretary MORRIS STEPHENSON __ . _ ___ Treasurer ANN VERNON . . __ . .. _ _ _.. . Reporter MR. T. MARCUS GILLESPIE, MISS PAULINE ANDERSON _ Sponsors Good leadership ability, high moral standards, and passing scholastic averages are the qualities of representatives. The Student Advisory Council consists of S.C.A. officers, publication heads, elected homeroom representatives, club presidents, and S.C.A. sponsors, but all the students of M.H.S. are members of the Student Co-operative Association. During the year the S.C.A. sponsored a Southeast Assembly, sent seven delegates to the Holston District Meeting in Galax, and one delegate to the State Convention in Radford and carried on important business concerning the school. I ! 1 Beta Club The Beta Club awards membership to juniors and seniors on the basis of achievement, leadership, and character. Students with an A— average are admitted if approved by the club. For projects the club bought a flag for the school, sold basketball pins, Christmas cards, and stationery, gave Christmas baskets, and sponsored a movie and the talent show. Delegates were sent to the Beta Convention in Richmond. ☆ CAROLYN LAMBERT President KATHERINE SIMMERMAN . Vice-President CARROL MURRAY . . Secretary KATHLEEN WIDNER Treasurer RITA WHITE Reporter MISS JOSEPHINE BUCHANAN Sponsor (Seated, left to right) Donna Boone, Phyllis Eblen, Sandra Groseclose, Patsy Campbell, Betty Dillman, Rita White, Carrol Murray, Carolyn Lambert, Katherine Simmerman, Kathleen Widner, Betty McIntyre, Shirley Hutton, Pauline Gullion, Yvonne Kell, Frances Dyson, Beverley Birchfield. (Second row) Anne Eller, Kay Ruth, Martha Buchanan, Patricia McCready, Margaret Williams, Ann Vernon, Jenny Jo Pruner, Elizabeth Wayland, Dorothy Elledge, Chariot Parsons, Reva Jean Martin, Ruth Ann Webster, Sue Britton, Harriet Slemp, Susan Francis, Barbara Thomas, Beverly Beaver, Loretta Umbarger, Nancy Snider, Doris Blevins, Annette Ellis. (Third row) Libby McCarty, Margaret Davis, Lester Hall, Walter Carmoney, Bobby Simons, Charles Seaver, Robert Young, Martha Copenhaver, Barbara Catron. (Absent from picture) Virginia Richardson i 0 K ' ' .z; Iff ] y iSm T ' ■ ‘ Y B III Tri ' Hi-Y Club (Left row, from the bock) Linda Broce, Patsy Campbell, Doris Bl Jean Martin, Barbara Bowman, Betty Stamper, Louise Genga, Martha Copenhaver, Barbara Moore, Loretta Simms, Peggy Jar Beverly Beaver, Carolyn Lambert. (Center row, from the bock) bins, Edwina Richardson, Nancy Dutton, Ruth Ann Webster, Don Ann Vernon, Phyllis Eblen, Yvonne Kell, Barbara Barnett, Char Patricia McCready, Rita White, Carrol Murray, Margaret Willia Lou Haywood, Sally Hutchinson, Kay Ruth, Joan Query, Betty Birchfield, Anne Eller, William Pugh. (Absent from picture) Ann evins, Minnie Price, Maxine Henderlite, Pauline Blevins, Revo Mary Lynn Stamper, Barbara Catron, Betty Ann Robinson, rett. (Center, left to right) Libby McCarty, Libby Thompson, Gale Martin, Elizabeth Wayland, Betty Lou Naff, Mildred Rob- na Boone, Glenda Stone, Sandra Groseclose, Libby Copenhaver, lot Parsons. (Right row, left to right) Katherine Simmerman, ms, Margaret Davis, Jenny Jo Pruner, Martha Buchanan, Mary Dillman, Harriet Slemp, Sue Britton, Nancy Shuler, Beverley ette Ellis, Betty Jo Moore, Shirley Naff. CHARIOT PARSONS . PEGGY JARRETT CAROLYN LAMBERT BEVERLY BEAVER LIBBY McCARTY LIBBY ANN THOMPSON MISS MARTHA HULL President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Chaplain . . Sponsor The Tri-Hi-Y is composed of junior and senior girls who endeavor to extend throughout the home, school, and community high standards of Christian character. All members are required to attend church three times a month. The club, jointly with the Hi-Y, sponsored the Christmas dance. The thought for the week was a club project. Several delegates were sent to the Model General Assembly in Richmond. k Hj-Y Club f The Hi-Y endeavors to extend tliroughout the home, school, and community, high standards of Christian character. All members are required to attend church at least three times a month. Members are urged to practice clean speech, clean living, clean scholarship, and clean sportsmanship. Projects included the purchase of three religious books for the school library, helping sponsor the Christmas dance, selling drinks and candy at all home baseball games, sending delegates to the Model General Assembly, and having the thought for the week on the bulletin boards. CHARLES SEAVER JIMMY BOONfE . GEORGE THOMPSON JOHN JOHNSTON ROBERT YOUNG MR. CLARENCE WILKINSON President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Chaplain Sponsor (Left to right) Hugh Severt, Jecld Copenhaver, Lester Hall, Dwight Slemp, Beattie Sapp, Charles Fow¬ ler, Frankie Sayers, Charle.S Scott, Bill Rouse, David Prose, Everett Montgomery, Boyd Comer, Johnny Johnston, Robert Young, Cloyborne Gwyn, Ronnie Cox, Jeff Hoge, Paul Greer, Lewis Pugh, Fred Query, John Lindsey, Kenny Gwyn, Chpries Snider, Buddy Russell, Raymond Ma- thena, Johnny Gillespie, Mr. Clar¬ ence Wilkinson. (Center) Jimmy Boone, George Thompson, Charles Seaver. Junior Tri-Hi-Y (Left to right, from the left) Geral¬ dine Sutliffe, Martha Rymer, Doris Testerman, Lois Robbins, Joann Jones, Judy Scott, Judy Greer, Joan Bowman, Lorraine Simmerman, De- lores Testerman, Betty Musser, Joyce Pierce, Joan Catron, Mary Elizabeth Petty, Eleanor Robinson, Gertrude Shumate, Mary Lou Crockett, Bar¬ bara Starling, Nancy Sawyers, Mar¬ garet Overbay, Suzanae Eller, Jean Goodman, Louise Snider, Elizabeth Repass, Sarah Thomas, Elizabeth Funk, Mary Lou Riddle, Barbara Phipps, Alice Jasik, Eleanor Cum- , mings, Martha McDonald, Barbara i Anderson, Elizabeth Hawkins, Bar- I bara Hurt, Peggy Cormany, Betty Ann Bear, Betty Jo Vogt, Patricia Burnop, Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin, j Sarah Lindsey, Mary Maude LeDuke, ! Mary Lee, Mabel Gullion, Patsy j Smith, Mildred George, Eugenia Gullion, Mary Jones, Nancy Wolfen- ' den, Edwina Wolfenden, Jeanette Davis, Betty Jones. (Center) Miss I Mary Lou Hoge, Rosalind Casteel, Jane Horton, Elizabeth Anderson, Jo I Ann Young, Eva Prager, Susan Prager. (Absent from picture) Nancy Jo Johnston, Janice Catron. JANE HORTON _ ___ . President ELIZABETH ANDERSON .. ... . _ .. . Vice-President JOANN YOUNG . _ _ _ _ Secretary EVA PRAGER __ _ -.- Treasurer SUSAN PRAGER . . . _ Reporter ROSALIND CASTEEL . ___ Chaplain MISS MARY LOU HOGE . ___ .... -- Sponsor ☆ The Junior Tri-Hi-Y, like all the Y clubs, tries to create high standards of Christian character. In trying to maintain these goals the club has emphasized their platform of clean scholarship, clean sportsmanship, and clean living. They gave Christmas baskets, edited a telephone directory for the students and faculty and sent delegates to the Model General Assembly. t Junior Hi-Y The Boys Junior-Y sets up the same standards as the other Y clubs. Their projects included sponsoring of Homer Harris and his trick horse, a gift to the school and sending delegates to the Model General Assembly. ☆ JIMMY RICHARDSON President EUGENE COPENHAVER . Vice-President BILLY GREENWOOD . . Secretary KENNY MINK Treasurer JOE GWYN ... Reporter MR. HARLAN PAFFORD .... Sponsor (Standing, left to right) Mr. Har¬ lan Patford, Curtis Murray, Ben¬ iamin Fulton, Ned Legard, Jack Lindsey, Kenny Mink, Eugene Copenhaver, Jimmy Richardson, Billy Greenwood, Harry Kepler, David Russell, Jimmy Dean, Joel Rosen, Billy McCarty, Pat Scott, Kenneth Sullivan, Dick Litton, Glenn Vernon, Warren Hastings, Eric Deaton, David Hill, (back row) Robert Fray, Herbert Wine- barger. Bill Greer, Scott Peavler. Future Homemakers of America (Left to right) Irene Wassum, Faye Taylor, Beulah Thomas, Drema Osborne, Lois Robbins, Pearl Pennington, Sandra Inscore, Jean Gillispie, Mary Elizabeth Petty, Lois Frazier, Nancy Yontz, Wanda Armstrong, Joyce Thomas, Barbara Starling, Ha Buchanan, Lona Tibbs, Mildred Robbins, Arlene Wolfe, Peggy Sawyers, Jo Ann Jones, Freddie Overbay, Rita White, Betty Dillman, Eva Mae Pugh, Patsy Plummer, Edith Hash, Loretta Simms, Joan Catron, Doris Testerman, Pauline Blevins, Eleanor Cummings. (Center, bock row) Miss Betty McConnell, Martha McDonald, Janice Catron, Miss Betty Lou Greenwood. (Center, front row) Sandra Grocelose, Betty Lou Naff, Gertrude Shumate, Betty Sheets. (Absent from picture) Evelyn Arnold, Shirley Naff. BETTY LOU NAFF . _ __ President SANDRA GROSECLOSE ... . ... Vice-President GERTRUDE SHUMATE .... ... . . ..Secretary BETTY SHEETS ... .. __ _ Treasurer JANICE CATRON .. . .. Reporter MISS BETTY McCONNELL, MISS BETTY LOU GREENWOOD . Sponsors Toward New Horizons is tFie F.H.A. motto, wFiicFi tFie club Fias tried to carry out in its aims and objectives. Members of tFie F.H.A. Fiave maintained a snack bar in tFie cafeteria after scFiool, sponsored tFie Valentine Dance, sent delegates to tFie convention, and participated in sucFi community projects as fixing TFianksgiving baskets. TFie club is open to any girl wFio Fias Fiad or wFio is taking Fiome economics and wFio is interested in Fiomemaking. Future Farmers f ,t I of America The Future Farmers of America is organized to aid boys in the agricultural course to become better farmers. This is recognized by their many worthwhile projects which in¬ cluded raising tobacco., winning first place in a forestry judging contest, shop judging contest, dairy judging, livestock, attending a camp at Smithfield, Virginia, attending rallies at Blacksburg, presenting radio programs, and community service in co-operation with the Junior Woman ' s Club. CHARLES REEDY .. CHARLES MITCHELL DAN LINDAMOOD ROGER STURGILL WILLIAM SNAVELY MR. E. B. PHIPPS President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Reporter Sponsor (First row, I to r) Roger Sturgill, Charles Mitchell, Charles Reedy, Jack Lindsey, Dan Lindamood. (Second row) Jack Stowers, Ralph Newman, Franklin Lindsey, Donald Welch, Howard Blevins, Fred Clark. (Third row) Bobby Eller, Glenn Foster, Clinton Stowers, Curtis Robinette, Allen Peake. (Fourth row) Thomas Sexton, Thomas Hester, Mr. Edward Phipps, Alton Hutton, Hewlett Hutton, Howard Henderlite. 1 Literary and Forensic Club ☆ (Starting from the back, left to right) Everett Montgomery, Carrol Murray, Nancy Sawyers, Linda Broce, Jo Ann Dancy, Mary Lou Riddle, Eugenia Guiiion, Nancy Dutton, Libby McCarty, Sandra Groseclose, Elaine McKinnon, Sue Britton, Mary Elizabeth Mc¬ Laughlin, Joan Query, Edwina Richardson, Mary Lou Haywood, Sarah Thomas, Donna Boone, Martha McDonald, Eleanor Cum¬ mings, Libby Thompson, Harriet Slemp, Minnie Price, Barbara Phipps, Rosalind Casteel, Jo Ann Young, Margaret Eller, Miss Betty Lau Greenwood, Betty Grace Jones, Joyce Pierce, Mor- goret Davis, Betty Jo Moore, Betty Dillman, Elizabeth Way- land, Eva Prager, Yvonne Kell, Elizabeth Anderson, Helen Clark, Shirley Tester, Maxine Hender- iite, Jeanette Davis, Elizabeth Repass, Barbara Barnett, Betty Shetts, Beverley Birchfield, Willie Pugh, Susan Prager (Absent from picture) Annette Ellis, Nancy Jo Johnston, Barbara Thomas. I I I 1 I ( t ELIZABETH WAYLAND BETTY DILLMAN EVA PRAGER __ BETTY JO MOORE _ YVONNE KELL MISS BETTY LOU GREENWOOD President Vice-President Secretary _ Treasurer Reporter Sponsor To become a member of the Literary and Forensic Club, a student must be actively interested in some field of literary work such as public speaking, prose reading, poetry, debating, spelling, or creative writing. To emphasize these qualifications, members of the club entered the local, county, district, and state meets, receiving special honors. The club also raised money for the library, won a cup in the Homecoming parade, and for the first time secured pins for the members with guards for the officers. Library Club S The purpose of the Library Club is to improve, whenever and however possible, the library and its services and to stimulate an interest in books and reading among the students through bulletin board displays, articles in the school paper, and special programs. Each year the club gives a gift to the library. Last year the gift was plastic maga¬ zine covers. To be eligible for membership a student must be in or above the ninth grade and assist in the library during the school day. ☆ BETTY DILLMAN . President BARBARA MOORE Vice-President ELAINE McKinnon Secretary TIM PAGE . ., _ Treasurer JOAN BOWMAN Reporter MISS MARGARET SUE COPENHAVER Sponsor (First row, I to r) Betty Dillman, Barbara Moore, Tim Page, Joan Kalber, Joan Bowman. (Second row) David Parks, Johnny Gilles¬ pie, Yvonne Kell, Barbara Barnett, Nancy Wolfenden, Edwina Wolfenden, Mary Lou Snyder, Lona Tibbs, Rita White, Mary Jane McGlothlin, Jean Gillespie, Nancy Snider, Dorothy Gordon, Elaine McKinnon. (Third row) Miss Margaret Sue Copenhaver, Peggy Lamie, Nancy S awyers, Linda Broce, Mary Osborne, Charles Rector, Freda Whitt, Lois Robbins, Margaret Eller, Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin. t1 Ir 1 Distributive Education (Seated, first row, I to r) Phil Hastings, Charles Snider, Henry Freeman. (Second row) Isom Sturgill, Peggy Smith, Beattie Sapp. (Standing, first row) Mrs. J. H. Dickinson, Shirley Louthen, Frances Dyson, Hazel Goodson, Margaret Jones, Frances Snavely, Pauline Gullion. (Third row) Dwight Slemp, Charles Fowler, David Williams, Bill Hart. PHIL HASTINGS _ President CHARLES SNIDER . _ _ ___ Vice-President PEGGY SMITH . . _ _ _ Secretary HENRY FREEMAN .. ... .. _ . _Treasurer ISOM STURGILL . . _ _ . _ Promotion Manager r MRS. J. H. DICKENSON _ _ Sponsor | ' The purpose of the Distributive Education Club is to promote friendlier understanding between the members and their employers. Sponsoring o float in the homecoming parade and decorating merchants windows during American Education Week were its projects for the year. The entire club also attended the area convention in Roanoke. ' I 1 Future Business Leaders Regular duties of the members of the FBLA this year have been typing for the MARIONETTE and doing clerical and stenographic work for the teachers. They have had several bake sales, the proceeds of which were used to purchase grey denim material make typewriter covers thus improving the appearance of the business department. Civic projects included typing the envelopes for the local T. B. Seal Campaign and preparing the yearbooks for the American Association of University Women. Delegates attended the Regional Convention at Radford and the State Convention at Roanoke. Sandra Groseclose was elected Regional Treasurer at the Regional Conven¬ tion. She won second in the public speaking contest. DOROTHY ELLEDGE . . President JANICE ARNOLD .. .. Vice-President BETTY LOU NAEE ... . . Secretary EDWINA RICHARDSON .. . Treasurer JACKIE HAULSEE ...... Reporter MISS PHYLLIS SIMPKINS . . .... _ Sponsor (From left to right starting from the bock) Frances Dyson, Nancy Repass, Shirley Horne, Peggy White, Frances Snavely, Edith Hash, Carrol Murray, Betty McIntyre, Peggy Martin, Shirley Louthen, Pauline Gullion, Geraldine Parker, Margaret Jones, Alma Prater, Shirley Hutton, Hazel Goodson, Chariot Parsons, Glenda Stone, Mildred Robbins, Daughn Pasley, Arlene Wolfe, Peggy Sawyers, Joann Jones, Miss Phyllis Simpkins, Jackie Haulsee, Edwina Richard¬ son, Betty Lou Naff, Janice Arnold, Dorothy Elledge. rFrom left to right, starting from the bock) Jean Wymer, Phyllis Eblen, Patsy Campbell, Doris Blevins, Joy Greer, Edith Shupe, Louise Genga, Connie Stephenson, Betty Stamper, Patsy Richardson, Peggy Scott, Maxine Henderlite, Minnie Price, Sandra Groseclose, Barbara Bowman, Mary Jane McGlothlin, Jeanette Dutton, Loretta Um- barger. Miss Phyllis Simpkins, standing. Science Club (First row, I to r) Betty Jo Moore, Nancy Shuler, Revo Jeon Martin, Willie Ann Pugh, Clayborne Gwyn, Walter Carmoney, Jack Kirby, Eleanor Cummings, Mary Lou Riddle, Elizabeth Repass. (Second row, I to r) Miss Charlotte Lyle, Martha McDonald, Elizabeth Wayland, Margaret Davis Mary Lou Haywood, Libby McCarty, Lewis Pugh, Charles Seaver, Charles Scott, Mabel Gul- lion, Jo Ann Dancy, Alice Jasik, Janice Catron, Sarah Thomas, Mrs. K. C. Adkins. (Absent from picture) Annette Ellis, Benjamin Fulton, Shirley Naff. ☆ WALTER CARMONEY . _ . President CLAYBORNE GWYN . . _ _ Vice-President JACK KIRBY . _ _ Secretary WILLIE ANN PUGH _ _ ___ Treasurer MISS CHARLOTTE LYLE, MRS. K. C. ADKINS _ _ Sponsars ☆ The Science Club serves as an organization preparing high schaol students for careers and hobbies in science. To become a member of the club a student must be taking or have taken bialogy, chemistry or physics. He must maintain a B average in the class. A member ' s principle activity is his personal praject which include radio, photography, F. B. I., rocks, and magic flowers. Varsity To promote good sportsmanship and scholastic standing along with sports is the purpose of the Varsity Club. The club sold programs prepared by the members at each home basketball game. Sweat shirts were sold as another project. For the first time an award in the form of a key was given to each senior by the club. GEORGE THOMPSON DAVID JOHNSON EVERETT MONTGOMERY KAY RUTH . . ROBERT YOUNG MR. CHARLES COOPER President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsor (Left to right) David Johnson, Ronnie Cox, Charles Fowler, Don Baker, Everett Montgomery, John Lindsey, Bob Crewey, Hugh Severf, Billy Richmond, Charles Blevins, Bill Reynolds, Bob Williams, Jimmy Richardson, Bill Rouse, Eugene Goodman, Boyd Comer, Patricia McCready, Peggy Jarrett, Martha Buchanan, Margaret Williams, Beverley Birchfield, Carolyn Lambert, Anne Eller, Beverly Beaver, Edwina Richardson, Carrol Murray, Jenny Jo Pruner, Sue Britton, Jane Horton, Joan Query, Mary Lou Riddle, Ann Vernon, Jo Ann Young, Kay Ruth, Sally Hutchinson, Elizabeth Anderson, Martha McDonald, Charles Seaver, Ralph Sebastian, David Prose, Robert Young, Morris Stephenson, Bobby Reedy, Paul Greer, Jeff Hoge, Buddy Russell, Johnny Johnston, Dick Williams, Robert Rash, Fred Query, Jack McCready, Bill Williams. (Center) George Thompson, Mr. Charles Cooper. Senior Chorus (First row, left to right) Mary Repass, Shirley Horne, Pauline Blevins, Curtis Murray, Edward Foster, Earl Gillespie, Morgaret Eller, Eva Prager, Annie Thomas, Loretta Simms, Betty Burgess, Miss Betty Ruff. (Second row) Elizabeth Repass, Geraldine Par¬ ker, Patty Price, Betsy Blevins, David Whisman, Eugene Copenhaver, John Dority, Carrol Murray, Mary Lou Riddle, Nancy Sawyers, Anne Eller, Libby Thompson, Betty Ann Robinson. (Third row) Erankie Hall, Barbara Barnett, Nancy Dutton, Loretta Crewey, Marie Winebarger, Charles Fowler, Charles Reedy, Martha McDonald, Sarah Thomas, Rosaland Casteel, Barbara Phipps, Geneva Cox, Libby Copenhaver. (Fourth row) Beattie Sapp, Frankie Sayers, Dick Williams, C. M. Peavler, John Lee Orr. (Seated at the piano) Alice Jasik, Gale Martin. FRANKIE SAYERS ___ . President CURTIS MURRAY ___ _ _ Secretary BEATTIE SAPP _____ Treasurer GALE MARTIN ____ _ Librarian The Marion High School Senior Chorus is a credit course meeting daily as a class. Programs presented by the chorus this year included a Christmas concert and a spring concert. The chorus also participated in the District Festival in Dublin and sang for various civic groups in Marion. I M. H. S. Band The bond has enjoyed another eventful year. Besides playing for all the football games extept two, the members went on several trips to festivals. The band participated in the Bristol Festival, winning a Division II rating,- accepted an invitation to appear in the Annual Shrine Football Classic at Roanoke; and competed with other bands in the Anaual VI Concert Band Festival held at Dublin. Several civic appearances were made, among these being the annual Christmas Parade and Christmas Concert, and a parade and concert for the March of Dimes. The Annual Spring Concert was presented. Two members of the band, Ned Legard, bass clarinet, and Bill McCarty, baritone saxophone, represented the school at the All State Workshop Band held in Grundy, Virginia. CONNIE STEPHENSON SHIRLEY HORNE JOE BILL ROGERS SHIRLEY HORNE President Reporter Drum Major Drum Majorette (First row, left to right)) Robert Fray, Shirley Horne, Ned Legard, Martha Rymer, Irene Wassum, Geraldine Sutliffe, Roy Griffitts, Bobby Williams, Bobby Altizer. Daphine Huffm ' an, Nancy Repass, Jeanette Davis, and Betty Grace Jones. (Second row) Tim Page, Boyd Comer, Glenda Stone, Bill McCarty, Connie Stephenson, Rhea Little, Preston Stephenson, Courtney Hoge, Ronnie Cox, Eric Deaton, Jimmy Dean, James Atkins, Warren Hastings, Garland Campbell, David Ford, Joan Catron, Tom Davis, Tommy Barnette, Jedd Copenhaver, Dwayne Little, and Glenn Vernon. (Third row) David Hill, Pat Scott, Don Ford, Joe Bill Rogers, Dicky Dority, Herbert Winebarger, Robert Cole, Sammy Legard, Scott Peavler, and Eugenia Gullion. (Absent when picture was token) George Greer, Grady Hutton, Charles Sage, and Dexter Wilson. Hobby Club Mary Linda Jones. (Second row) William Romans, Bobby Morgan, Jean Munroe, Louise Dunsford, Sanford Dutton, Butch Williams, Roy Griffitts, Courtney Hoge, Walter Robinson, Fred Graybeal, Jimmy Atkins, Dickie Dority, David Ford, David Scalise, Judy Copenhaver, Joyce M ink, Patricia White, Barbara Holman, Nancy Gates. (Third row) Mrs. R. N. Hankins, Don Coffey, Charles Shaw, Lee Price, Tom Davis, Donald Ford, Garland Campbell, Elizabeth Aker, Elizabeth Fulton, Nancy Horne, Peggy Blevins, Marvin Winters, Barbara McIntyre, Peggy Wilson, Katherine Gilley, Joan Shupe, Rosemary Wilkinson, Charlotte Dill- man, Rose Pruner, Ruth Scholten. (Fourth row) G. C. Jennings, Margaret Osborne, Barbara Campbell, Janella Smith, Mary Shumate, Jean Armstrong, Frances Hutton, lla Umbarger, Patsy Halsy, Harriet Richardson, Daphine Huffman, Denny Blakely, Brenda Goodpasture, Jean Woods, Mary Ruth Smith, Emma Jean Aker, Lucille Copenhaver, Sarah Louise Wright, Ann Dye. SARA ELLER . _ ... . ..... .. _ . . President GEORGE GREER . .. .. . . . . Vice-President SHIRLEY SHULER ... . ... . ...Secretary BOBBY WILLIAMS .. .. . ... . _ __ Treasurer ELEANOR GULLION . .. _ ___ Reporter MRS. R. L. HANKINS . ... .. Sponsor ☆ The Hobby Club is mode up of those in the eighth grade who wish to shore their hobby ideas. It encourages active participation in educational pastimes. The various kinds of hobbies are brought to the monthly meetings, studied, and suggestions for new hobbies are introduced. Stagecraft Club I I The Industrial Arts Club is especially designed for those boys who show special interest in building sets and helping stage school plays. If you attended the junior and senior plays, noticed the prop arrangements of chairs, speaker ' s sfand, and other props for assemblies, you saw some of the projects of the club. The club also awards pins to the senior members each year. ☆ DAVID JOHNSON BEATTIE SAPP DAVID WHISMAN HUGH SEVERT DWAYNE LITTLE MR. H. W. NISWANDER President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsor (First row, left to right) Everett Montgomery, Cloyborne Gwyn, Eugene Goodman, David Johnson, Beattie Sapp, Raymond Ma- thena, Warren Smith. (Second row) Bob Crewey, Charles Catron,David Whisman, Hugh Severt, Dwayne Little, Johnnie Gillespie, Mr. H. W. Niswander. (First row, left to right) Margaret Eller, Mary Maude LeDuke, Sarah Lindsey, Patricia Burnop, Nancy Sawyers, Joy Greer, and Shirley Horne. (Second row) Patsy Haulsee, Denny Blokley, Judy Scott, Virginia Johnson, Rosemary Wilkinson, Elsie Hutton, Irene Berry, Sandra Arnold, Harriet Richardson, Shirley Catron, Ruth Berry, Consuelo Garza, Daphine Huffman. (Absent when picture was taken) Pauline Blevins. Twirling Club Junior Chorus (First row, left to right) Susan Prager, Shirley Shuler, Shirley Catron, Joyce Pierce, Elizabeth Anderson, Rose Pruner, Sarah Lindsey, Mary Linda Jones, Rosemary Wilkinson, Patsy Quillen, Eleanor Gullion, Ann Dye, Brenda Goodpasture, Judy Copen- haver, Miss Betty Ruff. (Second row) Delores Denman, Margaret Osborne, Peggy Wilson, Ruby Haga, Lucille Copenhaver, Pa¬ tricia Burnop, Mary Elizabeth Petty, Judy Greer, Peggy Cormony, Mary LeDuke, Barbara Holman, Janice Catron, Mary Ruth Smith, Rhea Little, Consuelo Garza. (Third row) Barbara Campbell, Elizabeth Fulton, Emma Jean Aker, Jimmy Dean, Pat Scott, Sharoll Shumate, Curtis Murray, Glenn Vernon, Joel Rosen, Robert Fray, Jimmy Atkins, Sandra Stephenson, Ruth Scholten, Mary Shumate, Joan Catron. (Fourth row) Patsy Smith, Mildred George, Irene Wassum, Patsy Plummer, Eugenia Gullion, Nancy Wolfenden, Edwina Wolfenden, Ned Legard, David Hill, Bill Ross, Eric Deaton, Scott Peaveler, Betty Jones, Sara Eller, Sandra Arnold, Gertrude Shumate, Betty Ann Bear, Barbara Hurt. (Seated at piano) Jeanette Davis. (Absent from picture) Nancy Jo Johnston, Benjamin Fulton. SPORTS Oh never may a shadow fall upon thy cherished name...” 1 i i i I COACH CHARLES COOPER 1953 Squad First row: Bob Crewey, Charles Blevins, Hugh Severt, Morris Stephenson, George Thompson, David Johnson, Charles Fowler, John Lindsey, Fred Query, Jack McCready, Eugene Goodman. Second row: Ben Fulton, Boyd Comer, Everett Montgomery, Dale Dixon, Perry Catron, J. L. Baker, Henry Pruner, Jack Lindsey, Robert Rash, Don Baker, (Third row: James Ogburn, Charles Cumbo, Bill Cullop, Bill Richmond, Bob Williams, Bill Thompson, Bobby Lincoln, Don Bales, Bill Ross, Robert Greenwood, Jimmy Richardson. Fourth row: Charles Burchett, Harold Kirby, David Russell, Buddy Russell, Morris Buchanan, Franklin Lindsey, Lewis Pugh, Bill Williams. Fifth row: Charles Genga, Charles Seaver (Manager), Lester Hall, Curtis Murray, Eugene Copenhaver, Kenny Mink, Warren Hastings, Walter Winebarger, Jerry Hounshell. X [ SCORE BOARD 1 Marion OJ 1 Richlands 13j 1 Marion 131 1 Virginia High 1 Marion 1 Tazewell 281 EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL Marion Grundy Marion Abingdon Marion Saitville I Pocahontas 42| Marion Rich Valley First row: Robert George, Fred Query, Boyd Comer, George Thompson, Morris Stephenson, Bob Reedy, Jim Boone, Dick Williams, Don Baker, Bill Rouse. Second row: Jeff Kelly (Manager), Bobby Simons, Robert Young, Lewis Pugh, Robert Rash, Jeff Hoge, Harry Kepler, Charles Franzen (Coach), Larry Winebarger, Buddy Russell, Carl Crews, Lester Hall, Raymond Mathena, Sam Legard (Manager). Boy’s Varsity Squad SCORES Marion _ 34 60 Emory and Henry Marion . . 43 70 ... . . _ Richlands Marion _ _ 42 39 _ .. _ Chilhowie Marion __ 53 48 .. .. .... Saitville Marion . . 47 41 _ Abingdon Marion _ 47 40 . ... Rich Valley Marion . 44 70 - . Graham Marion __ _ 50 37 Sugar Grove Marion 38 41 _ . Richlands Marion __ 45 61 _ Virginia High Marion 31 61 Tazewell Marion 43 77 _ Graham Marion . _ 43 35 . Sugar Grove Marion _ . _ 74 61 Abingdon Marion 35 63 _ Virginia High Marion . .. ... 42 36 _ Rich Valley Marion 35 37 Emory and Henry Marion __ _ 60 84 ... _ Tazewell Marion . . _ 42 47 . _ Chilhowie Marion . . 45 57 _ . . . Saitville TOURNAMENT SCORES Marion 61 60 Honaker Marion .. _. 48 64 . .. _ Grundy DICK WILLIAMS GEORGE THOMPSON COAC H CHARLES FRANZEN COACH CHARLES COOPER COACH PAUL FLEMING Boys’ Varsity f MORRIS STEPHENSON CAPTAIN DON BAKER BOB REEDY f, I First row: Don Bales, Charles Genga, Morris Buchanan, Billy Winebarger, Joel Rosen, Robert Fray, Charles Cooper (Coach). Second row: Jeff Kelly (Manager), Jimmy Catron, Jimmy Smith, Perry Catron, Harold Kirby, David Hill, G. C. Jennings, Bob Lincoln, Kenny Mink, Eric Deaton, Jimmy Richardson, David Russell, Tom Davis (Manager). Ben Fulton (Not pictured). J! Junior Varsity Squad ☆ Eighth Grade Squad First row, left to right: Paul Fleming (Coachj, Tom Davis (Manager) G. C. Jennings, Dainer Wassum, Allan Prater, Marvin Thompson, Don Coffey, Bobby Williams, Ralph Earnest, Roy Griffitts, Walter Jones, Sanford Dutton. ( ' liUiiing mnineii ' uni ,i n urn appi ' iiai ' lu ' s tli ' Maiiun [our wins and six his (‘s. as llu TlU ' final pt r.i loo null as tlio Mar ihrouuh I lie n. loavinu iot )rv for [• ' ri ' d MHn si-orin;a wii od !) ' I ' iok ( hiihovmk ri’sli is MAKION IT 13 Thu Cliilliowie V ' arrior st ' l the Marion High Hurrioano ! ' ) ia;it ' ' o i virlory in iho Cl« January HI. R.!- Tin- Warriors jylj lead over Marion lilt naif li. ' buokolin to Marion ' s IT. toned up iti th quaUi||M|g||Q M ( nil iiow n 1 M. i;iON (■!UI uar .M.VKION WIN With both the girls ' baskoiball loam winning over Sugar drove January 8. and the Iwys ' losing to Bristol Januaij- 12 Ihe record of wii.i and losses stands at boys ' 2 wins li losses, and girls ' 2 w in. no losses. The Mtirior: to Bluefield i draham Higl; was defeated Graham g:t and held ii. elToii on the icane the In ■ he thini an R nl the san rebound grenicsi i.d- bitiinv the b, I- roni of iheir . ' di Marion (lirK whr Br t ' � hsti. BR|Rm E ' Sta ' Martiia McDuna; er. 11: C Lambert and Hosttl i Casteel. 8. i B ' ltll .lUloH o lhe M.irion .1. December la. in the ftym. H ' u r Kepler and ron led ihc scoring for with six poini. eai : Ouesenb. ' riw te.l ’l-.t. r f i ■{ s i First row: Ann Vernon, Carrol Murray, Edwipo Richardson (Co-Captain), Martha Buchanan (Co-Captain), Martha McDonald, Carolyn Lombert. Second row: Betty Dillman, Jo Ann Young, Chariot Parsons, Margaret Williams, Katherine Simmerman, Peggy Jarrett, Elizabeth Anderson, jenny Jo Pruner, Beverley Birchfield. Third row: Mary Lou Riddle (Manager), Mrs. Jerry Brillheart (Coach), Miss Barbara Maupin (Coach), Sue Britton (Manager). Girls’Varsity Squad Junior Varsity Squad First row: Betty Sheets, Joan Query, Choris Rector, Jane Horton, Joyce Pierce. Second row: Sue Britton (Manager), Mrs. Jerry Brillheart (Coach), Betty Jo Moore, Barbara Anderson, Donna Boone, Nancy Dutton, Alice Josik, Rosalind Casteel, Miss Bar¬ bara Maupin (Coach), Mary Lou Riddle (Manager). EDWINA RICHARDSON Co-Captain MARY LOU RIDDLE MARTHA BUCHANAN Co-Captain BARBARA MAUPIN Coach MRS. JERRY BRILLHEART Coach CAROLYN LAMBERT ANN VERNON Girls’ Varsity SCORES CARROL MURRAY Marion Opponents Chilhowie 46 33 Sugar Grove 49 25 Chilhowie 34 49 Glade Springs 43 42 Soltville 46 47 Rich Valley 53 60 Sugar Grove 60 45 Meadowview 42 40 Liberty Hall 56 29 Rich Valley 65 62 Soltville 49 48 MARTHA McDonald I i r. r L I FIRST ROW: (Left to Right) Gale Bales, J. B. McGrady, Don Bales, Morris Buchanan, Kenneth Mathena, Earl Gillespie, Philip Schulz, Perry Catron. Second Row: Jim Richardson, Jackie Barker, James Richardson, Jr., Bob Crewey, Fred Buck, Carl Sexton, David Johnson, Fred Query. Third Row: Henry Pruner, Billy Winebarger, Dwayne Little, James Farmer, Carl Crews, Sam Wolfe, David Russell, Fred Smith. Fourth Row: Bill Ross, Mgr. Morris Stephenson, Allen Peak, Robert Fray, J. L. Baker, Paul Fleming, Coach. Baseball I Marion _ 6 Marion _ 1 Marion _ _ 5 Marion . 3 Marion . . _ 0 Marion __ 2 Marion ___ Marion _ ---- Marion . --- Marion _____ Marion .. ..... _ Marion ___ __- ☆ COACH PAUL FLEMING 3 _Virginia High 5 Sugar Grove 4 - William King 8 . Virginia High 8 _ Rich Valley 3 - Rich Valley _ Saitville Sugar Grove William King . Chilhowie -. Saitville _Chilhowie Track STATE CHAMPIONS GROUP II First row: Boyd Comer (Manager), Frank Sawyers, Ralph Sebastian, Bill Reynolds, Charles Blevins, Bob Williams, George Thomp¬ son, Morris Stephenson, Bob Crewey, Bill Richmond, Charles Cooper (Coach). Second row: Richard Fowler, Buddy Russell, Phil Hastings, Bill Williams, Max Osburn, John Lindsey, Sammy Wolfe, Jeff Kelly. Third row: Everetfe Maiden, William Sexton, Bobby Rowland, Bobby Russell, Walter Jones, Rudolph Elledge, Charles Burchett, Robert Rash, Bob Eller, Kenneth Sullivan, Ronald Corn, Bob Lincoln, Fred Clark, Jimmy Catron, Ralph Newman. Golf DISTRICT VII CHAMPIONS Left to right: Victor Stanley, Eric Deaton, Fred Query, Harry Kepler, Bob Lincoln, Paul Greer, Bill- Rouse, John Johnston, Boyd Comer. Cheerleaders Junior Cheerleaders Left to right: Ginger Green, uth Scholten, Joyce Pierce, Judy Greer, Elizabeth Anderson, Scfroh Wright. Top to bottom: Carolyn Lambert, Jane Horton, Peggy Jorrett, Martha Buchanan, Margaret Williams, Pat McCready, Beverley Birchfield, Joan Query. FEATURES ' Will lead our thoughts to high school days, the sweetest time of life... Winter Wonderland Are those stars in your eyes?? Now is the time Must this moment end?? The Queen of Hearts Now 1 wonder who mode them mod? Where does the line end??? Queen of Hearts THE LIHLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME The senior class presented this three-act comedy drama April 12 and 13 in the Marion High Audi¬ torium. The scene, laid in a section of the Kentucky mountains near Frankfort, took place in the living room of the Buford home with thirteen characters, five boys and eight girls. George Thompson played the leading role as Chad, the little shepherd. Nathan Cherry, a hard fisted, cruel mountaineer was portrayed by Paul Greer. Chad grew up with the Turner family and fell in love with Melissy when a child. Barbara Barnett played the mountain girl Melissy. Glenda Stone as¬ sumed the role of Betsy Cherry the daughter of Nathan Cherry. Major Calvin Buford, played by Clayborne Gwyn, picked Chad up and took him to live with him. The Major ' s maiden sister. Miss Lucy Buford who was played by Jenny Jo Pruner, was very shocked to have the presence of such an illiterate boy in her house. Dale Dixon took the part of their Negro servant. Old Tom, while Connie Stephenson was their eves- dropping house maid, Thanky. Martha Buchanan portrayed the part of Mrs. Caroline Dean, a neighbor. Margaret Dean, her daugh¬ ter, was played by Ann Vernon, who was the leading character among the girls. Robert Young was the sophisticated fiancee of Margaret, Richard Hunt and his sarcastic sister Nellie Hunt was played by Willie Anne Pugh. Gale Martin took the part of Jennie Overstreet, a very romantic poetess who just loves men. Mr. A. L. Mitchell and Mr. C. A. Wilkinson were the directors and Anne Eller was the student director. Barbara Moore , Edwina Richardson, Mildred Robbins, and Libby Ann Thompson were prompters and David Johnson was the stage manager. TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE GIRL Playing before a full house, the 1953-1954 Junior Class presented Take Core of My Little Girl os its annual play December 4 in the M. H. S. Auditorium at 8;00 p.m. This delightful comedy in three acts, dramatized by Anne C. Martens presented the problem of college sorority life in an amusing, sometimes satirical, yet completely heart-warming way. The cast consisted of Harriet Slemp as Elizabeth Ericson, the girl who goes away to Midwestern University and is caught up in the excitement and rush of college sorority life; Annette Ellis as Adelaide, Liz ' s friend from the west. Joan Query as Becky, the shy girl from Liz ' s home town,- Mary Lou Haywood as Merry, president of the Queen ' s Sorority; Margaret Davis as Dallas, the beauty of the group,- Donna Boone as ' Marge, good-natured rush chairman; Linda Broce as Casey, the intellectual; Patricia McCready as Mrs. Bellows, and influential alumnae,- Peggy Jarrett as Mother Apple, the house mother; Dwayne Little as Joe, Liz ' s steady boy friend,- Lester Hall as Chad, the prominent fraternity man,- Bill Rouse as Sam, Dallas ' s heart interest; Jedd Copenhaver as an express man. Libby McCarty, Nancy Dutton, Betty Dillman and Beverley Birchfield took roles as Justine, Polly, Marilyn, and June, other sorority members,- and Doris Blevins, Coleen Huggins, Patsy Campbell, and Martha Copenhaver took rolls as Thelma, Grace, Alice, and Marie, other sorority pledges. Sandra Groseclose and Hugh Severt were student director and stage manager re¬ spectively. Qther members of the Junior class served on committees. The play was directed by Miss Pauline Anderson and Mr. Mack Sturgill. ADVERTISEMENTS ’The noise and tumult of the world, the bitter storm and strife.. ' BASTIAN BROTHERS COMPANY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Serving Marion High with ENGRAVED ANNOUNCEMENTS and NAME CARDS Superior Qgality Class Rings ☆ PAUL A. WILLSE COMPANY DETROIT, MICHIGAN Supplying Exquisite Graduation Robes to MARION HIGH SCHOOL ☆ RAYMOND E. PAGE, District Manager P. O Box 236 Vinton, Virginia A Challenging FUTURE... 1 1 iirfU H ‘■VkN. 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