Marriott High School - Colonial Royalty Yearbook (St Stephens Church, VA)

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The next thing I heard was that RONALD TIGNOR had completed college. Somehow General Cox had blackmailed him into doing it; but it didn ' t do him any good, because it doesn ' t take a college education to feed sheep and cattle. He was tied down there for a life-time sentence. I went to Richmond one day to get some parts and who should I run into but PEGGY WYATT, now Mrs. Reid Davis, a happy housewife with three children. She told me that BETTY JEFFRIES was an Old Maid because she just couldn ' t get the right one; so she wouldn ' t have anyone. Betty was now working as a secretary for Jeffries Lumber Company and always spent her time sporting around in a little blue Mustang. JOHN D. FOGG was now working for the Department of Highways, but still single. He was at this time straightening and paving the road from Owenton to King Queen Court House because he was just spending too much money in tires on that old crooked road. CHARLES FOGG was happily married to the former Pamela Atkins and he really had it made. They had built a new house and he stayed at home to make sure nothing was stolen or that nothing would go wrong while Pamela worked everyday. That ' s what I really call being faithful to him. One day TOMMY STONE dropped by the shop and wanted a new car. I sold him one, at a good profit, and he told me he was now running the Walkerton Hardware Store. I told him that working all the t ime like he did, he didn ' t need a new car because he didn ' t have time to drive it. Time passed--about a month--when one day I was working real hard and I heard someone hollering, Don ' t Raymond, an old saying from school. I looked and found out that it was JOHN MARTIN. We talked for a while and he told me he was now Business Manager for Vaughan, Incorporated. All of a sudden I started seeing shades of light and I felt myself coming around. I looked up and Mama and Daddy were looking at me. The first thing I said was Daddy, did you get my car out of the road? When I recovered completely all my classmates came in and I told them my dream. We all wished it were 1977.

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CLASS PROPHECY One night about midnight, as I was leaving Gale ' s house in Newtown, she warned me that I should have gotten gas; but I said, 1 know this car better than you do and 1 know I won ' t run out of gas. 1 got about five miles from her house and, sure enough, I did run out of gas. 1 started walking and, boy, I sure hated having to leave my car sitting be- side the road like that! I walked for about thirty minutes, and all of a sudden 1 heard a car coming. 1 pulled back my finger and threw up my thumb. A car was coming toward me, 1 dashed away and it just happened that a forestry tool box was behind me. 1 fell against it, hitting my head, then blacked out. I started a wonderful dream about my classmates. It was now the year of 1977. 1 was now the owner of Atkins Motor Company, a garage selling new cars. On the side 1 had a Racer and 1 was leaving the next day for the Indianapolis 500. When I arrived the next day in Indianapolis, the first people I saw were the Q” boys, BOBBY LANGFORD and DONNIE ATKINS. They now owned and operated a night school for young boys, which they had attended when they were in high school. I went to register for the race the next day, when who should be selling tickets but SHIRLEY LANGFORD, who was now married to a lawyer and living in Indianapolis. She invited me over to their home that evening. When I arrived, they had a lovely evening planned. We went to a night club and who were we entertained by --but POLLY LOVING, now a Go Go girl. That really shocked me, but man, she did a good job! The next day, just before the race, I ran into BUDDY SEAL who was married to Janet Balderson, with two girls. I won the race and started home, but decided to stay over one night in North Carolina. I got a room and turned on the TV and who should I see but a good friend, DALE CHENAULT, now playing football for Davidson College. I have to admit. Dale, that was a good pass. I returned home and went back to work. In about .three weeks time I heard ED JONES had fallen in love with a girl from college. He had quit college and gotten married. 1 also heard Mr. Mrs. Ernest Jones had thirteen carpenters in Powcan putting the roof back on their house because the weatherman called for rain. In about tliree years they finally made arrangements for Ed to become a partner in the chicken farm.

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CLASS HISTORY Today, as seniors of 1967, we turn back the pages of time to September, 1955, when twenty -five shy, frightened and puzzled six year olds entered the first grade with Mrs. Helen Clark as our teacher. In the second grade Mrs. Ida M. Crouch was our teacher. It was during this year that we first learned to write. Miss Mary Acree taught us in the third grade. It was really an enjoyable year for us. In the fourth grade we were taught by Mrs. Rachel Greenwood. It was in this grade that we first began having those difficult exams. It was also out first year for class meetings and class officers. We were in Miss Clare Mitchell ' s room for the fifth grade. This was the beginning of much art work for us. It was also the first year for us to join the 4-H. Still looking for something new and exciting, we entered the sixth grade with Mrs. Katherine Hagerty as our teacher. Having the reputation of being one of the most mischievous and noisiest groups in school, which we really were, we found ourselves frequently getting into trouble. In the seventh grade we were under the guidance of Mrs. Christine Alexan- der, who did much to prepare us for the years ahead. By the time we reached the eighth grade our class had become what it started out to be --one big, happy family. Mrs. Margaret Chenault was our sponsor that year. We were allowed to join the various clubs that year and we really tried to act like upper classmen. As freshmen, we had Mr. Leland Wyatt as our sponsor. This year was full of excitement and new experiences. Mrs. Dorothy Gardner was our sponsor during our sophomore year. This was an exciting year and many of us were participating in sports. Mrs. Margaret Linton was our sponsor during our junior year. We had much fun planning and preparing for our prom, Paris By Night, which was a great success. This year we are seniors with Mr. Garnett Poindexter, Jr. as our sponsor. There are fifteen of us and we are all busy with many activities including our yearbook, looking forward to the Junior-Senior Prom, and most important of all will be graduation. As we conclude our years here at Marriott we shall always remember the past and face the challenge of the future with great effort and hope.