Maury High School - Commodore Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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Save me a booth! These are familiar words to Mauryites who meet their friends in Renn's, a lunch- eonette across the street from Maury. Here at almost any time of the day on Monday through Friday you can see someone you know. Students stream through the doors before school hours, at lunch time, after school hours, and sometimes during school hours. Since 1946 Renn's has been a part of school life that Mauryites will remember when 2x - y : 6 is long forgotten. Mrs. Renn and her assistant, Mrs. Davis, are known to all for their willingness to lend a sympathetic ear to the student's problems or to rejoice with them in their achievements. Their school spirit is overwhelming and all the students rush to them with the latest news. They know almost all of the high school crowd by name and can be counted on when necessary. At lunch time the blare of the juke box mixes with the excited chatter of Mauryites who fill the booths and stools and stand when all the seats are occupied. The juke box always has the latest songs on it and Mrs. Renn and Mrs. Davis can stand all the noise that the students can make. Report cards, grades, latest flames, and party news are the topics most discussed in the booths at Renn's. It is a place where all the latest news is aired and where all the crowd gathers to learn the latest scoop . Students who are reluctant to forsake all of their school acquaintances after graduation are frequently seen in Renn's and whenever colloge students come back to visit Maury, when they are home on vaca- tion, Renn's is the first place they go. Maury is unique, in that it does have luncheon- ettes across the street where students are permitted to go. No other school in this vicinity has them and students are required to stay on the school grounds for the entirety of the school day. Sandwiches, soft drinks, hamburgers, and hot dogs are specialties of Renn's, as are the french fries prepared by Maggie, who has been working in Renn's since 1946 when they opened. The school owes a note of thanks to Mrs. Renn and Mrs. Davis, too, since it is they who discourage many pupils from truancy and who openly frown on the few who are truant. Many times they have told Mauryites that they weren't welcome during class hours, although their way of doing so has not in- sulted the pupil but has made him aware that this is being done for his own good. Yes, Renn's has been and is a tradition at Maury. Thousands of Mauryites have walked through those doorsg thousands more will in years to come. The class of 1956, now to become part of the tradition, passes its place in Renn's to those who come after. sae C U J J' xl! Q6 r 3 5 1 if f