Meriwether Lewis High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Ivy, VA)

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The sixth grade found us a group of very happy-go-lucky children. No one joined our class again, but we still had a wonderful time together. Barbara Breeden, a small girl with blonde hair and blue eyes greeted us at the door of Miss Dunn's room. Barbara had come all the way from Stanardsville to join our group and we were very proud to have her with us. We found out she was the Principal's dau-ghter and she warned us to be very good. We found Barbara a big asset to our basketball team as well as an excellent student. Mr. Breeden was our new Principal that year and all of us thought the world of him. He loved to tease everyone and give them all kinds of nicknames. That year no one could decide whether we were grade or high school students, for we were in the middle of them both. We finally reached high school. You should have heard us shout as we enter- ed the door of the Freshman room. By now we had to get out of our childish ways and act like young ladies and gentlemen for we had to set good examples for the smaller children. Our first day we were all mixed up. We had been used to having just one teacher, but now we had four or five different ones. It seemed like all we did was change classes. By the time we got used to one class and teacher the bell would ring for us to go to another. This year six new members joined our group and increased the number greatly. They all were from the big towns of Free Union and Boonesville. Katherine Carr, one of them came from Boonesville. Katherine was the cute little girl with pretty brown hair and eyes. She was full of giggles and funny things to say all the time. She will also be remembered for artistic talents. James Yowell, the bashful boy with dark blond hairlis also one of the group from Boonesville. James is one member of our class who never got in a hurry. Jean Burruss another of the group has long blonde curls, her nice personality brought her plenty of friends especially of the opposite sex. Georgie Roach. the tall blonde who wears glasses also joined us that year. She was bashful at first, but has changed since she joined us that year. 'We have also heard that Georgie is very susceptible to spoiling. Phyllis Herring, one of the Boonesville girls, has pretty coal black wavy hair. She has added plenty of life and laughs to our class. Ann Wood, is the jolliest of all the crowd from Boonesville. She always has a big smile on her face. Julian Via, the bear hunter of our class also joined us this year from Boonesville. He is tall with dark hair and always ready with a tall tale about some of his bear hunts. Toward the end of the year, we were used to our class changing and our new classmates who had joined us that year. The next year found us as Sophomores. We were all very happy to meet again for nine more months of school. Dorothy Morris joined us that year. Dorothy had pretty dark hair and sparkling eyes. We were very proud to have her with us. 18

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,Class History What? Did you say you wanted to know about the Class of Fifty-one? Well, I'll tell you all about it. In the fall of 1940, six small children seemed lost standing in the doorway of the first grade at Meriwether Lewis School. This being the fir st day at school they didn't know what to do so they started crying as if they had lost their last friend. Katherine Patterson, the girl with real long pigtails, fair complexion and blue eyes, was one of the six. Katherine was the studious type and always came through with flying colors. Jim Gibson, another who has been with us for eleven years, is a very small boy who is always getting into some kind of mischief and getting caught. Jim has very cute ways and always has funny things to say. His ability to tell tales gave our class many happy hours. Mary Ann Gibson, the light-haired girl with pretty blue eyes also started with us. She is a very quiet girl and is always willing to help everyone. She is very fond of reading.. Whenever we couldn't find Mary Ann, we knew to look behind the covers of a book. Nellie Cash was also one of the six who started with us. She is a great friend of Mary Ann's and she has naturally curly hair. Aleyce Price, the blonde-haired girl is one of the big six. She is one of the bashful- type girls, but she has changed during the eleven years with us. The other little girl who started at M. L. S. was me. I had long dark hair and big brown eyes. I found my greatest interests in athletics. I couldn't let down the reputation of my brothers and sister. We were found the next year in the second grade. By now we had gotten accustomed to our school and teachers and began to like it much better. No one joined us that year. We found that the nine short months of school had ended too soon and summer vacation was here again. Our next great step was the third grade. This is another year no one joined us on our journey through school. In the fourth grade we found a new member had joined our ranks which we were very pleased to have with us. The cute little boy with dark complexion and hair who always had funny interesting things to say was none other than Peter Morris. Peter, in his seven years with our class, hasn't changed a bit. He might well be named the Romeo of our class. Lewis Harmon also joined us that year. Lewis has real pretty dark wavy hair. He has kept us cheerful with his wonderful singing. We were very glad to have him with us. As we entered the fifth grade room, we found it like the second and third grade. No one had joined our group to make the journey with us. This year we were very proud to have Miss Adams as our teacher and we all thought a lot of her. 17

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O Juniors! What a year! We had two new members to join us that year. Allen Dunn was from over near Ivy., He had dark eyes and hair and always liked to have a good time. Russell Ray was another who joined us that year. Russell has real blond curly hair and big blue eyes. He is always telling things to make us and the teachers laugh. He has added a lot to our class the two years he has been with us. We enjoyed ourselves very much going on the Junior and Senior picnic with the Seniors and also on the trip to Washington with them. The next year was our final step. We had all longed for and looked forward to our Senior year. We were very glad to have Freddie Frazier to join our class and to graduate with us. Freddie is a good-natured boy and has very quiet ways. Miss Whitted was our Senior teacher. We were very pleased to have her for our Senior year and we will never forget all the good things she has done for us. We know we will miss being with her in our ,future years. There is not long before we will all part, but I hope someday we will meet again and talk about what good times we had at M. L. S. We want to thank all the teachers that have taught us for what they have done to help us for I am sure the things they have taught us will be a great help in whatever we undertake in the future. A There you have it, the history of the Seniors of '5l. Joyce Hicks Historian 19