Midway High School - Semper Yearbook (Church Road, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY [continued] 1!);51 and witli it the 4th »rad(‘. AVe were really learning ' tilings — so we thonght. Aliss Xnnnally must have had (|uite a woiulei’ful ])atienee to have endured ns. Fifth o-rade and whom did we tind as oni‘ teacher? None othei ' than Aliss Alaloiu ' . That history, “What the Old World (i;iv( the New” was (inite a pain. Thanks to some one, oni ' fifth gi ' ade fricnuls don’t have to exist throno ' h that m»w. Oh! we Avei ' ( ' »’radually “rowinii ' older and we were in the sixth orade. All of ns were (|uite fond of Alis Watkins, hut, it was usual thing ' , day in and day out — Arithmetie, Spelling, History, Knglish and tiioe to go honu ' . AVe liv(“d through it, hut don ' t ask ns how. We wen quite happy indeed ! AVe wei ' e going to study civics, and what did that im ' an? Why, we were in the sevcmth grade and “yon must take last term examinations whethei’ yon have an avcu ' ag ' e of !H) or not.” And then that night we received oni ' diplomas that gave ns that long worked for right to go to high school. Miss Winn was i-ather glad to get rid of ns, we guess. Freshmen! A’es, we w( re Freshmen. ( ii eeidmnis ? Well, mayhe so! Ifiit after all we tliink that heing a freshman was not so very had. The worst thing was learning which class was in which room, hut aftei ' a few days we had all that straight. Aliss Fraser’s hel|)ing hand guided ns straight thi ' ongh. As so])homores we regained a little of onr self-confidence and began to hcdieve we I ' eally weren’t so gi ' cen aftei ' all. There will always exist in onr memory that baseball game between AlcKenney and .Midway at Alidway and those cheer-leaders we had. Later, they played at Lee Park in Petersburg; and Alidway came out victorious. Time jiassed on and we wm ' o looking foiwvard to our third yi ar of high school. .Inniors! AVe could hardly believe it! It was onr duty and |)leasnre (as is usually the custom) to entertain the seniors. AVe all had a grand time attending the movie at the (’( ' iitury theativ and the .social hour at Peck’s Peach. Kememher those cakes, candles, and gifts? How could we forget? Time mai ' ched on ; we found ourselves looking to the future, a hit more sophis- ticated, dignified, and serious than we had ever been before. Seniors! At last! Success! Achiiwement ! What we had hoped, dreamed, and woi ' ked for. A es, we had ur struggles — they all do. What kind of invita- tions w(‘ wanted, what we were going to wear, and many otlnu ' ini|)ortant things had to he decideil. Put, were they im])ortant ? We thought so, anyway. Don’t forget, fhongh, we had onr fun too. 4’hose football games at Plackstone and .Appomattox will never he forgotten, neither will that day that we posed for onr pictures to Ik put in the annual. Ves, this is oni ' last memory of high school ami with it comes that old saying that should he rememhei ' ed by all of ns, “Of a good heginning cometh a good end.” Sni ' cly this is triuv AVe go forth with many true and loyal friends. AA’e are not frightened. AA’e will he as courageous as we ' have always been. AA’e will keep a broad outlook on life and oni- deep ap| reciation of high ideals and rememhei ' that graduation is oidy tlu ' heginning of pi ' cparatioji for a new, I ' icher and fnlh ' r life. — Ahvin ' AATi.u. .ms.

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SENIORS FRAX(’i:s XADINK WILLIAMS— Baskctlmll ; Softliall. Kffic-ioiit . . . lu l]iful. MARY LAT RA M ' lLLTAMS (“Priss”)— Alumni Editor “Midiu ' ws”; Reportm- 4-H ( ' luh; Tioasurcr Honu ' Economics Cluh; Basketball. Brunette . . . dependaliility ■ . . brifjlit colois. CLASS HISTORY rany picture t exist in the gallery of memories of the class of 1939. Of these let us select the most interesting. Do we rememher when we |)osed for that first one? AVas it in 1921 or 1922 that with tlie aid of the proverbial stork and the Oods of Fate we were horn into a world that was now on the road to a speedy recovery from the war of a few yeai ' s earlier ? AVe began our school-life in September of 1928, when, tightly clutching our mother’s hand, we entered grammar school, eager to explore the mysteries of Reading, ’Kitin’ and ’Kithmetic ' whicli open for us the doors to the portals » f knowledge. Those first days were interesting because Aliss Raker, our teacher, found a new story for us each day. Among these wei ' e “The Three Bears,’’ “Little Red Riding Hood’’ and others, but tlie story telling soon became a thing of the past and we settled down to work. Time slipped by (piite rapidly. The spelling of the tlays of the week, how to tell time, and many other im])ortaut facts were learned in the second grade with Aliss Ilawkes as instructress. The thiial grade ' ajid Aliss Clarke presented to us that terrible punishment — examinations.

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CLASS SONG (Ttne — .1 Ashore) As we remeiiil) ’rino ' Tlutt you’ve lovetl us and love us still. Midway deal ' , we ' re leaving From the guidanee that’s heeu so true. Our hearts are heavy As we hid sad adieu to you. With ropes of the past Future hells we’ll I ' ing To you, Alma iMater, we’ll eliug. You’ll remain a torchlight Shining hrighter the long years through. Through the years, dear Midway, Cherished mem’ries our hearts will till You have taught us the sjiirit Of life’s great game. And showed us the pathway to fame. To our goals you’ll guide us, FiVer steadfast and loyal, too, — HmTL.ui Su.UN . No Mildred Browder. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Ye, the Senior Class of l!)d!), wish to leave our following ])ossessions to our under-elassmen. i Iay they use them to the best advantage possible, and doing so, may their thoughts turn hack and rest a little while on us. To i lr. Christensen and the othei ' memh.ers of the faculty, we leave many thanks and a deep appreciation for the great help they have rendered to us during our school days. To the Junioi ' Class we leave that great honor of being Seniors, and the responsibility of carrying out and supporting the Student Covernment, as we have tried to do, ami a lso the i)uhlishing of a year hook. Ye further wish to make the folloAving individual hecpiests: To “Ohie” Beville, Dudley Allen leaves his ability of being class ])resident. Vinette Yheeler leaves her studionsness and intelligence to Warren Leftwieh. .Alargaret Sedivy leaves her timidit.v to Yirginia Hart. Xancye Allen wills her charming personality to Thelma AYilliams. To Ruth Hart, “Jac” Inge leaves her great understamling of Home Keo- uoniics. Laurie Browder leaves her neatness to Alary Vanghan. To Evelyn Lewis, Frances AYilliams wills her (piiet dis{)osition. Randolph Leonard leaves his good looks to Edward AA inn. Lois Jones wills her .ioll.v good nature to Sunshine AYilliams. To Billy AA atkins, Beulah Spain leaves her love of music. A ' irginia Lewis wills her frankness to Edward Ford. “ Bea” Bennett wills her artistic ability to Adell Roberts. Alildi ' ed Browder leaves her babyish ways to Alary Scott Ragsdahu “Joe” Alach wills his cooperative spirit to Alartha Lewis. Xancie AA ' atkins leaves her athletic ability to Alary Olivei ' AAhdkins. To “Dot” Sedivy, Frances Alaitland wills her “ ahvays-in-i)laee hair.” Alargaret Ci ' owder wills her skirts and sweaters to Barbara Perkinson. Kathrine Roberts leaves her amiable disjjosition to Sally Aloore. Billy Leonard wills his politeness to John AA ayne AA’atkins. Helen Sedivy leaves her music ability to Iila Mae ATiughaii. To Lorraine Dunnavaut, Doris A aughau wills her ever-ready smile. Alary AYilliams wills to Sarah Royster her lovely Spainsh pi ' ofile. Pllizaheth Dewsherry leaves her cpuet ladyJike manners to “Jackie” Beville. A’ ' irginia Rainey leaves to Alavis Corbett, her rippling stream of chatter. Harrison Vanghan leaves to AVarren Ford his name of being a tlii ' t. — PosiE Roberts.