Millboro High School - Spur Yearbook (Millboro, VA)

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CLASS HISTORY (Continued) and remained with us until we graduated. He also taught us English this year. We presented a Junior Play, “The Campbells Are Coming” which was a big success. In the month of November we went to Bridgewater College with the Seniors to attend the Bridgewater vs Shippensburg football game. The class was also fortunate this year to have three members of the class on the debating team which won the district debate title and was runner-up for state championship title . Class officers for this year were as follows: Janet Webb, President; Mike O’Kane, Vice President; Vivian Roberts, Sec - retary; Faye McCoy, Treasurer. At last we had reached one of the biggest goals of our life when on September 1, 1954 seventeen of us entered the Senior Class with Mr. Skinner as our sponsor. Only one student had dropped out, which leaves us now with nine girls and ei,ght boys. We had the same teachers this year as we had last ye ar with the exception of Mr. Al¬ fred Cleveland of Craigsville who replaced Mr. Laird Rush and was Athletic Coach. We have enjoyed working on the school annual and paper together a lot. Later on in the year we plan to present our Senior Play, “Meet Me In St. Louis.” In November of this year we went to Charlottesville to see the University of Virginia vs George Washington University football game. Class officers were as follows: President. Secretary . Vice President . . . Treasurer . . . . Faye McCoy, Class Historian LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Millboro High, in the year of 1955, being of sound mind and body, do hereby will and bequeath the following: To our teachers and parents, we wish to express our thanks for helping us reach the point of our lives where we are now. To the Eighth Grade, we will our excellent discipline. To the Freshmen, we will a part of our ability to reach this goal. To the Sophomores, we will our courage to keep pressing on. To the Juniors, we will our home room, and our Senior privileges. Last, we as individuals, would like to will the following: I, Janet Webb, will my seat in the Senior room to Toddle Ford. I, Eleanor Neff, will my giggles to any dignified Junior. I, Vivian Roberts, will my big mouth to anyone who wants it. I, Hugh Hicklin, will my quietness to Grant Brinkley. I, James Hall, will my ability to grow a moustache to KentNofsinger. I, Bebe Lockridge, will my ability to blush to Wanda Stalter. I, Dorothy Hicklin, will my inferiority complex to anyone that wants it. I, Florence Botkin, will my quietness to Faye Matheney. I, Dinah Wandless, will my shortness to Lois Neff. I, Lucy Williams, will my basketball suit to anyone, providing they would wear the four year garment. I, Faye McCoy, will my height to Dorothy Cutlip, providing she takes my place on the basketball team. I, Tommy Wood, will everything I have to Bobby Lyle and hope he uses it better than I have. I, Sonny Clark, will my whiskers to Ronnie Ford. I, Johnny Shanks, will my position as center on the basketball team to Chester Riley. I, Edgar Brinkley, will part of my big frame to Carlye Bogan. I, Mike O’Kane, will my ability to play basketball to Dennis Loan. I, Joe Forbes, will my job as time keeper to Eugene Humphreys.

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SENIORS 1 ‘ A real swell guy, that’s Tommy Wood , He likes a certain blonde, but that ' s understood . ’’ F . F. A. 1,2; Basketball 1,3,4; Base¬ ball 1, 2, 4. ‘ ‘She’s the blonde of the Senior Class and She’s in love with love, so it’s bound to last. ” Beta Club 3, 4; Press Club 3, 4; An¬ nual Staff 4; Student Council 3. VIVIAN ALBERTA ROBERTS WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD ‘ ‘Rhubarb “Robbie ’ ’ CLASS HISTORY My howtime does fly! It seems such a short time since sixty-two of us journey¬ ed to school for the first time. It was on September 5, 1943, that we were seated in the first grade by Miss Ada Haynes. But, before we go further let’s stop and say ‘thanks ’ to the following teachers who so faithfully kept pushing us upward through the grades and for seeing that we would r each high school: Miss Becky McClintic, Mrs. Daisy Clark, Miss Whiteside, Mrs. Will Cauley, Mrs. Stuart Wamsley, Mrs. Marion McCray, Mrs. Elsie Tyree, Mrs. Robert Deeds, and Miss Mayre Lowman. Mr. G. M. Hodge was our principal through the second grade, Mr. R. Lynn Graham replaced him and was with us three year s when Mr. G. F. Bagby was here until we finished the eighth grade. Mr. Floyd Kay was our School Superintendent up through the sixth grade when Mr. Edwin Will became our Superintendent and is still with us. Mrs. Ethel Crist was our music teacher duringour grade school underwhich many of us took piano lessons. We recall some of the exciting things that happened while we were in the grades such as our trip toNatural Bridge when we were in the sixth grade and the visiting of Woodrow Wilson’s birthplace while we were in the seventh grade. By the time we got to the eighth grade, September 6, 1950, our number had drop¬ ped to forty-one. Twenty-one girls and twenty boys. This was the year we were for¬ tunate to receive three girls from Burnsville and two girls from Williamsville. Class officers were as follows: Janet Webb, President; Florence Botkin, Vice President; Jean Smith, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. John Root was our sponsor. Miss Annie Lindsey taught us Science and Home Economics, Mr. Oliver Thompson taught us Civics and was Coach, Miss Nancy Parks taught us English, Miss Courtney Edmonds taught us Mathematics, and Mr. H. K. Drumheller taught Agriculture for two years. High School at last! One of our dreams was at last a reality. On September 6, 1951, we began the Freshman year with fifteen girls and nine boys. Twenty-three pupils had dropped out and six pupils had come in making us a total of twenty-four. Miss Helen Moore was our sponsor and Home Economics teacher. Mrs. Mary Cauley taught us Mathematics and continued until we graduated, Mr. Arthur Clingerman was Coach and taught us Civics, Mr. Root taught us Science and Mrs. Patty Lou Barnhill taught us English for one-half year when she was replaced by Mr. M. P.Skinner, from West Virginia, who stuck by us until we graduated. Mr. Grant Rush was our next principal for the coming two years. Class officers for this year were as follows: Florence Botkin, President; Lucy Williams, Vice President; Leo Doyle, Secretary; Dinah Wandless, Treasurer. On September 4, 1952,we started in the Sophomore Class with ten girls and eight boys. Seven pupils had dropped out leaving us a total of eighteen. Mr. Laird Rush was our sponsor and he also taught us History and was our Coach, Mrs. Brinkley was our Home Economics teacher, Mrs. Jewell Rush was our Commercial teacher and Mr.J. E. Joyce was our Agriculture teacher and continued to be so until we gra¬ duated. Class officers for this year were as follows: Lucy Williams, President; Mary Ellen Cullen, Vice President; Florence Botkin, Secretary; Be be Lockridge, Treasurer. We entered the Junior Class September 2, 1953 with nine girls and nine boys. Two pupils had dropped out and two pupils came in making us a total of eighteen. Miss Vida Fairchild was our sponsor and taught us Commercial until we graduated. Mr. Paul Schoonover was our new Science and Mathematics teacher until we graduated. Mrs. Mary Mullis was our Home Economics teacher. Mr. Rush taught us Social Studies and was our Coach. Mr. Knobloch succeeded Mr. Rush as our new principal

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CLASS PROPHECY Millboro, Virginia August-20, 1962 Dear Johnny, I just came back from a trip through the West, and I just have to write and tell you about all of our former classmates that I met. When I boarded an airplane in Washington, D. C. to go to Chicago I thought the stewardess looked familiar. When I inquired I found out it was Lucy. We had a nice chat and she mentioned that Faye was a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. I took a taxi from the airport to a hotel in Chicago and if there wasn’t Joe Forbes driving the taxi. He’s married and living in Chicago. I went to a department store and there was Dorothy Hicklin clerking. She told me that Hugh was in the Air Force, and was stationed in Texas. From Chicago I went to San Francisco. When I went into the hotel there was Edgar Brinkley, who was the hotel detective. He told me that Jam es Hall was manager. I got on a bus next day to go down town and sawBebe Jean. She is working for a real estate company in San Francisco. Leaving San Francisco I came to New Orleans. I was walking down the street one morning and saw a sign that said ‘‘Wood’s Restaurant.” I was curious and I went in, and sure enough it was Tommy. Vivian and he are married and have two children. Since the next day was Sunday I went to church. As soon as the minister walked in I knew that I ought to know, him . When the sermon was over I inquired and found out it was Mike O ' Kane. He sure has changed. From New Orleans I went to New York and who should I see but Eleanor Neff. She said she was going in training fora nurse and when she finished training, she was going to be a medical missionary. That evening at a movie, who should I meet up with but Dinah Wandless. She said she was teaching school in New York. She is also married and has two children. From New York I came back to Washington on the train. I walked into Union Station and nearly ran over Florence Botkin. She is librarian for one of the public libraries in Arlington. She is married and has one child. I decided to spend a night in Washington before coming home. I started in a hotel and who should I meet but Janet Webb! She lives in Millboro and is teaching history there. It was wonderful to see all our classmates again. Time sure has gone fast since we were in high school together. I’ll be looking for you about the 20th of November, so be prepared to leave the garage and come on down to the farm. Yours truly. Sonny