Monroe High School - Trail Yearbook (Stanardsville, VA)

Page 23 text:

add -4 We the Annual Staff of 1954 bemg of sound m1nd do bequeth and bequ1t leave gxve and get r1d of the followmg members of the Sen1or Class t put m thelr h1gh place these lowly creatures MYRON BREEDEN leaves h1s ab1l1ty to stay out of trouble and away from women to D P Chapman BETTY HANEY leaves her secret of gettmg 1n early at nlght to Sally Parrott DEVORE SHIFFLETT leaves her drlvlng ab111ty to Eleanor Powell JOYCE MORRIS leaves her typlng speed to Harr1et Duff HAMILTON SHIFFLETT leaves h1s good looks and black ha1r to W1lbur Morr1s 1n hopes he w1ll be kept busy every weekend l1ke he was ROY BAUGHER wants Marvm Call to carry on h1s fme Job m the Glee Club MILTON OLIVER leaves h1s ab1l1ty to be heard at all t1mes to Vernon Duff NINA SHIFFLETT leaves her dark ha1r dark eyes and her g1gg1e to Marjorle Rames EVELYN SHIFFLETT leaves the entertammg at the dances to Lo1s Sh1fflett WARNER WOOD leaves h1s charmmg smlle to Anna Lee Sh1fflett To Anna Conley goes ILAR BOWMAN S qmetness 1n hopes she can put It to use MERVAL AND DALLAS SHIFFLETT leave the1r ab1l1ty to get along so well to Lloyd Ray and Sh1rley Sh1fflett EH..EANOR MARSHALL leaves her athlet1c ab1l1ty to Frances Chapman ELIZABETH MORRIS leaves her dut1es IH Mr Shumate s off1ce to Jean and Sh1r1ey Taylor RONNIE LAMM leaves hms posltxon as presldent of Student Councml to Wayne S1ms LUTIE SHIFFLETT leaves her love for Mercurys to L1nda Snow and V1olet Shmpp To Buford Lamm Goes ALVIN CHAPMAN S tallness mn hopes she w1l1 grow a llttle LARRY LAMB leaves h1s ab1l1ty to talk up for golng to New York to Margaret Herrmg m hopes they wmll get there somehow The Semors leave NORMA SLAUGHER AND MARY ISLA WALKER the Job of orlentmg the Sen1ors next year so they w1ll make no und1gn1f1ed mlstakes GEORGE B DURRER leaves h1s pleas1ng personalmty to Shelvajean Sh1fflett JAMES SULLIVAN leaves h1s secret of keep1ng a g1rl to Dor1s Kmght hopmg she w1ll fmd her a boy REID HANEY leaves h1s sports and h1s gxrls to Freeman Shlfflett MARGIE TAYLOR leaves all her 1nterests but Elwood Monroe to Ed1th Sh1fflett Cf 'L All 5 L Z . . ' . ' . -- O ' BETTY LAMB leaves her flirtatious nature to Joyce Haney. - . df

Page 22 text:

095221 GZ M succt SLE? ec? Thls IS the year 1964 and the b1ggest Alumnl Homecom1ng Dance IH the h1story of Monroe I-hgh School 1s ln full sw1ng Guy Lombardo s Band lS play 1ng for the b1g occas1on ln the h1gh school s beaut1ful new aud1tor1um Every student from the class of 1954 IS here We see Ronnxe Lamm danc1ng w1th h1s pretty w1fe Mary Catherme He lS a lawyer 1n Charlottesvllle now Of course Mllton Ollver IS puttlng IU h1s two cents worth over mn the corner As a bootlegger he has earned h1s fortune and now has two cadlllacs The former Devore Sh1fflett IS now enter1ng wlth her husband Sherman Garth She IS keepmg records for her father 1n law We now have a solo by a rlsmg opera star Roy Baugher All we can say IS The New York Opera 1sn t what It used to be' A modern dancer IS next on the program Her dance 1s odd though maybe extreme IS the word so It must be and IS none other than Evelyn Sh1fflett We see Betty and S1dney Coates sweep1ng 1n Betty IS wearmg a beaut1ful sable coat S1nce Sldney has 1nher1ted a huge fortune Betty collects rare furs as a hobby Betty Lamb and Warner Wood are havmg a heart to heart talk l1ke they used to Warner lS now an undertaker mn Ruckersv1lle and Betty 1S work1ng 1n New Jersey Perhaps Warner w1ll have help before long? Lutle and Wllbur Morr1s are talkmg to the1r old fr1ends Ehzabeth and Lloyd Ray Shlfflett Lutle and Wllbur are l1v1ng 1n New Jersey now fThey left the twlns at home ton1ght Ehzabeth and Lloyd Ray are l1v1ng 1n R1chmond The Rev James Sulllvan and h1s w1fe the former Sh1rley Snow are here H 1s m1n1ster at Blue R1dge School He doesn t th1nk much of our homecommg dance as mt should be spent ln devotlon Reld Haney and Myron Breeden two of the most promlnent farmers 1n Greene County are here They are d1scuss1ng ways to lmprove thelr farms It looks as though both are golng to be bachelors The tuxedos that Ham1lton Sh1fflett and Larry Lamb are wear1ng speak of thelr prosperlty They pooled thelr resources and opened the largest grocery market IH Stanardsv1lle Ham1lton brought h1s attractlve wxfe the former Eleanor Eppard Larry was recently marr1ed and h1s w1fe IS a stranger to us Mrs Donald Snow formerly Joyce Morr1s IS now talk1ng to Ilar Bowman the head nurse of Greene County Joyce 1s dlrector of the Glee Club at Monroe I-hgh School Probably they are d1scuss1ng Ilar s weddlng plans We see that one member of our class has Jomed the navy Alvm Chap man I-Ie has been down ln the Atlant1c Ocean ln a submarme for the past f1ve years testlng the endurance of some new equlpment The p1tcher for the New York Dodgers George Durrer IS talk1ng w1th h1s pretty f1ancee from New York C1ty He had to mlss a game ton1ght to be wlth us A well known producer who saw our Sen1or play IS escortmg Eleanor Marshall the famous actress lncldentally he gave Eleanor a part 1n one of hls plays after he saw ours Two nurses from the Umversxty of V1rg1n1a Dallas and Merval Sh1fflett and Margme Taylor a secretary for the F B I are now r1s1ng to dance The1r escorts are Un1vers1ty students We wonder mf Elwood 15 stlll 1n Margle s date book Who s that IH the mlddle of the floor surrounded by men? Of course the former N1na Shlfflett who IS showmg off her Senator whom she met when she became h1s secretary three years ago So on goes the dance and on goes the llves of the Alumnl we w1sh for each of them good luck and happlness Th1s Page, Compllments of CHARLOTTESVILLE OIL COMPANY .,-1 I 'Z -74 Z' -n ,f --- :1- 'ag-3. 5 - ex rqa 1 1 . . .. . Q . , - . . . . . , . . . Q Q 1 Q Q 1 . 1 'Q 1 I -- . , Q bb ' Q ' 11 - Z 1 Q . 1 1 Q Q , . a Q Q .J . Q , . 8 Q .. . , . . Q 'ls ' ' 11 Q 1 Q Q . . Q Q 1 Q Q 0 1 1 Q Q . . , . Q Q .. -- . - Q Q 1 1 1 . Q 1 0 1 Q 1 1 Q QQ Q - . . . . . ., Q Q , . . - 1 1 Q - . .-- . Q .1.il.L..Q.,Q.,lLA1ALql.1l.A A A

Page 24 text:

in , O X in Ag: 1 w 1 UN Q L XIJJ mf enior Cfauen A 3 val ,fx 1