Montvale High School - Echo Yearbook (Montvale, VA)

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JAMES KARNES James has a pleasing personality and gets along well with all. He is very shy, especially among the girls. LORINE KING She’s a pal we hate to see leave us, She’s smart, witty, and quite mischievous. Always smiling and full of fun, A girl that is liked by everyone. LORRAINE LANCASTER She is a nice friend and lots of fun, A willing helper to everyone. A real good sport and a pal to us all, We’re sure Montvale will miss her next fall. MARVIN LEFTWICH Marvin’s liveliness and love of fun have gained for him the title of “most mischievous” of the Seniors. He is happiest when teasing someone or when talking to the girls: a few girls, many girls, or just any girls. PAULESEUGK The Senior Class wouldn’t have been complete without Paul’s earnestness and hard work to lend it much needed dignity. We're wondering what certain fair creature will do without him next year. JOSEPHINE McGUIRE Full of life and ready to go, “Jo” is a good sport and has a pleasing personality. Her favorite sport is baseball. She will be missed by all of her friends after this year. CAULIE ORANGE Caulie is one of our favorite pupils because he always breaks up the seriousness of the class by some crazy remark. He is a very dependable person. BEATRICE OVERSTREET Bea is attractive, friendly, and likable, always willing to help anyone she can. She plans to be a trained nurse and we wish her every success. MIRTA OVERSTREET Mirta, one of our sweetest Senior girls, is a gen- eral favorite. Her favorite recreations are danc- ing and parties. CLARENCE PATTISON “Corky” came to us, a sophomore, from Maury High in Norfolk. He is attractive, neat in dress and very polite. He is interested in athletics and has talent for art. “Corky” hopes to become an Aeronautical Engineer. ALLEN POLLARD The thing that impresses one about Allen is that he is always willing to help others. He is honest, dependable, courteous and cooperative. He is a truly worthwhile, trustworthy person. MYRTLE RICHARDS Myrtle is sweet, serious and studious. She is con- scientious and always does her best. She is very artistic and you will find her at the head of the class. Myrtle is also a good sport and has a friendly manner. EUAZE le SECRES U Hazel is one of our small statured seniors who is good-natured, has a quiet disposition and al- ways finds time to have fun. NORMA SMITH She has pretty brown eyes and blond hair, And she is a good friend everywhere. She’s studious, capable and neat; She’s every one’s pal and very sweet. EUGENE SPENCER “Not that I don’t like work, just that ’'m not in sympathy with it.” Gene believes in getting fun out of life. Al- though his energy is not always exhibited in his school work, it is in those things which interest him most. He has a pleasing personality and is liked by those with whom he comes in contact. ROSIE TATE Rosie is known as the quiet retiring girl. She has many friends at Montvale and gets along well with everyone. She likes to cook, sew, and en- tertain socially, IRENE WILLS Irene came to Montvale High from Thaxton. She is known to be a fun loving, mischievous girl. Her favorite sports are pleasure trips and baseball. DORIS NEWTON Doris just came to us this year, but she has gained many friends and takes an active part in all of school life.

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SENIORS LORINE KING JamMeEs KARNES LORRAINE LANCASTER IRENE WILLS Rosiz TATE EUGENE SPENCER NorMa SMITH HaZzEL SECREST MyrtTLe RICHARDS ALLEN POLLARD CLARENCE PATTISON Mirta OVERSTREET BEATRICE OVERSTREET CAULIE ORANGE Doris NEwTon JosEPHINE McGUuIRE Paut Luck MarvIN LEFTWICH

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CLASS CALENDAR We entered school on September the tenth, 1936; a class of forty-six pupils. It was during this springtime of our school life that we received our first seeds of knowledge and felt the first touches of cultivation. We elected for our class officers: President, Beatrice Overstreet; Vice-President, Glenn Knighton; Secretary and Treasurer, Rachel Obenchain. We felt the new life in our blood, and we did not realize any more than did the Freshmen of 1940 how green we really were. SOPHOMORE As the sun shone down warm and Spring became Summer, we accumulated an abundance of green foliage; then the tiny buds began to open. The effect of our teachers during our Freshman year was showing. This year our President was one who joined us during the latter part of our Fresh- man year, Elnora Johnson. Our Vice-President was Beatrice Overstreet; Secretary and Treasurer, Alva Foster. At the beginning of our Sophomore year, we had lost ten of our comrades, leaving a total of thirty-six. Mrs. Ellis was our sponsor this year. JUNIOR Every year has an autumn, and as our Junior year progressed, the leaves and flowers of our preceding years died forever. It was indeed the harvest of all our dreams and hopes and efforts. But it was not all glory and wonder and splendor. There were texts and examinations, but it was sweet to know that we would soon be Seniors and in our last stage of development. During this year we sponsored a play called ‘Eyes of Love.” Our President was Elnora Johnson; Vice-President, Myrtle Richards; Secretary and Treasurer, William Johnson. At the beginning of that year we had thirty-seven in class, and our sponsor was Mr. Ballagh. SENIOR With the fruits of the preceding years stowed away in our minds for future use, we, as Seniors, gladly welcomed the coming Winter, which marked the last year in our High School life. Now in our young womanhood and manhood, clad in spotless snow and frost pro- tecting the yet immature germs of our development, we, thirty-five in number, stand at the end of our course. We have tried faithfully to live up to our motto, “Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” Our class sponsor this year has been Mrs. Ballagh. Our President this year has been Clarence Pattison; Vice-President, Duane Clingem- peel; Secretary and Treasurer, Elnora Johnson. This year we have given a play entitled “Don’t Darken My Door.” This is indeed a sadder time than we expected. The world outside is cold and we know net what to expect from its bleak, bare walls. We may be hazed by the world just as unmercifully as ever a Sophomore dared, but we know that it will be of value to our training, and so we go forth into a new Spring as fresh as we expected to be when we became Seniors and green as ever we were when we entered Montvale High School four years ago.