Montvale High School - Echo Yearbook (Montvale, VA)

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Junior Class President . Vice-President .. Secretary-Treasurer Sponsoi ' . ..Jane Brown . Hanna Olsen . John Allen Miss Virginia Ruff MEMBERS Allredge, Alvin Bramblett, Mae Allen, John Brown, Jane Cottrel, Nelson Burkholder, Dorothy Jean Dooley, Fred Burnett, Gertrude Forgie, James Bussy, Virginia Franklin, Ambrose Chilton, Geraldine Gray, Edward Cooper, Doris Huddleston, Wesley Debusk, Frances Inge, Billy Fogle, Jessie Kidd, Marvin Holdren, Lucille Kirk, Dean Holdren, Mary Jane Kirkwood, Radford Foster, Mildred Metz, Jr. Key, Ruby Newman, Claude McGuire, Evelyn Olsen, Hanna Pollard, Hildrey Secres, Warren Ramsey, Gaynelle Thomas, Buddy Rosazza, Edley Wills, Hubert Rosazza, Ellen Williamson, Andrew Saunders, Mary Jane Sublett, Maxine Ayers, Catherine Ayers, Edith Bowles, Ada Ward, Louise T ivelve

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Our Ship ' s Log B ’f ' SSN THE autumn of 1937, forty-eight freshmen started on a long voyage upon the good ship M. H. S. With laughter, confused clamor and ignorance we hailed this joyful journey. Our life before had been so diminutive that we were over¬ whelmed by this sudden advancement and we were eager to discover the new worlds that lay before us. But it did not take us long to detect that we were here for a pur¬ pose, and that: to obtain knowledge essential to every boy and girl. That year we put Ed Ruff at the helm of our ship with John Noell assisting as mate; Hattie Grant pre¬ served our ship’s log. With Miss Ruff as our instructor we did not idle away our preci¬ ous hours, but began to learn not only what other people have done, but what we, our¬ selves, can do toward the betterment and enlightment. of our people. On our second voyage many of the sailors fell overboard, leaving only thirty-nine to continue this journey. We were more accustomed to the laws of discipline, although we cannot truthfully say we always obeyed them. Under the instructions of Miss Downs (now Mrs. Ellis) we toiled over the waves of agrarianism and industrialism, and their effect on our present life. We did not consider ourselves wise idiots—as sopho¬ mores are said to be—but continued to push forward to the goal of achievement. Ed Ruff still continued to guide our ship with the help of Hattie Grant and Glenn Biggs. The M. H. S. dropped anchor one spring afternoon at Lakeside, and all the members went on shore. We had invited the crew of our younger sister ship to be our guests at a picnic supper. That event on our second journey still echoes in our memory. In our third year it was a great struggle to stay on board. We wanted to play almost all the time and, of course, we nearly sank. No one could imagine us being dignified mariners the coming year, but our motto had been “Climbing Steadily Up¬ ward” and we were eager to top the highest waves. As juniors we produced the play “Romance in a Boarding House”, which proved a great success; with the proceeds we entertained our superior shipmates. At this point in our trip the task of guiding the M. H. S. changed hands. Harold Obenchain took over the Herculian job as captain, and his assistants were John Noell, Rachel Miller, and Bob Kincaid. We ended this voyage with happiness in our hearts because next year we would take our final journey on the M. H. S. At last the time has come to take inventory of ourselves. We feel within ourselves that we have accomplished a great deal and are much wiser for the experiences of our journey. This last excursion has provided so many joyful and worthwhile activities that it is difficult to relate them. The crew retained the same officers as those of the preceding year with one excep¬ tion—Louise Noell replaced Bob Kincaid as keeper of the treasury chest. Mrs. Ellis helped to chart our course on the right path. Our dramatic production during this year was “Pleased ta Meetcha”, which was very successful. We sailed along with “Old Glory” waving proudly and on June 6, 1941, all the crew members gathered on deck to bid farewell to the good old ship M. H. S. We are coming ashore now, only to recuperate for a few months and then set out again in earnest for a journey—long and at times hard, but one filled with happiness if we do the very best of which we are capable. By Louise Noell. Eleven

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President .. Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Sponsor . Sophomore Class ...Edna Smith . Ruth Fitzgerald . Gladys Dooley ...Elizabeth Worley .Miss Lucy Massie MEMBERS Bartley, Kinkle Craig, Virginia Carter, Doc Donald, Rachel Cottrell, Wink Dooley, Gladys Dooley, Aaron Evans, Virginia Dooley, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Ruth Falls, Pleas Foster, Ruby Gardner, Willie Hawkins, Kathleen Hawkins, William Holdren, Mabel Johnson, Fred Johnson, Virginia Kirkwood, William Luck, Geraldine Obenshain, Jim Billy Luck, Josephine O’Bryan, Oakley Miller, Ethel Ross, Henry Moseley, Jeanette Smith, Calvin Newton, Lydia Allen, Virginia Sai’ver, Helen Smith, Edna Arrington, Mary Virginia Bradley, Ruby Tinsley, Odessa Brugh, Betty Anne Wheeler, Sybil Burkholder, Josephine Wilkes, Frances Burnette, Virginia Chilton, Janice Worley, Elizabeth Thirteen