Montvale High School - Echo Yearbook (Montvale, VA)

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IRENE OVERSTREET Her engaging smile and wit have made Irene very outstanding. She’ll make a certain guy a perfect wife. HOMER RICHARDS Tall, lanky, and friendly are only a few adjectives describing our Homer. His spontaneous wit in class was always appreciated. If he goes to Georgia Tech we hope he won’t be tardy every morning. MALCOLM STONE Our friendly, red-haired Malcolm has been the class president for the last two years and has done a swell job. Neat, polite, and athletic are a few of his best traits. BETTY JEAN VAUGHAN A very versatile girl who always smiles and also has a muffled giggle. Betty Jean is most cooperative and veiy likeable. ODELLE WITT Sweet disposition and always a giggle or a grin —Odelle never meets a stranger and loves Home Ec.

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VERA LAM Vera is the little blonde who knows her way around. She is very congenial and a friend to everyone. JIMMY LUCK Ernest, sincere, and a devoted friend to all— that’s Jimmy. NORVELL LUMSDEN Handsome, popular, and very witty is our Norvell. Never is there a dull moment around him. His imi¬ tations of famous people should land him a job on Broadway. CATHERINE MATTOX Catherine is a person who really enjoys life. She is always full of vim and vigor and seldom seen without a book in her hand. ERNEST ORANGE Athletic as well as very studious, Ernest is one of the outstanding members of our class. His ambition is to be a farmer—so good luck.

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Class History What, this our Freshman bunch?” said Mr. McKee as sixty-one frightened but excited boys and girls as¬ sembled in the auditorium the first day of school in ’45. We were assigned to Room 3 with Miss Betty Albright and Mr. K. E. Coffman as our sponsors. With Jimmy Luck as our president, we started the year with high hopes. Other officers for this trying year were: Vice-President, Elsie Graham; Secretary and Treasurer, Louise Hooper; Reporter, Homer Richards. We were all curious to find what Rat Day was really like—and we did too! September the eighth of our Sophomore year we were again assigned to Room 3. We were glad to welcome as our sponsor Mrs. Eugene Campbell. We were called the branded name of the Sophomores— Silly Sophs.” Al¬ though our roll had decreased to 3 1 our class got off to a good start with the election of our officers who were: President, Jimmy Luck; Vice-President, Norvell Lums- den; Secretary and Treasurer, Elsie Graham; Reporter, Jimmy Parker. This year it was our turn to make Rats” out of the Freshmen. We gave them a taste of what we had gone through. Mrs. Campbell, our sponsor, gave us a weiner roast at her home which was a great success. In our Junior year we were fortunate to have Miss Virginia Anderson as our sponsor. We were Jolly Juniors this year, and before the year was out we really lived up to our name. Our most capable officers were as fol¬ lows: President, Malcolm Stone; Vice-President, Don Fuqua; Secretary and Treasurer, Billie Jean Hamm; Reporter, Elsie Graham. We were glad to welcome Jack Buttram to our class and he became an outstanding member. In February we gave our assembly program in the form of a radio show. All of the hidden talent was really brought out; such as, the dance by Homer and Don. The middle of March found us beginning on our banquet, Dinner In Dixie.” We spent many sleepless nights and days out of class, but on May 22 we en¬ lightened the Seniors. With the Sophomore girls and boys as waiters, cooks, and entertainers, it was a great success. We all went on a Hike to the Peaks” as a rest cure after the Banquet. Believe it or not we all hiked to the top, 2 Yz miles, even though Elsie passed out before we got to the top. The boys (?) smoked cigars! This ended the year ’47-’48. As Dignified Seniors” we started our Senior year with Miss Wilma Rayburn as our sponsor. Although our roll had now decreased to 20, we had a most co¬ operative and capable class with a lot of work ahead of us; such as, the Annual, paper, and the play. Under the skilled direction of Miss Rayburn, we pre¬ sented a Christmas Pageant” to the Community League and also to the school. Since Malcolm did such a nice job as our Junior Presi¬ dent, he was elected again this year. Other officers were: Vice-President, Elsie Graham; Secretary and Treasurer, Billie Jean Hamm; Reporter, Jack Buttram. There are a number of things we shall remember from this Senior year—the minstrel, we didn’t have, the annual festival, Spring Festival,” the picnics, and our Senior Play, Apple Blossom Time.” Our cast in¬ cluded: Bob Matthews, Jack Buttram; Charlie Lawrence, Jimmy Luck; Spud McClosky, Norvell Lumsden; Micky MaGulre, Malcolm Stone; Cal Pickens, Homer Richards; Betty Ann Stewart, Jennie Lee Dooley; Nancy Prescott, Lois Hutchens; Loretta Harris, Billie Jean Hamm; Polly Biddle, Betty Jean Vaughan; Malvina Krutz, Evelyn Karnes; Mrs. Forrest, Elsie Graham; Annabel Sprlggins, Catherine Mattox. Nor can we forget the silver tongued orator of our class, Ernest, who won first place in the county and district public speaking contests! And there was the Junior-Senior Banquet we had anxiously awaited and what a wonderful time we had. All these had been wonderful, but as it happens in the life of every Senior there is a time when he must say Farewell” to all his classmates and friends. So with aching hearts we remember too well our Class Night, Baccalaureate, Graduation Day, and then— Farewell, We shall always carry with us the wonderful memories of the ' Forty Niners.”