Montvale High School - Echo Yearbook (Montvale, VA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the remaining crew of that company which em¬ barked on the good ship MHS in September, 1957, be¬ ing about to land our craft and depart for other ports, and being possessed of certain joint properties as well as sun¬ dry individual assets which we do desire to leave to pos¬ terity, do hereby make and assign the following bequests; (1) From the senior home room to the jolly juniors, the tattered fragments of Old Glory, long may it wave over sponsor and sponsored; to the American history classes the sad visage of A. Lincoln, to remind them that rebellion doesn ' t pay; to the student body the beat old tuneless piano to keep them aware of the great need for harmony; the various little paper airplanes and spitballs behind the radiators may be used as Exhibit No. I Safety Hazard; the scratched and battered old walls of Room 12 are adjured to keep hallowed all the secrets they contain; to our weary teachers we leave our sincere thanks for their years of instruction - and a box of Kleenex, just in case; to our sponsor, Mr. Rhudy, we leave another gray hair and a great store of experience with chickens WITHOUT feathers. (2) Of our personal effects we make the ensuing dis¬ position: Sallie Fellers and Betty McDaniel will their titles of Miss Montvale to Marie Holdren and Patricia Dooley. Virginia King bestows her happy-go-lucky ways upon Doris Hamilton. Shirley Overstreet bequeaths her love of weekends with the fly boys” to Delores Dooley. Ju¬ dith Parker wills her quiet, calm modesty to Faye King. Diane Martin leaves her 12 years of perfect attendance to Judy Smith hoping they will be as fruitful for Judy as they have been for Diane. Jimmy Mattox hands down his leadership qualities to Francis Rieley. Philip Dooley passes on his early-morning blues to David Thomas. Johnny Morgan wishes his many girl friends to be equally distributed among the boys at MHS. Catherine Garrett wills her temper to anyone who can control it. George Cooper leaves to John Carroll his many mu¬ sical renditions trusting that John will some day have them recorded and published. David Hawkins bestows his ' 51 Chewy upon Richard Ruff with the provision that Richard keep it shined up. Sue Williamson adds her high standards of behavior to Judy Whitworth ' s own. Jimmy Gilesleaves his hospital bills to the first member of the Junior Class who makes money enough to pay them. To Mrs, Hamm he lends his crutches. Marie Parker passes on to Judy Leftwich her ability to be absent a third of the time and get grades enough to get by. Linda Stevens doesn ' t object if Ella Sue Coffman tops her record as the Fastest Female Driver Alive - Yet. ” Caution: Carry your car keys, Mr. Coffman. Johnny Thomas wills his love of government and fear of girls to Bill Jones. Bernard Alphin leaves his quiet sense of humor and perfect deportment to Tom Kirkwood. Patricia Anderson leaves her petite figure to Leigh Link to help Leigh squeeze through school. Margaret Boothe, Boot Hill, ” wills her famous laugh to Germaine Stanley in hopes that Germaine will make as many people happy with it as Boot has. Shirley Brown leaves her many aches and pains to someone who can discover a miracle pill for them. Chrystalene Shepherd slyly slips her TRUE STORY magazines to Helen Ruff admonishing Helen to hide them from Mrs. Ruff. Ronnie Pendleton is willing to share his advantageous height with Billy Wayne Carter in the in¬ terest of basketball, of course. Faye Pinion leaves Montvale but she will be near David, (note; M. M.). Amanda Ruff bestows her scho¬ lastic record upon Cordelia Boothe hoping that Cordelia will begin her senior year better than Amanda did. Frances Wood leaves her favorite nickname Miss Hollywood to her sister Joyce who seems to be ready to assume it. Dorothy Gray reluctantly leaves her short stature to Elizabeth Loan. Dot could always get through many tight places and come up smiling. We, the class of ' 62, declare this our last will and testament and herewith appoint the unsuspecting sopho¬ mores as our executors; (the juniors know too much on us), lower the gangplank, and with a full gun salute take our departure. Montvale High School June 5, 1962 Diane Martin Sally Fellers

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Senior Sauorites 1 BEST ALL ' ROUND 2 BEST LEADERS 3 BEST PERSONALITY 4 BIGGEST FLIRTS 5 MOST ATHLETIC 6 MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED 7 MOST TALENTED 8 MOST TYPICAL SENIORS 9 QUIETEST 10 BEST SCHOOL SPIRIT 1 Shirley Overstreet, Jimmy Mattox 2 Sue Williamson, Bernard Alphin 3 Sue Williamson, Jimmy Mattox 4 Betty McDaniel, Philip Dooley 5 Sally Fellers, Ronnie Pendleton 6 Amanda Ruff, Bernard Alphin 7 Faye Pinion, George Cooper 8 Marie Parker, David Hawkins 9 Judith Parker, Johnny Thomas 10 Virginia King, Johnny Morgan 11 Dorothy Gray, Johnny Morgan 11 WITTIEST

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Class Prophecy We were lucky to have been signed on for this trip - the first attempt at colonization on the moon. We three enthu¬ siastic representatives of the newspaper world armed with camera, notebook, and noses for news had cautiously approached Headquarter’s Aerospace that January morning in 1972 located in Ou La La. JOHNNY, sports news caster and coach at Virginia Tech, was, of course, interested in the sports program on this new planet and in promoting match basketball games between Earth and the Moon. FAYE wanted to explore the possibilities for extablishing a chain of beauty parlors designed for Moon Maidens and Madames; the third passenger, BETTY, a member of the FBI since the completion of her course in Investigation of People and Crirninals, was sure this was just the place for practicing her profession. To the utter astonishment of the three, the familiar voice of their old senior sponsor, ORRIN SYLVESTER RHUDY, boomed a greeting. All aboard, my fellow travelers, Professor Rhudy called over the huge amplifier, (now tuned to bass), and if you follow the direction indicated by this earth finding detectometer, you ' ll be able to spy on all the rest of your classmates of MHS Earth ’62. Gee, look, there’s - DOROTHY GRAY in Long Neck, Louisiana, attending a world-wide stretching school hoping to secure some of that much needed height. And yes, that is SALLY FELLERS with her same old quick stepping style, teach¬ ing the ’72 version of the twist to Hollywood starlets. That slim, trim little figure can be no other than PATRICIA AND¬ ERSON now secretary of t he Mickey Mouse Clubs of America. Wait a minute, guess who ' s being interviewed right now? RONNIE PENDLETON has taken the place of Witt Chamberlain playing basketball for the professional Philadelphia War¬ riors. He is recruiting rookies now, and he surely sounds enthusiastic. As Ronnie’s voice died away who should appear but our own brunette beauty, CATHERINE GARRETT! She had lately taken Hollywood by storm with her program of Parodies on Robert Burns’ - To a Squash Bug’ being the most hilarious. The program following this, featured VIRGINIA KING advertising her great business, The Purina Dog Chow, from which she has grossed a cool million. Our mighty moon craft hovered over the vicinity of Montvale hoping to catch a glimpse of more of our old classmates. Sure enough, there was a tremendous sign at the entrance to the Goose Creek Valley; Montvale, Korn Kapital of the US - managed by BERNARD ALPHIN, our old president, from the rich acres which he owns in the valley. Just across the broad eight lane highway is the 100, 000 acre ranch of JOHNNY THOMAS. His specialty is kine and swine. Just over the ridge there, is MARIE PARKER’S Plastic Comb Company with which she is making millions. Her assistant, cousin JUDITH, is on the job every day while Marie is absent quite often. The sun was now glinting on a bright object which proved to be SHIRLEY OVERSTREET’S pretty red hair. There she was, trying to hide from the old men whom she is nursing at the Elks Home (Shirley is still easily frightened when she misses a question). Oops, I thought I couldn’t be mistaken! There was SHIRLEY BROWN (Mrs. Cecil Witt) going into the office of Drs. Catchem and Curem located on Bridge Street in Bedford. There also stepping along as briskly as in the good old days, was FRANCES WOOD. She has changed her name to Stanley, but she still hopes for the lead in the new production Moth¬ er of the Five Little Hollywoods’. Next, coming in loud and clear over our radio spacivision was Billy Barnett’s Band, whose latest trumpet player is no other than our own COOPER. We have heard that George was making a good living for wife Linda. Well, what is that speck just around Quarterwood Road? Oh, it’s MARGARET BOOTHE in her Model A still urging people to build fall out shelters. All that light down there, is Luck ' s Service Center, and yes, there’s SUE WILLIAMSON. We suppose she’s trying to persuade husband Lynwood to let her try her hand at working in the restaurant which he now manages. Right on up the road at Villamont is PHILIP DOOLEY in his own establishment, which provides settling ser¬ vice - for a charge of ten dollars. He helps people reach agreements. This is quite a new wrinkle, but Philip D. is equal to the task. Twirling the detector, we focus on the Pull and Haul Barber Shop between Irving and Colonial Fort - CHRYSTA- LENE SHEPHERD hauls in the customers and her husband Don pulls their hair out. A nice set-up! Down Thaxton way, we recognize landmarks that speak of pioneer days - DAVID HAWKINS, Conservation Specialist, has become a leal 20th century Davy Crockett. Slightly northeastward from this forest primeval of Dave’s is the shack which houses LINDA STEV¬ ENS COOPER and her five. She keeps busy picking up after her brood while George is away touring with his trumpet. That’s about all. Oh, no, there’s the most devoted ' 62 senior of all - DIANE MARTIN - she ' s making the fabulous salary of five dollars per week keeping house for former Coach Mathews, who is now writing a book, RULES FOR AMATEUR COACHES. The great block-long building on old East Main Street belongs to the gray haired pharmacist, JAMES MAT¬ TOX. Jimmy’s business was skyrocketed because of the private prescriptions he concocts for Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor in Hollywood. His shipping force numbers forty clerks. Now that we have spied on all our pals, we mentally bid them a long farewell, settle down and begin thinking of our new venture - that is if we get to the moon. Commander Rhudy has just heard a great cackling. He may want to return to earth and check his hen house. BETTY MCDANIEL FAYE PINION JOHNNY MORGAN