Naruna High School - Lone Pine Yearbook (Naruna, VA)

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SBBIGR CLASS H ISTCSTT az 9 eleven years old .Alma. Mater®. Ever sine® September aSoo , you haw loved and mothered us,guided arid taught us, praised and scolded us ' . you h re anxiously mtehed us experience joys, sorrows, successes, ranfi failures When w® to cams discouraged, it Unas you r ??ho“ to usually blaas©d,but it was finally to you, too, that vs® turned for comfort and help® Bhder your wing w© have grcsm in mind, in. tody, in spirit we have had grand adventures that will comet im® bring back memories Only seven of our seniors began their training hare at H.H.S. in the first grad© eleven years ago. They were Virginia Epperson, Mildred Singleton, Marjorie Scott, Marion Williams, Christine Johnson, Herbert Marshall, and Reginald Elder., Genell Poster joined us in the sixth grade. W® began our freshman year(1943)happy as a bunch of larks at the thoughts of leaving the grad© building and taking our abode in the high school build- is» ' . Th® class bells ware very confusing at first but after quit© awhile we became accustomed to them and settled down to a real year’ a work w ith seventeen on roll and the following ©looted as class officers Er©sid©nt ,Virginia Epperson; Vico President.Marjorie Scott; Secretary and Treasurer .Mildred Singleton; Reporter.Christine Johnson; Sponsor,Mrs. Mary Maddox, During that year, Raymond Baker stopped school to work in Baltimore William Clowdis, Gerald Colbert, Frances Layas, and X ©ssie Harding B and Henry Carwilo bee am© members of our a lass. Gerald, Frances, ftT L®ssi© remained with us only a few months Jossi© Hamilton had the mi ef¬ fort una to brgak hia leg end therfore had to drop from our class W© also lost Gracia Berkeley and Douglas Pillo Our freshman year ended with sixteen pupils with the happy thoughts of our becoming sophisticated sophomores after a three months vacation from school W® stumbled into our sophomor© year with a total of five boys and © eleven girlsand th® following class officersi President ,Mildr©d Singleton; Vico President .Christine Johnson; Secretary,Marjorie Scott; Treasurer, Virginia Epperson; Reporter, Margaret layae; Sponsor,Mrs, Cleo Q. Sent Alford Williams ms TOlcesa©d into our class Th® Sophomores presented a play called ”Th® Littl® That Is Good. A dime ms charged for admission. Around ten dollars wore mad® which we gave to the cannery fund. On Friday,May 24,1945, vs® entertained ourselves on a picnic Dinner was enjoyed by all and then everyone joined in games and climbing trees. It ©ndod joyfully,but sorrowfully,by Mrs. Kent calling us to go back to school, W© parted that year with joyous laughter ©rad happiness because that meant to m juniors said only on© more year and to would be seniors. Our first meeting in our junior year was held for the purpose of elect¬ ing officers for this was to be a very busy year. Officers war® President, Virginia Epp©rsoa; Vice President .Margaret Layne; Secretary.Mildred Singleton; Treasurer,William ClowdiSgReportor,John Gilliland; Sponsor,Mrs, Lucil© Riegel, G.B. Berkeley,Jr and John Gilliland joined us this year, Paulin© Doss left us to be a homemaker .Margaret Epperson grew veary of us .Alford Williams had to leave us because be was suoh a great famer.arad Henry Carwil® joined Uncle Sam’s Wavy. We as juniors invited th® seniors to go on th© regular annual pionie April 20,1946. W® took them to natural Bridge and gave each person the priv- iledge of inviting a friend We met at school on a bright.sunny Saturday morning. At ten o’clock to all climbed aboard a big cattle truck and started on our journey. After almost being blinded by w rd hair T d alet I r m hungry ws aoauhad Bridge line «abie was with

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van Presented. «« «. .March 14, 194? The play dealt with th© plight of yoimg Lem Rivers (Christ ins Johnsoa)e.nd her beloved Granny lie hols: (Virginia Sppsrsonjwho w sr© comp©lied to loav® their Hew England ' home osd : seek refuge with Granny” s eca,John,Vitxo has changed ths family nms® of Nichols to Livingstons boc uso of ths social aspirations of Ms dominating wif© ,Matilda(MiXdp®d Singleton) .Arriving in Kentucky where Joins (John Gi 11 iland) lived,Lena end Graaaywere subject to th© sort of treatment that is usually bonded to poor relations .Mrs. Living¬ stons insisted that her husbands relatives live in a small room which was formerly occupied by s entrants,and slio and her daughter, Caroline(Marjorie Scott) trembled with fear at the thought of their wealthy friends react i ons, to , tlys coward country girl and her Grozny »But Durward Bellmont lh Is m ' T i-rvLagstcn® planned to marry to Caroline,saw th© potential worth of Leaa and began to pay her attention© Iks wealthy Livingstone did all they could to place Lena in false positions.Th© younger Livingston© daughter,Anna(Gonell Poster)and her brother,John Junior(Herbert Marshall)b©eaza© Lena’s firm friends and championed her cause. In return Lana aided Anna and helped her along h©r retaanc© with Malcolm Everett (William Clowdis) tutor in th® household In the last act,Ur and Mrs Graham (Lcssvard Ssotfc and Jean Lauglion)arrived to give a happy ending v Mr® Graham prove that Ere Graham had no reason for her jealousy when h© revs lod that Lena was his daughter.. $10 part of Granny had ny laughs as was John Junior Aunt Mi lly (Marion Williams) end Old Ca©sor(G.B. Berkeley,JS )th® oclor©d servants, w@r@ a whol© show in themselves

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•many delicious foods. Aftor dinner wa all met and wont together to see th® n Bride®’ W© walked for miles looking at different views of the brodge,ex¬ ploring oaves and lost rivers Finally we tor© ourselves essay from th© per¬ fectness of th© little tcnsn. and started he®® When w© arrived in XynoKburg, ■550 on jeered a movie or howling Wo left for hot©, tired aac! sleepy, sorry that our perfect day had to end The day w© had waited for,for ton years,but wo will always look back and remember our junior and senior picnic of 1946 On May 24,1946 we also e tsrtainad the seniors and high school faculty with an informal dinner In the school cafeteria We parted that year happy because wa w©r$ seniors of Hanma High School W® plunged into our senior year eager to get busy and accomplish the work of seniors Our class officerssPresidentjlferbort Marshall; Yic© President ,Mari on Williams 5 Secrotary,Christine Johnson? Treasurer,John Gill¬ iland? Reporter,Reginald Elder; Historian,MiIdred Singleton; Sponsor, Mias Kathleen Hall During th© summer Margaret Layne dep rted from us leaving eleven seniors After quit© a bit of practicing wo presented the senior play”Lena Rivers” in th© school auditorium on March 14,1947. The auditorium was filled tfc its capacity Th® play began prositly at eight o’clock and lasted for more than two hours Miss Kathleen Hall who directed th© play introduced th© cast at the boginning of th© play and acted a e hostess at a reception given in honor of th® oast, their friend and parents, school faculty, and ushers Tli© second performance was given M rohlS, at one o’clock. total of on© hundred ninety thro© dollars was received from sal© of tickets During our senior year w© published Volume eight of th© Lon® Pin®, with Mrs Kent ns our advisor and Yirginia Epperson as editor in chief With much patient work and strife,it was finally a success On April 21,1947, the senior class received an invitation to a formal party on M@y9,1947«The invitation was from th© juniors .Wa accepted with groat pleasure and after much impatient waiting th© night came The juniors sponsored by Mrs J.J Siegel entertained th© seniors,thier guost end th® faculty at tho Community Hall in Brooknsal. St© hall was beautifully doc- orated with grson plants and flowers Candlelight spread a soft glow over the room and th® merry makars . Various games were played and enjoyed by all. Refreshments war© served by th® junior girls Everyone had a joyous time Cta May 17, the seniors entertained themselves with a picnic at River¬ side Bark in Lynchburg After exploring the Alpine Trail together ©very- on® joined in a picnic suppor aftsr which they separated,each selecting his own. entertainment She day ended with much happiness,but y©t a sorrowful w ing hovered over with th© thought of this being the last senior get together Our years at H.H.S hav® ended,but th© memories will linger forever