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

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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

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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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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, th© HramborB of the Lenior Class of.1947 of Naruna High School, . nf of sound, mind and judgment, and having reached an age where we are soon to pass on higher realms, do hereby make and declare this to b® the l ftSt W II and testament of our olass This valuable document,, duly sxecuted and ' ' teachers,s Kent, Mrs« Whitlow Mrs Riegel, Miss Kail, To our Da.levs a laaonens, sure. Kent, ErSo Whitlow, Mrs . Riegel, Mies Bertha, and Mr® Riegel, we bequeath our lasting affection and thanks for th® capable maimer in which they have directed us through high hoolc We a i e o grant them a goodly share in the honors we .shall win in Ithe cosing years, since we feel that they will be largely responsible for |our coming successes. To our successors, the Juniors, we bequeath th© privlledge to shine |as models of wisdom.. To various indivi dualere make these important and generous gifts |t rusting that they will be duly appreciated. | A o O’Heal McHaney, Virginia Dare Epperson, bequeaths her ability of rood leadership., To Angie Johnson, Herbert Marshall bequeaths hie temper, hoping shat |this will be an asset to Angie, To William Jennings, Mildred Singleton bequeaths her jollinasa. May fou prosper from it as Mildred has? To ?loyd Crabtree, Reginald Elder bequeaths his curly Mir r,,8o that I you Floyd will not always have to be trying to curl and wave your hair. To Shirley Mason, Christine Johnson bequeathe her secret in keeping | short in statueo William Clcwrdi© leaves Ann, sorrowfully but hopefully . To Evelyn Riegel, Marjorie Scott bequeaths her broad vocabulary, and [ability to jmt on airs. To dward L yne, John Gilliland bequeaths his ability to brag on how | many homo runs h© will mk® in th© next base ball gam©. To Edith Burton, G.B, Berkely bequeaths his quitnsss ,so that you. 3 Edith |win not.hav© to always think your thoughts aloud, fo Janie Ashworth, Marion Williams bequeaths hes; giggling ways. May |you have ' as good a tiro from it as she did? To Hois Jana Daniel, Gone 11 Foster bequeaths her ability to get some ' | thing to eat, no matter when, where, or how. With our last parting breath we do hereby constitute and appoint the I principal of afore mentioned school sole executed of this, our last will and I testamento In witness wh ereof: wo, respresenfcatives of th© class of 1947, attach lour signatures