Natural Bridge High School - Span Yearbook (Natural Bridge Station, VA)

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The .fjaan Class Prophecy Last mghts dream was xerv unusual It was the year 1960 and I havmg Just returned to Washmffton flom the Ame1 lcan Embassy ln Lon don found an 1nv1tat1on awaltmg me to attend a class reunlon the follow mg day at the Natural Brldge Hotel Arrlx mg late I was dellghted to see many of my old classmates m1ll1ng about Secretary of Agmculture Robert Braford had brought hrs prxvate secretary Margorle Fox to the reumon ind also foul promment nax al offlcers whom I later recogmzed as Commanders T Claytor and L Mox ley and Captalns R Wllls and H Wolfe Among the flrst I bumped mto were Ch les and Roth Charles w as ln chalge of the great Roosevelt Dam and Dr Rose was a noted heart sneclabst Closely watchlng pro- ceedmgs was a httle man w nth a large badge the County Sher1ff Mur pny Mlller Bllly Whltmore County COIYIIYIIQSIOHQI of Rex enue lntroduced me to Lord Haversley husband of Nancy Parsons Standmg by the plano was a large red halred man Of course 1t was lohn Cash of the Metropolltan Opela Company John later sang for us 1 also met two smartly dressed axlatlon officers who 1ntroduced them selves as Captaln Barger and Major Ieech Captam Barger told me that Dorothy Lamour Frrebaugh had recently become the thlrd brlde of Mlck ey Rooney and that Bruce Dvcon also m Hollywood was domg f1ne as a producer I was also mtroduced to three lovely ladles and thelr husbands whose names I do not remember but of course I recovnxzed Dalsy Claytor Exa Mae Powell and Crystal Grlm I spoke to Coach Eugene I nesay of the W esl VlFg1H1a MOUHIQIHQQFS who lntroduced me to hls charmmg brlde Wlth Eugene was MOYFIS Lfrxm who was a successful busmess man In one corner I found Matah Camden and Alpha Bolt explammg to Fllen Blrmmgham and Anna Gmger that maulage and a career could be uccessfully comblned all foul belng happlly wed and the hrst two still ll0ld1Ilg Jobs as efflclent secretarles 'Ihey were however havmg dxf hculty makmg themselves heard ox er a chatterlng group whlch I dlscov ered wa made up of lacquellne Holland V1rg1n1a Campbell Vernell Slough and Juanlta Mayo who w ere buslly dlscusslng the short comlngs of the1r chrldrens schoolteachers Mayor Leroy Gllbert of the Clty of Natural Br1dge took me around to see Mr and Mrs Strxckler stlll good natured as ever MISS Bolton, IH C uba Wlth her husband was unable to attend Then I heard a fam1l1ar bell rmgmg No It was not the old school bell It was the alarm clock My dream had ended . , Y W v . ' .. L 1 ' r 7 1 1 ' . 1' ' - - C g y ' se ' I I , v N . . . A ' . Y - - 9 v a 4 Y 7 . w . , .. V . , I . 1 . . 1. ' ar . 3 f . ' 'X 1 1 1 1 1 ' 'r 1 ' 9 - - L. 1 ' - . ' . u . . , . ' . ' ' ' - J , ' , . . . . . ' . 7 . . , V 1 .- , - 1 , . I . . . Y v - . . ' . . 1 ' u '81 W 1 1 , , . . S 1 ' kj, 1 - S ' A , . ' A , l . . . I - Y . I . v . . . , - I , , . I . . 1 . .. . . 7 v ' - ' ca 9 , . I ' . J ' l , , . . . . ,, . w Q' . , I . . . . 9 J I . r . V' r IQ. 4 S . -1 a . 1 . Y 1 ,. f e , , - l 7 f l n - f 1 1 Q u ' ' LJ Q , , . Y Q. .H . Y - , I I . ' - 7 ' f y . . , ' A . . ., , 1 , . . . . . . 7 Y. 1 . Y

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TA! .YIQEII jumor Class P1es1dent N01 m 1 Ie 111 Cummms VICE Presldent Lalx 111 Thompson S601 etary Loleta F111 RBIJOIJCCI X an SITl1tll Iuanlta Brwant B1l1y Calhoun Indxa, Claytor t,hr1st1ne Cummms Ixma Cummms No1ma Cummms Maclehne Dlckerson Loleta FIX Clara Garrett M1ldred Goouvun Maldon Lotts B11ly Anil McAlp1ne ROLI Samuel M1tchel1 Justsne Mohlex No1mar1 Mohler Jean Roberts Dorothy Sanchdge Vlae Saunders Isa Shepherd Helen brmth Van Smlth Bruce Thompson C i1V1ll Thompson Bo ce Tucker G1lbe1t Watkins Vvllllalll Watkms CHIVIII Watts Cha11es Watts Harry Watts Juanlta Watts J C W11ls Claude Wolfe C1f11a Worlev Chda NN orth The lumor Play On Apr1l 10 1949 the IUHIOI Llass presented the th1ee act my ste1y The Scarecrow Creeps The plav was dnected by Mus Jean Rex ercomb, the home 1oom teacher THE CAST Bxuce Thompson Irma Ruth Cummlns Calx IH Watts Claude Wolfe B1lly Ann McA1p111e Samuel Mlhchell Chda Worth Iee A1 mentrout Madehne Dlckerson Norma Jean Cummms Q ' K l V V- f Y V VV V VY ' 2 ' X2 I ' L' ,. - XS. ,1 7. S 1 O I YY H Arrxr VY W Y 'WY YYY rn Y Y YY 3 1 .A A Lee Armentrout Vivian McCormick James Thompson ' - 1 ' ' ' v . ' 1 . . V , , . . ,. C , K - C ,' ' r . . 1 T w 1 w v y ' -4, ' 1 e Q 6' ,, ' v I v v I 11 4 v . , . vi A J 4 . I . 1