Oak Hill High School - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Virgilina, VA)

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Defcxils of The Post In the fall of 1949, we, the 1961 graduates, began the long journey up from the first grade. Our class was divided into two homerooms, Miss June Poole te a ch in g one and Miss Nannie Lou Adcock the other. We had an enrollment of about forty students. During our eight years in grammar school we lost a few students, yet we gained a few. Our Freshman year in high school was one of the greatest of our lives. Our teachers were Mrs. S. M. Watkins, Mrs. Mary T. Stovall, Miss Clelon McLaurin, Mrs. Vera Puryear, Mr. B. J. Neal, and our principal-Mr. L. C. Adcock. Mrs. Vera Puryear was our homeroom teacher. In our second year in high school we were named Sophomores. We had an even wider field of interest than we had had in our first year. Mrs. Vera Puryear was once again our homeroom teacher. We elected our class officers and got to work. The next year our being Juniors gave us a great thrill. With the help of our able sponsor, Mrs. Stovall, we produced our play, For the Love of Pete. Danny Wilkinson and Charles Frazier, Jr., played the leading roles. We selected royal blue as the color of our class rings, and everyone was very happy when the rings came. In the spring we gave the Seniors a banquet, with Mardi Gras as our theme. At last we reached the twelfth and final year of school. Now we were the Dig nifie d Seniors ' of Oak Hill High School, twenty-seven strong and full of learning. We selected Esse quam videri for our motto, blue and white for our class colors, and the red rose for our class flower. Our president was Sherwood Clark. We presented a hilarious Senior play and the Juniors gave us a beautiful banquet in the spring. After graduation our days at Oak Hill will be at an end. We will be forever grateful to our teachers, to Mr. Adcock, our principal, and to our sponsor, Mrs. S. M. Watkins, for the help and guidance they have given us. THOMAS WATSON Historian 17

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LINDA JEWEL WILLIAMS KENNETH MERRILL WOODLIEE JAMES HAROLD YOUNG in LINDA JEWEL WILLIAMS 4-H 1, 2, 3, 43 F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Treasurer, Music 1, 2, 3, 4 Music Lead- er, Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4, Acorn Staff 1, 2, 3, 4, Future Teachers 4, junior Play 3, Glee Club 15 Annual Staff 4 Assistant Business Manager. KENNETH MERRILL WOODLLEF F. F.A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4-H 1, 2, 3, 45 Junior Varsity Basketball 1, junior Play 3, Glee Club 1, 2, Acorn Staff 3. - JAIVLES HAROLD YOUNG F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, Ba S e b a1l'3, 4, Vice-President 3. l6

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Defoils of the Future And now in 1971 as I gaze back over the past ten years, I marvel at the success and happ ine ss that clings to the Senior Class of 1961. I stopped at Boyd's Drugstore the other day and there was JUDY WILLIAMS. I hadn't seen her in 10 years. She is now hostess for the Pan American Airlines. Incidentally, Iam E. J. HART, salesman for Singer Sewing Machine Co. Since we both travel a lot we were able to trace most of the graduates of 1961. HUGI-IES BOYD, owner of the drugstore, gave us our lunch, which was odd because he is so stingy. As we chatted I learned that LINDA WILLIAMS is the manager of the Red Devil Football Te am. Her star player is Madison Currin. If you need a new dress just drop by to see VIRGINIA BUMPASS, who owns her own store, Jenny's Dress Shop. WINSOME RICE is a model on the Price is Right. FRANK VAUGHAN, JR. , has taken over Bill Cullen's position as Emcee. Look who's coming. It's FAYE BLACKWELL. She's joined the WAC's. And say, who is that handsome Army Officer? It looks like HAROLD YOUNG. JUDY MURRAY is taking it easy. She's now half owner of Leggett's Department Store. JOSEPHINE CHAIVLPION is on a cross-country tour with her basketball team defending its title, Non-Loses of '71. LINDA LAWS is dishwasher at the Old Maid's Horne. It seems that WOODROW ELLIXSON has taken Ed Sullivan's pla c e on T. V. His sponsor is Dentyne Chewing Gum. BOBBY RAY OWEN has really put his knowledge to work. The sign on the door reads: Lawyer, Bobby Ray Owen. BOBBY HARRIS and MATT ADCOCK own the largest farms in Gr a nville County. They're still building chicken houses. JAMES CULBRETH omms a service station. Iwonder if his conscience hurts when he sells gas at a higher price than his competitors. ROBERT FRAZIER operates a bulldozer for CHARLES FRAZIER, who bought Mr. Lew G1-egory's farms. LEO LOWERY keeps DANNY WII.KINSON's hot rods p olishe d. Danny drives them when he's not in the operating room at Duke Hospital. THOMAS WATSON owns the largest circus in the world. When he visits your tovxm you shouldn't fail to see TROY CAMPBELL, the shortest man in the world. SI-IERWOOD CLARK is a carpenter. I-Ie's married now and lives in a beautiful house whichtook him 8 years to build. FORREST PERKINS is married and works at the L S M Cigarette Factory. KENNETH WOODLIEF and GLENN WALL have opened a night school for students that don't pass English. 18