Oceana High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Class Prophecy of 19541 Hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is Gabriel, your special news broadcaster, bringing you direct from the nineteenth floor of the Mayflower Apartment House a description of the Grand Ball about which you have read so much in the papers lately. Before the guests unmask I'd like to tell you a little something that might be of interest to you. This ball is given in honor of the graduates of Oceana High School of the year 1954. By the way, that happened to be the last year of the high school and they were very proud to be able to say that they were the last graduating class, many of them having started school there. In their Senior year they set this date, june 9, l964, to meet again for their class reunion. During the past ten years many graduates of that class have become very successful and famous. Tonight, for your enjoyment, I am going to describe the guests and some of their costumes as they come through the huge double doors which are decorated with thousands of white orchids. The ball room, here in the Mayflower, is beautifully lit with Japanese lanterns-wait a minute, here come the first guests. Here comes the muskrat king, Mr. C. E. Harris, and his very lovely wife, the former June Peterson, who is naturally covered with rats. Gossip says that Mr. Harris is trying to trap enough rats for his wife to have a coat. Following them in a very windy costume is Miss Gaynelle third husband, Kent Wowder, who is also her wardrobe loved husband and wife team of television, Mr. and Mrs. gette before her marriage and she now plays the wife in Imogene Culver who owns and operates the well known usual dress of black. Here come Mr. and Mrs. Howard doing very well. He had quite a shock a few months ago Kime, who is known as the burlesque queen, and her and bodyguard. I see approaching the doors the well Jimmy Craddock. Mrs. Craddock was Geraldine Mid- the series of I Love Dene . Well, if it isn't Miss Morning Glory Funeral Home . She is wearing her Savage. Mr. Savage, a recent graduate of V.M.I., is He made his first million and in the same week his wife, the former joann Hughes, whom he went with for years, presented him with triplets. They are wearing the costumes of Romeo and Juliet. Wilmont Downey and his wife Lorene Ferguson are here. Everyone says that while Wilmont is singing his wife pitches pennies on the stage. I see that Mr. Billy Morrisette and his date have just arrived. She is Mabel Madge Fimple Goble. Mr. Morrisette is the president of A.A.A. They are dressed in labels. Luis Bolinaga has just headed a new Cuban revolution and his faithful lover, the famous Portia of Broadway or Lois Wood, has vowed to stay by his side no matter what happens. They are going to arrive late. Lewis Voliva, the owner of Colonial Stores, donated one thousand cans of crushed pineapple juice in honor of his future wife, Miss Ellen Reitelback, who has just won the title of Miss Crushed Pineapple , with more juice to the squeeze. Her costume is naturally a pineapple. That happily married basketball champion, Ray Whitehead has just come in with his dashing wife, Dolly White, who was also a basketball player before she married. They are raising their own team and not a one of their children is under five feet seven. They have on red uniforms. In the gossip column of a well known paper it was stated that the stunning red-head of the Beach, Miss Dixie Condron, had given up everything to follow her famous adventurous husband, Mr. Charles Ammons, to Africa where he is going to look for diamonds. He was told that they were cheaper there. Looking around, I find tht among the famous guests here tonight is Miss Bobby Wilson, World's Cham- pion Lady Wrestler. Her famous hold, The Man Hold , attained for her the title. She is wearing bright green trunks with an orange shirt.

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I, C. E. Harris, leave my pop-eye car to Bobby Kingrey in the hope that it will work better than his old technique. I, Billie jo Harville, leave my efficiency in working for Mr. Cox to Margaret Forbes and Jean Pallette so they too may be able to look up test grades for all the Seniors. I, Loretta Hitchings, leave my recipe on how to gain one pound every five years to Pat Hurd. I, Carole Honeycutt, leave my ability to go to school and still run a home to Ethel DesChene with a warning. I, Joann Hughes, leave my burning desire to get married to Billie Enax. Hope you get quicker results than I did. I, Gaynelle Kime, leave my shy and retiring manner to Danny Lambdin who could really use it. I, Roy LeBarrer, leave if I'm lucky. I, Kent Lowder, leave my shiny car with undented fenders to Billy Stokely with the hope that he'll take good care of it. I, Betty jo McDaniels, leave my bottle of Moonsheen to Juanita I-Iarris who thinks she would look better as a blond. I, Geraldine Midgette, leave my ability to get out of classes to Gene Newman who already seems to be a little gem at it. I, Billy Morrisette, leave an empty space in the back of the Government Class to Eddie Barnes and Richard Reader so they too can repent in dust and ashes . I, Donny Oglesby, leave my boisterous manner and sparkling personality to jack Oglesby and Otis Darden with the hope that they will get over being shy before people. I, Bill Perry, leave and it's about time. I, june Peterson, leave my way with the men to Frances Speight and Dawn McClannan. I, Dicky Powell, leave my flashy clothes and barber shop aroma to Bobby Strange and jack Oldaker. I, Ellen Reitelbach, leave my little feet and height to Bobby Saunders and jimmy Oglesby so they too may get in small places. I, Barbara Rittenhouse, leave my Cleopatra Beauty Kit to Peggy Oldaker and Shelby Smith so they too may be glamourous. I, Howard Savage, leave my ability to get through school with good grades and no work to Harlan Wood. I, joy Sawyer, leave my favorite song, Bell Bottom Blues to Shirley Scott with the hope that she won't hit any sour notes. I, john Slattery, leave my ability to blow dust off the light bulbs to J. W. Wilson and Leon Piper. I, Louis Voliva, leave the chemistry lab in one piece to Margaret Gies. I, Ann Wardlaw, leave my wedding ring to Pauline Killela and Rita Craig providing they are willing to take the fatal step. I, Dolly White, leave my witty sayings and my ability to remain faithful to one boy to .Ioan Silva. I, Ray Whitehead, leave my book, Wine, Women, and Songn, to Tommy Copley so he too can leave them breathless. I, Bobby Wilson, leave my love for loads of parties to Martha Sue Riggs and Shirley Midgette so they too may enjoy their senior year in high school. I, Andy Wood, leave my ability to drive C??J like amaniac to Billy Hughes. Have fun, kid. I, Lois Wfood, leave my ability to blush at nothing to Jimmy Harcum and Mary Elizabeth Leitch so they too may light up the halls. .2

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Everyone is turning around to look at Mr. and Mrs. Bill Perry as they enter with their fleet of Eskimo dogs. Mr. Perry is running a fish hatchery in Alaska while his wife, the ex-Miss Jacque Carson, is teaching the Eski- mos the art of living. They are all decked out in seal skins and whale oil. Coming toward me is Mr. Donald Oglesby, the well known photographer who is hard at work taking pictures of his latest pin-up girl Mrs. Ann NVardlaw. Tonight we have a very distinguished guest. He is Mr. Andy Wtvtvd who is now making his home in India where he is dean of a girls school. He has brought three of his teachers and I see that they are: Betty McDaniels, Billy -Io Harville, and Carole Honeycutt. They are dressed in their native costumes. I have just been informed that Causey Davis is learning to play the piano and who should be teaching him but his wife. Loretta Hitchings was her maiden name and she was very successful as a music teacher, I can't describe their costumes because Il1C1'Ci1'C taken from a modern painting. If anyone has a lonely heart, come right down. We have here Miss Mary Virginia Garrett who runs a Lonely Hearts Club since her lover ran away with his secret model joan Gallup. Miss Garrett looks like a letter without a stamp. I'm sure that all of you listening remember Miss Lorraine Cox, the banana heires, who married the hot rod driver Mr. Archie Bolyard. Well, they tell me that he got plenty of practice while rushing het to the hos- pital and for the seventh time. By the way, it was another boy. Wlittt is she going to do with seven boys! They have come dressed like tramps. Almost all of the guest have arrived, but a few are still arriving late and here comes the lady with the eyebrows voted most likely to succeed, Mrs. Barbara Rittenhouse Powell. Her famous husband, Dicky Powell, is the ring master in a horse circus. Here are the last to arrive and I see that they are Miss joy Sawyer who is working as a dishwasher and hashslinger while waiting for her big break in dramatics and Mr. and Mrs. john Slattery. His wife, who was Shirley Hamlin, divorced her third husband to marry john after his book, Bashfulness Doesn't Pay , became a hit and neted him a cool million. Mr. Slattery said that the book was written from personal experiences. Well ladies and gentlemen, I find that my time is up and I must sign off. I hope that you have enjoyed this description of the Grand Ball which is being held on the nineteen'h floor of the Mayflower Apartments, so I say to each and every one of you, so-long for now but I hope to be seeing you soon. This is Gabriel signing off. 2