Onancock High School - Trident / Beacon Yearbook (Onancock, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY As we gaze into the future through our crystal ball Sharon and 1 see Sammy Belote a very successful mechanic working his way through college. Geroge Coard who never particularly cared for Virginia State Policemen is enrolling in police school in Richmond. Betty Custis, the girl who left our Senior class in the middle of the year to live in Parksley and returned before graduation, is a housewife with about 4 little girls who prove to be just as sweet and benign as their mother was and still is. Lucia Belote, the girl who always threatened to quit school and work in the shirt factory, has finally secured her ambition and is 2nd floor mcinager of the shirt factory. Joan Cherrix we see now as Mrs. Thomas John Savage the wife of the president of V. P. I. Nathan Davis looks as if he is doing very well as the prosperous owner of a string of Pure Oil gasoline stations. Nancy Evans always ever faithful as the.girl who waited on you in Forks Grill is now employed by the DuPont Company as secretary of Larry Brown who heads the chemical department there. Shirley Ennis has acquired a job as operator for the Bell Telephone Company for which she has longed. Franklin Gladding, after many years of struggling through Med school, is now chief surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Jackie Murray is still at his old job measuring corn and wheat fields. Jackie is seeking promotion, because he says he is tired of just loafing. The crystal ball becomes hazy as we faintly see Donnie Sparrow leading more young Boy Scouts to earnestly earn their Eagle Badge. The faded picture is getting clearer when we see Pat Davis out feeding the hogs and chickens down on the farm of her ever faithful husband. Tommy Fitchett. The biggest surprise of all is when we see Augustine Davis and Peggy Dize in front of the Naomi Makemie Presbyterian Church. What are they do¬ ing? Well, it is the wedding of the D’s. Augustine finally did it. Tommy Evans, as we see it, is employed by the famous criminal lawyer Buddy Evans, as Buddy’s private secretary. They both seem to be doing very well, each in his own field. Something is obstructing the view. What is it? Oh, it is only Warren Stotz. He is taking a picture of the “model housewife of the year” who is none other than Eloise Shrieves. Kenneth Martin and David White are still as close as ever, only this time they are working together as Sheriff Martin and Deputy White of Accomack County. Maybelle Spence has just completed a course on Religious Education and is employed as a D. R. E. at Market Street Methodist Church in Onancock. Barbara Williams is now busy looking after her 5 children. She and Ned Grinnalds were married shortly after graduation from high school. We believe we see a big black car in the background. No, it is only Johnny Williams getting ready for a big funeral. After successfully completing a course in undertaking, he is in business with his father. Jo Anne Young has faithfully lived up to her title as “the most likely to succeed” because she is now the well-known Professor of Psychology teaching at the University of Richmond, her old homestead. As for us, well, we just dwindle with the wind and shift with the sand. Sharon Fosque and Lou Hill

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Class of 1956 of Onancock High School, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, but realizing the time for our departure is now about to dawn upon us do make and declare this our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills at any time heretofore made by us. SECTION I ART. I To Mr. Chadderdon, our principal, we will our appreciation for guiding us in the past four years and helping us to seek the finer points in life. ART. II To you, the faculty, we will the consideration which you have so graciously shown to us. Thanks for the patience and respect. ART. Ill To the Juniors, we will our ability to be tardy, make noise, skip class and drive the teachers insane. SECTION II ART. I Joan Cherrix leaves her excess weight to Dawn Evans and Kay Wat- kinson providing they will weigh themselves once a week. ART. II Sammy Belote leaves to Robert Clark and Bobby Finney his studying ability. ART. Ill Pat Davis leaves her typing ability to Denna Scott and Nancy Shrieves. ART. rV George Coard leaves his skill in wrecking cars to George Phillips and Elwood Edwards. ART. V Lucia Belote leaves her abundant supply of A’s to Meg Gunter and Carolyn Hutchinson. ART. VI Larry Brown leaves to Charles Davis and Jimmy Taylor his crew- cut. ART. VII Lou Hill leaves her basketball ability to Kay Nock and Betty Gayle Drummond. ART. VIII Franklin Gladding leaves to Jimmy Tuttle and Charles Chandler his dancing ability. ART. IX Jo Anne Young leaves her 22 inch waist line to Sidney Pruitt. ART. X Johnny Williams casanova “56” leaves to Skipper Bell and Jimmy Thomas his bag of tricks. ART. XI Shirley Ennis leaves to Joyce Fay Harris and Faye Payne her wig- gly walk. ART. XH Kenneth Martin wills his loud mouth to Charles Jones and Dean Edwards. ART. XIII Sharon Fosque leaves to Jo Ann Simmons and Kay Prier her flirt¬ ing ways. ART. XIV Tommy Evans wills his studying ability t o Billy Evans and Ronnie Kilmon. ART. XV Nancy Evans leaves her ability to keep the Naval Base busy to Carolyn Crockett and Betty Wharton. ART. XVI Jackie Murray leaves to Allen Turner his arguments for future competition with the teachers. ART. XVII Nathan Davis leaves his driving ability to John Dukes. ART. XVIII Maybelle Spence leaves to Judy Obaugh her quiet ways. ART. XIX Buddy Evans wills his football ability to Billy East. ART. XX Betty Custis leaves to Paula Johnson her ability to bluff the teach¬ ers in giving her good grades. ART. XXI Don Sparrow the “nature lover” of our class just wants to leave, ART. XXII Warren Stotz leaves his love line to Jimmy Murray. ART. XXHI Barbara Williams leaves to Susan Shrieves her “way to hook a man. ” ART. XXIV Peggy Dize wills her winning smile to Emily Smith andVonda Kilmon. ART. XXV Eloise Shrieves leaves her cooking ability to Janet Henley which she will need in the future. ART. XXVI Augustine Davis wills to Larry Allen the job of driving teachers nuts. ART. XXVH David “Tex” White, the hillbilly of the Eastern Shore, wills his guitar to Glenn Phillips. Class of ’56 Lucia Belote Johnny Williams Testators