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

Page 27 text:

Class History Come!! Let us reminisce through the past four years and bring you up to date on some of the most outstanding events of the Class of 1958, In September of 1954 there enter into the Land of Learning sixty-three seekers of know¬ ledge, better known as Freshmen, Most of them come from the Eighth Grade, where they have for many months been busily engaged in storing their minds with the honey of wisdom; some green and fresh from afar; and some from other halls of instruction. We are welcomed by our Principal, Mr, Chadderdon and our homeroom teachers, Mr, Stewart Wessells and Mrs. Mary Wood, who will help lead us up the slippery by-ways of knowledge. We elect our first class offi¬ cers: President, Buddy Wood; Vice-President, Billy Mears; Secretary, Russell Justis; and Treasurer, Connie Phillips. The next fall we enter the halls of wisdom with more dignity and sophistication as Sopho¬ mores, We are sorry to lose Billy Joe Colonna, Everette Evans, Wade Shrieves, Bobby Zashin, and Billy Beauchamp. Mrs. Marie Pennewell and Mrs. Lotta Booth are our homeroom teachers. This year we have many money-making projects such as bakes and selling Christmas cards. The outstanding social event of the year is a Leap Year Dance, which is well attended. We elect officers and they are: President, Richard East; Vice-President, Pat Gladding; Secretary, Jackie Miles; and Treasurer, Peggy Smith. For the first time many of us attend the Athletic Ball, an enjoyable occasion always to linger in the memory of any high school boy or girl. As the year draws to a close, we look forward to our Junior Year with eager anticipation. Lo! Summer has passed and once again we rub elbows with fellow classmates, this time as Juniors! A glance at the calendar of the year finds us frustrated and confused - Junior Play, Class Rings, and best of all, the Prom! We elect the following class officers: President, Jackie Miles; Vice-President, Herbert Duer; Secretary, E, B. Dean; and Treasurer, Peggy Smith. Meanwhile there dwelt in our midst, Mr. Earl Hoppes, a man of much learning and good repute, who, learning of the departure of Mr. Chadderdon, decided to take over the task of leadership and the success for our school loomed ahead. This yecir our homeroom teachers are Mrs. Marie Pennewell and Mrs. Nancy Senn, After Christmas, we present our first big performance - “The Sweetheart of U Baka Pi’’, which is a huge success. Well, our session is drawing near a close and it’s Prom time! Followed by days and nights of hard work, we find thousands of tulips and various colors bursting forth in full bloom around a Dutch windmill - our theme for the Prom. As we danced to the sweet, languid music of Mrs. Georgia Borum’s Orchestra, we felt sure that this Prom will be placed among our souvenirs as one of the best ever given at O.H.S. Here “Don Cupid’’ captures the heart and hand of some of our girls. From class rings to wedding rings, Gussie Chandler, Dorothy Johnson, Grace Parks, Frances Williams, Jean Duer, Sylvi Scott, Barbara Williams, and Mary Rose Harmon marched down the aisle of Holy Matrimony. We were sorry to lose Dickie Turner, Jerry Hartman, and Russell Justis to Hargrave Military Academy. At the close of our Junior Year, we would like to sum up our richness and achievement in the following phrase: We have spent the months in study. And in thinking hard and deep. So now, all worn and weary. We find our Junior Year complete. Tempus fugit!! Seniors!! Time flies and we are dignified Seniors at last!! Again, Mrs. Marie Pennewell finds herself playing the role of homeroom teacher. As we turn towards gradu¬ ation, our roll has diminished from sixty-three to thirty-five. Some stopped because of poor health, some went out to earn a living, others married, and E. B. Dean decided to further his education at Randolph Macon Academy. We welcomed two new members, Billy Shrieves and Carolyn Watkinson. We elected the following officers: President, Pat Gladding; Vice-President, Herbert Duer; Secretary, Mary Chandler; and Treasurer, Peggy Smith. During our high school career many members of this class have taken an active part in athletics. Eleven boys are on the varsity foot¬ ball team, four outstanding players on the girls’ basketball team, and four Cheerleaders. Our first big event of the year is the Senior Play, “A-Feudin’ Over Yonder’’, a hillbilly comedy filled with laughter. After mid-term exams, we begin making plans for graduation, completion of the annual, and getting more literature on our prospective dream trip. New York. Now the “Zero Hour’’ has arrived, may we go on experiencing greater adventures, for while the Voyage of High School Life is at an end, the Voyage of Real Life is just now and here at its triumphant Commencement!! For the last year satisfying. Must all shadows safely blow; Senior life is purifying, And we pass - as white as snow! Marye Earle Carmine Historian

Page 26 text:

Dinky Chuck Buddy Luther Norris Billie Louou Norma Jean Donald Dimity Marye Earle Norma Raye Shirley Richard Ronnie Anne Paige Charlotte

Page 28 text:

A Letter From The Future Denver, Colorado June 1, 1973 Dear Mrs. Pennewell, Today, being in a reminiscent mood, 1 considered it only right to drop you a few lines to tell you how we’re all making out - we, the class of 19.58. My, it hardly seems possible that fifteen years have passed since we left the hallowed halls of O.H.S. Who would have thought then that Richard East would be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with Buddy Wood as his Secretary? Or that Pat Gladding and Dimity Windsor would be one of America’s most famous dancing duo? Peggy Smith and Charlotte Johnson now own one of the largest department stores in the country. Guess who their general managers are! None other than Donald Cus- tis and Don Marsh! Hall Parks and Leda Justis are no w President and Vice-President of the Ford Motor Company while Chuck Jones and Jack Long own one of the best repair shops for electrical appliances on the East Coast. Page Hayden is now the head of the Chemistry Department of Duke University, while Herbert Scott Duer is a mathematics professor at Columbia University. I read not long ago that Billye Shrieves has just cleared her third million. Books and basket-weaving must be paying pretty well, don’t you think? Three of our girls are now happy housewives: Patsy Payne Kilmon, Patsy Barnes Hutchinson, and Mary Chandler Drummond, while three others have opened their own business schools: Marye Earle Carmine, Shirley Custis, and Connie Ewell. Business must be pretty good, because they’ve been to Europe twice already! Ronnie Killmon, who used to play football so well with the Blue Devils, is now playing for the New York Giants. In another field of sports, Jackie Miles is coaching basketball for North Carolina State University. Do you remember how much Connie Phillips and Norma Jean Smullin used to gig¬ gle ? The last time I heard, they were competing for the world championship. Billie Lou Barnes and her able assistant Norma Raye Harrison are still on their world tour. They thought it would be fun working their way around the world and travel¬ ing by tramp steamer. From what I’ve heard, that must be the ideal life. Not long ago I received a telegram from Luther Savage: “Have always needed beauty rest, so I’ve retired.’’ Billy Mears seems to be very contented. Besides being very prosperous in his father’s business, he enjoys.taking care of the kids while Nora Grace does the shopping. Norris Beasley seems to be doing very well as the Chief of Police of New York City. I’ve heard that the city’s traffic regulations have really changed since he’s taken over. From what I’ve gathered from newspapers and by word-of-mouth. Iris Morgan and Grayce Vaughan are the best nurses any sick patient could ever have. Dinky Bishop and his assistant, James Watkinson, are really enjoying life. As the best camera team of the Walt Disney Studios, they are on location at the present time in South America. Isn’t that the life? As you can readily note, life has proved to be quite fruitful to the class of 1958. I, myself, am very happy, too, out here in Colorado as a schoolteacher. Often I sit back, shut myself from the outside world, and relive in my mind some of the happy times I spent at O.H.S. Although it seems like many, many years ago, those fond memo¬ ries are as vivid to me now as though it were yesterday. I guess those years will be long remembered by all of us. Who COULD forget those years - the laughs we shared, the pranks we played, the Friday nights, and all of the other many activities we were a part of? And, too, who could forget those teachers we had - teachers like you, always making each of us feel important, and thus responsible for what we are today? Well, I’ll close now, for I’ve a huge stack of papers to grade. I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. With love, Anne Paige Shreeves