Parry McCluer High School - Parrimac Yearbook (Buena Vista, VA)

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We, the Senior Class of 1952, being of sound minds do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. We, the Senior Class, asa whole, would like to leave each of the other classes a little something to remember us by. To the Juniors we leave our position as Seniors, our dignity, our refined man- ners, and the hope that they will be as outstanding a class as we have been, To the Sophomores we leave our collection of bright remarks, and any musical, artistic, or acrobatic talent we might have. To the Freshmen we will our athletic ability for which we have always been greatly renowned, our school spirit, our many parties, dances, and good times we've had for the past four years. To the faculty we wish to express our gratitude for all that you have done for us during our high school career, and we want you to know that your patience in guiding and teaching us, and in helping us solve our many problems has been duly appreciated. As individuals we hereby bequeath the following cherished possessions: Guy Allen.......... his free periods to Donald Burch, Billy Austin.........his auto rides to school to Cubby Argenbright. Francis Brantley....his gun to Milton Vest. Leslie Burch,.......his football ability to Donnie Floyd, Alvin Carter........his car to Mr. Barnhill, Eugene Cash........his football ability to Bobby Gardner. Malcolm Claytor.... his weight to Hunter Falls. Hugh Copper........his induction papers to Kenneth Campbell, Tommy Glass.......his size to Warren Banks. Leon Goolsby....... his ability to read music to Rita Morris. Douglas Grow.......his quietness in Glee Club to Billy Swann. Eddie Grow.........his baseball glove to Floyd Schad. Sonny Paynter.......his Sunday afternoons on Sem Hill to Benny Glass. George Pelter.......his hair to Mr. Tenney. Sonny Pryor........ his place with the Blue Notes to Johnny Greene. Dale Rice...........his football ability to Benny Glass. Jackie Rogers.......his place on the baseball team to Floyd Schad. Harold Sandidge.....his wavy hair to Eddie Berry. William Smals...... his good grades to Donnie Floyd. Bobby Wagner.......his monogram letters to Frances Patterson. Larry Weinerth..... his membership in the Beta Club to Lemuel Byers. Billy Wheeler....... his school attendance record to ''Luke ' Renz. Donnie Withers......his height to Harold Burch, Frances Banks,......her place in the Beta Club to Warren Banks, Katherine Camden,..her quiet ways to Margaret Cash. Clara Cash.........her love for music and Mr. Turner to Margaret Cash. Caroleen Chittum....her laughing fits in the library to Loretta, Betty Durham.,.....her corny jokes to Mary Anna Hartless. Shirley Foster...... her ability to carry a tune to Johnny Slough. Rita Garrett........ er giggles and VY. M.I. dates to Hilda Hall. Peggy George.......her jokes to Johnny Kling. Carolyn Glass....... her place in the Beta Club to Shirley Giroux, Frances Glass..... - her watch to Donald Floyd so he will know when it is time for class to be over. Phyllis Greene......her class ring to Margaret Burch, Alice Jane Harris... her ability toplay for the Glee Club without having a ner- vous breakdown to Elsie Lee Elliot. Patsy Hostetter..... her abilityto get good grades in English and Government to her brother Eddie. Joyce Rinker,.......her ability to be ready on time to Barbara Dixon, Joeleen Sandidge.... her dates with W L students to some lonely Freshman. Helen Saunders......her Home Ec grades to Mildred Johnson. Nancy Secrist.......her ability to have fun in Lit. to Bobby Withers, Doris Slough...... ..her ability to get along with everyone to Betty Sanderson. Martha Grae Slough, .her ability to ride a horse and her place as majorette to Carolyn Seay. Ruth Sorrels........her grades to Barbara Rice. Dorothy Smith..... . her majorette place to Diane Nuckols. Mary Jane Spence... her quiet ways to her sister Dorothy. Jeanette Wessier....her place in the band to Joanna Royer. Barbara Wilmer.....her place in the Glee Club to Rita Morris. Anna Jane Wood,....her majorette suit to Shirley Burch,

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NAME Katherine Camden Clara Cash Caroleen Chittum Betty Durham Shirley Foster Rita Garrett Peggy George Carolyn Glass Frances Glass Phyllis Greene Alice Harris Carolyn Hostetter Joyce Rinker Helen Saunders Joeleen Sandidge Nancy Secrist Doris Slough Martha Grae Slough Ruth Sorrels Dorothy Smith Mary Jane Spence Jeanette Wessier Barbara Wilmer Anna Jane Wood Characteristics FAVORITE SAYING Holy Cow! Ons Cansitin Yea, Boy! You Know It Too! YOhn Bull i You Know MHOpeLortin Holy G's! For Crying Outloud! ' Golly Gee! Shucks! ' Oh, Puke! Il Swan! Oh, Boy! Hot Dog! You Know It Too! Go Slow! Daggone! ' Great Day! My Gosh! Gee Whiz! Holy Cow! You Don't Say! IT Don't Know! FAVORITE SONG It's No Sin Cold, Cold Heart September Song I Get Ideas It's No Sin Mixed Emotions Anchors Away And So To Sleep Again Too Young aT Get Ideas Slow Poke W. L. Swing Dancing In The Dark Too Young You've Been So Good To Me Nevertheless TJ Can't Help It Unforgettable I Get Ideas TI Can't Help It Tell Me Why Blue Moon Because Of You Now Is The Hour WEAKNESS Students in uniform The opposite sex Farmers Farmers Natural Bridge boys Black hair and brown eyes Sailors Chevrolets Brown eyes A tall blond Military school uniforms The Generals Military schools WwW. L. Lexington Donnie Soldiers Horses Country boys Boy 5x3 Fairfield Hi Larry Sailors Blue eyes

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Senior Prophecy Shirley Foster, the roving reporter for the Buena Vista News, was asked to make a report on the illustrious Class of 1952, Now, ten years after graduation, it is interesting to know what each member of the class is doing, After much globe trotting and ''snooping'' she came up with these accounts, She found some whohadn't strayed so far from home, Guy Allen is now manager of Nuckol's Service Station... Eugene Cash owns and operates Cash's Super Market- his slogan is ''Cash Talks ... Alvin Carter is owner of the largest cattle farm in America-or at least the largest in Rockbridge County...Harold Sandidge bought Mitchell's Market and is doing a thriving business... Phyllis Greene is a housewife in Buena Vista... Eddie Grow is assistant undertaker for Amole's,.. Douglas Grow is announcer for W, R, E, L, -tune in to that stationand hear his perfect radio voice »-. Dorothy Smith teaches chemistry at P,M.H.S. and one of her star pupils is Sandy Tenney... Mary Jane Spence is teaching at Southern Seminary... Peggy George is also teaching--she is teaching at V.S.D.B. School at Staunton, Remember how noisy Peggy was in the old days? Nowshe prefers peace and quiet-at least quiet... William Smals has a zipper factory at Natural Bridge-zippers that won't hang... Frances Banks who was recently voted''The Mother of the Year ', now lives at Stony Creek, Virginia -somewhere near Fairfield... Billy Austin is an admiral in Uncle Sam's Navy... Katherine Camden is physical education instructor at Radford College e«+Dale Rice, a very successful deep sea diver, is still searching for the Flying Enterprise ... CaroleenChittum, professional mountain climber, is now in Switzer- landclimbing the Alps. You remember she got her start in mountain climbing after she moved and she had the daily climb over Seminary Hill...Sonny Pryor has his own dance orchestra, Peo's Pills , Larry Weinerth plays the drums for him and Rita Garrett is his chief vocalist... Betty Durham is now secretary to John D, Rocke- feller... Leon Goolsby is a solo trombonist for Louie Armstrong, Clara Cash is Fred Astaire's dancing partner in a new Broadway musical, She took the class election of being the best dancer seriously,..Carolyn Glass, one of the Power's - models, really discovered the perfect reducing diet... Hugh Copper, sergeant in the U.S. Army, is determined to make army life his career--who would have thought it back in high school ?,.. Frances Glass is basketball coach at Madison College... Billy Wheeler who graduated from Notre Dame with a good attendance record, is now a professional dish washer,.. Francis Brantley is a big game hunter in Africa-- remember those little bunny rabbits he used to shoot ?... Alice Harris has just won an award for swimming the English Channel in record breaking time, She always was a speed demon... Leslie Burch, the quiet one, is now a member of the Presi- dent's Cabinet... Patsy Hostetter is in Europe displaying the 1962 Chevrolet... Mal- colm Claytor is campaign manager for the President of the United States... Joyce Rinker has just wonthe Davis cup in tennis,., Tommy Glass just travels-not too fast and far at that... Helen Saunders is airline hostess... Jackie Rogers won his fortune as a goldmine operator sohehas retired and is living a life of ease... Nancy Secrist, the ever go-after-it-now kind, heads the Clean Up Committee in government affairs ee» Doris Slough is with the F, B,I,-chasing down men mainly...George Pelter is model for Archie's Comics... Martha Grae Slough is still interested in horses, Sensation the Second has just won in the Kentucky Derby... Ruth Sorrels is solo acrobat for Barnum and Bailey... Bobby Wagner is screen star for Warner Brothers ee»Donnie Withers, West Point full back of 1957, is now coaching football there... Jeanette Wessier is athletic instructor at Hollins... Barbara Wilmer is head nurse for the Navy Department...And Anna Jane Wood is majorette at V, P.I, All in all this Class of 1952 has done all right,