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

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nile AMON ne G yf Today is June 2, 1975. As I sit here in this - the new Parry McCluer High School, Iam watching my seventeen year old son graduate, The new high school is one of the largest inthe United States: it coverstwentycity blocks. The newhigh schoolis located just south of Enderly Heights, where the old Mountain View Drive-In used to be. Buena Vista has grown into a thriving city with a popu- lation of 51,000, and is one of the world's leading manu- facturing centers. As I sit here in this huge auditorium my mind wanders back to the year 1957, when I graduated. Our class consisted of only four members, one of the smallest that Parry McCluer has ever «snown. There was Mac Felts - Mac was always talking of foot - ball, even in government class. When Miss Glass asked him how many Senators there were in the Senate, he said ''50 yards,' ' Well, Mac went to a small college in Virginia, and now is head football coach at Southern Seminary right here in Buena Vista, Then there was Ronald Shrader - he was always passing out chewing gum inclass so you could get 6 demerits. When finally you would get your mind on the books, someone would punch youin the back. Then you would know Ronnie was handing you a piece of gum. Maybe that was what gave Ronnie his start, for now he owns the largest chewing gum factory inthe world, And there was James Bono - James was forever doing something in the chemistry labo- ratory. Oneday there was an explosion in the lab. After the smoke cleared away there lay James onthe floor witha bottle of Sulfur in his hand. Now he is one of the leading scientists of the earth, not to mention the other planets. Just a few weeks ago in one of the leading newspapers I read that Dr. James Bono had discovered a new vitamin pill for in-grown toe-nails, As for me, I remember cutting up frogs in the Biology lab. That was when I decided I wanted tobe a surgical nurse. I am now working at the largest hospital and nursing school in Virginia, the Buena Vista Hospital, along with taking care of my family. Suddenly my husband gave me a nudge, andI came b ack from my thoughts and dreams of my high school days. Look- ing up at my son, I wondered if he had had as good a time in high school as Ihad. Of course he rides to school in a 1975 Space Cadet car, while we just had a measley old 1937 hot rod.

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¥ NOW AND JAMES BONO ' Now and Then MAC FELTS Now and Then RONALD SHRADER Now and Then JO ANN PAYNE Now and Then

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, James Bono, Jo Ann Payne, Mac Felts, and Ronald Shrader, class of June 1957, being of sound mind and good health declare in writing its last Will and Testament. To future students, our names elegantly carved on the desks. Tothe FRESHMAN, four whole years to go. To the SOPHOMORES, the scotch tape that held our books together. To the JUNIORS, the wonderful thought of being Seniors. To the CHEERLEADERS, more powerful lungs. To the BAND, new music. To the SENIORS, Finals with questions and answers. To the CAFETERIA, foot-long hot dogs. To the SENIOR TREASURY, our emptied pockets. STILL OF SOUND MIND, WE LEAVE: To the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, all our worn-out run-on sentences, To the ART DEPARTMENT, modern interpretations. To the TYPING AND MATH DEPARTMENTS lots and lots of erasers, And to the PARRIMAC, good pictures every time. But most of all to Parry McCluer High School all our dreams and the memories of happy and education-filled days within its walls. THEME SONGS Seniors - Get Out of Here and Get Me Some Money, Too, Our Senior year - Easy to Remember, So Hard to Forget. Our Friends in PMHS - That Old Gang of Mine. Exams - Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside. Studying for Chemistry - Three O'Clock In the Morning. Our Faculty - Young At Heart. A Senior's Fountain Pen - How Dry I Am. Before Exams - Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night. Graduation - Rags to Riches. Late Student - Open the Door Richard. Emergency Room - Show me the Way to Go Home. Hygiene Inspection Tomorrow - Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair. Graduation Day - There's No Tomorrow, Eighth Graders - Stranger in Paradise. Juniors - Till Then Homemaking - Gonna Bake A Sunshine Cake Boy's Future - You're in The Army Now Square Dancing - Changing Partners Underclassmen - Too Young After Fifth Quarter Report - Just One More Chance, Senior Girls - Lovely to Look At, Students and Faculty - Side by Side Parry McCluer High School - Thanks for the Memories,