Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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at Ivanhoe, of my weird adventures in the haunted taverns at Tarrapin Neck, how I tripped the light fantastic or did the cake walk at Cripple Creek, Va., and of my light-hearted affairs with the little blonde at Sugar Grove, Va. I have much to tell of the Galax Fair, the game drives, forest fire fighting, and a thousand other things like the hunt for the escaped madman from the Marion asylum. In conclusion I would like to add that I returned home with an hon- orable discharge, excellent references, and very little money. QJVE Hometown Touring By F. Booth Uzzle Resolved: to see our city fair, To wander in its colorful streets. Seeing all the products of fall: Trees arrayed with motley splashes Of yellow, brown, golden redg And freshly painted houses, too. What's prettier than a home With greenish trimming, painted white? Lawn well trimmed, shrubs well kept, With shining windows, spacious porch, A place for me and a place for you Beside its glowing fireside. Turning a corner we gasp for breath 3 For-behold-a block of surpassing beauty! Someone's dream house is just that. Across the way, a lovely yard. Often we are glad that we Resolved to see our city fair. T H E M I S S I L E Pig-2 twenty-0110

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A Tour of Richmond, Virginia O near and yet so far! How much veracity is expressed in this i wise saying when applied to Richmond. Touring Richmond in il ' Q any season is a treat not to be overlooked, but touring Richmond i in the autumn is a pleasure anyone should anticipate with joy. ' i The approach to the site of old Libby Prison furnishes the - in . traveler with a beautiful View of the James, reiiecting the trees magnificent in their various colors. Dr. Douglas Freeman, our most en- tertaining guide, related several incidents occurring during the brief ex- istence of this prison. Chimborazo Rock is an old Indian sacrificial stone brought from the Powhatan Farm. Tradition claims that it is the stone on which Captain John Smith was to have been beheaded when he was saved by the Indian princess, Pocahontas. Our next stop was at the famous old St. John's Church. Dr. Free- man, in his narrative concerning this church, added greatly to its natural and simple beauty. It seems that in 1741 while laying out the site for two cities, William Byrd also planned a church. Later this became the famous St. John's Church, the oldest in the city. Here the second Virginia con- vention met in March 1775, and Patrick Henry uttered his immortal ora- tion of liberty or death. As we left the church We paused for a moment by the grave of the mother of the renowned Edgar Allan Poe. Presented to the President of the Confederacy as the official resi- dence, the Confederate Museum is one of the few places to have been oc- cupied by both northern and southern presidents. Always deeply inter- ested in our southern generals, we found the personal relics of Lee, Jack- son, and Stuart objects of prolonged attention. We resumed our pilgrimage to Valentine Museum, which pays such beautiful tribute to one of our foremost leaders, Robert E. Lee. Found in this informative museum are the plaster model of the recumbent statue of Lee, the death mask of Jackson, and other objets d'art. The Confederate Memorial Institute, better known to us as Battle Abbey, was the next attraction. Established as a supplement to the Confederate Museum, it is the home of the picture gallery of the Confed- eracy. A French artist, Charles I-Ioifbrauer, has contributed largely to the Museum by his inspiring murals. T H E M I S S I L E Page twenty-three