Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Betty Lou Bur n ant Lihvial Arts Turns lier nose up at stuching . . . smacks her lips at spinach . . has no taste for leaving PHS . . . abhors George Gobel . . . headed for Mary Washing- ton and a medical technician’s life . . . has an impish grin. Cutest Girl in June, “Who’s Who”, ’56; French Club, ’55- 56; Secretar ' . ’56; Odd Girls Club, ’54-’56; Secretary, ’55; Glee Club, ’55-’56; Girls’ En- semble, ’56; Monitors Club, ’55- ’56; SCA Representative, ’54- ’55; Missile. ’56; K-Warner Tri- Hi-Y. ' 54-’56; President, ’56; “Good News”, ’55; Y Council, ’55-’56. Margaket Anne Capehart Genera! “Peggy” . . . George . . . fan- cies clothes . . . dogs are the best pets . . . The Citadel is the place . . . too much home- work . . . sorority is great . . . doesn’t like to argue ... a won- derful personality. FHA, ’53; Goob r Pep Club. ’53- ’56; Vice-President, ’54; Presi- dent, ’55; Missile, ’55-’5G; French Club, ’54-’56. Polly Marie Cizler Commercial “Pappy” . . . petite blonde . . . dancing and swimming attract her attention ... a “pop” music fan . . . enjoys typing but cringes at Monday moming tests . . . dislikes spinach and fish . . . is peeved by noisy eaters. FHA, ’52-’54; Gris Wood Tr:- Hi-Y, ’52-’53. Lewis Frederick Clements Liberal Arts “P’reddie” . . . doesn’t like wait- ing for something to happen . . . long hair music lover . . . favors mismatched clothes . . . hates Hirty females ... is anything but a Republican . . . musical genius . . . practical joker . . . wants to get out of school. Band, ’5 1 -’55. Ruth Carole Butler Secretarial “Carole” . . . cute little blonde . . . enjoys dancing and records . . . being teased is her pet peeve . . . friendly and funny . . . likes to eat . . . typing is fun . . . always ready to go to Emporia. Cris-Wood Tri-Hi-Y, ’55-’56. Clara Ann Chandler Scientijic Known as either Ann or Clara . . . has a fondness for animals . . . enjoys football games . . . gets a kick out of pep rallies . . . “Monday tests, there ought to be a law!” . . . Christmas is her favorite season of the year . . . favors interesting books and good music ... a future in medicine is her desire. F’HA, ’52-’55; Dramatics, ’53- ’56; French Club, ’54-’56; Cockadette, ’54. Katherine Rucker Clarke Scientific “Kay” . . . just hates lack of senior privileges . . . C. W. leaving before 11:00 on Sunday nights is worst of all . . . list of likes is big . . . C. W. heads this list . . . clothes and Delta sorority are running a close sec- ond . . . University of Richmond homecomings are the greatest . . . homework and “pop” tests make her scream . . . full of life. Glee Club, ’54-’56; Square Cir- cle, ’53-’56; Chaplain, ’54; French Club. ’54- ' 56; Monitor’s Club. ’55-’56; FHA- ’52. Wayne Ellis Clements General “Sleepy” . . . recniited as a Soph from Hargra ’e Military Academy . . . real cool dresser . . wishes English was as easy as math . . . hates that early to rise stuff . . . really on the ball at selling shoes . . . mad about ’em all, girls that is. DE Club. ’55-’56. sixteen

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Kenneth Ahthur Bragg General “Kenny” . . . tall . . . dark . . . handsome . . . looking forward to graduation and the end of English class . . . hot-rod k’ng . . . Mr. President of D. O. Club . . . normal teen-ager with likes of football, girls, and money. D. O., ’5;3-’.56; President. ’5.5- 56. Jeanette Gale Brantley Commercial “Skeeter” . . . well-named . . . buzzes around school in all ac- tivities like a mosquito . . . sighs over tests and homework . . . mention boys and music and she is ready for a good time . . southern fried chicken is her specialty . . . i ersonality plus . . . cute grin . SCA, 5•5; secretary in ’.56; Glee Club, ’5.‘3-’.5.5; Commercial Club, ’.51; Cris-wood Tri-Hi-Y, ' 55; Library Staff, ' 5.5; Missile ’55; Senior Committee, ’54-’.55; Best All-Around Girl in February Class, ’56. Glenn Allen Browder General “Bugology” lover . . . hates homework . . . nature boy . . . rabid football fan . . . doesn’t like to lose football games . . . quiet . . . studious . . . likes to discuss physics. Band. ’52-’55. Shelvy Jean Browder General “Shelvy” . . . nosy people are a menace to society . . . jazz music is heavenly . . . drools at the sight of fried chicken or shrimp . . . sticks her nose up at exams . . . glad to see that boys are around . . . likes sports . . . plans to become a nurse. FHA, ’.53-’.56; Dramatics Club, ’55-’.56; Library Club, ’5.3-’56. Edward Morris Branch General “Cascade” . . . doesn’t like coming home early and getting up early . . . girl crazy . . . watches TV 48 hours a day . . . partial to Miss Evan’s English class . . , goes hunting . . . prohibitionist . . . doesn’t go for gold diggers . . . real gone guy. Band. ’52-’55; D. O., ’54-’.55. Joyce Bridgeman Commercial Abhors work ... if she could only have more study ha ' .ls . . . always reading ... a comedian . . . gossip will never do . . . craves food . . . corny jokes don’t rate . . . homework must go. FHA, ’.52-’.5.5; Dramatics Club, ’.55-’.56; Library Club. ’.55-’.56. Mary Viola Browder General “Mary” ... an attractive girl en- dowed with a dauntless spirt . . . has a great deal of deter- mination . . . her goal to attend Bob Jones . . . reading a joy to her . . . likes to study . . . very cheerful . . . housekeeping, a favorite task . . . quite a needle- woman . . . loves music. Patricia Ann Browning General “Patt” ... a lively transfer from Winchester, Virginia . . . varies interest from food to act- ing . . . wants to sleep on Sat- urday morning but none on P. J. parties . . . music tempts her to dance . . . would eat hot dogs anywhere she travels . . . has her eyes on Madison College . . . has planned a career of teaching. Glee Club, ’55-’56; Girls’ En- semble, ’5.5-’56; Goober Pep, ’5.5-’56; SCA Alternate, ’5.5; “Monkey’s Paw”, ’.55; Dramatics Club, ’55-’56; Missile, ’.55-’56; Cockadett?, ’.5.5 -’.56. fifteen

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WiM-iAM Edwin Cdements General “Sapphire” . . . “Hurricane” . . . jivehound . . . hates stuck-up girls . . . goes for all other girls . . . likes rhythm and blues . . . favorite foods are chicken and steak . . . gets a big “kick” out of hunting . . . spinach and pretzel sticks are taboo. Band, ' 52-’55. Virginia Ann Coleman Com mercial “Ann” . . . doesn ' t like to be called Virginia . . . has a weak- ness for food and S. M. A. . . . gets a kick out of basketl ' )all, parlies and dances . . . dreads getting up in the morning . . . has an aversion for conceited people. Pence Tri-Hi-Y, ’55-’56; Cock- adeife, ’52-’5‘3. Mildred Elizabeth Comer Commercial “Mildred” . . . cute . . . friend- ly .. . quiet . . . crazy about sports . . . down with home- work . . . mad about that ol’ “rock an’ roll!” . . . proposes to do away with shorthand imd tests . . . fun . . . the movies are real gone. FHA, ’53-’54. Carl Blarford Cottrell General “Carl” . . . fun . . . crazy about girls . . . loves sports, especially football and basketball . . . al- ways happy . . . loves steak, x O tatoes, milk, and ax i le x • • • down with homework and iRietry . . . hates girls who go st ady and music. SCA, ’52-’55; Pep Club. ’51. Martha Joanne Cole General “Jo” . . . good looking brun- nette . . . came to PITS from St. Josexjh’s High School in the Fall of ’.54 . . . enjoys dancing, csx ecially tax . . . swimming and diving are her favorite sx)Oi ' ts . . . enjoys marching as a ma- jorette with the Band. Odd Girls, ’.54-’56; Majorette, ’54-’56. Norma Jean Collins General Friendly and loads of fun . . . rock and roll music is her fa- vorite . . . enjoys chemistry . . interested in work at the hos- X ital . . . hillbilly music is a X ain in th? neck . . . enjoys all sorts of activities . . . home- work and tests are x t ' t worries . . . fried chicken and French fries are tox)S. SCA, ’51 -’53; Sx eech Club, ’55; Secretary; Band, ’51; Commer- cial Club, ’51; D. O. Club. ’55; President, ’54-’5.5; Cockadelte, ’■54. Phyllis Annette Cornett Commercial Sews, because she loves clothes . . . steers away from girls who gossii . . . thinks staying at home is boring . . . shorthand class rates her ax - X)lause . . . never does home- work over weekends . . . si ends much time reading . . . wants to be a receptionist, but doesn’t have any objections to marriage . . . loves to cook and eat. Donald Ashley Cox General “Donald” . . . enjoys sx orts . . . agrees history and civics aren ' t his style . . . overlooks school work with an inquiring eye . . . objects to early morning alann clocks . . . holds no ai proval of study hall . . . quiet and un- assuming . . . career in the Navy. seventeen