Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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GENERALS The “Dictator”, which is a 13” mortar used by General Grant to shell Peters- burg, Virginia, during the Seige of Petersburg, stands as a massive symbol of the intensity of the struggle between the North and the South in the final period of the War. Those dates were decisive, just as the final year of a senior at PHS is decisive. After the four years of long and sanguinary conflict, the South was ready to re- build and begin again. In the same manner, a senior, after his four years of suc- cesses and defeats, emerges ready to meet new challenges in the “conflicts” of adult life. thirteen

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(1) Teachers sipping coffee furnished by the SCA before the faculty meeting. (2) One of those Algebra 4 humdingers is being prepared by Mrs. West. (3) Miss Doan and some of her Latin students, Susan Griswold, Cooper Pearce, Alli- son Stoneman, and Nancy Powell, examine the Missile. ( 4 ) The girls’ Physical Education class is being introduced to softball by Miss Kiser. ( 5 ) The study of biology goes from hamsters to a skelton in the closet. Asking Miss Ownby about the hamsters are Betsy Towler and Marty Willis. (6) Mr. Churn is telling his History 4 class how the Marines won World War II. (7) The slide rule is made easy when it is explained by Mr. Alexander. Looking on is Alfred Rucker. (8) Miss Inge and Mrs. Brown converse on Parent’s Day while Mrs. Brown’s little daughter, Jan, stands by. (9) The devotions are being prepared by Miss Rowe, the shorthand teacher. twelve

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Senior Committee Left to right. First Row: Leslie Thayer, vice-president 12H; Susie Man, vice-president 12L. Second Row: Jimmie Powell, president, 12L; Tommy Butler, president 12H; Mr. Sutherland; Lee Smoot, committee member, 12L; not pictured: Joyce Archer, committee member, 12H. Linda Jean Adams Business Education Linda . . . was happiest when she passed shorthand . . . people who are always late get her down . . . ambition is to be a secre- tary . . . can’t stand that history . . . likes popular music, mysteiy stories, and football games . . . “Gee whiz!” . . . swimming is a summer favorite . . . mighty nice girl. Charles Wesley Andrews, Jr. General Charles ... a future pharmacist . . . “Oh, heck!” . . . history rates, but Latin is out . . . likes to drive his black, four-door ’54 Ford . . . sitting through assem- blies is a bore . . . mysteries are tops . . . passing algebra was something to rejoice over . . . hunting and football are for him. Ronald Nelson Andrews General “Ronnie” ... a really nice boy with a great personality . . . loves to eat . . . “Hey, baby!” . . . nothing beats civics . . . has a ’53 Dodge . . . works during the summer and hunts for relaxa- tion . . . football is the great- est . . . loads of drive . . . hobby: smoking ’em over. John Aldwin Archer, Jr. General “Johnny” ... a summer worker . . partial to baseball and science fiction ... to finish school would satisfy him . . . Leapin’ Lena, his ’51 Plymouth, fills his spare time . . . “Don’t hand me that stuff!” . . . nice to be around . . . the Ring Dance was the greatest. fourteen