Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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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

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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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Joyce Marie Archer General Joyce ... a pretty brunette . . . Ring Queen Candidate . . . takes to the beach in the summer . . . the secretarial field is for her . . . seems to think rock ’n roll is the greatest . . . hates homework with a passion . . . “You know!!” . . . Homecoming Queen, 1960. Kenneth Wayne Atkins General “Kenny” . . . homework and crabby teachers should be abol- ished . . . “Wouldn’t you know!” . . . finds study hall his easiest class . . . wants to get a diploma, go to Wake Forest College, and own a Thunderbird . . . football and basketball rank tops . . . food is his big hobby . . . drives a ’59 Ford. Ronnie Jo Badgley Collegiate Bonnie Jo . . . becoming a senior made her mighty happy . . . “You said it!” . . . nursing suits her to a “T” . . . Mondays and homework on week ends are out . . . an avid basketball fan . . . rock ’n roll lover . . . beach bound in the summer time . . . swim- ming and reading top her list. James Alvin Bailey, Jr. Scientific “Jimmy” ... a football enthus- iast . . . chemistry is a waste of time for this fisherman . . . has a ’60 Pontiac . . . both history and the Ring Dance were great . . . all those fast milers are enough to get a guy down . . . “Gad!” . . . pop music heads his list. Donna Jean Bales Collegiate Donna . . . likes almost all kinds of music . . . people who think they’re “it” really peeve her . . . football and basketball games are tops with her . . . “Hi, precious!” . . . all kinds of books are for her . . . favors English . . . the Ring Dance was by far the best of all . . . hobby: having fun. Herbert Marvin Beasley General Marvin . . . A-l drummer boy . . . dating a certain girl has be- come his hobby . . . Initiation Day was this senior’s most em- barrassing moment . . . “There you go!” . . . jazz and loafing hold his interest . . . noisy eat- ers are out . . . his future in- cludes architecture. Frederick Warren Beck, III General “Skipper” . . . could like with- out chemistry . . . drives a Ren- ault, but doesn’t like to use it on dates . . . striving for some- thing big in life . . . Hopewell’s win in ’59 was most unpleasant . . . Virginia Beach is vacation- land . . . goes for math, football, and rock ’n roll. Susan Williams Bertz Collegiate Susan . . . our gain from Her- mitage and James Madison . . . doesn’t appreciate boys who don’t open doors for girls . . . finding nice people here at PHS her first few weeks made her mighty happy . . . “Rats!” . . . history is fine, but math is out . . . novels rate. fifteen