Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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William Thomas Finch General “Bill” . . . nothing beats foot- ball and hunting . . . graduation day will be greeted with joy . . . transfer from Kenbridge High School . . . “N-i-c-e!” . . . English and stuck-up girls are the limit . . . wants to wear Air Force blue . . . the beach and algebra make for happy days. Jerry Hunter Fisher General Jerry . . . wants to be a radio technician in later life . . . hap- piest event: graduating from PHS . . . hates junky looking cars and algebra classes . . . has a ’41 Chevy . . . favors rock ’n roll and adventure stories . . . stock car racing is his favorite sport . . . typing rates . . . “Neat!” ... a fish in water. Bonnie Faye Ford Scientific Bonnie . . . this peppy future nurse was happiest when she be- came a varsity cheerleader . . . enjoys all music ( except jazz ) . . . “Very impressive!” . . . plays the piano very well . . . likes football, eating, the BEACH thoughtful, enthusiastic, sweet . . . overflowing with school spirit. Gene Baird Fuller General Gene . . . real great guy . . . Monday mornings and those wo- men drivers are for the birds . . . has high ambitions to make a “cool million” . . . hunting and football are tops with him . . . crazy about Virginia Beach in the summer . . . happiest event at PHS was beating Hopewell . . . “Bull!” Brenda Cheryle Gadsby Business Education Brenda . . . pet peeve is stuck- up people . . . loves dancing and football games . . . goes to the races during the summer . . . likes home ec. class and popular music . . . “Oh, no!” . . . loathes English . . . attended school in Fort Knox, Kentucky . . . likes his ’56 Mercury. Kermit Braxton Garriss Scientific Braxton . . . likes to water ski . . . abhors wasted time and poor teachers . . . disapproves of math —especially geometry . . . likes classical music and the classics . . . owns 1928 Model A Ford . . . good in history . . . “Don’t you forget it!” . . . ambition: to make my car run! Newton Maxie Georgel, Jr. General “Cocky” . . . how he’d love to be a state policeman . . . Eng- lish class bores him . . . loves football, but was embarrassed in first assembly . . . summer means work . . . “That ain’t bad!” . . . nice guy with a winning smile . . . great help on the Crimson Wave football team. Herbert Cogbill Gill Collegiate Herbert . . . friendly . . . couldn’t bear Latin . . . partial to football and geometry . . . happy when Petersburg beat Hopewell . . . ambition: to get out of high school and college . . . spends summer months reading fiction and working . . . stuck-up girls have got to go . . . “Details!” twenty-one

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Robert Hoilman Douthat, Jr. Scientific “Bobby’’ . . . can’t wait ’til graduation . . . often parents are a bother . . . basketball and baseball interest this future en- gineer . . . enjoys the beach, mood music, and adventure stor- ies . . . “Sweets!” . . . Latin is awful, but history is just the op- posite . . . hobby: sports. Nancy Carol Dunnavant General Nancy . . . pretty eyes . . . loves all kinds of dancing . . . can’t stand stuck-up people or home- work on week ends . . . “Oh, no!” . . . Hopewell’s losing to PHS really thrilled her . . . hopes to get married soon after grad- uation . . . likes watching foot- ball games and going to the beach in the summer. Charles Frederick Edmonds, Jr. General “Freddy” . . . great PHS sup- porter . . . dislikes studying but really goes for baseball and bas- ketball . . . “Horse!” . . . hap- piest when PHS beat Hopewell . . . enjoys hillbilly music and stories about sports . . . out- standing PHS personality . . . fun to be around. Margaret Ailene Edwards General Margaret . . . adores steak and spends her summers loafing . . . plans to attend Petersburg Gen- eral Hospital School of Nursing . . . hobby: dating certain boy . . . Mr. Powers is her favorite . . . “Oh. Great!” . . . would like to be a lab technician . . . receiving her class ring was most exciting . . . will succeed. Carolyn Astor Eley General Carolyn . . . wants to be a lab technician and a home-maker . . . digs jazz . . . “Right, baby!” . . . likes swimming and horseback riding . . . drives a ’59 Chev- rolet Bel-Air . . . beating Hope- well is great fun . . . conceited people have got to go . . . go- ing to the wrong class is very embarrassing . . . Virginia Beach is tops. Richard Owen Eley General Richard . . . wants to become an architectural engineer . . . pet peeve: a girl who doesn’t talk on a date . . . taking care of his car is this boy’s hobby . . . fa- vorite sport: football . . . hap- piest event at PHS: graduation . . . drives a ’56 Mercury . . . for him, summer activities in- clude working and visiting the beach . . . “Don’t mouth me!” Emily Heath Ellis Liberal Arts Heath . . . adores the Band . . . partial to Latin . . . wants to be a music teacher . . . plays organ and chimes at St. Paul’s Epis- copal Church . . . doesn’t like inconsistent people or too much homework . . . “Band” . . . hap- piest moment: Band Festival ’60 . . . likes jazz and detective stor- ies .. . very considerate . . . doesn’t care much for chemistry. Peter Delmar Feil Scientific “Pete” . . . terrific basketball player . . . collects coins . . . “Hey, Baby!” . . . ambitious . . . likes jazz . . . great per- sonality . best subject: math . . . to be an aeronautical en- gineer . . . beating Hopewell was the greatest . . . works, golfs and swims during summer . . . novels rate . . . basketball is tops in his book. twenty

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Wllmer Percy Goff Scientific Bunky” ... “I pass!” . drives a ’60 Dodge . . . atomic engineering after college for him . . . enjoys basketball and golf . . . loves those “monster-from- the-moon” books . . . likes civics, detests algebra . . . deliriously happy when he passed chemistry . . . real cool cat . . . well-liked by everyone. Ronald Roane Gordon Scientific “Ronnie” . . . hobby is listening to his hi-fi . . . “That’s a good question!” . . . really goes for murder books and trips to the beach . . . happiest when chosen NEDT finalist . . . ambition is to be an electrical engineer . . . pet peeve: too much home work . . . mighty nice boy. Pamela Esther Grandstrom Scientific “Pam” . . • ambition is to be a mad chemist . . . talkative lass . . . her Yankee accent can some- times be a problem . . . loves those basketball games . . . “Mox nichts!” . . . transfer from Draper High School in Schenectady, New York . . . chemistry and novels rank high on this girl’s list . . . personality plus. William Alston Haile Scientific “Bill” . . . nice, intelligent boy . . . likes to read Civil War his- tory . . . his best subject is chemistry . . . hobby is coin col- lecting . . . can be seen in a 1956 Plymouth . . . digs modem jazz . . . “No sweat!” . . . goes for basketball and swimming . . . a future mathematician. Lucy Pryor McIlwaine Hale Liberal Arts Pryor ... Ye Olde Editor . . . this friendly girl wants to be a teacher . . . simply can’t stand chipmunk song . . . “Oh, really!” . . . Lane High School’s loss, our gain . . . Rodgers and Hammer- stein fan . . . drawing, historical novels, and Latin . . . really liked the Ring Dance ... as nice as she can be. Carl Wrenn Haley, Jr. Scientific Carl . . . transfer from Wakefield of Arlington . . . loves to go camping . . . wants to be a cam- per or a millionaire . . . “Swaze!” . . . enjoys football . . . thinks 3rd floor snowballers should be abolished . . . passing chemistry happiest moment in PHS . . . likes all music but jazz. Earle Benson Halloway, Jr. Liberal Arts Earle . . . undetermined as to his future . . . enjoys football . . . spends extra time gardening . . . had great celebration when passed Latin 5 . . . seems to spend summers attending sum- mer school . . . prefers classical music . . . English not high on list of subjects, but civics is . . . enjoys reading any good book. Margaret Eleanor Halloway Collegiate “Peg” . . . ambition: nursing and a B.S degree . . . hates pesky sisters . . . hobbies: collecting jewelry and records ... “I prom- ise!” . . . enjoys classical music and themes from the movies . . . happiest event was receiving her ring . . . crazy over swimming and Virginia Beach in the sum- mer . . . sparkling personality. twenty-two