Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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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

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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 Kelly Harris General “Bobby” . . . nice guy with a great personality . . . looking forward to college, but will miss PHS . . . abhors being late . . . really digs cars . . . enjoys foot- ball games . . . was embarrassed on first day as a freshman . . . happiest event at PHS: beating Hopewell in ’60. Doris Bruce Harwell Liberal Arts Doris . . . real cute girl with a winning smile and personality . . . looks forward to college days . . . can really make that piano talk . . . accompanying the Band with a piano solo made her so very happy . . . likes swimming, all kinds of music, and French . . . “Fudge!” Norma Isabelle Haupt Business Education Nonna . . . future executive sec- retary . . . studied at Beall High School, Maryland . . . read, swam, loafed on vacation . . . was an embarrassed freshman in the wrong room . . . despises six weeks tests . . . her class ring brought joy . . . “Awwww!” . . . reads novels for pleasure . . . shorthand’s up; math is down. Brenda Marie Hawks Business Education Brenda . . . detests pop quizzes on Monday mornings . . . really goes for all kinds of music . . . “Did ya’?” . . . enjoys swim- ming, boating, and football- watching, that is . . . making the Band was the greatest . . . ini- tiation was embarrassing . . . ambition: to be a secretary . . . Band is the most. Barry Clayton Hoggood General Barry . . . plans to be rich . . . stuck-up girls bother him . . . dur- ing summer, he’s one of “those lifeguards” . . . skin diving really rates with this likable lad . . . . . . English kinda bugs him . . . happiest event in PHS was de- feat of Hopewell in ’60 . . . “You dream!” Amanda Evayne Holloway General Amanda ... a high stepper ’tis she . . . “Oh, no!” . . . digs jazz . . . favorite food: ham- burgers . . . Mrs. Prizer was the greatest . . . frequently seen riding around in a ’56 Chevy . . . plans to get married after grad- uation . . . loves to twirl that baton and do those crazy dance steps. Earl Weston Hawkins General Earl . . . “You mean me?” . . . tall, dark, ’n handsome . . . loves to eat . . . marvelous co-captain of PHS Crimson Wave . . . hates English . . . owns a fire-engine red ’49 Ford . . . ambition: making the “green stuff” . . . likes all kinds of music . . . says he can sit a horse . . . algebra is out with this tall man. Nancy Wynne Holloway Business Education Nancy ... a transfer from Midway . . . enjoys football games im- mensely . . . 1959 Chevrolet con- vertibles are fun . . . “Scrounge!” . . . would like to be a secretary . . . when we beat Hopewell in ’60 was super . . . hates six weeks tests . . . going back and forth to the beach is great . . . sews sometimes . . . personality plus. twenty-three