Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Mary Wilson Land Liberal Arts “Mary Wilson ’ . . . boys who are conceited are not for her . . . would love to work in a foreign embassy . . . our gain from Surry County High School ... is par- tial to English and historical novels ... a sweet, likable per- son . . . avid basketball fan . . . “Beans!” Thomas Felix Lee Scientific “Tommy” . . . this fellow wants to he a pediatrician . . . thinks silly girls are awful . . . collects tropical fish . . . “That’s life!” drives a white ’59 Chevy . . . Latin is for the birds . . . hap- piest at the Ring Dance . . . en- joys reading mystery stories . . . one of the greatest. Charles Leroy Lundie Collegiate Leroy . . . fishing and raising wildlife take up a lot of his sum- mer hours . . . football is tops . . . enjoys reading Civil War journals and hunting and fishing magazines . . . wants to he a lawyer . . . most thrilling event at PHS: becoming a senior . . . his hobbies are hunting and fish- ing . . . drives a ’56 Chevrolet. Read Alexander Lunsford Scientific “Skink” . . . real great guy . . . working on cars rates high with him . . . had a ’40 Ford coupe . . . really enjoyed that party after the Ring Dance . . . good baseball player . . . transfer from Jefferson Senior High School, Roanoke . . . likes girls and jazz . . . ambition: to be a success . . . “Bull!” Linda Jane Leigh Collegiate Linda ... a future school “marm” . . . doesn’t go for homework . . . plays piano and clarinet . . . fol- lower of baseball and football . . . “Jeepers!” . . . Band initiation was horribly embarrassing . . . blues and jazz rate high with this girl . . . best way to spend sum- mer is snoozing in the sun . . . active in the Band. Barbara Jean Lundie Business Education Jean . . . ambition: to be a pri- vate secretary after attending col- lege . . . likes to cook . . . gets a kick out of going to football games . . . “Gol-ly” . . . favor- ite music: popular . . . enjoys reading novels . . . loathes his- tory . . . likes to swim in sum- mer . . . excels in algebra and bookkeeping . . . great person- ality. s Waverly Gene Lunsford General “Whitey” . . . ardent newspaper reader . . . impatient for diploma . . . star in physical education . . . cruises in a ’57 Chevrolet . . . realization of February grad- uation was glorious . . . loves rock ’n roll by “Max” . . . hid his face over first conduct hour . . . “I don’t know!” . . . foot- ball’s terrific. Jean Elizabeth Lynn Scientific Jean . . . quiet bandsman who thinks Peter Gunn is good listen- ing . . . Band rehearsals are fun . . . has a broken down ’50 Dodge . . . likes to loaf and do “exactly as I please” . . . can’t fight peo- ple who are too nice . . . can go on naming “worst” subjects, but likes chemistry . . . “Oh, dem!” twenty -six

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Donna Yvonne Kafka Scientific Donna . . . this pert lass wants to be an English teacher . . . pet peeve: hoys who are too serious . . . “What in the world?” . . . loves to go to Virginia Beach, work, buy clothes, and have dates . . . happiest moment was the Junior Ring Dance . . . plays by O’Neill rate high. Anne Sherwood Keeler Collegiate Anne . . . “Goodness!” ... a telephone is a must everywhere . . . ambition: to be an airline hostess . . . can do without Mon- day mornings . . . baseball and popular music are favorite . . . happiest event w as passing geom- etry . . . loves to read the news- paper and novels . . . the river holds many summer attractions. Vonda Lee Kennedy B usi n ess E due at io n Vonda . . . likes cooking, driv- ing, football, and mystery stories . . . “Oh, great!” . . . spends summer swimming, boat riding, and fishing . . . embarrassed when a boy came in the girls’ locker room . . . pet peeves are homework and stuck-up people . . . best subject is arithmetic, but certainly not typing . . . wants to be a housewife. James Marvin Kidd, Jr. General Marvin . . . quiet . . . wood- working is this boy’s hobby . . . likes to read about the Civil War . . . thinks graduation will be his happiest event at PHS . . . en- joys loafing in the summer . . . pet peeve: English class . . . Western music is his favorite . . . owns a ’30 Chevrolet . . . thinks baseball is tops. Thomas Pascal Kidd, Jr. Collegiate “Tommy” . . . eats, sleeps, and breathes baseball . . . liked his geography class . . . forever drop- ping his lunch tray in cafeteria . . . enjoys all kinds of music . . . spends his summers playing baseball and sleeping . . . loves afternoons when football practice is called off . . . can’t wait to graduate . . . “Baseball!” Barry Lee Kirkland General Barry . . . “Hi, ya!” . . . algebra and football add an extra boost to his school life . . . loud girls are unbearable . . . would much rather look at pictures than read . . . graduation will be great . . . almost all music pleases him . . . says he hasn’t been embarrassed at PHS yet. Joseph Benjamin Kirkland, Jr. Scientific “Benny” . . . fun to be with . . . likes history . . . ever hear of anyone “preventing” his candi- date? . . . merry laugh . . . can really get around on that track field . . . couldn’t wait to get out of chemistry . . . slow music and novels are favorites . . . likes to beat Hopewell . . . crazy. Barbara Jo Kvasnicka Scientific Barbara Jo ... a pretty lass with a nice smile . . . excels in Eng- lish . . . enjoys reading human interest stories . . . goes for foot- ball . . . future nurse . . . most embarrassed when playing ring- around-the-roses as “Little Lulu” . . . “Yeah!” . . . likes music with a slow beat. twenty-five

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Ralph Delator Mangum, Jr. Collegiate Ralph . . . full of pep . . . hap- piest event: when PHS beat Hal- ifax in PHS gym . . . “Oh, yeah!” . . . hobby: loafing . . . summer school and English are out with this lad . . . likes rock ’n roll . . . baseball is tops with this man . . . ambition: to get a Fooorrrd!! Susie Peggy Mann Collegiate Susie . . . today’s Girls’ Nation President hopes to be tomorrow’s useful citizen . . . bubbling over with energy and personality . . . highly regarded by everyone . . . “Poobah!” . . . loves painting, people, philosophy, politics, and bongos . . . enjoys good jazz, fiction, and conventions . . . de- pendable . . . immaturity and in- sincerity rate very low with this great gal. Joseph Richard Manson Scientific Dick . . . music, music, music, there just doesn’t seem to be enough of it for this musically- minded lad . . . favorites are classical music, swimming, and playing the bassoon . . likes math, but doesn’t go for French . . . he is this year’s Student Band Director . . . very, very talented. Phyllis Mason Marshall Collegiate Phyllis . . . honored as one of the Tidewater Future Hockey Players of America . . . enjoys Spanish . . . very athletic . . . algebra had to go . . . plans to join the Waves . . . pet peeve: noisy peo- ple . . . hobby: dancing . . . football games and rock ’n roll are the greatest . . . quiet. Berkley Franklin Matthews General Berkley . . . ambition to be an architect . . . plays a wild trum- pet in the Band . . . dislikes slow cars and history . . . enjoys rock and roll, hot rod magazines, and football . . . his happy times were those crazy Band trips . . . custom ’52 “Chevy” is what he drives . . . his hobbies include Band and cars. Sylvia Rae Matthews Business Education Sylvia . . . hopes to become an X-ray Technician . . . can’t stand to be kept waiting . , . sports are this girl’s hobby, and softball is her favorite . . . loves any kind of music . . . can do without reading, if given a choice . . . happiest event at PHS: gradua- tion • • • most embarrassed if taught by other students . . . “Have you ever?” Linda Prudence Maxcey Collegiate Linda . . . our pretty head ma- jorette . . . hopes to go into in- terior decoration . . . tests on Monday gripe her . . . “I prom- ise!” . . . being chosen Key Club Sweetheart was a big thrill . . . loves the water . . . has been to Alaska . . . doesn’t like hillbilly music or math . . . likes to collect wishes . . . great personality . . . mystery stories are her favorite. Janet Ruth Mayton Scientific Janet . . . pert, peppy miss . . . romantic novels rate . . . “You’re kiddin!” . . . talking on the phone is the most . . . ambition: to be a nurse . . . happiest when she got her class ring . . . Vir- ginia Beach and V.P.I. are the greatest . . . pet peeve: stuck-up people . . . embarrassing mo- ment: when her skirt ripped in chemistry class. twenty-seven