Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Linda Rebecca Mercer Business Education Linda . . . thinks it’s fun to col- lect friends . . . “Oh, great!” . . . Hemingway, Hawthorne, and clas- sical music are wonderful . . . wants to marry a millionaire . . . irked because the North won the war . . . embarrassed by a foot- ball stunt at a pep rally . . . swimming’s great fun. Roland Benson Metcalf, Jr. Scientific “Bucky” . . . energetic and en- joyable, this PHS senior likes football, track, and dating . . . popular songs, Mark Twain’s books, and beating Hopewell are the greatest . . . keeping his ’49 Dodge in shape and working take up his spare time ... is bound to be a success. William Andrew Monroe Collegiate “Billy” . . . homework on week ends bug him . . . transfer from Colonial Heights High School . . . enjoys football, the radio, and Johnny Mathis records . . . civics is OK, but English has got to go . . . thinks beating TJ in ’60 was the greatest . . . “Hang you!” Allan Gidd Moore General Allan . . . ambition: to go to college . . . football rates first as a favorite among his many other sports . . . loves that science fic- tion . . . happiest event in PHS receiving class ring . . . history rates high with him, but chemis- try is for the birds. Daryll Cooper Moore Scientific Daryll . . . wants to be a fashion designer . . . boys who act like babies get her down . . . her sorority initiation was most em- barrassing . . . can’t fight physics, but does fine in government . . . “No!” . . . likes swimming, sew- ing, and football . . . looking for- ward to graduation. William Robert Moore General “Bobby” . . . only ambition is to get out of school . . . most em- barrassing moment: fainting in printing class . . . Virginia Beach and parties are great in the sum- mer . . . “Don’t feel so pretty good!” . . . likes football and racing . . . was happiest when PHS beat Hopewell 7 to 6 . . . pet peeve: getting up on time. ✓Thomas Lawrence Morgan, Jr. General “Morgan” . . . attended Dinwid- die High School . . . likes mys- tery stories, car magazines, foot- ball, and drag racing . . . spends summer swimming . . . “You got something there!” . . . dotes on mechanical drawing, but algebra is awful . . . dislikes unsightly autos . . . ambition: to be an architectural engineer. El wood David Morton, Jr. General Elwood . . . goes for rock ’n roll and a certain ’50 Ford . . . fiend about horse racing . . . ah, to be a mechanical engineer . . . foot- ball games and proms are the greatest . . . detests English class- es .. . “No, sir!” . . . got the greatest sense of humor. twenty-eight

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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

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Carter Lewis Murphy Scientific Carter . . . nice boy . . . intel- ligent . . . determined to be a slide rule expert . . . hunting girls is this Romeo’s hobby . . . know-it-alls and stuck-up girls are his pet peeves . . . swimming and slow music rate high . . . re- ceiving his class ring was the greatest . . . his summer activi- ties include summer school . . . “Average!” Jan Phillip Murphy General “Murph” . . . wants to be an engineer . . . prudish girls are the worst . . . likes progressive jazz . . . civics is OK but could do without math . . . “That swings!” . . . 1961 Continental is for him . . . thinks the day he became a senior was “the most.” Thomas Talmage Musgrove, III Scientific “Tommy” . . . natural habitat: Cameron Field with football and track . . . peeved by the change- able minds of girl friends ... a big tackle who enjoys beating Hopewell . . . likes to tinker with his ’55 Ford . . . science is his subject . . . wants to be a phar- macist . . . “Cut it out!” Norma Jean Nevetral General “Jeanie” . . . crazy is the word for this girl . . . wants to be a good homemaker . . . “Honest Injun!” . . . snobs just have to go . . . can’t wait to get that diploma . . . loves to ski . . . favorite subject is government . . . good personality . . . partial to sorority meetings and Virginia Beach. Kenneth Burl Nichols, Jr. Scientific “Kenny” ... an attractive and friendly boy . . . “Lotsa luck!” . . . wants to get the most out of life . . . goes for all kinds of music . . . excels in French . . . spent the summer going to the beach and working . . . enjoys reading biographies . . . digs bas- ketball ... a real swell guy. Mary Louise Nobles Liberal Arts “Mary Lou” . . . enjoys writing for the Progress-Index . . . am- bition is to complete college and be a journalist ... a Teen Council member . . . “Oh, well!” . . . can be seen down at Delta- ville in the summer . . . pet peeve: people who don’t like sororities . . . pretty blonde . . . Petersburg’s Most Outstanding Girl, 1960. James Lynwood Nowlin Collegiate “Jim” . . . wants to be a state policeman . . . attended Midway High School before transferring to PH ' S . . . w orks as lifeguard in summer . . . “What do you think it is, your birthday?” . . . loves to beat Hopewell . . . pet peeve: school interfering with his social life. Carolyn Ann O’Berry Business Education Carolyn . . . losing Hopewell games gets this girl . . . waiting for June, 1961 . . . future pri- vate secretary . . . “Oh, gosh!” . . . being a freshman was most embarrassing . . . Florida— the ideal place for spending sum- mers . . . supporter of our foot- ball team . . . loves to dance. twenty-nine