Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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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

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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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Karen Jane Orth Business Education Karen . . . transfer from Mid- way High . . . hopes to be a sec- retary 7 . . . pet peeve: no eleva- tors in high school . . . collects articles on medicine . . . enjoys swimming . . . “Why?” . . . fa- vorite music is rock ’n roll and classical . . . likes to read poetry . . . hates English . . . best sub- ject is history . . . likes to “goof off” during the summer. Donna Yvonne Paige Business Education Donna . . . would like to move to Alaska or go to the Amazon . . . pop tests have got to go . . . enjoys classical music . . . loafing and swimming are her favorite summer pastimes . . . happiest when we beat Hopewell . . . loves those football games . . . English ranks high . . . “That’s beside the point.” Fletcher James Pastore General “Pee-Wee” . . . great drummer- boy . . . likes jazz . . . “You got it ” . . . always laughing . . . . . . ambition is to be a Marine officer . . . study halls could be abolished . . . English: not ex- actly a good thought . . . likes Band . . . drives a ’49 Plymouth . . . thinks Hopewell ought to be beat. Frances Lanier Pegram Collegiate “Taney” . . . oodles of person- ality and school spirit ... a great cheerleader . . . pet peeve: unhappy people . . . making and being a Varsity cheerleader was really great . . . wants to go to college and travel through Aus- tralia during the summer . . . painting, sewing, and swimming are favorites . . . “I’m just kid- din’!” James Edward Pannill Collegiate “Jimmy” . . . loads of fun . . . good athlete . . . hopes to grad- uate from college . . . likes girls, football, and rock ’n roll . . . really embarrassed when knocked down in the hall by Barbara Ford . . . giggly girls peeve him . . . beating Hopewell in ’60 was the greatest . . . “Oh, man!” William Howard Parcells, Jr. Scientific “Billy” ... a hunter . . . plan- ning to be a civil or mechanical engineer . . . drives a 1930 Ford . . . silly, talkative girls are im- possible . . . “That’s the breaks!” . . . prefers slow dance music and fast listening music . . . glad to receive class ring . . . reads adventure stories . . . worked with a contractor during the summer. Jerry Lee Perkins Collegiate Jerry . . . transfer from Colonial Heights High School . . . enjoys football, water skiing, and mys- teries . . . summer spells Scot- land Wharf and summer school for him . . . Bobby Douthat’s pencil point was quite embar- rassing . . . biology is fine, but Latin has go to go . . . soothing music is for him. Jane Gwynne Phillips Liberal Arts Gwynne . . . getting her class ring meant an awful lot to her . . . enjoys football, but not math . . . collects records and is par- tial to popular music . . . “Gee, I don’t know!” . . . stuck-up people grate on her nerves . . . ambition: to be a successful teacher. thirty