Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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THE ORIOLE Page Twenty-one CHAPTER IV Seniors at last! And our long march almost finished. In chapel we repose in calm dignity (on the front rows) and feel the weight of the world on our shoulders. This is a year of important events — Oriole, cards, invita- tions, no end of plays and bake sales; last but not least the prized diploma. We fought the election of Roosevelt and Hoover on the floor of our Senior room, the Democrats coming out victorious. In our own private election we named Mildred Brockmeyer President, Kathleen Hurd Vice-President and DuVal Seagle Secretary and Treasurer. With the help and advice of Mrs. Hall we have succeeded in matters undertaken by the class. The time and patience given to The Oriole by Miss Pugh is not to be overlooked. And all the Seniors feel deeply indebted to our principal and faculty for the help- ful guidance rendered for the last four years. Not all the classmates that started on this journey in ' 29 are still with us, and we have added new friends each year. Our plans and dates for graduation have been made: Baccalaureate Sermon, May 28th; Senior Class Play, June 1st; and Com- mencement, June 2nd. This year of ' 33 is one that will be remembered many years hence. Kate Robinson, ' jj .

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Page Twenty The oriole Cl 1 %ei nor GJk (ass 33 CHAPTER I ENTERED our eventful Freshman year with our heads slightly swelled and took the leap from the down stairs up with some of the air of a conqueror. Rat week rolled around, and in this year of ’29 the Freshmen had their After this heart-rending jolt to our delicate pride we calmed down so far as to choose the meek lily of the valley for our class dower. We elected class officers: President, Dick Crockett; Vice-President, Flora Mae Haislip; Secretary, Nancy Bushong; Treasurer, Alfred Porter. Then we settled down to intensive study and dreamed of the day when we would be Sophomores. last Rat parade. CHAPTER II After we completed our long and hard march from Ereshmanville to Sophomoretown we found fifty-two of our marchers were with us. Skirts were a little longer (butterfly skirts in large numbers) ; also bobbed hair was a feature among the girls. Most boys now wore long trousers. We chose our class officers: President, Ernest Lyons; Vice-President, Mary Ellen Williams; Secretary and Treasurer, Aulden Lemons. Again we assumed a very superior air, and took time and particular care to make things rough for the Freshmen. Those first few months passed quickly and we were shocked to find examinations so near. After seeing our examination grades we, that is most of us, began some real study, and didn’t have much time to be sophisticated. CHAPTER III We had marched a long way by now and stopped to consider our suc- cesses and failures. Surely we were too far up the road for any turning back or stumbling, even though Geometry, Bookkeeping and other terrors appeared before our bewildered eyes, and some classmates ran around in a panic trying to get twelve units or squeeze in a n extra subject. After getting thoroughly adjusted to our new position we elected class officers: President, Roy Duncan; Vice-President, Frances Coleman; Secretary and Treasurer, Mary Ellen Williams. Then came the selecting of rings and pins. By March we were all dreaming of being Seniors and practicing how to be dignified.

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Page Twenty-two THE ORIOLE Roanoke, Virginia, June 2, 1943. Dear Mr. Eckman: In response t o your letter asking for information regarding the present occupations of the Class of ’33 I am writing the following: Christo Pack has a controlling interest in the N. B. C. network. Paul Davis and his “Wonder Boys” broadcast their popular dance programs each Friday and Saturday from Cincinnati, Ohio. Edythe Martin, with her quiet, sweet ways, is managing the Old Ladies’ Home in Tampa, Florida. Billy Matheney, the declaimer of ' 33, is now a promising lawyer in Dublin, Virginia. Each morning at 6:30 Nellie Carrico gives exercises for the early risers which helps produce good dispositions and figures. You will be surprised to learn that Herbert Hall is in New York, instructing the choruses in Ziegfeld’s Pollies. Yes. Kathleen Hurd is the leading solo dancer. Several of our class turned their talents toward the art of food making. Do you remember the girl who always made our bake sales a roaring success? Nancy Bushong is in Chicago managing a chain of bakery stores. Blanche Aust has charge of the confection- ary department. You undoubtedly have tasted her excellent fudge. Anne Wallace was located, after quite a bit of searching, in the South Sea Isles, sell- ing Parisian dresses to the natives. Her cunning shop is really quite different from any I have ever seen. Du Val Seagle is organist for St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. I suppose he has over- come his reluctance to appear in public. Hazel Davis, as you know, is still residing in Pulaski. A brick bungalow and a beautiful flower garden keep her quite busy, but in her leisure hours she turns to poetry. She just completed her outstanding poem, ‘‘Conquers the Argonne.” Doris James is in a New York beauty shop advertising “Kissproof Lipstick.” A sample with each sale. Roy Duncan is chief auctioneer for the Duke Sales Company in San Francisco, Calif. Mittie Nunn is the head dietician at a new institution in Denver, Colorado, which attempts to help the underweight folk to gain. Aulden Lemons still plays havoc with the hearts of the ladies when he gives his week- ly broadcasts. His voice is as vibrant as ever, and he owes a great part of his success to the lovely way in which Mary Ellen Williams accompanies him. She has written several of his best hits. Stuart Blackburn has won fame as a comic strip artist. “Pop-eye” is his specialty. Frances Cummings was recently granted a divorce from her husband, Sherman Hall, in Reno. Unusual as it may seem, an old school mate, Curtis Covey, was the divorce judge.