Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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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.

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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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THE ORIOLE Page Twenty-three Brown Cox, Jr., is professor of electrical engineering at V. P. I. Kate Ro binson is a popular blues singer in the Keith Vaudeville, now showing in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Eckman, you should hear that girl sing! Robert Gemmell is manager of the Big Ben Clock Company. He is still an advocate of punctuality. Evangeline Eastman has been gym instructor at Boston College and her teams al- ways come out on top. “Vange” is entering the Olympics next year. For real Indian art you should see the paintings of Frances Frost. She is now in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Remember the smallest girl in the class of ’33? Christine White is now a foreign buyer for Heironimus Brothers of Roanoke, Virginia. Thornton Tice has followed his love for animals. He is dogcatcher in Richmond, Virginia. Beulah Harrell has done her bit to ease our pains. She is a nurse in the State Insane Asylum in Marion, Virginia. Nevelyn Spangler is the chief mattress tester at the Beauty S leep Mattress Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After numerous letters, I found Mary Pickrel busily engaged in Sears Roebuck of Chicago, Illinois. She designs dresses and is a specialist in the art of interior decorating. Jim Hailey was found overseas, working in a German balloon factory. Omie Quesenberry is in Richmond, Virginia. She is head clerk of the hosiery de partment in Miller Rhoades. Annie Muire won the last match with Helen Wills Moody, in Albany, New York. Have you heard of Cade Mullins’ recent solo flight to India? In her everyday life she runs the Mullins garage, in Radford, Virginia. Frances Coleman is chief jig saw puzzle designer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Catherine Cecil won a blue ribbon at the World Fair for her superb horsemanship. She raises thoroughbreds. June Lindamood is teaching Cicero in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Virginia Crawford is a milk maid for the Southern Dairy in Hollywood, California. Although the boys of ’33 were not much for studying, we did have one industrious lad. Frank Amburn is now an instructor at V. M. I. This constitutes the information which could be secured. It was very kind of you to ask it and we are glad to know that our welfare is still a matter of importance to you. Yours sincerely, MILDRED BROCKMEYER.