Radford High School - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Radford, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1930 volume:

A. tA— The 1930 Radford High School Schooner Edition ” Dedication IJ ' e, the Senior Class of 1930, do lovingly dedicate this issue of The Oak Leaf to iniliani Kuhn Barnett, Superintendent of Radford City Schools. i I ,! - V.- i Jeanette Mears, B. S i oyy UailfonI State Teaelieis College Ruby Dobyns, B. S Mathematics Kadfonl State Teacliers College Ei.ise Jones, B. S English Hadfonl State Teaelie;s College Alfred K. Eagle, B. S Principal I ' liiversity of Virginia, Cohiinbia I’liiversity M. A. Mamie Engart History William anil Mary College Lorena Brown Librarian Roanoke Business. College Dorothy Miller, A. B Elizabetli College Arthur Giesen, A. B Virginia Military Institute Languages Chemistry Hope Morrison . . Commercial Department Gregg School, Chicago; Columbia University, New York Elizabeth Whitelaw, A. B, . . . English Randolpb-Macon College Lorena Caldwell, B, S, , , . . Science Radford State Teachers College Ella T, Whitten . Public Health Nurse Davis-Fisher Sanatorium Live The Oak Leaf The Faculty Our teachers are the funniest things Some of them dance and some of them sing. They say “Be quiet and we pipe down For the rest of the day they zvear a frozen. “Pop” Eagle: he’s our head man He makes us step, zvhenever he can He is the guardian of our fort And you believe me he ' s a fine good sport. Miss Mears, 1 hear it zehispered round When school is over zeill leave our tozvn I ' m sure that Roy is just the type To giz ' c her happiness all her life. Miss Jones gets mad Oh boy, and hozv But can she s ' lng? Gee, she ' s a zvozv. Miss W ' hitelazo makes us step around. Tzvelve books to read in a year. U ' he ' ll she says And nozv for tomorrozv, W’e all start trembling zvith fear. If you zvoitld knozo movie stars To Aliss Morrison you should go Tor she knozvs them all from a to c. Quite intimate with some you know. Air. Giesen excells in athletics He’s a zoondcr at other things too, For zAien all the others are frozvning He smiles the zAiole day through. Aliss Brozvn’s an expert typist She keeps the books straiqht on the shelf. But zAien under her for a study period Aly dear — W ' atch! Watch yourself! Aliss Engart teaches History, She used to teach it to me She asks: “When zvas America dis- covered? Says I , “In sixteen ninety-three. Aliss Dobyns deserves a medal She sacrified all her joys. To advise the Student Council In helping our girls and boys. Aliss Caldzoell knozvs her Science And Algebra too, so they say. But at dieting, they tell me, she’s not so good. I zvonder if she’s tried the eighteen day. Aliss Alillcr teaches languages And zve have to heed her zvords, “Amo, amas, amat, she says, You bet! zve all have heard. Well I guess I’d better stop Though I’d like to tell some more, The things I’d like to say I can’t ’Cause I’m ’fraid I’ve gone too far. — Maryanne Bocock. Six SdN i otf Football ' 2f , ’29. ’30. Jiaseball ’29, ’30, Secretary Student rouncil ’28, Secivtaiy ' rreasurer Class ’29, Senior P’eatures. Yeah Cute! Tliat’s “Bill.” Cutest boy in tlie Senior Class not to mention l einu; a star atlilete. Bill has certainly been faithful to H. H. S. ami the football and baseball teams will miss liim next year. Reme mber that famous home run tliat tied tlie (Bade Spring game in ’29? Minnie Adams Stall Radford Hi News ’30, Photograph Editor Oak Leak, Senior Play, Basket-ball ’30. Literary Club, Cheer Leader. “Pictures, pictures, i)ictures!I They’re driving me crazy,” says Maryanne. No wonder what a job. Maiy- anne is certainly unfortunate but the Oak Leaf is de- cidedly lucky to have sucli a capable photograpli editor. No one could ha e done the job better. Or any other job for that matter. Secretary-Treasurer Class ' 27, Secretary Jdteraiy Club ' 29, Student Council ’29, ’30, fanager Basket-ball ’30. E litor U. II. S. News ’30. Editor “Tlie Oak Leaf” ’30, Senior Stunt. Features, Play. Literary Club ’30. If such a tiling is jiossible as R. II. S. liaving a heart, and seeing is belie ing (a look will convince you) tliat Minnie is in its center. It makes no ililference when, wliy or wliat slie is asked to do concerning school work, “I will try,” is always the answer receiveil. If Minnie keep.s this record a bright future is in store for her. Katherine Brooks Class Secretary ’2 n. Senior Play, Features, Staff Radford Hi News, Joke Editor Oak Leaf. Basket-ball ' 30, Cheer Leader ’30. The Seniors di I not err in tlieir selection of the “cutest girl” for “Kat” is certainly that. She is also an accomplished flirt. But she .says that’s really not her fault, for why should nature have given her such eyes if they weren ' t to be used. Evelyn Carden Vice-l‘iesi(leiit of ' 28. Class Keporter, Staff of Radfoni Hi News ' 30, Senior Play. Who is that regal looking blonde ' . people whisper Then Evelyn emits one of iier famous giggles and they find cut that she is not Touch-me-not” after all. Beautiful ' ? Admitted. But Dumb ' ? Don ' t you believe it. That part doesn’t fit. Eight Audrey Carden Stuilent Council ' 30, I.iteraiy Club ’30. ' ice- lvsillent Hi- ’30, Cheer I eader, Staff Itailfoi’cl Ili News, Literary Editor The Oak heat. •Audrey is such a versatile person that we can hardly mention one of her gooil |ualities without ailding lialf a dozen. She is an e.vcellent cheer leader, a gooil e.xecu- tive. a loyal friend, a conscientious student, and — well the supply of adjectives has run out. V’iRCiNiA Carper Senior E ' eatures, (ilee Club ’30, Literary Clul) ' 30. ' riie neatest and the sweetest. There ' s only one word to descril) ' the jlisposition of some people, that word i;i “Sweet.” ami it means a lot. The person who has a sweet temi e;- and can keep a sweet smile on his face all the time, throuf h sunsliine or rain, certainly deserves to be loved. That’s Virginia. Cei.estia Conley I li-V Club ' 30. Tlie class of ' 30 feels a great loss in not having numbered Celestia among its members for more than one year. Slie is a most unusual girl. Why she ac- tually agrees with gentlemen on one subject at least: she prefers blonds. Now, who said anything about a .1 unior ? James Conrad G lee Club ' 30. Jim ' s bursts of song and laughter make for him a uni(jue place in Seniordom. Then there’s his yodeling. All tlie boys liave tried it but they can’t quite strike tlie right note. Would it be better if they did or not? . nyway. Jim will live in the hearts and memories of tlie Seniors forever. Wlio could forget tliat giggle. .Senior Features. Luther Copenhaver Sometimes we don’t know whether Luther is around or not because he tends to liis own business, tlie rest of us would do that we wouldn’t have such long faces when report cards go out. Perliaps if Nine Muriel Coltraxe President Hi-Y Club ’30, Treasurer (Ilee Club ’30, Student Council ' 30, Senior IMay, Features. MuricPs dramatic ability and pleasant disposition have made her justly famous. She is a good executive, a good student, and a good friend. Here’s lioping life is goofl to you Muriel. Willie Coltrane (Uee Club ' 30, Hi-Y Club ' 30, Senior Stunt. In stature Willie is one of tlie smallest members of the class of ’30 but it ends tliere. He lias the voice of a “Lion” and his good spirits are boundless. Mary Margaret Eakin “Sis” is our blushing blonde, and quite a pretty one. She is naturally modest, and blusliing becomes her tre- mendously. Harry, and Roy appointed tliemselves a committee of two to look after Sis, to see that lier locker was locked. And one or tlie other is always in possession of her key. Ruth Evans President Junior Class ’29, Literary Club ’30, Chairman Stage Committee ’30, Ad- vertising Manager The Oak Leaf ’30, Staff Radford Hi News. “Let’s ask Ruth,” is heard when there is something no one else can do there is always Ruth. Everj’ class needs a leader like her. We will truly cany the memory of our most sofisticated class mate with us ami a jolly memory it is, too. Wilbur Fugate Class Vice-President ’30, President Literary Club ’30. Student Council, Senior Play, Fea- tures. “Squibb” is indeed an asset to the class as well as the school. He possesses one of those so called “massive brains” which he uses to great advantage, admirably filling liis numerous positions and — a certain damsels date book. Ten Ethel Hagy Et)iel is our galloping senior. When it comes to passing anrl receiving jokes Etliel is our Old Standby. Slie can be called studious as well as efficient because she most always goes to class witli prepared lessons. Herbert Hatcher It is entirely too bad tliat tliis immaculately dressed Romeo liasift tiirilled us with pride by Ids presence in our classes for more than a year. “Herb’ ' came to R. H. S. to lionor us as Seniors, also to liave us regret that lie did not join us a Fresliman. Here’s to you “Herb,” may you remember us all as we remember you. Janie Heinline Staff Radford Hi News, Senior Features. Janie is symbolic of what all seniors should be, dig- nified, sweet, and unspoiled. But don ' t believe that siie can’t laugh and play when tlie proper time comes. She ' s a real friend to every one. We ' ll all be sony to lose her. Oren Hegwood Secretary of Hi-V Club ’30, Glee Club ’30, Football ’27, ’29, Baseball ’30. No wonder Oren Hegwood has such a keen intellect, lie has a clear atmosphere to tiiiuk in being tlie tallest member of the Senior Class. Oren is extremely sensible, in fact, lie has tlie H. S. degree (Horse Sense). There is no doubt he is the “Batteiy” of the Physics class. Howard Houck Class I’resident ’30, President Hi-Y Club ’30, Vice-President State Hi-Y Club ’30, President Southwest Virginia Hi-Y Conference, Student Council, Manager Football ’30, Senior Features, Senior Play, Literary Club ’30. Gaze upon our dignified President, indeed tlie Class of ’30 could not have cliosen a better leader. He possesses all the admirable qualities that one person could and he has responded in every way to the confidence placed in him. We’ll bet the other classes envy us. Eleven W’lI.LIAM FIoUELI, Football ‘2fi. ' 27. Captain ' 28, ’29. Vice lbesi«lent Hi-V ‘27. Baseball ' 27. Captain ' 28. ’29, Senior Features Bill is certainly the most popular boy around R. H. S. He was almost the cause of a strike amon tlie students when they refused to let him play ball. He is the proud possessor of eight monograms and quite a string of feminine hearts. Bill, liowever, doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve it is whispered that he left it at Marion. Blanche Lester Basket-ball ’80, Senior I’lay. Senior Stunt. A very popular girl indeed and a grand jumping center on the basket-ball team, too. Blanche is a girl that you can ' t help liking. She lias lots of pep ami when it comes to gloomy moments. Blanche can be de- pended upon to brighten them. Gwendolyn Llewelyn Wliere did you get those violet eyes that you cast so coquettishly about, can’t you tell? (iwen indeed you have a place in the heart of every Senior. If you ever 1 a e occasion to use any of Miss Miller’s P’rench let us know liow it works. CiRACE LuCADO “Disgrace,” as the boys call her. would grace any gatheiing. Wherever there is a good time Grace is in it and wherever Grace is. there is a good time. She will surely laugii lier way through the world as she has laughed herself into tlie hearts of her class mates. Helen Morehead Treasurer Hi-Y, President Stuilent Coun- cil. Basket-ball. Senior iMay, Features. Helen is deeply interested in eveiy activity of the school, ami as for basket-ball — -Gee! what a forward. She has a very pleasing Flisposition, and once she knows you. you may depend upon her ever lasting love and friendship. T welve Luther Moore Manager Baseball 30, Senior Stunt and Play. Senior P ' eatures. Staff Kadford Hi News. Atliletic Editor “Oak Leaf.” Lutlier is tlie wit of tlie class. He keeps us all roaring with laughter. Most of the witty people spend their time being funny but Luther stands well scliolasti- cally. is a talented actor and is a loyal supporter of our athletic teams. Christina McDonald S ecretary Hi-Y 30. Christina has certainly entwined herself in the very heart of the Senior Class — President. But tliat goes for the class, too, and they certainly make a charming couple. CjArnett Price Baseball ' 27, 28. ' 29, ' 30. Treasurer Senior Class ’30. Althougli Buck is small he sure can swing a ball bat, and trot with tlie pig skin. He has served faitli- fully, and well on the teams for old R. H. S. His serv- ices will surely be missed, not only as an athlete, but to the class and school as well. Mary Rankin Staff Kadford Hi News, Senior Features. Wilson lost an A-1 student when Mary came here to finish High School. She is numbered among the few veiy brilliant students at R. H. S., although modesty forbids her to admit that she possesses unusual mental ability the Senior Class was right in selecting her as the most studious girl. Elva Ritter President fHee Club ’30, Class Vice-President ' 27, Staff Radford Hi News. Assistant Editor Oak Leaf ' 30. Elva is not only a very efficient person but she is a very interesting one, too. especially to the opposite sex. And she is one of the few who can boast of having dates when in tlie fifth grade. She can also boast of an extraordinary selling ability. There is no doubt that she could sell an oil painting to a blind man. Thirteen Roy Roop When it comes to wit, liumor and mischief we find Hoy and Lutlier Moore accomplices. No matter where we see Hoy we find liim boiling over with plots and jokes but lie still finds time for study and to think of a blonde. H.arry Robertson Football ’2fJ, ' 27. ' 28, ■2rt, Baseball ’2fi, ' 27. ' 28, ' 2(1, Business Manager Oak Leaf, .Senior Play. F ' eature.s. Harry Hobertson ' s contributions to H. H. S. as an atlilete during his higli scliool career have been marve- lous. He is a clear thinker, is capable of performing almost any task |iut before him and — shh! he is a lady ' s man. The class was undoubtedly on the right track when lie was elected Best . 11 . round.” Everett Sh.ankun Treasurer Hi-Y Club ‘20, (Hee Club ' 30. Dramatic Club ' 20. IJverett is among the few that words fail to do jus- tice. His good natured bantering and humor never fails to Ining a laugh. Ve will miss you terribly Everett, you have a place that only you can fill. Blanche Sutherland Class Prophetess, Secretary Senior Class ’30, Member Stuflent Council, Basket- ball. Slats” is cliockerl full of scliool spirit, fun. ath- letics, anrl temper. Wlioa! that’s a compliment, any- way wlio could play ball like Blanche unless they have the ftghtinjf to win” ability? Keep up the good work Blanche, we are all anxious to liear of your inevitable success. Boyd Sutherland Baseball ’2(1, ' 27. ' 28, Captain ’29, Football ’27. ' 28, ’29, Captain ’30, Basket-ball ' 29, ' 30, Vice- President Student Council ’29. Assistant Business Manager The Oak Leak, Senior Features, Senior Play. To see one side of .libo’s character, a handsome, athletic, clean cut young (Jod (?) wouhl make you think that he is one of these heroes you read about. But, alas, he has a sense of humor, and he simply can ' t keep his mouth shut. He wouldn ' t do for the ideal hero after all because he is entirely too human. Fourteen ! I i i I Vadeline Smith Please, tliis little jriil in the corner is A’adeline, if she just smiles and nods h( r head you may be .sure she has seen you, if she speaks you have made a friend. a leline was educated in tlie old School where chil- dren were seen and not hcar l. this however doesn’t mean that she doesn ' t hear — she just absorbs. Geneva Taylor Art Editor Oak Leaf. Red liair and freckles distinguishes Geneva from every otlier Senior, and yet what of it? She is just dilTerent in more ways tlian one for instance wlio ever saw refi hair without temper, well if you liave seen Geneva you will see the point in tlie case. vShe ' ll make a good secretary too, Aliss Morrison lias seen to that. Helen Vaughn V ice President Junior Class ’21L Helen says not to call lier lazy that it ' s much more polite to say, deliberate. But lazy or not she is a good person to have around and nobody can find a better pal. In her cliarmingly languid way, she’s always your friend. Nona Wall Basketball ' 29, Captain ' 30, Senior Fea- tures. I’resident Dramatic Club ’29. Nona is our Spanisli beauty ot the Senior Class. Though slie is pretty she isn’t dumb. When it comes to athletics she can ' t be beat. Although she is short in stature tliat is no barrier to lier wlien it comes to pla.ving ball. Nona certainly lias shown up well on this year’s basketball team. CJladys Willis The prize memory of every Senior is Gladys. When we think of tliis little elf we think of the merry laugh an 1 good natured humor. Some how we can ' t think of losing Gladys. We will take a peep at her every once in awhile to make us appreciate our class. Helen ' INSTON student Council ’28, ' 30, Vice-President Glee Club ’29, President Glee Club ’30, Hi-Y Club ’30, Literary Club ’30, Fea- ture Editor The Oak Leaf, Senior Fea- tures, School Pianist. Helen is our musical prodigy. She not only plays beautifully but she sings just as well. She is school pianist and President of the Glee Club. But she doesn’t confine her talents to music. She is — well, read them above. Fifteen I The Oak Leaf The Diary of Miss 1930 September — • A light breeze is blowing and I with my companions start to High School. High School ! With all its splendor and glory. At last I am face to face with the long dreaded Algebra and Science, but I determine not to let them overcome me. I look with amazement at the dignified seniors and wonder if ever 1 will reach that height of my ambition. Fall— Glorious days of basketball fights; scars that will be with us forever; an ancient ball much battered with use, and the beginning of a spirit of teamwork and good sportsmanship and love for R. H. S. Jl’infer — Days of sleet and much snowballing at our inferiors, the Grammar School students. Coasting — ■ Some of my companions are fortunate in having sleds, some others, however, are less fortu- nate. 1 see Blanche Sutherland sliding down the hill on her Algebra book. But Alas! Snow must melt. Spring— Again my thoughts turned to outdoor sports. And this time a baseball is my prey. My team is unsurpassed, with Mary Margaret Eakin as pitcher and Nona Wall catching. Spring Fever — M uch scolding from Miss Caldwell breause while I was dozing she was talking her throat sore, as she expressed it. May — • This is the crowning month of my whole Freshman year. No longer will I have to hear the scorn of the higher classmen, for I will soon be one of them. Todav was the day for ,he May Festival, and I pantomimed a colonial tea party. Flv ' a Ritter was the hostess and her grace in this role could not have been improved upon. But my thoughts turn elsewhere. In a few days I will be out of school for three months. 1927 — September has come and 1 journey tchoolward again. But this time 1 go to East Radford to the High School building. I have had dreams but none of them have soared as high as this. In all my glory, however, I meet some ob tructions. My boy friends suffer greatly from initiation. Oren Hegwood savs that he felt like he would break, while lying across those iron banisters, being spanked with a notched plank. Bonds store is the most popular spot near the school towards which, at Lunch time, I rush with the members of the other classes. Blanche Lester borrows nickels from Bill Anderson at a rate that is astounding. At last we are to have some say in our own gov ' ernment. A student council is to be organ- ized, and one of my classmates is to be given a place in this dignified organization. Speeches I Elec- tion! And finally election returns. Nob ' in Huddle is president and Elv ' a Ritter is my representative. 5 xleen The Oak Leaf Oh Glory! It is spring and I am overjoyed. The baseball season is in full swing and can you believe it? The R. H. S. team is fighting for the state championship. Horray I They have won District B championship and just one more game ta be played for the higher honor of state champion- ship. At last! The long, dreaded C ' ifton Forge team has corne, and gone, and we — poor things — have lost the championship. But let ' s buck up and smile again for we know they did their best. Why! There were Bill H., Harry, Jibo, Bill A., and Buck, all from my class. Well, perhaps I’m not noted for my scholastic records but I can’t be beat in athletics. Again, the year is over and I realize that now I am a Junior. Joy unbounded! 1928 - Back to school again in all the glory of being a Junior. We are having a terrible time trying to exist until we get into the new building. Of course, it seems impossible that we have got ' en along in th is building so long, but we realize it’s true. Little things are happening each day which write themselves upon our minds as everlasting memories of our days in the old building. One day Miss Whitelaw who w ' as wearing a new hat said to Harry Robertson, “Harry, do you think this hat flatters me?” Harry answered, “To tell you the truth, Miss Whitelaw, there is only one thing that does flat- ter you.” “What’s that?” she asked. “Distance,” answered Harry. And now we are informed that after Christmas we will enter the new building. Of course we can hardly wait. Sev ' eral weeks have passed and we are now studying within the walls of a large white brick building, which from now on we will call, with more pride, the Radford High School building. But my thoughts turn elsewhere. In a few months I must entertain Miss 1929, at a banquet. Days of tiresome committee meetings. Much preparation. And at length “the day of days.” Sev ' en-thirty arrives and my guests are seated at the tables. Jibo is toastmaster and a very good one. But alas! He calls for a person whom we shall call the “World” to testify and when jhe disappears he says, with much dignity, “The world has went.” Roars of laughter from the guests rnd much em- barrassment on Jibo’s part. Then Mr. Weddle announces that Willis Sledd has put the strawberry from his cocktail in his pocket. I have never heard “Good Night Ladies’’ sung so regretting ' y as when we rose to leave. Oh, well! We can’t expect to have fun all the time. Now the day after the banquet is awful. “You don’t know ' nothin’,” I heard Roy Roop say, “Unless you saw Miss Whitelaw last nite. She was a wow.” Such statements are all I can hear, and we are actually dumb in classwork today. Can you imagine that? And now as the year is drawing to a close I think of all that is approaching because next year I will be a Senior. The last day of school and I am very tired. This morning I went down to the school to get my card but Horrors! Miss Whitelaw was just correcting my exam papers. I’ll excuse her though because I can realize what it must mean to be Senior sponsor. After long hours of waiting, however, I leave the building happily. Next year, I think, will be my last. But am I glad? I’m afraid not. 1929 — I am a Senior. Yes, a dignified Senior and my last year’s president, Ruth Evans, calls a class meeting. Discussions! Arguments! Elections! and what-not. Mostly, the latter. Finally Miss Mears is chosen sponsor, and Howard Houck president. My newly elected president tells me that he will speak to Mr. Eagle concerning Senior priv- ileges. They must not have talked long for at my next class meeting I was informed that I would be allowed to march into the auditorium on assembly day, after every one else was seated. This is Seventeen The Oak Leaf my first and only real privilege. But imagine my embarrassment when at the first assembly meeting I marched in and the other c ' asses clap and laugh. My dignity was gone. I had to smile. Now the year book is the center of discussion. 1 am to publish a small one but even though it he small I have determined that it shall be a success. But the (piestion of finan-es arise. Several plans are decided upon. My first plen is to enter a stunt for American Legion Stunt Nigh . The name of my stunt is “Pyramus and Thisbe. With Blanche Lester as Thisbe and Luther Moore as Pyramus, Oren Hegwood the wall, Willie Co ' trane the Lion, and Jibo Sutherland the moon. I think they should have won a prize, but of cotirse we can ' t all agree, for the judges didn ' t seem to agree with me. After failing in this I decided to try my luck with the Tech Scandals on a fiftv-fifty basis. I ' his time the results were more satisfactory for I cleared about sixty dollars. Those Tech Scandals just couldn ' t be beat, and besides each g ' rl in the class had the privilege of keeping some Tech boys, and from what I gather that night hasn ' t been forgotten yet in a few of the homes. Again the Banquet time has come and gone, this time I went as a guest. It was an affair that will dwell in my mind forever. The decorations were lovely and the program could not have been surpassed. I think that it was one of the bsst planned banquets that has ever been given in R. H. S. The next method I have decided upon to make money is by sponsoring a pic ure. “Mother Machree is to be shown at the Dream ' and Theatre and now after a week of selling tickets the show is over and I am very well satisfied with the results. I have but one month now before mv school days are over in R. H. S. But what a busy month. The Senior plav practice is in full swing and is bound to be a success. How will I ever do all that must be done in such a short time. Rlva and Minnie are continually demanding something of my companions for the year book. It is going to be fine, for believe me, they have every one been work- ing on it. Busy davs, full of excitement, and fear have passed so quickly and I am through schoo ' . The play, “Be An Optimist, was a howling success. The Baccalaureate sermon given by Rev. Henry T. Patterson was deli ered in such a manner as to stay with us forever. And now as I sit in the cool shade of an oak tree I think of what wi ' l happen tonight, for tonight is class night. It will be the most interesting and probably the most touch- ing of any part of mv High School life. It will bring to a close all the joys of my years in school. Probably 1 should be glad but a tear drops and I can see my paper no longer. — M aryanne Bocnck. Tech Scandals” The blue velvet curtains that hide the stage in the auditorium of R. H. S. swung apart and the show was on — songs, dances, music and an undercurrent of jokes were rendered by a ca t of thirty V. P. I. students directed by Mr. Selden Heath. Part of this program was verv interesting because many of the boys represented members of the fairer sex. Thev did well — so well in fact, that a certain boy from the junior class asked one for a date. This spicy show was sponsored by the Seniors. Mother Machree” The “Dreamland Theatre ' ’ was crowded and more people were coming in because the Seniors decided to sponsor a movie. The selection of the picture was left to the manager of the theatre. It was Mother Machree, a semi-classical pic ure showing to the fullest extent an Irish Mother’s sacri- fice of her love for her voting son in order that he might receive an American education; her trials and the remarkable perserverence that enabled her to endure her lot, were wonderfully shown. It was a remarkable picture. Eighteen The Oak Leaf The J unior-Senior Banquet T hursday, April 10, arrived and we were thrilled to death. By we 1 mean both Juniors and Seniors. All one could hear that day were such things as “What color is your dress?, “Who is taking her?,” or “I wonder if Mr. Eagle and Mr. Barnett will wear ‘tuxes’?” But I dwell no longer on what happened during the day. The affairs of the night are what interest us. At last the long anticipated hour arrived and we found ourselves gathered on the porch of the American Legion Building. Of course the boys were all standing together in one corner looking on in amazement. Truly the girls were amazing. Stripped of their coats they all hovered together like flowers that had suddenly found themselves blooming in the winter time. The whole crowd of us as you might say were on the outside, looking in and wondering if the time would ever come when we would be on the inside, looking out. About this time I heard someone say “Here she comes,” and I turned around to see Doroth) Nolan, the Junior President, walking slow’y down the sidewalk. All the Juniors gave a sigh of relief and we Seniors were left to ourselves for awhile. Then “Pot” appeared and began calling in sena- torian tones, “ ‘Pop’ Eagle and Dorothy Nolan, Miss Mears and Mr. Barnett, Mr. Geisen and Ardath Smith,” and so on until all of us were in the dining room which was decorated most attractively in the High School colors, orange and black. Even in our anxiety to eat we noticed these things. After we sang the school song Dorothy No ' an extended a welcome to the Seniors and Faculty and Howard Houck responded. Then at last Judson Payne, the toastmaster, informed us that we might eat. Just as I was about to swallow my first bite I heard a loud roar of laughter at the other end of the table and looking down I saw “Squib” Fugate blushing furiously and Elva Ritter giggling in that manner which only Elva masters. I inquired what was wrong of the boy beside me and he told me that “Sciuib’’ had dropped the cherry from his cocktail. When Bill Anderson had finished his c cktail he motioned wildly to Audrey Carden who was sitting just across the table from him, to hand him the cocktail that was sitting at a vacant place by her. Of course Audrey obeyed and Bill con’inued to eat, contentedly. All this time the orchestra was “raising the roof,” as Ruth Evans expressed it. Between courses there were speeches by Miss Mears and Mr. Giesen. I ' hen we got down to business and ate again. When the waitresses passed the coffee Herbert Hatcher forgot his manners and yelled, “Say Kat, do you like coffee?” “Sure” Kat answered. “Aw shucks,” said Herbert in a tone of disgust, “I wanted some more.” Every now and then Judson would tell us a joke and at one time he declared, “What I say goes.” Through the remainder of the evening we found this to be true. Mr. Giesen attracted his share of attention by continually complaining about the rolls being too cold and Miss Mears tried to pacify him by feeding him all the hot ones which she dropped on rhe floor. But on the whole they seemed to get along very well. When they took our plates away to serve the second course we felt rather sad for that chicken was delicious. However the worst breach of etiquette was committed when the ice cream was served. Bill Anderson hid his saucer of cream in the centter of the table under a napkin and a waitress brought him another. All those seated around him profited by this. But alas, all good times must end. And so did the banquet. After singing “Good Night Ladies” we left the tables while the orchestra played a peppy piece. For a few minutes and only a few, some of the girls danced. This however soon ended for both Mr. Barnett and Mr. Eagle showed signs of disapproval. I think that I can speak in behalf of the Seniors in saying that we enjoyed the evening thor- oughly and hope that the Juniors will enjoy themselves just as much next year. Nineteen The Oak Leaf Who’s Who in Senior Class (Taken from “The Radford High Ne’ws”) Howard Houck — Howard is one of the most important high school students. He is President of the Senior Class, Manager of the Football Team, and President of the Hi-Y. Howard can always be depended upon to do what is asked of him and to do the right thing at the right time even if he isn’t asked. He expects to attend V. P. I. next year. Katherine Brooks — Kat’s cute. There’s no other word. She has just gobs of pep, temper and enthusiasm, and one of these is overflowing all the time. Ask her “what became of Fleance.’’ Helen AIorehead — Radford Hi certainly is a lucky school. Helen came to Radford this year from Bland County. If vou’ve ever seen her on the basketball court you’d say Bland was a heavy loser. She has been elected President of the student council and has proved as capable in that position as she is on the court. Among other th ' ngs she was known to shoot ten goals from the division line in the last ten minutes of a game last year, and she has to jump only one and one-half inches higher to break the world’s record in women’s high jump. We’re solid for you, Helen. Boyd Sutherland — Jibo is our chief prop in athletics. He was captain of the football team this year, the baseba ' l team last year, and is an outstanding basketball player. Aside from his athletics he possesses the loudest, most contagious laugh and the hottest temper in Radford Hi. This famous lad is also quite a “ladies’ man.” The girls fall right and left as Jibo calmly turns his back and says to some one else: “How’s your mother?” Wilbur Fugate— “Squibb” holds a number of important offices. He is vice-president of the Senior Class, presi- dent of the Literary Club, and manager of the basketball team. However Squibb hasn’t been downed bv the multitude of duties which have decended upon him. Reports from authorities say he is holding down each job admirably. “Stay in the game, Squibb.” Wynona W ' all — Nona is that vivacious gvpsv brunette who shoots such mean goals and wicked glances. She was captain of that highlv successful girls’ basketball team and was elected best looking and most athletic girl in the class of ' 30. The youth of Christiansburg will testify that she highly deserves these titles. Blanche Sutherland — If you’re looking for a good sport the first person you think of is Blanche. She is that above everything else. But everything else includes being a most efficient secretary of the Sentor Class and a corking good “guard.” She also possesses that famous characteristic, the Sutherland temper, plus a well developed sense of humor. If you want to have a good time join the crowd that Blanche is en- tertaining. Elva Ritter — She may be little and her movements may be languid but as a salesman she has the whole high school tied up. No one has been able to discover the secret of her success and she keeps right on with the good work. Ads, tickets or ideas, if Elva tackles them they’re sold. She is head of the advertis- ing department of the “News’’ and assistant editor of the 30 year book. She hasn t admitted it y ' et but the current belief is that she hankers to sell a line of assorted luxuries to Scotchmen. e re back- ing the Scotchmen to lose the resultant battle. r Continued on Page 25 ] Tnir-enty The Oak Leaf li Most Conceited tOirtlAlona Best-Au- Aeovino W o mey Ro 6 tAioo-n, n}oTtfi� 9 d Best Lookino Siithodttund. ■Rona lUaJU. I ' BUT ' O nctcMOTi Kof Bnoobs The iMtc tr Sho«to� IT iMnhtf t fuDOvd. Pi nlt CUi ufon. Most Athletic 11 0 SuE iuJowi WLCUotl Most Dionifico Most Lotav. JiaumnJ 7 •ud Jjuifuvi TTl U Jo nis Mii rJtiAit Tnusist CoUmU Neatest Most Stuoioos HvtboitHoJkA i Ldhjui CopamJhoAtvi C inyimia- Cauptn. 7nani| Most Popular B J! olue«JL TTU n“ CUts nva Laziest 0 % «m !Hiyjo nJL HsIsal T’wenty-one The Oak Leaf Last Will and Testament W E, the Senior Class of R. H. S. of 1929-30, being of gossamer mind and abused body have come to that place where we must leave this vale of tears, and ven- ture forth into pleasanter pastures. Possessing certain long fought for objects of value and realizing that we can, under no circumstances, convey to the above men- tioned pastures the aforesaid treasures, we do solemnly and reverently bequeath the .said possessions severally or collectively as shall appear herein following : ITEM 1. (a) I ' o Mr. Eagle, our beloved principal, we leave the remnants of our tattered report cards that he may use them as an example to future students. (h) I ' o the Junior Class we leave every Imaginable quality that a Senior Class should possess. We leave our good examples as seniors in the past years. Juniors, may you pros- per in your forth coming year as we have in the past one. (t) To Charlotte Swaney the Senior Ciass wills all the A’s which they did not receive in the year 1929-30, in order that she will not become an average student. ITEM 2. t I ' o the Sophomore Class we leave our mirth and agreeable dispositions with the hope that the Juniors of next year will be as agreeable and pleasant as those preceding them. ITEM 3. To the Freshman Class we leave our bountiful supply of sophistication and dignity in order that they will be prepared for their forth coming years. ITEM 4. We, the members of the Class of 1930, do herewith will and bequeath severally and partic- ularly the following items: (a) John Einstein bequeaths his good looks, magnetic personality, sex appeal and it to Alfred Simpkins. (b) Roy Roop bequeaths the privilege of taking Mary McDonald home from Hi-Y meet- ings to Ralph Early. (c) Bill Howell leaves his athletic genius and godlike figure to Charles Caldwell. (d) Jibo Sutherland wills his unused razor to Leslie Brooks. (e) Elva Ritter, Geneva Taylor, and Helen Vaughn bequeath ALL their freckles to Howard McConnell. (f) Nona Wall leaves her good looks and her ability as a fox hunter to Ardath Smith. T wen.y-iivu The Oak Leaf (g) Minnie Adams wills her popularity at V. P. I. to Mary Lewis Ingles. She needs it. ( i) Buck Price wills his ability as a lady killer to Hartwell Milliner. (i) Celestia Conley wills Judson Payne’s affections to Virginia Allen. (j) Herbert Hatcher, a model of neatness, does bequeath his ability to outwit the Jamison cash register to his colleague, Harry Perfater, with the anticipation of bigger and better Hatcher and Perfater Chain Stores. (k) Squibb Fugate, our notorious debater, wills his present supply of listerine, bass voice, manly posture and membership in the Hi-Y Club to Jakie Lepchitz. (l) Kitten Brooks, I ' hisbie Lester and Frecks Bocock do hereby bequeath their supply of dramatic gestures and concrete memories, collectively to Selma Godby of the West End. (m) Willie Coltrane, Comstock’s cornet wonder, wills his musical scales and his heart- broken efforts to Carl Hendrix. (nj Harry Robertson wills all of his habits as a single man to Bryan Eller of the Junior Class. Harry expects to set sail immediately upon the choppy waters of the matrimonial sea. (o) Oren Hegwood, our ladies’ man, wills his knowledge of marriage and divorce to Bryan Eller. ITEM 5. We, the Senior Class, do hereby appoint as our executrix. Miss Elise Jones, who shall be responsible for the carrying out of a.l the aforesaid items as they have appeared in this, our Last Will and Testament. We, the Senior Class, do solemnly and reverently swear and affirm the above articles to con- stitute our Last Will and Testament. Witnessed thereof on this 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty. Luther H. Moore, IV itnesses: Testator. 1. H. C. Houck, 2. Wilbur Fug. te, 3. Bl.anche Sutherl.and, 4. G.arnet Price. The Set of the Sails Class day exercises were different this year from the preceding years. All classes participated in a play whose theme was — “The Set of the Sails.’’ This play cleverly brought in the Prophecy, Last Will and Testament, Valedictory, Salutatory and the President’s Welcome and Farewell Address. Different members of the class represented the ship’s crew, still others represented the pirates, nymphs and other sea creatures. I ' he stage was decorated in the class colors, orchid and gold, and it was made still more attrac- tive bv the colorful costumes of the participants, and artistically arranged rhododendrons, the cla s flower. T ’wenty-three The Oak Leaf The Prophecy Billy Anderson and Kat Brooks cutest in Senior Class Now in pictures have continued to love, Succeeding John Boles and Billy Dove. James Conrad, the yodeling king. Whose voice once within R. H. S. rang. Now sings with a famous broadcasting gang. Wilbur Fugate at last ac()uires his aim — To the end of the long path he did trudge Now we see him behind the de.sk of a judge. Oren Hegwood, the mechanical-minded man. Now Hies high over the continents. His goal he has reached by selling ointments. Audrey Carden, and Grace Lucado out for fun, A dance hall they have learned to run. And they are making heaps of mon. Maryanne Bocock, a good cheer leader. Always praised for her yelling. Now travels as a mind reader. You bet she’s famous for fortune telling. Who is the brunette upon the stage? Oh! Muriel Coltrane of long ago In expression she ' s all the rage. Virginia Carper, a saleswoman prim and neat. Drives her Fords from place to place. Her selling slogan, “They ' ll win any race.” Blanche Lester, Ethel Hagy and V ' adeline Smith are old maids. Sitting dreaming by a lonely fireside. Each hoping and praying to become some day a bride. Helen Moorhead, athlete of Radford High, Recently carried away first trophy While competing in Olympics in Germany. Roy Roop and Luther Moore, accomplices in mischief. Are traveling with the circus as clowns You bet, they’re a riot in all the big towns. Harry Robertson, once a football star. Is married and lives on Hornbarger Hill. His job is to care for the twins. Jack and Jill. Janie Heinline and Geneva Taylor, dignified and quiet. Sit in a lawyers’s office and type all day. And for their excellent work they get extra pay. Gwendolyn Llewellyn and Evelyn Carden work in a style shop in Paris, Displaying the latest styles in all their beauty and art. Yet not forgetting the little love bug around their heart. Celestia Conley is settled in a little home in Bland, Frying chicken and preparing all sorts of good things to eat. And receiving compliments from the lucky guy who says, “They can’t be beat.” Little Buck Price, the Cardinal’s shortstop. Knocks his homeruns and trots down a score, I ' he result of good training in the days of yore. Jibo Sutherland, a man of the sea. Strolls gaily down the boulevard Success he has made as a bowlegged coast guard. Howard Houck, having learned a president’s ways. Has succeeded the pompous J. P. McConnell, He is helped by his wifie, Christina McDonald. Mary Margaret Eakin, our blushing blond. Has succeeded “Pop,” in teaching Math, The “Geometry” and “Trig” pupils sit in fear of her wrath. T’wenty-four The Oak Leaf Bill Howell and Willie Coltrane ride the big engines, They’re engineers on Old Ninety-nine You can’t find better ones on the whole line. Helen Winston, our little musical bird. Has surpassed the theatres where she used to play And is now in the opera where everything is gay. Nona Wall, our Spanish brunette. Attired in a bathing suit of red flannel Has won fame by swimming the English Channel. Elva Ritter and Gladys Willis run a beauty parlor To them for fashion the ladies go And everything is up-to-date you know. Helen Vaughn would be like a brook To lie in bed yet follow her course Needless to say unable to do this she feels remorse. Luther Copenhaver is running a clothing store And Herbert Hatcher is his model so neat. You bet; these clothes just can’t be beat. John Einstein struts along the beach The lives of straying swimmers he’ll save. And all the girls fall in love with his finger wave. Ruth Evans is quite a business woman Of a big office she’s the boss Without her, the employees are at loss. Mary Rankin, a most diligent student. Still works and studies with all her might She ' s published a book much to her parents’ delight. Blanche Sutherland, a lover of sports. See her in a college gym Teaching games and dances with vigor and vim. Minnie Adams, a most versatile person. Has her heart’s desire, to act on the stage And I am easily assured she’s the best actress of the age. Everett Shanklin, the little gent and ladies’ man. Rides them in his car along the way A different lady’s with him every day. — Prophetess, Blanche Sutherland. Who’s Who in Senior Class Maryanne Bocock — That jolly, Happy-Go-Lu cky Senior. Besides being a successful basketball forward, she is the Literary Society reporter, the 1930 cheer leader, and has plenty of pep. She is quite popular at present with a certain bachelor photographer in town. It is rumored that she is the only girl ever to favor- ably impress him, and she admits that it has been quite problematical when it comes to Senior pic- tures. She is sometimes known as Mrs. Clinton. After all she has really got the essential art in osculation. Minnie Adams — The school is very fortunate to have a student like “Min,” ’cause she’s pretty and she’s not dumb. She was awarded prize for the h ' ghest scholastic standing in the Junior year. Girls’ basket- ball manager ’30. Chief Editor of the “News” and Editor-in-Chief of the year book. “Min” is a clever conversationalist and if you don’t watch her, she will soon have you going her way. She has a natural inclination to write and can name and discuss the Greek Gods almost as well as Miss White- law. All through school she has shown an unusual dramatic talent. If you don’t believe it watch Senior play. T’wenty-five The Oak Leaf The Senior Play Be An Optimist The Senior Class. jn i lay 9, presented Be An Optimist.” a comedy in three acts. Will anyone forget the three-thousand-year-(jld mummy who succeeded in being an optimist in spite of all difficulties, and Issac. the Jew. with his Hebrew gestures? The play was cheerfully dedicated to every one. everywhere, who is considered a grouch and we hope it worked a radical change, for who could watch without giving way to gales of laughter, and when one laughs oue cannot remain pessimistic. THE CAST OF CHARACTERS Issac Golditc ii — the art dealer Howard Houck Becky — his daughter IMuriel Coltrane Biktro D ' Angelo Caccialino — au expert ivoruiholer . . Luther Moore Jimmie Maynard — the poor stiff Boyd Sutherland Mildred Clinton — 7eho is in love and likes it ... . IMinnie Adams Mrs. Clinton — tc iv inother-in-hvie jokes are true . . Maryanne Bocock Mike — just zvhat his name suggests Harry Robertson Ray Hudson — a friend in need but not in deed .... dlhur Fugate Miss Hull — a refined interior decorator Evelyn Carden Maggie — don’t call her green for greenness zeears off, so just call her stupid Blanche Lester Ethel 1’eabody — zvho defies love to affect her . . . Katherine Brooks Spencer — a paid guest Oren Hegwood Madame Goopher — a dispenser of spirits Helen Morehead T ’went y- six The Oak Leaf SEQUELS TO SHAKESPEARE (By Seniors) The Ship I-9-3-0 ” Another ship is sailing from the fort “Old Radford Hi.” It ' s the ship of 1930 and it’s quickly speeding by. It’s heading Jioza for other shores, zve sailors haz’e to part, With smiles to hide a teardrop and conceal an aching heart. The “Freshman” zaas the first trip that zee made upon the sea. Oh My! zAiat azakzaard seaman at the launching on the lea. And yet a happy crezv zvere zee, although they called us “Rat.” I really think the higher crezes believed us less than that. If’e next sailed on the “Sophomore” from the good port R. H . S. They still believed us ignorant, but then “ignorance is bliss.” [Re bravely kept our gallant bark upon the rolli)ig sea. For, our lives zeere those of sailors lives, so happy, bold and free. And next zve reached the “Junior” port, a pleasant harbor true, For then zee thought, “It zeon’t be long ’till zx ' e’re the higher creze.” IFe received our due-respect at last upon that jolly trip, “Just one more journey noze to make, so, dip the oars, boys, dip.” At last the senior port is ours, a long dreamed, dream come true. May zee hoist ideals. Oh dear Hi School, that zee have learned from you. We’re proud of the port that’s been our home, and, zee zeant the zeorld to knoze, That zee are “Seniors” of R. H. S. in the year 1-9-3-0. —Helen Winston. Tv:eniy-seven The Oi K Leaf To Radford High Radford High, like a fortress, StaJids as guardian for all youth. Strength and justice in your keeping, As you hold the ivays of truth. In the years that we ' ve been with you. Lessons hard we ' ve tried to learn. Some of patience, some of courage, .Some to meet life ' s trials stern. Long as memory Ihes zvithin us. Long as burn ambitions fires; Our minds, to R. II. S. zAll turn. And from there our thoughts zAll rise. To school days o ' er zvith joy zee sing. To books farezeell our song zee bring. To teachers true our love extend, Farezvell to all, each student friend. Our zoork has not been done in z’ain. Its zeorth the coming years zAll shozv; And zvhen zve ' ve gained honor and fame. To R. II. S. our thoughts zv’dl go. On zee go zeith colors bright. Sure to zein out in the fight; When our Goal of Life zee see. Dear Class of “30 zee ' ll think of Thee. — Vadeline Smith. T=wenty-e:ght The Oak Leaf Memories In the fzvilight zvhen there’s only me Memories return and I see My past spread like an open book For me to read if I should look And live it again. I turn my head and forget azvhile Uliere I have seen a tear, a smile, And I cease to regret this mile Fve gone As I remember a happy song That a friend once sang. Is it needless then, to sit and yearn For the carefree days, and zvish their return that zvould be useless, if I had not thought To be kind to a zvounded one zvho has fought By my side in pain. — Audrey Carden. The Callow Lily Her skin zaas zvhitc as any snozv. She seemed, the Sods above don ' t knozv IIozv zaaxen, fragile, szvcetly fair, Hozv purely golden shone her hair, A lovely lily. Trampling hearts is her desire. Doesn’t she knozv she plays zvith firef She flings us all aside as if If’c zvere already cold and stiff. A careless lily. Is it her mind is underfed? Is nothing in that lovely head? And docs she really have no soul, AO fears, no love, no tears, no goal? A callozv lily. — I. H. A. Twenty-nine The Oak Leaf Ain’t Girls Funny I T was four-thirty o’clock on an afternoon of early June. Gloria Gaines, who had received a little card stating that she was a Senior in Dnnton High School for the year of 1929-30, only one week before, was strolling along a shady street of the above mentioned town. She heard afar ofif, a clatter. The sound increased in volume until she was tem])ted to put her fingers to her ears even though the noise was famdiar. “ ’ant a ride. Glory? sang out a cherry voice as its owner brought a decrepit- looking Ford to a panting standstill beside Gloria. She turned slowly and surveyed critically her “hoy friend of two years standing. “Please don ' t,” she said hitingly, “call me Glory.” “Been calling you that ever since m’ great uncle’s old mule died.” “It’s time you were growing up then.” “Don’t wanta grow up. Too much ’sp uisihility. Say, what in heck have you done to yonr hair? You look like a skinned rabbit.” “Don’t he crude. “Diamond in the rough. That’s me. Say, Glory, how about a date tonight?” “I have a previous engagement. “Huh ” “T .said that T had an engagement and so far as you’re concerned I have one every night. Here! Take your old ring.” Gloria tore it from her finger ex])ressing all the loathing she could muster and fairly threw it in his face. “l)ore! .she flung hack over her .shoulder. The click of her s])Te heels had almost died away before Bob’s amazement allowed him to speak. “YYll. he muttered, if that ' s the way she feels about it she c’n ■ — • ■ — Darn it. I ' ll show her a thing or two. Gloria was ])retty. She was unusually pretty and she was selfish. Most girls of her ty]ie select as their best friend” one of these plain, worshipful, loyal girls who can kee]) a secret. They treat these long suffering “best friends rottenly and tell them everything. ' I ' he name of Gloria’s friend was Martha and it was for Martha’s home that Gloria was hound on the afternoon in which our story transpires. Ordinarily Martha was summoned to appear at the Gaines’ home if Gloria wished to communicate with her, hnt this time Gloria had hoj)ed that a maroon roadster — ■ — Martha met her. Oh! darling, she gushed, “your hair looks perfectly grand that way. So sort of — of — so])histicated, and, and — older. M’hy ! Glo-ri-a Gaines, what have you done with your ring? Said Gloria registering .scorn, “Don’t you ever dare to mention Robert Bane’s name to me again, ever. “Why! Why! “Shut up. I told y(ju — ” “But—” T hirty The Oak Leaf “Listen, will you? I’ve met the mos ' : wonderful man T ever saw. He’s really a Man, Martha. He’s just graduated from Cornell and he’s marvelous. I detest these silly high .school boys that don’t ever know h nv to behave an’ can’t carry on a decent con- versation. They all belong in kindergarten. Rut Gordon really knows how to act an’ — an’ everything. He’s perfectly wonderful. Martha, he’s the man of my dreams. He has the cutest, wavy, black ham, and darl’ng, big, brown eyes, and the most a ’orable smile.’’ “But zi ' ho is he?’’ put in IMartha — agog with excitement, “where’s he from, where’d you meet him, what ?’’ “He came down here to supervise or compromise, I mean compose, the new air port or something and he’s boarding over at IMrs. Dent’s and Mamma sent me over there to get a cake she was baking or something an’ I didn’t even want to go. Gee ! I’m glad T did. And he has a great big maroon roadster trimmed in tan — it’s a Packard I think — an’ when T went in he was playing the victrola and Mrs. Dent introduced me to him and I looked up at him and he looked right in my eyes Just like he was trying to read my very soul, and then he smiled — Oh! he has the most adorable smile, — and I smiled back an’ Mrs. Dent said something ’bout the cake not being ready, would T wait a minute? And T said ‘Yes,’ and th°n he said, ‘Do you dance. Miss Gaines?’ and T said, ‘Yes,’ and he kinder bowed an’ .said, ‘.Sball we?’ and kinder held out his arms an’ T said, ‘I’d love to,’ an’ we did. Martha, you’ll never know how that man can waltz. He’s divine! an’ he kinder talked into my e- r in the softest voice about really important things — not just wise cracks and trying to be funny like the high . -chool dumbells. An’ then Mrs. Dent came with the cake an’ he .said, ‘May T drive you home?’ and I didn’t want him to think T was crazy about him right off, so T said, ‘T don’t live very far,’ and he .said, ‘How far?’ and T .said, ‘.Six b’oeks,’ and he .said, ‘That’s entirely too far to walk.’ .So I .said, ‘.-Xll right,’ and he took the cake an’ we went out and got in. So after we started he said. ‘May 1 call yon by your first name on sucb short acouaintance. Miss Gaines?’ an’ I said, ‘Yes. It’s Gloria,’ and he .said, ‘Yes, I know it is.’ And I said. ‘What’s yours?’ and he said, ‘Allow me to present’ — and by that time we’d gotten home and he stopped the car, and then he took a card case out of his pocket, it was the cutest thing — I mean the card case — and he handed me a card, and it had Mr. John Gordon Travers on it, an’ he .said, ‘My friends call me Gordon,’ and 1 said, ‘May I?’ an’ he said. ‘Of course.’ Then I asked him to come in an’ he said he couldn’t ’cause he had an engagement and then he smiled and said. ‘Business.’ Then he said real sudden, ‘What do you think of a guy like me getting married?’ Just imagine how I felt! T-couldn’t say a word for awhile and then I said, ‘Of course you ought to if you love — her, and she loves you.’ He said, ‘That’s excellent advice,’ and kinder smiled again and then he said a few other things about being glad to have met me and said ‘Good-bye,’ and drove on up the hill towards Fletchers. Now that’s all. and I want you to tell me if you really truly think he fell in love with me at first sight?” “Shh!” hissed Martha, “here comes old Ed Towns with the mai l. He ' s the most gossipy — Thank you, Mr. Towns. A’hy didn’t you bring me a letter? That’s a bill, and this an invitation or an announcement or something — -‘Mr. and Mrs. John Hill T hirty-one The Oak Leaf Fletcher, request the pleasure of your presence at the marriage of their daughter. Dorothy Hill, to ] Ir. John Gordon Travers,’ oh — why, Glory! isn ' t that — well of all things.” “Dot Fletcher!” said Gloria indignantly, Dot Fletcher. Why she’s not even good looking and of all the utter morons that guy is the worst. Did you ever hear anything like it? Why she must be at least twenty-two. W ' ell he’s a crazy The familiar rattle of an ancient Ford arrested her denunciation. She smiled a curious smile and said as if to herself, “Fll let him take me home and Fll give him a date tonight and let him beg to make up.” Then — ‘‘Martha, look! has Bob got a girl in that car? Oh! he ha.s — he has, and it’s that awful Doris Dillon. Why they didn’t even speak. Oh, I hate her! I hate her! I — I, bet she’s got my ring and he’ll be ofif at college next year and — and.” A hurst of tears, a convulsive clutch and — -“O-O-O-O Martha!” — Minnie Adams. Obtaining An Excuse ” I was late. I realized only too well the agony I must endure. The agony of appearing before Mr. Eagle and also of racking my brain for an excuse which might take well with the same Mr. Eagle. I found myself before the office door and was greeted if I may say greeted with a cold, very cold, “good morning.” I knew then that something had gone wrong with our principal and that evidently he was not in a good humor. I tried to say that I would like to get an excuse hut found it useless. I stut- tered, coughed, shuffled m} feet and did everything that belied my self -composure. I looked up and literally shrunk from that awful glance and felt that I was a worm and was actually crawling. By this time I knew nothing, but on partially regaining my senses, I saw an e.xcuse poked at me. IMr. Eagle had realized the situation and relieved me of my nightmare. I managed to mutter “Thank you,” and left the office not at all slowly. I hope I shall never have to endure another minute of such torture. — Buck. Motion A scarlet-coated bird teeters perilously on a swaying branch. He swoops down and then cuts the air like a leaping flame. He darts through a clump of tall grass, slashing cool green taffeta with blood. Then he rises, he spirals swiftly up and alights in the rus- tling top of a tree. He clutches a tiny twig for an instant, then swoops down again, cutting a parabola from the air, for he terminates his flight on the topmost hough of a bush drooping with great white snowballs. He flits from bough to bough and the snowy petals flutter to the ground from this point and that. Then he makes his way to the heart of the bush and as a tiny speck of red shows through two bobbing white balls, he bursts into song. — Minnie Adams. Thirty-t’u.o The Oak Leaf l ndercld imen T hirty-three The Oak Leaf The Junior Class President . Jlce-President Secretary . Treasurer . Dorothy Nolen Martha Tomlinson Mary AIcDonald Carl Hendrix Mr. Giesen — Sponsor Virginia Allen Thelma Austin Geneva Cole Selma Godbey Eloise Graham V ' iolet Hel vey Katherine Lawrence Etta Lawson Janie McGraw Mary McDonald Ruby Mantz Phalia Miles Elizabeth Mottesheard Dorothy Nolen Stella PofF Grace Rutherford Charlotte Swaney Ardath Smith Virginia Turpin Martha Tomilson Nina Underwood Anna Williamson Florence Webb Margaret Weddle Ora Wade Vance Aker Leslie Brooks Donald Barton Charles Caldwell Reuben Dehart Ralph Early Vivian Early Bryan Eller Carl Hendrix Jimmie Hite Price Hines Jakie Lepchitz Howard McConnell Hartwell Milliner Judson Payne Stanley Porter Harry Perfater Jesse Snider Alfred Simpkins Louis Thornton T hirty-four The Oak Leaf The Sophomore Class President Vice-President Secretary . T reasurer Mary Lewis Ingles . Julia Vaughn Mary Belle Richards Constance Einstein Nellie Carden Jeanne Comstock Louise Dav ' is Christelene Dudley Margaret Dudley Constance Einstein Irene Fink Alta Mae Graham Ethel Hall Lois Harris Anna Hurst Mary Lewis Ingles Sue Knowles Emma Lorton Beulah Marshall Sarah Marshall Helen McGhee Ann Merriman Anita Pile Virginia Printz Geneva Pritchett Doris Rhodes Mary Belle Richards Margaret Scott Lynwood Sims Eleanor Smoot Irene Snider Jessie Lee Swisher Carlyle Allen Paul Bird Warren Bowers William Bullard Oliver Burton Harrison Hall James Heinline James Lewis Ingles Minter Jackson James Larew James Lucus Alpheus McCaskey Tyler McConnell John Peterson Barnie Quesenberry J ack Roberts Earl Rudy Willie Turner Frank Wade Herbert Wills Garland Wilson Ballard Wright Fred Yearout T hhty-fi ve The Oak Leaf Freshman Class President . J Ice-President . Secretary- ■Treasurer . . . . Sponsor — Aliss William Arthur Clifton Karnes Edsel Barnhart Lawrence Kirkwood Noel Barnhart Marshall Kenode Howard Brackens Ehurman Keller Ralph Bird Bonham Mottesheard Milliard Branscom Chandler Noblin Charles Campbell W ' illiam Price Russel Durham Merle Price Cubid Epperly Tom Painter James Glovier Pom Roberts William Goggin Dan Robertson Giles Cjoodykoontz Ralph Rutherford Billy Gordon Edward Scott Henry Hubble Desmond Saunders Robert Hall Edward Sumner Fenton Hegwood James Strawn Frank Helvey Lawrence Scott James Ingles Bill Weddle Charles Wright Clifton Karnes I ' .lizabeth Austin . ( iiles Gooclyknontz orena Caldwell Jack Winston Mabel Hendrix Annie Heinline Nellie Altice Moss Hoover Elizabeth Austin Sara Hutton Mary Allen Helen Hankla Mary Barton Sylvia Hollandsworth Sara Mae Ca ' fee Helen Keister Audrey Chambers Mamie Kesterson Reba Caves Virginia Mae Keister Virginia Carden Sybil Kirkwood Christina Covey Ella Knowles Annie Dehart Mary Lawrence V ' irginia Dudley Katherine Lawson Ruth Edwards Mamie Nance Elsie Flinchum Louise Padgett Alice Furrow Julia Mae Ritter Hallie Frye Agnes Spangler Christina Graham Reba Hendrix Pearl Sutphin T hirty-six The Oak Leaf ilcTiyiTIES T hirty-seven The Oak Leaf Student Council — Glee Clubs — Hi-Y Clubs Thirty-eight The Oak Leaf The Student Council OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Faculty Adviser Helen Morehead Harry Perfater Geneva Pritchett Miss Ruby Dobyns The Student Council since its initial organization in the fall of ’27, has increased in importance until it has become the center of extra curricular activities. At present it is composed of twenty members of which four are the officers, the other sixteen are the presidents of home rooms, presidents of clubs, managers of the athletic teams, and the editor of th e school paper. The sponsor must be a member of the fcaulty. The Council has affiliated with the Junior League of the Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia. It has successfully operated the lost and found department, set in motion the wheels of the legislature, and built a permanent foundation. Much of its success is due to the faculty, the Hi-Y members and the cooperation of the student body. The Hi-Y Club The Hi-Y Club was reorganized May 4, 1929. It was composed of the six students who attended the older boys conference at Marion. These six members under the leadership of Mr. Barnett laid the basic foundation for a permanent Hi-Y club. A constitution was drawn up and adopted. Howard Houck was sent as a delegate to Orapax where he was trained in Hi-Y procedure. This was provided for by the generosity of the Radford Rotarians. He was elected State Vice- President for Southwest Virginia. School began in September with a club ready for work. New members were gradually added and various activities anticipated. The first project was that of sponsoring the Clean Campus Cam- paign. The next was that of organizing ihe Girls Club. When this project was completed the two clubs began functioning jointly in projects but separately in discussions. Thanksgiving was observed, then came Christmas and through the efforts and cooperation of Mr. Barnett a living Christmas tree was planted on the campus and the clubs sponsored community carol singing. The projects next occupying their attention were the Conferences. The Girls Conference was held at Pulaski February 13, 14, and 15. 95% of the girls attended. The Boys Conference was held in Wytheville March 7, 8, and 9. The boys attended 100%. The leaders. Miss Miller and Mr. Barnett, and advisory member, Rev. H. Otis Mayhew, attended the respective Conferences. The boys club was instrumental in organizing one in Christiansburg. After these Conferences Howard Houck was called to Staunton at the expense of the Y. M. C. A. to attend the State Officers Conference. This conference made plans for this year’s training camp and drew up resolutions for consideration as amendments to the State Constitution. The Club conducted a clean-up campaign in which the athletic field was freed of rubbish. A bean supper was used as a monthly social. Easter was observed by a sunrise hike; both clubs par- ticipating. Rev. Mayhew conducted the devotionals. As a community project the club assisted in a religious census. The clubs working together have accomplished much but not as much as they wished. Yet they have in some measure paid the Rotarians for their support. The prayers of the graduating mem- bers shall follow the Club always. ,, „ OFFICERS Girls Boys . . Bryan Eller Harry Perfater Jakie Lepchitz . Jack Winston President Martha Tomlinson President . . . Vice-President . . . Mary McDonald Vice-President . Secretary Phalia Miles Secretary . . . Treasurer Margaret Weddle Treasurer . . . Thirty-nine The Oak Leaf The Glee Clubs GIRLS GLEE CLUB President tielen If ' lnston V ' ice-President El-va Ritter Secretary Jessie Lee S ivis ier Treasurer Muriel Coltrane Director Miss Elise Jones Pianist Helen Winston The Girls and Boys Glee Clubs were organ! with forty and twenty-four members, respectively, tainment for various programs. Their work will r; commencement music. BOYS GLEE CLUB President Carl Hendrix V ' ice-President Jack Winston Secretary-Treasurer .... James Conrad Director Mr. Eatjle Pianist Charles Cald’ivell :ed under the superv ' ision of their capable leaders Choruses from the clubs have furnished enter- ' 3ch a climax when they will jointly provide the The Literary Club President Wilbur Fugate I’ice-Presideiil Judson Payne Seeretary-Treasnrer AIamie Nance Although the Literary Club was late in getting started, it has been, on the whole, successful. The influence of the club has extended throughout the entire school and better speaking and writing have been promoted by it. Each member of the club has cooperated in making the club a success and in return the members have received val- uable practice in Literary work. The high point of the year was the annual assembly debate put on by the club. Not only the debaters themselves profited by this debate hut the audience was given an in- sight into one of our national problems. The Literary Club is an important activity in the school and we hope it will con- tinue to accomplish its purpose. The Open Road Oh — oh for the joy that is never won, Put follozvs and foUozos the journeying sun T’v marsh and tide, by incadozv and stream, The zeill-o ' -the zoind, a light of a dream. Delight a-far, delusion a-near ; Prom inorrozo to morroze, from year to year, A jack o ' lantern, a fairy fire, A dare, a bliss, and a desire — ■ U ' ith only another league to zAnd And the comforts of home at the journey’s end. Tor these are the joys of the open road — Of the man zAio travels zAthout a load. — Charles Caldwell, (Junior Class.) Forty The Oak Leaf THE OAK LEAF Schooner Edition Editor-iu-Chief Minnie Adams Assistant Editor Elva Ritter Business Managers: Harry Robertson Howard Houck Boyd Sutherland Adi ' crtising Managers: Ruth Evans Gwendolyn Llewelyn Helen Aughn Literary Editor . Audrey Carden Art Editor .... Athletic Editor . Luther Moore Eeaturc Editor . Helen Winston Joke Editor .... Katherine Brooks Senior Editor . Blanche Sutherland Photograph Editor . Maryanne Bocock Sponsor . . AIiss Jeanette Mears Forty-one The Oak Leaf Forty-two The Oak Leaf The Football Team W HEN time for football practice began in September we were happily anticipating a champion- ship year. Our team roll included six veterans who had borne the brunt of several hard fought gridiron battles. Things seemed rosy and the team was running its plays with clock- like precision, until Coach Weddle called four of our veterans aside and told them that they were excluded from conference games on account of state eligibility rules. Our hopes and dreams were bent but not broken. We still had a team to bet on. Coaches Giesen and Weddle remained optimistic and practice became harder than ever. Again our hopes were bent, this time so far that many of us became pessimistic, yet the boys kept on fighting; fighting in memory of Coach Weddle who had been called to Roanoke. Mr. Arthur Giesen took his place. Practice and scrub games continued with Coaches Giesen supervdsing. Then the first game of the season was played. Hillsville was the victim. The lines swayed back and forth across the field. The ghosts” were in action. Howell made a spectacular touchdown, in fact several touchdowns were made and the score ended greatly in Radford ' s favor. Our next game was with Wytheville. Both teams failed to score. Then Galax came, saw, but did not conquer. Due to a misunderstanding about the leligibility rules in the contract, they withdrew from the field. Mr. Anthony Giesen decided that we were hope- less and forthwith abandoned us. The Galax boys were straight shooters and showed a remarkable school spirit. Like conquering chiefs, decked in their war paint, came the Melrose Athletic Club. This memo- rable game was placed Saturday, October 19. That hazy evening of Indian summer saw the aces” traveling homeward very crestfallen because they had been beaten by a crack” team who made a wonderful score while Melrose failed to score. Our next game was in Pulaski on the chilly evening of October 25. Back and forth across the field, contesting every inch of ground, blocking passes, feinting, and with every muscle straining, the team fought. They fought as if the last day of their football season had come. Payne, Sutherland, Anderson, and Eller made brilliant plays and they were closely backed by the whole team. The vic- tory went to Pulaski and bruised knees, bleeding hands and noses, and sore bodies, went to Radford, but we were happy for we had played hard and done our best. A three-day rain that made the gridiron a field of slushing mud preceded our next game. How- ever the day of the game dawned clear and presently Dublin arrived. Both teams fought desperately and were soon covered with mud. Hendrix made the most spectacular play. Receiving a pass he broke through the line, planted both feet firmly against the ground, skated around the opposing half back, made a right turn, and then dashed down the field for a seventy-yard gain. The Dublin team was muddy, tired, and whipped when it left the field. Again we departed from home, the Blacksburg gridiron our destination. We knew our fate before we reached it, for a sixth sense warned us that we were to meet our Waterloo there. We met them head on with all we had, yet on November 8, we received a severe beating in Miles Stadium at Blacksburg. It was just before Thanksgiving that we played the last game of the season. It had been snow- ing in a half-hearted way all day and when we reached Vinton the snow-covered mud was as slip- pery as glass and as cold as the South Pole. With hands freezing and feet past the freezing stage we struggled for a foothold on the treacherous field. Faking passes, calling signals, falling, crawl- ing, and pushing, first up the field and then back, mostly in the enemy’s territory, we fought the last game of twenty-nine. The Line-up The Se. son’s Summary Anderson End Radford . . . 53 Hillsville . . . . 0 Sutherland .... Tackle Radford . . . . . 0 Wytheville . . . 0 Hall Guard Radford . . . Galax Painter Radford . . . . . 27 Melrose A. C. . , 0 Barton Guard Radford . . . . . 7 Pulaski . . . . . 13 Simpkins ..... Tackle Radford . . . . 13 Dublin . . . . . 6 Roberts End Radford . . . . . 0 Blacksburg . . . 19 Eller ....... Hendrix Quarter Back Half Back Radford . . . . . 0 Vinton .... . . 0 Payne Early Half Back Full Back Total . . . 100 Total . , . 92 Substitutes : Haulsey, Hegwood, Roop, Bowers, Lepchitz, Price, M. Price. Forty-three The Oak Leaf Forty-four The Oak Leaf The Girls Basketball Team T he Girls Basketball season for 1930 has been wonderfully successful. Throughout the season they were beaten by only one team. Morehead and Wall played brilliantly from beginning to end and showed excellent team work. Bocock and Baldwin, who also played in the forward positions, showed cooperation and ability. Lester played consistently in jumping center and the side center position was alternately filled by Rutherford, Smith and Brooks. It can safely be said that each one contributed her part to every game in which she participated. Our trustworthy guards who saved the day for us in many a game were Turpin, Helvey, Sutherland and Carden. The most exciting and hard fought game was with Blacksburg in which we were defeated by the very slim margin of one point. Until the end of the third quarter, in this game, Radford was easily leading but during the last quarter the two teams alternated in holding high score, and when the final whistle blew Blacksburg was victorious. Morehead’s excellent goal shooting has made her justly famous, and she has 268 points to her credit for this season. Captain Wall was next in line for scoring honors. Miss Mears, our coach, should be given credit for the season ' s success, for she made a winning team out of practically new and inexperienced material. This is her first year as coach but she has won a place in the heart of every student of R. H. S. Minnie Adams, the capable manager, carried out the duties of her office in a most creditable manner. Players receiving letters for the season were: Captain Wall, Morehead, Bocock, Lester, Ruther- ford, Smith, Brooks, Helvey, Turpin, and Sutherland. The team loses three of the main line-up and several capable substitutes this year but neverthe- less everyone is looking forward to next year’s season. The regular line-up: Lester, jumping center; Rutherford, side center; V. Turpin, left guard; Helvey, right guard; Wall, left forward; Morehead, right forward. Our capable line of subs were: Bocock, Baldwin, Brooks, Smith, R. Turpin, Sutherland, God- bey, Carden and Chambers. The Se.ason ' s Summ.ary Radford .... . 36 Riner . 10 Radford .... 68 Dublin . 10 Radford .... . 23 Marion . . . . . 21 Radford . . . . 50 Christiansburg 7 Radford .... 9 Blacksburg . . . 30 Radford ... . 50 Wvtheville . . . 12 Radford .... . 36 Pulaski . . . . . 20 Radford .... 43 Eggleston . . . . 11 Radford .... . 35 Marion . . . . . 10 Radford .... 41 Vinton . 14 Radford .... . 27 Blacksburg . . . 28 Radford . . . . 24 Pulaski . . . . . 17 Radford .... . 30 Vinton .... . 18 Radford . . . . 34 M. C. A. A. . . 4 Total . 456 Total . . 212 Forty-fi‘ve The Oak Leaf The Baseball Team As the baseball season drew near ev ' eryone with one accord asked everyone else who was going to pitch this year? The answer to this question came in the person of Kirkwood. He is filling his position exceptionally well, having struck out 29 men in the first three games and leading the squad at the bat. Coach Giesen, satisfied with the pitching staff went about filling the other positions and when the date of the first game arrived, the line-up read; Simpkins ... Catcher Price (C.) . . Short Stop DeHart . . Center Field Painter ... First Base Barton ... Third Base Payne ... Right Field Eller .... Second Base Rudy Left Field Kirkwood .... Pitcher Barton has been a feature at the bat having knocked two home runs in three games. Captain Price, veteran short stop, as usual is occups ing a stellar position. Although the season is young, and the team has played but three games they have estab- lished a most creditable reputation and every one is looking forward to a successful year. The season ' s summary so far: R. H. S 5 Vinton . . 8 R. H. s 10 Woodlawn . . . 3 R. H. s 8 Eggleston ... 4 Total . 23 Total . . . . . . 15 The Boys Basketball Team The Boys Basketball season began this year with much interest and speculation as to avail- able material. Coach Giesen proved himself worthy of his position by forming a new team with a fighting spirit that could not be broken. Einstien, as forward, showed a good eye for the basket. Thornton played two positions, for- ward and center, and displayed a good pa ising attack as well as an alert defense. Winston and Payne also played forward and were instrumental in forming the Radford attack. Sutherland and Barton, guards, were indeed assets to the team and they deserve lots of credit. Although the team has not been as successful as hoped, everyone is looking forward to next year when we will have a more experienced team. Coach Giesen who put forth every effort in train- ing the boys, will have most of them back next year and is expected to have a fast and aggressive team. The line of substitutes who did not play in all the games were: Bird, Panter, Porter, Heinline. The Se.xsosj’s Summ.ary R. H. S 32 Alumni 21 R. H. S 7 Dublin 14 R. H. S 12 Pulaski 18 R. H. S 10 Eggleston ... 20 R. H. S 31 Rotarv-Kiwanis . 25 R. H. S 11 Vinton 30 R. H. S 14 Emorv Henrv . 27 R. H. S 11 Vinton ...... 26 R. H. S 5 Blacksburg . . 10 R. H. S 27 N. W 43 R. H. S 12 Pulaski 17 R. H. S 36 Pembroke ... 37 Total . . 207 Total . . 288 Forty-six The Oak Leaf Jokes . . . Poets often sing of spring And sa the bird is on the wing. Upon my zvord that is absurd. Because the zving is on the bird. “If a thief broke into your cellar would the coal chute ?” No, but the kindling wood. THE HOUSE ELY The house fly has no politics. The house fly has no fame. He has no business in the soup. But he gets there just the same. Pop says : “I eat my peas zvith honey. I have done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny. But it keeps them on the knife.” What if : Jiho was a uortherlaud ius+ead of a Sutherland ? Rill didn’t throw a wicked ha eball and make the others Howell? Minnie didn’t care A-dam? Mdllie was a Coal-car instead of a Col- trane ? Janie was a Roosterline instead of a Henline ? Klva’s beau forgot to Ritt-er? Helen got IMore-head from the Student Council ? Siiuihh didn’t hang over a Fu-gates? Who Said It First? “Never say die — Methcsalah. “Be yourself — Priscilla and John. I hope you choke’’ — Jonah. “All aboard — N oah. Home Sweet Home — Babe Ruth. Step on it — Sir M’alter Raleigh. “Come on Big Boy’’ — Cleopatra. Blanche Lester: “Did you hear aliout Grace Lucado being hurt in the ex- plosion last night?” Mary Ann Bocock : “How come?” Blanche: “A smile lit up her face and the powder exploded.” IMr. Eagle: “Hey, don’t spit on the floor.” JiBo: “What’s the matter, does the floor leak ?’’ Buck Price : “Do you have a date with Mary tomorrow night?” Roy Roop : “It depends on the weather.” Buck: “Why the weather? Roy : “W hether she’ll go or not.” Miss Mears : ‘AVhat animal requires the least nourishment? John Einstein: “A moth, it eats holes.” Miss IMorrison fin Arithmetic class) : “Get cpiiet. this isn’t any social. James Conrad : “I wish it was. I’m hungry.” Harry Robert.son : “T never eat any lunch when I ])lav baseball. ” JiBo: ‘AVhy? Harry: “Because I catch so many flies.” How is a teacher like a Ford?” “I’ll bite. How? “A crank in the front and the nuts behind.” Miss W’hitelaw : ‘AVhy is the black bird in ‘Sweet Afton’ referred to as wild- whistling?” Luther Moore: It looks wild when it whistles.” Forty-seven nxxtxmtxxtxxxtxmmxnmmmxixxnmimimxttttixttixuttxtmtxm: mmtxxtxxxxiixtxmxmnttttixtxiixxxi-izxxtxtmtnxmtxxu Jones Mercantile Co. Radford’s Leading Department Store EAST RADFORD, VA. PHONE 2 TRY M. Jackson’s Hardware Co. “The Pest I’e.xce to 1)Hy Hardware’’ EAST RAHE( )Rn, A. PHONE 1 Edith B. Stone Bcaut Salon () F E N A I. L II- E E K Radnor .Apartments Phone 3S2 FIRST National Bank of RADFORD CAPITAL - $100,000.00 SURPLUS - $ 50,000.00 Resources over One IMillion Dollars xmxxxxxxxxxxxxnxmxxxnxxxxxxxxxmxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxunxxxxnxxxxn:xxxxuxxxxxxxxixxxxxxxtxxxxxxxxxxxnxxtxmxm Forty-eight H H “Your Home Should Come First” Rady-Free Furniture Company East Radford, Va. DINING ROOM FURNITURE LIVING ROOM GOODS BED ROOM SUITES ODD CHAIRS LAMPS RUGS Bush-Flora Shoe Co. Higfi Grade Shoes and Baggage 130 Campbell Avenue, U ' esf Roanoke, Va. MURRAY TIRES AND TUBES Gas — Oil — Accessories SALES SERVICE Copeland Electric Refrigerators Bottlers of High Grade Soda Waters Giesen’s, Inc. PHONE 383 Clover Brand Dairy Products Milk — Butter — Ice Cream H XX ♦♦ H H Manufactured b Clover Creamery Co , Inc. 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