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

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THE OAK LEAF The Prophecy of 31 PR( )L( )GUK far the hanks of old t en.i: River, In the little eity, Radford, Stands a school of fame and honor. Stands a school of truth and beauty, Dovcn helov. ' it runs the hiyhvcay, Runniny east and runniny ’ivest card ! Calliny — “Seniors, otmvard! onvcard! Do not stop, you ' re hut heyinners ! Do not stop, come he real avinners “ There in the year of Thirty-One, If ' ith our school-days almost done, H e departed from each other, Trom our school, our .-lima Mater, To the fields vchere duty called us. And our duties did appall us. Tvi ' enty years have slipped a’loay since then! Tv:enty years! as ivords slip from a pen, .Ind no=io as sit in a thouyhtful tnood I ' d he so happy if only I (ould Learn hmc the hopes and hov; the aims Of all my friends have been ordained. — With Many Apologies to Longfellow. Here I hold a book in my hand W ' ritten by the most famous author of ihe land, The title is — A on Never C ' an I ' ell! ' ' And the author happens to lie Charles Caldwell. I turned my radio on just now In hopes that maybe, 1, somehow. Might find the answers to what I wonder, ' Cause if 1 don ' t I ' ll sit and poiuler. Listen ! “ Lhis is station A-B-C From down in ' Sunny Tennessee’ And guess who’s here — why I’halia Lee — ' Three Little Words ' her song will be.” ‘‘ I ' his is station W-R-B-X And we shall hear frotti Carl Hendrix, He put Rudy ' allee off the air. With his new song hit — ' ' hy Don ' t You Care? ' The next nundier is a reciuest. And it comes from way out west. It is signed ' Martha atid Bryan’ , ' nd they ask for Ours ami Mine. ' Here ' s a request from ' tiay Baree ' And this little girl has her Bh. 1). Don’t you worry, don ' t you fret, ' Cause Florence will be famous yet. We have a few announcements to make And here’s our announcer, his name is ‘Jake.’ ' Well, here I atti, folks, with announcements galore, I ' he first is a sale at a department store, I ' he joint property of two of my friend., I ' hev are . nna Williamson, and Dorothy Nolen. ‘Don ' t miss the picture, ‘A Familiar Scene,’ 1 tell you, good people, it’s simply a scream! ■ou will love Evelyn Wilson and laugh with j ack. Come see for yourself how well they can act. ' Here’s something for women and large ones at that I Says Beatrice Howard — ‘W’hy stay so fat? ’ou can lose at least a poutid every day. If you will try reducing my way.’ Now we ' re signing off — (JOODNICHT.” Well, all good things must come to an end — — But wait! 1 have heard from some more of my friends: Tv:enty-four

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My IDEAL Ctrl (iENEVA Cole ] Iarv McDonald Dorothy Nolen Ardis Siianklin X ' iRGiNrA Allen X ' lRGlNIA ' I ' l ' RPIN Elise Jones . Selma Codrev Eloise Graham . Would Have eyes like hair like mouth like teeth like feet like hands like figure like . disposition like . nose like . Coiu.D h ' vELVN M ' h.son dance like lOLET Meia ' ev .... ])lay hasket-hall like . Ehalia Al iLES sing like . Elizabeth Mottesheard . . . play piam.) like Likes To Martha Tomlinson . . . read hooks like I ' LORENCE Webb study like ] L rgaret Weddle .... have fun like Ifov Carl Hendrix Ralph Early Jack Roberts Hartwell AIillner J uD.soN Payne James Lucas . Robert 1n(;les Harry Per eater . James Lltcas Tvian Early Stanley Porter . Carl Hendrix Charles Caldwell Charles Caldwell Bryan Eller Harry Pereater T’u;enty-three

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THE OAK LEAF Now, Margaret ' s an in:erior decorator, And FI any Perfater’s an aviator, And Ruby and tirace and CJ.neva Cole Have “Good Housekeeping for their goal. Ardis Shanklin ' s a famous physician. And V ' irginia Allen ' s a dietician. Now Violet Helvey’s simply a wow As a Ifasket-Bali Coach — (ih. Boy, And How! A boxing match was on last night. Aiul did Ole Stanley Porter fight? Bu, how could he help but win When Ardath was outside waiting for him? Judson, a lawyer, and Mary Belle Live in their home near h ' ort Chiswell, And Virginia Purpin now puts on airs, VV ' hy? ' Cause she ' s (he wife of a millionaire. I ' lederick J. flaskin doesn ' t show his face. Since Bud and Lucille have taken his place. And with Etta as the editor-in-chief, I ' he Roanoke l imes just can ' t be beat I V ' ivian and Ralph, a right joilv pair. Sell in their store W ' hat well-dresseil men wear. And Mary and “Liz still chtnns it seems Live in their “Btingalows of Dreams. Mildred chose matrimonv, loo. Ami lives down in Honolulu, Janie, Ora, and “Kat, excell In helping sick people to get well. James Lucas is a traveling salesman With a dozen lines or more. And he ' s still breaking hearts — right and left As he did in the Days of Yore. “Bob Ingles is a detective And uses (trig) methods — very effective, Leslie owns three g-ga--g-ga-rages And Frank ' s a barber and gives massages. Reuben ' s a professional baseball coach With a darn good record from coast to coast. And he attributes his success Po his experience at R. H. S. . nvone would think that Al (Who is the owner of “Hopkins now) V ' oidd be too busy to make milk-shake. But he does it just for “Old Time’s sake.” A good stenographer is Eloise, I ' es, she has that “clicking disease — She works in an office in New York And is always busy from daylight to daik. And now I ' ve told you all I know About my pals of long ago — But Pm thinking still of the day we started . nd wishing that we never had parted. ICPTU )CUE hi our ilrar olj City, s lll, IJorivu l clo v the Hiyh School hill Near the slou.cly- i. ' i!iiliu river, Runs the hujlivcay — on, forever. .H’lviiys pleiidinej — always calli iuj — Onward , onward, mind not toUinij — Work to reach your hiijh ambition, laihor to fulfill your mission.” Sei.m.x CioniiEY, Class Prophetess. Twenty- fve