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

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The Goal Seekers • • • Seniors Harry Edward Bibb “ Hairless ” “Oh. let the sun shine; I’m not very bright anyway.” James William Bricker ‘‘Bill” “The trouble with women is, they’re women.” Wilma Joyce Burrow “Joyce” “I may not be a hunter, but I just discoYered Bear Tracks !” Richard Arden Cook “Dick” “If we could get credits in laziness, I could have grad- uated years ago.” John Nichols Dalton “Johnny” “I’m studying to be a gen- ius; genius, that is.” Robert Emory Dudley, Jr. “Bobby” “Brains just make your head heavy to carry around.” — 12 —

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• • • of Forty Nine February — Now we were romantic. We had a Sweetheart Dance and crowned Jenny and Whitey as King and Queen of Hearts. We kept on winning basketball games and started writing letters to colleges. And we realized that we were over half way there. March — Everybody is full of energy now, and we are undertaking many activities. Best of all we won the District Six Basketball Tournaments — “Cats” and “Kittens” both. The Cats went on the State and were crowned state champions ! We’re so proud as we have really set a record. Our thoughts now turned to Literary Events and we entered a one-act play, two public speakers, prose and poetry readers, a speller, and debate team. The Annual went to the press today — it is an extensive record of our sojourn. It has been an eventful month and we are well pleased with our progress. April — Excitement is still prevalent throughout the company. We have been measured for our caps and gowns. Through the course of our journey two members of our party decided to leave us and enter into matrimony. One of our men turned back — his goal already completed. We are almost to the end of the trip now. Plans for the Senior Play are being made, entertainment of this type keeps our morale up and gives us strength to accomplish our goal. Putting away my pen and ink, I can see the moon creeping over the horizon and my thoughts turn toward the coming day, when we expect to finish our journey. And suddenly I find tears in my eyes. May — Here we are ! The day dawned clear and bright. We have gathered in a group to reminisce for the last time. The Junior and Senior Prom is over and at the thought of it our eyes go dreamy and a sigh escapes our lips. Senior assembly was held the 26th. It was the last time we marched down as “real” seniors. Our journey is over, our thrills are gone forever with our original company. Baccalaureate was held May 29, another last day reminder. And now the forty-niners’ have attained their goal, tonight, graduation night, we walked down the aisle for the last time. A stiffled snub and a tear that just couldn’t be held back showed our feel- ings. With one last look at our company, we th ink God that we have had such a successful and pleasant journey. — 11 —

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• • • of Forty Nine Seniors Charles Luther Eaton “Charlie” “There MAY have been some smarter people born than I am, but I doubt it.” William Oakey Goodykooxtz “Goody” “Someday I ' ll be famous, for even now, they blame everything on me.” John Patrick Graybeal “Pat” “Charlie horse! Some days it just don’t pay to get up.” Richard Edward Haislip “Nose” “It’s difficult for me to keep my nose out of other peo- ple’s business.” Gary Rudolph Holdren “Gary” “I may be little, but so was Napoleon, and look what he did.” William Benny Holliday “Benny” “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” 13 —