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

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Things Worthwhile 1st Row, Left to Right: Dan Williams, Pete Giesen, Betti) Heuser. 2nd Row: Elizabeth DeHaven, Joanne Benson, Marijane Taylor , Charles M oncure , Jimmy Roberson. 3rd Row: Betty Ann Sowder, Toni Smith, Randy Roberson, Jimmy Jo Martin, M. F. Ilale, Frost Scott, Standing: Bennett Cole, Ann King. Not Pictured: Patty Counts, Frankie Howard, Otis Wilson, Janet Tipton, Ralph Wright, Bill Cline, Mrs. Rubye Jl ade, Adviser, Miss Ruby Dobyns, Financial Adviser. The Oak Leaf Staff Here is the staff that Ins struggled, blundered, and stumbled through a maze of contracts, cuts, hills, and copy finally to emerge with che completed volume. Now that it is a reality, in reminiscence, we can say, “What fun it has been!’’ and feel that it has been well worth the worry, the time, and the cost. Although it is not a perfect piece of work, we hope that the love and thought that we have put into it will overbalance its faults and failings and that this edition, “Among Our Souvenirs”, will bring hack vividly the scenes that we can never relive and the friends whom we intend never to forget. 8 —

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. Among Our Souvenirs Faculty Miss Mae Jennings Science, Chemistry, Biology Miss Beth Jordan Home Economics Miss Juanita Phillips Librarian M iss Ethel Roberts Geography, Algebra, History Mr. F. W. McCoy Physical Education, Coach Mrs. Maude Miller English Mrs. Frank Morgan General Business, Social Studies Miss Farah Rust Home Economics Mrs. Evelyn Veselik Science Mrs. Rubye Wade English, Dramatics Mr. Frank Morgan Science, Physics Not Pictured: Mr. Lawrence Mrs. Daphne Wall Algebra, General Mathematics Luzenski, Industrial Arts Miss Phyllis Hall, Secretary i —

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Among Our Souvenirs Memories of Golden Days FALL — 1945 Dear Diary: Today we felt small and very insignificant as we mounted the steps of Radford High School to begin the first of our five years in this vague, newworld. Football games! Dances! Parties! Our first thrills of holding hands! Aren’t memories wonderful? WINTER ’45-’46 Dear Diary: What a beautiful sensation we had from giving to others through White Christmas! We can still hear the dreamy music of our first New Year’s Dance . . . Heartbreaks were numerous but soon forgotten . . . and winter melted into spring. SPRING ’46 Dear Diary: All of our attention was turned toward Blacksburg as we braved the crowds to cheer the Bob- cats to a glorious district title. Then everything came with a rush . . . our own eighth grade party, our first spring formal . . . our idols, the seniors, flitting about getting ready for the senior play and the junior-senior prom . . . scurrying up and down the halls between classes and signing annuals. Together we, the class of ’50, grew from eighth gradei ' s to ambitious freshmen. FALL — 1946 Dear Diary: Our voices resounded once again through the halls of R.H.S., and on the gridiron cheers rang on high as our loyal sons marched onward to victory. Everything was perfect except for that cold, windy night and Fleming. . . . Oh-h! WINTER ’46-’47 Dear Diary: After the excitement of our holidays was over we came back to school worldly wise until we met our newest fate . . . exams!!! The Bobcats and ’Kittens in their new black and white uniforms were champions in every sense of the word. SPRING ’47 Dear Diary: With longings and dreams of our future proms we performed with black faces for the Junior- Senior Prom of ’47. Although we told our secrets to our own classmates and picked nicknames for them, our heroes and idols were the seniors in whose footsteps we tried to follow, not realizing that we were build- ing footsteps of our own. FALL — 1947 Dear Diary: The going was tough, but through our trials and tribulations and occasional scoldings from our leaders we became full-fledged sophomores. Hallowe’en lightened the sadness of our defeat on homecoming . . . and so, with the disappearance of the leaves and falling of snow, winter was here. — 9 —