Richlands High School - Reminiscences Yearbook (Richlands, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1947 volume:

Annual Publication of the Senior Class RICHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL Richlands, Virginia 19 4 7 Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Ass’l Business Manager Photographer _ Sports Editor Art Editor Ass ' t Art Editor __ Senior Representative Faculty Advisor _ Patsy Warner, Jr. Paxton Bucklen Peggy Flanary Stafford Compton Ronny Elswick Helen Tarter Tommy Patteson Sonny Elswick Lettye Jean Cleva Miss Anne Wray To one whose guidance and wise counsel we have en¬ joyed, whose patience and understanding we have ap¬ preciated, and whose subtle wit and humor we have had convulse us; whose influence we have felt and shall con¬ tinue to feel; to one who reveals in her teaching and association with her students and fellow workers the deeper values of education . . . MISS NELL PORTER BOGGESS we are honored to dedicate this, the tenth volume of “THE TORNADO • ■ � W. T. Robinson Principal Miss. Charlotte Zeigler Secretary to Principal Herbert M. Chafin Band Director History Mrs. Irma C. Allen Math I G. C. Farmer Ayriculture Shop Miss Anne Wray Librarian Thoroughly to teach another is Miss Fauntine French Religious Education Miss Edith Breeding Home Economics Mrs. Lona Hubbard Choir Director Piano Paul A. Breeding Science the best way to learn for yourself Miss Nancy Hunter English I Miss Helen McClanahan History I Miss Justine Johnston English French Spanish J. W. Umbarger History Physics Not Pictured: Mrs. Elizabeth Morton English Miss Alice Roop Algebra Geometry Mrs. Helen Bagenstose T yping Bookkeeping Miss Nell Porter Boggess English Latin K. M. Hicks Coach Algebra Miss Lorraine Compton Shorthand T yping Robert Fitzer Assistant Coach Biology J. PORTER SHOCKEY, Red Ash _Maiden Springs District S. N. HUFFARD, Bluefield _Clearfoik District H. K. CASSELL, Tazewell _ County Superintendent BARNES T. Moore, Tazewell Jeffersonville District: Chairman of the Board ‘Education is a debt due from the present to future generations.” —George Peabody Mrs. Bonnie B. Hall North Tazewell School Att. Officer SENIOR CLASS President _ _ CLINTWOOD HOBBS Vice-President _ JACK LAMBERT Secretary-Treasurer GLENNA ALTIZER Sergeant-at-Arms _ Eugene HQRTON Eugene Blankenship “Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets. POST GRADUATES “Victory belongs to the most persevering. SENIORS Roma Allison “Romeo” Laugh and the world laughs with you. Ambition: Secretary Hobby: Travel Allie Gray Altizer “Allie” It is better to be alone than in bad company. Ambition: Success Hobby: Pictures Glenna Altizer Good qualities need no advertising. Ambition: Teacher Hobby: Collecting Car¬ toons Virginia Arnold “Gin” If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it. Ambition: Secretary Hobby: Letter writing Curtis Bandy True worth is in being, not seeming. Ambition :Do-nut factory Hobby: Bowling Dixie Mae Anderkin “Bugs Bunny” Do others before they do you. Ambition: Air hostess Hobby: Collecting photos Onari Baldwin “Onery” A laugh is worth a hun dred groans. Ambition: Stenographer Hobby: Music Benson Beavers “Breta” To idle, silly, flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed. Ambition: Author Hobby: Hunting Eugene Blankenship “Bliss” There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and noth¬ ing so royal as truth. Ambition: D. D. Hobby: Basketball Esther Bobbitte “Babbitt” ’Tis only God may be had for the asking. Ambition: A husband who can cook Hobby: Thumbing rides with Doris Hershal Boyd “Hersb” The truly Valiant dare everything except doing any other body an in¬ jury. Ambition: Success Hobby: Radio IS Hoye Lee Brown 1 like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Ambition: Flying Hobby: Doodling Nathan Brown Let us then be up and doing. Ambition: Successful Jack-of-all-trades. Hobby: Music; Taxi¬ dermy. Corrine Christian “Corky” Of all those arts in wh ' ch the wise excel, Nature ' s chief master piece is writing well. Ambition: Teacher. Hobby: Reading. Lettye Jean Cleva “Letty Mae” Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone. Ambition: Nursing. Hobby: Doing impression¬ istic drawings. Paxton Bucklen “Pax” The more we sutdy the more we discover our ignorance. Ambition: Coach. Hobby: Sports. Victor Christian. Jr. “Chris” If thou lovest life then don ' t waste time, for that is the stuff of which life is made. Ambition: Mining En¬ gineer. Hobby: Racing. Billie Ruth Cole They talk most who have the least to say. Ambition: Business Wo¬ man. Hobby: Entertaining Bob.’ Cretta Fay Cole “Critter” Choose rather to want less than to have more. Ambition: Private Secre¬ tary. Hobby: Collecting Crystal John L. Coleman envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less. Ambition: Engineer. Hobby: Poetry. Stafford Compton “Stag’’ Great talkers are like leaky Vessels; everything runs out of them. Ambition: Vacation. Hobby: Hunting. IftS Harold Cox The way to have nothing is to give nothing. Ambition: To fly. Hobby: Drawing. Loretta Cox “Ret” Men have sight; women insight. Ambition: Beautician. Hobby: Collecting pictures Harry Curley “Cicero” Love is like a piece of gold — Hard to get and hard to hold. Ambition: To marry a rich widow. Hobby; The cinema. Gaynelle Dawson “Gay” Too low they build who build below the skies. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Deciphering code. Paul Crouse “Snout” They also serve who only stand and wait. Ambition: Engineer. Hobby: Hunting. Mary Pearl Davis “Minnie Pearl” Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it. Ambition: Teacher. Hobby: Collecting souve¬ nirs. Frances Deskins “Frank” To have friends one must first be one. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Reading. Elizabeth Dye “Libby” Dream away sorrow; live away happiness. Ambition: To leave Rich- lands. Hobby: Collecting snap¬ shots. Charles Eagle “Buzzard” My silence is my speech. Ambition: A more at¬ tractive cognomen. Hobby: Loafing. Doris Eller “Dimples” A little learning is a dan¬ gerous thing. Ambition: Improve my dancing. Hobby: Collecting letters. Howard Dean Elswick “Sonny” (Stink) Good cheer is no hinder- ance to a good life. Ambition: Get along with women. Hobby: Music. Ronny Elswick “Handsome” Tell me with whom thou art found, and I will tell you who thou art. Ambition; Leading man in Hollywood. Hobby: Music. Amarette Gilbert “Bangs” The first step to know¬ ledge is to know that we are ignorant. Ambition: Marry a King. Hobby: Dreaming. Vernon Harrison “Crock” Ambition can creep as well as soar. Ambition: Engineer. Hobby: Hunting. Peggy Flanary “Peg” He alone has lost the art to live who cannot win new friends. Ambition: A certain some¬ one. Hobby: Dancing. Harvey Griffith, Jr. “Gizmo” The winds and the waves are always on the side of the abl est navigators. Ambition: Mechanic. Hobby: Flirting. Harvey Helmandollar. Jr. If a man is worth know¬ ing at all, he is worth knowing well. Ambition: Politics. Hobby: Loafing. Clintwood Hobbs, Jr. “Hobbs” Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appear¬ ance. Ambition: U. S. Senate. Hobby: Arguing. Eugene Horton “Hotlips” There’s none so homely but loves a looking glass. Ambition: Punctuality in English IV. Hobby: Gin rummy. Ernest Houchins “Buck” There may be luck in get¬ ting a good job, but there is no luck in keep¬ ing it. Ambition: Lawyer. Hobby: Girls. ftS Mabel Jackson “Bub” It is better not to be than to be unhappy. Ambition: Success. Hobby: Eating. Adelaide Jennings “Jo” The useful and the beauti¬ ful are never separated. Ambition: To have an ambition. Hobby: Snapshots. Ernest Joyce And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew. Ambition; College Prof. Hobby: Studying. Clyde Kiser “Pee Wee” Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt; and every grin, so merry, draws one out. Ambition: Doctor. Hobby: Dates. Lorraine Johnson “Shorty” Things don’t turn up in this world until some¬ body turns them up. Ambition: Beautician. Hobby: Collecting various things. Doris Justice “Jo” They think too little who talk too much. Ambition: George. Hobby: Thumbing with Esther. Jack Lambert “Isbman” They always talk who never think. Ambition: Hollywood. Hobby: Charming the op¬ posite sex. Naomi Lambert “Nay” Not failure, but low aim, is crime. Ambition: Medical Secre¬ tary. Hobby: Cards from dis¬ tant places. Robert A. Lambert “Curley” The best armor is to keep out of gunshot. Ambition: Graduate. Hobby: Sports. Billie Lane The first step to know¬ ledge is to know that we are ignorant. Ambition: Genius. Hobby: New books. ]ftS Bernice Lawson “Bernie” Knowledge is man ' s crown of distinction. Ambition: Perfection in all things. Hobby: Cooking and sewing. Dorothy Lawson “Dot” think b ut dare not speak. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Collecting pictures Florene Litton “Flo” He is not poor that has little but he that desires much. Ambition: Nurs . Hobby: Pictures. Edith McGhee “McGhee” A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Ambition: Flying. Hobby: Needlework. Virginia Lester The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it ex¬ actly right. Ambition: Nurse. Hobby: Making friends. Violet Lowe “Vi” Put all good eggs in one basket — then watch that basket. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Photography. Lossie Martin “Red” Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Ambition: Globe trotting Hobby: Day dreaming. Clara Martin “Squirt” He is richest who is con¬ tent with least, for con¬ tent is the wealth of nat ure. Ambition: Shorthand. Hobby: Movies. Alice Mason “Y oung’n” Every mind needs an oc¬ casional frolic, so it can better return to think¬ ing. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Dramatics. Nancy Morgan You will find poetry no where unless you bring some with you. Ambition: English teach- Hobby: Photography. Ben Mutter “Bennie Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Ambition: Farmer of the year. Bobby: Agronomy. Lola Mutter “Lulu We must be doing some¬ thing to be happy. Ambition; Nurse. Hobby: Unusual pictures. Nancy Norman “Nance The surest way not to fail is to determine to suc¬ ceed. Ambition: Date with Hobby: Cartoons. Clarence Patton “Patton A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks and then reflects on what he has uttered. Ambition Leatherneck. Hobby; Model planes. Evelyn Norman “Rosie We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. Ambition: Lady Success. Hobby: Dancing. Tommy Patteson “Pat Let me have music dying, and I will ask for no other delight. Ambition: Diploma. Hobby: Going places. Virginia Petts “Jinny What we obtain cheap, we esteem too lightly. Ambition: Teacher. Hobby: Reading. William Ratcliffe “Bill Let the world slide; you reap no more than you sow. Ambition: Electrical en¬ gineering. Hobby: Driving. Ralph Reed “Zeak The mill cannot grind with water that has passed. Ambition: To pass alge¬ bra. Hobby: Photography. William L. Reed “Bill No fools, no fun; so everyone is happy. Ambition: To win an argument w i tja Miss Roop. Hobby: Jokes. IRS Margie Rife He is most free from dan¬ ger who, even when safe, is on his guard. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Reading. Nancy Ringstaff “Nancy Lee It ' s better to love one littte boys lots than to love lots of boys little. Ambition: Designer. Hobby: Trying out new recipes. Helen Rumgay “Rumkeg To you . . . we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high. Ambition: R. H. S. Girls’ Coach. Hobby: Day dreaming about night things. Billie Jane Selfe “Fuz ’His only noble to be good. Ambition: Certified Pub¬ lic Accountant. Hobby: Sports Spectator. David Robinette “Doc “Luck is a Very good word if you put a P before it. Ambition; Jack-of-all- Trades. Hobby: Mechanics. Alvin Russell “Droopy His listless length at noon¬ tide would he stretch... Ambition: Engineer. Hobby: Loafing. Ruth Shook “Taffy What we ardently wish we soon believe. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Day dreaming. Harold Short “Bear Any man may make a mistake, but none but a fool will cont nue in it. Ambition: To meet a young, eligible secre¬ tary. Hobby: Pin-ups. Bernice Shouse “Berny Himes change and we change with them. Ambition: Housewife. Hobby: Writing Hoye Lee. StNIORS Clement Smith Ability is a poor man ' s wealth. Ambition: Business Ex¬ ecutive. Hobby; Manual arts. Harry K. Smith The gem cannot be polish¬ ed without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Ambition: Top-Sergeant. Hobby: Sports. Katherine Smith “Kathy” There’s a time for some things, a time for all things; a time for great things and a time for small things. Ambition: “Someone” teach me to fly. Hobby: Movies. Catheleen Stevenson “Billie” Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. Ambition: Navy M.D. Hobby: Match covers. Gratho Stiltner “Grat” Be not merely good; be good for something. Ambition: Coach. Hobby: Sports. Roberta Smith “Berta” A wink is as good as a nod to the wise. Ambition: A figure like Marie McDonald. Hobby: Collecting But¬ tons. Onell Stevenson “Nellie” ’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Ambition: Choir director. Hobby: Music. Helen Tarter “Tarter” Never do tomorrow what you can put off until the day after. Ambition: To see eye to eye with Miss Boggess. Hobby: Taking life easy. Dolly Tatum Youth is the opportunity to do something and to become somebody. Ambition: Hollywood re¬ porter. Hobby: Historical dolls. Wanda Thomas “Windy” Life without mischief is not life at all. Ambition: Stenographer. Hobby: Collecting post¬ cards. Billie Gean Thompson •B ill” Today is but your own to parcel as you will. Ambition: To become a genius. Hobby: Travel. Norma Thompson T. N. T. A closed book never makes a scholar. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Looking after Elmer. Virginia Tolliver ”Bo” A smile a day brightens your way. Ambition: Learn to keep my mouth shut. Hobby: Laughing. Marco O. Warner Maestro” Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Ambition: To direct a Name Band. Hobby: Music. William W. Watkins. Jr. Willie” Eat. drink, and be merry —tomorrow you will wish you were dead. Ambition: Success in busi¬ ness. Hobby: Hunting and trapping. Virginia Vernon Ginny Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. Ambition: 1 got mine! Hobby: Collecting recipes. Patsy Warner. Jr. P. W.” In his duty prompt at every call. Ambition; Business Ex¬ ecutive. Hobby: Music. Doris Webb Great things can always be done by willing workers. Ambition: Teacher. Hobby: Reading. Hazel Webb Red” When hearts are true, few words will do. Ambition: Secretary. Hobby: Needlecraft. Joseph West Clarence” Love and let love. Ambition: Railroad en¬ gineer. Hobby: Smoking. Mitzie West Every noble activity makes room for itself. Ambition: To get Paul. Hobby: Dancing. Joseph D. Whitt “Junior’’ To climb steep hills re¬ quires slow pace at first. Ambition: The lost week¬ end. Hobby: Bowling. Evelyn Williams Men were deceivers ever... To one thing constant never. Ambition: To see the world. Hobbv: Reading. Louise Witt ' Brownie’’ They are never alone who are accompanied by noble thoughts. Ambition: Homemaking. Hobby: Dating. Nancy Williams “Whitie’’ There is a woman at the beginning of all great things. Ambition: Interior decor¬ ator. Hobby: Reading. William Blankenship. Jr. “Miss Junior’’ No man can be wise on an empty stomath. Ambition: Metropolitan. Hobby: Grand Ole Opry. Robert Cunningham Katy” Happiness consists in be¬ ing perfectly satisfied with what we have got and what we haven ' t got. Ambition: Doctor. Hobbv: Dear” hunting. Senior Class Members Not Pictured Dixie Dunn Eugene Goodwin William McGIothlin Jack Mullins Mike Null Leslie Smith Fred Vernon Taylor Willis SS PROM w J r Ten years have elapsed since the seniors of the class of 1 947 left the Institute of Learning, Rich- lands High School to enter various fields of fortune. Now we are having a reunion of the 1947 class. We shall now see what each student has made of himself. Alvin Russell has become one of the experts on a radio program, “It Pays To Be Ignorant Dixie Anderkin runs the old maid ' s home in Pig Tail, Ark. Patsy Warner is a very important business executive. He is already starting on bis second million. He gave up all hope of ever making his first. Ben Mutter is a radio an nouncer for station W. O. L. F. Mike Null has been appointed to the Supreme Court by the President. Helen Tarter writes and sells excuses for all occasions. This has become a money making business. Sonny Elswick, “Stink as his friends call him, is now living in Hollywood and has become a second Bob Hope. He also has taken Frank Sinatra’s place since Frank is too old to sing anymore. Paxton Bucklen is manager of Cow Creek Nite Club, with Nancy Ringstaff as bubble dancer. Ronny Elswick is a famous screen lover rival¬ ing Gable and Valentino in technique. Paul Crouse is a cuspidor cleaner at the local jail. Helen Rumgay is captain of the All American Girl ' s Football team. Ernest Joyce is still studying hard. He is now working on Einstein’s theory of Relativity. Adelaide Jennings is an instructor of skiing at Sun Valley. Her star pupil is John Wayne. Curtis Bandy has taken a trip to the moon. Marco Warner now has his own band, all girls, and this year was voted top band leader of the year. Billie Ruth Cole is now a professional Powers Model. Doris Eller is a stewardess for the Pisgah Air Lines. Lettye Jean Cleva is now a physics genius and a R. N. ( meaning Registered Nut. ) Also a third degree moron. These honors have never been given to any one else. Glenna Altizer is now teaching at the Uni¬ versity of Cedar Bluff. Edith McGhee is teaching Latin at the State Prison. Roberta Smith is now traveling in Europe with her fifth husband. Jr. Blankenship is a singing bartender in Club “32” and on the side he is a pest killer. Alice Mason was elected “Miss America of 1 954 . Doris Webb is in Washington as private Secre¬ tary to the President. Wanda Thomas is now in Reno getting a divorce from her third husband. Katherine Smith is a famous movie actress, Lamour Turner. Onell Stevenson is Mr. Robinson’s Secretary. Clintwood Hobbs has just completed a sus¬ pension bridge to Pluto. Dolly Tatum is a test pilot—the only woman to fly without an airplane. Dixie Dunn has devoted her life to scientific experiments. Evelyn Norman is modeling girdles in New York. Nancy Norman has inherited a large estate and now is living a life of comfort and ease. Benson Beavers is now aiding Superman with the fight against the underworld. Bernice Shouse, home ec. teacher at R. H.S. is awaiting the arrival of Cpl. Hoye Lee Brown from down under—Australia. Virginia Vernon, who has been teaching in the Cuban schools for the past ten years is here show¬ ing off her first grandson. Catheleen Stevenson is a very famous dancer. She wili be seen dancing with Gene Kelly in her next picture. Nancy Williams is a professor of French at the University of Paris. Norma Thompson is a cigarette girl at the Stork Club in New York. Allic Gray Altizer is modeling bathing suits in Florida. Bernice Lawson won a prize of $10,000 for her rcccipe for making candy. Peggy Flanary is an opera star and has changed her name to Calastine Noosbomb. Lorraine Johnson is floor walker at Hotchkiss Dept. Store. Bill Ratcliffe is now a famous engineer and is touring the world lecturing to all the people. Clyde Kiser is now a famous brain surgeon. He has done wonders with Lettye Cleva ' s and Helen Tarter ' s brains (if they ever had any). Bob Lambert is now a great coach at Duken University. Joe West has been chosen by the President as ambassador to Africa. Billie Jane Selfe is now in Congress, the only female representative. She conducted a state-wide kissing campaign and was elected by a landslide. Stafford Compton ( one time wealthy play¬ boy ) is now Tazewell County ' s only peanut vender. Ruth Shook is now Mayor of Olive Tree. India. The world ' s only woman mayor. David Robinette is now Governor of Virginia. Vernon Harrison, recently returned from Mexico, where he was hailed as the greatest bull fighter of all times. Clarence Patton is now in the marines and after ten years is still a private. Mi tzie West is the famous trapeze walker who is appearing with the Janes Brothers Circus in Shaddytown. Nathan Brown is now a Taxidernrst and any¬ one wishing to have anything stuffed see Nathan in New York. He stuffs while you wait. Billie Gean Thompson is now a secretary for Senator Claghorn. Taylor Willis is now overseas on an island called Alcatraz! Bill Watkins has taken Bing Crosby ' s place. Clement Smith is a sword swallower with Baily Brothers Circus. Eugene Horton is a very respected citizen. He has the very important job of driving the city garbage truck. Victor Christian is now in South America and has organized, his own United Mine Workers. Mabel Jackson is the chief gate keeper at the Marion Asylum. Cretta Cole is now a big game hunter in Africa. Billie Lane has joined a gypsy band and is specializing in fortune telling. Lola Mutter sells sun lamps on the border of the Sahara Desert. Lossie Martin has neither been seen nor heard of since she followed the Pied Piper. Corrine Christian is now a famous ice skater. Roma Allison runs a sawmill. Nancy Morgan helps hubby build bridges in South America. Evelyn Williams is now editor of “Madam Glamour.’’ Harold Cox has attained the position of a manhole guard. Amarette Gilbert has a crocodile farm in Florida. John Coleman is now a millionaire playboy in New York. Mary Pearl Davis is now owner and operator of her own chewing gum machines. Onari Baldwin has just finished her now famous novel entitled I Got My Man’’ under the pen name of Amy Laramy. Eugene Goodwin is professional sleeper for Mack ' s Furniture Store. Florence Litton is now the new chief at Big Stone Sag. Clara Martin is owner and operator of the Frank and Jessee James cruise. Jack Lambert sells hot air at an Esso Stati .r in Hog Pen Hollow. Gaynelle Dawson is now becoming another Florence Nightingale. Margie Rife is raising bananas in South America. Bob Cunningham is now dancing instructor at the University of Dogpatch. Naomi Lambert is a great hair stylist in New York. Doris Justice has become the wife of a wealthy playboy, but refuses to give up her title of “Gin Rummy” Queen. Elizabeth Dye has just opened her new school “How To Make Love In Ten Easy Lessons”. Dorothy Lawson has retired to the farm to raise chickens. Virginia Tolliver is the only woman wrestler with a college education. Harry Curley is a very dignified bachelor who is selling insurance. Violet Lowe is now making a tour of the world. Ralph Reed owns and manages a large dress shop in Alaska. Joseph Whitt is the new dog catcher at Long Run, Rhode Island. Ernest Houchins is making a tour of the world searching for his wife who got lost. Virginia Petts is the greatest cat and dog doctor in the world. Harvey Griffith is a famous instructor in choreography in New York. Look out—he will probably be in Hollywood next. Virginia Arnold is now gate keeper for Rich- lands own toll bridge. Jack Mullins has a new establishment of his own. He is owner of the A. B. C. Store for Fort Pierce, Florida. Eugene Blankenship has his own professional basketball team. Bill McGlothlin has just signed a seven year contract with 19th century wolves. Frances Deskins is now Private Secretary to the King of Balone. Harvey Helmandollar is coach of the All American Red Heads. Charles Eagle is a clothes designer in Holly¬ wood. Grat Stiltner is the new time keeper at the state prison. Fred Vernon is cover boy for “Ladies Home Companion”. Bill Reed is a beach comber in South America. Hazel Webb has taken Rita Hayworth’s place in Hollywood. Esther Bobbitte was elected Queen of the Strawberry Festival. Hoye Lee Brown is now a 5 star General in the Army. Hershal Boyd sells fans in Africa, and the North and South Polar regions. Leslie Smith is now a great detective at Scot¬ land Yard. Virginia Lester is now a movie director in Hollywood. Harry Smith is owner and editor of the New York Monthly—He has yet to get it out on time. Joe Simmons President Jaydean Cook Vice-President Martha Kennedy Secretary Treasurer Billy Bartley Sergeant-at-arms Virginia Altizer Lyla Baldwin Jacqueline Bandy Claude Barrett Clyde Barrett Billy Bartley Lillian Beavers Nell Beavers Quentin Bennett Edward Blankenship Charlotte Boyd Rebecca Boyd Carol Breckenridge Louise Brewster Wanda Brooks Larry Bucklen Richard Buskell Bill Carter James Casey Sylvia Casey Dare Coleman Jaydean Cook Frances Cruey Jack Cunningham Gerald Davis Norma Davis Raymond Davis Corene Dickenson Helen Dills Helen Dixon Conley Dye Margaret Dye Ralph Dye R. J. Dye Juanita Elswick Kenneth Ferrell Shirley Fields Joan Fink Lillie Fogleman Margaret Fuller Raymond Gilbert Earline Hall Guy Hankins Margaret Hankins Faye Harrison Linda Helton Harry Hess Juanita Hicks Jack Howard Frances Jackson Thurman Jackson Porter Johnson Loraine Joyce Wilma Jean Joyce Mildred Keene Martha Kennedy Sam Lambert Mildred Lenhart Fannie Lowe Jo Edith Lowe Wilmer Lowe Paul Maxwell Wendell McCoy Lacy McGlothlin Una Lee McGlothlin Elmer Meadows Janis Meadows Whitley Meadows Bill McReynoIds Percy Mullins Margaret Nicewander Bill Null Edith Peak Phyllis Quesenberry Fay Rasnick Tommy Reynolds James Richardson Kathleen Ringstaff Ocie Rose Peggy Russell Eloise Sargent Dorothy Shelton Larry Shelton Mae Shortridge Jack Shortt Maxine Shortt Edith Simmons Joe Simmons James Smith Lucille Smith Geraldine Stiltner George Stull Rudolph Taylor Clara Vance Mary Alice VanDyke Jacqueline West Arville Whitt Charles L ee Whitt Peggy Williams Katherine Wilson Glenna Wright Robert Woolf Perry L. Woolsey Kenneth Wysor Margaret Ellen Young Thelma Meadows Douglas Smith President Dorothy Ferrell Vice-President ' Donald Ray Secretary-Treasurer Jean McGee Reporter Frances Altizer Ray Beavers Patsy Belcher Don Blankenship Harry Blankenship Lena Blankenship Thelma Blankenship Merlene Bordwine Jacqueline Ann Boyd Lawrence Breedlove Eva Dean Brewster James R. Brewster Frank Brown Ocie Browning Eugene Buchanan Shirley Bucklen David Burke Billie J. Buskill Betty J. Buskill Homer L. Carter mmwm Elbert Carty Nancy Christian Delmer Clark John M. Coleman Bobby Joe Compton Betty J. Conley Leola Crocker Ralph Davis John Ray Dawson Dorothy DeBord Delma Dye Betty Elswick Jacqueline Elswick Nancy Elswick Norene Elswick Richard Dalton Dorothy Ferrell Elizabeth Fortner Cecil Gillespie Ruth Goodwin Betty Lou Griffith Joan Griffith George Groves Robert Hagy Kenneth Hankins Phyllis Hankins Hazel Harris Margaret Harrison Paul Hess Helen Houchins Faye Jackson Dorothy Jewell mwmm Ralph Johnson Freda Joyce Margaret Joyce Goldie Kassay Georgie Keene Angus Kiser Betty Kitts Harold B. Kitts Bobby Lambert Robert Lane Eugene Lawborn Geraldine Lawson J. R. Leedy Ruth Lester Doris Liddle Natalie Lockhart Alleane Lowe Walter Mosley Rubie Lowe Laura McCoy Mary Sue McFarland Thelma McGaffee Jean McGee John McGlothlin Lynwood McGlothlin Emogene Messer Anita Mercer Eugene Mercer Macceane Miller Oma Mitchell Irene Mosley Betty Mustard n RtS Thurman Mutter Mildred Osborne Norma Osborne Edward Palmer Pauline Patton Flora Patrick Raymond Patrick Mildred Powers Claude Proffitt Joan Pruett Jacqueline Puckett Cecil Ray Donald Ray Betty Reed Imogene Reedy Jack Reedy Irma Rife Harry Ringstaff James Robinette Dixie Runyon Claude Russell Willetta Scott Virginia Shepherd Lawrence Simmons Mack Skeen Anna Lou Smith Betty B. Smith Douglas Smith Harold Smith Roy Lee Smith Ralph C. Stevens Helen Tat um —H s fits Eugene Vance Kelly Vance, Jr. Wayne Vance Phyllis Vencill Pauline Vencill Elsie Irene Ward Bobby Webb Shirley Ann Wells James West Douglas White Eugene White Roy Lee Williams Thelma Williams Joe V. Williford Jack Wilson O. B. Wilson Thelma Whitt Betty Woolf Ann Alice Young Irene Russell Loretta Sizemore Larry Cyphers President _ Joe HORTON Vice-President _ JOE Adair Secretary-Treasurer _ BERT BUCKLEN Reporter _ MARY LYNN REPASS Sergeant at-Arms _ PAUL WlNGO Joe Bill White The Bucklen Twins Carrie and Larry (We are certain of their identity) f “As the land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies Joe Adair, Ivory Allison, Beulah Altizer, John Altizer, Carson Artrip, Leatrice Austin, Roy Austin, Arlen Ball. Hazel Ball, Howard Ball, Myrtle Ball, Pauline Ball, Emma Jean Barrett, Bobby Bartley, Curtis Beavers, Lura Alice Beavers. Charles Blankenship, Mary Lou Bordwine, Hattie Boothe, Doris Bowman, Evelyn Boyd. James Boyd, Ralph Boyd, Barbara Bradley. Joe Breashears, Harold Brewster, Geneva Brown, Howard Brown, Peggy Brown, Bert Bucklen, Carrie Bucklen, Lucille Burgess. Betty Burress, John Busk ill, Peggy Buskill, Ella Casey, Nadine Chapman, Bill Childress, Paul Childress, Dale Christian. Marie Christian, Don Cline, Geneva Cline, Betty Sue Cole, Juanita Cole, Wanda Cole. Wilburn Cole, Betty Coleman. mwm James Coleman, Trigg Collins, Jr., Claude Compton, Nell Compton, Barbara Cook, Dickie Cooke, Fred Cordle, Ralph Cordle. Bill Crawford, Meldie Cruey, Betty Lee Davis, Betty Louise Davis, Arabelle Daw¬ son, Shirley Dawson, Thelma Deen, Beatrice Deskins. Margaret Dowdy, Emogene Draughn, Della Dye, Frank Dye, Hubert Dye. Ian Dye, Jimmy Dye, Nita Gay Dye. Ollie Dye, Gordon Eagle, Carroll Lee Ferrell, Harold Fuller. Betty Fox. Mabel Gilbert, Walter Ray Gilley, Patty Sue Goodwin. Dorothy Griffith, John Griffith, Lucille Griffith, Ruby Griffith. Jack Groves, Billy Hale, Dennis Hamm. Malcolm Harrison. Rosie Lee Hays. Sally Helmandollar, Betty Hess. Jack Hess. Robert Hooker. Joe Horton. Donald Horton, Agnes Hurt. Rufus Jackson, Joy Johnson, Howard Jones, Kathleen Jones, Marjorie Jones, Alice Joyce, Delma Joyce, Kyle Joyce. Kermit Justice, Artemus Keene, Elbert Keen, Harold Keen, Sue Lambert, Haskil Lawhorn, Jean Lawson, James Leedy. Joan Lipscomb, Juanita Long, Fred Lowe, Howard Lowe, James Lowe. Nell Fern Lowe, Raymond Lowe, Ruth Lowe. Ira McClanahan, Laura McCoy, Helen McGaffee, Virginia McGlothlin, Billy Martin. David Mathena, Grayson Meade, Morris Meadows. Robert Meadows, James Mercer, Kenneth Mercer, Peggy Morgan, Maxie Mulkey, Evelyn Mullins, Kenneth Mutter, Gaynelle Nicewander. Roy Norman, Alma Nuckles, Nellie Owens, Benny Palmer, Charles Palmer, Helen Palmer, Carma Fletcher. Robert Patrick. mm Billy Patrick, Charles Pruett, Hazel Pruiett, Luanne Pugh, Lillian Rasnake, Chester Ray, David Reed, Ruby Reedy. Douglas Regan, Mary Lynn Repass, Helen Richardson, Margaret Richardson, C. R. Ringstaff, Jr., Robert Rumgay, Buddy Russell, Helen Sargent. Nancy Sawyers, Oweda Sayers, Eunice Shelton, Margaret Shelton, Jimmie Shep¬ herd, James Shinall, Bobby Shortridge, Doris Ann Short. Pearl Shreve, Dennis Simpson, Frankie Smith, Hassel Smith, Nadine Smith, Patty Sparks, Wilma Spears, Virginia Stacey. Peggy Williamson, Roger Stallard, Virginia Stevens, Lawrence Strouth, Dixie Stump, James Tatum, Lorraine Taylor, Peggy Taylor. Betty Vance, Dallas Vance, Vella Vance, Margaret VanDyke, Rosetta VanDyke, Billy Walters, Everett Wampler, Velma Ward. mum Jean White, Joan White, Joe Bill White, June White, Louise White, Ulys White, Betty Whited, Geneva Whited. Hubert Whited, Dickie Whitt, Robert Widner, Billy Willis, Billy Wilson, Don Wil son, Rosa Lee Wilson, Jerry Stinson. Virginia Wilson, Paul Wingo, Gaynelle Wise, Rita Witten, Mary Lou Wright, Helen Byrd, Jean Bragg, Carma Fletcher. George Simmons, Harry Lee Smith. Daniel Whitt, Zola Fletcher, Sue Null. A BACKWARD GLAN U L The ancient god, Janus, for whom January was named was provided with two faces enabling him to look both forward and backward, into the past and into the future, at the same time. We, Janus-like, try to do the same thing. Looking back we are astonished to find how short the time has seemed since we entered high school in September ’43. We remember that the scarcity of teachers during our freshman year made it difficult for us, for we were tutored by ten or more persons during one school year, a situation that left some of us quite dizzy. However most of us made the grade. We found ourselves busier and participating in more and more activities as time went on, but this year has surpassed them all. The year’s work did not begin when the bell rang in September, but weeks—even months before. Class officers for three classes were chosen in the spring; the TORNADO staff was elected, and during the summer Helen Tarter, Patsy Warner, and Tommy Patteson were named to work with Miss Zeigler and Mr. Robinson on the Handbook, the first for our school. By using a bit of their vacation time the handbook staff was able to present every student with the pro¬ duct of their labors in September. The Commercial department has expanded by the addition of one teacher. Spanish and Public Speaking were taught for the first t me. An unusual feature of this year has been the large number of war veterans, twenty-four in all, who have enrolled to continue their studies interrupted by the call to colors. We have been put to shame many times by the earnestness and seriousness of this group who is trying to make up for time lost. We admire and honor them. The football team rang down the curtain on the greatest record ever enjoyed by the Tornadoes— no defeats—with county championship honors. The Boosters of the town and community supported them to the extent of chartering a special train to Norton for the final game. The victorious season was followed by a number of banquets honoring the squad, outstanding among such events being the banquet served by the Home Ec. department when the Kiwanis Club played host to the coach and boys. The junior varsity football team, coached by Mr. Fitzer, played four scheduled games thereby gaining valuable experience. Our social life has not been neglected, for many parties have added gaiety to our existence. The costume party on Halloween when many of our number won prizes for the cleverness of their attire, a semi-formal dance sponsored by the Veterans Club on New Years Eve, and many other socials have added spice to our school life. The purchase of a combination radio-record player has added much to the pleasure of our parties. A full time band director enabled the band to perform most creditably at home and away during the football season. The Dramatics Club entertained us with two one-act plays in November. The choir under the direction of Mrs. Hubbard has performed on several occasions. The students have been helpful and liberal in the various drives which have been undertaken— Junior Red Cross, Tuberculosis Drive, March of Dimes, Overseas Relief, etc. An announcement most welcome to the ears of seniors was the decision of the administration to exempt from final exams any senior who passes his mid-term exams and does satisfactory work the remainder o f the year. Time passes, and already we are looking forward to the class picnics in the spring, the junior and senior plays, and the junior-senior prom which usher in our commencement activities. Instead of look ing back with sadness we shall look forward with joyous anticipation of what is before us. —The Seniors the Look (Faculty) Mrs. Morton Mr. Fitzer The Lambs (Bashful) Nancy Ringstaff Ben Mutter The Cap-and-Gowns (Typical Senior) WHO ' S WH R. H .S. Notables The Wags (Wittiest) Sonny Elswick—Billie Selfe The Prims (Neatest) ij i -r, r . r i Allie Gray Altizer Clyde Kiser Helen 1 arter Patsy Warner. Jr. 1 1 The Mixers (Faculty) Miss Wray Mr. Chafin The Fixers (Best-all-around) The Brains (Studious) Doris Webb Peggy Flanary Tommy Patteson The Wags (Faculty) Miss Boggess Mr. Breeding The Brawns (Most Athletic) Helen Rumgay Bob Lambert The Droops (Laziest) Helen Tarter Catheleen Stevenson Alvin Russell ' S The EGOTISTS (Most Conceited) Dixie Anderkin—Bill Ratcliffe The Noises (Loudest) Billie Selfe—Alvin Russell Jolly-Good-Fellows (Popular) Helen Tarter Tommy Patreson Jolly-Good-Fellows (Faculty Mrs. Morton Mr. Hicks THE LOOK (Best Looking) Billie Ruth Cole Ronny Elswick The Mixers l Best Personality ) Peggy Flanary Harvey Griffith. Jr. LAMBERT, Quarterback rjf Whitt, Fullback ilVIDUAL CYCLDNtS Of M BIGOLUt TORNADOES HELMANDOLLAR, Left Tackle MAXWELL, Manager McGLOTHLIN. End Mullens, End PATTESON, Guard Reynolds, Halfback All-Area Brown. Tackle Lowe, Center fODTflALL SQUA H. L. Brown, RT; P. Bucklen, LG; H. Helmandollar, LT; J. Farris, LH; E. Horton, LT; B. Lambert, QB; J. Coleman, LG. E. Meadows, RH; T. Patteson, RG; W. Lowe, C: D. Blankenship, RE; J. Smith, RT; C. L. Whitt, FB; V. Keene, HB; S. Mabe, G. S. Compton, E; G. Stiltner, QB; G. Nuckles, E; W. McCoy, HB; H. Short, FB; R. Elswick, T; R. Taylor, HB; C. Hobbs, C; C. Proffitt, G. H. Smith, E; B. McGlothlin, E; T. Reynolds, HB; J. Mullens, E; B. Ratcliffe, HB; J. Richardson, C; H. Ringstaff, E. SCHEDULE R.H.S. Opp. R.H.S. Opp. Clintwood 31 0 Tazewell 12 7 Coeburn 6 6 Graham 26 0 Pocahontas 19 6 Bristol . 6 6 Chilhowie _ 39 0 Big Stone Gap _ 31 7 Grundy 6 6 Wise 20 7 Captain Stag Compton Co-Captain Hoye L. Brown Coach Ernie Hicks THE BLUE TORNADOES by GUY HANKINS As school days roll around once more at R. H. S., the grand old game of football comes with them. This year Coach Hicks with the help of his new assistant. Bob Fitzer, turned out one of the best teams in the Tornado’s history. A group of about 51 boys turned out for practice, among them 9 lettermen from last year’s squad and 5 war veterans. With two weeks tough practice the Blue Boys opened the spectacular 1946 season by thumping Clintwood 31-0. The following week the Tornadoes met the boys from Coeburn, one of the strongest teams of the season, and fought to a 6-6 draw. The clash with Pocahontas, their first county rivals, resulted in a 19-6 decision in favor of the Tornadoes. In high spirits, the Blue Boys ne t met Chilhowie and walked off with a 39-0 victory. With three wins and a tie tucked away, the Tornadoes traveled to Grundy to battle the Golden Wave to a 6-6 tie. The highlight of the season, the classic of the county, in other words the game of the year was played on the Richlands fields when, before an all time record crowd of approximately 4000, the Tornadoes met their ancient rivals, the favored Bulldogs from Tazewell. When the final whistle sound¬ ed the Blue Boys had marked up another victory to the tune of 12-7. The Tornadoes visited the G-Men of Graham next, and walked off with a 26-0 win. Next on the list was a journey to Bristol to meet the fighting Bearcats of Virginia High. The result of a tough, hard fought game was a 6-6 draw. Second only in interest to the Richlands-Tazewell game was the clash between the Crimson Tide of Big Stone Gap and the Tornadoes on the R. H. S. field. For the first time in nine years, the Crim¬ son Tide went down in defeat before the fast stepping, superbly coached Tornadoes—31-7. To climax the season the Tornadoes and their Boosters, some 700 strong, traveled to Norton by special train to meet the Indians from Wise. The Indians were scalped to the tune of 20-7 by the superior team from Richlands. Two of our boys, Compton, End, and Reynolds, Back, were named on the All-Area First Team for the second successive year. Helmandollar, Tackle, was named as Captain of the All-Area Third Team, while Coleman, Guard, was also chosen on the Third Team for All-Area. So ended one of the greatest seasons ever experienced by the Tornadoes—one in which, with a record of seven wins and three ties, they emerged undefeated, thus crowning them County Champions and rating them runner-up in the All-Area honors. FOOML JUNIOR VARSITY Bert Bucklen, HB; Billy Willis, G: Haskel Lawhorn, HB. Raymond Lowe, G; Elbert Keene, G; Dale Christian, QB; John Griffith, G: Walter Mosley, C; Ian Dye, T. Robert Fitzer, Coach; John M. Coleman, HB; Delmer Clark, HB; Jim Robinette, E; Dallas Vance, T; Mack Skeen, QB; O. B. Wilson, FB; Benny Palmer, HB. whhhhbsis Lambert and Buchanan, Forwards MS MSMLL V. Keene, R. Elswick, B. Lambert J. Richardson J. Howard Coach Hicks R. J. Dye E. Blankenship D. Blankenship E. Buchanan W. McCoy Dye and Howard, Forwards McCoy and Keene Guards Blankenship and Elswick Centers Richardson and Blankenship Guards GlftLS GASraALL Anna Lou Smith, Loraine Joyce, Doris Eller, Clara Vance, Peggy Williams, Helen Rumgay, Phyllis Hankins, Elizabeth Dye, Dare Coleman Helen Tarter, Manager; Una Lee McGlothlin, Roberta Smith, Cap¬ tain; Carol Breckenridge, Earline Hall, Jaydean Cook, Jean McGee, Kathleen Ringstaff, Willetta Scott, Peggy Brown, Ruth Goodwin. Robert Fitzer, Coach “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” MEMBERSHIP First row: Norene Elswick, Betty Lee Davis, Nancy Carroll Meadows, Mary Lynn Repass, Norma Tizen, Mitzie West, Dixie Anderkin. Second row: Sonny Freeborn, Joe Bill White, Fay Rasnick, Evelyn Russ, Clyde Barrett, Doris Liddle, Sonny Elswick, Jimmy Jones, Tommy Robinson. Third row: Ann Alice Young, Jimmy White, Kathleen Jones, Katherine Kiser, Allen Barrett, Max Horton, Lynwood McGlothlin, Leola Crocker, Curtis Bandy. Fourth row: Patsy Warner, Jr., Steven Childress, Douglas White, Norma Shreve, Frances Warner, Billy Hefner, Bill Watkins. Fifth row: Joan Griffith, Rita Witten, Jr. Blankenship, Guy Hank¬ ins, John Paul Hefner, Eddie Davis, Claude Barrett. Herbert M. Chafin Director ’-o “A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.” MEMBERSHIP Bill Watkins, Eugene Blankenship, Harold Short, Raymond Patrick, Sonny Elswick, Rudolph Taylor. Betty Buskill, Dorothy Ferrell, Elizabeth Fortner, Martha Kennedy, Jaydean Cook, Helen Rumgay, Mitzie West, Eloise Sargent. Mrs. Hubbard, Carol Breckenridge, Wilma J. Joyce, Pauline Ven- cill, Natalie Lockhart, Joan Griffith, Rebecca Boyd, Maxine Short, Charlotte Boyd, Margaret Hankins. Margaret Joyce, Ocie Browning, Patsy Belcher, Thelma McGaffee, Lacy McGlothlin, Merlene Bordwine, Betty Woolf, Dorothy DeBord, Jean McGee, Tommy Patteson, Willetta Scott. Victor Christian, Fay Rasnick, Peggy Russell, Jo Edith Lowe, Doug¬ las Smith, Kathleen RingstafF, Sylvia Casey, Ann Alice Young, Katherine Wilson, Bill Carter, Ronny Elswick, Helen Tarter, Ruth Goodwin. Not Pictured: Dixie Mae Anderkin. President _ Vice-President Joe Williford _ Betty Reed Secretary-Treasurer _DORIS LlDDLE Sponsor - Miss Nell Porter Boggess MOTTO— “Labor omnia vincit’’ Ray Beavers Thelma Blankenship Leola Crocker Margaret Dye Shirley Fields Hazel Harris MEMBERSHIP Georgie Keene Mildred Keene Doris Liddle Rubie Lowe Emogene Messer Walter Mosley Mildred Osborne Betty Reed Ocie Rose Betty Smith Kelly Vance Joe Williford President —“Juno _ADELAIDE JENNINGS Sponsor —MISS “Minerva NELL PORTER BOGGESS Secretary-Terasurer —“Jupiter”- ERNEST JOYCE MOTTO —“Ad astra per aspera’’ MEMBERSHIP “Jupiter Ernest Joyce “Mercury Bill Carter “Penelope Sylvia Casey “Proserpina Frances Cruey “Juno Adelaide Jennings “Ceres Florene Litton “Thisbe Clara Martin “Venus Edith McGhee “Eurydice Virginia Petts “Daphne Fay Rasnick “Diana Doris Webb “Vesta Katherine Wilson “Pandora Glenna Wright SPANISH CLUB President _PAXTON BUCKLEN Secretary _ MARY SUE McFarland Vice-President _LUTHER GlLLMAN Sponsor _MISS JOHNSTON MOTTO: “La ciencia es para el pobre riqueza, para el ricoy para el anciano contento.’’ Lawrence Breedlove Frank Brown Paxton Bucklen Billie Buskill Bobby Joe Compton Margaret Dye Harold Edwards Nancy Elswick Luther Gillman Joan Griffith MEMBERSHIP George Groves Hazel Harris Angus Kiser H. B. Kitts Billie Lane Eugene Lawhorn J. R. Leedy Mary Sue McFarland Mildred Osborne Norma Osborne Raymond Patrick Donald Shelton Ruth Shook Mack Skeen Anna Lou Smith Betty Smith Douglas Smith Geraldine Stiltner Kelly Vance Jacqueline West President Glenna Altizer Sponsor _ Vice-President Lettye Jean Cleva Miss Boggess MOTTO: Mind your speech lest it mar your fortune” MEMBERSHIP Nathan Brown Sonny Elswick Ronnv Elswick Patsy Warner, Jr. Glenna Altizer Dixie Anderkin Lettye Jean Cleva Helen Rumgay Helen Tarter Doris Webb President _ __RUTH SHOOK Vice-President __ CLINTWOOD HOBBS MOTTO: “Le prix de sagasse Secretary _ADELAIDE JENNINGS Sponsor .. __ MISS JOHNSTON est loin de le prix de rubis.” Nathan Brown Clintwood Hobbs Adelaide Jennings Martha Kennedy MEMBERSHIP Una Lee McGlothlin Dorothy Shelton Ruth Shook Katherine Smith Roberta Smith Dolly Tatum Mary Alice Van Dyke RAMMICS Sponsors _MRS. A. C. MORTON Miss Helen McClanahan Dixie Anderkin Curtis Bandy Eugene Blankenship Charlotte Boyd Rebecca Boyd Carol Breckenridge Nathan Brown Paxton Bucklen Sylvia Casey Victor Christian, Jr. Lettye Jean Cleva Billie Ruth Cole Cretta Cole John Coleman Jaydean Cook Norma Davis Elizabeth Dye Doris Eller Sonny Elswick Shirley Fields MEMBERSHIP Peggy Flanary Lillie Fogleman Margaret Fuller Amarette Gilbert Linda Helton Clintwood Hobbs Mabel Jackson Adelaide Jennings Loraine Joyce Martha Kennedy Naomi Lambert Jo Edith Lowe Lossie Martin Alice Mason Nancy Morgan Evelyn Norman Nancy Norman Tommy Patteson Edith Peak Fay Rasnick Kathleen Ringstaff Nancy Ringstaff Ocie Rose Helen Rumgay Peggy Russell Alvin Russell Billie Jane Selfe Bernice Shouse Catheleen Stevenson Katherine Smith Roberta Smith Helen Tarter Norma Thompson Clara Vance Mary Alice VanDyke Patsy Warner Katherine Wilson Bill Watkins Mitzie West Nancy Williams Peggy Williams fit fARMtRS Of AMtftiCA First row: Clarence Patton. Homer Carter, Bobby Lambert, Bill Bandy, Robert Lane, O. B. Wilson, Eugene Mercer, Lawrence Simmons, John McGlothlin, Douglas White. Second row: Whitley Meadows, Jim Brewster, Ben Mutter, Porter Johnson, Larry Bucklen, “R.J.” Dye, Roy Norman, Roy Lee Smith, Harry Curley, Harold Cox, Vernon Harrison, Arville Whitt, Jack Lambert, Mr. Farmer. Third row: Harry Ringstaff, James West, Arville Flanner, Sam Lambert, Gerald Davis, Clement Smith, Peery Woosley, David Burke, James Smith, Raymond Davis, Robert Woolf, Joe West.. Sponsor: Gordon C. Farmer. SAftTY PAIR Mr. Breeding, Don Reedy, Bob Horton, Wm. Blankenship, Jr., Patsy Warner, Billy Lyon, Paul Wingo, Jay Pruett, Robert Cregger. Harry Smith, John Ray White, McDonald Blankenship. Bobby Brewster, Hassel Smith, L. C. Lawson, Don Joyce, Ralph Osborne, Billy Taylor, Billy Dye. RE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA MEMBERSHIP Allie Gray Altizer, Glenna Altizer, Virginia Altizer, Virginia Arnold, Patsy Belcher, Carol Breckenridge, Eva Brewster, Wanda Brooks, Billie Buskill, Nancy Christian, Betty Jean Conley, Cretta Cole, Loretta Cox, Mary P. Davis, Norma Davis, Dorothy DeBord, Nancy Elswick, Norene Elswick, Shirley Fields, Peggy Flanary, Lillie Fogle- man, Elizabeth Fortner, Earlene Hall, Margaret Hankins, Margaret Harrison, Linda Helton, Juanita Hicks, Lorraine Johnson, Loraine Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Wilma J. Joyce, Betty Kitts, Naomi Lambert, Geraldine Lawson, Mildred Lenhart, Florene Litton, Natalie Lockhart, Rubie Lowe, Jo Edith Lowe, Mary Sue McFarland, Thelma McGaffee, Anita Mercer, Lola Mutter, Margaret Nicewander, Evelyn Norman, Nancy Norman, Kathleen Ringstaff, Nancy Ringstaff, Dixie Runyon, Peggy Russell, Dorothy Shelton, Virginia Shepherd, Mae Shortridge, Bernice Shouse, Edith Simmons, Lucille Smith, Catheleen Stevenson, Virginia Tolliver, Pauline Vencill, Nancy Williams, Peggy Williams, Katherine Wilson, Betty Woolf. F. H. A. OFFICERS President _PEGGY FLANARY Vice-President _BERNICE SHOUSE Secretary _NAOMI LAMBERT Treasurer _ ALLIE Gray ALTIZER Reporter _MARGARET HANKINS Sponsor _ Miss EDITH BREEDING Club Colors: Red and white Flower: Red rose Motto: Toward new horizons Leslie Smith ' [MANS ' “Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.” First row: Hershal Boyd, Bill Ratcliffe, Grat Stiltner. Second row: Mr. Chafin, Ernest Houchins, Clyde Kiser, Harvey Griffith, Bob Lambert, Marco Warner. Third row: Bill Reed, Harry Curley, John Coleman, Cecil Osborne, Harvey Helman- dollar. Fourth row: Mr. Fitzer, Harold Cox, Kenneth Dawson, Harold Short, Mr. Hicks, Miss Zeigler, Fred Vernon, Bill McGlothlin. Paul Breeding Ernie Hicks Blaine M. Brown Luther Gillman Herbert Chafin LA W We the Senior Class of 1947 being of sane make our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To our principal. Mr. Robinson, and all the members of the faculty we bequeath our hearty appreciation and sincere thanks for their interest and guidance. ARTICLE II To the lowly freshmen, sophomores and juniors, we leave our high aims and accomplish¬ ments. ARTICLE III Paxton Bucklen wills his curly hair to Bill (Curly) Willis. Katherine Smith wills her golden curls to Thelma Dean and hopes she will like them. Mabel Jackson wills the fun of being a “Digni¬ fied Senior’’ to all Juniors. Lorraine Johnson wills her love for men to any sucker who falls for them. Bernice Lawson wills her love for the Home Economics Room and the te acher to all the Junior Girls. Ruth Shook wills her ability to get a foreign subject to Douglas Smith. Louise Witt wills her love for Miss Boggess to Cecil Tatum. Marco Warner wills his bladeless razor to Clintwood Hobbs. Cretta Cole wills her figure to Vivian Blanken¬ ship and hopes she will profit by it. Joe West wills his red hair to Sam Lambert. Benson Beavers wills his Literature book and seat in Miss Boggess’ class to Faye Harrison. Peggy Flapary wills her love for Mr. Chafin’s history class to the next class. Bob Cunningham wills his old dilapidated typewriter to Abe Lincoln. Edith McGee wills her Latin book to Ocie Rose. Violet Lowe wills her bookkeeping book to Virginia Altizer. Nancy Morgan wills her typewriter to any brave soul who takes 8:20 typing. ind and supposedly good judgment do hereby Norma Thompson wills her shorthand book to anyone who can pass it. Better luck to you. Lola Mutter wills her love for the football players to Mildred Lenhart. Virginia Arnold wills her smartness in English IV to Mildred Keen. Frances Deskins wills her love for shorthand to next year ' s class. They ' ll need it. Nancy Ringstaff wills what modesty she has left to Jean McGee. Vernon Harrison wills his Adam ' s apple to Jack Shortt. Billie Lane wills her love for Spanish to Mack Skeen. Nathan Brown wills his. position as president of the Student Body to anyone who is lucky enough to get it. Jack Lambert wills his sneaking look to Sam Lambert. Onari Baldwin wills her seat on the school bus to Nell Beavers. Evelyn Williams wills her blonde curly locks to Rubie Lowe. Alice Mason wills her answers to “Macbeth ' ' to Claude Russell. Ben Mutter wills his bashfulness to Wendell McCoy. John Coleman wills his love for geometry to Jim Richardson. Virginia Vernon wills her determination and stick-to-it-iveness to anyone thinking of quitting school. Harvey Helmandollar wills his brains to Jim Richardson. He ' ll need them. Glenna Altizer leaves her pedagogic manner to Edith Simmons. Harry Curley wills his love for advanced al¬ gebra to Miss Roop. Sonny Elswick wills his mistakes in typing to some poor sucker with sense enough to make them. Eugene Blankenship wills his ability to play basketball to Eugene Buchanan. Clarence Patton. To the student body—who do not know me I will my ' silent meditation ' while to those who know me. the right to take their fingers out of t heir ears. Dixie Mae Anderkin wills her left end position in the majorette line to Loraine Joyce. Jack Mullins—I will .... Sorry boys. I ' m taking Loraine with me.” Doris Justice wills her typing book and finger nails to Harold Short. Esther Bobbitte wills her quiteness in Ma s study hall to Bill Null. Onell Stevenson leaves her propensity for ac¬ quiring a broken nose and two black eyes to any junior who is careless on Halloween. Corrine Christian leaves her quiet personality to Jack Howard. Harold Cox wills that flying automobile that he is going to make to his future wife. Dorothy Lawson wills her love for typing to Quentin Bennett. Earnest Joyce wills his good grades to any one who needs them. Let’s not rush! There’s enough to go around. Bill Watkins wills his desire to pester the girls to Don Blankenship. Virginia Lester wills her books to some junior who can use them. Hazel Webb wills her paints and cosmetics to her fellow classmate Mitzie West. Nancy Williams wills her seat in English IV to Peggy Williams. Mitzie West wills her love for the radiator in the hall with Paul to Lynn R. and Doug S. Ernest Houchins wills his ignorance and stupidity to anyone who is sucker enough to want it. Billie Gean Thompson wills her shorthand book to the next sucker who takes it. Ralph Reed wills his love for algebra to David Reed. Virginia Petts wills her studious attitude to Fay Rasnick. Elizabeth Dye wills her curly hair to Helen Dixon on rainy days. Allie Gray Altizer wills her love for Wilmer to little sister Beulah so she can keep an eye on him for her next year. Dolly Tatum wills her ability to keep moving to Helen Tatum. Wanda Thomas wills her short hand book t o anyone who is crazy enough to take it. Mary Pearl Davis wills her ability of chewing gum to Miss Boggess. Bill Ratcliffe, I hereby will my true love and admiration for the opposite sex to Loraine Joyce. Lossie Martin wills her love for Jewell Ridge to the next red head. Amarette Gilbert wills her bangs to Katherine Wilson. Tommy Patteson wills his big feet to Charhs Blankenship. Doris Webb wills her ambition to Katherine Wilson. Virginia Tolliver wills her giggles and diminu¬ tive stature to Georgia Keene. Doris Eller wills her dimples to Lucille Smith. Ronny Elswick wills his love for Miss Boggess’ class to Shirley Fields. She will need it. Roberta Smith wills her aiming eye in basket¬ ball to anyone who can hit the basket. Harvey Griffith wills his automatic cap re¬ mover to Jack Howard. Clyde Kiser wills his dimples and smiles to Carol Mack” Breckenridge. Bernice Berny Shouse just leaves— because she gets lonesome here without Hoye Lee. Billie Jane Selfe leaves for college bequeathing her typing ability to Paul Maxwell so he can become her private secretary. Helen Rumgay wills her prowess in basketball to be evenly divided between Loraine Joyce and Jean McGee. Billie Ruth Cole wills her bookkeeping and accounting book to Elmer Meadows ' cause he’ll probably need it. Evelyn Norman wills her love for History IV to the juniors. Grat Stiltner wills his false teeth to Jim Richardson. He hopes he can use them. Gaynelle Dawson wills her quietness in study hall to Louise Lowe. Nancy Norman wills her Literature book with Macbeth torn out to Norma Davis, who will probably never use it anyway. Taylor Willis wills his love for sophomore women to his little brother Bill. David Robinette, I will my seat in study hall in Miss Boggess’ room to Harry Ringstaff. Charles Eagle leaves school to anyone who wants it. Hershel Boyd leaves his curly hair to Link Whitt. Lettye Jean Cleva wishes her wit and sense of humor to be divided between Willetta Scott and Ruth Goodwin. Patsy Warner leaves his infectious laugh to any junior who has the lung power to do it justice. Eugene Horton leaves everything to himself; he plans to return next year. Victor Christian just leaves hoping Maw ' s 6th period study hall will be much quieter. Naomi Lambert wills her geometry book to Jean McGee. Adelaide Jennings wills her love for Latin and weakness for blondes to Doris Liddle. Loretta Cox wills her shorthand book to Kenneth Wysor. Margie Rife wills her seat in study hall to Goldie Kassay. Clintwood Hobbs wills his love for beautiful girls to Guy Hankins. Clement Smith leaves his physics book to the library. Clara Martin wills her place in Miss Boggess ' English class to Una Lee McGlotblin. Paul Crouse wills his solid geometry book to Linda Helton. Helen Tarter leaves her dull scissors and ton- sorial artistry to Jo Edith Lowe. Hoye Lee Brown left early so he wouldn’t get left behind again this year. Harold Short leaves his position as bass in the choir to Bill Null, his punctuality to Elmer Meadows, and his pin-ups to Porter Johnson. In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto affixed his signature and seal, this the 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven. THE SENIOR CLASS V«ofaVj;. Compliments of THE RICHLANDS NATIONAL BANK RICHLANDS, VIRGINIA President T. A. McGuire Assistant Cashier Margaret Davis Homer Allen Vice President G. W. 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