Richlands High School - Reminiscences Yearbook (Richlands, VA)

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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.

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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.

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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.