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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
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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.
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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.
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