Richmond High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Rockingham, NC)

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CHANTICLEER During our conversation we were interrupted by someone calling, Mother, Iookee here! To our amazement' there were two little girls tglowing with laugherl and we knew they were Barbara's by their tactfulness and sweetness. Barbara told us that she was now stewardess for Harry, who was piloting a TWA Airliner from Washington to California. She also told us that on one of their trips they visited the Howling Ha-Cha Club where 1. C. Rierson was singing his latest hit, the Howling Ha-Cha Blues. Have you heard it? lt's really a scream. Over a million copies have already been sold. His wife, Barbara, was hostess at this famous club. We never realized that our classmates could be so scattered in the four corners of the earth, but it certainly was interesting to find out what each of them was doing. It just occurred to us that we hadn't seen all of the class of '55 yet, Remembering a card we had received from joe Brown inviting us down to see him in Georgia, we decided to turn our tour southwrd. As our Cadillac rounded the comer, we immediately recognized him leaving his office. We screeched to a sudden halt and found a parking place nearby. joe heard the noise and, seeing who it was, rushed down to meet us. We had lunch with him :ind he told us he had finally settled down and was working earnestly in the real estate business. We asked' him if he were still having trouble with the women. He grinned and said, l married the cutest little Georgia peach you've ever seen and l have two little boys. We asked him what had become of his high school sweetheart, Tanya Naylor, He told us that she was living in Miami Beach, Florida. Since we were in Georgia, we decided to go on down to Florida to see Tanya. We had read that she was going to be in a fashion show in the evening so we thought we would go out for a swim, since there didn't seem to be anything else to do. We received a terrible surburn but were better by the time the fashion show began. Tanya came out modeling Flynn's latest creation, The Strapless Mink. lmmediately after the show we went back to talk to her. She was thrilled to see us and we had quite a con- ference during which time she told us she was engaged to a Lieutenant in the Navy. She told us also that the Flynn for whom she was modeling was none other than our classmate, Billy Flynn. Billy had a corporation in Hollywood, California, known as the Flynn's Fine Furriers. Billy was very well acquainted with the movie stars because of his marriage to Margaret O'Brien. He and Margaret have twins, a boy and a girl. After leaving Florida we journeyed on to Texas to spend a quiet week-end on Carol's ranch and reminisce over our long journey. Carol had married her former high school sweetheart, Rupert Brown, in the fall of '55. After Rupert had served his three years in the U. S. Air Force, they moved to Texas and were now living on a large ranch. They were kept busily occupied with their herd of 30,000 cattle on the outskirts of San Antonio. My visit ended all too soon as I said good-bye to Carol and headed for my home which was now in Columbus, Ohio. After being secretary for Dr. james Crews, a dentist in Winston-Salem, for two years, I married my high school sweetheart, Jack Lawson, in 1955, and moved to Ohio so Jack could increase his business in selling cars. This had been a very interesting trip and I found that the seniors of '53 were a very ambitious group of people. Now I could go home and rest in Comfort, kn0Win1-I that, HI ISSI. they all had reached their goal. MARY HENDRIX and CAROL REED, Prophets.

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HANTICLEER We arrived at the Robert E. Lee and checked in our bags at 4:00 A. M. We had a late start the next morning but the first thing on docket was to go to the courthouse to pay our fine. On the way in we met Joann fButnerJ Hunter. She had become a secretary for Harvey Lupton, lawyer, shortly after graduation and a year later added Hunter to her name. 'They were planning to move to Florida in two more weeks, to relax with their three year old son who was just like Hoyle and their daughter, the very image of Joann. Joann invited us to lunch with her. While we were reminiscing over old times, Joann asked us if we were going to see Rex Bowen sworn in as editor of the Winston-Salem journal and Sentinel. After lunch we rushed over to see the big event. Later Rex informed us that he received his idea of being a newspaper reporter during his senior year, while writing letters to the Readers' Opinion. He wasn't married yet but was hoping that blonde from Lewisville would soon say YES. While trying to find our way out of the mob, we ran into the former Doris Doub who informed us that she had become the wife of a photographer and the proud mother of a five year old girl. She was sport's editor for the New York Tribune. She was planniuy a brief visit with her parents after which she would return to New York. Doris also told us that she had been writing a series of articles about the Boston Red Socks. She asked us if we knew who their star player was? We guessed it right away to be Kreisler Speas. He had become world wide known for strikeouts. Doris said she had noticed in the gossip column that he had been going steady with a T. V. starlette for sometime. After a good night's rest we started for Raleigh to see Peter Tuttle, who had now become professor at N. C. State College. Upon arriving there we couldn't have had better luck, because Peter was on the campus looking at us with amazement. After graduation from high school, he had entered State College, had majored in agriculture and wa snow professor of agriculture there. Peter was just as distinguished as ever but still he hadn't found the right girl. He told us that his students were like the '53 senior class of Old Richmond and would be quite out of order so he would have to get back to class. But before leaving Peter told us that he was corresponding with Monsieur james Lawton, who was a famous hair designer in Paris. James had always studied his books well at school and decided he wanted to further his knowledge of the world, so he started a trip around the world and finally settled in Paris. Then we went to Washington, D. C. We were so exhausted from traveling thatx we decided to stop at Norfolk, Virginia, for a little recreation. After walking the streets for a while, a decorative poster attracted our attention. It read: An Old-Fashioned Square Dance, Everyone invited, Sponsored by the Sailors of Norfolk. Now that was just the thing to ease our mind so we went in. As we were watching the merrymakers, we heard a familiar giggle and with the turn of our heads we saw Louis Newsome. He told us that immediately after graduation he had joined the Navy and was a Lieutenant. A year later Nancy Moore joined him in Norfolk, where they were that while on their honeymoon in Las Vegas, Nevada, they stayed the state's largest. They hotel. Louis said that he owner of the hotel. June We then continued were surprised to see Mr. and Mrs. june had and OLII' was making her home. As we were just blooming caught u just received a letter from june stating Libby were now very happy with their now living. He also said at the Las Vegas Hotel, Smith, managers of the that he had just become two sons. drive to Washington, D. C., where we heard Barbara Butner neared Washington a beautiful orchard where the cherry blossoms r eyesight. We just had to stop by and admire this beautiful orchard, by chance, we met Barbara and her husband, Harry. Ar

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GHANTICLEER We, the Senior Class of 1953 of Old Richmond High School, realizing that we are about to take a permanent leave of absence, much to the sorrow of the faculty, who have, I a.m sure, treasured each moment that was spent with us, hoping by some remote chance to have relayed to us some small element of knowledge, and also to our fellow students, do ordain, publish, and de- clare this to be our last will and testament, rendering void any former wills made by us. ARTICLE I-SECTION I To our beloved principal, Mr. John W. Wood, we leave a full measure of sanity which he doubtless has lacked throughout our infallible reign as Seniors. ARTICLE I--SECTION II To our ever-understanding teacher, Mrs. Henrietta Holland, we bequeath J. P. Dillworth's latest book, How to Preach An Effective Sermon. ARTICLE .II-SECTION I To the Juniors, who will soon fill our honored seats in the senior class, we bestow: Cal All the knowledge that was attained in our most ex- citing yearlin high school. fbi Our- privilege of going to lunch first. ich Ahd last, by no means least, the task of publishing The Chanticleerf' ARTICLE 'II-SECTION II To the Sophomores we leave patience and courage to endure the oncoming seniors. But be brave and just remember that you, too, will someday be a senior. ARTICLE Il-SECTION III To the innocent Freshmen we leave a certain amount of dignity and the ability to carry a countenance of wisdom, when you sometimes find yourselves lacking in gray matter. ARTICLE III-SECTION I I, Joann Burner, do bequeath my aches and pains to Barbara Tuttle and ,Jeanette Burner, so that they can prevent the doctors from going out of business. I, Carol Reed, do will my artistic ability to Sue Allgood and Patsy Craft. I, June Smith, do bequeath my marriage license to Betty All- good. Have fun, Betty, you won't be single but once! I, Mary Jo Hendrix, do leave my big mouth to Wynoka Josey and Pat Doub. But remember to restrain yourself in Mrs. Holland's class. I, Billy Flynn, bequeath my seat in the senior class to Winburn Shore, so he may graduate with a broader mind. I. Rex Bowen, do will my ability to argue with Mr. Early to Edgar Masencup. May you be more successful than I. I, Barbara Burner, leave my secret for a successful marriage to Barbara Livengood and Sylvia Spease. I. hall I. James Lawton, do will my quiet and studious ways in study to Wayne Coley. Lewis Newsome, do bequeath my esteemed seat in the senior class to Nancy Moore, so she may graduate in honor. I, Doris Doub, do will my wittiness to Janie Smith and Ann Reid. Take advantage of it, and enjoy yourselvesg it's later than you think. I, Mack Hauser, do bequeath my bus and route to W. C. McGee. Take it easy, Dub. I, Deane Long, do leave my position on the baseball team to Charles Petree. May you have better luck than I. I, Bobby Sprinkle, will with reluctance my many girl friends to Bobby Fulk. Take good care of them, Bobby. I, Kriesler Speas, do bequeath to John Conrad my ability to hit the high notes with my popular giggle. It will win you many hard looks from your teachers! I, J. C. Rierson, leave my unfailing habit of coming to school by lunch time to Roy Bowen. That morning sleep does wonders for you. I, Peter Tuttle, do will my bus to Winburn Shore. Take good care of old SO, Winburn. I, Tanya Naylor, do bequeath my dimple to Lonnie Ring, to add to the rest of his charms. I. the Joe Brown, do will to John Robertson my ability to attract opposite sex. We do hereby constitute and appoint Henrietta W. Holland our Lawful Executor, to execute this, our last will and testament, according to the true intent of the aforesaid document. Signed, sealed, and declared by the Senior Class of Old Rich- mond High School. We do hereunto set our hands and seal this twenty-seventh day of March, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. Testators PETER TUTTLE BOBBY SPRINKLE