Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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= Class Will We, the Senior Class of Rustburg High School of 1945,: being of sound mind and disposing memory do hereby make and publish this our last will and testament and declare all other wills null and void . 1. General : To the entire school we leave our school spirit, our loyalty and faithfulness and the duty to uphold and preserve our dear Alma Mater . to the Junior Class we leave our textbooks in hopes that they will follow our examples and study them nightly. We also hope that the phonograph will be fixed for the Junior Class so when they study Macbeth they can hear the records and enjoy them as we didn't . 2e Faculty: To Miss Evans we will an automatic paper-grader to assist her in grading the long History tests and exams she gives . To Mr. Gardner, our princille we leave hopes for a better Senior Class in '46, one that won't worry him about parties . To Mrs. Schacdler we will a book of rules on How to kees Study Halls Quiet To Miss Cardwell we leave some gas stamps so she won't miss any of the ammsement in the community. To Mrs. Drinkard we will a senior class that twon't be quite so silly and inconvincible. Se Special Bequests: Betsy Board leaves her intelligence to Billy Patrick. Billy Bryant leaves his secret of missing test days to Alice Tanner. Marie Bingham wills her ability to make speecjes to Jim Board. Malcolm Jones Wills his ability to make bright rémarks to Gerald Cheatham. Martha Lilly bequeaths her title Mailcarrier to Julia Frazier. x Jane Calohan hopes that Fred Anstey will always be able to give correct answers or manufacrure one as she has always been a ble to do. Edna Talley bequeaths her poetic ability to Pete Monroe. Gerald Maxey wills his ability to always have his lessons prepared to Harold Coates. Arline Manley wills her ability of not talking behind your back to any one who feels guilty. Clinton Farris wills his desk by the pencil shargner to Rilly Davidson if he feels capable of sharpning everybodies pencil. Kathleen Wade wills her ability of keeping quiet to Rose Tweedy. Bruce Venable wills his ability to manipulate rubber bands and warer hose to Henry Patrick. Ann Wisecarver wills her athletic ability to “rannes Azmon. Alice Williams bequeatns her artistic ability “va Harris. Josephine Church wills her cuteness to Virginia Mae Taylor. Luther Caldwell wills his mathematicll ability to Calvin Bailey. Aubrey Carwile bequeaths his spelling ability to Jim Stone Frank Lesure wills his ability togjet along with the girls to Tom Phillips. Pegey Bell wills her blonde curls to Betty Lindsay. Nancy Maxey wills her Ability to flirt to all bashful Juniors, We hereby appoint Tom Phillips of the class of '46 executos of this last will and testament with full power and a uthority to execute same accordin; to its true and intended meaning, having perfect conficence in “is judgement and integrity. Hallof Shame Class Beauty Alice “est Looking Koy Bain Cutest do Best All Round Girl Nancy Brain Trust Frank Best All Round Boy Bruce BrainiRust Malcolm Most Popular Girl Jo Quiettst Arline Most Popular Boy Gerald Most Studious Nancy Most Schooled Spirited Martha Most Sincere Bruce Happy Go Lucky Malcolm Most Concieted Pegsy Bashful Girl Arline Most Dipnified Marie Bashful Boy Luther Class Grumblér Persy Most Athletic Girl Ann Man Hater Arline Most Athletic Boy Gerald Woman Hater Luther Boy Most In Love Billy Teacher's Pet - Jo Girl Most In Love Betsy Class Artist Alice Biggest Liar Gerald Class Monket Malcolm fost Musical Billy Book Worn Edna Most Attractive Girl Nancy Most Oririnal Jane VeMail Fan Kathleen Hall Stroller Betsy Best Groomed Girl Nancy Chatterbox Jane Best Groomed Boy Bruce

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As I wandered through the strange streets of Tagdad, I spied a fortune teller placard. Curiously I went into the shop. An old ugly woman came forward to meet mee I crossed her palm with the inevitable silver and then she conducted me to a tiny ta ble ina dark corner of the room. There were two lighted silver candles on the table with a crystal ball between them. The air of the room was hea vy with the fragranae, of burning incense , giving a touch of mystery and unreality to the scene, The old hag finally spoke. You must sit and gase at the crystal ball and think of things you wish to know about the future. I sat down and starre at the crystall ball and wondered what I should think about first. My classmates were revea led. Yes, my classmated were the very things. the lives of each of my classmates were revealed before me as though it were written in a book. I gased at the maric crystall and read the pages reflected from within,while an invisible hand turned them. Betsy Board finished her education and is now on a tour of South America where she is teaching the natives the correct way to rhumba, and she really knows whatt she is qoing . Our guess is that she will turn out to be the fiminine version of Fred Astaire or’ Authur Murray. ay Nancy Maxey is married,and is still pursuing on energetic busiinss course. She now is a full time secretary to her husband who is the managor of a preat textile plant. Clinton Farris is one of the most prospprous farmirs of his neighborhood. Last year he won an award for the best corm grower in the state. There has been sone talk of using his farm for agricultural experiments conducted by the National Government. Peggy Bell became one of our most talented actresses and is now known far and wide as the leading movie star: jof the day. After six years of Hollywood, however, she decided to quit the business and come home to her folks on the farm and the boy who is patiently waiting . aris Bingham is still having her romantic love affairs and to the consternation of her friends it scems as though she will never find the perfect man and settle dow to a quiet life. She still enjoys her position as a trained nurse in the Lynchburg Hospital . Arilne Manley is also a Trained nurse. She has established an orphans home with the money left to her by the will of a doting thouch incurable patient. Her charity worl in the slun section of Lynchburg has been bubiicly commended and is preatly appreciated by all who }mnow of it. “aubrey Carwile now runs a reataurant in Washington. On the door of his establishment is hung a red, white and blue sign saying Eleannr are you here . He Has a select class of the Bee patrons and is known as the Proprirtor of the best eating place in the whole of Wash-= ington. Josephine Church has married and her lovely voice is heard singing at all the communi ty get-togethers , She has been offered a contract as ’ v7irl sinsér with one of the name bands and has decided to accept it. lier firends can hardly wait until thc. hearr her sing over the radio and see her with the band. Alice Williams works as a dress designer in her spare time. She keeps house for her hua- band and family and is one of the leading ladies of society, which doesn't leave her much time for her art. All who know her try to get her to desigm their dresses and make paint -ings with which they decorate their homes, ; Edna Talley is famous after writing the best seller book of the year. The book has been adapted to the screen,and is now one of the hit mivies. She married a homely fellow a loves books almost as well as she does,and they live in as old plantation manison in Virginia, Frank Lesure, to everyone's surprise married and spent his honeymoon exploring ruins of Rome. It is rumores that he ran across Hitler's body, in a back closet of a house once pep one Pe to Mussolini. That was only to be expected as he always had a yen for that sort of a! ne ‘ Luther Cardwell is a tobacco auctioneer. After several years of yelling at horses while plowing, he developed his lungs to such an extent that he could accept the aforementioned position. Next Saturcay night, turn on your radio and you will hear his unmistakable voice calling L--S---ji---F=+-T Kathleen Wade is soing to marry America's latest millionare,and we can't blame her c. for he ceraainly is a handsome brute, and plenty nice to top that off. ; Ann Wisecarver finally finished that course at V.P.I. and immediately accepted a nice position with the American Chemical Company,as discovering a mira culous new compound for the medical profession. Billy Bryant owns an exclusive line of beauty shops wh@Ch specialize in five dollar permanent waves. He was married in ‘1945 to a dark haired deauty,and now has two small daughters to practice his art on. Martha Lilly has grown plump and holds down a position as head fore-lady in one of our leading shops,Gurgenheimers Department Store. It seems that she has turned down seversl tempting proposals from persistent suitors beaauce she is still waiting for her one and only to come along. Bruce Venable is the chief designer with Lockheed air craft.He recently designed a new type of family plane which is the very thing for round the world trips.When he went to work yesterday morning, he wore the smile of the cat who had swallowed the canary. Upon close questioning it was revealed that his best girl had jhst said yes ,