Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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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 ,

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SENIOR CLASS OF 45 It was a notable day in. '!41 Ole R.H.S. was in a hum Bouncing Freshmen,Like bees in a hive Entered room 35 - the class of '45, “twas in the fall of '42 We entered aS Sophomores good and true We wanted to learn and cooperate With those whom we had to associate. To reach our goal became our aim We did:our work and staked our claim, In the year of '43 We entered into our Junior Glee Steady,strong and healthy too The teacher our captain,we the crew We were sincere in work and play And did the work assigned each day. Yes, dawned the year of '45 The finest of years to be alive Wetve finished the game,and learned good deeds Along life's path we've sown our seedss May all the thinga we've left undone Be completed by Seniors in ysars to come, TT late Bang bar RED, WHITE AND BLUE Tne colors of Old Glory are red,white and blue Those colors to which we strive to be true We have chosen these colors for our class this year For to each heart they are so dear, Blue is for Loyalty- which we all desire Red is for Courage = as to run through fire White ts for Prrity - most needed of all Juniors,for this quality, please don't fall . Of our Junior Class we won't brag of boast But of our school days we'll make the most There are only fifteen - the smallest class in school But even we disobev some rule. Red, White and Blue, how sweet they sound We'll send this echo the whole world round While wetre still Juniors,we'll say anew Our pled-e to Old Glory and to it be true. Aliw Seseotn ) THE SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY + CONCLUDED: Valcolm Jones has sone into the radio industry and is the prize comedian with N.B.C. He has gained a followins as large as Bob Hope's was back in '45. At the present time he is busy taking singing lessons from Jimmy Durante, and very successful ones, we might add. Jane Calohan has finished her medical course and now works at Rockefellow Center in N.Y. We heard that she is making eyes at a handsone fellow Surgeon who seems to share her enthusiasm, Gerald Maxey realized his worthwhile ambition of becoming a lawyer, and is well on hie way of becoming President of the United States.Contarary to everyone's expectations,he is still a happy bachelor and saya he hopes to continue as one. To my surprise and chagrin, the candles flickered and went oub,leaving 4 tiny pool of wax upon the candle holders. It was beginning to get dark ‘outside so I stood up,and stumbled from the shop and wended my way through the crooked streets, filled with the wonders of the things I had just beheld. ae —