Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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Ronald Delano Moon F.F.A. '46-'47-'49, Christmas Play '49, F.F.A. Sentinel '49,.Senior Play, Glee Club '49. | Allie Brown Wooldridge F.H.A. °47-'48-°49, F.H.A. Leader of Songs '49, Softball °48-'49, Maid of Honor '48, Volleyball °49, President Glee Club '49, Glee Club °46-'48-'49, Senior Play. Gordon Malcolm Wright Sophomore Secretary, F.F.A. '45-'46- °48-°49, F.F.A. Secretary °48, F.F.A. Reporter '49, Degree Teams ‘'48-'49, State Farmer ‘49.

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Lester Watkins Tanner Junior Treasurer, Sophomore President, Freshman Reporter, F.F.A. '46-'47-'48- ‘49, F.F.A. President '49, F.F.A. Vice President,'48, Baseball '48-'49, State Farmer ‘48, Annual Staff, Degree Teams °47-'48-'49, Executive Committee Hub- Federation '49, Literary Contest ‘49, Secretary Hub-Federation °48, Volley- ball °47-'48-'49, S.C.A. Committee °49, F.F.A. Convention No. 23. b Elizabeth Anne Stone F.H.A. °47, F.H.A. Reporter '47, Glee Club ’46-'’48-'49, Newspaper '48-'49, Annual Staff, S. C. A. Committee °49. ‘ x y Eugene Carden Tweedy x Sophomore Vice President, F.F.A. '46- '47-'48-'49, Baseball °48-'49, F.F.A. Secretary '49, Senior Play, Glee Club °48-'49, F.F.A. Reporter °48, Degree Teams '46-'47-'48-'49, Annual Staff, Volleyball '48-'49.

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— CLASS HISTORY In September 1944 a noisy group of boys and girls banged up the stairs to a new life -- high school. In the confusion were erasers, bits of songs, smears of lipstick and several baseballs, and combs. A stern gentleman walked in....silence. From the silence came A. P- Coleman as class president, our motto ‘'The foundation of life is built with the bricks of character’’ and the colors of silver and gold were chosen for our class colors. Mr. Stone, our home room teacher, would com sole us with his ballads. Amid continued battles of brains and era- sers we were Sophomores. Our fueds became fiercer, as our young arms grew stronger and the erasers went swifter and harder. Lester Tanner was our class presi- dent and seams in home ec. began to worry us. Martha Kabler dis- tinguished herself in poetry reading. Miss Jean Perrow was home room teacher. Poor George Washington suffered a blow from 4 football -- understand that he has since been relieved of his agony and taken down off the wall. Then we were Juniors with Curtis Millner as our president. This year we really began to have fun with a variety of activities in which to participate -- going to Charlottesville to a football game and seeing Monticello, lots of parties, Mother-Daughter and Father -Son Banquets, ushering for the Senior play, going on a fine trip to entertainment. How the time flew by and how happy we were! For the first time our school had a May Festival. We did a Spanish dance and Allie and Joyce were in the court. At last we were Seniors. Richard Scott was our class president. Our year began with a round of parties and dances, including a formal given by the F. H. A. girls! Again we made a trip to the University of Virginia to see a football game. In November after lively campaigning, a mock presidential election was held. This was sponsored by the Senior Civics class. The whole school put on a Christmas pageant, ‘‘Why The Chimes Rang, ’ with almost everyone participating in some way. We had a lot of fun putting on our Senior play called ‘‘One Mad Night.’’ The Juniors worked as a committee ushering, and fixing re- served seat tickets with our class colors, red and white, and flower, the carnation, worked skilifully jin. Soon afterwards the Juniors put ona hilarious play called ‘'Cleaned and Pressed.’’ Joyce Cheatham was Queen of the May Festival and from our room in the court were Nancy Wooldridge and Doris Jones. Our class represented the Pilgrims' in the festival. The Juniors planned a nice Junior-Senior Banquet for us. A group of us again went to Washington to see many places and things of historical value. The county track meet was revived and held at our school. Then came thelong-anticipatedclass day and graduation exercises, and with their simple beauty our history is closed. Martha Kabler Class Historian