Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY (continued) Ronald Moon, realizing the need of a Funeral Home in Rustburg, had established his own shop. In his spare time, | learned, he had taken an interest in the banjo and was now enjoying his favorite hill-billy tunes. Nancy Wooldridge, after majoring in higher music at Farmville State Teachers’ College was now a noted piano soloist for the Nation- al Symphony Orchestra. Hunter Irby's cute smile had led him to Hollywood stardom. I was told that his latest picture ‘'The Man With Charm ' was really the talk of the town. Allie Wooldridge was now employed as a model by Guggenheimer's in Lynchburg. She had just returned from an annual trip to New York's Modeling Convention. Eugene Tweedy had decided that no life was better than one ona farm. Hehad married that cute little schoolday sweetheart of his and was well on the way to reaching his goal of four children. Jack Jones had been inspired by a business career and was now president of Lynchburg Textile Corporation. As I thought back over our conversation, I remembered we had left out one of our most outstanding classmates who always provided us with many laughs. None other than Curtis Millner. Upon inquiry my host handed me a copy of the New York Times. Immediately my eyes came to rest upon a column headed ‘‘Laugh Awhile'’. I was told that Curtis had reached world-wide fame through his column. Well, at least my curiosity was at ease, for not only had our class 949 become successful in life, but all had chosen lives that would surely benefit all humanity as well as themselves. Jeanette Kreger Class Prophet LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (continued) To Garnett Manley, Curtis Millner wills his punning remarks. j Louise DriskillAeaves her quietness to Betty Thompson, feeling that she needs it direly. Hunter Irby wills his secret of getting sick just when History 2 starts to Harry Bailey. : Elizabeth Stone wills her ability to always guess the right answer to Evelyn Wisecarver. Lester Tanner leaves his bus route to Gene Lee. Doris Jones leaves her pleasant smile to Ann Perrow. Gene Tweedy leaves his way of attracting teachers to his desk (espec- ially at test and exam time) to Earl Riley. } vn Jeanette Kreger wills to Nancy Blankinship her ability to have seven dates a week. Richard Scott wills his size to Franklin Carson. Nancy Wooldridge wills her taste for turkey to Joyce Carwile. We hereby constitute and appoint the said Gilbert Fariss of the class of 1950 sole executor of this last will and te stament with full power and authority, trusting completely his discrimination and deep understanding. 1-1 VR

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oe. ei CLASS PROPHECY Today was a very important day of my life. I had just been accepted to fill the position of airline hostess on the huge Constellation which was at that moment being loaded out on the runway. As my instructor took me out to the plane, I got the surprise of my life, for there in the pilot's cockpit sat Beverly Millner, one of my old school chums of R. H. S. Very shakily, I climbed into the plane and upward we climbed. It was a cloudless day. The engines of the plane hummed as we zoome- ed into the blue. This was my first trip back east in ten years. | was a little disappointed that I wouldn't be able to stay very long. After seeing that my passengers were comfortable, I stepped into the cockpit to see that everything was under control. Glancing over my pilot's shoulder | noticed in the altimeter that we were suddenty dropping and fast. Beverly gave me a warning nod and | hurried back to my passengers. Giving them as much reassurance as | could, I man- aged to warn them very calmly of the coming danger. We dropped lower and lower and then suddenly it happened: a crash, and then stillness. Slowly I opened my eyes and managed to pull my- self out of the wreckage. Upon inquiry I learned that no one was hurt seriously. Looking around I decided that the place looked vaguely familiar. I was then told that we had landed near Rustburg. ‘‘No, it couldn't be true,’’ I kept telling myself, but it was; for across the field came Earl Calohan, of all people, to help us. He was happily settled on a pros- perous turkey farm not far away. He offered us lodging for the night, but of course all the passengers could not be accommodated; so the pilot radioed for another plane, which soon came to our assistance. | was so tired and upset and longing to hear news of the other seventeen of my classmates, | decided to remain a few days. After a delicious supper, I eagerly began asking questions about the rest of the ‘‘gang'’. | was then told that several of them had settled down right around Rustburg. A. P. Coleman was now a prominent principal at Rustburg High and had added to his faculty Doris Jones and Lorene Lerner, just out of college. Joyce Cheatham had inherited a large sum of money which she had used in res- toring her beloved Gravel Ridge School; and was now in the midst of her teaching career. Alma Lee Dedson, | learned, had just graduated {rom nurses’ school and now held a position at Virginia Baptist Hospital. I can seeher now under that white starched cap. I'm sure she hasn't lost any of that sweetness she used to possess. Elizabeth Stone had taken a sudden interest in a dancing career and was now teaching at Floyd Ward's School of Dancing. Richard Scott, after delivering many inspiring sermons, had ac- cepted the cail as pastor of his childhood church, Whites Methodist. Gordon Wrigh., I was informed, had married a very wealthy Eng- lish girl and had gone to England where he was already retired as a gen- tleman of distinction. Louise Driskill, after having been discovered by a leading stove company as ‘‘one cook in a million,'’ is now. enjoying a successful car- eer as a traveling demonstrator. Lester Tanner was now fulfilling his school daydream. After taking a correspondence course on ‘How to Become a Detective in Ten Easy Lessons,’’ he was now employed by the F. B. I. in Washington. Martha Kabler, having been discovered by Arthur Godfrey on his famous ‘ ‘Talent Scouts ’ program, had reached great success on her own radio program, ‘‘The Scream in the Night. ’ AEE

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