Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the 1954 Senior Class of Rustburg High School, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament; and do declare all others heretofore made null and void. Te itt. GUL. In General To everyone, we leave hopes and dreams of a new and improved high school. To the Junior Class, we leave the clock that the class of '53 left us, and ask that they take good care of it. The Faculty To Mr. Hodge, we leave a new set of office steps, because we feel that we have pretty well worn out the old ones. To Mrs. Minnick, we leave dreams of a perfect Senior Class, To Mrs. Martin, we leave a carton of chewing gum to distribute to her History IV Class. To Mrs. Hunter, we leave a volume of Shakespeare, which she ‘‘gen’ly’’ uses. To Mrs. Riegel, we leave a small bus in which to transport her Home Economics students from the new high school to her classes. To Mr. Waddell, we leave space in the lunch line so that he won’t have to wait until the last to be served every day. Special Bequests Mary Ellen Droog leaves Virginia Elliott her ability to keep a secret. Nancy Burnett leaves her ability to get a man on Old Forest Road to Joan Edelstein. Janie Mae Maxey leaves her tallness to Dale Talley. Lenny Franklin leaves her ability to keep her mouth shut at the right time to all Rustburg High ‘‘gossipers.’’ Gene Blankinship leaves Paul Wingfield his ‘‘happy-go-lucky’’ way. Delores Johnson just leaves. Patricia Taylor leaves to Elsie Neighbors her ability to get along with bus drivers. Ethel Wright wishes Maude Tweedy to follow her example and keep quiet in class. Barbara Tann-r leaves to Freddie Keesee the honorable pleasure of editing the 1954-1955 volume of ‘‘The Owl.”’ Avery Goff leaves his interest in the F. F. A. and its work to Louis Cowart. Rosalie Gear wishes to leave with Edith Coffer her secret on how to gain weight. Joyce Waller just leaves. Buddy Steppe leaves his great height to G. H. Coleman, feeling he really needs it. Albert Mason wishes Steve Thompson to have his quietness, knowing that he needs it so badly. Nancy Allcock leaves to Kay Bailey her ability to attract men on bulldozers, Patricia Booth wishes Barbara Tweedy to have her ability to be everywhere at once. Addie Lee leaves Ellen Tweedy all her ex-boy-friends. Paul Mitchell leaves Howard Tweedy his smile, hoping he will use it often. Gladys Long leaves her ability to dance well to Lucy Dalton. Connie Edelstein leaves Peggy Blankinship her ability to get out without an escort. Levay Lawrence leaves her best wishes to all. We hereby appoint Phyllis Wooldridge, class of '55, executor of this last will and testament, with full power and authority, having full confidence in her sound judgment.

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CLASS PROPHECY The day was rainy and dreary, and as my mind began to roam idly, memories began to return of my high school days}; memories which had not returned for many a long year. Still thinking of past experiences and happenings, I wandered to the attic and began looking through old books, some of which contained pictures and other school mementos. What are my old classmates doing now? Many hours, and even days, of search and research produced these facts, which to me are most interesting: Levay Lawrence--Wife of a Lieutenant-Commander. Now living in San Francisco. Mary Ellen Droog--A Major in the Women's Marines. Stationed in Hawaii. Addie Lee--Serving as first woman chaplain in the Waves. Barbara Tanner--Manager of one of those ‘‘Farmer’’ restaurants. Lenny Franklin--Running an old maids’ home on Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C. Janie Maxey--Head nurse at McGuire Hospital. Ethel Wright--Living on a ranch in Oklahoma with her husband and family. Joyce Waller--Living near Gravel Ridge with her hudband, who works at Vaughan Motor Company, and their red-haired twins. Rosalie Gear--Married and settled with that guy from D. and E. Nancy Burnett--Living in her dream house in Lynchburg with her husband and their three children. Gladys Long--Wife of a banker. They live in Brookneal. Delores Johnson--Nurse and bookkeeper for Dr. Michael Fennigan, a prominent phy- sician in Ireland. Patricia Taylor--Living on a farm near Concord with her husband and family. Connie Edelstein--On her honeymoon, in a rocket ship, headed for Mars. Patricia Booth--Now manager of Anderson's Piggly Wiggly after twelve years of faithful service. She is married to a famous doctor. Nancy Allcock--Married and living in Altavista. She is private secretary for the Parker Bulldozer Corporation. Gene Blankinship--Captain in the Marine Corps. He flies an F-86. Paul Mitchell--Still trying to catch that black cat. Buddy Steppe--Sinking Russian battleships with the U. S. Navy. Albert Mason--First baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. Avery Goff--Serviny with the U.S. Army. He is a Lieutenant. The conclusion of my researchwork has helped put my mind at ease because it shows that, after all, each of us seemed to be fulfilling many of our high school dreams.

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SENIOR SNAPSHOTS 1, What? A Bunny Hop and no boys? 2. Sleepy time, gals! 3, That's really four of a kind! 4. Why so glum? 5. They are three baby faces! 6. How did he slip into the girls’ party? 7. Don’t tell us you need a chaperone after all these years! 8. Girls, you can’t get a man with that pose! 9. They are two dangerous looking characters. 10. Why all the smile? Could the owner of the car have anything to do withit? 11. Don't they think they’re cute at that age? 12. Do the lower classmen give the Seniors that service every day? 13. The party has just begun! 14. That’s a nice and dignified bunch of Seniors! 15, What are you three trying to prove? 16. The figures look O. K. What about the faces? 17. Wonder who she’s posing for! 18, What a dear! (our sponsor) 19. They must have come from outer space!