South Hill High School - Footprints Yearbook (South Hill, VA)

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WHO ' S WHO MOST INTELLECTUAL JOLENE SUTTON and BEN HENDRICK MOST MUSICAL JIMMIE GEOGHEGAN and JOLENE SUTTON MOST POPULAR BILLY DOYLE and LIB BOSWELL BEST LOOKING MARGARET MOODY and BILLY DOYLE BEST ALL AROUND JIMMIE GEOGHEGAN and JOLENE SUTTON MOST ATHLETIC EMMA MAE THOMPSON and BILLY TAYLOR

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CLASS HISTORY In everyone ' s life there comes a time to look back and remember special events which have hap- pened. Tonight, let us turn back the pages of time and get a glimpse of what has taken place during our high school days. Remember that day in September 1946, when 51 freshmen enrolled? Miss Trimm was our Sponsor and did what she could to help us get over the confusion of getting to those first classes. That year Cammie Rainey was made president. We paid our class dues and sold magazines. We were trying to make money for our Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance and our Senior Annual! Our May Day attendants were Annie Lewis Tackett and Jean Capps. The girls of the 8th grade danced the May Pole. We were dressed in broom stick skirts and peasant blouses. We studied quite a bit that year, but only seven made the Beta Club. After a brief vacation we returned to school in September 1947 as Sophomores. We elected Jimmy Geoghegan as our president. Miss Hatch was our wise and kind sponsor who helped us through this important year. We continued to add money to our treasury. During this year Joyce Dixon, Barbara Martin, and Harry Justis were added to our ranks. We lost several of those in the class last year. For our May Dav attendants we chose Emma Lou Wall and Doris Callis. During our Junior year Mary Reese and Jolene Sutton were welcomed into our class. Ben Hendrick was class president with our dear Mrs. McLean as our sponsor. Things really began to haopen this year! At last we could be members of the Scribblers Club. Remember how thrilled we were over our class rings? Didn ' t we take pride in showing our hands? We had so much fun putting on the minstrel that year. We chose Lib Boswell and Mary Reese to be our attendants in the May Court. Then thrill of thrills — the Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance. Wasn ' t it wonderful! Four of our class were elected to qo to Boys ' and Girls ' State. They were: Ben Hendrick, Frank Edens, Margaret Morgan, and Emma Lou Wall. The honor of being Marshals at graduation was given to Jimmie Geoghegan as chief, and Cecil Shell and Mary Lee Lambert. On September 8, 1949 we enrolled as seniors. There were 39 of us. Of the 39 graduates 34 of us started together as freshmen. During vacation Peggy Bowers, Jean Capps, and Doris Callis had married. Barbara Martin had gone to Blackstone. At midterm we lost Bruce Callis but we were happy to welcome Clarence Wells from Boydton. We elected Iris Piercey as class president, and Mrs. Bryson as sponsor. She through her patience and wisdom, and understanding has guided us ably throughout the year. Our year has been so filled with activities that we can only mention a few briefly. The S. C. A. was organized with Billy Doyle as president. Then we had Home-Coming with Lib Boswell as Queen. Next was the trip to Richmond to visit the General Assembly. We thoroughly en;oyed and appreciated the trip but we were distressed that we lost Mr. Caskey! Our senior play was Sing For Your Supper. We had loads of fun working on that, and were happy over the proceeds. May Day was the next big event. The high school elected Lib Boswell as Queen, Billy Doyle as King, and Margaret Morgan as Maid-of-Honor. The Senior Class elected Emma Lou Wall and Cammie Rainey as attendants. On Thursday morning. May 11th a Greyhound Bus load of happy Seniors with three chaperons left for Norfolk. There we took the boat and landed the next morning in Baltimore. From there we had a two day tour sight-seeing. We visited Annapolis, Washing- ton, and Mt. Vernon. Saturday night found us back in Baltimore to make our boat trip back to Norfolk. We reached home by noon Sunday. We were tired but had a most wonderful time. As we recall this oleasant trip in years to come I ' m sure every one of us will be arateful to Mr. Morqan, our principal, for making possible such a wonderful trip. Toniaht we are grateful to the Juniors and their sponsor that we are the honored guests at so lovely a banau et. This is a highlight in our lives and a night we will never forget. We couldn ' t finish up our history without mention- ing those of our number who have been so active in athletics. During the four years the girls who have done well in Softball. Emma Mae Thompson, Annie Lewis Tackett, Margaret Moody, Thelma Reese, Barbara Ann Walker, and Mary Reese have been outstanding. During our Jun or year Cammie Rainey, Lib Boswell, and Jolene Sutton played on the Basketball Varsitv team and Maraaret Morgan, Emma Lou Wall, Marilyn Thomp- son and Barbara Ann Walker were on the squad. Our cheerleaders have been Lib Boswell, Margaret Morgan, and Cammie Rainey. Our boys who played Football were Billy Taylor, Jimmy Geogheaan, Billy Doyle, Sammy Warren, and Harry Justis. Billv Taylor and Jimmy Geoghegan also played Basketball. Baseball boys were Billy Taylor, Sammy Warren, John Green, and James Van Dyke. Now we have almost reached the end of our high school days. Our graduation is a time we will always remember. At commencement speeches will be made, songs will be sung, and diplomas will be given to all the Seniors. MARY LEE LAMBERT, Class Historian. [ 18 ]

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CLASS PROPHECY One day in May while I was walking along reminiscing and thinking of my high school days, I passed a wishing well. Looking in I made a wish that I might see again the members of my gradua,- ing class of 1950. Suddenly I saw a rainbow reflected in the clear water— such a rainbow as we had at our Junior-Senior Banquet long ago. Then on the clouds surrounding it there began to appear faces and people vaguely familiar. On the largest cloud I saw a man working on his second million while teaching school. As the man turned I saw that it was none other than Ben Hendrick, the millionaire school teacher. As the water moved slightly I saw the outskirts of the city of South Hill. Marie Watson was superin- tendent of nurses at the Community Memorial Hospital. Iris Piercey was her medical secretary and Jolene Sutton was Marie ' s assistant. Jolene in her spare time composed and had just published the new song hit Buggs Island Boogie. Mary Ann Lett was working hard as a graduate nurse. Next I saw a large office building with the words Carpenter Engineering Company. In the first office I saw Beth Hargett, the private secretary for the Presi- dent. One of the rising clouds appeared as an elevator and seemed to carry me to the second floor. As the door to the elevator opened I saw the office of Elven Clark. Elven had become an outstanding artist. He was making a portrait of Margaret Moody, the all- star softball player. Another cloud appeared and a large garage was seen — The Justis Thrill or Kill Corporation — Manufac- turers of Atomic-Driven Cars. Harry had many of his old classmates working for him. Cecil Shell was manager of the Parts Department; Marshall Reamy was the assistant sales manager. Permelia Ryland was head of the Bookkeeping Department. The switchboard opera- tor was none other than Elsie Lynch. As the water moved slightly I saw a school. When I looked into the classrooms I saw Marilyn Thompson teaching the first grade and Lib Boswell Teaching physics. As this scene vanished from view, 1 saw tall palm trees, beautiful flowers, and pretty blue water. In the harbor was anchored a large fleet of ships. Jimmie Geoghegan was Admiral of the South Sea Fleet. He was the youngest admiral in the U. S. Navy. The clouds began to move more rapidly and the water began to blur. I saw.- Frank Edens, a very prosperous photographer in Washington, D. C. He had just photographed the new Secretary of Navy, Sammy Warren. Billy Doyle had just completed his thirtieth tourist court in Siberia. John and Linwood Greene had now become Agri- cultural instructors in Malaya. Mary Lee Lambert was a very prominent psy- chiatrist. Bertha Brown owned a large comic book factory. Her latest edition was My Bracey Love. Annie Lewis Tackett, Barbara Anne Walker, and Joyce Dixon had married and were very happy. The Thompson Self-Service Store owned by Harold Thompson had just been moved to Brodnax. Paige Thomas was manager of the Interstate Restaurants. Emma Mae Thompson, Mary Reese, and Dorothy Smiley were secretaries for the Reese Shoe Company, owned by Thelma Reese. The star of the Grand Ole Opery was none other than Jimmie Jeffress, whose stage name was Accordion Jim. Clarence Wells was becoming rich and famous on his invention of television on telephones. James VanDyke was the owner of a big cattle farm in Texas. Billy Taylor, married to his neighbor, was a very prosperous farmer and worked on the tobacco market with his father-in-law. Margaret Morgan was married to a college pro- fessor whom she met at college. Emma Lou Wall, who was living in the city of LaCrosse, was now nationally known for her Tanner ' s Fudge recipe. As I left the wishing well, I felt convinced that every cloud has a silver lining, and that somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. CAMMIE RAINEY, Class Prophet. [ 20 ]