Stonewall High School - Confederate Yearbook (Clearbrook, VA)

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Class Prophecy As I was sitting in one of my most exclusive dress shops in Hollywood, who should walk in but Mrs. Catrina Cline, the former Miss Catherine Travers, Avho is now playing with Van Johnson in “Bony As They Come.” While fitting her dress, Catrina told me she had just returned from a personal appearance tour, and that her last appearance was at the Stephenson Opera House on Brucetown Avenue in Clearbrook, Virginia, the home of our Stonewall High School where we graduated in 1946, twenty years ago. I was interested to hear all she had to tell me about our classmates. Phyllis and “hubby” have started a large chicken farm so they could use the excess chicken feed from Southern States. Buddy Castleman has been the football coach at Nocre Dame University for five years and his team hasn’t won a game. (Incidentally he got his experience from Coach Harper.) Nancy Lodge, who has had her fifth divorce, is at last writing her experiences in true scory magazine. It’s going around that she hopes to become editor of True uomance Magazine. Jeanne Hoover has given up house keeping to coach a girl’s Baseball Team in the new consolidated county school which has just opened. Bobby Whitmore, or the great Bob Whitmore, has taken Frank Sinitra’s place. The girls drool and swoon over his looks instead of his voice. Lillian Lockhart and her husband have just returned from a five year mis¬ sionary trip to Iwo Jirna. Kathleen Shiley and Ken have just moved into their new home on Whitmore Avenue, at Rest, Virginia. Virginia Herrell and Fred Astair just finished their last picture together. Bobby Driver, the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia, is running against David Fahnestock who is the Republican candidate. Alfred Armel is the most eligible bachelor. He keeps breaking one girl’s heart after another. He just isn’t the marrying type. Anna Marie Clark who has been a Spanish stenographer in Cuba has now come back to the United States to keep house for an American senor. Glenvil Whitacre who is now the world’s greatest scientist has just invented the new atomic capsule. (One capsule furnishes energy for a lifetime.) Mary Fishback and her husband have gone into the furniture business. They specialize in selling baby cribs and high chairs. Curtis Wilson is now following in Bing Crosby’s footsteps in more ways than one. Crooning as well as raising enough boys for a gaseball team. Having so many customers I had to get back to my dress designing and Catrina left for home after telling me what an enjoyable evening she had had. CLASS PROPHET, Jennie Lou Miller 28

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Our Farewell Song (Tune:—Follow The Gleam) To our classmates of Stonewall High As we sing our last adieu, Happy school days are over now And from old Stonewall we must go. Chorus: Farewell, farewell, farewell to thee As we go out all o’er the world. Farewell, farewell, farewell to thee We will miss you and Stonewall High. Our friends that we leave behind We’ll remember o’er all the years. Will you pause in the year to come And remember our farewell song. By: Catherine C. Travers 27

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1946, of the city of Clearbrook, county of Frederick, and state of Vir¬ ginia, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills made by us. To Mr. Harper, the Senior Class leaves a sardine can to pack the extra students in next year. Anna Marie Clark leaves to Anna Kerns and Nancy Inskip her ability to substitute for a teacher at any time. To Betty Carpenter, Mary Fishback leaves her good luck of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. To Grover Light, Alfred Armel leaves his ability to be a star football player. Kathleen Shiley leaves to Constance Brown and Betty Owens her quietness and ability to always be ready to help. To Annabelle Jobe and Jean Rudolph, Catherine Travers and Jeanne Hoover leavve their ath¬ letic abilities. David Fahnestock leaves to Grover Teets his pet saying when he leaves class, “I’ll be back in a flash.” Virginia Herrell leaves to Lucy Bragg and Doris Morrison, her dancing abilities. Jennie Lou Miller leaves to Betty Boden and Dorothy Morrison, her old saying, “I don’t have my homework today because I went bowling last night.” Robert Whitmore leaves to Robert Lewis his good work in Geometry Class. To Winifred Knight and Marie Boyd, Nancy Lodge leaves her good looks. William Castleman leaves to Herbert Taylor his ability to know every answer to questions asked in History Class. To Thomas Stickles, Glenvil Whitacre leaves his job as publisher of the school paper. Curtis Wilson leaves the right of having a favorite grade teacher to John Ritter. To John Cole, Robert Driver leaves his pet name as “a ladies man.” To Mr. Morrison, the Senior Class leave an order to a local flower shop to deliver daily a flower for him to wear in his hat. The Senior Class leaves to Mrs. Homar and Miss Frances Shiley their room, Room 5, so they can get out of the basement. To Miss Carpenter, the Senior Class leaves the privilege to have a classroom the year through. We leave to Mrs. Dick and Miss Audrey Shiley a chauffeur to drive them to and from school on icy days. To Miss Alther, The Senior Class leaves ai} undistributed period for her Glee Club practice. The Senior Class leaves to Miss Clevenger the privilege to get out of all bus duty forever. We leave to Mrs. Perrine the right to go to Hagerstown any week-end she wishes to. To Mr. Elmore, the Senior Class leaves the right for him to lose his temper. To Miss Lloyd, we leave some “A’s” to give to the future senior History and English Classes. We leave to Mrs. Kersey the privilege to take next year’s Spanish students to Cuba. The Senior Class leaves to Miss Kendig a home room. To Miss Slifer, we leave memories of our good behavior. And last of all, we leave to Donal Cline, our adopted orphan, the privilege to help next year’s seniors as he has helped us. In witness hereof, I, Virginia Paxton Herrell, the testatrix, have set my hand and seal hereto this day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (1946). Virginia Paxton Herrell (Seal) Signed, sealed, published, and declared as and for our last will and testament by Virginia Paxton Herrell, the above named testatrix in the presence of us, who, at our request and in the presence of her and of each other, have subscribed our names hereto as witnesses on the day and year last aforesaid. Senior Class 29