Stuart High School - Jeb Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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That Dorothy Holt made the grade As top New York model. Natural beauty will not fade. In the dear state of Virginia Eleanor is living a happy life, Cleaning, sweeping and cooking, Just being a wife. Miss Laura Hopkins is now stewardess On an airplane Whose daily route is From Florida to Maine. Mr. Ralph Turner is quite well known In History Class he won fame He now used his knowledge frequently As Ambassador to Spain. Gay Smart is a nurse In Mt. Airy Town Smart ' s the right name for her ’Cause a better one can’t be found. Betsy Williams, a New York model And it ' s brought her fame, It sure hurts the fellows ’Cause she won’t change her name. The famous star Ray Lawson Is found on Broadway, Dancing, and singing the top hits of the day. After taking a business course, Ruby Helms to Washington went, To be assistant secretary To the President. At Madison Square Garden, Where Van plays basketball He is said to be the best forward of them all. Frances Hazelwood teaches school in Tennessee Where she is teaching tottlers the ABC ' s Gifford Willard, the best-known Airplane pilot of Uncle Sam’s Is making trips to Indo-China France and Siam. Admiral Jack Bell Seen on the deck of his mighty warship, giving orders to his men, And preparing for a long trip. Barbara Ann is a piano player And composer of songs, At “Diamond Horseshoe’’ night club, There she works all evening long. Edwin Clark, who we thought Would be world ' s comedian, Is now at a University Professor as mathematician. The most famous Physical Ed Director is Wharton Who is coaching a most promising Football team at Princeton. “My vision is getting dimmer, I can’t see another one’’ We exclaimed “Just wait a minute— You’ve not mentioned Thelma Pendleton ' Then she lifted off her Gypsy mask And says, “I’m going to give you all a surprise— It was Thelma the fortune teller, Sitting right before your eyes.” Now this is the prophecy of nineteen sixty, About the Stuart Graduates of nineteen fifty. The End. By Verna Hughes Margie Carter Lloyd Burge

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CLASS PROPHECY As years drift by and we have gone far away, We often think of our old friends And wonder where they are today. After working in the office Of my employer all day, In Brooklyn, New York Near the street of Broadway, I decided to take a walk Out to the airport there And watch the airplanes Arriving from everywhere. As I was on my journey, I felt so all alone And wished to see a friend or two from home. I was walking along just wondering how much farther When suddenly and surprisingly I ran into my friend Margie Carter. She was coming down from the airport With a suitcase in her hand. Just arriving in the States From a visit in a foreign land. She said she’d visited England, Hawaii, and Japan. We began to talk of how strange for us to meet, And glancing around, we saw coming down the street A rather handsome guy, Slim and tall, with a nice physic. He hummed a tune and we gathered He had talents for music. As soon as he spoke we knew that he was, Our dear old friend and hillbilly pal, Lloyd Burge. His smile has extended into world wide fame As top comedian of stage and screen. And immediately our conversation Centered ’round the class of nineteen fifty. Wondering what they were doing in this year nineteen sixty. We turned and saw a sign board of a fortune¬ teller down the street. In telling fortunes she can’t be beat. I said to Margie and Lloyd, ’‘Let’s visit her right away And ask her about our Classmates And see what she has to say.” Just as we entered the door, She spoke with a trembling voice. Instead of acting morosely she seemed to rejoice ‘‘We don’t want our fortunes told For they might be too Sad, But if you’ll tell Us about our dear friends ’Twould make us very glad.” We crossed her palm with silver As she looked into the crystal ball, “If it’s the class of nineteen-fifty, I can tell you ’bout them all.” Your friend, Ervin Cassidy Is a night clerk in Boston’s hotel, He sleeps with One eye open To see that the job is done well. Her next vision, in Rhode Island where She saw Nancy and her five-year old son, Living happily in a six-room home, With Allen whose heart she’d won. Carolyn is now in Florida And happy as she can be Because she’s now married to Chris And has her college degree. You won’t be surprised to learn

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Stuart High School of the year 1949-1950, of Patrick County, of the State of Virginia, being of sound mind and dis¬ posing memory, and realizing that our school days are about to end, do make, declare, and publish this our last will and testament. To our Superintendent, Mr. Law, we wish to leave our fullest appre¬ ciation for the help he has given us during our school days. To our Principal, Mr. Via, we will our admiration and thanks for the assistance and understanding he has shown us during our most important school year. To the faculty, we will our earnest affections, our sincere gratitude, and eternal memory, and forgive them for the home work they gave us and hope that they will forgive us for the headaches we gave them. To Mr Hazelwood, our home room teacher, who took pity sake on us, we will t ' iove and admiration of the entire Senior Class sincerely trust¬ ing that we haven ' t been too difficult, and caused her too many sleepless nights. To the Junior Class, we leave our title of Seniors knowing they will be as p oud of it as we are, and will not forget to realize its importance to them and our school. To Mrs. Powell, our Junior Class teacher, we leave the ability to handle all clubs as she has for the past years and help solve the problems of the school as well as the students and take care of the Seniors that “Faint. We leave Miss Persohn the same position next year as she has this year hoping she can get along with the new coach as she did with Mr. Kairis. To Mrs. Mildred Hopkins we leave the responsibility of having charge of getting the representatives from colleges to be here on “Senior Day. We also leave her another Freshman class. To Mrs. Gertrude Hopkins, we will a new Chemistry Class and sin¬ cerely hope that none of her students get sick while they are having ex¬ periments. To Mr. Tate, we leave our Senior room for him to teach in so that he can raise every window and let the room get cold for the Seniors when they return. To the Eighth Grade, who has had a very hard time this year keeping a teacher, we leave Mrs. LaVergne Woody, believing that she will remain with them. To Mr. Creasy we will a Physical Ed. Class that knows how to play volley ball so that he will not have to stop every three minutes and give them a new rule. Verna Hughes leaves her ability to make mistakes in typing, to Miss Fulcher. To Miss Sherwood, our Home Ec. Teacher, we will the entire Home Ec. Dept, as well as the cafeteria, and anticipate a minimum of trouble in securing someone to work in the lunch room. To Mr. Williams we leave another Agriculture Class consisting of boys who will not mind entering the contest for “Public Speaking. To Mrs. Richardson we will forty-15 cent copies of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas. To Betty Jo Clark, we leave a new typewriter and a bookkeeping book. They will be in the office. To Mrs. Moore, along with library we leave another Senior Class Study Hall group who are nice and quiet. To Arlene Hughes we leave the rocking chair in the Home Ec. Room so that she can go to sleep in Class. Carolyn Thompson has nothing to bequeath except Chris Williams and her French Class. She will have to take Chris with her, so she is leav¬ ing her French to Betsy Ross Clark. To Frances Dunklev, Betsy Williams wills her swiftness on the basket¬ ball floor hoping she will make first team next year. Good Luck.