Stuart High School - Jeb Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Betty Maye Roberson and her husband are here, and her husband is a jet test pilot for the Jet Inc., Chicago, Ill. Linward Simmons has just quit professional basketball and is now head coach at Yale University. Virleane Rogers is one of Powers” leading models in New York City. Mary Vipperman, now a Captain in the WAF, has gained the affection of all there by her sweet way of giving orders. Marion Wood, one of the famous actors of Hollywood, just returned last week from a tour in London. Margaret Morse and her husband have just gained recognition through their in¬ vention of the four-way milking machine. Leonard Puckett and Jimmy Durante have teamed up as father and son and have recently been starred on Broadway. Kitty Hazelwood seemed very happy tonight as she has just sold her novel Too Young to Wed.” Donald Wood is now a changed person since he became Minister of St. Mary’s Cathedral in New York. Betty Jean Williams is now secretary to the president of the United States, Ernest Willard. President Willard has just taken office. Frances Haley, the well known columnist, made the headlines when she married the Governor of Virginia last week. Elda Lawson has now secured the position of private secretary to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Nancy Hopkins has just settled down after following her husband from base to base during his training with Uncle Sam. Thomas Clifton, chief manager of the Trans-World Air Lines, is doing very well for himself. Dovie Hughes makes the nurses in the Johns Hopkins Hospital step around since she has become head nurse. Betty Whitten, it seems, has married her former boss and is now living in Ten¬ nessee. Rachel Hundley is now assistant manager to DuPont Inc. Annie Belle Hall has just opened a new T. V. show entitled How to Be Funny.” With these wonderful memories written in my diary to let me never forget this wonderful evening, I close by saying that the Class of ’52 did well by the education they received at Stuart High. I Sammy Floyd, am very proud to be the Captain of this ship and very happy since I have seen all my old friends. Good Night! Class Prophets: BETTY SUE HILL JOY LOU SIMMONS SAMMY FLOYD

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CLASS PROPHECY Dear Diary: I can hear gay laughter on deck as I watch the stars through the windows in my cabin on board the Marroniah. We started the week-end cruise with a group of boisterous people who were on board and settled when I arrived on deck. Most of the people were overjoyed to be out on the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. Many grand activities have been p lanned to make this the best trip ever. This thought in mind I will continue later with my diary and go on deck to visit some of the folks aboard. As I walked on deck I heard a loud crash and people gathered around. In the midst of them, to my amazement there was Frank Harris (whom I never could forget) a great comedian doing some of his usual stunts. As I looked about me I found to my great surprise there were going to be several of the Class of ’52 here. As the evening wore on I found that many of my former classmates had varied in their occupations and several of them had become famous to the public. There was Helen Scott and Elinor Ray Owens who had become famous through their singing and dancing and had just finished a hit on Broadway. Glancing to the far end of the deck I saw Mrs. Hazelwood (our Senior homeroom teacher) looking as young and pretty as ever with Mr. Hazelwood talking to Lennis Martin and her husband who had just received a degree in medicine. Just then a large gale arose and the gust of wind prompted me to enter a large room where a ball was being held. There in the center of the room whirling in an exaggerated English Ballet Dance was joy Lou Simmons looking very much the same as she did at Stuart High. Seated at the piano was Peggy Lou Hopkins who through training had reached the peak of her profession as a concert pianist. Then I caught a glimpse of a couple of young ladies who were standing with open mouths gazing at a rather large, broad- shouldered man with a vacuum cleaner in his hand. Looking closer I discovered that the man was Aaron Wood, who gained his experience as a salesman at the Stuart candy store. As this wonderful evening has almost passed I have learned many things about the professions and businesses of the Class of ’52. The best part of the evening was the great-surprise of my former classmates being here with me. Of course all of this was arranged by our Secretary of State, Billy Gunter. I, the Captain of this ship, retire now to my quarters where I shall have wonderful news for my diary. I shall continue where I left off by telling something about each one of the Class of ’52 at Stuart High who were on board tonight. I will tell you first about my right-hand man, Page Clark (who everyone thought) made a wonderful FIRST Mate. Janie Handy has become a well known artist and promised to paint a picture of my ship.

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