Stuart High School - Jeb Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY As the years drift swiftly by, there are always pleasant memories of the past. At the top of the heap are the memories of the Class of ' 53 and the good times we had together. The other day, I was thinking of all my classmates so I decided to find out just what they are doing here in 1963. Some of my friends 1 hear about in the news every day. The whole sports world is talking about the records Dud Clark set this year in his Darlyne Rocket V-16 at Indianapolis. David Church is designing new type jet and rocket planes for the Air Force. The great comedian, Kenny Cain, stole the show in the Broadway comedy hit Idiot’s Delight.” The most popular hillbilly singer of radio, T. V., and the juke boxes is Charlene Roberson. Coach Donald Squirt” Jones of N. C. State is expecting another championship basketball team. I decided to take a day off from my job as confidential secretary to the Governor of Virginia in order to journey back to Stuart to find out about the rest of the gang. As I stepped off the bus at Stuart, a big truck pulled up beside me. ' How about a ride, Lillian?” the driver called. When I turned around, I saw Thomas Inmon, who I learned was owner of Inmon Nation- Wide Trucking, Inc. I told Thomas to drop me off at a good restaurant, so he took me to a new one on Main Street. To my surprise, there was Elizabeth Handy, as quiet as ever, doing a fine job serving the most delicious meals in town. After talking for some time, I found out that she had the low-down about all the Seniors of ’53. Our friend Charles Flippin had become moderately rich as owner and operator of Flippin Floppin Grocery Store, Flip-over-Bar-B-Q, and the new Super Service Center. Bill Simmons and his wife, the former Betty Lou Collins, are living on a big farm near Stuart. They are bringing up a family, which they hope will become great farmers and basket¬ ball players. Ralph Beasley was described to me as being very large (250 lbs.) He appears to be a very prosperous candy merchant, although it seems that he must have eaten an enormous quantity of his profits. Frank Heath is running a burlesque show which is touring the country. He hasn’t married, yet, because he can’t figure out which of his chorus girls he likes best. 20

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Residing near Stuart is Idallas Holt, being a faithful and loving wife to her husband, Admiral Curry. Betty Mae Fain, after finishing her nurse’s training at Mt. Airy, went to Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke. She has now worked herself up to the position as head nurse. Barbara Willard went to college and got her Masters degree. She is now visiting teacher in the Patrick County School system. Patsy Goard is enjoying her job as Secretary to the President. (That is, secretary to the President of the Y. M. C. A.) Betty Sue Martin married soon after finishing high school, but she didn’t let that interfere with her career as a hair stylist in New York. Betty Lou Quesinberry married her former boss and is now living in North Carolina. We thought Edward Gray was foolish when he took so much time off from school to work his tobacco, but it paid off. He now owns Gray Tobacco Co. (Warehouses No. 1 and No. 2 at Five Forks, Virginia.) Mary Joyce Fields lived in Stuart for three years and then returned to Washington where she is now the secretary of the secretary of the Secretary-of-the-Army. Evelyn Blaylock who was always so studious, got her Ph. D. and is now Dean of Women at V. P. I. Dorothy Hughes stayed at home for a few years and then married a diplomat. Now, she is traveling all over Europe. Betty Ann Stigall, they say, is chief stewardess of the American Airlines. After flying around the country and getting acquainted with all the pilots, she finally married a submarine captain. Belle Hopkins started out in the newspaper business with the Enterprise. She worked her way up and she is soon going to start a new column in the Baltimore Sun. All the Class of ’53 seem to be doing well or better except William Lee Ross. He started out with a good job but his employer got tired of his awful jokes and fired him. The last they heard of him he was traveling on the best trains—as a hobo. Some say his luck has become even worse since then. 21 Class Prophets: LILLIAN WILLIAMS WILLIAM LEE ROSS