Tappahannock High School - Annual Yearbook (Tappahannock, VA)

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IAST Will HKD TESTAMENT The Class of 1954, declares this to be their last will and testament: Robert Akers leaves his ability to flirt with girls to Henry Greenwood although he doesn ' t need it. Mary Forrest Andrews leaves her ability to play center field to anyone who thinks they can stop the ball by falling on it. Betty Barbour leaves still drinking her small limeade with plain water. Betty Anne Brizendine leaves so Ray won ' t have to come back again next year. Dolly Mae Brooks leaves her technique to get along with boys to Joyce Tignor. Richard Brooks leaves his ability to say I don ' t know to Alex Dillard. Marjorie Carter leaves her naturally curly hair to anyone who wants to save the expense of a TONI. Thelma Chenault leaves her ability to make smart remarks to the teach- ers to Alan Courtney who can ' t think of anything to say when he is in a tigh spot. Robert Croxton leaves to be with HER! Dorothy Davis leaves her neatness to Cecil Hicks who tries so nard. Gouldie Hayes leaves T. H. S. at last! Beverly Anne Hillyer doesn ' t leave anything she is taking it all with her Clyde Jones leaves his ability to by quiet to Nina who never seems to shut up. Joe Ryland Mitchell leaves his reputation as a Hot Rod Driver to We li- ons Taliaferro who tries so hard. Mary Smith Moore leaves her pleasing smile to James Coghill. Come on James how about a smile! Anne Louis Owens leaves to be with HIM! Mary Jane Prillaman leaves the headaches of editing the Taporapian to Ruther Allen, next year ' s editor. Joyce Schauer leaves her ability to get along with teachers to Billy Clark who tries so hard. Frank Smith leaves his president ' s seat in the FFA to anyone who wants a gib job. Anne Taylor leaves giggling, as usualj Jean Uebele leaves her pleasing disposition to the teachers. Phyllis Winder leaves as the only girl in the Senior Class who has at least HAD a diamond! (

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Marjorie Carter - ’’Look at those Legs! Mary Jane Prillaman - Look at that smile! Joyce Schauer Anne Louis Owens Now let me Why the frown? think! Mary Forrest Adnrews Her first step Phyllis Winder - Wonder w ,out? Robert Croxton How he has changed! Dolly Mae Brooks Look at that post ! Gouldie Hays - Good to the last drop! Anne Hilly er - Why the bow -legs ? Betty Ann Brizendine - Basking Frank Smith - Hot Rod in the sun! Driver! m k WORRY -11-

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CUSS PROPHECY The program that you are about to see is the tenth annual reunion of the 1954 graduates of Tappahannock High School being held in the very beautiful Warrior Ballroom at Tappa- hannock, Virginia. We will describe the graduates for you as they enter for it is very doubtful if you would recognize many of them. The ballroom tonight, is decorated very beautifully in the class colors of purple and white. We see the first guest arriving. Let ' s see if we recognize her. Yes, it ' s the country ' s greatest woman politician, PHYLLIS WINDER, arriving early so that she can meet every one at the door and remind them to vote for her in the coming election. Entering now is RICHARD BROOKS who is manager of the Pea Ridge Construction Company. With him we see JOE RYLAND MITCHELL, owner of the Mitch-O-Ranch-O at Upright who owns 5 new blue Dodges. Also in this party is GOULDIE HAYES who is manager of the Rexbury branch of the Standard Oil Company but still rides in JOE ' S Dodges for free. If your picture is not clear at this time, do not call this station. It is only FRANK SMITH who is flying in from Chicago where he attended the National Rabbit Breeders Con- ference. We see ROBERT CROXTON arriving from Florida where he has been basking in the sun and still trying to make a hit with the girls. JOYCE SHAUER, the first woman clerk of Essex County enters followed by MARY JANE PRILLAMAN, BETTY ANN BRIZENDINE, and ANNE LOUIS OWENS, all teaching at the Howerton ' s School for Dignified People. MARY JANE teaches dancing, BETTY ANNE teaches singing and ANNE LOUIS teaches How to hold a boy friend. That celebrity--Oh ! that ' s JEAN UEBELE who has been featured at the Stork Club as the world ' s outstanding Rhumba dancer. There ' s ANN HILLYER— remember how she wanted to teach Home Ec. ? Well, now she ' s assistant professor of food preparation at Madison. She ' s really made a name for herself with her Salad hodge-podge . Mink coat, diamonds, that can ' t be THELMA CHENAULT. How ? Oh, you said she hadn ' t been interested in either of her 20 jobs since high school, so she married an old millionaire. Isn ' t that just like Thelma? That ' s not one of THELMA ' S diamonds flashing now, it is MARY SMITH MOORE ' S Ipana smile, which she has been using to make her for- tune on TV. My, who is this stylish looking person coming in now- -it ' s BETTY BARBOUR who is a dress designed in New York. With BETTY is her old friend ( ?) ANNE TAYLOR who is happily married to a VPI graduate and is secretary to the President of Radford College. We have just received a telegram from MARJORIE CARTER, leader of the Pea Ridge Debating Society, who is touring Europe. It seems MARJORIE got involved in an argument with a French model and couldn ' t stop in time to attend the celebration. The subject of the argument--American Men vs. French Men. Now entering is DOROTHY DAVIS who is working ( ? ?) and is happily married to ( ? ?). Just in view of the camera is DOLLY MAE BROOKS who is an X-Ray Technician at the Warrior Memorial Hospital in Tappahannock. . DOLLY says she still likes to ride in blue Dodges. Now you see the distinguished gentlemen CLYDE JONES who has made a fortune selling Old Age Insurance to T. H. S. Teachers. We shall conclude our program with a word from our sponsor, Akers Wildroot Cream Oil, invented by ROBERT AKERS, another one of our THS graduates of 1954. - 13 -