Tappahannock High School - Annual Yearbook (Tappahannock, VA)

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The Class of 1 955, declares this to be their last will and testament: ELSIE ALLEN leaves her slimness to Linda Ann Davis who so badly needs it. NANCY ALLEN leaves her ability to play Basketball to Peggy Davis, who tries so hard to make the team. RUTHER ALLEN, whose labors over this annual has drained his energy, and leaves him slightly dragged out, leaves this quality to Mae Lynne Brooks. ANITA BALDERSON, who says she has nothing to leave anyone, ended up writing a will too long to be in- cluded here. FRANCIS BROOKS, Tappahannock ' s Arthur Murray, wills his hip-swinging dances to David McCloskey who is coming along. DICKIE BROOKS leaves his good grades to Bobby Allen. B. T. COGHILL leaves his precise enunciation and winning personality to any of the teachers who might be improved by it. JAMES COGHILL leaves his ability to play Basketball to James Mitchell. ALAN COURTNEY leaves his courtesy and intelligence to Lloyd Brooks. BERNARD DAVIS leaves Bette to Bruce Parker even though he doesn ' t want to. ELIZABETH ANN DAVIS leaves her sunshine smile to Thelma Williams. ALEX DILLARD leaves the power to snow the teachers under intelligently to Billy Ware, his beloved cousin. TOMMY DOGGINS leaves his ability to stay with his diet to Joe Turner. CHIPPY DOWELL leaves for college, but leaves his heart at ST. MAGS. SHIRLEY ELLIOTT leaves her quiet personality to Nina Gawen who can’t seem to control her tongue. His shy and retiring manner, WAYNE ELLIS leaves to Patricia Lowery. ALLEN EVANS leaves his knowledge of Governmental affairs to the entire Junior class, because they ' ll need it. PATSY FOGG, the voice beautiful, leaves her vocal ability to the entire Junior class whose need in this field is evident. HENRY GREENWOOD leaps away and in a bound of impishness leaves his elf-like manner to Jimmy Hutchison. JOHN FiAILE leaves regardless. CECIL HICKS, the Hot Rod Driver, leaves his chance of getting a new Ford to Frank Akers who tries so hard for one of the Senior girls who’s also leaving. After 12 years she’s got it, now GLADYS LEE doesn ' t know what to do with it--so she just leaves. The typist of the class, PHYLLIS OWENS, wills her way with the typewriter to Janice Vauter. The laughing girl, KITTY SCHOOLS, leaves her good nature to all those poor students who take the teacher ' s yelling too seriously. JEAN SHACKELFORD leaves her ability to gain weight to Eva Doggins. The Senior Class Comedian, WELLONS TALIAFERRO, leaves his ability to make people laugh to Irving Lee Gladding, who takes everything so seriously. BARBARA TAYLOR le aves her interest in courting during school hours to Earl Fortner. STANLEY WHITTAKER leaves his gum-chewing to Mrs. Haley, who might like one every now and then.

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We are here at Tappahannock, Va. for the dedication of the new all glass multi-million dol- lar school given by the graduates of 1955. The school is equipped with a swimming pool, television in each classroom, and atomic heating system, developed by HENRY GREENWOOD, leading scientist of the world and now chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. It will be impossible for him to attend this great affair for he is on an expedition to Mars. To represent him is ANITA BLADERSON, the great woman scientist, his personal advisor and assistant. Flying in from California with ANITA are PATSY FOGG and FRANCIS BROOKS. BROOKS ' orchestra is one of the leading jazz bands in the nation, having popularized the mambo-with- jazz dance craze that’s sweeping the nation. Patsy, his dancer and vocalist, accompanies him on his tours. BERNARD DAVIS and B. T. COGHILL have just arrived on their yacht. They are co-owners of the nation-wide D C Super Markets. What is that roar? Ohl that ' s CECIL HICKS coming in from Moore ' s Speedbowl where he is currently racing. NANCY ALLEN, his number one opponent for the speed title, is pulling in behind him. The dedication speech this afternoon will be given by ALEX DILLARD partner in the DOWELL, DILLARD and TALIAFERRO Steel Company. WAYNE ELLIS, President of Occupacia Farm Machinery Company arrives with his junior partner, TOMMY DOGGINS, and secretaries ELSIE ALLEN, KITTY SCHOOLS, SHIRLEY ELLIOTT, and GLADYS LEE. This is one corporation where the power behind the throne prevails. Well, look who ' s here, those two famous dress designers from Howertons, ELIZABETH DAVIS and PHYLLIS OWENS. These great artists create all the dresses for the twelve daughters of JOHN HAILE, the wealthy gentleman farmer. The newspaper coverage for this gala affair is being handled by RUTHER ALLEN, editor of the New York Times. RUTHER got his first training as editor of the Taporapian at T. H. S. Making her first appearance in Tappahannock for many years is BARBARA TAYLOR, wife of the famous novelist Frank Akers. BARBARA looks very attractive with her new crew-cut. We see JAMES COGHILL, the famous baseball player, with his wife Jane Glamor, the movie star. JAMES will throw out the first baseball at this afternoon ' s dedication game. ALLEN EVANS, the wealthy Texas rancher can be plainly seen wearing his ten-gallon hat. With him is DICKIE BROOKS, famous bronc buster from El Paso. We hear that DICKIE has a private swimming pool at the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas. There is ALAN COURTNEY, president of the Courtney Charm School. JEAN SHACKLEFORD, the famous comedienne, is now telling of the great contributions (?) the class of ' 55 made while they were in High School. The crowd is roaring--that woman can really keep them in stitches 1 Cars for the parade, which follows the program, will be furnished by STANLEY WHITTAKER, president of the Nash Motor Corporation. As you have probably been wondering, the program is being conducted in a slightly different manner; what with the parade being held at the end of the program. Well this isn ' t the end — This is a new era in the lives of the ' 55 graduates as well as in the educational advantages of the pupils of Essex County.

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