Tazewell High School - Peak Yearbook (Tazewell, VA)

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We, the Seniors of Tazewell High School, Tazewell, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all wills and codicils by us at any time heretofore made. To Mr. McGhee, our principal, and faculty members, who have borne with us in all hours of trials and tribulations, we leave our deepest gratitude and best wishes for the many years left before them that they may make Tazewell High School the same familiar place. To the Juniors, we leave the honorary place we are now leaving and we wish that they may make Tazewell High School a better place. Our personal wishes are that their last days will be as happy as ours. Carroll Altizer leaves his position as President of the S.C.A. to whomever wins the election. Bob Hunt and Jack Bandy leave their artistic ability to Mary June Wall. James Grubb and J. C. Barrett leave their shyness to Sammy Angles. Bernard Beavers and Bobby Johnson leave their winning ways to Wimpy Jones. Sam Jack Beavers and Betty Lou Harman leave their ability to play the piano to Ralph Crockett and Nancy Buston. Bill Boggess, Carrine Williams, and Mildred Blessing leave their scholastic record to Jeff Crabtree and Macie Murray. WOLVES BEWARE! Clarence Bowman leaves his fiance. Bill Carter leaves .... for Richlands. Bobby Christian and Glenn Cochran leave their short stature to Jimmy Reed. Wayvle Hagy, Edgar Yates, and Dudley Cowan leave their curly hair to Roy Morrison. Jack Crabtree and Martha Edwards leave their place as most beautiful and most handsome to anyone who is as beautiful and handsome. Chick Davis leaves his athletic ability to Harold Murray. Bert Downs and Albert McCall leave themselves, Ralph Dye leaves his love to play football to David Wood. Ray Epperson leaves his deep voice to Jack Hagerman. Marion Gilliam leaves his winning personality to Dennie and Donnie Taylor. Raymond Herald leaves his typing ability to Carles Billips. J. D. Hudson and J. B. f+ilmon leave their ability to speak Spanish to anyone who can. Johnie Lambert and Howard Niswander leave their manly ways to Puck Kiser. Sheffey Massie takes Martha Ward with him. Ray McElraff leaves his queer ways with the girls to Jack Hawks. Tommy Myers leaves Ella Mae Gillespie. Jack Porter leaves his easy-going ways to Stanley Ring- staff. Jack Puckett leaves his way with the teachers to Pete Brittain. Jack Schell leaves his height to Ross Beavers. Bowen Sheets and Virginia Mae Van Dyke leave their honorary places as King and Queen to two lucky juniors. Bill Shrewsbury and Kermit Smart leave the girlsl Don Walk leaves his love to play basketball to Bill Barrett. Louise Patrick and Ralph Webb leave their shorthand books to Donald Hoback. Harold Sword, Bill Whitt and Lawrence Thompson leave, gladly. D. W. Williams leaves his friend, Carl Rhudy. Della Adkins leaves — to get married. Elizabeth Bowman and Jean Altizer leave their neatness to Jean Hankins. Naomi Boothe leaves her long hair to Joanne Turner. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed ou the year one thousand nine hundred forty-eight. Witnessed by: SARA YOST BILLIE MOORE BILL CARTER JUNE MOORE Beulah Brewster and Bonnie Carr leave their seats in government to two unlucky juniors. Nancy Brown leaves her wonderful personality to Peg Keister. Lula Hankins and Martha Bundy leave their desk in the library to Mary Sue Watkins. May she carry on as well as they did. Mary Cunningham leaves her dimples to Phyllis Belcher. Carolyn Grey leaves her smile to Maxine Asbury. Eva Green leaves her dancing ability to Phyliss Hart. Ruby Riddle leaves her nickname Bubbles to Jessie Dillow. Rebecca Moore leaves .... for England,,?? Lenore Harman, Peggy Gregory, Rozella McCray, and Wilma Peters leave their companionship to Joan Brown, Doris McAmis, and Thelma Wyatt. Nancy Hagy leaves her love for talking to Eula Harris. Pauline Shelley, Ida Mae Hall, and Ann May leave their dark hair to Joan Lindsay, and Helen Stinnett. Leonard Rasnick leaves his nickname Big John to his brother Don. Edward Morrison leaves his leadership ability to Jack Hawks. Isabel Harrison leaves her dignity to Barbara Brown. Lorraine Honaker leaves her independence to Betty Taylor. Fannie Myers and Ada Lee Jessie, leave their mischievous ways to Geraldine Golding. Betty Leece leaves her boy friends to Marie Bowman. Martha Grubb, Lettie Lawson, Romia Sparks, Hannah Mitchell and Ruth Sheets leave their quiet ways to Ollie Kate Dillow, Joseph and Carl Gillespie. June Archer Moore leaves her date book to Doris McCray. Billie Moore leaves her sweet ways to Elizabeth Kitts. Mary Mundy and Margaret Wynn leave their wit to Marie Justice. Connie Rudisell leaves her winning ways to Patty Cowan. Harriet Rutherford leaves her frankness to Jolene Johnson. May Henry Sadler leaves her courtesy to llena Cruise. Betty H. Sargent and Alice Puckett Helmandollar leave to be housewives. Mary T. Shawver leaves to become a medical technician. Betty Smith leaves her hair bows to Dorothy Sparks. Villa June Sparks leaves her love for arguing to Gay Herald. Maxine Stout leaves her humorous ways to Joan Lankford. Josephine Walk leaves her naturally curly hair to Juanita Boothe. Mary and Martha Young leave their love for riding horses to Guy Mutter. Sara Yost, not wishing to will her beautiful dreamy eyes to anyone, will take them with her! Hallie Yost leaves her seat in first-period English to any unior who wants to study Macbeth . Virginia Lovern leaves her success to Esther Gibson. June Warf leaves her weak voice to Geneva Meade. name and affixed our seal, this the sixteenth day of February, in President BERNARD BEAVERS attest: Secretary EDWARD MORRISON

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The Senior Class of 1948 started to school in 1937. Among the group of first-graders that started in Tazewell Elementary School and who were together all eleven years were Mildred Blessing, Bill Boggess, Betty Leece, May Henry Sadler, Mary Tyler Shawver, Donald Walk, D. W. Williams, Hallie Yost, Mary and Martha Young. There were many who joined us each year. In 1944 we entered Tazewell High School. There were students from Bishop, North Tazewell, Tazewell, and many other nearby communities. That year there were many new things taking place in T.H.S. Mr. Walthall was the new principal, the key system was initiated, Mary Jane Floyd designed our seal. Miss Dickenson painted it, and the first annual. The Peak, was published. Sheffey Massie was class president. He made the football team and remained on it all four years. Virginia Mae Van Dyke, became our freshman cheerleader. Betty Harman and Sheflfey Massie were elected the best freshmen. Carolyn Grey joined our class that year. In our sophomore year Sheffey was again our president. Bill Boggess and Marion Gilliam joined Sheffey in football; Mary Young and Virginia Mae went out for basketball. Sheffey and Virginia Mae were elected best sophomores. The ones to join our class were Carroll Altizer, Marion Gilliam, and Leonard Rasnick. Virginia Mae was our junior president. She and Mary continued basketball; Sheffey, Marion, and Bill went out for football; and Virginia Mae was cheerleader. The Junior Plays were great successes. Betty Lou Harman, Betty Leece, and Carroll Altizer had the leading roles. The prom marked the concluding highlight of our junior year, as we had looked forward to this event since entering high school. We carried out the theme of Star Dust Ball . Carrine was elected the most studious, most likely to succeed, and the most sensible; Nancye Hagy, the laziest; and Lorraine Honaker, the most independent. Martha and Sheffey were selected the most romantic and the most gruesome two¬ some . The best Juniors were Lorraine and Randall Morrison. Carrine was secretary-treasurer of the S.C.A. In the May Court were Martha Ann Edwards, Betty Lou Harman, Nancy Brown, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, and Martha Ward. Betty Leece was associate editor of the The Bulldog , and Carrine, assistant editor of The Peak. Bernard Beavers, our senior president, took office after after the resignation of Dudley Cowan. Carroll Altizer was president of Student Government and Edward Morrison, vice-president. Bill, Chick , Sheffey, Jack Crabtree, Bowen, Ralph Dye, Leonard Rasnick, and Lawrence Thompson starred in football. Virginia Mae was cheerleader and Nancy Brown, one of her assistants. Virginia Mae Van Dyke and Bowen Sheets were King and Queen of the Fall Carnival. The best seniors were Carroll and Carrine. Jack Crabtree was selected the most handsome and neatest; and Martha Ann Edwards, the most beautiful and neatest. Ada Lee, the most carefree ; Bowen Sheets and Lorraine Honaker, the most athletic; Betty Lou and Chick , the most talented; Betty Lou and Bowen, the most original. Bowen and Virginia were the best sports. Virginia Mae had the best school spirit; May Henry was the most courteous. Martha and Sheffey were most romantic and the cutest couple. The members of the class to be chosen for Who ' s Who in America were: Bill Boggess, Sheffey Massie, Bernard Beavers, Charles Davis, Bobby Johnson, Betty Lou Harman, Carrine Williams, Mildred Blessing, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, Ann May and Betty Leece. Chick was captain and Sheffey was tackle on the all-area football team. Don Walk, Bowen Sheets, Bill Carter Chick , Lawrence Thompson, Albert McCall, Bert Downs, Leonard Rasnick, and Jack Schell, were our basketball players. Betty Lou and Bobby Johnson were co-editors of the annual; Carrine, editor of The Bulldog . The key winners throughout our high school career were: Ann May, Betty Leece, June Archer Moore, Carrine Williams, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, May Henry Sadler, and Mildred Blessing. Ray Epperson, Charles Davis, June Brown, and Martha Ward joined us as seniors. The Senior Plays were April 23. The prom was May 14; the Senior Banquet, May 28. Our graduation. May 31, marked the end of eleven wonderful years of work and play together.

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One day as I was walking down the street, I happened to notice a small cafe and a gypsy fortune teller was sitting in the window. Seeing her I went into the cafe thinking that she might be able to tell me something about my friends of our Class of ' 48: We were to have a class reunion in about a month and I did not want to attend knowing nothing of my class¬ mates. The gypsy gazed into her crystal ball and told me that Carroll Altizer has taken Frank Sinatra ' s place as matinee idol of the Bobby Soxers . Jack Bandy and Bob Hunt have become well-known artists in New York. Bill Boggess has taken Einstein ' s place in the scientific world. Mildred Blessing has become his wife and she is assisting him in his work. Bill Carter has finally married Adelaide, the girl from Richlands. The scene changed. The gypsy told me to gaze into the crystal ball and what I saw was amazing. I saw a large crowd at a football stadium cheering two men. The men were Bowen Sheets and Chick Davis, two great all-American Stars. Sara Katherine Yost was among the cheerleaders, cheering Chick , on to victory. The gypsy then told me that Jack Schell and Don Walk have become known all over the world as Basketball Stars. Then the scene changed from sports to movies. Bill Joe Shrewsbury was playing a great love scene opposite the movie queen, Nancye Brown. Edgar Yates, Johnnie Lambert and Tommy Myers were in Alaska as aeronautical engineers. Also in Alaska were J. D. Hudson and J. B. Hilmon who have gained fame as wild game hunters. Dudley Cowan, Raymond Herald, and J. C. Barrett have their own radio program known as the Hillbilly Hit Par“ode . Once again f looked into the crystal ball and saw a famous singer and dancer on Broadway. She was Ruby Mae Riddle, who has become quite famous since high school days. Kermit Smart was busy campaigning for Congress from the Ninth District of Virginia. According to the crystal ball he will be elected. Bernard Beavers was mayor of North Tazewell; Bobby Johnson was a pharmacist at Jackson-Fleet Drug Store. Then in the crystal ball the couples that have been married since graduation day began to come down the aisle. There were three couples in all. They were Martha Ward and Sheffey Massie, Jack Crabtree and Martha Ann Edwards, and last but not least came Ray Epperson and June Archer Moore. D. W. Williams and Harold Sword have opened a drug store in Boston, Massachusetts. Marian Gilliam is now married to Villa June Sparks, and is teaching astronomy at Williamson High School, Williamson, West Virginia. Josephine Walk, Miss Pin Up Girl of ' 58 , is very much in demand by the George Stone Agency. Virginia Mae Van Dyke has the position as coach of the girls ' basketball team of Tazewell High. Sam Jack Beavers has his own orchestra now; he has become known as second Frankie Carle. Some of the members of his band are: Ray McElraff, Jack Porter, James Grubb, and Bobby Christian. Rebecca Moore, Eva Green, and Billie Eleanor Moore are vocalists with this famous band and have taken the place of the Andrews Sisters. Of all the members of the Class of ' 48, only six have become secretaries. They are Harriet Rutherford, Mary Young, Jean Altizer, Ruth Sheets, June Warf, and Lettie Lawson. Some of the Class have ventured into teaching. Howard Niswander has become professor of physics at West Virginia University. Bonnie Carr, Beulah Brewster, Peggy Gregory, Betty Jean Smith, Hannah Mitchell, Fannie Myers, Alice Puckett, Romia Sparks, Martha Grubb and Hallie Yost have all obtained positions on the teaching staff of Tazewell High. Edward Morrison, Leonard Rasnick, Ralph Webb, and Clara Denny have all become famous doctors on the staff of Jeffersonville Hospital. Nurses on this staff are: Ida Mae Hall, Lenore Harman, Pauline Shelley, Ada Lee Jessee, Elizabeth Bowman, and Nancye Hagy. Lula Hankins and Martha Bundy are outstanding librarians in the state of Virginia. Betty Leece, Carolyn Grey, Ann May, Mary Tyler Shawver, and May Henry Sadler are all touring southern France. Betty Zane Helmandollar has become the blushing bride of Mr. Sargent. Jack Puckett is the head of the famous Puckett Modeling School. Martha Young, Mary Cunningham, and Naomi Boothe have opened a famous beauty school for girls who are over¬ weight. Connie Rudisill has become quite famous as a shorthand teacher. Margaret Wynn and Mary Mundy have settled down in California. Margaret married David Harman and Mary, Joe Monk. Glenn Cochran, Wayvle Haqy, Bill Whi tt, and Ralph Dye have signed a contrdct with Jack Benny. They are called the L. S. M. F. T. Quartet . Rozella McCray, Virginia Lovern, and Lorraine Honaker are famous ballet dancers in Canada. Betty Lou Harman is a famous concert pianist at Carnegie Hall. Wilma Peters is with her as a singer. Maxine Stout is a cover girl; she was elected Mis Red Head of ' 58 . Isabel Harrison is a famous music teacher at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Lawrence Thompson has become well known as light weight Champion of the World. Carrine Williams has been elected preseident of the Republican Women of America. With this information, I paid the gypsy and went on my way looking forward to the day when I should see my former classmates.