Tazewell High School - Peak Yearbook (Tazewell, VA)

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Ay uni ors CARTER KINDER Vice President JOHN DAVID LOCKHART President RHEA WATKINS Secretary-Treasurer Alma Adkins, William Akers, Oeda Aldridge, Stella Alverson, Jacqueline Arnold, Pansy Asbury, John Paul Barrett, Betty Beavers, Ross Beavers, Evelyn Benson, Carles Billips, Earl Billips, Margaret Ann Billips, Marie Bowman, Billie Mae Bradley, Juanita Brooks, Hervey Perry Brittain, Barbara Brown, Bobbie Brown, Joan Brown, Bob Bryant, Ella Mae Buchanan, Bernice Buffalow, Janice Bundy.

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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.

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uni ors Harry Boston, Emma Lou Cassell, Alice Christian, Ruth Cochran, Patty Cowan, Edgar Crockett, Sedwyn Crockett Vernon rockett Edward Crouse, Mena Cruise, Ikey Dailey, Clara Denny, Evelyn Deskins Edward Dickerson Jessie Dillow Ollie Kate I,How George Dye, Phyllis Fanning, Jack Fritz, Mary Esther Gibson, Dennis Gillespie, Louise Goss, Patsy Hogy. Jack Hagerm n alph Hankins, Charlotte Harman, Eula Harris, Carrie Harris, Oscar Harrison, Bobby Heldreth, Gay Herald, Peggy Hill, Donald loback, Buford Holley, Donald Jennings, Betty Jessee.