Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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We organized a government club which published a newspaper cre- ating much interest throughout the school. We spent a day at the Gen- eral Assembly in Richmond, and a day in Washington, D. C. Mr. Britton deserves credit for giving us these two highly educational as well as pleas- urable trips. Finally, work on the Year Book was begun, and with John Jones as editor-in-chief and Jimmy Goodwyn as business manager it seemed high- ly probable that our “‘Reflector” would be a success. Instead of the usual May Day, a Field Day was the outstanding event of the spring. On this day the Athletic Field was dedicated. We closed our extra-curricular activities with the most important and most looked-forward-to social event of the season, the Junior-Senior Reception. And now, at last, we have the realization of all our hopes and dreams within our grasp—graduation! Our sincerest wish is that we may be fav- ored in the future with as much grace as in the past. In gratitude, we pause to show our love and appreciation for Chester High School. : “Whe Reflector. page twenty-five

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Cro S11 ODAY, as we stand on the threshold of life, we pause to reflect on the memories of yesterday which make up the history of today. dp — | In the fall of ’36 as bewildered Freshmen we began our high school career together. Termed obstreperous, we were soon tamed under the sponsorship of Miss Eleanor Blum, Miss Edna Henderson, Mr. Aubrey Bass, and Mr. Elbert Wright. We organized as a class with Frances Richardson, president. Our second year found us with quite a few new students, and one of these, Mildred Manahan, became our president. That year we selected Ann Lindsey as our mascot. The year passed swiftly for us and ended in the spring with a delightful picnic of lasting memories. Our Junior year found us excited to be upper-classmen, and again Mil- dred Manahan was our able president. A trip to Washington, D. C., spon- sored by the Seniors was an opportunity of which many of us took ad- vantage. In the spring we presented the annual Junior Play, “Who Wouldn't Be Crazy.’’ The success of this dramatic venture enabled us to give the Seniors a reception later on and to present a gift to the school. We departed at the close of the year ever conscious of returning in the fall. With both joy and sorrow in our hearts—joy because it would mean the success of one phase of our youthful lives, and sorrow because it would mean a separation of paths for us all, and the end of our days at Chester High School, we returned. For three years we struggled with our aspirations of becoming Sen- iors and at last we were! We turned our attention first to elections, and chose for president, John Jones. We observed Class Day by posing as well- known characters—either real or fictious. In our midst that day we will always remember Hitler, Heidi, Jack and Jill, and all the others. From this we turned to the Class Play which our sponsors, Miss Gladys Moses and Miss Nancy Creath, helped to make a success. “whe Retle ctor. . page twenty-four

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OT NULL HAD TESTAMENT Crea E, the Senior Class of Chester High School, in the year of the Lord, 1940, departing from these beloved halls, setting out to explore and conquer a new and strange world, and being of a sound and disposing mind, make, ordain, and publish this, our Last Will and Testament, in the manner and form following: ARTICLE I. Section 1. To Mr. E. S. H. Greene, our most efficient Superintendent, we will a two weeks’ vacation with full pay, during which time he may rest up from the effort he spent in getting a new high school for us. Section 2. To Mr. Fred Thompson, our beloved principal, we will the gratification for all the things he has done for us, and the many improve- ments he has gained for Chester High in the three years that he has been principal here. ARTICLE II. Section 1. To Miss Gladys Moses, our Senior sponsor, we will a ten minute home room roll-call period, so that her pupils will not be the last ones out of the school in the afternoon. Section 2. To Miss Nancy Creath, our Senior sponsor, we will a trig- onometry class that will not take advantage of her willingness to help them by making her work almost all of their homework for them. Section 3. To Miss Julia Melba Alley, junior and senior English teacher, we will an English IV class that will pay attention to what she says in class at least twice a week. Section 4. To Miss Edna Henderson, history teacher, we will a world map with elastic boundaries to meet the ever-changing conditions. Section 4. To Mr. Wilson Crump, Derby Club sponsor, we will a coat with large pockets so that he may store away plenty of refreshments at club meetings. Section 6. To Miss Elizabeth Pickhardt, sophomore English teacher, we will a streamlined, five-year guaranteed clock with an unbreakable face, to replace her dilapidated one. Section 7. To Miss LeClaire Daughtrey, commercial teacher, we will “Whe Reflector. . page twenty-six