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

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e page twenty-nine CY o While visiting Santa Clause one day, I inquired about our Class of ’40. Indeed I was surprised when I heard him say, “Well, most are good, but a few are naughty.” Upon this I was deeply impressed And begged to hear some more. He settled back into his chair And I sat upon the floor. Mark Wilson is still talking, As a lawyer he is the best; His opponents have to give in to him Because he never lets them rest. Agnes and Sara Foy are at last content, Interior decorating is their only care: While Constance Loften is modeling clothes— With her sophisticated air. Adele is a school teacher— Teaching the 3A’s, While Frances Munn is on Broadway Starring in famous plays. Jane Flippen is a nurse All dressed in white; She looks after her patients Both day and night. Evelyn is at the switchboard, Plugging in the calls; Edna Bean is spending her honeymoon At Niagra Falls. Harry Brown has been named The all-American of the year, While Ray Adams is running races With the swiftness of a deer. “We Reflector.

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Section 3. To the Commercial Club, we will twenty students who will come to every meeting and take part in discussions, and also—pay their dues. Section 4. To the Home Economics Club, we will 14, pound of butter, 14 pound of sugar, 2 pounds of flour, and one loaf of bread; and may their cupboard never be bare. Section 5. To the Glee Club, we will a group of students who are al- ways ready and willing to work with Miss Robinson and Miss Groth, in- stead of always neglecting Glee Club meetings to go to some other club meeting. Section 6. To the newly formed “C” Club, we will a large letter ‘‘C” which is to be hung in the hall on meeting days, so that there will be less absentees. Section 7. To the newly formed Government Club, we will such suc- cess with their 1941 trip to Washington that they will have to charter five streamlined “Greyhounds.” ARTICLE V. Section 1. To the Football Team, we will a squad of forty boys who are willing to work hard with Mr. Cleveland C. Kern, our coach, and bring as many victories as this year’s team did. Section 2. To the Baseball Team, we will two dozen new uniforms that are second to those of no other high school in Virginia, hoping that this will prevent the boys from getting “‘uniform fright.” Section 3. To the newly formed Track Team, we will many more years of success as they have had this year under the able guidance of Coach Kern. Section 4. To the Girls’ Basketball Team, we will a separate hot water system so that they will not use all of the hot water, leaving none for the football team. We, the Senior Class of 1940, having fulfilled our duty to the best of our ability, do herewith subscribe our name and affix our seal to this, our Last Will and Testament. (Signed) SENIOR CLASS OF 1940. The following upon our request have agreed to let us use their names as witnesses. The Saturday Evening Ghost. Sleeping Beauty of Loreland. Pinocchio. “Whe Reflector. ° page twenty-eight

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Grace Phillips has been acclaimed The greatest playwright of the day; Charles Munn is in New York Appearing in her latest play. David Small and Jesse Eyler fly for T. V. A. Two of the best pilots in the air— When they are at the controls, You couldn’t be in better care. Robert Powell is in Pensacola— + The Chief Aeronautical Engineer, And John Jones is winner of the Nobel Prize For the outstanding discovery of the year. The best of farmers is Richie Clarke; He grows good corn and wheat. Mildred Manahan is Miss America, Making her living just by looking sweet. Lacy Guill runs a flying school— Teaching people how to fly, While glamour-boy George Gibson Is sending girls’ hearts up to the sky. Garland Laine is stage manager, Giving the necessary effects; While Wilton Snelling is signing contracts To undertake important projects. In the field of Literature Lois and Helen write the best articles; Billy Adams is in the laboratory Smashing minute particles. Anna Marie is at Vassar— The Senior Class President; And Phyllis is buying clothes To her heart’s content. James Wright is at the races, Where the betting’s thick and fast; From the look of his face His horse must have come in last. Dick Barnes is a Fuller Brush Man, Traveling from door to door; Virginia Toler stands up all day Working in a department store. “Whe Reflector. page thirty