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

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Class Will E, the Senior Class of Thomas Dale High School, being of sound back and deranged mind, do hereby make and publish this, our Last Will and ‘Testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by us. ARTICLE [ Sincmion Il, They iMbe, JE. S. al. Greene, our superintendent, we be- queath a large apartment for his teachers who commute daily from Richmond, Petersburg, and Colonial Heights. SECTION 2. ‘To Mr. Thompson, our principal, we will a new bell system which will not have to be repaired at frequent intervals. ARTICLE II SecTION |. “Yo Miss Park we will a homeroom whose members will answer the roll when their own names are called, not two names later. SECTION 2. To Miss Williams we will ten large signs which will read, ‘Please don’t stand in the hall’’. SECTION 3. “To Mrs. Smart we will a class that will be more appreciative of “Plain living and high thinking’. SECTION 4. “To Miss Hudson we will the relief of not having to work with a senior math class. SECTION 5. ‘To Mrs. Casey we will a jet plane for transportation to school. SECTION 6. ‘To Mrs. Crump we will another efficient staff for the Journal. SECTION 7. “To Mrs. Ware we will many happy years of married life. SECTION 8. ‘To Miss Prochazka we will ten long fingernails with which to pick up change in the cafeteria. SECTION 9. ‘To Miss Knight we will a class that will be interested in the history, politics, and culture of Russia. SecTION 10. To Miss Brown we will a set of typewriters so equipped that the first key struck will shout, ““Throw away your chewing gum!” Section Il. To Miss Hoggard we will a physics class that will accept the established laws of science without argument. Section 12. To Miss Spencer we will a whole plate of fried frog’s legs with the hope that she doesn’t get sick just looking at them. SEcTION 13. To Miss Pickhardt we will a set of red lights for each of the library tables to warn those who persist in talking. Section 14. To Miss Doub we will a study group who can remember where their assigned desks are. SecTION 15. ‘To Miss Conyers we will another successtul basketball team which will again bring honor to ‘T. D. Section 16. To Mr. Tucker we will a coon dog that will be as good as “Rusty”. “Yhe Retle ctor

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Shakespeare in the Robert Daizovi production of the “Greatest Spear”. This picture will also star John Anderson as Hitler and Albert Huband as Tarzan. Although the production appears a rather “mixed-up” affair to me, Hollywood reporter Ethel Johnson, says it is better than anything previously seen except a Repub ican majority in both houses! Over at the RKO lot, Terry Teeple, Wilton Birdsong, and Jackie Jones, the screen’s newest and most thrilling triangle lovers, have finished their latest pic- ture “Shall We Die Now?” Pin-up model, Mabel Lovelace, says after you have seen it, you have no other alternative. Oh! Now my cloud is floating over another continent. It is South America, a land of thrills and adventure. In fact, right now a very odd-looking female dressed in snow boots and a Lathing suit is attempting to scale the Andes Mountains, while carrying a pair of skis and an umbrella. Goodness, it’s Agnes Temple, still trying to find out what you have to do to get your picture in the paper! Down below me, sailing on the smooth blue waters of the Pacific are Jean Ramsey and Connie Adams who are eagerly awaiting the first launching of their sub-submarine. Jean and Connie claim it will not only run under water but when it strikes the ocean bottom it will keep straight down through the earth. The only hitch is they haven’t yet figured out how to get it back on top of the water again. Just over beyond the Andes, in the deep jungle of Brazil, a neon sign which reads “Bradshaw’s Barbecue, Clothing Store, Pool Room and Library” proves to me that Vernon and Floyd Bradshaw are succeeding in bringing civilization to the natives who are too lazy to come and get it. About two hundred miles away, on the outskirts of this great wilderness, Dorothy Davis, famed animal trainer, is attempting to remove the tonsils from a screaming jaguar, who really doesn’t like the idea at all. “Dot” has almost as much courage as Kenneth Zimmerman who is in Rio de Janeiro getting source material for his new comic strip “Little Awful Andre and the Falling Cocoanut”. I had often heard of the heating facilities down below the earth, but when I became an angel I thought I’d be out of it all. I should have thought twice because it’s so hot up here over this torrid area that I’m obliged to move to a cooler climate. It is about time for me to leave, anyhow, so let’s take one quick look at France. ‘There we find stylists Theodocia Morris, Carl Morris, and Lula Partin who after twenty years of arguing have finally persuaded the French that their bathing suits aren’t suitable for wear. It seems to me that if they have managed to keep them up for twenty years, they might as well continue to wear them. But now, I must really depart, for my halo, which is size ten and much too big for me, has begun to slip down over my eyes and I fear that if I do ot begin my journey upward, I may never reach those golden gates of which I am so fond. So to you, my good friends, I say “adieu”, but to my little white cloud I can only say, “Sail away, the Heavens await us!” ANNE ROCK. Ther. eflector

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SECTION 17. ‘To Mr. Perdue we will extended time at Thomas Dale so that he may develop more excellent draftsmen. SecTIon 18. ‘To Mr. Hollingsworth we will a Cadillac so he can travel to Tennessee “‘in style’’. SecTION 19. ‘To Miss Dance we will a portable extension telephone to take with her when she leaves the office, so she won’t have to dash back up the hall to answer the phone. SEcTION 20. To Mrs. Winston we will a sufficient supply of helpers, and a student body that will stack its dishes properly. ARTICLE III SECTION I. ‘To the tenth graders we will the benefit that they will get from their extra year of high school. SEcTION 2. To the ninth graders we will as much success and happiness as we have had during our stay at Thomas Dale. SecTION 3. To the eighth graders we will the determination to continue to work for the next four years. SECTION 4. To the students in the elementary grades we will all the dreams that once were ours concerning the glory and importance of high school. ARTICLE IV SecTIon 1. ‘To the F. H. A. we will the enthusiastic sponsorship of Miss Doub for many more years. SECTION 2. To the “Keep Virginia Green” crew we will continued apprecia- tion of its fine service in the fire-fighting program of this community. Section 3. ‘To the Library Club we will to its members more recognition in the point system. ARTICLE V SecTION 1. To the football squad we will a team that will have “that six point” edge over Glen Allen. SecTION 2. ‘To the boys’ basketball team we will a whole string of victories. Section 3. ‘To the girls’ basketball team we will another gym so that both boys and girls can practice at the same time. SecTION 4. ‘To the baseball and softball teams we will more publicity in the Reflector. We pause here to leave our thanks to all of the afore-mentioned persons and groups for making our years at Thomas Dale enjoyable. Thus, on this, the sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, we do hereby subscribe our name and affix our seal to this document. RoserT TAIT Notary Public. My office expires when Niagara Falls. Witnesses: RopNEY LEE ‘Tom DALE MOESHINSKY ‘She Kerlector.