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

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Aass Prof hecy WELL. hi! How nice to see you again. Times have really changed since T last saw you. Here we are in the Atomic Age. All about us I can see the great work that our fellow students—the Class of 1950—have done with the atom. When we started as high school freshmen, news of the Atom Bomb was filling every newspaper. How glad I am that through the years we have been able to utilize this great force for our own progress. At this very moment I’m floating around on the little atom which I keep for my personal use, just dreaming of the past and wondering what's happened to my classmates through the years. I really should go home now, so how about com- ing with me and let’s see how much gossip we've accumulated through the years. “Vhe Reflector Since it’s cold outside, come on in. Let’s sit around my super-atom heater and reminisce. Sue Ann McAdams and Waverly Applewhite are singing a duet from our own Chester Studios over the radio-television set, and I’m sure you'd like to hear them. Listen! Donald Wel- ker (hasn’t he gone far) is interrupting with a special news broadcast: “Flash! The J. Bagby Womble North Pole Ex- pedition has failed. The explorer has trudged four hundred miles in the snow, causing him to get such flat feet that the famous doctor, Bryan Walker, has joined the rescue squad in case he 1s needed.” Ah, yes. That was a forward class. Page McGee is now a successful South- ern Planter. His colonial manor was de- signed by Architect “Tommy West and furnished by Bobby Baril. Claude Rocke is president of a western university where Ray Goodwin is now coaching football. Jeff Stephenson is, as we all expected, an accomplished and noted orator. Beverly Bailey, famous motion pic- ture producer, has just found a new male discovery, Floyd Bennett. He promises

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CHass History music of the Southern Serenaders. June came and with it a longed-for vacation from books, study, and teachers. When we entered school in Septem- ber, 1948, as Juniors, we were the upper classmen, for there was no official Senior class. Our sponsors were Miss Hudson and Miss Park. Our officers were: Bull Cook, president; Jane Smith, vice- president; Nell Mitchell, secretary; and Gloria Smith, treasurer. Again we suc- cessfully published The Journal. On returning to school after the Christmas holidays, we found that construction had been started on the new addition to the school plant. Many of us would sit and gaze out the windows, watching the workmen mix mortar and lay bricks to make our new building. Under the di- rection of Mrs. Crump, on May 2 (ewe presented our class play, The Sunshine Twins. After days of hard work inter- mingled with fun, Charles Pickhardt, Wini Boggs, Becky Thompson, Stanley Holmes, Nell Mitchell, Florence Davis, Henry Walters, Eleanor Roberts, Page McGee, Marion Hall, and Marjorie Bos- well gave an outstanding performance. When our school gave a radio broadcast, “Junior Town Meeting of the Air,” from station WRNL, Donald Welker, Ray Goodwin, Jeff Stephenson, Bob Webb, and Eleanor Roberts took part on the program. In the fall of 1949 we acquired the long awaited title of “dignified Seniors.” When we returned to school, excitedly we rushed through the halls to inspect the new rooms which awaited us. Mem- bers of the Senior Class worked enthu- siastically and successfully on the Curtis Campaign. Page McGee was high sales- man, with Becky ‘Thompson a close sec- ond. Again we knew the excitement and confusion of preparation, as we began rehearsals for our class play, Miss Jimmy, under the direction of Mrs. Reames and Mrs. Crump. After days of turmoil and practice, Wini Boggs, Joan Wyman, Nellie Kidd, Frances Wooten, Jackie Hankla, Henry Walters, Florence Davis, Stanley Holmes, and Jimmy Farmer gave an excellent performance on February 24. In the spring we were guests of the Junior Class at a colorful and gay Junior-Senior re- ception. Our class chose to follow the custom of previous years and publish The Reflector. With Becky Thompson as editor-in-chief and Miss East, Mrs. Smart and Mr. Thompson as faculty ad- visors, the Class of 1950 prepared its yearbook. That day which seemed so far away 1n the fall of 1945 has come at last. And now that it has come, we find we are not as happy as we thought we would be. Perchance, in the future there will be times when we will look back longingly to our high school days at Thomas Dale and remember them with great pride and joy. NANCY PERKINSON, Class Historian ed OFS

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CLass Prophecy to be another Valentino. Paul Barron is the recognized author of the romantic poem, “An Hour’s Conversation With a Dead Fish.” Robert Atkinson and Jimmy Farmer have become successful business- men. They own the famous chain stores, “Posies” and ‘‘Fleceworth’s,’’ which have proved too much competition for the Woolworth’s we knew. ‘The stores are managed efficiently by James Sadler and Larry Fitzgerald. Stanley Holmes is the manufacturer of “Keep your tired, ex- pired feet—neat” shoes for men who own “Model A’s.”’ Bob Webb has gone North and is now known as ‘Art Gum and his Rubber Band.” Davis, your “Monday Night Blues Sing- Cc R Bob’s vocalists are Florence er’ and Henry Myers, the raved-over crooner. Henry Walters is the newest television sensation. He just smiles at everyone and encourages them to “‘rush out an’ buy” Gloria Smith’s canned food which sells under the name “Delightful Dinner Delicacies.” Jane Smith is an editor of “Time” magazine; Nancy Perkinson and Frances Wooton are members of that worthy magazine's staff. Jackie Hankla (always a believer in matrimony) has made mar- riage her career. She is the wife of the future governor. Nell Mitchell is owner of an exclusive ready-to-wear shop; Ce- cile Bosher and Nellie Kidd model her latest fashions, designed by Joan Wy- ma. Audrey Hollins has gained fame and fortune narrating “ghost” stories over a nation-wide children’s radio program. Becky ‘Thompson has just turned author on us by writing “How Crazy Can You Get?” a hilarious autobiography. Mar- jorie Boswell is head of a lost and found department, in hopes she can find her voice which she lost while cheerleading au thesl-Daeaimes: Ola Ellison’s head is in the clouds these days; she’s an air hostess with the Chester - Petersburg Airlines. Dorien Merritt is president of the Chester Woman's Club. Irene Kent is traveling around the world with her soldier hus- band, while Hilda Cogbill has become an efficient stenographer for Betty Over- street, who is Director of Religious Edu- cation at one of our big city churches. Gracious! ‘Vhis new atom clock makes time pass so rapidly. Life moves at such Thanks for dropping by and letting me chat with you. Next time you're in Chester do stop by to see me. I’m never too busy with my research work to visit with old friends. a swift pace these days! WIN Boccs —Prop hetess OE erlector