Union Kempsville High School - Tiger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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Senior Prophecy-IContinuedl ELIZABETH-Some show huh? BARBARA-Yes and it turned out to be more of a show than I had expected when I happened to glance down a few rows in front of me and saw Mrs. Eugene Sawyer, the former Miss Louise Copeland, sitting there with four little future Home Economics gi1'ls on one side and four little boys on the other side. On the way out I stopped her and asked her was she starting a kindergarten or just what, but she just turned her head, smiled, and said, No they are all mine. Also on the way out I saw Kenneth Lassiter, he is now touring the country with the symphony orchestra as a violinist. ELIZABETH-Speaking of music reminds me that about a month ago I went to a piano concert in New York. I had heard that Ethel Broun was in this concert so naturally I was anxious to attend. While at the concert I saw Sue Whitehead come in with a group of young people. It seems she is now a teacher at some school in New York and she had brought her class to hear Ethel. BARBARA-The teaching profession has certainly acquired quite a number of our old Kemps- villians hasn't it? ELIZABETH-Yes and by the way Hazel Miller has opened a private singing school in New York. BARBARA-Harry Bonniville and Helen Ober have gone into business together. They opened a dancing school here in Norfolk. And speaking of schools Mr. Moore is teaching at a deaf and dumb school not far from here. ELIZABETH--It seems as if Miss Watterson wasn't able to carry out what she said to her Latin class once. She said that she would be at Kempsville still teaching Latin until she had to come to class in a wheel chair. Well her plans didn't materialize for she is now a translater of Latin docu- ments. BARBARA-By the way you must come and see me some time soon for I've had my house entirely redecorated. Hilma Horner who is an interior dec arator now, did it and she did an excellent job of it too. Talking about Hilma makes me think of Mildred Green who is now with the Gregg Publishing Company in Philadelphia. She is a shorthand demanstrator and getting along well I hear. That re- minds me, you remember Miss Overley our commercial teacher don't you? ELIZABETH-Certainly. BARBARA-Well she is now one of the best designers in the country. You may have heard of her for her styles are quite popular everywhere. ELIZABETH-While I was in Philadelphia last fall attending the Army-Navy game I ran into Leonard Longworth and Piggy Absolam. Leonard is a second class petty officer in the Navy and Piggy is an army officer. I also saw Josephine Paul Knot Jo Paul anymorej there with her sailor as usual. And I hear that she is very happy. In philadelphia, as I was walking down the street I saw Edward Tate's shingle hanging out, it seems that he is quite a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. BARBARA-Quite a few of our 1940 Seniors haven't been mentioned yet who are working here in Norfolk. John Barden owns a large store here and is making quite a profitable business of it. While in Sears Kz Roebuck the other day I saw Myrtle Peach, she is a sales clerk there. Jimmy Parron is a shipping clerk for the French-American Lines and I saw Elizabeth Large in the General Hospital tilre other day when I went to see a friend. She finished her training and is now the head nurse up t ere. ELIZABETH-Don't forget Harvey Nash and Mr. Fentress. When I saw Ed Tate in Philadel- phia he told me that Harvey is an athletic director at Penn State. And when in Washington Miss Pollock told me about Mr. Fentress, he is the Supervisor of Secondary Education in the Virginia State Educational Department. BARBARA-Oh yes, Miss Eddy is a guidance counsellor at the University of Virginia. And Mr. Roberts has become an executive for the Smith-Douglas Fertilizer Company. ELIZABETH-And listen-when I went to the winter carnival this winter I heard everyone talk- ing about the new ice skating champion. And who do you suppose it was? BARBARA-Oh come, tell me, I haven't any idea of who it could be. ELIZABETH-It was none other than Miss Mildred Taylor, and boy can she cut those figures, and how! And she used to tell us she couldn't skate. BARBARA-Well you can't always depend on what the teachers say. ELIZABETH-You certainly can't. BARBARA-Really I believe we have accounted for every Senior at the banquet that year. And since it is getting late I had better be going. Try to come and see me some time during your travels although I know that you don't have much time since you have become a traveling reporter for the New York Times, but try to anyway. ELIZA BETH-So long. BARBARA-Bye. Twen ty-Two

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Senior Prophecy BA RBARA-Why hello Elizabeth! ELIZABETH-Hy Barbara, I certainly didn't expect to see you here. Now let me see, just how long has it been since we last saw each other? A BARBARA-My land Elizabeth, can't you remember back that long? It has only been ten years because this is 1950 and you remember we both went to the Junior-Senior Banquet in 1940. ELIZABETH-Oh well,fyou didn't expect me ti remember that far back did you? By the way do you know what has become o any of the 1940 Senior class and our dear old teachers? BARBARA-Do you remember where Rice's uied to be? ELIZABETH-Of course. BARBARA-Well Franklin Hargrove had the idea that he would like to have his shop there, so he cut the prices at his former store so low that he ran Rice's out of business and built his store there. The place is practically swarming with Kempsvillians, Beverly Yarus became Mrs. Franklin Hargrove and now they have tive beautiful children. And the other day when I was talking to Franklin in there, Margie McKowan came up, she is Franklin's privite secretary. Cleon Harrell is a floor walker in The La Franklin Chic Clothes Shop. And Rose Heffington is a lingerie sales clerk. On the third floor, where the latest styles in ladies clothes are displayed Carolina is one of the most outstanding models, then on the second floor Ruth Kreger and C ttherine Duplain work in the beauty salon. Ruth is a manicurist and Catherine gives permanent wa Jes, etc., while in the dry goods department Harriet Large sells all sorts of materials. ELIZABETH-Well no one can say that we Kempsvillians don't stick together. When I was leav- ing San Francisco several months ago for Washington, who do you think I saw at the airport going from one building to another? ' HARUARA-I have no idea. ELIZABETH-Lorraine Buggee, she is now se:retary to the president of the Cross-Country Air- lines. And then when I went down to watch them roll the plane out, since I was ahead of time, I saw none other than Duman Wright who seems to be some sort of diesel engineer and mechanic around there. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I walked right into Mr. Sterling Mont- gomery himself, he is one of the senior air pilots of the line. And then our hostess, Shirley Wolfe, puzzled me greatly by saying that my seat was to be next to that famous comedian the second Will Rogers--the one and only William Congleton. William told me a great deal about Peggy Griffith and Margaret Thompson. You know Peggy is one of the biggest box-office draws in Hollywood, and Mar- garet has become quite a character actress on the stage. By the time I reached Washington I was cer- tainly wised up on the activities of the 1940 Senior Class of Kempsville. BARBARA--While you were in Washington did you see Elliott Jones, you know he is now at the Mount Vernon Methodist Church. ELIZABETH-Yes, I did, in fact I attended one of his sermons, it was excellent. I also saw Miss Pollock, who is the Librarian in the Congressional Library. She told me that both Ruth and Jean Still- man work in Washington. Ruth is a Sup1'eme Court reporter while Jean is a secretary to one of the Senators in the Senate. BARBARA-You remember the Carollanne farm I guess? ELIZABETH-Why of course. BARBARA-When I went to a horse show there Sunday I saw Frances Peele riding around, I asked someone what she was doing and they said that she is a trainer of some of the finest breed of horses in the country. Then all of a sudden people began saying, There he is, Oh I didn't expect him to look like that, and other such exclamations and upon looking to where they pointed I saw Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Joyner fMrs. Joyner being of course the former Miss Dorothy Coxl. Eddy seems to be quite a celebrity now that his poems have made him one of the most outstanding Ameri- can poets of this time. ELIZABETH-Speaking of the married Seniors do you ever hear anything about Louise Ives and Edith Bonney? BARBARA-Oh, Louise and Edith both married within 2 or 3 years after graduating. You can imagine who they married. ELIZABETH-After leaving Washington I went to Chicago and on the way to my hotel from the airport I passed a big row of buildings and on the top was written The Brodrick Basnight Jr. Cig- arette Company. And I hear that Charles Heffington is a salesman for the company. I really went to Chicago to see a professional football game as I am quite interested in football. And boy was I sur- prised when I saw Stumpy Fentress run out on the field-the star player and he was certainly in good form that day. That night I was doubly surprised to see Rosa Gottlieb at a well known night-club, she is a blues singer there. BARBARA-By the way I went to a vaudeville show last week here in Norfolk. I wanted espe- ciallyl to siee it because Thelma Jones does a tumbling act in the show and Irving Hughes is a thin man on t e si e. Twenty-011e

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