Varina High School - Varinian Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Walkung alongFufth Avenue the next day, they spued a famuluar face It s Aluce Cabe cruid Jean lt was undeed Aluce now a famous commercual Orfusf, complete wuth penthouse stu uo That afternoon they attended a boat race on the Hudson Ruver The wunner flashed over the funush lune un a trum red boat On the sude was emblazoned the sugn Jones Marune Boat C lt was Robert Jones collectung a new trophy to add to the 456 now un hus trophy case As they relaxed un theur hotel suute that nught readung the paper the headlunes declared that a new germ had been duscovered by that emunentbacteruologust, Anme Gertrude Banton Thus was no shock, for Annue was always duscoverung surprusung thungs un chemustry class The next day they prepared to leave New York As they entered Grand Central Statuon, they were almost run down by a handsome young man who was gallopung around the platform at top speed As he trupped past, they recognuzed Sherwun Beck one tume track star of V H S practucung hus dauly 20 mules whule woutung for a traun to Seattle He unformed them that he was to compete un the Olympucs beung held un the state of Washungton Boardung the Westbound traun, they encountered Ruby Norman, lust returnung from a trup to Yucca Flats Nevada, where she had vusuted three old fruends Jeanette Owen, Bettye Lee Gatlun, and Joyce Powell at theur posts as pruvate secretarues to topexecutuves of the Atomuc Energy Commussuon Ruby, a teacher cut Pan Amerucan Busuness College was un quute a hurry to get back to her classes un Ruchmond But, learnung of theur quest for news, she unformed the gurls that three classmates were nurses at the Mayo Clunuc Anne Aduckes, Rose Norman and Betty McCue are now un lune for promotuon as supervusors They took theur seats, but had hardly settled back when they were brought to attentuon by the sound ofa porter callung theur names Hurruedly they opened the telegram he handed On arruvung at the governor s mansuon, they duscovered another dunner guest, the Senator from Vurgunua Gerald Gordon who ummeduately began to argue on the questuon of Pork versus Beef or When are we goung to eat dunner'9 After a delughtful evenung, they hopped a plane to Los Angeles gust un the nuck oftume Up front sat Patsy Chuldress, her husband and seven chuldren who were all en route for a week end at grandma s on a ranch un Aruzona Patsy, luvung un Dallas wuth her army husband rauses the Slaughter kuds wuth a furm and steady hand It was quute easy to locate former classmate Wulluam Heath un Los Angeles Hus name us known to every movue fan Heath s Quuck Pux studuo covers fufty acres un the heart of the cuty As a specual treat to hus fruends Bull allowed them to sut un onthe showung of hus new pucture, The peruls of Lunda starrung hus latest duscovery, Lunda Leeds Cummuns A luftle duffuculty was encountered by the gurls un locatung one of theur fruends Shurley Horner, formerly Shurley Bugg She and Edward now luve on the shore of Lake Muchugan They ve named theur furst, Jack Travelung back to Ruchmond wuth only a few of theurclassmates left to vusut, they stopped at Vassar College and were greeted warmly by the dustunguushed Muss Ames head of the Englush Dept and dearly beloved by all the gurls Tured but happy at havung seen all theur old classmates and pleased that everyone was so successful, they boarded theur traun, restung secure un the knowledge that Edutor Augner would be pleased wuth the report Z1 ' ' ' ' ' ll I ' ua ' I O , . I ' I u . . . . . . . , H , n .- I o. , ' ' , . . . . I . I , , . . u 0 C I 0 . I 1 . . . . , . , . I . . . I ' - I them. It was from Texas, an invitation to dinner, signed Alton Stapp, Governor of Texas. . . , . . . . . . . . . .. I I ll YI ' ' ll , . . I . - ,, , ,, . . . . . . ' -I ' Il I - - - u ' ' ' . . . . . ,, . ,, . . . . - I . ,, . . ., . . . . . , . I I u 1 0 I ' 5 I ' n I ' I ' ' ll ll I . . . I

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SEHIUH IILHSS PRUPHEIIU Geraldune Augner edutor of the New York Tumes, recently decuded to run afeature story on The Present Actuvutues of the Class of T954 of Varuna Hugh School Her reporters, Jean Luvesayand Carol Tumberlake were quucklyduspatched on aU S tour to seek out unformatuon The furst stop was the most logucal, that of the old habutat Varuna Hugh School There they were bowled over as they entered the buu ldung by the three musketeers, Char lotte Blon Loyal Moore and Woody Hacks, who now handle the athletuc department All the teams have a O 0 record Among the other old fruends found here was Mary Ellen Teas, affuce secretary to the new pruncupal John Hardung who was awarded the lab on the basus af past experuence un the offuce Elsewhere un Varuna, Betty and Ellen Walls luve un theur own duplex some years after theur double weddung They are now actuve members of the PTA As they walked across the road for a but of refreshment, they found that the old Varma Inn us now the Varuna Fullung Statuon run by the Co owners mechanucs, and lacks of all trades Kenneth Keeton and Lewus Wulluams Travelung on theur way up Route 5 they stopped un Ruchmond where Annue Mae Crosby and Bobby Tredway Pat Tu llman and Aubrey Lee were rausung opposung teams for AAA base ball whuch us now un full swung As they stepped on the bus they were surprused ta hear a famu luar vouce greetung them It was Bully Walton a well remembered classmate, now a top flught Greyhound bus druver As the bus sped through the beautuful Blue Rudge mountauns of Vurgunua they passed a luxuruous resort Hettue s Hulltop Haven Astrude a sleek horse sat Hettle Slone, one tume student of Varuna Hugh Havung stopped for ashort rest un Whattown, Pennsylvanua the gurls came across the sugn, Justuce of the Peace Raymond Shepherd Yes, ut was Bert followung un hus father s foot steps They were told upon enterung that they were lust un tume to act as wutnesses to the weddung of another fruend Betty Struckler, to a promunent busunessman When they arruved un New York they were guven a welcome by congressman and mulluon aure cattleman Ronnue Sutton who took them for a tour to observe the processung of meat From behund a rub of beef popped BuddyWeus owner and manager of theWeus Meat Packer s, aperatung on an unternatuonal scale That nught they attended the drama, Robunson Crusoe , playung at the Palace Theatre and starrung that famous actor Carlton A Southward As Crusoe came out on the stage amud thunderung applause they saw that he was none other than Charles Southward, one of theur talented classmates After the performance he took acurtaun call wuth husdurector and coach, Paul Shereda who had always excelled un speech and dramatucs class Found un the auduence were Joyce Duckerson and Betty Baltrmore, roammg together and stull collaboratung Joyce desugner of Joyce Orugunals plans the completewardrobe of Betty, a famous model After the play beung on an expense account they rounded the nught clubs and were Iustenung to some hot notes from a beautuful canary when they duscovered that she was Dorus Kung, now bulled as Marue La Kung chanteuse Her accompanust, they found, was Ann Saunders Z0 . . . . - I 1- U . . . . . U . I C l I ' . I I l . . . . . . I . . . , . I . . . I I I Q U ' P I 1 . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . I I . . . , . . . . . . 1 I . . . . I . . . . , . . . . . . I . . . . I - - ' . . . . . . 1 . ,, . I . H . . - . , . . . . . . 1 uu . uu ' uu uu ' ' ' u .- , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . l I T I I I - . . . . , I . . . ' uu - nu ' . . , . . - . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 0 . . . . ' I I . . . I I . P I I I - . . . , , .

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Lyone Argner Betty Bolton Ionnre Brandon Carol Crawford all JUHIURS sf 'EV AL Vlrgrnra Crawford Rex Dorey 55.- 1 nfs 'Nl 1'- y Nh., in? 3 'Cf fx If John Dvorak Mary Gratz 2 Uv! 1'-'S fl CLASS OFFICERS Tommy Purcell Vice-Presidenr Donald Seelman President-LoisGregory Secretary- Wyart Renick Treasurer. Lors Gregory June Gregson .-J ZZ Q Mary Groome AL