Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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BOY SCOUTS CharTers and Awards In a simple ceremony during morn- ing chapel Sunday, H. F. CoTey, ex- ecuTive of PiedmonT Area Council, presenTed charTers To Troop No. 7 and Air Squadron No. 7-A, Boy ScouTs oT America, and conTerred high scouT honors upon Two boys. The recipienTs oT honors were Sears Harris and Beverly Barge. Harris re- ceived The Bronze Palm award Tor Tive meriT badges over Eagle ScouT rank: Barge, The Eagle rank iTselT. Mrs. Barge pinned The badge on The vesTmenTs oT her son, a member oT The school choir. Mr. Barge was a wiTness. Before leading all The scouTs in The congregaTion in a renewal oT Their scouT oaTh, Mr. CoTey poinTed ouT ThaT Troop 7, now enTering iTs TourTh year oT service, enables boys Trom oTher Troops To conTinue Their scouT acTiviTy while They are aT V. E. S. The air program Tor older boys, Mr. Co- Tey added, is indirecTly sponsored by The U. S. Army Air Force and oTTers unlimiTed opporTuniTies Tor inTeresTed boys. Squadron No. 7-A is The TirsT such organizaTion in Lynchburg, The second in The PiedmonT area. Troop No. 7 conTinues To be led by Mr. FolIeTT, who is assisTed by Charles G. Weaver. The new air squadron is led by Rev. Marshall M. MilTon, school chaplain. Mr. MilTon has had over 2,300 Tlying hours, many oT Them as FirsT OTTicer lCapTainl, Air TransporT Auxiliary, Royal Flying Corps, in which he served 34 monThs. He reTurned To This counTry in April, I944. He was 'formerly The owner oT a Tlying school aT Hopewell, Va. Mr. MilTon's assisTanT is ScouT Squadron PiIoT Lewis A. BrisTow. BrisTow Trained aT WesT PoinT lVa.l Municipal AirporT. He has 47 Tlying hours To his crediT. which he is in- creasing by regular TlighTs aT The Lynchburg AirporT. He is a member oT AircraTT Owners and PiIoTs Asso- ciaTion, Virginia PiIoTs AssociaTion, and The Civil Air PaTrol. He was Tormer assisTanT Tlighi' Teacher aT WesT PoinT High School. i In The congregafion Sunday were D. P. OTTinger, scouTmasTer oT Troop No. I2, Lynchburg, and Tour of his six sons, all in scouT uniform, , 6 , AeronauTics OrganizaTion The newly-Tormed AeronauTics Or- ganizaTion in connecTion wiTh The Senior ScouTs, has begun iTs pre- TlighT courses under The direcTion oT Mr. MilTon. The members This spring expecT To receive acTual Tlying expe- rience wiTh parenTal permission. The organizaTion has received Trom The school a room in The basemenT oT WesT dormiTory To be used in Their acTiviTies. This room has been re- sTricTed To members and is be- ing redecoraTed. Mrs. MilTon has given The boys a rug, and is now making curTains To help Turnish The room. IT is hoped ThaT The club will be able To acquire addiTionaI Tur- nishings in The near TuTure. EquipmenT boughT Trom The gov- ernmenT will be used Tor insTrucTion by Mr. MilTon. This will give The sTu- denTs experience in The handling oT acTual Tlying equipmenT. PEOPLE From ATTu To 3rd WesT The arrival This week oT Nelson Randolph RuTTin oT Orange has round- ed ouT The Teaching sTaTT oT Virginia Episcopal School. I-le will Teach maTh- emaTics. Mr. RuTTin is a graduaTe oT Epis- copal High School and oT The Uni- versiTy oT Virginia in I935. Beliore The war he was a public accounTanT in Louisville, Ky. EnTering The UniTed STaTes Army in I942, he Took parT in The invasion oT ATTu in May, I943, The TirsT am- phibious landing underTaken by The Army. He spenT 20 monThs on ThaT island as a sTaTT sergeanT in a coasT arTillery anTi-aircraTT baTTery. ATTu isn'T as cold as mosT people Think, Mr. RuTTin said, buT The wil- Iawaws are a horse oT anoTher color, so bad someTimes iT is impossible To walk againsT The wind, FrequenTIy This sTeady wind will lasT Two or Three days wiThouT any break. Willawaws occur in summer and in winTer. Mr. RuTTin reTurned To The main- land in December, I944, was Trans- Terred To The Tield arTillery aT l:orT Sill, Okla., and was discharged lasT monTh. The new appoinTmenT brings The Teaching sTaTT OT The school To nine in addiTion To The headmasTer and The chaplain, approximaTeIy one academ- ic insTrucTor Tor every Ten boys. Mr. RuTiin will now have To endure The willawaws oT Third WesT. A BeauTy and The BeasT lsee cuTl The big brown dog lies indolenTIy on The lush grass as a diminuTive, brown-haired liTTle girl playTuIly Ton- dles his clumsy paw. Her preTTy blue eyes sparkle impishly, as she clasps her TaT, pink hands in delighT aT The dog's Toolish grin. Isabelle MilTon, Izzy as she is known To her Triends, and Homer, Uncle PhiI Dawson's big mongrel, have a daily wresTling bouT during TooTball pracTice. Izzy does mosT oT The Tussling, however, Tor Homer is quiTe a lazy Tellow and well pasT his canine prime. Miss MilTon's playTul abuse is Taken good-naTuredly by Homer, oTTen wiTh a very senile-looking dog-smile. Izzy pulls his Tail, boxes his ears, Talls on him, heaps grass on him, and wreaks many oTher indigniTies, which The big dog Takes quiTe graceTuIIy. ln TacT. he seems To enjoy The play as much as liTTle Izzy, The Peoples National Bank EIGHTH AND MAIN STS. LYNCHBURG, VA. Member F. D. I. C. J A C K S O N ' S CUT RATE DRUGS THE METEOR

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To be deacTivaTed soon. While aT V. E. S., LT. FosTer was a member of The V -Club, The MeTeor sTaTT, and The G. A. A., and was counselor, The sec- reTary oT The Senior class, and end on The All-STaTe FooTbalI Team. He aTTended The UniversiTy oT Virginia aTTer leaving V. E. S. LT. Roberi' Seager, II, U. S. MariTime Service, was married To Miss Caroline Parrish aT Marion, Va., on AugusT I4, I945. LT. Seager was Head Counselor and ediTor oT The MeTeor while aT V. E. S. and aTTend- ed The CiTadeI in SouTh Carolina im- mediaTeIy prior To his entry inTo The service. I945 Hosp. App. Zfc Willilam W. Field, Jr., has compIeTed HospiTaI Corps School aT Bainbridge, Md., and has been Transferred To PorTsmouTh, Va. Since SepTember he has paid The school several visiTs. J. S. Wellford, Jr., U. S. N., visiTed school in OcTober. He had compIeT- ed his booT Training at Bainbridge, Md., and was To return There upon The expiraTion oT his leave. William G. Long is now attending The UniversiTy oT NorTh Carolina. Charles Hileman visiTed The school lasT monTh prior To his inducTion inTo The U. S. Navy on OcTober 3rd, I945. He expecTed To be senT To Bain- bridge, Md. James J. WhiTe visiTed The school during The pasT monTh. He entered The U. S. Army on October l7Th, I945. Graham Koch, who enTered The Air Corps during The lasT school Term, visited here last monTh. He is now a privaTe and is sTaTioned aT Amarillo, Texas. ArThur Lloyd visiTed V. E. S. on his way To The UniversiTy oT Michigan, where he plans To Turther his scholas- Tic career. Among Those alumni in aTTendance aT The E. H. S. Ihomecomingl game November IOTh were The following: Charles Cardwell, 'I9, and Mrs. Cardwell: Henderson Maddux, '24, and Mrs. Maddux: Armistead Long and Richard HoIIoerTson, '3O: Robert Riley, '4O: Charles Phillips, Adam Thorp, Frank Riley, and Jarvis Proc- Tor, '42: John T. Gregory .'43g Allen Magill, '44: William Long, Mason Thomas, Robert ArThur, William WhiTe, Dan Bell, William Field, Bev- erley Owens, Hal Dunbar, Jesse Wal- Ier, Dan WesT, Ralph Alexander, and John Gower, '45, THE METEOR EXCHANGES The MeTeor acknowledges receiv- ing The Tollowing school pubIicaTions: The S+onewaII Jaclcson Journal, STonewaII Jackson High School, CharIesTon, WesT Virginia. The CQ, Fishburne MiliTary School, Waynesboro, Virginia. The Deerfield Scroll, Deerfield, MassachuseTTs. The News LeTTer, UniversiTy of Virginia, CharIoTTesviIle, Virginia. The Boys' Appeal. Boys' Home, CovingTon, Virginia. The MounTain Echo, Blue Ridge School, Bristol, Virginia. CANCER Quiz DO YOU KNOW- THAT-persistent indigestiong sores of the lip, mouth or tongue that won't healg changes in the size or color of warts, moles or birthmarks, or, sud- den loss of weight, MAY be early cancer symptoms? THAT-many cancers can be cured when recognized early and treated promptly by your doctor or an approved clinic? THAT-the only medically ap- proved methods of cancer treat- ment are Surgery, X-Rays and Radium? THAT-your best investments are periodic check-ups by your doctor? Chances are that you may NOT have cancer.. But if your doctor or clinic says you have - DON'T FEAR. Cancer is curable if rec- ognized early and treated promptly by competent physi- cians or clinics. AVOID QUACK CURES! For further informa- tion Write to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 350 Fifth Avengxe New York City Come In and Loolc Over The NEW FALL STYLES Wills-Camp Co. 8I9 Main STreeI' See SCOTT I I A YOUNG STORE CATERING TO YOUNG MEN Knight-Sneed Co. ' 8I7 MAIN STREET Fashions in Fashions A Young STore Tor Young Men See RIANHARD ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT MUSIC DEPARTMENT PHILLIP'S BROS. In corporaTed 906 Main STreeT Uilissqniflfarrgzl 805 Main STreeT DAVIS RIANHARD, AgenT The Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION JEWELERS f X, If OPTICIANS ig t f e fgf f ,rf Qfefzff f If 97 L Good QuaIiTy ' Value RighT MEN'S FURNISHINGS 5

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A MasTer oT Languages Pierre Axel Grail, a Roumanian wiTh an inTernaTional background, re- porTed Tor duTy as French Teacher OcTober 24. The new Teacher was born in Weis- baden, Germany, where his TaTher was Roumanian consul-general during The French occupancy aTTer World War I. His moTher is Swedish. His primary educaTion was in France, where he remained unTiI he was Tour- Teen. In I937 when he was a sTudenT aT The InTernaTional School aT Bordig- hera, lTaly, near The French border. he meT Mr. G. B. Lamar. The Triend- ship Then sTarTed uITimaTely resulTed in The presenT appoinTmenT. The InTernaTional School, which had been driven Trom Spain by The Span- ish RevoIuTion, IaTer was Torced To move again, This Time To Fredericks- burg, Virginia. ATTer spending a sum- mer in Sweden wiTh his TaTher, Grail Tollowed The school To America. LaTer he aTTended school Tor Two years aT Samford PreparaTory School, Wil- mingTon, Del. When The UniTed STaTes enTered The war, Grail reioined his TaTher in Sweden and began The sTudy oT Swedish. He now Talks French, Swed- ish, English, and Roumanian. Mr. Grail IeTT Oslo on OcTober I2 aboard The Norwegian ship STavan- gerTiord, The TirsT ship To America aTTer The war To carry civilian pas- sengers. The Trip was made possible by a cancelIaTion only Two days be- Tore The ship was due To sail, She was Torced To puT back To Norway To Turn over To The auThoriTies a quisling who had been discovered on board. She Tinally reached New York on Oc- Tober 23, aTTer weaThering a hurri- cane and passing wiThin 30 yards oT Two TIoaTing mines. Grail, whose Tamily name is Ukra- nowski, dropped Tor obvious reasons, plans To give up his Roumanian alle- giance in Tavor oT American ciTizen- ship. In addiTion To his duTies in The French deparTmenT, he is assisTing Rev. Marshall M. MiITon in coaching The l3O-pound TooTball Team. PATRONIZE SEARS. ROEBUCK THE MEfTEOR BIO-X-RAY I William H. Thomas Home: BIueTield, WesT Virginia. Born: May 22, l928. CusTomary Expression: Good God, GundryI PeT HaTe: SIophead's so-called jokes. PeT Love: Playing The drums. AmbiTion: To ouTplay Krupa. GreaTesT Concern: Jean PaTTer- son. SpareTime OccupaTion: Playing parlor games aT Jean's. Windy Bill has earned Tor him- seIT a reserved seaT in all bull sessions by his abiIiTy To baT The breeze. He is a counselor, an honor sTudenT, and a sTarTer on The TooTbalI Team. ValenTine Henry STiegIiTz, Jr. Home: The Plains, Virginia. Born: OcTober I9, I928. CusTomary Expression: WhoaaII Usually Seen: HeadwaiTing. GreaTesT Concern: STiegIiTz. AmbiTion: To be a Tour-leTTer-man ID-U-M-Bl aT Purdue. FavoriTe SporT: Having dinner on darm, a-Ia cracker. . FavoriTe PasTime: Brushing a-Ia cracker crumbs ouT oT his bed. PeT Love: Mr. Gannaway. PeT HaTe: MacLeod. Old Pal Val is a second year boy who seems To do well in iusT abouT everyThing. He is a counselor and a member oT The V-Club, having made his leTTer in baseball lasT spring. RoberT ScoTT ' Home: Lynchburg, Virginia. Born: December 23, I928. CusTomary Expression: Hey, ya'lI cuT The Talkin' back ThereII SpareTime OccupaTion: HarvesT- ing sIurp Trom anywhere. PeT HaTe: EighTh period sTudy hall. Usually Seen: Scooping ice cream. GreaTesT Concern: Juan William- son. AmbiTion: To see Juan dance The Hula-Hula. FavoriTe SporT: CrogueT. Bob is a TavoriTe wiTh The boys be- cause oT his abiliTy To geT along wiTh anyone. He is a Third year boy, a counselor and always an honor sTu- denfr. He is Tamous Tor his well-run eighTh period. I MILESTONE Born, in Virginia BapTisT HospiTal, To Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bell early Sunday morning, Their second child. a girl, name ConsTance Elaine, weighT six pounds, Tour ounces. ' Mutual Press. Inc. 58-60 NinTh STreeT PHONES: 3 O05 I 589 VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL Non - miliTary. Superior preparaTion Tor all col- leges aT moderaTe cosT. AccrediTed High sTandard in schol- arship and aThIeTics . . Gymnasium . . . I4O acres healThTuIIy and beauTiTully siTuaTed in Virginia mounTains. FOR CATALOGUE WRITE TO George L. Barton, Ir., M.A., Ph.D., H cad l'IlCZ.S'fCI' V. E. S., Lynchburg, Va. IN LYNCHBURG IT'S C 1-I IIILILN TENS THE SHOPPING CENTRE For All Your Shopping Needs fMiIlner QuaIiTy CosTs No Moral 7