Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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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

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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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SPORTS From The Sidelines By Frank Aldred A promising Bishop squad in Sep- Tember has Turned by November inTo a Team held TogeTher only by ad- hesive Tape and a prayer. Injuries have increased unTil now aT leasT Tive TirsT sTringers may be unable To play in The ST. ChrisTopher game. Armis- Tead, a proven veTeran, has reTurned To see only parT Time acTion aTTer being benched Tor several weeks wiTh a leg injury similar To The one he received lasT year. Bullard, a very promising lineman and a sure sTarTer, was injured in pracTice beTore The season began. Tom Allen and Perrin Gower, boTh oT whom have seen plenTy of acTion This season. are also on The injured lisT. John Page, The versaTile Bishop end, received a leg injury in The Eishburne game which will keep him ouT Tor The re- mainder oT The season. The remaining game on The Bishop's schedule is a big cjuesTion in The mind oT Coach Bell, buT need- less To say a Team wiTh plenTy OT spiriT and TighT will answer To The opening whisTle. The SouTh-Alabama deTiniTely has The bowl spiriT and would like an- oTher crack aT Duke, The Team ThaT edged ouT The Tide in The Sugar Bowl lasT year. They may geT Their wish unless They are called upon To par- TicipaTe in The Bowl oT Roses aT Pasa- dena againsT The wesT coasT champs. Tennessee, beaTen only by Alabama. will no doubT geT a bowl bid. Vir- ginia, Though hiT hard by mid-season navy graduaTions, may go unde- TeaTed. The EasT-Army conTinues along The unbeaTen paTh, piloTed by The TD Twins, Blanchard and Davis. BoTh are sure To be unanimous choices Tor All-American. Columbia could go Through The season undeTeaTed, iT iT were noT Tor powerful Penn, sTand- ing smack in iTs way. Navy, unim- pressive in more Than one conTesT, is neverTheless a greaT Team. The WesT-ln The mid-wesT The baTTle is deTiniTely a knock-down drag-ouT aTTair. Ohio STaTe, deTend- ing champs oT The Big Ten, is being pressed on every side. Purdue, ln- diana, and Michigan are deTiniTely in The baTTle wiTh Thrice beaTen' NorThwesTern providing The upseTs 8 and near-upseTs. NoTre Dame is Tops in The non-conTerence brackeT and will be beaTen only by Army. Prep. Schqols-Woodberry EoresT, led by Dean Davidson, is all seT To Take over The Virginia prep crown Trom ST. ChrisTopher, champs Tor The pasT Two years. Lynn Chewning and Bill Hawkins. Two SainT sTars oT lasT year, are showing up well Tor V. M. l. This year. T Lone VicTory OCT. 5-The Virginia Episcopal School Bishops marched To a I9-O vicTory over Miller School oT CrozeT in Their TirsT game oT The season. In The TirsT period The home Team marched Trom iTs 46-yard line To a Touchdown. Passes Trom BeTTy To Ballou and Page puT The ball in scor- ing posiTion. Ballou ran Ten yards Tor The TirsT score, and he also kicked The exTra poinT. VES scored again jusT beTore The halT, as Gower made Two long runs To puT The ball on The 20-yard line. BeTTy passed To Sprague, who ran To The one-yard line. BeTTy plunged over Tor a Touchdown' on The nexT play, making The half-Time score I3-O. The Bishops' lasT Touchdown came aTTer Gower had run 20 yards To The I3. VES advanced To The Miller School Two-yard line, and Larson wenT over To score. The Try Tor exTra poinT was no good. The VES second sTring played mosT oT The lasT quarTer. The lineup: VES Pos. Barge ........... L.E.. Gundry .......... L.T.. ArmisTead ........ L.G. VanNoppen .... CenTer .... Kemper ... .... R.G. Thomas . .... R.T.. Page ... ....... R.E.. BeTTy ... ...... Larson ........... L.H. Allen ............ R.H. Ballou . .......... F.B'.. Score by periods: VES ................. Miller ............... Miller School Morris Cummings ,... Noody Hill Powell Plump Pace Cason Bosserman Reese ............Buck .7660--I9 .0000-O VES Scoring-Touchdowns. Ballou, BeTTy, Larson. PoinT aTTer Touchdown, Ballou. VES SubsTiTuTions-Gower, l-Tyre, Sprague. Gormly, WiThers, Lewis, Aldred, CarTer. Maddux, Harris, WroTh, STiegliTz, NuTT, SeneTT. DeTeaT No. l ChaTham, OCT. I3-l-largrave Mil- iTary Academy evened The series of games wiTh Virginia Episcopal School here Today aT Tour games each by de- TeaTing The Lynchburg Team I4-6 be- Tore a large Homecoming Day crowd. l-largrave avenged lasT year's I3-O deTeaT aT The hands oT The Bishops. l'largrave scored TirsT, Taking Al- Ien's kickoTT on Their own 20, and wiTh Leps aT The helm mosT OT The way, scored wiTh scarcely Three minuTes oT The TirsT period gone. Leps carried nine yards around end Tor The score and also kicked The exTra poinT. ln The second period V. E. S. marched To The l-largrave 35 on runs by Gower and a pass To Page, buT The CadeTs held and The resT oT The quarTer was spenT in play around The mid-sTripe. ln The Third period Ballou, who was ouT oT acTion during The TirsT period because OT injuries. enTered The game Tor V. E. S. and did mosT oT The ball carrying. ln a sTeady march, The Bishops carried The ball To The Har- grave 2-yard line, where The home Team held Tor downs and Rowsey punTed To BeTTy on The H. M. A. 25. On The nexT play, BeTTy Tlipped a pass To Ballou, who skirTed end Tor 25 yards and a Touchdown. The exTra poinT, an aTTempTed pass, was no good. AT The beginning oT The TourTh guarTer Hyre recovered a Tumble on The CadeT 35. Ballou, who had gone ouT aTTer his Touchdown run, came back inTo The game and on The TirsT play Trom scrimmage circled righT end Tor a Touchdown sTanding up, buT The play was nulliTied because oT a holding penalTy. WiTh less Than Three minuTes To play, Rowsey was Torced To run Trom punT TormaTion because oT a low cenTer pass and was sTopped on The V. E. S. 33. ATTer a series oT running plays which carried The ball To The V. E. S. 3, Rowsey scored Through Tackle. Again Leps' place- menT was good. Leps kicked oTT To Allen on The l5, and he ran iT back To The 3O.' V. E. S. drove To The Har- grave 40 where The CadeTs Took over as The game ended. Miller SubsTiTuTions-SuTherland, Walfers. BUY VICTORY BCNDS THE METEOR