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Yearbook Name
The Panorama 1954
Location
Waverly, Virginia (Sussex County, VA)
Additional Information
PANORAMA 1954
Published by the Annual Staff
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
Waverly, Virginia
. . . FOREWORD . .
"All persons who have passed through the doors of
Waverly HighSchool have fond memories of countless
pleasant experiences. With the hope of keeping these
memories fresh and vivid for as long as we live, we
have attempted to capture, in black and white, a record
of face and fact covering one of the most important
years of our lifetime."
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PANORAMA STAFF
SEATED: L to R; Jimmy Carr, Pat Livesay, Evelyn
Frohman, Mary Chester Herbert, Joan Grammer, Pat
Jones, Kenneth Copeland. STANDING: L to R: Tal-
mage Foster, Barbara Wilson, Lois Clark, David Cox.
NOT PICTURED: Liz Smith, Phyllis Bailey.
Editor_______________________Evelyn Frohman
Assistant Editor........Mary Chester Herbert
Business Manager..............Pattie Livesay
Assistant Business Manager......Jimmy Carr
Typist..........................Joan Grammer
Assistant Typist....................Liz Smith
Girls’ Sports Editor...................Pat Jones
Photographer..............Kenneth Copeland
Class Representatives:
Twelfth Grade.................Lois Clark
Eleventh Grade.............Barbara Wilson
Tenth Grade...................David Cox
Ninth Grade...............Talmage Foster
Eighth Grade ..............Phyllis Bailey
Advisors:
L. C. Staples
Segar White
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MISS FANNYE LOUISE BOOTHE .
In 1924, Miss Fannye Boothe came back to Waverly High School, this time
not as a student but as a teacher. She had graduated from Randolph-Macon
Woman's College and had previously taught a few years elsewhere. Here she
has spent thirty years of earnest teaching and diligent striving to help stu-
dents learn "more and more about more and more".
We hope Miss Boothe will be able to meet many more classes at Waverly
High with the same enthusiasm with which she has met them in the past.
To one who sets an example worthy of emulation, we, the Annual Steiff,
proudly dedicate this, our 1954 Panorama to . . . Miss Fannye Boothe.
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FacultyAdministration
PICTURES REVERSED
MR. T. D. FOSTER
SUPERINTENDENT
College of William and Mary
B. S., M. A.
MR. LOHRINGC. STAPLES
PRINCIPAL
Randolph-Macon College, A. B.;
Columbia University; University
of Virginia, M. Ed.;World History,
Driver Education.
Filing more reports??
MRS. PEARL JUSTICE FREEMAN
SUPERVISOR
Longwood College, Special Work in
Supervision, Columbia University,
College of William and Mary, Uni-
versity of Virginia, Pennsylvania
State College.
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First Row; L to R: MR. DENNIS HARTZ, Waverly District; MR. T. D. FOSTER.
Superintendent; MR. J. L. LONG, Vakefield District. Second Row; L to R: MR. R. H.
STEPHENSON, JR., Newville District; MR. M. D. MAGEE, Chairman, Court House
District; MR. J. G. MAYES, Stony Creek District, and MR. C. T. LEVY, Henry Dis-
trict.
Left to Right MR. B. B. BEVARD, Newville District; MR. E. W. HARDAWAY, Stony
Creek District; MR. C. F. OWEN, Henry District; MR. C. C. COX, Waverly District;
and MR. W. T. HUNNICUTT, Chairman, Court House District. Not pictured MR.
O. L. HOLT, Wakefield District.
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MISS FANNYE L. BOOTHE-Randolph
Macon Woman’s College, A.B.; English
MISS SEGAR B. WHITE-Westhampton
College, A.B.;History, Government, La-
tin.
MRS. MARAGARET C. DAVIS-Hol-
lins College, A.B.; University of
Georgia, M.A.; Eighth Grade, Span-
ish.
MISS PATTIE J. KEYSER-Madison
College; Girls’ Coach, Seventh
Grade.
MISS ELEANOR DOGGETT-Mary Wash-
ington College, B.S.; Commercial.
MRS. JEANETTE K. WINTER-Utah State
Agricultural College, B.S.; Home Eco-
nomics.
MRS. MINNIE D. ENGLAND-Madi-
son College; Sixth Grade.
MISS JANE A. BEALE-Averette Jun-
ior College; Richmond Professional
Institute; Fifth Grade.
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MRS. VIRGINIA K. ROWE-Longwood
College; Fourth Grade.
MISS EVELYN GOODRICH-Long-
wood College; Third Grade.
MR. COWAN C. HOOD, JR.-East Ten-
nessee State Teachers College, B.S.;
Western Kentucky State College, M.A.;
Bradley Polytechnic Institute; Indus-
trial Arts.
MR. CHARLES H. THOMAS-Randolph-
Macon College, B.S.; University of Pitts-
burgh, M.ED.; Science, Math.
MRS. AGNES A. RAGSDALE-Madi-
son College, A.B.; Second Grade.
MRS. MAE G. THURSTON-Radford
College; First Grade.
MRS. LOUISE F. ARNOLD-Randolph-
Macon Woman’s College; Peabody Con-
servatory of Music; Elementary and High
School Music. Piano.
NOT PICTURED: MR. C. C. BRIGGS;
Band.
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SENIORS
ARTHUR RANSONE HARTZ
RANSONE
"Truth, like iodine, helps when
it hurts."
Activities: Assistant Business
Manager of Annual Staff 1; Busi-
ness Manager of Annual Staff 2;
Band 1,2; Football 3,4; Football
Co-Captain 4; Basketball 1,2,3;
Baseball 1,2,3,4; S.C.A. 1,2,3,4;
S.C.A, Vice-President 3; S.C.A.
President 4; K.V.G. 1,2,3,4;
Monogram Club 3; Monogram
Club Secretary-Treasurer 3;Class
President 3; Boys’ State; Senior
Play 3,4.
SARAH JANE MAIFELD
SARAH JANE
"The only way to have a friend
is to be one."
Activities: Class Representative
to Annual Staff l;Band 1,2;F.H.A.
1,2,3,4; S.C.A. 1,2,3,4; Class
Treasurer 3; Class Reporter 1;
Senior Play 4.
LOIS MAY CLARK
LOIS
"It would be argument for a week,
laughter for a month, and a good
jest forever."
Activities: Class Representative
to Annual Staff 4; Basketball 1,2,
3,4; Basketball Co-Captain 4;
Softball 2,4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4;
S.C.A. 1,2,3,4; Nominating
Committee of S.C.A. 3; Class
Secretary-Treasurer 2; Cheer-
leader 1,2,3,4;Girls' State; Senior
Play 4.
Class Officers: Clockwise beginning at six o’clock PATTIE
LIVESAY, president; JENNIE LEE CORL, secretary; JOAN GRAM-
MER, treasurer; EVELYN FROHMAN, vice-president.
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JOAN HARRISON GRAMMER
JOAN
"Beauty is its own reward, be-
ing a form of peace."
Activities: Annual Typist 4; Glee
Club 1,2,3,4; Glee Club Ac-
companist 4; F. H. A. 1,2,3,4; F.
H. A. Reporter 2; F. H. A. Vice-
Pres. 3; Scrapbook Chairman of
F. H. A. 4; Reporter of the Po-
cahontas Federation 3; S.C. A. 1,
2,3,4; S.C. A.Committee Chair-
man 1; S. C. A. Sec. 2; S. C. A.
Reporter 4; Class Sec. 3; Class
Treas.4;Girls' State;Senior Play
4.
MARTHA ELIZABETH L1VESAY
"PATTIE"
"Give to the world the best that
you have; and the best will
come back to you."
Activities: Bus. M. of Annual
Staff4; Band 1,2,3; Glee Club 1;
Basketball 1,2,3,4; Basketball
Co-capt. 3; Softball 1,2,3,4; F.
H. A. 1,2,3,4; F. H. A. Treas. 1;
F. H. A. Pres. 3,4; F. H. A. Nat.
Convention 3; 4-H Club 1; S. C.
A. l,2,3,4;Class Pres. 2,4; Cheer-
leader 1,2,3,4; Girls' State; Sen-
ior Play 4.
FRED EARL RAMSCH
"FRED"
"Better three hours too soon, than
a minute too late."
Activities: Basketball 3,4; J.V.
Basketball 1,2; Baseball 2,3,4;
Football 2,3,4; Football Co-cap-
tain 4; S.C.A. 1,2,3,4; 4-H 1,2,
3; K.V.G. 2,3,4; Senior Play 4.
EVELYN FROHMAN
"FRO"
"Work fascinates me -- I can sit
and look at it for hours."
Activities: Assist. Ed. of Annual
3; Ed. of Annual 4; Band 1,2,3;
All-State Workshop Band 1.2;
Basketball 3,4; Basketball Co-
Cap. 4; All County Basketball
Team 4; Softball 3,4; F. H. A.
1,2,3,4; F.H. A. Reporter 4; S.C.
A. 1,2,3,4; Class Pres. 1; Class
Reporter 3; Class Vice-Pres. 4;
Cheerleader 1,2,3,4;Girls' State;
Senior Play 4.
JENNIE LEE CORL
"JENNIE"
"Everything has its’ beauty, but
not everyone sees it."
Activities: Class Representative
to Annual Staff 3; Glee Club 1,2,
3,4; Glee Club Committee Chair-
man 2; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Bulletin
Chairman S.C.A. 1,2,3,4; Class
Secretary-Treasurer 1; Class
Vice-President3;Class Secretary
4; Office Secretary 1,4; S.C.A.
Committee Chairman 3; Senior
Play 4.
GEORGE WILLIAM JONES, JR.
“BILLY"
"A young man married is a man
that’s marr'd."
Activities: Football3,4; J.V. Bas-
ketball 1,2; Basketball 4; Base-
ball2,3,4; S.C.A. 1,2,3,4; K.V.G.
2,3,4; K.V.G. Crew Leader 3;
Class Vice-President 2, Senior
Play
CLASS HISTORY
One bright September morning in 1942, twenty-two boys and girls entered
the first grade. When Mr. Leavell,the principal, had us march upon the stage,
we were all a little timid having to tell our names to that great big audience!
We were anxious to learn all about our new friends. Many were the good
times we had as we played together and learned new games.
Even in the elementary grades, there were many significant events which
we will never forget. We were fortunate enough to visit Jamestown and Wil-
liamsburg when we were in the fifth grade and again in the sixth. This visit
helpedus to realize that we were not reading an imaginary story about Captain
John Smith and Jamestown, but we were reading about a real man and a real
place.
We were happy to have Lois Clark from Ivor join us in the seventh grade.
We entered the eighth grade and met Miss Patter son, our homeroom teacher.
We felt as though we were really growing up. A trip to Richmond with our up-
per classmen, the freshmen, was enjoyed by all of us. To go through the cap-
itol, to visit the Museum of Fine Arts, and to roam through Maymont Park
were new adventures for many of us.
In 1951, we entered high school. That was a great day! We found high
school quite different from our previous school days. There we were having
a different teacher and a different room for each subject!
Miss Doggett was our homeroom teacher in the sophomore class. Were we
surprised to learn that Miss Doggett was to be our homeroom teacher again in
the junior class! How brave she was to put up with us another yeai !
Indeed the junior year was the hardest as far as subjects were concerned,
but we had fun that year. We worked hard making money in order to give our
"superiors" a superior banquet. The Halloween party with all the spooks and
goblins and funny looking costumes and the pie and cake sales helped to en-
rich our bank account for this event.
"May Time" was the theme of our Junior-Senior banquet and prom.
September, 1953! Was it really true? Oh! it was so hard to realize that
we had actually reached the twelfth grade. We were actually in Miss Boothe's
homeroom. We welcomed Terry Wills to our class,but there were only eleven
of us left. What happened to all of our former members? Some decided that
something else was more important to them than finishing high school. Those
who failed, we were sorry to lose; but we know that with hard work they, too,
will reach the goal.
Practice on the senior play began in November, 1953. We were sorry that
Sadie Faison decided to get married before we presented the play. We were
grateful to Mary C. Herbert, a junior, who took Sadie's part in the play. Our
play on December fifth was a success, but probably we enjoyed giving it more
than the audience enjoyed seeing it. One of the highlights of our senior year
was the visit to the General Assembly in Richmond.
On January 4, 1954, we lost another classmember - that vigorous Terry
Wills. There were only nine of us left to graduate. We, as graduates, realized
that we owed a debt of gratitude to our teachers, who had guided us through
our school days, to our parents, and to our friends of the community.
Commencement! June 1954! We separated and each went his way. We
knew this was only the beginning of our history. In years to come we will look
back upon our good times at Waverly High School. To the graduates of the
coming years, may your days be as happy as ours have been !
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"Does that look better?"
"Make yourselves comfortable."
"Things can’t be as bad as they
seem."
A THREE ACT COMEDY PRESENTED BY THE WAVER-
LY HIGH SENIOR CLASS
CAST OF CHARACTERS
GLEN DIXON
Who buys a small farm in country. . . Ransone Hartz
NARCISSA
his housekeeper...............Evelyn Frohman
MR. TOLIVER
the real estate agent...............Terry Wills
JUDITH SHEPHARD
a country girl...................Pattie Livesay
HOMER PEMBLETON
from whom the farm is purchased......Billy Jones
LUCY PEMBLETON
his wife...........................Lois Clark
SELMA POTTER
middle-age country girl . . . .Mary Chester Herbert
AGATHA POTTER
middle-age country girl......Sarah Jane Maifeld
CALLIE POTTER
middle-age country girl..........Joan Grammer
ELIOT WARREN
prospective buyer of farm........Fred Ramsch
MIRIAM WARREN
his wife Jennie Corl
Buyitl? "There! How’s that?"
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LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT
Be it known that by the power vested in me I, Ransone Hartz, representing the
Senior class of 1954 of Waverly High School do ordain and establish this last will
and testament on this, the 8th day of June, 1954.
LOIS CLARK leaves her ability to obey training rules to Adele Gay and her grace-
ful walk to Page Lewis.
JENNIE CORL leaves her business-like ways to Harry Herbert and her office job to
any poor soul who will take it.
EVELYN FROHMAN wills her enormous appetite to Mary Ellen Livesay and her love
of basketball to "Coach” Keyser.
JOAN GRAMMER leaves her musical ability to Mrs. Arnold and her basketball
talents to Pat Jones with the hope that Pat might develop into
a fairly good ballplayer.
PATTIE LIVESAY gives her way with the boys to "Chessie" Herbert and her ability
to foul out of a basketball game to Liz Smith.
SARAH MAIFELD leaves her slim figure to Mae Frances Sheffield and her quiet
ways to Peggy Herrman.
BILLY JONES leaves his scoring ability on the football field to Buddy "Choo Choo"
Grammer and his neatly combed hair to Billy Waller.
FRED RAMSCH wills his taxi service to Kenneth "Faker" Copeland and 50 pounds
to each football player.
RANSONE HARTZ wills his chemistry knowledge to Jones Marshall and his height
to Edward Lewis.
Witnessed by:
Barbara Wilson
Wayne Harrell
Mary Frances Sheffield
RANSONE
HARTZ
Testator
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PROPHECY
What's happening! I just can't seem to keep my mind on this English com-
position. Oh well, tomorrow's another day. Here, "great nature's second
course" takes over and I relax into dreamland.
What's this? ! ! Where am I? Just look who's here! ! EVELYN, how did
you manage to get away from your teaching at this time of the year? Oh, sis-
ter Shirley is getting married. Well, don't worry, the main thing is not to give
up. Your dream man will come along soon! Well look here! JOAN, I didn't
expect to see you. I thought you were wrapped up in being a good secretary.
Oh I see, the boss gave you an extra vacation. Well, have fun. Hi there,
RANSOME, you surely have been getting around -- Brooklyn -- Miami. People
really go for your sports column. Give me the line up on the baseball teams
so far---Hush! What is that I hear! ? Dear me, what can it be? ! Boy, what
a relief! ! ! It was only BILLY in his jet-aeromobile. Wasn't it clever of him
to design and build a car that could fly? And, here comes SARAH JANE.
Hasn't she changed? Look at her go! She surely married a nice boy. She met
him on the campus and it was bye, bye to her teaching career. PATTIE is
here, too. No, she isn't married yet. It seems as if she is too wrapped up in
her physical education clas s to think about matrimony, but it isn't because men
don't try! ! ! She just can't seem to makeup her mind. Teaching or marriage?
Well, well, well, here comes farmer FRED. What's the matter, ole man?
Tractor break down? Oh! you're just moving to the big farm, eh? Slow up
ole boy! Take time out and have some fun; you're only young once. Goodness
gracious! look over there. What has brought together such a crowd with all
the noise? Oh, it's LOIS! The boys are still crazy about you, eh? And you're
not married. Still teaching? Well, it's a good life if you like it. Excitement
took over -- there's JENNIE. Yes, she finally got married. She and her
family are living on a farm in Surry. Everything is going along fine.
Oh! excuse me, Miss Boothe, I was so tired and sleepy. I just couldn't
hold my eyes open. That "chief nourisher in life's feast," sleep, did help me.
Class Prophet
JENNIE LEE CORL
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Donald Chambles
Don
Mary Chester
Herbert
Chessie
Class Officers: Clockwise beginning at six o’clock: PAT
JONES, president; JIMMY CARR, treasurer; KITTY BROWN,
secretary; ADELE GAY, reporter; LEWIS JENNINGS, vice-
president.
Barbara Rolley
George Van Cleef
Barbara Wilson
Helen Saunders
withdrew Feb. *54
Adele Gay
Sponsored by
Vaughan Drug Co.
Lewis Jennings
Patricia Jones
Pat
James Carr
Jimmy
Catherine Brown
Kitty
withdrew Dec. *53
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Forrest Nicholson
Margaret Harrell
Barbara Newbold
Jones Marshall
Marie Bendall
David Cox
Shirley Bailey
Kenneth Copeland
Edgar Faison
(Eddie)
William Waller
(Billy)
Phyllis Harrison
Joyce Cox
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OFFICERS: (counter clockwise): HARRY HERBERT,
president; MARGARET HARRELL, secretary; DAVID
COX, treasurer. (NOT PICTURED): LIZZIE SMITH,
vice-president.
Harry Herbert
Edward Lewis
Calvin Spain
James Harrison
(Sonny)
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Elizabeth Ann Smith
(Lizzie)
Gerald Deaton
(Jerry)
Ruby Saunders
Daniel Cox
(Dan)
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OFFICERS; (L. to R.): MARY ELLEN LIVESAY, vice-presi-
dent; ROBERTA ATKINS, president; BUNNY HAWKINS, treas-
urer; MARY FRANCES SHEFFIELD, secretary. (NOT PIC-
TURED): CARL THORPE, reporter.
COLUMN 1: Carroll Gwaltney. Delores Sat-
maria, Robert Wallace (Bobby), Page Lewis,
Roberta Atkins, Carl Thorpe, Mary Frances
Sheffield. COLUMN 2: Emily Morris (with-
drew Dec. *53), Robert Grammer, (Buddy),
Jeanette Harwell, Curtis Bradshaw, Robert
Hawkins (Bunny), Joyce Rawlings, Gayle
Harrell. COLUMN 3: Maxine Gwaltney,
James Barnes, Donald Harrison (Donnie),
MargatetHerrman(Peggy), Talmadge Foster,
Mae Frances Sheffield, Doris Jean Harrup.
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OFFICERS: (L. to R.): CHARLOTTE LEWIS, vice-president-
MARYLYN HARTZ, secretary; JEAN ROGERS, treasurer (NOT
PICTURED): PHYLLIS BAILEY, president. ’
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COLUMN 1: Charlotte Lewis, Rose Bendall,
William Corl (Willie), John Clarke (Jackie),
Marie Sheffield, William Bain (Billy). COL-
UMN 2: Wayne Harrell, Phyllis Bailey,
James Newbold, Roy Barbour (Bobby), Phyllis
Stratton, Milton Spain. COLUMNS: Patricia
Kitchen, Barbara Spain, Jeanette Rogers
(Jean), Joseph Pittman (Joe), Wilmer Faison
(Winky), Marylyn Hartz, John Lewis (not
pictured).
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CLASS OFFICERS--FRONT ROW; (L. to R.): JEAN SATMARIA, reporter; EVE-
LYN LEWIS, president; LOIS WARREN, secretary. BACK ROW; BILLY RAINES,
vice-president; RAYE HARRUP, treasurer.
Sally Burt Chamblee
Martha Raye Harrup
Francis Reibsamen
Lillian Drewry
Audrey Lucille Beers
William Raines
(withdrew Jan. *54)
Lois Warren
(withdrew Dec. ’53)
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Douglas Clements
Garland Price, III
Selma Mae Cox
Lillian Morriss
Nancy Britt
(not pictured)
James Beck
Geraldine MacCauley
Albert Rolley
Jack Cox
William Jackson, III
(not pictured)
Regina Collins
Parham Rose
Danny Henderson
Dewey Cecil
(withdrew Nov. '53)
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OFFICERS: FRONT ROW: (L. to R.): SUE BABB, president; ELAINE HOOVER,
secretary. BACK ROW: LILLIAN MORRISS, treasurer; JACK COX, vice-presi-
dent.
Peggy Babb
Carol Bain
Phronzia Grammer
Robert Patterson
(not pictured)
(withdrew Nov. *53)
John Cole
Frank Lee Roach
Sue Babb
James Corl
Mary Ellen Herr man
Janice DeHaven
Donald Lewis
Elaine Hoover
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FIFTH
Russell Cornett
Charles Thomas
Donald Staffieri
Mary West
Thomas Spain
Patricia Cornett
Jimmy Edwards
Sally Daniel
Kenneth Coker
Troy Jones
Betty Conrad
Elizabeth Jackson
Richard Kinzie
Robert Parker
Mary Smith
Wilmer Rowe
Dorothy Lewis
Robert Maifeld
William Gwaltney
James Warren
Nancy Hughes
Walter Wheeler
Irvin Phillips
Joyce Edwards
Holly Pedigo
Floyd Holdsworth
Bonnie Boothe
Robert Harrup
Paige Harwell
Brenda Francis
GRADE
Patricia Harrup Wayne Francis
(not pictured)
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FOURTH
Claudia
Sowder
Robert
Tomlinson
Craig Stratton
Elizabeth Anne Pettway
James Britt
William Grammer
Nancy Rose
Hilton Newbold
Cheryl Anne Barnes
Talbot Jennings
Lois Francis
Ben Morris
(not pictured)
Gerald Gay
Mary Ellen Downing
Lawrence Rolley
Betty Harwell
Barbara Harwell
Kemp Rowe
Paul Higgins, III
Beatrice Duck
Gregory Harrell
Laverne Harrup
(not pictured)
Benjamin Ragsdale
Kaye Gwaltney
Carroll Neblett
Geraldine Morris
Henry Bendall
Peggy Beers
Jack Beck
Kathleen Morris
James Beale
Ira Parkman
Shirley Harwell
James Phillips
Emily Kegley
GRADE
Ernest Rogers
Burnell Harris
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Carole Thomas
Patricia Neblett
William DeHaven
Bernadine Cox
NOT PICTURED
Keith Kitchen
William Staples
Frederick Ma if eld, III
Jesse Peffer
Dale Patterson
(withdrew Nov. ’53)
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Harold Chambers
Virginia Spain
David Gwaltney
Linda Harrup
Donald Saunders
William Higgins
Donna Gwaltney
Eleanor Herr man
Jasper Morriss
Rudi Anne Benda 11
Helen Been
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L. Loehr
H. Gwaltney
E. M. Miller
W. Hoover
S. Dickerson
C. Horne
J. Francis
M. P. Livesay
A. Jackson
P. Francis
W. Sheffield
J. Harrup
R. Cowling
E. Pittman
J. Barbour
W. Morris
P. Cornett
R. Duck
S. Frohman
C. Harwell
D. Britt
B. Harrison
V. Mitchell
S. Hayes
E. Sode
E. J. Griffin
A. Nicholson
M. J. Thorpe
C. Thomas
R. Thomas
Who’s Who in the Second Grade???
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Eddie Bage
Donnie Williams
Eilene Sowder
Chnstine Glary
Joe Harwell
Jackie Neblett
Barbara West
Ted Harrell
Rose Higgins
James Warren
(withdrew Dec. 1953)
Hubert DeHaven
Shirley Anne Millers
Mary Maifeld
Henry Pedigo
Stuart Rosenberg
Allan Ragsdale
Horace Higgins
Jimmy Parker
Jerry Barnes
Warner Grammer
Frances Anne Joyner
Gayle Jones
Clarence Chambers
William Whitehead
Shirley Jean Sheffield
Russell Dunnington
Lee Ellsworth
David Wheeler
Mike Raines
(withdrew Jan. '54)
Virginia Anne Sawyer
Larry Jackson
Chester Lewis
Mary Joan Edwards
Ray Phillips
Joyce Chambers
William Morris
Brenda Anne Cowling
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The Student Cooperative Association of Waverly High School
is organized each year to collect all the classes, from the eighth
grade to the twelfth grade, into one body. Different classes, indi-
viduals, and organizations present programs which are attended
by everyone throughout the year.
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The Elementary Student Cooperative Association is founded on
the same basis as the High School S. C. A. All classes from the
first through the seventh attend the monthly meetings, with each
grade participating in the programs throughout the year.
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4-H CLUB
FRONT ROW: (L. to R.): M. Sheffield, B. Spain, P. Kitchen, C. Lewis,
R. Bendall. SECOND ROW; Mrs. L. Sheffield, girls* advisor; J. Pittman,
W. Corl, M. Spain, W. Harrell, S. Harrison, D. Cox, president; Mr. E.
Parsons, boys’ advisor. THIRD ROW: B. Grammer, P. Herrman, vice-
president; G. Harrell, secretary-treasurer; P. Lewis, M. Harrell, J. Rogers,
M. Bendall, F. Nicholson. (NOT PICTURED): E. Morris, D. Satmaria,
reporter; B. Bain, D. Cox.
The Junior and Senior 4-H Clubs are organized each year for students
between the ages of 1 0 and 21, to further their interests in livestock produc-
tion, crop production, gardening, and clothing and food preparation.
JUNIOR
4-H CLUB
FRONT ROW; (L. to R.): D. Staf-
fieri, T. Spain, D. Kinzie, F. Holds-
worth, J. Cox, president; D. Hen-
derson, B. Francis, M. Smith. SEC-
OND ROW: F. Roach, S. Chamblee,
reporter; R. Collins, G. MacCauley,
D. Clements, C. Bain, G. Holds-
worth, S. Cox, R. Harrup, H. Pedigo.
THIRD ROW; A. Rolley, D. Lewis,
F.Reibsamen, M. Herrman, E. Lewis,
vice-president; J. Satmaria, secre-
tary-treasurer; L.Drewry, L. Morriss,
B. Parker. FOURTH ROW; P. Rose,
B. Conrad, L. Warren, N. Hughes,
B. Collins, B. Jackson. (NOT PIC-
TURED): B. Boothe, P. Harwell, B.
Jackson.
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"A smile while she works".
OFFICERS: FRONT ROW; (L. to R.): C. LEWIS, treasurer; E. FROH-
MAN, reporter; P. LIVESAY, president; D. HARRUP, vice-president.
BACK ROW: M. LIVESAY, secretary; J. GRAMMER, scrapbook chair-
man; MRS. J. K. WINTER, advisor.
The Future Homemakers of America is or-
ganized each year to build better homes through
youth. The F. H. A. sponsors many social acti-
vities throughout the year, such as the initiation
of eighth grade girlsand a mother-daughter ban-
quet.
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GfcsF GJZskss,
FIRST ROW; (L. to R.): J. Gram-
mer, M. E. Livesay, D. Harrup, E.
Frohman, P. Livesay, C. Lewis.
SECOND ROW; P. Harrison, M.
Gwaltney, M. Harrell, P. Kitchen,
B. Spain, J. Rogers, B. Newbold.
THIRD ROW: G. Harrell, R. Atkins,
M. F. Sheffield, L. Clark, P. Jones,
B. Wilson, M. C. Herbert. FOURTH
ROW; J. Cox, M. Bendall, J. L. Corl,
P. Harrell, S. J. Maifeld, D. Sat-
maria, P. Lewis. FIFTH ROW; P.
Henman, J. Harwell, M. Hartz, R.
Bendall, M. F. Sheffield, P. Strat-
ton.
be.
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HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY GLEE CLUBS
HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB--FIRST ROW; (L. to R_): J. Cox.B. Newbold, M. Gwaltney, M. Harrell, M. Live-
say, R. Atkins, J. Harwell, M. Hartz, M. Bendall, M. Sheffield. SECOND ROW; M. Sheffield, P. Stratton, J.
Corl. H. Herbert, J. Deaton, D. Harrup, R. Bendall, Mrs. L. Arnold, director; J. Grammer, accompanist. (NOT
PICTURED); B. Grammer, D. Cox, D. Cox, M. Sheffield, P. Bailey.
ELEMENTARY GLEE CLUB--FIRST ROW; (L. to R.); Mrs. M.
England, J. Cox, R. Moore, J. Satmaria, E. Lewis, B. Raines, A.
Rolley, F. Holdsworth, J. Edwards, R. Kinzie, J. Corl, T. Jones,
K. Morris, R. Harrup, L. Warren, B. Collins, Mrs. L. Arnold.
SECOND ROW: J. Cole, S. Chamblee, L. Drewry, S. Babb, N.
Britt, M. Herrman, P. Grammer, J. DeHaven, E. Hoover, L. Mor-
riss, C. Bain, G. MacCauley, R. Collins, S. Cox. THIRD ROW:
J. Warren, I. Phillips, C. Thomas, T. Spain, K. Coker, B. Gwalt-
ney, R. Cornett, W. Wheeler, D. Staffieri, W. Rowe, B. Maifeld,
B. Parker, F. Roach. FOURTH ROW; P. Cornett, B. Jackson, P.
Harrup, B. Francis, M. Smith, B. Conrad, D. Lewis, B. Boothe,
N. Hughes, M. West, P. Harwell, S. Daniel, J. Edwards, H. Pedi-
go, D. Henderson. (NOT PICTURED); D. Cecil, B. Jackson, R.
Patterson, G. Price, P. Babb, T. Warren.
The fifth, sixth and seventh
grades compose the Elemen-
tary Glee Club under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Louise Arnold and
Mrs. M. C. England. The High
School Glee Club consists of
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh
and twelfth grades.
Both choir s present enjoy-
able programs during the year.
One of the programs presented
by both choir s this year was the
Christmas Cantata.
B
A
N
FRONT ROW: (L to R): Kemp Rowe, Bobby Harrup, Wimer Rowe,
Troy Jones, Buddy Grammer, Jimmy Beale, Jackie Cox, Jackie
Clarke, and Irwin Phillips. SECOND ROW (L to R): Johnny Cole,
Butch Collins, Marie Sheffield, Rose Bendall, Regina Collins, Jim-
my Corl, and Lewis Jennings. THIRD ROW: (L to R): Mr. Briggs.
Matthew Bradshaw, Frank Roach, Phyllis Stratton, Pat Kitchen, Dan-
ny Henderson, Pat Jones, Jimmy Carr, and Albert Rolley. (NOT
PICTURED): Bobby Tomlinson, Carroll Neblett, Jean Rogers, Henry
Bendall, Don Chamblee, Kenneth Copeland, and Marie Banty.
Although the band was organized late this
year Mr. Briggs has done a splendid job with it.
A large junior group appears promising and
would seem to indicate good things for the future.
MR. C. C. BRIGGS
Director
This page is sponsored by
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Incorporated
Majorettes
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STANDING: (L to R): Pattie Livesay, Evelyn Frohman, Mary Frances Shef-
field, Lois Clark, and Margaret Harrell. KNEELING: (L to R): Page Lewis
and Mary Ellen Livesay. (NOT PICTURED): Joyce Rawlings.
RAY! RAH! WAVERLY!
These were the sounds
heard from the strong
voices raised at the many
pep rallies, football, and
basketball games of the
year. These voices did a
very fine job of boosting
the morale and school
spirit of the teams and the
spectator-students. Win or
lose, the gals were in there
pitching.
"PAST"
(L to R): Page Lewis, Mary Ellen
Livesay, Lois Clark, Mary Frances
Sheffield, Joyce Rawlings, Evelyn
Frohman, Pattie Livesay, and Margaret
Harrell.
"PRESENT"
(LtoR): Lillian Drewry, Sally Cham-
blee, Jean Satmaria, and Evelyn Lewis.
Compliments of
A. Paul Hartz
General Insurance
Waverly, Va. Phone 2228
"FUTURE"
Carole Thomas
Mascot
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FOOTBALL
STANDING: (L to R): Ransone Hartz, co-captain; Dan Cox, David Cox, and Lewis Jennings. KNEELING:
(L to R): Buddy Grammer, and Bobby Barbour. (NOT PICTURED): Fred Ramsch, Forrest Nicholson, Bobby
Wallace; managers, Wayne Harrell and Billy Bain.
Compliments of
Elmon Gray and Company
Waverly, Virginia
WHS OPPONENT OPP
0 Holland 18
8 Windsor 35
0 Boykins 26
8 Chuckatuck 45
8 Whaleyville 27
0 Windsor 59
8 Chuckatuck 32
6 Boykins 29
6 Whaley ville 34
6 Holland 26
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FOOTBALL
STANDING: (LtoR): Wilmer Faison, Bobby Barbour, Dan Cox, Billy Jones, David Cox, and Don Chamblee.
Flaying in a new league this year and with only four
lettermen left on the football team, the Waverly boys
ran up against pretty stiff competition and had a de -
cidedly off year. With an unbroken record of no wins,
our boys showed good sportsmanship and the spirit to
win on through the last game. Our football players
may not have been the best in wins, but as far as we're
concerned, they're the best in conduct and sportsman-
ship. The team can look forward to a very good sea-
son next year because of the experience gained by the
remaining members of this year's team. Good luck,
boys!!!!
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BASKETBALL
FRONT ROW: (L to R): Talmage Foster, Fred Ramsch, Donald Harrison, Eddie Faison, Billy Jones, and Ed-
ward Lewis. SECOND ROW: (L to R): Dan Cox, Buddy Grammer, Kenneth Copeland, Ransone Hartz, as-
sistant coach; Carroll Gwaltney, Jones Marshall, Forrest Nicholson, and David Cox. (NOT PICTURED):
Lewis Jennings and Joe Pittman, manager.
WHS OPPONENT OPP
38 Jarratt 67
20 Franklin 77
38 Prince George 48
36 St. Joseph 49
38 Prince George 59
37 Holland 59
41 Prince George 48
28 Franklin 66
44 Holland 59
32 Carrsville 76
38 Carrsville 58
48 Windsor 59
44 Chuckatuck 59
41 Chuckatuck 63
49 Whaleyville 47
Compliments of
A. Paul Hartz
General Insurance
Waverly, Va. Phone 2228
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BASKETBALL
"COACH THOMAS"
Got your eye on something??!
Tw° points for us!!!
Under the fine guidance of Coach Charles Thomas, the basketball team of 1953-54 showed great ability and
the willingness to win, although handicapped by the loss of all lettermen in the previous year. Inexperience and
lack of height handicapped the team all season.
High scorers for the season were Kenneth Copeland, with an average of 14.2 points per game, Talmage Foster,
with an 8.7 average, and Eddie Faison, with an average of 7.9 per game.
This team will give Waverly ten experienced players next year and their records should be much improved.
The record for the year was fifteen loses and one win. Although district champions, the team was denied the
right to play in the tournament with Carrsville because of the poor winning record. The game was therefore for-
feited and Carrsville declared the winner.
Forwards seeing action during the season were Billy Jones, Kenneth Copeland, and Carroll Gwaltney; the guards
were David Cox, Edward Lewis, and Talmage Foster; those playing center position were Donnie Harrison, Eddie
Faison, and Fred Ramsch. Other members of the team seeing action were Lewis Jennings, Buddy Grammer, Jones
Marshall, Forrest Nicholson, and Dan Cox.
Ransone Hartz, a letterman of past years, was unable to participate in basketball this year because of injuries
sustained during football season. Having been voted captain of the 1953-54 team at the end of last year’s season,
he was given the position of assistant coach this year and did a fine job of helping Coach Thomas.
Compliments of
Virginia Diner
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BASKETBALL
FRONT ROW: (L to R): Barbara Wilson, Pat Jones, Lois Clark, co-captain; Evelyn Frohman, co-captain;
Pat Livesay, and Maxine Gwaltney. SECOND ROW: (L to R): Pat Keyser, coach; Joyce Rawlings, score-
keeper; Liz Smith, Adele Gay, Chessie Herbert, Manager Harrell, Doris Harrup, and Mary Ellen Livesay.
(NOT PICTURED): Wayne Harrell, manager.
The Waverly girls opened their basketball season of 1954 with the annual tournament, meeting Ivor in the first
game and walking away with a 63-24 victory. In the finals the team met Jarratt in an exciting, thrilling, and
well-played game, losing by only 9 points after four of our regular team fouled out. Selected for the All-County
Basketball Team were Evelyn Frohman, who played outstandingly as a guard, and Patricia Jones, forward, who
dropped in an amazing 31 points in the first game following with 8 points in the finals.
High scorers for the season were Lois Clark, with 175 points for 15 games, and Pat Jones, with 168 points for 11
games. Barbara Wilson and Doris Harrup were the other forwards who filled the starting positions. Reserves seeing
action were Adele Gay, Margaret Harrell, and Mary Ellen Livesay.
Starting guards were Evelyn Frohman, Pattie Livesay, and Maxine Gwaltney. This trio showed unusual ability
in holding most of their opponents in the low scoring brackets. Chessie Herbert and Liz Smith filled in as reserves.
Regardless of the fact that the records of 1953 and 1954 were completely reversed, the team, of 1954 displayed
unusual spirit and courage.
Compliments of
Mildred Dress Company
Norfolk, Virginia
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ACTION I!
WHS OPPONENT OPP
63 Ivor 24
47 Jarratt 56
17 St. Joseph 21
22 Franklin 53
26 Carrsville 28
51 Chuckatuck 46
37 Carrsville 35
24 Windsor 59
29 Whaleyville 33
27 Prince George 52
18 St. Joseph 28
33 Franklin 48
25 Holland 50
34 Prince George 52
34 Holland 48
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