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SOCIETY
Juke Box Hop
Many weary legs moved to the
rhythm of a "\Vurlitzer" at the gym November 18, after a hard fought R.-M. A. football game. After sev- eral postponements the dance finally happened, and was a big success.
Many of the girls were present for the first time. most of them lassies from Randolph-Macon. The usual number of holdovers from past seasons were present, but missing were many who had been digging the jive at V. E. S. for the past three or four years.
The dates were as follows: Miss Louise MacCleod with William White, Miss Laura Lee Stickley with Hal Dunbar, Miss J ean Wil- liamson with Perrin Gower, Miss Betty Adkerson with Jack Sprague, Miss Julia Winston Ivey with Ma- son Thomas, ).[iss Anne Amnnctte withJackParrott.:l\IissAnnAdker- son with Dale Terry, :l\Iiss Virginia Hollifield with Jimmy Sublett, l\Iiss Betty Beasley with Bob Arthur, Miss Julia Parks Ivey with Tim Bal- lou. Miss Stuart Ilandy with Frank Smith. Miss Martha Trippe with J ohn D. Follett. l\Iiss Peggv Penn with Jack W ellford, :l\fiss ).linnie Lee Barker with Charles Hileman, Miss Nancy with Beverly Barge.
Miss Jean Patterson with Bud Pritchard, Miss Kate l\Iyers with Clay Perry. ).[iss Betty May Smith with Dan W est, Miss Edith Gan- naway with Beverly Owens, Miss .Tane Robbinson wtih Graham Koch, l\fiss Alice Acree with Chiles Lar- son, Miss Nancy Dutton with Dick Gundry, Miss Betsy Lawson with William Thomas, 1\Iiss Peggy Fish- er with Jim ::.Ioore.
Birthday Celebrated Formally
On October 30 by Miss Nancy Louise Bell, her first.* The guests were Mr. Sydney F. Parham III and l\Iiss Caroline Barker, both members of the younger set at V. E. S. (see below). Because of the serv- ant shortage the guests were unable to find someone with whom to leave
their mothers (and in the case of Mr. Parham, a grandmother); who were therefore included in the guest list also. No V. E. S. wolves were invited. Red celluloid ducks were
. *In its October issue "The ~feteor" hsted :\fiss Bell's age as nine months. Apparently babies age fast at V. E. S.
the favors ; the usual candle-covered birthday cake (one candle) and ice cream formed the refreshments. The hostess was dressed in pink pique.
When asked for a statement re- garding the party, both Miss Barker and Mr. Parham declined comment beyond the remark that "this was the best party we ever attended in all our long lives."
Birthday Celebrated Informally
On NoYember 19, by Mr. Sydney F. Parham III, his first (THE l\1E- TEOR, February 1944). The guests were Miss Nancy Louise Bell and parents, and the mother and grand- parents of the host. The refresh- ments were ice cream and cake.
Miss Ward's Hepsters
When Miss Floyd \Vard came to V. E. S. last month to an- nounce the beginning of the cotil- lion club, she was met with en- thusiastic cheers and clapping. The study hall went wild at the sight of the leader who is respon- s ible for bringing much fun to the student body on Saturday nights throughout the year.
This year Miss \V ard is using a "juke" box instead of the piano music of former years. For this reason the boys and girls are now dancing to the music of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey. and all the rest of the cream of the crop.
Miss W ard brings the girls at eight o'clock. Until eight-thirty the boys with two left feet dig some of the rudiments of danc- ing. A t eight-thirty the boys with previous dancing experience assemble. Until nine-forty-five the session is carried on in reg- ular dance form.
The girls are all from Lynch- burg. Most of them are old friends of the boys. The dancing class is therefore a popular in- stitution.
Come In and Look Over the NEW FALL STYLES
WILLS-CAMP CO. 819 Main Street
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o~ ~ecent school new? Is_ that the t;a·arc tryi1 dttJOnal calm and dtgmty of Tl11rdhim t;p. West has been shattered! Thi.the rec< astonishing occurrence is due t~thc autl noneothert~1anBabeHileman,whd "T:i1• has ?een smttten and overcome withJ11 wccl 1
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l_'he. obje~t of
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whose ptcture hangs conspicuouslymuch
at the foot of his bed; but the hope- himscl lessness of Hileman's situation ho\\·ev should be evident, for a mountaineer con fus like himself, unaccustomed to the Shiclci · usages of social life and ignorant of· "Stc; its refinements, would hardly be able hce;1 c to offer fit companionship for such named anexaltedperson. liehascontinuedg-oing blindly in his adoration of the young since 1 lady, to the great detriment of his it cas' lessons and other affairs. By the lt ~ hour, he sits, sighing, at his table. caught over some textbook which he has of '1'\o not bothered to open, gazing, enrap- that .. tured, at the picture, which, we must hit nH admit, is, though fully clothed (re- himsel markable for Babe), is quite pleas- Coa ant and soothing to the optics. some
Until recently he lacked the cradle nerve to write to the object of his encl. , adoration. But one of his sympa- from thetic friends, Peele, not realizing form what he was doing, encouraged Babe "Ho to write to the celebrity, and trembl- pie of ing with emotion, our hero finally hut h did. her, a
Full of hope, now, however, Babe he st mailed it, and immediately began to and '' suffer agonies of impatience as he more waited for the results of his elo- It's quence. However, a considerable :\lone amount of time has passed, and dis-
pair is gradually casting its shadow across hio fond hopes.
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West, foreseeing the sad hour when
the last spark of hope will die, have thoughtfully, unselfishly, laid in a
stock of lethal devices for Hileman's
usc when, at last, realizing that he C \ cr) has been disdained and therefore
unable to face further existence, he decides to end his torments. The
This is the only possible outcome
they can foresee to Babe's hopeless passion, and they think it probable
that he will request that his admir-
ers commit his corpse to the school incinerator and send the ashes ( if he
can raise the postage) to the movie
queen who proved his ruin, l\fiss Shirley Temple. time
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