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Hayseed Hop!
There was big doin's on the V. E. S. · nis courts on the tenth. The Hop Committee, with help from Shannon Snir 1ey, hired a hillbilly b a n d a n d staged a regular ol' fashion' squar' donee. (See cut.)
For once, blue jeans and shirt-tails weren't frowned upon, as the style was for everybody to come dressed
'ke farm fellers and gals. Vernon Dawson was a big gun* as a county sheriff 11nd Billy Nutt and Scott Taylor, who went as ravishing misses, were ;ust outstanding.
By eleven o'clock most everyone was plum w o r e o u t f r o m " d o - c e - dom · and 'swingin' his partner."
What with bubble gum and all day suckers, which were distributed during ntermission, the dance was agreed by
all to have been a huge success.
A Talented Alumnus
On March 9 Mr. Bank's second section of English V had a very enter- taining talk by Mr. Henry Grano- wska, an alumnus of the school. Mr. Granowska is an actor, and he gave some excerpts from Shakespearean plays and also recited other well known poems.
Mr. Gra nowska was born in Kiev, Russia, of Polish parents. He came to this school from Cuba and was here from 1936-1939. After graduating from the University of Virginia he be- gan his career as an actor. He has acted in New York City and in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Lady Astor, finding that he is an alumnus of V. E. S., helped him get a position in the Shakespearean Theatre. He probably would not have been able to act there without her aid in secur-
Attention Alumni
We do not have correct addresses for the following alumni. If any of you can give us any information on these former V. E. S. students, we will appreciate it very much.
W e hope you will enjoy reading The Meteor and will pass it along to any prospective student you may know.
If you would like to have a cata- logue we will be happy to send you one. I, personally, would appreciate a note from any of you, telling some- thing about yourself and family.
Sincerely yours,
J. W. Gannaway.
P. S.-lf you change your address please let us know.
J. W .G.
1929; Rich~~rd
erson, ulling- n, F., Finch,
Hast- eefer rshall,
Put- phon- S, J., atts. hite,
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During the war he had various jobs such as in the Air Corps, in counter intelligence in San Fra ncisco, and as an embassy interpreter, since he speaks five different languages.
He is now getting ready to open his own theatre in St. Louis.
Woods Dry Cleaning, Inc.
James Snook,
1931; Henry L. Hilton Story, 1933;
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VISIT THE
ander Hobbs, 1930; William W . Hodges, 1927 ; Perry Allen Howe, 1926; Stew~~rt Johnston, 1931; Robert C. Lelonce, 1932; Frank Kenne'h Lawford, 1930; W alter
Oglesby, 1925; Donald G. Perkins, Jr., 1932; Ervine Romsey, 1936· L. S. Randolph, 1921 ; H o r r y S t o t l e r Riddleb~~rger, 1 9 2 5 ; T h o m a s Snider Robison, 1941 · Frederick Wolloce Roslington, 1927; John Roslington, 1927; Thomos Anderson Rountree, 1928; John Ruon, 1917; Anthony B. Russell, 1925; Donald Jock Seeley, 1944· George Edward Seeley, 1943; Cl~ude W. Smith, 1923; Love- lace Smith , 1917· Lyle E. Snidow, 1917 ;
THE SCHOOL
ALUMNI
548 Oakley Avenue
See Agents
Phone 6704
TAYLOR, P. AND LEWIS, F.
1927; Williom Comeron
Alexonder Yonce, 1927 ;
burton, 1929; B. Shields White, 1923; W. Conroy Wilson, 1931 · Haywood Lewis Win· ter, Jr., 1932.
Robert Mc intyre
L. Baird, Ill, 1935; Charles C. Berkeley, 1920; Henry Murdock Bishop, 1923; Thomas Ledyard Blakem110, 1926; D. Perry Blount, 1921; Henry P. Boggs, 1928; James Goode Branch, 1930· George A. Brown, 1921; Stan- ley Butler, 1924; Houston Caskie, 1918; John Bullitt Chalkley, 1931; William R. Chap- milO, 1922; F. Scott Clemens, 1932; Henry L. Coleman, Jr., 1931; John C. ColemM, 1 9 2 6 ; How~~rd L~~rry C o o p e r , J r . , 1 9 4 2 ; J . Frank Cooper, 1928; John Frederick Dashiell, Ill, 1941; Floyd Day, 1927; James Day, 1926; Lucian Witherspoon Dent, 1922; John Don- nellan, 1923; George H. Douglas, 19 19; Fairfax Gray Drewry, 1935; T. Nelson Dud- ley, 192 1; Royal B. Embree, 1926; C lorence Stephens Gale, 1933; T. Frances Green, Jr., 1928; Rowland B. Greenway, 1922; Holmes C o n r a d H~~rrison, J r . , 1 9 2 1 ; M a d i s o n H . Haythe, 1925; James Elliott Heoth, Jr., 1925; E. Gilpin Hirons, 1919; William Alex-
Armstrong,
Francis
Spruill,
George Bliss Throop, 1943; Edword N. Throop, 1935· James Burnett Torbert, Jr.,
1927 ·
Edword
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Trot:er, 1930 ; L. Ronold S. W ar-