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1922
Announcement has been made of the selection of Scaisbrook Langhorne Abbott, Lynchburg's portrait painter,
to paint a copy of Sully's portrait of Thomas Jefferson at the age of 78, which will be hung in the Albemarle County Court House. Abbott paint- ed the Mural of the Tobacco Farmer in the City Hall of Lynchburg in addi- tion to many portraits. Educated in New York in art, he studied abroad for some time, and drew even while with the service in the Pacific, doing surgical drawings for American hos- pitals.
The son of Mrs. William R. Abbott and the late Mr. Abbott, the artist has a definite talent on the stage as well as on canvas.
1923
Edward S. Sublett visited the school
on November third. He is now living in Philadelphia.
1932
John Bost and his wife of Greens-
boro stopped by school on October 13.
1937
Jim Whitehead, who is now teach-
ing a t R. E. Lee Junior Hiqh of Lynchburg, visited school on Octo- ber 14.
1939
John D. Wood, living m Danville,
dropped by for a visit on Novem- ber 8.
1948
Toderich L. Duchworth, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. C. Duckworth of 3308 W oodridge Place, Lynchburg, was promoted recently to aviation ma- chinist mate third class in the U. S. Navy.
Before enlisting in the naval serv- ice in July, 1948, he attended V. E. S., where he participated in football.
He received his recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and is now serving in the Air Force Transport Squadron 22, a unit of the Naval Easttogistic Air Wing, Atlantic Fleet, whose home base is Norfolk. With his new rating, he will now enter into the specialized field as an aircraft engine mainten- ance mechanic on transport type
craft.
1949
Tommy Battle, attending the Uni-
versity of North Carolina spent the E. H. S. game week-end with us.
1950
Charlie Brooks, who goes to the
University of Virginia, also spent the E. H. S. game week-end here.
Pero Robinson dropped by for a visit. He attends the University of Virginia.
1951
Douglas Van Noppen, going to the
University of North Carolina, came by several times in the past month.
Jim Winston, also going to North Carolina, honored us with his presence a couple of times.
John Thomas, attending North Carolina State, visited us several times.
MILESTONES
John Faulkner Dudley
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Dud- ley, class of 1938, Kinston, Septem- ber 9, 1951. Mrs. Dudley is the former Miss Laune Faulkner.
Wanda Mosely Dudley
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Dudley, class of 1939, Saint Mary's, Kinston, on September 26, 1951. Mrs. Cameron Dudley was the former Miss Frances Faulkner.
1142 West Avenue, Richmond, Va. October 22. 1951.
Mr. J. W. Gonnowoy, Alumni Secretory
Virginia Episcopo! School Lynchburg, Vo.
Deor Mr. Gannaway:
I om reol disappointed that I will be un-
oble to gel to V. E. S. for the homecoming this yeor. I hove wonted to come up there for o number of yeMs but hove been plogued with tho necessity of working on Solurdoys.
Thonk you lor sending the Meteor ond otherwise keeping me in touch with V. E. S. There is still o Iorge ploce in my heart for the old school.
Enclosed is my check for $10.00 for this yeor's ond previous yeors' dues thot I hove neglected to send.
Best wishes to you and the Alumni Asso· ciotion.
A s
lliwllys,
8
THE METEOR
ALUMNI
LETTERS
IS October 1951.
Deor Mr. Gonnllwlly:
Just o no.e 'o lot you know where o couple of old V. E. S. boys londed in the Military Service. Perrin Gower ond I met lost June at Perrin Air Force Bose in Shermon, Texos where we were both woiting on appointments
o ho Avio ion Code~s. We spent most of .h3 summer in .hot terrible heot lind monogcd to survive the heot wove ond the drab brown scenery. In August we re- ceived our appointments ond by some mis-
ll~O of .he Air Force we were shipped to
he somo Codot Bose to receive our bosic f lying training .
Wo o c roommlltes here ot Bainbridge Air Base ond working like slovcs. We often c o m m e n t th~t V . E . S . W l i S n e v e r l i k e t h i s . We get up before the sun, go to closses ond fly during o fourteen hour period, then, try to relox, study ond keep every inch of our quarters in spotless condition . Perrin demonds that I include the foci thot they hove o demerit system hero ond it is plenty rough. The system is so rough thot I wolked two demerits the first week I wos here ond hav') been on restrictions ever since. Per- rin hos hod to wolk four, but for him it wos not o new experience.
Perrin ond I hove been doing very well ocodemicolly ond in our flying training. Per- rin hos o 93 llveroge ond I hove only o 91 ond the competition is pretty keen especially omonges~ our~elves. We bo h feel thot we owe o greo' deol of our success in this progrom to your two horrible moth courses Trig ond Solid. The three dimensional vision required to p11ss Solid sure comes in hondy in visu11lizing the different lll- titudes we must estllblish in flying the hor- rible T-6.
Wo both wish to visit V. E. S. soon, but for the next nine months we Me anchored like trf!es to this lonely deserted section of Georgill.
Pleose give my best to Dr. Borton ond Mrs. Borton. Mr. Wyott ond Mrs. Wy11tt, Mr. Bonks 11nd Mrs. B11nks ond tell Mrs. Gonnowlly 11nd Whirlllwlly that I lim look- ing forword to one of their gr11cious wel- comes before too long .
Perrin sends his regards to 11il.
Ed
Hotchkiss,
Campus
Represe ntative
Sincerely yours,
John Poge.
P. S. I om including four dollors for 11lumni membership for the coming yeor. Would like to send more but the poy here is
not oil it could be.
IN LYNCHBURG-IT'S
for
YOUNG MEN'S FASHIONS
Mcnkey.
(Williom A.
Beyson, Jr.,
1923) .