Clintwood High School - Green Knight Yearbook (Clintwood, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1955 volume:

Foreword More than anything else, this is a book of memories. In a less degree, it is a book of interpretation. To the members of the graduating class, especially, this book will be one of life’s little treasures, taking them back to A land of promise, a land of memory A land of promise, flowing with the milk And honey of delicious memories” May it also interpretour school for the present time; its pleasures, its alms, and its accomplishments. And so Ave, atque vale! This day shall be unto you a memory. Dedication As a candidate, John S. Battle pledged state aid for school construction. As governor, he kept that pledge. Battle money helped make the building we now enjoy. It is a privilege to dedicate this yearbook to Hon. John S. Battle, ex -Governor of Virginia. ' Graduate we U and earn honors. Class of 1955 Senior First row: Lois Fuller, Max Phipps, Nila Rasnick, Thurston Dotson, Peggy Stanley, Douglas Robinson, Willie Ann Dotson, Seaburn Branham, Maribelle Rose, Bill Wright, Jerry Rose, Johnny Keith, and Ruby Deel. Second row: Janis Strouth, McKinley Mullins, Sally Cox, Bobby Compton, Rita Fleming, Bobby Mullins, Genevieve Smith, Jimmy Rose, Dannie Lockhart, Lewis Fleming, Alberta Mullins, and Stacy Anderson. Third row: Cecilia French, Bobby Hibbits, Janet Phipps, Peter Fleming, Loraine Rakes, Frank Vanover, Rita Sykes, Landon Kiser, Jeane Meade, Olin Yates, Mary Louise Mullins, and Kenneth Mullins. Fourth row; Mary Elizabeth Mullins, Earl Beverly. Elaine Wallen, Lester Phipps, Betty Stanley, Keither Sluss, Millie Phipps, Avery Ratliffe, Joan Hancock, Jackie Phipps, Betty Ratliffe, Dale Ander- son, Aileen Clay. Fifth row: Betty Jean Mullins, Kenneth Bailey, Billie Rose Mullins, Fred Kelly, Betty Lois Mullins, Jimmy Dingus, Ruth Shorn, Glen Mullins, Joneil Willis, Martin Hawkins, Sandra Palmer, Schultz Pratt, and Mavis Bowman. Sixth row: Shirley Mullins, Harold Lester, Betty Lioutza, Wayne Cassidy, Phyllis Ratliffe, Doyle Combs, Jackie Stanley, Ralph Beverly, Joan Barrett, Macyle Gouge, Anna Lou Fleming, and Martha Strouth. FACULTY E.R. BEVERLY Let your speech be always with grace. MRS. MARY BUCHANAN The mildest manners and the gentlest heart. CLAUDE H. CARTY He knows what is what. MRS. ZULA CARTY She has brown hair and speaks small like a woman. JOHN M. CAYWOOD Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him. MRS. EMMA FLANNAGAN God giveth speech to all, but song to few. V MISS LOIS FRENCH ' We turned o’er many books. MRS. MARGIE HOLMES Beauty is kind, as well as charming. MISS LUCILLE KELLY Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. LUTHER LEWIS Rugged the beast that music cannot tame. MRS. BESSE McCOY In quietness and confidence lies my strength. MRS. ida mckinnon I have room for every joy. J. KERMIT MULLINS MISS BEULAH PHIPPS MISS NELL PHIPPS Bashfulness is often the effect of great modesty. What sculpture is to the block of marble, educa- tion is to the soul. Science is the labour and handicraft of the mind. MRS. ZONA POWERS To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. MRS. JEAN JOHNSON Youth means love. PAULW. SKEEN Obedience is what makes government, and not the names by which it is called. ” ELMER C. SMITH Education makes the man. MRS. BEATRICE STANLEY Thy modesty’s a candle to thy merit. HARRY L. STROUTH An affable and courte- ous gentleman. r MISS ANITA SWINDALL Her bright smile haunts me still. Cooking dinner for those they love. DALE ANDERSQN ’That serious look may fool you STACY L. ANDERSON Never a dull moment KENNETH BAILEY M il Strong in deed, gentle in manner Behold, a future homemaker EARL BEVERLY A part of all that he has met ' RALPH BEVERLY He towers above the rest MAVIS BOWMAN T ' Silent of tongue, but not mind SEABURN BRANHAM One-man motorcade WAYNE CASSIDY An abundance of horse sense! ,0 AILEEN CLAY -h ' Her air, her manners, Who saw admired ri DOYLE COMBS Cjl Uu) There is a snake in thy smile BOBBY COMPTON Good Gods! How he will talk SALLY COX There ' s none like pretty Sally. RUBY DEEL A tender heart; a will inflexible JIMMY DINGUS With eyes that look into the very soul JANICE DOTSON As mischievous as an elf ' THURSTON DOTSON In the circle of the sciences WILLIE ANN DOTSON She flies with her own wings. ANNA LOU FLEMING And mistress of herself though China fall. LEWIS FLEMING, ' Don ' t think nobody never madd me. I ' spect I growed. -i b Ohn PETER FLEMING I know on which side my bread is buttered. RITA FLEMING For she was just the quiet kind. MAYCLE GOUGE A still, small voice. „ JOAN HANCQCK CiA ctAOgJ Love conquers all things MARTIN V. HAWKINS + Such wonderful dark complexion! BOBBY HIBBITTS, . • rT ' ftlh .M f W With ears pricked up JAMES KEEL Of his own kind JOHNNY KEITH (IulAAaJ fttMs He wire a scholar, and a ripe and good one r hs - ' U ' FRED KELLY - r Fortune favors the bold KENNETH KELLY A brave knight LANDON KISER Without worry HAROLD LESTER A sound mind in a sound body BETTY LIOUTZA ’Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low. ' DANNIE LOCKHART She may on her own sweet self set her own price JEAN MEADE A damsel of high lineage, and a cheek of apple-blossom, WILMA MOORE A secret ' s safe ' twixt you, me and the gate post, ALBERTA MULUNS This simple maiden in her flower is worth a hundred coats of arms, BETTY JEAN MULUNS She doeth little kindness BETTY LOIS MULLINS Shall I compare thee to a summer ' s day. BILLIE ROSE MULLINS C,jUrCt S ‘ The mildest manners with the bravest mind. BOBBY W. MULLINS ' Hail fellow, well met. CacI LENN MULLINS A grand politician, but huntings and fishing come more naturally. KENNETH MULLINS He knows his vocabulary. McKINLEY MULLINS Right as a trivet sir. MARY ELIZABETH MULLINS £ O vL ‘ I am the very pink of courtesy. MARY LOUISE MULLINS y- ' h yw ' Take heed of still waters. SHIRLEY MULLINS A future homemaker. BOBBY ORR Was six feet high and looked SANDRA PALMER Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax. JACKIE PHIPPS jr ' I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion. Always a laugh LESTER PHIPPS Has anybody seen his lost dog?” MAX PHIPPS Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. MILLIE PHIPPS {XUajJ. l4ay, a shy one. iSCHULTZ PRATT Jr ijLv aXC The Master Salesman. ' LORAINE RAKES ' i tXl L (%cz l x I hate nobody; I am in charity with the world. NILA RASNIipK aLtS KA. P O ' ' Whose little body lodg’d a mighty mind, AVERY RATLIFF He ' s a sure card. 11 Si BETTY RATLIFF « . PHYLLIS RATLIFF - Oh, to hive her feminine charm l DOUGLAS ROBINSON It is sweet to do nothing. JERRY ROSE As quiet as the forests deep My life, I love thee! MARIBELLE ROSE Service to her class; service to her school. ' A praiser of time past ' KEITHER SLUSS So young but yet so learned GENEVIEVE SMITH And lightly was her slender nose tip- tilted as the petal of a flower BETTY STANLEY C. ’Speak boldly and speak lluly JACKIE STANLEY Saxl Her words are true; her love sincere. PEGGY STANLEY Angels listen while she speaks. JANIS STROUTH Too fair to worship; too fair to love. MARTHA STROUTH FRANK VANOVER Silence is a beautiful voice. ELAINE WALLEN A rose without a thorn. LLY R. WRIGHT , om his pen flow the works of art. ’TWAS THE LATEST IN 1955 SHOWING THE NEW CAR IN 1955 LEWIS LURES ’EM THE SMILES OF 1955 CECIL BAKER ELIZABETH CARET NELL DEEL FREDDIE FLEMING 1 FREDDIE JOHNSON PAULINE KAY BILLY KELLY YVONNE KISER WADE MARROW JERRY MARTIN don McKenzie GERALD MOORE I ALLENE SALGER LARNIE STANLEY Juniors Photo not AVAILABLE LYNN VANOVER JIM TROUT MARY TRIVITT KAY VANOVER HERSCHELL WELLS GAIL VANOVER Harry Adams Mary Lou Adkins Bob Anderson Shirley Artrip Louella Baker Nancy Baker Bobby Beverly Nona Beverly Jackie Boggs Paul Buchanan Janice Carter Wanda Case Vicey Ann Childress Danny Colley Tommy Collins Betty Combs Garnett Combs Janie Ann Crabtree Patsy Dameron David Davis Charles Deel Jeanette Dingus Betty Lou Dotson Clinton Dotson Mabel Dotson Betty Fleming Harry Fleming Rita Fuller Rufus Hackney Ronald Hill Wilma Hill Ann Hodge Eugene Hughes Norma Gay Hughes Bobby Hylton Denton Kendrick John Paul Kendrick Clinas Kennedy Rosetta Kennedy Billie Killen Mildred Kirby Roger Large Donald Lockhart Paul Lockhart Darrell Lowery Betty Ruth Martin Dianne Martin Kenneth McCowan Georgia Milon Billie Jo Moore Betty Ann Mullins Bobby Ray Mullins Charles Mullins Conrad Mullins Johnny Mullins Joyce Mullins Paul Mullins Ressie Mullins Don Newberry Johnny Newberry Clyde Peak Thelma Pratt Norene Priode Giles Rasnick Jackie Robinson Virgil Rose Mae Senter Regina Sluss Bill David Shorn Joyce Shorn Lafern Stanley Lora Stanley Mona Stanley Mona Sue Stanley Nona Stanley G. C. Stidham Rosemary Tritt Dennie Vanover Roger Vanover Jimmy Wallace Naomi Whitt Don Rita Wright Margaret Wright Orin Yates FRESHMEN Ninth Grade Girls This is the true beginning of our end. First row: Betty C. Mullins, Louise Roberts, Theda Rasnick, Shirlene Kendrick, Peggy Fuller, Mychelle Puckett, Nancy Adkins, Wilma Vanover, Mary Lou Willis, Sylvia Castle and Helen Fleming. Second row: Phyllis Rose, Patty Bise, Sue Hodge, Julia Houston, Jill Sutherland, Barbara Sue Ramey, Gloria Fleming, Thressie Case, Evelyn Fleming, Anna Carol Davis and Ellen Edwards. Third row: Edna Ratliffe, Judy Kendrick, Loretta Wallen, Lois Bowman, Elizabeth Baker, Ellen Harding, Sandra Rose, Barbara Mullins, Patrica Baker, Montalee Mullins, Sue Carole Stanley, Shirlene Stanley. Fourth row; Betty Hawkins, Wilma Buchanan, Rita Mullins, Sue Mullins, Glenda Mullins, Dollie Jane Marrow, Eula Mullins, Nina Strouth, Anita Tickle, and Mary Lou Kelley. I Ninth Grade Boys First row: Buddy Rife, Jerry Baker, Danny Fleming, Gabe Hughes, Jr., Larry Davis, Roger Browning, Carrol Mullins, Bobby Rakes, Darrell Howell and Ronald Mullins. Second row: James Farmer, Donald Clay, Thaddeus Baker, Johnny Mullins, Harry Hillman, Bruce Willis, Darrell Dotson, Danny Phillips, Ray Strouth and Jerry Newberry. Third row: Melvin Henry Mullins, Bobby Rose, Cecil Kelly, Garner Buchanan, Robert Mullins, Darrell Phipps, Bums McFall, Lowell Mullins, Robert Hibbitts, Benny Vanover, Raymond Robinson and Cruis Davis. Fourth row: Donald Beverly, Buddy Hughes, Lebum Branham, Claude Elkins, Roland Mullins, Harold Rakes, Tommy Fleming, Billy Carey, Donald Phipps and Earl Mullins. Fifth row: Ronald Edwards, Don Mullins, Harry Carpenter, J. P. Senter, Dale Stone, Bobby Taylor, Kelly Sutherland, James Dotson, Ronald Cussin, Loyd Baker, Paul Mullins, Charles Swindall and Freddy Wallen. Eighth Grade Boys Step after step, the ladder is ascended. First row: Kyle Beverly, Denny Sutherland, Jackie Dotson, Joe Lee Chase, Leon Mullins, Bobby Killen, Darrel Wallace, Danny Mullins, Benny Rose, Carol Fleming, Ervin Stanley, Donal Mullins, Larve Fleming, Parkis Meade, Paul Wallen and Johnny Fleming. Second row: Gary Fuller, Teddy Beverly, Doyal Salyers, Billy Kennedy, Clifford McFall, Lester Mullins, Cecil Willis, Johnny Jordan, Edmund Killen, Gene Rife, J. C. Adkins, Jerry Mullins. Third row: Paul Adkins, Jackie Hill, Kenneth Ramey, Danny Stanley, Earl McKenzie, Johnny Lowery, Donald Bunch. Arnold Rose, Danny Greear, Donald Geisler, Marshall Hughes, Don Hamilton, Henry Stacy and James Whitt. Fourth row: John Stanley, Aaron Dotson, Buddy Mullins, Landon Deel, Julius Branham, Carl Mullins, Tolby Rose, Don Lockhart, Fletcher Powers, Bobby Baker, Billy Lyall, Lewis Blevins and Johnny Smith. Fifth row: Herman Buchanan, Morris Hawkins, Jess Fleming, Billy L. Mullins, Maston Stanley, Paul Mullins, Paul Stone, Billy Dotson, Haggard Wells, Elmer Justice, Gene Killen, Benny Conley, Bobby Stanley, Charles Painter and Mr. John Shorn. Eighth Grade Girls And turn two mincing steps Into a womanly stride. First row: Barbara Sue Adkins, Carol Sue Stanley, Katherlene Moore, Vivan Fleming, Lydia E. Killen, Patricia Reedy, Betty Hill, Gloria Dean Clay, Linda Kiser, Polly Ratliff, Peggy Sue Branham, Freda Dale, Delores Buchanan, Gaynell Stanley, Nina Jane Mullins, Rita Mullins. Second row: Mackaline Mullins, Dicie Mullins, Sue Frances Mullins, Nancy Keel, Helen Fleming, Shirley Dotson, Billie Sue Branham, Peggy Sue Fleming, Nina June Mullins, Janice Vanover, Carrie Mae Mullins, Elizabeth Mullins, Susie Fleming, Joyce Nell Sluss, Sara Lou Fleming. Third row: Barbara Jean Adkins, Betty Jane Beverley, Peggy Christine Mullins, Betty Rose Damron, Janice Hays, Gertrude Mullins, Erlene Kennedy , Irene Crabtree, Dorothy Strouth, Nina Lee Browning, Judith Mullins, Shirley Shorn, Judy Buchanan, Mavis Mullins, Charletta Baker, Gail Fleming. Fourth row: Freda Dotson, Georganne Skeen, Rita Jo Sutherland, Patricia Mullins, Patsy Colley, Dolly Johnson, Ina Louise Salyer, Tonia Porter, Kitty Kay Bise, Joyce Ann Mullins, Tenny Jo Lockhart, Judy Gay Yates, Emma Moore, Edna Mae Green, Barbara Cox, Wanda Yates, Sue Fleming. Fifth row: Nina Fleming, Betty Lou Pannell, Lucy Stallard, Annette Phipps, Nancy Ann Mullins, Marcella Moore, Lynn Raines, Alice Hawkins, Kay Fleming, Myra Sue Vfells, Sara Sue Anderson, Joyce Anita Mullins, Belva Damron, Betty Kelly, Martha Anderson, Mary Catherine Flint, Peggy Jackson. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Typing II h m wmTi - to ' - Bookkeeping I Mind your till, and till your mind. I like to be beholden to the great Metropolitan English speech. English III Class Science, a first-rate piece of furniture for man ' s upper chamber. Physics Class Mechanical Drawing Class ”We all draw a little and compose a little.” And French she spake full fair and featishly. french I Class Latin 1 Class Away with them! They speak Latin.” Home, in one form or another, is the great object of life. Home Economics Class Shop Class The desire of man to express himself’ Each one to his trade. Diversified Occupations Class Physical Education Class And exercise thy lasting youth defends. Mathematics makes men subtile. Algebra 1 Class History III Class History is philosophy teaching by example. Science is nothing but perception. Chemistry Class Study Group Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. ACTIVITIES Slaves of the Lamp; servants of the Light” National Honor Society Seated, left to right: Sponsor, Miss Beulah Phipps, Betty Lois Mullins, Phyllis Ratliffe, Rita Sykes, Janet Phipps, Standing, left to right: Genevieve Smith, Sally Cox, Aileen Clay, Betty Lioutza, Betty Jean Mullins, Willie Ann Dotson, Lois Fuller. Student Council First row, left to right; Bobby Joe Rakes, Janie Crabtree, Louella Baker, Earl Beverly, Rita Sykes, Kenneth Bailey, Janice Carter. Second row: Roger Browning, Parkas Meade, Betty Baker, Iris Faye Baker, Phyllis Ratliffe, Jill Sutherland, Peggy Fuller, Naomi Whitt. Third row: Kelley Sutherland, Harold Lester, Eugene Hughes, Jackie Fleming, Glenda Mullins, Willie Ann Dotson, Betty Jean Mullins, Theda Rasnick. Fourth row: Lynn Vanover, Ralph Beverly, John Bill Rattliffe, Dick Pattisall, Jimmy Sykes, G. C. Stidham. Sponsor, Mr. John Caywood. OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth Bailey ■ - - Rita Sykes - Earl Beverly Government has been a fossil; it should become a plant. It takes a heap o ' livin ' in a house to make it home. First row: Loraine Rakes, Betty Stanley, Peggy Stanley, Lochiel Hughes, Lois Stanley, Betty Baker, Elizabeth Arrowood, Mary Lea Trivitt, Gail Neal, Jackie Stanley, Joan Hancock, Mrs. Zona Powers (instructor). Second row: Mildred Kirby, Thelma Pratt, Betty Jean Mullins, Shelby Mullins, Billie Rose Mullins, Anna Lou Fleming, Norma Queen, Joan Barrett, Adina Carty, Phyllis Lockhart, Gail Vanover, Rosetta Kennedy, Georgia Millam. Third row: May Senter, Jeanette Dingus, Nancy Baker, Marie Mullins, Don Rita Wright, Margaret Wright, Diana Martin, Millie Phipps, Vicey Childress, Joella Swindall, Garnett Combs, Patricia Baker, Nancy Adkins. Fourth row: Evelyn Fleming, Anna Davis, Rosemary Tritt, Norma Hughes, Louella Baker, Clinas Kennedy, Laferne Stanley, Lelia Faye Mullins, Joyce Shorn, Shirley Artrip. Fifth row: Betty Mullins, Lois Bowman, Rita Mullins, Julia Houston, Linda Moore, Anita Tickle, Nona Stanley, Sue Mullins, Sandra Rose, Janet Stanley. Sixth row: Loretta Wallen, Dollie Marrow, Sue Stanley, Idalene Mullins, Mary Lou Kelly, Patricia Phipps, Patty Bise, Gloria Fleming, Sylvia Castle, Barbara Ramey, Mary Lou Willis. President Vice President Secretary - - Treasurer - - ■ Historian OFFICERS Betty Baker ....... Lois Stanley Elizabeth Arrowood -Peggy Stanley - - Mary Lea Trivitte OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary - - - Treasurer — - Sentinel - - Ralph Beverly - Carter Fleming Earl Beverly - - Avery Ratliffe McKinley Mullins IB je m fP f Sis Ha ’Tis the farmer’s care that makes the field bare.” First row: H. L. Strouth, instructor; Avon Stanley, Bob Compton, McKinley Mullins, Earl Beverly, Avery Ratliffe, Olin Yates, Ralph Beverly, Max Phipps, Glen Mullins, E. C. Smith, instructor. Second row: Landon Kiser, Carter Fleming, Jack Mullins, Mac Phipps, Johnny Mullins, Charlie Chase, Virgil Rose, Jimmy Arrowood and Jimmy Wallace. Third row: Jerry Cox, Buddy Rife, Ronald Cussins, Tommy Colley, Harold Rakes, Charles Mullins, Paul Mullins, Harold Horton, Harry Lee Fleming, Charles Deel. Fourth row: Robert Mullins, Jimmy Robinson, Roger Large, Donald Clay, Roland Mullins, Dana Fleming, Garner Buchanan, Jerry Newberry, Donald Phipps, Wayne Kendrick, Howard Ford. The Band ■ i ' ► , , v Under the smile of safety School Patrol Hi-Hatter Staff All the news that ' s fit to print l °mm m w H j And French she spake full faire and featishly. French Club Latin Club Away with them, they speak Latin! 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Left to right: Ellen Edwards, Elizabeth Baker, Ella Crabtree, Louella Baker, Jackie Ann Stanley, Betty Hawkins, Norma Gaye Queen, Coach Nell Rose, Anna Lou Fleming, Rosemary Tritt, Iris Faye Baker, Nancy Baker, Rita Sykes, Larnie Stanley, and Lelia Faye Mullins. Basketball Girls Daughters of the game BASKETBALL GIRLS Just the kind for sport. Our Town ” SCENES FROM OUR TOWN rf Our Town ” MARRIED COUPLES A ' 74u f e i-mduU YEARBOOK Tatloi Ylamook Company -Dallas Cast of The Magic Apple ” Makeup of I Remember Mama” Gammer Gut ton’s Needle ” Our revels now are ended. Junior-Senior Banquet