Lenoir High School - Bearcat Yearbook (Lenoir, NC)

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l LH.S. band building is one of the finest school music b Id g bcf d y h It beglu J I . to oun an w ere. was nm une of 1937 pc ed on November 2, 1937. The band building plans good that they may be foundi in several text books. It is always an annual staff's dream when they are publishing an annual to make 'this year's better than ever.' We don't claim to have made the I953 BEARCAT the best, but wel have worked hard to reach that goal. In our pictures and stories we have tried to preserve the past year for those later years in life when we can look back in our BEARCATS, and all of the fond memories we have of Lenoir High School will come back to us. Many things we wanted to include had to be left out, either because of lack of space or because we thought that other things would be more important in later years. As you Icaf through the pages of this book, it is our hope that you will find your high school days all summed up in the 1953 BEARCAT. I THE EDITOR 3 40 FACULTY CLASSES ACTIVITIES ATH LETICS

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DEDICATION Teaching is hard enough, but when a teacher becomes a coach and an advisor, he has quite a job. This year we have chosen the person whom we think has one of the biggest and most varied jobs in school. He has coached our basketball and baseball teams with enthusiasm for many years. He has traveled all over Westem North Carolina scouting for football games, so the Bearcats would know what plays to use against their opponents. In coaching the junior Varsity football team, he has prepared many boys for varsity action. His humorous stories have won the attention of all the students, yet when they leave his room each day, after Chemistry or General Science, they have learned something more from the book. When the Guidance Advisor left last spring, it was he who stepped into the vacant spot and filled it. His excellent sportsmanship is an example to all who know him, and he seldom tums down the chance to do a good tum. With these and many other thoughts in mind, we dedicate this, the 1953 Bearcat to YOU, MR. J. V. MILLS Mr. Mills was born in Stanfield, North Carolina, and attended the Stanfield High School until his graduation. In the fall following his graduation from high school, he entered Pfeiffer junior College, where he studied for two years before entering Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory. He earned his Master of Arts degree in English at Appalachian State Teachers College. Before coming to Lenoir in january of 1945, Mr. Mills taught in Oxford, North Carolina, and Union County High School. He also served three and one-half years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II until the Thanks- giving before he came to Lenoir. Mr. Mills was employed at Lenoir High School as the basketball and baseball coach, and as a science teacher. He now coaches basketball, baseball, and junior varsity football, is Guidance Director, and teaches General Science and Chemistry. , . . LL tt