Alleghany County High School - Alcova Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Musical Students Develop Skill, Patience ACHS’s Music Department, the band and choir, performed many tasks. Wlrile developing the talents of the members, they entertained the community and set the mood at many a school activity. While acquiring musical skill in playing instalments, the band entertained audiences at concerts and built esprit de corps at many pep rallies and sporting events. The choir class, blessed with superb vocal talent, thrilled many groups around the community with their concerts. Their crowning achievement of the year was their production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, “Oklahoma!” Students enrolled in these programs not only developed their musical talent, but learned the patience required of a performer. Mr. Baber helps Claude Deacon with his music by taking a hand at the trom- bone himself. Mr. Leonard W. Baber Concord CoUege, B.S. Band Mr. T. F. D. Farrar University of Richmond Choir Mr. Farrar seems bewildered as an amused Donna Bru ffey, the choir accompanist, points out a difficult passage. Mr. Farrar introduces a choral ensemble to the audience as Donna Bruffey arranges her music. 27

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Library, Art Develop Special Skills Library Staff searches diligently for any material that is needed. Staff members; Wanda Bowers, 1-onda Curtis, Linda Elmore, Doris Meadows, Ashby Tyree, Margaret Wood, Carmen Chambers, Myra Davis, Linda Hicks, Pam Hoke, Louise Jordan, Debbie Smith, Elvin Nicely, Stephen Boone, Routh Ann Dainty, Ardeth Gladwell, Phyllis Hepler, Barbara Howard, Sharon Kirsey, Leo McCoy, Jewel Hannah, Margie Vass, Donna Booze, Carolyn Byer, Kitty Charles, Steve Dressier, Debby Fridley, Barbara Mottern, Debbie Lefler, Patricia Plymale, Elizabeth Sartain, Carolyn Tyree, Vernon Morris, Preston Boone, Wanda Carter, Valerie Newman, Frankie Tucker, Alma Watson. Marshall Leitch, Jeannette Armstrong, Dorothy Harris, Mary Kern, Winona Kirby, Priscilla Plott, Linda Reynolds, Molly Swartz, Carla Tliompson, and Betty Vess. Miss Wolfe and the library at ACHS were the last word in efficiency and organization. Miss Wolfe capably supervised a library of over ten thousand volumes and at the same time trained students of Library Science who served as her assistants. Many talented students found the Ait classes to be an enjoyable and informative outlet. Under the direction of Miss Smith, the classes painted and made the scenery for the choir class production of “Oklahoma!” displaying fantastic imagination and realism. Students were trained to work in several art media and displayed their works on WDBJ’s Saturday Session and at the annual school art show. Miss Smith explains the design of the “Okla- homa!” scenery to Donna Terry and Linda Thompson as Eva Fury and Debbie Fridley watch. Miss Elizabeth C. Smith Mary Washington, B.S. Parsons School of Design Art Diploma .Art, English Sponsor, Art Club Miss Mary Helen Wolfe Randolph Macon Woman’s College Radford College, B.A. Library Science Miss Wolfe discusses the annual magazine campaign with Mr. Hammon. 26

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Social Studies Develop Responsibility, Awareness, Mr. Harold L. Carter Marion Wesley Reed Texas Christian University, B.A. Morris Harvey College, B.S. Lynchburg College Social Studies U.S. Government U.S. History James David Williams Emory Henry College, B.A. World History, U.S. History Eighth Grade Eootball, J.V. Basketball Students in Mr. Williams’ sixth period World History course find his class to be interesting, authoritative, and witty. 28 The students in Mrs. Whiteside’s sixth period Civics class discover that her tests are nerve-wracking and always thorough.