Big Stone Gap High School - School Bell Yearbook (Big Stone Gap, VA)

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SENIORS James Edward Kilbourne Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Capt. 4; Mgr. 1; Basket- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Capt. 3; Track 3, 4; Athletic Ed. School Bell 3, 4; Safety Patrol 3, 4; Capt. 4; Beta Club 4; “New Fires’ ' ; “Come Out of the Kit- chen.” Helen Gilley Glee Club 3, 4; Home Ec. Club 2, 3; Commer- cial 4. Wm. Rodgers Moore, Jr. Football 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Basketball 4; Mono- gram Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Business Manager School Bell 4; “New Fires.” Doris Tilley Basketball 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 3, 4; Book Club 1; Glee Club 3; Home Ec. Club 2, 3; “Come Out of the Kit- chen.” Chester A. Turner Glee Club 3, 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Commercial 4. Barbara Legge Beta Club 3, 4; Basket- ball 2,3,4; Capt. 4; Glee Club 3, 4: Cheer Leader 4; Ass’t. Cheer Leader 2, 3; Safety Patrol 4; Band 4; “Come Out of the Kitchen.” Ayers Spangler Commercial 3, 4; Jr. Varsity 4. Eloise Morton Beta Club 3, 4; Home Ec. Club 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Book Club 1; Band 3, 4; “Daddy Long Legs”; “New Fires”; “Come Out of the Kit- chen.” Earl Burdette Basketball 3, 4; Foot- ball 4; Monogram Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Com- mercial 2, 4. Winifred Dixon Basketball 4 ; Mono- gram Club 4; Band 4; Home Ec. 1, 2, 4; Com- mercial 2, 4.

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SENIORS Tommy Cummings Pres, of Class 4: Edi- tor-in-Chief School Bell 4; Ass ' t. Ed. 3; Sec. of Class 3; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Pres. Beta Club 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 3, 4; Football 4; Glee Club 3, 4; De- bating Club 4; “Come Out of the Kitchen”; Safety Patrol 3, 4. Georgia Salley Sec. of Class 4 ; Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Sec. Beta Club 3, 4; “New Fires” 3; “Come Out of the Kitchen” 4. Della Bloomer Beta Club 3, 4; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 4; Com- mercial 3, 4. David Oldashi Basketball 3, 4; Mgr. 2; Football Mgr. 2; Alumni Ed. 4; Band 3, 4; Pres, of Cljss 2, 3; Beta Club 3; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4; “Daddy Long Legs”; “New Fires”; “Come Out of the Kitchen.” Margaret June Rush Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Vice-Pres. Beta Club 3; Home Ec. Club 1, 2; Book Club 1; Glee Club 3; “Daddy Long Legs”; “New Fires”; “Come Out of the Kitchen.” Edgar Callahan Vice-Pres. of Class 4; Football 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Capt. 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Monogram Club 2, 3, 4. Sam R. Osborne East Stone Gap Hi. 1, 2; Band 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Debating Club 4; Beta Club 4; “Come Out of the Kitchen” 4. Virginia David Glee Club 3, 4: Home Ec. Club 2, 3, 4; Book Club 1. Henry Lane Beta Club 2, 3, 4; Mgr. Basketball 3; Mgr. Foot- ball 3; Mgr. Track 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Mono- gram Club 3, 4; Jr. Var- sity 4; Commercial 2, 3, 4. Richard Orr Beta Club 4; Glee Club 4; Football 4; Monogram Club 4; Commercial 2, 3, 4.

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SENIOR CLASS President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer OFFICERS Tommy Cummings Edgar Callahan Georgia Salley CLASS HISTORY ' Way back about twelve years ago the old school bell rang and about fifty pupils filed into Miss Mahaffey’s first-grade room. These pupils were to form the Senior class of 1940, but only sixteen came completely through school together. In the fourth grade they were joined by Winifred Dixon from the Mendota school, and in the fifth, Chester Turner came from the Norton school. In 1935 they strutted into high school full of vim and vigor and were courageous enough to stand up under the scorn of the upper classmen. Barbara Legge joined the class in 1936 from Exeter. Through the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades the class stumbled. But they were not without honor in those hard years; they had their quota of athletes, scholars, and actors from the beginning of their high school careers. In their Junior year, they were no longer looked down upon and were almost as important as if they were Seniors already. In their Junior year, Sam Osborne entered the Class of 1940 from East Stone Gap High School. Then came September 1939 and they were Seniors! This year, 1939-40, has been a busy one with so many of the class taking part in athletics, clubs, and dramatics. The school teams will greatly miss Barbara Legge, Winifred Dixon, Doris Tilley, Ed- gar Callahan, Eddie Kilbourne, Earl Burdette, David Oldashi, Tommy Cummings, Richard Orr, Henry Lane, and Bill Moore. This year Eddie Kilbourne made All-County and All-District honors in football and was also selected on the All-Tournament teams for the county and district in basketball. Not only in athletics has this class been outstanding. They were well represented in the Beta Club, the Glee Club, and in the Band. The various plays that have been presented have used the talents of several members from this class. Although they do not claim to be the best Senior Class to finish from Big Stone Gap High School, they do rank near the top, this Senior Class of 1940!