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

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First row: Reba Coomer. Reba Collier. Marilyn Barker. Louise DeBord. Joann Nave. Margaret Ashe. Wilma Livingston. Harold Baker. Second row: Miss Myers. Jolene Atkins. Pauline Wilson. Shirley Deal. Christine Reach. Mary Bozzell, Doris Wells. Ralph Mullins. Third row: Billie Collier. Doris Carter. Joyce Skeen. Marcella Reed. Margaret Livesay. Nancy Holmes. Joanne Masters. Kenneth Gilley. James Ashe. Glen Books. Fourth row: Joe Gorley. Edgard Zeisloft. Eugene Bentley. Carl Jessee, Glen Collier. Leroy Bailey. A. L. Rutherford. Eugene Mullins. First row: Arvella Smith. Dorothy Palmer. Geneva Williams. Evelyn Begley. Grace Tucker. Eula Stidham. Second row: Jimmie Sanders. Mr. Gibbs. Dorothy Gilliam. Barbara Lane. Thelma Fletcher. Pauline Peters. Betty McFalls. Gene Collier. Third row: Bobby Freeborn. Bobby Morris. Henry Laster. Bill Wolfe. Joe Rush. Roy Early. Raymond Patton. Robert Gilliam. Fourth row: Paul Peters. Kenneth Taylor, J. B. Beverly. Donald Wallace. Burley Frazier. Jim Messer. Darrel Collins. John Graham, Frank Reeder.

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First row: Joan Dickenson. Myers. Nina Banks. Jean Colvard Morgan. Ralph Graham. George Williams. Claude Gilly. George . Mary Carr. Sue Reasor. Freda Buckles. Dorothy Fields. Phyllis Second row: Miss Steele. June Beverly. Pattie Davis, Norma Barnett. John A. Lambert. Third rou:: George Beard. Joe Anthony Raynes, Joe Blanton, Albert Hobbs. First row: Joyce White. Evelyn Herron. Ruby Dulaney. Opal Jones. Patsy Pate. Opal Laster, Ellouise Ray, Mary Anderson. Juanita Phillips. Second row: Ruth Statzer. Helen Myers, Wilma Trent. Jean Sweet; Joyce Lyle. Louise Underwood. Marion DuPre. Margaret Hill. Third row: Mrs. Martin. Betty Wallace, Julia Ashe, Sue Sweet. Louise Pierce. Dorothy WallSce. Fourth row: J. B. Masters, Alan Cummings. Douglas Garrison. Joe Martin. Jimmy Banks. Normand Graber. R. J. Neeley. Bill Coomer. Gentry Scroggs.

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AA Cjtade Sports claimed the time and attention of a large majority of the fifty-eight members of the ninth grade. Joe Williams won our acclaim by earning a starting place on the basketball team. Claude Gilly also showed steady improvement. As assistant business manager of the basketball team, George Beard served faithfully. Mary Anderson rapidly developed to varsity caliber as she acquired accuracy in basket- ball skills. Ruth Statzer, Freda Buckles. Sue Reasor, Mary Carr, June Beverly and Pattie Davis gained valuable training in this sport. Joyce Lyle, popular and diplomatic, won our votes for class president. The high scholastic averages of Opal Laster. Norma Morgan. Pattie Davis, and Ruth Statzer claimed our admiration. Our contribution to the Glee Club included Normand Graber, Evelyn Herron, Anne Barker, Mary Carr, Margaret Ann Hill, Joyce White, Opal Laster, Norma Morgan and Pattie Davis. We gratefully acknowledge our indebtedness to Mrs. Martin and Miss Steele for their assistance throughout the year. No matter how great or how difficult our problems, they were always ready to help. ( LCjlttli Qx tacKe “Where is Room 21 ?” Where do we go next?” Those were some of the questions we seventy- one eighth graders were asking during the first days in September. With only four- classes, we thought that life would be easy going from this point, but the work grew more difficult as the days passed by. Every teacher requested more work and better preparations. After we became acquainted with our routine, we learned to budget our time to use the oppor- tunities for extra-activities. Although we were not eligible for the high school athletic teams, some joined the squads for the fun of playing, as well as for the valuable training that would prove worth- while later. A. L. Rutherford and Raymond Patton were interested in football. In basketball we had Margaret Ashe, Joann Nave. Arvella Smith, and Barbara Lane to represent us on the girls’ squad. Several times each week the boys reported to the gym for basketball practice under the supervision of Ray Graham. We were glad to claim Carl Jessee whose report on the results of the high school football games appeared in The Post throughout the season. J. B. Beverly, in a serious dependable manner, served as our class president. With the encouragement of Miss Myers and Mr. Gibbs, our sponsors, we have emerged from bewildered eighth graders and are now ready to contribute our bit to our high school.