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

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REBA JEAN RIGGS She was as good as she was fair. East Stone High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 2; Roman Club 1; Debate Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1; Big Stone Gap High School 3, 4 ; F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; Hi-V 4; D. E. Club 4 (Historian); GEORGE D SALAITA Full of pep and fun, a trouble- maker on the run. Football 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; Key Club 3, 4; Firefighters 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4,- Baseball 1, 2, 4; JAMES FRANKLIN REVILLA He knows, and he alone, knows what he knows. Glee Club 4; Firefighters 1, 2, 3, 4 (Capt. 3); Camera Club 4; Spanish Club 2; W q OB. C dAA SHIRLEY LEE WILLIAMS WILLIAM HENNING She has a heart as sound as a WREN, III bell. Life without mischief is no life at F. H. A. 2, 3; Roman Club 1, WgOB. all. Key Club 3, 4 ; Varsity Club 4; Glee Culb 4; Firefighters 3, 4; Boys ' State 3,- Football Manager 4 JOHN ROBERT WELLS Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

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JOSEPHINE NOBLE SHIRLEY ANITA REASOR A kind and gentle heart she had. F. H. A. 1, 2, 4 ; WgOB. Beauty lives with kindness. Roman Club 1, 2; Camera Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Treasurer 2, 3, 4); Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 4; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Typist 4); School Bell Staff 4 (Editor); W p OB; Best Citizen 4. 8 JANICE SUE REDWINE I ' ve taken my fun where I ' ve found it. Roman Club 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 2, 3 (Lt. 3); Band 1, 2; Camera Club 2, 3, 4; Class Officer (Vice-Pres. 2); Jolly Ro- ger Staff 2, 3; Girls ' State 3, An- nual Staff 3; WgOB. MICKAEL TERRANCE SLEMP Wise, foolish — so am I. Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sgt 1, 2; Drum Major 3, 4; All State 3); Firefighters 2, 3; WgOB. BOBBY GENE TAYLOR On my honor I will try to do my best; to pass and get out of this mess. Firefighters 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4. CAROL JEAN WARF Fler heart is warm with the friends she makes. Varsity Club 4; Cheerleader 4; Camera Club 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4 ; Roman Club 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Treas. 3; Class Sec. 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3; Safety Patrol 2, 3, 4; WoOB.

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Vice-President: Secretary Treasurer Sponsor .... JOHNNY DYE MARY LOU JOHNSTON .... CAROL WARF .... SUE LIDDLE MISS LORA DINGUS Liddle, Johnston, Dye and Warf SENIOR CLASS HISTORY As we, the members of the graduating class of 1956, are planning to leave our cherished Alma Mater, and to take our places among the alumni, we look wistfully back over our school days at dear ole ' B.S.G. to reminisce Of the forty-eight of us, twenty have traveled the long road together. They are: Johnny Carty, Kenneth Cooper, Mary Helen Dalton, Roger Daugherty, Betty Dulaney, John Dye, Ann Edwards, Rena Gallihar, Bob Garrison, Jack Hill, Shirley Isaac, Roy Laster, Carolyn Masters, Dean McQuery, Mary Jane Messer, Norma Morelock, Shirley Reasor, Janice Redwine, George Salaita, and Shirley Williams. As members of the Eighth Grade class, we were unable to participate in the activities but looked forward to and dreamed of the day we would enter high school. At last our Freshman year arrived and we began to take part in the school activities. Our Sophomore year flew by and before we realized it we were dreamy Juniors. It was during this year that we sold magazine subscriptions to help us with the expense of our annual. We selected our rings, with a choice of red or blue stone. We decorated the gym for the prom and picked daisies for the daisy chain. It was while walking down the aisle at commencment beside the Seniors that we realized that next year we would be walking down the aisle for the last time as happy Seniors. Janice Redwine, Sue Liddle, Mary Lou Johnston, Roger Daugherty, Lincoln Kiser, and Bill Wren were our representatives to Girls ' State and Boys ' State at V. P. I. in July where they spent a week studying our government and enjoying many other activities. At last! We became Seniors in the fall of 1955. This was the year of which we had dreamed. Our long-awaited rings arrived in September, and later we chose our invitations. We felt graduation to be very near. In March, we had our Senior play, which was a great success directed by Miss Billy Scott and Miss Faith Cox. Many of us took advantage of the long anticipated trip to Washington with the WgOB. Later came the prom. This year we at- tended as guests. At mid-term we lost one of our Seniors, Faye Johnson, to the bonds of matrimony. Shirley Reasor was chosen as our Best Citizen. She represented us in the best citizenship contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Later we were the guests of the Alumni at the Annual Alumni Banquet. We feel that our Senior year with the guidance of our capable sponsor. Miss Dingus, has been a very successful one. Thus ends on graduation night, the final year for the class of ' 56— with smiles and tears for new adventure and for memories and friends left behind. We close our books of knowl- edge with a sigh, and realize that with the foundation gained during these twelve years, and with God ' s help, we shall try to make America a better place in which to live. We shall remember Big Stone Gap High School as our guiding star.