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

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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.

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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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SENIOR CLASS PLAY FINDERS CREEPERS Wilbur Maxwell (pocket-sized version of atomic bomb) BILL WREN Hercules Nelson (Wilbur ' s bosom pal) JOHN DYE Celeste Nelson (Hercules ' cute cousin) JANICE REDWINE Nina Quigley (Bright spot in Hercules ' usually blackened eye) SHIRLEY REASOR Frankie Nelson (a real live-wire) SUE LIDDLE Aunt Mary (.Hercules ' aunt) MARY RUTH FRALEY Uncle Bob (the mortician) LINCOLN KISER Granny (a real hep cat) SHIRLEY ISAAC Mr. Quigley (another hep cat) JOHNNY CARTY Dr. Brown (winning smile and cordial disposition) ROGER DAUGHERTY Madeline (Mr. Quigley ' s sister) ANN EDWARDS Harry Schuster (Madeline ' s lawyer friend) JACK HILL Daphne (the maid) MARY ALICE LIGHT Claude (the caretaker) PAUL BENNETT Henry (helper) KENNETH COOPER JUNIOR CLASS As classes began in the fall of 1955, we, the members of the Junior Class, realized that we had finally reached the year that promised so much. As the weeks flew by, we saw our dreams coming true under the very capable guidance of our sponsors. Miss Broad- water and Mr. Bailey. Many of our class were active in the field of sports. On the gridiron were: Buddy Bull Anderson, Guy Boo Buchanan, Don Bush, Scotty Combs, Bobby Dean, Jack Estep, Don Garrison, and Chester Palmer. Those playing Basketball were: Nancy Hagy, Toby Perdue, Fonda Potter, Phyllis Sizemore, Buddy Anderson, Chester Palmer, and managers Nancey Edmonds and Ronald Coomer. Some of our boys also played baseball. Not only did we have participants in sports, but many of our members entered into the various clubs and activities around school. One of the highlights of the year was the selecting of our class rings. This was done with much thought, and finally the one was chosen to be worn with pride as Seniors and as graduates as a symbol of our achievement. Soon after mid-term exams the Juniors found themselves in the role of salesmen. The net profit from the magazines sold will greatly help in the production of the School Bell next year. The proceeds from our bake sale and other projects made possible the annual Junior-Senior Prom. Then in April, after many weeks of preparation, the big night for our prom finally came. This gala event left us with another cherished memory of our high school days. The last week of school found us very busy making the traditional Daisy Chain which we carried in the processional. Commencement Night. Thus the third chapter of our high school work is completed.