Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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Milestones Of Progress In 1920 the first cornerstone was laid for a new wing to be added to Temple Hill High SchooL Perched on the stone are Lena Francisco Harding, who now resides in Castlewood with her son, Pitzer; Max Fields, who later became a doctor (deceased, June 17, 1935); Paul Fletcher, who now resides on his farm in Kinston, North Carolina; Thelma Meade Hancock, who teaches social studies at Castlewood High School; and Everette Harding, who is also a teacher in Virginia. This group made up the ninth grade at that time. Today our ninth grade enroll- ment is 181. The completion of the first wing of Temple Hill High School in 1921.

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The First High School This is Temple Hill High School built approximately in 1890. This is the first graduating class of Temple Hill High School (1921). They are Louise Paxton, Robin Dickenson, Stafford Fletcher, and Preston Clay. This is the faculty of Temple Hill High School (1921). FIRST ROW: Virginia Holland, Alise Hol- land, and Bertie Fisher. SECOND ROW: Olive Sho- maker Bolton and Miss Molly Dickenson. 9

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Tragedy Adds A Grave Note This is how Temple Hill High Scho ol looked be- fore it burned in 1948. The old high school building, the original Temple Hill School, faces the main entrance. One would not recognize it from the orig- inal picture on page nine. This main building (Old Temple Hill) is flanked on the southeast side by the gymnasium which took care of all indoor sports, chapel programs, and plays. To the north of the main building is an attrac- tive gable roof-type building which took care of the agricultural, science, and manual training equip- ment. Some sixty high school students assembled there daily for classroom instruction. So one can see that from a small beginning, the record growth and development of Castlewood High School has been a continuous one. 1 1