Ceres High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ceres, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 126 of the 1949 volume:

The Mountaineer OO OS TL LR Spay So a ra Sr a a Nae, — _ E so : Oe eS a — yy SA ISS ,, 4 cy ry — E aoe oc La Ww = - = 2) 13 ie acs oe ead a , or Ty 7! NS (e = oe TUYt(Ole pwo SENIOR CASES Ce RES WER C00 L MA +i JM. Thomas Privei pa? Of ¥ z XB C Evéene. Orr Agriculture Ruth Crabtree. me. ECOnomics ELEN 2 Gag al ) Brame� Gato a en Sreslh Going t ci £ trier’ Class The history of the class of 1949 is so dramatic and colorful.that it res embles a play - one of those modern plays that has no regard for the rules of drama, It is hard to classify this drama, as it is so full of comedy, vary ing situations and, yes, tradegy, so let us call it a Revue . The scenes all take place in the high school building, corridors, class rooms, auditorium of Ceres High School. The setting is simple, showing sign of much use. Act I, shows the arrival of 18 actors. Now anyone knows it would be difficult to fit so many actors into one act of a performance, but that is what had to be done, First the actors assembled in the halls and then after much pushing and shoving, they were herded into a large room and introduced to the leading actor who was already there, His name is Study and he appears to be a villain, in every sense of the word. It is evident that he plans to interfere sadly with the enjoyment and leisure of the Freshmen actors. At the close of Act I, there is a dramatic struggle with Study's brother Examination. Most of the Freshmen sre a match for Him, and fame out victorious in their battle. The curtain now falls on Act I and now comes an intermission of 10 or 12 weeks during which time the Freshmen look forward to Act II when they will be known as Sophomores. When Act II opens, there is a decided difference in the number who appear ed as actors on the stage. A touch of sadness is found in the absence of some who failed in their encounter with Exams, or who for other reasons are not able to take part in the performance, As Sophomores the remaining actors are be ginning to show an ease of manners, and a feeling of security that was sadly lacking in Act I. The Actor Study still plays the most important part in the act and the Sophomores have learned how to cultivate their friendly help to the extent that they do not so much dread their encounter with this brother, Exam. Examination had planned a stiff encounter though, and it was only the bravest who survived. It was with a great sense of relief that the actors saw the curtain fall on Act II and they staggered out into the sunshine and spent 8 weeks endeavoring to forget the mighty struggle enacted in their Sophomore Year. Now, the curtain goes up on Act IIIT. What! the same Actors? Yes, but so changed we hardly recognize them, They have grown in stature and wisdom, they are proud without being haughty; they are grave but not too serious; they are the Juniors, Some are so good at dramatic performance that the directors let us put on a play called, Aaron Slick from Punkin' Crick , 6n April 16, 1948 we gave a delightful banquet honoring the Senior Class of '48. Under the excellent sponsorship of Miss Ruth Crabtree , the banquet made a big success. The villain, Exam , appears again to meet defeat as the happy Juniors battle through. The curtain falls on Act III, a brave cast which has excelled in many activities. They now go forth to enjoy what leisure they can before Act IV begins, At last, after a most pleasant intermission, the curtain goes up on Act IV By this time the cast is now known as Seniors of 1948 and '49. The actors who showed promise of being stars in the preceding acts have fulfilled that promise and shine brightly. They are as follows Honor Students: Frances Catron, Mildred Bruce and Nannie Hayton, Act IV is now drawing to a close and the Seniors this year on April 1§ will be guest of the Junior Class at the Junior--Senior Banquet. The Seniors have marshalled their efforts to attack their last enemy -Final Exams, Their attack is well organized and they emerge victorious, Study has helped them to master all the Answers , Amidst a loud burst of applause the curtain drops for the last time on Act IV. The Seniors have graduated! Hail to the Class of 1948-'49 , Slensk—= SS AI Pee OneGy Time has flown since that sad, yet welcomed day when the Senior Class marched up to receive their diplomas from Mr. 3. M. Thomas, who was principal of good old Ceres High. Let's see, that was in 1949 and it is now 1969. Yes, time has flown since then and it seems almost a dream now, As I sit here, I recall how things used to be and realize that a great change has come over the world and especially the little school loc ated on the banks of North Holston, back in the old Home town, known to us as Ceres. The school has enlarged and GEE! they have that modern gym nasium we pleaded so earnestly for, but didn't get. All of us envy the students now. The school now has a larger library and talking a bout good chow, try the new little Cafeteria run by Margeurite Creggar. Good work, Margeurite, keep it up. th ae SS The Senior Class as a whole is really doing well in the vocational field. Marvin Cox, is now owner of the Ceres Airport and he has as his assistant, Zimmie Wilson, — ——_— le x Frances Catron seems to be making a great success as a secretary. Hey! not so close to the boss. Mildred Bruce has just finished spanking 2 children from the Commercial Department. From all reports she must be teaching them something, Nannie Hayton has made a real success at nursing. She is now head nurse at the Kegly Hos- pital located at Bland, Virginia, Yes, the class of '49 has made a success and I'm sure each member owes his success to cC. H.S. and the teachers who worked patiently with them, hi” a = 2) “ss te a ar =. ) 4 Y whe SS . e =) ‘THIEVES BREAK =) we iro sco. Crigger Draws 2 Year BUILDING, CERES. — Sentence In Circuit Court Approxima ely $15 Stolen; $30 Belonged Newberry Brothers To “March of Dimes” Indicted on Felony Bland Future Farmers To | Se SAVES” Qbserve National FFA c our elony indictm grand ict- f, é an- Ninety-Cne Enrolled «| ‘In Two Schools ts; Comme “ Pi S oe =? rigger, charged with brea’ r st and entering Ceres High School an | YS Rs ee with the theft of some money,| Y xe eaded quilty before the t and of was sentenced to serve tw ars in | the State penitentiary. Crigger CERES BETA CLUB was recently convicted in Trial Jus- tice Court in Wythe County and SERVES AMERICAN was serving a four months jail sen- - tence, when he was indicted at this LEGION BANQUET. «= Bland County Republicans es Hold Rally-Banquet Dinner In we Community Building Saturday Ve - etiuivié£z — ncoz A GuET hwey { néer Ip 5h ‘oe, Tiled unt Ck tokene” {2 ave é OULE ONE Y Moon “- bain Bocce white 2KK0 Ueber =e Keates ss of M44 Kut = r “a x a, Va Bilin Spenser ” Cr ht)... Betty Groseclose-Bilk UmhargerCstelle Lamhert-Iim Hanea cf Claudine Necl Kenneth Whhs 7o8coe Hybhle- Quen Kin ri JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY On September 1, 1946 we as Fresnmen entered the halls of old Ceres High. The teachers were to suffer acute behavior that year. Ve kept up a fair existence despite the tests and exams, We gave Mrs. Allen a hard time that year, but for that fact, they all did. There were thirty of us and we seldom saw a day pass without a mishap, such as bad grades or a test. But we existed for the nine- long months and to our surprise our teachers did, too. In September 1947, we again tramped in and camped within the halls of old Ceres. But along the way we dropped these wonderful students: Lorraine Edwards, who chose the name of Hubble to the name of Sophomore, Matrimony claimed her, Jack Thompson, Boyd and Pete Tweatt chose home life and chores on the farm rather than come to school. later Andrew Creggar Started to do farm work, too, Mary Spangler and Georgia Fortner decided there were interests elsewhere, So there again we struck names from our roll. Alma YW Kegley decided she liked another school better, so we let her go. Rich Valley claims her now. To our sor- row, Nora Hayton, Felicia Atkins, Glenna Creggar and Donald Barger decided to tarry behind us. The rest of us passed on into the bliss of the Big Junior Class} THE PAST IS GONE, BUT TH FUTURE IS STILL OUR OWN. With this as our motto we started the Junior year of our career. This year we lost Donald Hanshew to the farm life that seems so attractive. To our nu- mber we were lucky enough to add four from the past Junior Class; namely, Eddie Hubble, Owen King, Kenneth Tibbs and Billy Lindamood. We are glad to have them with us and hope they will be Seniors with us next year. We do admire them because they decided to stay in school with us, We are trying to achieve those things our teach- ers tell us we must have in order to be Juniors, We have to read our motto often in order to keep us on the straight and narrow path. W e even wonder if some times it is straight? We shall leave that for someone else to decide. Our Junior year is drawing to a close and we have the same number, so guess we have accomp1- ished one goal: UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED KE PALL i am a a iS EMOUNTAINEER FE Evelyn Nohmet Jack Smith ° f I: it A Dorsonone Bfcenove Nate : ain Geggar vis 16 } f ’ Fepgy huff febaager WH. Creggar “Bonnie Cassell: Don Bat ger- Louise Cassell Aelin — ied bg 9 | hk An teer Prikky Jo C. Vhivéene C. Sheeidan Fotehen K. Buford C. Oné-Act” Plauw -C . Fra Aces Catton Va kedictozian Le ; Crabtrece atorics?2 Cowmtese iAdred Bwzuck Ki sess be kf Bie 4 2atotieak sail = Contesr og oe yay: stig ad toes 2 NV. Rouse Hayton t23 ae os Cha ptez Memberc all 4 Water your fingers 5 wags Pe eae Rasy Yoer ex 9%, Snecma 2 Se ee acon oe oa 4 a5 : ‘ Bd Ger to pe ae Offecer a This being the Tenth Anniversary of F.F.A, at Ceres High School the members were very much interested in carrying out a good pro- gram of work, Only by hard work and the whole hearted co-operation of each boy is the Chapter able to accomplish its activities. For the year 1948-'49 there is an enrollment of 32, which are carrying the following projects: 733 head of poultry, 91 head of livestock and 9 acres of crops, In addition to this the boys are carrying 79 improvement projects, 93 Supplementary farm jobs and 100% have a forestry project. Leadership is one of the activities in F.F.A, that is stressed to a great extent. During the year Raymond Thompson received the State Farmer Degree, Mr. George H. Perry,Sr. received the Honorary State Barmer Degree, and George H, Perry, Jr. was elected State Re- porter. This was the first time in the history of the Virginia Association that both Father and Son were honored at the same F.F.A, rally. The Smyth-Wythe-Bland Federation honored Jimmie Wilson by el- ecting him as its President and also as eaegers of the federation to the National F.F.A, Convention in Kansas ity this past Novemben The Chapter has taken an active part in Federation Activities: 1. Sponsored a poultry judging contest, 2. Entered a team in the basketball tournament, 5. Sent representatives to the Forestry judging contest, 4. Attended the Ping Pong Tournament. 5. Participated in livestock judging contest and track meet, Some accomplishments of the Chapter are: Sponsored Father and Son Banquet. Sponsored a movie, sold garden seed and help a Chapter Sweet- heart contest to raise funds, Held F.H.A.-F.F.A, picnic. Took trout fishing trip. Used ceremonies and parliamentary procedures in conducting all meetings, OFFICERS FOR 1948-149 President ---9---------------- -- Jimmie Wilson Vice President -------------- ee ee Be en ae eee Secretary Marvin Cox Treasurer Billy Lindamood Reporter “W. H. Creggar, Jr, Adv isopq—9 - n nnn nnn nnn nnn mete eo ene Orr Sentinel 1 barger EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: J. H. Groseclose, Jr, Owen King “Eddie Hubble HONORARY CHAPTER MEMBERS W. Mitchell Kyle Crabtree wa he H. C. Groseclose George H. Perry J. B. Groseclose J. M. Thomas Glenn Shufflebarger N A Oe 4 NG i } Home Geonom ccs etend Coes, em 7 hs . : _ J oe Miss eentie. Winners oe FX. A. 19 43 —-49 -Ojhicers- racekix eh State The Home Grls At work MORGARTS BEACH inp bec ey Ss TELD Haw oad SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN . 2 ae 4 = CHOPS :. Gea XS SARDIEEEs : oe SE CREAM = SOFT Stews 5 ROOMS one C8 Have.Fun +o “BEA-F HA. Cam Norma Cassell Evelyn Holmes Peggy Crabtree Reporter Chaplain Joyce Neel Helen Kirk Program Chairman Betty Groseclose Wy Louise Cassell Song Leader- -- @ my “-Lillian Crabtree YG 1G adv iaop@ =9=5--= aaS- - - - - -- Ruth Crabtree Supervisor Miss Elizabeth Cole B.R.T. FEDERATION Peggy Crabtree TOWARD NEW HORIZONS Red and White American Red Rose EN JUNIOR HOME MAKERS DEGREE WINNERS Mildred Bruce Frances Catron Norma Cassell Peggy Crabtree Troop 143 Ceres, Virginia The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America is to promote through organization and co- operation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others; to train them in Scoutcraft; to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues by placing emphasis upon the Scout Oath and Law for character development, citizenship training, and physical fitness, The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no boy can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing his obligation to God. Its constitution points out that the recognition of God as the ruling and leading power of the universe, and the grateful acknowledgement of His favors and blessings, are necessary to the best type of citizenship, and are wholesome pre cepts in the education of the growing boy. Mowocraam CuuB The Ceres Monogram Club was organized for the following purposes: 1. To recognize the services of boys and girls carrying on the sports program of the school. 2. To promote among its members good sports- manship,. 5. To inspire each other to higher effort, 4. To give trinkets to graduating seniors, 5. To give letters to those earning them, Any boy or girl earning a letter in the school's sports program is eligible for member- ship in the club, Their emblem is the WILDCAT, The following members organized the club: Mildred Bruce Ray Davis Frances Catron eee Hubble Nannie Hayton Tints ae eel aay 2 Cregar Kenneth, ibbs 2 FH CLUB ey Ey oSsEeckosé Prtescdkent Naere Cre Lr ros MU —— SS fox SS US re S he ZH Cub BY The oldest and one of the most active of our | school clubs is the 4-H, jieadership of the County Agent, Mr. T. E, Mallory, Assistant County Agent, Mr. George Allen, Jr., and their leader, Miss Marie Jrabtree, The club members have received recognition in the community, throughout the county, also at the a Fair, for their outstanding projects. ( The regular monthly meetings are held under the Roddy Crabtree won 2nd and 4th place on his lambs at Bland County Fair and 2 firsts and 4th place at the Richmond Fair, Dorthy Crabtree and J. C. Kidd attended the Short Course at the V. P. I., Blacksburg, Virginia, OFFICERS: President Betty Sue Groseclose Vice-President ------------------------- Roddy Crabtree Wy Secretary Betty Jane Crabtree Treasurer Josephine Thompson Reporter 3-3 woe enn ene ne a oe = - - =e va ’ County Agent Mr | Assistant County Agent P) Leader | 2 Soe Anderson, Archie Atwell, Bobby Barger, Frank Cassell, Quinten Boyles, Wylie Cox, Arnold Compton Roddy Crabtree, Conley Cullop, Johnny Clemons, David Epperson, Wesley Epperson, Butchie Barger, Louise Clemons, Ammy Cox, Betty Crabtree, Nancy Creggar, Mae Hancock, Virgil Hubble, Donnie Lindamood, Helen Kirk, Josephine Thompson, Andrew Hubble, Douglas Creggar, Marvin Hayton, Carrol Hancock,Larry Neel, Bruce Re- pass, Ellis Shupe, Eugene Shupe, Wade Tibbs, Wesley Tilson, Donthy Anderson, June Atwell, Shirley Tibbs, Gladys Umbarger, Lettie Hayton, J. Cc, Kidd, Claude Kidd, and Dorthy Crabtree, Pe ee i pypreree [Go af 1 ea — . gts 'ay 5 a a Famine Seta Cliath lhe Beta Club is a non“secret, leadership service club for high school students of America, [he purpose of the Beta Club is to encourage effort, to promote character,to stimulate achievement, to cultivate leadership qualities, to reware merit, and to encourage and assist students to continue their education after high school graduation, The Ceres Beta Club welcomed 10 new members this year, namely; Betty Groseclose, Betty Jo Smith, Grace Neel, Juanita Tibbs, Lillian Crabtree, Jane Crabtree, Della Mae Hounshell, Ray Davis, Billy Umbarger, and Roscoe Hubble, We set up the following objectives for 1948-1943 Make a Club handbook Have monthly meetings Have a social each month Purchase a gift for the school Assist in the library Assist in the office Form a Beta Club Union Remodel stage Purchase Beta Club Banner Provide recreation during the winter months Z 2 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 = OFFICERS: Vice-President Secretary Mildred Bruce Treasurer Nannie Hayton Sponsor Mr. J. M. Thomas Ay MURS _ — — ee MUST SS in “BASEBALL The baseball squad will begin its year with the return of five lettermen from last year's Squad.The 1l- ettermen are as follows: Eddie Hubble First Baseman Marvin Cox Second Baseman- - -- ----=--- Ray Davis Short Stop Jimmie Wilson Center Fielder Kenneth Tibbs Many good prospects have turned out for spring Ypractice. Eddie Hubble will captain this years nine, with Jimmie Wilson as Co-Captain and Billy Lindamood manager, The schedule to date includes: 4 — Date Team Place April 1 Bland Bland ly Y; April 15 Rocky Gap Ceres April 29 Bland Ceres May 6 Rocky Gap Rocky Gap EQ The 1948 team broke even for the season w%¥K two wins and two losses. Losing one to Bland and of to a Rocky Gap and taking a win from each, SOFTBALL Frances Catron Assistant Manager --Marguerite Creger Equipment Manager---Helen Kirk, and Juanita Tibbs Miss Ruth Crabtree — (14 E ae a | a LOO y SED a sd — £ if a ey { a Ay ae Be eae 1a Besta) es 4 2a 4 pas 4 ov ge oe i B i A ‘ , y yt + Cay ?a at u CoCaprainy OT . S54 ae e's 77, Co ypreur-Wse a 3 SN ES _N Bs ASKETPALL The Ceres Basketball team was in the upper bracket in games this year. The Team took second place in the Bland Lea- gue. There were also three second team games played’ during the season besides the scheduled first team games, The members of the team this year are: Marvin Cox Sherril Cox Jimmie kilson Don Barger Roddy Crabtree Robert Hall Billy Umbarger Andrew Hubble Eddie Hubble Daune Atwell Melvin Cox Kenneth Tibbs Team Opponent Bland Rocky Gap Burkes Garden Eggleston Rich Valley A banquet was served in the school cafeteria in honor of the boys. The faculty, members of the board of education, Coach Eugene Orr, and the boys' dates were honorary guests! ‘ ‘ : a © , 7 oy 4 : A) | LS. - 4 ra j - . ° - 0 ; f — —— Ray K : o ; [= 3 y ial t A yk ae 4 ae ‘ “he of q ‘Se bigs — : 3 a a | ew 5 — pe : aad oe : = - 5 x HH eq i? es +. Bf, =m veneer a Lee Ze yy ee Sores ES GIRC’'S BASKE TBAL The girl's basketball season was rated as one of the most successful in the history of Ceres High School, Within a week we were both County and District Champions, On November 15th, Ceres met Burkes Garden in the Bland Gymnasium defeating them in the semi-finals for district championship. Margeurite Cregar starred in the scoring column with 27 points. Winning this game gave | us a chance to play on Saturday night. When Saturday arrived we found our opponent to be Newport From Giles County. le took this game with ease by a score of 32 to 13. You can imagine our happy feelings to think we were Tops over all teams of District S, Third Division. This was the highest possible attuinment for girls in® basketball. On November 19th in the County Tournament we were (¥ lucky once more. This left us to play Bland on Saturday ] night for the championship. This was one of those games you read about but seldom see. We went in the game with determination t o come out victoriously. With that streak of lightning , kthel Cregar; high jumping , Felicia A- y) tkins; and long reacher , Justine Hanshew, the Bland forwards were unable to get ahead. Peggy Schufflebarger, WE Mildred Bruce, Estelle Lambert and Nannie Hayton,did Way their part, Betty Groseclose kept feeding the ball to Frances Catron, and Margeurite Cregar, who rolled up the score with hardly a miss, This time Cregar collected 34 points, When the last whistle blew Ceres Girls had 2 points in the lead, Winning 52754, | thanks to Miss Crabtree, our coach, who worked with us, helping to bring victory for the glory of the team | and good Ole C.H.S. 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