Check High School - Checkite Yearbook (Check, VA)

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ELIZABETH ANN HENRY ‘ ‘Liz ’ ’ Post Graduate, Enjoys a good time. Wants to be a nurse. HERMAN WAYNE WALTERS Loves apples, nice disposition, every one’s friend. ELINOS ALTON WHITLOCK, JR. Quiet, studious, fun to know, always ready for a laugh. RONALD WESLEY YOUNG ‘Ronnie ’ ’ Good speaker, grumbler and speakes his mind. JOHN WILLIE SISSON Women, dislikes homework, likes to drive a truck, likes to have a good time. EARL STEWART VEST ‘ ‘Skinny ’ ’ Our best looking, most popular, Co-Captain of basketball team, full of fun, likes blondes.

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SENIORS WALTER KINGREA Bashful, girl shy, always ready to play. ROSA VESTALEE SUTPHIN Bashful, timid, gets around, dislikes studying. CLARA ELIOUSE VEST Manager of basketball team, looks forward to week¬ ends . SAMUEL JACOB POFF ‘ ‘Jake ’ ’ Looks forward to weekends, likes sports, likes to squeeze black heads, liked by everyone, and goes to church on Saturday nights. ETHEL FRANCES VEST Intelligent, editor-in-chief of annual, a friend to all, likes basketball, wants to go to college. RUPERT A. SHANK, JR. “Jack ” Actor, tall, flirt, likes basketball. ALTON ALLEN SHAVER ‘ ‘Noisy ’ ’ Likes basketball, likes variety in girls. JO ANN WILSON “Jo” Talkative, enjoys life, likes ball games and dancing, always ready for fun.

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SENIOR CUSS Preamble--We, the Senior Class of 1951 -52, do establish this Constitution in order to present a glimpse of our high school years and of the progress we have made. ARTICLE I We entered our first year of high school as a bashful, but mischievous group. The last we have been unable to overcome. We had forty-two members enrolled under the leadership of Mrs. Mary S. Poff, sponsor, and Jack Austin, president. Even though everything was new to most of us, especially those from one room schools, we felt that we had achieved success in our first year. ARTICLE II Although people were constantly reminding us that our new title, “Sophomore”, meant a wise fool, we had attained one of our goals and were known as upperclassmen. At first, it was a trifle strange not to be the center of attraction, but in helping others become adjusted we found that Check had taken on new meaning for us, too. We gave a one-act play, “Bill’s First Date”, with several members displaying Thespian talent. There were many boys and girls who went out for the basketball and softball teams, which made us full pledged upperclassmen. Our sponsors were Mrs. Rowena A. Hollandsworth and Mr. Curtis Conner. Even though we lost five members, we were led successfully by President Joyce Conner. ARTICLE III Juniors! We had a big year before us. There was our play, “And Then Came the Spring, “ which was a huge success. We gave the seniors a picnic at Smart View Park, which everyone enjoyed. Mrs. Kathryn Brockman and Mr. Curtis Conner, sponsors, and Ethel Frances Vest, presi¬ dent, proved to be true friends and helpers in our many activities of this eventful year. ARTICLE IV And now, seniors! It seems just yesterday that we were freshmen. With the help of Mrs. Mary Lynn Murrie, we are planning to make this an outstanding year for everyone. Our officers are accepting the challenge which has been given them. They are: Jake Poff.President Hilda Smith..Vice-President Robert Allen.Secretary Ethel F. Vest.Treasurer Jean Poff. Reporter On Novembef 14, 1951, we gave our Senior Play, “Bill’s Night Out”, with many of the sen¬ iors taking part. What an exciting time when the call went up for the opening curtain. Then on December seventh, the thrill of thrills. Our class rings arrived. Were rings ever worn more proudly? Now we are turned toward the biggest moment of our high school life, Commencement, the beginning of a new and wonderful world for us. But no matter how successful the lives we live, or how far we wander, our hearts will forever cherish these memories of Check High School. AMENDMENT Mr. C. Glynwood Gibbs has been our principal for the past five years. We are thankful for and appreciative of his understanding of school problems, and the accomplishments we have secured through his faithful efforts.