Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Dedication l.oiig ago when Alleghany was just a wilderness inhabited sparsely l)y the hrst pioneers (jf this section, an Inrlian, friendly to the white man and his projects, came from another secti(jn to he a sentinel for the weak settlers. He built his home in a cave near a spot known as Anthony’s Knob, and from that location built the fires which gave the signal of a j)ro])Osed attack by his former tribesmen. As ' ' S])irit of Mountains” came to aid the pioneers of Alleghany, S(j has a man with a wonderful perseverance and ability come to aid the ])ioneer athletes of C. H. S. As the Indian was as a vision to the pio- neers of Alleghany, so has this man l)rought to the athletes and student body of Coving- ton High a vision w hich we will ever try to reach in the future endeavors of our school. T(j show in a small w ' ay the appreciation that is felt for the (uitsider who has joined our ranks, we dedicate this sixth volume of 1’l ' Ffs and Patch i s to Coach Guy E. Rice May the years bring to him success and compensation for services rendered to us. ’e, the Staff of ' 29, hail you, O “Spirit of Athletics.” — The Staff.

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Foreword W hen Alleghaii} ' was just a wilderness inhabited b ' liostile Indians wlio fought and Ininted and roamed the forest in search of adventure, brave men and women came and in the struggle for existence began the history of our home county. The years have ]iassed steadily on and on, and many pioneers have also jiassed on,” but imaginative youth looks back and dreams of those days when our ancestors began the civilization of Alleghan ' . As other pioneers have fol- lowed high ideals and produced a happy, sjilendid county so have we, the pioneers of 1929, endeavored to blaze new trails and leave new records of accomjilishments in the vicinit} ' of our Alleghany. That the deeds, the joys, and the trials of our class in our beloved homeland may not be forgotten, that the brave feats per- formed and trying ordeals endured liy the fir.st pioneers of Alleghany may not lose their place in our memories, and that the love of (.mr home county may be re- newed, we, the I’ioneers of 1929, jniblish this volume of 1’uffs and Patches. d ' urn the pages and live again the glories and defeats of the pioneers, both )’ 0 ung and old.