Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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A Favorite Haunt Just up the street from school on the same block is a small store where the students can make a dash for candy, drinks, paper, ice cream, and other small articles. Very often bus students, if they hurry, can get a snack here for their ride home. Some students are seen in the pic- ture as they chat and eat around this store after school. Locale Grade and High School Buildings This view of our alma mater shows the grade and high school buildings. In the background can be seen what is known as the Burnette Building. Some of the primary children are housed here due to the crowded conditions of the grade building. Students in high school find the front of their building a pleasant place to relax during the noon hour in warm weather.

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Main and Davis This intersection of Main and Davis is surrounded by businesses of all types. There are chain stores, drug- stores, dress shops, department stores, groceries, service stations, hardwares, farm equipment stores, and many others. On West Davis are the Courthouse, Municipal Building, Fire House, law offices, and other town buildings. The school is conveniently located about one block from this part of town. All routes for the Culpeper County school buses meet at this intersec- tion. Locale South Main Street South Main Street is lined with beautiful homes, some old and some modern residences, overshadowed by stately trees. Students on buses from the Fredericksburg, Orange, and Madison roads enter town on this street. Here, too, walk the stu- dents from the southern and west- ern parts of Culpeper. [ROUTE 15 23 ! 522 CULPEPER

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ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Culpeper County has always been fortunate in having men of outstanding caiiber to take the lead in civic and military affairs. An outstanding figure in the early history of Culpeper County was General Edward Stevens, nationally known for his part in the Revolutionary War and respected by his fellow citizens for his interest in local and state affairs. At the commencement of the Revolution he commanded with distinction a battalion at the battle of Great Bridge. Soon afterward he was made cobnel of the 10th Virginia Regiment with which he joined General George Washington in the north. At the Battle of Brandywine he saved a part of General Washington ' s army from capture. He distinguished himself at Germantown, and was made a general of Virginia Militia. He served with gallantry at Camden and Guilford Courthouse. At York- town he performed important duties, and throughout the Revolution he possessed the respect and confidence of General Washington. He was a member of the senate of Virginia from the adoption of the state constitution until 1790. General Stevens also had the honor of casting the first electoral vote of this district for General George Washington for president of the United States. % General Stevens gave the land adjoining his family burying ground to the Freemason Lodge for the Masonic Cemetery, as it has been called for over a hundred years. General Stevens also gave the land on which was erected and now stands St. Stephens Episcopal Church and an acre on which to build a Presbyterian church. In the following section we present the leaders of Culpeper High School today, the adminis- tration and the faculty members. In fulfilling their duties, they are comparable t o the early leaders of Culpeper County. In the picture two seniors read the inscription on the slab over the grave of General Edward Stevens in the Masonic Cemetery.