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

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Receives Honor From 1958 Colonnade Mr. Walter Llewellyn Thomas has been a member of the Culpeper High School faculty for the past five years. As music director of Cl IS, he has taught band, glee club, and eighth grade music exploratory courses. In addition to the Band and Glee Club, Mr. Thomas has been adviser to the Junior Glee Club and the newly organized Choral Club. In his five years at CHS, Mr. Thomas has brought about many changes in the Band. Organization of the Parent Band Association, three different stages of musical development in the Ann Wingfield School, intermediate and beginning bands at CHS, and the addition of a color guard to the Band are among his con- tributions. The Marching Band has grown from a 35 to a 71-piece unit since Mr. Thomas’ arrival as Band Director in 1953. Listing sports as his favorite hobby Mr. Thomas is active in the sports life of the school. Wrestling coach for the past two years, he inaugurated this sport at CHS and coaches it as an extramural activity. Mr. Thomas also sparks the Faculty-AIonogram basketball game each year. An energetic citizen of the community as well as the school, Mr. Thomas is a member of the Jaycees and has been choir director and a member of the quartet of the Alethodist Church his five years in Culpeper. He has also directed the Summer Recreation Program at CHS. A native of Kingston, Pennsylvania, Mr. Thomas began his teaching career at CHS after his graduation from Alansfield State Teachers College in Pennsylvania. He and Mrs. Thomas have two children, three-year- old Kim and Susan who arrived this year. Because he has given so freely of his time and patience, because he has made his classes more than “just a class” with his keen sense of humor and understanding, and because he has been a friend both in and out of school, the 1958 Colonnade Staff is proud and happy to dedicate the 1958 Colonnade to one who has contributed so much to Culpeper High School, Mr. Walter L. Thomas. 4 r )■«-

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Thomas, CHS Music Director, Coach, Mr. C. Driskill, Mrs. E. Hamer, and Mrs. J. Graham, upper left picture, arc part of the Culpeper Methodist Church Choir which Mr. Thomas directs. Coach Thomas demonstrates a wrestling hold to his wrestling team. I.ocver picture, -Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Susan Louise and Kim Walter. Right picture, Mr. Walter Thomas. 6 K

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