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

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Miss Bolen Receives Colonnade Honor Favorite Pastime — Miss Mary George Bolen proud- ly displays to her cat, Per- cy, the flowers which she has grown and arranged. Miss Mary George Bolen, a life-long resi- dent of Culpeper County, resides today at the place of her birth, “Eldorado.” She ob- tained her B.S. degree at Longwood College and continued her studies at the University of Virginia and the Columbia School of Li- brary Service. Teaching first the sixth grade and then the seventh at CHS, she became school librarian and continued in that position when the high school separated from the grade school and moved to its present site. Although Miss Bolen began her publications work with the school newspaper, The Peper- gram, in recent years she has devoted her jour- nalistic talents to the annual, maintaining a special room for the staff within the library. Under her leadership the Colonnade has progressed from a senior book to an award- winning yearbook for the entire school. Besides the Colonnade, Miss Bolen spon- sors the Quill and Scroll, and she is adviser to the Library Club, which she organized. Ex-president of the Salem Garden Club, she remains an active member with specimen dahlias, irises, and daffodils a specialty. Miss Bolen, whose floral arrangements have added beauty both to the school and to the homes of her friends, also grows strawberries and tomatoes. Her dog, Ruff, and her cats, Percy and Miss Fannie are her faithful companions. A member of Alum Spring Baptist Church, she serves as church treasurer and teaches an adult women’s Sunday School class. Because she has promoted both curricular and extracurricular activities, because she so willingly gives of her time to both faculty and students, and because her services have benefited both school and community, the Colonnade staff proudly dedicates the 1963 Colonnade to Miss Mary George Bolen.

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THE COLONNADE 1963 Published by the Students of Culpeper County High School Culpeper, Virginia Judy Shelhorse, Editor Sharon Yowell, Business Manager Miss Mary George Bolen, Adviser

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Fifty years ago the Rip Rap , first yearbook at Culpeper High School, was published by a staff of sixteen students. The venture was not repeated until 1932, when the school news- paper, the Pepergram , published a senior class book as its final issue. In 1936, the book’s name was changed to The Colonnade, after the columns in the front of the Ann Wingfield building, which housed the high school at that time. Today, having moved into a new building in 1949 and having had its name changed to Cul- peper County High School, the school still boasts columns at its main entrance. In cele- bration of the yearbook’s span of fifty years The Colonnade salutes the columns for which it was named. As in the past half-century many activities centered around the columns during the School Year 1962-1963 Administration Students 26 Organizations 58 Sports 92 Student Life 104 Advertisements . 116