Holston Valley High School - Criterion Yearbook (Bristol, TN)

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MO OKS ' D ueuczy i I . Holston Valley Miss Daphne Jones, who will retire at the end ol this year after being head mathematics instructor at Hols- ton Valley High School since the school opened in 1936, admires an engraved sterling silver dish present- ed to her by the school faculty in a special program this week. With Teacher Honoret Miss Jones are (left to right) Sul van County School Supt. J. Cn Akard, Hoiston Valley principal ’ E. Bailey, Coach Harmon Pete who also started at Holston Vail in 1936 and who made the presen ' tion, and William Cox, county schi supervisor. ptnomMf SpoHtghf Many Honors, Awards Have Come To John W. Comb f. ‘ ' . ir I V . ... . ...... 6

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zej Msses’s szm ukmsk j96s Mobton Valley ' s Tirst-Sullivan County ' s Second Zed Zhomas Ted Thomas HVHS Senior Star Farmer Ted Thomas, a senior at Hols- ton Valley High School, was named last night as Tennes- see’s Star Farmer, the top award of the Tennessee As- sociation of Future Farmers of America. Thomas was named at the climax of the annual FFA ban- quet at Nashville. He won out in competition with Jim Gordell of Grundy County, Tenn., and James F. Tomlinson Jr., of Madison County, Tenn. Gordell and Tomlinson were Star Fanners of Middle and West Tennessee respectively. Young Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomas, Route 3, Bristol, Tennessee, has won $1,473 in prize money at fairs and shows with his registered farm animals. His herds include 14 Angus and 30 Hereford cattle, 56 Yorkshire hogs, 40 sheep and 21 Holstein and Guernsey dairy cattle. The new Star Farmer has served as FFA delegate to the state convention at Nashville and the national convention in Kansas City. He holds the Star Green Hand and the Star Chap- ter Fanner degrees from the Holston Valley chapters. He is a member of the Ten- nessee Farm Bureau, a junior member of the National York- shire Club, the American Here- ford Association, the Angus Cat- tle Club and a member of the Sullivan County Artificial Breed- ers Association. The Thomas farm includes 325 acres of home farm and 495 acres of rented land, on which they raise 11 acres of tobacco and bale more than 30,000 bales of hay annually. 5

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PKJMJPMS Mr. W. S. Ward, the first principal at Mob tan ]}alby High School, served in thb capacdy front 1936-1941. Mr. W. S. Ward Zhe present principal. Mt- W. S. Mley. has served since 1962. He will continue netet year as principal of Mobton Valley Junior High School Ml- W. J. Spahr Mr W. S. miey Mr Ward ' s successor. Mr W. J. Spahr. served as principal from 1942-1962. 7