Honaker High School - Torch Yearbook (Honaker, VA)

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Joe White George Motto; “Why buy bus and train tickets, thinking is cheaper.” Ambition: To always be with all the Georges. Activities: Agriculture 2 years; Hi-Y 1 year. CoRENA Whited “Caledonia Motto; “Find ’em, fool ’em, forget ’em.” Ambition; Not merely to exist, but to amount to something in life. Activities: Hi-Y 1 year, Ser- geant-at-Arms ’48; Home Ec. Club 1 year, Songleader ’49; Beta Club 1 year. Glenn Whitt Motto: “Straighten up and fly right.” Ambition: To become a pilot. Activities: Hi-Y Club; Basket- ball. Jean Wilson “Jennifer” Motto: “Learn to work and co- operate with fellow workers.” Ambition: Office worker. Activities: Usher I year; Home Ec. Club 1 year; Latin Club 1 year; Hi-Y 1 year.

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Evelyn Steele “June” Motto; “Conduct and courage leads to honor.” Ambition: Nurse. Activities; Latin Club 2 years, Parliamentarian ’47 ; Beta Club 2 years; Hi-Y 1 year. Clyde Taylor Motto: “Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.” Ambition: Pilot. Activities: F. F. A. 1 year; Hi-Y 1 year; Basketball one year. Dorothy Steele “Susie” Motto: “You only live once, so live, love, and be happy.” Ambition: To own a blue Dodge coupe. Activities: Home Ec. 1 year; Latin Club 1 year; Hi-Y 2 years. Secretary ’49. Melba Steele “Chicken” Motto; “Love ’em and leave ’em.” Ambition: Own a yellow con- vertible. Activities: Home Ec. Club 3 years. Mae Stump “May” Motto: “Myself for others.” Ambition: Pastor’s assistant. Activities: Beta Club 3 years. Secretary and Treasurer ’49. Roberta Taylor “Bert” Motto: “Live and learn.” Ambition: Beautician. Ruth Taylor “Ruthie” Motto; “Forgive and forget.” Ambition; Beautician. Louise Welch “Ease” Motto: “You can’t do wrong and get by.” Ambition: Factory worker. Activities; Hi-Y 1 year.

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CLASS HISTORY Some retrospection on the part of a Senior Class arouses much interest, for in the passing of eleven years many events have taken place. In order to com- pile a history of the graduating class of ’49 it is necessary for us to look back to the year 1937, when seventy-five six-year-olds started their first day of school. We were all well scrubbed and very, very excited, if not a little scared. But as the years passed we soon realized that this was just like a second home. Our teachers were like mothers, kind, patient, gentle and ever-ready to tend our hurts. Instead of just a few brothers and sisters there was a room full, with whom we lived, worked and played each day. Upon entering high school as Freshmen, we were almost as excited as the first day of school, for very few of us knew much about high school. At first, we felt as though the Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors were better than we. but we soon found that we were all working toward the same goal and we were an integral part of the high school. We held our Freshmen Picnic at Jessee’s Cave, where we had a very good time and more food than we could eat. It rained as we were coming back but that did not dampen our spirits. Fond memories, all of them!!! When we enterd school the following year as Sophomores, we realized we had advanced still another step. Our annual class picnic was held at a very nice spot on Little River. We were furnished transportation by one of the school buses, and this marked another memorable event in our lives. As Juniors we began to feel more important. The main event in our Junior year was the Junior-Senior Picnic, held at the Douglas Memorial. We held true to tradition and defeated the Seniors in the March of Dimes Contest- Juniors always top the ladder in money collections. WHY NOT? You can guess. Now as Seniors only fifteen are enrolled who started in the first grade, and only fifty-two of the one hundred and two Freshmen have reached the final mile of the way. We are very proud to have reached our goal, but at the same time we are sad, for indeed our classmates are as true brothers and sisters by now, and it will seem as though we are breaking up one big happy family. However, time marches on and aonther Senior Class will take our places, as we leave the stage of high school action and take our places in the world. “In the mountains of truth, you never climb in vain. Either you already reach a higher point today or you exercise your strength in order to climb higher tomorrow.” Suf. Starnes 1 8 ia-