John D Bassett High School - Timber Tints Yearbook (Bassett, VA)

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H OVVARD HAMILTON WHITE Literary Society, '37, '38, President, Patrick Henry Liter- ary Society, '38, Industrial Arts Club, '37, Editor-in- Chief, 'IIIMBER rI'IN'l'S, '38, Beta Club, '37, '38, President, Beta Club, '38 , Humor Editor, 'Fesxor Ifooverfv Gang, '38. .IESSIE CORNELIA VVILLIAMS Literary Society, '35, '36, '37, '38, Secretary, Shake- spearean Literary Society, '38, Beta Club, '37, '38, Secre- tary and Treasurer, Beta Club, '37, Home Iickers, '36, '37, Basket Ball, '35, '36, '37, '38, Business Illanager, ,IllNlBER rl'lNTS, '38, Society Editor, 'Fessor Hoo-ver's Gang, '38 , joint Literary Society President, '38, BESSIE EVA YOUNG Dramatic Club, '36, Literary Society, '35, '36, '37, '38. S8lIi0l'S

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MELVIN ANDREW STONE Literary Society, '37, '38, Industrial Arts, '37. EDITH JUNE STONE Literary Society, '35, '36, '37, '38, Vice President, Jeffer- sonian Literary Society, '38, Beta Club, '37, '38, Vice President, Beta Club, '37, '38, Editor-in-Chief, 'Fessor Hoover? Gang, '38, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, TIMBER TINTS, '38, Valedictorian, Senior Class, '38, REVA VIRGINIA SHELTON Literary Society, '35, '37, '38, Dramatic Club, '35, Home Eckers, '37, Basket Ball, '36, '37, '38, Assistant Campaign Manager, TIMBER TINTS, '38. ELLERY TWAIN WHITE Literary Society, '37, '38, Basket Ball, '35, '36, '37, Man- ager, Girls' Basket Ball Team, '37. Seniors

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FRESHMAN QSPRINGD Spring is the time of all green and growing things, fresh and verdant in their newness to all life. VVhat more fitting, then, than that we Freshmen, in this green time of our life, should enter high school? The March winds and April showers were very necessary to the budding of the shoots of knowledge in the Freshman mind. We, so green and sweet in our dewy innocence, received at this time the first seeds of knowledge and felt the first pull of the plow and the cultivator in this spring of our career. Under the guidance and watchful care of our beloved sponsor, Miss Olivia Brown, we, fifty- three seekers of knowledge, organized and elected as our officers: Sara Stone, President, Nellie Philpott, Vice President, Maxine Philpott, Secretary and Treasurer. The Literary Society was begun and sponsored by Miss Olivia Brown. The Dramatic Club was sponsored by Miss Betty Davidson. Many Freshmen were members of these clubs. A Beauty Pageant was given with only boy contestants and, at this time, the Freshmen scored a run as Howard White, one of our members, was selected as Miss Bassettfl Our class was also represented in the athletic field. The boys' Basket Ball Team won the county championship. jason Giles was the only Freshman boy who played that year. Many Freshmen were members of the Girls' Basket Ball Team. We felt the stir of new life in our blood and we did not realize, any more than do the Freshmen of today, how very green we were. VVe had become accustomed to the wild band of wild beings who were called Sophomores and who, because of their fierce taste for Freshman blood, did pounce on us, causing us to suffer greatly in this newly established world and to say in our hearts: Behold, blessed be the name of Education, for because of it have we endured great torments, both of the body and of the mind. Verily have we been followers to its great and noble cause l SOPHOMORE fSUMMEKJ But the March winds and April showers brought forth an abundance of May fiowers and the summer time came upon us almost before we knew, so delightfully did the one season blend with the other. VVe found the skies so much bluer and sweeter and the sun shone more warmly upon us. We had stuck our heads high enough to see nearly as much of it as we imagined we could. We held our heads very high and we kept the stalks that supported them very straight. They were not yet very heavy with their accumulation of wisdom and so did not droop with the weight. But our fiowers were unfolding little by little. We were slowly, but surely, coming out into the light of day. One eventful day was the adoption of the name of Ramsey's Serfs. We were very sad when we found that five of our members had 'failed to appear to continue the journey with us. But when the ruler said: Go, gather ye in a body and organize yourseives so that ye may gain in strength and courage, it was done and the Class of '35 chose as its leaders: President, Codell jonesg Vice President, Nellie Philpott, Secretary and Treasurer, Virginia Grogan. As time passed, three fair maidens and two bold, dashing young men joined our group. Again our class was represented in the athletic field. Some members were seized with a strange infirmity. Wise men were called to look upon them, examining them with much care and finally pro- nounced the infirmity in the male as baseball and in the female, basket ball. Nellie Philpott was selected to play center on All-Star Basket Ball Team. The Girls' Basket Ball Team was Henry County Champions of 1935 and 1936. Much credit was due the coach, Miss Dora Mitchell, who worked faithfully with them every day. Nellie Philpott was elected Vice President of the Home Eckers Club. That which tended to add to the fertile soil and make our buds of knowledge now become blossoms was the camping trip taken by the Home Eckers Club. The girls went to 'fSunset Lodge. Here they enjoyed camp life to the greatest extent, engaging in hikes, fishing and night life around a bonfire. The girls had as their guests Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, who were both teachers of Bassett High School. On Saturday night the girls enter- tained the High School faculty. A large bonfire was built and marshmallows and weiners were roasted. Later in the evening, stunts were displayed by the girls and also their guests. Everyone had an enjoyable time. JUNIOR QAUTUM NJ But verily, in school life even as in nature, leaves have their time to fall and fiowers to wither, and the autumn of our days came as soon as we were ready. Very brilliant was our foliage that year, very rich our fruitage, as the little buds of the Freshman year, grown into the Howers of Sophomore development, became the richer, more necessary and more satisfying fruit of autumn. It was indeed the harvest of all our early planting-the reaping of the results of all our dreams, hopes, and efforts. The glow of our radiant knowledge fiushed the whole year with the mellowness of sunset splendor. It brought with it the glad Thanksgiving of November-thankful we knew so much, thankful we were no longer Freshmen or Sophomores, thankful that we would so soon be Seniors and that we had been able to achieve so much. The Class elected as our President, Codell Jones. A play, Sky High, was presented in the auditorium under the direction of Miss Sara Jane Jose. Some of the Juniors who played important parts in the play were Marjorie Clark and Jessie VVilliams. Four Junior girls participated in the chorus. Class I-Iiglgry