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

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1939 volume:

Ha LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GIFT OF DIVISION OF EXTENSION Beturned by EX LIBRIS The 1939 TIMBER w JUANITA LEFTWICH, Editor VIRGINIA DAVIS, Business Manager TINTS Published by the students of Bassett High School, Bassett, Virginia Vfrginiana F oreword I KA Eetnrned by DepartiBeti In presenting this annual, the Senior Class of ’39 hopes that it will prove to be a remembrance that will bring back to the students, in later life, cherished memories of school days and companionships. To the people of the town and community, the class hopes that it will give them some insight into the organization of the school, its work and activities carried on therein. Administration Athletics Activities rty of ibraryofWg r i VA Dedication That we may show in some small measure the gratitude we feel for the splendid advantages and opportunities that have been made possible for us during our school days, we dedicate this, the 1939 edition of the Timber Tints, to our parents and teachers. Annual Staff TIMBER TINTS ’39 Juanita Leftwich . Christine Ingram . . Virginia Davis . Mary Kinney . . . . Thurman Brammer 1 Alma Coleman I Robert Hutcherson . Dossie Plybon 1 Mary Virginia Morris ) David Giles | Willie Shanker ( Doris Berry . . . . Edifor-in-Chief Associate Editor Business Manager . Advertising Manager Assistants Campaign Manager . Assistant Campaign Managers Humor Editors Treasurer Faculty E. CARL HOOVER Degrees: B.S., M.S. Schools: University of Richmond, Univer- sity of Virginia. Title: Principal, Chemistry. HARVEY F. COOPER Degree: B.S. School: California State Teachers College. Title: Assistant Principal, Industrial Arts, History. ROBERT L. TAYLOR Degree: B.A. School: University of Richmond. Title: Assistant Principal, Biology, Eng- lish, General Science. JOHN LASKO Degree: B.S. School: California State Teachers College. Title: Industrial Arts, History. DORA MITCHELL Degrees: B.A., M.A. Schools: Winthrop College, University of Virginia. Title: Mathematics. SHIRLEY BRIGHTWELL Degree: A.B. School: Roanoke College. Title: History, French. CHRISTINE HARRIS Degree: B.S. Schools: Blackstone College, Harrisonburg State Teachers College. Title: Geography, History, Physiology, Reading, Spelling. VIRGINIA GOODE Degree: B.S. School; Harrisonburg State Teachers College. Title: Home Economics, Geography. ANNE HOVER Degree; A.B. School: Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Title; English, History. FAITH F. BRYANT Degree: B.S. School: Radford State Teachers College. Title: Librarian, History, Reading, Spelling, Physiology. Senior Class Poem Here we stand on this old threshold, We think of the future and still of the past. The bells ring, and Lo and Behold We start fighting our way to class. But now we stand at the parting way. We’ll endeavor to always do our best. When a sked for recommendation, we will always say. Why B. H. S. above all the rest. This year we will set apart Something to keep deep down in our hearts. And even though it means many tears. As we travel down through the years. When we close that old school door. We will all look back just once more To our first days in the School, Where we were taught that Golden Rule. Sadie McCraw. SENIORS David Giles, President Christine Ingram, Vice-President Juanita Leftwich, Secretary Virginia Davis, Treasurer SENIORS DORIS ELIZABETH BERRY Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’3 6, ’3 7; Song Leader, Home Eckers Club, ’38; Beta Club, ’38, ’39; Treasurer, Beta Club, ’38; President, Beta Club, ’39; Treas- urer, Timber Tints, ’39. SARA ANNIE BOWLES Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39. CLARENCE RODES BOYD Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Treasurer, Jef- fersonian Literary Society, ’3 9; Member, Senior Council, ’3 9; Society Editor, ’Fessor Hoover’ i Gang, ’3 9. SENIORS THURMAN WILSON BRAMMER Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Baseball, ’38, ’39; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38; Drum and Bugle Corps, ’3 8; Assistant Advertising Man- ager, Timber Tints, ’39. TERRELL CLIFFORD CLARK Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Sophomore Re- porter, ’Fessor Floorer’s Gang, ’3 7; Basket- ball, ’37, ’38; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38; Base- ball, ’3 8, ’3 9; Business Manager, ’Fessor Hooter’s Gang, ’3 9. ALMA NAOMI COLEMAN Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Reporter, Jef- fersonian Literary Society, ’3 8; Assistant Ad- vertising Manager, Timber Tints, ’3 9. SENIORS VIRGINIA ELIZABETH DAVIS Literary Society, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’39; Treasurer, Jeffersonian Literary Society, ’3 8; Treasurer, Junior Class, ’3 8; President, Jeffersonian Lit- erary Society, ’3 9; Treasurer, Senior Class, ’3 9; Business Manager, Timber Tints, ’39; Presi- dent, Joint Literary Society, ’3 9. JOHN ALLEN EGGLESTON Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Baseball, ’37, ’38, ’39; Basketball, ’37, ’38, ’39; Drum and Bugle Corps, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’3 9; Sports Editor, ' Fcssor Hoover’s Gang, ’3 9; School Band, ’3 9. RICHARD DAVID GILES Drum and Bugle Corps, ’3 6, ’3 7; President, Freshman Class, ' 36; Basketball, ’36, ’37, ’38, ' 39; Baseball, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Literary So- ciety, ’37, ’38, ’39; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38; President, Sophomore Class, ’3 7; President, Junior Class, ’3 8; Reporter, Shakespearean Literary Society, ’3 8; Sergeant-at-Arms, Joint Literary Society, ’3 8; President, Senior Class, ’3 9; Vice-President, Shakespearean Literary Society, ’39; Chairman, Senior Council, ’39; Humor Editor, Timber Tints, ’39. SENIORS MARGARET EULYS GREENALL Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Treasurer, Sophomore Class, ’3 8; Vice-President, Home Eckers Club, ’3 8; Society Editor, ’Fessor Hooi’cr’s Ga ig, ’3 9; Vice-President, Jeffer- sonian Literary Society, ’3 9. ROBERT LEE HUTCHERSON Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Drum and Bugle Corps, ’3 7, ’3 8; Manager, Basketball, ’39; Manager, Baseball, ’38, ’59; Beta Club, ’38, ’39; Campaign Manager, Timber Tints, ’39. CHRISTINE ANNE INGRAM Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’3 7, ’3 8; President, Lee Literary Society, ’3 8; Drum Majoress, Drum and Bugle Corps, ’38, ’39; Beta Club, ’38, ’39; Vice-President, Lee Literary Society, ’3 9; Associate Editor, Timber Tints, ’39. SENIORS KENNETH WILLIAM JONES Literary Society, ’57, ’38, ’39; Treasurer, Lee Literary Society, ’38; Basketball, ’36, ’57, ’38, ’3 9; Baseball, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’3 9; Senior Reporter, ’Fcssor Hoot’cr’i Gting, 3 9. MARY MILLS KINNEY Literary Society, ’38, ’59; Basketball, 3 8, 3 9 , Reporter, Lee Literary Society, ’3 8; President, Lee Literary Society, ’3 9; Vice-President, joint Literary Society, ’3 9; Beta Club, 39; Adver- tising Manager, Timber Tints, 39. JUANITA GREY LEFTWICH Vice-President, Freshman Class, ’36; Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Secretary, Lee Literary Society, ’3 8; Home Eckers Club, ’3 8; Vice- President, Joint Literary Society, ’3 8; Vice- President, Junior Class, ’3 8; Beta Club, 3 8, ’39; Secretary, Beta Club, ’38; Treasurer, Beta Club, ’3 9; Reporter, Lee L iterary Society, ' 3 9; Secretary, Senior Class, 3 9; Editor-in- Chief, Timber Tints, ’39. SENIORS SADIE FRANCES McCRAW Literary Society, ’37, ’3 8, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’3 8; Humor Editor, ’Fcssor Hooter’s Gang, ’3 9. MARY VIRGINIA MORRIS Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Treasurer, Shakespearean Literary Society, ’3 9; Assistant Campaign Manager, Timber Tints, ’39; Beta Club, ’3 9. GEORGE CABEL PHILPOTT Literary Society, ’37, ’38, Drum and Bugle Corps, Arts, ’37, ’38; Baseball, Business Manager, ’Fessor ’39; Basketball, ’39; ’38, ’39; Industrial ’38, ’39; Assistant Hooict s Gang, ’3 9. SENIORS DOSSIE VIRGINIA PLYBON Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’3 7, ’3 8; Treasurer, Home Eckers Club, ’ 38 ;’ Assistant Campaign Manager, Timber Tints, ’39. FRANCES JEWEL PRILLAMAN Literary Society, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’3 9; Home Eckers Club, ’37, ’38; Senior Reporter, Fcssor Hoover’s Giiiig, ’39. GRACE PRILLAMAN Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’3 8; Sports Editor, ’Fessor Hoovers Gang,, ’3 9. SENIORS LUCY KATHERINE RAMSEY Literary Society, ’3 7, ’5 8, ’3 9; Reporter, Home Eckers Club, ’38; Beta Club, ’38, ’39; Re- porter, Beta Club, ’39; Associate Editor, ’Fessor Hooter’s Gang, ’3 9; Member, Senior Council, ’3 9. WILLIAM SHANKER Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38; Basketball, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Man- ager, Basketball, ’3 8; Drum and Bugle Corps, ’3 7, ’3 8; Baseball, ’3 9; Sergeant-at-Arms, Joint Literary Society, ’3 9; Assistant Humor Editor, Timber Tints, ’3 9. GLADYS PRICE VERNON Literary Society, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’3 9; Home Eckers Club, ’3 8; Associate Editor, ’Fessor Hooter’s Gang, ’3 9; Member, Senior Council, ’3 9. SENIORS JAMES THOMAS WIGGINGTON Literary Society, ’3 7, ’3 8, ’3 9; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38; Drum and Bugle Corps, ’37, ’38, ’39. JOHN THOMAS WILLIAMS Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Industrial Arts, ’37, ’38. DAISY BEATRICE YEAMAN Freshman Reporter, ’Feswr Hoover’s Gang, ’36; Secretary, Sophomore Class, ’37; Literary Society, ’37, ’38, ’39; Home Eckers Club, ’37, ’3 8; Reporter, Junior Class, ’3 8; Beta Club, ’38, ’39; Secretary, Joint Literary Society, ’3 8; Editor-in-Chief, ’Fessor Hoover’s Gang, ’39; Valedictorian, Senior Class, ’39. Class Song Tune: Drifting and Dreaming Now we are leaving you, With a heart so blue. As we sing to you, Standing here with all our friends, We’ll ne’er forget. Memories will not let Us forsake dear old Bassett High. School days are over In Bassett High, We’ve thought it over Hate to say goodbye. All of its teachers We’ll never forget, Now we have to leave you. Dear old Bassett High. — Doris Berry. History of Senior Class How a ring brings back memories, memories dear and cherished! The four glim- mers shining in my school ring fade into four wonderful high school years. In the first faint glimmer I see fifty-five eager freshman faces. We were divided into two groups under the guidance of Misses Virginia Romm and Dora Mitchell. We elected as our class officers: President, David Giles; Vice-President, Juanita Leftwich; Secretary, Lucille Rakestraw; Treasurer, Mildred Jarrett. The light grows brighter as spring approaches, which marks the beginning of the baseball season in which J. A. Eggleston, Kenneth Jones, David Giles, and Claude Shockley participated. Graduation day come bringing sadness to many but to us, the freshmen, freedom from the bondage of being snubbed and called fresh rats.” Ah, what a bright glimmer appears, and thirty-six heads slowly come into view. The heads are held up and the faces say. Here we are, sure of ourselves.” In this spirit, the sophomores of ’37 started out the school year with Miss Clyde Ramsey as teacher. Five new pupils, David Flora, Katherine Ramsey, Pauline Stone, Eugene Varner, and Billy Warner, came to join our gang,” but many of our former class- mates failed to return. The class again elected David Giles as president. In ’37, all the sophomores were requested to join the Literary Society. This memory is very amusing because we sophomores thought that no more worldly knowledge could be cramped into our heads. We were mistaken because we have achieved many great tasks through the Literary Society. A play Sky High,” was presented by Miss Sara Jane Jose. Doris Berry. Claude Shockley, and J. A. Eggleston took part in it. Several sophomore girls were also in the chorus. Mr. Cooper, one of the new teachers, came to teach the Sophomore boys Industrial Arts. I see a beautiful picture of lovely girls in line at the annual beauty pageant. Many of the girls entered the contest during their sophomore year. Examinations passed and the majority of the class came through with flying colors. We celebrated the great event by going on a picnic, but there was great lament when we learned that Miss Ramsey, our beloved teacher, was leaving for another school. The third glimmer shines with a clear brilliance and brings into my mind a happy group of Juniors. Not as awkward as the year before but a bit timid. Mr. Harvey Cooper was our home room teacher. One new pupil, Mary Kinney, came to be with us. David Giles was elected President of the class. The Juniors who were eligible for the Beta Club were Robert Hutcherson, Christine Ingram, Juanita Leftwich, Doris Berry, Beatrice Yeaman, and Katherine Ramsey. Doris Berry was elected treasurer of the club and Beatrice Yeaman, secretary. A play, Coast to Coast,” was presented by Miss Katherine Burch, and David Giles was the only Junior who took an important part in the play. Alma Coleman and Christine Ingram were in the chorus. An event that recalls much merriment was the Junior-Senior Banquet, at which our president presided gracefully. Early in the spring, the Junior class made a great achievement by winning the first prize in the amateur show. The Joint Literary Society was organized and Juanita Leftwich was elected vice- president and Beatrice Yeaman, secretary. When the exams were over, we went out the door smiling because the Juniors of today would be the dignified” Seniors of tomorrow. The fourth glimmer shines with a white radiance, but there is no need of a re- minder of that last year in school because always it will stand out in my treasure of memories. Back again under the guidance of Mr. Cooper, twenty-seven seniors elected as class officers: David Giles, president; Christine Ingram, vice-president; Juanita Left- wich, secretary; Virginia Davis, treasurer; Mary Kinney, reporter. Miss Anne Hover came to teach the seniors English 4. Claude Shockley, Lucy Stone, and Ruby Hylton had left us to go to another school. ’Fessor Hoover’s Gang was again published by the Senior Class and Beatrice Yea- man was selected to be editor-in-chief. Early in the fall, we started the Timber Tints of ’39 with Juanita Leftwich as editor-in-chief, and Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cooper as sponsors. The class called a meeting to select the recipients of the various class honors. The following were elected: Kenneth Jones as Prophet; Sadie McCraw as Poet; Alma Cole- man as Framer of Last Will and Testament; Doris Berry, Song Composer; and Juanita Leftwich, Historian. The Valedictorian was Beatrice Yeaman, while Juanita Leftwich was Salutatorian. Ah, what is this? The Seniors with downcast faces! I remember, Mr. Cooper, our teacher, was leaving to go to another school, but Mr. Robert Taylor came to be our home room teacher and we were happy again. In the spring, the Senior Class, under the direction of Miss Anne Hover, pre- sented a play The Young Imp” which scored a great success. Alma Coleman and Mary Virginia Morris had the leading parts with Mary Kinney, Sadie McCraw, Thur- man Brammer, J. A. Eggleston, Terrell Clark, Doris Berry, Juanita Leftwich, Kenneth Jones, and Frances Prillaman as supporting cast. The Beta Club again resumed their duties under the leadership of Mr. Hoover. Doris Berry was elected president, Juanita Leftwich, treasurer, and Katherine Ramsey, reporter. Other Senior members of the club were Christine Ingram, Robert Hutcher- son, Mary Virginia Morris, Beatrice Yeaman, and Mary Kinney. Again the Joint Literary Society was organized, and Virginia Davis was elected president; Mary Kinney, vice-president; Christine Ingram, critic; and Willie Shanker, sergeant-at-arms. Another point of interest in the Senior Class history was the entrance of George Philpott, David Giles, Christine Ingram, Alma Coleman, Dossie Plybon, Sadie McCraw, and Rodes Boyd into the first grade and are now graduating together. I recall the merriest event of the year which was the Junior-Senior Banquet given at the Riverside Hotel. Now the glimmers retreat as if a shadow had come over them and all the memories fade but dreams, idealistic dreams replace them. So we, the Senior Class of ’3 9, stand and look into the future. Juanita Leftwich. Prophecy When I first joined this honorable class In the year 1926, If I’d thought I would have had to prophesy, I would have been in an awful fix. But now as I look into the glass crystal At the Class of ’3 9, I see a group of promising citizens, With clean, honorable minds. I look into the glass crystal. Ah, I see our Tom Sawyer, David Giles, who led our class. Now leading the New York lawyers. He was walking up the Court House steps, When we met, he clasped my hand; He invited me into court, To listen to his witnesses on the stand. As we walk into the court, I asked, Who are you defending in this trial?” Why,” he looked so funny and said, Willie Shanker and Terrell Clarke.” You should have seen my eyes. As the judge called the court to order. The prisoners are brought under guard. They are dressed in costly suits. For bank robbery they were charged. The jury I hadn’t noticed. But now I began to look. To study their faces and their ways. For it looked as if the prisoners were hooked. There as the foreman of the jury; I had to look twice to make sure, Thurman Brammer, the great electrician. No member of them was more true. There sitting beside him In the very next seat, Was J. T. Williams, the great rancher, He raises the world’s finest wheat. Next to J. T. Williams, Why it’s Christine Ingram, I see The wife of a furniture worker, A model housekeeper is she. I only get a glimpse of who’s behind her, At first, I thought she would like to see them hanged with a rope. Why that’s Juanita Leftwich! You should read the books she has written. Robert Hutcherson is the next of the jurymen, He was never strong, tall, nor stout. But he’s made good in his life work. He has the world’s largest paper route. Anyone would know who is behind him. She always reminded me of a withered gardenia. But her pictures, you see in all the magazines, Alma Coleman, National Broadcasting Company’s greatest comedian. Mary Virginia Morris is also on the jury, A very well-known little lady, For the advice she gives to women. On the care of small babies. Next on the jury I would know with a glance. Yes, Frances Prillaman, the originator Of that new dance Called, Around the Potato.” Sitting high and above all the rest A young man, and they come no finer. Than Thomas Wiggington The great airplane designer. Who is next on the jury? Yes I mean that red-headed dame, Katherine Ramsey, don’t you recognize her? For new hair styles, she’s won fame. Gladys Vernon is also on the jury. And she’s not a teacher nor a preacher. But one of the world’s Greatest Home Ec. teachers. Rodes Boyd is the eleventh juror. All over the United States he has gained fame. For he is the driver of the N and W’s Fastest Streamline Train. Witness after witness is called to the stand. It looks as though the prisoners will pay for their sins; I’m beginning to get very worried. I’d hate to hear sentence passed on my friends. I’m beginning to get restless in my chair. The judge called, Virginia Davis, take the stand.” I feel relieved all at once. For I know she’ll lend her old pals a hand. Virginia was in the bank at the time of the crime. You can tell by her eyes she’s plenty sore; But always helping her friends this way, She exclaimed, I’ve never seen them before!” The evidence was produced. And the jury retired. But in a few minutes, returned I was very restless, fidgety, and tired. WE, the Senior Class, find the defendants not guilty,” Read Thurman, foreman of the jury; If you had fired a cannon. It couldn’t have caused more fury. Leaving the courtroom, laughing with glee. And shaking the hands of my old class friends. Someone suggested that we celebrate At Sadie McCraw’s modernistic inn. Sadie greeted us all at the door. With that big and happy smile. She said that she was awfully glad we’d come For she had a big surprise. We had just begun to have fun. And enjoy the good food. When J. A. Eggleston, the surprise, walked out. Still playing the St. Louis Blues.” Wait, I’d almost forgotten something The waitresses of this inn. Why they are Eulys Greenall and Annie Bowles, Sadie says they draw all the men. Things had just begun to quiet down, I decided I’d look the place over; There in the kitchen, I couldn’t believe my eyes, I just had to look closer. There in a big white apron With the all a-sloshing. Was George Philpott, my Friends, Sadie’s chief cook and bottle washer. Su ddenly the radio stopped, A news commentator was heard, Doris Berry and Mary Kinney had gone abroad To settle international affairs. Then the music continues. The announcer says, I give you the piano demon The one and only Daisy Beatrice Yeaman.” We all sang Grace Prillaman’s new song. Everyone seems to think it’s fine. The name of it is, Joseph, Joseph Make Up Your Mind.” Sadie sure does serve good food. It’s the best I’ve ever eaten it seems. It should be, that’s Dossie Plybon’s new recipe On How To Cook Your Beans.” By the way Red, what is your work?” Asked Willie, as he sipped his tea; Why Willie, I’m surprised,” I said, Bassett Journal, Ace Reporter, that’s me.” Kenneth Jones. The Last Will and Testament Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1939, of Bassett High School, of the City of Bassetts, State of Virginia, U. S. A., I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion to listen to her last Will and Testament and to receive from her dying hands the fetv gifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Realizing she has no time left to spend in cultivation of her own virtues, she deems it best to distribute these gifts with her own hands to those friends whose needs they seem best fitted. Owing to the flighty condition of her brain, and the unusual disturbance in its gray matter, she begs me to state for her that she may have been mistaken in her inventory, but what things she thinks she has, she distributes to you, praying that you may keep as a sacred trust from the Class of ’39. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document as duly drawn up and sworn to. We, the Class of ’39, being about to pass out of this sphere of education in full possession of a crammed mind and well-trained memory, do make and publish this our last Will and Testament. We do dispose of our dear possessions as follows: Item: We will and bequeath to our beloved Prof. E. Carl Hoover, our sincere affec- tion, our deepest remembrance, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. Item: We will and bequeath to the faculty all the amazing knowledge and start- ling information that we have furnished them from time to time in our various exam- ination papers. We know that much which we have imparted to them in this way has been entirely new to them, and would throw much new light on many a familiar line of thought throughout the whole world of science and learning, even outside the halls and walls of B. H. S. Item: We will and bequeath to our under classmates all the thrown eraser marks on the wall and all chewing gum on the bottom of the desks. The individuals dispose of their property as follows: 1. Doris Berry wills and bequeaths to Doris Pegram and Christine Martin her lovely voice. 2. Annie Bowles wills and bequeaths to Irene Brewer and Magdalene Roger her dignity. 3. Rodes Boyd wills and bequeaths to Dewey Draper his handsome mug. 4. Thurman Brammer wills and bequeaths to Bill Berry his love for tangerines. 5. Terrell Clarke wills and bequeaths to Paul Richardson the ability to make up such unheard of white lies. 6. Alma Coleman wills and bequeaths to Anne Ramsey her infectious laugh. 7. Virginia Davis wills and bequeaths to Violette Ferguson some of her height. 8. J. A. Eggleston wills and bequeaths to C. L. Woody his horse” laugh. 9. David Giles wills and bequeaths to Edith McGhee his ability to lead his class- mates. 10. Eulys Greenall wills and bequeaths to Dorothy Martin and Margaret Canter her seat in Mr. Hoover’s office and all the telephone calls. 11. Robert Hutchinson wills and bequeaths to Mary Elizabeth Wade his witty sayings. 12. Christine Ingram wills and bequeaths to Meryl Greenall and Margaret Craig her place in the Drum and Bugle Corps. 13. Kenneth Jones wills and bequeaths to T. F. Grogan and Harold Mason his ability to pitch a baseball. 14. Mary Kinney wills and bequeaths to Dorothy Wilkerson and Myrtle Spencer her ability to stay on a strict diet and to keep a trim figure. 15. Juanita Leftwich wills and bequeaths to Samuel Flora her scholastic ability. 16. Sadie McCraw wills and bequeaths to Warren McCall her ability to know what CO say at all times. 17. Mary Virginia Morris wills and bequeaths to Charlotte Stringer the excess perfume of the chemistry laboratory. 18. George Philpott wills and bequeaths to Allie Stone his provoking sayings. 19. Dossie Plybon wills and bequeaths to Lessie Mae Shelton and Cornelia Prillaman her ability to keep beautiful hair. 2 0. Frances Prillaman wills and bequeaths to Genevieve Ross her love for other girls’ boy friends. 21. Grace Prillaman wills and bequeaths to Clara Turner and Mildred Johnson her excess cosmetics. 22. Katherine Ramsey wills and bequeaths to Drucilla Turner her love for a butcher boy. 2 3. William Shanker wills and bequeaths to Allison Maye his manly physique. 24. J. T. Williams wills and bequeaths to Jack Helms his love for throwing air- planes. 2 5. Thomas Wiggington wills and bequeaths to Geneva Johnson his liking to give speeches in Engl ish IV. 26. Gladys Vernon wills and bequeaths to Mildred Jarrett the ability to be wise in love. 27. Beatrice Yeaman wills and bequeaths to Agnes Mason her ability to play the piano. Then last comes the thing hardest to part with. To our successors, we leave our thoughts and places in the hearts of our teachers and principal. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave our blessing, tender memories of our associa- tions together, and our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly appre- ciated in the happenings of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. Alma Coleman. SENIOR MIRROR Prettiest Beatrice Yeaman Best Looking Rodes Boyd Most Popular Virginia Daiis Most Popular David Giles Most Athletic Mary Kinney Most Athletic Kenneth Jones tl II Most Humorous Christine Ingram Most Humorous Willie Shanker Most Dignified Annie Bowles Most Dignified Thurman Brammer Most Studious Juanita Leftwich Most Studious Robert Hutcherson Junior-Senior Banquet SNOW WHITE AND 3 5 DWARFS Sh! Don’t break the spell of the land of makebelieve ... Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s off to glen we go to a banquet given by Snow White’s best friends, the dwarfs. After being met at the door, we were escorted to the wishing well where we made wishes, and much to our surprise came a flow of very delicious cider. At this time the Dwarfs presented their most honored guests with nosegays of jonquils. The glen was festooned with flowers and beautifully decorated tables, carrying out the color scheme of red and white. In the far distance you could see the wicked queen’s lighted castle. The entire assemblage sang the famous Heigh Ho!” which gave the shy Dwarfs courage to continue a most interesting and entertaining program: Beyond the Seven Mountains The Wishing Well . Tie Searched Everyivhere . Tin Wishing — Song Senior Class History Class Prophecy Last Will and Testament . Do pey Snow White . . . . Good Night Seniors Jack Helms Edith McGhee David Giles Doris Pegram, Jack Helms Juanita Leftwich Kenneth Jones Alma Coleman Thomas Wiggington Mr. E. C. Hoover Junior Class Trays and trays of food were brought in laden with the most delectable dishes ever: The Wicked Portion — Fruit Cocktail Sleepy’s Special — Fried Chicken Cliffs the Queen Climbed — Potatoes Doc’s Delight — Gravy Grumpy’s Greens — Green Beans Dopey’s Salad — Tomato Salad Castle Rolls — Hot Rolls Jewels from Mine — Pickles, radishes, olives, celery Prince Nectar — Coffee Happy’s Mound — Apple Jelly Bashful’s Favorite — Cream Strawberry Pie Those who came to the glen on this fourteenth day of April in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine were: Messrs: Rodes Boyd, Thurman Brammer, Terrell Clark, J. A. Eggleston, David Giles, Robert Hutcherson, Kenneth Jones, George Philpott, Willie Shanker, Thomas Wiggington, J. T. Williams; Misses: Doris Berry, Alma Coleman, Virginia Davis, Eulys Greenall, Christine Ingram, Mary Kinney, Juanita Leftwich, Sadie McCraw, Mary Virginia Morris, Dossie Plybon, Frances Prillaman, Grace Prillaman, Katherine Ramsey, Gladys Vernon, Beatrice Yeaman. Messrs: Billy Berry, Dewey Draper, Samuel Flora, T. F. Grogan, Jack Helms, Harold Mason, Allison Maye, Warren McCall, C. L. Woody, Jr.; Misses: Irene Brewer, Margaret Carter, Margaret Craig, Violette Ferguson, Meryl Greenall, Mildred Jarrett, Geneva Johnson, Mildred Johnson, Magdaline Roger, Christine Martin, Dorothy Martin, Agnes Mason, Edith McGhee, Doris Pegram, Cornelia Prillaman, Ann Ramsey, Genevieve Ross, Lessie Mae Shelton, Myrtle Spencer, Charlotte Stringer, Clara Turner, Drucilla Turner, Mary E. Wade, Dorothy Wilkson, Allie Stone, Rachel Helms, Nell Weaver, Cleo Craig, Christine Harris, Ethel Stone, Shirley Brightwell, Dora Mitchell, Anne Hover, Virginia Goode; Mesdames: Roy Bryant, J. F. Hollifield, E. C. Hoover; Messrs: Robert Taylor, John Lasko, E. C. Hoover, J. F. Hollifield. The faculty sponsor for the banquet was Miss Virginia Goode. — Doris Berry. President V ice-President Secretary T re usurer Edith McGhee Allison Maye Harold Mason . Lessie Mae Shelton JUNIORS BILLY BERRY A HI tin ' s task is always light if his heart is light.” IRENE BREWER A good face is a letter of recom- mendation, as a good heart is a letter of credit. MARGARET CARTER The proud are ever most provoked by pride.” MARGARET CRAIG The load becomes light that is cheerfully borne.” DEWEY DRAPER Speech is great but silence is greater.” VIOLET FERGUSON Tie always leisure to assist my friend.” SAMUEL FLORA I will work and some day my chance will come.” MERYL GREENALL Accent is the soul of language; it gives it both feeling and truth.” FRANK GROGAN, JR. Everyivhere in life, the true ques- tion is not ivhat we gain but what we do. JACK HELMS Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.” MILDRED JARRETT There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.” GENEVA JOHNSON We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.” MILDRED JOHNSON I had rather be a poor man in a garret, with plenty of books, than a king who did not love reading.” MAGDALENE ROGER 1 have the real satisfaction of life to increase as life goes on.” CHRISTINE MARTIN Grant me not ivhat I would but what is best for me.” DOROTHY MARTIN Much wisdom goes with fewest words.” AGNES MASON The only way to have a friend is to be one.” HAROLD MASON Style is a man’s own; it is a part of his nature.” JUNIORS ALLISON MAYE hiu! rather have a fool make tiic merry than experience make me sad.” WARREN McCALL Bread, beauty, and brotherhood are the great needs of man.” EDITH McGHEE Never mind where you work; let your care be for the work itself.” DORIS PEGRAM Girls of talent are girls for oc- casions.” CORNELIA PRILLAMAN Come, let us live the poetry that we sing. ANN RAMSEY A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” PAUL RICHARDSON Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tat- tered coat.” GENEVIEVE ROSS Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on at their own private pace.” LESSIE MAE SHELTON It is only they who do their duties in everyday trivial matters, who fulfill them on great occasions.” MYRTLE SPENCER Patience is poiver, with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.” ALLIE STONE The words of the good are like a staff in a slippery place.” CHARLOTTE STRINGER Never be satisfied that what has been accomplished is sufficient.” CLARA TURNER Simple human honesty, without greedy over-reaching would lift us out of our troubles in a week.” DRUCILLA TURNER Silen ce in a woman is like speech in men; deny it who can.” MARY ELIZABETH WADE A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.” DOROTHY WILKSON The true effects of genuine polite- ness seem to be ease rather than pleasure.” CLAUDE WOODY, JR. I find that nonsense at times, is singularly refreshing.” Sophomore Class Adams, Hazel Adkins, Jack Adkins, Lucille Bassett, Mary Elizabeth Beach, Victor Bocock, Nora Bower, Herman Boyd, James Bryson, Burnham Byrd, Lloyd Cahill, Isaac Collins, Posey Craig, G. T. Daniel, Jewell Eanes, Bernice — Trcuiurcr Fine, Esther Franklin, William Fulcher, Irene Gusler, Mary Elizabeth Hamlin, Rosa — Prcsidcnf Hancock, Elsie Hayford, Carlita Helms, Rachel — Vicc PrcshIvnt Hollandsworth, Gladys Hoover, Carl Ingram, Myrtle Jarrett, Claude Joyce, David Joyce, Nelson Joyce, Troy Lackey, McCray Lawless, Guy Martin, Buddy Martin, Christine Metz, John Pegram, Richard Plott, Paul Prillaman, Garland Prillaman, Walter Ramsey, Ethel Richardson, Catherine Robertson, Louise — Reporter Scott, Robert Shore, Bernice Stanley, Clyde — Seci etary Smith, Dorothy Spencer, Iris Stone, Eunice Stone, Hilda Stone, Mabel Turner, Christie Belle Turnar, Lula Underwood, Willard Underwood, Wilson Warner, Betty Weaver, Avis Wood, Edward Wright, Milfred Freshman Class Ausburne, Billy Light, Pearl Barnes, Mary Groome — Sccrcfary-Trcas frer Little, Glenn Belton, Eugene Bocock, James Bower, Mary Bowman, Elizabeth Ann Brammcr, Velma Bryant, John Byrd, Mary Lee Carter, Clara Carter, Harold Clark, Norman Clark, Norville Eggleston, Woody Ferguson, Ernestine Foley, Nannie Mae Fulcher, Carolyn Fulcher, Kenneth Gibbs, Warren Goard, Hazel Hayford, Charles Heath, Cleaves Hoover, Henry Brown Howard, Gladys Hurd, Virginia Hylton, Louise Ingram, Lonnie Jarrett, Edgar Jarrett, Zelma Jones, Alice Jones, Ruby Jones, William Joyce, Dolphus Koger, Inez Koontz, Ben Law, Ruby Lawless, Lucy Leftwich, Emma Iris Little, Marvin Manning, Hattie Martin, Helen Martin, Lena Martin, Webster McGhee, Eugene Mintcr, Adna Mize, Pauline Moran, Doris Moran, Elma Nolen, Elaine Nolen, Frances Nunn, George Philpott, Bobby Plott, Carl Prillaman, Lois Prillaman, Mary Prillaman, Robert Prillaman, Ruth Rorrer, Lottie Richardson, Nancy — Y icc-Presidvjif Shiveley, Jimmy Smith, Frances Stone, Erma Stone, Irvin Stone, Ora Snyder, Roberta Thomasson, Beatrice Turner, C. W. Turner, Bessie Vaughn, Carvel Vernon, Calvin — Vrcsiiicuf Williams, Nancy Wood, Blaine Wright, Jimmy Young, Tyndal 1 Boys ' Basketball Mr. Robert Taylor Coach Kenneth Jones Capta ' .n Robert Hutcherson Manager FIRST TEAM Right Forward: David Giles Right Guard: Kenneth Jones Left Forward: T. F. Grogan Left Guard: J. A. Eggleston Center: Willie Shanker SECOND TEAM Harold Mason Bill Beery Calvin Vernon Carl Hoover C. L. Woody Warren McCall Girls’ Basketball Miss Virginia Goode Coach Mary Kinney Captain Virginia Grogan Manager Right Forward: Mary Kinney Ruth Prillaman Side Center: Cornelia Prillaman Mary Groome Barnes Left Forward: Doris Pegram Charlotte Stringer Left Guard: Bernice Fanes Flilda Stone Center: Betty Warner Nancy Williams Right Guard: Mary Elizabeth Wade }- Boys ' Baseball Mr. Lasko Coach David Giles Captain Robert Hutcherson Manager FIRST TEAM Catcher: Terrel Clark Pitchers: Kenneth Jones T. F. Grogan First Base: Willie Shanker Second Base: C. F. Woody THE Thurman Brammer Junior Collins J. A. Eggleston Samuel Flora Jack Helms Carl Hoover Henry Hoover Short Stop: Allison Maye Third Base: David Giles Right Field: Paul Plott Center Field: Warren McCall Feft Field: Bill Beery SQUAD Bill Jones Ben Koontz Harold Mason Richard Pegram Clyde Stanley Calvin Vernon Reese Woody Beta Club Doris Berry Meryl Greenall Jack Helms . Juanita Leftwich Edith McGhee . Mr. Hoover . President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Reporter Sponsor The Bassett Chapter of the National Honorary Beta Club has as its objectives: the fostering of loyalty, honesty, and courage, for each pupil to endeavor to maintain his high scholastic record, to cooperate with the members of the club and school in the promotion of a sense of individual responsibility, to help our fellow students at all times. MEMBERS Doris Berry Samuel Flora Meryl Greenall Jack Flelms Robert Hutcherson Christine Ingram Mary Kinney Juanita Leftwich Dorothy Martin Agnes Mason Edith McGhee Mary Virginia Morris Cornelia Prillaman Katheryn Ramsey Paul Richardson Beatrice Yeaman 1 i i 1 ; i! Patrick Henry Literary Society Miss Dora Mitchell Katherine Ramsey . Jack Helms Rachel Helms . Beatrice Yeaman . Sponsor Prcshlciif Vice-PrcsiJciif Sccrefary-T reasu rer Siiidcnt Critic MEMBERS Ashburne, Billy Adkins, Lucille Byrd, Lloyd Belton, Eugene Bocock, James Carter, Margaret Clarke, Norman Clarke, Norvelle Coleman, Alma Craig, Margaret Eggleston, Woody Flora, Samuel Grogan, T. F. Gibbs, Warren Hancock, Elsie Hayford, Charles Heath, Cle ves Helms, Jack Heims, Rachel Hollandsworth, GL ' dys Hoover, Henry Brown Holsclaw, Marshall Johnson, Estelle Jarrett, Edgar Little, Glenn Martin, Dorothy Metz, John Prillaman, Garland Prillaman, Robert Prillaman, Walter Prillaman, Ruth Ramsey, Ann Ramsey, Ethel Ramsey, Katherine Spencer, Iris Spencer, Myrtle Smith, Francis Stanley, Clyde Turner, Lula Underwood, Wilson Vernon, Gladys Williams, Nancy Wright, Milfred Yeaman, Beatrice pan au i 91 ’ Jeffersonian Literary Society Mr. Robert Taylor . Virginia Davis . Eulys Greenall Mary Elizabeth Bassett Roues Boyd . . . . William Jones . Warren McCall Avis Weaver . Sponsor resident Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sergeant-at-Anns Chaplain Student Critic Adkins, Jack Bassett, Mary Elizabeth Beach, Victor Berry, Doris Bocock, Nora Bower, Herman Bower, Herman Boyd, James Boyd, Rodes Brammer, Thurman Brammer, Velma Brewer, Irene Bryant, John Clarke, Terrell Davis, Virginia Greenall, Eulys MEMBERS Gusler, Mary Elizabeth Hoover, Carl Johnson, Mildred Jones, William Lackey, McCray Little, Marvin McCall, Warren Mason, Harold Maye, Allison Nunn, George Pegram, Richard Prillaman, Connie Richardson, Catherine Richardson, Nancy Richardson, Paul Rose, Geneive Stone, Erma Stone, Hilda Stone, Mabel Stone, Norman Snead, Lester Stone, Ora Snyder, Roberta Turner, Clara Turner, Drucilla Thomason, Katherine Turner, Bessie Turner, C. W. Vaughn, Carvel Warner, Betty Weaver, Avis Wood, Blaine Young, Tyndal h ' IIV ' - Lee Literary Society Miss Shirly Brightwell Sponsor Mary Kinney President Christine Ingram Vice-President Mildred Jarrett Secretary Edward Wood Treasurer Juanita Leetwich Reporter Adams, Hazel Bowles, Annie Bryson, Burnham Carter, Clara Carter, Harold Cahill, Isaac Craig, G. T. Daniel, Jewel Draper, Dewey Eanes, Bernice Eggleston, J. A. Fine, Esther Franklin, William Fulcher, Carolyn Hutcherson, Robert Hylton, Louise MEMBERS Ingram, Christine Ingram, Myrtle Jarrett, Mildred Jarrett, Zelma Jones, Alice Kinney, Mary Koger, Inez Koontz, Ben Leftwich, Juanita Manning, Hattie Martin, Buddy Martin, Christine Martin, Webster Martin, Helen Martin, Lena McCraw, Sadie Moran, Doris Moran, Elma Nolen, Elaine Nolen, Francis Plott, Carl Philpott, George Prillaman, Frances Prillaman, Lois Prillaman, Louise Prillaman, Mary Rorer, Lottie Shiveley, Jimmy Wiggington, Thomas Wiikson, Dorothy Wood, Edward Woody, C. L. Shakespearean Literary Society Miss Virginia Goode Sponsor Edith McGhee President David Giles Vice-President Christie Bell Turner Secretary-Treasurer Irving Stone Chaplain Wllie Shanker Sergeant -at -Arms MEMBERS Berry, Billy Jones, Kenneth Prillaman, Mary Barnes, Mary Groome Jones, Ruby Prillaman, Grace Bower, Mary Joyce, Nelson Prillaman, Harold Bowman, Elizabeth Ann Joyce, Troy Scott, Robert Byrd, Mary Roger, Magdalene Shanker, Willie Collins, P. L., Jr. Law, Ruby Shelton, Lessie Mae Fulcher, Kenneth Lawless, Lucy Shore, Bernice Ferguson, Earnestine Leftwich, Emma Iris Smith, Dorothy Ferguson, Violette Light, Pearl Stone, Allie Foley, Mae Mason, Agnes Stone, Irvin Fulcher, Irene Martin, Margaret Stringer, Charlotte Giles, David Merriman, Margaret Turner, Christie Bell Greenall, Meryl Mize, Pauline Turner, Tommy Hamlin, Rosa Minter, Adna Underwood, Willard Hayford, Carlita Morris, Mary Virginia Vernon, Calvin Howard, Gladys Newman, Margaret Wade, Mary Elizabeth Hurd, Virginia Pegram, Doris Whitlow, Lottie Ingram, Lonnie Philpott, Bobby Williams, J. T. Jarrett, Claude Plott, Paul Plybon, Dossie Wright, Jimmie Newspaper Staff Beatrice Yeaman Gladys Vernon, Katherine Ramsey Terrell Clark, George Philpott . Kenneth Jones, Frances Prillaman . Charlotte Stringer Louise Robertson Mary G. Barnes, C. W. Turner John Allen Eggleston, Grace Prillaman Eulys Greenall, Roues Boyd .... Sadie McCraw Miss Ann Hover . Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Business Managers Senior Reporters Junior Reporter Sophomore Reporter Freshman Reporters Sports Editors Society Editors . Humor Editor Faculty Advisor ’Fessors Hoovers Gang ’Fessor Hoover’s Gang, the school paper, has been sponsored by Bassett High School for the past five or six years. It is read and enjoyed by old and young alike. Each week the paper is composed of humor, compositions written by the students, editorials, and sports news. The staff this year has done excellent work and the cooperation of each member has been splendid. . ■■.■.■.A....... — . ....i.. . Home Economics MEMBERS Adams, Hazel Adkins, Lucille Bassett, Mary Elizabeth Bocock, Nora Brewer, Irene Carter, Margaret Davis, Virginia Eanes, Bernice Ferguson, Violet Fine, lister Foley, Reavie Fulcher, Irene Greenall, Meryl Gusler, Mary Elizabeth Hamlin, Rosa Hancock, Elsie Hancock, Margaret Hayford, Carlita Hollandsworth, Gladys Ingram, Myrtle jarrett, Mildred Johnson, Estelle Johnson, Geneva Roger, Magdalene Martin, Christine Martin, Dorothy Mason, Agnes McCraw, Sadie McGhee, Edith Pegram, Doris Prillaman, Grace Ramsey, Anne Ramsey, Ethel Ramsey, Katherine Richardson, Catherine Ross, Genevieve Shelton, Lessie Mae Shore, Bernice Spencer, Myrtle Smith, Dorothy Stone, Eunice Stone, Hilda Stone, Mabel Stone, Ora Stringer, Charlotte Turner, Christie Bell Turner, Clara Turner, Drucilla Turner, Lula Vernon, Gladys Wade, Mary Elizabeth Warner, Betty Weaver, Avis Wilkson, Dorothy [■ Industrial Arts MEMBERS Adkins, Jack Ingram, Lonnie Piott, Carl Ausburne, Billy Jarrctt, Claude Prillaman, Garland Beach, Victor jarrctt, Edgar Prillaman, Harold Belton, Eugene Jones, William Prillaman, Walter Bocock, James Joyce, Nelson Prillaman, Robert Bower, Herman Joyce, Troy Richardson, Paul Bryant, John Kinney, Mary Schevartz, Bill Byrd, Lloyd Koontz, Bill Scott, Robert Cahill, Isaac Lackey, McCray Shively, Jimmie Carter, Harold Leftwich, Juanita Shropshire, Jack Clarke, Norvelle Little, Marvin Stanley, Clyde Clarke, Norman Little, Glen Stone, Irvin Craig, G. T. Martin, Buddy Turner, C. W. Eggleston, Allen Martin, Webster Turner, Thomas Eggleston, Woody Maye, Allison Underwood, Willard Franklin, William McGhee, Eugene Underwood, Wilson Gibbs, Warren Metz, John Vaughn, Carvel Hayford, Charles Nunn, George Vernon, Calvin Heath, Cleaves Pegram, Richard Wood, Blaine Holsclaw, Lake Philpott, Bobby Wood, Edward Hoover, Carl Philpott, Buster Wright, Milfred Hoover, Henry Piott, Paul Drum and Bugle Corps The American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps retains a position as one of the most active organizations in the school. With a personnel of forty-three members, under the successful direction of Mr. R. L. Thompson and Mr. E. C. Hoover, they continue to produce programs in demand at school and in adjoining communities. In the course of the year, the Corps has appeared at Richmond, Va., Asheville, N. C., Lewisburg, W. Va., Fredericksburg, Va., Colonial Beach, Va., Bluefield, W. Va., Char- lottesville, Va., Richwood, Va., South Boston, Va., Roanoke, Va., Millsboro, W. Va., Stuart, Va., Ridgeway, Va., Martinsville, Va., and Buffalo Ridge, Va. MEMBERS Collins, P. L., Jr. Craig, Margaret Eggleston, Clyde Eggleston, J. A. Eggleston, Woody Greenall, Meryl Helms, Jack, Drum Mrf or Helms, Rachel Hollandsworth, Gladys Hoover, E. C., Jr. Hoover, Henry B. Ingram, Christine, Drum Miijorcss Ingram, Thurman Jessie, Gene, Junior Drum Major Jarrctt, Edgar Jones, Alice Jones, Edward Jones, William Koontz, Ben Koontz, Bill May e, Allison Newman, Oris Norman, Jack Pegram, Richard Philpott, Bobby Philpott, Buster Philpott, George Philpott, Walter A. Scott, Robert Shropshire, Fred Shropshire, Jack Shropshire, Russell Stone, Hilda Underwood, Willard Underwood, Wilson Vernon, Calvin Wade, Mary Elizabeth Wiggington, Thomas Williams, Nancy Woody, C. L., Jr. Woody, Ree:e Wood, Blaine Wood, Edward School Patrol MEMBERS Ausburnc, William Beach, Victor Bryant, John Cambell, Lee Draper, J. C. Ferguson, James Flora, Samuel Flelms, Joe Ingram, Lonnie Ingram, Thurman Jarrett, Herman Jarrett, Ralph Koontz, Ben Martin, Webster Maye, Allison McCrickard, Edmond Mullins, Herman Newman, Oris Pegram, Richard Plott, Carl Wright, Milfrcd Senior Council David Giles Chairman Rodes Boyd Gladys Vernon Katherine Ramsay This year the Senior Class formulated a program of self-government. The Senior Council was organized with the idea in mind of providing a judicial body for the class, and those members who ceased to be law abiding citizens” according to the rules of the class, were asked to appear before this council. The council then determined a form of punishment according to the severity of the crime. !■ School Band Beach, Victor Boyd, James Collins, J. L., Jr. Eggleston, Clyde Eggleston, J. A., Jr. Hoover, Carl, Jr. Hoover, Henry B. Jones, Bill Koontz, Bill Pegram, Richard Scott, Robert Underwood, Willard Underwood, Wilson Wood, Blaine Wood, Edward BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES “THE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF FURNITURE” BASSETT FURNITURE CO., BASSETT, VA. J. D. BASSETT MANUFACTURING CO., BASSETT, VA. BASSETT CHAIR CO., BASSETT, VA. BASSETT SUPERIOR LINES, INC., BASSETT, VA. W. M. BASSETT FURNITURE CORP., MARTINSVILLE, VA. KEEP YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT THROUGHOUT LIFE AND YOU ARE BOUND TO SUCCEED MONTGOMERY WARD MARTINSVILLE, VA. Compliments to The Graduates of ’39 GLOBMAN’S Compliments of MARTINSVILLE ICE COMPANY Compliments of J. W. SMITH Wholesale Martinsville, Virginia Compliments of Compliments of W. B. CHEVROLET GARAGE ROCKY MOUNT Sales and Service FUNERAL HOME Bassett, Virginia Excellent Service J. N. MONTGOMERY STONE MERCANTILE COMPANY General Merchandise Hardware Fresh Meats and Sea Food • Hoeky Mount, Virginia Dial 3111 — No. 1 — North Bassett Dial 211 Dial 3121 — No. 2 — South Bassett Compliments of Compliments of CENTRAL GARAGE ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED GROCERY AND MILLING • COMPANY, Chrysler and Plymouth Inc. Sales and Service • • CAS AND OIL DISTRIBUTOR Rocky IMonnt, Virginia ■ Rocky IMonnt, Virginia Compliments of Compliments of Weaver Mirror Bald Knob Company Furniture Company • • ROCKY MOUNT ROCKY iVlOUNT VIRGINIA VIRGINIA THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK • BASSETT , VIRGINIA Thos. B. Stanley, Presulent and Ti ' easarer J. D. Bassett, Vice-Fnesident C. Y. Stanley, First Vice-Fresident J. W. Stanley, Vice-President ' F. xV. Stanlea ' , Tice-Fresidcnt and Secretary DISTINCTIVE FURNITURE STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY INCORPORATED MANUFACTURERS OF BED-ROOM AND DINING-ROOM FURNITURE AND CHAIRS PERMANENT EXHIBITS AMERICAN FURNITURE MART CHICAGO, ILLINOIS NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE NEW YORK CITY Shipping- Point: Bassett, Va. Post Office: Stanleytown, Va. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER • M. F. MASON • When Ready to Build SE E ME The Home of Good. Jewelry Watches, Diamonds Jewelry Since 1924 SOUTHERN SALES CO. GREER-WEAVER MEG. COMPANY Incorporated A Complete Line of Building Materials and Supplies Dial 336 Rocky Mount, Va. Bridg’e Street Dial 3167 CONGRATULATIONS DeSliazo Lumber GRADUATES ! Company • WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUILDING MATERIAL TURNER’S • ICE CREAM GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND • BUILDERS iMartinsville, Virginia iMartinsville, Virginia Congratulations! to the grandest Graduating Class ever • “J. ROY” STONE Compliments of E. J. BRAMMER’S 5 and 10-Cent Stores • Store - in Kooky Mount, Va. Stori ' s 1 ami S in Bassett, Va. BYRD COMPANY Jewelers Gifts that Last Martinsville, Va. Compliments of L. F. REPAIR SHOP 9 iMartinsville, Va. Martinsville Granite and Marble Co. FINE MONUMENTAL WORK FROM SELECT GEORGIA GRANITE MARTINSVILLE, VA. CALDWELL-SITES COMPANY • We have served the Community of Bassett for many years as Wholesale Paper Merchants and Stationers. It is our desire to continue to deserve this patronage. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN IN ROANOKE Compliments of COLLEdE SHOP Mitchell Motor Co. CiIciI Qinnichs Sales Service CJoih L l auji4j Me i ami Men (Vfur Staif l cnt uj 1( ' 8 West Camj)])ell A ' enue • llassett, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia “ 60 ” Mercury “ 8 ” • Compliments of If there were more Justice WESTERN AUTO there tvould be less need for ASSOCIATE STORE Charity • Strengthen it While in School Bassett, Virginia BEST WISHES Bassett Dry Cleaning and Laundry Co, Bine Ridge Hardware and Supply Company Tncoi ' poratecl Maiiujacturers ' Representatives and Jobbers • MILL SUPPLIES Compliments of TROXLER FURNITURE COMPANY • iMartiiisville — Bassett A ir inia Compliments of YOUNG’S BARBER SHOP YOUR FRIEND Mountain Drug Co. Incorporated H. L. ROBERSON Manager Prescription Druggist • “A Good Drug Store Next to a Good School in a Good Town ' ' • Dial 2261 Bassett, A irglnia Compliments of CROSS LAUNDRY HAL C. RICH, Distributor AND DRY CLEANERS • Standard Oil Company Martinsville, Va. of New Jersey Congratulations • Graduates ! BUY AT THE ESSO SIGN HAPPY MOTORING! • UNDERWOOD GROCERY AND CAFE HUNDLEY INSURANCE Hix-Palmer Company Incorporated AGENCY IMPORTERS AND • WHOLESALE DEALERS Insurance of All Kinds IN DRY GOODS NOTIONS Compliments of FURNISHINGS RHODES DRY CLEANERS HATS, CAPS • • 302-304-806 Salem Avenue Bassett, Va. Bassett, Va. Rakestraw’s Dry Cleaning and Dyeing The Place or Service 5()( 5()8 Center Ave., N. W. BUFORD RAKESTRAW Dial aa’iT Roaiuike, Va. LESTER LUMBER COMPANY, INC. Serving the Public Since 1896 • We Represent and Distribute the World’s Best and Most Famous Building Material • Phones 2196-3115 For Style For Value For Quality LHERM4N Vl anuiLle’s Ikst Store Sincere Service Since 1886 AVERRETT • Fully accredited Junior Col- lege. Emphasizing Liberal Arts, Music, Art, Speech and Dramatics. Secretarial, Pre- Library Science, Physical Education, Home Economics E]ightietli Year. Endowed Kate Catalogue Curtis Bishop, President Danville, Virginia Compliments of THE HUB DEPARTMENT STORE Bassett’s Best Place TO SHOP MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT ERANK’S BOWLING ALI-EYS iMartinsville, Virginia Compliments of REMMER’S JEWELRY CO. Martinsville, A a. STOP AND GAS WITH US • SHORTY’S PLACE MACK-ELLIS CO. CLEANERS AND DYERS Phone 436 217 iMain St. Danville, Va. THE BASSETT PRINTING CO. The Printers Who Are Always Busy • PUBLISHERS OF THE BASSETT JOURNAL Day, Dial 2411 Night, Dial 2186 Compliments of Stone Theatre NATHAN’S Bassetfs Best Department Store METROPOLITAN and LIGHTWHITE FLOURS • Meet Every Baking Need, Because They Are Milled Under Super-Scientific Control, in the “South’s Finest and Best Equipped Flour Mill” . . . Because Service is an Axiom of Our Or- ganization, which Results in Assured Satis- faction to Our Customers • ROANOKE CITY MILLS, INC. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA DEE’S DRUG CO. A Drug Store with a Service That Pleases Yardley ' s and Whitman’s Lines Exclusively • Prescriptions First Phone 3371 Compliments of J . T . HAMLIN Groceries and Meats Compliments of VALLEY GROCERY South Bassett BASSETT FURNITURE TRUCKING CO. WE HAUL ANY THING ANY WHERE ANY TIME Congratulations Coinpliinents of Graduates ! HILL MOTOR COMPANY • BASSE TT CAFE PRILLAMAN MOTOR Coinpliinents of SERVICE S. (), PRILL.UIAN. Proprietor RICHARDSON • ELECTRIC COMPANY DeSoto — Plymouth • Sales and Service Plumbing and Heating Staiileytowii Motor Here is Wishing You Seniors What You Wish For Lines, Inc. Yourself • • MOTOR Bassett Theatre TRANSPORTATION AND o Goody Shop Staiileytown. Va. Bassett, Va. Compliments of Virginia Mirror Company iMartinsville, Va. Try a Texaco Dealer Next Time H. C. LESTER, Agent FOR YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS CALL Roy Stone Transfer 0 Storage Corporation Day 7158 Night 20622 MARTINSVILLE, VA. has crowned you with a halo ot success, no doubt, you will set out for new fields to con- quer, which reminds us we got many of you ready for the school finals. Now let us dress you for your summer vacation, then for college ... or if you will be venturing into the business world, first have us dress you wi th personality-plus. VIRGINIA Dealers in Building Supplies GASSAWAY COLLEGE : IANUFACTURERS Mill Work and Cinder Block of WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SECRETARIAL SCIENCE Valentine Paints and Varnishes AND ACCOUNTING Certain-teed Roofing • • DROAVN BUILDING V. M. DRAPER Martinsville, A irginia Phones : • Day— 2129 Night— 8282 Jackson Street Director iMartinsville — Danville Virginia Floyd E. Gassaavay — B. FORMAN SONS Correct Dress for Women ROANOKE VIRGINIA WOOD’S 9 THE PLACE YOU GET YOUR EATS AS YOU LIKE THEM • North ] a8sett Coiupliinents of SETLIFF GILLEY Dealers in General Merchandise Compliments of ATKINS • Clothes of Style iMartinsville, Va. Philpliott Brothers iMannfactnrers and Dealei ' s in LUMBER AND CROSS TIES 9 G EX E K AL M E RCII AN DISE AND COCNTRY PROUrCE Compliments of iMartinsville, Va. Dairy Products MILK, BUTTER, ICE CREAM • DAILY MILK DELIVERY SERVICE STOP CLOVER TRUCK YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE APPRECIATED • CLOVER CREAMERY, Inc. WE TREAT YOU □ THE WHOLE YEAR O Phone -211 Craig Bassett Compliments of THE SAND WICHER Compliments Compliments of of YOUR SOUTHERN DAIRIES NATIONAL BISCUIT SALESMAN CLASS RINGS, PINS, COMMENCEMENT INVITATIONS MEDALS, TROPHIES, CAPS AND GOWNS, ETC. Walter B. Anderson L. G. Balfour Co. Products Jewelers 111 Broad Grace Arcade Richmond, Virginia e06 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET National Business College Roanoke, Virginia Schools of Business Administration and Secretarial Science Accountancy, Auditing, Income Tax, C. P. A. Coaching, Bookkeeping, Banking, Finance, Office Machines, Stenographic, Secretarial, B. C. S., B. S. S., or H. G. B. degrees in two years. Diploma courses, seven to fifteen months. 700 students. Em- ployment. Coeducational. Athletics. Social activities. For high school graduates and college students. Building and equipment valued at $300,000. Write for 80-page catalog H. Address Registrar, Box 2059, Roanoke, Virginia. Compliments of MORRIS NOVELTY GROCERY COMPANY Martinsville, Va. NELSON HARDWARE COMPANY 1888— 51st Year— 1939 One of Virginians Largest Sporting Goods Jobbers 17 Campbell Avenue, East Roanoke. Va. DONORS « Bassett Beauty Shoppe Rocky Mount Skating Rink Service Printing Co. Dr. D. L. Fleshman Bassett Mirror Co. S. J. Haney Dr. B. R. Willis Ruben Shanker Wade Mercantile Co. Jack Horner Shop W. M. Mitchell W. H. Prillaman Congra tula tions Graduates ! • MORRIS NOVELTY FURNITURE, INC. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MAKE YOUR “ TIMBER TINT ’’ PICTURES WE HOPE TO EXTEND THIS SERVICE TO YOU IN FUTURE YEARS PEARSALL STUDIOS 9 Franklin Koad Opposite N. B. Co. Phone 9161 Compliments of COOPER TATUM Contractors