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

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4 - Clyde Eggleston U. S. Navy William Johnston U. S. Army Randolph Dyer U. S. Army ' Dedication To our former classmates now in military service, who sacrificially submitted themselves to the inevitable task of insuring every color, race, and creed — PEACE! Furthermore, to Miss Ethel Stone, our tireless Christian leader, who has faithfully exemplified the principles of better living to us, we, the Senior Class of ’45, in humble gratitude dedicate this edition of Timber Tints. Miss Ethel J. Stone

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foreword Old Glory is a symbol of unity, endeavor, and aspiration. It represents the ideals and institutions which have made our country great. These are the same principles that make a school great. United, we, the Class of ' 45, have endeavored to carry out the ideals for which our school and country stands. Through disappointment and attainment we have been comrades, enjoying the companionship of each of our classmates, teachers, and friends. In order that our school-day memories will forever live, we publish the 1945 edition of Timber ' Tints.

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Editorial With a glance at the engraved picture on the cover-front of this Timber Tints edition we see symbolized the location on which our world-renowned town, Bassett, is situated. Yes, as in other communities, water, land, and trees (that inspire us by their upward reach) were some of nature’s first gifts to appear on the scene of this thriving community. Along the banks of Smith River in Henry County, in 1902, a small furni- ture plant was established under the creditable leadership of J. D. Bassett, Sr. Constructive, steadfast directors have now developed this one-time small industry of bed room and dining room furniture into a mammoth industry comprising eleven modern factories which constitute the Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. The purpose of the finished products of these factories is to provide comfort and to beautify our houses. Furthermore, making each house a home is no easy task, but the town churches faithfully endeavor to stimulate this desire. Many young men and women from the populace of Bassett have momen- tarily migrated over the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains to take jobs in war emergency defense plants and in the various divisions of our armed forces for the humane purpose of helping the war-weary needy to obtain the same happiness and freedom possessed in our town, but those same indi- viduals look forward to returning to this, their home community, after the war. This progressive world is constantly providing new markets, new scien- tific materials, and more economic, as well as attractive, designs for furni- ture. Through these fields of opportunity, the Bassett Furniture Industries and its employees are aided in their daily obligations of producing better people and better things for a better world. Bassett truly is an exemplified picturesque fruit of “a tree planted by the rivers of water.”