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

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E. Carl Hoover B. S., M. S. University of Richmond University of Virginia Principal R. P. Via, A. B. Lincoln Memorial University Assistant Principal History , Physical Education Appreciation of faculty To Mr. E. Carl Hoover and Mr. R. P. Via who have instilled within us an inspiration while we worked together we wish to express our gratitude. To the faculty, who has endeavored to show us the way of training our minds, our bodies, our dispositions, our hearts, and our ideals throughout high school, we leave the friendship and admiration of forty seniors. Ruth A. Whitt B. A. Radford College Latin, History, Music Elizabeth T. Ward B. A. Madison College English, Biology Nell Olivia Long B. S., B. A. Madison College College of William and Mary Columbia University Library School Librarian, English, Physics Ethel J. Stone A. B. Bridgewater College Radford College English, History Eunice M. Lipscomb B. S. Madison College Farmville State Teachers College English, Mathematics Mary Ann Pace B. S. Radford College Home Economics Physical Education Mary Louise Matney B. S. Radford College University of North Carolina Algebra, Geometry Edith F. Divers B. S. Ferrum Junior College Madison College Science, Chemistry

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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.”

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Annual [Staff Rolen Bailey. . . . Wayne Spencer. . . James Law Rainie Harris Strother Fulcher Elizabeth Howell Editor Business Manager Treasurer Associate Editor Assistant Business Manager Feature Editor Carolyn Ingram, Chairman Iris Stone Bill Joyce Circulation Esther Weinstein Committee Eugene Stone Helen C. Philpott, Chairman ) Rachel Martin Helen Mason Daphne Craig Marie Eggleston Advertising Com m it tee Helen Smith Virginia Young Club Reporters Mabel Dodson Wilson Thomason Sports Reporters Edith Jones i Bruce Pegram Snapshots Josephine Roger June Moran Typists Billy Young Junior Representative Ray Frith. Sophomore Representative Junior Hylton Miss Ethel |. Stone. Freshman Representative » 2 { 8