Jones Valley High School - Brownie Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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In 1884, just twenty years after the close of the Civil War, the people of Powderly planned and built the Sunnyside Academy which burned in 1918. Jones Valley High School did not formally exist until 1921, when the new Jones Valley High School and Elementary School was opened with Charles E. Harrison as principal. Mr. C. W. Phillips became principal in 1922, and he was succeeded by Mr. A. E. Driggers in 1942. The first football team played in overall uniforms. The Brownies acquired that name because of the brown stain left on the uni- forms from ore deposits in the ground. Since 1 then, football, baseball, basketball and track - to name a few - have attained recog- nition in the field of athletics at Jones Valley High School. On November 11, 1961, Jones Valley High School was burned. The main building was totally destroyed except for the auditorium, around which the new school was built. Many long hours of work, many ingenious methods of raising funds, many prayers, and much sacrifice went into the rebuilding of Jones Valley. While Jones Valley was being rebuilt, students were separated, but wherever they were - at Jones Valley Elementary School, at Phillips, in the church, or in temporary buildings - they were united in spirit. 4 4 I ALMA MATER Words by Miss Thelma Cams, in 1922 As the black and the gold of our banner so bright Fills our hearts full of joy and pride, To our dear ole Jones Valley we ' ll always be true. No matter what else may betide. We have pledged all our love, all our loyalty too, To maintain the high standards begun. May the gold never tarnish, the black ne ' er grow dim, Till the goal of our hopes has been won.

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