King High School - Cabin Yearbook (King, NC)

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CARL M. FELTS Principal Greetings from our beloved principal: Seniors of 1953, during the past twelve years your interests have been my interests. I have been interested in your efforts. I know you have ambition and enthusiasm, but my message to you is to strive to always have a strength of purpose and character enough to push on to the successful completion of your goal in life. It will be a supreme delight to you in seeing a job well done. Strive to keep the spirit of helpfulness and earnest endeavor that characterizes our schoolg dare to dream of the future and strike boldly to make those dreams come true. Keep your principles high and clean, for as in all life 'principle is the principal thing'. Wonderful opportunities are yours. While my generation has seen great changes, your generation will see miraculous changes in mankind. Explore these new frontiers boldly and courageouslyg for this is your opportunity. vour hope, and your joy. ' 3

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ADMINISTRATION R. M. GREEN County Superintendent 9 2 1 'Qi uf' 'V' A- E- GARNEK MRS. GRACE RODENBOUCl-I County Sflpefffi-'07 County Supervisor V R. S. REDDINGS I. W. GENTRY O. P. GREEN LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD 2

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KING-'S CABIN In keeping with the original name of our town, we have chosen KING'S CABIN as the title of our 1953 yearbook. We are especially indebted to Mt. Theodore Newsome for the historical facts and thebackground herewith presented. Many veterans from the Revolutionary War passed through Stokes County and many settled here. Among those who settled here was a man by the name of Charles King. He built a little log cabin near where the home of A. S. Francis now stands. It was for this man that the little town was called King. With the coming of a railroad through King in 1887, the town began to grow. Mark Chopplin opened the first store in King. It stood just north of the railroad crossing near Mr. Francis's home. The first post office was located in Chopplin's store. This store was the center of town for many years. Soon after a railway station was built by the Grabs Brothers and the people of the community. The post office was moved near the station. About this time we got our first doctor. Dr. jacob Knight came to King from Colfax. He lived in a small log house which stood just across the road from the O. L. Rains home. ' Before we got a doctor the town had a school, which was a one-room log cabin and stood near the home of Mrs. P. W. Gunter. Wince Fulton was the first teacher. In 1904 the school district known as Hardluck and Hustler was consolidated into the King School district, and a new frame building was erected. In 1909 this two-room building was jacked up and two rooms were put underneath the old rooms. This was the year King High School was established with Professor Coggins as principal. F. T. Smith was the county superintendent. This was the first public high school in Stokes County. About 1911 a new frame building was erected where the present baseball diamond is located. There was no auditorium, so for commencement programs, the teachers marchd the children down to the Old Tabernacle, a large circular building which was used for all public meetings at that time. Several years later an auditorium and more rooms were added to the building. The following were at the head of the school during these periods: 1911-12, Bivens, 1913-15, Hiatt, 1915-17, A. R. Phillipsg 1917-18, Britt, 1918-22. T. T. Smith: 1922-24, H. A. Carroll, 1924-25, G. C. Bush, 1925-27, H. A. Carroll, 1927-32, C. C. Carrollg 1932-to present, C. M. Felts. In 1928 the present modern brick school building was erected. Later came a new gymnasium, agriculture building, home economics building and a lunch room. In September 1952 we, the four high school grades, entered our new modern brick building. We feel it is to the advantage of both grades and high school to have separate buildingsg and the class of '53, deem it a privilege to be the nrst graduates from the new building. 4