Luther Foster High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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Admin istration To the seniors of 1957 J. B. WOODSON, Principal Dear Friends: Again, we come to the parting of the ways. And, again, it is time to extend what we sometimes consider final good wishes, congratulations and last-minute admonitions. Certainly for me a last-min¬ ute admonition seems desirable. It grows out of a soul-deep urge which I find myself unable to ignore. As much as I should like to say to you that your high school achievements will assure a successful future - as much as I should like to let optimism be the dominant thought in these last words to you as your principal - I still find myself constrained to offer a work of caution even at this hour. Your high school graduation represents an achievement for which you have reasons to be justifiably proud. Mastery of the subject-matter involved in the various courses taken is undoubtedly an indication that you do possess many of the basic skills and abilities necessary to success. Further study and further mastery of skills and techniques should be relatively easy - and certainly possible. My final admonition to you, however, has to do with attitudes of the spirit rather than accomplishments of the mind. In the days that lie ahead, I think you will need more and more to concentrate on the development of spiritual strength and the maintenance of emotional balance. You are going out into a world that is pregnant with distractions, delusive appeals, selfish proposals, prejudices, bitter feelings and confusing ideologies. In the midst of these influences, you will most certainly find yourselves often confused and perplexed. At times even your faith in mankind may be shaken to the depths. Therefore, you will be needing an abundance of faith and also an ever-increasing power of endurance. Where will i t come from? I hardly need add that it must come from within. Briefly, let me suggest that you rely on yourselves and on the Divine guidance of the One who possesses all power - and who will bountifully bestow same upon you if you are in receptive mood. In Quietness and in Confidence Shall be your Strength. (See Isaiah 30:15) With very best wishes, Your principal, James B. Woodson

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Dedication This year the Bulldog Staff - and the entire student body and faculty - are hap¬ py to honor a man who has devoted thirteen of the best years of his life to the im¬ provement of educational facilities for all the children of Nottoway County. Mr. Charles H. Bevell was born in Boydton, Virginia-, (MecklenburgCounty) on December 14, 1901. At the age of 29 (April, 1930) he moved to Blackstone, Virginia, and began work as a Manager for the A P Grocery Company. In 1941 he went into business for himself as a partner in the Hamner-Bevell Funeral Home. This establishment soon became one of the most outstanding mortuary establish¬ ments in southside Virginia. In 1945 Mr. Bevell sold his interest in the funeral home and went into the hardware business. As President of the Farmers Hardware and Supply Company of Blackstone, he has helped make that business one of the biggest and best of its kind in this section of Virginia. Most important of all in our thinking now, however, is the contribution of this great man to the improvement of the schools of Nottoway County. Mr. Bevell served on the school board for a continuous period of thirteen years. He was chair¬ man of the Board for the last four years. Our own Foster High School was planned and built during Mr. Bevell’s time of service on the School Board. He has always taken the stand that better schools would make a better community. With that philosophy he worked faithfully, courageously, tirelessly - and we would add - fearlessly, for the establishment and maintenance of the very best schools that could possibly be financed for all the children of Nottoway County. Mr. Bevell has just resigned from the School Board. The press of his other business obligations made this necessary. We shall certainly miss him. We wish for him many, many more years of success and happiness in all his undertakings.

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Administration Felicitations To The Class of 1957 Let your aims be worthy Your aspirations high Your designs wise And your purpose steadfast. Conamore. MRS. SALLIE B. COLEMAN MISS GRETA CAUTHERN, Assistant Secretary - VERNON CLARK, Assistant Principal After having received the necessary and basic elements for your future well-being, it is both logical and sound judgement that you apply these fundamentals to everyday situations in which you find yourselves. The realization of the importance of an elementary background and venturing ahead in quest of ad¬ ditional knowledge and understanding should reap for you the greatest of benefits. Successfully yours, Vernon Clark