Luther P Jackson High School - Cougar Yearbook (Dendron, VA)

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Class Jjtetorp Four years ago a momentous event took place. A new class was born, the class known as the banner carriers of 1957. We numbered about 125. At the beginning the members were shrinking and young. It is only to their credit that they were. Coy looks characterized the girls and awkward feet the boys, but we started our journey through Luther P. Jackson High. The class was divided into two sections under the supervision of Mrs. L. M. Urguart and Miss M. J. Eason. It took a lot of courage, and a bit of time too, to get acquainted with new friends, new teachers, and new subjects. There were two big events at our school in our Freshman year-Homecoming and May Day- and our class was tops in the school with our own Edith Jackson, reigning as queen for the year 52- ' 53. In September, 1953, the class came under the supervision of Miss Marjorie Harris. This was a union destined to continue through graduation. That year and the next were both chock full of pleasant memories. We had climbed the ladder higher and now held a strong determination to make our work more enjoyable than in the years behind us. We had a play in our Sophomore year that was very suc- cessful. It was The Absent Minded Professor starring our own Willie Fields and Frances Flowers. We joined and participated in many of the school ' s sports and activities that year and had a bang up time. Even though many of our classmates had dropped by the way, our Junior year was more outstand- ing than ever before. We gave two plays that year, This Ghost Business starring Clara Gray and The Boarding House Reach starring Sherlock Holmes and Paul Howell. They were very good. Our Junior-Senior Prom was the highlight of the year. Myl, but we had a gala time. That year was ended with a whopping, successful school closing dance with a look ahead to our days as seniors and the ful- fillment of a long awaited dream. In September, 1956, a class of twenty-eight met with a purpose to sail into the final miles of our High School Voyage with a firmer determination to prepare ourselves further for whatever careers lay ahead. We had much to accomplish. There were plays to select and rehearsals to be met, poems to be written, all kinds of materials to be gathered for a yearbook to be published, programs to be gotten out for the various exercises, and a whole horde of other things to be done. We met the tasks with mixed emotions, but with our eyes ever towards our ultimate goal-Graduation. Our memories of school are abundant and good. We learned a little and forgot some of that, but we did work a lot, and we did enjoy the trip. To the students we leave behind, we leave our motto -Shun Idleness; It Is The Rust That At- taches Itself To The Most Brilliant Metals. Edith Jackson

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THE ANNUAL STAFF LEFT TO RIGHT: Douglas Gilchrist, Willie Fields, Sherlock Holmes, Miss M. Harris, Advisor; Carrie Jones, Avis Bailey. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sherlock Holmes CO-EDITOR Douglas Gilchrist BUSINESS MANAGER Avis Bailey ADVERTISING MANAGER •••••.... Willie Fields TYPISTS Carrie Jones Josephine Spratley Lillian Bailey FOREWORD With the passing of time, the echoes of our school life will grow fainter and fainter, and then die away. Gone forever will be the routine of school life, the fun we had, and the friends we made. It is the hope of the 1 957 COUGAR staff that, as you glance through this book in the years to come, you will recapture the moments — and the echoes will begin again. Sponsored By R.L. DAVIS SON, CONTRACTORS Brick - Cinderblock - Wood Working - Cementing Everything For The House Lovely And Beautiful Route 1, Box 20, Spring Grove, Va. Phone: 4281

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Dedication As a means of showing our appreciation to Miss Marjorie Harris, who for the past three ears has given unselfishly of her time and wisdom, we wish to dedicate the COUGAR of 1957 to her. We cannot express our gratefulness toward her, in a sense, for her encouragement and enthusiasm for making us better citizens. She has helped to make our work enjoyable and peaceful, and we sincerely trust that this book will be a reminder, for years to come, of her efforts shown toward us.