Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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Senior Class Officers Giles Walker President Rosamond Calhoun Vice-President Naomi Hopkins , .. Secretary Edwin Hastings, Treasurer

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Y F A C U L T CHARLOTTE VIRGINIA MEEK Seventh Grade ELIZABETH NEFF, B.A., M.A. History English LEON NOEL, B.A. Chemistry Physical Education Co-Sponsor of Monogram Club Coach of Boys ' Basketball Coach of Football of Softball ■? mARTHA ELIZABETH SAUNDERS, B.S. Home Economics Science DOROTHY C. ROBERSON, B.S. Mathematics MARIGOLD SCOTT, A.B., M.A. Latin English Assistant Principal Sponsor Girls ' Hi-Y CAROLYN C. SHEFFEY, B.S. English . History Science Sponsor of Torch-Y GILMER THOMAS SLUSSER, State Certificate Band Orchestra RUTH N. STEPHENSON, Diploma in Music Music Sponsor of Glee Club ANTHONY JOHN TAFFS, B.A., M.A. History English French Co-Sponsor of The Scarlet Flash Sponsor of Junior Class ANN TUCKER, B.S. English History Mathematics NANCY B. WORLEY, B.S. English History Spanish Chairman of the Sale of Bonds and Stamps

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Class History It was ' way, ' way back in the fall of 1940 that, with much ambition and curiosity, we entered into a beautiful new building and what were to be the most exciting days of our life. The older students made us seventh graders feel that we were definitely a part of the high school by letting us have a large representation at the Holston District S.C.A. meeting. That year our Glee Club won high honors in the county contest, along with a number of spellers. 1941- 42 looked upon us as the underdogs or rats , but we proved our strength and ability at Field Day, under the direction of Mr. Carmack. The State Board of Education saw us coming and made physical education compulsory. 1942- 43 was a rather quiet year, although we fought our way through algebra prob¬ lems, Ancient History questions, and Latin vocabularies. 1943- 44 brought us nearer our goal. Two of the most outstanding events of the year were the Hi-Y banquet and the Junior-Senior picnic. Of course we all looked forward to and en¬ joyed very much the themes written in history! 1944- 45 saw us reach our destination. This was a very busy year as it is with all seniors. The most outstanding events were the Hi-Y banquet, the play, The Scarecrow Creeps, (which, incidentally, broke all records in attendance), the picnic, the prom, and finally graduation. In the defense program, we have contributed our time, effort and ability by having a number of boys serve as messengers and firefighters; buying war bonds and stamps, and contributing to all the civic and patriotic drives the school has undertaken. Here we want to give honorable mention to the boys from our class now in the armed forces. Four we espe¬ cially miss are John Pennington, Earl Cregger, Jimmy Vaught, and Rex Jones. Also in connec¬ tion with the defense program, special pre-induction classes are being taught to the boys ex¬ pecting to leave soon after graduation. Although we have the smallest class to be graduated from the new building, the smart¬ est, and the youngest, we have been well represented in such clubs as Torch-Y, Hi-Y, Beta, Science, Personality, Pep, Collecting, Glee, and Home Ec. Many were in the first band organ¬ ized and entered the contests at Radford and Johnson City, where superior rating was be¬ stowed upon them. We proudly sent one of our number to the S.C.A. meeting in Wytheville as district secretary this year. • In sports we won fame, too. The boys ' basketball team journeyed to Roanoke to enter the tourname nt this year. The girls ' drill team, the snake dances, and dances after games helped create enthusiasm. The teams will miss a number of our boys and girls next year. As the time for graduation approaches, we, the senior class of 1945, wish to thank all of our teachers and friends who have been so kind and patient with us all these years, helping us to prepare ourselves for our future life.