Martinsville High School - Mavahi Yearbook (Martinsville, VA)

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Whalwfwfpzhwen S wi IN September, 1939, a shy and-as our superiors thought-a very ignorant Freshman Class stumbled across Cleveland Avenue to that mysterious building-High School! We were divided into two groups, one led by Miss Margaret Farrar and the other by Miss Lucille Gillespie, the former elected Billy joe Franklin as president, and the latter, Mary Mason Mills. In the spring, we moved into the new High School building where we completed our Fresh- man year. The following fall, we lost both of our sponsors, Miss Farrar, to an out-of-town school, and Miss Gillespie to the junior I-Iigh. Although we were sorry to lose them, we welcomed Miss Wray and Mr. Burnett who have been with us ever since. When we elected the class officers this year, Fred Rush and ' 'Dupen Hollifield were chosen as presidents. We have been in High School only a short time, but the schools attention has been Ear ' J as --.ge e fd-59431. -Q-d.. 5 - , A 'meage- MISS WRAY'S ROOM l Lipford, Love- Z 540 all Mace, Newman, GNJQ7 2' Pace, Prillaman, ,sax-ff QIH Rush, Smith, Tut- ' ' A tle, Weaver, Whit- ZQL? ad, ne, wood, Mc- N Cullough, D. Les- -Uci ter, Major, Merri- .1 man, Mills, New- ' na 69 , jman, Parrish, Reed, 'Pu Iii' 16 Ko!! Strait, Stultz, .. Turner, Walton, LJU 6 Wolpert, Wingfield, uf' W I V' Pauline. -'Sark 0 ,Q . ., 5 Cb A 3 5 8 XL. I sis- e X turned toward several members of our class- Mary Taliferro Parrish, winner of local, state, and national essay contests, Margaret Walton who holds the Womack Scholarship Medal, and Ruby Barrow who promises to be an outstand- ing basket ball player. ln january of the year in which we entered High School, another Freshman Class joined us. We think they had better speak for them- selves-let's see what they have to say: That day in january, a smaller class of Freshmen followed the one which had entered in the fall, a class not so shy as the other. It was midterm and with the confusion of report cards, we thought we might slip in unnoticed, but we misjudged our upper classmen! Miss Miller was our home-room teacher that semester, and she helped us build up our class with Earl Simpson as president, who still holds the same ofhce. When we entered the new building, Miss Miller needed almost all

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MISS GRAVLEYS ROOM Barbour, Burge, Carter, Jr., Cockran, A. Dillon, C. Dillon, V. Dillon, Simmons, Minter. Aaron, Acker, Allen, Anderson, Barrow, Beer, Bowman, Bradshaw, Briggen, Brock, D. Campbell, H. Campbell, E. Carter, M. Carter l-l. Clarke, K. Clarke, P. Clarke, Cockran, Corns, Crouch Cummings, F. Davis, L. Davis, DeLancy, Hill, Riggan, Riddle. M l SS KREGEPCS ROOM Doyle, Easley, Hcdgecoclc, I-Iurd, Ingram, Joyce, Katisfos, Link, Loury, G. Morris, J. Morris, Morgan, Morse. Draper, Franklin, Finney, Fox, Haskins, Haynes, Huddlc, Hurd, Koger, Leake, Lester, Minter, Mort, J. Miles, Miller, McGhee, Martin Thomasson. OR the first time in the history of the school a junior varsity football team was organized. Mr. Marion S. Brooks, our coach, attempted to teach us the fundamentals of the game. Miss Nancy Gravely coached our girls' basket ball team and Mr. J. R. Kirk coached the boys' team. We didn't have a regular schedule in any of these sports, but we en- joyed each of them and we hope that what we have learned will make it possible for us to make the varsity team in future years. When the Seniors sponsored a beauty pageant, one of our classmates, Gloria Vass, won the title of Miss Junior High. In the Senior High School there was an- other division of our class, really our superiors, because their high school days began ahalf year 'before ours did. When they became Freshmen in January, 1940, Mr. W. H. Crock- ford was their home-room teacher. He stayed with them only one semester, Mr. Marion Brooks took his place. In their first class election, John Whittle was chosen president. Since joining the ranks of high school students, members of this class have. belonged to the various clubs and have taken part in athletics. Wayne Hunclley and Billy Chappell were awarded letters for their excellent foot- ball playing last season. Our Freshman days are over now and we are eager to see what lies ahead of us when we shall answer to that wonderful name- Sophomore.

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s Wingficlcl,J.Wondy i N MISS BOYD'S ROOM L. Barbour, J. Franklin, Jr., J. Morgan. D. Mczrsc, B. Owen, C. Pink- ard, J. Pinkard, E. Simpson, C. Starkey, C. Sle- phcns, H. Thoma- son, L. Weaver, B. R. Cardwell, L. Critz, B. Harding, A. Hill, C. l-lurrcll, V. Joyce, K. Luw- son, I. LesLcr, O. Meade, E. Minrer, L. Minter, M. Mor- wrr' s gan, C Pearson. , , ' , ,A . 1 ' . ', 1'73,1':T?E2 -M A . -. 1, . .1 -.Q : , 'Y-gf 22-'-'Y'- - '-'1- ---7-L . - Q iw, 5 ti 0, -. . - , , - ' 'Fvw I f-1 I 3 gk!-GO' ... ' - .-f 9 MR .J a M. , i . of her time for the library, so Miss Boyd be- came our sponsor. Under her supervision, we have given several programs in chapel, and our class is represented in almost all of the High School Clubs. C h a p m a n Craig, V. C. Donavant, M. Fitzgerald, J. Har- ris, M. Hooker, E. Ingram, J. Ingram, N. Jarrett, R. Go- ins, M. Harrigar, A. Daniel. We, the Sophomores of Martinsville High School, have come a long way in these two years, our shyness has vanished, our hopes are soaring ancl we are eagerly awaiting the coming years. W aka :J ,f J