Mount Airy High School - Airmont Yearbook (Mount Airy, NC)

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From the past 1800 ' s - Miss Lizzie Gilmer operated one of the private schools for girls. 1902 - Surry County had 81 teachers. The average salary was $22.50 a month. School property was valued at $35,000. 1916 - Teachers were paid $38.00 per month. School property valuation rose to $120,000. 1916 - There were no longer any log school houses in the country. 1951 - New high school was dedicated and put into use. (RIGHT) 1960-61 seniors work on a journalism assignment. (BELOW) These 1951-52 senior English students were a part of the first graduating class from the new high school. ADMINISTRATION 14

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On On Our Scdool, On Our ' down Retiring last spring, Miss Ada Haymore left a big gap in our school life and even bigger memories of love and respect. For 32 years, along with know¬ ledge of Latin, she gave her students a liberal edu¬ cation in her exacting standards of conduct, disci¬ pline, and work and in her continued interest in all phases of life. MISSHAYMORE ' S LOVE of Latin and of her youngsters built not only an unusually strong Latin department but also a strong in¬ fluence on generations of students. MISS HAYMORE (END OF TABLE) enjoys a farewell banquet with her Latin IV class and receives a watch from the Latin Club.

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FACULTY, STUDENTS FOCUS ON 15