Pennington High School - Rock Yearbook (Pennington Gap, VA)

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tilIg2i.'li1Q.,,-f.'JAG'-.f . Class Hmsroav ' It was in the fall of '37 that we, the proud Freshmen of P. H. S., took our rightful position in lligh School. We were a bit green we will now admit, but as all other Freshmen before us, we thought that we were sitting on top of the world. The days came and went each filled with classes and study periods entirely different from what we had been accustomed to in Grade School. C Our first year marched happily away and as a yearly event our Freshmen teachers took us to the movies. That year we enjoyed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Then we were separated for three short months. The following September about fifty lively Sophomores enterv ed The New High School Building' which contained a better equipped library than we had the previous year. During-this year our class boasted three or four basket ball players- iwhoi helped bring our High School teams home victorious. Miss Gibson organized a Glee Club in which many Sophomores took part. An exciting trip to the newly completed Norris Dam brought our Sophomore year to a close. Our junior year arrived on wings, and we helped it fly along. Mr. Mitchell began organizing a band, which has proved to be a cred'- it to our school. Near the end of school we took a trip to Big Ridge Park, one of the most out-standing trips of High School Days. VVe returned to start planning our junior and Senior Banquet which was held on May lst and carried out the May Day idea with Evelyn Kirk as May Queen au:l Mary Arden Skaggs, Ruth Campbell, Virginia Lee Brooks and Virginia Pegg as her court. The courteous Seniors, to show their gratitude for such a lovely banquet, honored us with a dance given at the Commercial Hotel. Thus we came to the end of our thirdfjiappy year of High School. ,rt V is , l ,. .an 'i l, ylz fa. 1 v li 1 2 bu , V ax. . 5 .34 .1 ir' .fr Q N lm ' W5 ev? T 1 fi li li fl! it jx he fl ,ag , is 35' Q, ff iifi t l if ' i - ,A 33 sw

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,, rt. ll . Q. M 5 -xX- ' ,,,,,.f'ITig- .f..A i f w ...,..xlf u The fall of 1940 found the iiD1gH1f1Cd Seniors waiting eager A Q 1 W isa.. xg ft Z': is ...fire 4 fx... me fir - 'U ' -H ' .1 z A 533 nk ,. O 0 Q I - ,gi U v 0 T34 ly at the door This finally was what we had waited and worked for We had watched with admiration the upper classmen who went forth each year to find a 'place for themselves in the world. But having nearly reached our goal, we were joyous, yet saddened knowing that this would be the ,last year that our class as a whole would be together. But we put away these sad thoughts and plunged into the swing of things. VVe, being Seniors, had the privelage of taking over the P. H. S. press which published monthly papers. On Halloween we treated ourselves to a masquarade party at the Municipal Building. We decided to show our kind feelings toward the juniors and gave them a dance at the-Commercial Hotel during the Christmas Holi- days. The juniors returned the favor some weeks later at the same Hotell i y p ' V Immediately afterwards our High School Teachers directed a negro minstrel which was the most successful performance' given in several years. It was then time to begin our year book. The officers whom Mr. Beeleif appointed began work. ' I U A A Near the eloseof school, the Juniors gave the .Senior Class a banquet. Then came the long awaited graduation exercises. :On june l2th, fifty-two young men and women will receive a diploma, a key to the outside world. But this is not all, on June l5thi the Seni- ors will embarke upon the exciting trip to Washington, D. C. WVe, so called Seniors now at the end of our High School davs look back with shining eyes to the happiness we have had. We know that we can never re-live those days. We wish to express here our sincere gratitude to our principal, and his faculty who have play- ed such an important part in our High School Life. t VVe as the Seniors of Pennington High School of 1941 feel that we, through the help of God, have a glorious future awaiting us. By Virginia Lee Brooks sv e , s . . .. wr F1 .wk 2 v l r K. if .. 2 X