Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Tyecficaiion “A teacher affects eternity: lie can never tell where his influence stops.” ' Mr. Robert G. Churn, Athletic Director and history teacher, has found that magic combination of eternal youth, adult maturity, and teen-age understanding. By his influence, all of his students have become better citizens as well as persons. Mr. Churn’s classes are both enjoyable and stimulating. His flare for incorporating anecdotes with history brings past events into the reality of the classroom. His students will always remember the allies of World War H — Russia, England, France, and the Marine Corps, his imitation of Khrushchev, the two Jima Monument (he facetiously claims to be third from the left), and the SPCA. But most of all, we will remember his friendly smile, his love for history, and his concern for others. Coach Churn graduated from our own Petersburg High School and then immediately joined the Marines. After his basic training at Paris Island, he was assigned to the First Joint Assault Signal Company of the First Marine Division. He saw duty during the Okinawa Campaign and occupation duty in North China. With his congenial personality he must have been the United States’ greatest good-will ambassador. After the war, Mr. Churn attended Randolph-Macon College where he was captain of the baseball team and a member of the All-State Baseball Team of 1948. When he came back to teach at Petersburg High School, he became varsity baseball coach and then Athletic Director. Perhaps his greatest contribution is his high ideals of sportsmanship which he instills in every Petersburg athlete and spectator. Because of his concern for others, his service to Petersburg High School, and his high ideals, we, the MISSILE staff of 1965, with sincere gratitude, dedicate this annual to Mr. Robert G. Churn — our teacher, coach, Christian gentleman, and friend. The Education of Henry Adams — Henry Brooks Adams 8

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Jirsi Cjniries of Sc ioof Sfe As the bell rings, signalling the first class change, eighth graders promptly leave their homerooms in the recently built temporary outside buildings, once more beginning another day. Just commencing their high school careers, they eagerly look forward to future years and anticipate a diary well-filled with memories. 7

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MR. ROBERT G. CHURN Athletic Director and History Teacher 9