Pine Level High School - Pine Needle Yearbook (Pine Level, NC)

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publrshed In 1949 Mlss Krng who became our County Supervrsor of Hrgh Schools was replaced by Mr I C Mo zrngo Prne Level School contrnued to expand To meet these expans1ons a new elementary burldrng contarnlng four classrooms a teachers lounge a school cafeter1a and a home economrcs room was constructed Two years later rn 1956 two more elementary rooms were added to the new elementary burldrng The old hrgh school burldrng was also torn down and work was begun on a new agrrcultural burld mg to replace rt That burldrng and two more elementary rooms were completed rn December of 1957 ln 1960 due to the steady 1ncrease 1n the number of students rn hrgh school another new wrng was added to the tarns a new I-hgh School Lrbrary and a new scrence room The county bought the communrty burldrng rn 1961 and remodeled and added to rt Thrs rncluded new dressrng rooms and a new heatrng system Th1s IS now used as a gym After frfteen years of servrng as prrncrpal of Prne Level School Mr Mozrngo left to become Supervrsor of Jolmston County Hrgh Schools rn 1964 He was replaced by Mr Robert B Prrce our present prrncrpal Compare the frrst graduatrng class of nrne students to the present senror class of thrrty three and one can see how our Hrgh School has grown Today there are seven hrgh school teachers a pub 11c school musrc teacher a 11brar1an and a school secretary There IS an enrollment of 155 students of whrch 33 are senrors S ' 1 y o f - - . , . . . . 1 1 . I ' 9 , . , - Q home economics room and cafeteria. This new wing con- . , . 1 . I - . . , . . , . Q .

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SCHOCL HISTORY A one room bu1ld1ng wrth a srngle teacher for erght grades marked the beg1nn1ng of P1ne Level School rn 1911 The enrollment at that trme was twenty f1VC puplls Bu durrng the next twelve years changes were made ln 1924 and 1925 a new burldrng a srxty thousand dollar plant that was Pme Level s frrst hrgh school was bu1lt There were no graduates that year By 1928 the school had 1ncreased rts faculty to two h1gh school and elght elementary teachers but st1ll there was no graduatlng class Pr1or to 1932 students from the Pme Level area were graduated from erther Smrthfreld or Selma hlgh schools In 1932 Prne Level proudly presented drplomas to the nrne members of IIS f1rst graduatrng class At th1s tlme there crpal Students rece1v1ng these drplomas were Inez Crumpler Edward Lee Prlkrngton Margaret Holt B G ae I E Parker M1ll1e Lee Strrckland Ednaj Peedrn Ethel Thompson Chester W11k1DS From 1932 to 1945 few records of the school were re tarned because of the Depressron of the Th1rt1es and World War II Dunng thls trme the school had three prrncrpals After Mr Jerome left Mr Lrttle took hrs posrtron He was later replaced by Mr Earle Funderbuck Mr Funder buck left us to frght 1n the war Hrs replacement was Mr Boyette who remarned here unt1l 1945 at whlch trme MISS Rena Krng became our f1rst and only lady pr1nc1pal It was under her gurdance that rn 1947 the Prne Needle was frrst 1 1. . - . . . t, were four high school teachers. Mr. J. T. JSTOTTIC W3S Dfifl' . . R

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3 1. Harl to thee our Alma Mater Dear old school how we love you' We ll shout your prarse where er we go Dear School And to your name be ever true Here s to thee P1ne Level Hrgh School Always wrll we honor thee Our lrves wrll show Dear School how we love you We w1ll be forever true For thrrty three years these words have echoed through the halls of P1ne Level Hrgh School as Senrors have graduated They w1ll sound agarn rn June of Ih1S year and then wrll rrng no more for P1ne Level I-hgh w1ll no longer CXISI Even though IIS lrfe has come to an end 1ts spurt w1ll lrve forever rn the hearts of those who have walked these hallowed halls 1 I ' 7 I . , . . . I . o 1 . . 1 . I . 9 .