Powell Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Big Stone Gap, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1960 volume:

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA O . ■ 8 23 Virginia High School League 150 ) ' P bi llbO Property of J e Library of Virginia Richmond, VA ¥ The VALHALLA Presented by the Senior Class of Powell Valley High School Big Stone Gap, Virginia FOREWORD A dream, vague and nebulous at first, grew in the minds of the parents and interested citizens of two communities. Big Stone Gap and East Stone Gap. A dream, large, imposing, and expensive, began to become a wavering possibility when the big question of the bond issue was proposed. That dream became a reality on November 1, 1959. This is no ordinary dream; it is a costly dream which will seek to mold and develop students ' ideas and aspirations and to ultimately make those students better, ' more alert citizens of our community, state, and nation. The building, a dream reality, is nothing more than a shell, a mere structure, until the lifeblood of students and teachers give it an intellectual soul, its very life. This building will serve as the home for boys and girls as they strive to solve the many puzzles and thorny problems of the day. It will be the source of pleasant memories of tomorrow. Thousands of students will enter this building, each bringing with him his own special phantom, his own special hopes. Happiness, fright, curiosity, sadness, anticipation, intrigue, and scintillating laughter will all pass through the doors to give the building life and tradition. Powell Valley High School sows now the seeds of tradition. Students and faculty will mold and shape a personality, a tradition of excellence in all fields: athletics, fine arts, sciences. At the same time this responsibility does not rest upon the shoulders of students and faculty alone. It rests upon the parents, the friends, the community as a whole. Because what the community expects of the high school, the high school will become. It is imperative that the community encourage, yes even demand, the best from Powell Val- ley students. Powell Valley High School is more than just a building, more than just a football team, more than just a band; it is an intellectual community. With this first edition of the VALHALLA begins a tradition, the tradition of a pictorial assessment of a year ' s work. We hope that it is and always will be a true reflection of the student body. Thus the VALHALLA seeks to record here the beginning. ...in the beautiful Powell Valley . .. the foundations were poured... and the building began to take form. 2w and grew and grew into. . . . i . bbbbbbb b sbbbbbbbb iqiiidi B niiin ns . ■■■■■)(■ .BB ■■■!■■ JaHaBBaao paBiBani a ; B IBas� atsaHt � 9i«na� «i«iailpwtt B BSSIII BtBBBtIB ..a magnificent build ing.. Powell Valley High School consolidating BIG STONE GAP HIGH SCHOOL And EAST STONE GAP HIGH SCHOOL DR. J. J. KELLY, JR, DEDICATION The people who really leave a mark in this world are the people who dare to strive to do the everyday job in an unusual way. Education, probably more than any other profession, presents an everlasting challenge to those men and women in whose hands rest the responsibility of teaching and guiding young people. Probably no pro- fession has as great an influence on the future as does the field of education. Rare in this work-a-day world is a man who knows what he wants and sets about to ac- complish it in an unassuming, yet tireless way. The Wise County School System has been privileged to have such a person at its helm for forty-three years. Dr. J. J. Kelly, Jr., an outstanding educator, has been the guiding force through prosperity, depression, progressive education, and the present swing back to an emphasis on academics. At all times he has pursued an educational policy which has proved to be both realistic and visionary. To Dr. Kelly we affectionately dedicate this, the first edition of the VALHALLA. i glimpses of OPEN HOUSE r ’rincipal Harley Stallard and Mr. C. T. Sexton in the main foyer. Mr. Gibbs, Jill Banner, Sammie Rhea Halstead, and Jo Susan Hoi I i- field entertain with music in the Choral Room. Betsy Banks, Ralph Shuler, and Nita Holding are three of the many hosts and hostesses on the big day. Miss Daisy Fitts and Mrs. Kathleen Horne are at home in the Home Ec Department. Miss Scott shows off the library to Wynn Rose and Joe Frank Smitty, Jr. Part of the 1875 guests enter the new Powell Valley High School. Principal Stallard and Mrs. Arnold, the school secretary, be- come acquainted with the new DuKane intercom system. Mr. Gibbs leads the first line through the cafeteria. Hum. . .? MR HARLEY STALLARD MR. W. D. RICHMOND ADMINISTRATION DR. J. J. KELLY, JR., our able Division Superintendent, has served the Wise County school system diligently and well for the past forty-three years and is recognized as the dean of superintendents by educational leaders in the State. MR. HARLEY STALLARD, who came to Powell Valley High School from Big Stone Gap High School, has had an enormous job to put into operation the intricacies of consolidating two schools. MR..W. D. RICHMOND is our very capable Director of Instruction of Wise County Schools and has had great influence upon the quality of instruction in our county. MRS. PATSY ARNOLD serves Powell Valley as the Principal ' s efficient secretary. MRS, PATSY ARNOLD Wise County School Board. Left to right: Dr. J. J. Kelley, Jr., Mr. E. D. Ireson, Roberson District; Mr. J. E. Hilton, Lipps District; Dr. F. E. Handy, Richmond District, Chairman; Mr. G. C Wharton, Gladeville District; Mr. W. D. Richmond. Director of Instruction. BOTTS BROADWATER H. BROOKS W. BROOKS FACULTY MRS. FRANCES BOTTS, a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a sponsor of an eighth grade homeroom, teaches General Science 8 and 9. MISS SARAH BROAD- WATER, who attended Virginia Interment College and has an A. B. degree from Hollins College, teaches Algebra 9 and 10, plane geometry, and History 12. She is a junior sponsor. MRS. HAZEL BROOKS, having graduated from Lincoln Memorial Univer- sity with a B. S. degree, teaches general science and American history. MRS. WILMA BROOKS, sponsor of a senior class and the Hi-Y Club, teaches Algebra 9 and 10, and physics. She is a graduate of Lincoln Memorial University and has a B. S. degree MR. ANSON D. CAUDILL, an eighth grade homeroom sponsor, teaches English 8 and 9. He is a graduate of Lincoln Memorial University and has a B. S. degree. MRS MARY FRANCES CLOUD, who attended Radford College and Clinch Valley College, has a B. S. degree. She teaches English 8, 9, and 10. MISS FAITH COX, Guidance Director, sponsor of the Hi-Y Club and co-sponsor of Valhalla, has a B. S. degree from Radford College. She teaches English 11 and 12. MR WILLIAM CURRY, our Distribu- tive Education and business arithmetic teacher, has a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State College. He is sponsor of the D. E. Club. CAUDILL CLOUD COX CURRY DARNELL DINGUS FITTS GIBBS HORNE FACULTY MISS CALLIE DARNELL, a senior sponsor, has a B. S. degree from Radford College and teaches biology, Math 8, and Algebra 9. MISS LORA DINGUS, with an A. B. degree from Emory and Henry College, teaches trigonometry, college algebra, solid geome- try, chemistry, and Latin I and II. She is co-sponsor of the Valhalla, Latin Club, and is also a senior sponsor. MISS DAISY FITTS, who attended Radford College and has a B. S. degree from Lincoln Memorial University, teaches Home Economics I and III, and physical education. She is sponsor of F. H. A. Club. MR. JACK GIBBS, with a B. S. and M. A. degree from Appalachian State Teachers College, is sponsor of Glee Club and Guidance Director, and teaches biology. MRS. KATHLEEN HORNE, with a B. S. degree from William and Mary College, teaches Home Economics I and II, and is sponsor of the F. H. A. Club. MR. CECIL MADDUX has a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State College. He teaches Math 8 and physical education. He is also sponsor of the Varsity Club, and coaches varsity basketball, football, and track. MRS. VIRGINIA McCHESNEY, our band director, attended Virginia Interment College and the Cincinnati Conserva- tory of Music. MR. WADE MILLER, one of the ninth grade homeroom sponsors, has a B. S. degree from Emory and Henry College. He teaches Spanish I and II, and Math 8 and 9. He is also the sponsor of the Spanish Club. MR. MARK A. MUNSEY, who teaches History 10 and 11 and Geography 9, has a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State College. MR. HEZEKIAH OSBORNE, an eighth grade sponsor and school advisor of the Key Club, is a graduate from King College with an A. B. degree. He teaches Eighth Grade Arithmetic, general math, business arithmetic, chemistry, and physical education. MISS ILOE READ, who attended Bluefield College and Carson-Newman READ GRACE ROSE N. ROSE SKEEN SCOTT McCHESNEY MADDUX MILLER MUNSEY OSBORNE College, has a B. S. degree. She teaches English 10 and 11 and geography. MRS. GRACE ROSE, sponsor of the sophomore class, has a B. S. degree from Milligan College. She also is sponsor of the Speech Club, Latin Club, and a co-sponsor of Valhalla. She teaches English 1 1 and 12, Latin I, and Speech Arts. MISS NELL ROSE, sponsor of the junior class and co-sponsor of the F. B. L. A. Club, has a B. S. degree from Radford College. She teaches shorthand, Typing I, general business, bookkeeping, and business arithmetic. MISS BILLIE JEAN SCOTT, our school librarian, attended Lin- coln Memorial University and Radford College, and has a B. S. degree. She is the Library Club sponsor. MR. J. RUCKER SKEEN, who attended Radford College and Hiawassee College, has a B. S. degree. He teaches History 8, History 1 1 , and History 12. MR. BURCHELL L. STALLARD is our head football coach. Junior Varsity basketball coach, baseball coach, and is sponsor of the Varsity Club. He has a B. S. degree from Milligan College and an M, A. degree from George Peabody College. He teaches Science 9 and physical education. MISS BOBBY JEAN TATE, who teaches physical education and health, has a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State College. MRS. BETH WENDELL, who attended Mary Washington College, R adford College, and the University of Tennessee, has her B. S. and M. S. degrees. She teaches Vocational Office Training, Typing II, and shorthand. She is also sponsor of the V. O. T. Club and co- sponsor of the F. B. L. A. Club. MRS. EVELYN WHITT, co-sponsor of the F B. L. A. Club, has her B. S. degree from Mary Washington College. She teaches general business, Typing I, and bookkeeping. MISS JULIA A. WILLIS has a B. S. degree from Radford College. She teaches art, history and English 9 and 10, and is also a sponsor of the sophomore class. FACULTY STALLARD TATE WENDELL WHITT WILLIS EDITORS LARRY DYE MITZIE CAUDILL VALHALLA BUSINESS MANAGERS SANDRA SKEEN WINFIELD ROSE BETSY BANKS STAFF SHIRLEY MILLER CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Junior Barbara Kedzierski Sophomore Lynelte Estep Freshman Judy Kilgore Eighth Grade Mike Berney BERNEY, ESTEP, KEDZIERSKI, KILGORE DORIS BUCHANAN NAVADA GIBSON STELLA SANDERS CLASSES Radford Dean of Admissions consults with Sandra Skeen, Carolyn Osborne, and Nancy Sturgill. August 25. . .We begin our senior year. . . College Night ' the first official senior activity, is held at Norton. . . Excitement mounts over the new Viking team. . .Hot August changes to even hotter September . . .The Band models new Carolina blue and Oklahoma red uniforms. . The SCAT and STEP tests are ad- ministered. SENIOR RUBEN LEE ALLMAN Dependability is the key to success. JANICE M. ANDERSON Good humor is orre of the best articles one can wear. ROBERTA LEE AYERS JOYCE ANN BAILEY Sober, steadfast, and demure I had rather wear out tho rust out. ACK ADELBERT BAKER here was things which he etched, but mainly he told the truth. ELIZABETH B. BANKS The sweet converse of an in- nocent mind MARY BELLE BENNETT Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in a woman. LEE ROY BLANTON Be silent and be safe. ' CLASS DAVID BLEVINS JEAN BRANNOCK may be life, but ain ' t it The eyes have one language slow? everywhere. DORIS J. BUCHANAN Shall I compare thee to a summer day? PHILIP BUCHANAN I mean to make myself man. OCTOBER Mr. Frank Seale delivers the coveted class ring to Charles Upchurch and Charlie Meade. The arrival of class rings causes excitement. . .The band coups the first Powell Valley trophy at the Bristol Band Festival .... Autumn steals over Powell Valley as pep rallies begin. . .The Halloween Car- nival marks the end of an era. SENIOR CARL MELVIN CARROLL Men of few words are the best men. PHYLLIS E. CARTY The mildest manners and the gentlest heart. LARRY CARTY An honest man ' s the noblest work of God. MITZIE M. CAUDILL Nature ' s darling IAMES LEWIS COFFEY Remember, that time is money. EMMA JEAN COLLINS Who knows her knows a friend. GEORGE B. COLE, JR. JUNE COLLIER WANDA NELL COLLIER | ' || learn him or kill him. Smooth runs the water where Quiet manners are a work of the brook is deep. good breeding. CLASS IMOGENS COOPER HUELL DAUGHERTY LARRY ALAN DYE Love conquers all things; let us yield to love. Honor lies in honest foil. He has charm, intelligence, and character. The first students arrive on bus 7 A on November 2, 1959. November 2 excited students get their first look at the new school and their new schedules. . .We learn about buses. . .Thanksgiving. . . without cranberries. . . The Hi-Y Conference is held at Powell Val- ley. . . Basketball season begins. . . The band girls present The Powell Valley Gossip . . .The second tro- phy is added, the football sport- manship trophy. SENIOR BARBARA A. FLANARY n her very quietness there is charm. BRENDA M. GEORGE A faithful friend is the medi- cine of life. NAVADA I. GIBSON All our knowledge is ourselves to know. JEANETTA F. GREENE A thankful heart is not or the greatest virture; it is t parent of all the other virtue;; vlANCY C. HAMILTON anners, not gold, is wo- man ' s best adornment. RUSSELL TYLER HASH The only way to have a friend is to be one. DONALD HENSLEY A tree is known by its fruits. JENELLE FAYE HERRON A merry heart maketh a cheer- ful countenance. CLASS ARA NITA HOLDING JO SUSAN HOLLIFIELD JACKIE RAY HOWARD HAROLD TED JOHNSON ie who expresses herself with Speech is great, but silence The flower of our young man- Thinking is to me the greatest vords straight and true. is greater. hood. fatigue in the world. The Speech Club presents Teach- er ' s Pet . . .The Spanish Club en- tertains the student body with their annual fiesta. . .The Glee Club makes the halls of the elementary schools and PV ring with carols. . . The first of many school jackets ar- rive. . .Christmas without snow. . . . and Santa Claus delivers the lock- ers. The Glee Club carols at Christmastime. SENIOR KENNETH R. KELLY Common sense is not so com- mon. PATRICK H. KELLY Honest toil is its own reward. BRENDA SUE KILGORE TRINA KAY LANE My heart is warm with friends To unpathed waters, to un I make, and better friends I ' ll dreamed shores. not be knowing. DENNIS LANGREL ANN ELIZABETH L1DD1E JAMES McQUERY he lion is not so fierce as they paint him. I should look dignified, shouldn ' t I? History is bunk! ALLIE ELAINE MARRS Her pleasure Is her power to charm. CLASS JANICE F. MAXFIELD jauty, like a fountain, springs outward from within. CHARLIE E. MEADE, JR. A rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. CAROLYN FAYE MESSER Envy and wrath shorten the life. DELORES L. MESSER My hopes are not always real- ized, but I always hope. A girls ' gym class in progress Many New Year ' s resolutions are heard around the halls of Powell Valley High when we return to school on January 4. . . I ' m going to study more next semester. . . . Gym seats are installed . . . Powell Valley is host to the first basket- ball team on the new court. ... an easy win from St. Paul. SENIOR LINDA SHIRLEY MILLER Beauteous, even where beau- ties most abound. ROBERT RAY MILLER I may not understand, but am willing to admire. LOIS JEAN NEELY For those like her, there is always room at the top. CAROLYN A. OSBORNE Lovable, cute , and never blue when you ' re with her, you ' r happy too. JAMES W. PRICE I i human thing is of serious importance. MARGRETE F. REASOR Every misfortune is to be sub- dued by patience. MARY GRACE REASOR The beautiful are never deso- late. ROBERT D. REASOR The word impossible is not in my dictionary. CLASS jUDITH L. REDWINE ii me, pretty maiden, are nr any more at home like you? FAYE RIGGS Truth is within ourselves. IRENE ROGERS People who make no noise are dangerous. WINFIELD H. ROSE What man dare, I dare. FEBRUARY-MARCH Science Fair winners on parade. Lockers are installed and are fin- ally issued. .SCAT and STEP scores are returned. . . Snow causes un- scheduled vacations as we experi- ence one of our worst winters. . . Saint Valentine ' s Day brings its usual hearts and kisses. . .The bas- ketball tournament moves to Pow- ell Valley with a record attendance . . .and an even bigger parking problem. . .Eager students help make the First Annual Science Fair a success in spite of the snow. . . The VALHALLA goes to press. SENIOR STELLA J. SANDERS ' Truth lies wrapped up and hidden in the depths. JAMES HUGH SCOTT I long to believe in immortal- ity. PATRICIA ANN SHULER ' If giggles were riches, she would be a millionaire. ALTHA JEANETTE SHUPI In thy face I see the map t. honor, truth, and loyalty. 5ANDRA CLAY SKEEN CAROLYN KAYE SMITH GLENNA F. SMITHERMAN NORMA JEAN SPEARS lighty nice and mighty wise, i just twinkles in her eyes. My sword is my strength, my To be awake is to be olive. spear is song, but laughter is my shield. A merry heart that laughs at ears. CLASS iUSTER STANLEY, JR. JOHNNY V. STEVENS FRED E. STURGILL NANCY C. STURGILL ood nature and good sense ke a fellow that his friends like. All men have their faults; too All mankind love a lover. much modesty is his. She ' s a scholar, and a ripe and good one. The prized possession. Showers and flowers. ..Junior. Senior Prom. . .Easter vacation. . . Senior Play. . .Excited Key Club- bers plan the Annual Banquet and convention. . .Invitations . . . Class Sermon. . .For some, examinations. . . .Graduation . . .Eager students look forward to a much needed vacation. SENIOR PHYLLIS A. STURGILL MARY LOUISE TAYLOR WILLIAM B. TAYLOR HAROLD THOMPSON Gentlemen prefer blondes. A pleasing combination of worth and wit. To think is an idle waste of time. Fortune aids the brave. PATRICIA L. WARREN Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax. DAVID WHITTAKER Truth, when witty, is the witt- iest of all things. HARLES E. UPCHURCH DONALD VANDERGRIFF quiet young lad, but you ' d Give me neither poverty nor surprised at all he knows. riches. CLASS LARA LOUISE WILSON MARTHA F. YEARY lilence to the saints; I am but What is character but the de- human. termination of incident? What is the incident but the illustra- tion of character? NOT PICTURED: ALMA JUNE FISHER Choice bits come in small pack- ages. JUDY SUE FISHER A perfect carnival of fun. THOMAS L. GARDNER It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. BOBBY HERRON A very quiet, sincere, depend- able fellow. HOWARD, CAUDILL, KELLY, BUCHANAN Senior Class President JACK HOWARD Vice-President ... .... .. MITZIE CAUDILL Secretary PATRICK KELLY Treasurer PHIL BUCHANAN Sponsors MRS. WILMA BROOKS MISS CALLIE DARNELL MISS LORA DINGUS SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Soon the first school year at Powell Valley will end. For those of us who compose the first senior class, this will be a time of pride and remembrance, a time of hope and looking forward. For some, it will be the end of formal education; for others, the opening of a new cosmos of learning and understanding as they plan for college. But whatever graduation means to each of us, we all remember the experiences, the trials, and the maturing of minds and bodies which led us here. We remember the trepidation with which we entered the eighth grade, with its new routines and schedules, its sudden responsibilities and duties. We were sure that no group of eighth graders had ever felt bewilderment as profound as ours. We remember our second year, and the pride we felt, not only at having risen to the esteemed position of freshmen, but also with the realization that we were beginning to become a class, a group. We remember the satisfaction of bully- ing those in the class below us and our awe of those in the classes above us. We remember our sophomore year, which brought our final adjustment to high school life and the questions, What courses will I take? Will I go to college? Where? What will my vocation be? Of our high school days, we will perhaps most vividly remember our years as juniors. The excitement of record magazine sales, the pride of ordering our class rings, the thrill of our prom-these things we will remember about this wonderful time, but we will also remember that it was in our junior year that we experienced for the first time the full realization of ourselves and knew that we would be a part of the first senior class of Powell Valley. Our freshman year was really the first year that we felt like high schoolers. We began to take an interest in the activi- ties about us and work more vigorously toward our senior year. The year that we acquired the title of sophomores was a strong link in our chain of high school years. The females of this class tremendously enjoyed exercising their vocal chords. It was because of this that we formed the Girls ' Chorus which added extra fun and enjoyment to our second year of high school. Our first performance was at the Junior Play in which we sang several of the top tunes around the nation. We also sang for the graduation exercises and several assembly programs; a white dress was our favorite costume. The year we became juniors gave us the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment. Our four year race was almost finished. One of the highlights was our junior play. It was a hilarious comedy and a very successful one also. Most of all, it made us enjoy each other ' s wit and company. The second big thrill was our long-awaited class rings. There was much commotion and excitement at their arrival. At long last, we had something tangible to show for our labors. Now we are seniors. We will remember this year and the years which have made it possible. We will remember the exhilaration of receiving our senior rings, which we had chosen as a standard for Powell Valley seniors in years to come. Then came the dayl The caution, the anticipation, the fear, the excitement of our first day at Powell Valley are feelings which we all shared. Cards, pictures, cap and gown measurements, g-aduation announcements, last band ap- pearances for some, the first edition of the VALHALLA — these experiences, symbols, and events we will remember, along with the friends we have made, the teachers who have led us, and the ideas and ideals we have formed. As our last year of high school comes to an end, we fully realize that our education does not end here. Whether our professional schooling continues or not, we will continue to learn, to think, and to use the knowledge we have acquired through the years. Now we must cross the bridge from our senior year to our future. This is a difficult task for some of us, but our hopes and expectations of what lies ahead for us cannot be dulled by fears and doubts. Our hearts are strong with the courage of youth and the determination to succeed in the life that is before us. RUBEN LEE ALLMAN- Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club ], 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Key Club 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 4); Hi-Y 3; Var- sitv Club 4; Fire Fighters 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys ' State 3. JANICE MARILYN ANDERSON- East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Com- mercial Club 3; Choral Club 2, 3; Home Ec. 2; Biology Club 2. ROBERTA LEE AYERS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. B. L. A. 4 ; V. O. T. 4. JOYCE ANN BAILEY -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1 ; Spanish Club 3, 4; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Camera Club 2, 3; Banch 1, 2, 3, 4 (All County 4; All State 4; Secretary 4); Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Girls ' Chorus 2; Speech Club 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 (Co- captain 4). JACK ADELBERT BAKER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4 ; Football 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4; Fire Fighters 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3. ELIZABETH BRUCE BANKS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (First Lieutenant 4; All State 4; All County 4); Roman Club 1, 2 (Honor- ary Member 3, 4; Secretary 2); Safety Patrol 1; Girls ' Chorus 2; Valhalla Staff 4 (Business Manager); Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 4); Hi-Y 2, 3, 4 (Treasurer 3; Chaplain 4). MARY BELLE BENNETT -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 2, 3. LEE ROY BLANTON - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Fire Fighters 2, 3, 4; Football 1 . BASCOM DAVID BLEVINS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y 3; Key Club 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Roman Club I; Fire Fighters 3, 4 ; Spanish Club 3, 4; Boys ' State 3. DELORES JEAN BRANNOCK - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4 ; F. H. A. Club 3, 4 ; F. B. L. A. 3, 4 ; Safety Patrol 3; Library Club 4; V. O. T. Club 4. DORIS JUNE BUCHANAN - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Student Council 1, 2; Band 2, 3, 4 (Majorette); Class Treasurer 2; Green Wave Staff 3 (Typist Feature Editor); Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. 4 (First Vice-President); Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Hi-Y 4; Biology Club 3 (Secretary); 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4 . Library Club 2; Valhalla Staff 4 (Typist). LARRY PHILIP BUCHANAN - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3 ; Football 1, 2, 3, 4 (All District 4); Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 (Co-captain 2); Track 1, 2 3, 4; Varsity Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Director 2, 3; Treasurer 4, School Bell Staff 3 (Business Manager); Valhalla Staff 4 (Sports Editor,, Hi-Y Club 3; Fire Fighters 3, 4; Boys ' State 3; Class Treasurer 4. CARL MELVIN CARROLL- East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Art Club 3; Biology Club 2; Commercial Club 3. PHYLLIS ELAINE CARTY - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 2, 3; President 4; Delegate to State Convention 3; Secretary Black Diamond Federation 4); Band 2, 3, 4 (Second Lieutenant 4); V. O. T. Club 4 (Treasurer) Glee Club 4. WILLIAM LARRY CARTY - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (First Lieutenant 4; All County 2, 4); Key Club 2, 3, 4 (Sergeant at Arms 4); D. E. Club 4 (Reporter); Camera Club 1, 2, 3; Spanish Club 3, 4; Safety Patrol 2; Class Vice-President 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Fire Fighters 2, 3, 4. MITZIE MUESETTA CAUDILL- East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Biology Club 2; Latin Club 2, 3; Commercial Club 2; Cheerleader 1, 3, 4; Student Council 1, 3; Hi-Y 4; Choral Club 2, 3; Speech Club 3; 4-H Club 1; Valhalla Staff 4 (Co-editor); Class Vice President 4; Glee Club 4; Varsity Club 4; Girls ' State 3; D. A. R. Citizenship Award 4. JAMES LEWIS COFFEY -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Track 1 ; Football 1, D. E. Club 4. GEORGE BURTON COLE, JR. - Hannibal High School, Hannibal, Missouri, 1, 2, 3 ; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Glee Club 4. MARTHA JUNE COLLIER -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Hi-Y Club 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2. WANDA NELL COLLIER - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Green Wave Staff 1; Home Ec. Club I, 2; Biology Club 2; Commercial Club 3. EMMA JEAN COLLINS -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4 (Vice-President 4); F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2; Library Club 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (News Eiditor); V. O. T. Club 4. NORA LEE IMOGENE COOPER- Big Stone Gap High School I, 2, 3; F. H. A. 4. WATSON HUELL DAUGHERTY- Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Fire Fighters 2, 3; D. E. Club 4. LARRY ALAN DYE - Big Stone Gap High School I, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Key Club 3, 4; Valhalla Staff 4 (Co-editor); Chairman, Science Fair Committee 4; V. F. W. Citizen- ship Award 4. ALMA JUNE FISHER - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; Biology Club 2; Art Club 3; Choral Club 2, 3; Commercial Club 3, 4; Green Wave Staff 3; Library Club 2. JUDY SUE FISHER - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 1, 2; Art Club 3; Biology Club 2; Commercial Club 3; Choral Club 2, 3; Green Wave Staff 3; Library Club 1; 4-H Club 2. BARBARA ANN FLANARY - Roosevelt High School, Dayton, Ohio, 1; East Stone Gap High School 2; Lynch High School, Lynch, Kentucky 3; F. H. A. 4; Choral Club 1; Home Ec. Club 2. THOMAS LINDSAY GARDNER - Melbourne High School, Melbourne, Florida, 1, 2; Big Stone Gap High School 3; Key Club 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4,- Lettermen ' s Club I, 2; Football 3, 4 (Co-captain 4); Varsity Club 3, 4- D. E. Club 4. BRENDA MADGE GEORGE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A, 1, 2, 3, 4 (Program Chairman 2, 3, Secretary 4); V. O. T. 4_; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; Library Club 4. NAVADA IRENE GIBSON - Big Stone High School 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; V. O. T. 4; Library Club 4 (President 4); Valhalla Staff 4 (Typist). JEANETTA FAY GREENE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Journal Club 4. NANCY CAROL HAMILTON - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, Biology Club 2; Art Club 3; Commercial Club 3; Choral Club 2, 3; F. B. L. A. 4; Library Club 3; 4-H Club 1. RUSSELL TYLER HASH - B g Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Spanish Club 3, 4; D. E. Club 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Camera Club 2, 3; J. V. Basketball 1, 2; Fire Fighters 3, 4. PARIS DONALD HENSLEY -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club I, 2. 3, 4; D. E. Club 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Business Manager); Football 1; J. V. Basketball 1, 2. BOBBY EARL HERRON - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 1. JENELLE FAYE HERRON - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 2, 3, 4 ; F. B. L. A. 3, 4; V. O. T. 4. SARA NITA HOLDING- Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Honorary 3, 4); Spanish Club 3, 4; Camera Club 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 2; Band 2, 3, 4 (Second Lieutenant 4); Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2. JO SUSAN HOLLIFIELD - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2; Roman Club 1; Spanish Club 3, 4; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Typist). JACKIE RAY HOWARD -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 (Co-captain 2); Key Club 3, 4 (President 4); Baseball 1, 2, 3; Track 1; Class President 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary and Treasurer 1; Spanish Club 3, 4; Speech Club 4 (President); Varsity Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (President 4); Safety Patrol 3; Boys ' State 3. HAROLD TED JOHNSON - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; D. E. Club 4; Varsity Club 3 4. KENNETH RAYMOND KELLY -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Basketball 2; Glee Club 4; Fire Fighters 2, 3, 4; Roman Club 1. PATRICK HENRY KELLY -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; D. E. Ciub 4 (President); Glee Club 4; Safety Patrol 3; Class Secretary 4. BRENDA SUE KILGORE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Treasurer 1, 2, 3; Historian 4); Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Library Club 3 (Reporter); Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4 (President 4, Western District President 4); Jolly Roger Staff 1; F. B. L. A. 4. TRINA KAY LANE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Girls ' Chorus 2; Girls ' State 3; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Ensemble 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Second Lieutenant 4); All State 2, 3. CHARLES DENNIS LANGREL - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4 (All District 4); D. E. Club 4. ANN ELIZABETH LIDDLE - Big Stone Gap High School 1,. 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Ensemble 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 1; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Treasurer 4); Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Girls ' Chorus 2; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Fashion Editor). JAMES CLARENCE McQUERY - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3, 4; Fire Fighters 3, 4; Varsity Club 3, 4; Track 2, 3; D. E. Club 4. AI.LIE ELAINE MARRS - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Student Council 2; Safety Patrol 2; Band 4; Green Wave Staff 3 (Typist, Social Editor); Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. 4; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; Glee -Club 4; Hi-Y Club 4; Biology Club 2; 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Secretary, Reporter); Library Club 2; Speech Club 3 (Merit Award); Typing Award 3. JANICE FRANCES MAXFIELD - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 4,- Biology Club 2; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; Commercial Club 3; Green Wave Staff 3 (Fashion Editor); Speech Club 3. CHARLIE EARNEST MEADE, JR. - Appalachia High School 1, 2; East Stone Gap High School 3; Football 1, 2, 3; Varsity Club 3; Latin Club 2, 3; Chemistry Club 3. CAROLYN FAYE MESSER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. B. L. A. Club 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Special Feature Editor); Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; V. O. T. 4. DELORES LaVERNE MESSER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3, F. B. L. A. 3, 4; V. O. T. 4 ; Hi-Y 4. LINDA SHIRLEY MILLER -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 3); F. B. L. A. 3, 4 (Executive Committee 3, Reporter 4); V. O. T. 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Circulation Manager); Class Secretary 2; Library Club 3, 4; Valhalla Staff 4 (Typist). ROB c RT RAY MILLER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; D. E. Club 4; Varsity Club 1; Fire Fighters 4. LOIS JEAN NEELEY -East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 2, 3; F. H. A. Club 4 ; Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. Club 4; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3. CAROLYN ANN OSBORNE -- East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Library Hub 1 2 3 (Vice-President 3); 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (President 1; Secretary- treasurer 3; Reporter 4); Home Ec. Ciub 2, 3; F. H. A. 4; Varsity Club 4; Art Club 2 (Treasurer); Green Wave Staff 3 (Art Editor); Biology Ciub 4; Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. 4; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; Hi-Y Club 4; WOB 3. OS WILLIAM PRICE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, anish Club 2, 3, 4; Roman Club 1; Fire Fighters 3, 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4. jRETE FAYE REASOR - Dryden High School, Dryden, Virginia, 1, 2; Big c Gap High School 3; Basketball I, 2; Library Club 1, 4 Secretary 1); [ L. A. Club 4 (Second Vice-President); 4-H Club 4 (Vice-President). A ' GRACE REASOR -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club I (Honorary Member 3, 4); Spanish 3, 4 (Treasurer 4; Reporter 3); Hi-Y 3, 4 (Treasurer 4); Glee Club 3, 4; Girls ' State 3 ; Band 1; Jolly Roger 1; School Bell Staff 3 (Reporter). H LYNNE REDWINE - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Safety it I 1; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2; Roman Club 1, 2, (Honorary ter 3, 4 ); Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary 3; Girls ' Ensemble 3; -y Club 3; Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Reporter). ITA FAYE RIGGS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Girls ' Chorus B. L. A. 3, 4 (Reporter 3); Jolly Roger Staff 3 (Editor); V. O. T. Club 4 al Representative). IkARET IRENE ROGERS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; F. B. L. A. u 3, 4 (Secretary 4); V. O. T. Club 4. II IELD HARRISON ROSE - B : g Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Band 3, 4 (Sergeant 2; First Lieutenant 3; Captain 4; All County 4 All State lee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Key 3, 4; Valhalla Staff 4 ( Business Manager); Speech Club 4 ; Principal ' s imendation for the DuPont Regional Scholarship. Ha JEANETTE SANDERS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Girls ' C is 2; HiY 2, 3, 4 (Reporter 4); F. B. L. A. Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4; [fy Patrol 4; Library Club 4; F. H. A. Club 4; V. O. T. Club 4 (Secretary); lla Staff 4 (Typist). hs HUGH SCOTT - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2 o rary Member 3, 4); Band I, 2, 3, 4 (All State 3, 4; All County 4); fclub 3; Camera Club 3; Hi-Y 3, 4; Fire Fighters 3; Boys ' State 3. T1ICIA ANN SHULER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Girls ' Chorus Itimera Club 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 3, 4; V. O. T. 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4 Bdent 4); Speech Club 4 (Secretary). .T A JEANETTE SHUPE East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Biology Club mmercial Club 3; Speech Club 3; Green Wave 3 (Editor); Girls ' State Is ' Chorus 2, 3; Glee Club 4 ; Girls ' Ensemble 4; Hi-Y 4 ; 4-H Club 1. RA CLAY SKEEN - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Cheerleader Library 1, 2; Roman Club 1, 2 (Reporter 1; Vice-President 2; Honorary J er 3, 4); Home Ec. Club 2, 3; F. H. A. 4 (Reporter); 4-H Club 1, 2, 3, ce-President 1, 3; Secretary 2); Student Council 2, 3; Hi-Y 4; Girls ' s 2, 3; Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. 4; Biology Club 2 (Vice-President); :lub 3; Speech Club 4 (Treasurer); Varsity Club 4; Green Wave Staff 3 (Reporter 1, 2; Business Manager 3; Typist 3); D. A. R. History Award OB 3; Valhalla Staff 4 (Business Manager). LYN KAYE SMITH - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Green Wave 1, 3 (Reporter); 4-H Club 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1; Biology Club 2; y Club 2, 3; F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; Art Club 3; F. B. L. A. 3, 4 ; Glee Club r Is ' Chorus 2, 3; Speech Club 3; Hi-Y Club 4; Commercial Club 4. i GLENNA FAYE SMITHERMAN - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; V. O. T. 4; F. B. L. A. 3, 4 ; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3; Class Treasurer 3. NORMA JEAN SPEARS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; V. O. T. 4 ; F. B. L. A. 4. BUSTER STANLEY, JR. - East Stone Gap High School !, 2, 3; Roman Club 2 ; Bioloqy Club 2; Chemistry Club 3; Commercial Club 3; F. B. L. A. 4; D. E. Club 4. JOHNNY VERLIN STEVENS - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3, 4; Fire Fighters 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; Track 3. FRED EDWARD STURGILL -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Class Presi- dent 1; Class Vice-President 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Fire Fighters 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Jolly Rogers Staff 3 (Sports Editor); Varsity Club 1, 2; Safety Patrol 1; D. E. Club 4 (Vice-President); Speech Club 4 (Vice-President). NANCY CAROL STURGILL -Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Hi-Y Club 2, 3, 4 (Reporter 3); Band 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2 (President 2; Honorary Member 3, 4); Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Girls ' Chorus 2 ; Spanish Club 3, 4; School Bell Staff 1, 2, 3 (Annual Representative 1, 2; Assistant Editor 3); Jolly Roger Staff 2 (Reporter); Girls ' State 3; D. A. R. History Award 3; Library Club 4. PHYLLIS ANNE STURGILL -Big Stone Gap High School I, 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3. MARY LOUISE TAYLOR -East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club !, 2; Choral Club 1; Speech Club 2; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; Commercial I Club 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Green Wave Staff 3; Art Club 3 (Vice-President); , Library Club 2; F. B. L. A. 4. WILLIAM BASCOM TAYLOR - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; Baseball 2; Speech Club 4; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); Fire Fighters 3, 4; Safety Patrol 1, 2; Hi-Y Club 4. CHARLES ELBERT UPCHURCH - East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2; Biology Club 2; Chemistry Club 3; Commercial Club 3; Student Council 1, 3; Safety Patrol 3. CHARLES DONALD VANDERGRIFF- Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; D. E. Club 4. PATRICIA LOUISE WARREN - -East Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. Club 4; Art Club 3; Biology Club 2; Commercial Club 3; Girls ' Chorus 2, 3; 4-H Club !, 2; F. B. L. A. Club 4; Library Club 1; Green Wave Staff 3 (Art Editor). CLIFTON DAVID WHITTAKER - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Fire Fighters 3, 4; Camera Club 1, 2, 3; Varsity Club 4; Glee Club 4; Baseball i 3; Football 4 (Manager); Speech Club 4. CLARA LOUISE WILSON - Big Stone Gap High School 1, 2, 3; Speech Club 4. MARTHA VIVIAN FISHER YEARY - B g Stone Gap High School I, 2, 3; Roman Club 1, 2 (Honorary Member 3, 4); V. O. T. Club 4 (Vice-President); F. B. L. A. 4. Senior MITZIE CAUDILL— JACK HOWARD Best All Round BETSY BANKS-PHIL BUCHANAN Most Versatile NANCY STURGILL-WYNN ROSE Most Likely to Succeed JOYCE BAILEY— KENNETH KELLY Most Energetic BRENDA KILGORE-LARRY CARTY Most Courteous Personalities SHIRLEY MILLER— JIM SCOTT Most Dependable I i r JEANETTE SHUPE-CHARLIE MEADE j Wittiest £ II ► | MARY GRACE REASOR-FRED STURGILL Best Looking JNMk Polly, Galloway, Laster, Garrison Junior Class OFFICERS President LINDA LASTER Vice-President ... ....... JOHNNY GARRISON Secretary . . BRENDA GALLOWAY Treasurer GEORGE POLLY Annual Representative BARBARA KEDZI ERSKI In the fall of 1959, we became juniors-enthusiastic, blissful, and lost in our new school. For a while we were strangers but soon we realized Powell Valley was really ours and we worked diligently to make every moment count. We often had to be pushed along by our faithful sponsors, Miss Read, Miss Broadwater, Miss Rose, and Mrs. Wendell. In February we paced from door to door selling magazines and trying to set a new record. With part of our profit, we made possible a memorable prom. We juniors had the honor of giving the first prom to be held at Powell Valley High School. Later in the year we anxiously ordered our class rings. It hardly seemed possible that the time was here at last. The year was soon nearing its end. It was hard to believe that we were no longer juniors but tomorrow ' s seniors. Row 3: Myrtle Bowman Teresa Brickey, Teddy Bruton, Rachel Burchfield Row 1: Delmar Carter, Gary Carty, Geraldine Clevenger, Benson Coffey, Judy Collinsworth, Lurlie Collinsworth, Row 2: Christine Cooper, Lois Craft, Alice Darnell, Mary Lou Daugherty, Glenda Dickenson, Billy Dingus. Fir 3: Jane Draper, Eddie Joe Duffy, Faye Dulaney, James Durham, Ralph Ely, Row 4: Marvin Fields, f Fields, Kenneth Fogg, Rita Jo Franklin, Patricia Franks, Row 5: Charles Fugate, Brenda Galloway, Kenneth Gamble, Johnny Garrison, Lila Garrison. JUNIOR Row 1: Sherry Gibson, Carol Gilliam, Jenny Gilliam, Peggy Griffin, Harold Hall, Sammie Rhea Halstead Row 2: Randell Hicks, Louise Hood, Carolyn Howerton, Ginger Hughes, Ann Marie Jeter, Jane Johnson. Row 3: Barbara Kedzierski, Jan Kilgore, Ronald Kite, Patricia Lane, Linda Laster, Row 4: Janice Lav n Dora Jean Lewis, Frances Livesay, Hilma Marcum, Alice Ruth Marrs, Row 5: Jerry Masters, Eleo Meade, Charles Miller, Ben Mullins, Brenda Neely. CLASS Not Pictured: A, T. Collier, Mary Lou Cox, Virginia Gilley, Joe Graham, Bill Lile, Margaret Robinette, Robert Talley, Fred Watkins. Dropped: Shelvia Dye, Delores Johnson, Leona Murray, Floretta Roller, Jo Ann Smelser, Transferred: Susie King. 1 i ' 3: Jimmy Slagle, Sandra Smith, Harley Stallard, Jr., Charlotte Stallsworth, Faye Statzer, Row 4: hices A. Sturgill, Frances J. Sturgill, Bernice Toney, Bill Vandergriff, Benji Williams Row 5: John D. Williams, Lyn Williams, Wayne Wilson, Helen Winstead, Anna Lee Witt. Boggs, Wade, Harkleroad, Maness SOPHOMORE President SONNY MANESS Vice-President C. M. BOGGS, JR. Secretary JAMES WADE Treasurer ... BOBBY HARKLEROAD Sponsors MISS JULIA WILLIS MISS FAITH COX MRS. GRACE ROSE MRS. EVELYN WHITT On November 2, 1959, the Sophomores of East Stone Gap and Big Stone Gap combined to form the Sophomore Closs of Powell Valley High School. Although we had already been in school for two months, we felt that this was the actual beginning of one of the most important years of school. We had passed through our Freshman year with flying colors and were now well acquainted with high school life. We soon realized that this year would have to be one of hard work and study to prepare for the finishing years of high school, but it was not to be lacking in fun and frolic. Our class was well represented in both the football and basketball teams, the Glee Club, Hi-Y, Roman Club, F. H. A., Key Club, and the band. We ' ve taken a most active part in the various assemblies. Now we ' re looking fo r ward to next year and the many special activities and oppor- tunities of Juniors! We also sincerely wish to thank our ever-encouraging and understanding sponsors, Miss Cox, Mrs. Rose, Miss Willis, and Mrs. Whitt, for their patience and guidance in helping us to reach our highest goals. Row 1: Alan Back, Clifford Baker, Glen Ballengee, Jenith Ballengee, James Bell. Row 2: Ann Belt, Phyllis Belton, Mary Blackburn, Lloyd Bledsoe, Sara Lou Body. Row 3: C. M. Boggs, Jr., Edna Boggs, Paul Bolinsky, Paulette Bolinsky, James Bolling. - CLASS Row 1: Frank Boltz, Brenda Bryinqton, Fred Buchan- an, Ted Ray Burke. Row 2 : Robert Chandler, Eva Christian, Geraldine Collier, Louis Collier. Row 3: Wanda Collier, Joyce Collins, Margaret Collins, Gale Combs. Row 4: James Comer, Patricia Cox, Patsy Dalton, Randy. Dickenson. Row 5 : Patsy Dorton, Lorene Dotson, Carol Dulaney, Dorene Durham. Row 6: Geraldine Durham, Lynette Estep, Liddie Mae Fleenor, Dorothy Fowler. Row 7: Carolyn Fox, Shirley Gamble, Sharon Gard- ner, William Gembach. Row 8: Nita Giles, Audrey Gilly, Jimmy Graham, Bobby Harkleroad. SOPHOMORE Row 1: Elizabeth Harold, Paul Harris, Tyrone Hash, Vayne Hill. Row 2: Charles Hodae, Elmo Huff, Jim Johnson, Shelby Kelly. Row 3: James Lambert, Jack Lane, Nancy Lee, Morgan Legg, Jr. Row 4: Betty Lovell, Rita Lyons, Eileen McGuire, Sandy McQuery. Row 5: Morris Mahan, Sonny Maness, James Marcum, Vincent Marshall. Row 6: Janice Mason, Elaine Masters, Alice Meade, Brenda Messer. Row 7: Johnny Messer, Anna Sue Mil ler, James Mil- ler, Roberta Miller. Row 8: Thomas Morris, Edward Neeley, Wayne Neely, Bruce Osborne. CLASS Row 1: Roy Palmer, Phyllis Panneil, Janice Parrott Barbara Phillips. Row 2; Tommy Pierce, Gary Potter, Ted Qualls, Nora Ramey. Row 3: Harvey Riggs, Janice Rogers, Ralph Shuler, Bruce Shull. Row 4: James Skeen, Dennis Smith, Sue Smith, Bobby Stanley Row 5: Judy Stidham, Sue Stidham, Trudy Stidham, Dickie Stone. Row 6: Ben Strader, Jr., Bobby Sturgill, Wendell Tate, Minnie Tompkins. Row : Joseph Varney, Linda Warf, Patricia Whited, Sandra Whitt. Row 8: Bessie Williams, Rita Wolfinger, Margaret Yeary, Brenda Zirkle. Not Pictured: Jim Baker, Kathy Duncan, Frank Hamil- ton, Delmar Lester, Janice M ' nor, Gale Seymour, Doualas Shupe, Fred Stanley. Mary Swinney, Jerry Tipton, James Wade, Jerry Wells. Dropped: Janice Belcher, Twyla Caudill, Dannv Fisher, George Glea- son, Elmer Johnson, David Parrish, Linda Pleasant, Edward M ' nor, Charles Quinlan, Patricia Tipton, Eugene Trent. Transferred: Gary Gilmer, Carol Sli- ger, Brenda Fleenor. Church, Graham, Johnson, Williams FRESHMAN CLASS President GARY JOHNSON Vice-President DOUGLAS CHURCH Secretary JACK GRAHAM Treasurer FRANCIS WILLIAMS Sponsors MRS. HAZEL BROOKS MR. WADE MILLER MRS. MARY FRANCES CLOUD MR. MARK MUNSEY MISS DAISY FITTS On November 2, 1959, many excited Freshmen made their way into Powell Valley High School. Here in this large and beautiful building they plan to prepare a very profitable future. In this building many useful things were added, such as the laboratories which give more room, more supplies, and more storage. Another wonderful thing is our gym, very large and very beautiful. Through the guidance of our sponsors. Miss Fitts, Mrs. Cloud, Mrs. H. Brooks, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Munsey, our school year of 1959-1960 has become very beneficial as well as entertaining. We shall dream of the unforgettable experiences of the past years, but we are look- ing forward to our remaining years at Powell Valley High School. Row 1: Ronald Adkins, Barbara Allen, Billy Allen, Bobby Allman. Row 2: Worley Anderson, Wayne Artrip, Glenda Back, Judy Barker. Row 3: Nancy Belton, Frances Berney, Linda Berry, Mary Dee Black. Row 4: Sonia Black, Johnny Blanton, Betty Boggs, Elaine Booher. Row 1: Sandra Boy, Lindsey Brickey, David Callahan, Johnny Callahan, Shirley Carroll, Phyllis Chandler. Row 2: Luther Church, Mary Lou Clark, Dorothy Cochrane, Gale Cole, Patricia Collier, Pauline Collinsworth. Row 3: Betty Sue Comer, Ethel Coomer, Luke Cornette, Lee Roy Daugherty, Barbara Davis, Fred Davis. Row 4; Wanda Dickinson, Mary Helen Dorton, Patricia Dotson, Willie Durham. Row Si Henry Eaves, Larry Esteppe, Nellie Pauline Fields, Kay Flanary. Row 6: Marvin Fleenor, Phyllis Fugate, Creed G a 1 1 i - har, Jimmy Galloway. Row 7: Victoria Gates, Jackie Graham, Fred Gre- gory, Barbara Grubb. Row 8: Hamilton Hagy, Bobby Herron, Charles Hicks, Danny Hill. FRESHMAN Row 1: Gary Hilton, Johnny Holcomb, Gladys Hood, Glenda Hughes, William Hughes, Johnny Hunter. Row 2: Doris Jackson, Gary Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Jim Johnson, Rebecca Johnson, Leroy Kedzierski. Row 3: Ernest Kelly, Judy Kilgore, Lakey Kinsler, Gilbert Knight, Virgil Lee Jr., Bernard Leonard. Row 4: Carol Light, Eula Mae Lovell, Connie Mahan, Phyllis Massengill. Row 5: Patricia Maxfield, Wayne Maxfieid, James Meade, Sherrill Miller. Row 6: Margaret Mullins, Martine Mulvaney, Gordon Mumpower, Joanne Neeley. Row 7: Marietta Neeley, Peggy Newberry, Corrine Nickels, Mary Phillips. Row 8: Gary Powers, Betty Sue Qualls, Mary Lou Qualls, Marvin Ramey. CLASS Row 1: Bobby Ramsey, Carl Rasnick, Mary Lou Rasnick, Ronnie Rasnick, Alfred Reasor, Sandra Redwine. Row 2: Charles Reed, Kenneth Riggs, Shirley Rutherford, Howard Sandt, Douglas Shuler, Shirley Sizemore. Row 3: Charles Smith, Darlene Smitherman, Allen Stallsworth, Lois Stanley, Rodney Stanley, Douglas Stevens. Row 4: Gerald Stevens, Nancy Stidham, Barry Stough, Frances Pearl Sturgill. Row 5: Rose Marie Tate, Dickie Taylor, A. J. Tignor, Sandra Tipton. Row 6; Brenda Tomlinson, Roger Tomlinson, Betty Sue Vandergriff, Sue Wade. Row 7: Alethia Watkins, H. C. Wells, Rita Wells, Francis Williams. R ow 8: Glenn Williams, Reca Williams, Evelyn Willis, Mary Gwyn Wren. Not Pictured: James Beit, Douglas Church, Ralph Fisher, Gilbert Gilly, Wayne Hamilton, Frances Law- son, Paul McMahan, Walter Miller, Clyde Phillips, Jr., Dean Rogers, Roger Rutherford, James Seymour, Gerald Sluss, Wayne Sorah, Ronald Tate, Donald Thompson, Bobby Tipton, Donald Tonker, Jerry Underwood, Marvin Vanhook, Bobby Wilson, Johnny Woodward. Dropped: David Johnson, Don King, Sue Powers, Barbara Stanley, Leslie Williams, Wayne Wade, Bobby Witt, Edwin Wells. Transferred: Judy Barker, Donna Stewart. I Eighth OFFICERS President LESTER LEWIS Vice-President ..... . ... .... . FRED BAKER Secretary MURIEL WOODWARD Treasurer. ... ... WAYNE BREEDING Sponsors .... . . .... .. .. . MR. JACK GIBBS MISS BOBBIE TATE MRS. FRANCES BOTTS MR. ANSON CAUDILL MR. HEZ OSBORNE On August 25, one hundred fifty-five happy and energetic boys and girls started to school. We were happy because this was our first year of a thrilling and new ex- perience. We were high schoolers! We were especially happy because we would move into the new school. When we arrived at the new building, we jumped with joy; but we jumped still higher when we received our lockers. We thought we were big shots until we realized we were, in a sense, first graders! But still we tackled our lessons and went to work. Under the guidance of Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Maddux, Miss Tate, Mrs. Botts, Mr. Caudill, and Mr. Osborne, we flew through our books. In extra curricular activities the eighth grade shone brightly. In football the first string of the Junior Varsity team was dotted with eighth graders-and so was the bench! Under the guidance of Coach Osborne, the team, winning five games and losing only one, were the champions. In basketball and band the eighth grade was well represented. We have completed the first step of five long steps and are looking forward to steps two, three, four, and especially five, when we will receive our diplomas from Powell Valley High School. Row 1: Tonya Akens, Harold Allen, Fred Baker, Floyd Barnett, Charlie Benedict, Jean Bennett, Mike Berney. Row 2: Bill Black, Bethel Bledsoe, Benny Blevins, Marsezelle Boggs, Billy Brady, Wayne Breeding, Johnny Burke. Row 3: Roy Burke, Wilma Burke, Jeiry Bush, Carolyn Chandler, Troy Coffey, Sonia Collier, Barton Collins. Grade Row 1: Christine Collins, Harold Collins, Ralph Col- lins, Shelby Collins. Row2: Judy Colvard, Helen Combs, Mary Cress, Cheryl Cutting. Row 3: Brenda Dalton, Larry Dalton, Teresa Damon, David Daugherty. Row 4: Peggy Davis, Dickie Dickenson, Paul Dicken- son, Billy Dorton. Row 5: Judy Duncan, Jimmy Edens, Donald Eldridge, Larry Ely. Row 6 : Judy Fisher, Roger Ford, Ruby Ford, Jack Fox, Jacquelyn Gibson, Eddy Giles, Shelby Gilley. Row 7: Joyce Grubb, Donald Hobbs, Velma Hood, Billy Ray Hughes, James Ed Jenkins, Darlene Jones, Beulah Kelly. Row 8: Earl Kelly, Jr., Pete Kilbourne, Charlene ' Kiser, Jack Lane, Joyce Lane, Lee Lane, Shirley Lane. EIGHTH Row 1: Roger Langrel, Jimmy Lawson, Shirley Law- son, Connie Lewis. Row 2: Lewis Lester, Johnny Light, Donna Livesay, Johnny Livingston. Row 3: Darrell Maggard, Doyle Marcum, Jake Mar- cum, Rose Marie Marshall. Row 4: Dale Masters Victor Masters, Carolyn Mil- ler Ronnie Mohn. Row 5: James Morelock, Marzetta Mullins, Janice Murray, Janice Neeley. Row 6: Don Osborne, Billy Pannell, Charlene Phillips, Cora Nell Phillips, Ora Dean Pobst, Evelyn Poff, Leslie Quesenberry. Row 7: Mary Elizabeth Quillen, Ralph Reasor, Gale Revilla, Inez Riggs, Barry Robinette, Leonard Rogers, Audrey Russell. Row 8: Jack Sanders, Jimmy Scardo, Nancy Sessoms, Jess Seymour, Marvin Shortt, Gary Shull, Sandy Sizemore. GRADE Row 1: Patsy Skeen, Ella Jean Slagle, Sandra Sla- gle, Doris Sli ger. Row 2; Darise Smith, Hollie Smith, Ronnie Smith, Shirley Sorah. Row 3: Billy Ray Spears, Bobby Stallard, Linda Stallsworth, Martha Stepp. Row 4: Jean Stephens, Larry Stipe, Ann Sutherland, Frank Talley. Row 5: Billie Ruth Tate, James Taylor, Charles Terry, Jimmy Terry. Not Pictured: Benny Adams, Donald Collier, Victor Collier, Robert Hail, Sandra Johnson, Ronald Kerns, Norma Rose, David Wampler. Transferred: Nadine Barker, Susie Blair. Dropped: Shirley Barker, Arlena Barker, Doris Season, William Belcher, Earl Bentley, Steve Blevins, Don Collier, Jerry Jessee, Mary Margaret Lane, Ellen Neeley, Dwight Quillen, Billy Rose, Patrick Tipton. Row 6: Evelyn Thompson, Jimmy Thompson, David Tipton, Joe Toney, Jr., Judy Tonker, Sue Trent, Frances Ann True. Row 7; Harold Underwood, Jean Underwood, Lee Roy Wells, Ruth Wells, Beverly Whited, Joyce Williams, Steve Willis. Row 8: Carol Wilson, Charles Wilson, .Mary Jane Witt, Winston Witt, Carlos Wolfe, Muriel Woodward, Christine Yeary. Bruce Osborne - Bird Project Jimmy Galloway - Mastitis Project Larry Dye -- Van de Graffe Project THE POWELL VALLEY VIKING NEWS AND VIEWS In January of 1960 the editor of the local weekly. The Post, asked that steps be taken to draw the new school closer to the town, complaining that the geographical location had a psychological effect of remoteness, that the parents were losina contact with the school. Accordingly, it was agreed that column carrying vital bits of information as well as routine happenings at Powell Valley would appear regularly in The Post. Mr. Jock H. Gibbs, Dii tor of Guidance, accepted the challenge and began the column, Viking News and Views , shortly thereafter. Helping him was Bruce Osborne who handled sports and roving reporter assignments. In all, twelve editions carried the much read VNV as it sought to interpret the school to the parents. , . . . About First faculty meeting at Powell Valley. Girls State: Shupe, Caudill, Lane, Reasor, Sturgill. Boys State: Blevins, Meade, Buchanan, How- ard, Scott, Allman. Mrs. Mac and Wynn carry home the money from the Carnival. Pretty girl Rebecca and Ugly boy Danny. Queens: Quillen and Tipton. Kings: Vandergriff and Lane. itrons-Mrs. Hodge and Mrs. Jones; Custodian--Mr. Baker Our cooks-Mrs. Shuler, Mrs. Poff, Mrs. Shoop, Mrs. Tate A lady engineer and her crew install gym bleachers. Activities Left to Right - Row 1: Lila Garrison, Teresa Brickey, Phyllis Fugate, Sheila Bishop, Ann Liddle, Nita Holding, Gary Carty, Phyllis Carty, Jenny Witt, Susie Pannell, Mary E. Quillen, Jay Gwaldis. Row 2: Elaine Marrs, Sammie Rhea Halstead, Jimmy Johnson, Patricia Shuler, Jimmy Price, Larry Carty, Jill Banner, Joyce Bailey, Susan Hoi I if ie Id, Trina Lane, Gary Shull, Joseph Varney. Drum Major DICKIE STONE MAJORETTES PATRICIA FRANKS ALICE R. MARRS DEBBIE PIERCE BECKY PIERCE NITA GILES DORIS BUCHANAN i I Left to R ' ght-Row 1: Henry Stout, Nita Stallard, Johnny Kelly, Morgan Legg, Gwen Gillenwater, Bobby Whitt, Steve Brob- rosky. Row 2: Bobby Stallard, Hamilton Hagy, Gary Powers, Gordon Mumpower, Eddie Joe Duffy, John D. Williams, Harley Stallard, Jr., Wanda Bentley, Ann Marie Jeter, Mary Lou Daugherty, Mary Lou Taylor, Jill Thompson. Row 3: Clifford Baker, Charles Fugate, Wynn Rose, Ralph Shuler, Bill Gembach, Lindsey Brickey, James Scott, David Blevins, Benny Adams, Larry Esteppe, Lurlie Collinsworth, Joseph Varney. With the coming of the 1959-1960 school year Powell Valley High School and its Viking Band came into existence. For the band the consolidation of the two high schools presented no problem because for the past several years the Big Stone Gap H : gh School Band had had members from East Stone Gap High School. For many weeks hearts throbbed with anticipation of the arrival of the band ' s beautiful new red, white, and blue uniforms. The new Viking Band sported its new uniforms at the football game with St. Charles. Feet were raised high and the cadence was brisk as the band marched with pride for the first time in its new uniforms. In summer and early fall the baseball field at Bullitt Park was the scene of many hours of tedious work as Mr. McChesney instructed the band in its intricate drill maneuvers. At practically all of the football games the Viking Band was on the spot supplying pep for the team and flashy entertainment for the spectators. One of the annual highlights for the band, the Bristol Band Festival, climaxed many long hours of drill. The band presented to the judges and the spectators what not only we, but many spectators and high-ranking band men in the country, termed the most difficult show presented that day. A drill show consisting of a squad movement (twelve six-man squads), three gigantic pinwheels, climaxed by a giant 90 degree turn of the entire 50 yard company front was performed. This performance yielded a Division I trophy, the first trophy for Powell Valley High School. At the conclusion of the football season the scene changed to the beautiful new band room and concert work began. Twenty-one members participated in All Wise-County Band on November 21 and 22, and ten members participated in All- State Band West in Radford on February 5, 6, and 7. Many hours of practice enabled the band to attend the annual Regional at Abingdon on March 19. The band ended the year with the presentation of a concert in April, playing the finest classical selections and marches, in addition to current popular favorites. As we stop and look back, we find that all of these many happy and memorable experiences would not have been pos- sible without one woman, our wonderful director and a wonderful person, Mrs. Mac . Left to Right-Row 1: Betty Boggs, Ann Lee Witt, Pauline Collinsworth, Nancy Darnell, Rose Marie Tate, Phyllis Massengill, Dorothy Stone, Carolyn Wells, Katherine Akens, Cindy Farmer, James Ed Jenkins, Rebecca Johnson. Row 2: Peggy Hensley, Connie Mahan, Jane Johnson, Rita Wolfinger, Sara Lou Body, Jane Draper, Marilyn Reach, Betsy Banks, Alice Darnell, Patricia Lane, Frances Livesay. i-. BAND OFFICERS Banks, Lane, Carty P., Stone, Carty L., Price, Rose, Scott. Director Drum Major Captain Student Director .... Secretary Treasurer First Lieutenants .... Second Lieutenants MRS. SAM McCHESNEY DICKIE STONE WYNN ROSE JAMES SCOTT JOYCE BAILEY ANN LI DOLE BETSY BANKS LARRY CARTY JIM PRICE PHYLLIS CARTY TRINA LANE NITA HOLDING The Pierce twins, Debbie and Becky. Left to Right: Duffy, Rose, Shuler, Scott, Bailey, Lane, Banks, Darnell, Draper, Halstead. ALL STATE BETSY BANKS SAMMIE HALSTEAD RALPH SHULER ALICE DARNELL TRINA LANE WYNN ROSE EDDIE JOE DUFFY JAMES SCOTT JANE DRAPER JOYCE BAILEY LINDSEY BRICKEY Doris Buchanan BAND APPEARANCES Labor Day Celebration All Home Football Games Pennington Gap Game at Pennington Gap Bristol Band Festival Assembly Program Christmas Parade Assembly Program District VII Music Festival Annual Spring Concert SENSOR BAND MEMBERS Left to Right: Mary Lou Taylor, Ann Llddle, Phyllis Carty, Patricia Shuler, Jimmy Price, Winfield Rose, Doris Buchanan, Larry Carty, Jim Scott, Joyce Bailey, Betsy Banks, Irina K. Lane, Nita Holding, Elaine Marrs. Not Pictured-David Blevins. FROM THE BRISTOL BAND FESTIVAL Nita Giles poses for the photo- grapher. The Big Viking Band marches. Mr. and Mrs. Mac lead our parade. making the turn on Front Street Glee Club Lawson, Lane, Halstead, Caudill, Shupe, Liddle Director: JACK H. GIBBS Accompanists: SAMMIE RHEA HALSTEAD ■LARRY DALTON President JACK HOWARD Vice-President . — ... JANICE LAWSON Secretary SAMMIE HALSTEAD Treasurer BETSY BANKS ViKETTES MITZIE CAUDILL JANICE LAWSON SAMMIE RHEA HALSTEAD ANN LIDDLE TRINA LANE JEANETTE SHUPE Left to Right-Row 1: Ann Liddle, Anna Lee Witt, Mary Nell Berney, Frances Livesay, Sammie Rhea Halstead, Susie Pannell, Nita Holding, Mary Grace Reasor, Doris Buchanan, Mitzie Caudill, Nancy Sturgill, Emma Collins, Christine Cooper, Stella Sanders. Row 2: Carolyn Howerton, Mary Lou Daugherty, Judy Redwine, Jill Banner, Jo Susan Hollifield, Sandra Skeen, Ann Marie Jeter, Elaine Marrs, Kaye Smith, Rita Wolfinger, Betsy Banks, Trina Lane, Janice Lawson, Jane Draper, Brenda Kilgore, Wanda Bentley, Phyllis Carty. Row 3: Mr. Gibbs, Benji Williams, Bruce Osborne, David Callahan, Eddie Duffy, Alfred Reasor, Dickie Stone, Johnny Garrison, Pat Kelly, George Polly, Jackie Howard, Jimmy Price, Luke Cornette, Johnny Callahan, Jimmy Johnson, Larry Carty, Kenneth Kelly, Tyler Hash. Row 4: Larry Esteppe, Joseph Varney, Clifford Baker, Douglass Shupe, George Cole, Wynn Rose, Ralph Shuler, David Whittaker, Charles Fugate, Ted Johnson, Freddie Sturgill, Donald Hensley, Kenny Fogg, Larry Dye, Phil Buchanan, Charles Miller, Jack Baker, David Blevins, Josh Sandt. Not Pictured: June Fisher, Tyrone Hash, Gary Potter, Gary Powers, Linda Rogers, Jeanette Shupe, Sue Wade. •L Howard, Lawson, Banks, Halstead VIKETTES APPEARANCES Student Body - December 4, 1959 Kiwanis Club - December 15, 1959 nterstate Banquet Flower Show - Big Stone Gap - December 5 and 6, 195? Kiwanis Club - January 27, 1960 Student Body - January 22, 1960 Wise County Education Association Meeting - April 4, 19f Glee Club Appearances Caroling - Powdll Valley High School Big Stone Gap Elementary School East Stone Gap Elementary School Student Body Wise County Education Association Kiwanis Club The ultra-modern choral room, the beautiful music, and the excellent leadership of Mr. Gibbs are only a few of the many reasons for the high competition among members of the student body for a place in the Glee Club. Only seventy people from the entire high school to be in the first Viking Glee Club. Because no Christmas would be complete without the annual caroling, the Viking Glee Club premiered at Christmastime with performances at Powell Valley, East Stone Gap Elementary, and Big Stone Gap Elementary. Later in the year they entertained the Kiwanis Club and the student body with a concert. Certainly the entire school can look upon these with a feeling of pride and accomplishment. OFFICERS President JACKIE HOWARD Vice President FREDDIE STURGILL Secretary PATRICIA SHULER Treasurer SANDRA SKEEN Reporter JOYCE BAILEY Sponsor MRS. GRACE ROSE The Speech Club, a very active club in Powell Valley High School, eagerly plunged headlong into the busy year. First on the calendar of events was the election of officers on November 10. We started the year by doing different, famous orations. A passer-by could have heard quotations such as:. . . Four score and seven years ago . . . . BuF, as for me, give me liberty or give me death . . . We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . We hold these truths to be self evident, plus our favorite poem. The first three weeks of October were devoted to parliamentary procedure and law. We held various meetings using the proper parliamentary procedure. Before the Christmas holidays we presented a lively one-act play entitled Teacher ' s Pet, to the entire student body. After midterm, the sixteen mem- bers of our class were struggling with the art of formal argument, debating. The students were debating such questions as: Virginia and the sales tax, A student exchange program on the secondary school level for the United States and the USSR, Emphasis in high school on academics versus athletics and extra-curricular activities, and Federal aid to education. We have enjoyed our own stage in the Speech room, which has afforded us ample room and an opportunity to gain the needed stage experience to make our programs more realistic. We are looking forward to participating in another one-act play, humorous readings, pantomines, and a radio play. Our thanks to our capable sponsor, Mrs. Rose, who with her limitless ideas and enthusiasm has helped in making 1959-1960 another successful year for the Speech Club. E Top to Bottom-Column 1: Kenneth Fogg, Harley Stallard, Jr,, Larry Dye, Larry Carty, Billy Dingus, Phil Buchanan, Winfield Rose, David Blevins, Ralph Shuler. Column 2: Gary Potter, Tommy Gardner, Ruben Allman, Eddie Joe Duffy, Ronald Kite, Johnny Garrison, John D. Williams, Dickie Stone, Gary Carty, Jackie Howard. The Powell Valley High School Key Club is a part of the Key Club International-a club sponsored by Kiwanis International for the key boys in high school with the motto We Build. The Key Club strives to prepare its members for good citizenship. During this year some of the Key Club activities have included collecting food, toys, and clothing for needy families; delivering baskets which were made up by Kiwanis and Key Clubs to needy families; helping in the March of Dimes drive; lining off the football field for home football games; and directing traffic at the home basketball games. The club also sponsored our annual Charter Night Banquet. The highlight of our social year was the Kentucky-Tennessee District Con- vention held this year in Lexington, Kentucky. At these business meet- ings, Key Clubbers gather to discuss the past year ' s events and to propose new activities for the following year. Much credit for another successful year for the Key Club goes to our Kiwanis advisors. Dr. Brownie Polly, Jr., Mr. W. R. Akers, and Mr. H. N. Osborne, our school sponsor. Key Club OFFICERS President ... JACKIE HOWARD Vice President EDDIE DUFFY Secretary RUBEN ALLMAN Treasurer PHIL BUCHANAN Sergeant at Arms LARRY CARTY Carty, Howard, Buchanan, Allman, Duffy New Members 1959 Key Club Banquet March of Dimes count Guest speaker Mr. J. L. Cambios with Mrs. Cambios, Palo Potter, and Key Club officers Sandt, Marrs, Pat Salaita. Buchanan, Allman, and Dye count Left to Right-Row 1; Rebecca Johnson, Betty Jim Boggs, Judy Kiigore, Nita Giles, Mary Gwyn Wren, Mary Grace Reasor, Jean Brannock, Ann Liddle, Mary Lou Daugherty, Rose Marie Tate, Phyllis Shortt, Emma Collins, Nancy Sturgill, Nita Holding, Ginger Hughes, Elaine Marrs, Teresa Brickey, Lila Garrison. Row 2 : Miss Faith Cox, Geraldine Clevenger, Roberta Miller, Ann Marie Jeter, Glenna Smitherman, Kaye Smith, Sara Lou Body, Phyllis Beiton, Phyllis Fugate, June Collier, Patricia Franks, Jo Susan Hollifield, Patricia Shuler, Betsy Banks, Susie Pannell, Peggy Griffin, Carolyn Messer, Stella Sanders, Sandra Skeen, Doris Buchanan, Mrs. Wilma Brooks. Row 3: Trina K. Lane, Mary Dee Black, Patsy Akens, Navada Gibson, Brenda Kilgore, Mitzic M. Caudill, Alfred Reasor, Clifford Baker, Ralph Shuler, William Taylor, Jimmy Price, Charles Miller, Dickie Stone, Marilyn Reach, Jeanette Shupe, Jane Draper, Jane Johnson, Carolyn Osborne, Judy Redwine President . BRENDA KILGORE Vice-President EMMA COLLINS Secretary ... GLENNA SMITHERMAN Treasurer MARY GRACE REASOR Chaplain ... . .. BETSY BANKS Reporter STELLA SANDERS Sponsors MRS. WILMA BROOKS MISS FAITH COX, Column 1: Kilgore, Smither- man, Banks Column 2: Collins, Reasor Hi-Y Conference The Lonesome Pine Hi-Y Club exerted great influence upon its fellow students and faculty, os well, by putting into practice its purpose, To create, maintain, and extend throughout the home, school, and community, high standards of Christian character, and its platform, Clean speech, clean sportmanship, clean scholarship, and clean living. With the movement to our new school, we put out the welcome mat to other interested students. As a result, we found many eager to become mem- bers of our organization. Among our projects this year were the distribution of food to needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas, placing Thoughts for the Day on our bulletin boards, arid conducting an assembly. In November we were host to the Western District Conference with our own Brenda as the President and p r esiding officer. We hope that this year and each new year will find us a little closer to the fulfillment of our purpose, High standards of Christ- ian character. Brenda Kilgore, District President chats with other officers. Rev. Gibbs Bristol Tri-Ht-Y Row 1-Left to Right: Bruce Shull, Benji Strader, Paul Hamis, Dickie Taylor, Bobby Allman, James Durham, Ralph Shuler, Ronald Kite, Dickie Stone, George Polly, Lewis Collier, Clifford Baker, Hamilton Hagy, Joe Toney, Lynn Williams. Row 2: Miss Dingus, Beverly Whited, Ethel Coomer, Elaine Booher, Mary Gwyn Wren, Judy Kilgore, Alethia Watkins, Lois Stanley, Corinne Nickels, Rita Wolfinger, Sara Lou Body, Jane Johnson, Rachel Burchfield, Leslie Quesenberry, Ann Sutherland, Rebecca Johnson, Nita Giles, Teresa Damon, Mrs. Grace Rose. Row 3: Steve Willis, Carolyn Howerton, Rose Marie Tate, Frances Berney, Shirley Sorah, Dorothy Fowler, Patsy Skeen, Geraldine Collier, Frances True, Brenda Galloway, Cheryl Cutting, Connie Mahan, Phyllis Fugate, Mary Dee Black, Joyce Williams, Linda Laster, Lynette Estep, Larry Dalton. Kilgore, Black, Kite, Potter Quesenberry, Mahan, Baker, Potter, and Galloway at the Fish Booth . Roman Club President GARY POTTER Vice-President DEE BLACK Secretary RONALD KITE Treasurer JUDY KILGORE Sponsors MISS LORA DINGUS MRS. GRACE ROSE! ' The Roman Club is a chapter of the Junior Classical League, a national organization composed of local classical clubs in high schools throughout ' the United States and its territories. The purpose of the Junior Classical League is to encourage among high! school students an interest in and an appreciation of the civilization, litera- ture, ond art of ancient Greece and Rome, and to give them some under- standing of the debt of our own culture to that of classical antiquity. The active members of the Roman Club are those students taking first and second years Latin. Honorary members are those who have successfully com- pleted two years of Latin. Soon after mid-semester examinations the first year Latin students were initiated into the club at a party held in the school cafeteria. Latin II students received their J. C. L. pins at that time. The proceeds from the Halloween Carnival booth was used to purchase these pins. The club ' s service project was to sponsor the drive for donations for the Crippled Children ' s Society of Virginia on the Saturday before taster. New members at the Initiation Party Tempus fugit and the year was gone. We wish to express our apprecia- tion to our sponsors, Mrs. Grace Rose and Miss Dingus for their guidance through the hurdles of Latin I and II. Left to Right-Row 1: Harley Stallard, Jr., Billy Dingus, Josh Sandt, Jackie Howard, Johnny Garrison, Jack Baker, John D. Williams, Larry Carty, Jimmy Price, Charles Fugate. Row 2: Ralph Ely, Jerry Masters, Benjy Williams, Ben Mullins, Harold Thompson, Billy Gembach, Robert Reasor, Gary Carty. Row 3: Mr. Miller, Alice Darnell, Jane Draper, Jo Susan Hoi I if ie Id, Susie Panneil, Shirley Gamble, Alice Ruth Marrs, Nita Holding, Mary Grace Reasor, Nancy Sturgill. LOS CONQUISTADORES OFFICERS President _____ . JOHNNY GARRISON Vice President JOHN D. WILLIAMS Secretary NANCY STURGILL Treasurer ... MARY GRACE REASOR Sponsor .. . MR. WADE MILLER, JR. “The Conquerors of Powell Valley High School” now total 31 from the first and second year classes. These members of the Spanish Club again presented to the student body a Spanish celebration. Johnny Garrison presented each conqueror in his bright Spanish array. All the thrills of a Mexican bullfight, the beauty of Spanish music, the intracacies of the Hat Dance, the comedy of Cisco and Pancho were presented in this colorful Spanish fiesta. Susan Hollifield por- trayed the beautiful Madonna, a reverent scene followed by the reading of the Lord ' s Prayer in Spanish. The fiesta ended in group singing of Christ- mas songs led by Mr. Gibbs. At the annual spring picnic, new members were initiated and presented with their pins. This ended another successful year for The Conquerors, under the guidance of our new and capable sponsor, Mr. Wade Miller, Jr. Sturgill, Reasor, Williams, Garrison Hat Dance - Joyce and Billy 4 NAVIDAD Programa Left to Eight-Row 1: Delores Messer, Jenelle Herron, Jean Brannock, Faye Riggs, Phyllis Carty Row 2: Carolyn Messer, Norma Spears, Glenna Smitherman, Patricia Shuler. Row 3: Shirley Miller, Roberta Ayers, Brenda George, Irene Rogers. Row 4: Stella Sanders, Emma Collins, Nevada Gibson, Mrs. Beth Wendell. V. O. T. Smitherman, Yeary, Carty, Sanders Vocational Office Training is a part-time work program for senior students who at- tend regular school half a day and work in the afternoons in business offices. V. O. T. includes typing, systems of filing, and various office machines-adding, desk bookkeep- ing, calculators, payroll, dictating-transcribing, duplicating, and the electric typewriter. The club made a trip to Knoxville and Gatlinburg in the spring and an annual Em- ployer-Employee Banquet was held in May. Left to Right-Row 1: Rachel Burchfield, Shirley Miller, Peggy Griffin, Alethia Watkins, Patsy Dalton, Jenny Gilliam, Navada Gibson, Miss Scott. Row 2: Sonja Sanders, Patricia Maxfield, Carolyn Howerton, Judy Redwine, Teresa Brickey, Sammie Rhea Halstead, Stella Sanders, Brenda George, Jean Brannock, Nancy Sturgill, Rita Faye Wells, Emma Collins, Linda Berry. Not pictured: Margaret Reasor Library Club President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sponsor NAVADA GIBSON JENNY GILLIAM PATSY DALTON ALETHIA WATKINS MISS BILLIE JEAN SCOTT Our school library functions in order to further the school ' s objectives as a service agency, a teaching agency, a materials center, and a reading center. The Library Club consists of 21 members and assists the librarian in stimulating the use of library materials to the students and faculty. Our regular meetings were scheduled for the first Thursday of each month with special meetings held when necessary. The library doors were opened at Powell Valley High School for the first time during National Book Week. Since this time, the club has been active in many projects: preparing book marks for the students and faculty through- out the year, presenting an assembly program and entertaining the faculty during National Library Week, making a scrap book of authors ' lives, help- ing with bulletin board exhibits and displays, and constantly seeking ways by which the library can be of better service. Our capable sponsor and librarian is Miss Billie Jean Scott. Under her direction, we of the Library Club, feel that our school has an efficiently operated library. Miss Scott and Margrete Reasor in the stack room. Gilliam, Dalton, Watkins, Gibson Left to Right-Row 1: Barbara Flanary, Kaye Smith, Mary Louise Hood, Patsy Akens, Hilma Marcum, Patsy Dalton, Stella Sanders. Row 2: Doris Jackson, Jean Brannock, Carolyn Osborne, Dora Jean Lewis, Jenelle Herron, Margaret Robinette, Margaret Cochrane, Sandra Skeen, Phyllis Carty. Row 3: Mrs. Kathleen Horne, Liddie Moe Fleenor, Sara Lou Body, Brenda Kilgore, Helen Combs, Evelyn Huff, Mary Lou Qualls, Mary Jane Witt, Janice Newberry, Shelby Collins, Brenda George, Jean Underwood, Imogene Cooper, Miss Daisy Fitts. F. H. A. OFFICERS President PHYLLIS CARTY Vice-President PATSY DALTON Secretary ___ BRENDA GEORGE Treasurer MARY LOU QUALLS Reporter SANDRA SKEEN Historian ...................... ....... BRENDA KILGORE Sponsors MRS. KATHLEEN HORNE MISS DAISY FITTS Phyllis Carty, Alethia Watkins, Mary Lou Qualls, Brenda George The main objective of the Future Homemakers of America is to increase individual understanding and to promote better family life. This year we have practiced what we preached through our various projects at home and at school. Some of these major projects were: pre- paring Christmas baskets for underprivileged children in the first and second grades, presenting a Christmas Idea Festival, participating in the Black Diamond Federation programs, and presenting our annual fashion show. With the unwavering assistance of our leaders, Mrs. Kathleen Horne and Miss Daisy Fitts, we know that we shall surpass these achievements and attain even higher goals in the future. Christmas packages for the children — t ■ 4 — w — ZLZIXZZ 1 Z3T- ■ • ' • ' -rv ' sajj j� ■ 1 1 j Left to Right-Row 1: Jean Brannock, Margrete Reasor, Atice K, Marrs, Margaret Robinette, Carolyn Osborne, Sandra Skeen, Mary E. Quillen, Mary Jane Witt, Shelby Collins, Billie Ruth Tate, Tanya Akens, Brenda Dalton, Shirley Lawson. Row 2; Marvin Fleenor, Dennis Powers, Jake Marcum, James Skeen, Johnny Livingston, Bill Hughes, Huell Daugherty, Gale Cambs, Alfred Reasor, Vayne Hill, David Whittaker, Robert Reasor, Luke Cornett, Row 3: Larry Stipe, Jess Seymour, Dickie Dicken- son, Jackie Lane, Bobby Stallard, Bobby Stanley, James Seymour, Ralph Ely, Charles Fugate, Johnny Callahan, Larry Ely, Bernard Leonard, Roy Fields, James Ed Jenkins. Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Sponsor 4-H Club ROBERT REASOR MARGRETE REASOR JEAN BRANNOCK MARGARET ROBINETTE CAROLYN OSBORNE - MR. J. L. McCORMIGK, JR. M- Reasor, Brannock, Robinette, R. Reasor The 4-H Club is a kind of training in which rural youths learn better ways of farm- ing and home making, better ways of working together in groups and on community matters, better ways of living. It puts the emphasis of self reliance, character, and an appreciation of the things of the open country, it makes for good homes, good citizens, and cultured rural life. The pledge of the 4-H Club is I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my hands to larger service, my heart to dearer loyalty, and my health to better living and greater service for my club, my community, and my country. Left to Right-Row! : Jenelle Herr«n, Patsy Dorton, Brenda Messer, Betty Lovell, Roberta Miller, Teresa Brickey, Jean Brannock, Mary Lou Dougherty, Mary Lou Taylor, Judy Collinsworth, Charles Miller, Doris Buchanan, Irene Rogers, Patricia Shuler, Barbara Kedzierski, Margaret Reasor, Bustor Stanley, Sonja Sanders, Delores Messer, Eva Christian, Dora Jean Lewis, Emma Collins, Mary Nell Berney, Stella Sanders, Lila Garrison. Row 2: Liddie Mae Fleenor, Frances Livesay, Ann Marie Jeter, G ' enna Smitherman, Janice Anderson, June Collier, Eleanor Meade, Norma Spears, Roberta Ayers, Wayne Wilson, Miss Nell Rose, Mrs. Evelyn Whitt, Mrs. Beth Wendell, James Comer, Susie Pannell, Peggy Griffin, Lurlie Collingsworth, Sandra Skeen, Elaine Marrs, Carol Gilliam, Mary L. Hood, Patsy Akens. Row 3: Navada Gibson, Patricia Cox, Hilma Marcum, Shirley Miller, Margaret Robinette, Nancy Hamilton, Sue Stidham, Alice Ruth Marrs, Rita Franklin, Carolyn Ann Osborne, Kaye Smith, Jenny Gilliam, Brenda Kilgore, Phyllis Shortt, Faye Riggs, Brenda Galloway, Minnie Bledsoe, Carolyn Messer, Brenda George, Sandra Whitt, Jane Johnson, Patricia Franks. Shuler, Miller, Buchanan, Rogers, Ked- zierski, Reasor B. L. OFFICERS President First Vice President ... Second Vice President Secretary- Treasurer Reporter Sponsors PATRICIA SHULER .. MARGARET REASOR ... DORIS BUCHANAN IRENE ROGERS BARBARA KEDZIERSKI SHIRLEY MILLER MRS. WENDELL MRS. WHITT MISS ROSE The Future Business Lecders of America Club forms a sound foundation for business careers for many young people today. Any student who is enrolled in at least one business course is eligible for membership. Some of the purposes for which the organization was formed are: (a) to develop competent, aggressive business leadership, (b) to strengthen the confidence of young men and women in their work, (c) to create interest and understanding in the choice of a business occupation, and (d) to develop character, train for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism. There are three degrees of active membership: (1) assistant, (2) supervisor, and (3) leader. The twelve students with the highest averages in business were given leader and supervisor degrees. Students with leader degrees have completed two and one-half credits in business and supervisors have completed one and one-half credits. We are Chapter 1622 of the National Organization of F. B. L. A. D. E. Club Left to Right-Row 1: Lee Roy Blanton, Fred Sturgiil, Tyler Hash, Huell Daugherty, Bill Vandergriff, Larry Carty, Pat Kelly, James McQuery. Row 2: James Coffey, Don Vandergriff, Buster Stanley, Bill Lile, Donald Hensley, Dennis Langrel. Not pictured: Tommy Gardner, Ted Johnson, Bobby Miller. Kelly, Johnson, Sturgill, Vandergriff President PAT KELLY Vice-President FREDDIE STURGILL Secretary TED JOHNSON Treasurer BILL VANDERGRIFF Sponsor MR. WILLIAM CURRY The purpose of the Distributive Education course is to present the fundamental princi- ples and practices of retail merchandising that should be mastered by all who wish to enter retailing as a possible vocation. Our chief project to raise money this year was the Halloween Carnival in which we had the cake walks and grab bags. The annual D. .E. Convention was held in Norton this year. Because last year ' s convention was so successful we looked forward to this year ' s convention. We have a new D. E. instructor, Mr. William Curry. He has been very patient and understanding with us, and we have learned much through his efforts. Miss Powell Valley High MITZIE CAUDILL Mr. Powell Valley High PHIL BUCHANAN HONOR STUDENTS Valedictorian Salutatorian NANCY STURGILL TRINA KAY LANE SANDRA SKEEN FAYE RIGGS PHILLIS CARTY ANN LIDDLE SHIRLEY MILLER WIN, FIELD ROSE JAMES SCOTT NAVADA GIBSON JUDITH REDWINE MARTHA YEARY MARY GRACE REASOR MITZIE CAUDILL BETSY BANKS Assembly COLLEGE DAY Anderson, Potter, Slemp, Reasor, Lineberg, Fu- gate, Cooper ALL STAR TALENT Gathering of the Nuts Powell Valley Gossip Career Talks A vital part of any high school program is the series of assemblies held each week during the year. At Powell Valley High School the responsibility for setting up the schedule for such a series is a faculty committee composed of Mrs. Botts, Miss Scott, Miss Cox, and Mr. Gibbs. The goal of this committee was to present a variety of pro- grams utilizing pupil talent and participation, teacher supervision, and community resources. Throughout the year a variety of talent has filled the regular Friday slot. College Day welcomed former students back to tell about their colleges. Cheerleaders were on parade several times to give rousing cheers for the football team. Two All Star Talent Shows gave the student body an idea of what potential we really had in our school. Fire Prevention Week arrived complete with all the fire engines in town. The Viking Band gave us a review of the Bristol Band Festival and a Spring Concert. Girls of the band gave Powell Valley Gossip , a one act play. American Education Week ushered us into the new building and a group of students gave a brief outline of the many courses and opportunities offered at our high school. Thanksgiving was an appropriate time for the Hi-Y Club to pre- sent an assembly. The Speech Club presented Teacher ' s Pet , a lively one act play. The Spanish Club brought in Christmas with a bang with the annual fiesta. Glee Clubbers caroled in the halls to make the sea- son merry. Key Clubbers evaluated its purposes and projects. The V.O.T., F.B.L.A., and D.E. Clubs gave us a look at the many facets of business training offered. The First Annual Science Fair was held at Powell Valley and the student body got a sneak preview of the many projects. February, the month of presidents, brought the usual Americanism program with many old familiar pieces of national documents. National Library Week was celebrated with a book parade. Char- acters stepped from books to emphasise the value and pleasure derived from reading. Future Homemakers got into the act with their program. Mr. Gibbs and the Viking Glee Club sang their way into the hearts of the student body with old favorites and new arrangements. Ministers who participated in the programs included: Rev. C. W. Dye, Rev. C. S. Wilson, Rev. J. R. Woodside, Rev. William D. Hen- derson, and Rev. W. B. Galloway. Programs Junior Magazine winners-Charles Miller, Anna Lee Witt, Christine Cooper The raising of the new 50 star flag by Mr. Gibbs, Jack Howard, Buster Taylor. Science Fair winners receive medals Science Fair Committee Program National Education Week F.B.L.A. speaks v mmm Miss Scott and a parade of book characters Nita Holding and Kenneth Kelly Brenda Galloway and Buster Taylor -—The Grand March and dancing ' til midnight. w , Proms Elaine Marrs and Larry Carty -The Grand March and dancing ' til midnight. Sandy Skeen and Paul Wilson crown Queen Doris Maxfield and King Ted Tate. Doris Euchanan and Tyler Hash COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Big Stone Gap High School TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1959 8:00 P.M. Processional, Pomp and Circumstance ' Daisy Chain Class Song — My Fair Lady _ Elgar Seniors and Juniors ... Lerner and Lowe Salutatory Mason Collier My Fair Lady Class of ' 59 MY FAIR LADY Graduation 1959 finds the members of the Senior Class in New York City. For a time, at least. Times Square belongs to this group of boys and girls. As the curtain opens people are walking up and down, sightseeing, and enjoying the awesome bigness of this wonderful town. From the distance a Salvation Army Band is heard approaching. After an interesting interlude the small town boys arrive and make their presence felt as they take over the Square. Naturally, and inevitably, their interests center on the girls who are to join them momentarily. With the stage thus set New York becomes a fantastic backdrop for the display of this talented group. graduation — nineteen hundred fifty-nine Overture ... Onward Christian Soldiers ' Hello, Hello There Presentation of Girls Welcome to Girls Response The Big Stone Gap High School Band Salvation Army Band The Rockheads, Albert Sandt, Jr., D. I. William Palo Potter Mason Collier SALVATION ARMY BAND Maudine Benedict, Mason Collier, Carol Daugherty, Patricia Gallihar, Susan Kilbourne, Martha Lewis, Jane Midkiff, Phyllis Peterson, Anna Lou Reach, Patricia Salaita, Johnny Wilson. ROCKHEADS Herschel Akens, Arthur Bentley, Billy Joe Blanton, Gene Calahai Tommy Fleenor, James Hill, Edward Kedzierski, Carl Livesay, Be Marrs, Ted Messer, Bill Reach, Sandy Sandt, Axley Spears, Hen Stidham, Roger Whited, Preston Williams, Blake Wilson. ' On the Street Where You Live ' CORPS DE BALLET Johnny Wilson Susan Kilhourne and Enti re Ensemble Joyce Cochran - Prima Ballerina Lonesome Me - Roger Whited Joyce Cochran, Donna Palmer, Patricia Salaita, Mason Collier, Jane Midk iff, Mary Ford, Delores Woodward, Kay Kiser, Martha Lewis. GIRLS PRESENTED Betty Ballengee, Maudine Benedict, Lois Blanton, Libby Carter, Janice Clark, Joyce Cochran, Mason Collier, Carol Daugherty, Mary Ford, Mary Faye Fowler, Patricia Gallihar, LaNette Golden, Peggy Herron, Barbara Hood, Susan Kilbourne, Kay Kiser, Mary Alice Lane, Nancy Lawson, Martha Lewis, Patty McQuery, Jane Midkiff, Joyce Mulvaney, Donna Lee Palmer, Phyllis Peterson, Anna Lou Reach, Patricia Salaita, Judy Sanders, Mary Ann Smith, Vivian Whited, Helen Wolfinger, Delores Woodward. Reprise — Hello, Hello There Warsaw Concerto On the Street Where You Live Finale — I Could Have Danced All Night Get Me to the Church on Time Subway Sequence with Gene Callahan trombone, Johnny Wilson Carol Daugherty trumpet. Bill Stone Joyce Cochran and Entire Ensemble Valedictory Phyllis Peterson Presentation of Awards and Diplomas Dr. J. J. Kelly, Jr. Mr. Harley Stollard COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES East Stone Gap High School MAY 21, 1959 Processional with Daisy Chain Junior-Senior Song Invocation The Reverend Herman Terry Salutatory .... Richard E. Duncan Class History Marilyn Wells Giftorian Patsy Damon Awarding of Medals : Mrs. L. E. Williams Awarding of Diplomas Mr. W. D. Richmond Valedictory Farewell Song Recessional ... Pianist Billy Vanhook Juniors and Seniors Seniors and Juniors Miss Elizabeth Witt WOB EAST STONE GAP HIGH Sponsors DAISY FITTS HEZ OSBORNE Party anybody? I I A nice pose f ' Future senators in Senator Byrd ' s office Fowler and Reach in the cabin Left to Right-Row 1: Johnny Kilgore, Carol Stidham, Bill Van hook, Phillip Hobbs, James Baker, Bill Leonard, Philman Tate Richard Duncan, James Pleasant, Sonny Mason, Kelly Johnson Row 2: Lois Neeley, Nancy Stepp, Peggy Phillips, Mary Ruther ford, Carolyn Osborne, Sandra Skeen, Linda Lou Tate, Mis: 1 Fitts, Mr. Osborne, iva McCready, Doris _ Maxfield, Priscillc Hamilton, Patsy Damon, Nancy Dickenson, Gail Cawood Patricia Hood. Daugherty and Wilson chat with the former Nav Band director. Easter parade at Mount Vernon Left to Right-Row 1: Patricia Salaita, Delores Wood- ward, Janice Clark, Mason Collier, Joyce Cochran, Joyce Mulvaney, Mary Faye Fowler, Maudine Bene- dict, Libby Carter, Judy Sanders, Jenelle Herron, Betty Ballengee, Kay Kiser. Row 2: Carol Daugherty, Pat Gallihar, Mary Alice Lane, Anna Lou Reach, Vivian Whited, Helen Wolfinger, Miss Dingus, La- Nette Golden, Phyllis Peterson, Susan Kilbourne, Jane Midkiff, Mary Evelyn Ford. Row 3: Bill Stone, Sandy Sandt, Carl Livesay, Johnny Wilson, Blake Wilson, Preston Williams, Gene Callahan, Mr. Gibbs, Miss Cox, Mr. Murray, Bucky Bentley, Bill Potter, Roger Whited, Tommy Fleenor, Edward Kedzie.rski, Bob Marrs. Mulvaney and Whited What do you see, Mr. pose beside the bus Gibbs? Vt National Theatre after Bells Are Ringing, ' starring Judy Holliday W„OB BIG STONE GAP HIGH SCHOOL SPONSORS Jack H. Gibbs Lora Dingus Faith Cox Dingus - Cox Mr. Kirkpatrick, theatre man- ager, our favorite guide. Into the orchestra pit goes Bill Stone China Town Athletics Vikings Coach: BURCHELL L. STALLARD Assistant Coach: _ CECIL MADDUX Junior Varsity Coach: HEZ OSBORNE VARSITY FOOTBALL Left to Right-Row 1: David Whittaker, Wendell Tate, John D. Williams, Jimmy Slagle, Charles Hodge, James Bolling, Jim McQuery, Jimmy Johnson, Francis Williams. Row 2; George Polly, Gary Potter, Douglas Shuler, Johnny Stevens, Sonny Maness, Marvin Fields, Glen Ballengee, Benji Strader, James Wade, Tyrone Hash. Row 3: Dennis Langrel, Ruben Allman, Ben Mullins, Jackie Howard, Tommy Pierce, Jack Lane, Donald Vandergriff, Bobby Harkleroad, James Lambert. Row 4: Josh Sandt, Phil Buchanan, C. M. Boggs Jr., Thomas Morris, Buster Taylor, Ted Johnson, Jack Baker, Louis Collier. Osborne, Stailard, Maddux ALL DISTRICT Langrel, Williams, Buchanan CO-CAPTAINS Slagle Hash SCHEDULE AND SCORES Powell Valley 20 Janesville 0 Powell Valley 28 St. Charles 0 Powell Valley 0 Coeburn 0 Powell Valley 0 Clintwood 7 Powell Valley 19 Wise 6 Powell Valley 0 Norton 0 Powell Valley 31 Gate City 0 Powell Valley 19 Pennington Gap 0 Powell Valley 0 Appalachia 6 Seniors Left to Right-Row 1: Johnson, Buchanan, Baker, Taylor. Row 2: Allman, Langrel, Vandergriff, Stevens, McQuery, Howard. A new era began at Bullitt Park this year, that of the Powell Valley Vikings. This new name in District Eight came as the result of the consolidation of the Big Stone Gap Buccaneers and the East Stone Gap Tigers. Although this was the first year for the Vikings, they already established themselves as sportsmen with a desire to win. On August 15, approximately 60 boys donned their football togs and hurried onto the field for their first Viking practice. After two weeks of preparation under the constructive eyes of head coach, Burchell Stallard, and backfield coach, Cecil Maddux, we became a nervous but anticipating squad, waiting the first game. In the first two games, Powell Valley shut-out the Jonesville Bulldogs 20-0 and the St. Charles Midgets by a score of 28-0. On September 18 the Vikings faced their first major opponent, the Coeburn Blue Knights. The game ended in a 0-0 stalemate, with both teams playing excellent defense. By a 7-0 score, the always powerful Clintwood Green Wave handed Powell Valley their first defeat, but the Vikings quickly rebounded the following week to defeat the Wise Indians 19-0. On October 9, in a sea of mud, the Black Raiders of Norton and the Vikings fought to a 0-0 stand still. Looking for revenge, the Vikings trounced the Gate City Blue Devils by a score of 31-0 and shut-out a stubborn Pennington team 19-0. After a week of preparation, we met the Appalachia Bulldogs in an annual classic. The Bulldogs struck fast and deadly through the air on the first play for 6 points. This ended the scoring of the game and thus the first Viking season. i The Vikings placed three members on the All District team. Those making this honorary team were; Dennis Langrel J. D. Williams 1st team 1st team Offensive Tackle Defensive Linebacker Phil Buchanan 2nd team Offensive End FIRST TEAM-OFFENSIVE FIRST TEAM-DEFENSIVE Linemen: Phi! Buchanan (80), C. M. Boggs, Jr. (70), Worley Maness (60), Thomas Morris (50), Marvin Fields (66), Den- nis Langrel (71), Ted Johnson (81). Backs: Jim McQuery (40), Jim Slagle (12), Tvrone Hash (33), Jack Lane (20). Linemen: Jack Baker (84), James Wade (72), Ben Mullins (61), Doug Shuler (53), Glen Ballengee (67), James Lam- bert (72), Tommy Pierce (82), Backs: Jackie Howard (42), George Polly (30), John D. Williams (11), Josh Sandt (32), Don Vandergriff (21), Bobby Harkleroad (22). J u N I 0 R V A R S 1 T Y F O O T B A L L Left to R ' ght-Row 1: Ronnie Smith, Gary Johnson, Steve Willis, Bobby Allman, Muriel Wood- ward, Mike Berney, Jack Fox. Row 2: Roger Tomlinson, Douglas Shupe, William Hughes, Charles Reed, David Calahon, Dickie Taylor, Bobby Ramsey, Worley Anderson, Marvin Shortt. Row 3: Hollie Smith, Alan Back, Johnny Burke, Ralph Collins, Jimmy Miller, Lester Lewis, Morris Mahan, Roger Langrel, Joe Toney, Bobby Tipton Row 4: Jess Seymour Jerry Johnson, Danny Hill, Sam Hall, Gary Hilton, Fred Baker, Winston Witt, Coach Osborne. Coach: Hez Oszorne . . . .and with the creation of the Vikings came the Junior Vikings. Made up of younger boys, this program was designed to add experience to the desire to play football. In future years, the Powell Valley Vikings will indeed prosper, due to the efforts of these industrious young boys. Under the supervision of Coach Osborne, sometimes critical but always patient, these boys worked diligently to mold themselves into a team of which we are very proud. Although this is the first year, we have had such a junior varsity program that the Junior Vikings amassed a record of five victories and one defeat. Thus they ended their season labeled JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONS OF DISTRICT EIGHT. Powell Valley 50 Pound Powell Valley 18 Norton Powell Valley 13 Appalachia Powell Valley 6 Appalachia Powell Valley 27 Pennington Gap Powell Valley 25 Pennington Gap o o o O ' o o ® • • • as the VIKINGS played the game McQuery stiff-arms an opponent. Johnson goes high to grab a pass. Buchanan scores against Gate City. Incomplete Hash bulls his way through. i | I He didn ' t go far. Night Train Lane goes on a rampage. Left to Right: Jack Lane, John D. Williams, Teddy Bruton, Phil Buchanan, Gary Potter, Thomas Morris, Coach Maddux, Har- old Thompson, Bruce Shull, Joe Graham, Jimmy Slaqle, Ted Johnson, Lewis Collier. We meet our rivals. Schedules and Scores Powell Valley 32 Norton 52 Powell Valley 36 Ervinton 48 Powell Valley 48 Wise 43 Powell Valley 52 Coeburn 35 Powell Valley 50 Clintwood 70 Powell Valley 69 St. Paul 44 Powell Valley 45 Appalachia 63 Powell Valley 34 Norton 50 Powell Valley 45 Pound 52 Powell Valley 71 St. Paul 44 Powell Valley 48 Ervinton 42 Powell Valley 54 Wise 53 Powell Valley 58 Coeburn 43 Powell Valley 62 Pound 75 Powell Valley 69 Clintwood 56 Powell Valley 45 Appalachia 60 Powell Valley 68 Wise 55 Powell Valley 44 Rye Cove 41 Powell Valley 36 Pound 37 Powell Valley 43 Clintwood 56 Tournament . Varsity Basketball COACH: CECIL MADDUX The Vikings, under the capable and patient leadership of Coach Maddux, initiated their first basketball season with an over-all record of 10 wins and 10 losses. During regular season the Vikings compiled an 8-8 record and then began preparation for the tournament to be held this year at Powell Valley ' s new gym. In the first game of the tournament Powell Valley turn- ed back the Wise Indians by a score of 68-55. This gave the Vikings a berth in the quarter finals in which they were to meet highly regarded Rye Cove. With upset in mind, we downed the Eagles in a thriller, 44-41. Playing superb- ly, the Vikings lost a 37-36 heartbreaker to Pound in the semi-finals; nevertheless, this entitled us to play in the consolation game of the finals. Although Clintwood defeated the Vikings in this game, we ended the year in fourth place in District Eight. The usual starting line-up consisted of John D. Williams and Jim Slagle as guards, Ted Johnson as center, Joe Graham and Phil Buchanan as forwards. Also seeing plenty of action for the Vikings were Har- old Thompson, Gary Potter, Louis Collier, Jack Lane, and Bruce Shull. The individual sportmanship award given by the Lions Club was awarded to Joe Graham. Junior Varsity Basketball COACH: BURCHELL STALLARD Tip-off in the very first game in the new gym. Lett to Right: Bobby Harkleroad, Sam Hall, Jack Graham, Marvin Vanhook, Douglas Shupe, Frankie Hamilton, Jimmy Galloway, Ernest Kelly, Ralph Shuler, Lester Lewis, Jim Graham, Roger Langrel, Fred Buchanan, Coach Stallard. PV 17 Schedules and Scores Norton 25 In view of previous records, much of Powell Valley ' s basketball success may be attributed to the Junior Varsity PV 16 Ervington 21 program. Pointing out the efficiency of this program, all PV 37 Wise 33 of the Varsity players this year had had previous JV experience. Nevertheless let us not overlook the untiring PV 13 Coeburn 18 efforts of Coaches Maddux and Stallard. PV 27 Clintwood 34 To be eligible for Junior Varsity competition, a boy must be a bonafide student in good standing,- he must be PV 43 St. Paul 22 PV 31 Appalachia 39 in the eighth grade or above; he must not have ex- PV 22 Norton 28 ceeded his nineteenth birthday by six months; and also. PV 15 Pound 26 he must have passed at least three subjects prior to the PV 45 St. Paul 28 semester in which he is to play. PV 14 Ervington 29 Although the JV won only 5 games this season, they PV 27 Wise 46 reached a climax when they upset Pound 25-20, and then PV 20 Coeburn 27 outdistanced Clintwood 28-27. PV 25 Pound 20 The usual starting line-up consisted of: Sam Hall and PV 28 Clintwood 27 Jim Graham as guards,- Jimmy Galloway as center,- Jack PV 16 Appalachia 27 Graham and Bobby Harkleroad, as forwards. CHEERLEADERS and— Left to Right-Row 1: Daugherty, Messer, Bolinsky. Row 2: Skeen, Livesay, Bailey, Lawson, Osborne, Caudill, Liddle. In front of the stands in Bullitt Park — BASKETBALL in action Varsity tournament game with Rye Cove. Scoreboard during first game at Poweii Valley with St. Paul. Thompson and Morris after a rebound. How ' s the view up there, John D.? Rye Cove center and Johnson jump Down the court after a rebound JUNIOR VARSITY Getting set Galloway takes it Al! eyes on the ball First Row-Left to right: Paulette Bolinsky, Mary Lou Daugherty, Sandra Skeen, Carolyn Osborne, Joyce Baily, Janice Lawson, Mitzie Caudill, Frances Livesay, Ann Liddle, Brenda Messer. Row 2: Jim Slagle, John D. Williams, Marvin Fields, David Whittaker, Ted Johnson, Dennis Langrel, C. M. Boggs, Glen Ballengee, Ben Mullins, Johnny Stevens. Row 3: Coach Stallard, Buster Taylor, George Polly, Gary Potter, Jack Lane, Joe Graham, Harold Thompson, Phil Buchanan, Thomas Morris, James McQuery, Francis Williams, Coach Maddux. Row 4: Jack Howard, Bobby Harkleroad, Josh Sandt, Jack Baker, Tommy Pierce, Ruben Allman, Don Vandergriff, James Wade, Sonny Maness. A Slagle, Galloway, McQuery Varsity Club OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Sergeant at Arms Sponsors JIM SLAGLE JIM McQUERY JANICE LAWSON JACK LANE TED JOHNSON .... MR. BURCHELL STALLARD MR. CECIL MADDUX (Lions Club Sportsmanship Banquet) Carroll Dale, All-American from VPI, awards basketball trophy to Joe Graham and football trophy to Jimmy Slagle as John McKenna, football coach of V.M.t. watches f 1 f t A } 1:1 r The Varsity Club is an organi- zation made up of all students who have lettered in interscholastic sports or who have served as team managers or cheerleaders. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the busi- nesses without whose help this first edition of the VALHALLA would never have been possible. CLINCH HAVEN FARMS PET DAIRY BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA CENTRAL SUPPLY CO. OF VA., INC. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Andover, Virginia Appalachia, Virginia HARCOURT AND COMPANY OLD DOMINION POWER CO. 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