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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.
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...in the beautiful Powell Valley . .. the foundations were poured... and the building began to take form.
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