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

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' is v n Y ng TABLE OF CONTENTS Administration 6 Classes 11 Organizations 47 Athletics 73 Features 85 Advertisements 100

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The Seniors of Powell Valley High School Big Stone Gap, Virginia Present The Ninth Edition of the VALHALLA Foreword Like the Vikings of old who believed that the souls of their heroes slain in battle went to rest in Valhalla, we consign the pleasant memories of another school year to this, the Ninth Edition of the VALHALLA. Wise County Public Library Wise, Virginia ■

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Dr. Kelly was superintendent of schools in Wise County for 48 years, from 1917 until his retirement in 1963. Under his leadership, the Wise County school system was the first in Virginia to organize tuition-free regular summer schools; the first to place all teachers on the same salary basis - men and women, high school and elementary teachers, white and Negro; the first to employ principals on a 12- month basis and offer a regular nine-month schedule in all schools in the system; the first to promote a five-year high school; the first to establish and maintain a county-wide vocational school and place home economics and business education in the curricula of county high schools. Impressive as his accomplishments for the Wise Coun ty school system were, Dr. Kelly remained a leader for other reasons. He possessed integrity, strength, wisdom, and farsightedness. He was a gentle- man. We can think of no finer tribute to pay him. 3