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

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DERETHA ADAMS The measure of life is not its du¬ ration but its donation. TERESA AKENS Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. GARNER BARKER He could whip his weight in wild¬ cats. PATSY BEGLEY You can keep love only by giv¬ ing it. SENIORS BELINDA BENTLEY Our chief want in life is some¬ body who will make us do what we can. BILLY JOE BERTA He was not merely a chip off the old block but the old block itself. RONNIE BISHOP To grow means often to suffer, but whatever is, is best. ROBERT BOTTS To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. 15

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k Dixie Robertson, Treasurer; Pat Carlton, Secretary; Frankie Swinney, Vice-president; Edward Gibson, President : Drum Major Donna Spirits Mike and Dixie Co-captains Coughlin and Murphy SENIORS . . . the unreality of reaching the top . . . the reality of re¬ ceiving class rings ... a feeling of unity, of oneness . . . symbol of achievement for underclassmen . . . dignity ... or illusion . . . tak¬ ing college boards, moving towards graduation . . . making excuses, running in the halls . . . the special privileges of seniority . . . mov¬ ing to the front of the auditorium . . . leading the pledge of alle¬ giance . . . college days . . . more specialized courses ... a greater variety of electives . . . the indecision of knowing which college is best . . . large or small . . . two year or four year . . . state or com¬ munity . . . confusion of submitting applications . . . anticipation of acceptance, or refusal . . . feelings that are awakened and emerge as ones that only Seniors can feel . . . the growth of emotional expres¬ sion between us, saddened by the realization that soon we must part ... a year of transformation . . . disbelief blooming into awareness . . . singing the Alma Mater for the last time . . . the echoes of Days of Glory swallowed by silence . . . the oneness we have shared, that source of our common meaning . . . reflecting on OUR year of hope, desire, doubt, experience, growth, belief, acceptance, expansion, learning to share . . . To meet, to know, to love, and then to part. 14 Senior Study Hall???

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MICHAEL BROWN Keep smiling — it makes people wonder what you’re up to. ARCHIE BRYINGTON ’Cause I’s wicked I is. I’s mighty wicked, anyhow, I can’t help it. PAT CARLTON Eyes so transparent that through them one sees the soul. FRANK CHRISTIAN He speaketh not, and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes. SENIORS ROBERT COUGHLIN In the man is hidden a child who wants to play. LARRY DANIEL Between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave. THOMAS DAVIDSON ’Taint no use to sit and whine ’cause the fish ain’t on the line. HENRY DELP The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. 16