Princess Anne High School - Peerage Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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1954 1968 DEDICATION In recognrtron of hrs leadershrp and frrendly manner durrng hrs years at Prrncess Anne Hrgh School we of the Peerage Staff wrsh to dedrcate thrs 1967 68 PEERAGE to our retrrrng assrstant prrncrpal Mr Edwrn Charles As assrstant prrncrpal srnce 1954 Mr Charles has proved hrs ex perrence as an admrnrstrator and a valuable faculty member Mr Charles rs well qualrfred to serve rn these capacrtres He attended Hen drrx Academy and Hendrrx College ofConway Arkansas and the Unron Unrversrty of Jackson Tennessee Returnrng to Conway he recerved hrs A B degree from Arkansas State Teachers College He also recerved a Bachelor of Physrcal Educatron degree from Amerrcan College of Physrcal Educatron Chrcago rn 1930 and a M Ed degree from Unr versrty of Crncrnnatr rn 1938 Mr Charles rs certarnly not lackrng sports experrence He played football and baseball throughout hrs undergraduate years and played semr pro baseball rn 1933 Strll known as Krnky Charles fdue to hrs trght curly locks J to hrs close frrends he recerved honors as All State Football Tackle All State Baseball Catcher and Walter Camp s Honor Roll of the South as a tackle Mr Charles has also served varrous occupatrons Teachrng hrgh school classes coachrng football baseball and basketball servrng as elementary school prrncrpal camp counselor and athletrc drrector durrng the sum mer months are among them Consrderrng hrs keen rnterest rn sports and the enthusrasm wrth whrch he supports our team one can only speculate the pleasure he must feel over P A s frrst undefeated season rn hrs last year at Prrnces Anne Mr Charles was born January 25 1903 Faulkner County Ark I ansas Hrs wanderrng foot has led hrm to work rn schools rn srx tates Arkansas Texas Kentucky Ohro Indrana and Vrrgrnra He ame to Vrrgrnra to teach at Creeds rn Prrncess Anne County rn 1949 nd has never wanted to leave He has served as assrstant prrncrpal at P A for fourteen years Of ourse these years hold some unforgettable experrences one of whrch y be called Operatron Pettrcoat One year a grrl s pettrcoat was aken durrng gym After all attempts to frnd rt had farled Mr Charles alled over the loud speaker for all grrls to report to the gym Then the emale gym teachers conducted an rnspectron to drscover the mrssrng ettrcoat Of course the grrl who had taken rt had stashed rt rn a rest oom where rt was found later before reportrng to the gym A srgn on r Charles s door the next day rndrcated that rt would be some trme efore he lrved down the trtle Pettrcoat Charles but rt seems that he rnally has There are two reasons why he has loved workrng at Prrncess Anne rrst workrng wrth Mr Lrttleton and second hrs relatronshrps wrth the tudents and faculty Mr Charles says hrs greatest reward rs when a student he has helped and thanks hrm Prrncess Anne wrll certarnly feel hrs loss for to come