Pulaski High School - Oriole Yearbook (Pulaski, VA)

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Jean Blankenship Mrs. Jean Blankenship’s artistic talents were sensed daily as she counseled and came in contact with students and teachers. The creative teacher is talented in many areas, both in and out of school. She may be arranging flowers, showing an interest in community beautification, gardening, bird watching, and con- servation. This creative teacher could be found experimenting with gourmet foods, growing herbs, canning and preserving fruits and vegetables. Her talents extended beyond the culinary arts into the areas of art, design and fashions as she created her own wardrobe. . . . gives a part of herself . . . 11 SINGER

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• • . practice and more practice . . . Robert Gemmell’s interest in piano began at age five, and shortly afterwards he began taking lessons. Over the past twelve years he played in several recitals and plays. Robert received superior ratings in piano festivals at Radford and Hollins Colleges. He won the Pulaski Hymn Play- ing Competition the first year it was held. He entered the band program in the fifth grade as a trumpet player. In the eighth grade he started playing the french horn. He was a member of the PHS stage band in the 9th and 10th grades. He now plays mellophonium in the marching band and french horn in the concert band. Robert is active in local musical groups including church choir, and an amateur rock group called the Death Mask. He has composed several musical selections. Anne Davidson Anne Davidson excelled in areas of modern, folk, and square dance as well as gymnastics, particularly floor exercises. Many of her ideas were original and devel- oped through years of self-discipline. Robert Gemmell

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putting ideas into action . . . Among the people who have put their creative efforts into action were those that enriched the life of the stu- dents. They were musicians; a maker of puppets and dramatist; and a film-maker. Mr. Ken Hodge explains the structure of one of his puppets used in the play Macbeth, while Nathaniel Slaughter observes. Dr. P. N. Sands illustrates the tech- niques of film making. The Paul Caldwell band takes graphs. out time for pictures and auto- 12