Rich Valley High School - Lasso Yearbook (Saltville, VA)

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Truby Vanhoozer F. F. A.; The Lasso Staff. Jimmy Vermillion Basketball Team; F. F. A. Neal Webb F. F. A.; Library Club. Campbell Whitely Library Club; Round-Up Staff; The Lasso Staff; Basketball Team; F. F. A. Everett Wyrick F. F. A.; Football Team. H i -

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Peggy Olinger Beta Club; F. H. A.; The Lasso Staff; The Christ mas Pageant (Mary); Outstanding Senior. Warren Olinger 4-H Club President; F. F. A. Vice-Presi¬ dent; Football (Captain); Basketball Team. Mary Olinger F. II. A.; Basketball Team; The Lasso Staff; The Round-Up Staff. Audrea Penland Senior Class Vice-President; F. II. A. Nelle Price 4-II Club; F. II. A. Reporter; Library Club Treas¬ urer; Basketball; Round-Up Staff; The Lasso Staff Typist. Elizabeth Roberts F. H. A. Secretary and Treasurer; The Lasso Staff; 4-H Club; Library Club Secretary; Round-Up Staff; Basketball. .-r i r v, ' ■i lo

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THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ’48 The bell rang one September morning, and sixty-seven anxious freshmen assembled to start their high school career. Miss Mary Clear sponsored the girls and Miss June Curtis, the boys. Our high school principal was Mr. Robert Carter. We came from many different schools, namely MeCready, Car¬ ter’s, North Holston and Nebo. It all seemed so strange to us. Having four different teachers and having only four subjects were two of the things which made us seem a little greener than we were. We could not remember where we belonged. It took us fully a month to keep our schedule in mind so that we would be in the right room at the right time. Our freshman year was mostly marked by our getting adjusted in high school and by our learning to work as the high school teachers expected us. Ding! Dong! School again; but only fortv-nine ol us this time with Miss Helen Callihan as our sponsor. We found another big change also, a new principal, Mr. A. P. Levieki. This year many of us joined clubs and several of our classmates became members of the basketball and football teams. It was during this year that we seemed to realize an incentive for coming to school. We could even visualize the time when we might some day be seniors. We worked hard when we worked, but we also learned the value of playing. Christmas vacation was one of the things to which we had looked forward and we enjoyed it to the utmost. Our class seemed to be interested in outside activities and in helping the school. I really think that it was this vear that we had a definite place to fill in Rich Valley High School. After a very happy vacation, we again assembled to start another year. Now we are juniors. Eighteen students from Tannersville joined us, also Jimmy Vermillion, Ruin Kinder, Kenneth Surber, Ollie Boyd and Campbell Whitely from a former class. We now had forty-nine members in our class with these additions. Happy thoughts came to our minds as juniors because we were hoping that in one more year all of us would be “dignified seniors. We don t know whether we were a live-awake group or not. but we had five different sponsors this year; namely, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. Everett Vicars, Mrs. Arthur Orr, Miss Margaret Rector and Mrs. Martha Bennett. One of the highlights of our junior year was a party given to the seniors at Thanksgiving. Our school was beginning to realize the importance of more social activities, so we had more socials this year. Many of our original group had dropped by the wayside. It seems that “Dan Cupid himself, had claimed two of our girls. We were quite excited over getting our junior jewelry—necklaces and pins. Our class won recognition with the stunt which we presented on Stunt Night. Our Junior-Senior banquet was one of our major activities for the year. We can still recall scurrying around and frantically trying to make last minute arrangements. But it was a great success. On September 6, 1947, forty-six seniors assembled in our little crowded senior room to receive the title of “dignified” seniors of Rich Valley High School. Mrs. Marsh Lewis was to guide us during this last year of our high school days. Our class will be the second largest class to graduate from Rich Valley. Out of our present forty-five members, four have been together the eleven years of our school life since they started in the primer at this school. They are Eunice Havens, Peggy Olinger, Johnny Barns, and and Steve Farmer. In the second year of our history, Nancy Buchanan and Evelyn Gass joined us. These students with Warren Olinger, are the only ones who have never at¬ tended another school. We are looking forward to receiving our class rings the later part of the last semester. One of the outstanding things that we shall have done this year is to publish a printed annual. As leaders of the high school program, our members have been outstanding in athletics, club organizations, and in the publishing of our school paper. The Round-Up. Our four years in high school have been happy ones. We are looking forward to our commencement activities beginning with the presenta¬ tion of the senio r play, “The Campbells Are Coming. We have enjoyed the close friendships which we have made and the experiences which have caused us to appreciate life. So it is with regret that we approach the end of our high school year. Arlee McAllister - if 15 )! -