Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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On September 6, 1948, thirty boys and girls piled into the freshman room to begin four years of high school culture with Miss Edie Gannaway as our class sponsor, We chose our President, Mildred Lindsay. With ‘‘cooperation is the key to progress’’ as our motto and the Lily of the Valley as our flower, and green and white our colors, we were really enter - ing into high school life. This year we had our school paper, Farm Show, May Day, and several freshmen went on the trip to Washington, When June came it was time for our sum- mer vacation and much to our sorrow there were eight members missing from our class, September found twenty-two pupils in the sophomore room with Mrs, Annie Gay Mar- tin as our homeroom teacher, Danny Wooldridge was elected President, Again there was the trip to Washington, May Day, Farm Show, F,H.A. and F,F.A. banquets and the Christ- mas program, June was here again but suddenly our wonderful vacation had ended,

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JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Seated, left to right: Marie Tanner, President; Gladys Lindsay, Historian, Standing; left to right: Billy Tweedy, Secretary; Ed Trent, Treasurer; Gary Cheatham, Reporter; Cal- vin Adkins, Vice-President, Tramp! Tramp! The noise grew louder as thirty-seven Freshmen ran up the steps to their first year of High School. We thought we were really something, pity the teachers didn’t too. Our home-room teacher was Mr. Hancock, and our class president Jimmy Thompson, We chose for our motto, ‘‘Deeds not Dreams’ ®, Our class colors were maroon and white, and our class flower, the gardenia, Alice Moore and Betty Jean Taylor were elected to the May Court, and our year closed with our having gained Toby Harris and lost four other members, In the fall of 50 thirty-one pupils entered the Sophomore room with Mrs, Martin as home-room teacher and Carol Phillips as class president, Carol Phillips and Alice Moore were our May Court representatives, September 1951 saw us back at R.H.S. as Juniors with Mrs, Mary Hunter our home- room teacher, and Marie Tanner as class president. Some of the highlights of this year were: our Halloween class party, given by our home-room mothers, Mrs, Fariss and Mrs, Elliott; the appointing of Jimmy Thompson as page to the General Assembly; the election of Peggy Jennings as Maid-of-Honor and Alice Moore and Toby Harris to the May Court. We ended the year happily and are looking to our last year as Seniors,