Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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Table of Contents Opening th cate 5 ee hae eee Student Life 6 SPOTS (6a) ee ee 36 Academics Organizations .... 68 Peoplewnias ee ae aera .108 Advertisements ...... .174 Glosing 67 Aen. c aa rere .213 Way back When Years have flown on wings since the time as a small child you'd climb upon your grandpa’s knee and ask, or rather plea for him to tell you about the times when he went to school. He always started the same; and though you’d heard it a thousand times, you always wanted to hear it again. “Ah, when I went to school, that takes me back to 1906 when the first Rustburg school was opened. We didn’t have all those fancy things you have now. We went toa simple four-room frame building sited where the old building stands now. It won’t nothing elaborate or exciting, but it was sturdy enough to hold all thirty pupils and of course the faculty. Seeing as the only faculty we had was the prin- cipal, Mr. C. W. Poole. Now the first graduating class was in 1910 with only seven people. And among the graduates of that class was Lewis Pick or better known as General Pick, chief of the Army Engineering Corps. He’s about the only real famous person ever graduated from Rustburg. But you better be getting on home now. No sense in getting your ma upset and worried about where you gone off to. You know you can always come back again. Bye for now.” The high school of 1910 was slightly more home-like than today’s. The student body of R.H.S. in 1910 consisted of only 30 students.

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rth e 1979 Owl Rustburg High School Rustburg, Virginia 24588 Volume 38

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It was all worthwhile The bell rings, and in an instant the halls are packed full of students. Pushing, shouting, shoving students. You wriggle your way through and now and then see a friend’s face peep up above the crowd so you wave and carry on. That’s how it was every day. Because the building of the new school was still in progress, 200 new students and 22 new teachers were housed in trailers and every available space. In spite of the jammed classes and cafeteria and all the small problems that seemed to arise throughout the year, we knew it was worth it. All the new faces and friends, the added efforts and enthusiasm, the everyday victories over those terrifically hard tests and knowing you survived through a vigorous pep rally or just a simple walk down the hall, added up to a great year that made us say, “It was all worthwhile! ” Tired from a late night basketball practice, Tim Smith finds himself having trouble keeping his eyes on his chemistry teacher. Devil Kim Honts looks on towards the game as Keith Dalton takes a breather. Opening 3