Tazewell High School - Peak Yearbook (Tazewell, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1948 volume:

9 In order to preserve the precious memories only school can bring and to keep within our hearts the joy of another year at Tazewell High School, we bring you the PEAK for 1948. Hold it dear and open it with pleasure, looking forward to the pleasant, never-to-be- forgotten memories it contains. In recognition of his great contributions to Taze¬ well High School and with heartfelt appreciation for his devotion to us as instructor, principal, and coach, we affectionately dedicate the 1 948 PEAK to MR. CONLEY T. SNIDOW, JR. awiii ' iislrahon Mr. J. L. Walthall, Superintendent of Tazewell County Schools, confers with Mr. G. O. McGhee, principal of Tazewell High School. MISS ELEANOR GREEVER MRS. ROBERT ANDERSON MISS MATTIE BROOKS MR. J. P. BUCHANAN MRS. J. R. DAVISON MRS. G. D. GREY MRS. RUFUS HAGY MRS. J. B. HURT MISS NANCY LESLIE MRS. LILLIAN HARMAN MRS. DALLAS HUBBARD . G. O. McGhee MRS. D. W. LYNCH MISS RUTH MACOM MISS MARY ALICE McCONNELL MRS MR. W. M. MclNTYRE MRS. g. w. PEERY MISS RACHEL ROYALL MISS SAMMY SCOTT MR. CONLEY SNIDOW MISS MARY JANE STARKEY MISS NANCY WARD MISS MILDRED WITTEN ELEMENTARY FACULTY Mrs. Thelma Leece, Mrs. Bertha Cochran, Mrs. Marjorie Hodges, Miss Maye Bailey, Miss Mary Bane, Miss Mabel Davis, Mrs. Stella Ireson, Miss Bernice Robinette, Mrs. Lena Witten, Mrs. Nancy Carter, Miss Marie Stowers, Miss Emmy Keister, Miss Mary Jane Starkey, Miss Mary Alice McConnell, Miss Ella Bryant Dickenson, Mrs. Cecilia Keister, Mrs. Kate Saine. BOBBY JOHNSON and BETTY LOU HARMAN SHEFFEY MASSIE . __ NANCYE HAGY _ BETTY JO PATTERSON . . .. ______ . BOWEN SHEETS _ CHICK DAVIS ____ LAWRENCE THOMPSON _ CARRINE WILLIAMS ___ ___ Co-Editors _ Business Manager ____ Advertising Manager _ Art Editor —. _ Sports Editor _ Photography Editor _ Circulation Manager Senior Contact Manager The PEAK Staff was assisted by the Journalism Class o sS Of f C S pres ' 1 V ' ce pres ' , de ocjvVt Secr e : orV .Trees ,uref PD ' ) 0 ,nN ° WO ’ jasoH ' . ' rw,‘.i • v r V v-vw p:v..y ‘ . ' .‘. ' .V; : eniof ☆ ☆ ! DELLA MARIE ADKINS JEAN BERTIE ALTIZER MILDRED MARIE BLESSING NAOMI BOOTH ' TAB Club ' 48 F.H.A. ' 47 Dramatic Club ' 48 Neg F.H.A. ' 46 Latin Club ' 47- ' 48 Key Club ' 48 l ■ . ' , ' ;. oj 1948 yy iii« iy, V ' y i VVW ' W7 4iW iAAt , Wrlu’iiji ' ' t ' , - ' WKrf fa r ' ai CARROLL EUGENE ALTIZER Slick President of S.C.A. ' 48 F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Basketball ' 47 ERVIN JACKSON BANDY Jack F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Football ' 46- ' 47 F.F.A. Treasurer ' 47 JAMES CLAYTON BARRETT J. C. F.F.A. ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 F.F.A. Secretary ' 48 BERNARD ADOLPH BEAVERS Senior Class President ' 48 Business Manager of Bull¬ dog ' 48 SAM JACK BEAVERS mmm WILLIAM PORTER BOGGESS CLARENCE HOWARD BOWMAN WILLIAM HENRY CARTER Bill Book Club ' 45- ' 46 Bill Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Football ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 S.C.A. Representative ' 46 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Basketball ' 45- ' 48 Of • J enior Vslass v ' V.v.,.{ 7• M ' ' • ' : . l. , ; ' - £$0 •-■■ ' ■ ' ’ 7 7 ' ELIZABETH MARIE BOWMAN BEULAH FRANCES BREWSTER NANCY CARROLL BROWN May Day Princess ' 47 Cheerleader ' 48 F.H.A. ' 47 Basketball ' 47 SARA MARTHA BUNDY F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 TAB Club ' 48 Library Club ' 48 Glee Club ' 47 BONNIE HELENA CARR F.H.A. ' 46 Library Club ' 47- ' 48 MARY ALICE CUNNINGHAM Glee Club ' 48 MARTHA ANN EDWARDS F.H.A. ' 47 Basketball ' 47 May Day Princess ' 47 LETTIE EVA GREEN F.H.A. ' 47 oj 1948 ) tflv • s ' ( : ' ;•■ ’ ;V ' iri ii 0 BOBBY LEE CHRISTIAN Bob F.F.A. ' 45- ' 46 GLENN STUART COCHRAN John F.F.A. ' 47 Basketball ' 47 DUDLEY JENNINGS COWAN F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Vice President of F.F.A. ' 47 S.C.A. Representative ' 47 BILLY JACK CRABTREE F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Football ' 45- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball. ' 47 Veteran CHARLES ROBERT DAVIS Chick Football ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 47- ' 48 Art Editor of Bulldog ' 48 Photographer of Peak ' 48 BERT IS EDWARD DOWNS, III Be rt Latin Club 47- , 48 Football ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Baseball ' 47 Basketball ' 47- ' 48 RALPH STANLEY DYE Football ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 45- ' 47 CHARLES RAY EPPERSON Ve.eran ( -I c evuor ass JijMMy- ' ? ' ' : JP ’ ' ■ ' j t ' : ; FLORENCE ELIZABETH CAROLYN LATIMER GREY GREGORY Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Peggy F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 MARTHA BELLE GRUBB NANCY LEE HAGY F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 Advertising Manager of Peak ' 48 REBECCA ISABEL HARRISON F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 Glee Club ' 47 LULA MAE HANKINS S.C.A. Representative ' 48 President of F.H.A. ' 48 President of Library Club ' 48 ELIZABETH LOUISE HARMAN Betty Lou Co-editor of Peak ' 48 Feature Editor of Bulldog ' 48 May Day Princess ' 47 RUBY LENORE HARMAN Sally F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 of 1948 ) ,, . , . J 1 MARION WILLIAMS GILLIAM, JR. Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Football ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 S.C.A. Representative ' 47 JAMES NICHOLAS GRUBB Trigg HOWARD WAYVLE HAGY S.C.A. Represenative ' 48 RAYMOND ELLIS HERALD F.F.A. ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 JUNIOR BRISTO HILMON J. B. JAMES DAVID HUDSON J. D. F.F.A. ' 47- ' 48 ROBERT GORDON HUNT Bob F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Treasurer of F.F.A. ' 47 Secretary of F.F.A. ' 48 ROBERT LANE JOHNSON Bob Sec.-Treas. of Junior Class ' 47 Vice president of Senior Class ' 48 S.C.A. Representative ' 46- ' 48 Co-editor of Peak ' 48 Manager of Bulldog ' 48 Dramatic Club ' 47 a ass GJ enior y !: , , f W, ■ ' : t , - y ' !• : : • mWHM¥MW M LORRAINE BEATRICE HONAKER Shaker Glee Club ' 44- ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 45- ' 46- ' 47 President of Glee Club ' 48 S.C.A. Representative ' 47 Library Club ' 46 Exchange Editor of Bulldog ' 48 Co-captain of Basketball ' 46 ADA LEE JESSIE Glee Club ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 47 Basketball ' 47 CLESTENIA MARIE JUSTICE LETTIE ALICE LAWSON MARTHA ELIAZBETH LEECE Betty Key Club ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Vice President of Key Club ' 48 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 VIRGINIA MAY LOVERN Glee Club ' 48 Art Editor of Peak ' 47 EMILY ANN MAY President of Key Club ' 48 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 S.C.A. ' 48 Basketball ' 48 ROZELLA MARIE McCRAY Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 Vice President of F.H.A. ' 48 of IQ48 : i) ■ ' l Jjv FiftWBfWWWBWWWBWWW l’WMBIWIWllW ROBERT LEE LAMBERT Johnny Dramatic Club ' 48 Football ' 47 SHEFFEY BRAMWELL MASSIE President of Freshman and Sophomore Classes ' 45- ' 46 Football ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 S.C.A. ' 45- ' 46 Business Manager of Peak ' 48 ALBERT LAMAR McCALL, JR. Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Vice President of Junior Class ' 47 Basketball ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Sports Editor of Bulldog ' 48 RAY HARLAGEAN McELRAFF I ENNIS EDWARD MORRISON WILLIAM THOMAS MYERS HOWARD NISWANDER JACK WALTER PUCKETT Ebbie F.F.A. ' 45- ' 46- ' 47 F.F.A. ' 45- ' 46 Vice President of S.C.A. ' 48 Treasurer of F.F.A. ' 46 Sec.-Treas. of Senior Class ' 48 F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Business Manager of Bull¬ Football ' 48 dog ' 48 )enior C ass 1 ii ««itfi!!fl$!i|Mi ii '  «ifcw«iit£ii($iti ii(j HANNAH LOUICIE MITCHELL BILLIE ELEANOR MOORE F.H.A. ' 47 JUNE ARCHER MOORE Library Club ' 45 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Glee Club ' 45 Key Club ' 47- ' 48 REBECCA MAE MOORE F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 MARY HUTOKA MUNDY FANNIE GREY MYERS F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 F.H.A. ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Library Club ' 47- ' 48 Glee Club 45- ' 47- 48 BESSIE LOUISE PATRICK WILMA MAE PETERS Library Club ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 oj IQ48 • : ' ' s ' ' f; ?0f(i JAMES LEONARD RASNICK Big John F.F.A. ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 47- ' 48 Football ' 47- ' 48 STUART JACKSON SCHELL Jack Basketball ' 48 CROCKETT BOWEN SHEETS, JR. Bailie F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47 Footb all ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 48 King of T.H.S. Carnival ' 48 Sports Editor of Peak ' 48 WILLIAM JOE SHREWSBURY Bill Football ' 48 Baseball ' 47 KERMIT GENE SMART Veteran HAROLD WILLIAM SWORD Veteran Football ' 48 LAWRENCE ROBERT THOMPSON Football ' 48 Baseball ' 47 Basketball ' 48 Circulation Manager of Peak ' 48 DONALD WESLEY WALK Don Basketball ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Treasurer of Latin Club ' 47 GJ emor ass ‘ 1 • ,tf ' . ' ■. : ' V 7 7 ' ' ; . - , ALICE PUCKETT HELMANDOLLAR Glee Club ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 RUBY MAE RIDDLE Vicky F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 Glee Club ' 46 CONNIE FAYE RUDISILL Glee Club ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 46 HARRIET RACHEL RUTHERFORD Glee Club ' 45- ' 46- ' 47 President of F.H.A. ' 47 F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 MAY HENRY SADLER Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Key Club ' 48 BETTY HELMANDOLLAR SARGENT Glee Club ' 45 MARY TYLER SHAWVER Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 RUTH ELIZABETH SHEETS Book Club ' 46 Sec.-Treas. of Glee Club ' 48 Glee Club ' 45- ' 48 Ass ' t. Business Manager of Peak ' 47 Ass ' t Manager of Bulldog ' 47. of 1948 ‘ ,1 ••• • ' • ' ib ' c ' O ' V ' 1 • ilN ■ ' : • y :: jwWiWimwwy.ttwivx ' mrimwwmwwKimtiMM ' rnVJMtM RICHARD RALPH WEBB Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Sec.-Treas. of Sophomore Class ' 46 WILLIAM HOPKINS WHITT Bill DOYLE WESLEY WILLIAMS D. W. F.F.A. ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 President of F.F.A. ' 48 JAMES EDGAR YATES PAULINE SHELLEY BETTY JEAN SMITH ROMIA ELIZABETH SPARKS VILLA JUNE SPARKS Polly Glee Club ' 48 F.H.A. ' 46 F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Library Club ' 47 Glee Club ' 46- ' 48 Library Club ' 47- ' 48 0 l «VV. VU I, jr enior lass @L . . • :$ ' ' 1w4k w ; •! ■•■ ■ J? ' . i; •;,; •■ ' ■ ■ . MAXINE JUNE STOUT Red TAB Club ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 47 VIRGINIA MAE VAN DYKE Jenny Cheerleader ' 45- ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Basketball ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Key Club ' 47-M8 President of Juniors Class ' 47 S.C.A. ' 47- ' 48 May Day Princess ' 47 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Queen of T.H.S. Carnival ' 47 Glee Club ' 45- ' 47 MAVIS JOSEPHINE WALK Jo Basketball ' 46 F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 MARTHA DIUGUID WARD F.H.A. ' 47 May Day Princess ' 47 EVELYN JUNE WARF VIRGINIA CARRINE WILLIAMS MARGARET BLANCHE WYNN HALLIE MAE YOST Glee Club ' 48 Vice President of Sophomore F.H.A. ' 47- ' 48 F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 Class ' 46 Key Club ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Sec.-Treas S.C.A. ' 47 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 President of Latin Club ' 47 Editor of Bulldog ' 48 Ass ' t. Editor of Peak ' 47 Senior Contact of Peak ' 48 S.C.A. Representative ' 48 SARA CATHERINE YOST MARTHA FRANCES YOUNG MARY CAROLYN YOUNG NOT PICTURED F.H.A ' 47 Book Club ' 46 Glee Club ' 45- ' 46- ' 47 F.H.A. ' 46- ' 47 Latin Club ' 46- ' 47 Basketball ' 46- ' 47- ' 48 Glee Club ' 45- ' 47 F.H.A. ' 47 Ida Mae Hall Jack Porter The Senior Class of 1948 started to school in 1937. Among the group of first-graders that started in Tazewell Elementary School and who were together all eleven years were Mildred Blessing, Bill Boggess, Betty Leece, May Henry Sadler, Mary Tyler Shawver, Donald Walk, D. W. Williams, Hallie Yost, Mary and Martha Young. There were many who joined us each year. In 1944 we entered Tazewell High School. There were students from Bishop, North Tazewell, Tazewell, and many other nearby communities. That year there were many new things taking place in T.H.S. Mr. Walthall was the new principal, the key system was initiated, Mary Jane Floyd designed our seal. Miss Dickenson painted it, and the first annual. The Peak, was published. Sheffey Massie was class president. He made the football team and remained on it all four years. Virginia Mae Van Dyke, became our freshman cheerleader. Betty Harman and Sheflfey Massie were elected the best freshmen. Carolyn Grey joined our class that year. In our sophomore year Sheffey was again our president. Bill Boggess and Marion Gilliam joined Sheffey in football; Mary Young and Virginia Mae went out for basketball. Sheffey and Virginia Mae were elected best sophomores. The ones to join our class were Carroll Altizer, Marion Gilliam, and Leonard Rasnick. Virginia Mae was our junior president. She and Mary continued basketball; Sheffey, Marion, and Bill went out for football; and Virginia Mae was cheerleader. The Junior Plays were great successes. Betty Lou Harman, Betty Leece, and Carroll Altizer had the leading roles. The prom marked the concluding highlight of our junior year, as we had looked forward to this event since entering high school. We carried out the theme of Star Dust Ball . Carrine was elected the most studious, most likely to succeed, and the most sensible; Nancye Hagy, the laziest; and Lorraine Honaker, the most independent. Martha and Sheffey were selected the most romantic and the most gruesome two¬ some . The best Juniors were Lorraine and Randall Morrison. Carrine was secretary-treasurer of the S.C.A. In the May Court were Martha Ann Edwards, Betty Lou Harman, Nancy Brown, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, and Martha Ward. Betty Leece was associate editor of the The Bulldog , and Carrine, assistant editor of The Peak. Bernard Beavers, our senior president, took office after after the resignation of Dudley Cowan. Carroll Altizer was president of Student Government and Edward Morrison, vice-president. Bill, Chick , Sheffey, Jack Crabtree, Bowen, Ralph Dye, Leonard Rasnick, and Lawrence Thompson starred in football. Virginia Mae was cheerleader and Nancy Brown, one of her assistants. Virginia Mae Van Dyke and Bowen Sheets were King and Queen of the Fall Carnival. The best seniors were Carroll and Carrine. Jack Crabtree was selected the most handsome and neatest; and Martha Ann Edwards, the most beautiful and neatest. Ada Lee, the most carefree ; Bowen Sheets and Lorraine Honaker, the most athletic; Betty Lou and Chick , the most talented; Betty Lou and Bowen, the most original. Bowen and Virginia were the best sports. Virginia Mae had the best school spirit; May Henry was the most courteous. Martha and Sheffey were most romantic and the cutest couple. The members of the class to be chosen for Who ' s Who in America were: Bill Boggess, Sheffey Massie, Bernard Beavers, Charles Davis, Bobby Johnson, Betty Lou Harman, Carrine Williams, Mildred Blessing, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, Ann May and Betty Leece. Chick was captain and Sheffey was tackle on the all-area football team. Don Walk, Bowen Sheets, Bill Carter Chick , Lawrence Thompson, Albert McCall, Bert Downs, Leonard Rasnick, and Jack Schell, were our basketball players. Betty Lou and Bobby Johnson were co-editors of the annual; Carrine, editor of The Bulldog . The key winners throughout our high school career were: Ann May, Betty Leece, June Archer Moore, Carrine Williams, Virginia Mae Van Dyke, May Henry Sadler, and Mildred Blessing. Ray Epperson, Charles Davis, June Brown, and Martha Ward joined us as seniors. The Senior Plays were April 23. The prom was May 14; the Senior Banquet, May 28. Our graduation. May 31, marked the end of eleven wonderful years of work and play together. We, the Seniors of Tazewell High School, Tazewell, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all wills and codicils by us at any time heretofore made. To Mr. McGhee, our principal, and faculty members, who have borne with us in all hours of trials and tribulations, we leave our deepest gratitude and best wishes for the many years left before them that they may make Tazewell High School the same familiar place. To the Juniors, we leave the honorary place we are now leaving and we wish that they may make Tazewell High School a better place. Our personal wishes are that their last days will be as happy as ours. Carroll Altizer leaves his position as President of the S.C.A. to whomever wins the election. Bob Hunt and Jack Bandy leave their artistic ability to Mary June Wall. James Grubb and J. C. Barrett leave their shyness to Sammy Angles. Bernard Beavers and Bobby Johnson leave their winning ways to Wimpy Jones. Sam Jack Beavers and Betty Lou Harman leave their ability to play the piano to Ralph Crockett and Nancy Buston. Bill Boggess, Carrine Williams, and Mildred Blessing leave their scholastic record to Jeff Crabtree and Macie Murray. WOLVES BEWARE! Clarence Bowman leaves his fiance. Bill Carter leaves .... for Richlands. Bobby Christian and Glenn Cochran leave their short stature to Jimmy Reed. Wayvle Hagy, Edgar Yates, and Dudley Cowan leave their curly hair to Roy Morrison. Jack Crabtree and Martha Edwards leave their place as most beautiful and most handsome to anyone who is as beautiful and handsome. Chick Davis leaves his athletic ability to Harold Murray. Bert Downs and Albert McCall leave themselves, Ralph Dye leaves his love to play football to David Wood. Ray Epperson leaves his deep voice to Jack Hagerman. Marion Gilliam leaves his winning personality to Dennie and Donnie Taylor. Raymond Herald leaves his typing ability to Carles Billips. J. D. Hudson and J. B. f+ilmon leave their ability to speak Spanish to anyone who can. Johnie Lambert and Howard Niswander leave their manly ways to Puck Kiser. Sheffey Massie takes Martha Ward with him. Ray McElraff leaves his queer ways with the girls to Jack Hawks. Tommy Myers leaves Ella Mae Gillespie. Jack Porter leaves his easy-going ways to Stanley Ring- staff. Jack Puckett leaves his way with the teachers to Pete Brittain. Jack Schell leaves his height to Ross Beavers. Bowen Sheets and Virginia Mae Van Dyke leave their honorary places as King and Queen to two lucky juniors. Bill Shrewsbury and Kermit Smart leave the girlsl Don Walk leaves his love to play basketball to Bill Barrett. Louise Patrick and Ralph Webb leave their shorthand books to Donald Hoback. Harold Sword, Bill Whitt and Lawrence Thompson leave, gladly. D. W. Williams leaves his friend, Carl Rhudy. Della Adkins leaves — to get married. Elizabeth Bowman and Jean Altizer leave their neatness to Jean Hankins. Naomi Boothe leaves her long hair to Joanne Turner. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed ou the year one thousand nine hundred forty-eight. Witnessed by: SARA YOST BILLIE MOORE BILL CARTER JUNE MOORE Beulah Brewster and Bonnie Carr leave their seats in government to two unlucky juniors. Nancy Brown leaves her wonderful personality to Peg Keister. Lula Hankins and Martha Bundy leave their desk in the library to Mary Sue Watkins. May she carry on as well as they did. Mary Cunningham leaves her dimples to Phyllis Belcher. Carolyn Grey leaves her smile to Maxine Asbury. Eva Green leaves her dancing ability to Phyliss Hart. Ruby Riddle leaves her nickname Bubbles to Jessie Dillow. Rebecca Moore leaves .... for England,,?? Lenore Harman, Peggy Gregory, Rozella McCray, and Wilma Peters leave their companionship to Joan Brown, Doris McAmis, and Thelma Wyatt. Nancy Hagy leaves her love for talking to Eula Harris. Pauline Shelley, Ida Mae Hall, and Ann May leave their dark hair to Joan Lindsay, and Helen Stinnett. Leonard Rasnick leaves his nickname Big John to his brother Don. Edward Morrison leaves his leadership ability to Jack Hawks. Isabel Harrison leaves her dignity to Barbara Brown. Lorraine Honaker leaves her independence to Betty Taylor. Fannie Myers and Ada Lee Jessie, leave their mischievous ways to Geraldine Golding. Betty Leece leaves her boy friends to Marie Bowman. Martha Grubb, Lettie Lawson, Romia Sparks, Hannah Mitchell and Ruth Sheets leave their quiet ways to Ollie Kate Dillow, Joseph and Carl Gillespie. June Archer Moore leaves her date book to Doris McCray. Billie Moore leaves her sweet ways to Elizabeth Kitts. Mary Mundy and Margaret Wynn leave their wit to Marie Justice. Connie Rudisell leaves her winning ways to Patty Cowan. Harriet Rutherford leaves her frankness to Jolene Johnson. May Henry Sadler leaves her courtesy to llena Cruise. Betty H. Sargent and Alice Puckett Helmandollar leave to be housewives. Mary T. Shawver leaves to become a medical technician. Betty Smith leaves her hair bows to Dorothy Sparks. Villa June Sparks leaves her love for arguing to Gay Herald. Maxine Stout leaves her humorous ways to Joan Lankford. Josephine Walk leaves her naturally curly hair to Juanita Boothe. Mary and Martha Young leave their love for riding horses to Guy Mutter. Sara Yost, not wishing to will her beautiful dreamy eyes to anyone, will take them with her! Hallie Yost leaves her seat in first-period English to any unior who wants to study Macbeth . Virginia Lovern leaves her success to Esther Gibson. June Warf leaves her weak voice to Geneva Meade. name and affixed our seal, this the sixteenth day of February, in President BERNARD BEAVERS attest: Secretary EDWARD MORRISON One day as I was walking down the street, I happened to notice a small cafe and a gypsy fortune teller was sitting in the window. Seeing her I went into the cafe thinking that she might be able to tell me something about my friends of our Class of ' 48: We were to have a class reunion in about a month and I did not want to attend knowing nothing of my class¬ mates. The gypsy gazed into her crystal ball and told me that Carroll Altizer has taken Frank Sinatra ' s place as matinee idol of the Bobby Soxers . Jack Bandy and Bob Hunt have become well-known artists in New York. Bill Boggess has taken Einstein ' s place in the scientific world. Mildred Blessing has become his wife and she is assisting him in his work. Bill Carter has finally married Adelaide, the girl from Richlands. The scene changed. The gypsy told me to gaze into the crystal ball and what I saw was amazing. I saw a large crowd at a football stadium cheering two men. The men were Bowen Sheets and Chick Davis, two great all-American Stars. Sara Katherine Yost was among the cheerleaders, cheering Chick , on to victory. The gypsy then told me that Jack Schell and Don Walk have become known all over the world as Basketball Stars. Then the scene changed from sports to movies. Bill Joe Shrewsbury was playing a great love scene opposite the movie queen, Nancye Brown. Edgar Yates, Johnnie Lambert and Tommy Myers were in Alaska as aeronautical engineers. Also in Alaska were J. D. Hudson and J. B. Hilmon who have gained fame as wild game hunters. Dudley Cowan, Raymond Herald, and J. C. Barrett have their own radio program known as the Hillbilly Hit Par“ode . Once again f looked into the crystal ball and saw a famous singer and dancer on Broadway. She was Ruby Mae Riddle, who has become quite famous since high school days. Kermit Smart was busy campaigning for Congress from the Ninth District of Virginia. According to the crystal ball he will be elected. Bernard Beavers was mayor of North Tazewell; Bobby Johnson was a pharmacist at Jackson-Fleet Drug Store. Then in the crystal ball the couples that have been married since graduation day began to come down the aisle. There were three couples in all. They were Martha Ward and Sheffey Massie, Jack Crabtree and Martha Ann Edwards, and last but not least came Ray Epperson and June Archer Moore. D. W. Williams and Harold Sword have opened a drug store in Boston, Massachusetts. Marian Gilliam is now married to Villa June Sparks, and is teaching astronomy at Williamson High School, Williamson, West Virginia. Josephine Walk, Miss Pin Up Girl of ' 58 , is very much in demand by the George Stone Agency. Virginia Mae Van Dyke has the position as coach of the girls ' basketball team of Tazewell High. Sam Jack Beavers has his own orchestra now; he has become known as second Frankie Carle. Some of the members of his band are: Ray McElraff, Jack Porter, James Grubb, and Bobby Christian. Rebecca Moore, Eva Green, and Billie Eleanor Moore are vocalists with this famous band and have taken the place of the Andrews Sisters. Of all the members of the Class of ' 48, only six have become secretaries. They are Harriet Rutherford, Mary Young, Jean Altizer, Ruth Sheets, June Warf, and Lettie Lawson. Some of the Class have ventured into teaching. Howard Niswander has become professor of physics at West Virginia University. Bonnie Carr, Beulah Brewster, Peggy Gregory, Betty Jean Smith, Hannah Mitchell, Fannie Myers, Alice Puckett, Romia Sparks, Martha Grubb and Hallie Yost have all obtained positions on the teaching staff of Tazewell High. Edward Morrison, Leonard Rasnick, Ralph Webb, and Clara Denny have all become famous doctors on the staff of Jeffersonville Hospital. Nurses on this staff are: Ida Mae Hall, Lenore Harman, Pauline Shelley, Ada Lee Jessee, Elizabeth Bowman, and Nancye Hagy. Lula Hankins and Martha Bundy are outstanding librarians in the state of Virginia. Betty Leece, Carolyn Grey, Ann May, Mary Tyler Shawver, and May Henry Sadler are all touring southern France. Betty Zane Helmandollar has become the blushing bride of Mr. Sargent. Jack Puckett is the head of the famous Puckett Modeling School. Martha Young, Mary Cunningham, and Naomi Boothe have opened a famous beauty school for girls who are over¬ weight. Connie Rudisill has become quite famous as a shorthand teacher. Margaret Wynn and Mary Mundy have settled down in California. Margaret married David Harman and Mary, Joe Monk. Glenn Cochran, Wayvle Haqy, Bill Whi tt, and Ralph Dye have signed a contrdct with Jack Benny. They are called the L. S. M. F. T. Quartet . Rozella McCray, Virginia Lovern, and Lorraine Honaker are famous ballet dancers in Canada. Betty Lou Harman is a famous concert pianist at Carnegie Hall. Wilma Peters is with her as a singer. Maxine Stout is a cover girl; she was elected Mis Red Head of ' 58 . Isabel Harrison is a famous music teacher at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Lawrence Thompson has become well known as light weight Champion of the World. Carrine Williams has been elected preseident of the Republican Women of America. With this information, I paid the gypsy and went on my way looking forward to the day when I should see my former classmates. Ay uni ors CARTER KINDER Vice President JOHN DAVID LOCKHART President RHEA WATKINS Secretary-Treasurer Alma Adkins, William Akers, Oeda Aldridge, Stella Alverson, Jacqueline Arnold, Pansy Asbury, John Paul Barrett, Betty Beavers, Ross Beavers, Evelyn Benson, Carles Billips, Earl Billips, Margaret Ann Billips, Marie Bowman, Billie Mae Bradley, Juanita Brooks, Hervey Perry Brittain, Barbara Brown, Bobbie Brown, Joan Brown, Bob Bryant, Ella Mae Buchanan, Bernice Buffalow, Janice Bundy. uni ors Harry Boston, Emma Lou Cassell, Alice Christian, Ruth Cochran, Patty Cowan, Edgar Crockett, Sedwyn Crockett Vernon rockett Edward Crouse, Mena Cruise, Ikey Dailey, Clara Denny, Evelyn Deskins Edward Dickerson Jessie Dillow Ollie Kate I,How George Dye, Phyllis Fanning, Jack Fritz, Mary Esther Gibson, Dennis Gillespie, Louise Goss, Patsy Hogy. Jack Hagerm n alph Hankins, Charlotte Harman, Eula Harris, Carrie Harris, Oscar Harrison, Bobby Heldreth, Gay Herald, Peggy Hill, Donald loback, Buford Holley, Donald Jennings, Betty Jessee. uniors Naomi Jones. Mona Jessee, Allen Johnson, Dorothy Johnson, Kenneth Jones, Donald Jones, Junior Jones, Walter Jones, Lionel Jones, Anna Jones, Billy Ruth Justice, Peggy Keister, James Kinder, James Kinser, Louise Kiser, H. Elmer Kiser, Dorothy Kitts, Jack Lambert, Leonard Lambert, Yvonne Lankford, Harry Lester, Joan Lindsay, Jeff Crabtree, Evelyn Lovett, Bernice Meade, Geneva Meade, Louise Meade, Vivian Meek, Betty Mills, Arnold Mitchem, Frank Mize, Macie Jean Murray, Harold Murray, Wilma Murray, Guy Mutter, Doris McAmis. Marvin McBride, Malvin McBride, Clarence McCall, Ellis McGuire, Marlene Nunley, Betty Jo Patterson, Macie Peery, Billy Proffitt, Margaret Ann Pruett, Joe M. Pruett, Carolyn Reed, Ernest Remines, Margaret Repass, Joar| Reynolds, Carl Rhudy, Eva Robinson, Marie Rose, Marianna Rowlett, Grace Rutherford, Lorraine Sargent, Donna Rae Sayers, Donald Scott, Jerry Scyphers, Betty Jane Shrader, Irene Shrader, Dorothy Shutt, Wilbur Sluss, Zelma Sluss, Deloyce Smart, Peggy Smith, Roba Smith, Dorothy Sparks, Rufus Spence, Robert Steele, Jane Stevenson, Helen Stinnett. Dwight Strong, Dennie Taylor, Donnie Taylor, Elizabeth Trail, Bobby Tweedy, Mary June Wall, Nancy Tabor, Rae West¬ moreland, Eugene White, Lois Whited, Norman Whitt, David Wood, Thelma Wyatt, Carl Young. NOT PICTURED: Virginia Neel. op nomores o J. D. Adkins, Beulah Altizer, Joyce Arnold, Alice Asbury, Fanny Asbury, Maxine Asbury, Lorraine Bandy, Bill Barrett, Jack Beavers, Phyllis Belcher, Gentry Blackwell, Harold Blankenship, Jean Bourne, Clarence Bowman. Gladys Bowling, Ann Brewster, Lethan Brown, Marie Brown, W. T. Buchanan, Lucy Buston, Jo,an Canipe, Glenn Cassell, Robert Cassell, Robert Chapman, Dorothy Clark, Norris Clifton, Claude Colley, George Conley, J. D. Corell, Jack Cox, Gene Crabtree, Jeff Crabtree, Ralph Crockett, Earline Crouse, Shirley Crouse, Mary Alice Cruise, Earl Day, Lorraine Day, Lucy Davidson, Vernie Dickens, Robert Edwards, Howard Eldreth. Junior Elswick, John Fisher, Joe Fritz, Irene Garey, Macie Gibson, Carl Gillespie, Hope Gillespie, Joe Gillespie, Mary Jane Gillespie, Billy C. Golding, Geraldine Golding, Rachel Green, Jerry Gregory, Elbert Grubb, Nancy Grubb, Betty Hall, Beulah Hall, Ruth Hall, Jean Hankins, Mary Martha Hankins, John Harman, Gene Hart, Phyllis Hart, Jack Hawks, Janet Hensley, Jack Hess, Marvin Hilmon, Kyle Holley, Eugene Honaker, Juean Honaker, Dorothy Hubble, Jimmy Hughes, Charlotte Johnson, Jolene Johnson, Doris Keene, Earl Keene, Norma Jean Keene, Gene Kimbel, Earline Kinder, Elizabeth Kitts, Gay Kitts, Martha Lambert. i om ores Joanne Lankford, Frank Lawson, Alan Lewis, Fred Lilly, Glen Linkous, Frances Long, Shirley Ann Morrow, Doris McCray, Betty McFarland, Betty Meadwell, Jimmy Minton, Lonnie Minton, Henry Mitchell, Vernon Morris, Ray Murray, Shirley Neal, Mary Joel Newman, Ronald Payne, Herman Peery, Pauline Presnell, Betty Jo Pruett, Billy Joyce Pruett, James Pruett, Mary Sue Puckett, Donald Rasnick, Joyce Ringstaff, Stanley Ringstaff, Roger Ritter, Mike Rogers, Josephine Rudd, Robert Rumgay, Paul Sayers, Elizabeth Sene, Betty Shrader, Margaret Shrader, Agnes Sheets, Betty Sheets, Ocie Sheets, Gay Sheppard, Juanita Shutf, Jimmy Sizemore, O. K. Spurgeon. Janice Stevens, Harry Stevenson, Kenneth Surber, Jack Surface, Walter Sword, Nancy Tabor, Betty Taylor, Ruby Taylor, Albert Thompson, Jo Anne Turner, Ellen Van Dyke, Isabella Waldron, Alice Warf, June White, Douglas White, Douglas Whitt, Franklin Wilson, Loretta Wilson, Grat Wynn, Louise Wynn, Peggy Wynn, Bill Yost, Laura Yost, Nancye Yost. NOT PICTURED: Sammy Angles; Robert Hall, Robert Herald, Evelyn Lovett, Alberta Phillips, Nancy Phillips. res ? n ten Paul Adams, Margaret Akers, Nancy Akers, Bailey Altizer, Blake Altizer, G. C. Altizer, Sherman Asbury, Bill Atwood, Glenna Austin, Rader Baldwin, Arnold Bandy, Thomas Bandy, Sidney Barrett, Edward Barton, Richard Baugh, Carl Beavers, Donald Beavers, Goldie Billips, Hilda Billips, Ollie Billips, John Bolt, Jack Boothe, Juanita Boothe, Blaine Bowman, June Bow¬ man, Douglas Brewer, Harvey Brooks, Richard Brown, Arch Buchanan, Frank Buchanan, Lacey Burkes, Joe Burkett, Helen Burnett, Norma Burnette, Jimmy Burroughs, Nancy Buston, Carter Coates, Anne Lee Cochran, Lorrene Cochran, Warner Collins, Roy Lee Combs, Henry Compton, Betty Jo Corner, Mamie Cornwell, Sue Cox, Frances Crouse, Thamo Cruise, Katherine Cruise, Grace Day, Homer Dickerson, Carl Deskins, Patty Dominguez, Eugene Downs, Curtis Dunnivan, Emory Earls, Eunice Earls, Mary Earls, Elizabeth Eldreth, C. T. Fox, Betty Fritts, Peggy Fritz, Richard Gates, B. J. Gillespie, Glenn Gillespie, John Gillespie, Nancy Gillespie, Phyllis Goodwin, Bennie Graham, Frank Graham, Nancy Grindstaff, Joyce Gullett. Helen Guy, Roger Hagy, Sam Hagy, Archie Hall, Nancye Hall, Pauline Hankins, Pearline Hankins, Janet Harman, Martin Harman, Elbert Harrison, Blanche Harry, Brittan Herald, Eugene Herald, Jacqueline Herald, William Herald, Hilda Howery, Jimmy Hunt, Phyllis Jennings, Bernard Jessee, Douglas Johnson, Sammy Jones, Edna Mae Justice, Fred Kellar, Joan- Kern, Erlene Kinder, Bobby Kinser, Jean Kiser, Virginia La Force, David Lambert, Tommy Lambert, Sam Larimer, Mary Lawson, Freda Laney, Herbert Lester, Joan Lewis, Betty Lockhart, Ann Long, Ruth Long, Garland Lowe, Jeral Nash, Billy McAmis, Arthur McCray, Freddie McCray, Kenneth McGlothin, Nadine McGuire, Janice Meek, Bobby Melvin, Russell Mills, Greta Mitchem, Tommy Monk, Norma Morefield, Pauline Morrison, Roy Morrison, W. G. Morrison, Ralph Mullens, Retha Murray, Joe Neel, Doris New¬ man, Betty Nuckles, Lorene Oquin, Vivian Patrick, Ann Patton, Henry Pauley, Jimmy Peery, Violet Peery, Earlene Pennington, Eugene Pennington, Josephine Pennington, Pauline Pennington, June Perkins, Douglas Peters, Jo Ann Phillips. 7 mei i Jack Proffitt, Pearl Proffitt, Curtis Pruett, Peggy Pruett, Betty Puckett, James Ramey, Hugo Reed, James Reed, Jane Remines, Annis Rhudy, Pete Richardson, Katherine Rogers, Madeline Rye, Jimmy Safewright, Ralph Sheets, Helen Sheppard, Louise Shrader, Edith Smith, Hassell Smith, Kenneth Smith, Ellen Spence, Karen Spenser, Lake Sizemore, Emory Stallard, Jean Stansbury, Betty Jo Steele, Kenneth Stowers, Judith Tabor, Josephine Talbert, J. V. Taylor, Howard Thompson, Fritzie Trail, R. O. Van Dyke, Mary Sue Watkins, Nina Willey, Charles Williams, Houston Williams, Dewey Wilson, Jimmy Wyatt, Carl Yost, Patricia Young. (Sitting, left to right): Fisher, Akers, Crabtree, Downs, Thompson, Harrison, Sheets. (Kneeling): Mgr. Gillespie, Beavers, Gillespie, Sword, Kiser, Boggess, Hawks, Shrewsbury, Dye, Crabtree, Davis, Dailey. (Standing): Mgrs. Brown and Cassell, Con¬ ley, Massey, Crouse, Gilliam, Whittaker, Lockhart, Scott, Rasnick, Buston, Jones, Coach Conley Snidow. HISTORY OF FOOTBALL SEASON The Bulldogs journeyed to War, September 5, to open their season with the Owls of Big Creek. Tazewell met a stubborn and determined team. Neither team could score the winning touchdown and settled for a 7-7 deadlock. The following Friday the Bulldogs, playing their first home game, defeated the favored Bobcats of Bristol, Va. Jack Crabtree thrilled the large crowd by picking up his own fumble and racing 35 yards for the second and last touchdown. This was number one for the Bulldogs. On September 19, the Bulldogs traveled to Abingdon and handed that team a 19-7 shellacking. With their eyes on the district crown they showed some of their championship ability. On the 26th of September, the Bulldogs defeated their first county foe, the Pocahontas Indians. This was the third straight win in district competition. The following Saturday the Bulldogs traveled to Graham where they won their second county game and also their fourth game in district competition, by hammering out a 27-13 victory over the G-Men. On October 10th, the defending county champions from Richlands came to Tazewell with their spirits high, hoping to retain their position as county champions. But the Bulldogs emerged victorious from the hard fought battle with a 12-0 victory over the high-flying Tornado. This win gave the Bull- dogs the county crown and marked the fifth district win. The following Friday night the Bulldogs invaded the Big Orange of Northfork. In this game they waded through the mud for a 6-0 victory. On October 24th, the Maroon wage from Wytheville, Va. defeated the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs received the opening kick-off on their own 20-yard line and returned it to the thirty. They were held for downs and had to kick. Crockett of Wytheville returned the kick from his own thirty to the thirty-five, where the Wave started a sustained drive for an early touchdown. The conversion was not good. The Bulldogs scored their lone touchdown in the last minutes of the second quarter and missed the conver¬ sion. The Maroon Wave scored their winning two points on a blocked punt. The following Saturday the Bulldogs journeyed to Clintwood and came out with an impressive 31-18 victory. This was a very exciting game in which the forward wall helped the explosive backfield show some of their best offensive play, with each backfield man breaking away through Clintwood ' s defense for long scoring runs. The next Friday night the Bulldogs tangled with the mighty Elkhorn Indians. The Bulldogs scalped the Indians to the tune of 19-14. On November 14th, the Wise Indians, runners-up for the district championship were defeated by the vicious Bulldogs by the score of 28-0. FOOTBALL, FIRST STRING (Line, left to right): Boggess, Massey, Akers, Rasnick, Atkinson, Dye, Shrewsbury. (Backs): Davis, Crabtree, Sheets, Crabtree. EDDIE ATKINSON First year at THS and made regular berth at guard. • BILL SHREWSBURY year letterman at end, SHEFFEY MASSIE Four year letterman at tackle team in Made All-Area first 1947. WILLIAM AKERS year letterman at RALPH DYE Four year letterman in line. BILL BOGGESS First year letterman at end. BOWEN SHEETS Four year letterman in the backfield. Made All-Area second string in 1947. JEFF CRABTREE Three year letterman at half¬ back. Made second string All- Area in 1947. LEONARD RASNICK Two year letterman at half¬ back and center. CHICK DAVIS 1st. row: VanDyke, Manager; Kiser, Downs, Billips, Jennings. 2nd. row: Crouse, Conley, McCall, Thompson, Linkous, Davis. 3rd. row: Brown, Ass ' t. Manager; Crab¬ tree, Akers, Schell, Walk, Rasnick, Coach Snidow. JACK SCHELL DON WALK A lay-up by Walk against Richlands. ☆ ☆ Davis pushing one through against Graham. Here ' s How . . . SCHEDULE Tazewell Opponents 51 Lebanon 47 34 Big Creek 28 41 Virginia High 29 28 Pocahontas 30 41 Lebanon 29 49 Graham 47 27 Norton 54 42 Elkhorn 32 42 Cleveland 28 45 Tazewell Hi-liners 35 39 Richlands 30 48 Virginia High 47 43 Pocahontas 33 28 Norton 30 38 Graham 51 34 Elkhorn 33 57 Richlands 51 54 Cleveland 49 45 Big Creek 55 County Tournament 44 Richlands 36 49 Graham 45 District Tournament 45 Virginia High 53 Schell outstretching Quillan of Norton. ☆ ☆ Thompson scoring two in the Norton Contest. FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM Front row (left to right): B. Brewer, B. McAmis, S. Angles. Second row: D. Gillespie, H. Eldreth, G. Downs, C. Gillespie, P. Brittain, J. Surface, C Kinder, R. Hagy. Third row: P. Harman, J. Gillespie, C. Coates, R. O. Van Dyke, P. Burkett, Coach Harry Buston. Front row, left to right: Billips, Van Dyke, M. Asbury, Bowman, Young, Brown, Trail. Middle row: Buston, Patterson, Honaker, Stout, E. Kitts, Gillespie. Back row: Jessee, G. Kitts, Grubb, Kinder, Cruise, May. TRAIL, Guard CAPT. BOWMAN, Forward MRS. G. O. McGHEE, Coach VAN DYKE Guard M. ASBURY Forward GIRLS ' BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Tazewell Opponents 27 Pocahontas 31 28 Lebanon 42 30 Graham 19 21 Norton 22 27 Cleveland 38 52 Richlands 27 28 Pocahontas 21 29 Norton 23 25 Graham 19 60 Bluefield College 14 36 Richlands 1 1 34 Cleveland 43 48 Bluefield College 20 County Tournament 45 Richlands 15 22 Pocahontas 24 ASBURY BROWN Suard Guard M. STOUT Guard YOUNG Forward BILLIPS Center The Tazewell Athletic Club has aided the athletic program in Tazewell High School by providing a good field house. The field house, built of cinder blocks, has two large dressing rooms with benches around the wall and hangers above them. The dressing rooms are equipped with two hot water showers. The house contains one large equipment room, which can be locked; also there are rest rooms for the public. The Tazewell Athletic Club is composed of the following officers: President___ MR. R. O. VAN DYKE Vice President ... __ MR. A. C. BUCHANAN Secretary-Treasurer _ MR. J. L. WALTHALL Directors _ MR. C. R. BROWN MR. NOEL M. WALKER, SR. MR. ELMER KISER MR. A. WARD DENNISON MR. B. W. STRAS MR. JOHN G. O ' KEEFE, SR. There are six cheerleaders selected annually by the student body of Tazewell High School — one each from the freshman and sophomore classes and two each from the junio r and senior classes. A cheerleader has various duties. Besides being present at the football and basketball games, and leading a number of pep meetings in chapel, a cheerleader has to help decorate for the home games and also remain after school for practices. Being a cheerleader is not an easy job but it is a lot of fun leading yells and doing your part to help win the game. y. The School and Community Growing Together The aims and purposes of the SCA are: To promote citizenship and cooperation, to provide recreation, and to encourage health and self-improvement. The Association makes laws under the authority vested in it by the school constitution. The SCA president and the school principal are in close contact and consult each other before making decisions on imporant issues. The success of the SCA depends to a great extent upon the sponsor. Her broad vision of the possibilities of the organization, her genuine interest in its policies, and her wholehearted enthusiasm in helping to plan, guide, and supervise its activities have been far-reaching in the accomplishment of its objectives. The officers are: Carroll Altizer, President Edward Morrison, Vice President; Don Scott, Secretary-Treasurer,- Bobby Johnson, Carrine Williams, Lula Hankins, Wayvle Hagy, Jessie Dillow, Janice Bundy, William Akers, Peggy Keister, Sammy Angles, Maxine Asbury, Gene Hart, Carl Day, Jean Kiser, Roger Hagy, James Pruett, R. O. Van Dyke, Bernard Beavers, John Lockhart, Bill Barrett, Virginia Van Dyke, Ann May, Freddie McCray, D. W. Williams, Norma Jean Moorefield. Sponsor: Miss Annella Greever. The Key Club of Tazewell High School is an honor society which was organized in the fall of 1946. It is composed of those students who have won keys by outstanding achievements in scholarship, citizenship, and activities. In the year 1945 the idea of an honor society was originated by Mr. J. L. Walthall, then principal of Tazewell High School. The student council, under his guidance, es¬ tablished the requirements for the point system , which was approved by the student body and put into effect immediately. The members of the Key Club are: ANN MAY _ President BETTY LEECE - Vice President MARIANNA ROWLETT a _ Secretary-Treasurer Janice Bundy Virginia Mae Van Dyke June Archer Moore Bill Barrett Phyllis Belcher Mildred Blessing May Henry Sadler The all-girl glee club provided delightful entertainment for the school and com¬ munity this year, as well as winning laurels for themselves and the school at music festivals in Bluefield and Pulaski. They gave a chapel program and appeared on the P.T.A. program during the first semester. In the annual Christmas pageant they appeared as the angel choir. Lorraine Honaker, PRESIDENT; Lorraine Sargent, VICE PRESIDENT, Mae Henry Sadler, SECRETARY- TREASURER; Gerldine Golding, Jolene Johnson, Mary Jo Newman, Karen Spence, Ada Lee Jessee, Betty Fritz, Lorraine Day, Grace Rutherford, Oeda Aldridge, Betty McFarlin, Phyllis Hart, Miss Mary Alice Mc¬ Connell, Ann Morrow, Maxine Asbury, Pauline Shelly, Mary Alice Cunningham, Janice Bundy, Virginia Lovern, Nancy Yost, Mary Jane Gillespie, Elizabeth Trail, Betty Jane Helmandollar Sergent, Gladys Norris, Joann Lankford, June White, Betty Jo Steele, Doris Newman, Naomi Yost, Fanny Myers, Clara Denny, Janet Hensley, Elizabeth Sceine, Connie Rudisill, Shirley Jones, June Warf, Alice Puckett, Miss Mary Alice Mc¬ Connell is the director of the Glee Club. The members of the Library Club are student library assistants. They help to keep the library neat at all times, check books in and out, repair books, help with the bulletin board displays, and are being taught the intricacies of the cataloging system. Miss Nancy Ward, the librarian at T. H. S. is the sponsor. The members are: LULA HANKINS _____ President JACKIE ARNOLD - Vice President PAULINE SHELLEY _____ Secretary MAC IE JEAN MURRAY _ Treasurer Mary Newman Betty Ann Shrader Edith Smith Earlene Kinder Della Adkins Ann Brewster Beulah Altizer Martha Bundy Helen Burnett Mary Sue Watkins Henry Compton Mary Mundy Phyllis Belcher The Teen-Age Book Club, sponsored by Miss Nancy Ward, offers the same privileges as an adult book club. The selections for each month are on the reading level of high school students. The members are: Pete Burkett, Thamo Cruise, Dennis Gillespie, Ann Long, Nancy Buston, Mary Sue Watkins, Jack Fritz, Norman Whitt, Eugene Downs, Lula Mae Hankins, Maxine Stout, Louise Goss, Della Adkins, Alma Adkins, Louise Kiser. nhn e an tiers o m erica The primary aim of the F. F. A. is the development of the agricultural leadership, cooperation, and citizenship. Those who may become members are boys who live on a farm and desire to acquire more knowledge about the scientific way of farming. President . Vice President Secretary _ Treasurer _ Reporter _ Watch Dog Advisor _ OFFICERS ___ D. W. WILLIAMS DUDLEY COWAN _ BOB HUNT ___ JACK BANDY _ JAMES KINSER ___ JERRY GREGORY _ J. P. BUCHANAN MEMBERS Bill Barrett, Sidney Barrett, W. T. Buchanon, J. O. Carell, Sedwin Crockett, Gene Crabtree, Glen Cassell, Glen Cochran, Joe Fritz, Gene Hurt, John Harman, Ralph Hankins, Robert Herald, Earl Keen, Harry Keene, Frank Lawson, Harry Lester, Henry Mitchell, Joe Muss Pruett, Ronald Payne, Donald Rasnick, Mike Rodgers, Rodger Ritter, Ross Beavers, Earl Billips, Jeff Crabtree, Curtis Dalton, J. D. Hudson, Don Jennings, Ellis McGuire, Marvin McBride, Malvin McBride, Frank Mize, Howard Nisewander, Bill Proffit, Rufus Spence, Wilbur Sluss, Donnie Taylor, Eugene White, J. C. Barrett, Raymond Herald, Jack Hagerman, Jim Mills, Tommy Myers, Carl Rhudy, Carl Young. Organized by Miss Nancy Leslie in ' 47, the Latin Club now has 29 members. It is one of the most active clubs in school, meeting every Friday during class period and once a month after school. In October the club ordered the pins, which are worn only by members. In Decem¬ ber the annual Christmas party was held. In January, during the March of Dimes an individual contribution was given from the treasury. Also in January we initiated the new member, Pete Brittain. The club took up the study of Caesar, his life, organization of his armies, his campaigns, costumes. The initiation of the first year class, held in March proved successful and was climaxed by a party given the club by the first year students. The club sponsored a canteen party in March, one of the most enjoyable of the season. THE MEMBERS ARE Pete Brittain, Billy Mae Bradley, Marie Bowman, Joan Brown, Barbara Brown, Edgar Crockett, llena Cruise, Bert Downs, Jessie Dillow, Phyllis Fanning, Dennis Gillespie, Don Hoback, Patsy Hagy, Gay Herald, Puck Kiser, Peggy Keister, Yvonne Lankford, Joan Lindsay, Wilma Murray, Betty Mills, Doris McAmis, Macie Peery, Helen Stinnet, Peggy Smith, Dorothy Sparks, Bobby Tweedy, Marianna Rowlett, Rhea Watkins, Mary June Wall. The Future Homemakers of America is a national, state, and local organization, which is composed of students taking or having had at least one year of home economics in junior or senior high schools. The emblem of this organization is octagonal in shape and bears the name of the organization and the motto, Toward New Horizons . In the center there is a house supported by two hands showing that the future homes of America are in the hands of its youth. The colors are red and white, symbolic of youth and home life. The flower is a red rose, a symbol of vibrant, glowing health. MEMBERS Lula Hankins, PRESIDENT; Rozella McCray, VICE PRESIDENT; Martha Bundy, SECRETARY; Vivian Meek, TREASURER; Phyllis Belcher, Evelyn Benson, Juanita Brooks, Lucy Buston, Esther Gibson, Louise Goss, Peggy Gregory, Martha Grubb, Charlotte Harman, Eula Harris, Carrie Harris, Peggy Hill, Mona Jessee, Louise Kiser, Ann Morrow, Mary Mundy, Wilma Murray, Macie Peery, Margaret Pruitt, Joan Reynolds, Eva Robinson, Grace Rutherford, Donna Rae Sayers, Dorothy Shutt, Juanita Shutt, Betty Jane Shrader, Irene Shrader, Peggy Smith, Nancy Tabor, Elizabeth Trail, Lois VanDyke, Margaret Wynn, Thelma Wyatt, Lenore Harmon, Rhea Westmoreland. The Dramatic Club was formed in September, 1947, under the sponsorship of Mrs. Dallas Hubbard,. At the beginning of the second semester Mr. McIntyre became the teacher of public speaking and the new sponsor of the club. The objects of the club are to enable the members to present finished dramatic productions and to help us as students to work together in a group. To become a member of the Dramatic Club you must take public speaking. MEMBERS William Akers, PRESIDENT; Jessie Dillow, VICE PRESIDENT; Virginia Mae VanDyke, SECRETARY- TREASURER; Jack Hawks, SERGEANT-AT-ARMS; Puck Kiser, BUSINESS MANAGER; Ollie Kate Dillow, Barbara Brown, Helen Stinnett, Joan Lindsay, Joan Brown, Della Adkins, Dorothy Johnson, Mary Fields, Jack Beavers, Harry Buston, Edward Crouse, Charlotte Harman, Dennis Gillespie, Nancy Tabor, Grace Rutherford, David Wood, Lois Whited, Fannie Myers, Alberta Phillips, John Raymond Fisher, Stella Alverson, Ross Beavers, Jack Fritz, Doris McAmis, Thelma Wyatt, Edgar Crockett, Johnny Lambert, Alice Helmandollar, George Dye, Bobby Christian, Norman Whitt, Bill Whitt. Under the direction of Miss Ella Bryant Dickenson, the high school art class is open to those interested in and having a natural talent for painting and drawing. These artists have painted scenery for the faculty play, the Christmas Pageant, and the class plays. The industrious group in the art room above is composed of: Miss Dickenson, Jack Gillespie, Martha Young, Charles Williams, Thamo Cruise, Yvonne Lankford, Harold Murray, Eugene Downs, and Nancy Buston. Rhea Watkins, Guy Mutter, and Jack Hageman are performing an experiment in Chemistry under the supervision of Miss An- nella Greever. Typing Classes in Tazewell High School under the direction of Miss Mildred Witten are interesting and profitable to the students. The Gift , was written by Mr. J. L. Walthall, former principal of Tazewell High School, was presented December 18, 1947, to the public and the following day to the students. The music was furnished by the Glee Club, under the supervision of Miss McConnell. The Gift carried the theme of world peace and ended with the nativity scene. This was one of the most impressive pageants ever to be presented in Tazewell High School. The cast was selected and directed by Miss Ella Bryant Dickenson. 1 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor_CARRINE WILLIAMS Managing Editor _ ROBERT JOHNSON Feature Editor _ BETTY LOU HARMAN Art Editor _ CHARLES DAVIS Sports Editor _ ALBERT McCALL BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager _ Advertising Manager_ Circulation Manager ___ Exchange Editor _ The staff and the other members of the journalism class have strived endlessly to publish a better school paper this year. The Bulldog has been growing during this year. The new addition is the weekly paper, the BULLPUP , which like the BULLDOG and the PEAK is published by the journalism class. This paper, distributed on Friday, con¬ tains the most important news events of the week. EDWARD MORRISON ...... BERNARD BEAVERS BETTY JO PATTERSON LORRAINE HONAKER PREPARING AND SERVING MEALS The Second Year Home Economics girls have been practicing, preparing and serving meals. Above are five members of the F.H.A. shown getting actual class practice in this course. Some of the girls prepare and serve the meal and others eat the prepared food. Seated at the table left to right are: Dorothy Shutt, Dona Ray Sayers, and Peggy Hill, and serving is Grace Rutherford. HOME DECORATION Some of the Second Year Home Economics girls have been studying home decoration. Shown above are some of the F.H.A. girls as they work covering and hemming some of the curtains for the Home Ec. building. Working on the couch, left to right are-. Juanita Brooks, Joan Reynolds, Carrie Harris and Janice Bundy. Working on the curtains are Vivian Meek and Louise Kiser. CARING FOR THE SICK The Third Year Home Economics girls are taking Red Cross Home Nursing. The girls are practicing different experiences in this course and when they finish thirty hours class work, they will receive Red Cross Certificates and pin ' s. In the above picture Ida Mae Hall has prepared and is serving the correct diet to the patient, Rozella McCray. TAKING A PULSE In the picture above, Lula Hankins is taking the temperature and pulse of the patient Rozella McCray. This course is being taught with the assistance of the county health nurse. Ruby Wright. 0 ) i iperla hves MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Carrine Williams Bobby Johnson MOST COURTEOUS Mae Henry Sadler J. P. Barrett MOST SENSIBLE Carrine Williams Chick Davis BEST SPORTS Virginia Mae VanDyke Bowen Sheets MOST POPULAR Virginia Mae VanDyke Carroll Altizer MOST ORIGINAL Betty Lou Harman Bowen Sheets MOST TALENTED Betty Lou Harman Chick Davis MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT Virginia Mae VanDyke Rhea Watkins MOST ATHLETIC Lorraine Honaker Bowen Sheets MOST OUTSTANDING SENIORS Carrine Williams Carroll Altizer MOST OUTSTANDING JUNIORS Joan Lindsay William Akers MOST OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORES Jeff Crabtree Maxine Asbury MOST BASHFUL Vivian Meek Sammy Angles MOST OUTSTANDJNG FRESHMEN Fred McCray Patty Dominguez BEST APPLE-POLISHERS Marie Bowman Puck Kiser CUTEST COUPLE Martha Ward Sheffey Massie MOST HUMOROUS Ada Lee Jessee Sedwyn Crockett MOST DEPENDABLE Carrine Williams Edward Morrison MOST ROMANTIC Sheffey Massie Martha Ward MOST STUDIOUS Bobby Johnson Carrine Williams MOST CAREFREE Wimpy Jones Ada Lee Jessee MOST INDEPENDENT BIGGEST FLIRTS Barbara Brown Eddie Atkinson Alberta Phillips Eddie Atkinson Many thanks to Puck for the use of his camera. 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NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET DEPARTMENT STORE Main Street Dry Goods and Notions TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA PETERS SHOES For the Entire Family Pick and Pay the TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Neighborhood Way CRUISE MOTOR COMPANY Hudson Cars International Trucks Personally Endorsed Used Cars Phone 50 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Compliments of DENNISON CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY Phones 81 -L and 81 -J TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Compliments of T. D. FIELDS, Owner CLINCH VALLEY THEATRES Home of good pictures ' 7 TAZEWELL and NORTH TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA CLINCH VALLEY PHARMACY Your Doctor ' s Ally Courteous Attention Pleasant Surroundings Phone 25 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA POBST ' S JEWELRY STORE IS HAPPY TO SERVE YOU You ' ll be glad we did GIFTS CHINA SILVERWARE FLOWERS TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA FEDERATED STORES Bobbie Brooks, Carole King, and June Bentley Dresses Dry Goods, Notions, and Shoes Florsheim Shoes Mallory Hats for Men TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA JACKSON DRUG COMPANY YOUR SAFE PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE Whitman ' s Candy Eastman Kodaks Yardley and Elmo Cosmetics Phone 354 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA WALKER CHEVROLET SALES, INC. For Economical Transportation CHEVROLET SALES OLDSMOBILE SERVICE STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS KELVINATOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BENDIX WASHERS, DRYERS, IRONERS MOTOROLA RADIOS TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Noel M. Walker, President Phone 123 YOUR FIRESTONE STORE BLUEFIELD SUPPLY CO. Electrical Appliances Wholesale Distributors of Hardware — Mine and Mill Supplies Major Appliances SALES and SERVICE Plumbing and Heating Supplies Auto Accessories Electrical Supplies and Contractor ' s TAZEWELL HOME Equipment and We are grateful for the business given us on down the years by the people of the AUTO SUPPLY, INC. Tazewell area. Compliments For their cooperation, the staff of the PEAK wishes to thank the of HARMAN STUDIO BLUEFIELD HARDWARE All Branches of BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA Photographic Work TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA JEFF WARD ' S Compliments of J. A. GREEVER THE BIG STORE Hardware and Furniture Phone 10 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Phone 19 BRITT ' S RESTAURANT TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Phone 295-L Delicious Home Cooked Food TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA KILGORE MOTOR SALES Compliments of VIRGINIA ' S BEAUTY SHOPPE Sales and Service TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA FORD TRACTORS Phone 17 JONES ' MOTOR COMPANY 23 Main St. Studebaker Sales and Service Mobil Products TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA CLARA ' S BEAUTY SHOPPE Compliments of H and M SHOE STORE Specializing in Cold Waves Machine and Machineless Permanents POLL PARROT SHOES 318 Princeton Avenue Rl 1IFFIFI n WFST VIPniMIA PHONE 243 JOHNSON RADIO CO. M. L. JONES, JEWELER Guaranteed Radio Service Fine Watch Repairing Box 442 — Phone 380 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA ( C. T. PEERY AND SONS CREGAR BROTHERS Groceries — Meat Market PONTIAC Frosted Foods G.M.C. TRUCKS WINKLER STOKERS Phones No. 1 and No. 98 STOKER SERVICE Main Street Call 144 TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Compliments THE SHAMROCK GRILL of Dine with us PEERY AND ST. CLAIR Phone 33-A Dining Room Table Service Private Dining Room Fountain Service TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA TAZEWELL SUPPLY CO. Compliments of E S T E E ' S of Bluefield OUR NEW LOCATION 406 Federal St. Bluefield, W. Va. Everything for the Farm and Home BLUEFIELD MONUMENT COMPANY, INC. Memorials of Character BLUEFIELD, VIRGINIA Since 1887 Compliments Phone No. 4 of NORTH TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA A FRIEND FEDERAL LUMBER CO. PIGGLY WIGGLY Phone 60 Complete Line of Groceries NORTH TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA Meats and Vegetables Self Service — Low Prices Everything To Build NORTH TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA THE TRUE WORTH OF EDUCATION The true worth of education depends entirely on the use made of it. It may be used either to improve or to destroy social and economic progress. It may be used to build character, mind and body; to provide better food, clothing and homes,- to protect individual freedom and the minority,- to make every one more self supporting,- and to do unto other as we would like for them to unto ourselves. Too often Education is used to make war far more destructive of property, lives and human relations,- to live a parasitic life on the labor of others; to conceal dishonesty,- and to destroy confidence and good will among men. Education without character may do more harm than good. Education WITH CHARACTER is the only hope of saving our Civilization. TAZEWELL FARM BUREAU INC. TAZEWELL, RICHLANDS, BLUEFIELD and CHILHOWIE, VIRGINIA SUNRISE BOTTLING COMPANY TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA or too sweet grapefruit treat Coprright 1 4«, Th« « Trademark U. 5. Pit, Off Small wonder thousands are hailing grapefruit—is the quickest, most de- this new, different, oh-so-good drink. lectable thirst quencher you’ve ever For Squirt-made from winter-grown tasted. Switch to Squirt today! 1 In working with the staff to produce this yearbook, we are proud to have had a part in making it an outstanding collection of your school memories. THE HOWARD-DUCKETT COMPANY KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE