William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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PiCk6fl',A' Charge at Gettysburg THIS GROUP OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS SYMBOLIZES THE BRAVERY OF TROOPS FROM ROANOKE CDUNTY WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES THAT WE MAY BE ONE OF THE GRANDEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WE ARE TOLD ON GOOD AUTHOR- ITY THAT A BATTERY OF ROANOKE COUNTY MEN, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN GRIFFEN, HELD POSSESSION OF THE ROAD TO APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE ON APRIL 9, ISOS, AND THAT JUST AS THE ENEMY HAD STARTED THEIR ATTACK, THE BATTERY WAS ORDERED TO CEASE FIRING. THE ORDER WAS CARRIED OUT, AND GRIFFEN LEARNED THAT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN ARMY HAD SURRENDERED AND THAT HIS LITTLE BODY OF MEN WERE FIGHTING IT OUT TO THE END ALONE. IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS, GENERAL GORDON VERY HIGHLY COMPLIMENTED THE ROANOKE BAT- TERY FOR ITS CONDUCT AND ADVERTED TO THE FACT THAT IT HAD FIRED NOT ONLY THE FIRST BUT ALSO THE LAST SHOT IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. B00 TW Q. Aix

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SALIENT SENIORS WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH SCHOOL ROANOKE COUNTY, VIRGININ MARY JAMES CLARENCE LEWVIN HOILLAND Currwoon CALDWELL LUGAR Senior Class OFFICERS CLARENCE CALDWELL, . . . Lrawm LUGAR ....... ' JAMES Currwoon .... MARY HOLLAND .... Mus. POWELL .... FLOWER: Pink Ron' COLORS: Pink and Green MOTTO! B2 CUB rquarenj Mas. POWELL . . . .Prexidwzt Via' Pl'EJ7.!iK71fl . . . . . . .Secretary . . . Trezzruvvr . . . . .Sponsor Time grows shorterg days more difficulty friendships soon will be memories, for our short stay at Fleming is finished. For four years we have gone our way as comrades through sorrow and joy, through attainment and disappointment. We now have come to the cross roads where we must choose which road to take in life. And now we reach our commencement as the crowning glory of our eiforts. We leave sorrowfully because of the fond memories that bind us closely to dear ole Fleming. Yet we feel that these friendships will last and in the years to come we will find ourselves meeting once again in the hall of fame. -'Cf 17 li'-