Wilson Memorial High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Fishersville, VA)

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w Memorial 3 tujh School rn 1947 four former high schools from Stuarts Draft, Beverley Manor, New Hope, and Fishersville were consolidated into one large high school at the Wilson Educational Center, the former Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, located on route 250 between Fishersville and Staunton. The name chosen for the school was Wilson Memorial High School. This year there were about 950 students who attended the new school. Again in 1949 the County School Board moved another high school, Mid- dlebrook, into Wilson Memorial which added about 100 students to the enroll¬ ment. This addition plus new students has increased the enrollment to about 1200 pupils. We are proud of our school and the progress it has made during the three years of its existence. Manx of our graduates are now enrolled at various schools of their choice and are bringing prominance to our school. Others are making a successful place for themselves in business or by establishing homes of their own. Did you know these interesting facts about your school? Students are transported to and from school by 26 county owned busses. 99% of the students ride the busses. Students are transported from as far as 30 miles from school. 47 teachers plus the principal and assistant principal make up the faculty. Many of the teachers board or have apartments on the school grounds. There are 52 classrooms in use. There are 33 homerooms with these divisions; 6 senior homerooms, 7 jun¬ iors, 9 sophomores and 11 freshmen homerooms. That there are 18 clubs in the school. The Wilson Echo is our school newspaper and is published once a month. That the Wilson Educational Center, is made up of three schools: The State Rehabilitation Center, the Woodrow Wilson Technical School and Wilson Memorial High School. There are 26 acres in the school grounds.

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H Vice-President Melvin Fitzgerald Howdyshell, was elected president of the class. Other officers are: Vice- President—Melvin Fitzgerald; Secre¬ tary- Hetty Lou Harner; and Treasur¬ er- -Don C.hafin. One party has already been enjoyed by tiie Senior class and we are looking for¬ ward to several more. Secretary Betty Lou Harner We are indebted to all our teachers who have made our high school days so enjoyable. I he memories we take from W ilson will be with us through all the years to come, and we can proudly call Wilson Memorial our Alma Mater ! President Connard Howdyshell Ghe Senior Glass Officers — iq g- o Have you heard the big news? You haven’t? We thought everybody had—were Seniors now! Isn’t that wonderful! We remember way back when we were freshmen. Of course we were at our former schools then— Stuarts Draft, Fishersville, Beverley Manor, Njew Hope and Middlebrook. Various activities went on in these schools in which we freshmen participated. Then our Sophomore year arrived— and we started to Wilson! Happy day! We elected very capable class officers and dur¬ ing the year had a wonderful time. By our Junior year everyone was thor¬ oughly acquainted and everything was just a little more exciting than the year before! At last—we are Seniors and this year a new group was added—Middlebrook. One of our Middlebrook students, Connard T reasurer Don Chafin