Worthy High School - Choo Choo Yearbook (Saltville, VA)

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Beta Club Provided Tutoring System The Beta Club of R. B. Worthy was composed of outstanding academic students who also excelled in character, leadership, and ability. The Beta Club had standing projects of presenting an American Education Week Assembly, collecting for the Easter Seal Drive for crippled children, and helping to pro¬ mote the dignity of R. B. Worthy in any way. The Beta Club of this year had over 30 members who strived hard to maintain the standards set for them by the Na¬ tional Beta Clubs. R. B. Worthy Beta Club members worked hard because they realized that it was a great honor to be a member of a club that was a vital part of a fine school. D. Cahill, P. Delp, J. Walls, S. Hayden, Sec.; R. Hogston, Pres.; B. Call, 1stVice-Pres. ; and J. Crab¬ tree, 2nd Vice Pres.; assist Mrs. Clear in choosing projects. F. Frye, N. Boardwine, W. Clapp, K. Elmore, P. Anderson and C. Burnette admire the Beta Club bulletin board. Participating in the induction service are: SEATED: J. Montgomery, R. Farris, J. Talbert, V. Hammond, M. Frye, B. Smith, J. Kelly, M. Moore, and S. Frye. STANDING: W. McCready, R. Aebersold, S. Snodgrass, G. Delp, E. Surber, R. McElraft, D. Marshall, S. Blackwell, and V. Osborne. n

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S.C.A. Strived To Improve R. B. Worthy Above Top: Vicki Hammond, Sec. -Treas. ; Mr. McCoy, Advisor; Susan Smith, President; Allen Yontz, Reporter are shown organizing the year ' s activities for the SCA. NOT PICTURED is Peggy Delp, Vice-President. Above: Shown, while voting on a proposed project, are: 1st ROW: T. Woodward, J. Everhart, P. Delp, G. DeBord, T. Woodward. 2nd ROW: R. Davidson, R. Herald, B. Smith, G. Harris, R. Allison. 3rd ROW: E. Surber, S. Minton, L. Brooks, M. Moore, N. Smith. 4th ROW: T. Henderson, D. McMahan, B. Sykes. The Student Cooperative Association of R. B. Worthy had a very hard working year. The officers, representatives, and sponsor worked diligently to im¬ prove the Student Council. Many committees were set up such as a smoking committee, which attempted to control the smoking problem at school; the constitution committee, which saw to it that clubs had their constitution; project committee, which observed all projects. The S.C.A. sponsored the Homecom¬ ing Dance, which was a great success, and it also recognized the parents of football players at the last home game. Much hard work and effort was com¬ bined to improve the clubs, student activities, and school life in general. The administration, student body and student council working together made 1965-66 a school year to remember at R. B. Worthy. J. Walls, S. Caldwell, S. McCready, R. Wilson, E. Asbury, P. Allison, and J. Coidthard, along with W. McCready, D. Cahill, and P. Hayden are shown while decorating for the Homecoming Dance. 22

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Approving the Key Club ' s layout for the Choo Choo are Bill Lee, publicity chairman; Allen Yontz, treasurer; Frank Lewis, advisor; Wesley McCready, president; Jim Montgomery, vice-president; Jim Morgan, secretary; Eddie Surber, S.C.A. Rep¬ resentative. Charles Hogston, Dale Chapman, Rodney Farris, and Roger Hogston have no trouble deciding who will be first to sweep the gym floor before a varsity basketball game. Key Club Served School and Community The Key Club is a seiwice club spon¬ sored by the Kiwanis Club of Saltville. It is composed of key” male members of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. This year the Key Club proved to be a valuable asset to R. B. Worthy High. In addition to the regular projects such as raising the flag each day, co¬ sponsoring the Christmas Dance and the Valentine Dance, delivering Christ¬ mas baskets and conducting mock elec¬ tions, many new projects were under¬ taken and completed by the club. These included placing a flagpole in the foot¬ ball stadium, sweeping the gym before Sandy Snodgrass, Curtis Surber, Harry Farris, Carl Rickman, and Roger Campbell plan for the delivery of Christmas baskets. basketball games, constructing an eraser dusting box and several others. This year a greater effort was made to co-operate with the sponsoring Kiwanis Club. A highlight of this cooperation was the Charter Day Banquet attended by Key Clubbers and girl friends as well as by Kiwanians and their wives. The individual members of the club in addition to the school and community benefited from the Key Club. It can truly be said that the Key Club has lived up to i ts motto, We Build.” Robert Aebersold receives a ballot from election clerks, Robert Cahill and Ronald McElraft, as election judges, Joe Dan Shortt and Barry Chapman look on. 24