Twelve Members Of Graduating Class At Glade Valley School This Year
Girls Outnumber
Boys; Class Has
Made Fine Record
Eight Girls And Four Boys
Make Up The 1945 Gradu
ating Class
PLAN CAREERS
Glade Valley has a “round doz
en” in the 1945 graduating class.
Of this number, there are eight
girls and four boys. ' In spite of
having a low percentage of boys,
this class is well rounded in many
other ways; for it includes stu
dents who have made fine records
in many activities as well as
scholastically. The wartime con
ditions have prevented the usual
sports activities including tourna
j ments, yet many of these gradu
ates have fine athletic records.
Others have made excellent
scholastic ratings. Some others
have done unusual work in public
speaking and dramatics.
Presented here are brief sketch
es of the graduates, their aims,
ambitions and records:
RUBY BROOKS
Ruby, of Glade Valley, was
horn November 16, 1928. Hobby:
Reading. She won the math
medal in ’42, was secretary of
Sunday School class in ’43, secre
tary of class in ’44, honor roll 31
months, salutatorian of senior
class and class poet. Ambition:
To be a school teacher. Motto:
"“God first, others second, self
last.”
DEAN F. DUNCAN, JR.
Dean Franklin was born No
vember 24, 1926 and comes from
Shelby. Took freshman and
■sophomore work in Charlotte and
came to G. V. in ’44. Football
■•42, ’43; basketball ’44, ’45, stage
manager ’42, ’43, ’45; baseball ’45;
Editor of school paper. Ambi
tion: To be a farmer.
GEORGE LEE ELDRIDGE
George Lee was born August
10, 1928 and is from Glade Val
ley. He was vice-president of
class ’42; president of class ’44,
’45; Basketball team ’45; Baseball
team ’43, ’44, ’45; vice-president
of Literary Society ’44; King of
Hearts ’45; Voted most hand
r
some boy in senior class; presi
dent of Young People’s League
’45; Student Council ’44, ’45. Am
bition: To be a man.
DEAN EDWARDS
Dean comes from Glade Valley
and was born February 19, 1927.
Baseball ’42, ’43, ’45; Student
Council ’45; Class Prophet, ’45
Ambition: To be a farmer. Mot
to: “Climb though the rocks be
rugged.”
BETTY JO GENTRY
Betty Jo, who hails from Glade
■ Valley, was born March 13, 1930.
I She won the history medal in ’42:
IScholorship medal ’43; was treas
urer of Sunday School class, ’42;
(Student Council ’44, ’45; honor
i roll ’42, ’43, ’44, ’45; Basketball
,’44, ’45; vice-president of Liter
iary Society ’45; Business Mana
ger of school paper ’45; Historian
’45; Valedictorian ’45. Ambition:
To fly an airplane. Motto: “Smile
and the world will smile back.”
DOROTHY IRENE GRIFFIN
Dorothy Irene is from Srarat,
Virginia and was born September
16, 1926. She attended Blue
Ridge high school ’42, ’43, ’44 and
came to G. V. in ’45. Treasurer
of class ’42; Secretary and treas
urer of Sunday School class ’43;
Treasurer of Home Economics
club ’42. Ambition: To become
a secretary.
MARJORIE DEAN LYLE
• Marjorie Dean was born Sep
tember 4, 1928 and comes from
Glendale Springs. She attended
Jefferson high school in ’42 and
G. V. in ’43, ’44 and ’45. Basket
ball team ’43, ’44, ’45; captain of
basketball team ’43; Softball and
skating; Secretary and treasurer
of Junior class; Student council
’45; Editor of senior year book.
Ambition: To become a director
of religious education. Motto:
“Life is a picture, make it beau
1 tiful.”
NORA OSBORNE
Nora, who comes from Vannoy,
was born May 8, 1928. She was
president of the class in ’43; sec
retary and treasurer of Sunday
School class in ’43; Room prize
winner ’43; Home Economics
prize ’44; Student Council ’44, ’45;
vice-president of Young People’s
League ’45; Voted best all-round
girl ’45. Ambition: To become a
nurse.
BREVARD
COLLEGE
0ffer3 High School Graduates And
High School Students
UNUSUAL
OPPORTUNITIES
For An Accelerated Wartime *
Education
Brevard College, ideally located in the modern town
of Brevard, nestled beneath the Pisgah National Forest,
In the beautiful Sylvan valley, is a standard junior col
lege and also has a pre-college program, thus enabling
students who desire to do so to complete four years of
work in a period of three years.
To The 1945 High School Graduate
Brevard Offers:
A curriculum to meet modern needs, enriched by
■thorough mastery of the fundamentals of sound educa
tion.
A faculty known for its academic training, its broad
experience and its teaching ability.
A quality of college education high in comparison
to the total annual cost.
A well balanced program of social activities, design
ed to develop wholesale cultural reactions.
■\ A definitely religious atmosphere, embodying fit*
Spirit of Christianity and emphasising spiritual develop
1UMMER TERM OPENS JUNE 11 AND FALL TERM
'' SEPTEMBER 18. ‘ ‘
FOR CATALOGUE AND FULL INFORMATION
WRITE TO {
Eugene J. Coltrane, President
BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, N. C '
Senior Class And Faculty Me mbers At Glade Valley
These seniors have made fine records. Reading from left to right: First row Dorothy
Griffin, Lenna Parsons, Betty Jo Gentry, Peggy Rogers, Nora Osborne; second row—Mar
jorie Dean Lyle, Pat Shoaf, Ruby Brooks, George Lee Eldridgej third row—Dean Franklin
Duncan, Jr., Dean Edwards, Isaac Whiting; back row, faculty members, R. L. Joines, E. B.
Eldridge, Sarah V. Moseley, Helen Thomas, Rev. C. W. Ervin and Mrs. John Guerrant.
(Staff Photo)
Glade Valley Students Are
Active In Wartime Drives
V-E Day was celebrated by
Glade Valley students with a
feeling of pride; not because they
felt they had won the war alone,
but because of the satisfaction of
knowing they had participated in
many activities to help hasten the
coming of that victory.
During this school term a num
ber of drives for various causes
have been conducted and the re
sponse has been excellent. The
Junior Red Cross contributions
amounted to $28.00, while the
general Red Cross campaign con
tribution was $43.00. “Student
Night,” a special feature given
by the students, was presented to
raise money for the purchase of
a war bond for the school. Each
class presented special stunts and
those who helped to buy the bond
were entertained by a negro min
strel act featuring imitations and
other amusing numbers.
Paper collections and the col
lection of old clothing for the
War Relief Society were among
the other activities. Contribu
tions to the United War and In
fantile Paralysis Drives were al
so given.
Not only have the students of
Glade Valley tried to hasten the
victory, but in literary society
meetings they have tried to be
come well acquainted with the
problems that the Peace will
bring; and thus the work has
been not only wartime activities,
but peacetime planning as well.
LENNA HOPE PARSONS
Lenna was born February 15,
1930 and lives at Glade Valley.
She has atended G. V. H. S. ’43,
’44, ’45; Secretary and treasurer
of Sunday School class ’44; pres
ident of Sunday School class ’45;
Student Council ’45. Hobbies:
Reading and hiking. Ambition:
To become a director of religious
education. Motto: “Life is a pic
ture, make it beautiful.”
riiiuux nuuEtivo
Peggy comes from Francisco
and was born in March, 1929. She
attended Francisco High in ’42,
Westfield in ’43 and ’44 and G. V.
in ’45. She was secretary and
treasurer of the class in ’42 and
'45; Basketball in ’43, ’44, ’45; as
sistant editor of senior year book
'45; Queen of Hearts ’45; Voted
most beautiful and most popular
'45; Ambition: To becomes sec
retary. Motto: “To maKe the
best better.”
PAT 8HOAF
Pat hails from Winston-Salem
knd was born May 13, 1928. Presi
dent of Sunday School class;
Secretary of Literary Society ’44;
secretary and treasurer of Young
People’s League '45; Student
Council ’45; Softball ’42, ’43, M4
and ’45. Ambition: To become, a
director of religious education.
Motto: “To thine own self be
true, and then thou can to no ope
be false.”
ISAAC wmruro
Isaac comes from Statesville
and was born in 19?7. He attend
ed Statesville High in ’43 and E.
M. I. in ’44, summer school. Fqot
ball ’43, Basketball ’43; baseball
43; President of boy’s prayer
(roup; Student Council ’45; Pro
gram committee member of Lit
srary society. Ambition: To lie
some a cattle ranch owner or a
Thompson Heads
Staff Of Faculty
Glade Valley high school has a
staff of well-trained people who
[not only direct scholastic activi
| ties, but are deeply interested in
the character and building of stu
j dents. The group is headed by
E. B. Eldridge, superintendent of
the school for a number of years.
The list ol laculty members is as
follows:
W. C. Thompson, principal,
teacher of science and agriculture,
attended Davidson College; Rev.
C. W. Ervin, teacher of history
and Bible, received his degree at
Davidson College and Columbia
Seminary; R. L. Joines, teacher of
mathematices, attended ASTC, at
Boone; Sarah V. Moseley, teach
es English.
Miss Helen Thomas, home econ
omics teacher, Flora Macdonald
College; Mrs. John Guerrant, mu
sic and dean of girls, attended
conservatory of music, at Farm
ville, Va. Mrs. E. B. Eldridge is
dietician.
Commencement
Well Attended
Fine Programs Given; Dr. P.
H. Gwynn Delivers The
Literary Address
The thirty-fifth annual com
mencement at Glade Valley high
school got underway on May 12:
when the senior class presented
a three-act mystery comedy,
“Murder Mansion,” in the school
auditorium.
The baccalaureate sermon was
delivered on Sunday, May 13, by
the Rev. Marion G. Bradwell,
pastor of the Reynolda Presby
terian church of Winston-Salem.
Special music for the service was
furnished by the music depart- j
ment under the direction of Mrs.!
Ellen Guerrant. Miss Vila Ann
Biesh gave a Vocal solo.
The music department present
ed a music recital in the audi
torium on Thursday night, May
17. Thursday was als" observed
as Class Day when the senior
class, under the sponsorship oi
Miss Helen Thomas, home room
teacher, presented a program.
The class history was given by
Miss Betty Jo Gentry, the class
poem by Miss Ruby Brooks, the
prophecy by Dean Edwards and
the last will and testament by
Isaac Whiting.
The graduating exercises were
held on Friday, May 18, with the
addres^ delivered by Dr. P. H.
Gwynn, Jr., of Davidson. Dr.
Gwynn is director of Christian
Education for the Synod of North
Carolina. Miss Betty Jo Gentry
gave the valedictory address and
Miss Ruby Brooks delivered the
salutatory address.
The presentation of medals and
awards was made by E. B. El
dridge, superintendent of the
school. The following awards
were made: Ruby Brooks, schol
orship medal; George Lee El
dr idge, music medal; Billy In
gram, second music medal; Ulene
Hart and Elizabeth Long, room
prize for girls; John D. Martin,
Varied Courses
Are Taught Here
Glade Valley high school has
its thirty-fifth successful year in
the training of young men and
women. The widely-Jknown
Presbyterian school offers a reg
ular standard high school course
with home economics; agricul
ture and shop work, music and
Bible.
The well organized Literary
Society meets every Saturday
night with students presenting
special programs. In addition, •*.
the Young People’s League meets
each Sunday morning holding
programs of a Christian nature.
The school owns a one hundred
and twenty-five acre farm which
is operated in connection with
the school program. The farm,
supporting a grade A dairy and
general crops, offers an unusual
opportunity for agriculture stu
dy and practice.
Many Graduates
Now In Service
A total of 85 of Glade Valley’s
former students have entered tile,
service of their country and many
of them are today serving on
world battlefronts. Six former
students have paid the supreme
sacrifice, giving their lives in. the
service of their country.
Of the total number who have
entered the armed forces, six are
women. They are serving in the
nurse corps and in various
branches of women’s auxiliaries.
A list of those who have been
killed in action follows:
Sumpter Wylie, Page Thomp
son, Leroy Seig, Earlie Wolfe and.
Owen Wilson.
Jr., room prize for boys; Clarice
Taylor, first prize for best all
round progress for the year in
home economics, the second prize
going to Frances Godwin.
•And Our Sincere Good Wishes for Your Continued Success
Alleghany County Is Proud Of You And
We’re Proud Of You!