Foreword;
I
wish to make clear to the reader the following;
1) When the Double V was published in
1935 it was not at the
2) There is talk about football in this
publication. The reader will quickly
discern from the writings that it appears to be an unknown sport to them. The explanation about that is football became
an athletic event at Valley View for the first time in 1935.
3) Most of the students that are named
are very familiar to me even though the time period is many years prior to my
birth. Never-the-less there are many relatives of these people still in the area and in
some cases are people that is still living.
If you the reader have contact with anyone listed here or aware of anyone
that is a relative please share this article with them. I am confident it would be very meaningful to
them.
I
am very grateful to Dr. Billy Ward & family for providing these old Double
V’s for archive. His parents, Jack and
Willie B. McCUISTION Ward, who have both recently
passed away were members of the Class of 1938.
Lastly,
I transcribed this publication into a newspaper format to duplicate the
original appearance. Unfortunately html
had its way with the format during conversion so what you view is not like my
original transcription at all. I will try
to correct the format problem. Other issues
of the Double V will be transcribed as I have the time to do so. If anyone wishes to receive a correctly
formatted copy I would be happy to provide in WORD format. Just e-mail me and ask.
Enjoy, Norman L. Newton, Valley View Class of
1967
The DOUBLE V
Vol. V The
SEVENTH
GRADE FIELD TRIP
The seventh grade is working out a unit in
the history of Valley View. Monday Mr.
Gregg and the class visited an old cemetery near the home of Ernest
Switzer. The cemetery is located on a
slope in the edge of the timber at Spring Creek. Four marked graves were found and two
definitely located. The pupils cleared
the brush and grass from two graves and made mounds on them. The girls had a few flowers which they placed
on the graves. On one broken marble
stone was the name M. W. Mann. Carved
nicely on a marble slab was Virginia Harrison, died
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The P. T. A. is again offering pictures in
the attendance contest – one picture for the lower grades and one for the high
school classes. The picture is to go to
the room or class which has the most adults present at a given meeting. So urge your parents and neighbors to attend
each of these meetings.
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FOOTBALL BOYS WORK OUT WITH SANGER
In the scrimmage with the Sanger team here
Wednesday afternoon, everyone found out that he was “punk”. On the defense Coach said that we did fairly
well, but that we made a poor showing on the offense. The boys did not show much fighting
determination. They did not “hold that
line,” charging was not firm enough, was not low enough, nor was it fast
enough.
The scrimmage was a great help to both
boys and coach. The faults of the team were
shown up and they hope to rectify those faults – “iron them out” so to speak –
before the first game on the 27th with
Some of the boys have been stricken with
colds and are not able to do much playing this week. Those are Junior McCollum, Jack Highfill, and Royce Dale Miller. Herbert Myers and Junior McCuistion
are out because of work.
Lately most of the work has been done on
plays and blocking.
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ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Willie Pearl Wilkerson, Carrie Sue Aughtry, and Marse Anderson with
the help of Mrs. Edge were appointed last Friday to plan the assembly programs
for each Wednesday. This committee will
have charge of each program and if anyone wishes to be on it, please see one of
the committee or Mrs. Edge on Monday morning at
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ASSEMBLY PROGRAM
The program Wednesday, according to the
new plan, was in the form of a radio program.
Marse Anderson was announcer of the
following: Songs, “Lulu’s Back in Town”
and “In My Song of Love” by Margaret Lowe.
Piano duet, “On the Isle of Caprie”
by Willie B. McCuistion and Yvonne Lowery.
Mr. Brown had some of the football boys to
go through some plays and also explained several things which we did not know
about football.
Margaret Lowe and Norma Jean Mallicote led while everyone yelled for the team.
Mr. Gregg mad an announcement which
concluded the program for Wednesday morning.
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Marse Says
All I know is what I see and hear on the
campus. Well, folks, may I have a few
minutes of your time to chat so that we both might learn something? The football season opens this week, and
every team is busy preparing themselves for many a hard fight – a hard fight at
that. The Eagles have been putting in
good time working out. Their coach, Mr.
Brown, is working very hard with the boys, and he says he has some fine
material with which to work. They have
organized the team and started off right.
Boys, don’t forget that it is not who wins or who loses, but how you
play the game that counts.
You should see Mr. Gregg play football,
and Mrs. Edge says that they have changed the rules somewhat since she played.
Commercial is being taught in the school
this year. In my opinion it is a
wonderful subject. Although everyone
cannot be a lawyer, yet he should know something about law. Mr. Brown is our instructor, and the class
does not think he can be beaten.
Mildred Rose has just returned form
Well, folks, I am crowded for space, but I
want someone to show J. R. Smith where the study hall is.
Yours,
The Dictator.
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NOTICE
Any high school student who will in any
way help on the “Double V” staff will please file your application with Mrs.
Edge at once.
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JOKES
Mary
had a little lamb
She
put in on the shelf
And everytime it wagged its tail
It
spanked its little self.
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Mrs.
Edge called on those in English III that had written a story for the first
paragraph in the assignment to stand and read.
I proudly stood and not until I had finished did I realize that I had
written about the last paragraph! Boy!
Was my face let!
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The scavenger hunt out at E[?] last Friday night must have been a dilly from all
indications. I wonder if Mr. Gregg
realizes the fact.
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In civics class the following conversation
was heard.
Louise:
Miss Callie, the flies [?] just eating me up.
Marse: They are
in the wrong [?].
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Ask on of our seniors how she likes the A.
and M. College boys.
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The following incident occurred in Spanish
II;
Billye Sue; Mr. Brown, I don’t
know beans about this.
Mr. Brown:
Well, you had better learn beans and onions both for Je[?] said he like them.
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We wonder if any of the students are
troubled with insomnia around
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A sentence put on the board in one of the
English classes read as follows; The boy and girl are brothers.
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THE DOUBLE V
Issued each week by the students of the
The Staff
Editor-in-chief
------------> Gladys Mae Idell
Assistant
Editor ----------- James
Keel
Assistant
Editor -------Willie
Staff
Artist ------------------ Earlyne Lowe
Joke
Editor ------------------- Virginia Allman
Sports
Editor ----------------- Junior McCollum
Grade
News Editor --------- Billye Sue Hunter
Printers
-------------- Roy Godwin & Jack
Paper
Folders ------- Junior McCollum & Bill Allman
Circulation
Managers ----------
School --------------------- Willie B. McCuistion
Local --------------------------- Ora Maddox
Student
Typist -------------------- Edith Stockton
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Editorials
Our textbooks are issued to us by the
state. We should be glad that the state
lends these to us and that we do not have to buy all of our books. Some of us are not very appreciative of this
favor bestowed upon us by the state.
Some boys and girls abuse the books.
Because of these few, the state has to buy new books every few
years. This money which the state uses
to buy books every few years could be used to improve the schools. We should appreciate our books enough to not
abuse them. DO YOU?
J. K.
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Usually before a boy starts to school, he
has learned to doff his hat at the door.
However, we have two or three boys in high school who insist upon
wearing hats or caps in the building. We
are wondering if a hint to the wise will not be sufficient.
Boys and girls in high school are also
supposed to know how to walk without stamping or dragging their feet across the
floor. This disturbs classes and pupils
who are trying to study. You can help to
make the school better by using your manners.
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SPORTS
The Junior Volley Ball girls with the help
of Miss Miller and Frances Willis, organized Monday
morning during Physical Education period.
The group has four teams; the Bludbirds, Cardinals,
Snails , and Stars.
The Senior Volley Ball girls met and
organized five different teams Friday morning at the Physical Education
period. Miss Miller appointed five girls
to choose the players and one substitute for each team. The following are the captains and the names
of their teams, Earlyne Lowe, “Scavengers: Eloise
Lowery, “Go-getters”; Willie B. McCuistion,
“Kangaroos”; Anna Grace Klinglesmith, “Hounds”; and
[last team?] Virginia Allman, “Cubs”. The teams will play round robin fashion. The captains drew for places to play.
The Senior Volley Girls have played three
games and are playing on their fourth one.
In the first game the “Go-getters” beat the “Scavengers”, and the second
game the “Kangaroos”, beat the “Hounds”.
The third game was played between the “Cubs” and “Go-getters”, and the
“Cubes” were the winners. The Fourth game, which is not yet completed, is being
played between the “Scavengers” and “Kangaroos”.
S. T. Lanier and Leo Roane have been
elected Co-Captains of the football team.
S. T. is captain of the linemen, and Leo is captain of the back field
men.
The Sanger football team came to Valley
View Wednesday afternoon to go through some practice plays with our team.
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WHAT HAVE YOU
Study ‘ all
Blue Monday
Dear
Gussie,
The foirst week
of skul has done gone. And that thore
paper, “Do-ble V” has changed staff. I an assist yore ant edititor
and this here paper yam the best that was ever put out. You shore ought to hear Mr. Brown rave about
them there [?] in girls names. He can’t
understand that “y” means “and”. Like Billye Sue, means Bill and Sue.
Yores truly, Jake
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School Is Growing
The school now has a total enrollment of
241 pupils. Among these students are 60
transfers from eleven school districts.
We have two out of state pupils.
One girl, Eleanor Ricketts, who is in the ninth grade, came here from
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Corrections in “Double V” Staff
In the paper last week in the staff it was
printed that Jack Highfill was a paper folder and
that Bill Allman was a printer. We want to correct this error. Jack Highfill is a
printer and Bill
Allmann a paper folder.
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Another Field Trip
The
seventh grade pupils seemed to have developed a manic for old cemeteries. We sometimes wonder if they are communing
with the dead in their efforts to work out the unit in Valley View
history. At any rate they are making an
excursion to the old cemetery west of the McCubbin
farm. They expect to find some
information on the old grave stones.
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Grade News
The first and second grades have been
studying fruits. The pupils [?] pictures
of the fruits and then made a booklet of them.
The third grade is studying trees and
leaves. They have learned [?ed] the autumn colors and are
learning an autumn song. They have made
some very interesting posters of leaves.
The first, second and third grades will
use ditto sheets in arithmetic and language instead of individual booklets.
The fifth and sixth grades are studying
music. They are learning the different
parts of music. The pupils are very
interested in this new subject.
The seventh grade is studying a unit on
the history of Valley View.
Marvin Rauschuber
has enrolled in the fourth grade.
Chester Craw[?] has also enrolled in Mrs.
McCollum’s room.
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High School Items
The Home Ec. I girls are studying the classification of
foods.
In Home Ec. II
the girls are studying the preservation of foods. They will do some canning soon.
Mildred Rose has enrolled in the eleventh
grade. Eleanor Rickets has enrolled in
the ninth, and Pearl Strawn in the tenth.
Work books have been ordered for all the
classes in high school history. The
History I class has finished Unit II in their work books and taken the
test. Several hundreds were made on the
test.
Work books have been ordered for all the
high school English classes and are expected to be here in a day or two.