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MCHS: FOND MEMORIES
I, Naomi
Lovett, attended the first two years of high school at Pine
Knot. Suddenly (it seemed) the county decided to “vote” the
junior and senior years should be at McCreary County High.
We boarded
the bus and went to Whitley City for our last two years of
high school. As we said “Goodbye” to Pine Knot, we shouted
“Hello” to the McCreary County High School. We found
McCreary High a grand place to be, and the last two years we
were there, we were just as happy as we were at Pine Knot,
if not more so.
There were
seventeen (17) of us from Pine Knot to join the Junior
class, which made a total of forty-six (46). But the Senior
Graduating Class had only twenty-seven (27) graduates in
all. This was the school year of 1944-45.
A.M. Webb
was Superintendent and Paris Ballou was Principal. Bertha
Ball was my Senior Class Sponsor. Carl Allen and Eliza
Miller were my music teachers and Bertha Ball was my
Business Arithmetic teacher. Dewey Ball was in Gym and Zora
Ball kept my Study Hall. Flora Bass was my English and
Shorthand teacher.
Our Senior
Play Sponsor was Conley Bell. I remember the Senior play
was “The Improper Henry Proper”. Robert Hatfield and I
played the leading parts. There were nine (9) other cast
members in the play.
All of
these teachers played a very important part in forming my
life. I especially remember and thank the leadership of my
music teacher, Carl Allen. He was great inspiration to me.
He formed what he called an orchestra and encouraged us to
do our best. I played the bass violin. There were seven
(7) other instruments in the orchestra. We played at
half-time for the basketball games and on other occasions.
All of
these teachers inspired us to do our best and I have always
appreciated their leadership and dedication!
Naomi
Lovett
Junior
and Senior Years
McCreary
County High School
Graduating
Class of 1945
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