PICTURE BURKE PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Pictured is the Valdese High School Class of 1938. From left are first row, seated: Iona Wright, Frances Coulter, Thelma Huffman, Parlee Ramsey, Eleanor Bonner, Agnes Hughes, Louise Buff, Margaret Pons, Marjorie Ledbetter; second row, standing: Winifred Pons, Claude Killian, Emily Pascal, Jeanette Pons, Georgia Butler, Nevada Williams, Helen Williams, Edna Pons, Elfie Bounous, Dorothy Williams, Edward Garrou; third row: Milton Peyronel, Clifford Perkins, Frank Grisette, Hunter Weaver, Hal Weir, Charles Young, Steve Rostan, John Brinkley. Professor: George Stroupe; and mascots Junine Tron and Richard Whisenant. The Waldensian Heritage Museum provided this image to Picture Burke, a digital photograph preservation project of the N.C. Room of the Burke County Public Library.

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