Stonewall Jackson Basketball Team 1919-20 and aerial postcard showing proposed design of college

Graduation time in Abingdon VA

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Photo above: Stonewall Jackson Basketball Team 1919-20. Lila Barnes, Ruby Bales, Jean Craig, Frances Luke, Lundia Sherard, Edna Roles, Elizabeth Tucker, Katherine Street (captain) (There are eight team members named, but seven pictured and the faculty that isn’t named); undated postcard of school shows proposed design never built.

The Bristol Herald Courier
Abingdon, VA May 23, 1922

Miss Lucille WEBB has returned from an extended visit with friends in Austin, Denton and other places in Texas

Mr. and Mrs. D.A.F. CAMPBELL have as their guests during Stonewall Jackson College commencement Mesdames J.C. LEONARD, R.F. CULBERTSON, and J.H. SMITH, Miss Bonnie CAMPBELL, Mr. Harry R. CULBERTSON, J.C. LEONARD, Jr., and little misses Mara Elizabeth and Katherine CULBERTSON.

Dr. and Mrs. W.L. GANNAWAY are moving this week into the Gildersleeve property recently purchased by Dr. GANNAWAY

The many friends of Miss Eleanor DAVIDSON will regret to learn that she is quite sick at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. M.H. DAVIDSON

Miss Amelia SUTTON was hostess to members of the senior class of Stonewall Thursday evening. A very delightful time was spent

Stonewall Jackson College Abingdon, VA
Stonewall Jackson College Abingdon, VA

Mr. and Mrs. James W. BELL have returned from a very pleasant trip to Cincinnati, Ohio

Mrs. Mary M. DAVIDSON returned this week from an extended visit with relatives and friends in East Radford, Roanoke and Covington

Misses Freda SHARETZ, Susie CAMPBELL, Maria WINGFIELD, and J.S. BROWN, Jr. spent Sunday in Rural Retreat, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. BROWN, Jr.

Mrs. Roger S. WARREN is spending this week with friends in Richmond, Virginia

Misses Madge and Gay WHITE are attending the Pageant in Richmond this week

T.P. TRIGG, Jr. and W.W. TRIGG were called to Petersburg this week on account of the illness of their mother Mrs. T.P. TRIGG who is at the home of her daughter Mrs. Phillip ROPER

Mr. and Mrs. R.W. BELL and little daughter were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. MOCK at Damascus

source: www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/Abingdon1922news.htm

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