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Mary Dolin holding football in the front.Front row, left to right: Voile Turner; Harold McNeer; Ashly Eubanks; "Ram" Harford; Jim Anderson; Warren Holbert; and Sam Bess.Middle row, left to right: Ford Wauhop; Milton Bean; John Faulconer; Herman Fredeking; Jack Hayes; Alton Riddlebarger; and Hobart Foster.Back row, left to right: J. S. "Cowboy" Duncan; Coach (and Principal) Theodore Martufi; Norman Wilson; Buster Coleman; Bob Harford; Coleman Hank; Carthon Haythe; and Frank Tomkies (superintendent).

1. Hinton High School Football Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo of Mrs. Nell Graham's home economics class at Hinton High School. Pictures id Blanch Carden, Bessie Curtis, Mabel Meador, Layton Ellison, Mamie Krise, Daisy Marsh, Cynthia Ann, Letha Harris, and Vernette Berger.

2. High School Home Economic Class, Hinton, W. Va.

Mrs. Nell Graham's home ec class pictured outside of Hinton High School. Subjects unidentified.

3. Mrs. Graham's Home Economics Class, Hinton, W. Va.

The baseball coach and players pose outside of the building for a team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

4. Hinton High School Baseball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured is Forward Madeline Carman, Forward Cora Litsinger, Center Rebecca Huffman, Guard Mary Wicker, Guard Fawn Rogers, and Captain Fannie Quisenberry. During the season of 1920-21, the girls finished 4-6.

5. Hinton High School Girls' Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Hinton High School Boys' Basketball Team, featuring R. Harford (Captain & Forward), C. Harford (Forward), Falconer (Center), Fox (Guard), and Seldomridge (Guard).The team finished the season 9-9, with a total of 646 points scored.

6. High School Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

The third ever football team of Hinton High School, which finished the season 6-3 with a total of 156 points scored. Subjects unidentified.

7. Hinton High School Football Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.

Members from the Class of 1937 pose for a group portriats. Within this photo is Sam McLean, Charles Saunders, Bill Ailstock, Donald Honaker, Dave Harman, Jr., Dempsey Fox, and Ethel Edwards.

8. Hinton High School Graduating Class, Hinton, W. Va.

Tommy Hartley and "Sug" Shull pictured at Avis Field.

9. Hinton High School Football Players, Hinton, W. Va.

Front row, left to right: Dick Maynard; Tommy Hartley; Jack Dillon; George Harris; albert Morgan; Coach Stanley Huffman; Kay Rogers; Tommy dodd; Dick Withrow; Virgil Moore; Marshall Vansant; and Bill "Stud" Bennet.Second row, left to right: K. D. Foster; Teddy Elmore; Georgie Cales; "Sug" Shull; Paul "Foodie" Phillips; Bill Scruggs; Gene "Mule" Bennet; Tom Pack; Jimmy Hartley; Don Wilson; and Charles "Dadburn" Dobbins.Third Row, left to right: Elraydo Johnson; Snooks Dobbins; Dick Fridley; Howard "Curley" Williams; John Gilbert; Jimmy Jarrett; Benny Neely; "Pete" Bishop; "Bootie" Bennett; and Jimmy Harvey.Fourth row, left to right: "Morty" Meadows; David Lively; Jimmy Burton; Carl Leach; Boyd Vansicle; Stanley Ferguson; Robert Morris; W. C. Parker; and Tommy Hallarow.

10. Hinton High School Football Squad at Avis Field, Hinton, W. Va.

Jack Dillon, left, and Al Morgan,right, pose with their coach in front of the bleachers.

11. Hinton High School Football Co-Captains with Coach Stanley Huffman, Hinton, W. Va.

Bob Crush, right, and Bob Hoffer, left, pose on the field.

12. Hinton High School Football Players, Hinton, W. Va.

Unidentified player in tackling stance on the practice field.

13. Hinton High School Player, Hinton, W. Va.

Johnson, a tackle for Hinton High School's football team, pictured in his practice gear.

14. Jack Johnson, Hinton, W. Va.

Williams pictured in his football practice gear.

15. Howard Williams, Hinton High School Tackle, Hinton, W. Va.

Players pose in their uniforms for their team photo. Subjects unidentified.

16. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo caption reads, "Pat Shires led this team of Bobcats in 1946. They lost to the Eagles 19-7 but were hampered by more injuries than one shake a stick at."Front row, left to right: Charles Dobbins; Boyd Vansickle; Bobby Jack Crush; Pat Shires; Kyle Gwinn; Howard "Curly" Williams; Teddy Elmore; Virgil Moore; Jimmy Hartley; Stanley Ferguson; Kay Rogers; and Tommy Dodd.Second row, left to right: Billy Westfall; George Ames; Billy Carl Meadows; Jack Butler; W. C. Parker; Jack Yancey; Jack Johnson; Garland Tyree; Robert Morris; Bobby Hoffer; Phillip Dupreist; and Lloyd Seldomridge.Third row, left to right: Jimmy Grimmett; Marvin Steele; Jack Westfall; Ernie Moore; Richard Abbott; Bill Jenkinson; "Tootie" Wood; Benny Paul "Crow" Hellems; Dick Gunnoe; Pete Johnson; and Tommy Hellsm.Last row, left to right: Bill Apostolon, Manager; "Jake" Grimmett; Richard Neely; Benny Paul Taylor; Clifford "Bud" Ratliff; Bill "Chief' Humphreys; Tink Ritter; Charles Patrick; and Morty Meadows, Manager.

17. Hinton High School Football Squad, Hinton, W. Va.

Portrait of the football team that had a winnin season, losing only their last game against Beckley High School.1st row, left to right: Billy Carl Meadows; Jack Westfall; Robert Morriss; K. D. Foster; Phil Dupriest; Kyle Gwinn; Jack Johnson; Jimmy Hartley; Bobby Jack Crush; Howard "Curley" williams; "Buck" Seldomridge2nd row, left to right: "Snooks" Dobbins; Paul Phipps; Charley Patrick; Jimmy Ellison; Ernie Moore; Dennie Surber; Dutch Holbert; Bill Jenkenson; Tootie Woods; Tink Ritter; Richard Patrick3rd row, left to right: Coach Stan Huffman; Pete Johnson; Bobby Hoffer; Dick Gunnoe; Clifford Ratliff; Pat Shires; Garland Tyree; Carl Houchins; Buzzy Hellems; Tom Halloran; Hammy Brown; Crow Hellems; Coach Harold Beasley4th row, left to right: Ronnie Keaton; Dickie Wiseman; Dave Hess; Bobbie Meadows Pollock; unidentified; Cyrus; Mose Lilly; Ray Surbaugh; Nick Cantrell; Danny Keaton; Chubby Willey; Yancey; and Dough Richmond.

18. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Huffman, left, and Beasley, right, go over plays for the football team.

19. Hinton High School Coach Stanley Huffman and Assistant Coach Harold Beasley, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right, Jack Westfall, Bobby Jack Crush, "Buck" Seldomridge, and Pat Shires. The boys are dressed in their team uniform. The school's mascot is the Bobcats.

20. Hinton High School Football Players, Hinton, W. Va.

Gwinn, a tackle for Hinton High School, is pictured on a field in front of the bleachers. From Hinton Daily News Collection.

21. Kyle Gwinn in Football Uniform, Hinton, W. Va.

Patrick dressed in his Bobcat football team uniform.

22. Richard Patrick, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.

Persinger dressed in his uniform in front of the bleachers. The team mascot is the Bobcats.

23. Harold Persinger, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.

Hellems pictured outside the bleachers in his Bobcat team uniform.

24. "Crow" Hellems, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.

Shires, a football player for the Hinton High School Bobcats, pictured running with a football.

25. Pat Shires at Avis Field, Hinton, W. Va.

Dick Gunnoe, left, and David Hess, right, pictured in their team uniforms in front of the bleachers.

26. Hinton Bobcats Football Players, Hinton, W. Va.

Woods pictured in his Bobcats team uniform in front of the bleachers.

27. "Footie" Woods, Hinton High School Football Player, Hinton, W. Va.

David "Shadow" Willey, left, and Mule Bennett, right, pictured in front of the bleachers.

28. Hinton Bobcats Football Team Managers, Hinton, W. Va.

To the left of "Buzz", formerly known as Jack, is George Hulme. In rear is Tommy Joe Hellems. The group is there for a Hinton High School graduation trip in the spring of 1948."Buzz" Hellems went on to Concord College after high school and later joined the United States Navy, serving on the USS Orion. Eventually returning to his home in Hinton, "Buzz" owned and operated Hellems Cash Store for more than 58 years. He served on the West Virginia State Senate from 1975-1976 and was a former chairman of the Summers County Democrat Executive Committee as well as the former Director of the Nationanl Bank of Summers. He was married to Glenda Hamm Hellems for 51 years until his death on January 9, 2009 at the age of 78.

29. Jennie Lee Johnson & "Buzz" Hellems on the Steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D. C.

Line, left to right: Paul Phipps; Arnold Lilly; Rudolph Suber; Bill Jenkinson; Ernie Moore; "Mose" Lilly; and Dick Gunnoe.Backfield, left to right: Emerson Carden; Ray Surbaugh; and "Tootie" Wood.Quarterback is Charlie Pollock.

30. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, w. Va.

Construction workers at the site of the Hinton High School gymnasium. Subjects unidentified.

31. Perry Memorial Gymnasium Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.

The freshman boys pose for their team pictures. Subject unidentified.

32. Hinton High School 9th Grade Football Team at Stokes Stadium, Hinton, W. Va.

A football player at Hinton High School, Bennett is pictured in his team uniform running while cradling a football.

33. Glenn "Mule" Bennett at Stokes Stadium, Hinton, W. Va.

From left to right, Harold Beasley, Dr. Stokes, Bill Garten, and Charlie Schrader pictured on the field.

34. Hinton High School Football at Avis Bobcat Stadium, Hinton, W. Va.

A class poses with their teacher on the school steps.

35. Hinton High School Class Photo, Hinton, W. Va.

The victorious football team poses with their trophy. The trophy is the Cinderella carriage drawn by horses. Subjects unidentified.

36. Hinton High School Beats Beckley at Stokes Stadium, Hinton, W. Va.

Weaver, right, signing a check to become the first member of the boosters club. This check, which appeared in The Hinton Daily News, caused 500 additional members and $1,500 to be raised by Jack Ball, pictured on the left. Ball became the first President of the boosters club.

37. Jack Weaver Signing a Check to Initiate Hinton Bobcat Boosters Club, Hinton, W. Va.

Hedrick, pictured at his book-covered desk, was a teacher at the high school. Note the fractions and number lines drawn on the chalkboard, implications that Hedrick taught mathemathics.

38. Portrait of Ellsworth Hedrick at Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

In the front row, pictured from left to right, is Ruth Weeks, Meredith Nicely, Addie Payne Nicely, Elaise Womack Jones, Madeline Butler, Margaret Hill Burdette, Mildred Mastin, and Lorraine Meador.In the second row, from left to right, is John Faulconer, August Johnson Ratliff, Alton Riddleberger, Mary Lindsay Burke, Tory Faulconer, Bonnie Allen Peck, Hester Dayle, and Oswald Bowman,In the third row, from left to right, is Glenna Talbert, Myrtle Surber Keadle, Elmore Vellines, and Margaret Durham Meador.In the back row, from left to right, is Marie Ratliff, Elinor Early, Margaret Cowan Patton, Kenneth Gwinn, and Catherine Hill Glass.

39. Fiftieth Anniversary for Hinton High School's Class of 1923, Hinton, W. Va.

A group of men work on the building's construction. Subjects unidentified.

40. Construction of First Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Portraits of the first-ever students and faculty of the high school. Subjects unidentified.

41. First Class of Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

A rare illustration of the old high school building built before 1900. A few years later, the windows in the front, right side were bricked over.

42. First Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Group portrait of the faculty for the 1905-1906 school year.Pictured is Kate Whitman, Lila Loring, Fred Lilly, Johnnie riffe, Miss Elana Carler, Alic Corker, Miss Alice Burke, superintendent Jeb Bush, Mame Noel, Jenie Miller, Anne Gose, Ann Humphron (?), Ethel Curry, Mattie McCartney, Mrs. May Walker, Mr. Curri, Mr. Ball, Mr. Mattics, Jeannie Lind Hobbes, and Florence Smith.

43. Hinton High School Faculty, Summers County, W. Va.

View of the building from across the street.

44. Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

A group portraits outside of the high school building. Subjects unidentified.

45. A Hinton High School Class, Hinton, W. Va.

Photograph looking at the old Hinton High School building from across the street.

46. Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured on the site where the Hinton Post Office building erected ca. 1925, on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Ballengee Street, the boys play a pick-up game as people observe from the sidewalk.Pictured from left to right: Cecil Hall; Oscar Quesenberry; Frank Pierce; Bill Gardner; Fred Brown; "Fatty" Gregg; Jim Russell; (Quarterback) John Parry; (Right Half) Morris Templeton; (Fullback) Dick Noel; and (Left Half) "Flip" Johnson.The three boys standing behind the positioned team are John Cobb; Ernest Graham; and Worth Wray.Bowling's Hardware store pictured in the background on the corner.

47. Hinton High School Football Team Playing in Courthouse Square, Hinton, W. Va.

Photograph taken at Hinton High School. Identified L to R, Back Row: G. H. Harwood, Joe Hayth, Cecil Lively, N. S. Seldomridge, , --Patton, E. M. Bobbit, Isaac Meadows, --Eubanks, Brown Nunley;  Second Row: F. S. Hunter, --Poteet, Tom Youell, Wood Wickline, Clarence Seldomridge, Tom Rogers, Bert Ashley, George Nutting, Ira Wiseman; Third Row: Dick Cobb, E. K. Rogers, Lindsay Burks, M. M. Mastin, Bob Jones, Howard Honaker, Elmer Garten, Deifenbach, W. G. Dameron, C. H. Fredeking; Fourth Row: Bob Noel, Charlie Poore, Henry Ailstock, Lynn Gardner, Richard Thomasson, --Eubanks, --Cottle, --Hout, Tuney Swatts, C. I. Smith, C. S. Faulconer.

48. Group Portrait of Railroad Engineers, Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

Postcard drawing of the old high school building. Postmarked September 25, 1920. See original for correspondence.

49. Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

View looking at the high school building from across the street.

50. Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Front row, left to right: (No. 38) Haynes; (No. 43) Joe Hinerman; (No. 40) Raymond Jackson; (No. 32) Bus Tyree; (No. 35) Bill Stone; (No. 39) Ernie Perry; (No. 36) Bobby Dodd; and (No. 44) Charles "Fatty" Harris.Second row, left to right: Ralph Vass; (No. 18) Jimmy Stewart; (No. 19) Bill Crush; (No. 26) Gene Grimmett; (No. 34) Andy Williams; (No. 41) Basil Gil; (No. 42) Paul "Foodie" Phillips; and Morty Meadows.Third row, left to right: Scott Meadows; (no. 10) Jess Parkers; (No. 27) "Rob" Vass; Earl Ailstock; (No. 22) Shelby Allen; (No. 15) Orbe Meadows; and "Buck" Harvey.Fourth row: Coach Johny Worth; Coach Bun Goff; Manager "Noonie" Meadows; and Coach Paul Smith.

51. Hinton High School Football Team Portrait, Hinton, W. Va.

Portrait of the Hinton High School football player who later played in the 1954 Sugar Bowl.

52. Ray Surbaugh at Stokes Stadium, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo taken of an old class photo at Hinton High School. The group appears to be the school's marching band and conductor. Subjects unidentified.

53. Hinton High School, Summers County, W. Va.

High school musicians pictured with their instruments rehearsing under a pavilion. Subjects unidentified.

54. Hinton High School Band in Nimitz, W. Va.

Looking at the high school building from an intersection.

55. Side View of Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Photo of Carnegie Library.

56. Hinton High School Library, Hinton, W. Va.

Two school buses sit parked outside of the building. An unidentified student sits on the step railings leading up to the entrance.

57. Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured from left to right, Ed Johnson, Bill McDowell, and an unidentified player. The boys are pictured at Stokes Stadium.

58. Hinton High School Football Players, Hinton, W. Va.

Law enforcement officials stand by while a dog is led down the hallway in search of drugs.

59. Drug Search in Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Law enforcement officials lead the dog in the search for drugs in the school.

60. Police Dog Searches for Drugs in Hinton High School Lockers, Hinton, W. Va.

Football players sit along the bleachers for their team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

61. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Football players sit on the bleachers for their team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

62. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

The Bobcats pose for their team photo. Subjects unidentified.

63. Hinton High School Basketball Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Kyle Gwinn,right, and Howard Williams,left, pose together on a field.

64. Hinton High School Tackles, Hinton, W. Va.

The high school football team plays an unidentified team. Players also unidentified. A referee looks on as a player runs with the ball.

65. Hinton High School Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

The band plays on the field while spectators watch from the bleachers. Referees pictured in conversation on the bottom right.

66. Hinton High School Marching Band at Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

The high school's football team takes on an unidentified opponent. View from the bleachers show spectators lining the field on all sides.

67. Hinton High School Football Game, Hinton, W. Va.

Formerly the Hinton High School library, the building now serves as a museum.

68. Veteran's Memorial Museum, Hinton, W. Va.

A group of high school students pose outside the building. Subjects unidentified.

69. Hinton High School Class Photo, Hinton, W. Va.

Drawn depiction of the old high school.

70. Sketch of Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Three unidentified persons are pictured outside of the old high school building.

71. Hinton High School Campus, Hinton, W. Va.

Postcard drawing of the old high school building. See original for correspondence.Published by Hugh C. Leighton Co.

72. Hinton High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Negative of the first high school building constructed.

73. Old Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

This was the second building constructed to serve as Hinton High School.

74. Hinton High School Building, Hinton, W. Va.

Group photo of the band members and instructor in the earlier part of the 20th century. Subjects unidentified.

75. First Band at Hinton High School, Summers County, W. Va.

'Hinton High School Class of 1988: Participated in Arbor Day Celebration Sponsored by Hinton Woman's Club on April 29, 1988.'

76. Hinton High School Plaque, Hinton, W. Va.