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1914 --
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Kimball High School organized; First Principal: Professor Nathaniel Wiley.
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1917 --
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First graduating class; Graduates: La Boothle, Willie Davis, and Harry I. Neal, Sr. |
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1921 --
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First tour year graduating class consisted of Corrine Prunty, Henretla Bozotra, Irma Watlington, Rose Lewis, and Mathew Graighead; Of the 51 graduates from 1917 to 1925, 24 have been school teachers. |
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1921 --
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Wesley Austin played fullback on the Kimball High Bearcat football team. |
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1922 --
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Kimball High School admitted to North Central Association. First Nego school in Southern West Virginia to be admitted. |
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1925 --
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Kimball High School had the largest faculty in the state per enrollment; Twelve instructors per 160 students; Brown's Creek District Track meet winners; Kimball High School football team played B.C.I., now Bluefield State College - 6-6 tie; Won State Basketball Championship under the direction of Mr. H. Smith Jones. |
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1926 --
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James Helig Dillard was high point man in the Mercer-McDowell Track Meet held at Bluefield Institute-winning a large cup and won the State Basketball Championship. |
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1927 --
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Winner of Southern West Virginia Basketball Tourney; State Decronatory winner - Laura Lewis. |
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1928 --
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Southern West Virginia Basketball Champs; Winner of West Virginia Girls Tourney; Winner of State Basketball Championship; State Essay Trophy Award winner - Dorothy Jones. |
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1929 --
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Winner of West Virginia Inter Scholastic Basketball at West Virginia State College Banner Memorial Cup - Winners - P. Rice and Lillian Scales. |
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1930 --
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Declaratory winner - Major Saddler; Essay contest winner - Eleanor Law; Kimball High School organized first Negro High band in West Virginia under the direction of Mr. S. G. Hough. |
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1931 --
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State Essay Trophy Award winner - Roy Brown; Oration winner - Ivan Haper. |
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1932 --
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Kimball High School winner of 8th Annual Basketball Tournament at West Virginia State College. |
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1933 --
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State Basketball Champs. |
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1936 --
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First school in area to have an active Dramatics Club under the direction of Mrs. Geneva Fitch; Southern Region Basketball Champs. |
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1947 --
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Southern Region Basketball Champs. |
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1948 --
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James Hamilton - member of West Virginia ALL STATE football team. |
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1949 --
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Ronald Hewitt - member of West Virginia ALL STATE football team. |
