Tony Valentine '69

 

"Tony used to teach me Buddy Holly songs while we camped out in the yard in grade school…Peggy Sue was his favorite"

Billy Lee '69  

........

"My God!  That's the most handsome man I've ever seen!"

Susie Printz Emmons ... '74 Miller ... upon seeing Tony's Senior Favorites pic for the first time 

 

Sophomore                                       Junior                                        Senior

 

Sophomore Favorite                                      Junior Favorite

 

Central Park Elementary

Second Grade

Who Are They?

           

Lonnie Bair

Brenda
Burt

Dennis
Corbitt

Butch Barrett

  
 

Leslie
Ramie

  

Suzanne
Humphries 

  

Susan
Cox

    

Terry
Parker

    
 

Joe
Rogers

  

Billy
Lee

  

Steve Owen

    

 

Rick Driver

  

Tony
Valentine

 

Who are they?

The desk closest to us is Desk 1, and then going clockwise.

The students are also numbered clockwise, with the 12o'clock student being number 1.

David Spruce desk 1 clockwise number 2

Steve Owen desk 2 number 3

Mary Weaver desk 2 number 4

Rick Driver desk 3 number 6

Dale Castleberry desk 3 number 8

Jack Fenner desk 3 number 3

Tony Valentine desk 4 white shirt

Tommy Jones desk 5 number 2

Richard Harrigal desk 5 number 5

 

1

Mike 
Plocek

Gene 
Cantrell

Dick
Woods

 Pat 
Albrecht

6

Coach

Murray Parrish

David 
Kervin

Mark Graham

Brian Booker

John 
Gilpin

Tommy Jones

Glen Hudson

Sammy 
Lucas

2

Tony 
Valentine

H. A. 
Reed

James 
Fite

Steve 
Thornburg

 

Tony with the first of his 3 sons in 1979

and last year with his youngest son

 


Christopher Valentine

Christopher Valentine, son of Tony Valentine ('69) is listed in the College Prospects of America as a potential baseball player at the college level.  He has already started receiving letters, emails, and phone calls from colleges in Nebraska, Ohio, Massachusetts, Kansas, Alabama, North  Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. 

A few of the schools that have contacted him are the University of Notre Dame, Duke University, UNC-Charollote, Tufts University, Florida Atlantic University, and Troy University.  As a high school junior he has already been MVP of the varsity baseball team for two years.  He has played on several All-Star and Travel Baseball teams.  This summer he will be playing on an 18U Travel baseball team from Northeast Indiana.  He is a member of the National Honor Society and also plays varsity basketball. Christopher gets his talent and brains from his mother!