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

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

Patrick dressed in his Bobcat football team uniform.

2. 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.

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

Hellems pictured outside the bleachers in his Bobcat team uniform.

4. "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.

5. 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.

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

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

7. "Footie" Woods, Hinton High School Football Player, 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.

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