Berkeley Springs High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Berkeley Springs, WV)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY By: BETTY ARBOGAST Four years ago, early one September morning, an eager, joyous group of one hundred and fourteen knowledge seekers came pouring into Berkeley Springs High School. At first high school seemed difficult to these freshmen, but as time passed, they fell in with the customs of high school life, and their strangeness wore away. They were initiated at the sophomore class party in the gymnasium. The freshman class labored hard and con- tinuously. They accomplished much while taking a leading part in high school activities. After three months of summer vacation, a new era began which was to be entitled sophomore year. Returning for their second year of high school were one hundred and one members of the class. They held a party at the roller rink for the purpose of initiat- ing the freshman class. During the year many sophomores began to participate in various activities, taking part in the band and the athletic teams and three of the students were chosen as varsity cheerleaders. The junior year was marked by a great change. The class of 55 began to realize what high school could do for them. They had a better understanding of their friends, their teachers, and their surroundings. As juniors they had more responsibilities with the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. The new classmates soon became old” and the class numbered ninety-three. The class sponsored a Sadie Hawkins Party for the purpose of raising money. The class was well represented on the football field, and the basketball floor; in the band and in the various clubs. Before the Christmas vacation the class spon- sored the Christmas assembly, presenting the play, Christmas in the Cobbler Shop.” Next came the excitement of the arrival of the class rings and then the junior class play, If Mother Only Knew. Finally it was prom night. The theme Moonlight and Roses was used in decorating the gymnasium. This was the most important night of the junior year. Then ■ came Step-Up Day,” the big day when we moved up to occupy the seats of seniors. The big day arrived in September, 1954, when the class became seventy-six full-fledged seniors. First came the excitement of ordering name cards and announcements. The selec- tion of the staff for Warm Spring Echoes was made. The seniors sponsored the sale of stationery and all-occasion cards. During the year the seniors have taken a major part in clubs, athletic events and the publication of the school paper. The last chapter of these wonderful years is filled with many happy occasions and friendships which will never be forgotten. To our class officers we are deeply grateful, to our class sponsors we extend our thanks for their guidance and friendship, and to our principal, Mr. Sheets, who has stood by us these last three years, we express our deepest appreciation. In changing from history to the future we are looking forward to the fun we shall have on the trip to New York City. We look forward to graduation day with mixed emotions of anticipation and regret. There will be happiness for us in the knowledge of attainment, the achievement of a goal we set for ourselves four years ago, but there will be sadness too. The routine of familiar habits and close associations with classmates will be broken. Leave-taking will not be easy, but we know that many happy memories will help to sustain and guide us as we go forth on our future ways.

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LOWELL THOMAS HARMISON That T formation man.” DAISY MARIE CROUSE Hair of gold. KENT L. McBEE Wolf— and they love it. JAMES LEROY MICHAEL A real good fellow with a pleasant personality.” VIRGINIA ANN BATEMAN Her heart is like a garden, old-fashioned, quaint and sweet. CHARLES CARLISLE Yet, I have something in me dangerous. PHYLLIS JEAN CORBIN There’ll never be another.

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CLASS WILL As our last year comes to a close we, the Senior Class of 1955, of Berkeley Springs High School, being of sound mind and mertiory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, bequeathing our most precious belongings to the Junior Class, to-wit: Alvin Alexander wills to Lois Ann Crouse his love. Betty Lou Ambrose wills her parking tickets to anyone who is short on pennies. Pauline Ambrose bequeaths her big brown eyes to Rosemary Corcoran. Betty Arbogast wills her place on the cheerleading squad to Kitty Shriver. Sylvia Apple wills her ability to sing to Phyllis Alderton. Ruth Aulabaugh wills her ability to tell a story with a straight face to Mary Jo Crouse. Eileen Avey wills her bashfulness to Lois Jean Miller. Anna Lee Barnes wills her long curly hair to Jean Householder. Glenna Barnhart wills most of her evenings to Larry Davison. Virginia Ann Bateman bequeaths her expression Great Caesar to Jean Arbogast. Carroll Bohrer wills his Pepto Bismal to Lewis Close. Elsie Bohrer wills her glasses to Evelyn Clem. Joan Bratton bequeaths her nicknames to Joan Ridgeway. Sylvia Burkhart bequeaths her long eye lashes to Carol Fox. Lois Bushman wills her shorthand skill to Ruth White. Evelyn Butts wills her wise remarks to Carole Sommers. Phyllis Corbin wills her false tooth to Alice Tritapoe. Byron Cross wills his corpse to the biology class. Daisy Crouse wills her blonde hair to Carole Catlett. Anne Dunham bequeaths her booth in the Glen Luta to Chlorine Henry. Philip Eppinger wills his math. 12 grades to Tex Clark. Ellen Evans wills her ability to chew gum without getting caught to Jackie Cooper. Jackie Fisher wills to Varnell Burkhart his number one. Viola Harden wills her average height to Doris Garlisle. Lowell Harmison wills his hitting power to Ronald Clatterbuck. Phyllis Henry wills to Lou Ellen Morgret her ability to start a riot. Nancy Hessler wills her broken glasses to Sandra Place. Joan Hewett wills her corny jokes to Anna Jo Hovermale. Mary Jane Hofe wills her black hair to Mary Lee Dawson. Julia Jackson wills her natural curls to Shirley Fisher. Deannie Kesecker wills his ability to farm to Walter Beddow. Lena Lafollette wills her giggle to Calvin Unger. Letha Lafollette wills her math skill to Marian McBee. Carroll Leighty wills his basketball uniform to Douglas Ambrose. Ethel McBee wills her small feet to Kay McBee. Kent McBee wills his black hat to Leroy Hiles. Joe Mechem wills his quietness to Larry Miller. Billy Michael bequeaths his 101 original excuses for not having his homework done to Jim Merica. Leroy Michael wills his mechanical drawing skill to Roy Koontz. John Morgret wills his speed to Silas Allen. Shirley Neely wills her F. H. A. pin to Marlene Heironimus. Donal Newbraugh wills his million and one freckles to Virginia French. Ruth Richardson wills her piccolo to Lavern Hendershot. Marchyne Rider wills her green knee socks to Nancy Noah. Genevieve Riggs wills the mole on her nose to Peggy Hawvermale. Jack Risinger wills his desk in Senior Home Room to Wayne Ziler. George Rowland wills a log chain to Sylvia Werdebaugh. Henry Ruppenthal wills to Shearl Close his bottle of Nervine. Gerald Selders wills a bottle of castor oil to Raymond Hovermale. Alice Shirley bequeaths her ability to play softly to Douglas Lutman. Gloria Shisler wills to Dixie Arnold her shorthand skill. Vera Shisler wills her bangs to Retha Heironimus. Anna Shrout wills all her school equipment to Guy Farris. Marlene Sickinger wills her smile to Janet Divelbliss. Eleanor Spriggs wills her ability to cook to Wilma Harden. Myralin Ann Spriggs wills her blonde hair to Josie Lutman. Rose Zeta Spriggs wills her height to Linda Merica. Ervin Stotler wills to Jack Stotler by hook or crook, his English book. Patsy Stotler wills her short hair cut to Patricia Risinger. Joan Taylor wills her long curly hair to Margella Widmyer. Barbara Twigg bequeaths her shortness to Armeta Whisner. Deloris Weber wills her chemistry book to Cloyd Frock. Joan Wachter wills her ability to talk 50 MPH to Wanda Wachter. Herbert Wachter wills his sense of humor to Jackie Rankin. Charlotte Whisner bequeaths her shortness to Lewis Avey. Deloris Whisner wills to Marie Burke her democracy book. June Whisner wills her dimples by the bushel to Walter Peck. Elmer Wills bequeaths his interesting English Book to Emmett Capper. Bobby Yost wills his democracy book to Jack Allen. WITNESS: FATHER TIME (SEAL) Senior Class of 1955