Clay Battelle High School - Liberanni Yearbook (Blacksville, WV)

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Junior Class History “The cream of the crop, slightly curdled”. This is one person’s estimation of the juniors, class of 51. Though not famous, we have done things to let people know we’re around. We started at Clay -Battelle in September, 1945, with a total of 52 students who came from Pentress, B'acksville, Bula, Jake’s Run, and Mooresville. The next year, I 946-4 7, our number dropped to 46. Our freshman year, 1948, saw our class so large that we were divided into two homerooms with Mrs. Berdine, who nursed us through the seventh and eighth grades, as our sponsor and Mr. White, co-sponsor. This year we were noted for our many parties. For every idea there was a party. This caused the student council to limit the number of parties for each class. Our freshman candidates for the student council presidency and vice-presidency, Eileen Fluharty and Robert Copeland, were defeated but in our sophomore year we hit back and our candidates, Howard Shriver and James Sanders, won. As sophomores, our number was so increased that Miss Mary Frances Shafer was added as another co-sponsor. Our sophomore officers were Howard Shriver, president; Richard Tuttle, vice-president; Bonnie Pyles, secretary; and Patty Yost, treasurer. The past year, 1949-50, our number has gone down until we have only two homerooms. Our junior girls’ and boys’ basketball teams lost out in the preliminary games in the class tournament, but the seniors’ teams had to work to win over us. This year many extracurricular activities are headed by members of our class. Howard Shriver is president of F.F.A. and student council; Eileen Fluharty is president of F.H.A. and many of the other F.H.A. and F.F.A. offices are filled by junior girls and boys. Besides this, our class is active in glee club, boys chorus. Quill and Scroll, Thespians, band and many others. The boys in our class are, and have been, enthuiastic members of the basketball, football, and baseball teams. This year we have given the Junior Minstrel, the senior class their banquet, and sponsored the Junior Carnival. Having accomplished all this, we look forward to 1951 and doing even more than we have in the past. With help from Mrs. Berdine and Mr. White, we will, in keeping with our motto, take ’’No Steps Backward.” —Eileen Fluharty, 51 Juniors 11-B Homeroom First row (1. to r.) Mr. White, Co-sponsor, Lucy Fairfax, James Phillips, Brian Wilson, Bill Snyder, Virginia Lemley, Betty Areford, Edward Cummins, Jack Richardson, Glenna De Vine. Second row, Marion Rose, Eleanor Delaney, Bertha Phillips, Christina Roush, Sue Tennant, Nancy Clovis, Helen Stiles. Sara Lou Cummins, Eileen Fluharty, Etta Lea Brookover, Roberta Moore. Third row, Lloyd Shultz, Richard Kennedy, Gene Core, Glenn Harker, Jacob Swisher, Richard Tuttle, Gerald Stiles, Byron Anderson. Bill Parker, Byron Strosnider, Robert Ammons. twenty-ope

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First row (1. to r.) Mrs. Berdine, Sponsor, Bob Copeland. Marvin Lemley, Richard Wilson, Patty Yost, Martha Six, Martha Lee Tennant, Rosemary Pyles, Joyce Wilson. Carol Lantz, Lois Shriver. Second row, Hershel Tennant, Clarence Tennant, Thomas E.ddy, Edgar Seaman, Charles Marker, Newton De Vine. Betty Jane Cummins. Sherlene Pyle. Bobette King:. Bonnie Pyle. Third row. Delbert Willard. Perry Moore, Jim Sanders. Howard Shriver, Charles Snider, Bob Austin, Fred Williams, Grant Richmond, Scott Wilson, Rex Morris. Juniors Class Officers President....................................................Eileen Fluharty Vice President............................................... Richard Tuttle Secretary......................................................... Martha Six Treasurer...............................................Etta Lee Brookover Sponsor...............................................Mis. Edna T. Berdine Co-sponsor...............................................Mr. Simon L. White Colors: Green and White Flower: White Rose Motto: “No Steps Backwards” twenty

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Sophomores Class Officers President...... Vice President Secretary.... Treasurer...... Sponsor....... Co-sponsor. .........Jim Chisler Frankie Tennant Jack Wise Roddie Yost Mr. John C. Clovis Mr. A. R. Bryant Colors: Blue and White Flower: Red Rose Motto: “With the Ropes of the Past. Let Us Ring the Bells in the Future” 10-A Homeroom First row (1. to r.) Mr. Clovis, sponsor. Joan Neely, Mary Belle Dean, Jeannie Morris. Betty Thorn, Dorothy Forquer, Florence Moore, Doris Colland, Lillie Eddy, Mary Kennedy, Alice Cumberledge. Second row. Bernard Calvert, Robert Jones, Frankie Tennant. Bob Barr, Barbara Ammons, Jane Wil iams, Joanna Tennant, Lorraine Bean, Carolyn Lough, Sue Roush. Third Row. Enoch Copeland, Jack Wise, Merle Myers, Charles Whitehill, Richard Tennant, Wil iam Shriver, Donald Forquer, Carl Moore, James Fletcher. twenty-two