Clay High School - Tiskelwah Yearbook (Clay, WV)

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '53 johnson fDransfieldj, and Mrs. Flora Eakle returned after an absence of a few years. Our sponsors who carried us through this year were: Walter Schoonover, chairmang Naomi Con- turo, Rosalie Dransfield, Harold Vass, and Hubert Moore. This year brought for the first time in our history co-editor girls of the Tattler who were: Muriel Whaling and Yvonne Hart. School highlights for the year: Enrollment reached an all time high with 742. Bleachers were installed at Bradley Field. The most thrilling football game was defeat- ing Gauley Bridge 7-0. The most exciting basketball game was when the Clay Panthers defeated the Summersville Grizzlies 64-59 after previously being beaten by Summersville only one point. For the first time the school received the honor of being presented a dual control car by the Citizens Chevrolet Co. Room 9, formerly girls' sickroom was taken as a commercial room. Royalty this year was Dorothy Gill chosen Football Queen with Warren Baker as her escort and Mary Gray Princess with Dennis Cox, escort. Our class play for the year was The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Comef, Four seniors were chosen to represent the school in The junior Town Meeting, a pro- gram broadcasted by WCHS. This was the first time any students were given this opportunity. This brings to a climax all our four interesting and exciting years of school at Good Ole Clay High . May the succeeding classes get as much enjoyment from school as we, the class of '53. Vernal Fitzwater 32

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '53 Looking back to September '49 everything about high school seemed so overwhelming and forbidding beside the present status of senior. It seemed that the auditorium was the center of a maze of rooms and almost impossible to find. Finally we were all assembled and managed to elect out of 104 girls and 102 boys our first class officers who were: Muriel Whaling, president, Jerry Butcher, vice president, Bill Pierson, secretary, Yvonne Hart, treas- urer, and Geraldine Triplett, reporter. The two freshmen elected to represent us on the student council were: Ruth VVard and Iames Moorehead. This same year the school board hired two teachers: Ralph Hammond, and Phyllis Hertel. Our first football princess was Wanda Ramsey and basketball princess was joan Fitz- water. Marcella Mullins and Roy Naylor were chosen by the student body to serve on the student council for our next year. The fall of '50 found us up the ladder of education to silly sophomores. The Big Bugsu for this year were: lack Davis, president, jerry Butcher, vice president, jim Carte, secretary, and Charles Blankenship, treasurer. At the beginning of this year there were seven new teachers added to the faculty list. Herbert Shimer, Walter Schoonover, Freeda Davis, Marie Scheff, George Shafer, jean Mearns, and Margaret Cox. Popular Coach Guy Bennett died this year, Mr. Ralph Hammond replaced him as coach and Mr. Herbert Shimer took over the assistant coaching and Paul Minyar came in as social studies teacher in Mr. Shimer's place. Busses No. 17, 19 and 20 were added to school this year. Dorothy Gill was elected basketball princess and Autiove Moore was elected football princess. Taking the honors in executive offices for '51 were: Yvonne Hart, president, Teddy Myers, vice president, Mary Gray, secretary, and Dorothy Gill, treasurer. Harold Proudfoot and V. N. Lambey replaced Charles Barnette and H. E. White as superintendent and assistant superintendent respectively. Bus No. 21 was added to the bus list this year. Principal Parker C. Black accepted the principalship of Keyser High School and Fred E. Smith, former social studies teacher, replaced him here. New faculty members that were added this term were: Rosemary Bower, Naomi Anderson CConturoj, john Hill, Russell Slack, and Hubert Moore. All of these except Mrs. Conturo were former graduates of Clay High. Chosen as class play this year was No Boys Allowed. This was the year we sold miscellaneous articles in order to raise' funds to give the seniors a prom. The sponsors who worked so hard to help make our junior year a success were: Rosa Craig, chairman, VValter Schoonover, Harold Vass, Hubert Moore, and Marie Scheff. Dorothy Gill and Dennis Cox were the juniors chosen to attend the Know Your Statc Government at Charleston. Our class chose Ernestine Hamrick as football princess. Her escort was Dennis Cox. Ann Walker was chosen basketball princess and Dennis Cox as her escort. Last but not least begins our Crowning Yearl' with all its dignity. This year we are bowing out with a class of 61 girls and 57 boys. Officers elected for this year were Dennis Cox, president, james Paxton, vice president, Mar Grav, secreta , Bill Pierson, treasurer, and Ro Na lor, re orter. Y . VY Y Y P New members added to our faculty list were: Mrs. Hazel Reedy Qshearerj, Mrs. Rosalie 31

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SENIOR CLASS WILL VVe, the seniors of 1953, knowing we must leave our utopia, Clay High, will our most prized possessions to our friends and especially to the underclassmen. ARTICLE II We wish to thank the faculty for their four years of guidance and for helping to make this school a real home. We are afraid a lot of us might not have made it had you not helped share our burdens. Let's forgive and forget all the regrets and sorrow we may have caused you. ARTICLE III Donald Asbury, I will my perfect attendance record to Max Hughes. Warren Baker, I will my quietness and my bookkeeping book to Wayne Morton for the next three years. Carlos Brown, I will my musical ability to anyone who wants to play and can't. Paul Browning, As of yet, I have not much, bit lim expecting much to find. As of now, I leave all my good times to the fri :nds I leave behind. Rodney Burdette, I will tmy little feet and my shorthand book to my sister joyce. jerry Butcher, I will my happy carefree times to NVanda Gray, and my liking for speeding cars to Huey Chase. Herman Butcher, My ability to argue without getting mad to my sister june. Bernard Cantrell, What wavy hair I have, I wfll to Autiove Moore because she has to curl hers. Donald Cantrell, I will my brother Charles, Mr. Schoonover for a general business teacher. james Carte, I would will all my abilities to my brother Dale but I won't because I don't expect the faculty could stand another like me so I will just will him my football uniform. To the rest I'll just say be good -- Benjamin Clonch, I will my voice to anyone who will put it to good use. jack Conner, I will my basketball ability to the next best player on the Clay High tea.in. Dennis Cox, My bookkeeping book to Byrne Salisbury because it takes a fool to be fool enough to take it and my presidency to my brother Gary. james Crawford, I will Mr. Smith my good behavior. jack Davis, My truthfulness to Donald Gill and my ability to have good luck to Alton Legg. Meekin Durham, l. will my height to Ed Hively. Howard Friend, I will my job at the funeral home to anyone who is brave enough to take it and everything else I have to Beverly. Clifton Gill, I will my ability to sleep every morning and evening on the bus to Frank Legg. Charles Hamrick, I will my ability to have more fun in homeroom than anyone else to all my friends. VVillia4xn Hamrick, I will my Aunt Ernestine to my sister Barb and my black wavy hair to Smith, Moore and Shimer. Clair Hoffman, I will my good grades to Alton Legg and my love for hillbilly hits to Eddie Igo. Garret jeffers, I will my place beside the old bass drum to Bobbie johnson. Roger Lambey, I will my social problems book to Dale Morris. Okey Legg, I will my height to Robert NVilson and my wavy hair to Kent Keener. Stanley Legg, My ability to maketstraight D's or below and miss so much to jimmy Miller. Paul Love, I will my grades and my acting ability to Huey Chase if he thinks he is man enough to handle them, and my wittiness goes to all the nitwits. Dale McClung, I will my singer's voice to David Truman and my sports editorship to some ambitious underclassman. 33