Clay High School - Tiskelwah Yearbook (Clay, WV)

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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

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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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SENIOR CLASS WILL Eugene McClure, I will my football uniform to Chester King and my position at tackle to Okey Pierson. David McLane, I will my ability to become a lawyer to Barbara Hively because I plan to become a dentist. Neely Miller, I will my ability to make and keep friends to my two brothers Tiney and jimmy, my classring to Beatrice jackson. Edward Mitchell, The back seat of bus 17 to Walter Hill. Don Moore, I will my place in chemistry to Robert Steorts and Glen Moore. Billy Moore, I will my pestiness to Evelyn Eagle. Bill Morton, I will my blond hair to Glen Samples, my school books to all underclassmen. Theodore Myers, I will all my pleasures of my past high school life to my sister Sharon, and my success to all because pleasure comes easy, success doesn't. Delanor Nichols, My ability to get out of work to Robert Steorts and my boots to Ruth Ann Ward. jerry Nelson, My boxing ability to Charles Hamrick. Roy Naylor, My position as FFA president to anyone who likes to work and everything else I have to Charlotte. I. D. Nottingham, My ability to talk to anyone who needs it. Hubert Oxley, I will my girl friends to Larry Davis Qas if he doesn't have a sufficiency and my nickname to Lawrence Parks.. jim Paxton, I will Bud Streets my car to take Bertie home from the ballgames CBud said he would will it back to me next year. William Pierson, My football uniform to Paul Osborne. Neal Samples, I will my seat in chemistry to anyone dumb enough to take it. Earl Sizemore, I will by handsomeness to Ellis Mullins and my ability to get along in any situation to Clark Starcher. jack Smith, My honesty, my integrity, and my ability to go four years without a class to Miss Craig to Ellis Mullins. George Stephenson, I think I'll wait a little later in life to make my will, maybe l'll have more. james Stockwell, My ability to never get caught skipping school to all the underclassmen. Nick Stone, My ability to do bookkeeping to Wayne Morton. Keith Strickland, I will my football uniform to my brother, Steve. Charles Townsend, My curly hair to Clyde Salyers and I'll keep everything else. Frankie Truman, My love to Elsie. Robert Underwood, I will my ability to get along with Marie Phillips to Clark Starcher. Ann Blankenship, My nothing to nobody, except my purple mittens, those go to Gladys Bragg. Gladys Bragg, I will my being a senior to Thurman Mollohan, my liking for Clay Hi to un- derclassmen. Elizabeth Brannon, I will my nickname, Bubbles , to Opal Friend, and my commercial de- grees to Chubby Brooks. Phyllis Brown, I will my education to all those who will never graduate along with a little advice, graduate if you can. Marie Chapman, My freckles and my black hair to Hilda Starcher. Bobby Davis, I will my class ring to my brother Paul, and also to the first girl that can hitch him, I will 'my brother George. Jackie Donohue, I will my class ring to my sister Shirley who will be a freshman next year. Evelyn Douglas, My enjoyment of taking shorthand to Chubby Brooks and Doris Chapman. I also will my wavy hair to Charlotte Stover. Wanda Fields, I will my quietness to Btty Strickland and Loretta Ramsey, and lots of good 34