Fort Ashby High School - Fortress Yearbook (Fort Ashby, WV)

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Our.big and memorable thrill was our Prom. To carry cut the theme “Blue Moon,” we decorated the gym with 1,035 yards of cheese cloth dyed blue by the girls. 1951-’52—Our last year is fading away as is the mischievous youth of each student in our class of twenty-seven. To raise money for our year- book we sponsored two dances, the “Homecoming,” and “Miss Fortress Ball,” served a supper, raffled off a fishing rod and reel, and presented the class play, “Tattletale.” It seems almost impossible that we are finish- ing our school life and stand at the entrance to the school of hard knocks. We earnestly hope the school will remember us by our good deeds instead of our mischievous acts. Au revoir. The Senior Class of 752 Class Will We, the Senior Class of Fort Ashby High School, year of 1952, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament. To Beverlee Zimmers, Beverley Shirley presents her nickname “Dish- rag.” Richard Lyons passes his hair cuts down to Robert Bantz. Louise Kerns wills her natural blonde hair to Shelia Speelman. Lane Oakman wills his summer job to Donald Bennett. Dollie Beam wills Ruth Alt her ability to be quiet in class. Emory Shriver presents his joke-telling to Richard Baldwin. Flora Mae Shipman will pass her slightly worn books, including comics, to Barbara Dayton. Jack Miller will give his love for school to Robert Michaels. Wilma Twigg passes her calorie chart down to her sister Dorothy. Gary Cecil is given Bruce Bosley’s small build. Hazel and Anna Bosley give their sisterly love to Gae and Shirley Long. Jack Frankland passes his temper down to Robert Dayton. With the hope that he can keen it better than he did. Lois Dayton willingly gives Norma Isner her oldest and gold looking brother. Jimmy Kenney will give David Shobe his noon hour permits. Doris Bohrer will pass some cf her giggling ability to her sister Wanda. Glenn Milleson leaves his easy blush to Myron Miller. Doris Long will hand her car keys over to Marjorie Logsdon (to take the girls skating). Harry Seeders wills his ability to take the blame of everyone's pranks to John Lechliter. Eunice Watts grants her freedom of speech to Lila Lu Thompson. Donald Kenney passes his many admirers (females) to Dickie Welch. Ruth Rexrode leaves her height to Gayle Pownall. Gene Ault’s way of getting along with teachers to James Hart. We hope he doesn’t use it. Nina Pownall leaves her wistful eyes and innocent expression (when caught) to Marlene Fisher. Kay Elder will give his car to Allen Ray Singhass (for a small price of course). Elizabeth Anderson wills her tall slim figure to Darlene Evans.

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Class History 194041—We are meek and scared little boys and girls as we enter our schoo! life with Miss Martin as our teacher. Our enrollment included Dollie Beam, Anna Bosley, Donald Kenney, James Kenney, Glenn Mille- son, Ruth Rexrode and Harry Seeders. 19414 ’42—Our second year has brought with it some excitement. Our school has burned and we are holding classes in the high school gym- nasium. More excitement prevails when “Bunny” Martin goes down the sliding board and leaves his pants on the top. 1942-43—Third graders, and we are back in a remodeled building with Miss Bolen as our teacher. We get to take turns ringing the school bell and the cloak room has become the paddling place . Hazel Bosley joins us by skipping a grade. 1943- 44—Our fourth year has opened with a bang. Miss Harris is our teacher. We are all thrilled by performing a drill as our contribution to May Day. Joining us this year is Nina Pownall from Wiley Ford and Jack Miller from Springfield. 1944-45—Fifth graders, and we are back in the high school building to stay, with Miss Mawhinnevy as our teacher. Jack Frankland joins us from Keyser and Nina Pownell’s heart starts to flutter. All the girls are carrying big pocketbooks and wearing yarn doll babies on their sweaters. 1945-46—Mrs. Long, our sixth grade teacher, has arranged a half hour gym period and is teaching us to play basketball. Newcomers are Kay Elder and Beverley Shirley from Cumberland. When our teacher went to the office. she locked the door to make sure we would stay in. Upon returning, she found the windows open and her class gone. From our hiding places in the lockers, we heard her tell Mr. Judy we had jumped out the window. We are to be in the May Day Program again this year. 1946’47—Our class has greatly increased. Coming from Patterson’s Creek is Elizabeth Anderson, Doris Long, Richard Lyons, and Wilma Twigg. Short Gap sent us Doris Boher, Gene Ault, Lois Dayton, Bruce Bosley, and Wilda Wyer. Flora Mae Shipman has joined us from Pied- mont. Miss Swecker is our homeroom teacher. We had our first hayride last night and Beverley Shirley and Doris Long got into a fight over Donnie Kenney. Jack Frankland was promised a piece of bubble gum if he got Donnie to go with Doris. 1947-’ 48—-Mr. Keplinger is’our eighth grade homeroom teacher. Our boys were beaten one point in the finals of the District Eighth Grade Tournament by Petersburg. Don Kenney was picked as the best looking boy in the tournament. Miss Swecker took us to Washington, D. C., on the seventeenth of April. 1948- 49—We are now Freshmen and Mrs. Marks is our homeroom teacher. Keyser beat our Junior High team by one point in the Sectional Tournament. Eunice Watts has joined us from Allegany and is stealing Donnie Kenney from all the other girls. 5 1949-’50—Our Sophomore homeroom teacher is Mr. Marker. Louise Kerns is a newcomer from Romney. We will never forget the Thanksgiv- ing Program we presented. We are all going to the Apple Blossom Festi- val in Winchester, Va.. by chartered bus. 1950-51—This is our busiest year of school. We are now Juniors with Mrs. Herriott and Mr. Small as our advisors. Emory Shriver has joined us from Ridgeley. This year we sold beanies, started an annual dance, the “Autumn Ball,” and presented our class play, “It’s a Date.”

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Class Prophecy Hello! Everyone! This is Television Station FAHS situated in the very heart of Fort Ashby, West Virginia. Tonight we are having one hour of special guest stars. Along with these stars are housewives and work- ing people in all fields. The Master of Ceremonies tonight is none other than the famous radio announcer, Donald Kenney, president of the Senior Class of ’52 from our local high school. “Good evening and thank you, sir. All of our guests tonight, like myself, are graduates of 52 from Fort Ashby High. Each will contribute some small bit of enjoyment for you listeners. We will start the show by introducing that now famous singer, Lois Dayton, giving her special rendition of “Blue Moon,” our old class tune. Our next guests are some working gals. First we will interview Miss Elizabeth Anderson, Martinsburg, a receptionist in the Newton D. Baker Hospital, who spen ds all her spare time on the Shepherdstown Campus, Next, is Wilda Wyer, working in Ohio and boarding with her brother and his family. Miss Doris Long, her assistant and sister-in-law, the former Miss Beverley Shirley, are two of the few successful businesswomen in this area. They have established a roller-skating rink and are here to show you how to master the art of the skater’s two-step. Our list now includes two boys in navy blue. We are proud to salute the Navy’s enlisted men, Emory Shriver and Gene Ault, who will give an impersonation of a day in the life of a sailor. Jackie Miller, the world’s heavy weight champion, managed to stop here for the night while enroute to Madison Square Garden. He will now demonstrate the left upper cut on his manager, Bruce Bosley, formerly known as “Muscles.” Eunice Watts, the typical housewife, is here to give a talk on “How to Please Your Husband.” She is studying music at night under the tute- lage of Mr. Boosiesaldoydebush of Chicago. A college man is now standing before me. He is none other than Rich- ard Lyons, a student of Social Behavior, attending Harvard. He has an article, “How to Please a Lady,” and will give his idea on the subject. He was quite a ladies’ man in high school. I wonder if he practices what he preaches? Here are those men that provide that fresh fruit we buy in town. Harry Seeders and James Kenney will tell you, from experience, the best time to put up scarecrows and post “No Hunting” signs and the reasons why. , I know all of you have ridden on the blue and white buses of Elder’s Transit Lines.” I am proud to present, Mr. Kay Elder, the owner, who will issue fifteen free bus tickets to the best looking single girls who promise him a date. Flora Shipman, who we consider one of the best letter writers in that field, is about to publish a book entitled, “My Personal Experience as a Letter Writer.” She will now exhibit the types of paper used in letter writing. She learned this while in business school. Ruth Rexrode and Anna Bosley have acquired the job of studio librarians, and if they talk low, bear with them while they tell some of their experiences. The B. and O had a job for Jack Frankland the day he graduated, but has just recovered from the celebration of graduation just last month, so has been working only a short while. He will try to explain how it feels to be a high school graduate. ————