Grafton High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Grafton, WV)

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Com men cement The Reverend Lois Luzadder, pastor of the United Brethren Church will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon. We express our regrets that we can’t give the rest of the Commencement happenings due to the uncertainty of the present school term.

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Junior Class History In the month of September, 1! 42, a group of would-be doctors, lawyers, nurses, and presidents of the United States entered Grafton High School. Assuming the title of “Freshmen,” which was thrust upon them, they began their climb to acknowledgment by electing their class officers: president. Anne Vance; vice president, Etta Frances; and secretary-treasurer. Barbara Donley. But because Freshmen are “looked down upon,” their climb had many obstacles. However, they showed talent in their contest play “Not Tonight.” 1'pon becoming Sophomores, more notice was given to them by the school. They felt older. Choosing as leaders, president, Wayne Knotts; vice president, William Myers; and secretary-treasurer, Jean Decker, was their first important step. Next they upheld the name of their class by winning “best play,” which was “House of Greed” in the Contest Flays. The following September, assuming all the responsibilities of “upperclassmen,” they became Juniors. They found something new, in the way of financial responsibilities. Their picturesque Christmas dance and highly successful magazine campaign were the answer to the money needed to put on the Junior-Senior From. Their leaders during that year were president. John Ellers; vice president Alice Mae Stevenson; and secretary-treasurer. Evelyn McFrouty. The Juniors’ entry in the Contest Flays was “Ghost Farm,” a gruesome mystery in which a cranky old millionairess is viciously affronted by a “devil monster” from “Spooky Swamp” and also frightened by a golden-haired singing ghost. The cast consisted of: Betty Craft, Charles Corbin, John Fitzer, Wayne Knotts, Thelma Reese, Helen Brown, Evelyn McFrouty, and Emily Malone. Wayne Knotts was judged the best actor. The Junior class play, “Junior Miss,” which was one of Broadway’s hits, was directed bv Mrs. Iladdox. In the cast were: Harry Grows, Wayne Knotts; the dual parts of Joe and Henry, Lewis Bolyard; Grace Grows. Anne Vance; Hilda, Mary Haskins; Lois Grows, Emily Malone; Judy Grows. Aldene Beagle; Tuffv Adams, Betty Craft; J. B. Curtis, Herbert Grow; Ellen Curtis, Mary Fappalardo; Willis Reynolds, Charles Corbin; Barlow Adams. Micky McCue; Merrill Teur-back, Raymond Salisbury; Sterling Brown, Leonard Collins; Albert Kennady. Frazier Cameron; Tommy Arbuckle, John I’itzer; Charles, Junior Kines; Haskell Cummings, Charles Denton. The traditional Junior-Senior From ended the activities of the Junior year. twenty-two