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

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Let’s take a look at the class of '47 as they pass in.review. There are many pretty lassies in the group and quite a number of the strong athletic type boys in the ranks, so let’s take a better peek at them. When they were freshmen the members of this class gave as their entry in the contest plays Land of the Free.” Marion Hollis took the best actress award that year. Other members of the cast were: Paul Waggoner, Crystal Wooddell, Warren Cutright, |ean Butt, Terry Heironimus, Helen McDermott, Mary Vogel, Charles Bartlett, and Joe Staley. As sophomores they chose Harvey Hawkins, Colleen Courtney, and Katherine Gainer as their officers. Luncheon for Six” was the name of their contest play that year. The cast included Katherine Gainer, Charles Bartlett, Paul Waggoner, Jean Bott, Dolores Miller, Joe Staley, and Vance McDaniel. This year as juniors they again showed their leadership. Harvey Hawkins was chosen as president, Terry Heironimus was selected as vice-president, and Gladys Murphy was elected secretary-treasurer of their class during 1945-46. This class was well represented both on the gridiron and on the cage court. Herb Ball, Paul Cross, Kenneth Orr, Bill Whetsell, and Ralph Manno held down regular position on Coach Tuffy Baker's football squad. Harvey Hawkins, Paul Waggoner, Kenneth Mehling-her, and Orr were members of the 1946 basketball team. Lite Christmas party, which was sponsored by the juniors, was one of the most successful gatherings held in recent years. The winning contest play “A night in the Country” included the following: Bill Whetsell, Herb Ball, Herb Funk, Irene Andrews, Clara Jean kines. Chuck Hawk, Bill Curry, Patty Reed, and Russell Linn. The junior class play “Janie,” which was directed by Mrs. Haddox, had one of the largest casts of any play ever produced at G.H.S. Lite highly-successful Jr.-Sr. reception was the last of their many events of the year.