Hamlin High School - Pied Piper Yearbook (Hamlin, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 146 of the 1948 volume:

ALMA MATER HERES TO OUR SCHOOL AND WE'LL WORK WITH A WILL THO YEARS ROLL BETWEEN US WE'LL HON- HER STILL. HERES TO HAMLIN HIGH. IN MEMO RIAN A WORTHY LIFE MAY END, BUT THE MEMORY OF THAT LIFE WILL NEVER DIE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO KNEW ITS WARMTH, ITS POWER AND ITS UNTIRING SERVICE TO HUMANITY. GARCIA D. PAULEY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS a icluAlt37V ‘jJu, m-caX xAc+ xA s X y AS A a-yrtAi; f £ s AA+ desH s cA - ?t4-J CuAS t ujc uZjj. XhU fu« A, U , yotncM , 64mc £L+x_s. FOREWORD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE JOURNALISM STAFF AND THEIR SPONSOR, MISS ADKINS, FOR THEIR SECOND ISSUE OF THE PIED PIPER. THIS EDITION SHOWS SPLENDID IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR FIRST ANNUAL, AND IT SHOWS THE GREAT EFFORT AND TIME SPENT BY THE PIED PIPER STAFF. THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS DEPARTMENT ALSO TYPIFIES THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE BEEN A CO-WORKER, WITH THE FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY FOR A PROGRESSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. MAY THE SPIRIT, CO-OPERATION, AND SCHOOL LOYALTY THAT PREVAILED THIS YEAR CONTINUE ON AT HAMLIN HIGH SCHOOL. DOROTHY WOODALL tth Grade Sponsor Science LILLIE THOMPSON Sth Or «de Sponsor English VIRGINIA SMITH 10th Orade Sponsor English - French DONNA WALLS Sophomore Sponsor Librsrlsn FLO B. VAN HORN 9th Grade Sponsor Biology OPAL R. JARRET T 9th Or ode Sponsor English-Social Studies ZEN A C RE MEANS Sophomore Sponsor Librarian JAMES K. ROBERTS Coach Math h Phy. Ed. EL OISE HOLLEY Art t % NADA ROSE HAULDRXN Pwte Vice-President ELEANOR JO EDWARDS ‘•Jo Jo Secrete ry-T reasurer MILDRED IMOGENE BIAS Mig BUZZ1E MONROE REYNOLDS Bud LEO FRANKLIN DAILY ••Hoover JEAN ELAINE ASHWORTH ••Eli NINA RUTH KEATON Pooch HERMAN BRADFORD HICKS Pup ROW ENA MAE ADKINS Rosie EDWELL FREDRICK CUMMINGS Moggie DWIGHT LEO BLACK Needle Note THELMA KATHRYN SMITH Katie WINFORD GAY MC COMAS Wimpy NORA LUCILE RAT ••ceil SADIE FRANCES HOLTON •‘Toot ' TEDDY LOU ADKINS ••Teddy Bear GEORGE WALDON YEAGER •Red DON WESLEY HANHOLTZ Shan SENIOR CLASS WILLS DIVIDING THE TREASURE We, the members of the senior class of the Hamlin High School, being about to depart from our beloved high school, and being greatly appreciative of the aid which has been given us by faculty members and schoolmates, hereby make this our last will and testament. 1, Lucile Ray, being of sound mind and stubborn disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Joyce Ray my ability to go with the same boy steady for a long, long time. I, Paul Hayne “Tuffy” Smith, being of warped mind and deformed body do hereby will and bequeath to Jackie Leach my ability to make the honor roll every six weeks and my horrible and disgusting reputation. After he receives this, I will that he be forced to the top of the High School Building and hurtled head long into space. If we had any unusual grades, and if we did, we wouldn't know why we de- served them, we would will them to the whole student body, share and share alike, well knowing that there wouldn’t be enough to quarrel about. I, Alice Kathryn Reynolds, being of fairly sound mind and a happy dispo- sition, do hereby will to Jackie Leach my job of being office girl to Mr. Lovejoy, providing he doesn't sit on his lap. I, Herman Hicks, being of no mind whatsoever, sound body and changable disposition hereby will my love life to Lawrence Barrett and my girl friend to Junior Walden. I, Weltha Wheeler, being of sound mind and friendly disposition, do hereby will and bequeath to Callie Roberts my ability to get along with my boy friends. I, Omer Meadows, being of unsound mind and musical disposition do here- by will and bequeath to my niece, Joyce Ray, my ability to make good grades in English. We had intended to leave all our brains and knowledge to the freshmen of next year, but on second thought, realizing the sophomores would treat them rough at the beginning of another term, we have decided to place them in safe keeping and so request that they be left to the Juniors. I, Rowena Adkins, being of sound mind and corny disposition do hereby will my long red underwear to Anna Marie Adkins to wear to school next winter. I, Leo Dailey, being of cracked mind and quiet disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Jane Kimble a mirror to keep herself as pretty in the future as she has been in the past. I, Eva Lee Yeager, being of unsound mind and tired of school disposition, do hereby will and bequeath to Miss Adkins and Mrs. Bowen a one way trip to Spencer. They’ll need it when we graduate. Senior Class Wills - Continued. To our teachers we leave the imposing mass of unusual and unverified information which may be found in our accumulated test papers. If any of the teachers wish to write an encyclopedia using this information, they may do so without paying royalties to our heirs. I, Raymond Richardson, being of fairly sound mind and romantical dis- position, do hereby will and bequeath my nickname of •‘Lover ’ to Dwight Bel- lomy providing he lives up to the name. I, Juanita Stickler, being of changable mind and very happy disposition do hereby make this my last will and testament, bequeath to Patty Plumley my ability to keep my little fingers on the keys of a typewriter, as her fingers al- ways fly up. I, Edward Adkins, being of a mind that God passed by, and a lovable dis- position, do hereby will and bequeath to Lawrence Barrett my ‘‘neckology ' tea- cher, Margaret McCallister, providing she does not let him put his knowledge into practice more than I did. I, Katie Smith, being of very sound mind and a quiet disposition, do here- by will my clear conscience of never skipping school to my little sister, Mary Lou. To the student body as a whole we leave an automatic electrical machine which is guaranteed to write any and every type of excuse which will pass the scrutinizing eye of our Principal Mr. Lovejoy. With the use of these machines it will be possible to cut classes and by pressing the proper lever you will re- ceive an excuse which states that you were unable to be in school the previous day due to a severe case of small pox. I, Bob Crow” Hall, being of feeble mind and flirty disposition do here- by gladly will to Charles Kimble my ability to get along with Mrs. Van Horn, providing that he comes to class once every six weeks. I, Kathleen Barrett, being of unsound mind and bad tempered disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Betty Gibson the front seat in Curry’s car. I, Buzzie “Bud” Reynolds being of sound mind and well fed body, do hereby will my typewriter to «my sucker that thinks that he can make A’s on it. I, May Lawson, being of long, lean, and lanky body, crazy disposition and with a powerful weak mind, do hereby will and bequeath to my dear, devoted friend Glennith “Guiena Pig” Pack the privilege to keep blowing kisses to my boy friend providing she continues blowing them and gets no closer. Our finger prints on the walls and in books where they should not be, we leave behind to show others that by our finger prints we shall be known. Our footsteps in the sands of time we leave to serve as examples of the way in which other students should walk. Senior Class Wills - Continued. I, Dwight Needlenose” Black, being oi alcholic soaked mind and run- down disposition as well as reputation do hereby will and bequeath to Jackie my position on the football team and to David Bush my girl friend, Dorothy Harmon to love and cherish for the next year. I, Elaine Ashworth, being of leakie brain and changing disposition, do hereby will and bequeath to Patty Plumley my ability to not get mad when I see girls go out with a girl and her boy friend and also to my friend, Helen Barrett my giggles and laugh providing she doesn't get into as much trouble with it as 1 have in the past. I, George Yeager, being of sound mind and body do hereby will and queath my red hair to Hal Yeager, Jr., since he will be in Mrs. Jarrett's lish class next year, so she will get a thrill every day and he will get grades. I, Carolyn Thacker, being of unsound mind and unsettled disposition, do hereby will and bequeath to Patty Steed my old French book in hopes that she will learn to speak some language, she sure doesn't speak English'. To Mrs. Jarrett, our English teacher, we return unanswered the many difficult questions which she has propounded to us in the years that have passed. We believe that these same questions can be used over and over until they are worn to shreds, for surely they will never be answered. If we couldn’t answer them, who can? I, Raymond Clark, being of mechanical brain and body have decided that I haven’t anything I can do without. I, Nina Keaton, being of unsound mind and undetermined disposition, do hereby will and bequeath to Woodrow Dailey my eyebrow tweezers so he can pluck out his mustache without fear of cutting himself. I, James Settle, being of sound mind and funny disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Hal Yeager, Jr. my position as tail twister for the Varsity H Club, provided that he gains 100 pounds in the next year. I, Teddy Lou Adkins, being of sound mind and corny disposition, do here- by will my ability to ride in a big green truck to Mildred Hill. I, Jarrell Burrhead” Hill being of cockeyed mind and one sided body do hereby will and bequeath to Dickie Burns my ability to be chosen the boy with the most manly physique in school. I, Eleanor Jo Edwards, better known as “Jo-Jo” being of chang able mind, scatterbrain personality and flirty disposition, do hereby will and declare this to be my last will and testament. I will to Patty Plumley my position as Editor of the 1949 Yearbook. Our beloved juniors? We wish them all the happiness in the world. They- 've certainly had little happiness in their school life up to this point. We hope they can enjoy themselves when we get out of their way. be- Eng- good Senior Class Wills - Continued. I, Winford McComas, being of sound mind and poorly fed body do here- by will and bequeath to Conard Lambert my ability to get out of class to run the school projector. 1, Helen Madden, being of sound mind and quiet disposition do hereby will and bequeath to George Dailey my wavy hair. 1, Carl Elkins, being of athletip mind and quiet disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Edgar “Andrew” Adkins my basketball trunks, providing he doesn't wash them in the next two years. (Yer welcome, Andrew!) I, Sadie Holton, being of sound mind and pleasing disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Doris Jean Chaney my ability to trust people providing she can find her a boy friend that she can trust. 1, Ewell Cummings, being of sound mind and bashful disposition do here- by will and bequeath to Phil Burns my ability to be chosen the most athletic boy in school. I, Mildred Bias, being of sound mind and corny disposition do hereby will and bequeath my ability to get a boy friend to Ruth Dailey providing she gets Baxter Butcher in the near future. I, E. J. Cummings, being of very mischievous mind and quiet and lovable disposition do hereby will end bequeath my said quiet and lovable disposition to Felix Porter, in hopes that the teachers will appreciate his character more than they did mine. Having spent all our money on Senior Class rings, pins, commencement invitations, and rental on graduation gowns, we are in bankrupt circumstances. We earnestly pray that we shall have enough friends left to take care of all our debts left at the soda fountain our library fines and any other unpaid obligation. I, Nada Rose Hauldren, being of wonderful disposition and of a mind that someone forgot to adjust, do hereby will and bequeath my quiet dignity and poise to Dorothy Harmon and my ability not to laugh at the wrong time to Helen Curry and Mary Jo Belcher. I, Ralph Swanson, being of very studious mind and quiet disposition do hereby will and bequeath to David Burns my good grade and my desire to get three Study Halls each day. (I hope he succeeds better than I did!) In our private bank box located in the fire box of the furnace and safely guarded by the janitor will be found a secret formula for a special brand of chewing gum. This gum has the special characteristic of suddenly disappearing when inquisitive faculty members get too inquisitive. This formula is willed to the care of the President of the Senior Class of next year. I, Mary Muralice” Scites, having no mind, no disposition, not much body, as a matter of fact, little of anything, do hereby will and bequeath nothing to no one because I need what little of nothing 1 haven’t got, provided I get noth- ing in return. Senior Class Wills - Continued. I, Don Shanholtz, being of sound mind and mechanical body do hereby will my last name to any boy bearing the name of Adkins, the girls have a chance to change their names. a Secretary 'bnd Tree surer SENIOR CLASS SCOPE Most Beautiful Girl-------------------------------- ____ Alice Reynolds Most Handsome Boy- - -- -- -- -- -- -- — ------------------------ Carl Elkins Cutest Girl - ------------- — — - —--------- -Helen Madden Cutest Boy- - — - -- -- -- -- - — _____ — ___ Raymond Richardson Best Personality Girl - - ----------— — - - —---------- - Mary Alice Scites Best Personality Boy- - -- -- -- -- -- - —--------------_________ Paul Smith Friendliest Girl- ---------------- — _____--------------- Alice Reynolds Friendliest Boy-------------- —-------—------—----------------Paul Smith Most Studious Girl - - -Weltha Wheeler Most Studious Boy- —-------------------------------------—James Settle Apple Polisher Girl----------- —--------- — - — — --------- Juanita Stickler Apple Polisher Boy -- ---------------------- —--------------- Edward Adkins Most Mischievous Girl - —---------------------- — --------------Katie Smith Most Mischievous Boy---------------------------------------- -E. J. Cummings Wittiest Girl-------------------------- —--------- — Carolyn Thacker Wittiest Boy----------------------------------------------- Ralph Swanson Girl Most Likely to Succeed - - - --- ------______ Nada Rose Hauldren Boy Most Likely to Succeed - -- -- -- -- — ______ — _ Edward Adkins Best Sport Girl — — ---- ------------------------- — - - -Kathleen Barrett Best Sport Boy---------------------------------____--------- Ewell Cummings Most Conceited Girl-----------------------------------------------Lucile Ray Most Conceited Boy - - —-----------------------— -------------Herman Hicks Most Popular Girl------------------------------------------- Carolyn Thacker Most Popular Boy - - — - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Paul Smith Best Liked Girl----------------------------------------Nada Rose Hauldren Best Liked Boy--------------------------------------------------Paul Smith SENIOR CLASS HISTORY 1947-48 Here we are ready to graduate after twelve eventful years. It seems on- ly yesterday that a group of young and eager children marched into the little white schoolhouse, where we got our first taste of dicipline and hard work. Our teacher, Mrs. Hettie Smith had a very difficult time teaching us our A, B, C's, but we finally made it to the second grade. Our second year was spent by running back and forth from our seat to Miss Virginia Thompson’s desk, and usually getting a smack on our southern hemisphere for popping up without permission. Our third year in school was a happy one and we hated to see it come to an end. Mrs. Sybil Bradford was our teacher that year. In our fourth grade of school we spent most of our time practicing for the operetta and other plays that were given that year by all the grade school. Our teacher that year was Mr. Garfield Pauley, the first man in our life (that is our school life). During the next two years we had so many teachers that we didn't know whether we were coming or going. Mr. A. B. Chapman, Mr. Dorsey Martin, Miss Lillie Thompson and Mrs. Evelyn Adkins were some of our teachers. This year we were getting very anxious to get through the sixth grade because we knew there was a new adventure in our future and that was going to school in the high school building. Our seventh year found us wandering around in a very strange place. We were now in Junior High School. After many weeks we became familiar with the many rooms and teachers we had. Our sponsor that year was Mrs. Opal Jarrett. The eighth grade found us feeling big even though we weren't. We looked down on the little grade school children with pity and felt ourselves getting more and more mature. This year Nada Rose Hauldren and Gene Pauley ran for Mr. and Miss Hamlin. You can imagine that gave us the big head. That year we had such a large class that we required two home room teachers. Miss Conza Meathrell and Mrs. Jewell Joseph, now Bowen. A lot can happen in a few years. Three of our boys were on the Junior High Basketball team that year They al- so won the Junior High Basketball Tournament against Madison. Our three stars were Paul Smith, Carl Elkins, and Gene Pauley. Our boys also won the class tournament that year. This year we had a new name. We were now in the first year of high school and our name was Freshmans. In this year of school we had a lot of new members from other schools. We had a very tragic accident one day when E. J. Cummings set the waste paper basket on fire. The principal was just about to spank the whole class. That year Carl Elkins and Paul Smith came out for varsity basketball. Carl made the all-tournament team at the sectional basket- ball tournament in Huntington, and also made the second all-conference team. E. J. Cummings and Ralph Swanson were the managers for our team. We had a new student tnat year who later became one of our basketball stars. His name is Ewell Cummings. In our Sophomore year we were really sweating to learn Algebra so Mrs. Van Horn wouldn’t be Tut-Tut-ing all the time. That year someone threw a firecracker out the window and the principal as well as the teacher really romped on us. Someone also threw a piece of plaster out the window and broke one of the grade school windows. We all were nearly scared to death. Our class really made a reputation for themselves and it certainly wasn’t one to honor. Carl El- kins made the first all-conference team this year and also first all-tournament team. Our Junior year was the most exciting year of our high school days. Alice K. Reynolds and Carl Elkins ran for Carnival King and Queen and won the title. We also had our Junior and Senior Banquet and it was very exciting. Everything turned out splendidly. Our Junior play was a scream and it turned out very nicely. Carl Elkins was on the main team in basketball that year and Paul Smith was a substitute but later became a main player. Our Senior year has been-a very exciting year also. We had our ups and downs but everything turned out for the best. The banquet was given this year in our honor and we felt very dignified as well as sad. We had our play which was Spooks and Spasms”. This year Paul Smith, Carl Elkins, and Ewell Cummings were on the main basketball team and Carl Elkins, Paul Smith, Jarrell Hill, Dwight Black, and Raymond Richardson were on the main football team. We hate to see this year come to an end. This will be our last year at good old Hamlin High but our thoughts will always stray back to our high school days and the won- derful times we had here. BETWEEN TWO WO- MEN OUR PRINCIPAL LUCILLE AND ELEANOR LOVE JOY JO- COACHING DAYS CLASS PROPHECY Kind friends of Hamlin High School, you who have known members of the senior class, who this year venture forth as graduates: We know that the seniors will leave high school with the best wishes of all the students and faculty members. We also know that you sometimes wonder what the future holds in store for the young men and young women, who in their high school life, have shown much ability for success in the future. We shall now take you into the enchanted future, and moving the clock of time forward for twenty years, unknown to the seniors, will let you find out what the future twenty years holds in store for them. Zz-z-zi-i-p-p-p----twenty years from now is here'. Dwight Black has become a man of means. He is decisively outstanding in an undeniably outstanding line of work. Why, right now Dwight is out standing on the street corner selling daily newspapers. Teddy Lou Adkins fell in love and married the water commissioner in Ocean City. 1 think she's all wet, now, trying to help him run his business. Ewell Cummings decided to build an expanse of bridge from San Fran- cisco to Elizabeth Town, Australia. He is working on the black prints, now. He refuses to have any blue prints on this job explaining that it may show some re- flection on the work. He intends to have all sorts of travel accommadations on the way. A new bachelor’s club has been opened in New York City. The poor suckers don't know that the club is a matrimonial trap devised by Rowena Ad- kins and a few female associates. Carl Elkins is a busy man these days. Not only is he trying to hold a job as bookkeeper in a large law firm in Los Angeles, but is also trying to keep the family budget book balanced. Barbara just bought a new ermine opera cape and it upset Carl’s planes (rocket planes) which he had intended to buy with the money. If he weren't slightly hen-pecked this matter might not have arisen, but as it is---Sigh’. Kathleen Barrett is a female Luther Burbank. She has developed a tree that grows forest’s. She believes in sharing all good things with her fellow men, so she grows a lot of them to be able to keep the one she already has. Ralph Swanson was rushed to Merciless Hospital yesterday after suffer- ing a complete mental collapse. The doctors report that he must have under- gone a severe strain of the brain. They plan to perform a major operation if he doesn’t recover by tomorrow, which isn’t very likely. He was working on his theory of making sugar out of snow. Class Prophecy - Continued. Juanita Stickler is living up to her nickname of “Skeeter”-------she's raising mosquitoes to bit the fleas that keep biting the little puppies her favorite poodle is trying to raise. This new means of exterminating fleas is still in the experimental stage, but if it is successful she may sell it as an exterminator of all kinds of pests including the two-legged kind. The Lazy Breakfast Food Company has just announced its winners in the recent contest for the most humorous rhyme. Nada Rose Hauldren won first price with this verse: As I fell and hit my toe Against a wooden stump I came in contact with the ground And got an awful bump. E. J. Cummings has just been crowned the World’s Champion Runner. He is so fast on the five-hundred yard dash that he can win the race, go and sit on the sidelines and cheer his shadow on as it finishes the last two-hundred fifty yards of the race. Mildred Bias has taken up housekeeping and is living out West. I think the only reason she took up this profession is because he asked her to. His name is Junior Johnson. Ever heard that name before? Dreams are a dime a dozen and so are airplanes. George Yeager has revolutionized the airplane business. His new invention cutting down the cost and time of production has resulted in children buying them instead of ice cream and bubble gum. George would do something like that! Lucile Ray is trying to do two things at the same time, make a good wife for Quentin Topping and be a secretary to a handsome lawyer. There she goes again! Just can’t settle down to one-tracked life. Bobby Hall and Winford McComas has just returned from an expedition to Mars. They report with slight disgust that they had found nothing that they couldn’t have found in Hamlin High School a few years ago. They said that Mars is inhabited by a race of people that oddly resemble the teachers that used to be in our school. Eleanor Edwards is now editor of the New York Times. Joe Phillips just happens to be assistant editor. Wonder if he holds second place in their mar- ried life, too? Or could it be that the twins, Joe and Jo-Jo, occupy second place? The New York Yankees have just bought the Burlington Blues. If such is the case the new manager is destined to be James Settles, formerly the able manager of the Hamlin Bobcats. The Yanks have been telling the Blues that they’re yellow, and James is trying to keep the colors from mixing for fear they will all turn green. Class Prophecy - Continued. Nina Ruth Keaton has settled down to a quiet married life. Sometimes I wonder if it could be the calm before the storm. The quiet is interrupted on- ly by the occasional howl of Harry Stratton, Jr. This may be a warning, so watch out, Nina. Another brilliant mind has been hard at work solving the problems of the poor over-worked teachers. Paul Smith thinks that teachers should have a day off now and then. To prevent depriving the students of a much needed education, he perceived that if they would have a six day work-week and the students skip- ped one day out of every week then the teachers would have a day off to do as they pleased. One of the world’s best sellers in American literature seems to be, How to Chew More and Better Wads of Gum”. The book is a scientific treat- ise, which required four years in the writing and many years of personal ex- perience. The name of Blaine Ashworth appears as the author. Mary Alice Scites has finally cured the fashion business of a disease with which it has suffered for twenty years. The disease. Fashion Droppsys, (dropped hemline, dropped neckline, and dropped shoulderline) has been coun- teracted by the medical treatment invented by Miss Scites called the Uppsy (lifted hemline, lifted neckline, lifted shoulderline, and a few other things). Raymond Clark, a mechanic, is using his time after work trying to teach students how to learn more readily. If they learn how to learn then they will learn more and it will be more worth while for teachers to teach them. Katie Smith walked gleefully out of the patent office in Washington today. She had just received a patent on her new device which stimulates the giggle box in those not duly inclined to giggle. This device was invented out of Katie's sympathy of solemn humanity who couldn’t force a giggle as she had always been able to do. Omer Meadows, well-known manufacturer of soap and dirt remover has just released a new kind of soap. This produce is guaranteed not only to remove the first layer of dirt, but the second, third, and fourth as well. If dirt persists or recurrs frequently, use strong lye. The John Powers Model Agency has just reported a new curve in the model market. This startlingly geometric figure is none other than our own beautiful Helen Madden, who cut the same figure when she was in Hamlin High School. Don Shanholtz has taken up the profession of making seat covers for cars, chairs, sofas, piano stools, drug store booths, etc. Lately he was fiercely attacked by a bull dog and has since started making a new seat cover. He keeps a few in stock for people who have the same misfortune. Class Prophecy - Continued. Sadie Holton has revolutionized the husband business. Her new invention called the Henpecker is guaranteed to make husbands be good. She should know. It worked on hers. Leo Dailey reported to his new job this morning in the toy repair shop of a large department store. He was fired from his last job, working in the toy department of another department store, because he persisted in playing with toys. He broke one of the store's best kiddy cars, and hid it behind the door. He didn't get a whipping, but he had to eat off the mantle for a whole week. Mae Lawson has gone completely out of her head. Of course she has been that way ever since her senior year in high school, but we thought she'd get over it. She was removed to a mental sanitarium last week after confessing that she was still crazy about Eugene. Her only hope is for Eugene to bail her out on Marriage Parole. Uh-oh, he's on his way now. Flash from Rattle Creek Sanitarium: Dr. Edward Adkins announced to- day that he has discovered a way to combat laziness in high school students. This new discovery is expected to revolutionize the high school scholastic re- cords of the nation. In his studies Dr. Adkins used Hamlin High School students for experimental purposes in the research work. Mr. and Mrs. Brady Johnson are celebrating their Silver Wedding Anni- versary. I have always thought that Alice Reynolds was capable of the impos- sible. I happen to know that they have been married for only ten years. As an anniversary gift he got her a penthouse in New York. In past years some of the students of Hamlin High have acquired the rep- utable reputation of skipping school just about every other day. Buzzy Reynolds, the present president of the board of education has at last solved that problem. He suggests that school be in session only every other day, therefore making it impossible for anyone to skip at these intervals without quitting school alto- gether. The University of California has just added a new student to its student body. Eva Lee Yeager has finally decided to go to college, after many years of contemplating “for an’ ag’in’ the idea of carrying her education beyond that so affectionately bestowed upon her in high school. Not that it ever soaked in! In Miami, the big races are scheduled to begin tomorrow at two o’clock. The betting favorite, seems to be Fleabiscuit, ridden by jockey, Raymond Ri- chardson. Raymond got his first experience with horses riding a pony through English class. Weltha Wheeler has become a competent adviser to romantic souls. She has an “Advice to the Lovelorn column in the New Orleans Chronicle. Letters from broken hearted men and women all over the country pour into her office each day. Herman Hicks, of the royal court of His Majesty, chief head hunter on a desolate island in the Pacific, has informed the outside world that he has discov- ered a strange new fluid near the island. Scientists rushed to the scene and in- vestigated the fluid which they say closely resembles water and has the cadi let- ters H O. Wonder what it could be ? ? ? ? ? Carolyn Thacker spent the day standing on the street corner begging for donations to the needy. Evidently neither she nor her husband has received the monthly relief check. Carolyn just has to go to that week-end party in Annapolis. Any donations to this worthy cause will be much appreciated. The new World’s Heavy-Weight Champion, Jarrell Hill, appeared tonight on a nationwide television hookup for an eagerly awaited radio interview. He had knocked out the former champ in the first half of the first half of the first round. The ex-champ was out so cold that they took him to a refrigeration plant to use in a cold-storage compartment. SENIOR CLASS SPONSORS CL ETA MOORE President PATRICIA PLUMLEY Vice-President PEGGY JARRELL Secretary JUNIOR CLASS First Row: Helen Barrett, Bill Curry, Dorothy Spurlock, Jackie Lovejoy, and Mabel Sowards. Second Row: Jackie Leach, Margaret McCallister, Jay Walden, Jr., Jean Carper and Lawrence Barrett. Third Row: Lois McComas, Bill Hager, Ida Isaacs, Eugene Lawson, and Dorothy Harmon. First Row: Donald Sowards, Dovetta Pauley, Troy Huffman, Mary Petrie, and Charles Kimble. Second Row: Ester Salmons, Raymond Stewart, Maxine Pridemore, Hercile Chick” Barrett, and Joan Wysong. Third Row: Lester Hauldren, Mildred Hill, Ray Lovejoy, Janice McComas, and Grover Bias, Jr. Fourth Row: Velva Sloan, Millard Dailey, Mildred Thompson, David Burns, and Ruth Plumley. First Row: Peggy Stewart, Doris Chaney, Ruth Dailey, Lou Dean McComas, and Betty Yeager. Second Row: Ellen Reynolds, Helen Salmons, Erma Lee Craft, Mary Stowers, and Vonnie Adkins. Third Row: Patty Steed, and Otis Salmons. BOBBY BIAS Vice-President MARY HAGER Recorder SOPHS First Row: Mary L. Lovejoy, Eddie Ray, Barbara McComas, Hal Yeager, Jr., Mary Lou Smith and Jackie Linville. Second Row: Felix Porter, Barbara Hedrick, Thomas Wheeler, Anna Marie Ad- kins, Melvin Roberts and Anna Mays. Third Row: Dorsa Ashworth, Rena Black, Harold Sowards, Delores Wade and Con- ard Lambert, Joyce Ray. Fourth Row: Jimmy Boyer, Doris J. Barrett, Rex Stowards, Peggy Sponaugle, George Dailey and Geraldine Bias. First Row: Billy Skeens, Rose Bias, Lester Rusk, Lena May, Robert Sizemore, and Glennith Pack. Second Row: Loretta Wheeler, Charles Young, Pat Adkins, Teddy Garrett, Oleva Byrd, and George King. Third Row: Donald Searls, Ethel Meade, Arthur Burton, Betty McCallister, Dwight Bellomy and Ruth Pauley. Fourth Row: Elizabeth Adkins, Woodrow Dailey, Jane Kimble, Rubon Dillon, Lu- cille Linville and Hercile Adkins. Fifth Row: Cash Stowers, Rose M. Bias, Cecil Dean, Myrtle Lucas, Sylvester Dailey and Barbara Stowers. First Row: P ttie Price, Tonopeh Stowers, Cel lie Roberts, Phyllis Thompson end Delores Modden. Second Row: Jimmy Heger, Dorcas Me Com as and Franklin Adkins. HUMOR Bett Plott: I'll buy the tickets for the show, Paul. Paul Smith: Nothing makes me madder than to have a woman pay- ing my way. Betty: Well then are you going to buy the tickets ? Paul: No, but I'm going to get awfully mad! ass Miss Meathrell: Winford, what is Chemistrys greatest contribution to the world? Winford McComas: Blondes! a a a Mrs. Jarrett: Jackie, name th five most important races of man. Jackie Lovejoy: The 100 yards, 200 yards, the quarter, the mile and the hurdles. Dorothy Harmon: I forgot to ask you to my picnic tomorrow. Helen Barrett: Too late now, I've already prayed for a blizzard. a a a E. J. Cummings: Her Dad is cheating me out of a fortune. Dwight Black: How's that? E. J.: He won't let me marry her! a a a Peggy Jarrell: Did you hear a- bout Cleta and Bill? Ida Isaacs: No, what about them? Peggy: They got caught in a revolving door and have been go- ing around together ever since. a a a First Row: Left to Right - Lenhart Linville, Polly Abbott, Ocie Adkins, Jeanette Pennington, Jackie Reynolds and Emogene Salmons. Second Row: Eugene Lawson, Kasselene Stickler, Cletus Cummings, Ann Law- son, Tom Stevens and Anna Lee Isaacs. Third Row: Franklin Barrett, Barbara Miles, Bobby Byrd, Ann Huffman, William Moore and Kitty Adkins. First Row: Left to Right - Bernard Browning, Rita Pack, Charles Chapman, Sal- ly Plumley, Billy Jo Smith and Barbara Miller. Second Row: Ronald Brock, Betty Gibson, Paul Barrett, Ina Stump, Clifton Yea- ger and Velma Stowers. Third Row: Billy Vickers, Gaye Billups, Wetzel Miller, Jane Thompson, Basil Edwards and Margaret Swanson. Fourth Row: Robert Madden, Martha Holley, Walter Graham, Jaunita Adkins, Henry Powell and Jaunieta Harmon. Fifth Row: Pete Browning, Betty Sponaugle, Odbert Ashworth, Jean Bias, Noel Roberts and Geraldine Elkins. First Row: Left to Right - Betty Richardson, Dolores Adkins, Doris Dillon, Vio- let Godfrey, Fredith Adkins and Gladyce Smith. Second Row: Marie Reynolds, Evelyn Miller, Betty Adkins, Emma Lee Hauldren, Reola Adkins and Pauline Roberts. Third Row: Phyllis Gartin, Phyllis Dean, Imogene Burns, Lavonne Dailey, Ann Yeager and Freda Adkins. Fourth Row: Eleanor White, Lois Walden, Alberta Dailey, Lucille White and Ilene Whitten Top Row, Left to Right: Helen Curry, President; Deloris Roberts, Vice-Presi- dent; Deloris Lovejoy, Secretary; Maude Christian, Treasurer. Second Row: Richard Barrett, Mary Young, Claude Pack, Doris McCallister James Reynolds. Third Row: David Bush, Mildred Wiblen, Charles Lawson, Betty Jo Lawson, Okey Woodall. First Row: Wandell Courts, Creda Pullen, Rex Sowards, Amy Belle Richardson, Bobby Woodall and Florence Collins. Second Row: Junior Keaton, Dorothy Bragg, Beachard Cummings, Ruth Nida, Ray Huffman and Barbara Walden. Third Row: Henson Browning, Jo Simons, James Holton, Norma Jean Dulaney, Donald Keaton and Fae Bird. Fourth Row: Chester Burns, Mildred Thompson, Kyle Pridemore, Noca Adkins, Nello Bird and Dallene McComas. Fifth Row: John Meade, Maxine Vickers, John Woodall, Betty Jean Lambert, Max Linville and Emogene Lawrence. First Row: Robert Hicks, OUi Dillon, Lawrence Dailey. James Ashworth, and keo Browning. _________ow; Henry Teag r, Leonard Stickler, Ernest Meade, Ray Mannon, and Raymond Ross. SNAPS TE OLE SCHOOL BUS First Row: Connie Roberts, Virginis Plumley, Don Smith, Joycie Salmons, Joe Lin ville, and Helen Scites. Second Row: Dennis Browing, Jaunita Reynolds, Bobbie Sanson, Loretta Skeens, Jay Lucas, and Patsy Chaney. Third Row: James Sowards, Betty Madden, Frankie Craft, Wills Flowers, Cleon Richardson, Mary Stewart. Fourth Row: Ralph Black, Jo Ann Pauley, Christine Burns, Elizabeth Roberts, Helen Settle, and Phil Burns. FIRST ROW: Mary Salmons, Mary Mason and Muriel Sponaugle. SECOND ROW: Dorothy Elkins and Jo Wysong, Shirley Scites, Violet Thompson. Mary Jane MISS MARY JO BELCHER WINNER HOME ECONOMICS - CENTERPIECES SENIOR PLAY CAST SPOOKS AND SPASMS First Row: Left to Right - Mr«. Carl Bowen. Sponsor, Msry Alice Scites, Alice Ketheryn Reynolds, Mae Lawson, Nads Rose Hauldren, Eleanor Jo Ed- wards, Carolyn Thacker and Miss Pauline Adkins, Sponsor. Second Row: Raymond Richardson, Bobby Hall, Winlord Me Comes, George Yea- ger and Edward Adkins. Third Row: Paul Smith and E. J. Cummings, Stage Managers. First Row: Left to Right - Mrs. Ruby Miller, Sponsor, Helen Barrett, P«MY Jarrell, Dorothy Harmon. Patricia Plumley, Betty Yeager, Mildred Hill and Mary Lee Elkins, Sponsor. Second Row: Lawrence Barrett, Hercile Barrett. Jackie Lovejoy and Charles Kimble. Third Row: Jay Walden. Jr. and Jackie Leach. Stage Managers. First Row: Left to Right - Patty Price, Glenna White, Mildred Thompson, Ruth Pauley, Deloris Wade, Elaine Ashworth, Ruth Dailey, Katie Smith, Helen Barrett, Mary Lou Lovejoy, Mae Lawson, Mildred Hill and Rena Black. Second Row: Miss Nell Malone, instructor, Anna Lee Isaacs, Betty Gibson, Bar- bara McComas, Velma Stowers, Phyllis Thompson, Dovetta Pauley, Phyl- lis Gar tin, Jeanette Pennington, Sally Plumley, Jane Kimble, Emma Lee Hauldren, and Ramona Galloway. Third Row: Doris Chaney, Opal Grass, Jaunita Harmon. Teddy L. Adkins, Ro- wena Adkins, Barbara Miller, Barbara Hedrick, Lucille White, Glennith Pack, Betty Plott, Kitty Adkins, and Peggy Jarrell. Fourth Row: Patsy Adkins, Oneda Adkins, Ina Stump, Gaye Billups, Rita Pack, Dorothy Spurlock, Jackie Leach, Mary Hager, Jackie Lovejoy, and Bill Curry. Fifth Row: Betty Me Cal lister, Joyce Ray, Mary Lou Smith, Herman Hicks, Wood- row Dailey, Lou Dean McComas, and Lawrence Barrett. Left to Right: Doris Me Callis ter, Betty Plott, Joyce Ray, Glennith Pack, Huffman, Mary Lou Lovelov. and Wele � � •♦♦ Anna First Row: Left to Right - Mias Pauline Adkins, Sponsor, Eleanor Jo Edwards, Editor, Mary Alice Scites, Assistant Editor, Nada Rose Hauldren, Bus- iness Manager, Carolyn Thacker, Lucille Ray, Wlnford Me Comas, and Patricia Plumley, Advertising. Second Row: Bobby Hall, Photographer, Alice Reynolds, Reporter, Mae Lawson, Helen Barrett, and Pat Steed, Mounting. Jaunita Stickler, Art Director, and Edward Adkins, Sports Editor First Row: Left to Right, Rena Black Velva Slone, Glenna Mae White, Patricia Plumley, Mrs. Ruby Miller, Sponsor. Helen Barrett, Lois McComas, Law- rence Barrett, and Ida Isaacs. Second Row: Loretta Wheeler, Phyllis Thompson. Maxine Pridemore, Mary Pet- rie, Margaret McCallister, Dorothy Spurlock, and Mary Lou Lovejoy. Third Row: David Burns, Dickie Burns, Mary Hager, Jean Carper, Peggy Jar- rell, Jackie Lovejoy, and Dorothy Harmon. LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND Reading, left to SEATED: FRONT ROW: SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: 1947-48 right: Bobby Cooper, Jackie Reynolds, Homer Williams, Ruth Dai- ley, Jo Ann Scraggs, Betty Yeager, E. J. Midkiff. Standing - Louie D. Hoff, Bandmaster, Joe Phillips,Hazel Poe, Rena Black, Louise Bays, Doris Wilkinson, Doris Mullins, Peggy Jarrell, Barbara McComas, Jimmie Boyers, Ann Roy Joe Childers, Patty Price, Phillis Midkiff, Jane Kimble, Ade- line Boyers, Carol Cremeans, Nada Rose Hauldren, Skeezix Isaacs (Majorette), Bill Curry, Mable Sowards (Majorette), Anna Lou Ryan, (Majorette), and Delores Ann Bias (Drum Majorette). Winford McComas, Paul Curry, Cecil Dean, Loretta Hart, Jo Ann McComas, Mary Alice Scites, George Dailey, Bob Craw- ford, Bob Curry, Russell Elkins, Jimmie Jarett, Betty Bays, Mary Hager, Lou Creda Swanson, Margaret Swanson. Dickie Burns, James Johnson, John Midkiff, James Coffman, Conard Lambert, Roy Lambert, Jackie Nelson, Betty Dorsey, A. N. Henson, Mary Parker. Carlos Spears, Bob Yeager, Herbert Davis, Raleigh Riddle, Bob White, Janet Adkins, Hal Yeager, Jr. J First Row: Left to Right - Coach Jim Roberta, Jey Walden, George Dailey, Ewell Camming a and Carl Elkina, Co-Captaina, Billy Skeena, Paul Smith and James Settle, Manager. Second Row: Jackie Love Joy, Ottis Salmona, Jackie Lin ville, Andrew Adkins, Billy Hager and Adrian Ruak. Third Row: Melvin Roberts. Clifton Yeager, Hal Yeager, Jr.. Troy Huffman, and Cletus Cummings. Fourth Row: Bobby Cooper, Felix Porter, Rex Stowers, Dickie Burns and Jackie Leach. BASKETBALL Jan. 2 -- 46 Madison — 29 Jan. 6 -- 60 Guy an Valley — 44 Jan. 9 35 Milton — 45 Jan. 12 -- 62 Buffalo — 20 Jan. 14 — 38 B arbour s ville — 36 Jan. 17 — 45 Duval — 44 Jan. 20 -- 35 Logan — 54 Jan. 23 — 49 Vinson — 50 Jan. 30 — 46 Milton — 44 Feb. 5 -- 42 Madison — 47 Feb. 10 — 57 Duval — 35 Feb. 13 — 58 Logan — 90 Feb. 17 — 44 Barb ours ville — 56 Feb. 19 63 Fort Gay — 30 Feb. 20 -- 55 Marshall — 32 Feb. 24 -- 43 Vinson — 40 Feb. 25 — 49 Buffalo — 26 Feb. 28 — 43 Guy an Valley — 42 1 . Assistant Manager� : Bobby Cooper and Hal Yeager, Jr. First Row; Left to Right - Coach Jim Roberts. Billie Joe Smith, Uvrtsc Bar- ret. Herman Hicks, Jackie Leach, Troy Huffman, E. J. Cummings, Dwight Black, Paul Smith, Ray Lorejoy. Jay Walden, and James Settles, Manager. Second Row: Jackie Reynolds, Franklin Barrett, Bernard Browning. Odbert Aah- worth, Raymond Richardson, Jackie Lovejoy, Jackie Llmrllle, Don Searls, Adrian Rusk. Chelcie Adkins, Lester Dent and Billy Skeens. Third Row: Ottis Salmons. Dorcie Ashworth, Bobby Bias, Jarrell Hill, Carl El- kins, Andrew Adkins. Hercile Barrett, BUI Hager and Felix Porter. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HAMLIN HIGH SCHOOL 1947 Season Sept. 12 — 0 Sharpies — 7 Sept. 19 -- 27 Buffalo — 8 Sept. 26 -- 7 Burch -- 37 Oct. 3 — 13 Vinson -- 37 Oct. 10 — 0 Elkview — 45 Oct. 17 -- 7 G. Valley — 7 Oct. 24 -- 0 Milton — 26 Oct. 31 -- 25 Fort Gay — 14 Nov. 7 -- 20 Winfield — 14 Hamlin 99 Opponent 195 Paul Smith and Carl Elkins were named on the All South-Western Con- ference team. ••Chick” Barrett, Paul Smith, and Carl Elkins were given honorable men- tion in all All Southern West Virginia. First Row: Left or Rifht - Melvin Roberts, Raymond Richardson, Jarrell Hill, James Settle, Carl Elkins, Paul Smith, E. J. Cummings, Dwight Black, and Ewell Cummings. Second Row: Billy Skeens, Jackie Linville, George Dailey, Chelcie Adkins, Her- man Hicks, Lawrence Barrett, Dorsey Ashworth, Hal Yeager, Jr., Billy Joe Smith, Hercile Barrett and Coach Jim Roberts. Third Row: Bernard Browning, Billy Hager, Felix Porter, Jackie Lovejoy, Junior Walden, Troy Huffman, Ray Lovejoy, Andrew Adkins, Dickie Burns, Jack- ie Leach and Bobby Cooper. Fourth Row; Ottis Salmons, Franklin Barrett, Jackie Reynolds, Odbert Ashworth, Bobby Bias, Lester Dent. Rex Stowers, Adrian Rusk and Don Sear Is. First Row: Left to Right - Mrs. Carl Bowen, Girls Athletic Director, Maxine Pridemore, Ida Is sacs, Ruth Dailey, Captain. Mildred Hill. Mary Petrie and Betty Gibson. Second Row: Barbara McComas, Doris Jean Barrett, Helen Salmons, Lois Mc- Comas, and Dorothy Spurlock. SENIOR BOBCATS 1948 1948 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT HUNTINGTON EAST HIGH SCHOOL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM EWELL CUMMINGS CARL ELKINS CARL KLKUIS Aw, g««: Coack: You wouldn't want m« for a cwntwr Stuck ' I’m no good. GUARD V GUARD ' halfback [?rir, u r Xr,nnr M I S S B 0 B C A T « •Jt‘l ‘Jt,Ji,JrLlttl€MJi,Jt,JiiJ?J t'1 i c i ■V.’J T H E B I G D A Y DELORES LOVE JOT EIGHTH OUR CHEER-GALS HUBBA! AND SHARPLES hubba: LAIGS. LAIGS! RARE — JUNIOR SENIORS TOGETHER HUS A % Coal River Insurance BILL HOSTETLER, Agent Hamlin, West Virginia Lincoln National Bank 40 Years of Proven Safety Hamlin, West Virginia Ideal Chevrolet Sales Sales and Service Phone 45 Hamlin, West Virginia Big Car Quality at Lowest Cost Lincoln Theatre Phone 115 Hamlin, West Virginia Fine Entertainment For All Guyan Lumber Co. “The Home Builders’ All Kinds of Building Material Phone 7-K-15 West Hamlin. West Virginia Phone 38 VOGUE BEAUTY SHOP Specializing Helen Curtis Cold Waves and Machineless Permanents F or Appointments Hamlin, West Virginia Best Wishes From F.L.ROBERTS GROCERY STORE Fancy Foods At Low Prices Hamlin, West Virginia Dr. C. L. Wilkerson DENTIST Second Floor of Henson Building Hamlin, West Virginia This is to wish you Health and Wealth, and time to enjoy it. Geo. W. Walden, M. D. Compliments of Leon Hager Company Automotive Sales and Service Hamlin, West Virginia Dr. H. A. Waggoner DENTIST 2nd Floor McJunkin Supply Building Next Door to Postoffice 0. C. Campbell, M. D. Hamlin, West Virginia Gas Appliance Co. Modern Home Equipment Phone 61 Hamlin, West Virginia Congratulations, Seniors of '48 The Lincoln Hut West Hamlin, West Virginia Best Wishes From Modern Beauty Shop Phone 72 Hamlin, West Virginia Latest Hair Styles Compliments of Billy N. Turley Co. Dry Goods, Appliances and Ready-To-Wear “Star Brand Shoes” Phone 98 Hamlin, West Virginia Congratulations Seniors of 48 Pilgrim Launders Cleaners Your Complete Cleaning Institution Best Wishes to the Senior Class of '48 The Hamlin Telephone Co. Good Luck, Seniors of '48 The Hamlin Cleaners Why send your clothes away when they can be cleaned at home 3 day delivery service icylene’s Beauty Shoppe ICYLENE and GAY School Days, School Days Dear Old Golden Rule Days He Wrote On Her Slate “I Love Your Wave” Hamlin, West Virginia Phone 97 Good Luck, Seniors of '48 Hamlin Rexall Store Hamlin, West Virginia (Your Water Company) West Virginia Water Service Co. Hamlin, West Virginia Phone 84 Congratulations to the Senior Class of '48 Johnson-Knootz Funeral Home Ambulance Service Phone 18 Hamlin, West Virginia Congratulations, Senior Class of ’48 Hal Black and Sons General Merchandise Quality Groceries, Meat, Fruit, Produce Hardware, Feeds, Farm Machinery Nationally Known Merchandise -- Fairly Priced Delivery Service Phone 19F11 Hamlin, West Virginia Compliments of McComas Grocery May All Your Years Be Good Ones New Hamlin, West Virginia COURT HOUSE RESTAURANT Mary Browning, Proprietor Home cooked meals-Pie-Sandwiches-Soft drinks-Cigarettes MAY’S INSURANCE AGENCY Agents: Clarence E. Monday and S. S. McClure All types of Insurance Phone 95--Office Phone 85--Resident Hamlin, West Virginia Compliments of DR. P. H. 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