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

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4 The eighth grade showed us many new adventures. We elected Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin this year and our candidates were Mable Sowards and Sammy Lewis. Mrs. Miller and Mr. Lovejoy started the year as our sponsors, but Mr. Lovejoy took up the duties of coach and left Mrs. Fulture to do the honors. This was the year that small courtships sprang up between the male and female members of the class. Some of the girls even played the game of “love 'em and leave 'em, ; we were really learning fast now. Our eighth grade was so much fun that it seemed a shame to go into high school and leave it. “Freshmen, we had a name now. This made us superior to the lower classes and don't think we didn't know it as well as show it. Our class rapidly increased in number as well as stature this year. Our sponsors were, yes, it was Ruby again and Mrs. Galyean as well. We were glad to move one grade higher now for next year we would be called “Sophomores. Romance bloomed in the hearts of most of the students this year. Betty Yeager and Lawrence Barrett found they had something in common, hotdogs. Peggy Jarrell had a crush on Bernard McClure not to mention the way Bernard felt about her. Dot Harmon found her true love on the set of the Senior’s operetta. This was none other than Bobby Crawford. Our candidate for Miss Bobcat was Peggy Jarrell. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Galyean were our sponsors again. We became known as “Ruby’s Angels, a name of which we were proud of, even if we didn’t deserve it. Ruby decided that she would sponsor us through the rest of our school year, that is if she could possibly stand it. Our Junior year, and the happiest year of our school days, we were nearing the end of our dearly beloved high school days. Yes, they were dearly beloved, you don’t realize how much they really mean to you until they are gone. We worked hard for our class and accomplished many things. We presented a three act comedy, “Brides to Burn. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Elkins thought they had a class of actors and actresses but they were disappointed with only amateurs. We gave one of the most beautiful banquets but it was well worth every minute of it. Our candidate for “Miss Bobcat, Lois McComas, won the title. This also helped to add to the joys of our Junior year. As we neared the end of the year we had to make preparations for be- coming a Senior. Our class rings were ordered—maybe we are prejudiced but we think they are prettier than any class ring ever bought for Hamlin High’s graduating students and we wear them with proudness and memories of our school days. With due apologies I’ll say that at long last our Senior year rolled around. The year that gave promise of wonderful things. We were young ladies and gentlemen now. We were in love with love and life. Romance still bloomed among our members. There were hearts aflame and hearts cracked open. There were small secrets and long talks in the old corridors. The sec- ond floor gestapo agents found it hard to cope with the girls intent on capturing some football or basketball hero. Classes suffered when the class rings came in. The oh's and ah's expressing self-gratification at such a beautiful choice could be heard above the clatter of typewriter keys and the scratching of China map making. The usual exchange went on with the usual rolls of tape wound around some boy's ring. Miller and Elkins suddenly took to wearing sweaters--not that we didn't understand that they were trying to show off those lovely ruby pendants the class had given them. An Operetta was planned but due to lack of interest on most of our parts the idea was abandoned. I must be honest and say that several times we were in danger of losing our record of five years, in good deportment. There were times when the halo faded thin and “Ruby's Angels almost became something else. But our guardian angel always brought us through. The first semester came and passed and we started on our last mile of the way. We lost five girls to the bond of matrimony, Mary Petrie, Glennith White, Joan Wysong, Margaret McCallister, and Mildred Hill. We took a tremendous chance on ordering a $50.00 royalty play, a brand new one just off the press. Meet Me In St. Louis. Our plans included many beau- tiful things and then tragedy struck at our hearts and the fire that swept away our building also took with it many of our possessions. The play books burned but we reordered again and gave the play in spite of adversity. Hamlin High School could not burn up. It will live always in our hearts and the cherished memories of the days spent there while we made history will be as pearls in the chain of life. Perhaps I have led you to believe that our Senior year was full of fun but let me reassure you, we had our serious side. Not that we did not like the little superior air of being an important Senior, the small fry’s worship, the good grades, the front seats in assembly, all these help to contribute to our fun but, we worked as no Seniors have ever worked before to carry on the name of Hamlin High School. It isn’t the building that makes the school, it's the students and teachers. 18

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 Kea.r Vg Hear y 2. J rs SENIOR CLASS WILLS being of sound minds and memories, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our las! will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by us. I, Jay Walden, Jr., better known as Pee Wee being of no mind and little body but big heart do hereby will to Hal Yeager, Jr., my influence with the girls providing he treats them all the same and is with a different one each night. I, Jackie Leach, being of alcoholic soaked mind and run-down body as well as reputation make this effort to will to Jackie Linville my ability to make low grades providing he makes lower than Andrew Adkins which is a very difficult task. 1. Ray (Adkins) Lovejoy being of good mind, badly constructed body and a great way with women do hereby will and bequeath to Felix Porter my badly scorched football uniform. That is if he digs it out of the ruins himself. I, Doris Chaney, being of unsound mind and corny disposition do hereby will to my sister, Patsy Chaney, my American Government book providing she gets along better with the teacher than 1 did. I, Clara June Barrett, being of an unsound mind and quiet disposition do hereby will to Fae Bird my ability to eat candy in Miss Smith's class providing she doesn't get caught. I, Hercile Chick Barrett, consisting of no brains and no bronze do hereby will to Tagem Porter my ability to play pinochle and football for his remaining years in school. We, The Jeepster Club, being of wandering minds and jeepish dispositions do hereby will to The I. E. Club our collection of bullets gathered from all jeep owners in town and all finger- prints on the jeeps; wc will gladly let you claim yours. I, Janice Faye McComas, being of weak mind and tee-hee disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Polly Abbott my old typewrite: provided she can make it spell right, 1 can't. I, Peggy Stewart, being of sound mind and quiet disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Betty Richardson my last name for hers in return. I, Velva Slone, being of sound mind and corny disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Myrtle Lucas my girlish figure providing she goes on a diet as 1 did. 1, Bill Curry, being of a one-track mind (Namely women) and a flirty disposition do make this my last will and testament. If I had anything that was any good 1 would keep it myself, but since I don't there is nothing anyone will get so there will be no quarrels over it. I, Otis Romeo Salmons being of unsound mind and a quiet disposition do hereby will to Adrian Rusk my ability to run forty yards on the football field without hitting a man. I, Mary Stowers, being of sound mind and foolish disposition do hereby will to Alice Stump my ability to ride in a two-tone Packard anytime I want to. I, Vonnie Alice Adkins, having no mind and a very quite disposition, do hereby will and bequeath my ability of singing to Miss Kohler. I, Ellen Reynolds, being of unsound mind and corny disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Rose Marie Bias my good pencil to use for the next years of school. 1, Opal Marie Grass, being of sound mind and noisy disposition do hereby w ill my type- writer to Florence Collins providing she makes as good grades as I did. I, Mildred Thompson, being of unsound mind and a giggly disposition do hereby will and bequeath to Barbara V. aiden my ability to be Miss Kohler's pet. 1, Junior Bias, being of a strong back and alcoholic mind do hereby will and bequeath to Rubin Dillon my ability to make straight A's (with the sides knocked oil). I, Lester Haldren. being of no mind whatsoever and a loud and noisy disposition do herein will to Sam Black my ability to have a well built body and be voted the most handsome box ot Hamlin High School. I, David Burns, being greatly in need of mind and having a poorly fed body do hereby will to Dickie Burns my ability to be teacher's pet. (That's how 1 got «ill of those A's ) 20