Lost Creek High School - Memories Yearbook (Lost Creek, WV)

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Class I-hstory Ihe d1SCOX erv of the class of 1954 was an accldent Twelve years ago early one mormng 1n September 1942 the faculty of the Lost Creek Hlgh School was standlng at the foot of the hlll chattlng about the just ended xacauon and wondermg whether there would be any changes durlng then xx 01k of the comlng year Suddenly they caught a ghmpse of somethmg new and strange Just out slde the 'loor of the l1ttle Whlte bu1ld1ng huddled together ln mute embar lassment and anxlety was the Class of 1954 To the casual eye thev seemed merely a group of ordlnary boys and glrls badly frlghtened But to the tramed eyes of dauntless and experxenced explorers these strangers seemed d1St1I1Ct and wldely separated 1I'1d1Y1dlJ3lS each possessmg attltudes and talents decldedly Worth flndlng Gentlv attemptlng to dlspel the fears of these strangers the faculty bale them enter the l1ttle wh1te bulldlng and tr1ed to gam thelr frlendshxp Thev succeeded after great d1ff1culty IH accompllshlng th1S The dlscoverers of the Class of 1954 w1ll be celebrated ln hlstory for the many talents and courtesle wh1ch they dlsplayed durlng the twelve years of fun and learn 1r g The d1scoyery was then reported to the Pr1nc1pal Mr Tolley He re C61VGd the news of th1s remarkable acqu1s1t1on to h1s terrltory Wlth mark ed dehght and a few m1sg1v1ngs Howex er the steadfast dlscoverers behevmg ln what they had found re ce1ved the permlsslon of the prmclpal to explore carefully the natures and lntellects 1f any of the strangers and lf posslble to make of them valu able addltlons to the country Among these x aluable Gems he dlscovered' Carlene Hughes Paul Wm ters Adallne Romme Albert Romlne Mlckey Sands Worthy Hall Roberta . - 1 u V - ' 1 ' v 1 V 1 1 , v y x , ' 1 1 ' - ' Y 1 . S ' - 1 1 ' I I . 1 1 1 1 1 , U 1 1 , 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 71 1 . 5 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 9 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 . 1 1 1 v I u I 0 - 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 - 9 y 1 1 1 1 1 --- -..1. , . . 1 1 y 11 H ' ' - - 7 y 9 r 1 9

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Class l-hstory lJ1llon Jo Hfuuson Jo Ann Sw1sher Neil COODQI Flecl llICCOlfYl1Ck L01 Boslev Jackle hush Due Gaston le1n D3UghtQIX Jlm Jones Nlarx LL Wheelu Nelson I l :ke and Marm 1 Gow ers The Class of 1954 then began In the setonl 3,1 ule NI ux LOUISE CFOYHIC l01llLll th1s sm 1ll C 1lm bllght group of students She was an added treasuxe 0 the class Then 1n the thu l gl ule we were 1o1ntd bx Rlth ud Small who kept the guls splr' h1 h In the fourth gl Lle we w me Jolned by Lllten Ross 1nd Robext Th up We then felt th xt we w ere yolned by two studlous students XX e 1 muncl them to be wry mlschlex ous In the f1fth grade Emory Stout ken neth Gre xx 91 Alnetta -VI91lX Rudv Poole and Donna Romme entered o lr cl xss Thxs gloup helped ou1 class to retaln the t1tle of Gems In the slxth grade Loduth Glox er 1o1ned us It was then that ou1 class was raff lllf onto the better Th1s 31 dent gloup was then on 1ts wax lohn Low thel IOIS Blown Ind Ch11st1na Brown Jo ned us We felt that thls w as the yeal when we w ere blg cheese but found that we w ere on x L sm ul put of the cheese Our adxlsor was Mrs Beulah Cornwell Th1 x e ir we gftxe two ehapel prog1 ams w hlch we felt w ere among the best Oul Freshmen year began September 1950 We were permltted tc fo1m an olgtnlzatlon of our own We elected the followlng offlcers Presm dent Rudy Poole Vlce Pxesldent Mlckey Sands Secretary Marx Brlght Tle lSl1I'6l Jo Swisher Under the d116C'E1OH of 'Vlr Bonl we found out places Joy fullv and hopefully f1tted mto the routlne of work After our summer X'lCdt1OI1 we entered Into the 1I1St1tllt10l'1 of hlghel learnlng at Lost Creek Thls was a most enjoyable yeal thanks to M1 Post who had to be xery patlent w1th us IH home room and Blologx VVe welcomed slxteen class mates that N ear They w ere Leroy Bartlett Nancy Bartlett Marle Bartlett Frankle Johnson Bonnle Wetzel Charles Fentor Walter Krellmg Date Freeman Jean Dye Betty McAtee Ge1al'l Lndel wood Robert Perry Cllfford Slmons Shlrley Wagner Dale M1lle1 ant Jel ry Moody Our class orgamzatlon for the Sophomore 5 eal was as follows Presxdent Mlckey Sands V1ce Pres1dent Rudy Poole Secretary Mary Wheeler Treasurer Nelson Blake Par Betty Hyson Bouncers Loluth Gloxer and Rudy Poole The teachers had endeared themselx es to the healts of the class and thele was a feellng of genulne frlendshlp throughout the school XVe chose our clxss colors to be green and w h1te and oul class motte To the stars through locks and bars Our class flower was the Whlte rose We returned ln 1952 to be the dlstmgulshed group of Jun1o1s of L C' '5 1 , . . . K ' , .JY Y'- ,T . ' . . , . ' ', , 1 . , . , . c , , 5 ' 1 Y 1 ' .Y ' Y 1 Y . V, .' , 4 ' I , 4 ' tg, ., l ' U .e . 1 7 Y A , . D2 c I 2 l. ' lf . x l r'z . 2 s , ? 5 .' 2 z , ' , Y Q L ' . .'. . ' I L, '.Y .. , Y Y, , Y '.f. Y ,'.,v.':t. x c , . . L 1. K c . . , Us ' .V ., Y Y Y 1 ' ' v 1' , Y . .- 'I . ct ' 3 t ' .. c . Y Y ' ' Y ' Y ff V ' - Y 'w ' - 1 ' v 7 1 1 1' . .. V , - A v 1 1 , 4 7 . 1 c , A c - , W , ,L . 1 .1 '- 1 . ' ' U 77 Clue A Lx Lu .. w- r Y . ' v Q vu v 4' . . c . N. . .l . rl' ' r , '- s - ' v y In the seventh grade Carol Brlght, Betty Hyson, Francls Stalnaker. Y . ' . Y .' ' Y ' J 7 Q - , J . 2 1 .. L Y A LY . Y Y L , Y LY 1 v ' 4 I 7. v 1 . . z . . 1. Y. ' . .. P H . . s A' 2 ' 4 ' ' l ' . ' ' ' . . 4 T' v 1 . . w , . 1 1 v 1 l I I D I 0 1- 1 - L. . L ' 7 v 7 ' 7 7 . 7 .Y ' . ' ' '1 ' Y El' , . . 1 . x ' L - .. e 7 . . . , . . K c , . Y -' r r ' ' ' . L. 1 K U . U , I , , , , L ly ' ' , , , , . V -- v 1 . s A v K . . . 7 . . ' I 9 v 1 1 v ' . Y . u . . n 0 ! Y 9 7 V ' - 1 Q -9 y 9 1 ' . c . I .., 1 vu 1 . . I . . . -4 1- - y ' . ,. A Cp pn 1 w V .