Point Pleasant High School - Oh Kan Yearbook (Point Pleasant, WV)

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class pmophecy We are ow app oac 11 e a 1 yye11t11to1 1 exec 1t1ye otfrce ww ICII has PIII o the las E 1 r CORD N BECRET1 1 o I o d 1 LCICIX edrtor for the LOVELY IIN 1o1' ea r 11 a 1 EIO Co er t L ela t a e New Year Eye part g1ye1 b JOHN WITHERS o r 1. Il 1' P we t V1r ll 1a Sna 1x10 IS wel 1 a1aged b BILL DORSEY B1,t f1rst of all I I-llld I eed a cost1, 1 e because tycry ne ls 1ny1ted to go ma querade I tn111kI mll drop 1so11ldID1rc1ase s11cr1 an art1clt Well' There la a farr1l1ar red tead ben11d the111format1o11 de k whrcl ls 11one OIIQI t all ANNA LOU DUNN MII exc1a11g11g a few pl ras s she drrectcd II e tc the IJIIIIV rxth oor After Walllllg for sexe al econd Il aton11c powered zoomelator topped and l eloowtd rty wav by PAT OSHEL MASON NEVILLE JANIES STOVER a1dJINlNlY GAFKIN who were payrng specral 8IILIlIlOl to the attract yt, operator MANIS JORDAN lld tr atprtnt ce SALIIE BLRNS We SIOQPQJ at d1ffere11t floor one bc111g the Baby Dep and Oll 1u111ped RONALD ROLSH DARRLLL WALLIS and KENNLIH PIANTS After my safe Journey upwardl was attracted to a large group cons1st111g of MARY BETH SAYRE BETTY LEWIS JUNE NIBERT JEAN KING and LOIS HONAKER watchtng JEAN KINNAIRD HELEN HILL MARY SMITH and PAT MCCOY II odel1ng the new WBISIISSS strapless and kneeless drnner gowns As I turned to f111d aclerk ANNA LEE NEWELL JAUNITA NIBERT CLARA WILLCOXEN MARTHA BOGGS and SADIE RAINEY came up to II e say1ng May I Help You'7 CBCII try1ng to have me purchase the merchandrse from her After purchaslng my costun e I was told ll was an or1g1naldes1gn by LOIS PLANTS famous New York de srgner Then boardtng my new a11to plane for the Wtthers I pxcked RUTH ANN ROBINSON! a11d JOHN KNAPP up gorng as Mr and Mrs North Upon arr1v1ngthe butler BUSTER RIPPLE d1rected IIIC to the ballroom where JUANITA WEARS WHSICCCIV 1ng guests They seemed to be havrnga ltttle added attractton ARNOLD MCDADE JIMMY WORKMAN a11d DICKIE SAUER w1th GERTRUDE MILANI NANCY NEAL and JEAN POWELL dorng a South Amerrcan dance After the troptcal show a'1 orchestra started to plavlllg Cheer Cheer on a second look the n1aestro wasno11e other lIl3Il RAYMOND MUSGRAVE mth the LIIIIE Grayes EDDIE MCDERMITT JOHN ECKELS JACKIE MYERS and the SOIOISI s were BARBARA CHEESEBREW and JANET BLESSING Sturnbltng Into a dlfllly l1ghted cornerl frnd BROOKIE HENRY dlSgUlSCd as Rtp Va11 Wrnkle tak111g a SICSIB and SNOOKIE SMITH as Lrttle Boy Bl11e After 1nterv1ew1ng, JOAN HATFIELD, PEGGY HATTON, CARL PERRY, a11d ROBERT NEWELL they rn formed me that there would be a specral speaker, the lady cand1date for prestdent, PAT YEAGER, and, by the wav, I hear her opponent IS the famous SAM TAYLOR, A new and excrttng game IS startrng called Balloons and PINS, the POIIII berng the frrst one who bursts the pm mth a balloon The wmner w1ll recetve WANDA BROWN and the boobte PYIZE IS SUZIE ADAMS, the w1nner was CHARLES LATHEY w1th a total of SIX and the looser IS CHESTER WOOD wtth none In one cornerIspotEVELYN RISER WISEMAN, VERA KNAPP STEVENS, and PATI GARRISON WEETHEE goss1p1ngaboutthetrnetghbors, the WILLIAM LOVE'S, GEORGE WHI'I'E'S, LAWRENCE R1CI:'S andthe bachelor N ' II ' 'rr ' INIHS tie we of 15:75, so yesterd' ' 1 .' 1 fs ' ' '- 'E1' ' l ' 'tted I1 'e g Jto, v P P T, The pos't1'11 E: l' s 51 ' 1' ' '. ' ' '11ES, T Aygr' tsu pjse ie fzas ssgnetir.. 211 1 :wr t' .' ' 's ' '- y' '1 y' I and the f rr: e , WI' NIA SMITH, Jon. is now a erofessional player for the ' s ' P' 1' I kes, '1 '- ' lr Y' Y I vyv '- I ' 1 ' ll ' '11, 1 5 , ' ' by We1ga11d's Dept, Store owned and operated by GERALD and WILLIAM WEIGAND, Let n.e see, on what floor ' ' A1 I ' 1, . 1 ' 1 Q1 1' '. ' ' s, 1 1. Ez V1 ' I7 I'-1 'e,'e ' I 1 1 .' I-s' fl , 'r s s, ie ' L 1' s ' 1' 2' Q'. , r' rv v , 1 F Av - , 'll I1 .', 1 I V' I ' V I 1 vs s 1 ' ' -, V, . I N , , . ' . 1 ,' - . - . ' . s A I 1 , , , L. . I 1 I . , 1 S, e' 1 ' 1t,, - 1' ' , '.f ', 1'1'f . 1' L, V , , , ,i 1 F , . . I , . V 1 5 1 ' U 4 L 1 n 1 'V 1 V Lv u n 1 , x - ,. , ,. - , - . , I . . 1 l . . . . , - - 1 I U . l I I V - A - V f - l 1 1 vu , , , . . A I l - I A va ' - . A U Us 4 v' ' uv ' , vu I ' A 9 1 l I - f 1 N1 yr' 1 .

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cla S h ISIOI2 The Class of '53 Sallte Burns As we leaxe these nalls of learntng We the class of f1fty tl1ree In our heart a loye 1 yearntng For the davs that used to be The names we ve carved on every cnatr H111 never be erased For there 1 one for eyery care That we have eyer faced The trophtes that we won are here And here they ll zlwaxs stay We ll rern1n1sce aho tt the cneer They brought 111 other days We will ne er forget our C16-15513165 We w'1llalways have o11r fun But each must face a setarate fate At the end of a task well done We w1ll honor you forexer Alma Mater ftfty three lor we know our greatest treasures Are our lTlElllOl'lCS of thee O11 August 79 1941 we 115 t1n11d freshtnen boarded th1s fo11r vear tra1n or knowledge Not knownn a11d not aware of tl1c bumps and rough spots alo11g the track we started o11 IhlS adventurous journey dest1nat1on our years away Our engtueers for th1s f1rst year of our four year journey were Mrs Halltday Mrs Stanley Mrs F1lson and Xlr RlldO1Pl Rodgers A the engtneers needed ass1 tance 81Ollg the way we selected as our conductors Nancy B1rc11f1eld Lottte Pearson Juantta Wears and Sally Durst The f1ren1an of the tra1n that really worked to keep us on t c r 1 1 r pr1n 1pal M C H xVlITlEI'S Then tn May 1900 we departed from the tra1n for three months leay1.1g rranx nappy days behtnd us and tak1ng many happy l'TlCl1lOI'l6S w1th us After three n ttlths of V8C3IlOIllTlg we agatn boarded the knowledge Ualll for the second ttme under the proud earned fllle of Sophomore More conftdent of ourselves than the prev1ous year but not know1ng ofthe danger pots we must go over we fmund our gutdtng l1ghIS and also our engmeers to be Mrs Laventa Jackson Mr Jack John W ther Peggy Hatton and Wtlma Sm1th In May 1 '31 we aga1n departed from the tra1n of knowledge for three n onths ofle1st1re and left beh1nd us one of the happtest years of our l1yes Agatn 111 September 1 ol we boarded the knowledge tra1n at the half way potnt of our Journey Underthe gutdence ofourengtneers Mrs Rayburn Mrs Fogleson Mr Fl'3llklll'l and Mr Jordan we f1lled outanother page 1n our IllClllOl'31ldllfll hook Wllll tl1e t1tle of a most success ul and a very happy vear And so we chose as our conductors John W1thers M1ke Easley Peggy Hatton Janet Blessrng and W1lma Sflllth to lend us a hand as we went throuwh the tunnels and around the curves Thts year we began to take on our share of respons1b1l1t1es And the l11ghl1ght of the year was our pre entatton ofthe Junror Class Play Mother Is A Freshman In May 1902 we served as hosts to the Sentors at the Iumor Senrer Banquet 11nder the theme of Stardust And then agatn w1th three happy years behmd us we departed fron IhlS tra1n of knowledge for another three lllOfllllS of xacauontng and letsure Afterttreehapt y ll onthsofpleasure we 122 Sentors agatn boardedthts tra1n of kllOW16dg6 on September 2 1952 for the very last tttne when we stef ped aboard th1s ttrne we were more sertous and began regrett111g that our Journey was almost oyer The11 as the tra1n went rolltng down the track we ettled down to work a11d our new f1ren1an, Mr Robert Ferguson dtd a ftne Job of keeptng the tra1n rolltng We found our engtneers were Mrs Sterrett Mr Blessmg Mrs Green a11d Mrs Nease We then selected our conductors for the last ntne months of the Journev to keep as on the track Those COIldllCIOl'S were Ravmond Mus rave Jrmnue Gafkrn W1ln.a Sm1th Peggy Hatton, andlanet Blesstng Then 111 MAY 1903 the tra11 frnally wt s lcd for our statton the world before us As we slowly regretfully de parted fron the lfalll we shook hands w1th the fa1thf.1l f1ren1an eIlglIl9el'S and we tt, ped oar hats to the co11ductors who had safely led LS to our dest1nat1on Graduatton Lorratne Herdman I U ay- I s f s ' .- L , , ,: .Y I ' . - .' ' V 1 ' 1 1 1- L., . 1, ' s A ' r 'W - ' ' , ' 1 , l , s A ' 4' 1 I ,A -, Y I V . -. ' D , . Y Q .. 4 4- - V at' vas ou c A , tr, , , , , A Rogers, Mrs, Rouse, Mr, Boggess, and Mr, Putz, Our WlSCly chosen conductors for th1s year were: Robert Newell, A vi A S' ' 4 , , , 1' . ' . if , - s- - .. 3 3 - ' ' ' ' v . ,, ' -, - .jr . - .. , - .. , V ' ' X: . , . , . l , . , ' ' A A . 1 . Y E . a . 4 . . I I I I I I U I - b ' Q fs - - - - N I .1 .. D - - I , , ' 1 3 , . ' V . .1 - - - .V - 1. ' '. ' 1 I I v , ' V -V I ' - ' , ' W ' A ' . ' 2 . , . , . I , . . U J A b 7 - I I I w ' Y , . - . 1, . . . . , - '- , 'I ' . -I i-I , - ' ,, . . V V ,' 4, - 1 ' ' , v Y , .' ' , ' ' .X , ' , V I A . . .--.---.------ H .

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RUPERT DURST Over hearrng sorre frrends of SANDRA JONES PHOEBE KING and BARBARA BUCK I ftnd they have made some vtsrts to other planets durtng the year It takes brave women to make trlps Irke these although the great EDWARD WHITE dtscovered the planet Bozo tmmedtatley after BILL KENNEY S ftrst trrp to the moon where he founded a lost colony Ieavrng General CLARK ROBERTS and Lt RAY KEEFER tn comand Ibelrevel recogntze RAMONA HENRY JEAN FERGUSON SALLY LOU DURST BEULAH HUGHES and SYLVIA CLARK drsvutsed as Sufferagette s of 1920 wrth the strong opponents ROBERT FERGUSON FERRELL CLONCH and GARLAND BECHTLE As I wandered over to the punch bowlI found my old frtends JESSIE BARNETT and MARJORIE CAPPELLARI they tell me the cake canre from Jenmes Bakery managed by VIRGINIA AUSTIN and VIRGINIA VAN SICKLE And the stlver was purchased at Jewell s Ftve and Ten proprretor LOWELL JEWELL and I hear LAWRENCE GRADY ts hrs manager wrth LORRAINE HERDMAN and WILMA NORTHUP as therr prrvate secretarres My attentton was suddenly attracted by an aroma of roses ftsh cheese and cherry wtne To trace thts down rt led me to an old classmate NANCY BIRCHFIELD tnqurrrng about thts unusual odor she tnformed me rt was contracted rn Monsteur ORLIN DURST S perfume laboratory located tn Parts She saxd tt was a very spectal grft of LYNN SMITH who had been travehng rn France The evenrng has been qurte excttrng for all who have attended and the unmaskrng of the best dressed wrll occur but ftrst SHIRLEY THOMAS and PAULETTA BROWN are tryrng to get them corraled It seems as though DONNIE KINNAIRD and ODELL FISHER are trytng to fool folks by playtng the Lone Ranger and Srlver Srlver seem s very balky tontght The number one attractron dtsgutsed as Robm Hood and to my surprtse ts none other than dear MIKE EASLEY As CLARICE RODGERS drsmantles her Bo Peep apparel I see JIMMY ADAMS as the lrttle lamb FRANCIS and ELANOR PECK made a wonderful duet of tmttatmg the Andrew Ststers MAXIINE VIERS MARY THOMAS BARBARA ROBBINS and WILLADEAN MOSS are portraytng a Broadway Musrcal brlled as Its Been So Long It Seems Ltke Yesterday Wtth thetr producer ARNOLD KREBSstand1ng very close by dttecttng camera man RAYMOND BARNETT It s mtdntghtl And wrth a famrlrar tone I recogntze LOUISE MATHEWS and REBA MCCALLISTER, greetrng MARY JO STURGEON SALLY LUTTON LEONA WEARS DWIGHT HERDMAN JOHN MCCOY andDARRELL NIBERT a Happy New Year In the foreground I see and hear DONALD CASTO ERWIN BARR GLENDEL LEWIS and ELSIE ANTHONY vocaltzrng on Auld Lang Syne whtle CAROLE OLIVER IS shaktng Old Father Ttmes hand and HILDA LOVE rs carrytpg Baby New Year What a mght' In wadrng through the confettr I accrdently bumped tnto SHIRLEY ADAMS, VIOLET BUSH and ADDA DONAHUE headtng for the exrt too Wrth one last look at the festrvtty l must depart so assurrng my host and hostess I had a wonderful trme I made my way after some trme and safely departed Wasn t that amaztng though seerng all those old classmates! Glenna lean Blair! AIIISOII . ' n 1 n . 1 . . . , . . 1 , , A , . . 1 9 1 o - . . , . I 1 9 I , , 1 - u , , -. - ,- . - H v - .. I - Y I I 1 ' I I Y s , . . . . , . . , . , . o u . . ,, , ,, . . . 1 , . , . . I . . . . ' . v s l 1 I u .- , . I I , . . . . ,, . ,, f 1 - - .. .1 - , ln, - . I , . Q n - I ' ' . I I