Berkeley Springs High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Berkeley Springs, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 116 of the 1955 volume:

THE NINETEEN FIFTY-FIVE WARM SPRING ECHOES Presented by the Yearbook Staff of Berkley Springs High School Berkeley Springs, West Virginia . . . Tly doors through which we pass'. . . the corridors . . . the £|}es of sociabilities before lass . . . the classrooms . . . youth coming and going... . . . The purpose of the 1955 edition of the Warm Spring Echoes is to record the deeds of the boys and girls who for the past year embodied the spirit of Berkeley Springs High School... . . . Yes, this entrance to our school, our beloved Berkeley Springs High School that has seen many come and go, stands solidly as the Seniors of each year pass through all too quickly. erfe l y spring® JHiglj £ t oo LINN SHEETS, ruin. A. P. RIDER, ASST. prim. Bfrkrlru Springs, 21 ret Virginia 834 CONCORD AVENUE Members of the Class Linn Sheets, Principal A. P. Rider, Ass't. Principal J DEDICATION For their sincere interest and their conscientious effort to provide the best educational facilities for the youth of the county, we, the Annual Staff, proudly dedicate the 1955 Warm Spring Echoes to the members of the Board of Education who so capably represent our parents and friends—the citizens of Morgan County. BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to right: Olaf L. Dilkes, Ralph B. Hovermale, President; Paul V. Yost, Assistant Superintendent; O. B. Weber, Veri W. Snyder, Superintendent; Stanley Aulabaugh and E. C. Kine, Vice President. VERL W. SNYDER Superintendent PAUL V. YOST Assistant Superintendent GEORGE NOLAND Attendance Director ETTA ENROUGHTY Secretary MILDRED L. MILLER Music Supervisor COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF “OUR ALMA MATER THE INDIAN ECHO Out of the hills come ringing Echoes of Ancient past Echoes of Indian Warriors Into the battle fast Echoes of men of honor Striving for worthy fame Echoes of faith and of courage All for our honored name. Hail to old Berkeley High School Hail to her gold and blue Hail to her sons and daughters Loyal and tried and true Hail to her fighting Indians Stalwarts in every fray Hail to our love and devotion True to our dying day. Lead us O, Berkeley Indians Lead us in liberty Out on Life’s field of battle Give us the victory Help us to fight and conquer All that beset our way Help us to always remember Friends of our high school day. by GEORGE P. LUDWIG FACULTY GLADYS ARNOLD A. B., Shepherd College M.A., West Virginia University DEWEY M. CANFIELD Music B. S., West Virginia University O. C. CLARK Mathematics, Science B.S., Bridgewater College M.A., Columbia University ALLEN GOLDSTROM Physical Education, Social Studies B.S., West Virginia University English, Mathematics A.B., West Virginia Wesleyan E. H. COBERLY Mathematics, Library A.B., Davis-Elkins College M.A., Ohio State University ff' C (dwL j FREDA CONLEY ence-N UnHn v University -- M.S.. West Virginia University (TA ANNA G. HODGES Home Economics, Science B.S., University of Tennessee PAUL B. HODGES Physical Education, Health B.S., West Virginia University M.A., Columbia University ALLISON P. RIDER Social Studies, Science A.B., Shepherd College M.A., Columbia University LINN SHEETS Social Studies, English A.B., Glenville State College M.A., West Virginia University « DOROTHY A. TALBOTT English, Biology A.B., Davis-Elkins College M.A., Colorado State College of Education WILLIAM R. TALBOTT Social Studies, Biology A.B., Davis-Elkins College M.A., Colorado State College of Education O. J. MESNER Industrial Arts, General Science B.S., West Virginia University M.E., Columbia University PHYLLIS MICHAEL Flint Stone Maryland High School Catherman’s Business College GERARD CALHOUN Biology, Mathematics A.B., Shepherd College EARL C. BATEMAN Commerce, Social Studies A.B., Shepherd College MARY M. HARRIS Commerce A.B., Marshall College MARY ROCKWELL Mathematics, Biology B.S., Lebanon Valley College ipm RUTH HARRIS Biology, General Science A.B., Shepherd College ELEANOR SNYDER English, French A.B., Fairmont State College MARGARET STARNES Social Studies B.S., Wayne University M.A., Wayne University ADELINE SPRING English, Social Studies A.B., Shepherd College BUS DRIVERS Left to right: Curtis F. Michael, Vernon Bishop, Jerry Whisner, Greely Yost, Roscoe Cain, Herbert Grove, John Shade, Paul Kesecker, Harold Yost. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Seated, left to right: Myralin Spriggs, Circulation Manager; Marchyne Rider, Sports Editor; Joan Bratton, Co-Editor; Henry Ruppenthal, III, Business Manager; Betty Lou Ambrose, Editor; Vera Shisler. Joan Wachter, Staff Secretaries. Standing: Gerald Selders, Advertising Manager; Stanley Aulabaugh, Circulation; Genevieve Riggs, Feature Editor; Retha Heironimus. Circulation; Earl C. Bateman, Sponsor; Mary Jane Hofe, Treasurer; Virginia Ann Bateman, Class Editor; Kent McBee, Art Editor; and Gale Smith, Circulation. YEARBOOK STAFF ADVISORS Seated, left to right: Earl C. Bateman. Sponsor; MrC Cffie Coberly, Mrs. Eleanor Snyder, and Mrs. Dorothy Talbott, Literary; William R. Talbott Photography. Standing: Owen J. Mesner, Design and Layout; Linn Sheets, Principal and A. P. Rider, Assistant Principal, Finance and Public Relations. STAFF COMMITTEES First row, left to right: Mary Jane Hofe, Genevieve Riggs, Myralin Spriggs, Vera Shisler, Joan Wachter, Gerald Selders, Henry Ruppenthal, III, Gale Smith, Kent McBee, Stanley Aulabaugh, Joan Bratton, Marchyne Rider. Retha Heironimus, Virginia Bateman. Betty Lou Ambrose. Second row: Paulvera Cain, Betty Marie Arbogast, Ruth Richardson, Sylvia Werdebaugh, Lois Bushman, Sylvia Burkhart. Wanda Davis. Anna Jo Hovermale, Carole Webb, Rosemary Davison, Gloria French, Iva Lou Alderton, Sandra Place. Third row: Jean Householder, Lois Ann Crouse, Dixie Arnold, Rosa- lie Stotler, Mary Kyne, Wanda Wachter, Kitty Shriver, Shirley Fisher, Virginia French, Patricia Swaim, Varnell Burkhart, Emmett Capper, Shearl Close. Fourth row: Barbara Shepherd, William Michael, Linda Swaim, Joyce Kline, Clarcn Sheets, Virgil Ruppenthal, Lowell Harmison, Elmer Wills, Warren Widmyer. SENIOR CLASS ECHOES MRS. DOROTHY A. TALBOTT Sponsor RAYMOND GEORGE ROWLAND President As fine a leader as ever trod on shoe leather.” MR. WILLIAM R. TALBOTT Sponsor WALTER WILLIAM MICHAEL Vice President T can’t help it if I’m smart.” GERALD F. SELDERS Secretary Honesty is the best charac- teristic of a hero.” RUTH MARIE AULABAUGH Sergeant-at-Arms If it's sports, she is for it.” RUTH LAYNE RICHARDSON T rea surer Music, Music, Music SYLVIA ANN BURKHART Love me, love my dog.” DAVID SAMUEL BOHRER While we life, let us live. JUNE JANETTE WHISNER Great things come wrapped in small packages. LENA HELEN LAFOLLETTE Calmness is the rarest charm of womanhood. CAROLE ANNE DUNHAM ‘Her quick smile is always worthwhile. MARLENE ANN SICKINGER “As merry as the day is long. EVELYN JANE BUTTS There is nothing so popular as goodness.” BYRON B. CROSS VIOLA MAY BOHRER ANNA LEE BARNES Dear daddy, long-legs The manifest sign of wis- A light heart liveth long. dom is cheerfulness. ANNA YVONNE ERVIN SMITH ALVIN LEROY ALICE LAVERNE SHROUT STOTLER ALEXANDER SHIRLEY Ain’t she sweet.” A modest man who says but little. Sing away your sorrow's.’ Heaven is filled with musi- cal amateurs. JOAN M. BRATTON Her hair like a flame, her eyes sky blue. PHYLLIS JEAN HENRY JOAN ELEANOR TAYLOR Always ready with a smile. Nature is the art of God. GLENNA JEAN BARNHART She is carefree, happy and gay. PHILIP BEELER EPPINGER Young fellows will be young fellows. MAURICE DEAN KESECKER Fair words never hurt the tongue. BETTY LOIJ AMBROSE It is as easy to be great as to be small. JOANNE HEWETT A smile that just won’t come off. MARY JANE HOFE Quietness indicates an abili- ty to think. PATRICIA ANN STOTLER Those dark eyes and quiet ways. CARROLL LEIGHTY 'Better late than never.’ ELLEN JEAN EVANS 'To know her is to love her. ETHEL LEMETTA McBEE Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low. HENRY RUPPENTHAL, III One who is conscientious as well as clever. ESTON B. DELORIS HELEN BONNER WHISNER What I don’t know would Silence is golden. make a great book. � MARCHYNE ROSALON RIDER Bright and sweet, she is a fine athlete. ' JOHN CLAUDE MORGRET So tired GENE WILLIAM SPEARS Racing with the moon. MYRALIN ANN CHARLOTTE WHISNER SPRIGGS She's short, she's wise, she’s She is studious, generous, cute. and has a smile for every- one.” HAROLD BOBBY YOST SHIRLEY DEAN NEELY CARROLL H. BOHRER I’m as solemn as a judge. The grace to hold, the heart The whole world grovels at to win. the feet of an athlete. VERA JANE SHISLER Pretty Baby.” PHYLLIS INEZ PENTONEY Five Feet Two, Iiyes of Blue. SYLVIA ANN APPLE A laugh is worth a hundred groans in my market.” LOIS JEAN BUSHMAN Life is but a pleasant dream.” BETTY MARIE ARBOGAST JOAN IRENE WACHTER ROSEZETA SPRIGGS Always ready to lend a help- Talk and learn.” Divinely tall and divinely ing hand. fair.” HERBERT D. WACHTER The mildest manners, the gentlest heart. JACOB WILLIAM BERNHARD Can't tell about him. JULIA MAXINE JACKSON DELORIS M. WEBER Your wit makes others Have you heard the latest? witty. LOWELL THOMAS HARMISON That T formation man.” DAISY MARIE CROUSE Hair of gold. KENT L. McBEE Wolf— and they love it. JAMES LEROY MICHAEL A real good fellow with a pleasant personality.” VIRGINIA ANN BATEMAN Her heart is like a garden, old-fashioned, quaint and sweet. CHARLES CARLISLE Yet, I have something in me dangerous. PHYLLIS JEAN CORBIN There’ll never be another. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY By: BETTY ARBOGAST Four years ago, early one September morning, an eager, joyous group of one hundred and fourteen knowledge seekers came pouring into Berkeley Springs High School. At first high school seemed difficult to these freshmen, but as time passed, they fell in with the customs of high school life, and their strangeness wore away. They were initiated at the sophomore class party in the gymnasium. The freshman class labored hard and con- tinuously. They accomplished much while taking a leading part in high school activities. After three months of summer vacation, a new era began which was to be entitled sophomore year. Returning for their second year of high school were one hundred and one members of the class. They held a party at the roller rink for the purpose of initiat- ing the freshman class. During the year many sophomores began to participate in various activities, taking part in the band and the athletic teams and three of the students were chosen as varsity cheerleaders. The junior year was marked by a great change. The class of 55 began to realize what high school could do for them. They had a better understanding of their friends, their teachers, and their surroundings. As juniors they had more responsibilities with the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. The new classmates soon became old” and the class numbered ninety-three. The class sponsored a Sadie Hawkins Party for the purpose of raising money. The class was well represented on the football field, and the basketball floor; in the band and in the various clubs. Before the Christmas vacation the class spon- sored the Christmas assembly, presenting the play, Christmas in the Cobbler Shop.” Next came the excitement of the arrival of the class rings and then the junior class play, If Mother Only Knew. Finally it was prom night. The theme Moonlight and Roses was used in decorating the gymnasium. This was the most important night of the junior year. Then ■ came Step-Up Day,” the big day when we moved up to occupy the seats of seniors. The big day arrived in September, 1954, when the class became seventy-six full-fledged seniors. First came the excitement of ordering name cards and announcements. The selec- tion of the staff for Warm Spring Echoes was made. The seniors sponsored the sale of stationery and all-occasion cards. During the year the seniors have taken a major part in clubs, athletic events and the publication of the school paper. The last chapter of these wonderful years is filled with many happy occasions and friendships which will never be forgotten. To our class officers we are deeply grateful, to our class sponsors we extend our thanks for their guidance and friendship, and to our principal, Mr. Sheets, who has stood by us these last three years, we express our deepest appreciation. In changing from history to the future we are looking forward to the fun we shall have on the trip to New York City. We look forward to graduation day with mixed emotions of anticipation and regret. There will be happiness for us in the knowledge of attainment, the achievement of a goal we set for ourselves four years ago, but there will be sadness too. The routine of familiar habits and close associations with classmates will be broken. Leave-taking will not be easy, but we know that many happy memories will help to sustain and guide us as we go forth on our future ways. CLASS WILL As our last year comes to a close we, the Senior Class of 1955, of Berkeley Springs High School, being of sound mind and mertiory, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, bequeathing our most precious belongings to the Junior Class, to-wit: Alvin Alexander wills to Lois Ann Crouse his love. Betty Lou Ambrose wills her parking tickets to anyone who is short on pennies. Pauline Ambrose bequeaths her big brown eyes to Rosemary Corcoran. Betty Arbogast wills her place on the cheerleading squad to Kitty Shriver. Sylvia Apple wills her ability to sing to Phyllis Alderton. Ruth Aulabaugh wills her ability to tell a story with a straight face to Mary Jo Crouse. Eileen Avey wills her bashfulness to Lois Jean Miller. Anna Lee Barnes wills her long curly hair to Jean Householder. Glenna Barnhart wills most of her evenings to Larry Davison. Virginia Ann Bateman bequeaths her expression Great Caesar to Jean Arbogast. Carroll Bohrer wills his Pepto Bismal to Lewis Close. Elsie Bohrer wills her glasses to Evelyn Clem. Joan Bratton bequeaths her nicknames to Joan Ridgeway. Sylvia Burkhart bequeaths her long eye lashes to Carol Fox. Lois Bushman wills her shorthand skill to Ruth White. Evelyn Butts wills her wise remarks to Carole Sommers. Phyllis Corbin wills her false tooth to Alice Tritapoe. Byron Cross wills his corpse to the biology class. Daisy Crouse wills her blonde hair to Carole Catlett. Anne Dunham bequeaths her booth in the Glen Luta to Chlorine Henry. Philip Eppinger wills his math. 12 grades to Tex Clark. Ellen Evans wills her ability to chew gum without getting caught to Jackie Cooper. Jackie Fisher wills to Varnell Burkhart his number one. Viola Harden wills her average height to Doris Garlisle. Lowell Harmison wills his hitting power to Ronald Clatterbuck. Phyllis Henry wills to Lou Ellen Morgret her ability to start a riot. Nancy Hessler wills her broken glasses to Sandra Place. Joan Hewett wills her corny jokes to Anna Jo Hovermale. Mary Jane Hofe wills her black hair to Mary Lee Dawson. Julia Jackson wills her natural curls to Shirley Fisher. Deannie Kesecker wills his ability to farm to Walter Beddow. Lena Lafollette wills her giggle to Calvin Unger. Letha Lafollette wills her math skill to Marian McBee. Carroll Leighty wills his basketball uniform to Douglas Ambrose. Ethel McBee wills her small feet to Kay McBee. Kent McBee wills his black hat to Leroy Hiles. Joe Mechem wills his quietness to Larry Miller. Billy Michael bequeaths his 101 original excuses for not having his homework done to Jim Merica. Leroy Michael wills his mechanical drawing skill to Roy Koontz. John Morgret wills his speed to Silas Allen. Shirley Neely wills her F. H. A. pin to Marlene Heironimus. Donal Newbraugh wills his million and one freckles to Virginia French. Ruth Richardson wills her piccolo to Lavern Hendershot. Marchyne Rider wills her green knee socks to Nancy Noah. Genevieve Riggs wills the mole on her nose to Peggy Hawvermale. Jack Risinger wills his desk in Senior Home Room to Wayne Ziler. George Rowland wills a log chain to Sylvia Werdebaugh. Henry Ruppenthal wills to Shearl Close his bottle of Nervine. Gerald Selders wills a bottle of castor oil to Raymond Hovermale. Alice Shirley bequeaths her ability to play softly to Douglas Lutman. Gloria Shisler wills to Dixie Arnold her shorthand skill. Vera Shisler wills her bangs to Retha Heironimus. Anna Shrout wills all her school equipment to Guy Farris. Marlene Sickinger wills her smile to Janet Divelbliss. Eleanor Spriggs wills her ability to cook to Wilma Harden. Myralin Ann Spriggs wills her blonde hair to Josie Lutman. Rose Zeta Spriggs wills her height to Linda Merica. Ervin Stotler wills to Jack Stotler by hook or crook, his English book. Patsy Stotler wills her short hair cut to Patricia Risinger. Joan Taylor wills her long curly hair to Margella Widmyer. Barbara Twigg bequeaths her shortness to Armeta Whisner. Deloris Weber wills her chemistry book to Cloyd Frock. Joan Wachter wills her ability to talk 50 MPH to Wanda Wachter. Herbert Wachter wills his sense of humor to Jackie Rankin. Charlotte Whisner bequeaths her shortness to Lewis Avey. Deloris Whisner wills to Marie Burke her democracy book. June Whisner wills her dimples by the bushel to Walter Peck. Elmer Wills bequeaths his interesting English Book to Emmett Capper. Bobby Yost wills his democracy book to Jack Allen. WITNESS: FATHER TIME (SEAL) Senior Class of 1955 PROPHECY FOR SENIOR CLASS OF 1955 By: VIRGINIA ANN BATEMAN It was an early fall morning of 1965 and I had been flying for four hours since the plane had left California. I was an- ticipating the class reunion at the new high school at Berkeley Springs that evening, and as the plane taxied to a stop at the Hancock Airport I prepared to alight. The charming steward- ess, Miss Barbara Twigg, and the handsome pilot, Lieutenant Carroll Leighty, helped me from the plane. When the steward- ess for the next flight arrived I saw with surprise the former Glenna Barnhart. We planned to meet again that evening at the reunion. I hailed a taxi and as I got in I recognized Mr. Charles Carlisle as the driver. Since it was early morning I decided to stop for some coffee at a lovely motel just off 522 near the Old Lover’s Leap. I was pleasantly surprised to find the head waitress was the former Phyllis Corbin whose husband was the proprietor of the motel and restaurant. She told of some of the other classmates: Nancy Hessler who had mar- ried and moved her family to Martinsburg, Joan Hewett, mar- ried and living in Kentucky with her Lieutenant husband, and Anna Lee Barnes, a nurse in the Hagerstown Hospital. I left then and traveled on to the lovely old town of Berkeley Springs. Charles told me that a radio station had recently been established and several of our old class members were working there. John Morgret was one of the announcers, Kent McBee head of the new program How to Remain A Bache- lor, and of the lovely afternoon program in which Myralin Spriggs stars in Myralin’s Mural. I finally arrived at my destination and I found the town really had changed, for the traffic cop, Mr. Bobby Yost, stopped us for going too slow in heavy city traffic. When he saw who we were he dismissed the charge. At the hotel I ran into more friends: Genevieve Riggs who was with the American Embassy in France and who recently arrived to celebrate the class’s 10th anniversary, Ethel McBee who was home on furlough from her Marine nursing in Hawaii, and George Rowland already a famous writer land speaker. I told them of my life in California and my little boy, and how I had been teaching since college days. Genevieve wished to shop a bit so we went down to a lovely dress shop, Frocks de Sylvia. Of course the former Sylvia Burkhart was the proprietress who told us of her hus- band, Jack Fisher, who was doing fine as an Insurance Broker, and of many other classmates: the former Sylvia Ann Apple whose twins were beautiful, and the former Ruth Aulabaugh and her new home on 522, and Phyllis Henry whose husband had recently helped negotiate a new highway out past their pink rambler ranch home. We finally left the dress shop and went on to the new department store and the manager was none other than Mr. Byron Cross whose able secretary, Lena Lafollette, told us of her sister Letha Lafollette’s job with the Navy Department in the Pentagon. After leaving the department store we sauntered on down North Washington Street until we came to a lovely florist shop. The assistant manager, former Betty Arbogast, and her able assistant, Ellen Evans, greeted us cordially. They told us of Shirley Neely who lived in New York with her architect husband, Rose Zeta Spriggs, who had recently returned from Germany, where she had spent the last five years with her husband, and Evelyn Butts who was a local telephone oper- ator. At that time a lovely young matron walked in, the former Lois Bushman who was planning a party for her little daughter and wanted some flowers. She told us of Eileen Avey who had a new home in Cacapon, Anna Shrout and her home and family in South Carolina, and Charlotte Whisner who now lived in Ohio with her family but had come back for the Class reunion. Suddenly we were all surprised by a sudden explosion in the greenhouse. We all moved at once. One called the Fire Department, and Betty, after realizing the trouble was a broken pipe, called the plumber. Since Lois’s little girl had been knocked down by the explosion, I called the doctor. The fire chief was Carroll Bohrer, the plumber turned out to be Leroy Michael, and the fine doctor was none other than Dr. Donal Newbraugh. LIFE Photographer, Henry Ruppenthal, III, was in town for the reunion, so he took pic- tures of the explosion and said he would work in the story of the reunion. We were all pleased at our prospect of being in a world-known magazine but decided that the excitement was enough for one day and we left for our homes. I had received an invitation to dinner at the Presbyterian Manse, so I went and on arriving there, who opened the door to receive me but the gracious hostess, the former Joan Bratton. We discussed old times and hurried on to the reunion at the new high school. The faculty was the greatest shock to me of all. The new principal was Mr. Joe Mechem, the Vo-Ag teacher, Mr. Gerald Selders, the Home-Ec teacher, Gloria Shisler, the French instructor, the former Betty Lou Ambrose, and the Physical Ed. Teacher, the former Marthyne Rider. There were many friends there. Some of our celebrities were Billy Michael, Gen- eral in the U. S. Army, Vera Shisler who had become a glam- orous model, Patricia Stotler, manager of the well-known TV program, The Home Hour, and Elmer Wills who is a pro- fessor at Purdue University. The music for the evening was provided by the Morgan Melodiers, directed by the well-known orchestra leader, Alvin Alexander. In the orchestra, for the occasion, playing her be- loved sax as usual, was Alice Shirley who was head nurse at the new Memorial Hospital. One of her able assistants there was former June Whisner. We soon discovered other teacher friends—Ruth Richardson who was Assistant Principal for the new elementary school on South Washington Street ex- tended, and former Daisy Crouse, Anne Dunham and Mary Jane Hofe who divided their time between their lovely fami- lies and part-time teaching. It seemed everywhere one went one heard of new homes and additions to families. Some of these proud matrons were former Eleanor Spriggs, Pauline Ambrose, Mrs. Viola Bohrer Harden, Elsie Bohrer, Marlene Sickinger, Delores Whisner and Joan Taylor. Of course, not all of those had remained in Morgan County. Many had gone to other parts of the state and to other states. One could not help but admire all the service uniforms. There was Sergeant Jack Risinger of the U. S. Army wearing several over-seas medals; Herbert Wachter, who had also won several medals serving in the U. S. Air Force, and Philip Eppinger who had followed his brother into the Coast Guard and had won great acclaim there. Our women were not to be forgotten in the services either, for there was Deloris Weber, a Sergeant in the Women’s Army Corps. Joan Wachter had kept us laugh- ing all evening with her funny anecdotes about her experience as secretary to the professor of biology at West Virginia Uni- versity. We had all been so busy talking we had forgotten the time. The president of our alumni organization called a meeting and proceded to have the roll called. He was none other than Deannie Kesecker, who had been a star farmer on his farm near Sleepy Creek where Ervin Stotler was the overseer since being graduated from high school. After calling the roll we found we had one missing. It was Mr. Lowell Harmison. We were discussing his absence when he walked in. It seemed his plane had been delayed because of bad weather for he had come all the way from South America where he was engineer for several new bridge constructions. At last we were all to- gether again as a class after ten years. We sang several class songs and planned to hold another reunion in 1975. SENIOR ACTIVITIES ALVIN ALEXANDER: Band 1, 2. 3. Clinic Band 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; FFA 3; Safety Patrol 1; Monitor, School Cafeteria 1; Junior Class Play. BETTY LOU AMBROSE: Student Council Secretary 3, President 4; Secretary Eastern District Student Councils 3, 4; Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Editor, Warm Springs Echoes 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Literary Contest Winner3 —First Place in Poetry; Golden Horseshoe Winner; Band 1, 2, 3. 4; French Club 2, 3, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club L 2, 3. 4; Senior Class Play; Girls’ State 3; Queen of Charm Princess 3. PAULINE AMBROSE: Glee Club 1, 2; FHA 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 3; Library Staff 4. SYLVIA APPLE: Hi-Light Staff 4; Band 1. Majorette 2, 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Pep Club 4; Junior Class Play. BETTY ARBOGAST: Masque and Gavel 2, 3, 4; Class President 2, 3; Annual Staff 4; Literary Contest Winner 1—First Place Short Story; Glee Club 3; FHA 1, 2, Del. Reg. FHA Camp 3, President 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Staff 1, 2, 3, 4. RUTH AULABAUGH: Class Sergeant-at-Arms 4; FHA 4; Pep Club 4. ANNA LEE BARNES: Hi-Light 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 4. GLENNA BARNHART: Band 1, 2; Glee Club 2; Senior Class Play. VIRGINIA ANN BATEMAN: Masque and Gavel 2, 3. Vice President 4; Class Treasurer 3; Annual Staff 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Band 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; French Club 2, 3. 4; FHA 3, Song Leader 4; Pep Club 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; Library Staff 1, 3. ELSIE BOHRER: Pep Club 2. CARROLL BOHRER: Student Council 3; Varsity Club 1, 2, 4, Sergeant-at-Arms 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. JOAN BRATTON: Masque and Gavel 3. President 4; Co- Editor, Warm Spring Echoes 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Band 1, 4. Clinic 2; French Club 2, 3, 4; FHA 1. 4. Treasurer 2, 3; Pep Club 1, 2, Secretary-Treasurer 3, President 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; Cheer- leader 2, 3, 4. SYLVIA BURKHART: Student Council 1; Annual Staff 4; Hi-Light Staff 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 4; Senior Class Play. LOIS BUSHMAN: Student Council 2; Annual Staff 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Literary Contest Winner 2—Second Place Biography; Golden Horseshoe Winner; Glee Club 3, 4; FHA Historian 3, 4; Pep Club 4; Homecoming Queen 4. EVELYN BUTTS: Pep Club 4. CHARLES CARLISLE: Varsity Club 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3; Track 2; Basketball 2, 3. PHYLLIS CORBIN: Class Secretary 2, 3; Hi-Light Staff 4; Glee Club 1, 2; FHA 1. 2; Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Class Play; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4. BYRON CROSS: Student Council 3, 4; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Track 2. DAISY CROUSE: Glee Club 4; Pep Club 4. ANNE DUNHAM: Student Council Secretary 4; Class Treasurer 1; Band Majorette 1, 2, Clinic 3, Drum Maj- orette 4; Glee Club 2; FHA 2, 3, Reporter 1, Secretary 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Senior Class Play; Homecoming Princess 4. PHILIP EPPINGER: FFA 1, 2, 3, Assistant Parliamentar- ian 4; Key Club 4; Baseball 4; Track 3. ELLEN EVANS: FHA 1, 2, 4. JACK FISHER: Class Sergeant-at-Arms 2, 3; Varsity Club 2, 3, President 4; Football 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Track 3. VIOLA BOHRER HARDEN: French Club 4. LOWELL HARMISON: Annual Staff 4; FFA 1, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 2, Vice President Tri-County Federa- tion; Key Club 4; Varsity Club 3, 4; Football 4; Base- ball 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4. PHYLLIS HENRY: Band 1, Majorette 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 2, 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play. NANCY HESSLER: Student Council 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 4. JOAN HEWETT: Hi-Light Staff 4; Band 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Pep Club 4. MARY JANE HOFE: Student Council 2; Class Reporter 2, 3; Annual Staff Treasurer; Junior-Senior Usher; FHA 1, Parliamentarian 2, Reporter 3, 4. DEANNIE KESECKER: FFA 1, 3, Reporter 2, Secretary 4; Key Club 4; Junior Class Play; Track 2. LETHA LAFOLLETTE: Hi-Light Staff 4; Glee Club 3, 4; FHA 4; Pep Club 4; Library Staff 4. LENA LAFOLLETTE: Glee Club 3, 4; FHA 4; Pep Club 4. CARROLL LEIGHTY: Varsity Club 4; Football 4; Basket- ball 4. JOE MECHEM: Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Student Council 2; Junior-Senior Usher. ETHEL McBEE: Library Staff 1, 2, 3. KENT McBEE: Student Council 1; Annual Staff 4; Hi- Light 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Varsity Club 4; Junior Class Play; Football 3, 4; Basketball Manager 1, 3, 4. LEROY MICHAEL: FFA 1, 4, Assistant Vice President 2, Key Club 2, 3, 4; Senior Class Play; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4. JOHN C. MORGRET: Hi-Light Staff 4; Key Club Treas- urer 4; Pep Club 3, 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; Baseball 4; Camera Crew 1, 2, 3, 4. WILLIAM MICHAEL: Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Class Vice President 4; Annual Staff 4; Hi-Light Staff 4; Junior- Senior Usher; Varsity Club 4; Boys’ State 3; Football 4; Track 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4. SHIRLEY NEELY: Band 1, 2, 4, Clinic 3, FHA 1, 2, 4. DONAL NEWBRAUGH: FFA 2, 3, Reporter 4; Senior Class Play; Basketball Manager 1. GENEVIEVE RIGGS: Masque and Gavel 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Hi-Light Staff Editor 4; Junior-Senior Usher; French Club 2, 3, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, Vice President 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Class Play; Library Staff 1, 2, 3. GEORGE ROWLAND: Class Vice President 3, President 4; Key Club President 4. HENRY M. RUPPENTHAL. Ill: Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Class President 1, Treasurer 2; Student Council 1, 2, 4, Vice President 3; Annual Staff Business Manager 4; Hi-Light Staff Business Manager 3, 4; Junior-Senior Usher; FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; Camera Crew 1, 2, 3,-4. RLJTH RICHARDSON: Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Class Treasurer 4; Annual Staff 4; Band 1, 2, 4, Clinic 3; FHA 2, 3; Pep Club 4. MARCHYNE RIDER: Masque and Gavel 2, 3, 4; Student Council Reporter 4; Annual Staff 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Golden Horseshoe Winner; Band 1, 2, 4, Clinic 3; FHA 1, 2, Treasurer'3. 4, French Club 4; Pep Club 1, 2, 3, Secretary 4. JACK RISINCER: FFA 1, 2, 3; Baseball 3. GERALD SELDERS: Masque and Gavel 3, 4; Class Sec- retary 4; Annual Staff 4; FFA 1, 2, Secretary 3, Presi- dent 4; Junior Class Play; Senior Class Play; Boys' State 3- ALICE SHIRLEY: Band Clinic 1, 2, 3. 4. ANNA SHROUT: FHA 4; Pep Club 4. GLORIA SHISLER: Band 1; First Place Conservation Essay Contest 2. VERA SHISLER: Annual Staff Secretary 4; Library Staff 4. MARLENE SICKINGER: Glee Club 2, 4; FHA 2, 3, 4; Pep Club 3, Vice President 4. ELEANOR SPRIGGS: FHA 4. ROSE ZETA SPRIGGS: Band 1, 2; Glee Club 3; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Staff 4. SENIOR DIARY Sept. 1—School begins again. Seniors register. Hurrah! Sept. 14—Principal calls faculty committee on yearbook. Sept. 10—Our football team plays at Ramsey and loses. Sept. 16—Seniors and Juniors elect officers. Sept. 17—First school assembly. We have 544 students. Crowd of us see our team win at Hedgesville. Sept. 22—Board of Education visits school. We have a thuse! Sept. 24—First home game with Ridgley. Nice game, we lose. Sept. 29—Student Council election; also other classes elect. Oct. 1—We lose to Charlestown on our field. Oct. 5—Percentage of attendance for September was 97.12. Oct. 8—Our team wins 8-7 at Harpers Ferry. Yip! Hurrah! Oct. 11—Administrative Staff of yearbook meets. Thuse!! Oct. 15—Play Hedgesville here, win 36-0. Bad weather. Oct. 22—Sophomore’s Cowboy Carnival set for No- vember 1. We win over Thomas on our field. Great game! Oct. 26—Berkeley Hi-Light announces subscription drive for Warm Spring Echoes in issue delivered today. Oct. 28—Senior pictures being taken; Mid-SemT tests coming. Nov. 5—We beat Musselman on their field 6-0. Hurrah! Nov. 13—Homecoming great success; Alumni beat us 13 7. Nov. 19—Music department presents Talent Show. Nov. 24—Thanksgiving Assembly. More pictures for the annual. Dec. 1—School movie Her First Romance with Margaret O'Brien. Dec. 2—Interclass Basketball Tournament begins. Dec. 6—Yearbook subscription campaign closes—305 an- nuals sold! Dec. 8—Movie God and the Atom.” Basketball season opens. Dec. 10—Senior Class Play Deadly Ernest” is huge success. Dec. 14—We win over Musselman 54-34 in season's first game. Dec. 17—Christmas Cantata The Music of Christmas is enjoyed. MYRALIN SPRIGGS: Masque and Gavel 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Junior-Senior Usher; Golden Horseshoe Winner; Band 1, 2; Glee Club 3, 4; FHA 2, 3; Parliamentarian 4; Pep Club 1, 4. ERVIN STOTLER: FFA 3, 4. PAIRICIA STOTLER: Pep Club 4; Library Staff 2. JOAN TAYLOR: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4. BARBARA TWIGG: Glee Club 2, 3. 4; Pep Club 1, 4; Usher, Junior and Senior Class Play. HERBERT WACHTER: Key Club 4; Senior Class Play, Baseball 3. 7 JOAN WACHTER: Annual Staff Secretary; Glee Club 2. DELOIUS WEBER: Hi-Light Staff 2; Glee Club 1; Pep Uub 1; Senior Class Play; Safety Patrol l. CHARLOTTE WHISNER: Glee Club 3; FHA 12 3 4 Usher for Junior and Senior Class Play. JLNE WHISNER: Masque and Gavel 2, 3, Reporter 4- Student Council Reporter 3; Hi-Light Staff 3; FHA 1,’ 2, 3� 4. ELMER E. WILLS: Annual Staff 4; FFA 4 BOBBY YOST: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2. - 1954-1955 Dec. 21—We beat Paw Paw here 63-28; Class rooms being decorated for Christmas and we prepare for the big vacation. Jan. 7—We lose the basketball game to Moorefield here. Jan. 10—Lyceum program of Ray Mayer the Magician. Jan. 17—Semester Exams begin to last three days. Oh boy! Jan. 28—Tri-State Band Festival begins; our band is in it. Feb. 3—Blood Mobile is here. Annual Staff hard at work. Feb. 11—Basketball at Hedgesville. We win 53-50. Feb. 14—Jungle League games begin. Next deadline com- ing up. Feb. 19—Sophomore Valentine Party and Dance much en- joyed. Feb. 21—Basketball's last game and we beat Harpers Ferry. Feb. 26—Our Indians win the Basketball Tournament at Paw Paw. This is a really satisfying event for Berkley High, for we won over Wardensville by a score of 59 55. Mar. 5—F. F. A. Basketball Tournament held. Mar. 7—Martinsburg Band visits the school and plays. Mar. 14—Assembly program by National Civic League. Mar. 21—School movie Fort Apache” much enjoyed. Mar. 24—Literary Contest at Paw Paw High School. Mar. 25—Finals of Literary Contest at our school. Apr. 1—The Junior Play The Campbells are Coming.” Apr. 8—Easter vacation begins—and do we need it ? ? Apr. 12—Assembly Lyceum— Valentines Pet Parade” good. Apr. 22—Queen of Charm Dance. We had a lovely time. Apr. 29—We are off school for Apple Blossom Festival. May 7—Seniors take their New York trip. Big event. May 13—Glee Club and Home Ec. Style Show. May 19—Senior Examinations. The end is about here. May 20—Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom a huge success. Senior plans for graduation going along well. May 22—Annual Sermon to Seniors and a good one too. May 27—Graduation Day—the Seniors have at last come to the end of their Berkeley Springs High days. They are happy and sad, they laugh and weep. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The class of 1954-55 of Berkeley Springs High School presented their Junior play, If Mother Only Knew,” on Friday, April 9, 1954. The play concerned a mother who was afraid her husband would forget their twentieth wedding anniversary. Problems developed when various members of the family tried to help by ordering flowers—all charged to father. To complicate things more, father thought that mother was secretly meeting a Doctor Gooch, and in truth, she was! In Act III all problems were resolved to everyone’s complete satisfaction and harmony again filled the household. PLAY CAST Janet Maxwell (Mother) Aunt Mary ............ Connie Maxwell ....... Betty Lou Maxwell .... Bernadean ............ Wilbur Maxwell ....... Hercules Nelson ...... Mr. John Maxwell...... Gladys Gooch ......... Charles Brains” Burke Dr. Jeffry Gooch ..... Badge Bams ........... Director ............. ........... Phyllis Corbin ............. Joan Bratton .... Virginia Ann Bateman ......... Genevieve Riggs ........... Sylvia Apple ........... Gerald Selders ............. John Morgret ......... Alvin Alexander ............ Phyllis Henry ... Henry Ruppenthal, III .............. Kent McPee ........ Dennie Kesecker Mrs. William R. Talbott SENIOR CLASS PLAY On December 10, 1954, the Senior Class of Berkeley Springs High School presented Deadly Ernest, a three-act comedy based on the various and sundry predicaments of a certain Henry Gilcrest. Henry’s troubles started when his boss fired him, his best girl threw him over, and Aunt Ethel ordered him from her boarding house. Poor homeless, girl-less, and jobless Henry took himself off to the park to bemoan his fate. There he met one Mr. Bumpus, a devious character, who offered to extricate Henry from his troubles for a paltry $17.83, the sum of Henry's worldly possessions. To him it was a matter of simple logic: Henry's troubles would be removed if Henry were removed—permanently, that is, Mr. Bumpus assurred Henry that Ernest could be counted on to eliminate Henry, quietly and efficiently. After this dubious agreement Henry learned that he had been reinstated by his boss, by Gladys, and by Aunt Ethel. Life was worth living but a parade of Ernests descended on Henry. He ran from his bargain, from every Ernest, from one hilarious situation only to land in another. Henry's antics provided two hours of amusing entertainment. The cast of characters included the following Seniors: Henry Gilcrest...........................................................Gerald SeIders Aunt Ethel.................................................................Joan Bratton Margie ............................................Virginia Ann Bateman Pumpkin.....................................................................Anne Dunham jjU Betty Lou Ambrose Gladys.............................................................Phy,lis Henfy Aunt Stella......................................................SyIvia Burkhart Clarissa.........................................................Delores Wcber Ernestine..................................................Glenna Jean Barnhart £r„ie ....................................................Henry Ruppenthal, III Mr. BumpusZZZZ.................................................. Herbert Wachter Sleepy............................................................John Mor«rct C. 5. Grim........................................................Leroy Michad Dr. Earnest.............................................................Douglas Newbraugh SIOHS NOI1DV AVld VOIN3S JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM ECHOES '54 The theme of the annual Junior-Senior Prom for 1954 was Moonlight and Roses.” The gymnasium was decorated with a solid star ceiling and a shining moon, also a rose garden and wishing-well which beautifully carried out the theme. The annual banquet, in honor of the Seniors, began the evening’s events, which included speeches and singing. The Prom, which followed the banquet, was the most largely attended in the history of Berkeley Springs High School. The music for dancing was provided by Ken Wendel’s orchestra. This Prom will long be remembered by both classes as the most beautiful as well as the most memorable occasion of the school year. UNDERCLASSMEN o. C. Clark Sponsor Retha Heironimus President JUNIOR CLASS Douglas Lutman Sylvia Werdebaugh Lou Ellen Morgret Varnell Burkhart Vice President Secretary Treasurer Sergeant-at-Arms - Chlorene Henry Doris Carlisle Jack Allen Cloyd Frock Emmett Capper Shearl Close Calvin Unger Phyllis Alderton Walter Peck Larry Miller Carol Fox Alice Tritapoe Douglas Ambrose Laverne Hendershot Mary Jo Crouse Marie Burke Virginia French Anna Jo Hovermale Peggy Hawvermale Jacqueline Cooper Linda Merica Dixie Arnold Ruth White Wanda Wachter Mary Lee Dawson Carole Catlett Jean Arbogast Ann Crone Jo Anne Ridgeway Lois Miller Janet Divelbliss Armeta Whisner Tex Clark Jack Stotler Gary Goller Richard Youngblood Sandra Place Nancy Noah Marlene Heironimus Margella Widmyer Silas Allen James Merica Leroy Hiles Patricia Risinger Ronald Clatterbuck Larry Davison Wilma Harden Kay McBee Jean Householder Lois Anne Crouse Rosemary Corcoron Lou El la Perry David Roman Phyllis Ruppenthal Virgil Ruppenthal Jo Ann Shanholtz Barbara Sheppard Claren Sheets Lloyd Fredrick Joan Stotler Jean Stotler Robert Stotler Phyllis Swaim Margaret Waugh Betty Unger Dennis Vance Margaret Taylor Josephine Lutman Peggy Wharton Rosalie Yost Wanda Nester Shirley Rhoe Harry Salmon Edward Sonnenberg Patsy Swaim Janet Risinger Kay Michael Frank Payne Lester Penwell Iva Lou Alderton Lewis Avey Geraldine Beddow Jerry Black Phyllis Bohrer Jean Cain Mary Carlisle Mary Lee Clark Nancy Corbin Wanda Davis Rosemary Davison Julian Dawson Sylvia Dawson Iris Jean Duncan Lillian Divelbliss Gary Everett David Files Richard Foreback Lorraine Fox Patricia Somers Ester Goller John Hansroth David Hofe Vincent Ziler Lois Hoopengardner Daisy Hovermale Shirley Hovermale Judy VanGosen Juanita Jenkins Ralph Johnson Carole Webb Rose Marie Lutman Dennis McCumbee Richard McManus Donna Mesner Anita Michael Emma Mae Michael James Michael Shirley Moss Dennis Neely SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY When the class entered as freshmen in 1953, they elected the following officers: Claren Sheets, president; Patricia Somers, vice president; Edward Sonnenberg, secretary and treasurer. Rosemary Davison was chosen as candidate for Queen of Charm of 1953. That year the class had a Halloween Party which was well attended. In the spring, May 7, 1954, the civics class took a trip to Washington, D. C. ' In the sophomore year the officers elected were Gale Smith, president; William Burk- hart, vice president; Mary Jo Dawson, secretary; Tommy Miller, treasurer; and Lester Potter, sergeant-at-arms. Juanita Jenkins was selected as princess for the 1954 Berkeley Springs High School Homecoming Game and Dance. The main event for the class year was a Cowboy Carnival at the high school gym which featured a talent show and was well attended by the public. On November 2, 1954, the biology class again took a trip to Washington, D. C. The class sponsors are Mrs. Hodges, Miss Starnes, and Mr. Calhoun; the class colors are red and white. FRESHMAN CLASS First row, left to right: Donald Swaim, Linda Swaim, Ronald Michael, Gloria French, Stanley Aulabaugh, Mary Stinebaugh, Glenda Steiner, Judy Warrenfeltz, Thomas Shisler. Roger Michael. Second row: Mildred Beddow, Sylvia Householder, Nancy Cain, Iris Jean Shade, Barbara Duncan, Mary Kidwell, Nancy Roach, Martha Sue Clark, Phyllis Merica, Shirley Courtney, Judy Johnson. Third row: Wanda McPeak, Gail Wills, Shelby Moss, Iris Jean Ambrose, Mary Kyne, Phyllis Corbett, Mary Pinwell, Rosalie Stotler, Barbara Clark, Carole Mullin, Ida Jean'Gray. Fourth row: Ruby Perry, Celia Ambrose, Patsy Yost, Sharon Fox, Onetia Vencil, Douglas Willey, Gary Butts, Joyce Kline. Donna Jean Holliday, Paulvera Cain. Susie Kiler. Mary McKinley. Fifth row: Sandra Rice, Eugene Groppi, John Sharon, Gary Wachter, Kenneth Mechem, Richard Ridgeway, Ronald Barker, Richard Hoopengardner, Douglas Somers, James Morris, J eed Michael. SPONSORS Mrs. Effie Coberly Mr. John Conley Mr. Allen Goldstrom First row, left to right: Ella Mae Heironimus, Nancy Smith, Catherine Waugh, Catherine Heironimus, Mary Jo Perry, Patricia Glover, Arlazee Fox, Patsy Stotler, Ruth Stotler, Louise Mason, Caroline Pentoney. Second row: Edna Bowers, Doris Hessler, Beulah Clark Eleanor Rhoe, Catherine Bohrer, Teresa Clem, Patricia Cooper, Gretchen Hobday, Virginia Stotler, Marie Stotler, Virginia Unger. Third row: Richard Ambrose, Harry Ziler, Steve Weber, Virginia Michael, Naomi Files, Beverly Risinger, Anna Lee Tritapoe, Sandra Clark, Barbara McManus Lonnie Larson. Fourth row: Benny Black, Jane's Beeler, Richard Young, Warren Widmyer’ Vernon Bohrer, Gary Michael, William Hewett, John Place, Joe Sommers. Fifth row: Elwood Hovermale, Larry Waugh, Donald Mowery, Dick Bratton, Herbert Rankin, Walter Mason. Robert Ruppenthal, Fred Cross, Carl Kidwell. StanleySrtulabaugh Gloria French President Vice President EIGHTH GRADE First row, left to right: Eddie Grove, Herbert Johnson, Kay Gallion, Patricia Duncan. Billy Clatter- buck. Caroline Bateman, Shirley Widmyer, Sandra Stotler, Caroline Wirtman, Patsy Steiner. Second row: Jean Fields, Carolyn Kuykendall, Mary Miller, Sylvia Crouse, Anna Jean Shocky, Shirley Clark, Kitty Hovermale, Jean Hovermale, Nancy Householder, Stella Clem, Patricia Hoopen- gardner, Betty Mason. Third row: Lois Michael, Ann McCoy, Daniel Duckwall, Gary Henry, Terry Fletcher, Vernon Roman, A. L. Rice, Frank Henry, Kenneth Kerns, Dennis Hovermale, John Swaim, Phyllis Hovermale. Fourth row: Elberta Stotler, Peggy Miller, Gayle Brathwaite, Joseph Henry, David Young, Lester Yost, Gary Clark, Charles Heironimous, James Perry, Lenny Close. Sponsors Miss Gladys Arnold Mr. Paul Hodges Miss Ruth Harris. EIGHTH GRADE First row, left to right: Donna Linaweaver, Catherine Bohrer, Irene Youngblood, Nancy Stotler, Shelby Fleece, Judith Swaim, Suella Unger, Larue Unger, Eva Ruth Hewett, Naomi Unger. Second row: Richard Merica, Walter Householder, Lula Belle Younker, Caroline Yost, Phyllis Waugh, Robert Plotner, Larry Unger, Martha Ann Moore, Ramona Potter, Gay Hewett, Retha Barker, Sammy Swaim. Third row: Gayle Cain, Carl Miller, Bernard Stotler, Richard Powers, David Stotler, Kenneth Tritapoe, Lynnie Ambrose, Joe McCoy, Larry Barker, Gordon Miller, Philip Swaim, Michael Pentoney. Fourth row: Glen Farris, Gerald Widmyer, Bruce Hess, Ercel Ruppenthal, Ray Learner, Robert Clem, John Hooper, Ronald Grove, Fred Sensil, Dick Barnhart, Gary Miller, Frank Bishop. Billy Clatterbuck President Caroline Bateman Shirley Widmyer Vice President Secretary Patricia Duncan Treasurer . SEVENTH GRADE First row, left to right: Shirley Dawson, Iris Jean Kyne, Bonnie Dawson, Kialeen Shriver, Carol Sue Shriver, Betsy Bratton, Mary Jane Michael, Linda VanHorn, Mary Jane Unger, Mary Ann Trickett, Dorothy Willard, Mary Ann Kerns. Second row: Raymond Michael, Harry Stemple, James Heironimus, Lester Yost, Wayne Shade, Sterling Mason, Lewis Hendershot, Carroll Stotler, Larry Long, Stephen Henry, Frank Reardon, Rosalie Michael, John David Barney, Joe Henry Apple. Third row: Philip Stotler, Leon Culp, Gladstone Michael, Stanley Poole, David Rankin, Robert Henry, Doris Jean Unger, Sandra Stotler, Wanda Newbraugh, Kathleen Stotler, Regina Clark, Opal Hawvermale, Donald Young, David Spears. Fourth row: Barbara Wills, Patricia Ruppenthal, Louise McKinley, Betty Ruppenthal, Frances Henry, Sandra Davison, Nelson Roach, Julian Cain, Junior Lee Michael, Virgil Wills, John Householder, George Jolly, Jess Waugh, Edward Kave. SPONSORS Mr. Dewey M. Canfield Mr. E. H. Coberly Mrs. Adeline Spring SEVENTH GRADE First row, left to right: Barbara Ruppenthal, Bernadeen Stotler, Carol Hawvermale, Mary Ann McCumbee, Mary Michael, Ester Michael, Edith Youngblood, Joyce Ann Michael, Judy Wise, Cecil Ann Lutman, Carmeta, Hovermale, Nancy Unger, Doris Close, Doris Fox. Second row: Louise Perry, Ronald Capper, Kenneth Hess, Edward Young, Joan Stotler, Mary Bohrer, Mary Mason, Barbara Michael, Joyce Dimoff, Connie Fowler, Virginia Johnson, Darla McClintock, Patricia Lina- weaver, Ella Barker, Larry McBee. Third row: Dorothy Householder, Betty Lou Frock. Barbara Stotler, Glen Butts, Holland Shanholtz, Carl Hovermale, Mattalee Vincent, Nancy Van Gochen. Myrtle Hobday, Ruth Waugh, Carol Mowery, Lillian Shjfflet, Jerry Little, Fred Johnson. Fourth row: Bobby Michael, Leroy Pritchard, Ronald Beddow, Fred Stotler, Ronald Wachter, David Sherrard, Cecil McCumbee, Marshall Gurson, Carl Rankin, Tommy Newbraugh, Philip Ambrose, Ray Hess, Gary Duckwall, Larry Clowser, Frank Hess, Frank McCumbee. Kialeen Shriver President Larry Long Vice President Carol Shriver Vice President Betsy Bratton Secretary Iris Jean Kyne Judy Wise Bonnie Dawson Shirley Dawson Treasurer Reporter Reporter Reporter SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Football Squad — First row, left to right: Jake Bernhart Carroll Leighty, Byron Cross, Carroll Bohrer, Jack Fisher, Captain; Lowell Harmison, Charles Carlisle, Kent McBee, Billy Michael, Lewis Close. Second row: Coach Jerry Calhoun, Emmett Capper, Lester Potter, Gale Smith, Silas Allen, Doug Lutman, Jack Allen, Ronnie Clatterbuck, Doug Ambrose, Jim Merica, Assistant Coach Allan Goldstrom. Third row: Tex Clark, David Roman, James Michael, Leroy Hiles, Frank Payne, Butch Burkhardt, Varnell Burkhardt, Shearl Close. Fourth row: Gary Butts, Herbie Rankin, Lonnie Larson, Gary Everett, Manager; Dennis McCumbee, Johnny Hansroth, Richard Hoopengardner, Steve Weber. FOOTBALL GRADS PETE CARLISLE JACK FISHER LOWELL HARMISON BYRON CROSS Tackle Halfback Fullback Tackle CARROLL BOHRER End CARROLL LEIGHTY Guard KENT McBEE Center JAKE BARNHART BILLY MICHAEL Guard End FOOTBALL ECHOES SEASON RECORD We They Romney ................................... 0 19 Hedgesville Hedgesville ..............................20 6 Thomas .... Ridgeley ................................ 0 26 Moorefield Charlestown ............................ 0 30 Musselman Harpers Ferry ............................ 8 7 Alumni .... We They ..36 0 ..38 14 ..26 7 ... 6 0 ... 7 13 tr V jTi UK MS VARSITY BASKETBALL ECHOES — TOURNAMENT 1954 Left to right: Betty Marie Arbogast, Susie Smith, Beverly Weller, Joan Bratton. Phyllis Corbin. TOURNAMENT 1955 Seated, left to right: Nancy Roach, Betty Marie Arbogast, Patricia Risinger. Standing: Joan Bratton, Joyce Kline, and Phyllis Corbin. SEASON RECORD We They Charlestown .... 21 28 Moorefield 31 35 Capon Bridge 37 23 Hancock 40 43 Martinsburg .... 24 33 Capon Bridge 40 27 Hancock 26 27 Shakesperians 34 27 Martinsburg 33 41 Played—9 Won—2 Lost—7 JUNIOR VARSITY SQUAD First row, left to right: Jack Allen, Claren Sheets, Jacob Bernhard, Byron Cross, Jerry Black, Leroy Hiles. Second row: Manager Gary Everett, Raymond Hovermale, Ronald Clatterbuck, Doue Am- brose, Manager David Roman. SEASON RECORD We They Mussel man 20 25 Wardensville 30 36 Paw Paw 34 29 Shepherdstown 26 40 Hedgesville 16 31 Musselman 22 26 Wardensville 25 31 Paw Paw 42 29 Harpers Ferry 35 50 Shepherdstown 24 40 Hedgesville 33 29 Harpers Ferry 36 27 Played—12 Won-4 Lost—8 JUNIOR HIGH SQUAD First row, left to right: Mr. Allen Goldstrom, A. L. Rice, Doug Somers, Vernon Roman, Ronnie Barker, Raymond Michael. Second row: Virgil Ruppenthal, Freddy Sensei, Gayle Braithwaite, Robert Clem, Ronald Capper, James Michael. Third row: Warren Widmyer, Stanley Aulabaugh, Herb Rankin, Robert Ruppenthal, Billy Hewett. ORGANIZATIONS Left to right, standing: Byron Cross, Doug Ambrose, Claren Sheets, Hebert Johnson, Eddie Grove, Mr. A. P. Rider, Sponsor; Tommy Newbraugh, Jack Allen, Ronafd Michael, Donald Young, Nancy Corbin, Iris Jean Duncan, Glenda Steiner, Stanley Aulabaugh, Henry Ruppenthal, III, Betty Lou Ambrose, President. Seated, first row: Sandra Stotler, Wanda Davis, Shirley Hovermale, Mary Jane Michael, Judy Wise, Larry Long. Second row: Virginia French, Gloria French, Carolyn Wertman, Judy Warrenfeltz, Patsy Steiner. Third row: Kay Gallion, Marchyne Rider, Anne Dunham, Iris Jean Kyne. Fourth row: Linda Swaim, Phyllis Alderton, Mary Jo Crouse. STUDENT COUNCIL We have had a Student Council at Berkeley Springs High School for eight years. We are members of the West Virginia Association of Student Councils and recently sent three delegates and a sponsor to the twenty-second annual convention at Jacksons Mill. As stated in our constitution, the purposes of this association shall be to cherish and perpetuate the tradition and good name of our school; to maintain laws of good order, to maintain high standards of cooperation, loyalty, and fair play; to prepare to meet the problems of school and adult life; to set a high standard of citizenship and to encourage and support all forms of student activities.” Our Council has completed several fine projects that have greatly promoted the welfare of the school and facilitated its smoother operation, such as the recent and very successful homecoming activities, the operation of student activities at noon and campus cleanup. The Council eagerly seeks suggestions from all of its constituents, and earnestly endeavors, with the aid and cooperation of all the students and faculty, to realize greater achievements in our school and in our American way of life. STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS Betty Lou Ambrose...........................President Douglas Ambrose..................................Vice President Anne Dunham ................................Secretary Virginia French ........................Corresponding Secretary Mary Jo Crouse .............................Treasurer Jacquelin Cooper Marchyne Rider ....... Henry Ruppenthal, III Claren Sheets ........ Allison P. Rider ..... ........Reporter ........Reporter .........Reporter Sergeant-at-Arms ..........Sponsor Left to right: Mary Jane Hofe, Genevieve Riggs, Myralin Spriggs, Marchyne Rider, Henry Ruppenthal, William Michael, Joe Mechem, Sylvia Burkhardt, Joan Bratton, Lois Jean Bushman, Virginia Ann Bateman, Betty Lou Ambrose. SENIOR USHERS Selected upon the basis of scholastic achievement, the ushers officiate at all assembly programs and usher for special night programs planned in cooperation with the school. As has been the custom in the school for the past nine years, twelve students of the Junior class with the highest scholastic standing for the first five semesters of work, are chosen. The Senior ushers took over their duties on February 2, 1954 and continued until the same time of the following year. MASQUE AND GAVEL Masque and Gavel is a national high school organization for the promotion of good speech for use. Masque and Gavel recognizes and honors these students who exemplify outstanding oral expression through various school activities. Correct expression of ideas leads to better understanding between all peoples. Masque and Gavel recognizes this important factor as a valuable contribution to our American way of life. OFFICERS Joan Bratton..............................President Virginia Ann Bateman................ Vice President Sylvia Ann Weredebaugh..........Secretary-Treasurer Douglas Ambrose....................Sergennt-al-Arms June Whisner...............................Reporter Mrs. Dorothy A. Talbott.V...................Sponsor MEMBERS Betty Lou Ambrose Sandra Place Douglas Ambrose Ruth Richardson Betty Arbogast Marchyne Rider Virginia Ann Batemai Genevieve Riggs Joan Bratton Henry Ruppenthal III Retha Heironimous Gerald Selders Anna Jo Hovermale Kitty Shriver Joe Mechem Myralin Spriggs Billy Michael Sylvia Werebaugh Lou Ellen Morgret June Whisner LE CERCLE FRANCAIS Le Cercle Francais, more coirmonly known to the student body as the French Club, was organized in 1950. The purpose of the club is to stimulate an active interest in the study and use of the French language, and at the same time to develop a better understanding of tne French people — their way of life, their ideals, their cultures, and their literature. Activities for the furthering of these objectives include the regular reading of La Jeunesse, a French paper published monthly for students of the language, and student participation in actual foreign correspondence with students in France. Member- ship in this club is limited to students who study the French language. MEMBERS Silas Allen Viola Bohrer Jacqueline Cooper Virginia French Marlene Heirinomus Retha Heirinomus Peggy Hawvermale Anna Jo Hovermale Nancy Noah Marchyne Rider Wanda Wachter Sylvia Werdebaugh Margella Widmyer Betty Lou Ambrose Virginia Ann Bateman Joan Bratton Genevieve Riggs Mrs. Eleanor Snyder Sponsor First row, left to right: Larry Miller, William Hess, Dick Bratton, Jackie Fisher, David Roman, Claren Sheets, Lowell Harmison, Leroy Michael. Second row: Coach Gerard C. Calhoun, Charles Carlisle, Lester Potter, Kenneth McBee, Byron Cross, Lewis Close, Gale Smith, Doug Lutman, Varnell Burkhardt. Third row: Frank Payne. Ronald Clatterbuck, Jack Allen, James Merica, Silas Allen, Carroll Leighty, Gary Everett, Jacob Bernhard, William Burkhardt. THE VARSITY CLUB The Varsity Club, formerly known as the Letter Club, was reorganized in 1946. Its members are those athletes who have earned a letter in football, basketball, baseball, or track. The purposes of the Varsity Club are to promote higher loyalty to our school, to give rightful recognition to those earning athletic awards, to create a finer sense of sportsmanship among participants and fans, and to boost athletic endeavors at Berkeley Springs High School. The annual Queen of Charm Dance sponsored by the Varsity Club is one of the outstanding social events of the school year. The club also sponsors the annual Inter- Class Tournament in Basketball which is one of the most colorful athletic events of the year. Each spring the Varsity Club has an annual picnic in honor of those athletes who are graduating from high school. During the year several social gatherings are held. OFFICERS Jackie Fisher ........................... President Gale Smith ..............,,......... Vice President Varnell Burkhart .............. Secretary-Treasurer Ronald Clatterbuck ............... Sergeant-at-Arms Dick Bratton ............................ Historian Left to right: George Rowland, Lowell Harmison, John Morgret, Emmett Capper, Leroy Hiles Mr. Paul Hodges, Sponsor; Dennis Vance, Herbert Wachter, Leroy Michael, Gene Spears! Philip Eppinger. Holding emblem: Clarcn Sheets and David Roman. THE KEY CLUB The Key Club is a Junior Service Club for the key boys in the high school. Boys from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes unite under the sponsorship and assist- ance of the local Kiwanis Club, to render service to the high school. It has the same officers and types of committees as does Kiwanis and it goes about its accomplishments in the same way. The Key Club, therefore, is not only an organization but a driving force that develops the leaders of tomorrow while creating and building in the high school today. We Build” is the Key Club motto and, as in Kiwanis, that building is for justice, liberty, democracy, and a better world in which to live. Today they are the key youth. Tomorrow they will be the key men in their com- munity. Today they are building character and citizenship. Tomorrow they will be trained to build better communities. PEP CLUB First row, left to right: Betty Arbogast, Joan Bratton, Phyllis Corbin, Mr. Goldstrom, Joyce Kline, Nancy Roach, Patricia Risinger, Lena La Follette. Second row: John Hewett, Anna Lee Barnes. Genevieve Riggs, Sylvia Burkhart, Sylvia Apple, Myralin Spriggs, Betty Lou Ambrose, Letha La Follette, Pauline Ambrose. Third row: Marlene Sickinger, Ruth Richardson, Anna Dunham. Virginia Bateman, Marchyne Rider, Juanita Jenkins, Le Esta Rider, Wanda Davis, Rose Davison. Carole Webb. Jo Ann Shanholtz, Sylvia Dawson. Fourth row: Nancy Hessler, Evelyn Butts. Patricia Stotler, Daisy Crouse, Mary Jo Dawson, Patricia Somers, Patsy Swaim, Ruth Aulabaugh. Phyllis Henry, Glenna Barnhart. Fifth row: Nancy Noah, Sandra Place, Phyllis Alderton, Evelyn Clem, Kitty Shriver, Phyllis Bohrer, Jean Cain, Iva Lou Alderton, Iris Jean Duncan. To promote better school spirit a Pep Club was organized at Berkeley Springs High School in 1951. Recently it was reorganized with Mr. Allan Goldstrom as Sponsor. The new members have already shown much enthusiasm. Several activities have been planned to foster and maintain a lively interest in all athletic events. OFFICERS Joan Bratton.................... Marlene Sickinger............... Marchyne Rider.................. ..........President ....Vice President Secretary-T reasurer FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA The Future Homemakers of America was established in this high school by Miss Melen Whitesides in 1951. Charter membership consisted of fifty girls who were taking or had previously taken home economics and wished to further their interests in this field. The goal of FHA is learning to live better today in order that the homemaking pupils' lives and those of their families may be better tomorrow. Red and white are the distinguishing colors of the FHA. These are symbolic of youth—youth which has courage and determination to succeed, yet has innocence and purity. A red rose, the club flower, symbolizes the vibrant, glowing health which contributes to happiness and efficiency in home and community life. MEMBERSHIP ROLL Virginia Ann Bateman Betty Lou Ambrose Iva Lou Alderton Joan Bratton Betty Arbagast Lois Jean Bushman Rosemary Davison Iris Jane Duncan Anne Dunham Ellen Evans Kay McBee Marian McBee Charlotte Whisner Mary Jane Hofe Marchyne Rider Marlene Sickinger Myralin Spriggs Joan Taylor Rose Zeta Spriggs Jean Arbagast Phyllis Henry Shirley Neely Wanda Davis Genevieve Riggs Martha Sue Clark Carcle Webb Sylvia Dawson Doris Carlisle Jo Ann Shanholtz Iris Jean Shade Ruby Perry Paulvera Cain Joyce Kline Glenda Steiner Nancy Roach Mary Kyne Celia Ambrose Sylvia Householder Onita Vencie Suzie Ziler Donna Jean Holliday Judy Warrenfeltz Julia Jackson Letha Lafallette Lena Lafallette Pauline Ambrose Carole Mullins Retha Heironimus Mary Elizabeth Penwell Mary McKinley Phyllis Alderton Evelyn Clem Phyllis Corbett Shelby Moss Judy Johnson Sandra Place Iris Jean Ambrose Phyllis Merica Barbara McMannus Carolyn Pentoney Ella Mae Heironimus Lois Hoopengardner Shirley Moss Shirley Courtney Judy Van Gosen Barbara Sheppard Jean Householder Nancy Noah Wilma Harden Eleanor Spriggs Rosalie Stotler Shirley Fisher OFFICERS Betty Arbogast ... Genevieve Riggs .... Anne Dunham ...... Marchyne Rider ... Myralin Spriggs .. Lois Jean Bushman Virginia Bateman . Mary Jane Hofe ... Mrs. Paul Hodges ..... President Vice President ...... Secretary ..... Treasurer Parliamentarian ..... Historian .. Song Leader ...... Reporter ...... Advisor Left to right, first row: Henry Ruppenthal, III, David Bohrer, Alvin Alexander, Ronnie Clatterbuck, Donal Newbraugh, Gerald Selders, Jack Allen, Guy Farris, Deanie Kesecker, Lowell Harmison, Philip Eppinger. Second row: Mr. John H. Conley, James Merica, Larry Miller. Fred Vanorsdale, Keith Rice, Donal Swaim, Ronald Michael, Ralph Johnson, Reed Michael, Thomas Shislcr, Stanley Aulabaugh. Third row: Vernon Bohrer, Edward Sonnenberg, Byron Cross, Warren Widmyer, Eston Bonner, Cloyd Frock. Fourth row: Bobby Yost, James Michael, David Roman, Claren Sheets, Jack Risinger, Jack Stotler, Richard Youngblood, Elmer Wills, Irvin Stotler, Gary Michael, Dennis Neely, Harry Salmon, John Place. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of farm boys who are studying vocational agriculture in high school. The Berkeley Springs Chapter has an average membership of about 50 boys. The activities are varied with special emphasis on securing a higher degree of membership, parent-and-son banquet, recreational activities, and various contests such as public speaking, parliamentary procedure, star farmer, and home improvement. OFFICERS Gerald Selders ...... Guy Farris .......... Deanie Kesecker ..... Jack Allen .......... Donal Newbraugh .. Alvin Alexander ..... Ronald Clatterbuck . Mr. John H. Conley ..... President Vice President ..... Secretary ..... Treasurer ..... Reporter Parliamentarian ...... Sentinel ....... Advisor OTHER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Henry Ruppenthal, III, Lowell Harmison, Ralph Johnson VOTE FOR SCHOOL BOND BERKELEY HI-LIGHT BOOST OCR ANNCAL VOL XVIII BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. VA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1961 NO. I 2«Thm' °n2 Warm Spring Echoes Staff Launches The school bond question will once again lie presented to the voter� ot Morgan Cbunty tn the general election on No 2. This question has been put before the voters before. I ut it faf accepted by the necessa We in the highscht what a task it is to try t crowded conditions. Th tjons are even «me In the niral school . North Grade School has even I demned by the fire mar, it is forc’d into uae hocat i5 no Other place. The many children are m every day when they cm achool. Perhaps next year marshall wtll absolutely the use of that bulldtnj what? The maintenance of henlth condition and reo efficiency In the school makes it necessary th« arhhols be built, that addit exist inn schools be cons and that certain other net Improvements be made, an the proposed new schools 4 dition.s lx adequately cqtj and it is necessary that r tate be acquired for one Ih| In order thot funds be oh for these purposes It will bt essary to incur a debt and bonds to the extent of at $483.000. A levy' to pay onnu. terest on debt and principal In and not exceeding 15 y will be laid annually bcgii with the fiscal year of 1955-f each $100. It is not a great sum. b will insure the health, educi and welfare of the future citl of Morgan County. Yearbook Drive:To at™-? nnual Resumes 'ublication After our Year Lapse Lena UMU-t£.UU . Corbin Tetha Ufollette, me Lee Farr . .. «orning magazines. ! iNOVCIllbcr 8-14 Hohn Korgret, Mary Lea Barnes. New Editoral Staff To Edit Berkeley Hi-Light For Year , _ , . _ V.OWUV� � iwiim-u u.v gviu rn- Go«1„Sch®oU Y«ir Re- d ) nlfh, October 22. when the sponsibiUty has been chosen as Springs High School, were made the current theme for third annual observance of Amer- ican Education Week during No- vember 8-14. Emphasis has been placed upon ’Ians for the publication of the h school annual Wurm Spring loes hn«s been announced by •1 Bateman, faculty ndvisor. the drive for subscriptions begun by the yearbook staff, fter a lapse of four years, the I annual has been made pos- • by the co-operation of the book staff and committees faculty member as advisors c annual, which wITl be . V r distribution to the atu- bo� ‘v in May. will be mainly ignphic. with pictures of all M and clubs, activities of iza Lions and classes, poi s ghts. and records of a rhlave- of the school year. drive for subscript m-s Is i progress and will continue November 26 and a deposit 13 will reserve an manual he balance -to be paid upon K V Lou Ambrose, senior, has � med Editor-in-Chief of the with Joan Bratton as Co- Henry Ruppcnthal. Ill business manager and the Ion wIU be directed by Spriggs with George Row- land as assistant. Other officials named arc: Kent Social Event in Gvm McBc and chair- CHfUdlLVCIIl III VFJ1I1 m n Virginia Bateman. Class ; Activities Chairman; Mar hyne 5 5? S.T. 2l I R“Jfr -Sports .nd Physical Erfua- tion Chairman: Genevieve Rigg . Activities Chairman: Seiders. Advertising Chairman: and Billy Michael, as- sistant Advertising Chairman. They will be assisted in the work by members of all the classes. V w | r liV lllUl t thr Sp?nt r‘1 ,hT‘r Studmt 1 night in the form of a Cowboy | q e r a j d Michael and Candy Calhoun, children of Coach and Mrs Gerald Calhoun. were awarded prizes for Ri ?™ .cd .. .he Editor «TKn‘nBoh nJo n W 'Mrr Vrn Shl '“r ,n™: 1000,nlmvnu lo “U.nUn, ,ho .««Tnc r S M. Ess,- jn- ,h° s'1- a!wi r EditAr Citizenship. The School Board rangement of One By .XCM r.uiior. ■_ •• � vn... n..i.i1.- T n-k . -oOo- first place with his vocal ar- LvCCUll) FcatlirCS ement of One By One. The, J tion Week. Lee Clark. The Editorial Editor will be Joan Hewett. assisted by Wanda As Feature Editor. Sylvia Ap- ple; assistants. Anna Lee Barnes. Letha Lafollette. Sports Editor. Billy Michael. Business Manager. Henry Rup- penthal, III. Circulation Manager, John Morgret. Class Sponsor. Mrs. John H. Cbnlcy. The Hi-Lights” will be pub- Alumni Staff appointments for the HI- lished monthly with the “Breeiy Light. student publication of the Sooopa following two weeks Jou.r.clism Class of Berkeley later. Teacher j sUZje Ziler. freshman, won the door prize awarded by the sopho- Managing Editor ! l ced_ircor Humorist Nov. 10 Teamwork. Berkeley Springs High School mort?g an 1 d Carlisle will have an open house for Kathryn Waugh. Ruth Bcddow patron of the school Tuesday and Kt ryTi Bcddow wete win- night. November 9. and there will ,n lho two cakt walks be a student assembly on Novem- j «venings intertainmont con- ber 10 in observance of Lduca- ter Hj around the fortune teller. Terry Golden, who is a trouba- dour. dude wronger, humorist, ballad singer .and square 'ance teacher, is featured in our next Lyceum program which u II be November 10. at 1:00 p. m. He will present a broa-’ pro- REMAININO FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Moorefield Oct. 29 Musseiman Nov. 5 . . Nov. 13 ! football throw, basketball throw. t dart throw, animal zoo. museum j gram of authentic America i and jof natural history and dancing English folksongs with hi own Gale Smith had in his possesion guitar accompaniment and amus- 4way j the largest amount of play mon- mg explanatory comment on the Away oy at the closing of the carni- background of folk-legend and Home val. mythology of each song. Spring, Canfield Join B. S. Faculty THREE STUDENTS WILL REPRESENT BERKELEY AT JACKSON’S MILL Boys Win Most Class Offices In School Elections for class officers for this school year have been con- cluded with the following students meeting the qualifications, tjons. Seniors — President. George Rowland; vice-president. Billy Jackson Mill will be the scene of the annual state Student Coun- w„Miru -ew. __________________ cil Convention which w:lll be held seMatyT'Gerald SeT November 7. 8 and 9. Betty Lou d ?rs. tirMUrtr Buth Richardson; Ambrose, who Is president of our amw Rulh Auia ugh. organization and «W� Wy of the Junlorjt Prrsident. Ret ha Eastern District, will � � a dele- Hcln)n,mu5; vice-president. Doug Two new members have been added to the Berkeley Springs High School faculty for the year 1964-55. Mrs. Clarence Spring is now teaching grades seven and eight , - • -......... in English, reading and history gate The council auo elected one uutman; .votary Sylvia Werde- She ha Jived at Great Cacapon junior. Doug Ambrose, and one b treasurer. Lou Ellen Mor- sophomore. Claren Sheets, to rep- s t armg Varnell Burk- resent Berkeley Springs. Mr. President Gale ami taught school there for a number of year Mrs. Spring at tended Shepherd College, but U Rider. Student Council sponsor now doing graduate work at West i cco«ipany Smith; vice-president William DiibLWi Sophomores Virginia University. I io enw Burkhart secretary. Man Jo Mr Dewey Canflckt, director of, our problem Dawson: treasurer. Thomas Mil- m cal music. Canfield taught four- ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN’S CLUB The Assistant Librarians Club, organized in the fall of 1954, now has a membership of seventeen. The assistant librarians are selected by the school librarian, a qualified member of the faculty. These club members assist the librarian with routine library work. Sitting, first row: Letha Lafollette, Betty Arbogast, Nancy Hessler, and Judy Spriggs. Second row: Pauline Ambrose, Phyllis Alderton, Lou Ellen Mongret, and Shirley Hovermale. Standing, third row: Lois Michael, Romona Potter, Jean Cain, Phyllis Bohrer, David Hofe, Virgil Ruppenthal, Lucille Barnes, Marlene Heironimus, Luella Perry, Mr. Coberly. Nancy Hessler... Rosezeta Spriggs. Phyllis Bohrer.... Mr. Coberly.......... OFFICERS ..........President ....Vice President Secretary-T reasurer ............Sponsor Left to right: Gary Wachter, Gary Miller, Ronnie Barker, Bobby Plotner, Richard Hoopengardner, Cloyd Frock, Dennis Neely, John Morgret, A. P. Rider, Sponsor; Henry Ruppenthal, III, Richard Merica, Walter Householder. AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION AT B.S.H.S. Berkeley Springs High School may be readily recognized as one of the progressive high schools in the state in regards to its program in Audio-Visual education. We have long been a member of the state and national organization, DAVI. Some of our Audio-Visual activities are class field trips, such as Biology trips to study aspects of nature, business classes visit the local bank, sand plant, and dairy. Science classes visit the water plant, the local hospital and the electric generating plant on the Cacapon River. Longer trips are taken by social science classes to Washington, D. C, to learn at first hand how our government functions in the Halls of Congress. Many public buildings such as the White House, Museums, Washington Monument, Supreme Court, Libraries, and Art Galleries are visited. Our senior classes have made three day trips to the City of New York and seen life in the metropolis at first hand, visited the Statue of Liberty, Chase National Bank, Radio Center, Empire State Building, the various Cathedrals and famous Churches, etc. We have many films shipped in about various industries, states, and other phases of American life. 4UP Q-I ISUAL CLUB During the noon hour twice a week we show films, one of an educational nature such as a travelogue, a story of American industry, such as the DuPont Story. The other noon period is given to films of an entertainment nature, as cartoons, sports, and comedies. This we charge for, to finance our pro- gram. Some of our Audio-Visual equipment consists of an Opague projector, a Bioscope, wire recorder, and a Recordio, and a new slide projector. Quite frequently our equipment is used for various community activities such as showing a film for a local service club, or a local industrial meeting. Students in study halls are trained to care for and operate all of our equipment, so that at a moment’s notice our Camera Crew” is ready to set up in any room or auditorium. Teachers colleges today are requiring its teacher graduates to have credit in Audio-Visual education. Many of our teachers give assignments that deal with TV and Radio programs seen in the student’s home in the evening. In addition we have maps, charts, globes, splendid bulletin board displays, excellent posters and other displays. We are busy this year working on our school annual putting into practice many of the things learned in our classes. Truly we believe as did the old Chinese philosopher when he said, One picture is worth a thousand words;” for example, in our Drivers Education, we learn to do by doing, to drive by driving, always seeking to better our own lives and those of others, and to promote our country’s welfare and thus the world’s. CONTEST INNER SILAS ALLEN MUS C ECHOES PRACTICE SESSION CLARINETS Shirley Neely Patricia Sorpers M?ry Jo baXvson Rlder • a Lou Alderton :h White Jafry Stemple Raymond Michael Joseph Henry Joyce Michael Jean Arbogast Lois Ann Crouse Iris Jean Duncan Shirley Clark Lula Belle Yonker Mary Louise McKinley Patsy Swaim Sylvia Werdebaugh TRUMPETS and CORNETS Douglas Lutman Sylvia Burkhart Anna Lee Barnes Douglas Ambrose Warren Widmyer Stephen Weber Johnny Hansroth Robert Clem John Place Julian Dawson Martha Moore Irene Youngblood BASSES Cloyd Frock Roy Koontz FLUTES Phillip Ambrose Betsy Bratton Dorothy Ann Willard Ruth Richardson PERCUSSION Alvin Alexander Gerald Widmyer Gary Butts Micheal Pentoney Gary Michael Larry Unger SAXOPHONES Betty Lou Ambrose Alice Shirley Jackie Hewett Anne Dunham ALTOS Phyllis Henry Joan Bratton TROMBONES Margella Widmyer Shearl Close Stanley Aulabaugh David Young BELLS Anna Jo Hovermale Anne Crone Judy Warrenfeltz Gay Hewett BARITONES John Barney Gayle Brathwaite DEWEY M. CANFIELD, Director 1954-1955 SENIOR BAND MEMBERS Alvin Alexander. Drums Phyllis Jean Henry, Head Majorette Anne Dunham, Drum Majorette Anna Lee Barnes, Sylvia Burkhart, Trumpets Phyllis Jean Henry, Joan Bratton, Altos Betty Lou Ambrose. Anne Dunham, Alice Shirley, Shirley Neely, Reeds Ruth Richardson, Hht Front row, left to right: Wanda Davis, Rosemary Davison, Carole Webb, Jo Ann Shanholtz. Second row: Patricia Duncan, Iris Jean Shade, Ruby Perry, Esther Gollar, Barbara McManus, Jean Cain, Margaret Taylor, Marlene Sickinger, Daisy Crouse, Sandra Place, Evelyn Clem, Phyllis Alderton. Third row: Joyce Kline, Nancy Corbin, Donna Vee Mesner, Betty Unger, Mary Elizabeth Penwell, Phyllis Corbett, Joan Taylor, Letha Lafollette, Phyllis Bohrer, Kitty Shriver, Sylvia Dawson, Virginia Ann Bateman, Iva Lou Alderton, Shelby Moss, Glenda Steiner, Le Esta Rider, Iris Jean Duncan. Back row: Phyllis Merica, Iris Jean Ambrose, Myralin Spriggs, Lois Jean Bushman, Mary Lee Dawson, Joan Ridgeway, Carole Cattlett, Janet Divelbliss, James Michael, Virgil Ruppenthal, David Roman, Claren Sheets, Alvin Alexander, Susie Ziler, Sandra Rice, Gail Wills, Paul Vera Cain, Joan Hewett, Josephine Lutman, Sylvia Ann Apple, Donna Jean Holliday, Dewey M. Canfield, Director; Judy Johnson, Accompanist. THE SENIOR GLEE CLUB The Senior Glee Club of Berkeley Springs High School began the year with sixty-one members. The new instructor of music this year is Mr. Dewey Canfield, who is a graduate of West Virginia University, and formerly taught at Mt. Hope High School, Mt. Hope, West Virginia. Since the opening of school the Glee Club has participated in several programs, includ- ing: the Layman's Day program in October; a Christmas Cantata presented for the public on December 17th, and a repeat performance for the student body on December 22. The Annual Spring Cantata was given on May 13th, and the Spring Tour which included the neighboring high schools of Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown. Left to right: Carl Hovermale, Mary Jane Michael, Reginia Clark, Kitty Dean Hovermale, Sandra Stotler, Wanda Newbraugh, Carol Sue Shriver, Mary Jane Unger, Doris Jean Unger, Patricia Hoopengardner. Second.row: Bobby Michael, Kent Kidwell, Nancy Unger, Eddie Grove’, Ester Lee Michael, Kialeen Shriver, Sylvia Crouse, Caroline Bateman, Anna Jean Shockey. Third row: Marshall Gurson, Carol Hovermale, Naomi Unger, Shirley Dawson, Ann McCoy, Connie Sue Fowler, Patricia Steiner, Barbara Wills, Elberts Stotler, Louise Perry. Fourth row: Larry McBee, Holland Shanholtz, Junior Michael, Jess Waugh, Anna Marie Bohrer, Nancy Householder, Mary Michael, Joyce Dimoff, Lillian Shifflet,. Phyllis Waugh, Suella Unger, cu il f0W: Mf' Canfie,d’ Eddie Kave Nelson Roach, Anna Jean Linaweaver, Ruth Waugh, Shelby Fleece, Judy Swaim, Mary Ann Kerns, Sandra Davison, Carolyn Wirtman, Patricia Duncan. THE JUNIOR GLEE CLUB The Junior Glee Club has fifty-one members consisting of boys and girls from the seventh and eighth grades. In this organization the members sing in harmony and before the public much the same as the Senior Glee Club. The organization presented an assembly program in the first semester. The oustanding activity of the year was the presentation of an Easter Cantata. STUDY ECHOES READING 7 GEOGRAPHY 7 SCIENCE 8 ENGLISH 8 ENGLISH 10 MATH 9 CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY BOOKKEEPING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE HOME ECONOMICS BOYS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION GIRLS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION AMERICAN HISTORY GENERAL SHOP MECHANICAL DRAWING OUR ADVERTISERS In grateful appreciation of the loyal business people of our town, our county and neighboring communities for their financial support. Compliments of PENNSYLVANIA GLASS SAND CORPORATION Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Modern Homemakers Live Electrically AIR CONDITIONERS—DISH WASHERS—IRONERS GARBAGE DISPOALS—REFRIGERATORS CLOTHES WASHERS—DRYERS RANGES—FREEZERS See the Modern Electric Appliances Now at Your Appliance Dealers or The Potomac Light and Power Co. Best Wishes From WAGONER'S RESTAURANT LEE’S DRESS SHOP Lady's Wearing Apparel MUNSON'S GROCERY The Best General Merchandise Of MOBILSAS—MOBILOIL—MOBILHEAT Luck Always MR. AND MRS. W. R. STINE Great Cacapon, W. Va. Newbraugh's Supply FEED—COAL—FARM SUPPLIES 303 N. Mercer St. BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF BERKELEY SPRINGS Member FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Best Wishes to All Members of B.S.H.S. 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PHONE 72 WILLARD'S SERVICE STATION AND TOURIST HOME Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Open All Year TELEPHONE 60 STATION PHONE 9297 HOME PHONE 78 Compliments of Compliments of H. L YOST, JR. HOTEL WASHINGTON HANCOCK MOTOR COMPANY HANCOCK, MARYLAND DeSoto-Plymouth Sales and Service Drive A DeSoto Before You Decide Compliments of PAIGE, JENNIE AND JEAN of the PARKSIDE GROCERY oOo PARKS MICHAEL BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME W. D. PARKS, Director 515 North Washington Ambulance Service Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Anywhere, Day or Night CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 102 Phone 476 BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA Serving Paw Paw and Berkeley Springs CAIN’S AMOCO STATION COMPLIMENTS STANLEY CAIN, Prop. of Gas — Accessories— Oil TINKS GROCERY Washing — Lubrication Corner Wilkes and Fairfax Streets Phone 9177 Berkeley Springs, W. 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WEISS SON Restaurant Equipment Janitor Supplies 522 Frederick Street Hagerstown, Maryland PHONE 3949 ROYAL JEWELERS Eastern West Virginia's Leading Credit Jewelers 120 NORTH QUEEN STREET Martinsburg, West Virginia Say It With Flowers CRISWELLS FLORISTS MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA PHONE 8918 THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK Hancock, Maryland MEMBER: FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CREEK'S JEWELRY Keepsake Diamonds Elgin — Bulova — Longines and Wittnauer Watches HANCOCK, MARYLAND PHONE OR-8-6677 HANCOCK HS FURNITURE STORE MOLLER MUSIC STORE 41 South Potomac Street Hagerstown, Maryland For the Finest in Pianos, Television, Radios and Records Compliments of J. W. MYERS COMPANY, INC., WHOLESALE GROCERS Serving Independent Merchants for More Than Fifty Years HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND—HANCOCK, MARYLAND—RIVERTON, VIRGINIA CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA THE MUSIC SHOP EAKLE'S DRUG STORE Everything Musical M. PERRY PORTERFIELD, Prop. 53 S. 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Your Store of Values cCo THE HANCOCK BANK Hancock, Maryland 1894 OLD IN tXPERIENCE— YOUNG IN IDEAS WEPM AND WEPM-FM 2% Paid on Savings Martinsburg, West Virginia VOICE OF WEST VIRGINIA'S EASTERN PANHANDLE Compliments of DAWSON'S HARDW General Electric Appliances— CALORIC AND MASK Mall Ch, Bottled G Phont Berkeley Springs RE LfgjpJ -John Deere Farm Machinery : CHEF GAS RANGES ain Saws as Service III i, West Virginia KNEPPER'S The House of Hocus Pocus ST. PAUL'S—CLEAR SPRING, MD. NUP POWERS FOOD MARKET Quality Western Beef Self Service Phone OR-8-6571 HANCOCK, MARYLAND WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE 53 W. Main Street HANCOCK, MARYLAND Phone OR-8-6761 H. F. DIEHL, Jeweler Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary Hancock, Maryland Phone OR-8-6777 A-C FOOD STORE 79 West Main Street HANCOCK, MARYLAND Phone OR-8-6701 L J. Shives, Mgr. Compliments of HANCOCK PHARMACY FULTON PETROLEUM SALES, INC Distributors of MOBILGAS — MOBILOIL — MOBILHEAT Hancock, Maryland P. E. 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