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

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY On December 2, 1955, the Senior Class presented “The Adorable Imp,” a three- act farce under the direction of Mrs. Mary Harris, class sponsor. Betty Lou Gordon was forced to play the part of an 11-year-old imp when her mother, a beautiful widow, fell in love with a wealthy man, Mr. Winston Pickrell, and told him she was only 29 years of age. Since Betty Lou was 17 years old, her mother’s age of 29 was impossible. This romance blossomed at the Sparkling Springs Sanitarium where the attractive widow was taking hot baths. When Mrs. Gordon invited the Pickrell family to spend the week-end at her home, The Adorable Imp played all sorts of ludicrous tricks which produced a hilarious tangle of laugh situations. PLAY CAST Hortense Hosteller Dixie Arnold Betty Lou Gordon .................. Kitty Shriver Mrs. Abby Simpkins ................... Jacki Cooper Brian Barclay Emmett Capper Malvina Barclay ..................... Esther Frazier Pamela Gordon Sylvia Werdebaugh Clint Purdy Raymond Hovermale Imogene Van Ryndon ................. Retha Heironimus Winslon PickreU, ........................ Roy Koontz Dilworlh Pickrell ................. Guy Farris Ross Waldron ......................... — Jack Stotler

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SENIOR DIARY 1955-1956 Sept. 1—School opens. Sept. 14—Cheerleaders are elected. Sept. 16—We play Hedgesville and win, 26-0. Sept. 23—Ridgely football game. We lost. Oct. 8—We lose football game to Harper’s Ferry, 27-0. Oct. 13—Seventh grade has Davy Crockett Party. Oct. 14—Senior class has informal dance. Oct. 18—F.H.A. Initiation. Oct. 23—Indians scalp Shepherdstown’s football team. 45-0. Oct. 28—Sophomore class has Halloween Party. Nov. 1—Nine weeks exams begin. Nov. 4—Homecoming game with Musselman followed by a dance. Nov. 8—American Education Week. Nov. 9—Lyceum program. Nov. 12—We play final football game of the year at Quincy and win. Hurrah! Nov. 18—Music Department sponsors a Talent Show. Dec. 2—Seniors’ Class Play is big success. Dec. 6—Interclass tournaments are held with seniors victorious. Dec. 14—Lyceum program. Dec. 17—We play basketball at Wardensville and win. 56-38. Yeah! Dec. 22—Christmas vacation begins. Do we need it! Dec. 27—Alumni Game. Jan 2—School begins again. Jan. 4—We play basketball with Charles Town and win, 59-57. Jan. 12—Lyceum program. Jan. 17—Capon Bridge basketball game. Jan. 18—Shepherd College Band entertains at special assembly. Jan. 24—Senior Battery Tests are given. What tests! Jan. 26—Paw Paw High School presents hilarious Minstrel. Jan. 30—Martinsburg basketball game. We win! Hurrah! Feb. 14—Valentine Dance sponsored by Pep Club. Feb. 16—Senior Banquet. Feb. 18—Basketball game with Hancock. Mar. 1—Freshman Class Party. Mar. 1-2—Sectional Tournament. We win! Congratu- lations to our team. Mar. 12—Two students from our school go to the state capital to observe “Know Your State Gov- ernment Day.” Mar. 15—Literary contest. Students from B.S.H.S. take seven places. Mar. 16—St. Patrick’s Day dance. Mar. 18—Queen of Charm contest begins. Mar. 19—School movie—Martin Luther. Mar. 21—Final Lyceum program. Mar. 23—Teachers’ workshop. No school. Mar. 29—Easter assembly. Apr. 2—No school. Apr. 4—School movie—The Babe Ruth Story. Apr. 5—Regional Track Meet. Apr. 10—Eighth Grade Party. Apr. 10—Spring Band Concert. Apr. 13—Junior Class Play. Apr. 20—Capon Bridge baseball game. We win by a score of 9-0. Apr. 21—Queen of Charm Dance. Apr. 21—Band Festival at Martinsburg. Apr. 26—Band participates in Fireman’s Parade in Winchester, Va. Apr. 27—Band goes to Apple Blossom Parade. No school. Apr. 30—Masque and Gavel Banquet. May 1—Glee Club Spring Concert and Style Show. May 2—Virginia Symphony Orchestra presents pro- gram. May 3—Eighth graders go to Gettysburg. May 4—Morgan County spelling contest. May 7—Sophomore class takes annual trip to Wash- ington, D. C. May 8—Election day—No school. May 10—Seniors leave for annual pilgrimage to New York City. May 16—Step-Up Day Assembly. May 19—Annual Sermon to Graduates. May 22—Class Night. May 24—Graduation.

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 Ridin On A Rainbow ’ was selected as the theme by the graduating class for presentation on class night, Tuesday, May 22. This unusually original program viewed the seniors heading for their Last Round-Up across the border from “Hither to Yon,” trekking from graduation to the world outside. Arriving at the Bar None Ranch they joined the gay fiesta-type stampede in progress there. From the opening chorus of the Prancing Ponies’ dance which was done by Wanda Wachter, Nancy Noah, Retha Heironimus, Linda Merica, Jean Arbogast, Carole Catlett, and Marie Burke, to the reading of the class poem by Sylvia Werdebaugh, around the dying embers at the close, each student was tuned to the western motif. Douglas Ambrose, Jack Stotler, Shearl Close, Raymond Hovermale. and Leroy Hiles were the bewhiskered Campfire Cronies who recalled the class history to twanging guitars; Flat Foot Flounder, the junior outlaw, played by Claren Sheets, met a sad fate; Emmett Capper was Herman the Hermit who dared the dangers of civilization to present the Key of Knowledge to David Roman, and Larry Davison, Walter Peck, and Tex Clark were the good natured Bandits from the Border who dis- tributed numerous gifts to the seniors. Mad Meg, which was portrayed by Dixie Arnold, came down from her hill-top hideout and scanned the desert sand, read the prophecy; and Lawyers Gloom and Doom, played by Guy Farris and Roy Koontz, read the Class Will. Prior to the program. Principal Linn Sheets presented two awards to outstanding members of the senior class. The Rankin Memorial Award, given to a senior boy who has been outstanding in athletics during his high school career, was presented to Lewis Close; and the D.A.R. Good Citizen Certificate, awarded to a senior girl for her qualities of dependability, leadership, service, and pa- triotism, was presented to Anna Jo Hovermale. r M »