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

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B A N Q U E T A N D P R O M 'if C' O n j kP ; on On May 19, the school gymnasium was the scene of an enchanted beach, surrounded by palm trees. This was the night the juniors entertained the seniors at the annual banquet and prom. The evening began with a delicious steak dinner. After dinner an entertaining program was presented by Junior talent and guests. Music to dance by was provided by the very popular orchestra of Phil Young. This evening will be remembered as the most enchanting evening of 1956.

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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 »

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NEW YORK TRIP Forty-nit seniors left May 9 for a three-day educational tour of New York City. Accompanying the students were Mrs- Mary Harris. Mrs. Mary Rockwell, and Mr. A. P. Rider, members of the high school faculty . Travel arrangements were made with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The class left Hancock. Maryland, at 8:55 P.M. on Wednesday and arrived at the Victoria Hotel in the heart of Tiroes Square, at 6:00 the next morning. During the stay in New York the students visited the United Nations. Radio Gty Music HalL St. Patrick's Cathedral. Channel Cardens and the RCA Building. Everyone enjoyed the cruise around Manhattan Island which gave the clasts a chance to see Yankee Stadium, the Statue of Liberty, and New Aork Harbor. The seniors arrived in Hancock. Mary land at 1:00 A.M.. May 13. tired and happy to be back home.