Blaine High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Blaine, KY)

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IUUJPHECY' O Magic Mlrror on my wall Please tell me what the Iuture hold: Please transfer me, 0 Maglc Mirror to ten year: from naw, Interpret to me the llle my claumate: have lead Ah l llnrl myrelr ln an alrplane bound lor Vlenna Alan l llnd rlur lr a very eclal plane The passenger: are all very iamoua people I'm :eated next to a amous Metropolitan star The star tum: to :peak to lhe rtewardesr who I llnd :r the head stewardeu ol T W A Ml: Patsy Lyon The :tar la Nlna Ferguson Mil.: Ferguson lt on her way to Vlenna to a concert and to meet her husband Mlsa Ferguson and Mlrs Lyon tell me some thi a about my other claumate: at Blalne Hlgh School They tell me that Carrle kagg: l: tl-re moat famous alr craft pllot slnce Llndenburgh and r: now pllotlng the plane whlch we are now r.-ar l-le grnrluatea :rem Unlverxlty of Kentucky where he wat voted all Amerrean basketball player lor two conaecutlye yean The rcene changer l lrnd rnytelr rn Albuquerque New Merrren near the lamou: secretlve mllrtary base Nearby I :ee a very dlatlngulthed lookrng gentleman examlnlng a queer looklng space :hlp A: he approaches, I :ee to my rurprlre, that It lr mgar Ferguson who har become a leader rn the llela ol electronlcl He explained about the rocket and I llnd that lt ls deugned to make the flnt trlp to the moon behrnd the pllotlng ol Phillip Young, who ha: become an expert ln the flyrng ol rocket and let engrnet The llght larler 1 leel the warmth of the trnpleal runrrune nr the Hawauan Illanda 'rn my rurnrlre under the nalrnr on the whxte ranrlr or t.he beach nr the lnrrner Ml: Jeanle Mayer and her husband ann Wallln 'nrey are :pendlng a short vlcatlou here before he returna rn lur lnh ax vree Prerraent of the Arhlana on ar ltennlng Company Nnw l am at the Waldorf Artorla Hotel where a banquet rr berng gryen for honorable John Wllllame wh: hal traveled all over the world and galned lame as the world's greatert Lvangelrrt l gaze wrth awe around the crowd and be hold' l see many rarnrllar laces Seated at the rlghr ol the guert of honor rr MII Phyllu Young who ha: become noted lor her beautliul and dlstlnct hal: rtyllng l also llnd present at thlr banquet Dr cary Joseph Alley who u a member ol the Medlcal Stall at the Walter Reed Holpltal In Waahlngton l hear the best or rlrurnt rn the deep dark lunglet nl Alrrea l ree a lnne whlte mar: amorq a group ol natlve: To my axtonrahment I Ilnd lt to be Mllton Alley who has been stranded here lnr ture yearr wrthnut reerng a whlte peraon He ha: been working on a raft whlch he hope: wrll take hlm back to the U S no he Can tpend hlx lcrtleth brrthday wrrh Jayne Manalleld My heart leelr mth wonder ar l ree the grant beauty of the Statue ol Lrherty Ir lt the nolxy bury clry ul New York A large ugn catches my eye I read.: the Sturglll lanrerprlrer on rnyerrlgatrng l rlnrl Lhat It lr a hurlnen trtahllahrrrent operated Anna Lou and Evelyn sturgrll who reslde together ar ararlable old martlr rtrll wa rtlng for that rpeeral someone l lrnrl myself rn creenwleh Vlllage at an art exhlhltrnn l ree mme very beautliul portrait: I see a :lgnature lamrllar to me lt rr the :lgnature of Evelyn Steven: who ha: recelved Lhe Nobel Prlre lor her latest book Teenage Yeart She has also become the flrrt woman Commlsaloner of Baseball Robert Blythe has become Prerldent of the General Motor: Corporatlon after xartlrg out as a mere grease monkey He render ln Florlda wld-l hrs wlie and lamlly ol :lx As I gaze again I tee a resldentlal sectlon The name ol town lx Bellelnnte I :ee a lamlllar lace It l.: the former Alma Jo Wheeler I :peak to her rhe tellr me the ls marrrerl rn Gale Fytle who at the present tune rr rrerltrrrg rn Ashland Next I :ee a school bulldlng I :ee two ofthe teachers Leona Boggs ha: Iulillled her dreams The teacher with her l: Madellne Salyer The scene of the clalsmom vaturhes lrum vlew and I find myielt ln one ol the recordrng ttudloa or RCA Vlctor A very well known recnrrirr-lg anrat rr at vIDrk Cuttlng a record l llnd lt to be none other than Elmer Webb who slnce hil graduatlon Iron: Blaine High School has become one of the natlons leadlng recordmg :tart On my lan gaze lntn the rnagrt rnrrmr I Ilnd myrelr rn the mum nr a rnanng crowd lt ls an Ohm State football game berng played at Columbus Relereexng the game la perhape the greatert one ol all tlrne who lr nnne other than Charles Davld Thompson The coache: all lnsrrt upon hrm lor all the ball game: Seated next to me I llnd Cwenola Skagg: who rs now marned to the Preudent of the Armen arorarnnge Company ora Crlm They are rranrrng In cnlurnbur wrth thelr grrl and twln hoyr LASSPHSTYHTY As we started up the ladder ol I-hgh School erlucataon, the rmt rung was the lrealarnan year We began nur ellmh In 1953 thlrty nlne ln number We felt we were on rnp ol the world at heetrrnrrg rturlentr at lalarne Hrgh School Ar the year progressed we gradually but surely found lr wa: not an ealy talk belng lrethmen Thu year Evelyn Stevens won the Water Conservatlon esray contest for Lawrence County Wltll the next rung up lhe ladder we became sophomores Regretlully we leer caml Barker Freddy anrl Betty Mama We were new only thu-ty rut rn number Agarn we had an euay wrnner lrnm our school lt war Jack wrllramr who won the context wlth an essay of Forest Conservatmn Tl-us year we also had one ol our players Casale Skaggr, to make the varalty basketball team Ar we enntrnue our elrrnh, the next rung war the ,urunr year By thx: trrne we felt we had accumpllahed aomethl Again we loft :everal of our class mernherr They were Matrre Jane Al ey, Hager Boggs Delerrt Castle Kathryn Carter wlllrr Ferguaon Betty Trrpletr Rosemary May clnre Mae Hogxton and Glenn Varnver Thlx lelt ua unly twenty rn number Thrt year war one nr our greaterr yearr Several ol our eleer memherr aehreyerl hnnnrr ln sports, caarre Skaggs reserved the Bert Athlete Award and was voted captarn ol the basketball team Another member oi t.he class Charles Thompon made the vamty :quad ln club work tlut year the lnllorrrng people were elected otfrcera rn the Lawrence County 4 rl club: Cwenola Skagga prernrent, Carol Skaggs yree prernlenr and Caslle Sksgg: Sergeant at arms ln the dramstlc lreltl thll year we had our Junlor Play 'The Cuxter s Lan Stand' and at our Fall Camlval our clas: had The Grand Ole Opry Thr: year we took our annual Junlor Senlor :rrp to the natlon : caprtal, waahlngrtm D L And, nnw ai we puhlrrh thu hrttnry we are on the last rung ol the larlrler We are :ernon Tlua year we lost three member: Carol Skaggs Roberta Vanover and Ronald Lyon wrrh the radnerr nl lnarng these students we are also happy at garnrng two new atudentx, Jeanne Mayen anrl Elmer Webb and at the return of a former student Glen Va:-lover Agaln Came Skaggs wa: voted captarn or the yarrrty balketball team our renrnr year alm brought a grave tragedy to lhe commulllty whlch was t.he denructlon ul all hlgh school bulldlng by lrre It was even a worse tragedy for the Senror Claax because lt depuved u: of the honor olgraduatlng ln the Blame Hlgh School Audltorlurn of whach we all had dreamed In our mlndt exlrts the hope and dream ol a brgger and better :chool lor those who lollow rn our footrtep: We wlsh to drank our teachers for therr tolerance gultlance and aulxtance throughout the part four year: Blame 'THE BLAI Members Federal Deposlf Insurance Corporotlon OFFICERS C F Gomblll Presldent Port Dobyns, VreePreslden9 .I L Burton Asst Coshlev DIRECTORS C F Gomblll Port Dobyns I'I G Burton MoryM Burr C K Dobyns Coplinl S30 000 00 Surplus S30 000 00 frlemlly qervzce or over 50 IBUFS. 20' Pfull on gavrngs Phone OL 2 3772 Kentucky :P ' - ' e' I . I I A2 I E A ' ' -' the . . 'H ' . '- V H. G. Burton, Cashier e on In - g 'Nl T I ' ,

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The greatest tragedy ever to h1t the Blame commun1ty was the destructxon of the Bla1ne Hlgh School 1n the f1re on September 25 1957 The s1tuat1on for the 57 58 W1ldcats looked gr1m after the gymnas1um burned The W1ldcats are not eas1ly d1scouraged and dec1ded to go ahead and play the games they had scheduled Other schools around were very n1ce and fr1endly to the W1ldcats by lettxng them use the1r gyrn HBSIUIYIS for pract1ce The gyrns used 1n pract1ce were the Flat Gap gym the Sandy Hook gym and the Lou1sa gym The Cats have had as of now only ten pract1ce sess1ons The gymless W1ldcats as they have become known are hav1ng the best season they have had 1n several years The team has won 8 games out of 19 starts Such schools as Sandy Hook Flat Gap and Lou1sa have contrlbuted the1r gyms for the Wxldcats to use as the1r home floors The coaches have establxshed the fact that a team on xts home floor has a 10 pomt advantage over 1ts opponents The loss colurnn shows several games 1n whmch we have lost have been by from 1 to 8 pomts By that estab11shed fact the W1ldcats would have won more games thxs season xf they had the1r own gyrn They have 5 games left to play and hope to w1n half or poss1b1y all of them The playlng depended pr1mar11y on f1ve boys the f1rst semester and s1x boys the last when they galned M1lton Alley a 6 4 forward Cassxe Skaggs who IS the fourth leadmg scorer of the E K C has a season average of 21 7 pomts per game Hxs favor1te shot 15 the Jump shot but he also l1kes to go xn for a lay up H a 6 forward Farrell Sturglll a good drxbbler l1kes to dr1ve under the basket for lay ups and shoot Jump shots He 15 a 5 9 guard Elmer Webb the p1vot man lxkes to shoot a hook shot and a sneak shot under the basket H a 5 ll 112 cen r Charles Thompson a 6 1 forward 15 a good rebounder H15 favor1te shot 15 a Jump shot near the basket Emmett B lrker a 5 9 guard l1kes to shoot a one hand set shot from the s1de of the court M1lton Alley a 6 4' forward, l1kes to shoot a one hand push shot from the corner He l1keS to dr1ve for a lay up also Mr Gambxll the coach IS well pleased w1th the 57 58 squad cons1der1ng the fact that they have not had a gym for regular practxce BLAINE WILDCATS WIN ERIE HI 65 49 DEFEAT SALYERSVILLE 83 TO 63 On Fr1day January 17 the Bla1ne W1ldcats avenged an earl1er defeat by de feat1ng the Er1e Hxgh f1ve of Grayson 65 to 49 Er1e had defeated Blame 69 62 earl1er ln the season Cass1e Skaggs w1th 21 and Sturg1l1 B Bla1ne Bla1ne Blame Blame Bla1ne Blame E1a1ne Flame Elaxne Bla1ne Elame Blame Blame Blame Bla1ne Bla1ne Blame Bla1ne LAINE 57 58 Schedule OPPONENTS Ezel South Port sm outh Warfxeld Van Lear Vanceburg Lou1sa Warf1e1d Carter C1ty Salyersvxlle Erxe Halderman Flat Gap Prlchard Van Lear Flat Gap Er1e Salyez-sv1l1e H1tChehS Comphments of Moore s Jewelry Phone MES 4678 Mam Cross Louxsa Ky w1th 20 pomts led the scor1ng parade for Bla1ne Schnell w1th 19 and Henthonne Blame took an early lead 24 13 m the f1rst quarter and 1ncreased It to 47 to 23 at halftmme Bla1ne h1t 9 out of 20 at the free throw hne whxle Erxe sank 9 out of 28 attempts BLAINE ERIE Off1c1als Johnson and Cartee Thursday of last week the W1ldcats won the1r seventh game of the season by defeat1ng Salyersvxlle 83 to 63 It was the second wxn over Salyersv1lle for Blame th1s season Cassle Skaggs B1a1ne's leadlng polnt maker w1th a 21 7 average shared scor 1ng honors w1th Elmer Webb the Wlldcat center w1th 26 po1nts Webb the thlrd leadmg scorer has a season average of ll 2 po1nts per game Sturg1ll w1th 18 pomnts exceeded hrs 15 4 season average Grace, w1th Z0 and C Adams w1th 17 pomts were leadmg scorers for Salyers v1lle Bla1ne h1t 17 out of 29 attempts at the free throw lme and Salyersvxlle h1t 11 out of 27 trxes BLAINE SALYERSVILLEI4 19 9 Z1 63 Off1c1als Johnson and Cartee , , , . , . . ' ' I Il ' . , ' ' . e is , ' , ' . e is ' te . - I II ' ' . . . , . . 9 ' - . . ' ,. fllaine 55 Hitchens 36 with 17, led in the scoring for the losers. ' 32 40 ' - ' ' 51 79 ' ' ' ' 56 ' 61 ' - ' ' ' 52 58 ' ' ' ' 66 84 - ' 54 ' 48 24 23 13 5 65 5 ' 58 ' 62 13 10 13 13 49 I ' 46 ' 63 ' I 3 - . ' 63 ' 60 , ' 62 ' 69 ' . ' 86 45 ' - ' 69 95 ' ' - ' 65 ' 64 ' ' ' 52 53 ' ' - ' 61 79 ' ' ' ' ' I q 49 . - I ' ' 83 ' 63 ' ' . ' ' 79 ' 44 l , ' ' - I ' ' , ' , , 19 24 21 19 83

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The Typing Class. P -. E Cue 1 T X M' Look at those Legs Emmett's of course. F? Enjoymg Camden Park Outing. Get your eats here. Gee! What a Scene. fA business managed, iox-paying, free enferprin owned by members in the counties of Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Elliott, Rowan and Lawrence. 1 f . I U 0 1-ggmga -OWNED BY THOSE WE SERVE-