Fairmont State University - Mound Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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West Virginia folklore: The supernatural is the source for tales We were coming back from a concert in Charleston one foggy night on a narrow mountainous road outside of Montgomery near a place called Deep Water. We never knew its real name, but that night we jokingly dubbed it the Twilight Zone ' because of its It was pitch black outside, and the fog-shrouded trees loomed over us like bony fingers, just waiting to grab us. Not a sound could be heard, except an occasional cricket, and I pushed the accelerator as hard as I dared on the tortuous road. Funny, said one of my companions, I never noticed how deserted this stretch of road was before. It was then that we all suddenly realized that not a trace of civilization had been seen for the past twenty minutes. The fog outside pressed against the straining car as we wound our way around the mountain, hardly daring to breathe. I strained to see what lay ahead, but the fog was too thick. H-H- How much farther to Oak Hill? someone whispered. We all shrugged helplessly, mesmerized by the fog and the dark, all track of time lost. Hey! is that a light up ahead? someone suddenly cried. We all peered through the windshield. Sure enough, there was a light in the bend of the road. Civilization at last! Well, I ' ll be — it ' s just a pop machine, I said as we drew nearer. Just a tiny pop machine outside of a run-down, dingy gas station. But to us, it was almost home — - we had survived the Twilight Zone.

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Montani semper liberi Montani semper liberi. West Virginia ' s state motto translated into English from Latin means mountaineers are always free. The freedom flows in the mountaineers ' blood and shows on their faces. Mountaineers are friendly, down-home people, who lend a hand when it is needed. They even smile afterwards and shove the dollars back into their rescued friends ' pockets if the money ' s offered. West Virginians . . . mountaineers . . . montani semper liberi. TOP: Frank Pulice Jr., director of the Dining Hall, helps his staff clean off tables after a banquet. ABOVE LEFT: Gene Ramsey serves as chairperson for the Student Government election committee. ABOVE MIDDLE: Wearing a Fairmont State T- shirt, George Linn fights the March mountain winds. ABOVE RIGHT: Jack Tanzey ran unsuccessfully for the student body presidential bid in March. OPPOSITE PAGE: Stephen Smigocki, art instructor, works on his watercolor creation on the campus lawn.