Follansbee High School - Forge Yearbook (Follansbee, WV)

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Class History The tune has come for the Semor Class of 1948 to b1d farewell to Follansbee l'l1gh School the school we love so well As we look forward we are proud that we have crossed the first m1le stone 1n hfe but vu h that feelmg vxe also haxe one of regret as we r member the f11endsh1ps good tlmes and act1v1t1es that must end vuth graduat1on As Senlors we see how much s hool has meant to Us and what a necess1ty 1t IS 1n l1fe Th1nk1ng back to the t1me vxe entered school as frrst graders the road looked hard and endless but t1me passed qulckly and then came the thr1ll of enter1ng Follans bee l'l1gh School The h1ghl1ghts of two glor1ous years IH lumor Hxgh were the all day assembly program for be1t1ng Wellsburg and the hrst Elghth Trade prom ex er to be held 1n the h1gh school We then exper1enced the thr1ll of be1ng part of Senlor l'l1gh even though we were t1m1d underclassmen The class was also enlarged at th1s t1me by students from St Anthony s parochlal school As sophomores the year xx as hlled Vwlth nevs HCQUHIH tances as forty three students from Edgewood School became part of our class and to gether we had a grand and h1lar1ous year The class now totaled one hundred thrrteen Exc1tement hlled our jumor year vtlth the play Str1ctly Formal the l-lallo ween carn1val and the Jumor Senlor prom 1U the Pme Room at Cglebay Park School bells sounded and we became what we had dreamed of for eleven years Semorsll' At last we know what If was l1ke to be looked upon as upperclassmen and to set the examples for others Th1S was the most ex1t1ng year of all from the hrst day unt1l we walked across the stage to recene the award we have worked twelve years to ICCCIVE our d1plomas Th1s year was h1ghl1ghted by the exchange of name cards and class plcturcs proms and our class play We Shook the Fannly Tree We also left a l1V1Hg memor1al for the stadxum we are proud to say was bu1lt rn our last year of school Th1rteen athletes ended thelr football career as Follansbee hared w1th St Claxrsvllle the C V A C champ1onsh1p Thrs was one of the most successful years rn sports rn the hxstory of the school Prctures of other act1v1t1es of th1s class can be found rn varrous parts of the book The Semor Class wrshes to express the utmost apprecratron for the fine gurdance and counsel1ng extended to lf by 1fS adv1 ors durlng the lunlor and Senlor years to Mr Bodley Mrs Arbaugh Mrs B1shop M1ss Bowers and M1ss Iolley we say thanks I . g - . 1 A W . A I , . , . ,Q . . fr- . 75 Y , , t f, .' ' I ' . F, ' ' ' - - ,A ' L 7 . A - ,- . . , v . , e, . ' 1 1 f 1 1 ' ' . . . V Y . . . . z ' ' 2 1 J 7 5 , . 4 . . I 7 ' ' . ' Y 7 1 l I I A I , - ' - - u. ' -Q f . , . , ., . . . . . ., ' 1 , . . Y . LN - tt. V -Q - - , - . , , , , L r , . . , . L , , 4 , S' ' ,f S . . . . . . . . 3 . . . ' 1 . . .Q . . . , t. 5 , . ' ' ' se ' 5' 9 ' -J - 1 s , '

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Senior Class Rose and S11ver Robert Hedmond Presrdent Byron Keadle Jr Vrce Presrdent Marvel Verner Secretary Treasurer Pmk Rose Motto Chmb though the ro ks be rugged , . Colors Flower SS ' A 53 L

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Senior Class Marvel Verner Bob Hedrnond Mayor Forbes The Semor Class of 1948 authorlzed by a unamrnous vote a gxft of S600 to the stad1um fund for the erectlon of a trcket booth Class pres1dent Bob Hedmond and Secretary Marvel Verner pre sented a check for that sum to Mayor Kenneth Forbes COIH1'I'11tfC6 Sponsors M1ss Jolley Mrs B1shop Mr Bodley Mrss Bowers Mrs Arbaugh chairman of the stadium fund