Grafton High School - Re Echo Yearbook (Grafton, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1943 volume:

The Senior Class of Grafton Senior High School Presents the Re-Echo Yearbook of the Class of 43 Grafton Senior High School, located on Riverside Drive along the banks of the Tygart Valley River Editor — Charles Loren Hoffman Assistant Editor — Dorris Waugh Business Manager — Eldora Bolvard Editorial Adviser — Robert C. Sloan Business Adviser — Gladys Hickman ■ft Edited and Published by the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-three. One FOREWORD iN PRESENTING THIS BOOK, we, the staff of the 194 3 Re-Echo, hope that it will be an endless reservoir of enjoyment for you. In our Re-Echo we have tried to portray by a combination of literary and photographic pictures, all of the activities and accomplishments of our class. Preparing it has been a task which caused us great worry and loss of sleep, but one which we enjoyed every moment to the fullest extent and for which we will be well rewarded if it is pleasing to you. Many of us, upon graduating, will enter the armed forces of our country to hasten the inevitable victory which must be ours. We have a war to fight,— one that has been thrust upon us, throwing our whole lives into turmoil and disrupting our plans for the future. But we take up our arms without remorse. W'e fight for a cause. Within the binding of this book can be seen what we are fighting for and are coming back to,—a chance to live a clean moral life, to read, to write, to speak, to criticize, to worship God. to weep, to laugh, to sing, to enjoy the little things of life. A chance to love. All of this without a crushing hand of force waiting for us to move falsely without the instincts of a puppet. Perhaps our book lacks perfection, but it is overflowing with sincerity. We strongly hope that in its meagre way, it will in those long days ahead, bring back to you the memories of those few pleasant moments of your life spent within the walls of Grafton High School. DEDICATION E, the Senior Class of Grafton High School, dedicate this book as a small token of appreciation, to our parents. to those men and women who have guided and led us with highest hopes for our final success. Reminiscing is a favorite past-time of all people both young and old. Sometimes our parents are inclined to think that we forget too easily, and yet that is hard to believe. We can remember the little things very well. It's still very plain.—short pants and long stockings, the first trip to Sunday School, knickers and pigtails. grade cards with B’s and C’s, the proud smile and encouraging hand which came with the first A, the first permanent, hikes, camping and fishing, the time Mom didn't get a new hat at Easter because I got a suit, and Dad didn't take a vacation so that I could go to camp, the first play or concert and how proud they were, their ever-sacrificing, so that Mary could have a new gown for the prom, and then their tear-stained eyes at graduation and Mother’s brave and encouraging smile when the eighteenth birthday rolled around, even if she was sick inside. Yes. we remember it all. We kids, or men and women now, remember every little detail. We don’t quite know how to say it. Dedicating this book doesn’t express it. Perhaps the best thing to say is Thanks. Thanks a lot. Dad and Mom. We dedicate this book to those thousands of brave men and women all over the world, regardless of race or creed, who so bravely send their boys and girls into this world of turmoil so well-trained and spiritually and mentally well-equipped. We won’t all be presidents, or Senator Jones', or Professor Smith's, or first ladies, but we promise that we will all be successful Mr. and Mrs. America’s living freely under the guiding hand of God. Two Administration... Three Kenneth Haun Principal Robert W. Clayton Registrar R. Virgil Rohrbough Supt of Schools BOARD OF EDUCATION Arthur C. Yale. W. A. Collin. Paul P. Warden Fred H. Carder J. Lee Evan. Chairman Four Ruth Batten; A.B., A.M. English West Virginia University Duke University Barbara Cather; A.B. French, American History, Spanish Carnegie Tech Cape School of Art Hazel Cole; A.B. Biology West Virginia Wesleyan Fairmont State Teachers College Dolores Curry; A.B., A.M. English Glenville State Teachers College West Virginia University Esther Faulkner; A.B. Civics, Consumers Goods, Government West Virginia University West Virginia Wesleyan Duke University Mildred Newlon Cleavanger; A.B., A M. English, American History Glenville Normal Broaddus College Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University Duke University Nellie Cook; A.B., A.M. Home Economics Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University Columbia University Duke University Ida Dorsey; B.S.H.E., M.S. Home Economics West Virginia University Iowa State Teachers College Columbia Universry Chicago University Cornell University Lynn Faulkner; B.S.E.E., A.M. Physics, Chemistry West Virginia University Union University Five Helen Bippus Finney; B.S. M.S. Physical Education West Virginia University Mildred Haddox; A.B. English. Speech West Virginia University Gladys Hickman; A.B. Commerce Bowling Green College of Commerce Fairmont State Teachers College Carolyn Rendle; B.S.. M S. Bookkeeping. Business T raining West Virginia University Potomac State Ohio University Katherine Shepler; A.B. Social Science Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University University of Pennsylvania California (Pennsylvania) State Teachers College Laura Fries; A.B.. A.M. Bible, Latin, English West Virginia University Biblical Seminary in N. Y. Columbia University Sherman Haselden; A.B., A.M. Typing, Business Law. Salesmanship West Virginia Wesleyan West Virginia Business West Virginia University Charles McDade; A.B. Physical Education West Vi � pr ia University Fairmont State Teachers College Naomi Robinson; A.B. Music West Virginia University West Virginia Wesleyan Robert C. Sloan; A.B. Chemistry, Physics, Gen. Science George Peabody College Fairmont State Teachert College 8%oc Minette Watkins; A.B., A.M. Library Wilson College West Virginia University Columbia University Ruby Ramsey Withers; A.B., AM English. Journalism Glenville State Teachers College West Virginia University A. V. Yoho; A.B Geometry, Algebra Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University Grace White; A.B. English Fairmont State Teachers College George Peabody College West Virginia University University of Colorado Klayde Spaur Wolfe; A.B. Biology, Civics Fairmont State Teachers College Glenville State Teachers College West Virginia University Margaret Grinnan Secretary to Principal Grafton High School Clarksburg Business College UNPHOTOGRAPHED MEMBERS Alma Evans, A.B. English. Spanish. French West Virginia University Penn State College Leonard Cardot; B.S., M.A. Industrial Arts. Pre-FI ght Carnegie Tech Ohio University Columbia University University of Pittsburgh Festus Waggoner, B.S., A.G.R. Vo-Ag. General Shop West Virginia University Virginia Yost. A B. Art, Mechanical Drawing Fairmont State Teachers College Mrs. Gail Luxader, A.B. Mathematics Salem College Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University Mildred Ridenour, A.B., M.S.P.E. Physical Education Fairmont State Teachers College West Virginia University Seven CLASSES K iff lit Ben Bailey Hi-Y Student Council Honor Society Rifle Club Athletic Ticket Staff Senior Play Thespians Neal J. Bartlett Commercial Club Athletic Staff Eldora Bolyard Re-Echo---Business Mgr Girl Reserves-Asst. Treas. Honor Society—Vice Pres. Quill A Scroll Commercial Club Fred Bonner Athletic Ticket Staff Leonard Bott Commercial Club Rifle Club Athletic Staff Hi Y Anna Belle Ball Girl Reserves Re-Echo Staff Beryl Bolyard Julia Bolyard Hec-Tecs Eleanor Borne man National Honor Society Girl Reserves Hec-Tek Club Accompanist for Glee Club Re-Echo Staff Mary Boyles Nine Betty Bradley Boiyard Wilma Bunner Ellen Louise Burnside Re-Echo Student Council Russell Butcher Lettermen’s Club Bearcat Staff Rifle Club Thespians United States Marine Corps Jean Carney Mary Alice Burnside Re-Echo Hec-Tek Glee Club Cast of Lost Horizon Senior Basketball Team William Byers Apprentice Seaman. U-S.N. Athletic Ticket Staff Mary Cathell Brady Corrothers Rifle Club Athletic Ticket Staff Ten Alberta Countryman Marilyn Crowley Commercial Club, Vice-President Bearcat Quill and Scroll Honor Society Thespians Norman Deakins Football Lettermen’s Club Thelma Elizabeth DeMoss Girl Reserves Honor Society Commercial Club President Re-Echo Nathan A. Drainer Glee Club Model Aviation Club Athletic Ticket Staff E lever Thelma Ellers Girl Reserves T reas.-Thespians Quill and Scroll Rifle Club Glee Club Editorial Staff Re-Echo Bearcat Staff Cast—Lost Horizon Gloria Fawley Pres. Hec-Teks Girl Reserves National Honor Society Glee Club Bearcat Reporter Flora Belle Floyd Helen Freeman Commercial Club National Honor Society Student Council Helen Gay Vice Pres. Girl Reserves Vice Pres. Quill and Scroll Sec. Thespians Vice Pres. Senior Class Editorial Staff Re-Echo Bearcat Staff National Honor Society Pres. Sophomore Class Sylvia Louise Favish Band Sponsor Girl Reserves Thespians Rifle Club Cast, Lost Horizon Betty Fisher Salutatorian Girl Reserves National Honor Society Bearcat Quill and Scroll Martha Ford Girl Reserves Re-Echo Business Staff Genevieve Gable Elizabeth Getz Twelve Rhea Goff Band Sponsor Jean Grinnan Girl Reserves Bearcat Glee Club Lucille Haller Glee Club Mary Jane Hancock Quill and Scroll Sec.-Treas. National Honor Society Thespians Girl Reserves Girls’ Athletic Assn. Bearcat Editor William Hart Past Bus. M«r. Bearcat Pres. Quill and Scroll National Thespians Business Staff Re-Echo Technical Staff Ath'etic Ticket Staff U. S. N. R.-V 5 Elinor Greene Girl Reserves Hec-Tek Glee Club Re-Echo Staff Betty Haddix Catherine Hamric Girl Reservse Quill and Scroll Bearcat Circulation Mj?r. Re-Echo, Editorial National Honor Society Glee Club All State Chorus Jeanne Hansen Treas. Girl Reserves Secy. Quill and Scroll Reporter Commercial Club Vice Pres. Student Council Feature Editor Bearcat Re-Echo Staff National Honor Society Catherine Harter Hec-Tek Thirteen Susan Jane Hedrick Floyd Hebb Football Basketball Sec.-Treas. Club Track Manager Lettermen’s Agnes Helms Girl Reserves Bearcat Staff Senior Play Clyde Commodore Henderson Band Orchestra Boys Recreation Club Kathryn Henderson Erma Hendrickson Lula Hendrickson Charles Boys' Hi-Y Henry Recreation Club Joe Heinzman Football Basketball Lettermen's Club Dorothy Hoban Bearcat Staff Re-Echo Staff Commercial Club Fourteen Charles Loren Hoffman Valedictorian Pres. Senior Class Pres. Junior Class Pres. Student Council Pres. Regional Stud. Gov’t Editor of Re-Echo Vice Pres Hi-Y Past Editor Bearcat Director of Contest Play Glee Club Quill and Scroll National Honor Society National Thespians Arlie Lee Hovatter Athlet ic Ticket Staff Floyd Hulderman Mary Virginia Isner William Jacobs Mary Jean Jeffries Hec-Tek Margaret Jean Jones Glee Club Martha Jane Jones Lena Kester Katie Keyser Glee Club Basketball Fifteen Elaine Knotts Dorothea Jean Kisner Commercial Club Robert Knotts Rifle Club Athletic Ticket Staff William L. Kuhn Athletic Ticket Staff James Kerns F. F. A. Marie Knight 4-H Club Robert Knight Commercial Club Circulation Mgr. Re-Echo Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Commercial Club Girl Reserves Re-Echo Staff Betty Linn Paul Lester Linn Hi-Y Band Orchestra National Honor Society Boys’ Recreation Club Sixteen Elsie Long Lora Loar Girl Reserve Reporter National Thespians National Honor Society Society Editor of Bearcat Re-Echo Staff. Editorial Student Council Quill and Scroll Jean Long G. A. A. Mary Losh Commercial Club Freda Mae Losh Frank Louxy Carolyn Lucas Helen Lucas Band Osborne Lucas Victor Lucas Boys’ Recreation Club Band Hi-Y Thespians Athlet ic Staff Rifle Club Senior Play Seventeen Gladys Luzadder Martha Mahaffey Joe Manno, Jr. Football Lettermen's Club Mary Gladys Messenger Boice Commercial Club Wilson Miller Athletic Ticket Staff Deward Moore Ruth Martin Helen Miller Commercial Club Senior Class Play Beatrice Moore Clara Lee Morris Eighteen John Musgrove, Jr. Rifle Club F. F. A. Honor Society Athletic Staff Senior Play Thespians Carroll McCauley F. F. A. Mary Frances McDaniel Charles F. McDermott Hi-Y B. R. C. Lettermen’s Club Athletic Manager Re-Echo Staff Bearcat Staff Thespians Rifle Club George Newcome, Jr. Hi-Y Rifle Club B R. C. Athletic Staff Betty Jo McAvoy Hec-Tek Club G. A. A. James Edward McCracken B R. C. Lettermen’s Club Manager Basketball Manager Football Patty McDargh Thespians Girl Reserves Band Sponsor Warren McVicker F. F. A. Ann Newham President G. A. A. Bearcat Staff National Thespians Girl’s Trio Band Orchestra Basketball (best forward 1942) Nineteen Cecil Nicola Basketball Football Lettermen’s Club Mary Alice Nicola Junior Contest Play Girls Trio James Paul Parkhill Band Charles Richard Phillips Football Basketball Lettermen’s Club Re-Echo Staff John Poth, Jr. Amelia A. Nogoda Glee Club G. A. A. Joan Paugh Girl Reserves G. A. A. (Secy.-Treas.) Thespians Girls Trio Majorette Band Bearcat (Business Mgr.) Secy.-Treas. Senior C.ass Glee Club Re-Echo Staff Eleanor Parrish Glee Club Senior Class Play Best Actress Zelda Poling G. A. A. Commercial Club Basketball Volleyball Band Jacqueline Powell Band Twenty Billie A. Preston Band Glee Club Girls Basketball Doris Jean Proudfoot Parkersburg High School Girl Reserves Karl W. Reese Betty Jeane Ridenour Girl Reserves Commercial Club (Sgt.-at-Arms) Student Council Ellen Ringler Phyllis Ann Price Bearcat Staff Glee Club Pauline Reed Girls Basketball Shirley Rexroad Louise Ridenour Edith Jo Robinson Hec-Tek Vice Pres. Hec-Tek Girls Volleyball Twenty one Lois Kathryn Robinson Pres. Girl Reserves Student Council Business Staff, Re-Echo Band National Honor Society Charles Rutherford Kenneth T. Shafferman Hubert Snopps Bernard Stutler Rifle Club Athletic Staff Cast. Lost Horizon Don Rowe Captain Football Team Basketball Pres. Lettermen’s Club T rack Lillian Sapp National Honor Society Girl Reserves Commercial Club Trees. La la Smith Commercial Club Mary Frances Sturm Efaw Hec-Tek Joseph Talago, Jr. Hi-Y National Honor Society Thespians Best Actor Senior Class Play Twenty-two Helen Adell Thomas Juanita Tribett Margaret Alice Waggoner Senior Class Play Secretary Girl Reserves Vice Pres. Thespians National Honor Society Glee Club Basketball Re-Echo Staff Bearcat Staff D. A. R. Citizenship Award Philippi High School Secy. Dramatic Club Secy. Freshman Class Secy. Sophomore Class Dorris Dell Waugh Girl Reserves Thespians National Honor Society Quill and Scroll Bearcat Staff Freshman Contest Play Basketball Asst. Editor Re-Echo Junior Class Play Senior Class Play Student Council 1941- 42 Treva Withers Commercial Club Ro-Echo Staff Glee Club George Edward Trader Football Basketball Lettermen’s Club Helen Trimble Commercial Club Re-Echo William M. Watkins President Hi-Y President Thespians President Honor Society Quill and Scroll Band Student Council Sports Editor Bearcat Boy’s Recreation Club Betty Weaver Glee Club Re-Echo Commercial Club Dorothy Elizabeth Wolfe Hec-Tek Club Reporter Twenty three Lyle S. Wooddell Hi-Y Thespians Quill and Scroll Band Boy’s Recreation Club Re-Echo Staff Bearcat Glee Club Frances Yates Girl Reserves Thespians Honor Society Quill and Scroll Bearcat Staff Glee Club Senior Class Play Basketball Re-Echo Staff UNPHOTOGR JACK HENDERSON WILLIAM LEWIS CHARLES MARTIN PHED SENIORS PAUL REED RICHARD SOMMERVILLE CARL WHITE Tut nty-four JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Here we are, Juniors and upperclassmen , It doesn’t seem to us that it was only three years ago when we were those awe-struck, ill-at-ease freshmen. How important we felt to be a member of the Grafton High School. We entered a play that year in the Inter-Class Drama contest, called Little Darling” and went away happily with the honor of best actress bestowed upon Nancy Curry. This made our uppers notice us. When we became Sophomores, we went about with our heads high because we were now looked up to, and not so much down upon We decided to get busy that year and elect our class officers, and three very capable students were chosen. Dick Brown was our President, Paul Defenbaugh. as Vice-President, and Betty Tucker as Secretary-Treasurer. After a successful beginning in dramatics as freshmen, we entered a contest play for the second time. Our entry play was Tommy Takes A Wife” which starred many of our fellow Sophomores. By the end of this year, our class had begun to be a real part of the school life and that exciting year will always live in our memories. Now we are JUNIORS and we have done that title justice in our estimation. This is the year in which we have done meritable work. We sponsored the annual Christmas party, several dances, and we gained many a profit. Next on the calendar was to select a way of making money. We came out way ahead by selling magazine subscriptions in order to help finance the Junior-Senior Prom. Those persons taking a lot of the work upon their shoulders were our president, vice-president and secretary who were LeRoy Frey, Paul Defenbaugh, and Norman Bragg respectively. Then entering the contest plays was our next task. The name of our selection was Elmer , and we went away that night with honors as it was chosen the best play . Those having part in the play were John Crane, Eugenia Stevens, Virginia Debendarfer, Dottie Sterling, Avanelle Denton, Frances Stevens, Robert Stout and Carl Brown. Our Junior Class Play, June Mad”, was directed by Mrs. Haddox and was a great rollicking success. The stars were Jimmy Weekley, Nancy Curry, Norman Bragg. Carl Crawford. Lloyd Elsey, Paul Nestor, Jean Stevens. Dottie Lou Sterling, Robert Stout, Lois Sapp, John Crane, Betty Hoffman, and Betty Phillips. And now we prepare to become Seniors. Ah, Bliss! Although we have had a year of fun we are now looking forward to another year of excitement as Seniors. u N I 0 R S Twenty-five Laura Auvil Russell Ball Ronald Bartlett Dorotha Boice Joe Boyd Norman Bragg Carl Brown Alfred Brown Marie Brown Maxine Cline Albert Colebank Guy Cole Beatrice Cunningham Nancy Curry Clifton Cutright John Crane Carl Crawford Virginia Debendarfer Paul Defenbaugh George Delaney Billie DeMoss Georgia DeMoss Summie DeMoss Avanelle Denton Lyle Decker John Dickens Elizabeth Doerr Natalie Dowden James Duskey Forrest Edwards Eileen Edwards Lloyd Elsey Joseph Fawcett James Fletcher James Ford Shirley Francis Twenty-sir Virginia Freeze Dorothy Frey Joseph Funk Avanelle Furr Jean Gans Reynolds Gall Frances Gull Mary Louise Gawthrop Lawrence Gennette Frederick Gerkins Betty Grimm Ruby Haddix Ruth Haislop Willis Hebb Betty Hoffman John Homer Holt Mary Lou Hufford Rose Mary Idoni Cora June Jeffries Norma Jeffries Kenneth Johnson Reginald Johnson Bessie Jones Betty Keener Mary Alice Kelley Barbara Kemple Gladys Kirby Delores Kincaid Helen Kinter Jean Kiger Helen C. Knight Margaret Kostelac Geraldine Lewis Pauline Lewis Beatrice Linn Betty Long Ttienty-scrcn Calvin Loudin David Lucas Alfred Lundy Junior Lundy Floyd Marshall Rosella Marshall Joe Menear Harold Miller Jane Miller Vincent Moats Alva Moore Florence Morgan Bertrand Mullens Ralph Musgrove Janice Myers Lorraine McAvoy Dale McDaniel Herbert McWilliams Harold Neal Betty Nestor Floyd Nestor Paul Nestor Betty Newbrough Mildred Newcome Ruby Peters Rosemary Poe Donald Poling Sylvia Poling Hallie Preston Ann Elizabeth Rau Martha Rector Billie Ann Ridenour Eugene Ringler Helen Riggleman Jean Robinson Mary Roof Twenty-eight Maxie Rogers Bernice Rogers Harriet Saffel Albert Sansbury Lois Sapp Cathleen Saucer Marcelene Saucer Myrlha Shaffer Paul Shaw William Simmons Mildred Sinsel Ruby Skidmore Frances Slaton Helen Smith Joan Snider Donald Solomon Betty Starcher Dottie Lou Sterling Eugenia Stevens Frances Stevens Robert Stout Charles Swisher Paul Swisher Martha Tansill Ruth Thomas Juanita Thorn John Thorn Charles Tighe Arabelle Towner Robert Tucker Lourenna Tucker Anna Lee Trisler Alice Trader Robert Vogel Hugh Wagner Minnie Watson v CL 'i Tiventy-ninr Anna Weaver Percy Weaver James Weekey Charles West Dorothy Williams Fred Williams Sylvia Williams Wanda Wilson Ellen Jane Wiseman James White June White Carolyn Withers James Woodyard Helen Wycoff Robert Wycoff Anna Zorik Thirty CLASS OFFICERS � r William Beavers.............President Charles Evans..........Vice-president Irma Jean Tingler...Secretary-treasurer s o p H 0 M O R E S Thirty-one MISS CAROLYN RENDLE'S MISS HAZEL COLE S MRS. KLAYDE WOLFE S Thirty-two MISS WHITES MRS. LUZADER'S MR. McDADE S SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY After an adventuresome year as Freshmen at last Sophmores, now we are completing our second year at G. H. S., bold and confident, and very grown-up. Ah, me, how time does fly. The thrill of choosing our Freshmen class officers was great. We elected Charles Evans, president; Betty McVicker. vice-president; and Richard Watkins as secretary-treasurer. This year we elected officers again with extreme care, selecting students who would take upon themselves responsibility. Bill Beavers was elected president: Charles Evans as vice-president; and Irma Jean Tingler as secretary-treasurer. Our Freshman contest play was entitled, Blessed Are They starring Dick Watkins. Harriet Dempsey, Warner Phillips. Florence Seymour. Jack McDargh. and Miriam Friedman. Dick Watkins had the honor of being chosen “Best Actor . This year our contest play entry was a mystery. “White Phantom”. That we will continue to be a class anyone would be proud to be a member of, is our sincere wish and aim. Thirty-three F R E S H M E N CLASS OFFICERS «► Thirty-four Anne Vance...... Etta Francis.... Barbara Donley, ..........President Vice-president Secretary-treasurer Thirty-five MR. YOHOS MRS. CURREYS MRS. CLEAVENGERS FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY ON THE day, September 10, 1942, a group of wide-eyed and wide- mouthed young Freshmen went through the big front doors of the Senior High School, feeling very big and, at the same time, very small. We went around in a daze for awhile, stumbhng into the wrong classes at the wrong time and forgetting locker combinations. We looked with wondering awe at the upper-c.assmen. But now—make way for the soon-to-be Sophomores! We, the fun-loving and duty bound freshman class have made the upper classmen sit up and take notice. Having completed one whole year at high school, we pause for breath and look back on a year of which we can be mighty proud. We be gan our future by electing our class officers; Anne Vance as our president. Etta Francis was chosen vice-president, and Barbara Donley was elected secretary-treasurer. We also entered the hilarious comedy, Not Tonight , in the Thespian Inter-class Play Contest, with Charles Denton, Hugh Fordyce, Etta Francis, Mary Louise Haskins and Aldene Beagle. Thirty-six C A L E N I) A R SEPTEMBER — 8 We opened the footba I season playing Philippi. 0-15 in their favor. 10 We climbed back into the harness again. School opened. 11 G. H. S. defeated Bridgeport to the tune of 18-6. 18 Under the lights we tied Shinnston 6-6. Some game! 21 In our ‘’Roll Call ’ assembly we were reminded o: how many former G. H. S. students are now .n the armed forces. 24 The Girl Reserves opened their year with a hay ride. Giddi-up Maude and Bessie. 25 Drat the luck! Roosevelt Wi!son swamped us 0 2 7. We also elected our student council members. 28 The Hec-Tek Club held their formal initiation. 29 The seriousness of the war was brought home in the assembly program entitled Calling Mr. and Mrs. America . OCTOBER — 2 Beaten again! This time by Wash.-Irving. 0-45. Pardon us while we hang our heads in shame. 6 Don’t let the name of our ’’scrap” assembly give you the wrong idea. We were backing the salvage drive. 7 The National Honor Society chose its officers. 9 Wre plowed Buckhannon under 19-6 and did we celebrate? I 3 Today’s assembly was like reading the funny papers. Some of our favorite comics were dramatized on the stage. 16 On a muddy field we lost to East Fairmont 7-13. Move over crawfish, we feel just that low. 20 Every one sat very straight in their seats to watch the Music Quiz in assembly, for this week the Girls’ Athletic Association was sponsor ng a good posture contest. 23 We celebrated our victory over West Fairmont (!8-7) at the Hal owe’en Dance sponsored by the Junior Class. 27 Spooks galore in our Hallowe’en assembly. 28 “No. lady. I’m not working my way through college. I’m selling these magazines for the Junior Class.” 30 On their own field Parkersburg beat us 45-0. Don’t they know it’s impolite to treat guests like that? NOVEMBER — 3 No school for us while the county votes. 5 Don’t you dare say the magic words ’’Burrrrnt toast” or a rabbit will hop out of your notebook. Birch, the Magician, taught us that today. 6 Beaten again! This time by Morgantown, 0-27. 10 Our Armistice assembly was a stirring radio program “Time is Short . Rev. Tufvander also talked. I I We pause today in memory of the Armistice of the last war. W'hen will there be an armistice for this? 13 Our last ball game of the year and Weston defeated us 20-7. They (the juniors) wound up their maga- zine campaign well over their goal. I 7 The Thespians really did themselves proud in their play, “The Whole Town’s Laughing”. Proceeds from it were donated to the Stage Door Canteen Fund. Orchids to the director. Mrs. M'ldred Haddox. 24 Mrs. Tufvander read us a story “Something to Be Thankful For”, on our Thanksgiving assembly. 25 Gather ’round you old grads! Senior Homecoming Dance. DECEMBER — I Dean Oliver Shurtleff. of Fairmont State Teachers College, gave an address in assembly. 4 The G. A. A. Activity Party was something new in the line of school activities Everybody played everything and had a glorious time doing it. 8 The Girl Reserves held their formal candle light initiation. I 5 The Thespians presented a religious pageant, “O Come Let Us Adore Him ’. Today s assembly was a part of the “Bird’s Chr;stmas Carol directed by Mrs. Dolores Curry and thoruoghly enjoyed by us students. 17 Opened the basketball season by defeating the Alumni 37-39. 18 Christmas Party sponsored by the Juniors. Some fun! 29 We beat ’em, Fort Hill, 46-32. JANUARY — I Bridgeport ball game. We’uns 55, they’uns 3. 5 We won again. Roosevelt-Wilson and the score was 45-31. 8 W'e've got those basketball blues. W'est Fairmont beat us 29-35. I I The Glee Club and Band Concert was a credit to Miss Naomi Robinson. 12 Grafton Hi over Elkins. 38-33. Mrs. O. J. Flem ng, our local poetess, read several selections from her poems to us in assembly. 13 We came out on top of Morgantown, 33-27. 19 Moans and groans and semester exams! Buckhannon beat us 35-43. We must have been cramming too hard. 22 Took our spite out on Philippi for that beating from Buckhannon. We swamped them under, 61-11. 26 Grafton beat East Side, Fairmont, 42-29. Thirty-seven 27 The football banquet and everybody had a grand time. 29 Well, anyway, we almost got even with Buckhannon; it was 31-30 in their favor. FEBRUARY — 2 We really gave it to East Side. Fairmont. 50-31 in our favor. 5 Shinnston went down to defeat under a 61-43 score. 8 New members of the Quill and Scroll were chosen today. 9 This makes twice this year we have defeated Morgantown. This time 31-24. 10 We beat Roosevelt-Wilson 48-4 3. The list of new members of the Honor Society was published today. 12 We got even with West Side. Fairmont, by defeating them. 34-33. 16 Grafton over Shinnston again. 51-25. Mr. Freid from Fairmont State Teachers College, gave a “chalk talk for us in assembly. 19 Good bye W. I. We 38, they 33. 23 This makes twice this year for us to defeat W. I. Grafton 45, W. 1. 39. 25 Contest Plays. VERY good! 26 Philippi 68. Grafton 41. They’ve improved since the last time we beat them. march — 2 Thespians took in their new members today. 5 Our last game. Grafton over Elkins. 41-30. 9 junior Class Play, June Mad was an overwhelming success. 10 The National Honor Society formally initiated its new members. 11-12-13 Sectional Tournament with our team coming out on top. 16 Today's assembly was held n the gymnasium under the sponsorship of Miss Ridenour and the Girls' Gym classes. 19- 20 Regional Tournament. We were defeated in the finals by Elkins by just 2 points. Just two in the last few seconds. 23 Clarksburg Business College gave an interesting assembly today. The Thespians also initiated their new members. 24 The Girl Reserves sponsored a school dance in the gymnasium. 25-26-27 State Basketball Tournament. Our hats off to Wheeling, a fine team. 30 The Commercial Club sponsored today’s assembly. APRIL — 2 Glee Club Concert. Beautiful, just beautiful! Several of our students took the V-12 test today. 9 The Girl Reserve Hi-Y Prom opened the spring formal season. 16 The Senior Play, “Lost Hbrizon , was one of the best plays ever given in Grafton High School. High praise goes to the director, Miss Ruth Batten, and the cast. 20- 21-22 Physical Education Tournaments. 22 Regional Student Government met here. 22 Girls' Athletic Association sponsored a dance. 29 Our Band gave a concert in the high school auditorium. 30 Today is Recognition Day. Awards were distributed in assembly. This was also the night of the splendid Junior-Senior Reception. MAY — 3-4-5 Examinations! Need we say more? 4 Class Night and did we howl! 6 Commencement Sermon. 7 Graduation and the Seniors write “finis’’ to a wonderful high school life. Thirty-eight Re-Echoes OUR CLASS OFFICERS We have been rather fortunate in our selection of class officers during the past three years a we have always chosen members who would accept the responsibilities with great sincerity- At the beginning of our senior year, we selected Charles Hoffman as president; Helen Gay, vice-president; and Joan Faugh, secretary-treasurer, to lead us through the affairs that all graduates must go through. In our freshman year we selected no officers as we did not consider ourselves well-enough acquaint ed to choose one from our midst as leader. However, though, when our sophomore year rolled around we lost no time and selected Helen Gay, president; Carolyn Lucas, vice-president and Willard Donley, secretary-treasurer. Then in our junior year, knowing that we had a big job ahead of us we chose an all-boy executive committee which had Charles Hoffman, president: Kenneth Courtney, vice-president; and Willard Donley, secretary-treasurer. Every one of our years can be deemed nothing but a success and this year, due to the efforts of our homeroom teachers and senior advisers, we have been especially fortunate. Miss Katherine Shepler was our class sponsor and Mr. Sloan and Miss Hickman made sure that our yearbook was a success. To them we wish to extend our whole-hearted appreciation for the extra hours that they have put in leading us to the success that we as a class have attained. Forty SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Oh my, but we felt silly and conspicuous that first day of high school. We sneaked up the stairs like criminals and into the audiotrium, eyeing with askance all the upper classmen we passed on the way. We huddled together in the front of the auditorium, for there was comfort in numbers, and waited for something to happen. Mr. Rasmussen put us at ease by giving us an explanation of the building and some of the customs and rules which we were to obey, but that lost feeling came back again as soon as he started assigning us to homerooms. When our names were called we got up and left, wondering where in the world such and such a room could be found. After the freshmen teachers had herded us into the right classrooms, we found, by counting noses, that we were two hundred and seventy-six strong, one of the largest classes ever to enter Grafton High School. During the next week we went through the processes of getting our faces painted with lipstick, walking into the wrong classes, be ng late, getting our first admit, and the thrill of having our first locker. We discovered that we liked the idea of getting up and leaving class when the be 1 rang no matter what the teacher was saying at the moment; we gloried in the freedom we were given in comparison with the strict regimentation we had received in grade school. In due time, we learned the organizations that we were eligible to join, the grades necessary for exemption, and discovered how much fun school parties really were. In fact, we spent most of our freshmen year becoming acclimated to high school life. We made no effort 10 organize that year, that is, we did not select officers. The only time we were really represent-d as a class was in the eighth annual inter-class contest play festival, when we presented the one-act comedy entitled. “The Tithing Box” Martha Hopkins directed the play and one member of the cast. Charles Hoffman, wen recognition for himself by being chosen best actor. Other members of the cast were Kenneth Courtney, Charles McDermott. John Casseday, and Dorris Waugh. During the last of our freshman year we were uprooted and transplanted again, into the new building on Riverside Drive. Il wasn’t so bad this time as no one knew his way around. Our Sophomore year was quite different from our freshman year, for we were well filled with useful knowledge gleaned from experience and we were only too ready to lighten (?) the burdens of the incoming freshmen. We were a typical sophomore class, egotistical, slightly unstable, and willing to try anything- As sophomores we had some very gay times and some very anxious ones. We had the pleasure of having as our principal that year and the one following, Mr. H. E. Odgers, who was a friend to all and an adviser of unequalled ability. That year we elected as our first class officers Helen Gay as pres dent; Carolyn Lucas, vice-president; and Willard Donley, secretary-treasurer. They were good officers, preparing us for the struggles of our Junior year. Our entry in the play contest that year was “The Rector”, directed by Betty Belle Bartlett. The members of the cast were Kenneth Courtney, Patty McDargh. Lora Loar, Mary Jane Hancock. Frances Yates. Helen Gay. and Joan Paugh. We didn’t win but we tried, oh. so hard. During our Junior year we really began to shine. By this time we had settled down considerably and were thinking seriously of the work ahead. Now. we were truly upper classmen. From the very first we were beset with financial troubles. As you know, it is customary for the junior class to sponsor the Junior-Senior Reception at graduation time, so we began at the first of the year to prepare for this event. Naturally we wanted to give a prom that would eclipse all previous proms and thus set an examp’e for the next junior cla-s to follow when they should give one for us. Of course, before we could do anything we had to have leaders, so w chose Charles Hoffman, president; Kenneth Courtney, vice-president: and Willard Donley, secretary-treasurer. Our first moneymaking scheme was a magazine campaign in which the junior homerooms competed with each other in the sale of Curtis magazines. Miss Watkins’ homeroom was the winner and the Junior Class made a n ce profit. Then we gave a series of school dances, the most successful being th- Morgantown Victory party after the Morgantown football game and the annual Junior Christmas party. Our entry in the contest p'ays that year was a mystery-comedy entitled “Who Murdered Who”, directed by Miss Betty Newham. Laughs came plentiful with “Dutch” Frey leading the cast. Again we didn't win, but we had a swell time at practices and we thought it was a good play. That y -ar we ventured farther in dramatics and under the direction of Mr. Jospeh H. Mahaffey, now in the Un’ted States Army, we presented as our Junior Class play, “Ever Since Eve , by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. It was a story typical of the life in Grafton High School and the leads were carried by Charles Hcffman Var aret Alice Waggoner, Bill Hart, and Dorris Waugh. Other members of the cast were Helen Gay. Bill Watkins. Joan Paugh Lyle Wooddell, Willard Donley, Frances Yates, and Edmund DeMoss. The production was a great success any way you looked at it. Forty-one We climaxed that year with the Junior-Senior Reception and how proud we were of it. Instead of using crepe paper for decorations, we bought red. white and blue festooning and spent several nights decorating the gymnasium in a patriotic theme. By the time for the dance some of us were too tired to enjoy it to the fullest extent but we really had the double enjoyment of this year s prom and the anticipation of the one that would be given next year for us. We all spent the evening dancing to the music of George Morgan's orchestra of Fairmont. That year Miss Sarah Katherine Norris was selected by the members of her senior class to reign over the reception as queen while from Flemington High School came Thomas Kelly who was king for a night. Their court was composed of 12 students from each school. Members of our class who served as princes and prin cesses were Bill Watkins, Charles Hoffman, and Claude Dunham. Margaret Alice Waggoner. Eldora Bolyard, and Carolyn Lucas. But in the midst of our frivolity and capriciousness there was a solemn note, for during the course of that year, we had become members of a nation at war. At first the war seemed so distant, so remote, but when it began to take our teachers and many of our graduates planned to enter the armed forces, it became very real, and very near. Many of us felt regret at the passing of our Junior year for we realize that there could never be another year quite like it in the quantities of joy and sorrow it had brought. Now, at last, we are the long wished for, much hoped for, and secretly dreaded. Senior Class. As it is customary, we chose our officers before we attempted to do anything. They are Charles Hoffman, president; Helen Gay, vice-president; and Joan Paugh, secretary-treasurer. Immediately we began to raise funds to publish this, our book, the Re-Echo. The sale of Christmas cards was one of our big projects during the fall. Armed with boxes of cards and wrapping we besieged the people of Grafton and netted a nice profit. During the football season we sponsored a victory dance in the gymnasium and through the efforts of our class members we initiated the Annual Homecoming Dance during the Thanksgiving holidays, which was a huge success and an activity which we hope will be carried on by the Senior class each year. During the fall months we also sponsored Birch, the Magician, who pulled all sorts of magic before the students and people of Grafton. This year the Seniors redeemed themselves a little in the dramatic field with their presentation of ‘‘The Cloak of Evil” as their contest play under the direction of Charles Hoffman. Two of the members of the cast received individual honors for their outstanding work. Joe Talago was chosen best actor for his portrayal of Zambi. and Eleanore Parrish was dubbed best actress for her part as a man. On April 16, the Senior class presented as their play, “Lost Horizon”, by James Hilton. The play was directed by Miss Ruth Batten and the lead was carried by Joe Talago. Other members of the cast were Charles Hoffman. Claude Dunham. John Musgrove, Brady Corrothers. Ben Bailey, Osborne Lucas, Thelma Ellers. Dorris Waugh. Margaret Alice Waggoner. Mary Alice Burnside, Sylvia Favish, Frances Yates and Agnes Helms. We finished school in a very hectic manner due to the changing of the closing date, but the co.or of it all was not distorted in the least. On the thirtieth of April, we were the proud guesst of a most gracious Junior class at the Junior-Senior Reception held in the field house. The following week, we, the Senior Class, received all honors, for this was the once-in-a-life-time Commencement Week. For three days during the week we were dismissed from taking the final exams and then the Grand Finale came along. On Thursday night. May sixth, we all attended in a body the Commencement Sermon and then on Friday amidst ail the strife and conflict going on about us in the world, we were graduated with all honors, and sent out into this world as the youngest men and women yet admitted. We were a pretty good class, we think. W‘e spent a lot of time working hard and yet had some wonderful times together. It‘s hard to bow gracefully out of a picture and let the oncoming Senior class blossom out in place, but we do it with regret and a slight glisten in our eyes. It’s hard to write finis to something so tangible as high school but nevertheless it has to be done. Who are we to quail? Fvrty-ttCO Valedictorian OUR HONOR STUDENTS Perhaps in high school too much attention is placed on grades, but nevertheless they are a vital part of our school activities as they are the only records which can tell, whether justly or not. the scholastic standing of the student. In every walk of life and every activity, whether great or small, there must be someone who leads the crowd and this year our class president. Charles Hoffman, stands at the top of the list in the scholastic grading system, and has become valedictorian of our class after four years of pursuing a college preparatory course. Following in the footsteps of her sister. Betty Fisher ranked second in her graduating class of one hundred and fifty-eight students and is dubbed aalutatorian for her fine efforts during these four long, but exciting and pleasant years. Standing in the top ranks of the class of 43” are the following ten students who have not only led in scholarship but also stand out for the extra-curricular activities: Mary Jane Hancock. Dorris Waugh, Eldora Bolyard, Frances Yates, Thelma Ellers. William Watkins, Eleanor Borneman, Helen Freeman, Joe Tala go, and Jeanne Hansen. Here’s coronets to all of them. Forty-three INDIVIDUAL HONORS We, as a class, have not only stood out, but several members of our group have attained high honors for themselves. Chosen by her own classmates and teachers, Margaret Alice Waggoner, has well-earned the title of DAR Best Girl Citizen. Murgaret Alice came here from Philippi High School where she has an outstanding record as a leader in school activities and especially dramatics. It did not take her long to establish herself here with her lovable personality and ability on the stage. She took her plac; in the acti ities of the class much quicker than did most of the old members and her willingness ot help at all times made her an integral part of Grafton High School. She has well-earned her place in Who s Who and her selection is proof enough of the feelings of her classmates toward her. This year for the first time in three attempts the seniors carried off the cake in the annual contest plays. Joe Tala go was judged the best actor for his portrayal of the mad ventriloquist. Zambi, and Eleanore Parrish enacted the part of a man so realistically that the judges chose her to hold the title of best actress. We wish to thank Joe and Eleanore for their work in bringing more honors to the senior class of ''4V SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of Grafton Senior High School, of the city of Grafton, county of Taylor, and state of Wrest Virginia; being of sound bodies and minds (well, anyhow, bodies) do hereby state, decree, proclaim, and insist that this is our last will and testament before leaving the sheltering arms of Grafton High School to go out into the mysterious outer world to seek our various fortunes. As it were — Ben Bailey leaves his specs to Bob Stout. Zelda Poling leaves her cheerful grin to Dottie Lou Sterling. Frances Yates leaves her short stature to Beatrice Cunningham. Neal Bartlett leaves his cute smile to David Lucas. Dorothy Wolfe leaves her tomboyish ways to Nancy Curry. Treva Withe rs leaves her height to Mary Roof. Beryl Bolyard wills his place in industrial arts to Bert Riley. Betty Weaver leaves her dark hair to Mary Lou Hufford. Dorris Waugh leaves her brains to any six people who need them. Fred Bonner leaves economics class to Ronald Bartlett. Margaret Alice Waggoner leaves the Thespians to Betty Hoffman. Helen Trimble leaves Study Hall to Janie Ridenour. Leonard Bott leaves his booming voice to “Dutch Frey. Elizabeth Getz leaves the library. Not because she wants to, though. Helen DeMoss leaves her pretty clothes to Anne Vance. Marie Knight leaves her stature to Dorothy Frey. Floyd Hebb leaves. Well, it’s about time. Mary Alice Burnside leaves Jimmy Weekley with regrets. The Jones twins, Martha and Margaret leave everyone still baffled. Elaine Knotts leaves for the WAVES. Flora Floyd takes Leonard with her. Betty Fisher leaves. She’d like to join the Army. Marilyn Crowley leaves her blonde hair to Helen Harper. Virginia Dadisman leaves her Spanish friend to whomever wants him. John Poth leaves Spanish class with a full credit. (He hopes.) Boots Ellers wants to leave everything as soon as possible and go back to Baltimore. Flo Favish leaves her baton to the next band sponsor. Carolyn Lucas leaves her good behavior in Salesmanship to another industrious student. Bill Watkins leaves his executive ability to a sucker. Forty-four Russel Butcher leaves Betty Long to some (un)lucky guy. Mary Jane Hancock leaves her A s to Lyle Decker. Bernard Stutler leaves Yehudi to anyone who can solve it—him------.t. E dora Bolyard leaves the school to her sister, Vonda Jean. Jeanne Hansen leaves her journalistic ability to any other three people who enjoy work-Catherine Harter leaves the cafeteria to Miss Hill. John Musgrove leaves the Rifle Club to Ruth Haislop. Annabelle Ball leaves her hair net to Lois Sapp. Eleanor Borneman leaves thj piano to Mrs. Curry Judy Bolyard leaves. She's pot a husband, too! George Newcome leaves the girls with broken hearts. Lyle Wooddell leaves and is he happy ? Dorothy Kisner and Mary Losh leave. Still together. Joe Manno leaves for Spain. There he’s known as Senor Jose. Chailes Rutherford leaves, and does he feel proud! Joe Tala go leaves Snuffy to his brother, Paul. Elmer Todd leaves brother Frank. Don Rowe leaves and what a relief! (Is he kiddin ?) Rupert Snopps and Frank Louzy leave their names for the teachers to practice on for pronunciation. Warren McVicker leaves the F. F. A. to any future farmer who wants it. Charles Martin leaves English to Miss Batten. Freda Losh leaves her ear rings to Betty Bartlett. Virginia Isner leaves Normal Shackleford all by herself. Erma and Lula Hendrickson leave us still all mix ‘d up as to who’s who. Gloria Fawley leaves the HecTeks to Miss Cook. Martha Ford leaves her continuous chatter to any quiet person. Juanita Tribbett leaves her oomph' to Florence Seymour. Helen Thomas leaves her red hair to Virginia Newcome. Billy Bycis leaves his appetite to Benny Bryan. Mary Sturms Efaw just leaves everything. She has Leonard, what more does she want? Marie Stolzenfels leaves her locker to some junior who'll keep it neat. Brady Corrothers leaves Grafton High School to a 1 the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. What, no thanks) Lala Smith leaves Mr. Haselden to Mrs. Haselden. Georgia Sinsel leaves her neat manners to Avane’le Denton. Willard Donley wills that blasted Ford to a-better-man-than-l-am-Gunga-Din that can fix the carburetor on a lonely mountain road at midnight. Lillian Sapp leaves her boisterousness to Betty Duffy. Lois Kathryn Robinson leaves the Girl Reserves to the next president. May she carry on her duties as well as Lois Kathryn has done. Nathan Drainer leaves his love for pets to Ronnie Bartlett. Edith Robinson leaves her tidyness to Lorraine McAvoy. C'aude Dunham leaves his shy smile to Jimmy Weekley. Louise Ridenour leaves her big eyes to Joan Snyder. Betty Ridenour leaves her pert features to Bessie Jones. Bill Hart leaves his aeronautical knowledge to Mr. Cardot. Shirley Rexroad leaves her ability to make everyone laugh to Dorothy Frey. Pauline Reed leaves her friendly grin to Martha Tanslil Jack Henderson leaves all the girls yearning. Doris Jean Proudfoot leaves Billy to the Fates. Phyllis Price leaves her sophistication to Betty McVicker. Charles Henry leaves his hair (every bit of it) to Paul Defenbaugh. Billie Preston doesn't will Paul Hunt. She’s keeping him. lackie Powell leaves (period). Charles Hoffman leaves his social and scholastic standing to Dick Ho ban. Joan Shaky Paugh leaves her laugh to Elizabeth Doerr. Eleanor Parrish leaves lerrv Dowell to watch after Bob Stout. Arlie Hovatter leaves (he hopes). Mary Alice Nicola leaves to go to Fred. Ann Newham leaves French to Kisser Boylen. Robert Knight leaves his height to Carl Crawford-Clara Morris leaves her school bus to Cathelene Saucer, lean Long leaves her sisters Phyllis and Betty. Robert Knotts leaves his red hair to Charles West. Agnes Nogoda leaves Economics to Miss Shepler. lean Jefferies leaves the school building to the janitors. Bill Kuhn leaves all the girls to Jack Lucas. Beatrice Moore leaves her chewnng gum to M nnie Watson. Helen Miller leaves the Commercial Club to Billie Ann Ridenour. Bill Lewis leaves the study hall to a good little boy. Mary Gladys Boyce throws everythin to the winds and hurries home to Paul. Pnttv McDargh leaves her baton to Martha Hal'oway. Osborne I uca leaves his technique to lohn Miller. Miry McDaniel leaves her name and Robert Starcher to Thelma. Forty-five Betty Jo McAvoy leaves her brother, Roger, to the sophomore girls. Thank Betty Jo. girls. Ed McCracken leaves his position as Varsity Manager to some other motherly soul. Ruth Martin leaves her voice to Nelson Eddy. Martha Mahaffey leaves for Webster. Deward Moore leaves. (And how.) Gladys Luzadder leaves her shy ways to Helen Wyckoff. Helen Lucas leaves her quiet manners to Jane Chrislip. Wilson Miller leaves his salesmanship ability to Chuck” Warden. Agnes Helms leaves the library to Miss Watkins. Dolly Hoban leaves her red hair to Florence Morgan. Norman Deakins leaves the football team to Coach McDade. Ed Trader leaves the basketball team to “Dabney” Defenbaugh. James Parkhill leaves his bicycle to the track team. Charles Phillips and Cecil Nicola leave their golden voices to the Glee Club. Dick Sommervlile likes the school so well he decided to stay. (Uncle Sam. “Sez who ” unquote.) Kenneth Courtney leaves nothing. She s going too. Lora Loar leaves the-way-her-eyes-crinkle-up-when-she-smile to her sister. June. Thelma DeMoss leaves the Yearbook to a junior with a business head. Helen Freeman leaves her quiet industriousness to Jack McDargh. Jean Carney leaves her clothes to anyone lucky enough to get them- Joe Heinzman leaves Economics class to Miss Shepler but what thanks does he get? “Chuck” McDermott leaves to follow his journalistic trade at the News. Betty Haddix leaves with a clear conscience (we think). Genevieve Gable leaves her blond hair to Betty Flesher. Betty Linn leaves Macbeth to the poor juniors. Helen Gay leaves her middle name. Porter, to the Redcaps. Elsie Long leaves her perseverence to Janice Myers. Catherine Hamric leaves the cash register to Miss Grinnan. Lucille Haller leaves “Happy” to his fate. Mary Boyles leaves VoAg to Mr. Waggoner. Betty Bradley leaves the school to her sister. Mary Cathell leaves Calvin. Hands off, girls. Ellen Burnside leaves her neatness in voice and manner to Aldene Beagle. Eleanor Green doesn’t mind leaving. She’s learned enough. Jean Grinnan leaves her place in the Girl Reserve® to Etta Francis. Rhea Goff leaves senior English still trying to enlarge her vocabulary. Katie Keyser leaves her sunny disposition to anyone who has the blues. Mary Jane Kirkpatrick leaves the Knottsville bus to the bus driver. We’re sure he appreciates it. Lena Kester leaves her T don’t wanta set the wu-u-rld on fi-yer to Jack McCue. Susie Hedrick leaves her winsome ways to Rosa’ine Jones. Clyde Henderson leaves his bashfulness to John Ellers. Paul I inn leaves his noise. What noise? Karl Reese leaves his height to three small freshmen. James Kerns leaves his tobacco to Buddy Mayers. Floyd HuHerman wlils his ability to be always late to John Cassell. Kathryn Henderson leaves her short stature to Mary Kay Withers. BiH Jacobs leaves with no more than he came with, which was practically nothing. Wilma Banner just wants to leave. She still has her hopes. Georgia Sinsel leaves her sister. Mildred, to “Tuffy” Bragg. Paul Reed leaves his curly black hair to Hugh Fordyce. AND THIS WRITER LEAVES VIA THE NEAREST EXIT. OUTA MY WAY! SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Several students said when they left G. H. S.. Well, where do we go from here? They didn’t know then that thev were in for such—we'l. shall we sav “bright futures? So now it can be told, the secrets of what has happened to the graduating class of 1943. Hitler’s downfall was brought about by the combined efforts of Erma and Lula Hendrickson. One vamped him, the other spanked him- Jeanne Hansen stuck by her husband to the end. When he was finally convicted, she tried to end it all by jumping off a bridge, but the bridge was too low and the river was too shallow so all she got was wet. Among the honored dead we number Willard Donley who plunged to his doom while trying to enter the Pearlv Gates via the top of the Empire State Building. Helen Miller has complete charge of all Avon representatives in West Virginia. She is known as the Face Saver . Martha Mahaffey is now happily married to someone. 1 forget just who. She used to be a nurse and. pure v by accident, one of her patten's lived, so she married him. Remember I vie Wooddell? He -cam'- a famous movie star. Something like Charles Boyer, a'though not much. His latest triumph is entitled How Green Was Mv Pool Table”. Ellen and Mary Alice Burnside joined with Margaret and Martha Jones to form a quartette, the Jone- Forty-tix sides”. They are now singing with Robert “Red” Knotts and his band. Surely you’ve heard of his “makes ya wanta sit it out” music. Our versatile tenor, Charles Hoffman, (remember him?) went from bad to worse and is now crooning at one of the largest music houses in the country. Sing Sing. Mary Efaw is still happily married and her husband tells me she’s the best cook in the world. Don t they all? Ruth Martin is now making a fortune selling Buick airplanes. You’ve probably seen George Newcome and Carrol McCauley in advertisements for Dr. I Fixem’s Vitamin Pills. George is ’’before and Carrol is “after”. Lena Kester and Mary Cathell went to South America on a good will tour a few years ago and are now giving Conga and Rhumba lessons in Brooklyn Have you read their new book. “Six Lessons From Madames Kesterina and Cathello ? Osborne Lucas looked in the mirror one day and his head looked as though it was on fire But, he decided it was just his flaming red hair and he burned to a cinder before he realized he really was on fire. Paul Linn, John Poth. and Joe Manno went on an inspection tour through John Musgrove's Slaughter and Meat Packing Plant and haven’t been heard of since. Does that sausage taste fam liar Thelma Ellers married a ditch-digger on the W. P. A. When he isn’t able to work, she leans on the shovel for him. The only trace of Richard Sommerville is his picture, which now hangs in that famous museum, the Rogues’ Gallery. If you see him, please notify the F. B. I., whose chief now is J. (for James) “Edgar” Parkhil . Duffy sold his Tavern to Elmer Todd for a small fortune (50c) and it is now known as Elmer’s Tavern. Martha Ford has a pet shop. She keeps parrots mostly because it gets lonesome and she likes to have someone to talk to. Kenneth Courtney and Clyde Henderson are hockey players in Iceland Their team is called the “Shivering Graftonians”. Eleanor Borneman and Eleanor Green are scrubwomen in the Empire State Building. They’re working their way up. Don Rowe played football for years, but then he died, poor soul, of Athlete s Foot. Betty Fisher, a New York dress-designer, married a millionaire. It is now the style to wear “Fisher Designed Dresses . Joan Paugh is with a radio trio that is now on the “Breakfast Club” program. Hew does she manage to get up so early? Bill Kuhn tcok up the plumbing trade, but it all ended suddenly when he drooo-d a wrench on his foot. Patty McDargh joined the WAAC’s, but they had to send her where there were no men because she drove them all waccy”. Betty Jo McAvoy waits patiently for her husband to come home. They say he stopped at the poolroom after work one evening, and she is still waiting for him to “thaw out. Joe Ta la go certainly doesn't need sympathy. He lost his fingers in his accordian, but that doesn’t bother him; he uses his toes. Eldora Bolyard did sing on the radio, but her throat sprav was rationed and her voice got a little rusty. Nathan Drainer wrote a book on How to Have a Girl in Every Port . Mary Alice Nicola has a lot of litt’e basketball players running ground the house. Doris Jean Proudfoot shaved off her pretty red hair. To her horror it didn’t grow back, so she became a nun. Poor Doris Jean! Ed McCracken is coaching football at Notre Dame. We knew all the time he’d end up with -ome “dame . “Chuck” McDermott became a foreign correspondent and liv d a brief but interesting life. He whispered something to a little blonde and they shot him at sunrise. She was a spy. While in college Dorris Waugh attempted to be chosen “bes� all around girl”. Al h g’rls were campaigning like fury. One thing Dorris couldn't do was sw m. While trying to learn sh- had a narrow escape and a thrilling rescue. He's tall, dark and handsome. Helen Trimble opened a dress shop :n San Francisco. She went out where the wolves and wolfesses ’iv and where they throw out money for startling clothes etc. Her sh;o ought to be coming in loaded with money. Some peop'e have the worst luck B U Byers got tired of dishin ’ out the cafeteria lunches, but now in serveie, he’s doing the same thing, KP. He’ll make some girl a good wife. Mary Boyles had a lovely complexion. She is now th model for “The Skin You 1 ev- to Touch . Margaret Alice Waggoner is with a circus as the tail lady. Surprising, isn’t it? She grew three feet after leaving school. - t| James Kerns and Robert Knight are announcers on the radio for “Krunchy-wunchies and the “Giddy Girls Girdles”. t Marie Knight. Helen Lucas, and Betty Linn are dish-washers in a larg- restaurant. They don’t really have to do this as they make their livings writing testimon;a)s for soap companies. Elsie Long and Catherine Harter sell tombstones. Soook,r business for girls, isn’t it? Jacqueline Powell was an electrician, but she died of shock. Katie Kevser wanted so desperately to join the Waves but when they threw her into the water and she didn't float, they turned her down. Virginia Dadisman. and Rhea Goff are modeling together as one woman at Hovatter’s, the Store for Larger Women, run by a chaD named Arlie. Deward Moore is rdiing the rods; he hasn't anything better to do and doesn't want to waste time doing it. “Bill” Watkins is the youngest Supreme Court Judge ever known in our history. His “supreme ambition is to be a Chief Justice. Mary Gladys Boice is stiH living with her husband. She avs they NEVER have fi’hts, just little fusses . Betty Weaver and Treva Withers are now a countess and duchess respectivelv. They each met their noblemen while thev were in Vienna studying art. What kind of “Art”? Ann Newham has a swell job. She licks price ta ’s in a department store. (Continued on page 78) Fort uneven £ vgS$£. OUR SENIOR CLASS PLAY “LOST HORIZON” ’’Lost Horizon, ’ the Senior Class Play, cast a spell of mystery over our high school in the early spring when most young folks are carefree and gay. The opening scene concerned a piece of paper on which was written several bars of music. To Rutherford, a tall, quiet-mannered Englishman, played by Ben Bailey, the music was one cf Chopin's works. Though unpublished there was no doubt in his mind that Chopin wrote the theme. Rutherford had obtained the paper from an old friend of his who had been seriously ill after his return from the strange valley of Shangri-La beyond the mountains of Karakal. A plane carrying four passengers, namely, Conway, played by Joe Talago; Mr. Barnard, an American, John Musgrove; Mr. Mallinson, a quicktempered young man, Charles Loren Hoffman, and Miss Brinklow, a missionary, Dorris Waugh, had crached in the mysterious valley of Shangri-La where the bewildered party were greeted in a lamasary by a very polite, but evading. Chinese named Chang, portrayed by Claude Dunham. Regardless of the many curious questions asked by the victims of this strange land and its silent people, the prisoners were unable to get any information whatsoever. Mallinson. who was slightly injured in the crash, tried in vain to secure the necessary supplies to leave but his friend, Conway soon yielded to the spell of Shangri-La and his mounting interest in Helen Briar, Thelma E lers, a charming English girl of the lamasary also delayed his urge to go. Due to his friend’s condition Conway finally sought Helen's help in an attempt to take his plea to the High Lama. Osborne Lucas, who was the only one who could he'p him, but the High Lama proved to be just as unrevealing as the others, if not a little more so. He told Conway the story of the beginning of Shangri-La — the wonderful valley of peace — a peace that was profound, for there people never grew old. The only means of escape from this shut-off part of the world was through an expedition of porters who passed by the mountains every two months. After waiting hopelessly for what seemed to him like years, Mallinson discovered porters scaling the pass and he realized then that Chang had never meant to tell them. So, Mallinson and his friends went away from Shangri-La, but Conway was the only member of the party to survive the long journey back to civi ization. After his dismissal from the hospital to which he was confined for a short length of time he disappeared and no one has seen him since. Rutherford and h-s friends wondered if Conway ever found his way back to Shangri-La and today it still remains as one of the unsolved mysteries. The remaining cast members were Myra. Agnes Helms; Elizabeth. Frances Yates; Wyland. Brady Cor-rothers; Lo Tsen. Margaret A’ice Waggoner; Tashi, Sylvia Favish; and Ai-Ling Mary Alice Burnside. The play was under the direction of Miss Ruth Bitten. Senior English instructor. h'orty-cifjht Forty-nine WHO’S WHO Charles Hoffman, our Valedictorian, has been a leader of our graduating class all of these four, exciting, unforgetablbe years. Everyone likes a person who can do things and that is one of the reasons why ‘‘Charlie ’ is so tremendously popular. He was President of our Junior class and is now Senior Class President and has served us faithfully. Possessing a seemingly, inexhaustible supply of energy. Char es is Editor-in-chief of the Yearbook, President of the Student Council, Vice-president of the Hi-Y. and a member of the Quill and Scroll, Boys’ Glee Club, National Honor Society, National Thespians and was former Editor of the Bearcat. One of the most outstanding of his activities was his directing of the Senior Contest play and his dramatization in the Senior Class Play. Betty Fisher followed in the footsteps of her sister in her scholastic record, so we know Betty now as our Salutatorian. Her lovely red hair doesn’t suggest a hot temper but rather enhances her swe-t disposition. Very busy. Betty has found time to display her very fine character as a member of the Girl Reserves, Bearcat Staff. National Honor Society, and the Quill and Scroll. An example of beauty and brains combined with a winning personality, is Eldora Bo'yard, having gained fame by her scholastic standing and having done a very successful job as the Business Manager of the Yearbook. When there is anv work to be done, Eldora ;s standing by, to help in any way she possiMv can. In social activities, she is Vice-President of the National Honor Society, Asssitant-Treasurer of thr Girl Reserves, member of the Quill and Scroll, Commercial Club, and Athletic Ticket Commission. We have in our midst not onlv a lady editor but also a girl who simp'y “sparkles” in mathematics. We mean. Marv lane Hancock. Good-natured. Mary Jane edits the “Bearcat”, but also finds time for her job as Secretary of the National Honor Society, Reporter for the Girls' Athletic Assocaition and a member of the Girl Reserves. Quill and Scroll, and the National Thespians. Tall and dignified, William Watkins, built a name for himself in the “prophesying and “hashing” of sport events. And that isn’t all. Bill received great fame when his Junior Oass Contest P'av was chosen the best of four classes. A very well-liked lad. Bill is President of the National Thespians. Pr-s;den� of the National Honor Society. President of the Hi-Y, and a member of the Student Council. Quill and Scroll and Sports Editor for the Bearcat. What a quiet life he lives I Jeanne Hansen’s sparkling and gay smile helps her succeed in every way. As Feature Story Editor of the Bearcat. Jeanne. c � cks off a few thousand words on her typewriter in a very interesting mnnn-r much to the delight of her manv readers. “Jeanie” is Treasurer of the Girl Reserves. Treasurer of the Quill and Scroll, and Vice-Pres dent of th- Student Council. She and her Dcrsonality have found their way. as members into the Commercial Club. National Honor Society, and � he Editorial Staff of th“ Yearbook. Happv-PO-lucky and carefree is the “air” Bi'l Hart has about him. but determination shows itse'f in his walk and fol'ows through in his ability to accomplish difficult tasks. Bill is seriouslv interested in all that he does, and � n his wav oes it well. He was the originator of our school paper in '41 and has done fine work this past year as the President of the Quill and Scroll, a journalistic society. He is a'so an active member of the National Thespians and Business staff of the Yearbook. A popular senior wi� h a talent of doing many things well, Helen Gav has sh wn her veraatal'ty as Vice-President of the Senior Class, Secretary of the National Thespians and Vice-President of h- Girl Reserves. Gaybird is verv talented in sinping and in spite of all her outside activities, has a ood scholastic record. She is an active member of the Quill and Scroll. Bearcat Staff. National Honor Society. National Thespians and the Editorial Staff of the Yearbook. He’en has had quite a g'orious time, also, s director of the Sophomore Contest play, this year. She can understand Sophomores, she was Presdient of her class when she was a Sophomore. Sweet, pert, and tiny describes our Margaret Alice Waggoner, who was chosen t e D. A R. representative by her fellow classmates. It was Philippi High School’s loss and our gain, when “Margie” ram- to G. H S. in her Junior vear. Her outstanding abilities have made her Secretary of the Girl Reserves, Vice-President of the National Thespians, and a member of the National Honor Society, Gir's’ Glee C ub, Ath’etic Ticket Commission. Editorial Staff of the Yearbook and the All-State Chorus. She has also done meritable work in the Senior Class Play. Maybe Paul Linn is a little bashful but he knows his “stuff”. He is a repular whiz in Physics class and P'oes au� -tlv about winning himself a place in school life. A brilliant student and good-natured lad is the true Paul. He has become a member of the Band, the Hi-Y. and the National Honor Society. If vou h-ar someone laughing that’s Willard Donley. He never seems to have a worry in the world. Wlliard has always made friends easily, rarely ever losing one. Possessing the reaubed knowV ee of the •-� -enc- of “how to handle a camera”, with a knack for taking pictures, he has snapped many a fine pose cn the G. H. S. campus. “Will” is a member fo the Quill and Scroll, Business Staff of the Yearbook. Boys Glee Club, and the National Thespians. Ben Bailey’s always good-naturedly arguing and yet everybody’s friend, scholastic ability is rarely surpassed and his quick smile achieves many friends. if there’s dancing and fun, there vou will find Ben, enjoy-nig himself immensely. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council. Hi-Y. and the Rifle Club. Sweet and intelligent, Lora Loar is a fine example of a true friend and a “strawberry blonde . In the estimate of her fellow classmates, she has the ability to do great things. 1 ora is the Society Editor of the Bearcat, Reporter of the Girl Reserves and a faithful member of the National Honor Society, National Thespians, Student Council, Quill and Scroll, and the Editorial Staff of the Yearbook. Assembly wouldn’t be an assembly without music, and there wouldn’t be any music without a pianist. Such was the role Eleanor Borneman played in her willing faithful service to the Glee Clubs and the whole student body. Her brilliance has brought about her membership in the National Honor Society, Girls’ Glee Club, Girl Reserves, and the Hec-Teks. Giving assistance in the office. Marilyn Crowley, is known by all, students and teachers, alike. Snuffy” will long live in the minds of her fellow classmates for her portrayal of characters in dramatics. Known for Fifty leadership. Marilyn has given long service to the Naitonal Honor Society, National Thespians, and the Vice-Presidency of the Commercial Club. Quiet and unassuming, Edward McCracken, manager of the basketball and football teams, will make some woman a good wife some day. Known by all as “Horse’ , he has earned a gold school sweater and is a proud member of the Lettermen’s Club. Besides playing an A-1 trombone in the Band, Lois Kathryn Robinson swings a mean gavel as President of the Girl Reserves. A quiet and powerful brunette, Lois’ ability to understand people is an outstanding trait. She is a’so a member of the Student Council and the National Honor Society. An excellent manager of anything and everything she undertakes to do. Frances Yates stands high in the eyes of her classmates Frances’ ambition is to become an expert typist and we wouldn’t be a bit surprised if she accomplished it. Her w’de-so”ead abilities class her as Circulation Manager of the Bearcat, and a member of the Quill and Scroll, National Honor Society, National Thespians. Glee Club, Business Staff of the Yearbook. Senior Class Play and the Girl Reserves. Let’s go to press----FLASH I And risrht there to “dish-up” a story is our ambitious newspaperman. Charles McDermott, better known as Chuck”. Chuck’s ambitions make him a member of the Hi-Y, Letter-man's Club. Rifle Club. National Thebans and Sports Writer for the Grafton News. A rare specimen of an all-around girl is this active senior. Dorris Waugh. Liked by all. is this admirable character, whose talents cover a wide a-ea as they range from Assistant Editor of the Yearbook and Director of the Freshman Contest play, to a member of the Quill and Scro'l, Bearcat Staff. National Thespians. National Honor Societv. and the Athletic Ticket Comm;ss;on She has also done fine work in the Senior Class Play. Thelma Elizabeth “Ted DeMoss has one of those indescribable personalities that draw you to her. “Ted” has traveled through school with music in her heart and smi'e. Verv talented. Thelma is the excellent President of the Commercial Cl� � b and a very lovely member of the Girl Reserves, National Honor Society, the Glee Club, and the Business Staff r f the Yearbook. A whirl of sk rts and flash of silver usher in that nerkv little Band Majorette, loan Paugh. Nicknamed “Shakev” hv her fellow students «h is � he effervescent Business Manager of th- B-arcat and Secretary of � he Gir s’ Athletic Association “Shakev is also a member of the Girl Reserves. National Thespians. Business Staff of the Yearbook. Girls' Tro and is the loval Secretarv-Treasurer of the Senior Class. Always hapDy. that's lohn Mus vr. who is a true pal to everyone. He has many friends and makes more evervdav bv his good-natured laughter. Very well-liked by all. John is an active member of the Hi-Y, Rifle C'ub. F. F A. and h National Honor Society. Here’s a scholar talented in the finer fie’ds of life, especially art and music. It is not unusual to pass through the halls and var;ous rooms and se- orettilv colored illustrations of current school activities. Then we know Cather ne Hamric has been at work Cathy quietly goes about her worthwhi’e duties and her shining personalitv has acouired h-r a place in the National Honor Society, Girl Reserves, Quill and Scroll. Glee Club. Editorial Staff of the Yearbook. Bearcat Staff and a member of the 1942 W«rst Virginia All-State Chorus. Fun-loving Don Rowe has certainly earned his right to the Presidency of the Lettermen s Club. As a lover of sports and the fine things they stand for. he is justified in wearing his school sweater with pride. Don was the “worthy Captain Rowe of our football team. Three cheers for Don. A skilled pivoter with a wonderful knack of “putting them in , Ann Newham is dynamite on a basketball floor. Ann’s good-natured repartees and her willingness to cooperate make her President of the Girls Athletic Association, typist for the Bearcat, Clarinet-player in the Band. Girls' Trio, and the National Thespians. “Peanut. George Newcome. is one of the small boys in our class and very popu'ar with the girls. He has a quick sense of humor and his ability to keep people laughing is greatly appreciated by all. But George also sees the serious side of life and his mathematical ability is great. He is very active as a member of the Hi-Y. Athletic Ticket Commission, and the Rifle Club. Captain Ed Trader amazed the basketball fans with his interpretation of “how to play the game . His superb handling of the ball is admired by all and he has led us on to victory many times. He is the proud owner of a well-earned school sweater and letter. He is also a member of the Lettermen s Club. The pretty, demure blonde high-stepper as sponsor in our Band is none other than Patty McDargh. She has a smile for each and everyone and her pertness marched her right into the membership of the Girl Reserves, as Reporter, and the National Thespians. The newspapers favored Cecil Nicola with the title, “veteran of the Bearcat team and we agreed as game after game faded into the distance with victory for the “Cats”. Through thick and thin. Cec has kept piling up point after point. Having earned his school sweater and letter, Cecil is also a loyal member of the Lettermen’s Club. Thelma Ellers certainly has been outstanding all these four years in her studies and her personality. She played her bit in the Thespians as its Treasurer and has succeeded in many other lines of activities, such as, the Editorial Staff of the Yearbook, Girl Reserves. Quill and Scroll. Rifle Club. Girls Glee Club, and the Bearcat Staff. This rangy basketball ace is not Mr. Five by Five for he’s a great deal taller than he is wide. Elmer Todd will always be remembered for his abliity in basketball and football. Elmer, friendly, and everyone s pal, is affiliated with the Lettermen’s Club. He has also displayed a school sweater upon his lanky frame. Known by all for her splendid editorials and her outstanding work on the Bearcat Staff is Agnes Helms. Very interested in dramatics, Aggie” played some very inspiring roles in plays this year. These qualities combined with her scholastic record, has helped her succeed in the Girl Reserves and the National Thespians. Charlie Phillips is another of our popular basketeers and football players and has been able to achieve great standards in sports. Tall and lanky, Charlie will be remembered for his service in the Lettermen’s Club and the proud air with which he displayed his school sweater and letter. Joe Tala go is one of those boys, who uses his “brains” and gets around, not only in school, but in outside activities. His work in dramatics should be especially noted, as he accomplished a very difficult role in the Senior Contest Play and was rewarded by receiving the honor of being chosen the best actor. Making friends is easy for Joe and his radiant personality has made him a member of the HiY and the National Honor Society. Fifty one This ian t Berkeley Square but G. H. S. certainly has a nightingale that sings just as sweetly and her talents spread far and w'ide in the music field. Mary Alice Palmer Nicola is the soprano member of the Girls' Trio. Her sweet voice and smile have won the hearts of all. Russell Butch Butcher is one of our famed sports writers and humorists. Always joking, there’s never a dull moment when Butch is around. However, close acquaintances know that Butch has an equally serious side. He is an excellent Sports Writer and Columnist for the Bearcat. Charm personified is our way of describing Gloria Fawley. She is known for her success as the President of the Hec-Teks. Gloria has shown her ability to assume responsibility and her character has made her a steady member of the Girl Reserves, National Honor Society, and the Commercial Club. Wilson Miller’s chief worry was the uncertainty of never knowing if the red-headed iceman would come in time. Wilson has been manager of the candy stand at the football and basketball games this year and he has done a fine piece of work in handling the job. Always ready with a pleasant smile for everyone, Wilson is one of the most indispensable boys in the Athletic Ticket Commission. One way of describing Eleanor Parrish is short and spunky. Her attractive deep voice has won her many friends and she was chosen as the best actress during the contest plays, because of her excellent dramatization of a boy's part. More power to you. Eleanor. Another one of these quiet but very charming girls is Lillian Sapp, the keeper of the money for the Commercial Club, as Treasurer. Lillian devotes an hour of her time to helping in the office and is well-liked as a member of the Gir Reserves and the National Honor Society. Leonard Bott is one of the busness minded boys of our Senior Class. His scholarly attitude has made him an efficient member of the Commerc al C'ub. His quick smile is one of the first things one notices about Leonard. As Secretary of the Commercial Club, Helen Miller’s personality will help to succeed in any line of activity. She may not have much to sav. but her splendid records speak for her. Her smile and soft word for everyone makes her wel'-liked around G. H. S. He’s in the Navy, now! Bill Byers, was one of our most popular boys with classmates and teachers. He did his job in school with a scholarly attitude and is now doing just as well in the Navy. Bill was an .active member on th Bearcat Staff. Athletic Ticket Commission, and also a member of the football snuad of '42. Betty Jo McAvoy spends a lot of her time as a very busy Hec-Tek. Bettv Jo is always on hand to help with banquets and such, that the Hec-Teks are sponsoring. She is Chairman of her home-room and is an essential worker in the Girls’ Athletic Association. Jolly is the word to suit Lyle Wooddell. But longer acquaintance reveals a more serious strain, which shows itself in the attention h gives his activities in school and out. Lyle shows his talents as a member of the Ouill and Scroll and the Hi-Y. We shall never forget Paul Reed’s power on our football team. A stellar athlete of our gridiron. Paul was hard to surpass. He is another senior that can hold his head high and display a well-earned school sweater won by his ability to carry that pigskin . He is a member of the Lettermen’s Club. Fifty-two Fifty-three STUDENT COUNCIL The first Student Council was organized in 1940 under the guidance and direction of Mr. H. E. Odgers. who was then principal. Charles Stafford was the first president, Robert McCartney was vice-president, and Willa Copenhaver was secretary. In 1941-42 Betty Gordon was the president and Dorris Waugh secretary. This year the Student Council again functioned, holding its meetings the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Charles Hoffman was elected president; Jeanne Hansen, vice-president, and Rosella Marshall, secretary. The council was sponsored by Mr. Clayton. The purpose of the Student Council is to provide a means for student participation in the school government, to stimulate self-control, and to promote the general welfare of the school. There are two representatives from each senior home room and one representative from each junior, sophomore, and freshman home room. The president and vcie-president are elected from the senior representatives and the secretary is elected from the junior representatives. The president presides at all the meetings, leads in the discussions, and is a member ex-officio of all committees. The vice-president presides in the absence of the president. The secretary keeps a list of the council members and their attendance and keeps a record of all council activities. This year, 1942-43, many difficult problems have arisen, and have been solved by the council to the satisfaction of the majority of the pupils. Accommodations in the cafeteria have greatly improved, partly due to suggestions made by the student council. The eating of lunches in the hall and the throwing of papers and trash in the halls were stopped almost entirely. A bulletin board of current events was provided by the junior History classes at the suggestion of the council. These are just a few of the things done or suggested by the Student Council this year. The Student Council is an arbitrary council that provides a means by which the students and the principal can settle problems which are of relative importance to both, fairly and impartially. Fifty-four Re-Echo Staff EDITORIAL STAFF Charles Hoffman Dorris Waugh Robert C. Sloan Writers Catherine Hamric Jeanne Hansen Margaret Alice Waggoner Bill Watkins BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Eldora Bolyard Adviser Gladys Hickman Subscription Manager Thelma DeMoss Circulation Manager Robert Knight Editor Assistant Editor Adviser Lo ra Loa r Thelma Ellers Helen Gay Photography Bill Hart Willard Donley Lyle Wooddell Charles McDermott Arrangers Ellen Burnside Mary Alice Burnside Joan Paugh Eleanor Borneman Elenor Greene Anna Belle Ball Martha Ford Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Treva Withers Betty Weaver Dorothy Hoban Helen Miller Frances Yates Charles Phillips Helen Trimble Marilyn Crowley Elmer Todd Lois Kathryn Robinson Fifty-five NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY One of the proudest moments of a high school student’s life is the time when he learns that he has been selected to become a member of the National Honor Society. For at that moment he knows that all the time spent; all those hours of study to achieve a higher goal have not been spent in vain. Becoming a member of the National Honor Society is one of his greatest accomplishments from those three long years of study. The Grafton High School Chapter of the National Honor Society was organized in 1927 by E. M. Tomlinson. who was principal of the high school at that time. G. Minette Watkins was chosen sponsor and has remained in that capacity since then. The original society had four charter members which has expanded till at the present time there are twenty-three members. The members are selected by the faculty from the upper third of their class on the basis of scholarship, leadership. character, and service. Not more than fifteen per cent of any graduating class can be elected to membership in the society The purpose of the National Honor Society is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of the American schools. The officers of the National Honor Society for 19 43 are William Watkins, president; Eldora Bolyard, vice-president; Mary Jane Hancock, secretary-treasurer. Fifty six BEARCAT It began one day in 1941. when several students hit upon the brilliant idea of editing a newspaper. After approval by the office, business began, sponsors were chosen, a name selected, and the “Bearcat” made its debut. Mary Jane Hancock, editor, has won fame for outstanding work and endurance in editing a paper. If it hadn’t been for the abilities of some of our Seniors, there might not have been a Bearcat . The outstanding were Charles Hoffman and Bill Hart, assisted by Willard Donley. Russel Butcher, Mary Jane Hancock, Thelma Ellers, Eldora Bo! yard. Joan Paugh. Lora Loar. Margaret Waggoner. Jeanne Hansen. Catherine Hamric, Bill Watkins. Dorris Waugh. Frances Yates. Helen Gay. Marilyn Crowley, and Betty Fisher. QUILL AND SCROLL Quill and Scroll, a National Honorary Society for High School Journalists, was established in 1942 under the sponsorsh p of Joseph H. Mahaffey. Members must meet the following requirements: (I) must be at least a junior in standing: (2) must have done superior work in some form of journalistic endeavor: (3) must be in the upper third of his class in scholastic standing; (4) must be recommended by the supervisor or the committee governing publications; and (5) must be approved by the Executive Secretary. The officers are: William Hart, president: Helen Gay, vice-president; and Jeanne Hansen, secretary-treasurer. The sponsor is Mr. Robert Sloan. Fifty-seven GIRL RESERVES The Girl Reserves are young members of the Young Women’s Christian Association. The first program of work for younger girls was established in 1881 in Oakland, Calif. The name Girl Reserves was chosen in 1918. It means that a member is constantly building up and making a part of herself those skills, ideas, and attitudes which will help her to become a finer person and to build a finer world. The name also means that that Girl Reserves are the reserve force of the Y. W. C. A. girls who will be its future leaders. The symbol of the Girl Reserves is a circle around a triangle with the letters G. R. in its center, symbolizing that all Girl Reserves in the United States have much in common. T, The Grafton club was organized in 1926 under the direction of Nola Frye with nine charter members. I he number has increased so that at the present time three are thirty-six girls in the club. The officers for this year are: Lois Kathryn Robinson, president; Helen Gay. vice-president; Margaret Alice B Correy CC y: Jcanne N nsen. treasurer. Its sponsors are: Miss Gladys Hickman and Mrs. Dolores The Girl Reserve slogan say.: A. a Glr, Reaervc WI|| ,ry to face |,fe ,quare| Its purpose: To find and give the best. f ifty tight HEC-TEK The Hec-Tek Club is one of the school activities organized and directed within the school to provide oppor-tunity for personal development of the members; for service to school and community: and for active participation in improving home and family living. The national society was organized in 1908 and the Grafton club was started in 1936. This is the student branch of the American Home Economics Association. The name Hec-Tek is derived from the fo lowing: H for honor, E for energy, C for courage. T for tact, E for enjoyment, and K for kindness. Any student in the school who is enrolled in Home Ec 2 or 3 and has a grade of A or B is eligible for active membership. Officers for this year are: president, Gloria Fawley; vice-president, Edith Robinson: secretary, Avane le Denton; treasurer. Dottie Lou Sterling; reporter, Dorothy Wolfe. This year the activities of this club were very extensive. Beginning with their first meeting in September to the closing of school their calendar had many interesting events. The Hec-Teks adopted the “Living for Victory Program for high schools and adhered to its policies. They are: Practice democracy, keep ourselves fit, help others understand why nutrition is helpful for defense, conserve food, clothing, rubber, fuel. Be a producer of such as victory gardens, re-styled clothes, etc. Buy defense stamps and bonds on saved money. Study rationing; try to help others achieve good health; help instruct the public as to grades and standards; deny ourselves unnecessary things; refuse to hoard; make ourselves fit for a bigger job; use initiative to help in the victory program; co-operate with the girls in our club, with other high schools and other organizations in the community as the USO, Red Cross, PTA. and OPA; encourage having fun without spending money; keep up family morale; encourage safety at home, school, and in the community; help to organize new clubs. Fifty-nine THE COMMERCIAL CLUB The present Commercial Club was organized in 19 40 under the supervision of Mr. S. H. Haselden. The first president waa Betty Lou Curry; Annabelle Barton, vice-president: Lillian Shaw, secretary; Juanita De Mobs, treasurer; James Knight, sergeant-at-arms; and Francis McCracken, reporter. In 1941-42 the c.ub was again sponsored by Mr. Haselden. There was also a co-sponsor. Mrs. Chambers. Betty Lee M l er was president that year, Paul Edward Hunt was vice-president, Alfreda Fisher was secretary, and Nancy Woodyard was treas-urer; This year Mr. Haselden again directed the club. Thelma DeMoss was president; Marilyn Crowley, vice-president; Helen Miller, secretary; Lillian Sapp, treasurer; Betty Ridenour, sergeant-at arms; and Jeanne Hansen was reporter. In order to become a member of the Commercial Club a student must be a junior or a senior and must be following the commercial curriculum. He must also be passing in all subjects and have a scholastic standing of 3.5 quality points. Then the student must receive the approval of the club, and after initiation is duly sworn in as a member. If he fails a subject or permits h:s scholastic standing to fall below 3.5 quality points he is automatically dropped from membership. A member who fails to make a scholastic standing of 3.5 points at the end of a six-weeks period, may be reinstated the following six-weeks period, provided he has made good his standing. Any member who misses three consecutive meetings without a valid excuse, or upon comp aint of dishonorable conduct, is automatically dropped from the club. Sizty GIRLS’ ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Girls Athletic Association or the G.A.A. as it is commonly known, is an organization of high school sportswomen. Its chief aim is to further good sportsmanship and stress the importance of physical fitness. It endeavors to bring the benefits and values of our athletic program into the reach of all, instead of limiting them to a few. Each year it performs many worthwhile services to the school. This year it sponsored a good posture week emphasizing ’Sit Straight. Stand Straight. Think Straight . This association sponsored Activity Night. In order to be eligible for membership to the club, a girl must have earned 200 points in her physcial education class or in extra-curricular athletic activity. Each year the senior girl with the most points is given an award by the club and any g rl who plays on the basketball team for four years, whether she is a member of the G.A.A. or not. is given an athletic letter. Ann Newham was elected president of the club for 1942-43 with Joan Paugh as secretary-treasurer. and Mary Jane Hancock, reporter. LETTERMEN’S CLUB The Lettermen’s Club is made up of boys in G. H. S. who have won letters in football, baskebtall, or track. Its purpose is To organize those who have earned the letter G’. symbol of Grafton High School, into a body whose function is to see that only those who have earned a letter n var‘ sity athletics should wear it. Membership in the Lettermen’s Club is one of the highest honors which can be earned by a high school athlete. The club sponsor is Micky McDade; president. Don Rowe; vice-president. Leroy Frey: secretary. Jack Hebb. Sixty-one ATHLETIC TICKET STAFF The Athletic Ticket Staff was organized last year by Mr. Robert C. Sloan, who is the athletic director of Grafton High School. The program rose out of the theory, which is rather prevalent in our school, of student responsibility. In most schools over the state, the student body did practically none of their own thinking and all of the responsibility for the success or failure was placed on a member of the faculty and as a consequence the students had little to say in their acitvities. This, however, is slowly beginning to slip away, and Grafton has been a little ahead of the story with the system whcih has been employed very successfully during the past two years in the management of athletic contests. The members of the athletic ticket staff sell tickets, watch gates, take care of the concession stand, act as ushers and do any other job that might come up on the spur of the moment. This system developed more rapidly due to the manpower shortage that is very close to us in our school. Margaret Alice Waggoner Ben Bailey Betty Hoffman Osborne Lucas Dorris Waugh Eldora Bolyard Charles Hoffman William Byers Bill Hart Wilson Miller Lyle Wooddell Claude Dunham Bob Knotts Neal Bartlett George Newcome Norman Deakins Willard Donley Richard Sommerville Brady Corrothers Leonard Bott Charles Rutherford Bernard Stutler Bill Kuhn Jack Henderson Sixty-two F. F. A. The Future Farmers of America, or ’’F.F.A. , as it is commonly known, is the national organization of. by, and for boys studying Vocational Agricu ture. The Grafton Chapter was organized in September, 1941, with twenty-eight charter members, t red Boyles, a graduate of the class of 1942. was its first president. This years officers are: Warren McVicker, president: Junior Lundy, vice-president; James Kerns, secretary; Forrest Edwards, treasurer. The boys receive valuable leadership training that helps, not only to develop their individual personality, but also gives them self-confidence. Mr. Odgers made the following statement about the chapter’s first president: The F.F.A. has done more for Fred than any one thing I know. During its charter year the chapter held forty-six, full-hour meetings and earned more than 800 points out of a possible thousand, which is an outstanding accomplishment. The motto sums up everything that this active organization has done, is doing, and will do in the future. The motto is: Learning to do. Doing to learn. Earning to live. Living to serve. HI-Y CLUB One of the most prominent organizations of Grafton Senior High School during the past few years has been the Hi-Y Club, which is the high school branch of the Y. M. C. A- The local Hi-Y Club was organized in 1924, following a convention held at Fairmont, where the idea was introduced by Mr. Glenn S. Callahan. The membership of the club is made up of the outstanding leaders and students of the school, who stand out for their leadership, service, scholastic standing, and good clean body and mind. Its program is religious, social, serving, athletic, and scholastic in its scope. Its platform stands for clean speech, clean sports, clean scholarship, and clean thoughts. The sponsor for this year’s organization is Mr. A. V. Yoho and the officers are: Bill Watkins, president; Charles Hoffman, vice-president; and Dick Watkins, secretary-treasurer. There are approximately thirty-five members this year. One of the outstanding of the social events of the high school each spring is the annual Girl Reserve-Hi-Y prom. This year’s dance was one of the most successful held in the past few years. Sixty-three Sixty-five BOVS’ AND GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB The Glee Club is a musical organization whose purpose is to create appreciation and give opportunity for expression in music. Melodies provide an outlet for your emotions, and what can be better than singing? Approximately seventy-five members attended practice of this year s semi-classical music. Light and entertaining pieces were chosen to provide students with the type music they enjoy working on most. The spring concert was cleverly arranged. The numbers were chosen with a thought to unity. The boys carried out the patriotic theme, while the two groups sang numbers from many countries, and our own popular ones were displayed in pageant form. During the last semester proper voice production was emphasized. Very few members have had any voice training and this study was given to overcome the tendency to go flat. The Boys’ Glee Club had an average of seventeen members who generally sang in unison, with only a few part songs. The idea of the club is to “Keep ’Em Singing”. Some of the members will be called into the fighting forces of the U. S.. so patriotic songs and those which can and will be sung all over the world by our boys were chosen to help build morale. This group has sung in church programs and assemblies. Miss El-anor Borneman accompanies both groups. For the first time in the history of our school, the Glee Club was represented at the All-State Chorus, and it is hoped to have attendance every year henceforth. Margaret Alice Waggoner and Catherine Hamric were our representatives. It was held in Huntington from November I Oth to the 13th. The All-State C horus and Orchestra meet during the S. E. A. and present a concert to the state teachers and townspeople. The adept and well known director was George Strickling, who has led several state choruses. After hard practicing by both Chorus and Orchestra the concert was held November 13th. after which a dance was held for the two groups at East Huntington High School with a local orchestra and vocal talent entertaining. Sixty-six B A N D The opening curtain bring before ut the boy and girl of the Senior High School Band, arrayed in color of the rainbow. It look quite different from the usual crisp uniform , for the concert is a special occasion. The audience relaxes, waiting expectantly for the melodious notes to take them to the land of make believe. The leader is Miss Naomi Robinson, who has taken over a man-sized job. She raises her baton to lead the bond through adventures in song. Not only on the stage are we proud of the long recognized Grafton Band, but they have shown their ability in marching and thrilling the crowds at football and basketball games. On the field the splotches of blue and white move uniformly to create an attractive design. There are approximately 64 members, which does not include the drum major, Donald Poling; majorettes, Jean Welch and Joan Paugh; band sponsors, Martha Holloway, Sylvia Favish. Patty McDargh and Virginia Debendarfer; color guards, Annis Lee Davis and Rhea Goff; color bearers. Lyle Wooddell and Willard Donley. This group is a vital part of the band, for it constitutes the display and outward appearance of any such organization. The band received and acknowledged an invitation to the West Virginia-South Carolina football game, where they marched in the parade, and they have received honors while participating is several other . The Band Master's Clinic was held in Clarksburg, January 25th-26th. Carl Crawford. Vincent Moats. Ann Newham. Bob Stout, Dick Watkins, and Donald Poling attended from our school. This meeting was held to point out to the band leaders the techniques of good attack, shading and other fine points of music, as demonstrated by high school musicians. Sixty-sercn THESPIANS AND TECHNICAL STAFF The Grafton Thespian Troupe is No. 171, with Miss Ruth Batten as sponsor. The purpose of the Thespians is: “To create a spirit of active interest in dramatics among the students of our secondary schools” and the Troupe shall encourage students to attain better mastery of language, develop poise and self control, and appreciate dramatic literature and techniques. Our officers for the year were Bill Watkins ns president; Margaret Waggoner, vice-president; Helen Gay, secretary, and Thelma Ellers as treasurer. Acknowledgment was received for their contribution to the Stage Door Canteen in the form of a certificate signed by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine for the uproarious comedy, “The Whole Town’s Talking”. At Christmas a very beautiful and striking play, “Come Let Us Adore Him , was presented and they again sponsored the annual inter-class contest plays. Much praise is to be accredited John Miller and Everett Moor -, stage manager and assistant. They are leaders of the technical staff without which play production and assembly programs would be impossible. :'Sixty-eight “THE WHOLE TOWN S LAUGHING Directed by MRS. MILDRED HADDOX COME LET US ADORE HIM Directed by MISS RUTH BATTEN “THE WHOLE TOWN’S LAUGHING” “Bewitching describe the Thespian production. “The Whole Town' Laughing’’, presented for the benefit of the Stage Door Canteen to provide for our boys in the armed forces an inexhaustible suppliy of entertainment. Despite the many complications that occurred in the play it was finally revealed that the real count and countess, played by Robert Kittle and Catherine Hamric, were self-scheming criminals, and Mrs. Brien-Moore. played by Marilyn Crowley, was really the wife of an Irish bricklayer. The play ended with a genuine Irish display of true fighting spirit and the purchasing of a raw beefsteak for the winner’s black eye. The remaining members of the cast included: William Watkins, as Douglas Brien-Moore; Dottie Lou Sterling, as Clarabelle; Jimmy Weekley. as Chet; Lora Loar. as Doris Dutton; Joan Paugh. as Sarah, the maid; Thelma Ellers, as Polly Dutton; and Russell Butcher, as Geoffrey Lamont. The play was under the direction of Mrs. Mildred Waters Haddox, newly elected assistant Thespian sponsor. “COME LET US ADORE HIM” This year, our stage was the setting for one of the most beautiful stories ever written or ever to be presented by a high school cast. The staging of Come Let Us Adore Him , chosen by the Thespians as their annual troupe play, brought to us the beautiful story of the birth of the Christ-Child in all its splendor. The story was told quite simply by a mother (Martha Ford) to her small daughter (Vonda Bolyard) as they sat before a bright fire on Christmas Eve admiring their lovely Christmas tree. But the little child fell asleep and returned in her dreams to the night of the Holy Birth. The remaining members of the cast were: the boy. Charles West; Martha, the innkeeper’s daughter, Dorothy Burnside; Angels. Lora Loar. Betty Fisher. Thelma DeMoss, Patty McDargh, Eldora Bolyard. Betty McAvoy, and Jeanne Hansen. The play was directed by Miss Ruth Batten and the high school Glee Club furnished Christmas music. Sixty-nine Inter-Class Contest Plays The Senior Class contest play was a great uc-cess. It was a drama entitled “The Cloak of Evil by Don C. Jones- It was very cleverly directed by a senior, Charles Hoffman. Going into the plot of the story a bit, Zamba was played by Joe Talago. who received the honor of “best actor” for his portrayal of the “mad” ventriloquist. He sent his supposedly dummy. Runt, out to steal his dead aunt's jewels. The fake dummy was enacted by Eleanor Parrish, who received high honors by being chosen best actress . Runt came back with the story that the dead woman was alive. Zambi then went slowly crazy. Others of the cast were: Osborne Lucas, Ben Bailey, Russell Butcher. Jeanne Hansen and Agnes Helms. The Junior Class, under the direction of William Watkins, senior Thespian, presented a comedy. “Elmer’’. “Elmer, the typical “pesky” brother, was excellently portrayed by John Crane. He couldn t get along with the “twins”, Virginia Debendarfer and Eugenia Stevens, but would do anything to please his sister Susie, Dottie Lou Sterling. This hilarious comedy, and its crazy instances went over with a “bang . The juniors went away with honors, because their one-act contest play was chosen the best play . Other players were Avanelle Denton, Frances Stevens, Virginia Freeze, Bob Stout, and Carl Brown. The Sophomores' bid for glory was a spine tingling mystery, “The White Phantom . directed by Helen Gay. The plot was woven around the new haunted house into which the Blake family were moving. The colored maid, enacted by June Loar, disappeared and then re-appeared. A self-centered detective tried his hand at solving the mystey. Mrs-Blake, Martha Holloway, pompously commands the detective, Warner Phillips, but not to much avail. Mrs. Blake's daughter, Jean Welch, added another angle to the story by her love for Curtis Frazier, Richard Warne. And then! The White Phantom turns out to be the real estate man and everyone is happy, when he is captured. The Freshman contest play, directed by Dorris Waugh, was a hilarious comedy dealing with the idiosyncrasies of the Bellows family. It was appropriately named Not Tonight The plot was woven around a family trait of the Bellows, which, much to the disgust of the daughter. Rose, was sleep-walking. Rose. Aldene Beagle, was entertaining her boy friend that evening when the family started acting up. She told him that they were putting on a play for his benefit but he found out different and Chester Frasier, by Charles Denton, left in a huff . A little later who should walk in but Chester, walking in his sleep. Then all was forgiven. The effervescent admiral was played by Hugh Fordyce, Aunt Fay. the dramatic type, by Etta Francis, and Mary Louise Haskins played the part of Mrs. Bellows. Seventy “JUNE MAD” PRESENTED BY JUNIOR CLASS This year the annual Junior Class Play was a comedy in thiee acts entitled June Mad This hilarious comedy was written by the two talented authors. Ryerson and Clements, and it drew a record crowd to the high school auditorium. Mrs. Mildred Haddox directed the play and has every reason to feel proud of her actors and actresses. Nancy Curry played the part of Penny Wood, a charming fifteen-year-oid whose main object in life is to be o writer until she met suave Roger Van Vieck, NormanBragg. Roger has a way with the women and he knows it so he “strings” Penny along until Julie Harris, played by Betty Hoffman enters the play. Chuck Harris, James Weekly, is fascinated by gliders and by Penny but Penny is “all eyes for Roger until Chuck comes up missing and she believes that he is drowned due to some fault of hers. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are the patient parents of Penny who put up with unexpected guests at dinner and at parties. Dr. Wood was played by Lloyd Elsey and Mrs. Wood by Bettie Phillips. Effie. the Woods maid, is an efficient member of the household who stretches the butter to make it do for all and keeps the young people out of the desert. Effie has slip trouble, much to her disgust. G. Mervin Roberts is the long suffering cousin of Penny who sees his girl Julie usurped by Roger and is haunted by the ten-year-old Milly Lou w'ho has a terrible “crush” on him. Carl Crawford had the part of Mervyn Roberts and Dotty Lou Sterling was Milly Lou. Mr. Harris, who is definitely “thumbs down” on gliders forbids his son. Chuck, to fly again but relents when Chuck makes a record-breaking flight. Mr- Harris was played by Robbert Stout. Shirley and Ralph Wentworth add to the general confusion by appearing for a dinner that is already overcrowded with guests. John Crane and Lois Sapp had these parts. The action of the play takes place in the living room of the Woods’ home in Lynnbrook, a small town in the Middle-west. The complicated situation solves itself when Chuck is supposedly forced down in a lake and Penny, in her remorse, forgets all about Roger. Julie, likewise, in her anxiety over her brother, forgets Roger and returns to Mervyn for comfort. Chuck, however, landed in an apple tree and not in the lake so all is well in the end. Basketball Season (Continued from page 76) In the tournament for Section 10 held here, the McDademen experienced no difficulty in beating Morgan town 4 1-34. and then administreed a 60-26 shellacking to Clay-Battelle in the finals to take the tournament and represent Section 10 in the Region 3 tournament the next week. March 19 and 20. in the Field House here. Running true to form in the first round, the favored Grafton quint brushed aside Jane Lew 71-34. However, a fighting Elkins team upset the dope bucket in the finals and eliminated Grafton by a 42-40 decision. When announcements came out as to the all-conference team. Grafton placed Nicola and Defenbaugh as forwards and Trader and Phillips received honorable mention. Adding more laurels was the placement of Nicola on the All-State team and Defenbaugh and Trader on the honorable mention list. Again we say, “Nice going, and congratulations, team.” Seventy-one Athletics 8 vcntyttco OUR CHEER LEADERS No matter what the weather was there have always been some fans out to watch and boost our teams on to victory and those fans have been our cheerleaders. All three of our girl cheerleaders this year were underclassmen and we congratulate them for the fine work that they have done in helping transpose Grafton from a howling mass to a group of organized cheerers. The cheerleaders this year were Helen Harper. Nancy Curry, and Mary Kathryn Withers Near the rinse of the season one member of the senior class, Osborne Lucas, was added to the staff u i commendable. and very Scvcnty-thrcc FOOTBALL SEASON With a season’s total of only 3 wins overshadowed by 7 losses and I tie. of an eleven game schedule, the Grafton High School Bearcats made a very creditable showing on the gridiron in their first year under Charles “Mickey” McDade, who replaced Randall McKinney as head coach. McKinney is now serving as a lieutenant, junior grade, in the U. S. N. The Cats pried the lid off the 1942 campaign by dropping a 15-0 decision to the Philippi Bulldogs in a sea of mud at the Riverside Drive Field. In their second game, the McDademen crashed the win column by trouncing the Pat Hulls Bridgeport Indians by an 18-6 margin. The third contest, this one with the Shinnston Spartans, ended in a 6-6 deadlock. However, this was a moral victory for the Taylor Countians as they were decidedly considered in all sport circles as the underdogs. Meeting a strong Roosevelt-Wilson team in their fourth game of the season on the local field the Grafton boys received a 27-0 whitewashing. In their traditional clash with the Wash-lrving Hilltoppers of Clarksburg, the Bearcats went down to defeat under a barrage of touchdowns as the Lee Streeters pounded out a 45-0 victory. Coming back hard in their sixth game Grafton hit their stride again, administering a 19-6 shellacking to the Buckhannon-Upshur gridders. Traveling to Fairmont to meet the East Fairmont Yellow Jackets, Grafton dropped another one. this time to the tune of I 3-7. In their eighth game the Cats annexed their third victory of the season, downing Biz Dawson’s West Fairmont Polar Bears by an 18-7 score. Invading enemy territory for their ninth game, and followed by a large aggregation of local fans, the Grafton eleven was snowed under, 45-0, by the Big Reds of Parkersburg, in one of the wettest games of the season. With the rain still pouring down an injury-ridden Grafton squad dropped another 27-0 decision the following week to the Red and Blue gridders of Morgantown. Grafton closed their 1942 football season in a rather dismal fashion, here on the ever fateful Nov. 13, as they bowed again this year to the Weston Minutemen, 20-7. Grafton's lineup showed Phillips. Bragg. DeBarr, Reed, McWilliams, Russel, Todd, and Rowe playing the line positions, and Trader. Frey. Nicola, Charles Swisher doing the backfield work. Don Rowe was captain and also held the presidency of the Lettermen’s Club. Robert C. Sloan acted as athletic director this year and was assisted by Edward McCracken, student man-agre, and his assistant Floyd Hebb. Two of the Grafton players received recognition for their playing ability as they were picked on the mythical All Big-Ten team. LeRoy Frey was selected to hold down a halfback post and Capt. Don Rowe was placed at guard. Stvtnty-four Seventy-five BASKETBALL SEASON The 1943 edition of Grafton High’s basketball squad turned in one of the best seasons in the history of the local high school as they finished second in the big Ten conference, chalking up a won-lost record of I I and 3 in league play. Winning I 7 and dropping 3 in regular season contests, the 'Cats were recognized as one of the best cage outfits in the state. Although they did not reach the tate tournament at Morgantown due to an upset by Elkins in the Regional here, the basketball season of 1943 will always be remembered as one of the best records ever made by local cage outfits. To the boys on the squad. Defenbaugh, Nicola. Todd, Trader, Phillips. Moran. Heinzman, DeBarr. Rowe, Russell, and Richman, and to Coach “Mickey” McDade go congratulations on the fine season just completed. In a pre-season clash with the Alumni, the Blue and Gold annexed a 3 7-29 victory over the old grads. Meeting the Fort Hill Sentinels from Cumberland, Md., here December 29, the McDademen smashed through to a 46-22 victory over the Marylanders. In their second regular season game this time with Pat Hull’s Bridgeport Indians, the locals breezed through to a 55-35 win. A scrappy Roosevelt-Wilson invaded the local floor next and finished on the short end of a 45-31 score. The Bearcats hit the road for their first out-of-town game on January 8 and went down to defeat at the hands of a fast West Fairmont outfit to the tune of 35-29. Still playing on a foreign floor the Taylor Countians regained their stride against the Brown-coached Elkins Tigers as they gained a 38-33 decision over the Orange and Black. Back on their home floor again, the locals took the Clydemen from Morgantown into camp by a 33-27 •core. Journeying to Buckhannon for their fourth Big Ten contest, January 19, the Grafton boys dropped their second game of the season, the Buck-ups gaining a 4 3-35 victory Grafton met Philippi here three days later and what ensued could scarcely be called a contest, Grafton overwhelming the Barbour Countians 61-11 In a game at Fairmont the McDademen added another scalp to their growing list of victories crushing the Bees 42-29. The ‘Cats were unsuccessful in their attempt for revenge on Buckhannon as they dropped a 31-30 heart-breaker to the Upshur boys here. When the final gun had gone off here in the hie Id House February 2, Grafton had hung another defeat on East Fairmont this time a 50- 3 1 decision. Meeting the Shinnston Spartans for the first time this season in an out-of-town contest, the Gold and Blue marked up their ninth victory of the season with a 61-43 win. Morgantown prvoided the next opposition for the locals. February 9, and fared no better than most of the other Grafton opponents, dropping the contest by a 31-24 count. Invading Clarksburg the next night we won from Roosevelt-Wilson by a score of 48-43. Probably the most thrilling contest of the year was when Grafton clashed with the Fairmont Polar Bears before a capacity crowd. The final score was Grafton 34. West Fairmont 33. Shinnston was the next victim as the Bearcats extended their winning streak to six straight by a 51-25 win. Grafton won both games in a home-and-home series with Wushington-lrving by scores of 46-39 and 38-33. Another one was marked up in the win column for the ’Cats as they swamped Philippi again. 68-41. The Graftonians finished their season in a blaze of glory as they licked Elknis for the second time this season, 41-30. (Continued on page 71) Seventy-six Seventy-seven RIFLE CLUB The Rifle Club of Grafton High School was organized in 19 38 and reorganized in 1940. The sponsor was Mr. Thomas Bolyard whose place has now been filled by Mr. Leonard Cardot. Officers for this year were: John Musgrove as president: George Newcome, vice president; and Ruth Hais-lop, as secretary. The constitution is based upon the Suggested By-Laws for Civilian Rifle and Pistol Clubs’ . It was taken from the booklet. The Typical American Sport . Its principles are to encourage organized rifle shooting with a view towards a better knowledge of the safe handling and the proper care of firearms as well as im-provide marksmanship, development of honesty, good fellowship, self-discipline, teamwork, and self-reliance, which are the essentials of good sportsmanship and the foundation of true patriotism. SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY (Continued from page 47) Ellen Ringler is an announcer on WMMN. You’d think the cowboy music would drive her crazy. Oh, no, she plays a ukelele. Kenneth Shafferman lives on Wall Street. Thanks to the schooling he got at G. H. S. Gloria Fawley and Kathryn Henderson fly the mail planes, trimmed in the latest styles and colors. Lois K. Robinson went to Washington to work as a big time secretary in a government office. Shhh-hh. she’s a military secret! Lora Loar had a yen for dancing so when she met a handsome boy also struck by boogie-woogie, she tamed him and they’re playing on Broadway. Agnes Helms and Clara Morris went into the newspaper business. You hear about their paper every morning ard evening. It sounded something like Papaw! Papaw! Readawlaboutit!’’ Betty Bradley Bolyard, Wilma Bunner, and Julia Bolyard formed the Busy B’s, a man-hunting club, which grew into a national organization. It now boasts a membership list of over 2,999,000 girls. Rupert Snopps went down into South America hunting orchids. He found one, too. It had black eyes, and long eyelashes. Elaine Knotts and Freda Losh both joined the Waves as soon as they finished high school. Oddly enough, they both married soldiers and their children grew up and joined the Marines. Helen Thomas and Susie Jane Hedrick are paoer hunger for the Stickum Paper Co. Fred Bonner is a famous cartoonist, he took Walt Disney’s place. Helen DeMoss and Gladys Luzadder are opera singers. They pay their audience to sit and listen to them. Frank Louzy is one of the guys who sees all and tells all through the crystal ball for 25c. Jean Carney has an o rph anage. She worried so much over her poor little orphans that her hair has turned grey. Brady Corrothers and Bernard Stutler have a snake farm in Oklahoma. Floyd Hebb became a small town D Ifinger . His ’’first lieutenant was Charles Martin. Their biggest job was a stick-up of the local pranut wagon. Floyd Hulderman owns a department store. He hires only girl clerks. Two of his most efficient are Jean Grinnan and Elizabeth Getz. lean Jeffries and Beatrice Moore are conductors on the B O. Women ure still taking men’s jobs. Leonard Bott became a great Shakesperean actor. He specializes in Romeo, and in Macbeth when he is in a bad humor. Charles Henry turned hermit. It’s a shame for all the girls liked him so. 1 guess it was the only way he could find peace and quiet. (Continued on page 79) Srrcnt y-rifjht (Continued from page 78) Kar! Ree e, became a deep sea diver. Now he spends his time at sea. Beryl Bolyard assisted him for a while but one day while Beryl was down he met a mermaid and nothing came up but bubbles. Genevieve Gable, Helen Freeman, and Betty Clovis are circus acrobats. They are head-over-heels most of the time. Charles Phillips had a difficult transportation problem until he took to riding freight cars. He liked it so much he dedicated his life to it. Anna Belle Ball is doing very well as a waitress, except she will put her thumb in the soup. Thelma DeMoss runs a face-lifting shop. She guarantees results to the extent that she can raise your face so far you are able to brush your teeth and hair in one operation. Ben Bailey studied trigonometry and physics so much he completely lost his mind. He spends all his days counting his fingers to make sure he isn’t losing them, too. Jack Henderson became (of all thnigs) a poet. In spite of that, he makes a very good living. Frances Yates got her PhD. in window washing from West Virginia University. She didn t get a chance to make much of it, for one day. while washing windows on the 54th story her safety belt broke. They picked Frances up on blotters from the street below. Mary McDaniel and Agnes Nogoda have gained fame for themselves in Australia, as newspaper women. They almost lost their lives, however, in a kangaroo stampede. Ed Trader lives a life of luxury. He married an actress and now he lets wifey bring home the bacon. (Continued on page 80) Seventy-nine (Continued from page 79) Betty Ridenour, Eleanor Parrish, and Phyllis Price all became nurses. Do they get results when they count pulses or do they get results I Victor Lucas owns America’s largest dairy. Therefore he is only interested in milk—maids. Dorothy Kisner and Mary Losh are local telephone operators and thoroughly enjoy the latest gossip. Sylvia Favish is doomed to spend the rest of her days in bed. She twisted her hips in a Conga line and now they won’t go back into place. Flora Floyd took up skiing as a profession but her ardor soon cooled when she had to be shoveled from several snow drifts. Dorothy Wolfe became America’s super-saleswoman. She started with pencils and ended up with tractors. Her secret is Always give out with samples”. What we would like to know is where did she carry her tractor samples? As Neal Bartlett was always handsome, he visited Hollywood. There he made his fortune but in a slightly different way. All the studios wanted him but the screen heroes took up a collection and paid him to leave town; he was too big a menace. Because of her sense of humor, Lucille Haller was employed by a comedian. Her jokes weren’t going over so well, so she decided an audience of one is better than none at all. Bill Hart was an aerial photographer durnig the war. but is now working on a decidedly more interesting job. He always likes to look at pretty girls (who doesn’t?) and is having the time of his life snapping pictures of fashions in old New York. Mary Jane Hancock studied so much math, that a company hired her for an adding machine just a slight mistake, don't you think? Carolyn Lucas planned to take a business college course but got sidetracked when she was chosen drum majorette of their band. Then she studied music with a vengeance and now has taken the place of Miss Robinson at G. H. S. Russel Butcher, Warren McVicker, and Joe Heinzman were selected as Magazine Cover Girls for 1951, 1952, and 1953, respectively. Catherine Hamric took up toe-dancing, but she broke one of her toes. Now she plays the violin. Marilyn Crowley and Zelda Poling have both been famous Powers models for several years. It’s funny, but neither one can seem to get ’em a ma-a-an. They both advertise in the Lonely Hearts column every day. Bill Lewis and Bill Jacobs are used as an advertisement for the Elks Lodge whose traditional greeting is ’’Hello. Bill.” They stand in front of the lodge all day and say hello to each other. C’aude Dunham teaches dancing to a bevy of beautiful blondes. He became a great jitterbug when he left school. Pauline Reed tried to dve her lovely red hair black and the results was deep purple. She is now on exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute from 3 to 5 every afternoon except Sunday. Mary Virginia Isncr is a receptionist in an office where discretion and pleasantness are required. Lala Smith and Juanita Tribett both became spot welders at Boeing Aircraft. They don't think a thing of turning out a bomber 6r two in an afternoon. Mary Jane Kirkpatrick and Edith Robinson do s'nging telegrams. They have been at this job so long that thev can put practical’v any message to the tune of “Haopv Birthdav to You’ . Paul Reed and Carl White are emperor and oremier respectively of Japan. At the close of the war they took over the iob of showing the laps how to behave. “Dolly” Hoban and Alberta Countryman were both very agile with their fingers so they got jobs tying knots in pretzels. Bettv Haddix just disappeared from the scene. She took a bath in vanishing cream one day and was never seen again. Georgia Sinsel came to an untimely end. One day she was eating SDaghetti (Italian style) and one of the long strands wound around her throat, strangling her to death before help could arrive. Lillian Sapn and Anna Ra° Miller became America’s leading business women. They will soon be competing against ach o� be - for th presidency of the United States. Wd on Miller and Charles Rutherford • � ■«? co-owners of a transcontinental string of hot dog stands. The amount of monev thev take in in a dav would make John D .Rockefeller. Sr., turn over in his grave. The two sing'ng voices you hear advertising Ooev-Gooey Chewing Gum belong to Louise Ridenour and Billie Preston. Jean Long became a famous authoress of cook books. Her favorite receipt is one where she combines • 0'-orn and pancake batter to make self-turning pancakes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to extend our deepest thanks and appreciation to all those who have aided and guided us so much in the publish ng of our “Re-Echo”: to Mrs. Virginia Yost and Miss Georganna Bennett for their art work; to Mr. R. C. Sloan for his assistance as editorial adviser and his invaluable contributions toward the success of our class; to Miss Gladys Hickman for her grand work as business adviser; to Miss Katheryn Shepler for her leadership as class sponsor; to Miss Margaret Grinnan for hre dependability and aid in the office; to Mr. Kenneth Haun for b’s support and friendship during his first year as principal of Grafton Senior High School; and to Mrs. Mldred Haddox for assisting in reading proof. JSiffh til