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

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 ? . —)emor$ • • • OFFICERS Don Willis Charles Bennett David Hoffman .... Hil liard McAvoy President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer e . —Jenior Many and tnanv a year ago, September of 1947 in fact, some 160 or more brand-new students squeezed through the welcoming portals of G.H.S. In spite of the traditional lipstick reception, we soon located ourselves and learned to distinguish between the cafeteria and the girl's gym. To prove our intelligence we soon elected class officers: president, Don Willis; vice-president, Dick McAvoy; secretary, Dick Poe; and treasurer. Bill Hawk. Carolyn Anderson, Ellen Gainer, Dick McAvoy, Patty Poppolardo, and Alice Veyon represented us in the Student Council. Several members of our class won places for themselves in football and basketball. Among these were Chick Bennett, Jay Hood, Bobby Lambert, Dick Poe, Junior Stevensld, and Don Willis. Nor did we fall down in other fields. In the inter-class contest play, “A Young Man’s Fancy”, Jim Isner won the honor of best actor. Other members of the cast were Ellen Gainer, Joe Geld-baugh. Martha Kemple, Jerry McProuty, and Patty Poppalardo. Returning as sophomores in September, ’48, we elected Dick Poe president. Don Willis vice-president, and Jimmy Newbrough secretary-treasurer. Sophomore Student Council members were Dorothy Blackman. Doris Jean Linn, Ruth Poling, and Alice Veyon. We kept tip the good work in athletics with Chick” Bennett, Bob Hoskinson, Dick Poe, and Don Willis among those who distinguished themselves in football and basketball. Our sophomore contest play, “Cleaned and Pressed”, directed by Nancy Rohrbough, was named best among the inter-class contest plays, (ack Bennett, Martha Clayton, Jimmy Isner, Martha Kemple and Patty Poppalardo took part. Phyllis Burnside and Joe Geldbaugh, sophomores, were members of the cast of this year's Thespian play, “Meet Me In St. Louis”. On returning to the freshly-painted classrooms our junior year, we chose as class officers Jimmy Newbrough, president; Ray Williams, vice-president; and Ruth Poling, secretary-treasurer. In Student Council, “Chick” Bennett, Delores Jenkins, Mary Morris, Jerry McProuty, and Don Willis represented our class. Our first activity of the year was the annual junior class magazine sales campaign to earn money for the Junior-Senior Prom. Marilyn Miller proved to be the best salesman, bringing in $113.70 in subscriptions, and won a radio for her efforts. David Iloffinan came in second with $100.20 and won a Shaffer pen set. Mrs. Haddox’s Buicks” were the highest selling home room. Our junior class play was “Mother Is a Freshman ’; the cast. Ellen Gainer, Marilyn Miller. Dick McAvov, Jerry McProuty, Don Smith, Barbara Reed. Martha Clayton, Nola Snav, Alice Veyon, Mary Morris, Clenna Defibaugh, Joan Mouser, Leo Bradford, Cordell Luckey, Joe Knotts. Jimmy Isher, and Jimmy Newbrough participated in the annual Thespian production, “Mary the Third”. A unique honor fell to our class in presenting the worst assembly program of the vear. 16