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

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Seniors Officers Jim Wickham Ronald Dotson Brooks BartUtt Betty Hawkins President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Advisors Ruth Batten, chairman; Lynn Faulkner, Sherman Haselden, Robert Soles, Virginia Yost Class History The Graduating Class. This is our title now in 1952. We entered this building as a group of redfaced, confused freshmen, but now we are seniors and very proud of the fact. In September, 1948, when we began our first term as freshmen, we elected Jim Wickham, Sylvia Waggoner, and Staley White for our officials. Our Student Council representatives were Harold Courtney, Richard Criss, Ray Gray, Peggy Kiger, Rita Lou Phillips, and Patty White. Under the direction of Nancy Holloway we presented Mrs. O'Leary's Cow as our interclass contest play. The cast consisted of Ronald Dotson, Ray Gray, April Headley, Betty Ann McCallister, Rita Lou Phillips, Jean Sapp, and Patty White. April Headley was chosen as best actress. Came our sophomore year and we elected Carl Isner, president; Jim Wickham, vice-president; Doris Tucker, secretary and Sylvia Waggoner, treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Wayne Ayer, Barbara Hughes, Peggy Kiger, Ben Mays, Willadene Sapp, and Jim Wickham. One of our fellow sophomores, Jim Glenn, was chosen as a member of the All State Chorus. Anyone want to subscribe? was the slogan of the juniors of 1951. The annual magazine campaign was launched and was made a success by salesmen like Frank Faulkner, Betty Hawkins, and Elaine Wolfe who were the three top class sellers. The total sales amounted to $768.90. Our class officers were Jim Wickham, president; Ronald Dotson, vice-president; and Donna Glover, secretary-treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Ronald Dotson, Barbara Hughes, Peggy Kiger, Ben Mays, and Jim Wickham. We took part in sundry activities during our junior year. First of all, Mr. Haan directed the class play, The Gang's All Here. The main characters in this play were April Headley, Rita Lou Phillips, Ray Gray, Sue SI iter, Charles Keener, Staley White, Con Conrad, Frank Faulkner, Raymond Hawkins, Virgil Rogers, and Betty Haw- kins. Con Conrad and Betty Hawkins, the G. H. S. debating team, attended a Student Congress at Princeton, West Virginia. Joyce Kiger, a cheerleader, was a good example of our enthusiasm while Brooks Bartlette, Ronald Dotson, Jim Wickham, and Pete Isner made their place in the sports limelight. Fred Miller, Jim Glenn, Sylvia Waggoner, Marjorie Hargett, and Betty Jean Smith made a place for themselves in the annals of G. H. S. by being chosen to attend the All State Chorus at Clarksburg, West Virginia. With the conclusion of the year, we moved one more step up the ladder of learning and found ourselves on the threshold of our last year in school. And then came the day that we were officially called seniors. To give us a good start this year we elected our class officers: Jim Wickham, president; Ronald Dotson, vice-president; Brooks Bartlett, secretary; and Betty Hawkins, treasurer. Green Valley , the Thespian play, was the first big event of the year and the main characters of this play were April Headley, Rita Lou Phillips, Ray Gray, Charles Keener, and Staley White. Jim Wickham, Jim Shriver, Pete Isner, Ben Mays, and Bill DeLaney showed basketball fans just what G. H. S. could do on a court. Aside from these activities the class edited the Re-Echo, presented the senior class play, That Romantic Age , and helped with several other projects. With some help from Mr. Culp and Miss Batten we are planning a new type of commencement exercise. It has not been decided what it will be, but it will be something entirely different from those presented previously. After commencement we will leave all this excitement and our friends to seek out a place for ourselves in society. Our years at G. H. S. have been happy ones and though we have all had some misunderstandings, they will be forgotten long before the pleasant memories fade.