Greenbank High School - Mountain Breeze Yearbook (Greenbank, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1947 volume:

THE. MOUNTAIN BJR FoFo%K Annual Publication of Greenbank High School Greenbank, West Virginia FOREWORD Jy CATTERED among the pages of this Mountain Breeze will be found the one thousand beautiful memories of our past four years in G. H. S., now locked in the storehouse of our heart. DEDICATION 0 the memory of — QxmieC RLcAaAcL O.a ioA and iaAleA, 9a£aj, SAo-qq. former members of our Class, whose departure from our midst has left a vacancy not only in the halls of G. H. S., but also in the hearts of every Classmate here ... we respectively dedicate this 1947 Mountain Breeze. SCHOOL CLASSES FEATURES ATHLETICS ADVERTISEMENTS VIRGIL B. HARRIS Greenbank, West Virginia Principal Economics and Sociology A. B. Glenville State Teachers Marshall State Teachers M. A. West Virginia University f a e u t f f ■ Top row, left to right—Mr. Riley, Mr . Coyncr, Mr. Blackhurst. ■ Middle left to right-Miss Johnson, Miss Smith, Mr. Hill, Miss Post. ■ Bottom, Mr. Smith, Miss Brown, Dan Taylor, (custodian). ■ Not appearing in photograph—Miss Jenkins, recent addition to staff. F WARREN BLACKHURST Cass, West Virginia English, Latin, Football, Conservation A. B. West Virginia University Glenville College DAVID E. SMITH Martinsburg, West Virginia Vo-Ag, General Shop B. S. West Virginia University JUNE RILEY Greenbank, West Virginia Basketball, Mathematics Standard Normal Glenville College FLORA POST Wolf Summit, West Virginia Home Economics B. S. West Virginia University KATHLEEN BROWN Cass, West Virginia Social Studies A. B. North Carolina West Virginia University ANNA MARGARET JOHNSON Huntington, West Virginia Music, Band, Physical Education B.S. University of Minnesota ROSEMARY COYNER Clover Lick, West Virginia English, Speech A. B. West Virginia University PEGGY SMITH Marlinton, West Virginia Social Studies, Library Science Davis and Elkins A. B. University of Wyoming Marshall College MARY CATHERINE JENKINS Frank, West Virginia Commerce, Physical Education West Virginia University Davis and Elkins AARON S. HILL Durbin, West Virginia Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Physical Education B. S. College of William and Mary The first school in the vicinity of Greenbank was erected in 1780. It was a typical pay school of that period; the fee was paid by boarding the teacher a certain length of time, according to the number of scholars in the school. As Greenbank became a larger place than a one-house-town, a school was erected below the town at what was then known as the Crossroads, and named after the location. The school lasted until the year 1820, and then a school was built on what is now the property of John R. Gum which was then known as Cartmill Creek. This school served the purpose of educating the pioneer children for a decade or more. As churches were bui'.t with better regard to the density of the people, the session rooms became the school houses, the session room of Liberty Church being one of the most important in Greenbank Community. The session room schools were usually taught by the pastor, and if the pastor did not teach, outside teachers would teach a term of three months for a dollar a scholar if there were as many as ten scholars. The session room schools lasted until 1842, when the Greenbank Academy was erected where the Odd Fellows Lodge Hall now stands in Greenbank. This was the first free school and was first taught by Professor Benjamin Arbogast who had influenced the founding of it. The usual number attending was from sixty-five to seventy-five. This school was part cf the Academy program of the county which called for the erection of three academies: at Greenbank, Huntersville, and Hillsboro. These three buildings were of brick and were the most modern buildings in the county. Most of the people in Greenbank District suit their childien to this school. These scholars boarded at Greenbank for there was no method of conveyance from the more distant homes. When a student had finished this school he could attend Institute for a week, and then pass a test given and prepared by the County Superintendent and become qualified for a teaching position. Greenbank Distiict had its own Board of Education at that time, so the teachers went before them to qualify for a job. But they had to have as many as two trustees of the three to sign their contract before the job was forthcoming; the salary being about sixty dollars per month. A few months after the Civil War, the building was remodeled and changed to a two-storied one and renamed the “Advanced School.” It had a high standard of education. The old Academy served until 1916; the last session being taught by C. E. Flynn, who later be- came County Superintendent. Its place was taken by the High School. In the year 1916, John W. Goodsell, President of the Board of Education, with the aid of Dr. Le- land Moomau, founded the Greenbank High School with the graded school being in the same building. The first levy of money, called for enough money to build the part known a few years ago as the high school part, which extended from the front of the building to the present end of the press room. At first high school and grades were taught in the same part, but as enrollment increased, the building was extended to the beginning of the gymnasium, and a few years later the gym and tin- rooms above it were erected. This last was completed in 1926. Quite a dispute was aroused over the location of the building, so it was submitted to a popular vote. The main candidates for the election were Cass, Dunmore, Duibin, and Greenbank, with the latter coming in ahead with a fair majority. The first term of school opened in the fall of 1918 with a small enrollment. The first principal was W. P. Haught of Bristol, W. Va., with Miss Lucy Meredith, Margaret Hunt, and Lillian Moomau as assistants. The first graduate of the school in 1919 was Grace Curry, who had attended Marlinton for three years. In the year of 1920, there were five graduates: Virginia Dare Moomau, Helen Beard, Bertie Beard, Lillian Beard, and Lucille Oliver. In 1921 there were ten graduates, fifteen in 1922, fourteen in 1923, nineteen in 1924, and so on. N. Phay Taylor, the second principal, was succeeded by T. P. Harwood, who served nine years as principal. Mr. Harwood was replaced in 1931 by John Roach who served four years. In 1936, Claude A. McMillion became principal, and served until his death in the spring of 1945, when Mack Brooks, Assistant County Superintendent, served until the end of the term. In the fall of 1945, Mr. Virgil B. Harris of Gassaway, W. Va., became principal and has served for two years. Brief Highlights: Basketball started early in the school’s history; football not until 1926—first touchdown for school made by Olen Hiner in a game with White Sulphur. In 1930, separate Vo-Ag building was constructed; the next year a bus garage. In 1936 an addition to the main building was made and steam heat installed in portion of the building, which is now equipped with electric pow- er and most rooms are artificially lighted. Last year a new floor was laid in the gym, and a new heat- ing system installed. Home Economics began about three years after the founding of the school, and the Future Homemakers Club was organized in 1930-31. In the fall of 1944, a High School Band was formed by Miss Anna Margaret Johnson, the music teacher. Fo of IB F A. FRESHMEN PRESIDENT EVELYN HERTIG VICE-PRESIDENT HANLEY ERVIN SECRETARY-TREASURER BEN POSCOVER REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE REXRODE CHEERLEADER CAROLYN RYDER SPONSORS MISS JOHNSON - MISS POST IDENTIFICATION—First row, top, left to right: James Sheets, Martha McCutcheon, Estell Hickman, Kathleen Slayton, Billy Brock, Virginia Snyder, Raymond Lambert, Helen Snyder, Robert Simmons, Edna Miller, Anna Miller, Ralph Mullenax, Helen Taylor, Neil Cassell. Second row, left to right: Zelda Buzzard, Edward Meeks, Betty Sutton, Keith Meeks, Dallas May, Donald Meeks, Sarah Arbogast, Hubert Wright, Hazel Brewst«ir, Alpha Mahaffey, Jewell Wil- fong, George Rexrode. Third row, left to right: Frank Hamrick, Sadie Lambert, Benjamin Poscover, Gloria Dean Eye, Robert Tacy, Jolene Kerr, Edsel Hiner, Nancy Hanis, Donald McLaughlin, Patricia McCauley, Zane Taylor, Alice Ervin, Jerry Shears, Crystal Wooddcll. Fourth row, left to right: Hilda Lambert, Giorge Plyler, Ruby Vandevander, George Wilmoth. Ella Freeman, Peggy Shores, Evelyn Hertig, Wilma Gi ay Galfotd, Carolyn Ryder, Faye Moore. Bottom row, left to right: Kitty Spencer, Edward Varner, Hilda Townsend, Lawson Cassell, Juanita Dahmer, Clara Dahmer. Not appearing in photograph: Lorraine Alderman, Mary Alderman, Frank Cassell, Dorothy Dick- enson, Hanley Ervin, Joe Fowler, Lynn Fowler, Leo Judy, William Mullenax, Dale McLaughlin, Lloyd Nicely, Buddy Simmons, Jessie Simmons,. 0PH0MOJRE9e PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER REPRESENTATIVE CHEERLEADER SPONSORS Patricia McPherson JOHN NEIL RALSTON GERTRUDE BLACKHURST GAY CARGILE GALE SHINABERRY KATHLEEN RYDER MR. RILEY - MISS SMITH IDENTIFICATION—Fiist row, left to right: Keith Gum, Kathleen Slayton, Gay Wright Car- gile, Mary Frances Miller, Gale Shinaberry, Thelrra Varner, Hubert Taylor, Mildred Michael, Jack Moore. Second row, left to right: Mildred Chapel, William Arbogast, Shirley Simmons, Jimmy Notting- ham, Shirley Warner, John Galford, Kathleen Ryder, Junior Taylor, Glenna Wooddell. Third row, left to right: Arnold Galford, Zelda Taylor, John Ralston, Wilson Sheets, Dolly Gal- ford, George Sheets. Fourth row, left to right: Maxine Vandevander, George Kane, Faye Turner, James Shores, Betty Grimes, Albert Tenney, Anita Buterbaugh, Dale Gragg, Ruth Stanley. Fifth row, left to right: Lake Sutton, Eolyn Campbell, Peggy Taylor, Delores Nottingham, Janet Rankin, Arlene Curry, Joyce Hamrick, Leta Kelly, Junior Rexrode. Not appearing in photograph: Gertrude Blackhurst, Odbert Calain, Hubert Conrad, Paul Kes- ler, Ray McLaughlin, Patricia McPherson, Leonard Meador, Betty Orndorff, Eleanor Shields, Clara Sutton, Mildred Tracy. el U M I 0 R of PRESIDENT JIMMY WOODDELL VICE-PRESIDENT JOHN SLAV INS SECRETARY ARCHIE WILFONG TREASl'RER JUNIOR MAHAFFEY REPRESENTATIVES REON LAMBERT - LEON RYDER CHEERLEADER FREDA REXRODE SPONSORS MRS. COYNER - MISS BROWN IDENTIFICATION—Top row, left to right: Junior Mahaffey, Maxine Cassell, Gene Crist, Bon- nie Sheets, Blake Breitenhirt, Martha Campbell, Bob Greathouse, Louise Muller.ax, Stanley Robertson. Second row, left to light—Freda Rexrode, Archie Wilfong, Lorena Shears, Reon Lambert, Mary Taylor, Robert Waugh, Marie Simmons, Luster Simmers, Betty Turley. Third row, left to light—William Halterman, Eloise Lambeit, Julian Tracy, Ward Beverage, Mary Dare Hedrick, Betty Ruth Conrad. Fourth row, left to right: Louise Shears, Leon Ryder, Helen Tracy, George Cromer, Evelyn Tay- lor, Julian McLaughlin, Joyce Mick, John Slavins, Louise Wilfong. Bottom row, left to light: Robert Snyder, Mary Wimer, Berlin Galford, Nellie Simmons, Virgi? B. Harris, Jr., Juanita Simmons, Opal Moats, Irene Miller. Not appearing in photograph: Geraldine Gum, Tommy Meeks, Helen Mullenax, Edward Plyler, Jeanne Sheets, Jimmy Wooddell. OFFieERDc 3 President Vice-President Secretary ............................... Treasurer Class Representative Cheerleader — Class Sponsors — Mrs. Mary Catherine Jenkins Mr. Blanche Hamed Hubert Rexrode Sue McElwee Dotty Campbell George Harris Jeanne Tenney Warren Blackhurst CRASS HISTORY An experience which is deposited in the mem- ory is a treasure most valuable to the possessor. We are aware that although our activities are soon committed and left far behind, yet they are not irrevocable, for they live in our mem- ories. Thus it is with our high school experi- ences. When first we entered upon this trail, the end of it seemed afar off. This happy time be- gan for us in the fall of 1943. Our party con- sisted of about eighty members, and our spon- sors, Miss Brown and Mrs. Coyner, were indeed helpful in starting us off and keeping us on the right path. Since we needed also some class monitors, we elected the following for the first lap of the journey: Trail Master—Danny Taylor Assistant Trail Master—Blanche Hamed Journalist and Accountant—Betty Plyler Group Representatives—Betty Galford and Bonnie Pugh Exhorter—Deannie Rexrode Under the leadership of these, our class press- ed onward in its journey, and began to take part in activities. Athletics called some mem- bers, and many enrolled in music. We all en- joyed this first year of travel, and took a day off for a picnic at the end of it. The second lap of the journey was begun with enthusiasm. We had fewer members than the year before, for some had decided to rest awhile and hadn’t come along with the rest ot the group, or had gone either to the service of the country or had undertaken the same journey with another group. We were sorry to lose these, but we went ahead in our journey. We elected for helpers of our sponsor, Miss Barlow, the following: Trail Master—Hubert Rexrode Assistant Trail Master—George Filuta Journalist and Accountant—Blanche Hamed Representative—Mattalea Calcs and Frances Sheets Exhorter—Deannie Rexrode We were deeply grieved by the loss of two of our fellow-travelers—Danny Taylor and Charles Grogg—during this second lap. Both these students were popular with everybody, and we were all sorry to lose them. Our class like all the others was shocked and grieved by the death of our very best friend and principal, Mr. C. A. McMillion. As we continued our march toward our goal we, not only as a class, but each individual also, will possess a lasting memory of a great helper and friends. During this Sophomore year, many achieve- ments were recognized. We held two parties on November (5 and May 18. Both were well at- tended, and were counted as successes. In a drive for the Infantile Paralysis Fund, we raised a sum of $57.58. The Freshman group also raised an equal amount, and the two classes were rewarded with a free movie. When asked for an hour’s entertainment, we complied and presented an assembly program which was well received. All in all, our second year was very interest- ing for us, even though w e had hardships and griefs along with the pleasantries of the trip. In our third year, we were under the leader- ship of a new principal, Mr. Virgil B. Harris, whom we welcomed warmly. Our sponsors were Miss Brown and Mrs. Coyner, and we selected the following helpers for our class: Trail Master—Hubert Rexrode Assistant Trail Master—George Harris Journalist and Accountant—Blanche Hamed Representatives—Mattalea Cales and Neil Gragg Exhorter—Fiances Sheets With these leadeis, we picked up our trail anew, and with fresh enthusiasm assumed the title of Juniors. We held two parties during the year which wrere well attended. Four of our members had joined the band the year before, and wers still helping to make music on all oc- casions. This thiid lap of our journey was successful as a who.e, and v.e climaxed it near the end by gi.ing the Seniors a formal banquet. The gym- nasium was decorated very beautifully, and the scene was candle lighted. Under this setting, everybody had a wonderful time, and marked dov.n this banquet as one of the highlights of his high school journey. In the fall of TJ46, we again took up the last lap of our trip. Our sponsors this year were Mr. Blackhurst and Miss Burner, now Mis. Jen- kins. Our class cl'iicers were elected soon, as lollows: Trail Master—Blanche Hamed Assistant Trailmaster—Hubert Rexrode Journalist—Sue McElwee Accountant—Dorothy Campbell Representative—George Hairis Exhorter—Jean Tenney On September 18, we ordered our class rings and calling cards w'hich were our first tangible evidences of our Senior position. During this last year of travel, we have had many experi- ences which we will always remember. We pre- sented several assembly programs to the school which were well-received. We had a party early in November which everybody enjoyed. We welcomed a new classmate early in the year—Jeanne Tenney, who had attended Re nick High School foimerly. We have enjoyed every day of our high school journey, and are sorry to leave them behind. But, we find, now' that we are coming to the end cf the trail, that this journey was not an end in itself. We can see that we merely go around a turn egressing from our high school journey and we are upon the road of life—the same we have been treading all through our school days. We feel that we are the more richer because of this footpath we have been following for the past four years. Now that we are about to leave it behind, we are reluctant to go, yet eager for the remainder of our journey. IE) IMT 1. O JR. df Alice Marie Sutton, “A1M Arbovale, West Virginia Glee Club Rooters Club llDme Ec Club (President 1940-47) Yearbook Staff Paper Staff Secretary to Principal Librarian 1943-44 Hobby: Music Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! Gecrge Harris, “Hamp” Greenbank, West Virginia 4-H Club Vice-President of Junior Class Senior Play Football 1943-44-45-40 Basketball 1944-45-40-47 Representative of Senior Class Hobby: Eating1 If to do were as easy as to know- how to do. Blanche Evelyn Hamed Gieenbank, West Virginia Snack and Smack Club Senior Play 4-II Club (President 1947) Secretary and Treasurer of Sophomore and Junior Classes President of Senior Class Vice-President Freshman Class Rooters Club Public Speaking Play 1945-40 Yearbook Staff 1945 Yearbook Staff 1947 Hobby: Writing Poetry Valedictorian There’s music in the sighing of a reed; There’s music in the gushing of a rill: There’s music in all things, if men had ears: Their earth is but an echo of the spheres. Donald Shears Arbovale, West Virginia Football 1940-47 Basketball 1944-45-40 F. F. A. Secretary, Junior Year Hobby: Fishing Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. Eula Mae Taylor, “Eulie” Greenbank, West Virginia Rooters Club Home Ec Club Glee Club Hobby: Music The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be happy as kings. Earl DeLung, “Buzzard Beak ’ Cass, West Virginia Senior Play Football 1944-45-40 Basketball 1943-44-45-40 Yearbook Staff Hobby: Eating O villain, villain, Smiling, damned villain!! Betty Galford Kennison, “Shorty' Greenbank, West Virginia Rooters Club—Secretary Home Ec Club Representative of Freshman Class Secretary to Principal Hobby: Reading Novels If for a tranquil mind you seek. These things observe with care, Of whom you speak, to whom you speak. And how and when, and where. Julian Maxwell Gum, “Mathews” Bartow, West Virginia F. F. A. President—Senior F. F. A. Treasurer—Sophomore Hobby: Farming Let the man who has and doesn't give, Break his neck and cease to live; Let him who gives without a care, Gather rubies from the air. Norma Gragg Durbin, West Virginia Glee Club Rooters Club Hobby: Collecting Stamps “1 am a part of all that I have met. ’ Robert McQuain, “Bob' Dunmore, West Virginia 4-H Club Rooters Club Hobby: Swimming Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. Audrea Katherine Sheets, “Katty” Greenbank, West Virginia Glee Club Rooters Club Hobby: Traveling Love is only chatter, Friends are all that matter. Neil Gragg Greenbank, West Virginia 4-H Club Football 1944-45 F. F. A. Representative of Junior Class Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Greenbank High School, fare thee well!! Leah Estelle Duckworth, “Ducky” Durbin, West Virginia Home Ec Club Glee Club Hobby: Collecting: Post Cards Who never wins can never lose, Who never climbs as rarely falls. QaJisL Troy Steiner Moore, “Guizzer” Durbin, West Virg inia F. F. A. Treasurer - Senior Hobby: Farming: Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. Mary Jo White, “Jo” Cass, West Virginia Rooters Club Glee Club Home Ec Club Secretary to Principal Hobby: Collection of Pictures Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Edwin Doyle Cass, West Virginia F. F. A. Yearbook Staff Football 1943-44-45-40 Hobby: Fishing: Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Arlie Ryder Cass, West Virginia Hobby: Fishing 1 would much rather have men ask me Why I have no statue than why I have one. Norma Lee Arbogast Dunmore, West Virginia Home Economics Club Rooters Club Senior Play Hobby: Reading 1 would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than crowded on a velvet AJ E) EC I O R gE Doris Elizabeth Simmons “Blondie” and “Stub” Frank, West Virginia Glee Club Rooters Club Home Ec Club Paper Staff 1946-47 Hobby: Collecting Souvenirs Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. L. E. Campbell, “Lucifer Dunmore, West Virginia Band—Vice-President 1946-47 Glee Club looters Club Operetta 4-H Club Yearbook Staff Paper Staff Senior Play Salutatorian Hobby: Stamps And still they gaz’d, and still tlje wonder grew That one small he. Betty Dare Brown, “Short Stuff’ Arbovale, West Virginia Glee Club Rooters Club Home Economics Club Librarian 1945-46 Hobby: Scrap Book and Sewing Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good. Bonnie Dell Pugh Boyer, West Virginia Rooters Club (Representative) Home Ec Club (Reporter) Representative of Freshman Class Yearbook Staff Paper Staff Senior Play 4-H Club’ Secretary to Principal Hobby: Scrapbook Fame is what you have taken, Character’s what you give; When to this truth you waken, Then you begin to live. Louise Campbell, “Dotty” West Virginia Goldie Mae Slavins, “Shorty” Durbin, West Virginia Band—Secretary and Treasurer Glee Club Operetta Rooters Club 4-H Club—President Treasurer of Senior Class Hobby: Music How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Snack and Smack Club Senior Play Hobby: Collecting Recipes Between a woman’s Yes and No There is not room for a pin to go. ii IN I O 11 Pearl Lucinda Rankin “Pearly Gates” Frank, West Virginia Rooters Club Glee Club , Hobby: Hikes and Collecting:'Sonprs Flower of the clove, All the Latin I construe is “Amo,” I love! Russell Cassell, “Pinhead” Cass, West Virginia Monna Bell Vandevander Arbovale, West Virginia Senior Play Football F. F. A. Hobby: Hunting Oh, the gallant fisher's life, It is the best of any: Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And it's btloved by many. Rooters Club Hobby: Hiking How dreary to be somebody! How public like a frog y' To tell your name the livelon To an admiring bog. Robert Eades, Jr., “Bob Durbin, West Virginia Operetta Glee Club Band 4-H Club Golden Eagle Staff Secretary to Principal - 1046-17 Hobby: Sleeping I care for nobody, not I, For r.o one cares for me. Jeanne Tenney Arbovale, West Virginia 4-H Club Sophomore Class Play Junior Class Play 4-H Play Cheerleader, 1945-46-47 Glee Club Operetta Senior Play Hobby: Moth Collection But Cupid is a downy cove, Wot it takes a lot to hinder, And if you shut him out 'o the door, Vy he valks in the vinder. Hubert Hoover Rexrode Arbovale, West Virginia Prisident, Sophomore and Junior Class Vice-President Senior Class F. F. A. Club Football 1943-44-45-46 Basketball 1944-45-46-47 Captain of Football and Basketball Hobby: Hunting I, Happy the man whose wish and care, A few paternal acres found, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Fo FI J[ O R. dP Cornelia Hart Bennett, “Connie Cass, West Virginia Rooters Club Hobby: Collecting Pictures and Songs Don’t say things, what you are stands over you the while and thunders so I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. Kenneth Duskey Dusbin, West Virginia Senior Play Paper Staff Yearbook Staff Rooters Club Hobby: Fishing We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Mary Gatha Gum Dunmore, West Virginia Rooters Club Home Ec Club Glee Club Hobby: Picture Collection and Music I honestly believe it iz better tew know nothing than tew know what ain’t so. Cora Sue McElwee Dunmore, West Virginia Band Glee Club Rooters Club 4-H Club — Reporter Operetta Secretary of Senior Class Hobby: Music Samuel Robert Wagner, “Bob” Fiank, West Virginia F. F. A. Hobby: Mechanic Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking vile. Lewis Shinaberry, “Shinzberry Cass, West Virginia Senior Play Football 1943-44-45-46 Hobby: Hunting Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Seniors whose photographs were not available are listed below: Thelma Ruth Cummins, “Thums Fiark, West Virginia Home Ec Club Glee Club Secretary to Principal Hobby: Colleceting Pictures of people. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the Dust descend. Jimmy Addington Cass, West Virginia Hobby: Fishing I think—therefore I am. Sammie Barlow Dunmore, West Virginia 4-H Club F. F. A., Reporter 1946-47 Hobby: Fishing “It’s fun to study, I’ll bet. E M I O R 0 Id A S S P lb A Y “China Kay CHARACTERS NORMA LEE ARBOGAST BLANCHE HAMED JEAN TENNEY GOLDIE SLAVINS BONNIE PUGH LEWIS SHINABERRY KENNETH DUSKEY GEORGE HARRIS EARL DeLUNG L. E. CAMPBELL ANNIE—Maid MRS. PARKER—Mother SELMA—Daughter of the Parkers LULA MAE—12-year-old Neighbor’s Child CHARLOTTE MACK—Sophisticated Young Girls MR. PARKER—Father BILL—17-year-old Son of the Parkers KOB—Friend of Bill’s GEORGE—Unlikeable Villain of the Town MARK—Missionary's Almost Perfect Son The play “China Boy’’ sums up the life of the Paikcrs, an average American family, in the most exciting and laughable ways. Living has its ups and downs till the Parkers' nephew from China comes to live with them, then for awhile things go smoothly. When Mark, their nephew from China decides to be “a bad boy,” with the help of Lula Mae, their trouble begins. Mark causes Selma to lose several votes in a popularity contest, ticket money from a football game is stolen and Mark claims to have burned it, and Middlesboro loses the football game because Bob fails to “fully com- prehend” the powers of Wong Tu Long’s “Fruit-Action.” Full of excitement, the play ends well. IDENTIFICATION—Back row, left to right: Goldie Slavins, Earl DeLung, Lewis Shinaberry, Kenneth Duskey, George Harris, L. E. Campbell. Front row, left to right: Bonnie Pugh, Blanche Hamed, Jeanne Tenney, Norma Arbogast. ft It Ft Fo CLUB) The Grcenbank High School Glee Club is one of the school’s oldest organizations. Through the years members of every class have joined the group. The purpose of this group is twofold: to find pleasure in singing and give pleasure to those who listen. The list of the Glee Club’s activities grows each year with numerous appearances at school assemblies, civic affairs and church services. Each sprirg this group furnishes music for the Commencement and Baccalaureate programs and presents its annual Spring Concert during Comm encement week. The 1946-47 Glee Club is the largest thus far with an enrollment of 40. On April 2, 3 and 4 the Club presented a two-act opeietta entitled “And It Rained.” This was the first high school operetta in several years and was well received. IDENTIFICATION------Back row, left to right: Miss Johnson, Wilson Sheets, Blake Brietenhirt, L. E. Campbell, Mary Dare Hedrick, Louise Mullenax, Betty Ruth Conrad, Cora Sue McElwee, Bonnie Sheets, Dorothy Campbell, Irene Miller, Eleanor Shields, Jewell Wilfong, Eloise Lambert, Gloria Dean Eye, Kathleen Ryder, Martha McCutcheon, Maxine Vandevander, Kathleen Slayton, Jolene Dare Kerr, Nancy Har- ris, Ella Freeman, Martha Campbell. Front row, left to right: Louise Shears, Berlin Galford, Helen Tracy, Robert Eades, George Cromer, Lorena Shears, Benjamin Poscover, Betty Turley, Glenna Wooddcll, Carolyn Ryder, Faye Moore. Not appearing in photograph: Leo Judy, Leonard Meador, Betty Orndorff, Jeanne Sheets, Kitty Spencer, Virginia Snyder, Jeanne Tenney, Mildred Tracy. I O R 6 t A E, the Senior Class of 1947, after due consideration of our many attri- butes and effects which should be passed down to our underclassmen and teachers that they might be'retained in our Alma Mater, do hereby, make and affirm this, our last will and testament, declaring all previous wills null and void. SECTION 1 Unanimously, we have agreed to give and bequeath to our esteemed Faculty our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for helping prepare us in school for our journey in life. To the members individ- ually we leave the following: ITEM 1. To MR. HARRIS, our honorable principal, we leave all inscriptions which he may find on the desks, and a copy of “The Economical Method of Saving.” ITEM 2. To MR. BLACKHURST, our class sponsor, we bequeath our absence, which we know will be more inspiring than our presence. ITEM 3. To MRS. JENKINS, we leave all the wasted typing paper which is the outcome of her Typing II Class, on which she can practice writing “A’s.” ITEM 4. To MRS. COYNER, we donate a “Disciplinary Rod” for use in her Freshman classes. ITEM 5. To MISS BROWN, we leave a World History Book, a gross of pencils, and a ream of paper for use in another year of teaching. ITEM 6. To MR. RILEY we leave a basket-ball bladder, and a book on how to shoot quadratic circles from the floor. ITEM 7. To MISS SMITH we will a pot of glue, a rubber stamp, and a supply of books so she will feel at home next summer. ITEM 8. To MISS JOHNSON we give our entire consent for practice on any of our two pianos with hopes that a “Boogie” Man won’t molest her while playing. ITEM 9. To MISS POST we will a can of beans and a can-opener which may come in handy sometimes. ITEM 10. To MR. SMITH we will three ears of seed corn wrhich we hope will provide roasting ears this summer. ITEM 11. To MR. HILL we leave a bottle of hydrochloric acid and the following poem: Once there was a chemist Took a tube of lime, Put it in a beaker, Added salty brine. A student said, “There’s danger. Be careful wfhat you do.” “Nonsense!” said the chemist. Set it on to brew. Added sulphuric acid, A gram of manganese, Fried a slice of bacon, Poured in all the grease, Stirred the whole together, Dipped some for a test, Out of all his labors— What an awful mess! SECTION II ITEM 1. To the dear JUNIORS, our successors, we leave all privileges which we merited by our good behavior, and we give you the position of being in the good graces of the faculty which we obtained by long and faithful studies. ITEM 2. To the SOPHOMORES, we bequeath all our pleasing characteristics which we hope will be put to good use. ITEM 3. To the green FRESHMEN, we will a higher rung in the ladder of education which must be assumed with determination, else this clause is void. SECTION III ITEM 1. To MR. TAYLOR, our janitor, we will all knowledge found in the waste baskets dur- ing examinations. ITEM 2. To the BUS DRIVERS, we bequeath any small articles which they find in the buses after school is out. This includes small coins, buttons, hair pins, pencil stubs, pen nibs, scrap paper, and all others except diamond rings. SECTION IV As individuals, we hereby will the following, being of sound mind and absolute willingness, as is required by law: I, HUBERT REXRODE, will my football prowess to Julian McLaughlin. I, JULIAN GUM, will my excess adipose tissues to Peggy Taylor. I, CORNELIA BENNETT, will my tendency to fall for men teachers to Betty Turley. I, KENNETH DUSKEY, will my intelligence to Layke Sutton, saying, “Please Use It.” I, BOB EADES, will my irascibility to Patty McPherson. I, BLANCHE HAMED, will my A’s to “Caghead” Wright. I, EULA TAYLOR, will my red hair to Irene Miller. I, DORIS SIMMONS, leave my jocosity to Odbcrt Calain. I, ARLIE RYDER, will my taciturnity to Leon Ryder. I, BONNIE PUGH, will my prissiness to Betty Sutton. I, BETTY GALFORD KENNISON, will my domestic ability to Eloise Lambert. I, AUDREA SHEETS, will my favorite song “Billy Boy” to Louise Shears. I, MARY JO WHITE, will my stenographic aptness to Jimmy Wooddell. I, TROY MOORE, will my blushes to Freda Rexrode. I, ESTELLE DUCKWORTH, will my isolation to John Neil Ralston. I, THELMA CUMMINS, will my love for the men to Carolyn Ryder, saying, “A few more won’t, matter.” I, EARL DeLUNG, will my false teeth to Evelyn Taylor. I, PEARL RANKIN, will my Caesar translations to Blake Breitenhirt. I, MONNA BELLE VANDEVANDER, leave my voice to the school for use as a fire alarm. I, GATHA GUM, will my Economics Knowledge to Ward Beverage in case he may need it in years to come. I, SUE McELWEE, will my sweet disposition to Hazel Brewster. I, DOROTHY CAMPBELL, will my ability to fire a furnace to Mr. Taylor. I, NORMA GRAGG, will my knowledge to any Junior who thinks he can handle it successfully. I, NORMA ARBOGAST, give my Chemistry data back to Mr. Hill. I, ALICE SUTTON, will my imperturbability to Miss Johnson. I, BETTY BROWN, will my pseudonym “Half-Pint” to Dick Snyder. I, BOB WAGNER, leave my studiousness to James Sheets. I, BOB McQUAIN, leave my habit of formulating and dissolving engagements to Virgil B. Har- ris, Jr. I, GEORGE HARRIS, will my loquacity to the Miller twins, saying, “Here’s enough for you both.” I, RUSSELL CASSELL, leave my profanity to Mr. Smith. I, JEAN TENNEY, will my cheer-leading accomplishments to Kathleen Ryder. I, DONALD SHEARS, will my affections for geometry to Berlin Galford. I, SAMMY BARLOW, will my perfunctory actions to Miss Brown. 1, JIMMY ADDINGTON, will my position at the top of the roll to Glenna Wooddell. I, EDWIN DOYLE, will my matrimonial expectations to Stanley Robertson. I, GOLDIE SLAVINS, will my coquettishness to Mr. Riley. I, LEWIS SHINABERRY, will my permanent wave to Leonard Meador. I, NEIL GRAGG, will my benignity to Zelda Buzzard. I, L. E. CAMPBELL, will my propensity for auxesis to anyone who has intrepidity for altisonant grandiloquence. SECTION V In testimony whereof we, the said Graduating Class, do hereby cause this will to be signed and sealed on this, the first day of April, A. D., 1947. —THE SENIOR CLASS. PRESIDENT JULIAN GUM VICE-PRESIDENT BERLIN GALFORD SECRETARY ............................................. JOHN GALFORD TREASURER TROY MOORE REPORTER SAMMY BARLOW ADVISOR DAVID SMITH The foundation upon which the Future Farmers of America organization is built, includes lead- ership, character development, sportsmanship, cooperation, service, thrift, scholarship, improved ag- riculture, organized recreation, citizenship, and patiiotism. The Future Farmers of America is a non- profit, non-political farm youth organization of voluntary membership. The organization i.s 100' American in its ideals and outlooks, and has no outside affiliations or secrecy in connection with any of its activities. The motto is: “Learning to do Earning to live Doing to earn Living to serve. The Greenbank Chapter is a 100% club with all students of Vocational Agriculture belonging to the organization. Each year the chapter has a fall party with each member bringing a friend, fe- male or otherwise, and in the spring it has an annual Father and Son Banquet. Some of the activities of the Chapter are the preservation of wild birds by planting of bird seeds and small shrubs. Each year the chapter reforests waste lands and plants productive trees and wind breakers. The Chapter participates in cooperative buying and selling of seeds. The Chapter gained recognition during the past year by one of its members, Sammy Barlow, mak- ing State Farmers. Also a former member. Joel Hannah, won third place in the Oratorical Contest held in the fall at Jackson’s Mill. IDENTIFICATION----Front row, left to right: Mr. Smith, Archie Wilfong, Ed- ward Varner, Billy Brock, Jr., George Wilmoth, Edward Meek , John Galford, Ray Lambert, George Plyler, Arnold Galford, Lawson Cassell, Robert Tacy. Back row, left to right: Robert Waugh, Gene Crist, Hubert Rexrode, Neil Cas- sell, Lake Sutton, Troy Moore, Keith Meeks, Julian Gum, George Rexrode, Robert Snyder, James Sheets, Junior Rexrode, Keith Gum, Robert Simmons, Arlie Ryder, George Sheets, Bob Wagner, Hubert Taylor, Berlin Galford, Rucsell Cased!. FUTURE? FARMERS 0F AMERICA Gr. H • S . E) A N ID The Greenbank High School Band was first organized during the 1944-45 school year. There were twenty-three students in this charter group. Each school year has brought new members and activities to this organization. They play a full schedule during football and basketball seasons, furnish music for grade and high school commence- ments, and give numerous performances throughout the county and individual members present many solo selections at community affairs. Officers of the group are as follows: President, Mary Dare Hedrick; Vice-President. L. E. Camp- bell; Secretary and Treasurer, Dorothy Campbell- Representatives, Jeanne Sheets and Helen Tracy; and Reporter, Betty Ruth Conrad. Members are: BRASS—L. E. Campbell, Dorothy Campbell, Martha Campbell, Berlin Galford, Sue McElwee, Irene Miller, Betty Orndorff, Ben Poscover, Louise Shears, Jeanne Sheets, Helen Tracy and Martha McCutcheon. PERCUSSION—Eloise Lambert and Evelyn Hertig. WOODWINDS—Mary Dare Hedrick, Blake Breitenhirt, Betty Ruth Conrad, Bob Eades, Nancy Harris, Leonard Meador, Lo- rena Shears and Bonnie Sheets. In connection with the Band is the Beginners Band, a group of beginners who, when they attain a certain skill will advance to the Band as regular players. Generous contributions have been received from many sources to be used for the purchase of uniforms for the band. However, securing the uniforms is being delayed until the purchase can be made under more favorable buying conditions. IDENTIFICATION—Back row, left to right: Mis Johnson, L. E. Campbell, Blake Breitenhirt, Bob Eades, Ben Poscover, Lorena Shears, Nancy Harris, Gloria Dean Eye, Dorothy Campbell, Eloise Lambert. Front row, left to right: Berlin Galford, Louise Shears, Helen Tracy, Mary- Dare Hedrick, Betty Ruth Conrad, Irene Miller, Martha McCutcheon, Bonnie Sheets, Martha Campbell, Cora Sue McElwee. IDENTIFICATION—Standing, left to right: Mr . Margaret Cole, leader; Rich- ard Nottingham, Zane Taylor, Anita Buterbaugh, Albert Tenney, Gay Cargile, Paul Tenney, Jerry Shears, Betty Ruth Conrad, Robert Eades, Jr., Blanche Hamed, Johnny Brown, George Harris, Lorena Shears, Evelyn Hertig, Nancy Harris, Helen Snyder, Leon Ryder, Eleanor Snyder, Clara Dahmer, Freda Rexrode, Bonnie Sheets, Gene Crist, Juanita Dahmer, Carolyn Ryder, Merle Grogg, Glenna Wooddell, Julian Tracy, Sadie Lambert, James Shores, Jean Tenney. Kneeling, left to right: Martha McCutcheon, Patricia McCauley, Jolene Kerr, Helen Tracy, Louise Shears, Mary Dare Hedrick, Kathleen Ryder, Irene Miller, Betty Ruth Sheets, Alice Ervine, Sarah Arbogast. The Greenbank Merry Wigglers Club was organized in 1935 under the leadership of Mrs. Mar garet Lightner Cole. This year due to the large enrollment the club has been divided into a Junior and Senior Club with Mrs. Cole still leading the Senior group. The membership is 54 this year. Among the various activities that the 4-H’ers have participated in this year are: 1. Public program given at the March Parent-Teachers Association meeting. 2. The Annual Achievement Banquet where a large number received awards for outstanding work done the past year. 3. Jeanne Sheets won the All-Star Scholarship to Jackson’s Mill for outstanding work at State Camp. The Annual Field Day will be held May 3, at which time the Merry Wigglers will try to win first place and have the honor of keeping the plaque which has been in the Wigglers' possession for two previous years and if won this year will be ours for “keeps.” OFFICERS PRESIDENT ......................... BLANCHE HAMED VICE-PRESIDENT .............................. HELEN TRACY SECRETARY ........................ LOUISE SHEARS TREASURER ....................... MARY DARE HEDRICK SONG LEADERS ........ JEANNE SHEETS - FREDA REXRODE REPORTER ....................... BETTY RUTH CONRAD Motto: A quitter never wins, a winner never quits. FACIIsITIlu £Ao-p, ■ Training in manual skills is provided in an up-to-date shop. Shown here is the interior view with students George Kane, George Cromer, James Notting- ham, Robert McQuain, James Shores and Virgil B. Harris, Jr., busily engaged in “learn- ing by doing ' Hat £u icA ■ Showing a section of the group which consists of scores of children who thus receive a wholesome mid-day meal in cheerful surroundings. ■ One cf the most important factors in education is a well- equipped library. Greenbank’s has 2,173 volumes, 260 of which were added this year by aid of scholastic organizations. The library is open to all stu- dents and teachers who may have use of it. Greater use of the library was emphasized this year, to all who were unacquainted with the resources of the library. ■ We must think of a library as a friend or as a tool — books are friends to all who seek this friendship. Also, books are tools which help us solve the riddles of our earth and all subjects. All the world’s knowledge is written in books for us to taste of, and drink deep if we are interested in the subject at hand. This fact should be recognized by all, and used to advantage. ■ Persons shown in the accompanying photograph are, left to right: Betty Turley, George Cromer, Julian Tracy, Raymond Lambert, Edward Meeks, George Plyler and Estelle Duckworth. STAFF OF GOLDEN LAGLEd IDENTIFICATION—Top row, left to right: Robert Eeades, Kenneth Duskey, L. E. Campbell, Mr� . Coyner. Bottom row, left to right: Helen Tracy, Nellie Simmons, Mary Dare Hedrick, Bonnie Pugh, Alice Sutton, Dorothy Campbell, Doris Simmons. ANNUAL PROGRAM The annual Baccalaureate Service for the 194 7 Graduating Class was held in the school audi- torium on Sunday, May 11, at 8:00 P. M. The following program was given: Processional—Corona- tion March; Invocation—Rev. Wilmer Crummett: “Holy, Holy, Holy,” (Dykes)—Audience; Sermon —Rev. Q. R. Arbogast; “Jesu, Son of God,” (Mozart)—Glee Club; “Like Light of Star,” (Lieur- anCe)—Helen Tracy; Benediction—Rev. Albert Law Tenney; Recessional—Pomp and Circumstance. On Thursday evening, May 15, 1947, at 8:00 o’clock, the Commencement Exercises were held in the school auditorium, with the following program: Processional—High School Band; Invocation— Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt; “Panis Angelicus ’’(Franck)—Glee Club; Salutatory Address—L. E. Camp- bell; “Liebestraum” (Liszt)—Helen Tracy, Lorena Shears, Jeanne Sheets, Kathleen Ryder, Betty Ruth Conrad and Louise Shears; Introduction—Principal Virgil B. Harris; Address—Dr. John W. Elliott. President of Alderson Broaddus College; “Serenade” (Schubert)—L. E. Campbell; Presentation of Class by Warren Blackhurst, Sponsor; Presentation of Diplomas by Mr. Clarence Sheets, President of Pocahontas County Board of Education, and Mr. Grey Beverage, Member of the Board; Presenta- tion of Awards by Russell Cogar, Commander, Allegheny Post No. 117, The American Legion; Vale- dictory Address—Blanche Hamed. CONSERVATION In an effort to further conservation practices in the state and county, Greenbank High School is offering to its students a new course. It is called Nature Study and Conservation, and to conserve Natural Resources and Wildlife is the main objective of the study. Class work is devoted to the study and evaluation of our various specimens of wildlife. The nature study angle is designed chiefly in order that the student may have an understanding of the ways, habits, characteristics and economic value of the creatures of the wild. In addition to class work some study is made in the outdoors. There students learn first hand knowledge of many of nature's denizens. The course is open to both girls and boys. Contrary to what might have been expected the girls are, in many cases, showing better ability as conservationists than the boys. Each pupil aside from regular class work is required to carry a benefisial project in some form of conservation. Among these are such activities as vermin control, tree planting, stopping erosion ditches, game feeding, improvement of game and fish habitat, planting game food, game and fish pro- tection and many others. The class has contracted to plant on various farms ten acres of new forest, requiring about 12,- 000 seedlings. In addition those having streams on home farms expect to plant tree cover on banks. During the heavy snow of February and Marc!'. 13 bird feeding places were maintained by mem- bers of the class. At present 21 students are enrolled. HOME? ECONOMIC The Future Homemakers Chapter of Greenbank High School, formerly known as the Future Home- makers Club, is composed of 65 girls. Each member is striving to learn the art of homemaking. The chapter is under the supervision of Miss Flora Post. New members are taken into the chapter each year, providing they meet the requirements of the chapter. The first day of initiation is one of folly but the second day there is a beautiful cere- mony lighted only by candles. Some of the older members explain the purpose, aim, colors, pins, and project of the group and the new members make their pledges. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month from 9 to 10 o'clock A. M. These meetings consist of a program presented by the girls under the supervision of the Leader and Vice-President, in addition to the business sessions. One of our members, Miss Jeanne Sheets, was elected state song leader for the year 1946-47. She also was elected national Vice-President for the year 1947-48. In the spring our thoughts turn to our annual party, when all members are permitted to invite whom they want to accompany them. Officers for this school year are: President, Alice Sutton; Vice-President, Freda Rexrode; Sec- retary, Louise Shears; Treasurer, Gertrude Blackhurst; Representative, Patricia McPherson; Report- er, Bonnie Pugh— Parliamentarian, Jeanne Sheets, and Historian, Helen Tracy. Officers for the coming year will be elected in May. We may truly say that without this organization cur school would lack something important. (An Address) Parents, teachers, classmates, friends: All ( who have come either to witness or to take part j in this, our graduation exercises: it gives me great pleasure to bid you welcome tonight. We appreciate your presence: to us it is a sign of your interest in us, both as individuals and as a group. This same interest has been evident in former years, for our progress thus far would have been impossible without it. We wish to thank you for your backing, and with due pro- i priety we say, “This is your school, for you hav.- made it possible. Therefore, we bid you wel- come.” 1 As we stand looking back on our past four years, we are moved by various reactions. First we are saddened by the thought that we have now reached the last moment as a group. We have come far, we have formed friendships — friendships which will extend themselves greatly in the years to con.e; we have had our joys, our 1 sorrows, our hours of bereavement, our days of bliss. We have met all with determination, ac- cepting each responsibility with the will to see it j through, not basking in the glory of one achieve- ment, but rather, spurred on by accomplishment, moving onward to a better and a higher respon- sibility. This as a group we have done, and we are filled with sadness as we realize that wc- have made our last accomplishment together. Yet we rejoice now we have completed our first great responsibility — that of educating our- selves so as to be fit for American citizenship. 1 This preliminary to American Citizenship — education — was not a single factor, but was composed of many parts. We count our educa- tion starting from the first word we spoke, the first step we took. From that time until now, we have been guided in the right path by our parents, our teachers, and our associates. To all these, we wish to express our appreciation i for the aid they’ve bestowed upon us. All this help has been very important to our education. Coming from varied sources, the aid has been of many different natures — we recognize the 1 values of literature, of mathematics, of arts, of specialized training, and of the other courses in which we have been instiucted; but through as- sociation with others and with God, we have de- veloped cur characters, giving each factor its proper place in our lives, forming from the con- glomeration of influences a grand unit by which each individual is known. It is the character we are now that we will be when we are older, for childhood influences have far-reaching ef- fects. We are grataful for the good influences, and if we have developed any undesirable pecu- liarities, we purport to rid ourselves of them. As a person grows, he meets new responsibili- ties. The first encountered is gratitude toward our parents. An ungrateful person is of all peo- ple the most miserable. We all have heard the legend of the pond which retained all the water thot flowed into it contrasted to the brook which passed all the water it received on to another. When the drought came, the pond dried out while the book flowed merrily on with water in it. Thus it is with us: we have received much, and we are now ready to give more than ever before, knowing for certain that the more we give away, the more we can take in. This is the way we must assume our responsibilities to the last generation, to the present generation, and to the next generation to come. We are richer by the knowledge of past generations— we have a wealth of facts which our forefathers wrested from Nature and set down so they might not be forgotten now they had once been learned. During our school days, and especially during the last four years, we have been learn- ing these so we can use them to our own advan- tage, add what new facts we can discover, and pass them on to future generations. Where our forebears made mistakes, we must observe them, and pattern our activities so we will avoid such. Thus our generation profits both from the achievements and the mistakes of past genera- tions. With our innate love for freedom, we will take up our privileges and duties of American- ism. This, second to spiritual responsibility, is what we have been training for. In the words of Christ, “Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, all thy soul, and with all thy strength; and thy neighbor as thyself.” This last is Americanism — holding that all men are created equal. As we now are facing the world, we needs must remember this and practice it more avidly than ever before. In just a few moments our high school days will have ended. Have they been worth-while? Only time can tell. Shall we go forth into the world with the will to be a benefit to mankind, or, will we go to be parasites on the rest of humanity? This is an important question, and must be decided by each individual for himself. Our training has been given us in the hope that we will use it for the best. Will we live up to these hopes? This, too, is a personal question requiring an individual answer. However, it i.s our responsibility to use what we have to fur- ther the race of mankind, to perpetuate the knowledge of the ages, to do what we can for our fellowmen, to be a burden to no man, and, most important, to grow in our spiritual nature that we may increase the harmonious relation- ship between ourselves and our God. —L. E. CAMPBELL, Salutatoriam VALEDICTORIAN Parents, teachers, friends, members of official board, underclassmen and patrons of Greenbank. I come to you tonight as a representative of the graduating class of Greenbank High School. As I greet you tonight it is with mixed emotions. For tonight as we stand at the crossroads of life realizing how outstanding this occasion will be to us whenever we look back upon it in the fu- ture, we are deeply moved by a feeling of an- ticipation for what is to come, devotion for the Alma Mater from which we are about to depart, fondness for those friends and classmates to whom we must now bid farewell, and gratitude for our loving parents and considerate faculty who through the past four yeais have made our journey a more pleasant one. I have said that we stand at the crossroads of life. The road behind us was a single trail whereon we were protected by guard-rails which were formed by our parents' strong love for us and their lasting faith in us. There were times when the hills seemed more steep than usual, the going was rough and discouragement seemed to be winning the battle. But never a dark cloud appeared on the horizon that was not soon turn- ed by our guardians to show us the silver lining. There were times when we would have fallen by the wayside rather than take the next uncer- tain step. But our ears caught the faint echo of your voice pleading with us to “Fight On, and thus step by step we have climbed until now we have arrived at the gateway to the future. Before we are admitted into that broader world of the future we pause a moment. And as the twilight of our high school life sheds its farewell rays on our path we come to the realization that this occasion has been made possible by your efforts in our behalf. In vain tonight we try to express our gratitude for your work and sac- rifice toward our success. Finding no flowery phrase capable of expressing our appreciation to you we shall resort to a simple but sincere “Thank You. Now the gate of the future opens and stand- ing wide it beckons to us. As we step up hand in hand to peer into the vast beyond the sight of the crossroads recalls to our memory the words of Richard Hovey: “You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever— And it well may be for a day and a night. And it well may be forever. But whether we meet or whether we part (For our days are past our knowing), A pledge from the heart to its fellow heart On the ways we all are going! Here’s luck! For we know not where we are going. With a steady swing and an open brow We have tramped the ways together, But we're clasping hands at the crossrods now In the Fiend's own night for weather; And whether we bleed or whether be smile In the leagues that lie before us The ways of life are many a mile And the dark of Fate is o'er us. Here’s luck! And a cheer for the dark before us. And so tonight our ways which for four years have been one, must be severed and the hand- clasp by which we have been united must now be torn asunder. Each class member must take up the path of his choice and continue the jour- ney through life. If we have chosen wisely our trail will lead us toward a higher rung on the ladder of success. And we tonight, because of our faith in our training and in our preparation for this moment feel that we will make the right choice. Whatever trail we may take we must realize that we shall meet with turmoils of life unknown to us before. Thus we must begin our ascent with the knowledge that it is to be a far different road from the one which we have previ- ously traveled. Our parents and faculty will no longer be there to give to us that much needed strength and courage. Therefore we must look above to a Higher Power whom we shall take along on the Road of Life as our guide. Tonight as we are about to step through the arch to begin the journey which will take us another mile of the way, we hear the voice of past ages speak to us. The appeal comes to us in the words of John McCrea: “To you from failing hands we throw The torch—be yours to hold it high. We have heard your voice, O Past Ages, and in answer to your request we shall accept the torch symbolizing the heritage handed down to us by the past generations, with the determination that we shall bear it high above the cha; s of the tur- bulent world of today. We promise to you that those educational advantages which have been given to us shall be preserved and used by us and later passed on to our followers that they and the whole world may look forward to a brighter future. Heretofore we have not realized the impor- tant part which your gift has played in our edu- cational development. For the past four years we as students have had the advantage of all the wisdom and culture which has accumulated through the past centuries. We were asked to pay nothing for this gift; rather the simple re- quest of the donor was that we take it and use it for the betterment of America. Through the years we have taken of this gift, some perhaps more freely than others and ♦ Now that we have accepted the gift and pledged our- selves to the preservation of it, have we done our share or shall we think of the words of the Master when he had given the talents to the sons? Let us accept our heritage as a talent to e developed when we have reached the end of our journey into greater usefulness for man- kind. Thus in answer to your entreaty, O voice of the Past, The graduating class of 1947 replies: “Fear not that ye have died for naught The torch you threw to us we caught. The hands of youth shall hold it high And freedom’s light shall never die. —BLANCHE IIAMED, Valedictorian. TBARBOOK STAFF Editoi-in-Chief Assistant Editor Feature Editor Advertising Editor Sports Editor Humor Editor Art Editor Typists Blanche Hamed Alice Sutton L. E. Campbell Bonnie Pugh Kenneth Duskey Earl DeLung- Edwin Doyle Members of Senior Class IDENTIFICATION—Back row, left to right: Kenneth Duskey, L. E. Campbell, Earl DeLung, Edwin Doyle. Front row, left to right: Blanche Hamed, Bonnie Pugh, Alice Sutton, Mrs. Coyner. ENIORs etASS PROPHECT Twenty-five years after my graduation, I sud- denly became famous for my writings upon “The Exploits of the Common Fishworm.” This erudite treatise immediately after publication became a best seller, and was translated into three hundred and one languages. Of course, the royalties from the sale of the book brought me a fortune, and I could retire and live lux- uriantly even after my income tax was paid. My book was called the most wonderful book of the Twentieth Century, and I was asked to be buried in Westminster Abbey when I died. At the present time, I have not given my con- sent, but am thinking about it. When I realized that I was a wealthy man, I immediately decided to look up my former high school classmates, most of whom I hadn’t seen since graduation. I also wished to know where my teachers were, and what they were doing. Toward this end I planned, and after settling my domestic affairs, which were few, since I was still a bachelor, I set out from my home in Rhode Island with a view of not coming back until I had either seen or heard of my class- mates and teachers. I started to Pocahontas County first, since I expected that some would bs still around. On my way, I stopped in New Yoik for a while, and once went down Broadway for a walk. Just as I passed a five-and-ten cent store, I saw an Ad- miral of the Navy come out with a padlock in his hand. He looked familiar, and I ventured to ask his name. I was surprised to find it was Donald Shears, and we had a pleasant chat. He told me that he had married a shrew, and that he was taking the padlock home to put on his safe where his money was, for his wife spent it too avidly. I sympathized with him, and asked about our classmates. He knew as little as I, so after getting his address, I walked on up Broadway. Suddenly I saw a name in lights that looked familiar, and examined it more closely. It said “MONNA BELLACIO VAN de VANDERCLIFT — Star of ‘The Henpecked Crayfish’.” I went into the thea.re, and heard a tall woman in cos- tume singing about being pinched. When the opera ended, I went backstage, and saw Mies Van de Vanderclift. As I expected, it was Monna Bell, my old classmate, and we had an interesting talk. She had been married three times, but had always got away in each case. She said that she liked to sing, but nobody liked to listen. I remembered the theatre contained only about ten persons during the show. I asked about our class, and she said that Lewis Shina- berry was a Broadway star also. I found him later, and he said he had enjoyed being in the Senior Play so much that he kept at acting, and now look where he was. On Broadway! As I was driving cn a narrow road in Pennsy'- vania, a car suddenly swerved around a curve, and crashed into mine, causing us both to roll down the bank about a hundred feet. Luckily I received only minor injuries—seven broken ribs, a badly bumped head, and bruises all over my body. Nevertheless, I and the other driver were rushed to the hospital and lodged in the same room. The other driver was “Pinhead Cassell,” still up to his old tricks, and he wasn’t hurt—just a cracked nose this time. He said he had had eighty-four such accidents, but was still good for a few more. As we were talking, a brunette nurse came in to see about us. I recognized her immediately —Pearl Rankin. She said, “Back again, Pin- head?” I learned he had been in this same hospital eighteen times. Pearl began talking rather wildly about her patients, and it was tacit that some of her patients hadn’t died naturally. When she went out, I managed to call the head nurse, and requested another for me. I was glad to be rid of any danger from Pearl, for I hadn’t seen all whom I wanted to see. After recovery, I came to Dunmore by bus, and found it larger than ever. Natural gas had been discovered, and the size of the town much increased. I found the Mayor to be Bob McQuain who was evidently doing well. A larger school had been set up, and I found Sue McElwee one of the teachers. She was veiy strict and fastidious, having changed much. However, she seemed to like her job and home- town as much as always. When I went to Greenbank, I saw a scissors factory. This was something new, and I went to see the building. Imagine my surprise to find George Harris the owner of it! He said he had get the incentive from his wife’s maiden name— Shears. Two of my classmates were teachers in the High School at Greenbank. They wei“e Gatha Cum, the economics teacher, and Norma Gragg, the histoiy teacher. Both were satisfied with their jobs, but I thought they were no different from any teacher. From them I learned of sev- eral of my classwates still living in the vicinity, and I went to visit them. I found Eula Taylor still scouting the coun- try. She says she is young yet and the right man will come along in the near future. Audrea Sheets (now Mrs. Gowan) was living on Sheets Road. In the summer, she went all over Pccahontas threshing barley for the farm- ers. Mr. Smith was living at Arbovale on a large farm. He was the father of four children, and he nad succeeded in raising a hyblid pig which bore wool on its skin and gave n.ilk which was converted into excellent cheeses. But then, I suppose he was always a farmer at heart. Doris Simmons was residing at Frank, where her husband wc.yked in the tannery. She had an enjoyable time with three childri n and was always busy darning socks. I always knew she would have a happy marriage. She was proud of her children, named Tom, Dick, and Harry. BMICRa etASS PROPHECf Julian Gum had taken his father’s job, and sold gasoline in three counties. He was making a good profit by shortchanging merchants and reading the gauges wrong. As yet, he hasn’t been caught. Cornelia Bennett was operator of a telephone switchboard in Spruce. She was married, and kept house after her working hours. She had the reputation of being the biggest gossip in town—I guess that’s what telephones do for you. I ran into Mr. Riley on the bridge at Cass. He said he had finally solved the most intricate of all problems, and related to me the formula. I thought it a rather absurd idea, but since it enabled him to loaf the rest of his life, I kept my mouth shut. I found Miss Brown now married and living at Raywood with a pension, and the mother of three children. She said she had taught at Greenbank for twenty-two yeais before she got tired of it. Further down the Greenbrier, I saw Miss Johnson directing a five-piece band which per- formed every time a freight pulled through. She said she always had liked the people of Clo- ver Lick, and had decided to settle there. She quit teaching soon after I graduated. Halfway up Gibson’s Knob, I found Arlie Ry- der's house. I knew his wife, the former Bonnie Sheets, and we talked for a long while. Then he called his children by numbers, and Bonnie- told me their names were Andecombogius, Devi- ciacus, Arurunculeius, Cassivellaunus, Convieto- lita, and Scribonianus and Vercassivellanus, twins. Arlie always did what Bonnie told him, even to naming the children. Mary Jo White was the proprietor of a mor- tuary—a first-class undertaker. Her shop was on the banks of Leatherbark Run, and she of- fered me her services. However, I declined the invitation. As I needed a haircut, I entered a shop on Dirty Street in Cass. I found the proprietor was Jimmie Addington, and his shop was not only for haircuts, but also he had pool tables, soft drinks, a bowling alley, and a skating rink which was about ten feet square. He cut my hair unevenly, nipped my ear with the clippers, ruined my shirt with a spurt of tobacco-juice, and short-changed me before I left. As I went out the door, he threw a brick at my head, but it missed me. The next morning, for some rea- son, one of his windows was “busted.” A few days later I passed a goat farm on Cheat Mountain. Having a taste for goat cheese, I stopped to buy a cheese. The owner, an elderly woman who was nevertheless spry, came to meet me when I entered the gate. To my astonishment, I saw it was Mrs. Coyner, one of my teachers. She knew me at once, because she had read my book and seen my pictures many times. She showed me three grammatical errors in my book before she said anything else, and looked grieved because one of her pupils should make such mistakes. Then I asked about her farm, and she said she had taught ten years after my graduation, then decided to retire and raise goats. Her farm consisted of 10,000 acres, and she had 9,986 goats. She used a jeep part of the time, but usually she walked when she attended them. When I asked if she had any cheese to sell, she said she only kept goats because she liked to hear them bleat in the night. I found Betty Brown next in my quest. She lived at Pine Grove, and was an old maid. I told her I was a bachelor, and all about my trip. She was interested in her classmates, but was very fastidious, and had a too-large hope chest. I left after hearing where Alice Sutton was. It seems that she had founded a home for juvenile delinquents in Charleston. She was noted for her success in this work, and for the motto which hung over the fireplace: “Spare the rod, and spoil the child.” After leaving Pocahontas behind, and visiting Alice in Charleston, I started West. I got to Wyoming on the 6th of June, and decided to visit a ranch for a few weeks. I bought a heli- copter and flew around looking for a ranch that I thought I would like. As I flew over a ridge, I saw a ranchhouse by a large lake in a broad valley. The trees and grass were verdant and green, and the house itself was a lovely grey color. I landed in the front yard, and a woman came to the door. She looked familiar, and T asked who owned the ranch. Evidently she rec- ognized me, for she said a schoolmate of mine owned it. Then she told me that Hubert Rex- rode owned it, and she was his wife. Just then a husky-looking man walked around the corner of the house, whom I knew at once for Hubert. He was glad to see me, and asked me to stay at his ranch awhile. I gladly accepted the of- fer, and he took me to see his ranch. He had been teaching his two-year-old grandson how to shear a sheep when I arrived by air. Late in September I left Hubert’s ranch, after making him take my helicopter, and proceeded to San Francisco. The same day I arrived, I saw a newspaper article which told about Ken- neth Duskey catching a mermaid while fishing. I went to see him, and could hardly get to him for the crowds. He told me about catching the mermaid in a net with two nier-ehildren. A merman had followed his boat over a thousand miles to San Francisco. I urged him to liberate the mermaid and her children, and he did this after I reminded him of a poem we had studied in English IV. The merman brought him a treasure chest, for ransom, I suppose, which was sold to a junk dealer for $4.98. From San Francisco I went to Hollywood, and watched Troy Moore being filmed in a picture called “This Is Her Last” playing opposite Mac West. I supposed the title referred to the hero- ine, but I kept that to myself. Troy had passed a screen test because he blushed so well, and was a full-time star with a prodigious income. In Los Angeles I used a new soap called “Plume” which had a fragrant odor. I found that the Ostrich carved on the bar had been de- signed by Edwin Doyle. He was living in this EMICUI CEASS PROPHECT city, and I went to see him. He said he was happily married, and was editing a comic strip based on his friends of high school days. The comic strip was a success, I have found out. Being close to Mexico, I decided to tour that country. I did not like the people or the climate very much, but the scenery was superb. I found Mount Popocatapetl interesting, and I heard a tale of a woman called “Cactus Blossom” living on the mountainside. I thought it was a legend, but they assured me of its veracity. The peo- ple called her “Cactus Blossom” because she liked solitude so well that few approached her, and because she was reputed to be very beau- tiful. This intiigued me, and I asked them to guide me to her. I found “Cactus Blossom” liv- ing in an adobe house surrounded by flowers and a little brook, with a few cats to keep her com- pany. This recluse, however, I found to be Blanche Hamed, who wrote her poetry and books here. She was famous for her poems, and she was writing a book “This Happened to Me,” which was about her classmates. 1 supplied her with information about all whom I had met on my trip. From Mexico I traveled to Panama, where 1 saw the Canal. I found Dorothy Campbell em- ployed there. She was the operator of two of the locks on the Pacific end of the Canal. She said she liked to watch the water rise in the locks because it reminded her of the unpredict- able fountains in the halls of Greenbank High. When no ships were passing through, she fished for lobsters and waded around in the Canal bare- foot. When I got to the Amazon River, I found some supplies for Doctor E. Duckworth waiting at the river's mouth. I was told this famous lady doctor was a psychiatrist studying the wild Indians' minds. Thinking it might be Estelle, 1 went along with the supplies and found it really was she. She said she was trying to discover what made civilized men fall in love, and thought she might find the answer in a primitive mind. At that time she had had no success, but later she wrote me that she knew why--------women! After touiing South America, I went to Asia. In China I found Thelma Cummins as the Unit- ed States ambassador. She said she liked her job except for the business part of it. She had recently signed a treaty which gave the Chinese full permission to sing American songs while they were in the bathtub. Through this action she hoped to promote good will between Amer- ica and China. In a few months I landed in Calcutta, India. I scouted about for a few days, and found out that an American Expedition had just come back from the Himalaya Mountains. I went to see them, and learned they were traveling for the National Geographic Society, and their leader was Robert Eades. He told me about the trip, and said that he held a record — that cf having his head higher in the air than any other person, while his fest lerr.ained on the ground. The reason was that four of his party had reached the top of Mount Everest, and he was the tallest of the party. He received a medal to that ef- feci. From Asia I came to Alaska, where I found Mi. Harris fox chasing on the sides of Mount McKinley. He had killed two foxes in .six years, but hadn't given up hope to kill a third. He needed three fox tails to decorate his radio aerial on his car, so he could set a new style in auto embellishments. While strolling down a street in Paris one day, I met Mr. Hill whistling “Mademoiselle from Armentieres.” We talked awhile, and i found that he had retired from teaching when he invented an atomic can-opener which required only ten manipulations on the part of the op- erator. After agreeing to buy one later, I left. I broke my promise, for I knew too much about can-openers, being a bachelor. I happened to meet Earl DeLung at the top of one of the pyramids in Egypt, where we sat down and talked for three hours. During this time, we recounted our school days, and dis- cussed our lives after graduation. Earl's biog- raphy would make interesting and exciting read- ing, for he had lived a thrilling life. He had been on all the continents, in one hundred and three countries, and had sailed all the oceans and forty-two of the smaller seas. He had seen the rulers of most of the world, and had swum the Hellispont. He had been a mile under the ocean and sixty-eight miles in the air. When we met in Egypt, he had just finished a trip across the Sahara Desert. All in all, he had led an ad- venturous life, and he promised to collaborate with me one day in writing his biography. When we parted, he was headed toward the South Pole. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea, I traveled with Bonnie Pugh, and her husband who was a History Professor at Harvard. They had just come from visiting King Tut-Ankh-Amun's tomb which was part of a tour into historical coun- tries. Bonnie said she was so happy, she felt like a bird. One day in Canada, I stumbled over a wom- an’s feet in a street car, and injured her corns so much she nearly cried. I begged her pardon, and escorted her home. She was Goldie Slavins, and she had a mischievous daughter named Lula May, who acted very diabolic. She was very much like her mother in youth, and I commented on the likeness. But, strangely, I was told that I was so old I couldn’t remember correctly any more, which I accepted as truth without argu- ment at that time. Goldie was trying to squeeze her size 8 foot into a size 4 shoe, and her re- ward was corns. I tried to tell her that it was foolish for a grown woman to act thus, but I was so stultified that I got up and left. Crossing Lake Superior, I met Neil Gragg on the boat, and he was captain. He had given up farming, and was now a sailor. When I disem- barked, he gave me back my fare, and said he wouldn’t charge an old schooln ate for just car- rying him across the lake. I sent him a tip la- ter, and a copy of my “Fishworm” book which ENIORj CEASS PROPHECY he pitched into the lake to see if the fish would bite. When I passed through Morgantown, I stopped at the University. There I found Sam- mie Barlow working as a pig doctor, at times even doctoring sick cats. He had recently cured a pig of toothache, and was proud of himself. I had learned that he had merely extracted the tooth, but I didn’t mention it to him for fear of hurting his feelings. In Summersville, I went to the movies, and found Bob Wagner selling tickets. He had part inteie.st in the theatre, and was selling tickets himself to avoid hiring someone else to do it. He said he liked Summersville, but not the peo- ple—they didn’t like his prices. When I went through Renick, I watched a football game, and saw someone cheering who locked familiar. I found it was Jean Tenney’s daughter, and I went to see her. She hadn’t liked the gentlemen around Greenbank very well and so had gone to Renick and married there. She lived a quiet life—keeping house, shopping, and the other things women are prone to do. I came up the Greenbrier a few years after I had gone down and stopped in Marlinton, at the Kennison Hostelry. Betty was the proprie- tor’s wife, and she had one child, a boy, who grew up and went to California. Betty had a first-class hotel, and was famous for it. She told me Norma Arbogast worked at the hospital, so I went around to see her. I knew' she had want- ed to be a nurse, and I asked for her at the hos- pital. I found she was Inspector of the Linen Closet at the Hospital—not quite a nurse, not quite a maid. I congratulated her on her suc- cess and left for Dunmore. After six months, I found traces of Miss Smith. She was the Chief Sampler in Fleer’s Bubble Gum Factory and liked the job well. She said she acquired the habit of chewing gum from watching her students in History. Not long ago, I read of Mrs. Jenkins’ death in the paper. She had been typing a letter on the deck of a ship in the Atlantic as she was going to England. The wind blew' her hair about, and it had become entangled in the type- writer keys. While she struggled to loosen it, the ribbon wrapped itself around her neck, and she fell overboard as the ship rocked in a wave. The typewriter weighted her down, and they couldn’t save her, but they sent the typing table to her husband. Miss Post was working in the kitchen of an insane asylum. She was the potato masher, and her mashed potatoes were known far and wide. She had worked in the asylum since she quit teaching Home Economics, and said she hardly noticed any difference. I had now' found all my classmates and teach- ers except Mr. Blackhurst. Nobody could re- member where he was, except for one girl who thought he went West. So, I went West, to � . After a year’s searching, I heard a woman talk- ing over the back fsnee in a small Colorado vil- lage about the hermit living up on the “Peak.” I questioned her, and came to the conclusion that it was Mr. Blackhurst. The “Peak” was a precipitous peak in the Rocky Mountains over three miles high. After getting supplies ready for mountain climbing, I began scaling the Peak. It w’as so steep and .rocky that I was five days reaching the top. But my efforts were reward- ed, for there was a little cabin near the summit. The hermit who lived there was walking around the cabin in a nonchalant manner, and I recog- nized “Twierd” even though he had a beard three feet long. He didn’t seem very happy to see me, but I didn’t mind that. After talking a week I found that he had written a 15,000- page book of a conglomeration of poems, short stories, and essays which nobody would publish. I offered to publish it, which I later did, al- though only twenty copies were sold. We talked about many other things, and I asked him how he got down from the mountain. He showed me an elevator which went down a shaft made by Nature. Nobody else knew where it came to, and it took only fifteen minutes to make a round trip. He liked the life of a recluse, and said I was the only person who had ever scaled the mountain while he lived there. He listened to me tell about the Class of ’47, but when I fin- ished the only word he said was “Nuts!” PHYSICAE EMCATION Physical education is well installed in our school with three classes for girls and two for boys. The girls’ classes are under the supervision of Mrs. Jenkins, Miss Brown and Miss Johnson. In these classes the girls take exercise, play basketball and learn to play many new games. The boys’ classes are supervised by Mr. Hill and Mr. Harris. These classes are offered to fur- ther physical development and to train the youth of today to become the men of tomorrow. % ATHLETIC A group of twelve girls, three from each class, selected by Mr. Harris and Mr. Riley, met and formed the Snack and Smack Club. The purpose of the club was to prepare refreshments for the basketball boys after each home game. The three Senior girls took turns being the chairman. Mem- bers from the Senior class were: Bonnie Pugh, Blanche Hamed and Goldie Slavins. The Juniors: Helen Tracy, Lorena Shears, and Louise Shears. The Sophomores: Patty McPherson, Gertrude Blackhurst and Betty Orndorff. The Freshmen: Gloria Dean Eye, Nancy Harris, and Martha Mc- Cutcheon. IDENTIFICATION-----Top row, left to right: Nancy Harris, Gloria Dean Eye, Martha McCutcheon, Helen Tracy, Louise Shears, Lorena Shears. Bottom row, left to right: Blanche Hamed, Bonnie Pugh, Goldie Slavins. CHEERLEADERS The girls who led the stirring yells at our bas- ketball and football games this year deserve much credit. They were Jean Tenney, repre- senting the Seniors; Freda Rsxrode, the Juniors; Kathleen Ryder, representing the Sophomores, and Carolyn Ryder, representing the Freshmen. IDENTIFICATION—Back: Carolyn Ryder, Jean Tenney; front: Freda Rexrode, Kathleen Ryder. BASKEfBALL The following are the points scored and by whom: Fouls FG Tota Donald Shears 19 78 175 Hubert Rexrode 49 38 125 Leon Ryder 27 72 171 John Ralston 15 44 103 George Harris 27 18 63 Jimmy Wooddell 20 33 86 William Arbogast 3 7 17 Gene Crist 1 2 5 IDENTIFICATION-----Back row, left to right: Mr Riley (Coach), William Ar- bogast, Earl DcLung, Gene Crist, Leon Ryder. Front row, left to right: Hubert Rexrode, John Ralston, Donald Shears, George Harris. Greer.bank had a fairly successful season on the basketball court, winning nine and losing ten. Donald Shears was high point man of the season, getting 175 points. Four boys will graduate this year, as follows: Captain-elect Hubert Rexrode, Donald Shears, George Harris, and Earl DeLung. However, prospects are bright for next year’s five with Ryder, Wooddell, Ralston, Arbogast, and Crist coming back. IP O O T HR) -A Id Id Greenbank closed her football season with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie, which was considered a very good record. Fourteen boys earned their letters, as follows: Lewis Shina- berry, Earl DeLung, Russell Cassell, Hubert Rex rode, George Harris, Donald Shears, Junior Stan- ley, Ward Beverage, Leon Ryder, Jimmy Wooddell, John Slavins, John Ralston, Edwin Doyle and Gay Cargile. Other boys out for football were: Jim Nottingham, Bud Leader, George Rexrode, Junior Rex- rode, George Cromer, Julian Tracy, Dale Gragg, Stanley Wooddell, Keith Gum, George Sheets, Neil Cassell, Keith Meeks, Archie Wilfong, Hubert Conrad, Bob Tacy, Jack Moore. The squad will lose six of its boys this year. They are: Lewis Shinaberry, Earl DeLung, Russell Cassell, Hubert Rex- rode, George Harris and Donald Shears. 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