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

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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

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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.

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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.