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

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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.

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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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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.