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

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CLASS PROPHECY Jo Betty Pritchard is raising a football team. P. S. Their coaching father is a former student of Coach Harold Mosser. Lloyd Nicely still carries the torch for a certain blonde. Do any of you former G.H.S. students recall this “budding romance.” Joanna Rose won the “Miss America” contest. Despite the years that have slowly crept up. she has kept her pleasing personality and winning smile. Richard Nottingham is the only accomplished farmer of our class. He owes his success to the training he received in G.H.S. as a Future Farmer. Millie Ryder, is an old maid because “Papa won’t let her get married”—we w'onder what happened to that great love affair between she and “Puff.” Betty Ruth Sheets now holds an important job as dress designer and was chosen “Best Dressed Wo- man of America.” Marlin Shears has a big plantation in Dixie—He fell in love with the name! Virginia Shepherd is moving from port to port following the “Navy.” She heard a sailor had a girl in every port—just to make sure, she’s following Bob. Steve Barnasky is the owner of the Mattress and Sleeping Pill Company.. Now that Steve is a million- aire his favorite pastime is testing his mattresses. Patsy Elbon is now famous all over the world for her poetic ability. Our children are studying Elbon right along with Tennyson and Shakespeare. Johnny Brown is top crooner of all teenagers throughout the country, a combination of Van Johnson and Bing Crosby. We knew Johnny would go places. Betty Grogg is peddling WARES for Bob and Company. Grey Cassell ::noses” out Jimmy Durante for top show “billing.” Evelyn Hevener, a college graduate is on the faculty of G.H.S., French-Major. Kenneth Cassell has made the big time with his sparkling smile, a television announcer for Pepsodent Tooth Paste. Dicel Hoover is a happy housewife with a brood of 5 or 6.

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Ray Grogg, Oh Well! need we go further? He always did like red-heads. Lilly Bell Moore—“Carry me back to ol Virginia” remains her favorite refrain. Don McLaughlin is second richest man in the w orld. Made millions on his book about “How to Win and Woo Your Women.” Experience is the best teacher. Anna Lee Murphy is now Mrs. Everette Rexroda and lives in Florida managing a fishing resort. Dick Moats is giving directions to all young men cn how to curl your hair so the women will love you. Daisy Rexrode Wright always remains “so WRIGHT.” Peggy Lynn Shores is having a family feud with her husband over two rival schools—Greenbank and Marlinton. Lawrence Shifflett is a great rodeo star for the W orld’s Fair in New York. Kathryn Simmons is working in a candy store. The store always goes broke because she’s always hungry and likes candy. Eleanor Snyder is going to Trade School learning to be a “Carpenter.” William Sutton is head coach at Glenville—still “starring among the stars.” Velma Stanley a Drivers Education Coach, recalls those dream rides of high school “daze.” Faye Turner Swink owns a huge brain factory and is handing out her surplus to G. H. S. students. Paul Tenney is judge at a Beauty Contest. Always did like “Emerson.” Twila Wenger still likes Gum—Bob perferred. Bill Waugh is a Purebred Sheep Farmer. His favorite pastime is practicing the art of hypnotics. Mary Wilfong is Cigarette girl at Club 15—Her favorite slogan is “I’d run a mile for a Camel.” Joe Wilfcng is a professor of science at West Virginia University still trying to make a hit with the freshmen girls. Roxie Galford died a lonesome, broken-hearted old maid. She just couldn’t mak up her mind— Tom or Hubert. Robert Wilfong took “Pappy Yckum’s” place in A1 Capp’s comic script. Wanda Tracy liked the blue uniforms so well she signed up for twenty years in the Waves. Her Admiral is Bob Tacy! Boyd Wright is one of the world’s greatest nature artist—His most famous picture is “The Daisy.” Franklin Collins (Colonel to the laymen), a noted orator is a speech coach to the President. Frankie’s favorite expression “You just don’t look right to me.” has made him famous. Barbara Howell has gone far in her field of business as a secretary. By the way Hanley Ervin is her boss. Henry Dickson is a director of a famous modeling school composed entirely of red-heads named June. Audrey Kesler is practicing her chosen profession as librarian (Wonder where she got the idea.) Eugene Dilley is climbing to .the top as an accomplished Jack-of-all-Trades. Betty Lowe is her quite and unassuming way is making a happy heme for Ray and all the little Greggs. Elaine Peck is married and living in “Sunny” Florida raising “Kane.”

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CUSS HISTORY The great halls of learning known as Green bank High School opened wide its doors in the fall of 1947 to a struggling, bewildered, and somewhat lost looking, would be scholars. This group was us or we. anyhow we were they! We soon learned that the term Green Horn” applied to us in a somewhat realistic manned. Our “orientation,” brief and painful, left u s so deflated that the brightest thing about us was our name—“Freshie.” But once established we strove into the fray with banners flying. We elected the following students to serve us through the first year: President: William Sutton Vice-President: Johnny Brown, Secretary: Marlin Shears, Representative; Kenneth Cassell, Cheerleader: Wanda Belle Tracy. The guiding hands of our class were Miss Post. iMiss Johnson, and Mr. Hill. Along with us came three new teachers: Mr. Mosser, Coach; Miss Parg, Commercial Instructor; and in February, Mr. Roy Anderson arrived to fill the v acancy of Miss Johnson, who left her position to be married. One of the main activities of this year was the taking part in the Homecoming Celebration. Our class, along with the others sponsored a float for th e parade at the half of the Homcoming gams, Marlinton vs. Greenbank. Many of our members joined the F. F. A., F. H. A., Band, and Glee Club. Several of the boys showed real ability in athletics. At Christmas time some of our class members participated in a Christmas Pageant under the direction of Miss Johnson, Mrs. Coyner, Miss Smith, and Mrs. Davis. The three members selected from our class to serve in the Snack and Smack” Club were Betty Ruth Sheets, Betty Lowe and Jo Betty Pritchard. The football boys traveled to Lewisburg to win the Greenbrier Valley Championship. Both F. F. A. and F. H. A. sponsored parties but the big social event of the Freshmen Class was our spring picnic. Thus the school year which seemed so long in the beginning came all too quickly to a close and we’re off for a summer vacation. The following fall our group returned in a somewhat smaller number. The most of us came back with the will to work to make our class one of the best. The officers elected to lead ns through our second year were President: William Sutton. Vice Presi- dent: Betty Ruth Sheets, Secretary-Treasurer: Elaine Peck, Representative, Kenneth Cassell, Cheerleader; Wanda Tracy. Our sponsors for this year were Miss Smith and Mr. Riley. Our first class party was held in the Gymnasiu m in the early fall. It remains in our memories as one of the happiest times of our school days. We welcomed our new music teacher. Miss Ellis from Glenville. The Glee Club presented an Easter Cantata in the churches of different communities. The music festival was held for the first time at Marlinton. The Varsity G” Club was organized this year. All boys earning a letter either from basketball or football w ere eligible for membership. Good behavior and good discipline is an outstanding virtue of our class. Upper classmen----Juniors, w'e can hardly believe that we must put away our childish ways and chil- dish things. This year our number is even smaller, many have dropped by the wayside, however, our class is more determined than ever to make an outstanding place for ourselves in the history of the school. Class officers elected this year were: President William Sutton, Vice-President: Betty Ruth Sheets, Secretary: Elaine Peck, Treasurer; Grey Cassell, Representative; Kenneth Cassell, and Cheerleader: Bar- bara How’ell. Our class sponsors were Mrs. Coyner and Mr. Mosser.