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

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Linda Cassell—Died with heartbreak at the ripe old age of 103 because none of her former class- mates were there to attend her birthday party. Mary Cassell—Invented the bubble gum with the automatic pop. Mary Chesnut—Is partner with her husband in the Snyder-Chesnut Reducing Agency at Seneca Lake. Fay Collins—As secretary to her husband lawyer, Ted Varner, she is still using the knowledge gained in her favorite class, Commercial Law. Barbara Conrad—Fashion Editor of Seventeen Magazine. June Crist—Is now a famous singer of Negro Spirituals, her favorite being “Swing Lowe Sw’eet Chariot.” Shirley Downey—Current History teacher in Green Bank High School. Mary Dare Doyle—Married, and with five children is still yelling, “Moore, lVfoore, Moore.” Wanda Gabbert—Employed by the Simmons Mattress Compariv at Bartow. Margaret Galford—Star of the Radio Program “Gripe and Get Rich.” Alice Gillispie—Teaching the “Basil” methods of Home Economics at Marlinton High School. Yvonne Gilmore—Collecting tickets at the Metrop rlitian Opera. Gaynell Grimes—Head Hair Stylist at the Martinsburg School of Beauty Culture. Virginia Harris—Named American Mother of the Year in 1985. Helen Jackson—Director of Medical Research Department in New' York City, and she. above all, has found the cure for “heart trouble.” Barbara Keys—Excelled Enstein in his theory of relativity, he is nowr her assistant. Wilda May—Novelist of great renown, as she wras author of the best seller John, the Colonel. Anna Mae Moore—Keeper of the Pocahontas Memorial Home for Blind Mice. Elizabeth Mace—Recently won the §25,000 grand prize on the Pillsbury’s Best Program, for baking the best cake. Bonnie Mullenax—Cook in Mr. Blackhurst’s home specializing in spice cakes. Florene Nottingham—One of the Commercial Instructors at Fairmont Business College. Sue Sawyers—A model for the Gatewood Swing Company. Leota Shields—Hostess at the El Poca and also Co-owner of the City Resturarant. Margaret Shifflett—Playing center for the All-American Redheads. Louise Taylor—English Instructor at Glenville State College. Eva Varner—Married and living at Cass, and she still has that “Neighborly” attitude.

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 244 ‘P'l idteCty Bobbie Bennett—An undertaker driving “Black Hursts.” Bruce Bosley-—Football coach at West Point. Charles Collins—Manager of Pocahontas coal filds. Marion Currence—Drivers Ed. instructor at Westton High School. Ray Galford—Searching for the Fountain of Youth in hopes that he will always stay young. James Gragg—Carpenter for Board of Education, trying to replace the stair landing he wore out at G. H. S. years ago. June Higgins—Owns and operates a wooly-booger farm in southern Alaska. Merle Moore—A barber specializing in “fuller brush” haircuts. Richard Meador—In a rest home recuperating after his many years of hard work. Danny Nicely—Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. Franklin Rankin—President of the U. S.—At present he is at Key West, Florida, fishing for suckers to vote for him in the next election. Chalres Rexrode—Photographer for Life Magazine, covering the Alantic City Beauty Contest. James Rexrode-—Recently won the 500-mile auto race at Indianapolis, Indiana. Samuel Ryder—Representing the U. S. in the Olympic checker contest. Kenneth Shears—Adding more verses to Leigh Hunt’s poem, “Jenny Kissed Me.” Douglas Simmons—Barnum and Bailey’s most “severish clown. Jimmie Simmons—Host at the Stork Club. Zane Simmons—Designing automobiles—his latest is the famous “Slinky Simmons Jet-O-Matic. Billy Terr —Owner of the Terry Hunting and Fishing Resort at Hosterman. Lester Waybright—At Boyer, satisfied with his “Greathouse. Harold Wilfong—Being unable to secure the Alderman girl, he settled for the position of Aider- man of Green Bank district. Merle Kerr—Manfacturer of the new ten inch cigarette, “Koel-Kerry. ’ John Hevener—Filling the position as the head of the English Department at G. H. S., after the retirement of Mr. Blackhurst. Mary Barnasky—Now' mother of a set of quintuplets which make up the entire Circleville High School basketball team. Dixie Beard—Developed a million dollar formula for growing curly whiskers. Shirlev Brubaker—Owner of tbe Nicely Comb Company at Pittsburg.

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 All aboard! The Fifty Two Express is rolling out for Green Bank High School with 67 pas- sengers aboard. The struggling and bewildered passengers were somewhat lost looking and didn t know just what lay ahead for the next four yearrs. Of course every train must have an engineer and a fireman and certain other people to help make the journey a safe one so we elected Bruce Bosley as engineer. Helen Jackson as fireman, Mary Hare Doyle as secretary-treasurer. Jack Cromer as representative and Margaret Galford, cheerleader. Our conductors for this year were Miss Post and Mr. Smith. Miss Verna Dean Ellis, a graduate of Glenville Slate College joined our faculty as music instruc- tor. Extra curricular activities included the F. H. A.. F. F. A., Band and (dec Club. Many of our boys participated in sports. Mary Ellen Cassell was elected as the majorette from our class. The Varsity “G” Club was organized this year. All boys earning a letter cither from basketball or football were eligible for membership. June Crist, Helen Jackson and Shirley Brubaker were to be members of the Snack and Smack Club for all four years. All of our journey was not smiles. The death of our classmate. Frances Helmick, grieved the faculty and the student body, on March 1st, 1919. Most of us attended the F. H. A., F. F. A. and the music parties. Under the leadership of Miss Ellis, the Glee Club presented an Easter Cantata in the churches of different communities. The music festival was held for the first time in Marlinton. Our freshman picnic in May will be remembered by all. Our first year on the journey was passed so we stopped off for a few weeks vacation. When the sophomore year came we had 63 passengers aboard. A few had dropped out on the way. This year our engineer was Virginia Harris, fireman Bruce Bosely. secretary-treasurer, Shirley Brubaker, representative Jack Cromer, and cheerleader, Margaret Galford. Our conductors this year were Mrs. Davis, Mr. McElwee, and Mr. Riley. New teachers include Miss Stephanie Bcndix of New York replacing Miss Ellis as music instruc- tor: Miss Lambert, a graduate of Brea College, filled Miss Smith’s position as librarian: and Char- les McElwee of Dunmore, a graduate of Glenville, joined the social studies department. I he latter two were also graduates of G. H. S. Mr. Raymond Swadley, of W. Va. U., substituted in the Vo-ag department while Mr. Smith completed wor k for his master’s degree at West Virginia univer- sity. Social calendar of the year included the F. H. A., F. 1. A.. Varsity G, and music parties. Our sophomore year had drawn to a close, and we were to begin a new year on our journey. This year our engineer was Bruce Boslev, fireman, Virginia Harris, secretary-treasurer, Shirley Brubaker, representative, Danny Nicely, chcerlea ders, June Crist and Margaret Galford. Our con- ductors this year were Mrs. Coyner and Mr. Mosse r. We had 56 passengers on board. We were now UPPERCLASSMEN. New teachers were Mrs. Florence Bailey, music instructor, Mr. John Townsend, band and social