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

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AND TESTAMENT I, Connie Wilfong, do will my love for Galfords’ to Joan Bennett. I, Elenor Wymer, will my size and strength to next year’s football team. I, Betty Young, do will my home-coming crown to the girl that the class selects next year. I, Joe Baylor, do will my luck at running in the Halls of Green Bank High School to anyone who can get by with it as I have the past four years. I, Pete Hamrick, do will my love for Taylors to future tailors. I, Bill Orndorff, do will my scholastic abilities to Kyle Cassell. I, James Beard, do will my dreams in Sociology Class to Donald Mullenax. I, John Harris, do will the “Part” in my hair to “Pap.” I, Leonard Beverage, will my initials on everything in G.H.S. to future lovers who can put theirs on without erasing mine. I, Billy Joe Chestnut, do will my seat in Study Hall to Peggy Sheets and Marvin Moss. We, Howard Collins and Charles Sheets, do will our front seats in Typing Class to future loafers in the Junior Class. I, Keith Dickenson, will my magnetic attractions for women to any 10 to 12 boys in the Junior Class so there will be enough for everyone. I, Alfred Ervine, will my shortness to James Oliver. I, Jake Galford, will my love for blondes to my brother, Dickie. 1, Ronald Gladden, do will my good humor to Edward Monk. I, Forrest Grogg, do will to the Athletic Association of Green Bank HighSchool, five million dollars ($5,000,000) collectable at the First National Bank of Slab Town. I, Paul Hiner, do will my jokes and Liar's license to Bill VanDevander. I, Kirk Kerr, will my interests in F. F. A. work to Donald Nottingham. I, Gary McPherson, do will my athletic ability to Homer Varner. I, George Moore, do will my typewriter to my brother, Allen, in hopes that it will work better for him than it did for me. I, Robert Neighbors, do will my well worn standing place at the upper fountain to Rodney Gainer. I, Frank Nelson, will my automobile wrecks to Bill Geiger in hopes that he may not have as many as I have had. I, George Pritchard, do will my shyness to Allen Nottingham. I, Gilbert Rexrode, do will my sun-visor to anybody who owns a Buick. I, Warren Slavens, do will my fatal charm with the women to anyone who can handle them as well as I can. I, Alfred Sutton, do will my big ears to Mr. Harris. I, Bob Vance, will my used roller-skates to Mrs. Poscover, on which she can skate through the halls. I, Jennings Wright, do will my love fdr arguing to anyone who wants to become a lawyer. I, Donald Yates, will my wavy hair to Donald Starcher. I, Bill Galford, being flat broke and having nothing to will, leave my good wishes to the underclassmen. I, Elbert Whanger,will my bass horn to somebody big enough to carry and blow it at the same time.

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LAST WILL We, the Senior Class of 1954, being in sound minds and best of health, do here- by make this our Last Will and Testament before leaving our Alma Mater, declaring all previous wills null and void. To the Faculty, we wish to give our most humble thanks and appreciation for trying to prepare us for our future life. To our successors, the Juniors, we will our two sponsors and the Senior Class- rooms that by these they may proceed toward their future life and have as much joy in it as we have had. Also to the Juniors, we leave our Senior dignity, which they need very bad, and our intelligence, which they need much more. To the Sophomores, we will our motto “Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread” and our good record of citizenship that we have set before them. To the Freshmen, we will the work of rebuilding the interior parts and reputa- tion of Green Bank High School, which we feel sure the present Juniors will tear down. We, the Senior Girls, do will to Joyce Young a permanent standing place in front of our mirror for her remaining eight years in High School. I, Donna Brubaker, do will my appetite to a team of horses and two hogs. I, Barbara Blackhurst, do will my ability to gripe to Linda Samples. I, Mary Ann Cassell, do will my giggle to Joyce Young in hopes she doesn’t over do it. I, Phyllis Greathouse, do will my good behavior to Caroline Tacy. I, Jean Gum, do will my red hair to Joyce Waybright. I, Barbara Nottingham, do will my ambition to anyone who can go farther than I have with it. I, Patsy Hall, do will my love for Virginia to anyone who likes the State as well as I do. I, Rachel McCutcheon, do will my love for cough drops to Mr. John Townsend. I, Jane McLaughlin, refuse to will anything. I’ll keep everything I have. I, Phyllis Myers, do will my shoes to Mrs. Bailey. I, Nancy Nicely, do will my love for Sheets’ to Ramona Terry. I, Shirley Peck, will my freckles to somebody who doesn’t have enough. I, Patty Nottingham, will my love for sailors to Bessie Simmons. I, Jane Russell, do will my ability to crow like a rooster to the future Vo-Ag members who are taking chicken raising for a project. I, Wilma Riley, do will my shortness to Mary Frances Gum. I, Betty Simmons, do will my Dear stand at the top of the stairs to Nancy Gillispie. We, Deloris and Doris Snyder, do will our majorette ability to the future major- ettes of Green Bank High School. I, Dorene Simmons, do will my high scholarship rating to Marvin Moss. I, Barbara Taylor, do will Pete Hamrick to,........No, I’ll be darned if I do. I’ll keep him myself. I, Bunny Turner, will Mr. Blackhurst the best of luck at collecting Senior dues next year. I, Margaret Vint, will my love for Mill Creek to Katherine Mullenax. I, Nancy Judy, will my thousand and one excuses for getting into the halls the sixth period to the whole school, so there will be enough for everyone who needs one.

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We, the prophets of ’54, cannot give a true report of what each person will do in life, but we shall attempt to predict their future. What we saw in the crystal ball might not be true, but you may depend on it, for this magic sphere has for centuries predicted progress and failure. As our classmates, friends, and guests danced around the Crystal Ball on May 21, 1954, the glitter and brightness wafted the class into another world--a world of the future, we were privileged to behold our classmates twenty years hence. It was nine months ago, but we remembered it as if it were yesterday how we hurried from the room and grabbed up bits of paper on which we wrote the mystic ball’s revelations. We found Bill Orndorff as Commodore of the Pittsburgh Fleet on the Great Lakes. Gary McPherson was still looking for a coaching position, and, by the way, a wife too. Good Luck, “Snaz” ! ! The ball showed John Harris inspecting timber for the Mower Lumber Company under the supervision of Chester Kinney. We saw “Pete” Hamrick a missionary in Malaya. As a pastime “Pete” was looking for our ancestors, the “apes.” After Kirk Kerr failed his entrance exams to West Point he decided to settle on the Kerr Ranch near Arbovale, West Virginia, and raise sheep. George Pritchard was having a hard time. After three trips to Cleveland, he still couldn’t persuade a certain Redhead to come to Dunmore and raise Angus. George took the easy way out and joined the Foreign Legion. After many attempts John Beard was still trying to fill the shoes of Caruso. His last pair of shoes wore out four years ago. Leonard Beverage had invented a new way to process hides. He became rich and bought out the Pocahontas Tannery. The only trace we could find of “Cider” Chestnut was that he had died of some new disease. It was a happy death though with Patsy Hall by his bedside. Patsy married three days after “Cider’s” death, and has been married four times since. Howard, like all the rest of the Collins, joined the F.B.I. He had only been with the F.B.I. for a month when he was sent out to haul in the bootlegger Charles Sheets. Howard and Charles both made history when Howard discovered Charles’ 20,000 gallon still on Back Mountain. The largest Body and Fender Repair Shop East of the Mississippi was being run by Frank Nelson, who had to do something because of his frequent wrecks. Gilbert Rexrode, driving his hot-rod “Lizzy” at the speed of 397.45 miles per hour, broke the speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats. If you would like to have your face lifted, just see Alfred Sutton. After going to a Beautician School Alfred set up shop on Fifth Avenue of New York. There is not much chance that Alfred Ervin will lose the title of Light Wei Champion of the world. He won this title in his first match and after twenty rn matches he still holds it. We saw Jennings Wright as the inventor of the new Chlorophyll Jiffy Diaper- double your money back if the diapers leak, stain, or tear. Betty Simmons is busy “wrighting” that these are the best diapers on the market. The ball showed us Dr. Elbert Whanger,who is noted for his very painless way of extracting false teeth. President Warren Slavens was riding in triumph throughout the U.S. with First Lady Doris Snyder at his side. Keith Dickenson went bad right after graduation. It has been reported lately that he is a Communist spy in Siberia. Dr. Robert Neighbors and Nurse Phyllis Greathouse working side by side dis- covered a new vaccine for polio. Bill Galford, the world’s famed jockey, won the Kentucky Derby for the second year in succession, riding the famous horse, “Fle-Bite.” Jake Galford and his company of mountain climbers failed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest on their fourth attempt. After taking lessons from Ralph Lowe for a year, Forrest Grogg is “Back In the Saddle Again” strummin’ on the Ole’ Banjo. We saw Don Yates acting as Toastmaster on W.K.A.Y.--T.V. Co-starring Don was the old time favorite Jane Russell.