Hinton High School - Dart Yearbook (Hinton, WV)

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The Class Prophecy Announcer T1me'? Wat is t1me'? Does lt really matter 1 Those were the ds of Mlss X + Y 0 when she and three other brave fGod rest thelr soulsj plone allowed themselves to be rocketed at superhuman speed mto the fourth d1mensloh 1n the year 1960 Th1s broadcas copy of the telev1sed bramwaves of Mlss X + Y O S as she fwho lS the only vwor of the Good Rocketshlp 1960 s exped1t1onJ remlnxs cently turns her tho to her hlgh school frlends Bemg 1n the fourth dlmenslon glves her a declded advantage over other Earthlxngs, naturally as she IS able to Jump from the past to present to future, and to 1nf1n1ty 1f she chooses The year IS 1966 tlme has wro ht many changes on thls swarmlng anthlll called Earth The waves of the glgantlc Mhztplex tele rad1o are begmnmg to clear Here lS Mlss 0 1n a revealmg message to Earth from the fourth dlmenslon Come 1n Mlss X + Y 0 from Tlmel Good evenmg Mr and Mrs North and South Amerxca Tomght that whlch I am pleasured to call my mlnd IS fllled wlth thoughts of home Hlnton, W Va I the folly of my youth I once Jested wxth my frlends and teachers about the effects of sentlmentalxsm but now I am wlser and more experxenced 1n the ways and workmgs of the adolescent mlnd Flrst of all I wonder how everyone turned out whether they fmlshed what they started out to do or whether they re stxll happy after the flrst blow of l1fe s d1s1llu s1onment For the answer I have only to look down from my comfortable seat ln tlme Davld Hess, our class pres1dent, IS stxll enslaved ln a salt mme 1n Slberla He was captured by Kremlm off1c1als whlle trylng to rald a Vodka brewery durmg the Korean Cr1s1s of 1952 Jane Ellen lS workmg ln the Underground, trylng to hberate hlm When last seen she had Just passed Klng Tut s tomb tunnelmg North fast Back mn the U S Colonel Jack Q Rebel 7 Johnson has Just taken over Fort Sumpter 1n an attempt to restore slavery to the South I wxsh I could say that the South wxll wm but an unfortunate 1nc1dent w1ll occur to prevent It Whlle Admlral George Lester and General Lester Bennet fthe tra1tors7, are trymg to match Colonel Johnson S cunmng, xnvaders called the West End Bulldogs and led by Mont Helmlntoller and Norman Wllson w1ll crush both armxes Mr and Mrs Charles Prxce, fMrs Prlce IS the farmer Nancy Faulconerj are worklng ln thelr new 3 000 000 O00 000 volt laboratory on Keeny s Knob Mrs Prxce lS perfectlng the Delta rays for use 1n the treatment of Protogmesxs of the Spleen whnle her husband IS trymg to put a wheel on hls small son S wagon fl-Ie has been at the task for 10 years J The mouth frothmg Donald Butler, sherxff of L1lly County tSummers County was changed to Lllly County ln 1952 for pohtxcal reasons, obvxously J has been carrled away to Eva Boland s Retreat for the Mad, after h1s last suspect, moon shmer, Bobby Brown, escaped Whxle our Don lS bemg quleted I look around 1n the Retreat A closer look reveals Eva s eff1c1ent staff to be composed of some schoolmates Lou1se Bennett and her sxster, Pearl, are busy usmg a smk plunger on a patlent who has Just swallowed an end of a broom Jean Wlseman, Lottle Wtlson, Wanda Caudell, and Lucy Tollxver are tlghtenmg a straxght Jacket on Robert 9 vv ' lr V ' ' , ' H ,A - 1 , , l . I, ' . . . - V . 1 ,, . , . . . . A, 1 7 1 y - , BE ' ' ' YI H . . . . . . . , Q . . fl Z , . . . , . . .- . . , . , . ' vv I1 ' ' . ' 2 . . . . . . . H . H ll ll ' ' 9 , . . . ' . rv. l , . . . . , x v 2 1 - - . . . . , . , . IV Il V ' ' .

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O Quesenberry who tr1ed to strangle hxmself w1th a sllde rule Lookmg down the clean corrxdor I see a whlte fxgure I am told that xt IS the famous phychlatrxst, Mlss Genevxeve Wykle On that one I take my leave of Mlss Boland s Retreat for the Mad Betty Wyr1ck has amassed a large fortune rn the manufacturmg of stralght pms Phyllls Meador and Maebell Turner are second m wealth w1th a peroxlde wxg factory QThe popular vogue among women ts to shave thelr heads and buy a wxg Ingenxous don t you th1nk'PJ Evelyn Meadows and Ardls L1lly are operatmg a beauty salon for ladles transformatxons Patsy Mnlhgan has erected a huge plckle plant on the outsklrts of Hmton In 1957 the Mxss Lula Noel School of Commerc1al Arts for Young Lad1es was begun Its faculty now consxsts mostly of graduates of the Class of 51 There I see Peg Basham Reva Bennett, L1l11an Davls Joann Dxllon, Barbara Hogan, Effle and Margaret Houchxns Betty Exnstem Lane Helen Lxlly, Wanda Pack, Elxzabeth Steers V1rg1n1a Turner Mary W1ll1ams and Phyllxs Cales The present dean IS Betty Meadows There IS a rneetmg of some retxred teachers rn the study hall Out of curosl ty I llsten Tears come mto my eyes as the s1ght before me IS touchmg The teachers I loved are now as wlthered as the petals of a dymg rose They are ob l1v1ous of th1s fact apparently for Mrs Luther Humperdmk the former Mlss Nelhe Cundmff, ms stmll able to crack her chewmg gum Mrs Wxse and Mrs Perry are 1n a d1scuss1on of some annu1ty fund and Mr Maddy ns practlcmg h1s speech lesson Iwa1t for no more They do not need my sympathy They are happy Turmng toward 400 Temple St thmgs have changed consxderably On enter mg Isee Wllda Thomas as secretary of the school m a heated argument wlth prmclpal George Saunders It seems she doesn thke the way he IS runmng th1ngs Imogene Lane IS teachlng Trlology, Qsomethmg new rn the scxence llnel Carole Turner IS conductmg a class ln the soclal problems of the paramecxum I see on the bulletxn board that a Dertrxch Program Qnot another onell IS fea turmg Carl Brumlt and hls vocal quartette On leavmg the h1gh school I look 1n on a huge mechanxcal arts buxldmg facing' the school The structure was erected mn 1961 after John C Ratlxff, the mad sc1ent1st 1n an unsuccessful attempt to master a ketchup bottle charred the whole block wlth an acytelene torch Anyway the buxldmg IS one ofthe fmest ln Hmton Some of the teachers I recogmze Frankxe Gore Dean Bennett B1lly Graham, Don Jones, James Earl Morr1ss, Dean Mar1on Bas1l Wllls Paul Ph1pps Charles Pollock, and Chubby Wzlley are 1n Moundsvllle takmg atwenty year vacatlon after dunkxng police ch1ef B11ly Humphreys m New Rlver for refusmg to let them sneak mto a ball game free Senators John Hayes and Rlchard Meador have mtroduced a blll to the state leglslature recommendmg that all band masters be taken out and shot down llke dogs Phyll1sYoLmg IS conductmg a symphony orchestra somewhere 1n South Africa Dorothy Webb IS head of a g1ant corporatlon of cham stores throughout the South known as Webb Bros John Stewart IS runmng a rest home for aged red headed Irmshmen and Ray Surbaugh IS the head coach over at Dev1l s Pass where Wlld B111 Meadows IS the pr1nc1pal . . 7 - ' ' rv ' I VV . a . Q . , . . . . , . . V . , . . . ! 7 . H . . H . . Y l ! ! ! ' . - 7 I ' 7 . . . , . - . . Q . , . ' 7 . . ' . . . . , . . 7 . . . U . . . . . . '- 1 D . . I ! . n 3 , s , - . H H . . . . ! D . - o . ' YV ' I VI 'V ' ' il ' .