Hinton High School - Dart Yearbook (Hinton, WV)

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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 ' .

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At the Lxlly County Courthouse where Dewey Bennett relgns as head of the Conservatlon Commlsslon, lobserve some new offlces Nellxe Canterbury lS the mayor of 1-hnton Ralph Clark and Herman Durst are troopers 1n the W Va State Police Dept Gmger Thompson lS 1n the assessor s seat and Tom Harford the assessor, IS slttxng ln the floor as there lS only one chalr ln the room There IS a flock of tele vxdeo phone operators standmg on the corner of the Flrst Nattonal Vault Among them are V1rg1n1a Anderson, Avalene Meadows, Marle Petterey, Vxrgmla Wood, and Paulme Farley Some of the marr1ed couples mclude Janet Anderson and Jlmmy Hlnkle Betty Basham, who marr1ed m her semor year, and Carole Wllhams who hooked a boy by the name of Marcus Dlllon after she graduated Mr and Mrs Hamllton Brown are now very busy at the task of rearmg fxve l1ttle paxrs of Feet QMrs Brown Htnton has become qulte an agrlcultural center smce the dzscovery oi a new fert1l1zer from the Beckley Are A few of the more prosperous farmers 1n the outlymg v1c1n1ty are Larry Mea r Dewltt Gaydosh, and Bobby .Tones There are some lady farmers too, Ann Dobbms, Jamce Farley, and Odell Lllly are among these That IS how everyone 1n the semor class of 1951 turned out Wlth the exceptlon of one, an eccentr1c m1ll1ona1re, Peggy 1-lalloran Peggy became a famous mterlor decorator 1n New York C1ty In 1957 an elght ton marble column on whlch she was carvmg her 1n1t1als fell on her head She never has been quzte the same s1nce She l1ves ln a monstrous castle done ln Byzantme archxtecture on Sunset H111 Peggy deslgned the castle herself For a hobby she breeds Great Danes To date she has approx1mately 9, 000 Thus ends another chapter ID lxie s hlstory for better or for worse Tlme? What IS t1me'? Does lt really Matter? Mlss X + Y 0 Nee Mary Sue Honaker . S . n . 1 'Y ' VY ' ' I . . , 4 1 . . I . , C ' ' ' . ' . IV . Il is the former Miss Marilyn Wicker.J ' ' YY YY ' . . , . - . - . . - I