Mannington High School - Mirabile Yearbook (Mannington, WV)

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1949 Mnadife TIME WILL TELL I had been living in Cleveland for ten years and had achieved considerable fame as head dietician in St. Luke's Hospital when my husband and I decided that it would be nice for me to take a trip to Mannington, my old home town. Acting upon this decision, I immediately called JEANNE DILLON SPENGLER. She was staying in town because Mac was stationed at an Army Post near by. I told her about my proposed trip, and she agreed to go with me. The next morning we went to the station early and made reservations for our journey. A little later we were on our way, and that night saw us in Mannington. Upon arriving in this small town, we were amazed to see a splendid new depot of gray stone in place of the old red brick station that was in use ten years before. This fine building had been designed by ROBERT MICHAEL and constructed by RAYMOND ASHBEE. As we walked down the platform, we were beseiged on all sides by cries of Taxi! Taxi! I thought that I recognized one voice and looked up. To my complete surprise it proved to be JENNIE PARRISH of the Ashcraft, Parrish and Shrader Taxi Company. RUBY and BETTY JO came over and greeted us. They recom- mended the Kerns Hotel, which was owned and operated by DEWEY KERNS. They also told us that JULIA WIGINTON was the popular blues singer at the hotel. Jeanne and I went to the hotel and found a Nurses Benefit Dance in full swing. I recognized several of my former classmates. Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD HOOD fshe used to be DORIS LEE BALLEWJ were dancing to an old tune, This Is The Moment. Ed was teaching at Fairmont State College, and Doris Lee was one of the best and most popular nurses at Fairmont General Hospital. Any number of Mannington High graduates seemed to be located at the hospital, these being JUANITA ANTEL, TWILA FLUHARTY, CLARICE SIMMS, JEAN WEST and VIOLET BAKER. MARY LOUISE BLANKENSHIP is the hospital's most capable pediatrician. Some one informed us that PHILLIS ARMSTRONG was a social worker in New York City and BETTY EDGELL was the Superintendent of Nurses at the Ohio Valley Hospital in Wheeling. LORETTA CAIN was a nurse at Takoma Park, and BETTY LOU BROWN was located at Walter Reed. The next day Jeanne and I decided to stroll about the community and note the changes that had been made during our absence. Walking in the direction of the creek, we expected to see the same old familiar bridge, but we were surprised to note that a new one of great beauty had been constructed. Some people standing near by said that DON AYERS, the multi-millionaire, had presented it to the city. We decided to rent a car for our sight-seeing and made our way to the Ford Garage. Here we found BILL MOORE in charge and doing very well too. We com- pleted our transaction without delay and were soon on our way. While making our way down Buffalo Street, we spied a familiar looking figure on the corner. It proved to be JESSE SHUMAN, the local Dodge and Plymouth agent. Just then we met SHIRLEY HENDERSHOT, who was home on a visit from Morgantown, where she is a history instructor at the University. She invited us to her hotel to meet her new husband, an Army officer, and talk about some of our mutual friends. Over a cup of tea she said that MARY ROSELYN HALL was a missionary, located in Africa, where she was doing fine work. PHILIP FRANCIS 26

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1949 Maude MARY ROSELYN HALL bestows her quiet manner and her ability to master English to Frank Toothmang GERALD BOOTH presents his ability to skip without being caught to Donnie Snyderg RUBY ASHCRAFT would like for Mrs. Hall to have her fingernailsg DOROTHY VAUGHAN wills her ability to crack gum to her sister Joyce and her ability to pass all her subjects to her brother Miltong DORIS LEE BALLEW bequeaths her job as cheer leader to any Freshman willing to work hard enough to do it properlyg CLAUD KENDALL wills his ability to talk fast and get out of trouble easily to any Junior who needs it. MARLENE JOHNSTON presents her quiet manner and bookkeeping grades to Marie Higginbothamg ROBERT MICHAEL passes on his football kicking ability to Ronald Eismang DORA SNIDER wills her place as office girl to Peggy Laneg ELIZABETH RABER thinks that Mary Ann Francis could use her driving abilityg ALMA BEATTY wills her place as flag carrier in the band to any one strong enough for the jobg MARY JO CRISS leaves her place as solo clarinetist to any- one who enjoys listening to squeaksg DON SNODGRASS would like Fred Petry to have his ability to keep out of troubleg BETTY EDGELL bequeaths her ability to make the honor roll to her brother Fred and the mirror in her locker to all the girls who like to use it so wellg DON FIELDEN wills his musical ability to Jack Floydg BETTY JO SHRADER thinks that Jean Lazear could use her alarm clockg JENNIE LEE PARRISH wills her ability to get to school on time to Betty Dawson. JEANNE DILLON wills her place at the MIRABILE refreshment stand to anyone who has the endurance to do the work and her gift of gab and ability to laugh to Sally Sue Mathenyg EDWARD HOOD leaves his place in the library to Donnie Bowyerg PHILIP FRANCIS wants his brother Bill to have his seat in study hallg MARY LOUISE BLANKENSHIP kindly wills her curly hair to Jean Blan- kenshipg JEAN MICHAEL leaves her sister Joan all of her old English 12 notesg PHIL HESS offers his 44 jersey to some potential all-starg ELOISE DUNN TURNER wills her giggles to Alma Melatt and Thelma Efawg BETTY BORDNER would like for Carolyn Shamblen to have the picture in her locker because she seems to enjoy looking at itg MARY GALE FLUHARTY passes on her place in the Senior Class to her best friend, Ruth Crim, who may be a Senior some dayg DEWEY KERNS wishes Paul Whalen to have his football abilityg CLARICE SIMMS wills her ability to eat candy in certain classes without being caught to Libby, June and Roach. JEAN WEST'S ability to daydream in Chemistry class goes to Donnetta Rammageg JAMES DYE gives his mathematical ability to any younger student who needs itg MARY JO FLUHARTY bestows her ability to make good grades. on her brother Jimmyg MARVEL HUMPHREY wills all her good times and her ability to make good grades to Mary Louise Crossg RICHARD GARCIA would like his little brother to have his athletic abilityg SHIRLEY HENDERSHOT bequeaths her position as Glee Club accompanist to someone who loves to play the pianog ERNEST ROGERS wants Mr. Rawe to have his quick temperg BETTY LOU BROWN wills her long hair to any short-haired person who wants itg BETTY BAKER leaves her giggles to some solemn persong LORETTA CAIN offers her height to anyone under five feetg JUANITA GLOVER MICHAEL wills her ability to get a husband to any girl who wants itg RUTH BELL GLOVER leaves her place as a twirler to anyone who likes to argueg MARY LOUISE RENICK wants a certain girl to have E.P.T. -Betty Edgell. 25

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1949 Maude was a geologist for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and HARLAN BROADWATER now headed his own business firm in New York. It seems that JAMES DYE, ROY LOUGH, HARRY SHAW, DON SNODGRASS, GERALD BOOTH and ERNEST ROGERS were all in the Air Corps and had scattered in all directions. Shirley had just heard a news flash to the effect that FLORENCE ELLIOTT had just made a non-stop flight around the world with the first woman crew in history. That evening Jeanne and I started to Fairmont to see a revival of the old Bob Hope picture, The Palefacef' Just as we passed through Sunshine Addition, I happened to glance out and saw BETTY LOU GLOVER, who was married to Silvio Roberty and living in this suburb. Also in this section were located RUTH BELL GLOVER and ESTHER MATTHEWS EFAW. Arriving in Fairmont, we chanced to see DON FIELDEN, who was a highly successful accountant. We were talking with him in front of McCroy's when DORA SNIDER came out. It seems that she was the manager of that store. She had just seen DOROTHY VAUGHAN, who was working at the Owens-Illinois Glass Factory and had learned from her that JIMMIE STEWART was one of the best engineers in town and that ELOISE DUNN TURNER was working as his secre- tary. KATHLEEN CRIM had married and was also employed in Jimmie's office. About that time one of Jeanne's teeth began to hurt, and I called the telephone operator, who proved to be JEAN MICHAEL, to see who was a good dentist. She recommended CLAUD ALBERT KENDALL. We found his office without delay, and Jeanne was given some relief from the pain. We discovered that Claud's office nurse was MARLENE JOHNSTON. By the time we returned to Mannington, we were both hungry so we decided to buy some groceries. We went to Daniel's Grocery, which was owned and operated by KENNETH DANIEL. While I was in the store, JUANITA GLOVER MICH- AEL and ALMA BEATTY came in. Alma had just received letters from BETTY BAKER, who was an Army nurse located in London, and RICHARD GARCIA, who had struck it rich in Alaska. Another customer was the former MARY GALE FLUHARTY, now a happy housewife. I heard that MARVEL HUMPHREY was an air hostess on the Pan-American Air Line, that JIMMIE MOORE was a pros- perous farmer in Ohio, and that FRANK RICHARDSON was a successful horse breeder in Kentucky. Another bit of information concerned ELIZABETH RABER, who was now employed as private secretary to ROBERT STEWART, who has been active in politics. Just then Jeanne came rushing into the store and told me that DOROTHY SINE was on her way from San Francisco to Hong Kong on a Chinese junk. With her was her doctor-husband. Just as we were leaving the store, we met PHIL HESS, now an Admiral in the United States Navy. Coming in the opposite direction was MARY LOUISE RENICK, who had just received a commission in the Army as a nurse. She was awaiting orders and seemed most anxious to be on her way. She told us that she had seen MARY JO CRISS not long ago and that she was happily married. Later that night we prepared for our homeward trip and left Mannington early the next morning. One of the passengers was MARY JO FLUHARTY, now a suc- cessful career woman. Our journey was uneventful, and we reached our destination tired and happy with our excursion to our old home town. -Betty Lou Bordner. 27