Mannington High School - Mirabile Yearbook (Mannington, WV)

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1949 Masala HONOR ROLL Of the sixty-four members of the Class of 1949, thirteen maintained averages of eighty-eight per cent or better during their four years in high school. They are listed according to their scholastic standing: 1. MARY ROSELYN HALL 8. ROY LOUGH 2. SHIRLEY HENDERSHOT 9. ROBERT STEWART 3. BETTY LOU BORDNER 10. BETTY EDGELL 4. PHILIP HESS 11. MARY JO CRISS 5. PHILLIS ARMSTRONG 12. TWILA FLUHARTY 6. MARY JO FLUHARTY 13. MARVEL HUMPHREY 7. DONALD FIELDEN The IDEAL SENIOR BOY would have: HARRY SHAW'S hairg DEWEY KERN'S teethg RAYMOND ASHBEE'S smileg ERNEST ROGER'S noseg PHILIP FRANCIS'S eyesg RICHARD GARCIA'S friendlinessg DON SNODGRASS'S dimplesg BOB MICHAEL'S physiqueg PHIL HESS'S intelligenceg HARLAN BROADWATER'S mustacheg DON FIELDEN'S voiceg ROBERT STEWART'S laugh. The IDEAL SENIOR GIRL would have: MARY LOUISE BLANKEN- SHIP'S eyesg VIOLET BAKER'S smileg RUBY ASHCRAFT'S complexiong ALMA BEATTY'S lipsg JULIA WIGINTON'S climplesg MARY JO FLU- HARTY'S postureg DORA MAE SNIDER'S noseg ESTHER MATTHEWS EFAW'S freclclesg JUANITA GLOVER MICHAEL'S hairg MARY ROSELYN HALL'S intelligenceg BETTY BAKER'S friendlinessg JEAN MICHAEL'S teeth. i ---L

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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

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1949 Mmide IUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President . , JOSEPH POLITOSKE Vice President . LAWRENCE HICKMAN Secretary . . .. . . ALICE HIBBS Treasurer , ,. , DONNIE BOWYER Historian ,, ,. . MARY ANN FRANCIS HISTORY In 1945 as apprentice seamen, we launched our ship and set sail over the ocean of education in search of wisdom and knowledge. We spent our first two years displaying our potential abilities and were pleased to find our ship mates well represented in the social, athletic and scholastic circles. Now we have drawn our ship up for the third successive year, and most of our crew of eighty-nine have advanced to the rank of Seaman First Class with Admirals Moran, Cunningham and DeBolt charting the course. Captain Politoske is at the helm, Commander Hickman is his able-bodied assistant, Chief Petty Officer Bowyer safeguards the crew's moneyg Yoeman Hibbs pens the log, and Mary Ann Francis records our history. Although much of our time has been spent in search of new knowledge, we have found considerable time for entertainment. Our more industrious seamen s ent their leisure hours s onsorin movin ' n U P P S g pictures and preparing for the Junior play, the money secured from these sources bein used to finance the bi est ro'ect of our entire vo a e-the annual unior- lg gg P J Y g Senior Prom. Our more athletic mariners participated in all sports events, and the outstand- ing intellectual members have reflected much glory on us when the honor rolls were compiled. 1950 will find us embarking on the last leg of our happy voyage with our compass directed toward the land of GRADUATION, then each of us will set sail in his own ship, chart his own course, and point his compass toward SUCCESS. 29