Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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Highlights Of 19421943 -W, SEPTEMBER, 1942 : 14th — School opens; 15th—Picture show; 16th—Classes start; 17th—Announcements by Mr. Yea¬ ger; Dotty Lou Weiford and Penny Arbo- gast elected school cheerleaders; class cheerleaders elected also; 18th—Covington game; 22nd—A. D. D. initiation; Seniors ordered their lings; 23rd—Class meetings and officers elected; 25th—Webster Springs game, a victory for Marlinton. OCTOBER, 1942 : 3rd—Cowen game; 7th—All out for scrap drive; 8th—Scrap drive still going full force . . . and what a pile of junk; 9th—A. D. D.’s sponsored a Skiit-and-Sweater Hop; 10th—Alderson game, Marlinton defeated; 17th—Boosters’ Banouet served at Young People’s Club for Mr. Casey; Richwood game; 22nd— Marlinton Hmb School Band played for Democratic Rallv at court house; 29th— Marlinton vs. Renick. NOVEMBER, 1942 : 6th—Assembly Mr. Yeager talked about tardiness, and of attendance at the football games; Pep meeting; 7th—Greenbank game; 10th— Armisiice Day nrogram. which included nunbers by the band and a talk by Mr. Frank Johnson: 11th—Marlinton-Rupert game; 17th—Football celebration at King’s camp; 20th—Junior Red Cross drive came to a close, Seniors were first with $10.00, Sophomores second. Freshmen third; and Juniors fourth; 27th—Seniors sponsored a Thanksgiving dance and music by Sammy Brill and His Orchestra; 30th—Band play¬ ed at theatre. DECEMBER, 1942 : 1st—Band played at theatre; 4th—Mr. Ferguson talked to Senior class and they picked the backs for their annuals; 7th—Pearl Harbor Day, a contest to see which class could sell the most Bonds and Stamps, Seniors sold $29.75; 8th—Picture show, “Alice In Won¬ derland”; 14th—Group meetings, classes drew names for Christmas presents; 17th —Group meetings to tell students about bringing donations to buy presents for the soldiers in the hospital at White Sulphur Spiings; 31st—Seniors sponsored the New Year’s Eve dance. Sammy Brill’s orchestra. JANUARY, 1943 : 7th—Senior group meetings to decide about annuals; 25th— Assembly, group meetings to enroll for second semester. FEBRUARY, 1943 : 1st—Assembly to emphasize infantile paralysis fund drive; 7 19th—Marlinton beat Ronceverte: 26th— Mr. Rose spoke to first and second-year typists; started on “wills”; Hillsboro game. MARCH, 1943: 1st—Band sponsored “Snip Ahoy” at Alpine Theatre; 2pd—Stu¬ dents attended 11:00 a. m. matinee at Al¬ pine; Marlinton beat Lewisburg; 4th— Marlinton defeated White Sulpnur; a Fili¬ pino soldier was present at the game; 8th —Senior group meetings and plans rnaoe for Carnival to be held soon; 9th—Junior group meeting fiist period a nd tne 1. Q. tests second period; 17th—Group meetings about Red Cross; Fire drill; St. Patrick’s Day, everyone wearing green; 19th—Sen¬ iors have been working two weeks on the Carnival, and it was a big success; 23rd— Class Tournament starts, Freshmen vs. Junior boys and girls, Sopnomores vs. Sen¬ ior girls and boys . . . Winners are Junior and Senior gins. Junior and Sophomore boys; 24th—Fins ' ® played, and it was a landslide for the Juniors; False alarm by bell fifth period: 31st—Chester McLaugh¬ lin left tor the Navy today. APRIL, 1943: 5th—Show, “Seventeen,” in auQitorium; 7th—Assembly given by Sammy Brill, featuring Houston Simmons (home on furlough) on the drums; 10th— Invitations shipped: 12th—Seniors spon¬ sored “Springtime in the Rockies” at Al¬ pine Theatre; 13th—Students got out this morning to see the show; 14th—Dean Kraybill of W. Va. Institute of Technology spoke to Seniors; 15th—Bradley, Charles¬ ton School of Commerce, spoke to Seniors; 16th—Junior play; 29th—Seniors had a sneak dav, but compromised on a picnic after school . . . went to Seneca Lake and everyone had a wonderful time; 30th—All classes had groun meetings, looks like the Seniors have started something. MAY, 1943: 3rd—David C. Nuzum of Potomac State College spoke to Seniors; 4th—A. D. D.’s sponsored “Who Done It?” at Alpine Theatre: 5th—Seniors got their invitations; Sigma Rho picnic and hay- ride; 10th—Freshmen picnic; 11th—Band concert; 12th—A. D. D. athletic picnic; 13th—Junior picnic: 17th—Faculty picnic; 18th—Major Easley spoke to student body; 19th-20th-21st—Senior semester exams; 23rd—Baccalaureate sermon; 24th—Class night; 25th—Commencement exercises; 26th-27th-28th—Final exams for rest of students; Graded school commencement on 28th; 31st—School closes; Picture show, “The Plainsmen.”

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Class H i s t a r v t One September day in 1939, ninety-six Freshmen, timid and uneasy, entered the portals of MHS, opening for themselves four years of working and playing together. We elected as officers to lead us through the first and most trying year, Charles Smith as President; Dotty Lou Weiford, Vice President; Margaret Smith, Secretary; Boyd Byrd, Treasurer; Margaret Arbogast and Mary Frances Overholt worked up our yelling ability for the pep meetings and class tournament. That year we had the sat¬ isfaction of having the best cheering section at the tournament even if we did not win the cup. We overcame many obstacles, mainly the Sophomores, who tried to give us a scare with their gruesomely-painted initiation. After we had buried the hatchet with these would-be masters of horror, our year proceeded smoothly with Mr. Rich¬ ardson and Miss Berry as our sponsors, and Mr. McNeill as our guiding star. Feeling much more secure and settled, we entered our Sophomore year. Mr. Richardson and Miss Berry took an encore as our group teachers, and Sam Brill and Charles Smith were our President and Vice President, respectively. Louise Curry took over the correspondence, and Maxine Thomas worried over our financial troubles; Margaret Arbogast and M. F. Overholt again handled our cheering. Outstanding in our activities this year was the initiation of the new Freshmen, and so revenge was ours. We again participated in the class tournament and this year we made an out¬ standing showing in the May Festival. Our Junior year proved to be a happy one, with perhaps more hard work, but with more social activity. We had a new principal this year, and new group sponsors— Miss Beard (now Mrs. Powell) and Mr. Davis. We chose as our officers Margaret Smith, President; Simpson Gragg, Vice President; Louise Curry, Secretary; Maxine Thomas, Treasurer; Dotty Lou Weiford, Cheer Leader. In order to raise money for the Junior-Senior banquet we gave a play, “Foot Loose”, which was highly success¬ ful, and finished the year with the banquet in honor of the Seniors. After three years of hard work we were Seniors at last. To keep our class and business affairs running smoothly we selected Sam Brill as President with Vice-Pres¬ ident Simpson Gragg as his right-hand man; Louise Curry did a third term as Secre¬ tary and Hildreth Townsend was Treasurer; Dotty Lou Weiford was our Cheer Lead¬ er. Faced with the big problem of the memory book and raising money for same, we immediately buckled down and started out by having a Thanksgiving dance, followed by one at New Year’s. A movie, sponsored by us, was sandwiched in between the dances and our carnival which we had instead of the conventional class play. The carnival, which went over with a bang, featured the Minstrel which was a big success in its own right. Number one outing for the year was a picnic at Lake Seneca. As we depart from Marlinton High School, armed with our diplomas, we face the world squarely and hopefully. From this day forth we are no longer children, but men and women who will continue to build upon the foundation which we have built while in school.

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( ' lass Wills MARIE ADKINSON wills her “high flown” language to Catherine Pritt so she can talk her wav out of messes. MATTIE BEVERAGE wills her number of male admirers to Uncle Sam as a relief for the manpower shortage. RALPH BOGGS wills his bicycle to the scrap drive because that’s all it’s good for after the way he ha.s treated it. JEAN BRIGHT wills her job riveting handles on pang whang to her sister, Bet¬ ty, hoping she wins her title, “Rosey, the Riveter.” SAM BRILL wills his perfect coordina¬ tion of lips in his trumpet playing to George Ardell—anv other use of the same will have to be obtained the hard way. MARY JEAN BUZZARD wills her can¬ vas, pallette and brushes to the first Mich¬ ael Angelo who comes along. DOTTY CLUTTER wills her place as vocalist in Sam Brill’s Orchestra to Penny Arbogast. LOUISE CURRY wills the honor of be¬ ing the most beautiful girl in M. H. S. to Marguerite Shiffler hoping she will make the most of it. JUNIOR CHESTNUT wills to John Johnson a good lawn mower so that the barber may save undue labor when John comes for his monthly shave. IRIS DEAN wills her pleasant smile and manner to Polly McDowell. We’ll see if that helps any. HUBERT DEAN wills his slow walk to some of the swifter ones to make the halls I safer. THE DILLEY TWINS will their blonde hair to any blonde with the saying—Per¬ oxide won’t last forever. EUGENE DILLEY wills his excess fat for glycerine and hopes it will explode with a “bang”. BILL FOWLER wills his ability to get by in a close shave to anyone who is at¬ tended by Lady Luck as he seems to be. AZALEA GALFORD wills to John Johnson a book entitled “How to Keep the Girl Friend When College Boys Are Home.” MABEL GALFORD wills her red hair to any good looking blonde saying, “I don’t want to set the world on fire”. STERLE GIBSON wills his ten minute dates to John Johnson. SIMPSON GRAGG wills his love for birds, especially the Buzzards to the boys of M. H. S. RUSSEL KYLE HANNAH wills his farm to Arnold Weiford with a note say¬ ing “No work, no pay”. ALICE HIVELY wills her sense of humor to the Laughing Hyenas in Wash¬ ington Zoo, now that’s something to laugh at. REBECCA JACKSON wills her effort to come up in the world to Max Kirkpatrick —don’t give up. MINNIE KELLY wills to Betty Jo Kramer a tricycle by which she may cover the distance between the club and Harry Sharp’s in a much shorter time and save energy. NELLIE KESLER wills her silence to Catherine Pritt because she knows “silence is golden”. NORMA JUNE KELLISON wills her black eyes to George Schofield hoping they look better than his man-made one he us¬ ually has. JAMES KIRKPATRICK wills his A. B. degree to Smokology to all those future students to Professor Moore.