Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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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.

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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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Hass BENNY MALINE wills his powerful physique to years experience on the grid¬ iron to George Ardell. BILL MOORE wills his last quar¬ ter on earth to Mr. Davis to buy typing paper for Stanley to borrow next year. HOWARD MOORE wills his ability to hold (that line) to any romantically in¬ clined moonlight cruisers. GENEVEIVE McKENNEY wills her en¬ gagement ring to the Salvage Drive, hop¬ ing it will be replaced by a wedding ring. COE McCLURE wills his civilian clothes to Herold Campbell saying, “I will be wearing Uncle Sam’s soon”. PAULINE McCLURE wills her Chem¬ istry Manual to Mr. Richardson to be used as a key. SARA MULLENS wills her old love let¬ ters to Joe Yanko for samples. Chester McLaughlin wills his popularity with all the students of M.H.S. to Peggv Smith. SHAD McLAUGHLIN wills his car to the Army Air Corps in hopes that they too can makp it fly. EVERETTE NOTTINGHAM wills to Miss Smith his patented recipe for Moon¬ shine together with full instructions on use. MARY FRANCES OVERHOLT wills her wise cracks to anyone who can add a little more and make them worth hearing. NYTA PARSONS wills her vanity to anyone who enjoys looking at themselves as much as she does. BETTY PIFER wills her line, “Hello there you big hunk of man”, to Betty Jo Kramer. KATHLEEN RHEA wills to Penny Ar- bogast her list of alibies so that she won’t have any difficulty in explaining class ab¬ sences. Wills GLADYS ROGERS wills her high tem¬ per to Case Knife Company so there won’t be a shortage of temper for knife blades. MARGARET SMITH wills her ability to get things done by hook or crook to next year’s A. D. D.’s and Senior Class. MAUDE SMITH wills her love for Jul¬ ian Sharp to Uncle Sam for the duration. BARTHEL TOWNSEND wills the key to his heart to Ramona Sharp saying, “Now that I’ve changed the lock, you can have the old key”. HILDRETH TOWNSEND wills her place as Senior Treasurer to the most hon¬ est person in the Junior Class. MAXINE THOMAS wills her fishing tackle to Betty Jo Kramer saying, “Catch a nice one like I did”. CORA VANREENAN wills her charm¬ ing bedside manner to Lois Jean Wagner saying, “Holding the patient’s hand helps.” EVERETTE WELDER wills his flirta¬ tious manner to the next tall, dark and handsome Romeo of M. H. S. DOTTY WEIFORD wills her tendencies to say and do exactlv what she thinks at all times to anyone who has the nerve to do it. MAXINE WITHERS wills her manner of talking to the teachers of M. H. S. to anyone who thinks they can get by with it. ARCH WOODDELL wills his way of taking things with a smile to the next Sen¬ ior President. ELZEY WORKMAN wills his love for Mary Lou Minnick to anyone who can foot the expenses. GRACE WILLIAMS wills her strut to the majorettes.