Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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Exploration Expedition of THE CLASS OF 1950 One day in September 1946, we, the Seniors of 1950, started out to conquer a strange country about which other adventurers had brought back tales— Marlinton High School. Our crew elected Harper Callison, Captain; Ann Yeager, Co-Captain; and Dan Moore, Scribe. We took Carolyn Thomas and Peggy Zickafoose along to entertain us and to raise our spirits if the going got tough. When we land¬ ed we found ourselves surrounded by a strange tribe who initiated us to their country in a strange manner peculiar to their tribe. But after this for mal welcome, they entertained us well. Now that we had made our landing, we started our search for the fabulous treasure, the Tournament Cup. Traveling inland, we came to the land of the Sophomores where we elected a red headed athlete, Jnuior Long, as our leader. Dale Curry was his Chief Lieutenant, and Ann Yeager became the Scribe. Gerald Gordon was put in charge of guarding the treasure. Carolyn Thomas and Harper Callison were elected to keep the band in spirits. A new expedition of treasure seekers entered Marlinton High this year, and it fell our lot to welcome them. We were zealous in protecting our hold upon this land and we did not want them to find our treasure, so we tried to dissuade them as best we could. Never¬ theless, they proved themselves brave enough to stay, so we received them into Freshman Land. This year, as we neared the farthest boundaries of Sophomore Land, we were much elated over beating the ether expeditions to the Tournament Cup, the fabulous treasure of our ardent search. Our joy was dampened when a strong and powerful warlord, Chief Yeager, told us that we could not keep this cup until we first proved ourselves worthy of it; we must defend our rights to this treasure through the jungle of knowledge in two more lands before we could keep this Treasure of All Treasures. In Junior Land, we trudged on one six-weeks at a time through many different courses. By now, Junior Long was weary of the responsibilities of leadership (along with football) and we elected an ex¬ perienced warrior, Clyde Buzzard, to lead the expedition. His lieutenant was Jimmy Moore, his Scribe was Sue Harper, and his tre asure-keeper was Dan Moore. This year for a little variety, we had some Gypsies entertain us with a play, “Hobgoblin House,” and later we had a very gala Fiesta to add to our treasure store. Chief Yeager once more presented us with the Tournament Cup for the brave showing which we had made in Junior Land. Another expedition ahead of us decided to abandon their explora¬ tion in Marlinton High for other countries, so we prepared a banquet in their honor before they left the land which we were beginning to hold as our beloved country. Just as our hopes of completing the journey were beginning to run low, we entered upon the last phase of our search, the Land of Seniors. Worn by the trials endured on our search, we began to take cn a more sober appearance, although we still had the same old foolishness and jollity underneath. (This fact was brought out when we ran across some pretty maids belonging to the savage tribe known as Faculty). Once more we chose a red headed athlete as our leader, Dan Moore, and for his assis¬ tant, Jim Moore. The Scribe was Harold Butcher and the Treasure-keeper was Junior Long. Our store of treasure has steadily increased, for we have been dilligent in our search. As we near the end of our journey, we are presented the Tournament Cup which becomes our permanent possession. We have prepared a record of our achievements in the form of a yearbook, so that future expeditions may know of our arduous search and accomplishments. Now that we have completed our expedition, we real¬ ize that there is treasure in this land of much higher value than that of the cup—the treasure of learn¬ ing, of character, and of friendship. As we leave the jungle of high school with all its exotic flowers of experience, we cast our eyes upon the Sea of th? Future, upon which we hope to sail in our ship, “The Learned,” to conquer new and greater lands.

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DONALD VANREENAN ROY WARE “To argue is the joy of his life Just wait till he gets a nagging wife.” Electron Club—2; Fix-it —3 ANN YEAGER “So tall and graceful and smart is she We have high hopes of what she will he.” A.D.D.—2, 3, 4; Chorus— 3, 4; Band—1, 2; F. H. A. —2, 3; Copperhead Staff —4; Marlintonian Staff —4; 4-H Club—1, 2, 3; Junior Senior Plays; Girl’s State—3; National Honor Society—4 “Up the stairs and down the halls Round the balcony and up the walls.” Electron Club—2 EDDIE LIGHTNER “A south-paw pitcher that can really hook’em Someday he’ll probably pitch for Brooklyn.” Basketball—1, 2, 4; Foot¬ ball — 4; Softball — 2 Baseball—3, 4 NANCY UNDERWOOD “Precious things in small packages grow With Nancy, this is really so.” F. H. A.—2, 3, 4 Graduating By Credits and General Educational Development Test Styrl Hively Maurice Lang Lowell Sharp Herald Hannah Thomas Gibson Graduating From Credits From American Schools Velma Burgess

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Senior We, the members of the Senior Class of nineteen hundred fifty, being of sound mind and realizing that our days in M. H. S. are growing short in number, do hereby make, publish and declare our Last Will and Testament: I, HALE ALDERMAN, do hereby will to Norman Shaw my Cassanova ways with the girls (and Teachers) in hopes he will get by with having as many on a string as I did. I, HERBERT ARDELL, do hereby will to Jack Bear my shy ways and also my seat in the Thomas Grocery truck so he won’t have an excuse for being late delivering his papers. I, MAYONNA ASTIN, do hereby will to Evelyn Curry my real engagement ring so she won’t turn her finger green by wearing twelve cent ones. 1, MARY ALYCE BEARD, do hereby will to Jane Ruckman my copy of the book, “Ten Ways to be Popular.” I, RICHARD BRIGHT, do hereby will to my brother, Robert, my good grades and ability to get along with the teachers. I, BARBARA BURNS, do hereby will to Peggy Madison my true-blue loyalty to Raymond and hope that she will acquire this same trait. I, CLYDE BUZZARD, do hereby will to Richard Byrd my ability to speak the Korean language for reasons not mer.tionable. I, HAROLD BUTCHER, do hereby will my summsr job at Watoga to Naomi Mace in hopes that she will get along with the Governor’s nephew as well as well as I did with his daughter. I, HARPER CALLISON, do hereby will my ability to operate a mimeograph to Eddie Linebaugh, since he has started to help with the paper. I, BONNIE CARPENTER, do hereby will my strong voice to Betty Meeks saying, “She might as well have everything.” I, WANDA CLARK, do hereby will my long legs to Patsy Simmons so she will be able to see the games next year. I, DALE CURRY, do hereby will to Bubbles Moore my gift of gab, since he has such a quiet nature and could use it. I, ERNESTINE CUTLIP, do hereby will to “Deenie” and “Rosie” my place on the “Hot Seat” so they can fight over it. I, FLOYD DAVIS, do hereby will by bookkeeping bock to Robert Mace, and I surely hope he can get along with Miss Dilley. I, EZRA DEAN, do hereby will myself to M. H. S.—the flag pole is wearing out, you know. I, ROBERT DUMIRE, do hereby will my ringside seat in chemistry to anyone who has not seen Miss Moore take a fit of apoplexy. I, EUGENE GALFORD, do hereby wil l to Fred Johnson the authority to keep an eye on Marie Cross next year. I, ROBERT GALFORD, do hereby will to “Smokey” my honest ways. I, WILMA GALFORD, do hereby will my quietness and shyness to Glenna Jean Rhea. I, GILDA GAY, do hereby will my long legs to any girl who thinks she can catch “Davey” Gibson. I, GRACE GAY, do hereby will the honci of becoming captain of the basketball team to Thelma Burgess, hoping she will enjoy it as much as I did. I, HAROLD GIBSON, do hereby will some of my height to Miss Moore so she will bs able to get her erasers down from the loudspeaker next year when I am gone. I, JOHNNY GIBSON, do hereby will my height to the basketball team, so they can tip them in next year. I, GERALD GORDON, do hereby will my last quarter to a certain gang of girls to buy a pack of cigarettes so they wdll stop bumming me for smokes. I, JEWELL HANNAH, do hereby will my glasses to anyone who can afford a windshield wiper to keep them clean.