Marlinton High School - Marlintonian Yearbook (Marlinton, WV)

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Se U n We, the members of the Senior Class of nineteen hundred fifty-one, toeing of sound mind and realizing that our days in M. H. S. a-re growing short in number, do hereby make, publish, and declare our Last Will and Testament: I, NANCY ADKISON, do hereby will my position as President of the ADD’s to Barbara Moses, saying “It’s no snap, my dear.” I, MARY ANN BIGGS, do hereby will a book of stamps to anyone who has written as many letters to a soldier as I have. I, ROBERT BRIGHT, do hereby will to Colleen Moore my pretty wavy hair. I, STERLING BROYLES, do hereby will my desire to toe an aviator to the Air Force saying “Uncle Sam. will get. me .soon-enough anyhow.” I, BETSY CLARK, do hereby with my ability to play basketball to All American Red Heads hoping they can use me soon. I, CURTIS CURRY, do hereby will my positions as President of the National Honor Society, Varsity M-Cluto, and the Senior Class to Lee White who is quite as capable of all the jobs as I was. I, EVELYN CURRY, do hereby will my talent to do so many things to all the girls who are jealous of me. I, ANNA JEAN DAETWYLER, do hereby will my clarinet to Mr. Brill hoping he will find someone who will practice as faithful as I have. I, GRACE DEAN, do hereby will my quiet ways in the halls to Jennie Sharp. I, MARSHALL DEPUTY, do hereby will my ability to get my grades cut in English to the Juniors and hope Miss Smith will be easier on them next year. I, ELDON FERTIG, do hereby will my love for good books to anyone who can read more of them than I did. I, ROBERT GAY, do hereby will my ability for making A’s in Vo-Ag and only getting B’s to Stan McNeill. I, COLLETT GIBSON, do hereby will my football player’s physique to Bubbles Moore. I, HOWARD GIBSON, do hereby will my system for passing Senior English to Herb Morrison. (He sure will need it.) I, JENNIE HOWARD, do hereby will my place as majorette to Pat McNeill. I, BETTY JACKSON, do hereby will my job as Nurses Aid at the hospital to Lenora Dilley who, I hope, will work as faithful as I did. I, GRAY JACKSON, do hereby will my Air Rifle to Red Ryder with which to advertise in magazines for “the rifle that assures the perfect shot.’’ I, RAY HANNAH, do hereby will my Senior English Book to my sister, Evelene, and hope she will- make more use of it than I did. I, CEC ' ILE LaROSE, do hereby will my ability to make dumb mistakes to anyone who thinks he can get toy with it. I, BETTY LLPTRAP, do hereby will my ability to write shorthand to Pat McNeill. Gee, wouldn’t she look cute sitting on her boss’s knee. I, EDDIE LINEBAUGH, do hereby will my talents to Broadway saying “Watch for me on T-V.” I, BETTY LONG, do hereby will my Pepsodent smile to Life Magazine to use in advertising. I, NAOMI MACE, do hereby will my job as A. D. D. Treasurer to Ann Richardson hoping she will ge: along with the salesmen as well as I have and also enjoy getting out of class as much as I did. I, PEGGY MADISON, do hereby will to Barbara Deputy the motto: “If at first you don’t succeed, try again.”

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Ou% rfcLv ttunz e 76 ,%o.cca t e ' ZtaCy cutct SENIOR CLASS OF 1951 September 1947 marked a n:w and exciting adventure for a group of Knights and Ladies totaling ninety- one. We were starting a pilgrimage through the Holy Land (high school) in search of the Holy Grail (diploma) and many fierce foes (text books) were to be conquered. The very first obstacle we came to was the “Dark Forest of Freshmen.” We needed a guide through this unknown forest so we chose Creola Schumaker and her assistant was Brooks Mason. Richard Byrd kep„ a diary of the journey. We decided we would need entertainment so we asked Evelyn Curry and Peggy Madison to lead the songs and yells as we marched along. About a month after we began our journey a group of highwaymen (sophomores) swooped down upon us and left us with a very bewildered attitude and we progressed slowly but surely through the rest of the year. At last we were out of the “Dark Forest of Freshmen” and nearing the “River of Vacation . We paused to rest upon the banks and have a roll call. It seems that we had lost some of the Knights and Ladies of our company. There were Sixty- eight of us to continue on our pilgrimage at the end of the first year. ALer resting on the banks of the “River of Vacation” for three months, in September 1948 we entered the second dark forest which we soon discovered was “Forest of Sophomores”. We still needed an efficient guide so this time we chose Curtis Curry and his assistant was Creola Schumaker. Ramona Wooddell re¬ corded our adventures. We were not so frightened now so we chose Evelyn Curry and Ramona Wooddell to help entertain us. About this time we heard that a strange people had entered the “Forest of Fresh- nun so we Sent a group of our company (the initiation committee) to welcome them to the Holy Land. Some people from the faraway lands (senior class) presented a play for our amusement entitled “Cracked Nutts”. Representatives of our next peril (junior class) also presented a play, “Hobgoblin House,” but it scared a number of our followers and as we neared the end of our second year’s journey and ventured from the dark forest of Sophomores we had only fifty-eight Knights and Ladies in our company. We were told that we were over half-way through the Holy Land. Our next peril was Junior Moun¬ tain. Many rugged paths were to be followed so we took as our guide Creola Schumaker assisted by Naomi Mace. Our journey was recorded by Robert Viers and we chose Edna Lee McElwee and Evelyn Curry to he.p u, ovei the rough passes on the mountain side. We had a motto to keep our spirits high, “Not at the top but climbing.” We acquired some treasures as we climbed so Nancy Adkison guarded them with the utmost care. That year we sent a group of entertainers, the Junior Play Cast, which presented Here Comes Charlie” to the entire Holy Land (high school). We finally climbed to the top of the moun¬ tain and slowly marched down the other side. Somewhere along the way we gave a feast for the people from the forest beyond (Junior-Senior Banquet.) It seems the mountain was too steep for some of our Knigh.s and Ladies because we had only fifty people to march the last year of our adventure. We rested for a short time by the bubbling brook of vacation. September 1950 we entered the last year of our journey. This time we had Curtis Curry assisted by Celle„i, Gibson to guide us. This year’s adventure was through the “Forest of Seniors.” Craig Sharp kept a record of all the exciting happenings and Bob Viers guarded our hoard of valuables. We decided to write an account of our adventures so that the people plodding along in our footsteps would realize the fun and the work we had experienced. By this time we were beginning to see the light on the other side of the forest. We were honored by a feast near the end of the year, then suddenly we submerged into an opening a„ the edge of ihe forest and there stood a momentous tree “The Tree of Knowledge.” Lying at the base of the tree was the coveted and precious treasure for which we had searched so many years, “The Holy Grail” (our diploma). Without realizing it we had acquired knowledge along the way and we had enjoyed the four years spent in the Holy Land (high school) more than we can express in this diary of our journey.

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it. Ti iCCt, I, LOUIS McCLURE, do hereby will my locker to anyone who will clean I, CURTIS McKENNY. do hereby will my bash fullness to Tom Malcom hoping it will keep him out of trouble. I, JAMES MALCOM, do hereby will my love for “A. J.” to some wonderful guy she might meet in college saying “Handle with care!’’ I, BROOKS MASON, do hereby will my position on the All-Tournament Team to Kenny Mace and hope Marlinton High can be Champs next year. I, KENDALL McNEILL, do hereby will to Kenneth Hamrick my flirting ways although he does not need them. I, CLYDE MULLENS, do hereby will my ability to play a guitar to Jim Curry to serenade Jane every night. I, JOHN MULLENS, do hereby will my Hillsboro sweater back to the owner since I can’t wear it to school. Someone might as well use it. I, VIRGINIA -MULLENS, do hereby will my love for mischief to all the “kids” on the bus so it will still be as lively as before. I, BARBARA NELSON, do hereby will my FFA Chapter Sweetheart jacket to Patsy Wooddell and hope she will not be as scared at the banquet as I was. I, BETTY PENNINGTON, do hereby will my long chestnut curls to Goldie Hammons. I, GLENNA JEAN RHEA, do hereby will to Regena Hannah my locker and everything in it. I, ROBERT RAINES, do hereby will my love for playing string music to the Junior Class to use at a talent show when they need to make some money. I, BILLY REYNOLDS, do hereby will my artistic ability to Miss Peggy Smith since she liked that picture of a horse I drew so well. I, CREOLA SCHUMAKER, do hereby will my ability to make good grades to Vera Ann Vallandingham. I, CRAIG SHARP, do hereby will my halo and wings to Keith Moore and Julian Hively. I, NORMAN SHAW, do hereby will my set of-keys to “Blue Boy” to Tom until I get back from college. I, DOROTHY STUART, do hereby will my Latin Book to Miss Smith and hope she can find someone to use it more than I did. I, Harry Tyree, do hereby will my love for pest-ring people to Bob Dilley so he will achieve the title “World Champion Nuisance.” I, BETTY SHINABERRY, do hereby will my dimples to Kay Gibson. What else does she lack? I, EDDIE VAN REENAN, do hereby will my ability to farm to Tom Shaw to help furnish the Army with all the food supplies they need in Korea. I, ROBERT VIERS, do hereby will to Coach Miller my physique so he will have a heavier football team next year. I, KATHLEEN WARE, do hereby will my natura 1 curls to Peggy Moore to use When you can no longer buy Toni’s. I, RAMONA WOODDELL, do hereby will my diamond ring to Helen Astin to wear until she gets hers from Eddie. I, ROBERT WILLIAMS, do hereby will to Jim Davis my knack for making up tardy excuses in the morning while still half asleep. I, FRED JOHNSON, do hereby will my ability to take my girl home any hour of the night (morning) and get by with it to Fred Shafer.