Marsh Fork High School - Kennel Yearbook (Naoma, WV)

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'Lx I S V5 lf, IV4' L 6lass Prophecy 7 t fy 1 4 X Dear Dlary On returmng from my tr1p to Par1s I wxll relate some of my wonderful experxences On March lst at 1 30 p m I Called the a1rport to see when a plane was leavmg for N Y The operator salda plane was leavmg at 2 30 p m The vo1ce sounded fam1l1ar and lt was L1ta as I had expected She samd she and Madehne had been work1ng as telephone operators s1nce graduat1on Whe was surpr1sed to hear I was go1ng to Par1s and w1shed me luck In order to catch the plane on t1me Ihad to catch a cab to the alrport The dr1ver was Jessxe Pettry He saxd he was a part t1me cab dr1ver and f1n1sh1ng h1s last semester at Oh1o State Un1vers1ty I asked h1m about Homer and he sald he was playmg s1x nlghts a week at the C1rcle Theater here m Cleveland Homer always loved to play h1s banjo On arr1v1ng I bade Jess1e good bye and I hurr1ed to buy a t1cket I stepped up to the w1n dow and the txcket agent was Helen Stewart She always sa1d she would get an easy Job She 15 rnarmei to Bob Allen and has tw1n g1rls two years old On board1ng the plane the a1rl1ne hostess wanted to know if I was comfortable When I looked up It was Mxldred .Iarrell We talked about our school days and she seemed to enjoy her work very much She sa1d Merle Jarrell was the p1lot of the plane we were r1d1ng I always dxd wonder what Merle would do when he got out of school Wh1le on the plane we ran mto a Later we learned It belonged to Sonny Ward He was really mad and sa1d he would sue the a1rl1ne company for destroymg h1s property After the storm we contmued on our trlp When we landed 1n N Y I got off the plane and Cr1s Workman ran up to me and wanted to know 1f he could carry my bags Cr1s sure does have an easy Job lt pays good too As I was leavmg the fxeld I heard a loud no1se and saw a Jet plane land I stood and watched to see Just who was crazy enough tofly a plane at 600 rnxles an hour and to my surprxse It was Bobby Hal stead br1ng1ng Johnny Barker 1n from the A1r Force Base to h1s w1fe Kay who had Just had tw1n boys After I mquu-ed I found that the boat d1dn't leave for Parxs untxl the next day so I had to f1nd a hotel Wh1le try1ng to f1nd one I ran mto Sue Spurlock She IS now a prompter at MGM stud1o She fmally learned how to wh1sper She sa1d Dolores and Loretta were 1n movxes there too as a dance team I knew they would end up gett1ng a job together laskeda unlformed man where I could fmd a respectable hotel, and when he answered me I knew It was Lyle Peters He saxd he had been a pol1ceman for elght months and was really l1k1ng lt because ever so often he had to rescue pretty women from wolves He dxrected me to a neon s1gn wh1ch read The Cassell and saxd I would lxke th1s hotel very much Iwent 1n, stepped up to the desk and saw a fam1l1ar face as he looked up from h1s book It was Larry our old class mate After I s1gned he told Sue Blaylock to show me to my room Sue and Larry are now happ1ly marrxed The boat was to leave at 8 45 a m the follow1ng day so I ret1red early Next mormng I rang for breakfast and when the bell boy brought xt 1n, he turned out to be Bobby Stamper He was attendlng college and work1ng part tlme at the hotel He was expemmentmg on a new space shxp It was to leave for Mars one month from then, and here xt IS f1ve months later and no one has seen or neard of Bobby I wonder what happened to h1m After packxnglwent dovm to the dock and s1nce I had a few mxnutes I dec1ded I wouldbuy a couple ofbooks about Pans, and when I walked 1nto the book store I saw another famxlxariace behxnd a large stack of books After I called her name three or four t1mes, Mary M1kel looked up from the book she was readrng After talkmg to her I learned Sue Greene was attend1ng Mar shallCo11ege and was goxng to be a Phys Ed teacher We three were always such good frlends Mary saxd Patsy Humphrey was a kxndergarten teacher at Charleston W Va , and Gerald1ne Hampton was takmg up B1ology at Concord College She IS expemmentmg wlth bean bugs I won der why? She never could stand bugs but she has her hands full now Mary and I sort of got carr1ed away talk1ng about our school days and I had to rush to catch the boat After I was on the boat I changed mto some comfortable clothes and went upon deck to get a breathe of fresh a1r I sat down and began readmg one of the books S1ghts of Pans by Agnes Kostos I d1dn't know she was an author Whmle slttxng there I saw a young ln ! fl x 3 K IW X27 X w I! ' . . . n N X ' x storm and had to make a forced landing. We landed in a corn.field.

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6111.95 flzslary Well here we are on the top of the heap Yes we re really semors at last and 1t's txme to look over our past at Old Marsh Fork I-hgh School Green freshmen and were we ever green' Runmng through the halls wxth that lost and trmxd look 1n our eyes Nothmg much happened that year for we had to have txme to get adjusted and fam1l1ar1ze ourselves w1th the place Two members of our class d1d qual1fy for honorable posxtlon Mary Hunter Jarrell was chosen as a majorette and L1ta Salgado was an attendant to M1ss Marsh Fork Backas sophomores that's the year the bunch came from Mt V1ew You remember Peter Hale and Loretta Gunnoe and that gang Larry Cassell was our cho1ce for Pres1dent of our class GarryAldermanwas chosen V1ce Pres1dent L1ta Salgado as Secretary and Larry Shanks as the Treasurer of the class That s the year such outstandmg playe s as Jarrell Cassell Barker Hopklns Davls Ward Alderman and Halstead started thelr basketball and football careers Cassell made the All tournament basketball team Sue Blaylock was selected as flag carr1er for our school band Now tackllng the thxrd quarter of our hlgh school career we aga1n chose Larry Cassell to preslde over our class Garry Alderman served as Vlce Pres1dent Eula Smlth was Secretary and Jenny Kmder Treasurer And d1d we ever work that year' We sold everyth1ng from sta t1onery to Chr1stmas cards to ra1se money for the Jr Semor Prom whlch we had Apr1l 30th At th1s occass1on Merle Jarrell and Eula Sm1th were crowned Prmce and Pr1ncess We also sponsored a Sad1e Hawkms dance for th s purpose l must admlt we were a great bunch for dolng thmgs l1ke that Our Jr class play Mama S Baby Boy was really a success Remem ber Dora Shepherd as Mmme and how could you ever forget Sonny Ward who played as Mama's Baby Boy Whata character? We also had several members of our class be1ng 1n1t1ated 1nto the Nat1onal Honor Soc1ety thxs year They were Lo1s Darlmgton Patsy Hamphrey .Ioan Bennett Eula Smxth Sue Blaylock and Larry Cassell These also partxclpated m the Honor Socxety Play Our Gal Sal wh1ch was very good We put Percy Jarrell and Llta Salgado on the throne as Klng and Queen of Hearts at the Valent1ne Soclal L1ta was also selected as majorette thls under the leadershlp of Ernle Saunders from radxo statxon W C H S Takxng part 1n thls radlo program were two members of our class Sue Blaylock and Larry Cassell Sue also represented the Junlor Class 1n Cxnclnnatm at the World Affalrs lnstltute Conventlon Our class walked away wlthhonors th1s year We recexved our class r1ngs dur1ng second semester My was that ever a happy day Golng around w1th your fmger mn the a1r to make sure everyone not1ced lt We closed the year by golng ona PICHIC at L1ttle Beaver Park and Grandvlew State Park From all 1nd1cat1ons everyone enjoyed themselves Now 1n our last year Percy Jarrell was elected Pres1dent Garry Alderman V1ce Pres1 dent Betty Lovejoy Secretary and Lo1s Darlmgton Treasurer Flrst th1ngth1s year the annual staff was chosen by our class sponsors Mrs Carr and Mr Tabor We worked very hard ln order to make our annual a success Mary Jarrell was Selected to serve as head rnajorette and L1ta Salgado as co head and both dld a swell job Durmg the half t1me ceremomes of our home commg football game Roberta Brooks was crowned 'M1ss Bulldog After the game we sponsored the home commg dance We had a fxne football team th1s year wrth only two defeats all season Three of our players made the All County Team Bobby Halstead BuckyBarker and Larry Cassell Although th1s was Johnny Barker s f1rstyear to play he made a very good showxng for h1mse1f C1vxt1an Football Queen Candldate for the Concord College W Va Tech Football Game, was Sue Blaylock escorted by Donald Hopkms Sue Green another member of our class was crowned as Mxss Snow Flake at one of our school dances thxs year Agam our class play th1s year Oh Promlse Me was a success Most of our school clubs were under the leadersh1p of members of our class Then one day we were measured for our caps and gowns That's when we really began to feel llke senxorsj Well those arejust a few of the thrllls of be1ng a semor So we shall leave hoplng under classmen don't rn1ss us too much and that thexr years w1ll be as thrxlhng as those we spent at Marsh Fork Hzgh , . . . I 5 I I ll ' ll I - I A I , . ' I I ! D I t ' . . . , . . , A . . , ' ' ' ,, 1 uv - . . , . V ' A 0 I 4 D I Y ll ' ' . ' H . , . . . . . . year and Eula Smith as cheerleader. Jr. Town Meeting was held at our school for the first time , . , . . - . , 9 ' . Q ' ' , . - I U - U , . ' ' ll ' ' . ' . I I I ' 'O YI ' ' ' ' ' ll vu - , - I A ' ll ' Il . . , , - . . 1 I I U I I I j . -

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lady Wlth a man whom I thought I recogmzed It was Kerm1t Webb and when the lady turned around It was Joan Bennett So l walked over they were surpr1sed to fmd I was gomg to Par1s too Joan IS the owner of a Style Shop at Wh1tesv1lle W Va and was gomg to Par1s for the latest styles and Kerm1t was on an 1mportant m1ss1on He was booked to race the fourth of July Kerm1t sure has changed s1nce '55 Remember how qu1et he was After Chatterlng awh1le I ex cused myself and went to dress for d1nner After d1nner there was an announcement that there was to be a floor show A woman's wrestl1ng match Sol stayed It was Norma Honaker and Jeanette Stepp Those g1rls were very good and after the match I went to the1r dress1ng room and we talked for a wh1le I asked them about Lo1s Darl1ngton and they sa1d she and Johnn1e Pettry were marr1ed Johnn1e IS w1th the F B I and Lo1s 15 workmg at Elk1n's Lunch Iasked about the rest ofthe class and found that Orpha Bryant was work1ng for R1chard D Brown Insur ance Co and h1S secretary and Inez IS teach1ng Semor Enghsh at W V U She always knew her Engllsh On the second day out I was stand1ng on deck when we ran 1nto a Navy sh1p and a sa1lor looked upfrom h1smopp1ngand yelled H1 Mary' It was Coba Dav1s He always sa1d he would be a Navy man even 1f he had to scrub decks Iwas t1red so I went to my cab1n to he dovm for a wh1le I turned on the rad1o and the an nouncer sa1d 'We w1ll now have the results of the M F H S Soph1s game M F 80 Soph1a Z I can understand that score because Bucky Barker IS now coach at M F The announcers vo1ce sounded fam1l1ar, and after l1sten1ng for awh1le I found It was Percy Jarrell Iwonder where he ever got the xdea of be1ng a rad1o announcer Maybe It was from our Sen1or Engl1sh class Then suddenly Percy sprogram was 1nterrupted by a news flash LOUIS 14th al1as Gary Adlerman has escaped from the Ch1ll1cothe pr1son for the th1rd t1me 1n the last month He IS armed and consldered dangerous I remember Gary say1ng he was go1ng to Ch1l11cothe Ohlo but he d1dn t say anyth1ng about a pr1son That even1ng at supper I learned that the capta1n of the boat was Eugene Pettry He came over and ate at my table He 15 marr1ed to Patsy now and she IS a bookkeeper for Coppers Self the ma1n one at St1ckney W Va and to my surpr1se he told me that Carl Boggess was an Ad m1ral IH the Navy That n1ghtldreamed that I was back at M F H S and the band was g1v1ng a spr1ng con cert As the curta1n openedlsawthe d1rector ra1se h1s baton and the band began to play a snappy warm up march ' Wash1ngton Post As the dxrector turned around for a bow I saw It was Bob by D1ckens He has done a lot for the band It's much larger now, and I hear they have two new bar1tones On wak1ng up I began to pack because we were to dock 1n one hour and f1fteen m1nutes As I stepped off the boat I heard someone call my name It was Cookle Brooks and Don ald Hopkms They both are studylng there Donald IS study1ng med1c1ne and Cook1.e IS a sc1ent 1st She 15 look1ng for the 99th element She always enjoyed chem1stry We three had d1nner together 1n a l1ttle French Rest and talked over our sen1or year 1n h1gh school Cook1e asked me what Eula was do1ng I told her she was work1ng for a large 1n surance company as atyp1st 1nClevelancl andl learned from Donald that Joe Hooten 1S nowa pro fess1onal referee One day I was walk1ng down the street 1n Par1s and I saw a fam1l1ar face It was Doranna talk1ng to an old woman Doranna seems to be dolng well m her soc1al work After spendmg two months 1n Par1s and V1S1t1ng all the 1nterest1ng places, I prepared to return to the U S A I landed 1n N Y May 7th at l 45 p m There my husband was wa1t1ng fOr me Together we caught a plane to Cleveland where we l1ve now As we left the a1rport, I saw Sonny Gray and we talked for awh1le I learned he was pastor of Packsv1lle Bapt t Church untxl It burned down He then came to Cleveland to f1nd a Job He sa1d Pete Hale Pres1dent ofthe R8 publxcan Steel Corp had wrxtten hlm a letter Saylng he could get a Job there One day Gene and I were down tovnm Gene sa1d he was go1ng to get a haxr cut and I sa1d I would go over to the hosp1tal to see Betty Lou Betty 1S a nurse at the Cleveland Cl1n1c She was glad to see me and when I asked her about Jenny she sa1d she and Jack had gotten marr1ed and that Jack ovmmed a barber shop on 25th St When I met Gene later at Edd1e's Sweet Shop h sa1d Jack was the one who had cut h1s ha1r and he had 1nv1ted us over to see the1r new son And now my vacat1on dur1ng Wh1Ch I met all of the class of '55 and v1s1ted Par1s 15 over Tomorrow I start back to work I am employed at the J 81 L Steel Corp as Prlvate Sec retary to the Presldent of the company Eugene Jarrell Mary Jane fl-Iunter Jarrell . . . . , I ' . . , . .. . . . . . , . . , ' D , - . 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