Monongah High School - Black Diamond Yearbook (Monongah, WV)

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Dolores Watosky 1 Navy Monongah My my ' W v ,Ng V Four states Vice-President, Freshman Class Baseball Junior Play Usher Graduation Usher Class Tournaments HA good heart is bet- H ter than all the Success begins in heads in the world.H terms of giving-H PROPHECY FOR CLASS OF '52 This trip touring the states certainly was an exciting one. I never dreamed that I would meet so many of my old school chums from M. H. S. Boarding the UCross-Country Limitedn in Fairmont, I was off on what I thought would be a quiet trip. My mind was soon changed when a very good friend of mine from high school days Donna LeVelle, sat down beside me. She told me she was go- ing to Texas to see her husband, Bob, who was still in the army. We wanted some candy, and who do you think brought it to us? Josephine Catania, who worked on the train! Our first stop was Pittsburgh. When we stepped off the train, we ran into three of the most popular boys from our class Michael Forte, Tommy Watson and Ronald Delovich. They were on their way to New York for their first Broadway show. You see, they were a very popular song team. WTinkerN and nCoolieW were also playing some professional basketball in their spare time. we went into a lunch room for coffee, and our waitress was Shirley Bauer. We talked over old times with her, and she said that only a few days before,she had seen Jean Harden who was now an English teacher at Fairmont State College. We had started to leave when we saw Patty Manzo eating her lunch. She told us she was a secretary for a large firm in Pittsburgh. I asked her a- bout June Fox and Wanda Vozniak. She replied that June was liv- ing in Tennessee and was married to Dick. Wanda was married to Bob and was living in Kentucky. 20

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I then went into a large department store to do some shop- ping before I caught the train. I saw Mary Connor and she told me she was Business Manager of the Department Store. As I chat- ted with her, she said Mary Lea Reed was a model at the same store. She also told me she had heard that Joe Elutrio was a star basketball player at West Virginia University. I told her I had to go because I had to catch the train for Detroit. As I boarded the train, whom did I see but Josephine Domico and Mary Savereno? They were going to the art museum in Detroit to enter their masterpieces for display. As we talked I found out about many of my friends. Mary told me NDorseyU Watosky was married to Lindy, and was living in Louisiana. Josephine re- marked that Joyce Carlot was married to nA1N and living in Flor- ida. Bill Woods was editor of a newspaper in New York, and Bob Price owned a restaurant, also in New York. Before I knew it, we had reached Detroit. As I reached for a paper at the newstand, I saw a familiar name. Neil Satterfield was the editor of it! I continued read- ing the paper to pass the time until I could catch.the train. Momentarily lifting my eyes, I saw Doris Serian with her husband, Harley. She told me that they were living in Detroit. She had had a letter from Melba Toothman who had married Carl and was living on East Side. Also, Mariam Harr was married to Eugene and was living next door to Melba. Doris told me that she had heard Bill Parks was now a professional dentist, and Martha Robison was his nurse. Sam Larry, now married to Frances owned his own gas station at Worthington. She also heard that Emma Mae Heck was a registered nurse at Fairmont General Hospi- tal. Before she had time to tell me any more, I had to rush to catch the train to Chicago. As I was sitting in reverie, the conductor came to pick up the tickets. To my surprise, the con- ductor was Dick Starcher who told me of his old friends from Carolina. Carrol Wright was married to Charlotte, and Jack Woods was married to Betty. Ray wilson was now foreman of the mines at Monongah. When I arrived in Chicago, I saw UJoeyU Popovich, and she told me that she was secretary for a well-known lawyer. Also, she told me that Laura Vance was a nurse in a Clarksburg hospi- tal. Louanna Butcher and Jean Fullen were working for the F. B. I. in Washington, she had heard. By that time I had to run for the train for Kansas City. I had planned to sleep between Kansas City and Salt Lake City but I found myself seated next to a soldier. After talk- ing to him for a few minutes I found out that he was Charlotte Sturms' husband, Raymond. He said she lived at Farmington with their small son. He said Olga Shewchuck was a very successful business woman. She owns her own hosiery factory, and Doreen McVicker helps her spend the money. Doreen does some modeling of the hosiery. 21