Nicholas County High School - Nichlosean Yearbook (Summersville, WV)

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Mclntire, Sandra Ashley, Sharon Piper, Elsie Deal, Martha Wallen, Mary Ann Summers, Harriet Smith. Fourth Row: Doris Brown, Eugenia Campbell, Beverly Russell, Diann Stevens, Muriel Racer, Mary Lee McDaniel, Barbara Carter, Nancy Roark, Joyce O'Dell, linda Walker, Don Dietz, Bette Trent, Katherine Johnson, Julia Cavendish, Roy Stout, Bob Frame, Marty lewis, Ricky Jones, Kenneth Shalap. Marshall Griuell, Patty Facemire, Lynn Young, larry Jones, Ronny O'Dell, Becky Young, Betty Brown, Mary Linda Campbell, Twyla Perrina, Judy Young, David Eakle, Eddie McMillion, Teresa Pugh, Fifth Row: Karen Adkins, James P'Simer, Brenda Hinkle, Belle Rader, Dorothy Brown, Lee Morelli, Myrna Coffman, Brenda Rollins, Mary Jo Brown, Deanna Grose, Gary Wilson, Skippy McClung, Bruce Malcolm, Raymond McCutcheun. Plus Various Musical Activities As the band marched into another successful year, plans were made for the annual spring con- cert, banquet, and dance. The concert was given on April 17. Each year at the banquet medals and awards are presented to those students who have earned them during the year. Two outstanding first year students-a boy and a girl-are also presented awards at the banquet. The outstanding senior is also given his award for hard work during the year. Some people may wonder . . . Wonder who takes the director's place when he is absent. That is the iob of the student director, who this year is Bette Ann Trent. The band also participated in various other ac- tivities, including playing at basketball games, tour- naments, and parades. Their peppy playing at pep rallies did much to help boost the spirit and morale of the school and team and to help lead the team on to victory. A wide variety of music is played by the band. lf it's rock 'n' roll you want, they have it, if it's ballads you want, they have it, if it's good serious music you want, they have it. Four students, Lynda McDowell, Nila Rollins, Bette Trent, and Gary Wilson, attended Operation Soundtrack at West Virginia Institute of Technology at Montgomery on February 28. The purpose of Soundtrack was to record new music in stereo- phonic sound for the purpose of teaching new sounds to various other bands over the state. These students were selected from a list of ten.

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Providing entertainment through many, many activities is the travelinist Gold and Blue Grizzly Band. Ma- iorsttas, Nancy Rose, Ramona Frame, Becky Walker, Carol Frame, head majorette, Priscilla Tinnil, Paula Taylor, Shir- ley Wagner. Second Row: Carolyn Wilde, Kelly Lett, Vanra Grimes, Jane Hinkle, Lynda McDowell, Jeanie Perkins, Sue Mason, Ann Chapman, Brenda Rogers, Patricia Cavendish, Janet Young, Sandra Walker, Margie Rite, Nila Rollins, Geraldine Sparks, Judy Mullins, Gloria Hughes, Norma O'Dell, Donna Huffman, Lynda Beale. Third Raw: Lou Gill, Nancy Huffman, Karen Datsun, Becky Grese, Eddie Grose, Mary Jane McHenry, Beniamin Backus, Charlene Tyree, Gary Beale, Paul Cook, Marie Ogden, Patricia P'Simer, Sandra Given, Sue Roark, Pat Rollins, Marilyn Grose, Barbara Band Presents Halftime Shows Practice, practice, seems to be the keynote of success, or so it appears to the Gold and Blue March- ing Hundred. Melodious strains do not come from iust putting music on the stand, but from hard work and many practice sessions. Whatever the tempo may be, under the highly capable baton of Director Charles Nicosia, it emerges a masterpiece. Sixteen seniors will remember a fun-packed, exciting year, along with its serious moments and events. Sloshing through snow, rain, and sleet, the band had many practices during football season and the summer of '58. One of the highlights of the summer was a three-day trip to the state fair at Lewisburg where the band presented two con- certs. Next came the county fair. What would a football game be like without the band there to back the team? Very well done, could be said about the various halftime shows pre- sented by the band which attended all games but one. At the last game the Summersville band com- bined with the Richwood band to present their an- nual halftirne show. Winning fourth place in the State Forest Festival Parade at Elkins was a big thrill to the band mem- bers and Mr. Nicosia. This also won the band state- wide recognition and people who had not heard of Summersville before were to become aware of it. At the W. V. U.-Richmond game, the maiorettes performed their outstanding pyramids At the in- vitation of West Virginia State College the Marching Hundred presented a halftime show at the State-West Virginia Tech game at institute. 1 l

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Making signs and selling tick- ets for athletic events are two iobs of the 9-Club girls. Upon graduation, a senior girl invites an acceptable sophomore to take her place and serve for two years. The organization is composed only of junior and senior girls. Each year the 9-Club sponsors the sale of mums for the home- coming game. These girls also work in the concession stand. Although the Club supports various other school activities, its primary purpose is to support athletic events. Devoting much of her time in helping these girls with the work of the club, Mrs. Irene Skaggs, sponsor, seems never to tire of her task. Wiblin Lsien atteniively to her. This is a football, explains Mrs. Irene Skaggs, as if these nine girls had never seen one before. Joyce Grose, Tiny Cogar, Ruth Grogg. Carol Drennen. Jolene Hughes, Margie Champe, Betty Lue Snodgrass, Violet Sparks, and Lula Students Named For Sports-Minded Clubs Gab sessions sometime: end in argument, but the coach seems to have this session fully under control. First raw: John Lewis, Zeke Hamrick. Second vow: Jim Cox, Jack Blankenship, Bob Houghton, Eddie Bell. Third row: Coach James Gladwell, Jim Rogers, Van Summers, Joe Kirker, Nicky Nichols, Dave Hulbert. Standing: Walter Rogers. 18 To those boys who lettered in a particular sport, served as man- ager, or as publicity manager, an opportunity is given through 'two ghastly initiations a year to bes come members of the N-Club. Each year the senior members ofthe club, accompanied by their sponsors, travel to a sporting event within a 300 mile radius. Last spring the seniors visited Cincinnati, Ohio, tor the week- end and saw the Redleg-Giant game. Officers of the N-Club are Van Summers, president, Joe Kirker, vice-president, Walter Rogers, secretary, Jim Rogers, treasurer, and Nicky Nichols, sergeant-at- arms. Coaches James Gladwell, Rob- ert Perkins, and Bernard Poole are sponsors of the club. i