Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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BOOKCRAFT CLUB First row, left to right Lucille Hill. I hereas Rhodes. Juanita Boggess. Second row—Dorthy Lewis. Imo- gcne Hayes. Reba Lanham. and Betty Keffcr. Third row—Evelyn Null. Mrs. Delaney, sponsor, and Betty Casto. SCHOOL BOY PATROL f irst row. left to right—Grant Turner. Ester Taylor. Eulavc Collins, and Junior Morris. Second row Ralph Edwards. Francis Ferrair. and John Marshall. Third row—Charles Jones. Charles Selba. Charles McCIana- han. Fourth row—Bob Casto. Charles Curfman. Tommy Carter, and Willis Dudding. Johnny Reynolds. Olea» Sergent. and Louie Frasier. Fifth row—Bill Raynes. and Bill West. The Powder Keg 29

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JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL CLUB First row. left to right—Harold Carr. Gene Loring. Lewis West. Second row—Bob Brick. Jack Stone, and Joe Mattox. Third row—George Martin. Claude Frazier, and Bobbie Estep. Fourth row—Mr. Shreve. sponsor, and Everett Krantz. MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB First row. left to right—Mr. Barger, sponsor. Donald Brubaker. Bernard Turley. Billy Yates. Tom Wesley. Murry McCoy. John Oliver. Willis Dudding. Second row—Darrell Mullins. Jackie Knight. Robert Higginbotham. Jimmy Young. Bill Bird. Tommy Hayes. Carl Nelson Bender. Johnny Reynolds. Third row—Dick Crewdson. Bill Britton. Robert Hill. George Martin. James Witt. Junior Rimmer. Harry King Miller, Jeems Crawford. Fourth row—David Comstock. Jack Hill. Harry Sharp. Bob Bricker. Bill Baldridge. Carl Chapman. Jack Stone. Bob Priddy. 28 The Powder Keg

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1941 FOOTBALL TEAM WILDCAT ELEVEN First row', left to right—Tom Quinn. Leighton Smith. Donald Carr. Bill Yates. Jack Bailey. Bill Staton. Dwight Steele. Randolph Jividen. Dwight Moody. Robert Melton. Bernard Estep. Second row Darrell Luikart, Charles Davis. Harold Carr. Joe Donegan. Earl Mathes. Kenneth Davis. Carl Little. Calvin Gillispie. John Waldorf. Lloyd Boggcss. Clyde Willard. Cleo Hudnall. Bob West. Fred Huff, coach. Third row—Bud Craven. Claude Frazier. Victor Brown. Dick Waldorf. Carl Chapman. Bob Brick. John Johnson. Joe Mattox. Lewis Burdette. The Nitro Wildcats opened their 1941 football season with a defeat from the Dupont Panthers, at Dupont, on September 12th. On the 20th. the Wildcats played Buffalo High School at Nitro. The Wildcats proved to be too much for Buffalo with Little. Melton, and Davis playing an outstanding game. The combat ended with Nitro 14 and Buffalo 0. On September 27th, the Wildcats journeyed to St. Albans to meet the highly favored Dragons. In the second quarter the Dragons carried the pigskin over their goal, but failed to make the extra point. Nitro got the ball on the kick-off. ran 75 yards for a touchdown, but also failed to make the extra point. At the end of the game St. Albans had 1 2 points and the Wildcats only 6. October 4th. the Wildcats defeated Poca High School before a large crowd of fans on the Nitro field with a 12-6 victory. The Wildcats played Elizabeth, on their own field. October 11. Davis and Willard were outstanding players for Nitro, scoring six points each. Elizabeth failed to score. The following week-end the Cats” traveled to the Wahama High School at Mason City. The Mason City boys scored the first quarter but the Wildcats won the victory with 24 points. Nitro met the Hurricane Red Skins on the Hurricane field October 24th. The Red Skins proved to be too powerful for the Wildcats and won with a 20-0 triumph. The Winfield Generals met the Wildcats on the Nitro gridiron. October 27th. The Wild- cats scored 19 points, the generals 6. The Wildcats closed their season playing Clendenin at Nitro with a score of 20-0 in favor of the Nitro team. 30 The Powder Keg