Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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Page 18 THE WILDCAT SENIOR CHARACTERISTICS Name Hobby Ambition Favorite Sport Favorite Song Sonia Angell Learn to Drive a Car. .Softball, Basketball .“I’ll Be Seeing You” Estel Taylor ...Chasing Women Engineer . Football .“I Love You Becky Goodwin ... Collecting Records .Trip Around World.., Football .“I Can’t Begin to Tell You Ruth Skaggs .Teaching .All Sports .“Dr. Lawyer and Indian Chief’ Betty Lou Jeffers... .. Photography , Surgical Nurse , Bowling “It Might As Well Be Spring Louise Hamrick . Roller Skating “Paper Doll'' Oneda Hill ...Writing Letters .Nurse . Basketball .“Symphony Bernard Turley ... ChDiing Women Coach . Football .“I Dream Of You Ivy Wyant .Get Married . Football .“I Can’t Begin To Tell You” Francis Ferrari ...Raising Rabbits .Millionaire . Hunting • “No Can Do” Maxine Turley ... Traveling Secretary .Baseball .“I Can’t Begin To Tell You Jean Williams ... Radio Drive a Car . Basketball •“It Had To Be You” Dortha Cooke .Beautician . Basketball I Walked In With My Eyes Opal Lewis . . Reading . Housewife .Football Wide Open” Howard Brown ... Dancing • Coach • Football “It’s Been a Long, Long Time' Everett Krantz ... Collecting Silverware. . Doctorv . F ootball “Sunny Side of the Street Dolly Priddy ...Collecting Pictures .Get a Job • Hiking James Santrock........Driving a Car..........Own Gasoline Station. Softball.............“You Two Timed Me Once Too Often” Dick Santrock................................Pres. Santrock Chem. 'Tennis...............“Rhapsody In Blue” Donald Kerr...........Chess..................Grad, from Annapolis. .Baseball..........“Hills of Home” Velma Milam...........Keeping Old Letters.. .Secretary..............Softball............“Deep In Heart of Texas James Gilbert.........Sports.................Continue Education-----Basketball..........“it Might As Well Be Spring Dorothy Gaylor........Cooking................Own Dog Kennel.........Hiking..............“June Is Busting Out” Bob Estep.............Hunting and Fishing.. .Coach..................Basketball..........“As Long As I Live” Jack Hill.............Model Airplanes........Play Pro Football......Football............“I’ll Get By Louis Fraser.................................Be a Chemist...........Baseball............“No Can Do Donald Miller.........The Girls..............Wife, 3 Children.......Basketball..........“White Christmas Ray Cartmill..........Model Airplanes........Plumber................Football............ Eva Fowler............Dancing................Be a Blonde............Basketball..........“No Love, No Nothing Bill Priddy...........Photography............Coach..................Basketball..........“Symphony Bill Yates............Model Airplanes........Own Airplane...........Football............“Some Sunday Morning Robert Raynes.........Driving a Car..........Sleep..................Football............ Jo Ann Wysong.........Sports.................Interior Decorator.....Football............“it Had To Be You Phyllis Hinkle........Flowers................Traveling Secretary----Swimming............“Thanks For The Memory Maydell Stewart.......Cooking................Secretary..............Basketball..........“Deep Purple Wanda McKee.........................................................Basketball..........“Star Dust” Elma Bailes...........Sewing.................Newspaper Reporter... Basketball...........“it Might As Well Be Spring Maxine Hudnall........Collecting Pictures....Stenographer...........Football............“i Can’t Begin To Tell You Betty Wolfe...........Working in Library... Psychologist............Swimming............“Always Dolores Putney...............................Be a Model.............Basketball..........“Clair De Lune” Mary Zee Raynes.......Reading................To Be Quiet............Basketball..........“i |i See You In My Dreams Nell Jean Donegan.....Drawing................Dress Designer.........Bicycling...........“Racing With The Moon Lorene Boggess........Traveling..............Beautician........Swimming.................“Along The Navho Trail Dicie Gray............Collecting Dogs........Secretary..............Basketball..........“That’s For Me Phyllis Stull................................Sing With Orchestra.. Basketball........... Phyllis Ferrari.......Collecting Pictures....Drive a Car............Basketball..........“i Can’t Begin To Tell You Tom Carrier...........Going to St. Albans.... Mechanic..............Football............“i Can’t Begin To Tell You Mary Ann Cole.........Thinking of Ralph......Have Long Hair.........Basketball..........“Till the End of Time” Ronald Matheny........Guns...................Mechanical Engineer.. Football.............“Symphony June Lea Cain.........Writing to “Sandy ... .Trip Around World.... Basketball...........“it Had To Be You” LeDeema Montgomery.Crossword Puzzles.........Secretary..............Basketball..........“Star Dust” Margaret Coney........Collecting Movie Stars.Singer.................Basketball..........Oh What It Seemed To Be Daniel Joplin.........Dating.................Communication Engi’r. Basketball...........“Symphony Dixie Tinney..........Swimming...............Navy Nurse.............Softball............“it Had To Be You” Ruth Craft............Dancing................Take Com. Couree.......Basketball.......... Day by Day

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THE WILDCAT Page 17 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY ’Twas the day after school started In the fall of ’42, And there—all about the halls— VVha-at! YOU saw them TOO! Yes, that was us, Freshmen then, beholding at last the bright horizons opened for us as we entered senior high school, and WERE we happy about it all! We elected Bob Estep class president. That school year rolled by swiftly, and the next fall was soon there. The beginning of that term saw most of the old faces, plus some new ones, except that those faces were brighter because now we were Sophomores. We elected Bob Estep as our class president, Jo Ann Wysong, vice president, and Dorothy Gaylor, secretary. Student Council represen- tatives were Bob Estep and Dorothy Gaylor. “Softies” they called us that year, but we struggled through, not, perhaps without a few private “Information, Please” programs on the sidelines, but at last we were . . . The Junior Class! Mmmm—all the sparkle and glitter of your next-to-the-last-year heap- ed around us! Especially the thrill of ordering our class rings. Junior Rimmer was our class president, Everette Krantz, vice president; and Dorothy Gaylor, secretary. Sonia Angell, Donald Kerr, and Dick Santrock were Student Council rep- resentatives. A change in the Student Council had been made, and we elected a representa- tive from each homeroom. The president of each class automatically becomes a member. Of course, the Junior-Senior banquet and prom was the highlight of the year. It was held on March 3rd. The homeroom mothers gave us the banquet, and to finance the prom, our class sponsored a movie “Kansas City Kit- ty”, and sold stationery, all with the help of our sponsors, Mrs. Woodyard, Miss Hart, and Miss Alderson. We all agree that it was a big success and a year that we shall never forget. Jimmy Gilbert was elected Student Council President for the year to come. And now we enter the home stretch on our high school life, as Seniors, some glad, some sad, but mostly just a mixture of both. Even with the whirl of activities in all our various clubs, etc., we evidently are now supposed to know the answers to the “$64-questions” in our education, and have become eligible for our diplomas. Class officers this year are Everette Krantz, president; Sonia Angell, vice president; and Wanda McKee, secretary. Student Council representatives are Ruth Skaggs, James Gil- bert, Everette Krantz, and Donald Kerr. Peacetime seniors we might call ourselves. 1945-46 have really been eventful years, espec- ially as we spot new faces in our classes as veterans come back from service to pick up their studies where they left off. To those who are still gone and won’t be with us on the grand graduation night, we wish the best of luck and a very bright future. As we order our announcements, we begin to realize fully that we are really almost ready to leave Nitro High School for a world that seems wider by the minute. With an anticipatory glow, however, we’ll say goodbye, and hope that our successors will be able to look back with as much genuine pleasure upon their four years of high school life as we do. SENIOR CLASS WILL The Senior Class of forty-six. Born without a silver spoon, Now leave to you these little tricks To make the world your macaroon. Becky Goodwin wills her blonde hair to Norma Brick. Betty Jeffers bequeaths her magazine read- ing to Richard Brick. Elma Bailes and Betty Wolfe leave their ex- traordinary Chemistry experimenting to Bob Cochran and Bob Higginbotham. Jack Hill bequeaths his even temper to Carl Summers. Ruth Craft wills her quiet ways to Betty Hamrick. Mary Ann Cole leaves her Aqua blouse to Dena Smith. Tom Carrier leaves his football playing abil- ity to his little brother, Jack. Francis Ferrari leaves his quietness to Jim Skaggs and Clinton Foster. Jim Gilbert bequeaths his typewriter and typing book to George Tinsley. Opal Lewis wills her fast dancing to Mary Wade. Dixie Tinney leaves her gored skirts to Mary Games. Ray Cartmill bequeaths his black hair to Sammy Williams. Estel Taylor wills his one arm driving abil- ity to Bob Westfall. Bernard Turley leaves his wolfish ways to John Lynch. Daniel Joplin bequeaths his hair curler to Park Spence. Ruth Skaggs wills her position as Varsity “N” Queen to Lonnie Allen. Phyllis Stull leaves her Hulla dancing to Audra Miller. Ronald Matheny leaves his motorcycle rid- ing to Freddy Cooke. (Continued on Page 45)

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THE WILDCAT Page 19 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY The scene is a dark, dusty attic. The time is spring of 1959. A little boy is rumaging through a stack of magazines, yellow with age, when he comes upon an odd looking something or other, resembling a book and laden with queer pictures. His young curiosity is arous- ed and he rushes to his mother who is over by the big trunk, shaking the wrinkles and moth balls out of some smelly old clothes. When she sees the book Junior has in his hands, she stops short, closes the lid on the trunk, moves a little closer to the dim light and turns the pages hurriedly. Pictures, pictures, and more pictures—her old friends and classmates of the year 1946. Why, it was only yesterday she had received a long letter from one of them telling her all the news and gossip. How she had enjoyed hearing that: Betty Wolfe recently won distinction as be- ing the first woman to swim the Atlantic Ocean in the short time of six weeks. Ruth Skaggs went away to school to study to become an undertaker but came back a physical Ed. teacher. No doubt she thought she would have to kill ’em before she could bury ’em. Maxine Hudnall and Dicie Gray went to Coney Island one summer and they are still there. Their present job is ushering couples into the tunnel of love and on the side they sell imitation steak to the poor fools that come out with black eyes. Ray Cartmill, president of the local garbage collectors’ union, brought suit recently against Elma Bailes, editor of the NITRO STINK POT. It seems that her editorials for civic improvements were finally read and resulted only in a libel suit. Oneda Hill and Dortha Cooke have their own little beauty shop. They do every thing from curling eyelashes to shaving legs. Dencil White is present owner of a chain of showboats which travel up and down Blake’s Creek. He formerly starred Margaret Coney and Dixie Tinny in their famous balloon dance before Bill Priddy passed out pins to the audi- ence one night and broke up the show. James Gilbert and “Sissy” Putney, who were happily married, became fabulously wealthy. It wasn’t discovered until later tha1. they had their own little printing Dress in the back room where “Sissy” worked the day shift and Jimmy the night, turning out thirty dollar bills by the paper bags full. The death of Sinatra was a great blow to the world until it was learned that he had named our own Daniel Joplin as his successor. Where Frankie used to roll them in the aisles, Danny Boy now rolls them in the graves. Maxine Turley is running a race with Tom- my Manfield. She has just returned from Reno after her sixth divorce and it is common talk that another romance is pending with her lawyer, Louis Fraser. Everett Krantz, M. D., who was always a good salesman, has now combined his business ability with medicine. He offers a reduction in rates to all his classmates of ’46 by remov- ing both tonsils and appendixs all for the price of one. After all the experiences she had in high school, Nell Jean Donegan easily got a job writing for the NEW YORK MOON. Her column is entitled “Tell Me Your Troubles and I’ll Cry With You” or “Tell All To Nell”. It was always known that James Santrock was bound for higher things. He took a gov- ernment job and his one duty is to keep the dome of the capitol polished. Betty Jeffers wears a starched white cap and uniform now. No, she never did finish nurses’ training but she liked the uniforms so well that she got a job in a bakery. After Margaret O’Brien gave up her career for matrimony, La Deema Montgomery flew to Hollywood to sign contracts replacing her. Her current picture is “The Road Back Home”. June Lea Cain always was ha-d to please. She wasn’t satisfied with one “Sandy” so she now has three little ones. Jo Ann Wysong, the girl who was so bright she had to wear a lamp shade, was disappoint- ed in love. She made the headlines when she tried to end her life by leaping from the top of the flag pole but luckily, her name hasn’t appeared in the obituary yet. The Mary Ann Cole-Bernard Turley ro- mance reached the highest peak when they eloped soon after Mary Ann was named heir- ess to a large Pasteurized Peanut Plant. Louise Hamrick, who could talk her way out of any thing as well as in it, did just that. She finally landed Jack and she is expected home from Reno any time now. Prof. William Yates, owner, teacher, discip- linarian, and president of “We Learn You Quick”, West Virginia’s largest school for edu- cated hobos, has recently retired. His close friend and former janitor, Jack Hill, has suc- ceeded him in his position. Bob Estep, who sat on the bench for N.H.S , recently gave up sports as a career but he’s still sitting on a bench. He is now Justice Estep of the U. S. Supreme Court. Opal Lewis really went to the top in a hurry. She got a job running the elevator in the Em- pire State Building and on her first trip “up”, the car became caught in the shaft on the 102nd floor. Lorene Boggess is a nurse at Nitro General Death Trap, ’er, Hospital. There are rumors that she is working hand in hand with Angell and Fowler, local undertakers who have won distinction as being the only women under- takers in this locality. (Continued on Page 44)