Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1947 volume:

Tfliidcat MM 7 Published by the Senior Class of X ITIIO IIIU II SCHOOI Nitro, West Virginia t)cd.ica MRS. IDA RICHARDS dacu itij .AId' viSer J)n cj rateful appreciation to one who has been a c uide f or our class; who Las cjiven ofk er time an d effort So graciously: and whose patience is not exceeded—we, the Senior CdlaSS of 1947, dedicate this annual. PAGE TWO PAGE THREE PRINCIPAL Mr. Walter F. Snyder Mrs. Virginia Miller Home Economics Seventh Grade Home Room Mr. Joseph Barger Industrial Arts Ninth Grade Home Room PAGE FOUR Miss Leola Warner Secretary Mr. Fred I Iiiff Coach Ph ysteal Pducation Mr. Fay Harper Chemistry and Physics Sophomore Home Room Miss Nancy Alderson Commercial Subjects Junior Home Room PACE FIVE Miss Louise Hart Social Studies and Latin Junior Home Room Mr. Samuei. Shipley Science Freshman Home Room Miss Pauline Richardson Social Studies Eighth Grade Home Room Miss Elsie Casto English Mrs. Wanda Bland Librarian Mrs. I Iallie Grose English and Social Studies Seventh Grade 1 lome Room PAGE SIX Mp.s. Peggy H. Marshall Physical Education Eighth Grade I lome R(x m Mrs. Ida Richards Mathematics Senior Home Room Miss Ruth Woodson Mathematics Seventh Grade I lome Room Miss Sadie M. Daher English—Dramatics Eighth Grade Home Room Mr. John Santrock Mrs. Ci.ara Woodyard Diversified Occupations English Junior Home Room PAGE SEVEN M 's. Louise Stewart English ami Social Studies Senior 1 lome Room Miss Rev a Seletz Biology and Math Sophomore I lome Room Mrs. Virginia Witry Social Studies Seventh Grade Home Room Miss Betty Landau Commercial Subjects Sophomore I lome Room Miss Minnie Lee Hughart English and Journalism Sophomore Home Room RAGE EIGHT PAGE NINE Valedictorian Salutatorian Barbara I Ioke Thespians 3, I Glee Club 1, 3, 4 GAA 1, 2. 3, 1 National Honor Society 3, 4 Science Club 1 Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 Band 1. 2, 3. 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3 All County Band 1, 4 All State Chorus S Minstrel 3 Annual Stall 4 All State Band 1 “Musical Comedy” 4 “Too Many Marys” 4 Joan Hudnall Y Teens 3, 4 GAA 1, 2. 3, 4 Thespians 3, 4 Library Club 1, 2, 3 National Honor Society 3, 4 Student Council 3 Glee Club 1. 2. 3 Band I, 2. 3, 4 All County Band 1, 4 All State Band 1 School Orchestra 1, 2, 3 FAREWELL” As seniors, we must say “Farewell, Our high school days nave been just swell; But those years of pleasure must end, As we go out, our life’s work to begin. For this day we would sometimes dream. Graduation isn’t as happv as it used to seem. Well not forget the friends we’ve made. or any game we’ve ever played. We ll remember the teachers, principal, and coach— For our success, thev’ve had their hopes When we arc older, to these memories we ll cling; Graduation isn’t as happy as it used to seem. We’ve had our share of studv and fun. Those high school days arc now done. We must travel along the rugged wav And better our lives from day to day. With these thoughts still in our heart, We’ll sav “Farewell” and depart. —Maxine Williams. Rici i ari) Hutchison Eileen Simms Senior Class President G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 Girl Reserves 2, 3, 4 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 “Miss Wildcat” 1946, 3 John Reynolds Senior Class Vice President D. O. P. 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Hi Y 4 Varsity X” 2, 3, 4 Football 2. 3, 4 Dolores Drake Sr. Student Council Rep. Science Club 1 G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4 Y Teens 3, 4 Masquers 3. 4 National Honor Society 3. 4 Minstrel 3 “My Tomboy Girl” 4 Annual Staff 4 All State Chorus 4 Bob Higginbotham Football 1. 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4 Band 1. 2 Varsity “X” 1, 2. 3. 4 School Boy Patrol 1. 2 Softball 1. 2, 3 Spy Glass Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Betty Macaw G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Jr. Science Club 1 Spy Glass Staff 3 National Honor Society 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 Visual Education 3, 4 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Jr. Red Cross 4 Home Ec. 4 Sr. Student Council President Band 1. 2, 3. 4 Orchestra 3 Hi Y President 4 Annual Staff 4 Masquers 3, 4 Minstrel 3 My Tomboy Girl 4 Model Airplane Club 1 Jr. Science Club 1 All County Band 4 Glee Club I. 4 Thespians 4 Dena Smith Senior Secretary and Treasurer Majorette 4 Student Council 1 Quill 6r Scroll 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Y Teens 2. 3 G. A. A. I. 2. 3 Miss Varsity “N” 4 I). O. P. 4 Art Club 1. 2, 3 Jr. Red Cross 2 Annual Staff 4 Romie Sergent Senior Student Council Rep. Hi Y 4 Mickey Mattox Senior Student Council Rep. Science Club 1 G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Glee Club 2. 3, 4 Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Student Council 3, 4 Thespians 4 Home Ec. 4 Y Teens 2, 3, 4 My Tomboy Girl” 4 Annual Staff 4 Best Citizen 3 Robert Hill Stamp Club 1 Science Club 1 Art Club 1. 2 Basketball 1, 2 Football 2 Smoke Screen” 3 State Drama Festival 3 Thespians 3. 4 All State Chorus 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Bank 1. 2. 3. 4 Bank 1. 2, 3. 4 Minstrel 3 “My Tomboy Girl” 4 Student Council 3 A'arsitv “N” 2 PAGE ELEVEN Park Spence Band 1 Hi V I Virginia Bruffey G. A. A. 2. 3, 4 Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4 Thespians 3, 4 Library Club I, 2, 3 Science Clui� 1 “Tomboy Girl” 4 Bon Westfall Varsity “N” 3, 4 Hi Y 4 Football 2. 3. 4 Ann Williams Spy Glass Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 D. O. P. 4 Keith Painter Hi Y 4 Tommy Carder D. O. P. 3. 4 Hi Y 4 Dorothy Sovine G. A. A. 3, 4 Girl Reserve 2, 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Microscope Staff 3 Tom Stalnaker Dolores Miller Entered from Dunbar 2 Glee Club 2 Girl Reserve 3, 4 Mildred Barnes Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Thespians 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 4 Home Economic Club 4 Girl Reserves 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Minstrel 3 “My Tomboy Girl” 4 PAGE TWELVE Norma Kenworthy Band 1. 2, 3, 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3 All County Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2. 3, 4 National Honor Society 3f 4 National Thespians 3, 4 Minstrel 3 Musical Comedy 4 G. A. A. 1, 2. 3, 4 Science Club Library Club 2, 3 Microscope Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Visual Education 3. 4 Thomas Bailey Louisf. Anderson Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 2, 3, 4 Visual Education Club 3, 4 Thespians 3, 4 S Spy Glass Staff 3 D. O. P. 4 Minstrel 3 George Tinsley D. O. P. 3, 4 Jacqueline Tucker G. A. A. 3 Spy Glass Staff 3 Bob Cochran Science Club 1 Softball 1. 2 Kathleen Escue Y Teens 2, 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Bed Cross Council 2 Bill West Softball 2 Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 2, 3. 4 Vanity ”V’ 1. 2. 3, 4 Rita Yates Y Teens 2. 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Charles Clark Softball 2 Spy Glass Staff 3 Quill Scroll 3 Hi Y 4 PAGE THIRTEEN Kenneth Hayes D. O. P. 3, 4 Yvonne Keli.ey G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 Majorette 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 2, 3 Murray McCoy D. O. P. 3, 4 Hand 1, 2, 3 Spy Glass Staff 4 Quill Scroll 4 Jacqueline Jefferies Hand 2, 3, 4 All County Band 4 Thespians 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 4 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 4 Microscope Staff 4 “Too Many Mans” 4 “My Tomboy Girl” 4 Clay Fisher Returned Veteran Patsy Blackshirh G. A. A. 2. 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 2. 3, 4 Y Teens 3, 4 Majorette 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Donald Cavender Hi Y 4 Joan Miller Eugene Hill Softball 2 Basketball 2, 4 Football 2, 3, 4 D. O. P. 3 Varsity “N” 2, 3, 4 Marjorie Nuckols G. A. A. 4 Thespians 4 Spy Glass Staff 4 Entered from ast Bank 4 PAGE FOURTEEN John Chapman Dramatic Club 4 D. O. P. 4 Maxine Williams Y Teens 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 3, 4 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Spy Class Staff 3 1). (). P. 4 Jr. Red Cross 2 Edith Loring G. A. A. 1, 2. 3 Y Teens 2 D. O. P. 4 Jr. Red Cross 2 Spy Glass Staff 3 Betty Lanham Home Ec. Club 3, 4 Y Teens 3, 4 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 4 National Honor Society 4 Virginia Hendel Glee Club 1. 4 National Thespians 3, 4 Home Ec. Chib 4 Jr. Red Cross Council 2, 3 Annual Staff 4 Minstrel 3 “My Tomboy Girl ’ 4 Gali Bowling D. O. P. 4 Pearl Fox Jr. Glee Club 4 Glee Club 2. 3, 4 Jr. Choir 2 Thespians 4 Home Ec. Club 4 “My Tomboy Girl” 4 Lewis West PAGE FIFTEEN Lonnie Map Allen G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Y Teens 3 4 Quill 6c Scroll 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 2, 3, 4 Romona Cochran Y Teens 2, 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 3, 4 D. O. P. 4 Florence King D. O. P. 4 Betty Lee Ferrari Y Teens 2. 3, 4 Home Ec. Club 2. 3, 4 1). O. P. 4 National Honor Society 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Rosalea Black Glee Club 1 Spy Glass Staff 3 Bill Gibson D. O. P. 3, 4 Softball 2 Spy Glass Staff 4 Betty King G. A. A. 2. 3, 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Jr. Red Cross 1 Joyce Westfall |r. Science Club I G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Masquers 3, 4 National Thespians 4 Annual Staff 4 Minstrel 3 National Honor Society 4 Virginia Burford Annual Staff 4 Science Club 1 Home Ec. Club 2 Library Club 3, 4 Quill 6c Scroll 3, 4 National Honor Society 3. 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 G. V. A. 3 Jr. Red Cross 4 Norma Brick Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4 Thespians 3, 4 Home Et Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Y Teens 1. 2, 3, 4 Library Club 2. 3 Spy Glass Staff 3 G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 PACE SIXTEEN ? . —jeruor V Freshmen at last!! Thatjs what we, the dignified seniors of ‘47 thought way hack in i943. That year we elected Dena Smith as our president, and Jimmie Hanson as our Student Council Representative. What with our efforts to match the then illustrious seniors in dress, manner and date to the School Party, we certainly lived up to our title of green freshmen. Remember?? Our frehsmen vear over we jubilantly became Sopho- mores and since the change in the Student Council we lected Orita Carney, Gene Thomas, and Ward Gandee to the Council. That was also the year Darrell Mullins was our president. What a wonderful year. So many happy times to recall. But as time has a habit of passing, we soon found ourselves on the threshold of our junior vear! Everything to do and so little time to do it in. Of course, the first thing we did was to order our class rings. Robert Hill was our class president, Darrell Mullins, our vice president, and Dena Smith, out secretary-treasurer. Gordon Trainer, Joan Hudnall, and Mildred Mattox were our Council Representatives. This is the year of our first prom, that longed-for event. To finance the event we sponsored a movie, “The Cheat ers,” and sold stationery. We also sold refreshments at the Woman’s Club Dance. All with the help of our able sponsors. Miss Alderson, Miss Hart, and Mrs. Woodvard. This year passed much too fast. Some of the more im- portant things which happened were the honorable mention of Norma Brick’s Christmas essay in a state wide contest for Quill and Scroll, and Betty Magaw received honorable mention in an editorial contest also sponsored bv Quill and Scroll. Mildred Mattox was voted the best citizen. So many things happened that before we knew it we were Seniors. Some of us very glad, others sad, and others just relieved. Already our thoughts were duelling on graduation night and the arrival of our class rings just enhanced our dreams. Our only regret is that those boys who are in Service cannot be with us on Graduation night, but our thoughts will be with them. 1 his vear our class officers are Eileen Simms, president, John Reynolds, vice president, and Dena Smith, secretary and treasurer. Our student council representatives arc Mildred Mattox, Dolores Drake, and Dick Hutchison. In the absence of Darrell Mullins who is serving our country, Dick 1 lutchinson is our Student Council President. We are all working very hard on the annual and all our other activities, sometimes grumbling, but really loving every minute of it. We all hope that the next Seniors will be able to look bac on their four years of high school with as much pride and joy as we have. ■Senior We, the indomitable seniors of the lucky class of ’47 of Nitro High School, being in full possession of all mental faculties, brains, and so forth, so hereby will, be- queath, leave, give, and bestow to and upon our lucky successors (juniors, sophomores, etc.) the following list of talents and possessions; and believe that they will keep, cherish, and pass them on as we have done . . .(?) There will be no refunds or consolation gifts for the articles willed nor shall there be any loud crying or wailing if the gifts do not please. Signed this the 31st day of March in the year of the great snow. One Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven. Let it be witnessed bv all readers that possessions of the Senior Class of ’47 are about to be passed out. Lonnie Allen leaves her bashfulness to Betty Comfort. Louise Anderson wills her pleasing personality to Betty Jo Painter. Mildred Barnes bequeaths her cute self to the memory of all Nitro High boys. Rosalea Black gives her giggly giggle to Betty Mollohan. Patsy Blackshire bestows her temperamental tantrums upon Betty Criner. Norma Brick wills her tallness to John Knight. Virginia Brufley leaves her friendliness to Ruth Ann Fowler. Virginia Burford wills her own black moccasins to Clara- belle Lanham. Orita Carney Toler bequeaths her gift of gab to Mil- dred Baldwin. Romona Cochran wills her daintiness to Alice Martin. Dolores Drake gives her temper to James Jefferies. Kathleen Escue bequeaths her tiny fet to Patty Yates. Betty Ferrari leaves her cute smile to Doris Gibson. Pearl Fox leaves her burning torch to Glenna Jeffers. Virginia Hendel wills her singing ability to Bill Lamb. Barbara Hoke bestows her way with the teachers upon John Magoun. Joan Hudnall gives her gift of leadership to Olin Prvor. Lillian 1 ludson wills her long dresses to Joyce Burchett. Marjorie Nuckols leaves her joke book for Masel Rutherford. Bob Cochran wills his plaid shirts to John Ridenour. Bob Higginbotham turns his ability to play basketball over to Joe Shaeffer. Eugene Hill wills his 30-hour schedule for each day to Jim Skaggs. I larold Rowsey bequeaths his slow manner of speaking to Charles Neece. John Chapman leaves his way of breaking hearts to “Dccmcy” DeMoss. Kenneth Hayes wills his “corny” jokes to Durward Angell. (Continued on Page 46) PAGE SEVENTEEN Senior C lia nictenstici NAME FAVORITE SPORT HOBBY AMBITION Men To be a housewife Gabbing To travel Collecting dolls and cats Sing with Vaughn Monroe Collecting pictures Be a beautician Collecting pictures Have two children ...Writing poetry Be Medical Missionary . Reading talking Be a Doctor Reading Go to college Keeping house Have six children Collecting pictures Be a secretary Tennis Drawing designing own clothes Travel—See fashion show in Taking pictures Be a secretary Reading To travel .. Collecting music Teach school Playing piano Live in Ohio Courting Graduate from college Trailing Clinton Pass driver’s test Sports To travel Dancing Get job and buy car Sports Go to college Sports Go to college .. Shooting pool Be Chemical Engineer ... Shooting pool Sing professionally Bowling Be champion bowler . Football Basketball Collecting old money Be a great lover Hunting fishing Meet Betty Grable .Basketball Reading adventures Write a book .Baseball Hunting fishing Play with Brooklyn Dodgers .. Hunting fishing Play pro-baseball lyuiiuiu v avciiuci Climbing Electrical engineer Tliuiiws Carder — Chemical engineer ... Music . To be a doctor Pen pals. Auto mechanic Having fun Find the right girl Chemical experiments . Drive a semi-trailer and tru .. Collecting stamps Electrical engineer Annoying Betty Magaw Travel r;11 A � ct Dancing Be millionaire and awn a I!,,k Woctfall Drawing Make Ann a good husband Keith Painter .. Hunting - Watching life go by Mechanical engineer PAGE EIGHTEEN 1enior Charles Cook ...................Roller Skating Huggin and chalkin’ Have a good time Clay Fisher Basketball---------- Sleeping .......... Get awav from it all I ewis West ..............-.....Swimming Just living Learn all I can Donald King Basketball...............Reading ....................Get a job Jacquelene Jefferies------ Swimming----------------------Music ............... Professional dancer Norma Kenworthy .Swimming Music collecting souveniersVisit Paris Florence King ..................Basketball...............Music.................... Travel Betty Lanham Roller Skating________ Music....... ......_....... Travel Edith Loring______t—............Football ................Collecting pictures _____ Learn to swim Betty Magaw ...Hockey Reading and photography Movie research worker Dolores Miller..................Swimming Reading.....................Get married Jacquelene Tucker ______________Football Writing letters---------- Be a housewife Georgia Wandling ........._... Basketball —______________.Collecting poetry Be a secretary Joyce Westfall .................Basketball ................Music_____________________Succeed Ann Williams ......Horseback Riding Drawing.....................Be a housewife Yvonne Kelly Swimming Drawing.....................Travel Dena Smith Swimming Drawing To get a pair of shoes that don’t hurt Betty King______________________Basketball ..............Running around Have a good lookin’ boss Dorothy Sovine Basketball ..............Sports Travel Eileen Simms ................... Basketball Reading .................Get married Maxine Williams ................Basketball Reading collecting books Be a secretary Mildred Mattox .......... ......Basketball ........... Sports and reading ______ Social worker Rita Yates______________________Football_________________Going to movies_____________Housewife Joan Miller_____________________Basketball...............Music_______________________Nurse George Tinsley__________________Basketball____________ Music_________________________Banker Park Spence_____________________Hunting -................ Reading--------------------Mortician Paul Janev .....................Basketball............ Collecting stamps__________Go to college PAGE NINETEEN Senior f roph ropnecy On a warm afternoon in spring a little boy and his mother were sitting in the living room talking. The little boy wanted to know what happens to people when they get out of school. His mother said “Get me that annual on the desk, and I’ll tell you what happened to the people with whom I went to school. Dot Sovine and Lonnie Allen bought a beautv shop and went into business. They offer themselves as sam- ples of their work. It’s really too bad they are going bankrupt. Marjorie Nuckols has a fine job. She models baby’s clothes. She got peeved and almost quit one day when the manager. Joan Miller, suggested that diapers had been neglected. Thcv took Lulu McConnell off “It Pays To Be Ig- norant” and gave her job to Rosa lea Black. Lulu had to tell jokes to get people to laugh, while all Rosie had to do was laugh herself. Jackie Tucker married Harold and now they are keep- ing the South Pole warm with their love. President Truman heard about Horse” Hill and sent him on a “mission to Moscow.” Eugene has never lost an argument and the President thought we could use him in Russia. Park Spence is running a dispensary. He must still have ambitions for being an undertaker because his motto is “We dispense with everything — dead or alive we’ll bury it.” Norma Brick, Louise Anderson, and Virginia Hendel, who were all interested in good music, formed an opera company which is called the “Horse Opera.” Their latest guest star is Robert Hill who goes by the name of Robertcro Hillinovitch. The foreign-sounding name gives him dignity. Barbara Hoke suffered a turn of misfortune. She figured out what Einstein meant in his theory and now they are trying to decide whether she is sane or insane! Mildred Barnes was chosen “Miss America” at i950. Now she is making movies. Her latest one is opposite Frank Sinatra and her good friend. Jackie Jefferies, is in the same picture. Jackie is a professional dancer now; she has figured out a way to dance without using her feet. She dances on her hands. Difficult and funny looking too. Romona Cochran, Kathleen Escue and Rita Yates really surprised everyone. They joined a circus and became trapeze artists. Thev call themselves “The Thrilling Threesome” and they really thrill the crowds. Paul Janey was superintendent of what was Ohio Apex. Two of his most accomplished chemists were Romie Sergent and Charles Clark, but it seems the bovs mixed up a new chemical and now Ohio Apex is out of commission. John Chapman and Bill Gibson are running a garage. They don’t guarantee any of their work because their star mechanic happens to be Georgia Wandling. John and Bill say she tears them apart fine, but putting the pieces back is different. Joyce Westfall was the first “Lady” Senator from West Virginia. She received world wide fame for her plan “to make the Sunday papers all funny pages.” “People should completely relax on Sunday,” Senator Westfall says. Betty King is really a business woman. Betty is run- ning her own bowling alley and it is the best managed place you’ve ever seen. If anyone gets out of hand Betty takes up the game and bowls him over. She strikes quite often. Bobby Lee and Eileen finally got married and Bobbv Lee became a coach. This year Nitro was “State Basket- ball Champions but it was a little complicated for the Tournament score keeper. Everyone on the team was named Higginbotham and so was the coach. Delores Drake became a cartoonist. Her latest comic strip is called “Heathburt, the Headless Ghost. She never could draw a head horrible enough so she left it off. Norma Ken worthy vowed she would never become a doctor’s wife and since Norma is so stubborn she didn’t. Se made Jimmy become a brick layer instead. Betty Farrari and Maxine Williams bought a western ranch and opened up a summer resort. Their cooking is fine, they're at home on the range—but my gosh! After a day of riding, they cook and eat all their meals standing up. Florence King bought a chewing gum factorv, and manufacturers her own now. She maintains that there is nothing her chewing gum can’t do. It’s a common bond between people and makes them stick together. Bill West is plaving professional football with the Coffin Packers.” Their coach and manager is Harold Rowsey. It’s a new turn in football for the players to explain the plays to the coach but Harold simply can’t understand why the boys play as they do. Thomas Bailev, became president of “United Purified Air Works.” Tommv said that if John L. Lewis could stop all coal supplies, he could stop all air supplies. Some- thing happened to Tommy after he made that statement and we haven’t heard of him since. Tommy Carder, who was so-o-o good looking, became a famous doctor. Right now he is a heart specialist. Delores Miller became an F. B. I. worker. Her work is a big secret but she told me all about it. Her latest case is to break up the “K. K. K.,” Krazv Karacters Klan. of which Kenneth Haves is a ring leader. Betty Magaw is a great Shakespearean actress. Her latest play is “The Conouests of Caesar.” Betty plavs the part of Caesar; she always was the only person who could understand that character. In private life, a very handsome blonde husband reads poetry aloud for her enjoyment. Dick Hutchison became the Solo Clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. His latest number is “Rhapsody in Blue” and it is really blue. George Tinsley is the owner and operator of all the “Armv and Navy” stores in West Virginia. He thinks he’ll change the name to the “A.N.C.G.M.S.B. and A.C. stores.” (Armv. Navv, Coast Guard, Marines, Sea Bees and Air Corps.) George always was a patriotic person. Keith Painter who was always cutting up has been in the hospital all this time. He was kidding with his barber, Donald King, and really got cut up. Tommv Stalnaker is working for the state. It seems Tommy borrowed a car and the police caught him, so Tommy is beating rocks for the state. Yvonne Kelley was determined to be a nurse, but the sight of blood made her weak so she gave it up and married “Jarbug” instead. Pearl Fox became professor of English at Harvard College. There is only one thing that worries Pearl. ([Continued on Page 47) PAGE TWENTY UL: UL in the Senior Most Popular Girl ....................... Most Popular Bov_________________________ Most Thoughtful Gentleman ............... Most Lady-Like___________________________ Most Likely to Succeed Girl)............. Most Likely to Succeed (Boy) Biggest Bluffer (Girl)................. — Biggest Bluffer (Boy)____________________ Best Dancer (Girl)....................... Best Dancer (Bov)........................ Laziest Girl _________ Laziest Boy ............................. Biggest Gloom (Girl)_____________________ Biggest Gloom (Boy) --------------------- Prettiest Girl___________________________ Most Handsome Boy........................ Most Talkative (Girl).................... Most Talkative (Boy) ............ Most Unusual_____________________________ Seen Most Together_______________________ Typical Senior Girl ____________ Typical Senior Boy______________ Senior Nuisance ________________ Greatest Social Light ____________ Best Student (Girl) Best Student (Boy)______________ Quietest Girl___________________ Quietest Boy ................... Best All Around Girl............ Best All Around Boy_____________... ........................ Eileen Simms Bob Higginbotham ________________________Romie Sergeant .................. Ramona Cochran ... Betty Magaw Robert Hill ..................... Joan Hudnall ..................... Bill West ________________________ Dena Smith _____________________________Bill West ........ . Rosalea Black ........................ Eugene Hill ____________________ Maxine Williams ......................... Paul Janev ...................... Mildred Barnes ....................... Park Spence ............ Marjorie Nuckols ................... ... Eugene Hill _________________________ Betty Magaw Eileen Simms and Bob Higginbotham ________________________ Betty Magaw ........................ .Robert Hill _______________________ ... Eugene Hill ......................... Barbara Hoke ........................ Betty Magaw .................. ... Dick Hutchison ______________________.__Betty Magaw ___________________________ Paul Janey .................. Mickey Mattox ___________________ Bob Higginbotham PAGE TWENTY-ONE junior J. Payne, C. Foster, P. Farley, P. Tincher, C. Hayes, B. B rubaker, M. DeVVitt, F. Anderson, J. O'Dell, J. Goodall, D. Cook, J. DcMoss, J. Magoun, D. Chapman, D. Bowling. H. Burdette, P. Agee, F. Comstock, R. Fowler, J. McKee, W. Scott. D. Thacker, D. Barnett, F. Cook, G. Walker, R. Drake, B. Shanthlin, B. Pitchford, L. Williams, J. Burchett, L. Halley, E. Quinn. M. Baldwin. B. Leadman, I. Buckakw. R. Null, I Tyree, G. Wandling, O. Pryor, J. Stickler, J. Ridenour, R. King, J. Skaggs, F. Burdette, P. Woodell, P. Westfall. R Snyder, D. Angeli, D. Collins, C. Cook, B. Pauley, N. Ranson, R. Harmon, G. Jeffers, H. Null, J. Tucker, A. Silman, M. Coates, M. Rutherford, M. Gibson, B. Silman. J. Fraser. C. Burford, J. Jefferies, A. Workman, k go e, C. Sommers, E. Martin. M. Hudnall. R. Martin. W. Crosier, B. Hudnall, L. Phelps, M. Jefferies, M. Williams, B. Jones. W. Hess, S. Hudnall, B. Hudnall, B. Craddock, N. Lara bee, D. King, J. Briscoe, V. Turley, R. Matheney, R. Harmon. J. Ice, B. Lewis. M. Matthews, V. Hill, D. Lyons, J. Knight, V. Jividen. PAGE TWENTY-TWO ? —wpnomore a C155 N. Mitchell, S. Williams, J. Basham, B. Kant .. B. Raynes, B. Martin, F Fcrrar, J. Comstock, B. E kcw. B. Mottes eard. D. Gibson C. Mattox, H. Gibson, J. Gilbert, II. Cook, II. Hedrick, E. Burdette, N. Kersey, B. Gibson, J. Marshall. T. Turley, B. Stull. C. Lan- ham, C. Merket. R. Comstock, B. Criner, J. Craddock, D. Turner, M. Humphrey, R. Banrickman. J. Silman, B. Lamb, C. Milam, C. Boggess. J. King, D. Landers, E. Angeli, 1). Burch, J. Wolfe, A. Bailey, B. Cook. J. Burford, R. Morris, E. Hinkle, B. Cavender, E. Casto, B. Crewdson. II. Cook, C. Draper, M. Reemelin, E. Layne, R. Cobb, B. Christine, B. O'Gorman, M. Lanham, O. Harlowe, D. Wandling, D. Davis, D McGrew, E. Howard, A. Martin, R. Dudding, S. Osborne, R. Brick, E. Shamblin, P. Thomas, R. Harris, M. Wade, C. Higginbotham, P. Yates, A. Turner, L. Hudnall. B. Bailes. A. Snodgrass, D. Lemon, S. Moore. J. Harris, R. Turley, P. Bowling, A. Lovejoy, B. Hammond, J. Ingram, C. Stover, M. Games. J. Ragle, C. Burdette, I. ewland, J. Lynch, B. Painter, C. Boggess, A. Hill, I. Samples, B. Hamrick, E. Short, B. Coon, H. Tidd, C. Raynes, A. Leadman, B. Good all, C. Sanders, R. Rhodes, D, Dunlap, L. Wright ,R. Cobb, O. Jordon, J. Rucker, M. McCoy, N Ellis. PAGE TWENTY-THREE JredL reihman C. Pryor. O Flemming. C. Hill, L. Hanna, B. Marshall, P. Cottrill, C. Byrd, B. Mollahan, E. Hedrick, A. Bailey, C. McKee. Z. Rowh, J. Burchette. I. Hayes, C. Brown, H. Smith, F. White, P. Moore, M. Foster, B. Hanna, R. Casto, M. Jividen, S. Harbeit. W. Hill, E. Layne, S. Miller, D. Turner, V. laney, K. Hudnall, H. Landers, C. Taylor, E. Casto, H. Steele, H. Boggess, P. Lewis, M. Beckman, H. Kelly, E. Karnes, C. King, M. Johnson, J. Shaffer, M. Wilson, F. Mande- villc. A. 11 ill. E. Taylor, B. Cooke, B. Reemelin, G. Tinsley, B. Sovine, W. Bailes, C. Raynes, L. Donnegan, J. Kilgore, M. Parsons, C. Keese, L. Cook, B. Wade, E. Spears, B. Lunsford, 1). McClanahan, R. Rucker, J. King, C. Crozier, J. Gown, 11. Flowler, G. Hill, C. Agee, N. Martin, J. Joplin, Powell. J. Kelly. I . Carney, M. Yoak, P. Boyce. ( . Stevens, D. C K)k. G. Angeli, P. Harbert, E. Hivcly, Childers, M. Frye, B. Cochran, T. Harris, R. Wyant, Donahoe, Bailey, R. Kersey. G. Albin, J. Cochran, R. Hudnall. K. Osborne, L. Parsons. B. Clark. B. Cobb, R. Magaw, J. Games. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR PAGE TWENTY-FIVE Seventh Cjracle CJa± a$s PAGE TWENTY-SIX PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN Seated, left to right: Eileen Simms, Dick Hutchison, Ann Williams. Standing, left to right: Dena Smith, Mildred Mattox, Betty Eanhain, Betty Magaw, Mrs. Richards, sponsor, Barbara Hoke, Norma Kenworthy, Joyce Westfall. Lonnie Allen, Betty King, Bobby Higginbotham. Seated: Ruth Drake, Rosalea Snyder, Loretta Halley, Masel Rutherford. Standing, first row: Ruth Harmon, Marjorie Nuckols, Jane Iucker, Dorothy Chapman, Willa Jean Scott, Willard Hess. Second row: Stanley Hudnall, James Jefferies, Betty Leadman, Reba Martin, Clcnna Jeffers, Bill Gibson, Murray McCoy, James McKee. PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT Seated: Dena Smith, Maxine Williams. Standing, left to right: Eileen Simms, Lonnie Allen, Willa Jean Scott, Stanley Hudnall, Dorothy Chapman, Hetty Lanhain, Barbara Pitchford. Virginia Burford, Edrie Martin, Masel Rutherford, Reha Martin, Loretta Halley, Jacqueline Jefferies, Ruth Drake, Marjorie Nuckols, Murray McCoy, Jane Tucker, Mildred Baldwin. First row, left to right: Donald King, Jacqueline Jefferies, Mildred Barnes. Dottie Collins, Fred Anderson, James Jefferies, Betty Silman. Second row, left to right: Mr. Barger, sponsor, Audria Workman, Patsy Agee, Oliln Pryor, Dorothy Chapman, Stanley Hudnall, Brooks Brubaker. Jim MeKee. PAGE TWENTY-NINE flati ona ( Vk lespian ? . —)OCl leu If PAGE THIRTY First row, left to right: Marjorie Nuckols, Dolores Drake. Second row, left to right: Betty Siltnan, Miss Daher, sponsor. Brooks Brubaker. Third row, left to right: Mildred Barnes, Dorothy Chapman. Fourth row. left to right: Joyce Westfall, Robert Hill. Fifth row, left to right: Mildred Mattox, Fred Anderson. Sixth row. left to right: Virginia Bniffey, Jacqueline Jefferies, Norma Kenworthy, Barbara Hoke, Jim Skaggs, Dick Hutchison, John Ridenour, Norma Brick, Pearl Fox, Willa Jean Scott, Virginia Hendel, Joan Hudnall, Pa.ty Woodell. Seventh row: Charles Draper. (issuers Student (do unci Seated: Delores Drake, Mildred Mattox, Eileen Simms, Richard Hutchison, John Ridenour, Mildred Baldwin. Standing, first row: Joe Casto, Gerald LaRue, Peggy Henderson. Barbara Stull, Keith Estep. Second row: Zelda Rowh, Marilyn Dent, Helen Smith, Willard Hess, Charles Draper, James McKee, Bill Gibson, Charles Agee, Bob Marshall, Doris Landers. l Jationaf on or First row, left to right: Dolores Drake, Virginia Burford, Joan Hudnall, Norma Kenworthy, Maxine Wil- liams, Barbara Hoke, Betty Magew, Kathleen Escue, Audria Workman. Second row, left to right: Nonna Larabee, Joyce Westfall. Betty Ferrari, Dorothy Chapman. James Skaggs. Clinton Foster, Betty Lanham, Betty Lou Hudnall, Brooks Bnihaker. PAGE THIRTY-ONE Ji6ual (Education Seated, left to right: Charles Draper, John Knight, Betty Criner, Jane Marshall. Standing, left to right: Betty Magaw, Fred Anderson, Clinton Foster, John Ridenour, Gene Merket, Brooks Brubaker, Miss Bennett, sponsor. Sue Alexander, Norma Kenworthv, James Skaggs. Seated, left to right: Dolores Lanham. Frances Hoke, Sue Bird, Sue Miller, Martha Williams. Standing, left to right: Dolores Drake, Miss Rohr, sponsor. Sue Alexander, Jane Marshall, Eleanor Harlow, Helen Miller, Patty Hill, Janies Hines. PAGE THIRTY-TWO Science Seated: Helen Smith. First row, standing: Helen Boggess, Patty Cottrill, Miriam Wilson, Emma Spears, Zelda Rowh, Hay Kersey, Delbert Turner. Second row: Lois Cooke, Mr. Shipley, sponsor. Seated, left to right: Mildred Baldwin, Cortillis Burford, Mrs. Bland, sponsor. Standing, left to right: Jane Tucker, Barbara Pitchford. Mildred Mattox. Loretta Halley, Mary Jo Hudnall, Mary Johnson, Norma Hanson, June Kilgore. PAGE THIRTY-THREE Flute: Joan Hudnall, Robert Hill. Clarinet: Earbara Hoke, Richard Kutchiscn, Mildred Barnes, Joan Craddock, Ruth Ann Smith. Marilyn Dent, Frances Hoke, Margaret Kenworthy. Jessie Lou Blake, Betty June Gaylor, Ruth Ann Honnecker, Nonna Kersey, James Hines Paul Aibucklc. Saxophone: Norma Kenworthy, Carmen Stevens. Cornet: Charles Boggess, Clinton Foster, John Ridenour, Ruth Ann Fowler, William Craddock, Dortha Brick, harles McKee, Carl Sovine. French Horns: Delores Kinder, James Harris. Baritone: James Skaggs. Trombone: Clarence Burdette, Eugene Burdette. Jacqueline Jefferies, Willard Hess. Bass: Richard Brick. Drums: Gene Merket, Jack Ingram, James Kilgore, Melvin Foster. Majorettes: Doris Gibson, Dena Smith, Nancy Martin, Yvonne Kelley. PAGE THIRTY-FOUR First row, left to right: Helen Miller. Eleanor Harlow, June Kilgore, Autlria Workman, Joyce Burchett, Nlasel Rutherford, Miss Rohr, sponsor. Second row, left to right: Norma Brick, Virginia Hendel, Dolores Drake, Wilma Bailes, Patsy Agee. Justine Stickler, Willa Jean Scott. Norma Kenworthy. Pearl Fox. Third row, left to right: Sue Alexander, Barbara Raynes, Mildred Mattox, Barbara Hoke, Jo Ann O'Dell, Jane Marshall. Dorothy Chapman, Betty Silman. Fourth row, left to right: Dick Hutchison, Fred Anderson, Richard Barrickman, Charles Draper, James Skaggs, Ray Boggess, John Knight. Left row: Audria Workman, Dolores Drake, Dolores Miller, June Kilgore, Norma Hanson, Eileen Simms, Patsy Agee, Dorothy Chapman. Right row Barbara Pitchford, Alma Silman, Jane Tucker, Cortellis Burford, Marceline Jefferies, Joan Hudnall, Lonnie Allen, Masel Rutherford. Back row: Miss Alderson, sponsor, Dorothy Sovine, Rita Yates. Ruth Fowler. Ruth Drake, Norma Brick, Ruth Null, Mildred Mattox. Dottie Collins, Genevieve Walder, Betty King. PAGE THIRTY-FIVE First row, left to right: Donald Hudnall, Thurl Cook, Herman Lewis, Juri Cogar, Jimmy Workman, Bobby Taylor. Second row, left to right: Junior Harrison, Bobby Draper. Third row, left to right: Jackie Ingram, Paul Hill, Bill Martin, Theodore Turley, Alvin Bailey. Fourth row, left to right: Albert Hannon, Bruce Milam, Curtis Saunders. Fifth row, left to right: James Jefferies, Stanley Hudnall. James Samples, Fred Anderson, John Knight. First row, left to right: Sue Miller, Zoe Love, Carol Trainer. Second row. left to right: Miriam Wilson, Pearl Farley, Virginia Burford, Mabel Lanham, Jo Ann Gilbert. Betty Magaw, Sue Osborne, Betty Mollohan, Jean Basham, Ann Comstock. PAGE THIRTY-SIX (Economics Seated, left to right: Lonnie Allen, Edrie Martin, irginia Hendel. Standing, left to right: Mildred Mattox, Jacqueline Jefferies, Mildred Barnes, Pearl Fox, Masel Rutherford, Betty Lanham, Betty Magaw, Dorothy Sovine. First row, left to right: Barbara Stull, Annnbellc Turner, Janet Burford, Eleanor Casto, Heavelene Gibson. Second row, left to right: Phyllis Bowling, Sue Alexander, Agetha Snodgrass, Betty Escue. Norma Kersey, Brooks Brubaker, Miss Seletz, sponsor. Third row, left to right: Ray Boggess, Charles Draper, Betty Hammond, Richard Barrickman. PAGE THIRTY-SEVEN First row, left to right: Brooks Brubaker, Karl Guinn. Second row. left to right: John Knight, John Goodall. Third row, left to right: Clinton Foster, Fred Cooke, Dick Hutchison. Fourth row, left to right: Don Cavender, Robert Hannon, James Skaggs, Donald Thacker, William Crosier. Fifth row, left to right: Junior Briscoe, Lloyd Phelps, John Ridenour, John Magoun, Eugene Null, Mr. Harper, sponsor. junior Vamatic First row, left to right: Margaret Kenworthy, Zoe Love, Zana Love, Charles Cooley, Frances Hoke, Marilyn Dent, Caroline Cole. Second row, left to right: Nedra Powell, Bobby Draper, Theresa Games, Jessie Blake, Betty Gaylor, Patty Hill, Carole Trainer Third row, left to right: Gerald LaRue, Bobby Raynes, Rena Matheny, Reba Gillespie, Jeanime Deem, Charles Cooley. Fourth row, left to right: Melvin Foster, James Kilgore, Ray Kersey, Paul Arbuckle, Eunice Kanies, Zelda Rowh, Marion Wilson. Fifth row, left to right: Sue Burdette, Dorothy Brick, Margaret Dent, Clarice Rollins, Ruth Smith, Helen Smith, French Mande ville. PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT -SSH. PAGE THIRTY-NINE The Nitro Wildcats opened their season with the Buffalo Bisons. It was a very hot day and neither team made much headway. The Bisons scored fourteen points only to lose the game by forfeit. The reason being their star player was ineligible. St. Albans defeated the W ildcats by a score of 24 to 0. The game started with Nitro on the defense. The dragons scored two touchdowns the first half and made the other two in the second half. But “The Fighting Wildcats” lived up to their name because they gave St. Albans one of their roughest games of the season. James Buckalew played an outstanding game The Wildcats lost to the Hurricane Redskins on their home field September 28. by a score of i3 to i2. At the half, the score was 6 to 0 in favor of Hurricane. During the third quarter Bob Higginbotham completed a pass to Mike Coates for a Wildcat touchdown. Nitro failed to make the extra point and that tied the game up 6 to 6. Then Hurricane went into ,f passing attack- which back- fired on them, when Quinn blocked a pass and Bill West intercepted it and went over for pay dirt, making the score i2 to 6. In the closing minutes of the game. Hurricane scored again on a beautiful dovvnfield run tying up the score. They made their extra point and the game ended. Hurricane i3, Nitro i2. On October 4. the Sissonvillc Indians upset the Wild- cats 6 to 0. The teams were evenly matched though the Indians got the breaks. A rain soaked field was the scene of the first Nitro, Poca game, with the Wildcats winning their second game. The Poca Dots led the Wildcats the first three quarters 6 to 0. In the fourth period, the Cats developed a powerful drive for sixty-live yards with Higginbotham going over making the score 6 to 6. On the extra points Nitro pulled one of the slickest plays of the year. They lined up as if they were going to attempt a place kick, Higginbotham was back and when the ball was snapped, instead of kicking the ball. Higginbotham passed to Bill West, making the score 7 to 6, in favor of the Cats. Final score, Nitro 7, Poca 6. The Nitro W ildcats defeated the W'infield Generals 21 to 7. The Generals took the lead with 7 to 0 in the first quarter, but Nitro scored in every period after that. West scoring the first, and Higginbotham the other 2. Carrier kicked the extra points. In the second game against Poca, the Nitro Wildcats won 21 to 7. On the opening kick-off. Nitro scored within three plavs. In the second period, Poca scored her only touchdown. There were lots of individual scoring. Bob Higginbotham, and Horace Hill. Extra points were made by Carrier kicking 2 and Higginbotham running once. In the last game of the year the Clendenin Cardinals defeated the Cats i3 to 7. The Cardinals jumped into the lead in the second quarter, six points but the fighting Wildcats came back in the third quarter and picked up a touchdown and an extra point, to put them in the ead. 7 to 6. The touchdown was made by a pass from Bob Higginbotham to Bill West and the extra point came likewise. But the Cardinals got hot on passes and scored � touchdown and an extra point, when there were only 30 seconds left in the game. The final score. Nitro 7, Clendenin i3. PAGE FORTY i aihetlall First row, left to right: Hill Gibson. Jack Carrier, Bob Higginbotham, Willard Hess, Bill Craddock. Second row: Oliver Harlow, Eugene Hill, Mike Coates, James McKee. Bill West, Coach Huff. I he Nitro Wildcats ended a basketball season bv winning five out of nineteen starts. Although the Wildcats were handicapped with a very small team they showed they could play ball in quite a few incidents. The local boys averaged about 5' 9 . The tallest being Bill West “Center” 6' 1 . The Wildcats are looking for a much better season next year. They are only losing two bovs, Bill West and Bob I ligginbotham. They will have boys coming out of junior high that are expected to help the team a lot. Joe Shaeffer, center for the junior high this year, will probably see a lot of action with the varsity next year. Joe is 6' V. For when the one Great Scorer comes, l o write against your name, I le writes not that you won or lost, December January January January January January 20 But how you played the game. Nitro ... 33 Clendenin 38 3 Nitro 27 Dupont 62 7 Nitro ... . 24 Dunbar . 27 10 Nitro 32 St. Albans Sissonville 58 14 Nitro 32 41 15 Nitro 31 Catholic 64 January 17 Nitro 29 Poca 28 January 21 . Nitro 53 Hurricane 47 January 24 Nitro 25 Dunbar 34 January 28 Nitro 31 Wash. Dist. .... 63 January 29 ... Nitro 38 Stonewall 49 February 4 Nitro . 26 Catholic 36 February 7 Nitro 43 Poca 39 February 11 Nitro 25 Dupont 53 February 14 Nitro . 56 Winfield 17 February 18 Nitro . 14 Sissonville ..... 46 February 19 Nitro 22 Wash. Dist. ... 49 February 21 Nitro 41 Hurricane 39 February 25 . N itro 30 St. Albans 59 Man 3 Nitro 53 Alumni . 49 Nitro drew Sissonville in the Sectional Tournaments and were defeated. 47 to 31. PAGE FORTY-ONE First row, left to right: Kenneth Hudnall. J. C. Burchett, Charles Agee, Boh Hanson. Second row, left to right: Paid Cooper, Charles McKee, Joe Shaffer, Corky Casto, Cecil Brown, Coach Santrock. Seated, left to right: Jim Buckalew, Clarence Burdette, Mike Coates, Dennis Lyons, Bill West. Standing: Boh Cook, Bill Gibson, Denver Lemon, Olin Pryor, Charles Raynes, Bob Westfall, Bobby Higgin- botham, Willard Hess, James McKee, Coach Huff, sponsor. PAGE FORTY-TWO Cheerleaders: Barbara Hoke. Eileen Simms, Ann Hill, JoAnn Payne, Florence Ferrari. Miss Wildcat: Reba King. Attendants: Jean Basham, Lonnie Allen. Zelda Rob, and Eileen Simms (Miss Wildcat, ’46). Crown Bearer: ancy Huff. G. A. A. - TOP LEFT First Row — Lett to right — Miss I Iarris. sponsor, Eleanor Casto. Eunice Karnes, Barbara Ravnes, Anne Hill, Nancy .Martin. Doris Gibson, Jean Basham, Nancy Ellis. Second Row — Left to right —Helen Hedrick. Betty Cook, Sue Alexander, lane Marshall, Ruth Fowler, Marion Wilson, Betty Criner. Donavine Davis, Christine Mattox, Marceline Jefferies. Third row — Left to right —Joan Craddock. Juanita King, Sue Osborne, Willa Jean Scott, Mary Jo Hudnall, Dorothy Chapman, Charlotte Hayes, Edna Angell, Marilyn Reemelin. Fourth row - Left to right — Barbara Stull, Annabelle Turner, Patsy Thomas, Helen Boggess, Patty Cottrill, Lois Cooke. Helen Smith. Ruth Smith. SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TEAM -TOP RIGHT Left to right —Eileen Simms, Dorothy Sovine, Lonnie Allen. loan Hudnall. Barbara Hoke, Betty King, Norma Kenworthy, Mildred Mattox. Joyce Westfall, Yvonne Kelley. Marjorie Nuckols. G. A. A. LETTER GIRLS-CENTER Left to right - Jo Ann Payne, Ruth Ann Null, Dottie Collins, Patty Woodell, Betty King, Barbara Hoke, Mildred Mattox, Joan Hudnall, Lonnie Allen. Jo Ann Gilbert, Florence Ferrari. PAGE FORTY-FOUR PAGE FORTY-FIVE SENIOR CLASS WILL Charles Clark leaves his habit of reading in class to Vada Hill. Gail Bowling wills his curlv lock to Donald Thacker. Donald Cavender gives his red hair to Orville Westfall. Tom Bailey leaves his wolfishness to Fred Comstock. Bill Gisbon wills his motorcycle and jalopy to Walter Magaw. Dick Hutchison leaves his way of trying to get every- thing done at the last minute to Fred Anderson. Tommy Carder wills his ability to fuss to Jim McKee. James Howard leaves school to go into the marines— Hurray! Joan Miller bequeaths her quiet lady-like ways to Carol Cook. Dot Sovine wills her basketball prowess to Mabel Lanham. George Tinsley leaves Edna Mae Gamey, but not to any boys. Florence King bestows her pleasant laugh on Dot Chapman. Park Spence leaves his curling iron for Dempsey Bar- nett. Eileen Simms wills her argumentative nature to Bob Shamblin. Bob Westfall gives his pep to the sophomore class. Dolores Miller wills her sultry look to Mary Ellen Matthews. Ann Williams wills her typing ability to Barbara Pitchford. Betty King bequeaths her school girl figure to Norma Lara bee. Norma Kenworthv leaves her precise manner of speak- ing to Dottie Collins. Romie Sergeant gives his willingness to co-operate to Clinton Foster. Maxine Williams wills her ready blush to Ruth Harmon. Rita Yates leaves her sense of humor to June Kilgore. Paul Janey wills his noisiness to Mary Helen Johnson. “Mickey” Mattox bestow's her ability to get along with her schoolmates to Betty' Escue. Betty Lou Magaw wills her sweet innocence to Doris Landers. Bettv Lanham leaves her fancy hair-do’s for Ruth Ann Null. “Cookie” Loring bestows her vivaciousness upon Clara Jane Marshall. Dena Smith wills her ability to get a wonderful sum- mer suntan to Ruth Drake. Jackie Tucker bequeaths her pugnacious nature to her sister, Jane Tucker. Georgia Wandling leaves herself to the first tall, dark and handsome man who comes along. John Reynolds leaves Donavene Davis for a short time. Tommy Stalnaker leaves his bright yellow sweater to Miss Daher so she won’t get cold any more. Jacqueline Jefferies wills her “glamor to Willajean Scott. Murray McCoy leaves his laziness for anyone who works too hard. Keith Painter bequeaths his pinup pictures to Bob Ranson. Donald King wills his chair in sociology to someone who can outline units of study. Charles Cook leaves his one-arm driving ability to Dennis Lyons. Clay Fisher gives his physique to Charles Draper. Joyce Westfall wills her job at Sigman’s to JoAnn O’Dell. Bill West leaves his dancing ability to Mike Coates. Lewis West wills his plug of chewing “tobacco” to Clarence Burdette. In testimony whereof, we hereunto set our hands and seal and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-seven. PAGE FORTY-SIX SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY What's a split-infinitive”? Dena Smith and Patsy Blackshire didn’t surprise us at all. Dena married Bob and they have a beautiful little girl. Patsy married Carl and they have a wonderful little bov. It's only a matter of time before the families unite. (The mothers hope!) John Reynolds has invented an invisible record. You can’t see it, can’t touch it, can’t break it and can’t play it. Donald Cavcndcr and Gail Bowling became exter- minators. One dose of their spray in your house and you’re exterminated forever. Edith Loring worked for awhile at Stewart’s Root Beer Place, but she and Raymond finally got married and now she bandies more important Stewart products. Ann Williams inherited a fortune and she and Bob Westfall got married. Now everything they have is big. Big house, big car, big yard, and big family. Betty Lanham and Virginia Burford who were always little ladies in school became wrestlers. They started out to become secretaries but they decided they would get paid more for wrestling each other than they would for wrestling typewriters. Bill West was their first in- structor. Bob Cochran loved to drive trucks so he bought a big one and now he rents it to Mr. Tucker to deliver groceries in. Bob always said he’d get even for having to drive that “old red truck” for so long. Virginia Bruffey, because of her acting ability, took “Baby Snooks” place on the radio, if you thought “Snooks” could yell you should hear “Baby Gin.” Murray McCoy is publishing a one man newspaper. One man gets the news, writes it up, sets the print, and prints the story. Give you a guess as to who reads the paper. That’s right! One man—Murray. Mildred Mattox became a social worker. She is often compared to Jane Addams for like Jane Addams built Hull House, Mickey built Mattox House; and like Jane bet- tered social conditions, so has Mickev. There is only one difference; where Jane Adams took in homeless children, Mickey takes in homeless hounds. Clay Fisher is taking Red Skelton’s place on the radio. He got so enthusiastic about being “Junior” that he forgot and really threw the ink into the electric fan. Now they call him “Blue—headed Fisher.” Charles Cook is president of the Economics Depart- ment at Morris Harvey. He spends the dav telling the students how to manage their money and then has to borrow a dime to ride the bus home to “Wifie.” The sun began to fade and Mother quickly put down the picture-filled yearbook. “Run outside now Clint and find little Joanie, while Mother prepares dinner. Daddy will be home soon. PAGE FORTY-SEVEN 6mis J H u . ■ Ja«k«1 % i C HRilTloA U«w MMY • TtCkf THIRD £ ao H Oh y«, PAGE FORTY-EIGHT A. W. COX DEPARTMENT STORE NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA CONGRATULATIONS to the GRADUATING CLASS TEMPLE DRUG STORE Phone 88 Nitro, West Virginia Lewis Department Store ★ Apparel for All the Family ★ Civic Center NITRO. WEST VIRGINIA Modern Supply Co. 21st Street and 2nd Avenue Sherman William's Paints and Wallpaper - Hardware Plumbing Electrical Supplies PHONE 652 WE DELIVER PAGE FORTY-NINE CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES OF 1947 FROM J. C. TUCKER ★ 11th STREET GROCERY ★ Steak House Tea Room ★ NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA PACE FIFTY Compliments Cobb and Donohue °f Confectionary - Fountain Service Sandwiches and Coffee Army and Navy Store 21st Street Nitro, W. Va. Stewart and Milhoan Clinic r Eleanor's and Opal's Beauty Salon Professional Building NIRTO. WEST VIRGINIA S ) 1 1 1 S. L. Carter Pioneer Druggist 1 Reynold's Home Maintenance s s I Phone 139 { Electric and Plumbing t I 23 Years Service ! Your Kelvinator Dealer NITRO. W. VA. 2901 4 29th St. and First Ave. Phone 682 NITRO. W. VA. Compliments of Hedrick Feed and Supply Co. Phone 35 NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA PAGE FIFTY-ONE I COMSTOCK FURNITURE COMPANY NITRO, W. VA. ST. ALBANS NITRO, W. VA. 21st Street 315 Main Street 25th Street Phone 25 Phone 146 Phone 48 ★ Nitro's Largest Furniture Store Complete Furnishings for the Home Living Room and Bedroom Suites Gas Ranges and Kitchen Furniture Linoleum and Wool Rugs ★ Ready-to-Wear Complete Line of Ladies', Men's and Children's Ready-to-Wear Dry Goods, Dress Material Curtains, Window Shades, Drapes and Bedspreads ★ To Serve You Better We are Devoting our 25th Street Store Exclusively to Hardware Nails - Roofing - Fencing Tools Garden Implements and Supplies PAGE FIFTY-TWO PAGE FIFTY-THREE JUST FOR THE RECORDI 23,000000 Rayon Cushions! You’ LL BE hearing more and more about “flocking,” the process of fastening tiny fibers, densely packed and ends-up, on steel ... or on glass, plastics, cloth, rubber, paper, wood, what have you? When they are rayon, some 250,000 fibers can be flocked on an area of a single square inch! That’s more than 25 million soft cushions on the top and edge of a standard phonograph turntable. Your record turntable is just one place rayon flock is a star performer. Because rayon takes dyes so beauti- fully, rayon flock is bringing new loveliness to milady’s shoes, belts, gloves. Because it’s so soft, you’ll find it un- derneath lamps, bookends, ashtrays, and lining sideboard drawers and jewelry boxes. Because of its acoustic quali- ties, it’s a fine covering for radio speaker grilles, auto- mobile glove compartments ... Engineers of American Viscose, the nation’s largest producer of rayon, worked closely with flocking spe- cialists to perfect the slender, precision-cut ravon fibers that the process calls for—fibers that dye brilliantly, stand up straight, and stay put. It is a splendid example of how rayon research is constantly bringing better things to more and more people. AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION America’s largest producer of rayon NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA PAGE FIFTY-FOUR Compliments of Grover's Texaco Service Station Tuxedo Feeds Nitro Home Appliance 3502 - 35th Street MTRO, WEST VIRGINIA I Bartlett Funeral Home Ambulance Service G. E. and Crosley Appliances PHONE 215 ST. ALBANS, W. VA. Compliments of A. M. Brown Dry Goods - Shoes - Nations Phone 9197 3501% 35th Street NITRO. WEST VIRGINIA PAGE FIFTY-FIVE CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1947 OHIO-APEX, Inc. NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA Manufacturers of Plasticizers and Chemicals PAGE FIFTY-SIX Nitro Super Service 6:30 A. M. - 6:00 P. iM. Mechanical Work and Body Work Of All Kinds Large Amount of Accessories Betz Grocery General Merchandise PHONE 136 NITRO, W. VA. Compliments of Gaten's Funeral Home POCA, WEST VIRGINIA Phone 91-J Compliments of Uncle Ezra's Barber Shop 21ST STREET NITRO. W. VA. PAGE FIFTY-SEVEN CONGRATULATIONS ★ LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE No. 565 COMPLIMENTS OF NITRO ICE COMPANY ★ Fur Storage PHONE 84 GRAVELY AND MOORE ★ Photographers ★ U4' 2 CAPITOL STREET CHARLESTON, W. VA. PHONE CAPITOL 24-423 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF '47 KROGER'S Jimmy Driggs, Manager t -j CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF '47 ! i BILL'S CURB SERVICE ★ Sandwiches - Soft Drinks ! i t SATTES, W. VA. Phone St. Albans 9485-F-ll I Proprietor—Bill Storage PAGE FIFTY-MNE BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES OF 1947 MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA Serving industry Which Serves Mankind SOUTHERN SUPPLY COMPANY, Inc. ★ Lumber and Building Materials ★ TELEPHONE NITRO 15 NITRO, W. VA. COMPLIMENTS OF NITRO PENCIL COMPANY NITRO, W. VA. PAGE SIXTY-ONE Natural Gas . . . NATURE'S WONDER FUEL ★ IT'S CLEAN! ★ IT'S DEPENDABLE! ★ IT'S CONTROLLABLE! ★ IT'S ECONOMICAL UNITED FUEL GAS CO. BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF '47 DRAPER'S GROCERY 3401 FIRST AVENUE PHONE 17 NITRO, W. VA. PAGE SIXTY-TWO Compliments TO THE CLASS OF '47 of CONGRATULATIONS ♦ Dennis R. Knapp Dr. L. 1. Hoke Attorney at Law Anderson Dairy Grade A Raw Milk CONGRATULATIONS TO CLASS OF 1947 W. H. Smith Motor Sales Hudson Sales and Service P. O. Box 515 Nitro, W. Va. Compliments of Chicken Basket Phone 9510 NITRO, W. VA. Compliments of C. E. Smith Appliance Phone 506 NITRO. W. VA. Craddock Barber Shop Fred Cooke Funeral Home Phone 82 Nitro, W. Va. ! ♦ 24 Hour Ambulance Service J PAGE SIXTY-THREE BEST WISHES ★ N. I. C. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1947 COMSTOCK AUTO SERVICE PHONE 1 NITRO, W. VA PACE SIXTY-FOUR