Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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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

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 ? . —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

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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