Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1949 volume:

The Wildcat ii 19 4 9 Published by the Senior Class of NITRO HIGH SCHOOL Nitro, West Virginia Eucene Merket, Editor Robert Comstock, Business Manager Dedicated to . . Miss Ruth Eskew Who not only inspired the work represented in this annual, but also contributed her valuable time and patience toward its publication. We, the Senior Class of 1949, acknowledge our fortune in having such a person and wish to express our most sincere appreciation to her. Page Three Administration Mr. Walter F. Snyder, Principal, and Mrs. Ruth Santrock, School Secretary. Clarence Burdette Student Council President football 1. 2, 3, 4 Varsity N 2. 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2 Tennis 3, 4 (ilee Club 1, 2 Visual Education 4 All County Band 1. 2. 4 All State Band 3, 4 Student Council 3 Masquers 2. 3, 4 Thespians 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Science Club 1 Band 1.2, 3, Student Directm 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3 page Four Mrs. Doris Bowers Commercial Subjects Miss Hutu Eskkw English. Journalism Mrs. Evelyn Garrett Librarian Mr. Fay Harper Chemistry. Physics Miss Louise Hart Social Studies, Latin Mrs. Margaret Holmes Mathematics Vacuity Mrs. Vivian Martin Physical Education. Health Mrs. Virginia Miller Home Economics Mr. Conrad Faff Band Instructor Miss Pauline Richardson Social Studies Mr. John Santrock Diversified Occupations Mrs. Leona Shipley Art and Music Mr. Samuel Shipley Science Faculty Mr. Clyde Underwood Physical Education. Head v.oach Mr. O. O. White Biology and Science. Assistant Coach Mrs. Virginia Witry Social Studies Miss Hutu Woodson Mathematics Mr. John Stec History. Junior High Coach Mr. Paul Yaussy English k Page Eight SUOIN3S L Senior Class Officers Bonnv Martin, president: Eileen Howard, secretary: and Bill Kautz. vice president. Senior Class History Freshmen at last! That’s what we, the seniors of ’49 thought ’way back in ’45. That year we elected Edna Angell as president. We tried very hard to match the seniors in dress and manner at the school party. We certainly lived up to our title of green freshmen, didn’t we? Our next year we became sophomores. We re-elected Edna Angell as our president. With the time passing so fast, as it has an awful habit of doing, we soon discovered that we were in our junior year. Remember the exciting time we ordered our class rings? That was one of our greatest thrills. The class president was Bill Gibson. Of course this was our first year to go to the prom, the longed for event, that we all had dreamed about. Now' it had become a reality. To finance this we sponsored a movie, “Prom Date”, and sold stationery, to “eek” out enough for Bill Garten’s orchestra. So many things happened in our junior year that lie- fore we knew it we were dignified Seniors! Some were sad, others were happy, and still others just relieved! At the very first week of being a senior we were dream- ing of graduation, and getting our class rings just en- hanced them. We also were measured for our eaps and gowns at the first of the year. This year our class president was Benny Martin. Clarence Burdette the Student Council President. The “Wildcat”, the traditional year-book, was given a rough way to go. It seems as if the present senior class hiis time only for extra-curricular activities, because find, ing people to solicit ads and write stories was as rare as is selling Henry Ford a “Chivvy”. So now graduation is Getting closer and our high school days are about over. We will soon receive our diplomas that we have worked so hard for. We, the Senior Class of ’49, look back on our many happy school days with pride. We are a little sad that every one of our classmates cannot be with its on Graduation night. Some boys are in service, some have moved away, and others dropped out along the way, but their presence will be felt on Graduation night. We hope the Seniors of future years will look back on their school years with as much pride and happiness as we do! Pane 7Yn Sue Alexander G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3, Treas. 4 Jr. Science Club 1 Art Club 1, 2 Hi Sci Club 2 Jr. Red Cross 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Volleyball I, 2 A Cappella Choir 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Visual Education 2, 3, 4 All County Chorus 3 Masquers 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Tennis Club 2, 3 Edna Angell Student Council 1. 2, 3 Basketball 1. 2 Softball 2 G. A. A. 1, 2. 3 D. (). P. 4 Volleyball 1 Bill Baii.es Varsity “N” 3, 4 Basketball 3, 4 Toot hall 2, 3, 4 Jean Basham Miss Wildcat 4 Miss Varsity “N” 4 G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Jr. Red Cross 2 Visual Education 3, 4 Y'-Teens 3, Vice Pres. 4 Modern Sliss 3. Pres. 4 Y'oice Class 4 Library Club I Quill and Scroll 4 Biology Club 2 Wildcat Staff 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4 Volleyball 1, 2, Softball 2 Tumbling Team 1 Charles H. Boocess D. O. P. 3, 4 Eucene Burdette Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1,2, 3, 4 Varsity “N 2, 3, 4 Masquers 3 High School Orchestra 1. 2, 3 Baseball 3, 4 Janet Buhford Biology Club 2 Jr. Red Cross 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Y'-Teens 3, 4 Modem Miss 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Library Club 4 Doris Gibson Biology Club 2 Majorette 1, 2, 3, 4 Modern Miss 4 Visual Education 3, 4 Basketball I. 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1. 2 Softball 2 G. A. A. I. 2, 3, 4 Tumbling Team Thespians 3, 4 Masquers 1, 2, 3, 4 Y’oice 4 Eleanor Casto Salutatorian G. A. A. 2. 3, 4 Modem Miss 4 National Honor Society 3, Vice Pres 4 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Student Council 4 Biology Club 2 Spy Glass Staff 3 YVildcat Staff 4 Basketball I, 2, 4 Y'olleyball 1, 2 Softball 2 Y'oice Class 4 Bob Cavender Jr. Basketball 1 “B” Team 3 Y'arsity Basketball 4 Y'arsity “N” 4 Page Eleven Senior Class Will L We, the Seniors of 1949, do hereby wish to leave some of our valuable posses- sions to the seniors of future years and hope they will appreciate them as much as we enjoy getting rid of them. James Samples leaves his small, curveless, school-boy figure to Forrest Burford. Don McGrew wills his hair curlers to Clyde “Tally” Raynes. Eugene Merket conveys his “hit ’em and howl” way of playing the drums to Bobby Draper. Bill Mottesheard leaves his ability of always being neatly dressed to anyone that likes to look nice. B. T. O’Gorman wills his “most daring” way of doing things to Kennit Berry. Sue Osborne conveys her ladylike ways to Sally McGrew. Harley Powell wills his love for Rocky Fork to Cecil Pryor. Charles Raynes leaves school to go home to his wife. Marilyn Remeelin conveys her job as baby sitter to Sally Ice. Jane Ragle leaves herself to any tall, dark, and hand- some stranger who might appear. Curtis Sanders wills his job, as usher at the Nitro Theater, to Emory Hedrick. John Thomas Simms II leaves his childish ways to Helen Boggess. Argeatha Snodgrass leaves school to get married. Charles Stover conveys his nickname “Smokey” to the big city of Nitro. Barbara Stull bequeaths her love for the name “Bill” to Sue Ransom. Raymond Turley conveys his love for the teachers to Lois Cooke. Theodore Turley wills his ability to “get out of school, and go fishing without getting hooked” to some of the unlucky ones at Nitro. Annabelle Turner leaves school and goes home to “all” her boy friends. David Turner wills his Ford rattle-trap to Paul Cooper. Bill Witt leaves his handsome self to the memory of the Nitro girls. Lowell Wright leaves his “two front teeth” as a be- lated Christmas present to someone Santa forgot. Patty Yates conveys her “love ’em and leave ’em” technique to Fanny Harper. Charles D. Boggess leaves his Latin book to Ray Kersey. James Comstock leaves his love for the song “Mean and Wicked Boogie” to Bill Pauline. Howard and Harold Cook leave their ability to fool the teachers — and us too — to the Love twins. Betty Lee Criner leaves school to become a Mrs. Florence Ferrari wills her pleasingly plump figure to Rachel Hoffman. Charles H. Boggess leaves his dimples to just any girl that would like to have them — no rushing, please. Clarence Burdette wills his cute little curls to Gardner Campbell. Eugene Burdette wills his love for basketball, and abil- ity too, to Keith Estep. Robert Comstock bequeaths his “sit back and take it easy” driving ability to Paul Arbuckle. Bob Cook leaves his football ability to Bob Ransom. Charles Draper conveys his outstanding scholastic ability to Mary Johnson. Ray Dudding bequeaths his love for the girls to Tommy Ow'ens. Bill Gibson conveys his cute hair-do to Alvin Ingram Sue Alexander wills her business-like ways to Jewel King. Edna Angell leaves her most cherished nickname “Legs” to Rena Nlatheny. Jean Basham leaves a “Reserved” sign on Jack West — and we do mean reserved. Janet Burford leaves all her love to the Nitro boys. Eleanor Casto bequeaths that junk heap (pardon us, typewriter) in typing class to just anyone that thinks he can use it. Pane Twelve Joan Craddock wills her beautiful singing voice to someone who is worthy of it. Nancy Ellis leaves her position as head majorette to Evelyn Hudnall. Betty Eskew bequeaths her love for the Poca boys to Ruth Ann Smith. Mary Games leaves some of her height to Glcndal Bailey. Doris Gibson leaves her title “Best Girl Dancer” to Lois Ferrari. Hevalene Gibson bequeaths her cold black hair to Kitty Finch. Jo Ann Gilbert wills her short hair-dos to Glenna Hill. Henrietta Turley conveys her love for psychology to anyone who thinks he would like the subject. Billie Christian bequeaths her “faithful attendance” record to Peggy Henderson. Eleanor Stephens wills her ability to get to school on lime to Earl Comstock. Betty Jo Painter leaves her red-hot, jet propelled tem- per in l ookkeeping class to Thelma Harris. Clarabclle Lanham wills her love for that good oY country hoe down music to that mountain ranger, Joe Shaffer. March McCoy conveys his “lovin' ways” to Carroll Parsons. Ray Morris leaves his basketball ability to his brother, Carl. Jim Wolfe bequeaths his Atlas build to Arlcn Osborne. Dortha Wandling wills her jalope of a shorthand book to anyone who thinks he can carry the load — shorthand, that is! Sammy Lee Williams leaves his country style music to Delores Lanham and Sue Miller. Harry Tidd leaves his D. D. T. perfume to anyone who thinks he could stand the — hmmm — odor! Betty Hammond leaves her be-bop hat and talent of be-bop singing to Nancy Holman. Betty Hamrick wills her curly hair to Jessie Lou Blake. Iris Hamrick wills her German language to just any- body that wants it. Alma Leadman leaves her pulling tricks on people to Gary Ragle. Eileen Howard wills Charles Agee to the gang of girls that are after him. Evelyn Layne leaves her red hair to “Red Comstock. Orvie Jordon leaves her plumpness to Irene Saunders. Bill Lamb leaves his good conduct in class to “Birdie” So vine and Charles McKee. Bill Kautz leaves his model “A” Ford to anyone who is starting a junkyard. Benny Martin wills his red hat to Bill Martin. Ambrose Love joy wills his wavy hair to Mr. O. O. White. Jackie Ingram wills himself to Charlotte Harbert. Walter McGaw leaves his horse and buggy to Cecil Pryor. Alice Martin leaves her dancing ability to Anne Hill. Jane Marshall leaves her nice hair-do to Norma Paige. Helen Hedrick leaves her being so short to Margaret Godby. Christine Mattox leaves her ability to do shorthand to Glenna Hill. Charles Kig onbotham leaves his cows to Earl Taylor. Alice Ingram leaves her wonderful singing to Geral- dine Tinsley. Ottis Goodall wills his good health to Margaret Ken- worthy. Robert Harris leaves his talent of good basketball playing to Keith Estep. James Harris wills his pool playing record to Jim Kilgore. Louise Hill — loving experience to James Rucker. Eileen Hinkle — quiet conduct in class to Helen Smith. Norma Kersey — her bossing ability to Jeannine Davis. June Silman cute smile to Hazel Casto. Virginia Holley — white slacks to Betty Shaniblin. Bob Cavender leaves his way of making love mountain style to Oshel Casto. Juanita King leaves her ability for telling jokes to Mavis Jividcn. John Lynch — Noon hour pool shooting to Jim Kilgore. Bill Bailes leaves school and Nancy for cows in Ohio. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 By Digby O'Dell. Page Thirteen i. Billie Christian Modem Miss 4 Voice Class 4 James Comstock D. O. P. 3, 4 Science Club 1 Robert Comstock Wildcat Staff 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 D. O. P. 3, 4 Football 2, 3 Biology Club 2 Quill and Scroll 4 Int. Basketball 4 Tumbling Team 2 Harold Cook School Boy Patrol 1 D. O. P. 4 Howard Cook Schoolboy Patrol 1 D. O. P. 4 Bob Cook Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball Manager 2, 4 Varsity N” 2, 3. 4 Joan Craddock Band 1. 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 1,2,4 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Vollebayy 1 A Cappella Choir Treas. 3, Vice Pres. 4 G. A. A. 1. 2, 3, 4 School Orchestra 2, 3 All County Chorus 4 All County Band 3 All State Chorus 3, 4 All State Band 3 Biology Club I Jr. Science Club 1 Betty Ciuner G. A. A. 1, 2, 3 Art Club 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Volleyball 1, 2 Majorette 3 National Honor Society 4 Visual Education 2, 3 Wildcat Staff 4 Spy Glass Staff 3 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Glee Club 1. 3 Jr. Science Club 1 D. O. P. 4 Ray Duddinc Voice Class 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Biology Club 3 Orchestra 3 All County Chorus 3, 4 All State Chorus 4 Nancy Ellis Y-Teens 3, Vice Pres. 4 G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Secy. 4 Glee Club 2, 3, 4 Majorette 3, Head 4 Modem Miss 3. 4 Quill and Scroll 4 A Cappella Choir, Treas. 4 Voice Class 4 Basketball 1, 2, 4 Volleyball 1, 2 Softball 2 Tumbling Team 1 Page Fourteen Betty Eskew Biology Club 1 Library Club 1, 2 Clec Club I Spy Class St.ilF 3 Wildcat Stall 4 Voice Class 4 Florence Ferrari Cheerleader 1, 2, Head 3, 4 C. A. A. I, 2, Pres. 3, Treas. 4 Best Athlete 2. 3 Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1. 2 Ping Pong 1, 2 Softball 2 National Honor Society 4 Visual Education 3, 4 Y-Teens 4 Modern Miss 4 Tumbling I, 2 Student Council 1 Voice Class 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Mary Garnes Wildcat Staff 4 Modern Miss 4 Softball 2 Volleyball I. 2 Basketball 1. 2, 4 All County Chorus 4 Voice Class 4 Bill Gibson football 2. 3 Basketball 2, 3. 4 Student Council 2. 3, 4 Varsity ' V' 2, 3, 4 I). O. P. 4 Ir. Class Prs. 3 Best Citizen 2 Hevalene Gibson Biology Club 1 Art Club I Y Teens, 3, 4 Modern Miss 3, 4 Library Club 4 C. A. A. 4 Basketball 1 Voice Class 4 Orris Goodall Betty Hammond Band 3, 4 Quill and Scroll 3. 4 All County Chorus 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Biology Club 2, 3, 4 Tennis Club 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1 Vo j ley ball 1 Voice 4 Betty Hamhick G. A. A. 1,2,3 Library Club I, 2, 3 Ihis Hamhick Biology Club 3 (dee Club 3. 4 Masquers 3, 4 James Harris Band 1. 2, 3, 4 All County Band 2, 3 Orchestra I, 2, 3 Tennis Club 2, 3, 4 Page Fifteen I. Senior Class Prophecy This scene takes place in an old boxcar on the side- tracks behind the Nitro Depot. We see two “used-to-be- belles” of Nitro high school sitting there with a very treasured book in their dirty, rough hands. It is the 1949 Nitro high school annual. These girls, Alice Martin and Jane Ragle, were the ones that had set out to make something of themselves, and they were doing pretty well until they lost all their alimony from their fourth and fifth husbands respectively, in a big gambling game in Reno. The girls’ greatest desire then was to travel, and hopping freights being the only way they could afford, naturally, it was decided upon. So now in the year of 1965, we find them back in Nitro smiling reminiscently as they leaf through the pictures of the seniors of ’49. Alice was saying to Jane, “Weren’t we lucky to bum this Kanawha Valley Leader that has published the where- abouts of our dear classmates?” Jane replied, “We sure were, I see where Ray Morris, dear ole’ bashful Ray is now coach of the Nitro Wildcats. It seems that Ray’s team has just come back from Morgantown after winning the state championship. The shock of it all has sent Ray to Spencer (via ambulance).” Next they see the names of Gene Merket and Helen Hedrick. They are owners of a million dollar night club ;� nd all the profit is theirs as the orchestra is made up of little Merkets. They have a special attraction in which Helen does a bubble dance, but it seems they closed the place up as the crowd got the idea of carrying straight pins. Smoky Stover became head chemist at the Ohio Apex, but right now all the employees are out of work. Smoky was trying out a new experiment and all of a sudden - - BOOM!!! Looking on down the list they see the name of McCoy. Oh! Yes, dear old Gus has become known the world over for his version of “Groundhog.” “Betty Hammond Kirby is now the world’s greatest singer. She is really going places with her Be-Bop sing- ing, but in her spare time she teaches her little be-bops to play drums.” “Dear me,” said Alice to Jane, “Leave it to “Henri” Turley and “Heavy” Gibson to bring disgrace to Nitro high school. They had a business of their own, and were really making good at it until the police became sus- picious of such men as Ambrose Lovejoy, Curtis Sanders. Theodore Turley, and Lowell Wrieht using a back road into the hills of Rockv Fork, and followed them one day -just to find “Henri” and “Heavy” in the basement of their cabin brewing “apple-jack” by the gallons. The girls are now serving a term of ten years in “Sing-Sing.” “Look. said Jane, “Sammy Williams has finally filled his life’s ambition. Just recently he replaced Eddie Arnold on the Checkerboard feed store’s radio program. Bill Witt accompanies him with a guitar. These boys are not expected to be on the air long as it has been an- nounced by their sponsor that in the two weeks this show has been on the store has practically gone bank- rupt. Wonder why? “And do you remember Patty Yates’ love for the transit buses?” JAVell, Patty has changed to boats now, almost anyway.” She is the sole owner of two steam- boats. It was just last week that a passer-by saw Pattv standing so stately in the crow’s nest in one of her boats, yelling, “Throw the anchor, mate-I think it’s time for that transit bus.” Pattv’s first mate is none other than June Silman—these girls have broken all speed records on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. The boats are called, “Gone with the Wind,” and “The Silver Streak.” “Mary Games and Evelyn Layne, ‘beauties’ of the class of 49 were disappointed in love. They are still very nice spinsters though, and are growing old gracefully on the porch of Grandma Norma’s Poor Farm, which is super- vised by Norma Kersey.” “Eleanor Stephens is now head of the Indianapolis Speedway and is the champion woman driver of America. In her leisure hours she is teaching her little Eleanors and Bills just how to be winners.” Dortha Wandling and Annabelle Turner now own and manage an up and coming skating rink on Tyler Mountain. A special attraction, featured on Saturday nights only, is a cousinly ‘dance-on-skates-team’ Betty and Iris Hamrick. My, how they do cover the floor and sometimes it’s not with their feet.” “Virginia Holley has now skyrocketed to fame in the movies. Her name is now Pansy Petunia. Her latest movie is ‘Perfume of Love.’ She has as her first maid and hairdresser Marilyn Remeelin. CC.wgp “It says here,” said Alice, “That Orvie Jordan and Alma I eadman have just finished a missionary course at Anderson College, and are on their way to India. Let’s hope they meet with more success than what we have.” “And there on the bottom of the page is Jo Ann Gilbert’s picture. Wasn't it a shame the trouble Jo Ann always had trying to hold a man? But now after taking ju-jitsu lessons for a couple of years from James Samples, JoAnn is getting along quite well.” “Oh, Yes!” said Jane, “There's Jean Basham. Poor Jean! She is now working her fingers to the bone to scrape up enough money to put Jack through college. Where Jean used to work for his love, she now works for his education, yes, that’s right-she is an assistant to Charles Higginbotham as window-washer of Nitro high school.” “Alice Ingram and Joan Craddock have gone quite well for themselves; they both sing for the dinner guests at “Harley’s Hang Out. owned by our own Harley Powell. The chief cook of the place is Clara Belle Lanham. Harley says she can really knock you dead, and there is no doubt of that as everytime you go in someone is being carried out. However, some of these cases could lx blamed on the drink-mixer Bill Lamb. Bill is now known for his version of “Kick-a-poo Juice.” Bill says it really has the kick. “Isn’t it a miracle how some people never change?” asked Alice Jane. “Take for instance. Jack Ingram. Poor Jack, he never acted as though he had energy to get from one class to another. And even though jack is now working his way through this busy world, you can guess what kind of job he’d choose. Yes, Jack is a tester for the ‘Rest-Easy’ Mattress Company. “And it was just yesterday,” said Jane, “That we saw that billing as we were coming through Sattes that the nation’s most nerve-wracking Hell-Drivers, featuring ‘Hot-Rod-Harry’ Tidd, ‘Speed-Demon’ Bill Kautz, ‘Fleet- Wing Charlie’ Dent Boggess, and ‘Tear ’Em Up’ Tom Simms, would be in town for a week’s attraction. ‘Hot- Rod-Harry,’ who is manager, says that your money is absolutely guaranteed if not satisfied throughout the act.” Pnu.f Sixteen Well-well, Nancy Ellis and Bill Bailes, they were al- ways such a loving couple. They now own and operate a large hay farm in Ohio, and the little ‘BALES’ (of hay that is) are really gaining fast.” “Now there’s Bill Mottesheard—he always dressed so nice and looked so neat even at the end of a school day. And you couldn’t guess what Bill Is doing now—yes, that's right, he’s a model in Nitro’s own Army and Navy Store. And in his spare time he helps Bennie Martin, manager of the store, with the trade. Jane and Alice smile as their eyes rest on three sweet girls, Eleanor Casto, Betty Jo Painter, and Janet Burford. “These three have married their Sissonville Indians and have decided to promote better teams for the future. One has decided on raising a football team, one a basket- ball team, and the other a squad of cheerleaders. So far they have a pretty good start. ’ The two that really surprised me,” remarked Jane, “Were the Cook twins, Harold and Howard. These l oys were always so quiet in class and now they are the only twin 'Hog Callers’ known in the history of the United States. They are with the ‘Catch-All-Circus’ under the direction of Tom Simms. It seems that their business is a thriving one.” “Ray Dudding, Ottis Coodall, and James Harris have made the sports headlines. They are players on the pro team ‘The Triple M’ (mighty muscle men). Yes, these boys were always having a time playing ping-pong against one another so they have changed the game a little so they could nlay together. They have been de- feated only once ancf that was by the undefeated ‘Triple Threatening Toughnecks’ which consists of Barbara Stull, Juanita King and Eileen Hinkle.” “Louise Hill and Billie Christian, two rather quiet but industrious girls, now have a beauty salon in Wolfe Pen Hollow. Their slogan is ‘If we can’t fix you nobody can!!’ The girls say they would really make good money if it weren’t for the fact that ‘Doc Wolfe (he owns most of the property around there) charges so much for the use of a walk to get into the salon. You remember ‘Doc’, he always liked easy money, and this seems the easiest way possible to make it. “And there’s poor Betty Eskew. After seven years in ‘Walla-Walla for the murder of an old heart throb from Morris Harvey, Betty finally bribed the caretaker Edna Angeli to bring her jumping beans for dinner one day so that she might jump through the window from the 13th floor so as to end her misery and shame.” “Walter Magaw is an engineer on the New York-to- London non-stop run rocket boat, which travels 1,000 miles an hour. Walter always did go in for fast things.” “Don McCrew, the oversized human (?) stands behind a bar day and night. As a great lawyer, he is working on the famous case ‘Who Stole President’s James Com- stock’s Beer Mug?’ Feeble-minded James after one drink, never knows where anything goes to. After a year’s hard work on the case. Bob ‘Patrick Henry’ Harris con- fessed the crime and returned the beer mug to Presi- dent Comstock.” “John Lynch is now a salesman for the ‘Fulla-Bull’ brush company. He sells brushes to the girls who want to give the boys the ‘brush-off’.” “Bill ‘Dashhound’ Gibson is a big politician now. He is going around politicking’ for county dog catcher. “Lester Iludnall decided to go to mechanical school, lust to show how much his education has helped him, he now tightens nuts (bolts) on motorcycles at Grover’s Service Station.” Our musically inclined Clarence Burdette, who always did such a good job of playing first chair trombone in the Nitro band, is now playing second ‘shoe-horn’ in Bob Comstock’s shoe store. It is said that Bob is going bank- rupt as Clarence is ‘blowing’ the customers away.” “Charles Draper is doing his daily dozen as a bouncer at a high class night club. Charlie always did have plenty of ‘pitch’ didn’t he?” “Charles H. Boggess has been doing a lot of research work for the Buck Rogers Space Ship Corp. He received the ‘Nowbell’ prize for the most effort made and least results achieved.” Charlie Raynes, a certain lady’s man, is now a great Hollywood star. He got his start as the voice for the ‘Lifebuoy Foghorn Co.’, and has now been promoted to ‘sound effects’ man.” “Good-hearted Sue Osborne has just recently found the only known home for stray cats. She has as mem- bers on her staff of helpers Sue Alexander and Jane Marshall. Sue is chief cook, while Jane sees that the cats have their daily baths and exercise.” “Christina Mattox and Betty Criner, two pals in high school, are really very busy now. Christina spends all of her time taking care of little ‘sweet Williams’ (not flowers either!) and Betty Lee has a couple of ‘nit-Witst’ to occupy nearly all of her time.” “Doris Gibson and Argeatha Snodgrass met with a terrible experience. One day they went down to the pier and rented a boat to go fishing. About half-way out in the river the boat sprang a leak and while they were struggling to keep the boat aloft, they noticed a large black ship on the horizon. This ship was owned by none other than Captain Gene ‘Robinson Crusoe’ Bur- dette and his man Bob ‘Friday’ Cook, who are wanted for piracy on the high seas. They whisked these maids off to sea and the last account of them they were being auctioned off as slave girls in Cairo, Egypt. “Sigh, there’s Bob Cavender’s picture. He always was a handsome brute! Seems he’s just signed a contract with Raymond Turley’s movie company and is the star of ‘Frankinstein’s Brother’, their latest chiller-diller.” “Eileen Howard now owns and operates a one-table pool room, you see this is just a start and right now she has Detective David Turner on a very miserable care and business can’t go on until the case has been solved. Eileen has a large sign on the door that says, ‘Closed Shop’ or ‘Who Took the Pool Table?’ During this slack in business Eileen collects hat checks on the express bus from Charleston to Nitro.” “Oh, my rheumatism,” said Alice Jane. “Why, there’s ‘Tonsi’ Ferrarfs picture. Wasn’t it a shame that such a mystery is connected with her? You know it seemed she always had a big interest in Winfield. She finally hooked a man and settled down there. But one day as she and some of her little ‘Tonsi’s’ were out in a large field pickin’ daisies, a large gust of wind came along and blew her away. The poor little, frail thing was ‘Gone w th the Wind!’ ” “Well,” said Jane, “now that we have found out where and what all our classmates are doing, we had better go to the depot and see what time the next freight train is scheduled to leave so that we won’t miss it.” Thus the two girls closed the weather-beaten and worn yearbook and the Kanawha Valley Leader, and with dirty faces that were now streaked with tears and their hearts filled with renewed memories of the seniors of ’49, they moped on into the depot and out of sight. Page Seventeen Charles 11 igginbo tham Student Council 4 Football Manager I, 2 Louise Hill Eileen Hinkle Y Teens I, 2, 3, 4 Modern Miss 4 Lester Hudnall D. O. P. 4 Alice Ingram Voice Class 4 Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4 A Capella Choir 3. 4 Library Club 2, 3, 4 Modern Miss 3, 4 All County Choir 3, 4 All State Choir 4 Y Teens 3. 4 Biology Club 2, 3, 4 G. A. A. 2 Jack Ingram Band I, 2, 3. 4 Voice 4 Virginia Holley Or vie Jordan Modem Miss Club 4 Library Club 3, 4 Y Teens 4 Voice Class 4 Bill Kautz Vice-President Senior Class Visual Education 3, 4 Masquers 4 Thespians 4 B sketbail 3 Class Tournaments I, 2. 3 Science Club 1 lunior Dramatic Club 1 Soft Ball 1. 2 Norma Lea Kersey Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Masquers 3, 4 Thespians 3, 4 Jr. Red Cross 3 Nation?! H nor Society 3. 4 Band I, 2, 3. 4 All County Band 3 Glee Club 1 Wildcat Staff 4 Risketball 1 Biology Club 2, 3 Page Eighteen Juanita King Glee Club 1. 3 G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2, 3 All Countv Chorus 4 All State Chorus 4 Voice Class 4 Bill Lamb Football I. 2 Basketball 1. 2, 3 Clara Bell Lanham Modem Miss Club Library Club Evelyn Layne Glee Club 1, 3 A Cappella Choir 3 Basketball 1, 3, 4 Y Teens 3, 4 D. O. P. 4 Alma Leadman Biology Club 2 Voice Class 4 Ambrose Love joy Football 3. 4 Varsity N” 4 Softball 2 March McCoy Science Club 1 I). O. P. 3 Wildcat Staff 4 Don McGrew Walter Macaw Jane Marshall Jr. Dramatic Club 1 Masquers 4 Visual Education 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4 A Cappella Choir 3, 4 Art Club 1 National Honor Society 3, 4 G. A. A. I, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2 Softball 1. 2 Pag0 SinPtsan NAME FAVORITE SONG NICKNAME AMBITION Edna Angcll ........... “St. Louis Blues”___________________ “Legs”...........Marry “Ike” Sue Alexander .....-... “Desert Song”-----------------------“Susie”...........JBe bossy Bill Bailes “Whispering” WiDie” Work on television Jean Basham ____“I Wish I Didn’t Love You So”... “Jeannic” Go “West” Charles D. Boggcss “Dreams” “Pogus Get another girl and get married Charles H. Boggcss “Sabre Dance” ..“Dimples” Be a teacher like Yaussy Eugene Burdette “Huggin’ and a’Chalkin’ ”..... 1____“Gene”......... Clarence Burdette......“Tea For Two”.....—.........—........“Harry”....... Janet Burford . .... “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”........-..“Jan”............ See how many girls I can date .....Get married Learn to drive Be a great lover .....Get fat _____Get along with Yaussy Take life easv Joan Craddock ......... “Forever And Ever”.................“Curly”.... Eleanor Casto “Sweetheart”........................“Cat”...... Boh Cavender __________“Mountain Dew” _____________________“Bob”______ Howard Cook ...........-..“Green Light”____________________ “Big Boy”— Harold Cook “Until” ............................“Four Eyes” Travel Bob Cook .......... “So Tired” “Cutie” To be a tramp Bob Comstock ...... “Begin The Beguine”..............“Flake”............ To travel James Comstock ........“St. Louis Blues”............ -.....“Nubbin”............To travel Charles Draper “For Sentimental Reasons”...........“Draper” Chemical engineer Ray Dudding My Happiness Musician Nancy Ellis....-.......“I’ll Always Be In Love With You”...“Nan”..............Raise little Bailes’ Betty Eskew ....... “So Tired .............................“Bootsie”.......... Own a funeral home Doris Gibson...........“I’ll Always Be In Love With You”..“Red”..............Have triplet boys Ilevalinc Gibson ..“Maybe You’ll Be There”. “Heavy”.... Marry Gilbert Billy Gibson ..........“My Happiness”......................“Billy”............Be a merchant Mary Games ............“Far Away Places”...................“Peg”..............Be a good wife Billie Christian ......“You Call Everybody Darling”........“Bill” ........ Get married Florence Ferrari ......“That’s My Desire” —................ “Tonsi”...........Coach a Viscose team Jo Ann Gilbert ........ “Begin The Beguine”................ “Pinky”...........learn to drive Ottis Goodall “Heartaches” “B. O. Plenty”.. Be an electric lineman Betty Hammond “If I Loved You” ............ “Bebop”__________________ Sing with Stan Kenton Betty Hamrick “Little Bird Told Me” .....“Peaches” ..Live in St. Albans Iris Hamrick ..........“Lavender Blue”.. .................. “TecTat” Be a chemist Bob Harris “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” “Whalebone” Own a dry cleaning Co. James Harris “Old Lamplighter” “Jimmy” Get in all-county band Helen Hedrick “Stardust” “Little Audrey” Raise a Merk, Jr. lxmisc Hill “Slow Boat to China” “Louie” Be a telephone operator Charles Higgenbottom “More Beer” “Joker” Work for Standard Oil Co. Eileen Hinkle “It Had To Be You”. “Pat” Be a stenographer Eileen Howard .........“Night And Day” “Leen” Join WAVES Virginia Holley “Let’s Say Goodbye” “Jeni” Be a housewife Lester Hudnall You Keep Coming Back” .... “Oscar”. Be a proud father Alice Ingram ......-...“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” ..........“Alleop” ..........Be a music teacher Jack Ingram ...........“West Virginia Hills” “Knothead” Be a machinist Orvie Jorden “So Tired” Get a good job Page I wenty NAME FAVORITE SONG NICKNAME AMBITION Bill Kautz ............_“He Understands”_________________“William”..........-Be an engineer Juanita King “My Darling” “Nita” Get a man Norma Kersey “Dreams'' “Shorty Make Bill a good wife Bill Lamb “More Beer” “Tangerine”____ Be a truant officer Evelyn Layne “So Tired “Red Be a nurse Alma Leadman “So Tired” “Marie” Be a success Clara Lanham “Green Light” “Cow” Marry a boy from 28th Street Ambrose Lovejoy “Sentimental Journey” —“Monroe” Be a captain on a sub John Lynch “Old Lamplighter” “Knocker” Be a cook Walter Magaw “Jack and Jill Boogie” “McGown” Get out of school Jane Marshall “It Only Happens When I Dance With You ’ “Janie”............. Alice Martin ....“Slow Boat to China” ..............“Jane” Have lots of fun Bennie Martin “Please Don’t Let Me Love You” “Thumper” Live happily ever after Christina Mattox “Rhapsody in Blue” “Tinky” Make Lee a good wife March McCoy “Take It Upstairs” “Gus” Take Frank Buck’s place Don McGrew “Take It Upstairs” “Chubby” Own a new Buick Gene Merket “Good Bait” “de-Merk”... Make a straight-in shot Ray Morris “Tennessee Blues” “Peter” Be � pilot Bill Mottesheard “Little Bird Told Me” “Willie” Blow smoke rings B. T. O’Gorman “To Each His Own” “B. T.”............Have fun Sue Osborne “Little Bird Told Me” “Susie” Be a good nurse Betty Painter ........“Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” “Jo” Make Paul a good wife Harley Powell “Green Light” “ l ink Marry a gal from Rocky Fork Jane Ragle ...........“My Happiness” ....................“Tippie”___________ Be a housewife Charles Raynes “Stardust “Charlie” Be a chemist Marylin Reemelin “Far Away Places” “Beanpole” Be a nurse James Samples ........“How Many Hearts Have You Broken’______________________.. “Nanny”...........Be a great lover John T. Simms “Mam’selle” “Tommy” Be another Vaughn Monroe Curtis Saunders “So Tired” Frosty” To operate a theater June Silman....... “Let’s Say Goodbye” ........“Junie”............Join the WAVES Eleanor Stephens______“Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man”.......“Steve”............Raise a football team Charles Stover .......“Red Roses For A Blue Lady”--------“Smoky” ... To have ambition Harry Tidd....._......—“Take It Upstairs”—...............“Jigger”...........Own a Ford Henrietta Turley ..... “Fool That I Am”..................“Henrie”............ Raise blondes Theodore Turley ......“Turned And Walked Away”...........“Jr.” Working man Raymond Turley--------“Flop Eared Mule”---------------------- ..------------.Stay single Dortha Wandling “Gosh, I Miss You ............. —..“Dickie” Get a man Bill Witt.............“Little Bird Told Me”______________—“Willie”..........Own a car James Wolfe ..........“April Showers”� ................— “Doc”...............Own a pool room Lowell Wright “Green Light” Gig” Get married Sammy Williams “Sentimental Journey” .............“Zeke”_____________Go to college Patty Yates___________“Night And Day”--------------------‘Trixie”-----------Own a city bus David Turner “Hill Billy” .“Speedy” To be a pilot Pane Twenty-one I Alice Jane Martin G. A. A. 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1. 2 Softball 1, 2 Benny Martin Student Council 4 President Senior Class D. O. P. 4 Football ManaKcr 4 Christina Mattox Science Club 1 Volleyball 1, 2 Basketball 2, 3, 4 G. A. A. 1, 2, 3. 4 A Cappella Choir 3, 4 Glee Club 2, 3, 4 Y-Teens 3, 4 Masquers 3, 4 Softball 1 Voice 4 Gene Merket Visual Ed. 2, 3, 4 Student Council 1, 3 Band 1, 2, 3. 4 All County Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Wildcat Staff 4 National Honor Society 4 Ray Morris Varsity N” 2, 3, 4 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Bill Mottesheard Science Club 1 B. T. O’Gorman Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Sue Osborne A Cappella Choir 3, 4 Student Council 4 All County Chorus 3 All State Chorus 3, 4 Science Club 1 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Wildcat Staff 4 G. A. A. 1. 2, 3 Red Cross 3 Betty Jo Fainter Jr. Red Cross 1 G. A. A. 3. 4 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 I). O. P. 4 Wildcat’Staff 4 National Honor Society 4 Harley Powell Football 2. 3 Masquers 4 Wildcat Staff 4 % Pan ’ Twenty-two Jane Ragle Masquers 3, 4 Y Teen 3 4 Modern Miss 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 3. 4 G. A. A. 3, 4 Basketball 1. 2 Volleyball I. 2 Charles S. Raynes Football 1. 2, 4 Varsity N 2. 3, 4 D. O. P. 3, 4 Marilyn Reemilin Red Cross 4 G. A. A. 2, 3 Tennis Club 3 James Samples Football 3, 4 Basketball 3 Varsity “N” 4 Safety Patrol 3, 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Curtis Sanders StuJent Council 1 School Boy Patrol 1, 2, 3, 4 June Silman Modern Miss 4 Glee Club 4 Tommy Simms Masquers 3, 4 Thespians 4 Glee Club 3, 4 All State Chorus 4 All County Chorus 4 Wildcat Staff 4 Tennis Club 3, 4 Voice 4 Argeatha Snodgrass (ilee Club I Biology Club 2 Virginia Eleanor Stephens Basketball 4 Thespians 4 Masquers 4 Charles Stover D. o. P. 4 School Bov Patrol 1 Science Club I Pane Twenty-three Barbaha Stull Biology Club 2 National Honor Society 3, 4 Student Council 2 Wildcat Staff 4 Ci. A. A. 2. 3 I). O. P. 4 Harry Tidd School Boy Patrol 1 Spy Glass Staff 3 Henrietta Turley Theodore Turley School Boy Patrol 1,2, 3, 4 Football Manager 2, 3 Softball 2 Annabelle Turner G. A. A. 2. 3 National Honor Society 3, 4 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Biology Club 2 David Turner D. O. P. 3, 4 Dortha Wandling G. A. A. 1,2 Modem Miss 3 Y-Teens 3 (ilee Club I Sammy Williams Football 3. 4 Varsity “N” 4 Softball 2 James Wolfe Spy Glass 3 Football Manager 2 Patty Yates G. A. A. 3, 4 Y-Teens 4 Library Club 3, 4 Junior Red Cross 1 Wildcat Staff 4 Modem Miss Club 3, 4 Pa fie Twenty-four Helen Hedrick G. A. A. I, 2, 3 Junior Dramatic Club I Science Club 1 All County Chorus 4 Basketball 1 Volleyball 1 Voice 4 Charles Draper Valet! ictorian National Honor Society 3, 4 Visual Education 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4 All State Chorus 2, 3, 4 All County Chorus 3, 4 Biology Club 2 Jr. Science Club 1 Student Council 1, 2. Vice Pres. 4 Masquers 2, 3, 4 Thespians 2, 3. 4 Jr. Dramatic Club I Jo Ann Gilbert G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Cheerleader 3, 4 Jr. Red Cross 2 Jr. Dramatic Club 1 Art Club 1. 2 Basketball 1, 2 Volleyball 1, 2 I umbling Team 1. 2 Voice Class 4 Charles Dent Bocgbss Band 1, 2, 3. 4 All County Band 1,2, 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3 All State Chorus 2 Tennis Team 3, 4 Quill and Scroll 3, Pres. 4 Visual Education 3, 4 All State Band 4 Wildcat Stair 4 Science Club 1 Orchestra I, 2, 3 Eileen Howard Basketball 1. 2. 3 Volle bail 1, 2 Softball 1. 2 Junior Dramatic Club 1 G. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4 Library 3 Science Club I D. ). P. 4 John Lynch Football 2, 3, 4 Masquers 2 Basketball 3. 4 Varsity “N” 4 Camera Shy Seniors Robert Harris Football 1, 2, 3. 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4 Baseball 3 D. O. P. 3. 4 Varsity “N” 3, 4 Raymond Turley D. O. P. 4 Bill Witt Wildcat Staff 4 Lowell Wade Wright Football 3, 4 Baseball 3. 4 Varsity “N” 4 Pane Twenty-five i Vage Tw. nly-six UNDERCLASSMEN L Junior Class C. Agee, G. Albin, E. Angeli, W. Bailee, J. Bailey, M. Beckman, II. Boggess, C. Brown, E. Casto, R. Casto, H. Chillers. B. Clark, J. Cochran, I). Cook, L. Cooke, P. Cottrill, C. Crosier, E. Donohue, L. Donegan. J. Davis, F. Fauver, O. Flemming, M. Foster, C. Frye, J. Gowen, S. Harbert, A. Harmon, P. Harhert, T. Harris, I. Hayes, E. Hedrick, A. Hill, C. Hill, G. Hill, VV. Hill, M. Hively, K. Hudnall. R. Hudnall, V. laney, M. Jividen, M. Johnson, I. Joplin, E. Karnes, H. Kelly, R. Kersey, J. Kilgore, A. King, 11. Landers, E. Lane. F. Mande ville, N. Martin, C. McKee, P. Moore, B. Mollohan. C. Nease, M. Null, K. Osborne, L. Parsons. M. Parson. N. Powell, C. Raynes. M. Reemelin. Z. Rowh. J. Shaffer. H. Smith. R. Smith. C. Sovine. II. Steele, C. Taylor, E. Taylor, G. Tinsley, C. Turley. D. Turner, W. Wade, J. West, F. White, M. Wilson, R. Wyant. Page Twenty-eight Sophomore Class £l?jQ£. OOQ n y a a. a a -r 1 A ft. HO 2� a a . , W V � % V. Adkinson, D. Allen. A. Bailey, F. Baldwin, K. Berry, J. Blackshire, D. Brick, M. Briscoe, S. Burdette, 1. Burford. E. Casto, V Casto, J. Clark. J. Cogar, J. Cooley, P. Cooper, C. Cole, J. Deem. M. Dent, B. Draper, L. Ferrari, J. Finch. K. Finch, O. Gibson, R. Gillispie. M. Quinn, C. Harris, P. Henderson, H. Hively, E. Holley, . Holman. E. Hudnall, A. Hudson. O. Igo. A. Ingram. B. Ingram, C. Jeffers, C. Jeffers, D. Jones, J. Jones. J. Joyner, B. Keener, D. Kinder. G. LaRue. J. Layne. A. l.ewis, II. Lewis, Z. Love. Z. Love. W. Lovcjoy, W. Lovejoy, I.. McDougal, S. McGrew, F. McKinney, R. Ma Gaw, B. Martin, F. Martin, J. Martin, R. Mathcny, B. Mattox, T. Meadows, R. Merrett, II. Michaels, C. Milam. D. Milam, I. Moore. F. Morris. D. Owsley, 1. Owens. M. Phelps, T. Pring, B. Ranson, S. Ranson, C. Raynes, D. Raynes, P. Raynes, J. Rucker, II. Sands, L. Sayre, R. Showcn, J. A. Smith, R. Steele, F. Taylor, P. Taylor, B. Thacker, A. Tidd, S. Turley, It. Turner, B. Westfall, D. Young. Page Twenty-nine Freshman Class a c o n r n O I kJ k. o. ro ° aA A V 4 -JSs JLkm! a 4 jL ??SC lb a Onnnf) ■HHIHVluiHHHBHiSK _______________________________ r ' AsburV k Atkin n'oP- • “� • N. Bailey, U. . Bailey. F. Basham. R. Bass. W. Batten. A. rimnk.ll riem’ IVV KRfSVJ- Bn,}VC'V- R- Bswfe8’ ni Buckalew. L. Buckland. J. Cadle, J. Caldwell, B. C?mp. G. l H' A fekn Jn( Tv°' • C aP- Cas °� 5' CI� nc _E- C°mstock. D. Cooke. C. Cooley. C. Criner. S. Crist. B. Dent, ,V' im, ’ Av ,nla.lson- i?pVNlvEclTe R Finch D Fowler, E. Gaylor, V. Gibson, C. Godbcy. C. Harbort. Li V l N' Harrison. H. Hayes, P. Hill P. Hill, J. limes, K Hoke, 1). Hudnall, S. Ice. L. Karnes. M. Kenworthy. J. r f«LKu ' rL ',T 'nniR,l ' ui La? dew D Lanham- A. Lanham, I). Lanham, W. Lanham. C. Lanhan, £• i', l. MVDa',,d;rM uMck!UKy,l1,- P- Martin. D. Meadows, A. Michael, S. Miller. I). Montgomery pI?,7v ’ }' M°ms. B. Murphy W. NuU, A. Osborne, C. Owsley, C. Parsons, B. Pauline, M. Pay-ne, G. q,JLTKr Tovkt R C WR 1RC’ , TRa' nes ' • B. Rutherford, ). Shamblin, II. Simmons, R. Slater, R. Snvder, D. R. Vtt allT Whitedf Wo kjnan 1 ’Wright , ’Wyant 011’ ‘U ’ K W« G W«- D' W«rf� U W« ‘ Pago Thirty Eighth Grade Page Thirty-on Seventh Grade A i JO n . o. Hh. ▲ Mm ‘ J 10 ,10 :n isi :n r'.Q, Hfi Ol O £.0 ■ ' . a lUJh ( m A n ! -Ik a a ' A nr OOflii o a a rv � v L v a o ft i M a ; a a a a « v : a n a a • f, f � 7 - a A Q'UAAOfJ Ta. a S' I (Wfo ft a o jK ir a I. Abies, J. Agee, V. Amtell, M. Arbuckle, B. Arthur, M. Barnett, L. Boggess, F. Burford, F. Cadlc, C). Caldwell. J. Carney, H. Carroll, D. Casto, L. Casto, R. Casto, A. Chapman. J. Clark, B. Comstock. J. Cook. Li. Conaway, C. Cook, M. Cooley, R. Cresce, S. Criner, E. Crist, P. Dolin, B. Draper, B. Draper, J. Fads, II. Edgcll, M. Evans, A. Frye, II. Frye. S. Fauvcr, J. Foster, J. Grants, I). Gibson, J. Gibson, L. Gibson, J. Gilmore, L. Godbey, P. God bey, L. Manna. T. Ilarlcss, D. Harrison, J. Harrison, R. Harrison, K. Harris, F. Hayes, L. Haynes, E. Hedrick. J. Hill. L. Hill, K. Hinkle, J. Jeffers, D. Jordan, G. Karnes, H. Kelly, V. Kersey. C. Kinder, T. Lanham, J. Lanham. A. Lead man. R. Lee. J. Legg. J. Lemon. K. Lemon. B. l eshon, C. Lewis, G. Lewis, B. Linnille. W. Lovejoy, C. Lovejoy, P. Lowe, M. McClanahan. B. McGill, S. Laughlen, B. Mathews, I. Milam, P. Montgomery, B. Ncase, R. Newland, G. Osbome, J. Ott, T. Owens, W. Owsley, D. Owsley, J. Parsons. C. Parsons, G. Paisomc, D. Phillips, V. Pritt, II. Rhodes, J. Richardson, E. Runyon, J. Samples, F. Sergcnt, C. Scarberry, E. Scarbcrry. C. Shamblin, G. Shafer, R. Sigmon, F. Sigmon, B. Simmons, E. Smith. M. Smith, P. Smith, J. Stone. B. Taylor. R. Taylor, V. Taylor, P. Tinney, B. Tolley, H. Turner. L.. Walker, P. Walker. R. Walker, B. Warner, P. Weese, P. Weese. B. West, G. Westfall, E. Witt, P. Wilkers, J. Williams. D. Witt. E. Witt, G. Witt. R. Casto, H. Witty, L. Winter. P. Wright, J. Young, N. Young. Pap.9 Thirty-two ACTIVITIES Page Thirty-three Animal Staff Lowell Wright, Clarence Burdette, Robert Comstock, Gene Merket, Editor-in chief, Harley Powell, Jane Ragle. Sue Osborne. Mary Games, Sue Alexander, Norma Kersey Betty Eskew, Eleanor Casto, Betty Hammond. Betty Criner, James Samples, Jean Basham. B. T. O’Gorman, Betty Jo Painter, Barbara Stull. and Scroll o‘ Annabellc I urner, Charles I). Boggess, Norma Kersey, Betty Jo Painter, Bob ComsttK'k, Jean Basham. Eleanor Casto, Betty Criner, Gene Merket, Betty Hammond, Sue Osborne. Page Thirty-four Student Council lop Dicture: WiUivene Lovejoy, Mrs. Witry, C harles Draper. Clarence Burdette. Sue Osborne, Janet Hill. Second row: Elea nor Casto. Phyllis Moore, Conrad Hill. Albert Harmon. Russell C asto. Margaret Dent, Evelvn Hudnall. Lower picture: Joe Cast, Benny Martin, Helen Landers, Maxine Payne. Marion Cawley, Larry Walker, Hazel C asto, Paulina Smith. Second row: Diane Lyson, JoAnn Samples, Sue Miller, Sue Ranson, Richard Martin, Bobby Rorish. Page Thirty-five National Thespians cldit Rowh, C harles Drajtcr, Hay Kersey, Mariam Wilson, Norma Kersey. Second row: Doris Carrier, Eunice Karnes, Bill Kautz, Ruth Smith, nne Mill, Sue Burdette, Tommy Simms. Miss Dahcr, Margaret Dent, Delores Kinder. Gerald LaRue. Boh Ingram. Ida Haves, Jeannine Deem. Jr. Dramatic Club Hirst row: Carol trainer. Delores Lanham. Margaret Kenworthy, Sue Miller, Maxine Raynes, Mary Jo McDaniel. Second row: Thersa Karnes. Jessie Blake. I ranees Hoke. Mary R. Howell, Patsy Martin, Eranccs Harper. Third row: Paul Arbucklc, Richard Snyder, Mrs. Witry. Pago l'hirty-six Masquers Ion picture: Kill Lamb, Harley Powell, Charles Draper. Doris Gibson, ‘lom Simms, Ra Kersey, Margie Hively, Caroline Cole, eida Rowh, Helena Mieheals, Iris Hamrick. Norma Lea Kersey, Ida Hayes, Lois Ferrari, Helen Smith. Ruth Smith. Anne Hill. Jane Marshall, Miss Daher, Sue Burdette, Bet tv Mattox, Margaret Dent. IX'lores Kinder. Lower left picture: Bob Ingram, Gerald LaRue, Peggy Henderson. Nedra Powell, Patty Cottrill. Kitty Finch. Margaret Briscoe, loan Gilbert, Christine Mattox. Lower Right picture: Clarence Burdette. Bill Kautz, Jean nine Deem. Rena Matheny. Pauline Raynes. Reha Gillispie, Marian Wilson. Sue Alexander. Eunice Karnes, and Jane Ragle. Pant• Thirty-seven Y-Teens First row, left to right: Alice Ingram, Marga ret Briscoe, Betty Mattox, Patty Yates, Orvie Jordon. Second row: Janet Burford, Jean Basham, Helen Landers. Third row: Eileen Hinkle, Nancy Ellis, Helena Michaels. Fourth row: Jane Ragle, Florence Ferrari. Fifth row: Margie Hively, Miss Alderson, Freda Taylor. In front: llevaline Gibson. Jewell King, Evelyn Layne. first row, left to right: John Layne, Oris Igo, Richard Showen, Edwin Martin, Gerald 1 | LaRue, Juri[Cogar, Bobby Ingram. Second row: Mr. White. Reha GiUispie,' Rena F L L y I Matheny, Margaret Briscoe, Delores Kinder, Betty Mattox, Sue Burdette, Peggy llend erson, Tommy Meadors, Willavenc Lovcjoy, Kathryn Finch. Third row: Charles . ... , Milam, Pauline Raynes, Jean Clark, Herman Lewis, Susie Turley, Anna Tidd, Freda t yIor, Helena Michaels, Caroline Cole, Barbara Keener, Carole Jefferies. Fourth row: Lawrence Sayre, Alvin Ingram, Myrtle Phelps, Lois Ferrari, Allen Burdette, Zoe Love, Joan Martin. Zanna Love. Anne Lewis, Doris Milam. Pane Thirty-eixht Modeling Club First row: Clifford Deem. Jack Johnson. Robert Taylor, Billy Cadle, George Jr. lligginbottom. Susie Turley, Anna Tidd, Paddie Carder, and Dorothy Winter. Second row: Mr. Shipley, Nelly Bailey, Wanda Boggess, Doris Milam, Wanda I ovejoy, Barbara Kenner, Betty Rutherford, Ralph Hamerick, and Nelly Wright. Jr. High Knitting Back row. left to right: Mrs. Miller, Polly Ann Wright, Dorothy Winter, Marilyn Smith, Betty Tolley. Third row: Alice Frye. Dawn Jordan, Laura Winter, Josephine Lads. Second row: Cannon Parsons, Patty Lowe. Iris Milam. First row: Jean Ott. Mae Abies. Helen Turner, and Bernice Simmons. Page Thirty-nine Junior Red Cross First row, left to right: Peggy Henderson, Doris Milam, Eleanor Harlow, Dora Montgomery, Polly Anne Wright, Helen Hedrick. Second row: Marlyn Reemlin, Sue Burdette, Gertrude Albin, Mariam Wilson, Virginia Jancy, Janet Burford. Third row: Faye Basham, Gathy Michaels, Virginia Angell, Virginia Pritt. Fourth row: Orville Caldwell. Richard Newland, Thurmen Jividen, Robert Harrison, and Miss Casto. Modern Miss First row, left to right: Nancy Ellis, Janet Burford, June Silman, Doris Gibson. Edith Casto, Hcvaline Gibson, Patty Yates, Florence Ferrari. Second row: Mrs. Miller, Clara Eanham, Wilma Bailes, Orvie Jordan, Eleanor C'asto, Jean Basham. Third row: Eileen Hinkle, Gearldine Tinsley, Jane Ragle, Mary Games, Thelma Harris, Alice Ingram. Page Forty First row, left to right: Sue Alexander, Eunice Karnes. Louis Ferrari, Mr. Stec, Doris Gibson. Jean Basham, Florence Ferrari, Bay Kersey, Evelyn Hudnall. Second row: Clarence Burdette. Bill Rant . Melvin Foster, Cam- rad Hill, Charles I). Boggess, James Kilgore, Charles Draper, Eugene Merket. Visual Education First row: Leo Boggess, Forest Burford, Capt. James Samples. Jim Bob Agee, Hut Asbury. Second row: Junior I liggenbotham. Arlie Dolin, James Hines. Ronald Sigman. John Williams, Roy Sigman, Billy Leshon. Third row: Curtis Sanders, Bill Martin. Theodore Turley. Safety Patrol Page Forty-one The Bund tint cow. left to ngfe:: Heka Rc«cem. Scar Rjarc. J- .Vac Satfh. jao FI!� - Won BUcLihixe. E««fra HWat ; C-.or.aJ Pirf Vrvuorf r � P«ri Vr-uck tr D c- Ci v r Fnace. Vtac« VUctw. HxrSrrt Vlynif PW 2« U - TW am: Euan� MerVet. Retr tUmmunrf. VWt Fwme. luw k' «. R A«t draper, bd Imcn.n Pitr. WjDkt. Dfctos Uniua. Fourth tow to Viama. ' xtuc Vlajjaca. Maryoart towethv Sue MBn. Uin Sumemitt� Brtm (uftor. N k? Ifcjhtoin. k.ick.unar Fad Jew Una “ Fifth row: James Hines, Wayne Lewis, Carol Grover, Polly Wright, Toni Love, Norma Kersey, Ruth Ann Honakcr, Joan Craddock, Frances Harper. Sixth row: Churlcs McKee, Theresa Karnes, Paul Jones, Charles Boggcss, Carl Sovine, Dortha Brick, Kay Harris, Larry Adkinson, Charles White. Seventh row: Loretta Joseph, Joe Temple, Gary Ragle, Clarence Burdette, Eugene Burdette, Margaret Dent, James Harris, Delores Kinder, Sue Jones. Eighth row: Eunice Karnes, Federick Cooley, Robert Finch, Eugene Lane, Ray Kersey, George Hendricks. The Band Majorettes First row, left to right: Jo Ann Smith. Sue Ranson, Nancy Martin, Helen Boggess, lean Blackshirc. Second row: Doris Carrier. Zoe Love, Fannie Hoke, Nancy Ellis. Patsy llarbert, Myrtle Phelps, Evelyn lludnall. Glee Club First row, left to right: Nancy Ellis, Sue Alexander, Wilma Hailes, Donna Fowler, Marie Me- Laughlen, Dottie Whited. Marilyn Dent, Betty Gaylor, Ruth Ann Honaker, Donna Meadows. Second row. left to right: Mary Jo McDaniel, Joan Craddock, Nellie Bailey. Delons Lanaham, Mary Powell. Margie I lively, Ida Mayes, Alice Ingram, Iris Hamrick. '1'Hird row, left to right: Virginia Janey, Christina Mattox, Eleanor Harlow, Deloris Kinder, Threasa Karnes, Jane Marshall. Helen Smith, Ann Lewis, Geraldine Tinsley. Fourth row. left to right: Phyliss Moore, Anne Hill, Ruth Smith, Tom Simms, Ray Dudding, Charles Draper, Sue Osborne, Jane Ragle. P.T'.e Forty-four A Cappella Choir Fourth row: Christina Mattox, Anne Hill, Phyllis First row, left to right: Alice Ingram, Marilyn Dent, Jessie Blake, Anne Lewis, Sue Osborne, Helen Smith, Sue Alexander, Mrs. Shipley. Second row: Dolores Kinder, Jane Marshall, Ruth Smith. Betty Gaylor, Nancy Ellis. Third row: Geraldine Tinsley, Thcrsa Karnes, Dolores Lanham, Ruth Honaker, Virginia Janey, Mary Johnson, and Patricia Hill. Moore, Mary Jo McDaniels. Jimior Choi; First row: Carol Cook. Barbara McGill, Alice Leadman, Pauline Smith. Patty Wecsc, Dawn Jordon. Janice Foster, Mary Sampson, Wanda O’Dell. Carol Drake. Sue Jonse. Second row: Carmon Parsons, Barbara Comstock. Trudy Kilgore, Ruby McCoy, Doris Lanham, Dora Blackshirc, Diane Tyson, Charles White, Polly Wright. Third row: Pauline Montgomery, Jackie Whittington, Blanche Draper. Marilyn Smith. Peggy Weese. Carol Grover, Phyllis Hudson, Nadine Lamb. Gary Shaffer. Fourth row: Bary Osbourne. Helen Turner, Loretta Lunsford, Harriet Witry, Loretta Joseph, Mary’ Wise, Shirley Cottrill, Mary Barnett, Jo Ann Samples. Page forty five First row: Geraldine Tinsley. Alice Ingram. Janet Burfurd. Mrs. (.arrett. Ilevaline Gibson, Donna Fowler. Second row: Willavene Love joy, Orvie Jordan, Thelma Harris, Faith Baldwin, Juanita Burford, and Mary Johnson. Library Club National Honor Society Mrs. Grose, Ray Kersey, Eileen Howard, Florence Farrari, Marjie Hively, Janet Bu Moore. Seated: Conrad Hill, Sue Alexander, Mary Johnson, Zelda Rowh, Norma Lea Kersey. Barbara Stull. Annabclle Turner, and Charles Draper. Standing: Eunice Karnes, Eugene Merket. Jane Marshall. Anne Hill, Betty Jo Paincr, Betty Criner, Robert Hudnall, rtord, Eleanor Casto, Edna Angel I, Phyliss Page Forty-six ATHLETICS Football lop picture—First row, left to right: Bill Bailes. Charles Agee. Cecil Pryor, Robert Hanson, Danny Owsley. Second row: Clyde Underwood, Head Coach, Cecil Brown, Charles Diehl. Russell Casto. John Lynch. Jimmv Jones. Third row: Benny Martin, Manager, Clarence Burdette, French Mandeville. Charles McKee. Conrad Hill, James Samples. Bottom picture— First row, left to right: Charles Raynes, Billy Westfall. Clyde Raynes. Samuel Williams, Lowell Wright. Second row: Am brose Lovejoy, Austin Hudson, Bob Cook, Jack West, O. O. White, Asst. Coach. Third row: Joe Shaffer. Paul Cooper, Bob Harris, Clyde Harris, Jack Carrier, Walter F. Snyder, Principal. 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Orville Caldwell, Carl Burgess, James Owlsley. Gardner Camnbell. Charles Watson. Keith Estep, John Martin, John C aldwell. Donald Steele, Mgr. Charles Cooley. Secon I row: Leo Boggess. Bob Mathews. Warren Owsley. Eugene Higgenbotham. Page Fifty First row, left to right: Carl Sovinc, Kenny West, Albert Harmon, Paul Cooper, Austin Hudson, Bobby Ranson. Second row: Coach Underwood, Tommy Pring, Cecil Brown, Clyde Harris. Danny Owlsey, Asst. Coach White. Third row: Mgr. Bob Cook, Harold West, Russell Casto. Bill Martin, Charles Milam, Asst. Mgr. Charles Turley, Coach Stcc. B” Team First row, left to right: Cecil Pryor. Kenny Hudnall, Clyde Raynes, Dannv Owlsey. Bill Bailes. Second row: Bob Ranson, Charles Raynes. Austin Hudson. Charles Agee. Jack West, John Lynch. Russell Casto. Bill Gibson. Third row: Cly’e Harris, Ray Morris. Conrad Hill, Charles McKee. Cecil Brown, Bob Cook, Sammy Williams. Fourth row: Bob Harris, Ambrose Lovejoy, French Mandeville, Joe Shaffer, James Samples, Eugene Burdette, Bob Cavendcr, Paul Cooper. Varsity N” Page Fifty-one Delores Martin, First row, left to right: Christine Mattox, Freada Morris, Jean Basham, Ruth Smith, Evelyn Hudnall, Marilyn Dent, Maxine Payne, Mary Jo McDaniels, Margaret Kenworthy, Nancy Ellis. Second row: Margaret Briscose, Peggy Henderson, Doris Milam, Pauline Raynes, Rcba Gillispie, Louis Ferrari, Myrtle Phelps, Zanns Love, Nedra Powell. Jo Ann Gilbert. Third row: Wanda Lovcjoy, Betty Mattox, Dottic Whitehead, Ruth llonaker, Zoe Love, June Finch, Sue Alexander, Kinder. Helen Landers, Patsy Martin. Fourth row: Betty Joe Painter. Nancy Martin, Ann Hill, Sue Burdette, Alice Florence Ferrari, Heceline Gibson, Wilma Bailes. Eleanor Casto. G. A. A. Senior Hi h C Cheerleaders Left to right: Ruth Ann Smith, JoAnn Gilbert, Anne Hill, Lois Cooke, Florence Ferrari. Junior High Cheerleaders Left to right: Marilyn l)ent, Shirley Ann Grover, Frances Hoke, Maxine Payne, Dolores Lanham. k Fifty-two a The old adage An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure applies to many ‘hings,—ONE OF WHICH IS EYESIGHT. ★ STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHT! ★ Electricity is Cheap and Dependable! ★ Appalachian Electric Power Company Page Fifty-three CONGRA TULA TIONS— BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES OF 1949 CLASS OF '49 ★ WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE HOME OWNED AND OPERATED 342 Main Street Phone 1739 St. Albans, W. Va. KROGER'S Tires - Tubes - Batteries Motor Oil - Accessories Garden and Lawn Supplies JIMMY DRIGGS, Manager Sporting Goods - Radios Household Appliances Paints - Bicycles and Parts Phone 4-0901 Authorized Dearler of Myers Pump OTIS TAYLOR WATER WELL CONTRACTOR Drilling of Any Kind Route 3, Box 215-B Charleston, W. Vo. BEST WISHES Gatens Funeral Home PHONE 91 - J Poca, West Virginia BEST WISHES . . . CLASS OF '49 ★ F b F DAIRY BAR 1 st Avenue 21 st Street NITRO, W. VA. Page Fifty-four Hot summer days and evenings no longer need to be sticky, wrinkly, puckery. Makers of men’s summer suit fabrics cooperating with engineers of American Viscose have developed a variety of new fabrics which solve the problem. They have engineered man-made ravon fibers to suit cool, light open-weave fabric constructions. Applying proper know-how, they have aided in giving rayon per- manently wrinkle-resistant finishes that lie flat in lapels. drape smoothly across shoulders, hold their press, and dry-clean perfectly. Add to these advantages the other well-known quali- ties of properly engineered rayon fabrics—smoothness, pliancy, moth-resistance and the ability to dye and cross- dye magnificently. Then ask What price these splendid rayon summer suitings? Easy on the purse, sir. Easy! American Viscose Corporation, Nitro, West Virginia. AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION RAVON Paye Fifty-five AMERICA’S LARGEST PRODUCER O F Congratulations ★ 0. J. Kautz First Avenue SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF NEW ITEMS ★ Casto Hardware Company First Avenue Nitro, W. Vo. Dr. E. L. Hendricks Dentist PHONE 95 Dr. G. W. Hogshead Brown's The Family Shopping Center 3501-lst Ave. Phone 701 Nitro Loan Co. M. K. HOKE, Manager A Friendly Loan Service PHONE 174 Modern Supply Co. Congratulations to Class of '49 21st Street and 2nd Avenue Sherwin-Williams Paints and ★ Wallpaper - Hardware Plumbing and Electrical Supplies Dennis R. Knapp Attorney of Law PHONE 652 WE DELIVER Page Fifty-six Best Wishes to the Class of ’49 ☆ DRAPER'S GROCERY 3401 1st Avenue Nitro, W. Vo. Phone 17 Congratulations to the Class of '49 THERE'S BETTER LISTENING on ★ Dr. L. 1. Hoke WGKV 1490 On Your Dial NBC Affilioto PHONE 264 Congratulations Hill's Grocery ★ 30th Street Nitro, W. Vo. PHONE 8 Dr. J. W. Skaggs F. A. HILL, Proprietor Page Fifty-seven COMSTOCK FURNITURE AND HARDWARE COMPANY NITRO ST. ALBANS 21st Street 315 Main Street Phone 48 or 25 Phone 146 Nitro's Largest Furniture Store Complete Furnishings for the Home Living Room and Bedroom Suits - Gas Ranges and Kitchen Furniture Linoleum and Wool Rugs ★ BATH TUBS - WIRING MATERIALS - LIGHT FIXTURES PAINTS - ROOFING - SHEET ROCK INSULATION - TILE BOARD ★ PHILCO — Radios - Refrigerators FRIGIDAIRE — Ranges - Refrigerators MAYTAG — Washers - Ranges - Ironers ★ INLAID LINOLEUM - FLOOR TILE Pag: Fifty-eight KNOWN FOR GOOD FOOD Congratulations, Class of '49 ★ ★ Allison's Restaurant Nitro Taxi PLANT AREA Safe, Courteous Service Phone 9199 PHONE 288 PHONE 210 Congratulations Dolin's Watch Repair ★ Service 35021 35th Street Sigman's Restaurant For NOTIONS - COSMETICS NOVELTIES Boggess Repair Shop See PHONE 322 or 230 W. W. Mac Co., Inc. CIVIC CENTER Nitro, W. Vo. Nitro, West Virginia Nitro Home Appliance 3502 • 35th Street Gaye's Flowers Phone 611 Nitro, W. Vo. Nitro, West Virginia ★ PHONE 777 G. E. AND CROSLEY APPLIANCES Page Fifty-nine Congratulations and Best Wishes To The Graduating Class of 1949 ☆ OHIO APEX NITRO' WEST VIRGINIA ☆ Manufacturers of Plasticizers and Chemicals Congratulations. Class of 1949 ☆ HOLMAN MOTOR SALES, Inc. Corner 2nd Avenue and 22nd Street NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA Phone 601 ELECTRIC IRONS - MIXERS ★ C. E. Smith Appliance PHONE S06 Nitro, W. Vo. Congratulations ★ Judy's Inn Nitro,West Virginia Best Wishes, Class of '49 ★ Valley Bell Dairy Company NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA Good Luck, Class of '49 ★ Gibson Grocery 40th Street Nitro, W. Vo. Page Sixty-one Congratulations, Class of ’49 ☆ RECREATION BILLIARDS CIVIC CENTER Best Wishes ☆ N. I. C. ☆ PHONE 127 Congratulations ★ Charles' Market Nitro, West Virginia Gravely and Moore PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO Charleston, W. V.a Best Wishes, Class of '49 ★ Larry's Grocery Nitro, West Virginia Congratulations, Seniors To All— 1949 ★ Army £r Navy Store Civic Center Nitro, W. Vo. Page Sixty-thfee Best Wishes to the Graduates of 1949 ☆ MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA ☆ Ptge Sixty-four Serving Industry Which Serves Mankind SOUTHERN S UPPLY COMPANY, INC- ☆ Lumber and Building Materials ☆ PHONE 15 NITRO, W. VA. Congratulations Miller-Harless Auto Sales KAISER - FRAZER Sales and Service Lock and Payne Nitro, W. Va. PHONE 612 Fred Cooke Funeral Home ★ PHONE 82 Nitro, W. Vo. 24 Hour Ambulance Service New — PARTS — Used ★ Jones - Markham Auto Parts Telephone 40 Nitro, W. Vo. REV. 0. E. CALDWELL MORNING SERVICES SHEPHERD'S CALL 7:45 MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 950 ON U l kJA 950 ON YOUR DIAL VY IXINM YOUR DIAL Page Sixty-five Congratulations to the Class of ’49 ☆ EARLES' LUNCH 2402 1ST AVENUE NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION DAY NITRO FURNITURE CO. TEMPLE DRUG STORE Phone 89 NITRO'S MOST MODERN FURNITURE AND RECORD STORE Phone 113 Page Sixty six Accept Our Congratulations , . . High school days over, college or career days ahead each promising adventure and achievement ... So accept our congratulations, graduates—may your future find the fulfillment of your highest ambitions. UNITED FUEL GAS CO. n COLUMBIA GAS SYSTIM I NATURAL GAS . . . YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANT ★ ★ J Compliments of Childers-Chevrolet ★ Dealer IMPERIAL POCA, WEST VIRGINIA Ice Cream Company PHONE 18-J Best Wishes ★ Lewis Department Store Hedrick Feed and Supply Company ★ Apparel for All the Family ★ PHONE 35 ROUTE 25 NITRO, W. VA. CIVIC CENTER NITRO, W. VA. PHONE 681 Page Sixty-seven NITRO PENCIL COMPANY PHONE 20 NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA TYLER MOUNTAIN BUS LINES SERVING Tyler Mountain - Flatwoods Cross Lanes - 40th Street Lake Chawera Walnut Valley Acres Section LEAVES F F DAIRY BAR 6:30 - 12:30 For Additional Information Call Capitol 2-4333 or 3-6274 Congratulations ★ A. W. COX Department Store CIVIC CENTER NITRO, W. VA. Page Sixty-eight . V A