Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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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

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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

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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