Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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Bob Ingram Wittiest Best Actor Life of Party Richard Schowen Most Studious Peg Dawson Wittiest Most Mischievous Faith Baldwin Most Bashful Charles Diehl Most Handsome Juanita Burford Prettiest Neatest Tom Pring Neatest Bettye Mattox Best Sport RUNNERS-UP Danny Owsley Best Athlete Best Sport Most Popular Jeannine Deem Harry Sands Best Looks Sally McGrew Harry Sands Best Sport Lois Ferrari Harry Sands Austin Hudson Cutest Couple Caroline Cole Bob Draper Most Musical Rena Matheny Austin Hudson Best Actor, Actress Bob Draper Zoe Love Neatest Lois Ferrari Harry Sands Gerald Larue Thelma Parsons Life of the Party Best Athlete Rena Matheny Austin Hudson Best Dancer Evelyn Hudnall Jim Deeter Most Mannerly Nancy Holman Charles Diehl Most Mischievous Rena Matheny Fuzzy Sayre Most Studious Gerald LaRue Jeannine Deem Life of the Party Rena Matheny Harry Sands Jim Deeter Wittiest Thelma Parsons Richard Schowen Best Personality Jeannine Deem Jim Deeter Lou Ann Norris Best Sport Most Mannerly Most Likely to Succeed Margaret Dent Richard Schowren Most Bashful Zanna Love Clyde Harris

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 9 Austin Hudson Most Popular Lois Ferrari Most Popular Best Athlete Bill Martin Best Dancer Myrtle Phelps Best Dancer Harry Sands Best Personality Most Mannerly 3 Jeannine Deem Best Personality Most Likely to Succeed Fred Cooley Most Likely to Juri Cogar Most Mischievous Delores Kinder Most Musical Bob Draper Most Musical Sue Burdette Most Studious Best Actress Best Personality Milam Bashful

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On a cool, bright day of November, 1961, the town of Nitro pulses in the throes of uninhibited cele- bration. There is dancing in the streets, confetti fills the air and the population is wild with joy. Those heroes of the class of ’51 whose astounding achievements have put Nitro on the map, are at this moment trooping to the fine six-story school building to hold an Alumni Banquet in celebration of Coach Dan Owsley’s striking accomplishment of urging his Wildcats on to the State “A” Champion- ship Finals, which they won, 46-0. As the notables pass in review one’s eye is caught by blond, handsome Austin Hudson, RKO leading man whose salary is so high he can boast that the government has built three dams and two bridges with his income taxes. Then comes what looks like a perambulator ex- hibition but it’s only those production geniuses, Donna Pryor, Sue Lett, Dorothy Hood, and Marg Withrow. Recording this world-shaking event for posterity is Jurl “Flashbulb” Cogar, news-photog- rapher for “Life.” Gerald LaRue, Nitro’s most suc- cessful mayor, proudly marches along the new La- Rue Boulevard (old 21st street) followed by City Recorder Jeannine Deem who is frantically taking notes. Gene Clark, nationally known Editor-in-Chief of the Kanawha Valley Leader, is in New York arrang- ing (rumor has it) a merger with the New York Times (a less widely read journal published in New York for quite some time). Nancy Holman and Anne Lewis, high socialites and women’s fashion arbiters, are still conspicuous in their Paris orig- inals. Two shining black eyes approach followed by the rest of Heavyweight Champ Bill (Dark Eyes) Mar- tin, Nitro’s gift to the fight world. Ila Owens, the old home town’s answer to Toots Shor, took time off from her position as New York’s leading res- tauranteur to appear at the festivities. The Rev. Kermit Berry, ably filling the shoes of Harry Emerson Fosdick, is slated for the evening’s main address. Jim Deeter, whose interest in bas- ketball can be blamed for his implication in the recent player bribing scandal between C. C. N. (City College Nitro) and C. I. U. (Carbide Island University), was unable to attend for the same reason as Richard Schowen whose adeptness at picking up other people’s handwriting finally got him into trouble when he tried to buy the Taj Mahal with a bad check. They send their regrets and this short autobiography: “High Chair, High School, Hi Warden!” Now here comes the food carried in by some more classmates, Ethel Hively, Ruby Steele, and Doris Allen. Delores Kinder, famous opera singer, has taken Helen Trauble’s place, but is much prettier. Bettye Mattox and Lou Ann Norris, those shy babes while in high school, have become popular wrestlers. Buddy McKinney, John Joplin, and Alvin Ingram really took music to heart. Their vocal talent wasn’t discovered until the Senior Voice Class, then they refused to stop. They are now featured on Arthur Godfrey’s show as replacements for the mariners. Well, well, here’s Evelyn Hudnall, the girl whose motto was “Smile, smile, smile.” Evelyn is now modeling for the Ipana Toothpaste Company. Among the crowd tonight are Tom Pring, Arlen Bailey, Eddie Martin, and Roger Magaw, the heroes in the Midget Auto Races, owned and operated by Marg Dent. Paul and June Cooper have opened their own little business. The name is “Paul’s Diaper Service.” Neither last nor least is Caroline Cole, known the whole country over for her three-ring circus. Also, in the circus are other classmates. Kitty Lyons, the girl who, while in high school, always tried to reduce, is featured as “Thin Lady.” Fuzzy Sayre is starred as “Fat Man” (remember the football banquet?). 22