Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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.J 3 CjjGLze 3nto printing of $4 bills, but Janet Watson, the new Dagmar, didn’t like the picture of her that he put on them. Donna Cook and Helen Baldridge have grown tired of being quiet. They went to college where they made excellent cheerleaders. Anne Hoffman is better known as West Virginia’s “Pistol Packin’ Mamma.” She was experimenting with Papa’s shot gun when it went off. Millard Cook settled down with his little “Angell” and is now raising little dev . . . Oops, children. Gweneth Shahan is now a famous author of mys- teries. Her latest being, “Who Stole The Hinges Off The Hen House Door?” Sue Murrock has finally found her true love and they’ve just settled down in their new brick home. Dora Montgomery didn’t wait long to become Mrs. Grandin. They are living in Norfolk, Virginia, where Milt is stationed with the U. S. Navy. James Perks took over Harry James’ place play- ing the trumpet. For his debut he played, “Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Be In Carolina.” Everyone wished he was. Carolyn Hayes is still working at McDonald’s Grocery. Says she likes it now that they have a nice- looking manager. Johnny Morris is now a private detective. He is looking into the case of the “Missing Link” between man and ape. Faye Basham, who was always tops, won na- tionwide fame a few years ago. She was crowned ‘Miss America of 1960.” Robert Taylor and Steve Tyson are now promi- nent businessmen in Nitro. They jointly own the chain of Kroger Stores. Donald and Raymond Westfall teamed up and now own private steamboat lines. They operate along the Kanawha River. Each time they pass Nitro, they blow a salute to the ’ole town. Leonard Casto and Clifford Godbey, noted dentists, won fame with the remarkable jobs they have pulled. Their glum dispositions are due to the, fact that they are always looking down in the mouth. Gary Ragle became a mortician. Hev found busi- ness very, very dead. Consequently, he looked something more exciting and is noW rig tSS fSP 'sales for ghost ships. Dana Johnston has made Nitro v him. After beginning with the Charlestoi has finally worked up to the Boston Rec Ronald Bass and Kenneth Asbury ite they were always up in the ajr any{ when they’re gonna land? Mary Powell is still an office work dr at Cox’s. She has already married three of their tnafiagers and is now looking for the fourth. It was a double wedding for Ma . and Clyde Harris, Maxine Payne and Kenny West in the year 1953 and they are living very peacefully in Nitro. Kenneth Turner is now working at an Atomic Plant. We always knew he had a sign-tific brain. Bob Murphy decided to try his luck at Vasser. He is now a professor of fashions and has dated every gal qn the campus. Sonny Wallace has become the Champion stock car driver. His speed has already reached 200 m. p. h. See you—m eaven?—Sonny. fries L hori'land Jerry Lamb decided to make the Navy. They were stationed in France the last typoft. Must be those French bathing beau- over 'fnerq Wade Null became an engineer on the New York Central. He gdt so excited on his first run, that he took the wrong track at Sattes and hasn’t been heard of since. . —x ns out-did himself in trying to defend 'ho was up for the charges of having six wives—all at once. During the investigation, it was discovered that Lewis also had one too many and now they are both serving terms. Keith Priddy, Lee Wyant and Bill Criner are known as the falcons. When they drive their car, people can’t decide whether it is an airplane flying low or the boys hitting the high spots. Patty Hill is now manager of what is left of Mon- santo. The great disaster occurred when Darrell Don- aldson thought he had completed one of his great ex- periments. Everything went BOOM! Patricia Lyons is secretary to Eisenhower and has maintained the job since 1952. Pat says she likes her job, but it isn’t like being with her friends back in high school. Helena Simmons is the owner of a lady’s shop and sells everything from foundations to chimney tops. Carole Trainer and Verdella Gibson have long married their Bill and Jack and are just content be- ing housewives. Jimmy Westfall and the former “Ginny” King are so-o proud of their two sets of twins. Both sets have cute freckles and red hair! Wonder who they look like? Talma Lemon, now famous actress, just completed the play, “Disaster Strikes Only Once.” Talma was the disaster and she struck the hero. Marilyn Dent thought about becoming a physical education teacher. She miscalculated a little; moved south, married, and is busy enough training six boys of her own. Richard Lanham has finally bought Holman’s and is doing a very lively business—gives away a free car every month. Carol Gill and Lillian Johnson are having their ups and downs. Their two oldest children are com- peting for the title of the National Typing Champion. Agatha Michael is quietly residing in Nitro, rais- ing her five little “Wolfes” and taking care of her den. Shirley Dolin now owns and operates a beauty parlor in Nitro and does a rip-roarin’ business. Her motto being, “The Worse They Come The Better I Like Them!” Donna Meadows had high hopes of becoming an- other Florence Nightingale and would have made it, too, but after graduating from training she did what’s natural. Fell in love, married, and is residing quietly on the outskirts of town. Bettye Gaylor decided to attend college and she became one of the ten most famous women in the world. She has taken Eleanor Roosevelt’s place and it is rumored that she may be the next president. And last, but not least, the old water tank standing on 21st Street Hill is illuminated by a flash of lightning. Yes, it is still there—“Seniors ’52.” Every year the same group retouch it to keep it a living memory to all. His task completed, the ghost vanishes to rest at last in peace. 27

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