Parsons High School - Panther Yearbook (Parsons, WV)

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SENIORS “Friendship is a Sheltering Tree” CLASS OF 4 7 by Rosa Lea Marteney A few years back, in ’41 Our days in Parsons Grades were done And at the start of 42 We knew that they were really through. Things were different in Junior High We watched them with unblinking eye. The seventh and eight went mighty fast In fact, they were too quickly past. Our first year in Parsons High It came, and then went flying by. The last three years are a little clearer As old P. H. S. kept growing dearer; Parties and picnics helped tighten the bond. But what topped all was our “Stardust Prom! It came on Saturday, the eleventh of May, We could hardly wait, for that was the day We donned our long dresses and the boys a new suit We don't like to brag but we thought we looked cute. Now I must take time to tell of the room Of the glittering stars and the oversized moon. The scene was a garden with a picket fence; Nothing compares with it that we have seen since. It was like living in another land Rases for all and Fats Ryan’s band. All the explaining that I would do Couldn’t show the splendor of it to you. We leave these things that are in the past. And come to our Senior year at last. Though we may dread it the time will come To say Goodbye to everyone. As graduation Day draws near We hate to leave and so we fear There will be many a sniffle and many a tear. At the end of this, our Final Year! President .... Vice-President Secretary ..... Treasurer .... Reporter ..... ... Dick Higgs Historian ............................... Julia Kisner Erma Bible Cheerleader ............................... Jean Sturm .... Evelyn Hebb Flower .................................... Red Rose Herbert Bennett Colors ................................ Red and Gray ..... Willis Williams Motto— Today we follow, tomorrow we lead. Sponsors ..... Mary Alice Frum and Hazel Hull Back in the year of 1941, we, the Seniors of today, started our journey on the long winding road to a higher education. Eighty energetic students took their training in the Seventh and Eighth grades. Grace Bright and Marie Lipscomb were our sponsors in the seventh grade. Margaret Moore was our sponsor in the eighth grade. Harold Parsons was cne of our teachers until he left for defense work during the year and Mrs. Evelyn Hamby took his place. During these two years we achieved three goals by winning a radio for the most subscriptions in a magazine contest, second place in the one- act play contest and a dictionary for placing second in the scrap iron drive. Officers elected in grade 8 were: President, Colleen Dudley and Donna Jean Orr; Vice-President, Don Wirner; Secretary. Colleen Collins and Juanita McDonald; Treasurer. Dick Higgs; Reporter. Colleen Collins and Juanita McDonald; Cheerleaders. Jack Goff. Bob Phillips and Betty Heckler; Songleaders. Don Wimer and Louis Roy. In November, during our eighth year, we organized a Blue Star Dramatic Club and adopted a constitution. Officers elected were: President, Colleen Dudley; Vice-President, Burton Cornell; Secretary. Charles Digman; Treasurer, Dorotha Shaffer; Reporter. Wilma Johnson. One Hundred and twenty gathered at P. H. S. to take one more leap on the journey as Freshman, 1943-44. This year John Swearingen was elected president, Jean Sturm was Vice-President; Wanda Cosner, Secretary and Treasurer: Garvey Gilmore. Reporter; and Phyllis Ours was elected as permanent cheerleader. Sponsors were Lila Thurston, Eileen Lewis, and Sally English. In October we had a Hal- lowe’en Party, our first party of the year. In April of that year the boys won the class basketball tournament. We ended the year with a picnic at Holly Meadows. By the time we became Sophomores, we really had a good start on our long journey. Our class officers were Garvey Gilmore. President; Wanda Cosner. Vice-President; Lewis Roy. Secretary; Erma Bible. Treasurer; Phyllis Ours. Cheerleader; and sponsors were Lila O’Haver and Sally English. In October, at our Hallowe’en Party. Colleen Dudley won first prize for the prettiest costume and Joseph Kisner for the funniest. By this time manv names of this class of ’47 had become a constant part of the honor roll: Joan Funkhouser. Julia Kisner, Margaret Felton. Erma Bible. Phyllis Ours, Bill Ramsey, Dick Higgs, Eula Marteney. Rosa Lea Marteney. Aileen Peters, Ruth Schenley. Colleen Dudley, Evelyn Hebb, Don Auvil, Van Willson, Juanita McDonald, Jean Sturm, Burton Cornell, Willis