Petersburg High School - Petro Schola Yearbook (Petersburg, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 98 of the 1946 volume:

FACULTY PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL E. C. Browne, Principal U. ii., .Vest Vir0inia University B. i� ., Shepherd College Economics, Sociology Typing Lorothy Iule:;un Li. ii., «c-st Vir0iniu University B, ii., Bria0ev ut-r College En lisn, shorthand, Lusic, rt, French, Literary, senior Sponsor line Uunningnam Frye 3., . est Virginia University Inglish, Jourm lish, Latin, ool Counselor, Librarian, Junior S .i. nsor John Groves B. i� . Shepherd Col o0e athletic Lire.-tor, Bookkeeping, Sophomore Sponsor Bess Snyder iCphl 3.S.H.E., West Virginia Universit LI. ii., ’.Vest Virginia University Home Eco.-omics Lewi3 G. Stark B. S , University of Missouri -• B.j «est Vir0iniu University Vocational Agriculture Myrtle Groves A. B., Shepherd College Mathematics, English, Heading Physical Education, «social Studies, «Junior Sponsor Howard Hannan Potomac State Shepherd's College Manual arts, General Shop, Freshman Sponsor a, Neil Frye A� B., Fairmont State College English, Heading Earl S. Black B� , Shepherd College Science, Social Science Freshman Sponsor Flo,, d J. Dahmer 5T S. a., Shepherc ’ s olie e i... a., .'?st Virginia imiversitji History, Mathematics, (second Semester) Sophomore Sponsor Mary Dead r i ole President Dee;� br n eyes running ov-r with lee. Honor Society 3 4 'uture H� ;enule'V Club ' Ciris' Desketb 11 3 4 Junior Play 1 Senior Play 4 Annual Staff 4 Cheerleader Dana 1 2 Ralph Sites Vice-President The rule of .y life is to 2u .e j ai '.paa j le au.'e, � � f jy - iub I p.p.... Sasketb il 1 Sasebali i _4 Junior i ray 3 Sen ..r I lay 4 a smile for all, a t.eating glao, a lovable Jolly way she had. Senior Play 4 Honor Society 4 Future Homemakers Club 2 Siris’ Basketball 4 Junior i lay 3 Literary 3 annual Staff 4 (Editor)' The 0irl worthwhile is the girl who cun smile, when every tiling oes oeu.. wr.n ,. Valedictorian Honor Society 3 4 Future Homemakers Club 0 3 4 annual Staff 4 Literary 4 Viking Log Staff 3 (Editor) Lois Kioble Homer Herman Jean Bidole Jeun Evuns MIt's t.ic t� .ut ye sinol -. i. 3..ilea inut jZ wear, I .at a u' u-ir.' the 3un shine every ere, Glee Club 4 annual Bt-ff 4 senior May -i ’•He is life Mth Ml its fun ana woula count a day ill spent 1 hut's seen no Lischief C ne.M Basketbbl. 1-I .-4 Foot ball 2-4 Bascba 11 2-4 Annua 1 Btaff 4 Junior Flay 2 senior n-y ■' iklr.. Be Bt-r wosijer -t g..ox L in bua clou -1 a oren-.er rcccrus onfrield Buy,' a star of an athlete ! always ana un cll u round vuinner crover. f Key Club 2-2-A Bus ctBall 1-2-2 -4 Foot cull v -4 Junior May 2 Baseball 2-4 senior May 4 scy couta 1-4 Viiwir , Lc0 - tcff 5 - U - - u . V • f - � w ■1� “ - y is s . c, • • x w a y 3 “Piy one very Uurrfree. Honor Bceiety 3-4 senior i L:.y 4 Glee ‘J al 4 Bit erury 2-4 Junior May 2 Annual utuff 4 William Crites Jessie ilao Kiggleukr. ;„c un-w tri . it no ye wt- r. ; ;.r iij;t fa lit- tic tee- Glee Club . -4 1 « «._ • ■ - - - . x C iTUx ic 01 toer.tie mien, u sweeter a«i. txJ r.cver seen. � U-. 0� � . wj w Glee J...S i i luy 4 Mi:er personality sr.ines through nor smile 4-H Club 4 futuro Homemakers 2-2-4 Benior May 4 Gleo Club 3 “Let the world ulice, let te world Oo, u fig Tor care and a fig for woe v Vikin Log 3 Fo.Ot be 11 i H ueoal1 )-2-2-4 Basket ball 1-2-3 Junior Play 3 Boy Be outs 1 Future Farmers 1-2 Glee Club 2 Elva Lee Cole i ten Wttcialene Henderson She's pretty to walk and witty to talk with and pleuBunt too, to think on. 4-H Club 3-4 denior Play 4 Sincere and true, I strive in all my best to uo. Viking Log Staff 3 annual Stuff 4 Ruth Heuse Ana wuere sc'er thou � -ove Sooo Luck is ha 11 flin t.er old shoe after.% To BLii .p anc loo cheer- ful, co .tenteo, unu cay is an excellent way of start- up t..e cay.” lionor Soceity 2-4 -annual Staff 4 senior s lay 4 • ... • 1-4 Footufa11 3-4 Vi ;in0 Lo0 Stuff 3 Junior Play 3 • oy Club 2-2-4 -1' tc the a no s .i ve mau e it a , ru. tiee put all my worries in co lo« o' i-y heart, sit n toe lie and Slec Club 4 Here's a girl with a heurt am 3 s.ai e that uakes the oubble of xife worthv. :.ixe. Sttiututcrian Future Hoieiuakers 2-2-4 Honor Society 2-4 Vi inL Log Staff 3 Neva StuiLp She .lx. ducteoa for relieves xx aoe suys. 4-H Club 4 r Senior P uy 4 Trt.e to ni.� self, true to e his frienus f true to his duty al-ays. Future Far ers 1-2-3-4 Foot call 3-4 Junior Play 3 Viking Lo , Staff 3 Richard Patch Ia.obone Alt •Varren Brake Quietly she worked away, uithful to each duty. ' VikinJ Lo 3 a quiet mind i3 nobler than a crown. F F.a. l-r-3-4- Honor Society o-4 Key Club -4 i -;nce is morr musical t'mn any s n ,.” HH r eyes like jtai‘9 of twilight fuir, xik twi- -i0ht t.o, her dusxy hair Viiiinfc, Lo± Staff 3 Future Homemakers . -3-4 Girls Susketb-.H 4 Junior . lay 3 oenior rlay 4 Ju it Brennen J-o room for any shirkers, v ve ot to uvc some Her very fr. ns -r : fair- ■ ork« rs an urren is sur- f'r Tur, Thun smiles of ly one of ti.em f other maiuens wr .H F F• a 1-r -3-4 uey Club 2-3-4 Junior Play 3 Senior Play 4 Viking Lo0‘Stuff j oenior f lay 4 Future Homemakers Nonca Hawk Wary Lou Stump The reu-.r. firm, th te:..p- You :.o t 1 .k erute will, ndurunce,fcre- unu f e- uu c; L.et� .in0 sic ht, ot 1 en0wh, -n. s .ilx oo . haw iiu eiied. annual Staff 4 ' • unior Play 3 Honor Society 2— oenior 1 lay 4 Vikih0 Lo0 Stuff 3 Literary ; -4 annual otuff 4 Twilu Hesse l!ary Duyton Freda Whetzel Van Meter Viola Keplinger Her voice • onc. •lew an e •• Vikin Do, as ever soft celient thing L toff 2 H3he cannot frown, she never tries, her heart is always 7. o y - Viking Lot Staff 3 Future Hebemur, era 3-4 dometi:. «o fro. her eyes I did receive fair speech- less messages. Vikin0 Lot Staff 3 annual Staff 4 ov; tiie history of the Class of Six and Forty, of the high school of the city of Petersburg, County of Grant, State of 'Jest Virginia, as in this wise In t e be innin , in the one thousand, nine Hundred and 'orty-second year of oar ord, und in the ninth month, there entered into this Land of Learning, nine -nd fifty seeKers of Knowledge, Sorae came up from the eighth grude, here they had for many months been busily engaged in storing their raind3 with the honey of wisdom; some ..ere 0reen and fresh from a far country; some cane from farms; where tney iad been tillers of the soil; and some were from other halls of instruction. “nQ it c me to pa33, as they did enter this land, that they ere received with .. ila we loomings unc rejoicings oy those who, it was decreed, should henceforth lead t ;era jp the slippery by-ways of knowledge. i-ikewise, it came also to p as tnatthey were received with malicious glee by a certu.n ..ila bind of beings who were called Sophomores, and who because of tneir .ierce t-ste for Freshmen blood, did pounce upon them daily and nightly, and did Cause them to suffer grout things, an. to a-y in their hearts Behold, blessed be the name of Education, for because of it nave we endured tore-t torments, both of the body -nu of the mind. Verily have we been murtyrs tc it3 grout and noble cause. Ana «a they dvelt long in the land, they fell in with the customs of the in- habitants thereof, ano their strangeness wore away, and they each became as one emongthe rest. and it cuue to puss, after some raon h, that their eyes were turned toward grad- uation, out many, with one consent, began to ;.� ke excuses. hc first suia, Hi am poor in health. Therefore I cannot graduate. Another said, HI am dull anu cannot learn. I pray thee have rae excused. a third said, I must needs toil at home. Therefore I cannot graduate. Anc still another said, I am going to bo married, and therefore 1 need not graduate. oc thus did this class decrease in numbers until the rtiole number at the end o: the first year was one and fifty. CHAPTER II . ov it came to rusa at the beginning of the second year that a new band of youths aid co:„e up from the adjoining territory, and Class of six and forty, in Ue new dignity c its pro oticn, rememoereu the days of its own greenness, and as o..e sOf.ho-.ores . tiieir uay hau uone unto them, even so uia they dc unto thc..e now :rcunaen, an. - ia show no mercy unto tneir sufferings, and no heeu unto tneir uuientuti, until il were oruisec ana full of much sorrow. i.ow it oo nu nee t ::-t this lunu to whicn they hau come -us ruled over by one .nown S8 . Oarleton Browne, a professor of much wisdom; and at he beginning of the second year, he spake unto them, 8uyin0 in Go, 6ather ye in u ooay, und .r0unize you selves into a class, that ye may gain t ength, anu that your courage may ux hot ' And us he s, uke unto the;.., so Wus it uone, unu they chose their wisest cnes to oe tneir leauers, anu called tneumelveu, ith much pride, the cl.ss of six and forty. � nd � 0 the clu3s did journey through tne lunu, benold, there was u nuiden who huo 3t ayeu far frou the communies with which they had set forth, and wus touch sorrowful, «no us the toetabers of the class uid look ..pon her in her loneliness, their hearts were 3tirred in pity for her, and they oio open wide unto her that she 8houlu be gathered in. «nd the whole number at the end of tne second year was six anc forty. CH ITEA III It came to pass that the cluss of six una forty continued to find favor ir. the eyes of tneir wise and worthy leader, l£r. Browne, and success looked fair before them, and they wore much 0lad. But a greut cry went Up from th throuts of the greedy classi LoJ if it doth happen that we are to gruduate ufter many days, it appe roth that th’oro is much need of many dollars wherewith to provide the seng anu cance thereof! And jeliold, it oio come to puss, that the cluss uid aspire to histrionic hon.rs, anc die present to the people u ureat and wonderful ploy, wherein each should act what be was not; and they did choose us a sacrifice u comedy of groat humor, and Brother Goose wus butchered to rauke a junior hollduy. «nd lo! the awful deed was done; and the multitude did cry out ih their hearts, Heavon forgive tnca, for they know not what they do! und with their lips, How Orano und wonderful this thing which ye have done! and t.ie heads of the class did become swelled to their fullest capacity at the praise they did receive for the murderous dccc they hud done. Now it came to pass, as their pride 0rew to u great bigness within them, that the class began to wish for symools befitting their station; und many messages v.ero sent to the big cities und all tne towns round about for sunplee of tneir fine jew- elry; und at lust, after much considerint, und reconsidering, the class professed itself to be satisfies with its choice, und rings were purchased with which they rested well content. «nd behold! tne juniors did prepare a feast. And they did bid to come to the fea3t those who were before them, the worthy seniors; and they did request the pres- ence of those who did teach them, and that body known us the Board of I'ducution. and wnen the gues a did at lust depart from the festivities, they were exceeding glad thut things were us they had been proclaimed, and did 0ive much thanks to the Class of six and forty for the pleasure they had provided for their enjoyment. And behold, as the class went on its way in great rejoicing through the lund of plenty und of promise, they did overtake two more aarasels who .-ere wandering ulone, and who cried unto them with a loud voice, saying, Take us into your class, we pray you, for our companies have gone far on without us, and v.e cannot reach them, though we follow fast unu far. And as they spake unto them, even so uid the class of six unc forty listen ano have compassion upon them, and it wus done unto them even us they hud askeu. «nd lo, the whole.number at the end of this third year was thirty. tfUKTER IV Now this, the fourth yeur in the history of this great und onaer'ul class of six and forty has been one of much hara labor, and but little resting by the wuy3id j for prepurutions have been mukin reauy for them to take their final departure from the land. And it aso came to pus3 that the cluss, finding themselves ost faithful, chose to be one of their colors, the hue of refineo gold, unu 'or the other, th� blue of celestial skies, which was to oe unto them a symbol of truth, «nd they die blend to0 ther bolu with the blue, to procluim unto the worla that t-.ey diu ev r meun to be true men unu women in the great land toward which their steps were directed. Now it so happened that this eluarf of six anu ! orty, finding within themselves what noboay else uad discovere- therein, with one consent did adopt unto themselves mot o in this � .ise with the ropes of the pust we will ring the bolls of the future. And they, ano ali their pec les, unu ail the lunu far unu neur, rejoiced thereat, anc there wus much ringing of bells unu shouting in jubilation. «nu it cume to puss in this yeur that this class haa need of a sun of monry where- with to purchuse a memorial to their h.nor. «nd they did l.bor and 0ive of th fruits of their labor. Likewise did they bia tne .eople of the countryside around about their city to come anu view ut great price the results of their cispluy of greut tulent in the guise of a eativity in mune Sing for your Supper. And lo! the peo le did stop their ears an- uiu flee in tecror from this class of six anu for y, unu did seek s:ne .luce of refuge. But behold, the class looked upon it unu oelieved it o bt Oo u. «nu they did use of their suostunce to ,urchase thp .emorial. lassjp rDpI ECg Listen, 0 ye men anc women, youths and maider.s, and little cFildrenJ Listen, all ye people cf Petersburg, to the words of wisdom from the lips of your prophet, who spe-keth unto you what hath been revealed unto her, even as it hath been decreed by the powers that be. For it hu3 cone to pass that the veil of the future hath been rent in twain, even as it was so rent in the days of the wise prophets of old, and the Spirit of Prophecy hath descended from the sphe es to envelop my soul with her mystic ov er. It has been given unto me us the chosen one of this great and good people, the Class of 1946, to dream strange dreams, and to see strange visions of the glories of the years yet to be. te I looked into the land of the future I could discern moving among the dim shadows of the peoples yet to be, the familiur shapes of those fuir and radient beings who were once my classmates, now changed and transformed into citizens of the world outsice, even _s they had long hoped to be. And it came to pass that the veil before mine eyes grew yet more end more thin through the intensity of my vision, and behold I could see them, even a a if the intervening years were not at all, I could seei Imogene Alt as Mrs. Gene Brake, living in Petersburg. Lcis Kimble as secretary to the manager of the Firestone tore. Anna Lee Clower as a chemical engineer ir. New York City. Jeooie Mae Riggleman as assistant .to the postmuster, John McDonald, at Dorcas, West Virginia. Julia 3rennun as Mrs. Lyle Rexrode, living at Maysville. Aldene Bergdoll as Mrs. Norris Brake, living at Dorcas. Norma Hawk as Mrs. Keith Hill, walking down Grove Street with her son, Keith, Jr. Glady Stump as a star reporter on the New York Times. Neva Stump as a English teacher in Petersburg High Sch ol. Jeun Biuole still trying to make up her mind if it's the Army, the Navy, the Marines, or just plain Civilian. Twila Hesse us secretary to Henry Ford II. Ruth Heose as a confidential secretary in the General Motors Corporation. Eleanor Muake as secretary at the fuse plant in Rockville, Md. Jessie Mae Shaffer ae a teucher at Catherman's Business College in Cumberland, Marylund. Madalene Henderson as dean at the Mary Baldwin school for girls. Mary Lou Stump as teacher in the new kindergarten in Petersburg. Jean Evans us Mrs. WilLis Rohrbuugh living at Scherr. Lila Rohrbuugh as an economics teacher in Petersburg High School. Mary Dajrton, employed us a beautician in New York City. Viola Keplinger ae a successful artist. . Mury Deadrick working at a recreational center in Chicago, Illinois. Freda Whetzel VanMeter keeping house fer her husbund. -lvu Lee Simpson Goldizen as a successful housewife. Homer Harman as manu0er of the Firestone Store. ••'Honey'1 Crites as Coach ir. Petersburg High School. Richard ftitch, taking his redhead twin daughters to the park. Paul Bergdoll, Professor at the new college just erected in Petersburg. Ralph Sites, new swoon-crooner cf 1956. Guy Turley, Biology teacher in Petersburg High School. Wayne Lewis, advertising manager for the Baltimore Sun. Warren Brake, the most successful farmer in the Potomac Valley. „ verily, cs I beheld this scene and marvelled thereat, thinking, ye, even so shall it straightway come to pass with each and all of us, lo the strains of music died a-.ay, the veil was drawn over mine eyes, shutting out from my vision the Things to Be, and I turned mine eyes back to the Things that Are, sure that as coming events cast their shadows before, only goodness and truth and prosperity shall follow all the days that are to come to the fair und talented members of the Class of 1946. .� no it curae to ras3 that this class clas3 grew in might and oe0ur to think of their talents, ,uad they said one to anotuer,: MHow is it that we the mighty have left no record belli.: us to our many deeds? Then spake their leader unto then: Gather ye together . record of the deeds you have dene, anJ likenesses of all your nunoei'3 and place theu on a scroll that all iuy learn of the honor anc glory due you, «nd even as he s .u e so '..1,;� it uone, .� nd thes 3 ‘rclls were purchased by all who jesirec ihera that the world might know t ;is mighty ban , and the people suw that it w s Ooud« tnd beholcu the underlines uij bid this -..ighty throng to a ''east in their honor• «nu they did go even into th highways, an hedges, and cots el all, even those peo..le of instruction to corae to thi3 lice set apart, ana .iu eat of the good things of tne lano, anc uiu rejoice with the class of six anu orty at the woc ‘’ortu e ,hich had come to then, in return for all their lor.., anc ,,ati«nt laboring at the task that hau been set befor- t .era. .� na the picdeparted rejoicing. And behold, as was the custom in those days, a decree went out that all peoples should be bidden to be present at the final rites of this illustrious class, from the hills and the plains, fro:., the cities ano the towns carae a great multitude of people. - nd when the people oid see the beauty and v isoom of these students, they Said one to another: Surely the men and .omen of this faculty have done marvelous things. nnd behol ., the students did oepart frora that house bearing with them scrolls as proof of their wisdom. i nd the whole number at the end of this fourth year was thirty and one, which are these: Lury . ilson, third daughter of the House of Deadrick, hora the CI 33 of six and forty, with one consent, aid choose to be their president, Jessie Lae, whose surname is Riggleuan. Paul Evers, and Kyrtle aldene, son and daughter of Evers, of the House of Bergdoll. Glady Cressa, daughter of William, and Neva Gertrude, daughter of Vinceon, and Lary Lou, daughter of Edward, whose surnames are Stump. Fredu Jhetzel, who tooi: unto herself a husband whose surname is Van Leter. .nnu Lee, third dau0hter of the House of Glower. Guy, a worthy youth, -..hose surname is Turley. Luogene florence, .hose surname is alt. anna Jean, only child of Haven, 0 ’ the House of Evans, who is a storekeeper, william Scott, a youth of pod report, whose surname is Critrs. Homer Gilbert, mighty son of Henry, of .he House of Harmun. Larjorie Jeon, wnose surname is diadle. � Elva Lee Sirapson; who married herself to man of the estate of Goldizen. Twila -aie, and Ruth -arie, first and second daughters of Ctto, of the House of Hesse. ...ary Grcell, whose surname is Dayton. Viola Lae, a ; widen of many talents, of the House of Keplinger. V urren Gradission, son of Conway, of the House of Brake. Eleanor Sarah, se.ond daughter of the House of Laske. Julia Elizabeth, a comely maiden, whose surname is Brennan. Wayne n'oraham, only son of a worthy man whose aurnann is Lewis. Juanita . adalene, only daughter of the House of Kenuerson. Richard william, son of Robert, whose surname is Patch. Lila Juanita, so� ll dau0hter of Henry, of the House of .ohrbaugh. Normu Jean, a light-haired damsel, whose surname is Hawk. Ralph V iIlium, only son of william, cf? the House of Sites. Lois Jean, second daughter of Schley, of the House of Kimble. Jessie ...ae, of the House of Shaffer, who now speaketh these words of enlightenment unto you. So it came to pass that of the nine and fifty that entered this land in two and forty, only or.e arrd thirty will depart; for verily, verily, I say unto you, that broad is the gate, and v ide is the way thut lea letb to the high school, and r.jany there be that go in thereat; but 9trait is the gate, and narrow is the way thut leaceth to graduation, and few' there be that fine� it. Four years hath the class of six ana forty sojourned in the land, and gathered in large portions of the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge. But it is written, In the day when ye shall have eaten of all these fruits, ye shall surely be driven forth from the landi Now, I say unto you, they ust depart thence, to go each a separate way, to lands they know not of, to do, they kno-. not what. But let us not be weary in well doing, for in oue season, • e shall reap if we faint not. ana now i.iuy the blessings that ever attenc the noble and Oood and true, follow and ubioe with us, each and ail, now and forevermore, «sen. • ;X:X ::x::::vXvx'x : ; ;X •XvXvWWXv dc, the class of 1946, in thirty-one individual anu distinct -arts being ubout to puss out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a cram- med mind, well-truincd memory, an- almost superhuman understanding do make and pub.ish this, our last will anu testament, hereby revoking ana making void all former tilia o. preuis s uy us ut any time heretofore mace, eayha , carelessly spoken, one to other, uu the thoughtless ish o _n idle hour. � nc first r e oo direct that our funeral a rvices shall bo conducted by our frienuo ai.T v.ell-v i.«.ers, our Princi;.al, -n his ull-wiw - an. over- competent faculty, who have been our 0uurdians for so long, only askin0, as the last injunction of t.-e uyin , thut the funeral bo carried on with all the dignity an- pomp that our worth, our -e.it, our attainments, and our positions as Seniors of grave anu rfverend mien , just certuinly deserved. to such estate as it has ( leas'd the Futes unu our own strong hur.es un« brair 3 to ..in for us, w - ao ais..ose o' the Same as foilcws: Items . e {jive an. bequeath to the ce-r faculty, who has been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet an- uiibro on succession . ’ restful niLr;ts -no . e ceful ureama. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the ni ht t worry over the uncertainty of whether this one is doing her night work, or that me will have her mathematics in morning class, or the other me will remember every ironclad rule o' composition techni' e in the preparation of her essay. It hu3 been a hurc strain cn them, for S benio.,8 are suiu to be at all times, and under all conditions difficult tc munu c. But they have all done their duty, ana verily, now ahull t� ey have their well-oarned reward. Item: ain, we t� ive anu oequeath to our beloved faculty uil the amazing know- lecge tnd start lii. , inferrnutim that we have ‘u.nishcu tucm ’rom time to time in our va. ious examination -apers. tie h_ e that much which we know imparted to tc.em in this .ay must h-ve been entirely new tc them, as well -s to all teachers -nd students everywhere, ana would throw much nev. light on many a hitherto familiar line of thought, throughout trie hole world of science -nu le-rnic , even outside the halls anu wulls of i’etersburg Nigh School. If the i-cuit., soe fit, they are hereoy authorizec to 0i e out such of this information us they may feel th ’ world is re dy to r ceiv . fe trust they will a so f� ei at perfect liberty to make us� ' of all trie classes to ceme after us. This of course, is l ft entirely to their personal discretion. Item e give ana oequeuth to the Junior Class all such boys us were not able to keep peace with such brilliant oi-Jrts as compose the majority of cur class, tru3tin0 that the Junior girls may oe uole to hold firmly to them und steer them firmly next year through the gate of Commencement, that there may not share in the humiliation that has been ours ut not oeing able to hold our men folits , us the women of the world would put it. Item The following umy seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things luvishly thrown uwuy becuuao vc cun not longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them and u continual reminder of the generosity of heart ai3 bestowal: iuyed in our free and full 1st. Horner Harman ana Lois Kimble will to Betty Mae Yount and ene Burgess their seats in assembly. May they endeavor to fill them as promptly and as quietly as we have done. 2nd. To Billy Day, Madalene Henderson wills her intelligence. 3rd. Mary Dayton wills her successful purties to Leota McDonald. 4th. Richard ratch, after much hesitation wills his daily walks to Curtis Smith. 5th. To Cienn Barger, Ralph Sites wills his superb ability to get along with lir. Harman. 6th. To the Fre9hanm Class that is to be, anna Lee Clower wills her beloved seat in the office, apply e-.1 an avoid the rush. 7th. Jessie Mae Riggleman wills her interest in literary work to any Freshman who will dare to take it. 8th. Elva Lee Goldizen wills her aoility to hook” a husband to Mary Dell Ours. 9th. Jessie Mae Shaffer wills her dignity and primness to Mary Kep- linger. 10th. To the football team of next year, the anility of Homer Harman and Wayne Lewis. e couldn't induce Honey1 Crites to surrender his. 11th. Imogens Alt's height to Myrtle Hartman. 12th. itldene Bergdoll's letters from the army to Norma Hanlin. 13th. We had to twist his arm to gain his permission but at last Honey Crites consented to will his charming little curl in the middle of his forehead to the Junior pest Bob Hill. 14th. Jean Biddle wills her fickleness to Dolores Rohrbaugh. 15th. Warren Brake wills his Oood disposition, but not his good looks, (he wouldn't part with that) to Allen Cunningham. 16th. To all future class presidents, President Mary WjlsoniDeai ric -m ability to convince Mr. Browne of the saic presiuents unerring judg- ement . 17th. Mary Lou Stumps' numerous tardy slips to that prompt little Freshie Sally Moomau. 18th. To Marion Lyons, Freda hetzel VanMeter wills her good graces. 19th. To any bewildered soul, who is willing to oe the goat, lady Stumps' troubles us class treusurer. 20th. Neva Stump humbly wills to Tressie Riggleman her perfect atten- dance record. 21th. Eleanor Masks wills her ability to drive to Wanda MacDonald 2nd. To Rosa Lee Stonestreet, Lila Rohrbaugh wills her size. 23rd. Jean Evans thoughtfully wills her letters to rvella Haslacker. 24th. Ruth Hesse feeling the need for it, wills her quietness to -anda MacDonald. 25th. Twila Hesse after much persuasion, wills her blue eyes to Uldene Mongold• , 26th. Nonna Hawk wills her ability to get along with certain boys to Mildred Rotruck. 27th. To Betty Jean Lahman, Julia Brennan wills her beuutiful long eyelashes. 28th. To some benighted Fresha:.n—any body who will accept it as it is yet unclaimed--Guy Turley wills his iniu ive an- nerve. (AH schools need his spirit). The subjoined list will be recognized us entailed estate, to which we do declare the Class of 1947 tne real und rightful succfU3o s: 1st. Our seats in classroom and assembly. May they endeavor to fill then as advantageously, as promptly, and as faithfully as we have done. 2nd. Our Senior dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all seriousness und gr.vity, endeavoring to realize its Vast importance, in spite of tneir nutural lightminuedness unc irrespo.sioiiity. 3rd. any stubs of pencils, erasers, or scraps of paper that we may in- advertent ly leave benind us in the excitement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasures for the last time. May they feel free to make use of them, '.nd feel, perhaps, that they may, in some mystic way, impart some of our reat knowledge to the. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoubhts of our principal and teachers. They win love them, unworthy as we feel tjey are, even as they have loved us; they will snow them all the sums tender kindness and attention that they have be- stowed upon us; they will feel the same interest in their attempts and successes; the same sor.-ow ..hen they fail. We trust that the Class of 1947 will appreciate all this possession, as it hus been ours, and the one we are most loath to hand over to them. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave-not of necessity, but our own free will and pure blessings, tender memories of our ple-sant associations together, unc our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exact ly appreciated in the -demonstrations of the past, ana pledge of friendship from henceforth and for- ever. 11 the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality whatsoever it may be, ana not herein before dis- posed of for the good of the coming classes us he may see fit. «nd we do hereby constitute und appoint the said Hrincipul sole executor of this our last will anc testament. In witness whereof, • «, the Class of 1946, the testators, have his our will, written on one sheet of p-rchement, set our hands and seal this t enty-ninth day of May, anno Domini, ne Thousand Line Hundred and Forty-six. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS betty Lay I 0unt President a 5ection Honor Society Annual Staff Junior Class Play Sice CIud Cheerleader Marianna Groves President A Section Honor Society Editor Viking Log Junior Class Pluy Glee Club Girls Basketball Lit erary Donuld ohanholtz Vice . re3. B oection Junior olass I luy Boys Basketball Vicking nog Staff Baseball Hobart Hill Vice Pres. A Section Junior Class Play Captain Football Team Baseball Tears Hathryn Painter secretary B oection Honor Society Junior Class i lay Viking Log - tuff Sloe Club ...ary Susan - lt Secretary � Section Junior Class rlay Future Homemakers Club Viking Log Staff i Larie Schell Treasurer S oection Honor oociety Viking Log Staff Junior t lay Cast Girls Basketball Glee Club Gene Burgess Treasurer a Section Junior lass lay Basketball Team Football Team Baseball Team J I CLrt.jS COLOllS: BLUE .JSj WHITE uLnSS YELLOW AGoE m Home Room Free. Home Room r'res. Ja.net teon0oid Frank Leudrick Vice President Joan Taylor M O R E CLASS F F ICE RS Secretary Lucy Kott Hugh Hubert Btuup A 7 Lou el la Bobby Nora Lanvin Rosalie Reel ..Ours Huraan liichuel ircv.ic Hi lured Hic na ra Cut os VOJS Juanita Borrcr Brownie Biona Doria Burl Betty Ralph «'ilda ruul no Van Leter Critea Kvuuu Hav-k Barr Bites Gary Breat-red Horae Room i-resit! ent oaliy Jvioomau i r ;i.ent rlyn Arnold Vice ! resident Kleanor Judy decretary Jean Kimble T -easurer � C 7' - rand a McDonald Secretary Curti3 Smith Vice Fresiaent i.arie Ours Treasurer Betty Jo Kline Kileen t'-eplin er Jo nnn Hill tlie Jean Kline Berg Glendora Kessel Belia Van l..eter Ruymond ult .Ralph .artman Jienri Hanlin T ressie Ug„leraan elen worma '.•CSU Jean Ireda � Iary Likens Simpson otonestreet Uohl •O. Jharles i atsy alcio Lary t. Leach inline '. ’ebb Hiser Charle3 cleta Socrist Lawk Betty J Lid ridge Lay Wallace Virginia Uldene Ronalc} Hos lee Hetzcl Lyrtle Tracy Jean Hawk Ault Riggleman Hartman Berg «ullenax Upper 10- 1945-46, Gluey Ltump, Neva otunp, anna Lee Glower, Jessie iiue Ri le-nun, liary beedrick, Paul Bergaoll, nayne Lewis, Twila lies;e, Jeaaie Mae Gauffer, £ivu Lee Goldizen. THE k_.Y CLL' o The Key Ciub in Petersburg Hifah School was organized Cctooer lr. , ?' 2, under 'the leadership uno teuiuance of the principal, Lr. E. C. Browne. The .ir.it officers of the ciuo werei ayne Cornell, .resident; Gene Burgess, ic president; anu Lawrence Keup, secretary-treasurer. Eurin0 the year 1£■;2 the i cl lowing ooys serveo as of.'icere: Guy Long old, Jr., sic nt; ayne Lewis, vice pr uicent; and archie Belton, secretary-treasurer. Trie year Barren Brake is presicent; John LcBoiiuio, vice pr-siu-nt; ano Bonulti Lit, secretary-treasurer. The Key Club is a hi h school cr anizati n for Key ooys who ure unit- ed in a e o ram designee to serve the school us Kiwanis e r e- t:.e coc- aunity. It is sponsored by the lccal Ki. u«.is club. The iu ais of the Ley Glut) are sii.iler in spirit to tucse of Kiw nis, aitnougb di.ectoy focused u oa the needs of youth. The objectives of th Key Cxub are: (l) to develop initiative ana po- tential leader- ip, to cre.te the opportunity for practical e eri'nce lu d'alin with each .. ’..h-r a. uCaxts, (-) to coor-erat e 1th the rincipal in all school matters ttno projects, ana (4) to 0ain t..e experience -na ructicul education that ill ..e.,. eacn tc fine. ..is place in life. Jeuted left to ri0ht standing: nerg, Hyre Bay, oergdoll, .� lt, Brake, Harman, Kline, riser. Lewis, Lr. Browne, I .Curs, Ceadrick, Weese, 3.Curs 2 Ycnt ro«, left to ri ut Duck rev,, ia '1 tc ri0irt: 3 it e s , J eati r ic k, leman Lewiv-� Rohrbaut,h '-vuno,-i an, Henderson Sturr, . Director, D’rs. rryef3tucp, Harnun,visible,Clc- r, 3hai: er,Drake,Hav.k (not pictureu, Oriteu. Klr t ro;., left to rights Su,itli Ours,. t, Yount, Stulli n a, Jcheli, Dye,IIertr;;un, j'emu row,left tc ri dt: Director,i. i Idlenan, Junnin huE,3urje3s,Curs, Drovej,Painter,3i,;ith,3cheal, T'ui;-d row;. eft tc rights Hyre,Shuniioltz,Hiser, Hill ,HurDun,Det z,i'.ecIin0er,Dlt S WTglee club yMymE'fKl. :ront How� Left to Hight, Yount, L. Kimble, Harnan schell, Van 'et r middle, m nimble, second How, Stalling, Shaffer, Breathed,lioomau Curs,Fainte! jrovea,Hart man, Eye, Third vow, Monoid, Soldizen, Lewis, E.Snith, e senha es, Keel, ourtn How, -udy, J. Kimble, � eese, Stonostroet, L. Smith, ohobe,’ ‘0- A0''’ lss Ldleaan, Evun3, Horror Browne, Lott, Taylor. To:H How: Left to Hibi)t, Harman, Svwna, Ha.-lacker, Loor.um, Top Row: Lisa Ialeman, Judy, Schell, Sites, Hc-el lenderson. 9 front Row Left to Right, M. Kimble, Schell, Groves, Eye, Hartman, Smith, Ours, Second Aov : Left to Rib.it, Mrs. Frye, Reel, Rotruck, Fainter, Hanlin, K. Fuinter Cu.o, Third Row left to Ri0ht, McDonald, Shanholtz, Cunningham, Kiser, Alt, Rohrbaugh. Standing, Left t Right, Miss Idleman, Breathed, R. Hes3e, Keplinger, M. Stump, G. Stump, Lewis, T. Hesse, L. Kimble, E. C. Browne. LcBonuld, Rohrbuugh, Second Row; Left to Right, Mrs. Mohl, Rot ruck, L.otonestreet ki3er, Cura, Alt, Shreve, Third Row: Left to Right, Evans, Lewis, Curs, Barr, Hag lacker, Brennan, Hawk. ot.-nuin0: Left to Right, Kline, Mr. Browne, Thorne, Mr. Stark, Ours, Riser,Leach, Hawk, Mohl, Stunp, Becrist, Schell, Lyons. ‘tr Seated left to ribht: Deadricic,: .11 s, 1 utch,Getz,G.Ber Hill,Crites, -...wry,..armun1o;..iL.., jicjus,rtsnenl'elter. 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