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

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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.

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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.