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

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Twelve GEORGE STICKLER FFA, 4-H Club, Camera Club Key Club, Annual Staff MARIE STUMP Basketball, Annual Staff ANNA KATHLEEN SWICK Viking Log, Basketball Annual Staff GEORGIA TURNER Band, Chorus. 4-H Club, FTA Junior Play, Annual Staff JACOB VIRGIL THORN FFA, Annual Staff THEODORE WHITACRE Key Club, Camera Club Junior Class Treasurer, Literary Annual Staff PEARL WOODS Junior Play, Chorus, FTA Camera Club, Viking Log Annual Staff The 1951 Petro-Schola

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GLENN REEL FFA, Baseball, Annual Staff HAMPTON RIGGLEMAN FFA, Key Club. Annual Staff MERLE ROHRBAUGH FFA, Football. Annual Staff LILLIAN FAYETTA SCHELL Honor Society, Chorus, FT A Annual Staff LOLA SECRIST Chorus, FT A. 4-H Club ED SNELL FFA. Annual Staff GLEN SNYDER FFA. Camera Club, Annual Staff NORMA JEAN STARK Camera Club. Basketball FHA, Junior Play Freshman President Band, Annual Staff The 1951 Petro-Schola Eleven

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Sesu i Gl U cM-Ht uf, September 1947 saw the present graduating class assemble in the halls of P. H. S. for their four year tour of high school. To greet the sixty-one members of the class and help them through those first nervous weeks were L. G. Stark and Clement Clower as faculty advisers. Norma Stark was our president as Petersburg became a six-year high school. It was a routine Freshman year which included a week of initiation, writing autobiographies and adjusting to the campus life. The second step of the ladder saw our number diminish to fifty. Eddie Bill, a returning veteran, guided us as we initiated the Freshmen and seven new faculty members. Our sponsors were: Miss Groves, Miss Hammer and Mr. Clower. To offset the deficiency of school parties the class had three parties of their own. Two of our members played on the girls’ basketball team and one on the boys’ team. When the fall of 1949 rolled around only forty-three answered the call to books. Mr. Hickman and Miss Hammer helped us present “The Boarding House Reach”, which we enjoyed presenting to the public. The highlight of Spring was the Junior-Senior Banquet as we built a wishing well and used the theme of wishing throughout the evening. Six members were elected to the Honor Society. It wasn’t all play, for American History occupied much of our time. However, one year later we survived the ordeal. At last arrived our Senior year. What a grand time it was to review the previous three years! With Bobby Burgess as our prexie, Coach Owens and Miss Babb as advisers, we reached our goal. Still more had fallen by the wayside as we numbered forty-four. The Valedictorian honor went to June Painter and the Salutatorian honor to Clarene Michael. Graduation night brought forth our diplomas plus a few moist eyes. At last we were out in the world on our own. The 1951 Petro-Schola Thirteen