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

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New in the Depart- ment of Home Econom- ics this year was the Play School carried on by the Home Economics 10 class for four days with fourteen pre-school children. In the top picture the children have just ar- rived, hung their coats on hangers, and are in- vestigating a box of toys. A ten to fifteen min- ute rest period pre- ceded the daily half- pint of milk they drank before they went home at 11:45 a.m. On the last day the children closed their “school” with a party- hats and all. The 1951 Petro-Schola Twenty-Nine

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Twenty-Eight The members of the Home Economics De- partment are learning how to become efficient homemakers under the supervision of Mrs. Mohl. Diagramming sen- tences seems to be easy under the fine train- ing of Mrs. Bosley. Under the direction of Mr. Allen the chem- istry class tries to solve the mysteries of chem- istry. The 1951 Petro-Schola

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 llte. VihitUf, Rand Reading from left to right beginning with the first row: Darlene Pennington. Ruth Cuppett. Nan Phil- lips. Joyce Johnson. Jean Ours. Edith Ann Snyder. Fannie Jo Riggleman, Rosalie Alt. Evelyn Whetzel. Carolyn Snyder. Mr. Snyder, Director, Mary Catherine Harman. Steve Stickler, James Rotruck. Darlene Ours. Edna Hines. Frank Snyder, Elwanda McDonald. Neva Jenkins, Betty Smith, Delores Brooks. Rosella Veach. Elaine Lowe. Phyllis Lahman, John Bensenhaver. Betty Alexander. Nadine Glass, Delores Sites. Eleanor Kimble, Nallie Heavener. John Mongold. Lucille Harman. Esther Kisamore, Betty Woods, Clarence Michael, Gene Michael, Juanita Lewis, Sally Ours. Georgia Turner. Donald Graham, James Bush, Lowell Secrist. Charles Snyder. Junior Hedrick, Betty Ann Carr. Ted Whitacre. The Petersburg High School Band of 1950 and 1951 consists of forty-five members which is the largest in many years. During the summer months A Band had night practices while the B Band practiced during the day. The band played for all home football games and took part in the Circleville Festival. While there they played for the Circleville vs Petersburg football game. This organization also played with other bands at the Fordham University vs West Virginia University football game at Morgantown. In October the group journeyed to Cumberland where they participated in the Hallowe’en Parade. They also led the Hallowe’en Parade in Petersburg on the previous night. A new section was added to the band this year consisting of two Alto Saxophones and one Tenor Saxophone. The band was honored to furnish entertainment for the dedication of the new Maysville, Dorcas and Forman Consolidated Schools. In January four members attended the Tri-State Band Clinic at Martinsburg under the direction of Mr. Fultz. In April the whole band participated in the Band Festival also held there. Thirty The 1951 Petro-Schola