Ravenswood High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Ravenswood, WV)

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Prophecy Three witches are bent over a large kettle. They stir the brew from time to time. First Witch: Where hast thou been sister? Second Witch: Stealing aluminum. Third Witch: Sister, where, thou? Second Witch: A trip to Ravenswood made I, where my broom got caught on an Aluminum roof. As I fell to earth, I peered into a window and saw two damsals in a bedroom hopelessly toiling over the future of their class- ngates. They appeared so blank that I decided to hurry home so we could stir up a brew and help them look into t e uture. First Witch: A drum? A drum! I hear a drum. I see a band -- a Salvation Army Band. And who's got control of the crashing symbols. It's none other than Jane Clang Bailes. Second Witch: My goodness! What was the terrible sound. It's just Driscoll Hot Lips Belland his Dixieland Five practicing up to challenge Gabriel and his Holy Six , Third Witch: I see a lady of 28 head principal of the Silverton Reform School for girls. We always knew Betty Straight A's Bennett would be passing her knowledge along to the leaders of tomorrow. First Witch: Sisters look! Who is that fair young thing laying gas lines in the hot sun while her husband stays home and baby sits. Why it's none other than Bev, Leaky Pipe, Blake. Second Witch: Hail MacBeth! Whats that awful smell. Oh! Its Billie Boggs demonstrating the new drug to exterminate all the little, Roaches, running around. Tlhird Witch: Look sister, there's Don Bonar, Esquire, on the front of TIME magazine as champion hog caller of t e year. First Witch: Lets take a look in that hospital window over there. Its Mary, Woody, Brotherton and her lumber- jack husband the proud parents of a brand new baby splinter. Second Witchzlsee Patsy, Proxy, Brown in her 5th Avenue Beauty Saloon. She's busy bleaching Mrs. Van Snobbs hair but she must have goofed because its all laying in the sink. Third Witch: That town over there surely has careful drivers. No wonder. There's Richard, Copper, Brown di- recting traffic thru Mr. Alto. First Witch: There's Eunice, Hopeful, Carothers. She's still collecting attendance Slips, but now its in an old- age home for men. Second Witch: Heavens! There's Buzz, Speedy, Casto now using his Chevy to pull coal. We always knew he'd end up that way if he didn't slow down. Third Witch: There's an explosion. Its Carol Jean, Asbestos, Cavender hunting for unbreakable glass for her glasses . First Witch: Dig that crazy headline in the paper. It was written by Dennis, Caps, Click. He never could please Mrs. Evans. Second Witch: I see Mrs. Hutchinson turning over in her grave. Someone must have said git and not get. You might know its Roy, Grammar, Click. Third Witch: Here comes Gen. Janice, Gunbarrel, Cox leading an army. Cox's Army. First Witch: There's Don, Crutchy, Critchfield president of a factory that makes crutches for disabled pottery. Second Witch: Delores, Viteruso, Dickerson still playing WA RSAW CONCERTO while Mr. Porter listens in his rocking chair. Third Witch: Ouch! Ouch! Stop that! Dr. Sue, Plyers, Divers pulling a patients tooth. She must have slipped because out comes his tonsils. First Witch: There is Annabelle, Goffy, Duncan walking down the aisle ofthe Baptist Church. Wonder if she pulled another boo-boo! Second Witch: Hail Caesar! Emma, Slim Fingers, Farmer is milking a cow for her husband Eugene, Mooy, McClure who is now president of a milk-bone factory. Third Witch: I see Laurabell, Red, Ferguson demonstrating a new dye for red hair. It's a bleach that turns it ink. lgirst Witch: There comes a sail boat full of fish. Its Fred, Fish Net, Fish with his latest catch but its not fish-- -Mermaids. Second Witch: I hear laughter. I see them. Everyone is laughing but one. Must be Carolyn, No Catch, Flesher. She doesn't understand the joke. Third Witch: Say Sister! I smell paint Oh! I see Paul, Sticky, I-Iafer painting the window cell of a girls dorm- - 10 P.M. First Witch: I see a business establishment: it is a hardware store and the proprietor is very busy. Did I say busy? He's telling an interesting joke . It is Danny, Hammar Head, Haught, he always was the energetic type. Second Witch: I see a large building. It is a convent. A fair lady disappointed in some love affair, has become a nun and devotes herself doing good to all the world. Her name is lost now, but I see her face. Its Alowse, True Story, Hughes. Third Witch: Here comes the car! There he is! I see him. Its Pres. Paul, Ike, lcenhower. First Witch: No Score Tech has just won its first game. The score O to - 10. Larry, Crazy legs, Jackson is the star half back. Second Witch: Lets look over this man's shoulder and see what he's doing. Oh! Its Ray, Fog, Kelly signing a contract to build a nicotine corner in every school in Jackson County. 14

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RICHARD WARD Football 1,2,3,4g Basket- ball 1,2,3,4g Baseball 2,4g LatinClub2,3,4g R Club 4g Junior Operettag Chapel Committee 3g Yearbook Staff 4g Recreation Club lg Junior Dramatics Club Christmas Chorus 4g Tal- ent Show 3. IAN WHITE Band 1,2,3,4g Treasurer 4 Tu-H1-Y ciub 3,4, Chap- lains 4g Glee Club 3,4 .fa W i e .f ,Z -Z V M, ,, ,f,,av 4 '- , , ,wiv V, lj V t.,, ,J ,. 'a Too Busy J Nu Plush: CARL WHITE F.F.A. lg F.F.A. Assembly lg Junior Operetta 3g Rec- reation Club 2. MYRTLE WILSON National Honor Society 3, 45 Student Council 4g Drama Play 4g Cheerleader 1,2,3,4g F.T.A. 2,3,4g F. H.A. lg Junior Dramatics, fSecretaryJg Latin Club 4g Junior Operetta 3g School Spirit Staff 3,4g Nautilus Staff 4g Homecoming Queen 45 Recreation Club l,2g Christmas Chorus 4g Chorus 45 Chorus at Junior- Senior Banquet 3.

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Third Witch: Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princessess. Ward Cutie, King always liked things done in Royal style. First Witch: The Miss American pageant is all over for another year. The newly chosen queen is radiant and lovely. She's Mary Lou, Dainty, Kittle. Second Witch: Zoom! Cough! There goes a car burning too much oil. Must be Virginia, Oily, Lamp driving her little Plymouth to Akron to fetch her wandering husband. Third Witch: I see a large dancing academy. Some are tapdancing, others are waltzing, jitterbugging and balleting. Their instructor is working patiently to teach them new steps. She looks familiar. Its Veva, Twinkle Toes, McClure from Ravenswood High School. First Witch: Thump! John Philip Sousa just flipped his lid. The reason--Ann, Stars and Strip Forever, McCoy has just taken her little French Horn and joined his band. Second Witch: Here comes the grocery truck. Who's driving. There's one, two,three little boys,and there's Sandy McGraw Stewart, She couldn't find a baby sitter. Third Witch: Wow! Here's a member of Tommy Dorseys trombone section. Its Danny, Trombone Slide, McGrew. First Witch: Moo! Moo! We see Charlotte Monroe McCoy twirling a baton to the rhythm of a cows tail. Second Witch: Twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty. Boy that boy can sure rack up points. Wonder who it is. Oh! Its Dean, Hot Rod, Moore. Third Witch: Whats all the commotion? Why are all the girls crowded over in that corner. Its Paul, Red, Morehead. Whats he got that Van Johnson hasn't. First Witch: Roger, Slim, Nancarrow has just finished reducing one of his patients, Gay Cox. Second Witch: It's a bird. It's a plane. No it's Betty, Flying Saucer, Patterson. She always is in a cloud. Third Witch: Fight on For Boaz Tech! That Danny Boaz, Powell serenading his Alma Mater. Crazy man crazy. First Witch: Bobbles, Bangles and Beads. Aren't the Hundi dancers graceful. Say, one of them looks familiar. Who could it be. I know--it's Betty, Putt-Putt, Rardin. Second Witch: Gee Whiz! Cottageville hasa university. And who do we see teachingagriculture. In this institution of higher knowledge. Why its Prof. Wayne, Vog-Ag, Rhodes. Third Witch: Look out! here comes a diesel truck really Ballin-the-jack. Its Harry, Safe Driver, Roush . He's reformed. First Witch: There goes someone running thru Siberia. That makes about the sixth time she's circled the globe. Margie, The Voice, Rowley sure made a hit as a torch singer. Second Witch: Babies, babies and more babies. Where do they belong. Here comes their mother Patty, Bashful, Salser. Third Witch: A teacher is certainly in demand at the college of Slippery Rock. No wonder. It's Edna, Peg, Shamblin. First Witch: Through my magic vision I see Annabelle, Shortie, Shinn walking into a building. The writing on the outside reads, Worlds most famous Stretching School--grow2 or your money back. Second Witch: Say sisters who is that man working so hard. I know it's Frank, Paddle Wheel, Smeeks. Some- thing seems wrong. Looks to me like the ferry got stuck in the mud. Third Witch: I see a wrestling match going on. The announcer says one of the wrestlers is Franklin, Nature Boy, Spalding .The match has started. Whoops! There goes Franklin sailing through space. See you later. First Witch: There is Bernard, Open Eye, Staats coming our of the Atlantic Ocean into a boat. He must have been deep sea diving. Great Caesar he has a mermaid! Second Witch: Clip! Clip! There's Diane, Foxie, Stevenson sitting on the floor cutting out all articles con- cerning Foxes. Sister, I don't believe its the kind of fox we know. Third Witch: I see Ruth Ann, Berry, Sullivan helping her husband pick strawberrys which are now being processed into straw for their cows. First Witch: There's a boy thumbing toward Ripley. It's Teddy, Viking, Suck still at his old occupation. Second Witch: Look in that T.V. Studio. There's Wilmer, Cronie, Taylor rehearsing for his next music program. He got started singing in Mrs. Hutchinson College English class. Broom Stick, Vannest. First Witch: Over there is a man judging a beauty contest. It's none other than Jim, Judgie, Walters. Oh! my! the contestants aren't girls. They are turtles. Second Witch: Hear ye! Hear ye! Come see the wheelless car. We always thought Richard, Olds, Ward would try to get along without buying tires for his 1949 Olds. Third Witch: I see Jim, Bubble, Smith now the president of the Smith's Bubble- Gum Factory which is made ex- clusively from horse hoofs. First Witch: There's a girl giving a speech. It's Ian, Windy, White still talking about Coffin Nails, and Maurice Evans. Second Witch: Look sisters there's Carl, Genius, White applying fora patent forhis invention of a new fertilizer called Go To lt. Third Witch: What's that. Oh! It's just Myrtle, Mitt, Wilson teaching her little Castos the latest cheers. Still at it I see. First Witch: There is Allen Pepper the owner of his own service station. His slogan is, Bring in your good car -- take it out as a wreck. He doesn't seem to be getting much business. 15