Reader High School - Rehiscan Yearbook (Reader, WV)

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1952, being of sound mind, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To the President of the junior Class, we present the class key. We, the Senior Class, will Carol Baker a bobby pin with which to pin back her hair. I, Gladys Cannon, will a bridge to Raymond Straight so he can cross the creek in the school bus. We, j. B. Haught and Shirley lce, will our latest invention, a paper winder-full instructions included-to the junior Class to roll up the paper decorations of the Banquet. We, Dollie Crane, Violet Fankhouser, and Mary Starkey, will Biddie Smith, Mary Snider, and Mildred Ueltsc hy a Gospel Song Book. We are tired of hillbilly songs. We, Max Kocher and Raymond Stackpole, will Bernard Staley a pair of glasses so he won't have to get so close to Helen to see her. l, Wilda Wildman, will Delano Daugherty some tire patching with which to fix his flat tires. We, the Senior Class, will Helen Haught some tape to cover the keys on her type- writer. We, the Senior Class, will Mr. Ott some glass wax to use on his bald head. We, the Senior Class, will Mr. Hall some paraffin wax to take the place of that we chewed. We, Clara Mae Mason, Reva Haught, and Eleanor Daugherty, will Shelby McHenry a pic ture of Raymond Stackpole. I, j. B. Haught, will Chester Martin a banana because he acts so much like a monkey I, Louise Griffith, will my ability to talk in American Government Class to Betty jo Yost. ' We, the Senior Class, will Shirley Fisher and Nina Gayle Brown a book entitled, How To Catch A Single Man . I, Reva Haught, will Wanda Sue Haught a carrot. I, Rona Norris, will my ability to dance to Ruth Griffith. I, Clara Mae Mason, will my ability to make straight A' s to Madison Rine. I, Betty Cunningham, will my extra height to Wanda I-laught. We, Wilma Wildman and Rona Norris, will our ability to flirt with the boys to Mary Balwanz, Gail Loy, and Trixie Snider. We, the Senior Class, will the love spoons to Arretta Mae Workman and Chester Martin. I, Violet Fankhouser, will my ability to make A' s in Shorthand to Bernard Staley. ll f'

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Class History On September 7, 1948, we gathered in room 5 to prepare for our trip on the R. H. S. of '52. Mr. V. C. Fankhouser was our instructor. That year we chose j. B. I-laught for our President, Clara Mae Mason, Vice-President, and Louise Griffith our Secretary-Treasurer. We selected the white rose as our class flower, black and white as our colors, and our motto was We pull the most, when we pull together. We had a wiener roast the first of October and our assembly program the first of April. When we first started our training, we were 30 in number. During the year we gained one, namely, Norman Briggs. That year we lost joy Tennant, Faye Haught, Betty Lou Bassett, Candy Roberts, Mona Gay Arnett, Bonnie Spraggs, Carl 'Daugherty, and Grady Norris, On September 6, we returned to school. Charles jackson did not return. During the year, we lost Betty Sovil, Clifford Fisher, and Roma Long. Our officers were: Louise Griffith-President, Clara Mae Mason-Vice-President, and j. B. Haught Sec- retary-Treasurer. Our motto remained the same, but our colors were blue and gold and our flower, the white lily. We had our class party October 13, and gave our assembly program March 24. This year the girls of our class served at the annual junior-Senior Banquet. The year ended with a class of 18. In the year 1950 on September 5, we returned for the third year of our instruct- ion on our rapidly approaching trip we will take into the world. 'lhis year we shared our home room with the Senior Class. Roma Long was back with us, but quit later in the year. We also lost Gerald McAllister and Sam Brown to the U. S. Air Force. J. B. Haught was chosen President, Wilda Wildman Secretary, and Clara Mae Mason was re-elected Vice-President. We changed our motto to Hammer it out , our colors to red and white, and the class flower to the white peony. We gave the ann- ual junior class play A Ready.Made Family , April 5, 1951. The junior-Senior party was held September 29. The banquet we gave for the graduating class was a big event in our history. On the last day of school, we and the Seniors went to Coopers Rock State Park near Morgantown. Finally, on Tuesday, September 4, 1951, fifteen of us gathered in the typing room to complete our final year of preparation. As we looked about, we noticed a new face, Violet Fankhouser, and that we had lost Stanley Miller, Charles McHenry, and Shirley Ice to the Junior Class, Shirley returned to us the second semester. We chose the peony to be our flower, retained our colors from last year, and selected Flying High , as our motto. This year was filled with many activities. On September 29, we had our party which everyone enjoyed. Our play Mother-in-Law Blues , was given on November 16. As is the custom of the Senior Class, we gave the annual Christmas program for the school. The banquet which was given by the junior Class for us in May was much enjoyed and deeply appreciated by all of us. Then, Sunday May 18, the Baccalaureate Sermon was preached. Finally, the day arrived! On May 20, we received our diplomas which stated, that we were ready for the final take-off. So, with Clara Mae Mason as class Pres- ident, Reva Haught Vice-President, and Wilda Wildman as Secretary-Treasurer, sixteen of us boarded our plane. With our hearts filled with anxiety and happiness, and yet with a bit of longing for the friends and under-grads left behind, we began our trip, Flying High , to meet the world and what it holds in store for us. 10

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Senior Class Prophecy Here we have a map of the air trails and airports of the earth dated twenty years from now. An opportune find since our class expects of us five wise words of foretelling. Let us spread it out here and see if we can find the landing place of everyone of the six- teen Seniors who are soon to take off this flight out into the world. H mmmmmmm .... there comes the plane which took its flight Z0 years ago--the R. H. S. of '52, Ah, yes, here is Eleanor Daugherty who is a chemist at the big chemical plant at Porters Falls District. She has received her M. A. degree from West Virginia University. She is extremely skilled and plans to retire in ten years with a mere S500 a month. Where did the Wildman twins land? Ah, here they are. They still look a good deal alike, but I learn that their names have changed. They are now Mrs. Keith Butler and Mrs. Delano. Daugherty. Wilma is a very lovable and charming wife with a mere family of two sets of twins ---- all girls. Keith now manages a large business office for Weirton Steel with her help. As for Wilda, when the great director, Delano Daugherty, saw her performance in our Senior play Mother-ln-Law-Blues , he was greatly impressed by her talent for acting and took her to Hollywood to put her in the movies. She later became his bride. And here is the trail of Max Kocher! He owns the large airport and the Kocher Hotel in the upper end of Reader. He married a beautiful night club ballet dancer and singer. The Kochers are a family of five---Max jr., Cornesia, Donna Marie, plus Mama and Papa. Gladys Cannon? Hm ---- it is still Cannon. She is very efficiently operating the switch- board in Reader Tel 8: Tel. She will become the main operator and have ten subordinates in 7 months. She was trained in Wheeling. Alas! Shirley lce is President of Reader Tel 8: Tel. He has made it a very prosperous business and he also serves on the Board of Education, and has been justice of the Peace in Reader for 13 years. j. B. Haught after cruising around the world three times, finally ended his flights in Reader, and has become the head of one of the city' s leading firms. You cannot go down Main Street without seeing the sign Haught' s Department Store . The former Higgins grocery store is now a large department store and covers one acre of ground. There is the new city auditorium where Raymond Stackpole is giving an interesting lecture on Lower Taxes and Salary Reductions in the Government . He is running for the Senate next month. We feel he will be very efficient in Congress because we well re- member the ability to debate he displayed in American Government Class Acting as his secretary is Violet Fankhouser. She started a kindergarten in Reader School. We remember how well she conducted the elementary grade classes back in '52 when some of the teachers were absent. Her ability as secretary is helping Raymond plan his campaign speeches. Here is the Reader High School! That is the place we spent many of our happiest days. How it has changed! It is at least four times larger than when we graduated. Oh, yes, here is Louise Griffith, the only old-maid teacher Reader High School has. So you thought she'd be sure to catch a man? But she's turned out to be an English teacher, and she really makes the school-kids work. Where did Dollie Crane take her flight? Oh, yes, she finally married one of her soldier friends to whom she used to write. He is now a five star general. Mrs. Weisenburg is traveling all over the world with her husband. He was formerly stationed in japan, but is now retired from active duty. Sure enough, Reva Haught has become a poet. Her poems are mostly about France and the French people. Why? Simply because her husband, jules Verne, has taken her to France where they have lived for 15 years. Her inclination to write poetry was displayed in the 12