Reader High School - Rehiscan Yearbook (Reader, WV)

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Gladys is always charming and gay She giggles from morning 'till end of day, She has a good time wherever she goes But some how can't seem to keep a beau. And there's j. B. the oldest one We all think he's lots of fun, From Uncle Sam he got a call He is going to be missed by us all. Now there's Raymond tall and thin His black hair stands right on endg He likes to quarrel that's for sure And for this there is no-cure. Max is the tall and handsome lad, It takes a lot to get him mad, He's the apple of many a girl's eye For the girls really think he's a wonderful Next is Shirley, happy and free Cutest guy I ever did see, He thinks he can drive a Chevrolet And all the time just herds away. Next is Dollie so happy and gay We think she'1l be in the opera somedayg She writes to soldiers all over the land, Perhaps someday she'll find her a man. Louise, valedictorian of our class, Is a very quiet little lass, She hails from Piney several miles away, But she seldom ever missed a day. Eleanor, a girl who's really a whiz, Makes a good grade on a Chemistry quizg In our home room she has lots of fun Throwing books and making the boys run. Violet, who comes from Money Hill, Spends all her time writing to Bill, She has eyes of grey, hair of brown, But you seldom ever see her frown. Betty Ruth is tall and thin Always full of vigor and vim, Hair of blonde that curls on the ends And she always has lots of friends. Last is Mary Vay the bashful one, Who lives down next to Turkey Run: When over the piano her fingers fly One almost forgets that she is shy, ' ig, 14 BUY

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poems she used to write in school. I-Iere' s the trail of Betty Cunningham now a graduate of West Virginia Business College. She has taken her older sister's position as Mr. T. B. Cain's secretary. She attended WVBC for 3 years and now proves herself to be very well trained and skilled. Ha! ........ Clara Mae Mason Bucher is the head nurse in the State's largest hospital--Reader Memorial Hospital. She was trained in Wheeling: Her daily column, Maintaining Your Hea1th , appears in the leading papers of the country. Mary Vay Starkey, world famous pianist, is now making personal appearances in-New York's Carnegie Hall. With her soprano voice, she is coming along well in radio and television broadcasts. Her next appearance will be in Paris. Rona Norris finally made her landing in the Washington Theatre on Capitol Stre'et in Reader. There you can see her in the snake dance which she brought back again. After marrying she gave up her job as stewardess for the Kocher airlines. Where am I? ....... Why, this miserable map! ......... I see myself in my old school helmet again, I will not look closer to see what I am doing. Fold the old thing up and put it away and board the R. H. S. of '52 once again for our different destinations. Class Poem of 1952 There's sixteen in ourclass Each a lucky lad or lass, We've worked hard to get to the end Now that we're through our life will begin. Clara Mae, who lives across the creek, Sees Nick every night of the week, We're sure she'11 go a long way in life And make some man a loving wife. There is Reva, who knows lots of men, But a special one whose name is Ken, She's also the youngest of our class And indeed a very pretty lass. Rona, who lives on Eight Mile, Has never forgotten how to smile-- And whenever there's a boy in sight You'l1 see her eyes begin to light. Wilda, who comes from Mexico, Out with Delano she's bound to gog When he isn't looking she sure does flirt With anybody who wears a shirt, Now Wilma has gotten herself engaged That's nothing for. that is the rageg Too bad Keith doesn't have a big brother Cause twins shou1dn't be parted from one another. I3

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Complaints Well, here I am to tell you about life in Reader High School, and what you have to put up with in this institution. First of all, we go to Democracy class. There is Mr, Hall directing the traffic in the lower hall. Then we hear all about his week-end trips and that mighty Hudson, and also how to take pictures. All of that in one period! The next period in Government class, Mr. Fankhouser keeps us busy looking up words, then we can't pronounce most of them after we do get them looked up. He's always griping about the paper on the floor of the auditorium and in the halls. Why doesn't he tell the janitor? That's his job. While we're doing all this, there sits poor Reva, the only Senior in Algebra class with Mr. Ott quarreling at her. In Physical Education, he just sits on the bleachers and lets them fight it out. Some of us wonder if it is safe to walk into the gym without a suit of armour. There's Mrs. Hall, who keeps us busy writing essays, themes, and compositions, and then in return we get such names as smart Alec, nosy, and silly goose . And that's not all! She moves Raymond around the room so much, we often wonder if that isn't the reason he is so skinny. And you know that teacher, Mrs. Siburt. We can hardly distinguish her from the seventh grade students except for the click of her heels and her constant yelling, Put your chairs down, boys, or Get your shorthand . Anything that happens to disappear from her desk in the typing room, such as thumb tacks, we Seniors are always blamed, Why doesn't she take that old desk down stairs? Now there's that kid, Flash, who calls himself a teacher. lnfChemistry class, he talks on everything but chemistry. When he Wants to do an experiment, he runs for Mr. Hall. We wonder if he studied Ping-pong or chemistry in college. My, oh my! Those juniors, sure think they are hot stuff. Selling candy and such. By the time they are Seniors they will be millionaires. Those Sophomores are the ones who have really got the nerve. After we remodeled the basement, they don't allow us to leave a single thing in it. They even go as far as to throw our coats in the wastebasket. We don't have so much trouble with the Freshmen since they aren't so very big. But they sometimes do things that we are blamed for. However, the Freshman girls do try to run the whole school especially the library. I 15