Sophia High School - Hawks Nest Yearbook (Sophia, WV)

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CAM 'MJ I Thomas Prtzer do hereby wrll my ab1l1ty to comb every harr rnto place to Frank Ray who lrke hrs brother Tom can use rt very well I Delorts Mrlls wrll my boy frlends except Lancy to Nancy Mrlls because she 11kes them better than I do I Patty McDowell wrll my pos1t1on as co head majorette to Jewell Hartsog wrth hopes that s e won t have as much trouble as I drd I Juanrta Atterson wrll my ab1l1ty to qurt school and start back to Bud Smxth although he IS as good at rt as I am I Betty Hope Brown w1ll noth1ng to nobody cause that s all I have to grve I Janet Adams w1l1 my chemrstry class to anyone who thmks they can keep from gettrng cut I Frank Robinson wrll my posrtron on the football team and my ab1l1ty to get along wrth Coach Douglas durlng basketball season to Bobby I Lucy Clark wrll my ab1l1ty to type to Aubrey Allen I Sherman McK1nney wxll my ab1l1ty to play the trumpet to the teachers of Sophra so when they become angry they wrll put the hot a1r to some advantage I Gertrude Farley Zebrook wrll my curly ha1r to Coach Douglas and s1ncerely hope he doesn t have to bother wrth any more Tonres I Daphene Utt w1ll my ab1l1ty to wear blue Jeans four days out of frve to Sue Chamberlarn I Emmett Carter 1n sound m1nd do hereby wrll my strarght A s ln Engllsh to Brlly Darby who rs 1n deepest need of them I N1ra Robertson w1ll my typtng skrll to Pat Basham I Howard H Harper wrll my bank robbrng ab1l1ty to Coach Douglas and my football socks to Bougre Rupe because they re hrs anyway I Dorthy McVey w1ll my ab1l1ty to get w1th1n hearrng drstance of the bell every mornlng to Pat Johnson and my twenty one rnch warst to Nma Smrth I Judy Lusk w11l Mary Chappell noth1ng and I hope she can use lt 48 O l ' U. .. Q . . h

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T O stars Eoruc ELEMENTARY DAYS Sept 7 1939 one of the brggest days of our l1ves We all wondered what was gomg to happen and why we were sent up to the lrttle whrte school house on the h1l1 Mrs Butterworth had to hold about half of the class on her lap and dry thetr tears There we met for the fxrst trme, new frrends wrth whom we fought and played In the second grade we were allowed for the f1rst ttme to enter the Rhythm Band whrch was the school s prrde and Joy wrth the1r l1ttle red and whrte capes and hats We were fmally frndrng out what school was all about because we were now rn the thrrd and fourth grades where we trred to learn our mult1pl1cat1on tables and had our f1rst brtter dose of h1story and geography we were very good at havrng frghts on our way home from school Mary Sturgrll you wouldn t happen to remember thrs would you The frfth and slxth grades we really had II rough We had about SIX drfferent teachers rn one year All types We had one who left because we were so mean one left breakrng 1nk bottles poundrng on the desk to keep us quret That strll hasn t been accomplrshed by any teacher so she 1sn t the only one who srlver star put by our name Seventh grade we got our f1rst thrrll of berng one of the older upper classmen We had our basket ball toumaments and the softball tournaments The former Mrss Bess Head fnow Mrs j that well known and loved teacher took us on frequent nature hunts and we always managed to st1r up a Yellow Jackets nest We bet Mona Nxcely remembers th1s Mrss Head was strrctly a sol1d southerner so rf we wanted to avord a class we got her started on her facorrte subject the C1v1l War therefore you can guess we heard about the C1v1l War from momrng trll nrght Well we fxnally made the erghth grade We were strrctly brg shots or so we thought We had our sorrows th1s year as well as the fun On Easter morn1ng we awoke only to frnd our school burned to the ground We contlnued our last year rn the church M1ss Head took some of the students to her home tn V1rg1n1a and showed them many hrstorrcal spots fof the ClV11 War of coursej It was really a trtp to remember l belreve Kenna w1ll agree to that Well fmally Baccalaureate Sermon and Commencement was over and we were frnally ready to contmue our educatton at dear ole Sophia Hrgh In thrs graduatrng class of 51 there are only four of the Slab Fork students who have remamed together all twelve years Tommy Prtzer how d1d you stand us three g1r1sP 47 C L A S S H I S R Y tried in vain, Then there were the races to see who could read the most library books just to get a little

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CLASS WILL CONTINUED I Mona Nlcely w1l1 my ab1l1ty to remam cheerful when my favor1te dream guy two tlmes me to Patsy Farley who seems to get rmghty blue sometlmes I Jtmmy C1rer 1n sound mxnd do hereby w1ll my POSIIIOH of make up ed1tor to my brother Fl'3.llk1S, my OfflC6 of Pres1dent of the Sen1or Class to any Jumor who IS w1ll1ng to work for h1s classmates To Mr Douglas I w1ll my government notes for h1m to use on a test at Beckley College th1s summer and to all the students of Sophla Hlgh School I do hereby w11l my deepest thanks for the parts they have played 1n school l1fe I Jean Coskey w1ll my ab1l1ty to get along w1th Mrs Robmson and to stay out of trouble Joyce Noonkester I Russell Sorrels w1ll my POSIIIOD on the football team to Clyde Campbell and I hope he gets along w1th Coach Douglas I Jo Elllott, w1ll my pos1t1on as flag glrl to Nancy M1113 and hope she enjoys It as much as I have I Betty Radford w111 and bequeath my old trombone to anyone who IS w1ndy enough to blow Hayden I Amaryll1s Hampton w11l my ab1l1ty to get out of class to Norma Straughan and Beryl McK1nney hopmg they have as much fun as I have I Merle Luzella Denny Wlll my m1ddle name to anyone who thlnks they can stand hear1ng II as long as I have I Carol Eller w1ll my ab1l1ty to be fr1ends w1th Dapene Utt for SIX years to anybody that wants II I Jack Gearhart do w1ll my ab1l1ty to translate French to a brlllant upcom1ng Frenchman Ne1l Bays I Denn1s Haley do w1l1 half of my fat to Donald T1llie because he can use all he can get I Kenna Bays wxll my ab1l1ty to catch the bus at 7 oo sharp to my brother Ne1l I Shlrley Tate W111 my brother 1n law to Lucllle Martm I Norma Ward, w1l1 my ab1l1ty to whxstle at all good lookmg boys to Phyll1s Mamn because I know she s awfully shy I Tom Rlchards, w1l1 my ablllly to play center on the football team to Fonsle Mrlano I know he w1l1 need It 49 ' , . . . , I . to 1 1 l I l it' I, Joan Bell, will my ability to find more keys on the typewriter than anybody else to Dahlia ' l . . . . .