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

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It's been quite a while since lwas in High School and as I sit here by the fireplace and watch the smoke curl up the chimney, my memory is carried back to my good old high school days and I begin to wonder where all my classmates are, and in the flames Iseem to visualize them and the things they have done, Betty Hope Brown had already taken the plunge before school was over and now she and Don are the proud owners of a super service station for helicopters in the metropolis of Midway plus the patter of several dozen feet in their prefabricated cottage, Gertrude Farley Zebrook was one of those married gals too, She and her husband Bill now have a private school all their own -- they really do have a large family -- if you know what I mean, Dean Brammer and Billy Calhoun have gone into a partnership, Dean goes inside and transacts the business while Billy stays outside and keeps the motor running, Jack Gearhart always was a ladies' man and now he has gone over to Arabia and has a harem of nobody knows how many wives, He seems very happy, Einstein is working on a theory to count them -- he seems very happy, too, Merle and Okalene Taylor graduated in three years and now they're taking a ten year post graduate course, I don't know how they keep up with their homework now that they go out every night with a different fellow. Kenna Bays and Merle Denny always had keen desires to become nurses, Kenna is now a doctor at the Don Bopkins hospital but Merle had a little trouble and is now going through her 2 year course for the fifth time, Oh well, I hope she doesn't get discouraged, Judy Lusk didn't become a secretary like she planned, Frank soon talked her out of that, The last I heard they were taking a Caribbean cruise that Frank won on a quiz program entitled If you don't know, ask your wife, Jean Coskey always was a big pal with the boys, She now runs an escort bureau of which she is the principal customer, Pat McDowell finally decided to give up trying to learn anything and concentrate on something she likes better, She is running a school for majorettes, The board of education kindly donated a huge building to her. We can see she didn't have to argue much -- Wow! XXX' ffy K , f A Q , fd X '? 5-' X 5 4 Xu. X xx M XEX 2 51

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CLASS WILL CONTINUED Betty Sokola wrll my nrckname Zomble to anybody who wants the old thrng Jo Ann Ruble wrll my posttron rn the Llttle Flowers to any one dumb enough to take Ross Brakefrcld do hereby wrll my abrlxty to get to school on trme every day to Jrmmy Profrtt Vrrgrma Ormandy wrll my natural curly harr to Jean Lovell because she wants II Mrldred Ann Hurley wrll my malorette boots to Iack1e Dye rn hopes they don t hurt her feet they have mme I Mary Sturgrll w1l1 my books to the sen1or class comlng up and any one else who wants them I Betty Jean Eanes wrll my cheerleadrng unrform to Norma Straughan and V1rg1nra Brewer hoprng they ll have as 'nuch fun as I have and my love for Mark Twam to Coach Douglas because he needs rt more than I do Adrran McK1nney wrll my farthful and emacrated trombone to Poor Charley Pat Carnohan w1l1 all my saxophone rnusrc to Shlrley S1zemore because she has rt all anyhow Robert Prrce w1l1 all my knowledge to Phyllrs Poff because she s Plumb Dumb Okalene Taylor wrll my ab1l1ty to play the p1ano wrth one fmger to V1rg1n1a Idella Wood maybe someday she can play as well as me I Merle Taylor w1ll my scratchy 20 cent fountaln pen to Jean Hope hoprng she can make one word wrth rt wrthout scratchrng or blottrng her paper Bobby Parker wrll my abrlrty to type to Carlton Hurt because he needs rt Paul Mann w1ll my ab111ty to srng to Gene Massey because he needs rt Dean Brammer wrll my abxlrty to drrnk Sweet Lucy wrthout gettrng drunk to Pat Basham Tommy Johnson wrll my good looks and to hold my temper to Jake Deweese because he needs them I Don Kelly do hereby wrll my ab1l1ty to grow a mustashe to Buddy Odham am I, , ' ' H A A . I, I . . . . . H. I, .Q I , .. . Y . . ' L . . . ' . , . . I, 7, . . . . . as ' , I' , . . . . . I L . . I , . . , Q I, ' , ' y' 4 ' I, , . . . . . . . . I so In ' . I . A I I, P . 7 . . . . 1 L , . . . . , . , I L ' . fs Gy - K I g we XD I Vx 1 -T-': g:

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Mona Nrcely succeeded rn her ambrtron to become a secretary She now runs the Penta gon burldrng rn Washrngton The Presrdent rs the only person she takes orders from and some trmes she gtves htm a few she rs hrs wrfe Betty Eanes seemed to be a great money maker when I knew her She rs now manager of a legal collectrons bureau at least we hope tt s legal Tom Ray s knowledge frnally was put to good use He knew the combrnatron of the locks rn the hrgh school Now he rs prrncrpal and spends hrs trme openrng lockers and collectrng book rent ln our senror year rt looked as though rt vrouldn t be long unul we would all be restrng rn peace Tommy Prtzer always lrked peace and quret so he Jorned the Forergn Legron and IS sta troned rn Hrndustan Once a year he comes down from the hrlls to hear the World Serres and root for the wtnner Don Kellyturned to busrness for a lrvmg He hrtchhrked to Alaska and soon opened a store where he sold frozen foods He prospered and now has several stores along the equator where he sells sun lamps He never was much of a salesman Tommy Rrchards became an explorer of darkest Afrrca Hrs secret rs the sayrng musrc soothes the savage beast You can Just rmagme Tommy strollxng through the Jungle srngrng Mammy I m not so sure about whether the beasts are soothed or just scared to death Robert Prrce trred several trades before settlrng down for good Frrst he was wrth a natron ally known orchestra He saved hrs money and bought a store Thrs drdn t work out so he bought a newspaper offxce Then busrness farled Robert moved the press to hrs basement workshop and soon he was rolling rn the dough A lrttle later he retrred to an rsland to spend the rest of hrs lrfe I thrnk rt rs called Alcatraz There s a poster on my favorrte oak Let s read II Hatcher s Hellhounds and Carter s Crackpots Dartng exhrbttron of drrvrng skrll and rgnorance Ttme Sunday 2 OO P M Place Moonshrne Mesa Between demonstratrons you wrll be entertarned by that Srngrng Serb Sam Subotrch Yep those three rnseparables Earl Hatcher Emmett Carter and Sam Subotrch are strll earnrng an honest dollar and drrvrng therr rnsurance agent crazy When asked therr oc cupatron they merely told htm they were entertarners SHOP AT HOME' x7 Pi 52 -2- D - n 1 a 1 i 9, -n f f V .X ff, I xl