St Marys High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (St Marys, WV)

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Ig A vs Q L l -- My name 15 Joseph Sptnkpfs Tlus story has never been recorded anywhere but tn my drary Havrng notlung to do at the moment I tlunk I ll rub the dust from the covers and look back at my last entry Back rn the year 1972 I was a reporter for the Prxvate Occurences Both Forexgn and Repulsrve I don t know how I ever began to work for that decreptt paper It was owned by 11m Simonton and Paul Webb neither of whom knew a hnotype machine from a typewrtter When I jorned the staff that paru cular paper was feudrng w1th the Poor Vtnton s Almanac edrted by Vrnton Gwrnn formerly of the St Marys Leader or somethmg The two papers werea argurng about who won the election back rn 52 I never occured to erther of them to look at a hrstory book Ah' l remember the staff so well There was Elsre Park former stnp teaser at the John Campbell Burlesque Palace Good old John when he was 1n school all he though about was automob1les but he soon wtsed up And there was Eva Nell Reynolds a calm collected soul All collected tn one place though She set type Ido remember Ruth L1ttle and Reva Dunn They had an rdortrc srgn on therr desk lt read Little Dunn They never said much just sat 1n heu corner and rubbed snuff When I walked 1n that day I saw the other four members of the staff Barbara Whaley Barbara Maxwell Mary Sue Lauhon and Mary Smith mthe back of the room tolling over a hot pool table Yes the editors took 20011: of our salaries to firush payrng for tt We ll skip over the uninteresung parts about how I set type and assumed the name of Cub Spxnkpfs and get to the part where I was assigned to cover the Club Canasta Whenlstarted out on the assignment I thought it was one of those routrne Jobs But to my surpnse rt was to cover the riot that broke out at the Club Canasta owned by James Gault Naturally I d1dn t know what it was all about till I got there When I tried to enter the front door I-lammer Brrkhremer the bouncer told me to stay out I was ready to go home and call it a day Then I decrded to try the back door I entered from the rear naturally Boy' Thatwaswhenl saw Carol Elder the star dancer at the Club I offered to walk her home but Just as she turned me down a Cadrllac convertrble drove up It was dnven by B1llWhaley Local bank er He threw hrs coat hned w1th 14 k Taft Buttons across a puddle for her to walk across and to keep her from getttng her tootsres wet no doubt f ,..- . 'f -. A Q Q - mn.. ., . f 1 'nu v . ,Ali . . , , . 1 . - , . . l ' Y - . . . , . . . . 1 - . . . , t . . , - - 1 , . . ,, ,, . . ' . . . 2 . . . - . , . . Y ' I I . , , , . H .. - s . 1 . - . . , , n - , ' ' I ' Y , .

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I I W CLASS WILL DON FARSON w1ll and bequeath my bulldmg ab1l1ty to Mutt Reed MARTHA REESE wrll and bequeath my black hau and last bottle of bleach to Mary Mane Gerber JACK BOLEY and ROY COX w1ll and bequeath our rrght to be grrl shy to Joe Ed Adklns and Cec1l Elder VINTON GWINN w1ll and bequeath my whxte shoes and Cadrllac to Duane Larson a fellow band member JIM DAVIS w1ll and bequeath my bold and darrn way wrth the glrls to shy l1ttleJ1m Phtlllps BETTY JEAN EDDY and IRENE STEWART W1 1 and bequeath the rrght to wear engage ment rings to Paul Shepherd and Larry Ntchols CHARLES TICE vull and bequeath Tattle tale Carmrchael to Second frddle Larson CHARLES JANES w1ll and bequeath my burnt out flashbulb wh1ch represents my only pxcture for the Argus Staff to Shutterbug Trunk NORMA JEAN LEMON wrll and bequeath my basketball ab1l1ty mcludrng hook shots Coach Ingram BARBARA MAXWELL w1ll and bequeath my rrght to fl1rt wtth all the boys to Alberta Brown CARL McHENRY w1ll and bequeath my posltron on the Fabulous FIVE to J1m Ruckman BILL OLIVER w1ll and bequeath my muscles such as they are to Ray Ballard 6 C DELNO OLIVER w1ll and bequeath my txtle of Romeo along w1th my good looks to John Underwood who can make good use of them MARTHA MORRIS w1ll and bequeath my Newport rmg w1th the radar boyfmder to Colleen Hardrng MARY LOUISE HENTHORN w1ll and bequeath my posluon on the grrls basketball team to Bob Creek BARBARA WHALEY w1ll and bequeath my lrttlebundle ofjoy JohnTr1plett to Mr Brtsbane VERNA LOU COX w1ll and bequeath my great smgmg abrhty to Jlmmy Creek JOHN SMITTLE w1ll and bequeath my everlastrng frrendshlp wtth MISS Strrcklrng to J1m Elltott EVA NELL REYNOLDS w1ll and bequeath my t1tle of Llttle Egypt to Penny Young PEGGY RUCKMAN w1ll and bequeath my love for a certarn alumnus to Judy Kennedy e HOWARD MATHENY CHARLES FULMER and BILL WHALEY w1ll and bequeath our tnterests rn the grrls of Shorthand class to Porter Powell We the class of 1952 belng of sound mmd and drsposlng memory aware of the uncertarnty of l1fe and the certarnty of death and desrrous of makrng a publrc d1str1but1on of our property at our graduatxon do make publxsh and declare thrs to be our last w1ll and testament We hereby nomlnate constxtute and appomt the Jumor Class executors of thxs our last w1ll and testament wrthout requrrmg them to glve any bond or securlty whatsoever D? if 11 ' . ' ' ' ' I. .' . . . , vt. ' , at A I 1 I' ' Y' ll -. Il ' fl - ' ll . 1. . ' , ' ' 1. ' . ' ' . ' ' . to 1. . ' . . . I' ' , . l . . ,, . ,, I. A ' . . . . I' ' I . . ,, . ,, . 1, , ' ' g .

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I started fhrung with one of the bartenders Ntck Bullman and trted to get htm to grve me a coke on the house Thenl got up and ambled to the gamtng room 1n the rear there were polrce flytng all over the place Offtcer Ttce vice squad had three thugs backed up agarnst the wall. Iwent over and tapped htm on the shoulder When he turned around one of the thugs klarped lum so hard that rt drove lus eyes so far down that he had to remove lus drawers to see hrs way home John Clupps btg ume polinco was yelling from the balcony Mr Speakerl Mr Speaker' I demand the floor' Just then a stack of stale fDev1l s Den brandy potato chtps satled through the au and the chtps mel Chipps squarely The floor Chtpps had been demandtng came up to meet him John Smrttle trumpet soloist with the Canasta Club Stnng Ensemble knocked htmself out with his own yo yo Whipptng out my note pad I Jotted down tnfo as fast as I could Charles Fulmer big time penny pitcher sauntered over towards me Won a cool 200 last night he muttered from the corner of hrs mouth Dollars? I asked Netn dumkopf the had had socrology from Herr Samuelsj pennies Over at the mformauon and hat check room I asked Rosalte Masters what the time was She d1dn t know same old Rosahe I started to wander around and ran IHIO four shady characters who came up and demanded my dough Adjusting my bifocals I recogruzed them as the rnfamous Oliver brothers and therr gun molls Phyllts Reed and Normal Norma Ohver They looked awfully rough all of them had been professtonal wrestlers I d1dn t argue After los1ng my money a peculiar character approached me and tried to sell me a pack of reefers She kept muttering Ohl 1fI had only stood ta home stead of hanging round Wtlhamstown that blarsted yaller Jacket stung me I recognized Katy Lu Foley Some Joker who I later learned was Jack Boley came up to me and sneered Atn t I run across your mug before? Not to my recollection I replred Well tt sure looks lrke somebody d1d Yak' Yak' Suddenly Iwas surrounded by three ctgarette girls Betty Jean Eddy Madelyn Weekley and Imogene Kester Morell for is II Morrel or Morrellj They sold me three cartons of fags and gave me their phone numbers In sauntered George Swtsher owner of a fleet of shnmp scows and Carlos McHennery manager and best customer of the Rot tooth Sweet Chawing Terbacky Klarperauon they paused to say Hellowal and then started madly to chase Lola Yost one of the chorus g1rls to get her to endorse their products Another rumpus started behtnd the bat where Jackaranda Adamskova famous Russxan ballet danseuse and Elsovna Parkowa equally famous exrle of the Moscow Art Theater were ftghttng for the attenuon of Dtamond hm Davis, BTO from the ETO and presxdent of the ATO fraternity at Horseneck Hackademy 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 - 1 . . . 1 11 , , , 1 . 1 H . , . . . . . . , 1 ' - 1 ' 1 11 11 . 1 1 va 11 11 - ' . . . , , . . . . 1 , , . - 1 1 - 1 . 1 , , . ,, . . . . 1 1 - 11 - 11 - I r 9 1 11 ,, nv ' , . 11 - - . 11 ' , . . 1 l 0 n 1 r 1 - , - . 11 11 1 1 1 . n 1 1 1