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

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Hadn t had such a grand trme srnce one of the tr1ps to Morgantown back tn the days of my youth Saw Don Farson drctator of Belmont bend over the slumped form of Evelyna I-leddleston famous bubble dancer and vodka sampler Farson demanded hrs key It seems that Martha Rrvetet Reese had stolen II Reese klarped Farson Funny I always fhought Farson was tough Howard Matheny crown pr1nce of Vock Lou s was dancmg vv1th lus mother rn law Patncra Von Hycks Hopplesworth formerly Von Hycks Klngston formerly Von Hycks formerly Von formerly Daruel son nee Smlth The brawl qureted for a short t1me whale the pohce rested and took f1ve The extts were jammed Wllh people dashrng to and fro before the second half of the double feature brawl started agarn Governor elect James Reynolds called out the mrlrtta and tn they came as rough an outf as you d ever hope to see all Wacs and two yards long they were Mary Henthrone Martha Mazyelle Morrrs PeggyQurnce Ruckman frruuals PQRQ Anme Got muh gun B1lls Freda Powell Rrggs Stackpole Ismaelt Cox and Wanda Gesundhert Dotson Dotson sold peanuts on the srde to earn spendrng money she was the only pfc rn the crowd Frank Taylor renownedlawyer assrsted by Erlene Cornell Glenda Dav1s adn Ruth Lrttle staggered out of hrs corner and accused the governorof mal pracuce and protested that the presxdent was the only The governor who knew hrs legal ropes demed the charges and sa1d the owner of the Club Canasta would have to be tned for perm1tt1l such gomgs on rn the estabhshment Judge Charles Janes who was crawhng from under a pool table where he had been collecung crgarette butts drawled Thash nght well have to hab a tregal hal a hal tregal ah' sktp rt' Matters were getung a l1tt1e too hot for me Istarted to leave But before I got out Geraldme Hooper Martha Snuth and Rrta Plckens all reured women wrestlers grabbed me and hauled me back to the wrtness stand The judge ordered that no one leave unul the tr1al was over I knew that rf I drdn t get out of there soon I would be up that well known mbutary wlthout any means of locomouon As the tnal progressed Verna Lou Cox Velma H1gg1l'lS and Irene Stewart fly by mght fortune tellers were called to the stand to testrfy that the owner had been selhng loaded pmg pong balls across the counter They sa1d that they were not sure and would not tesufy Frnally Patty Sweeney and Arleta Moms two professtonal gamblers who wanted the Club Canasta to fold tesufted and supphed enough evrdence to convrct the proprreter The owner a shrewd operator just before the tr1al was over sold me the enttre establlshment for 14 cents At the ume Ithought ltwas a good deal But when the Judge demanded to know who the owner of the Club was I confessed that tt belonged to me He sentenced me to 99 1X4 years in Jatl wherel am now spending the test of my lr.fe and have plenty of time to look at my diary and recall the good umes I had at the Club Canasta wrth my dear class of 52 fnends from Sarnt Marys l-hgh , , , . . I I l l - . . . ----.- . , -I it, I . person that could call out the militia. . ,, . , , . . . . .. , . , I I I I - - . V' , . . .

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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

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