Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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May Queen Crowned At Annual Festival Elizabeth Davisson was crowned Queen of May at a festival held Wednesday evening. May 1, at Victory High School. Clyde McCarty, assistant superintendent of schools, placed the jeweled crown on her head. Decorations which transformed the gymnasium were in keeping with the May Day theme. A program of dances and varied entertainment planned by the committee in charge was presented with the girls of the sophomore class as participants. Rosalie Duarte was chosen as maid-of-honor and the princesses of the court included Melba Funk. Jean Criss, Victoria Lopez. Charlene Moine, Mary Kantsamparis. Mary Jane Walsh, Anna Ruth Shreve, Mary Secret, Jeannette Circullo, Charlotte Leuilette, Jennie Ferrise, and Margaret Wittman. Claudette Murphy was crown-bearer, while Billy Joe Petit carried the sceptre Carolina Rae Hannah and Jennie Ann McFar-lin were flower girls, and Shirley Gail Swiger and Patty Cubbons were train bearers. Miss Virginia Davis was general chairman of arrangements, assisted by Miss Garnett Fittro, Mr. William Tole, and Mr. Lane Daugherty. Miss Mae McDonald, physical education instructor, was in charge of arrangements for the dances and Mr. Tole had charge of the orchestra and Girls’ Glee Club. Candyland Homemade Candies Sodas Lunches Pastries Lee Toothman Succeeds In State Oratory Meet Lee Toothman, president of the senior class, won the state American Legion oratorical contest in which delegates from the ten districts participated. This was held in the House of Delegates chamber in Charleston, on March 29. On March 22, Lee competed in the district contest at Central Junior High School against students from six Harrison county schools to win a $200 scholarship to any college in West Virginia and the privilege t« participate in the state contest. Lee was eliminated in the regional contest at Alexandria, Va., on April 17. Adamston Flat Glass Company Manufacturers of Clarksburg, W. Va. BUY School Supplies at MURPHY’S 5 and 10c Store Compliments of Fourth and Pike IMPERIAL ICE CREAM

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Reading from left to right—First row—Eva Dotson, Sylvester Sartoris, Julia Rosetta, John Orlando, Rose Audia, Anthony Oliverio, Pauline Bennett. Second row—Robert Gerrard, Leona Jacobs, James Leu-liette, Angelo Miller, Sam Veltri, Wanda Ross, Roger Martino. Third row—Jenny Ferrise Rosie Gallo Marguerite Huge, Virginia Schmidt, Marion Hughes, Olive Cunningham. Anna Dingo. Fourth row— Mary Costa, Virginia San Julian, Millie Gluhak, Josephine Wallace, Tina Kidner, Jo Anne Layman Ari-etta Brown. Fifth row—Wilma Jones, Frances Adams, June Kouillet, Leila Knight, Geraldine Malcomb Betty Cox, Sarah Bellotte. Sixth row—Mary Suarez, Jeannette Cirullo, Millie Bruno, Wanda McKinney’ Dorothy Barker, Virginia Skinner. ’

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Juniors, Seniors Tie In Fifth Honor Roll Of the 703 students enrolled, 114 made the honor roll for the fifth six-weeks period. The juniors and seniors tied for first place by placing thirty-nine members each on the honor list. The sophomores followed with thirty-six. Five students, all girls, made a straight “A” average. They are Lucille McBee, senior; Ida Belle Grimm and Florence Horner, juniors, and Eleanor Whiteman and Mary Boyles, sophomores. The honor list follows; Seniors: Angero Miller. Josephine Nale. Teresa Nash, Bernice Randolph, Julia Rosetta, Flora Scarnati, Louise Spatafore, De-lores Springer, Mary Suarez, Martha Swiger, Mary Jane Walsh. Naomi Yeager, Margaret Wittman, Lucille McBee, Mary Grant, Betty Lee Himes, Ruth Hoover. Wilma Jones, Mary Kantsamparis, Charlotte Leuliette, Electa Jean Lockhart, Wanda Lea Morrison, Ruth Bailey, Jeannette Cirullo, Wilma Crim Monalee Crutchfield, Irene De Bock, Lorraine Di Salvo, Rosalie Duarte, Dale Richards, Lee Toothman, Jules Langlett, Lyhle Gillenwater, James Lichillo, Paul Gillespie, Norman Beebe, Leslie Carpenter, Robert Gerrard and Eugene James. Juniors: Virginia Charles, Flora Phil-lippini, Betty Lee Hart, Ivorine Hammond, Doris Freeman. Ida Belle Grimm, Caroline Koontz, Mary Linch, Victoria Lopez, Antoinette Nardelli, Christine Robey, Florence Horner. Katherine Paris. Betty Smith. Helen Sherman, Evelyn Sturm. Martha Lee Reiser, Kathleen Tiano, Winifred Pope, Carmella Palagino, Esther Simms, Anna Basile, Louise Be Sure About Your Eyes Consult Dr. Virginia Cummings Fifth Floor Union Bank Bldg. Clarksburg Phone 2668 Andre, Ernestine Barnes, Mary McWhirter, Harold Lovell, Louis Loria, Bert Kennedy, Harry Matthew, Rosser James, Bernard Reeder, Joseph Powell, James Southern, William Ward, Rex Bumgardner, Donald Alvarez, Sam Barile, Louise Blanco and James Iaconis. Sophomores: Eula Rose Short, Leona Smith, Helen Snider, Dorothy Spatafore, Madalou Swiger, Geraldine Tyler, Kathleen Willison, Betty Jean Yates, Betty Lee Hoover, Virginia Armstrong. Edna Tresize; Eleanor Whiteman, Mary Virginia Audia, Helen Louise Brown, Nina Merle Bussey, Anna Christafore, Kathryn Cavalle, Patricia Coleman, Margaret Defazio, Betty Lou Haller, Mary Boyles, Luella Freeland, Bernice Hamilton, Esther Lang. Frances Lasko, Mary Zane Lefevre, Frances McKeen, Nina Belle Pratt. Frances Davisson, Eugene Palmer, Savatore Zannino, Charles Cueto, Ralph Frankhouser, Steve Georgifandis, Patrick McCauley and Arnett Lamb. DAVIS LUNCH Good Coffee—Tasty Sandwiches Plate Lunches Cold Soft Drinks, Ice Cream and Tobacco 171 W. Pike Clarksburg, W. Va. Compliments of D. M. DAVIS 917 West Pike Street Phones 3340—1—2