Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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victory Girls Attend Victory Band Plavs County-wide Play Day A[ Fegtiva] Twelve girls of this school, accompanied by their instructor, Miss Mae McDonald, attended the annual Play Day, held at the Washington Irving stadium, Wednesday, May 8. This affair is held for the purpose of creating a better inter-school relationship and sportmanship. It is composed of girls from junior and senior high schools of Harrison county. Games participated in during the day were ring tennis, volley ball, speed ball, long ball, dodge ball, relay races and stunts. At the conclusion of the day, ribbons were presented to the players of the teams winning first, second and third places. Those who attended from Victory were Neysa Corathers, Tressie Fragale, Pauline Boyce, Dolores Fernandez, Dorothy Spata-fore, Thelma Doolittle, Josephine Diaz, Frances Lasko, Leona Smith, Eleanor Whitman, Frances McKeen, Anna Lee Leuliette, and the instructor, Miss Mae McDonald. HAMMONT HARPER Restaurant “Good Food is Good Health” 228 W. Pike St. Phone 313 Clarksburg, W. Va. For the second consecutive year our school participated in the band festival, along with several other high schools competing for honors at Salem College, West Virginia, on May 8 and 9. Wednesday was devoted to individual contests in which Victory was represented by William Crawford, drum major; Melba Funk, Betty Cox, Mary Capicola, and Rosalie Duarte, sponsors; soloists, Junior Coulson, saxa-phone; Charleen Moine, trumpet; Edward Howell, bass horn; Loretta Morrison, saxa-phone. The princess representing the Victory band was Mary Jnae Walsh. Thursday afternoon the band participated in the parade. A mass concert was held in the evening at the amphitheater with Professor Curtis R. Jansen, of Ohio University in charge. Kenneth Swiger Talks Before Charlestonians Kenneth Swiger, a former member oi the senior class of 1940, now a cadet at Greenbrier Military School, recently addressed members of the Charleston Kiwanis Club on problems of American youth and moral failures, at the civic club’s weekly luncheon in the Daniel Boone Hotel. Last year, Kenneth was assistant editor of the Victory Optic and a leader in school activities. He was also voted the best allround student in the “Who’s Who” poll. Kenneth entered Greenbrier in the fall of last year. HARTLAND PLANING MILL LUMBER AND BUILDERS SUPPLIES 715 West Pike Street Phones 454 and 455

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Sophomore Wins Prize At Annual Flower Show Beulah McCoy, a sophomore, won a cash award for the best bird house in the third annual flower show of the Monongahela-Cheat region held on April 25-26, at the Carmichael auditorium. This exhibit was sponsored by the West Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs and the Clarksburg Women’s Club. The school band, under the leadership of Mr. William Tole, aided in furnishing the music for the occasion. Dewey Stump and Charley Yost WEST END Auto Service Rear 900 West Pike General Auto Repairing and Radio Service Phone 2517 Clarksburg, W. Va. Chessman's FOR Wallpaper — Paint Clarksburg, W. Va, Move-Up Day Elevates Juniors to Front Row Class day and move-up day, looked forward to by all senior graduates as well as the junior and sophomores, was held Thursday morning, May 16, during the regular assembly period. The program was presented in an extraordinary style. The class history read by Monalee Crutchfield, was in the form of excerpts from the diary of the senior class. It revealed many love affairs and personal matters which were well under-cover until exposed by the research workers. The will was presented in the form of an auction. The class prophecy was presented by a mystic Hindu crystal gazer. John Tiano, vice-president of the senior class, presented the senoir key to the junior class president, Harold Lovell. Presentation of the mantle was made by the class secretary, Lyhle Gillen water, to the junior class secretary, Irene Shively. As the program ended, the seniors marched out of the auditorium leaving the juniors to take their seats, while the sophomore class vacated the “shelf” and moved to the junior section. The seniors wore the traditional gray and white caps and gowns. TACT “Why do you set such a tough chicken before me?” indignantly asked a young lady in a restaurant the other day. “ ‘Age before beauty,” always, you know ma’am!” replied the tactful waiter. Portage Shoes $3.95 to $5.50 at I AL KLYZA MEN’S SHOP 333 West Pike