Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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PAGEYTWENTY-EIGHT VICTOR! OPT-IC 1949

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VICTORY OPTIC 1949 PAGE TWENTY SEVEN Future Teachers of America 44 Front row, left to right: Freda Charles, Margie Skeens and Lena Vincent. Back row: Rhoda Mae Sommerville, Patty Pernell, Evangeline Evangelinos, Rose Marie Fiorenza, Marie Trembly and Miss Eura Gray, adviser. Not pictured are June Newbrough, Jack Cottrill, Norma Jean Simon and Mona Garner. ' Accomplishments: The Victory Chapter of the Future Teachers of America is the first in Harrison County and the 15th in the state. It strives to serve those who have a leaning toward the field of teaching a better understanding of what they are getting into and the advantages of teaching. The club attends County Teachers' meetings and all meetings that have anything to do with the field of teaching. It has a project of selling stationary to get funds. Officers: Margie Skeens, president, Rose Marie Fiorenza, vice president, Mona Garner, secretary and treasurer, Evangeline Evangelinos. Adviser: Miss Eura Gray. Junior Red Cross CC .Last row, left to right, Carl Williams, Ronald Kapp, Everett Trader, Dorsey Baum gardner, Clarence Kight, Mona Garner, Evangeline Evangelinos, Winnie Lantz Front row: Bob Ross, Joe Secreto, Nancy Jo Tipper, Patty Spino, Ethel Dobbins and Miss Eura Gray, adviser. Activities: A membership drive, stationery sale to make money for use in club activities, Shut-in purchase and distribution of Christmas gifts to twelve persons and booklets were also made for them, presentation of the film Paradise Valley t Victory High, a student-conducted campaign on safety, purchase of three films on Etiquette to be used by the school and two boxes of used clothing for the Junior Red Cross project. Officers: Evangeline Evangelinos, president, Patty Spino, vice president Mona Garner, secretary, and Ethel Dobbins, treasurer. Adviser: Miss L. Eura Gray National Thespiau Tr oop No 275 C4 First row, left to right: Anna Angiulli, Dorothy Angiulli, Smiley Caldwell, Patty Pernell, Carl Crimm, Jimmy Carke, Jack Cottrill and Rhoda Sommerville. Second row: Mary Collins, Iris Reeves, Beaulah Carder, Ruth Caloccio, Joe Ann Andre, Rutheda Nestor, Freda Charles, Joanne Moore, and adviser, Helen Xenakis. Activities: The Thespians presented a three-act play The Kissing Link, spon- sored a dance, entered in the regional drama contest and took new members into their organization.

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ll-llifY VICTORY OPTIC 1949 PAGE TWENTY-NINE Spirit Committee 44 Left to right, first row: Louise Loria, Ada Rose Morrison, Martha Ann Haggerty, Bob Moore, Catherine Cirullo and Rose Marie Fiorenza. Mrs. Morgan, advisor, Rutheda Nestor. Second row: Louise Ann Loria, Rhoda Mae Sommerville, Freda Charles, Mary Lenora Torch, Connie Diaz and Evangeline Evangelinos. Third row: Bob Moore, Bob Wilson, Warren Lilyea, Carl William and Jim Hulford. Officers: President, Rutheda Nestorg secretary, Rhoda Mae Sommerville and treas- urer, Warren Lilyea. Activities: They have sold programs at all football games and helped the art class put up posters before the games. They sold Victory pencils. They gave 35.00 for post cards for Parents Night and 550.00 to the band for new uniforms. They also bought new cheerleading skirts and trousers for the cheerleaders. Left to right, first row: Adviser Mr. Bernard Sullivan, Bob Norman, Johnny Conner, Smiley Caldwell, Jimmy Clarke, Jack Cottrill, David Ferrando, Benny Williams and co-adviser Mr. Paul Hess. Second row: Paul Llaneza, Richard Sleeth, Carmine Oliverio, Eddie Flint, Jimmy Nichols, Bob Marks, Jack Anastasakis, Ray Sylvester, Marty De Fazio, Warren Lilyea, David Goldsmith and Chester Martin. This national organization is the high school branch of the Y. M. C. A. They have had the concession stands at football games and paid 550.00 into the Y. M. C. A. youth fund. Twenty-three boys were sent to Jackson's Mill to the state Hi-Y conference. The purpose of this organization is to create, maintain and extend the principles of Christian living throughout the school. They have a basketball team which played 10 games and lost one. Language Club Front row, left to right: Carl Crimm, Mrs. Martin, Sadie Thompson, Rose Marie Fiorenza, Nancy Davis, Mary Lenore Torch, Jackie Wilson, Katie Nale, Emma Smith, Clara June Green, James Mearns. Second row: Billy Poling, Freda Maxwell, Iris Reeves, Patty Ervin, Rose Marie Mazza, Donna Michael, Carol Moore, Faria Marie Westfall, Betty Boyles, Barbara Insani, Richard Phillipart, John Roach. Third row: Judy Hamilton, Lorena Hamilton, Jean Smith, Louise Hannah, Peggy Haller, Norma Jeane Simon, Joanne Moore, Deloris Thibault, Charlotte Skidmore, Kay Sharpe. . Fourth row: Mary Harrison, Burnadeen Phillips, Nancy Heenan, Joe Ann Andre, Carl Williams, Carmen Oliverio, Richard Sleeth, John Kyle, Paul Llaneza, Warren Lilyea. Activities: A dinner was given for the French Group, a. radio-phonograph was bought for the Language Department and films were bought for- both the French and Latin classes. ,