Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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PAGE SIXTEE-N VICTORY UPTIC 1950 News lln the Year 2000 Mother where rs todays pa per Out on the porch Father Wrll you get rt srnce your cane rs rn reach? Squeak squeak squeak Dear someday Ill just have to orl these rusty rockers wont I What do you mean rockers Dad Thats the rheumatrz set tlrn rn my bones But Ill get the paper anyway Here rt rs Why lookee here on the front page Put on your spectacles Dad What rs rt'7 Has John L Lewrs ordered another strrke No srlly sometrmes I dont thrnk you re qurte rrght rn the head You know perfectly well that John L LEWIS was a famous Ne gro prrze frghter Mother I do declare rts a prc ture of Carl Seamon you remem Ler hrm dont you Why way back uh lets see way back rn 1050 I sat next to hrm rn modern problems class What was the name of that teacher? Gray thats rt What does the artrcle say about Carl mother? Carl Seamvon who succeeded J Edgar Hoover as head of the FBI was proclarmed a hero rn New York In the Waldorf Astorra Hotel flre he saved the lrves of the two chrldren of Senator and Mrs former Naomr Moran Boston so crety grrl Nancy this paper has artrcles about many people famrlrar to us Just hsten Rrchard Phllrppart wrll graduate from Vrctory hrgh school wrth the class of 2000 All frrends are re quested to attend Rrchard at the age of 68 was voted the most lrkelv tc succeed' Several other rtems concernrng Vrctory are as follows In the past several years the Nrctory hrgh school athletrc teams under the drrectron of Ray Syl rester and Jack Anastasakrs hav cefeated W I so many trmes th Hrlltoppers have decrded to burv th lr school Davrd Trpper local rr ortrcran wrll offrcrate wrth thrs plea ant busrness Vrctory had parents nrght last Frrdav accordrng to Prrncrpal Fran rs Leep Don Powell swrm mrng rnstructor gave a drvrng dcmonstratron rn the pool Sadre Thompson drrected the A Cappella chorr wrth Lors Swrger and Don na Foutty solorsts Carol Grand staff band master led the band on two strrrrng marches wrrtten by Russell Shaffer Edrth Wallace of the physrcal educatron department gave a demonstratron errtrtled If people are unkrnd beat them up Sarah Crrmes agrrcultural agent helped her prck up her teeth I see that a college rs under vsay rn Clarksburg Donald R brook famous for hrs reparrrng of the Emprre State Burldlng wrll be rn charge of the constructron The burldrngs were desrgned by the archrtect Otha Cam Last Sunday the Moore Club CCarol Joanne Kenneth Bob and Stephenl had a get together at Clarksburg Park however the day drd not turn out well for Joanne who fell and fractured her hrp The emergency car was summon eu rmmedrately and due to the qurck thrnkrng of the drrvers Donald Casto and Robert Skeens the patrent was relreved of much sufferrng She was taken to the Stuart Vtalker Hosprtal a grft of the multrmrllronarre where she was treated by Dr Don Schnerder He was assrsted by three nurses Maryann Robinson Nlorma Jean Srmon and Patty Sprna H919 ale SOYHQ I'flOI'6 llZeI'I1S A productron was presented on the stage of the new Clarksburg theater last week The drrector and producer of the affarr was Martha Ann Haggerty The hrgh lrght of the show was the vaude vrlle team of Banjo Brll and Srng m Sam fOf course these are the stage names of Bill Davrs and Sam Ananra The old womans chorus lrne also was very entertarnrng Sc me of these lovely mardens of Monalee Skrnner Loretta Math eny Jean Srngleton Marlon Park er Judy Hamilton and Joan Ger rard A barber shop quartette com prr ed of Don Talkrngton John Shipley Buddy Prrnce and Ber nard Costrloxr delrghted the audr ence Whrle speakrng about the stage Dad drl you know that Mary Kay 'lalkmgton rs playrng the lead rn 'the revrval of South Pacrfrc Rachel Hayes a frrend of Mary s IS star mg, at the Metropolrtan You certarnly had a talented class drdnt you Mother? Hasnt Chester Martrn become a star over n1ght In Hollywood they call h m the blonde bombshell I hear he even has hrs own arrplane to carry fan marl Ann Jarvrs seems to be hrs leadrng lady both on and aff the screen Say Father do you remember xhen I had to wash down the front steps wrth a tooth brush well Iohnny Lurkart one of my cohorts has devrsed a way of cleansrng teeth wrthout the ard of a brush It seems that you swal lcw a prll and powder frlls your nrouth Thrs tends to do the clean rng I guess John got trred of lrandlrng a toothbrush Mother hsten to these articles about ambrtrous people we know Helen Hyman has been promot ed to sales manager of Macys Her two assrstants are Theresa Cummrngs and Beatrrce Johnson Dora Clark IS owner of a candy company She calls her candy Clark bars Betty Baumgardner Marlene Bon en and Mary Jane Barnes own a dress shop rn New York Crty The clothes are desrgned by Edna Hrck man Carpenter and Anrta Menen dez Next door to the three B shop rs the Flrnt dance studro whrch rs run by Eddle and Mar garet Patterson Flrnt They have taken the alrases of Vernon and Irene Castle The James Swrsher Motor Com pany proudly presents the new Swisher Thrs car wrll contarn telephone televrsron a stove Led movre projector and auto matrc controls Commander James Stuart of the Unrted States navy presented the Medal of Valor to Ronald Huf ford Nancy let me have the sports sectron please I swan I always knew Vrctory had a reputatron for havrng good athletes but I never thought Id ee the day when Eugene Merandr would be harled home run krng All clubs are frghtrng for hrm but so far he has decrded to remarn wrth the Cardrnals as he IS guaranteed the yearly sum of S2 500 000 Paul Heater owner of the Whrtehouse the Brooklyn Brrdge the Grand Canyon and Nragara Falls added the Cardrnals to hrs collectron Trrllronarre Heater re cently gave the openrng address at a cornerstone layrng of the new screntrfrc burldrng Thrs burldrng 1 to be erected for the purpose of modernrzrng moon rockets Scren trst Carl Wrllrams has already made a trrp rnto the wrld blue yon der To quote Mr Wrllrams I thought I was golng to heaven Dad heres somethrng on the serrous srde Bernard Maxwell pastor of the Frrst Methodrst proclarmed Etta Barley as wrnner of a Brble bound rn allrgator skin Mlss Barley rasnt mrssed a Sunday rn seven teen years The Ladres Ald Socrety wrll have rts monthly meetrng at the home of Mrs Dale Allen CDonna Mich aell Mrs Rrchard Kennedy CEthel Dobblnsj and Mrs Rrchard Frame the former Dolores Poe, wrll be rn charge of the program Here are some busrness and polrtrcal rtems The councrl had rts regular meetrng last nrght sard crty man ager Brll Swrger Those present were Don Westfall of the frrst ward James Wrlhelm of the sec fContrnued on page forty onel ac - 1 - . , H . . 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VICTORY OPTIC' 1050 PACE' FIFTEEN HUHDTS and Events Valedlctorlan Aff QM., e, f., Salutatorlan f , Scholarshlps Semor Play Cast if I , lrecforr J' WJ 4 A reak Day Q-J 9 ,f Sneak Day 1 Y Junlor Semor Prom JW47 ftp Commencement Date J Awards Speakers Invocahon Benedlchon Baccalaureate Sermon- Speaker f J . ,71 DOTS. f i .7 + l -4 1 , , f . 1 1 X X , . f ' ' ' S ,ff ' x 2 -f1,.'- ' ' ' , L42-gf 1 Xp V' ' ' 1 1 : v , L,-f..f' :I - u X' , ' f' 'X A I 1 ' -' '41 r 4' TT'7 ' r' . ' , f,.,,,.'-'Nj ' f,,! ,' Y,'Q,f - '17'f .1 . V , - ' '1-, '--1 g I J..f..ig': -'xr' A-X, l ' ' 'I nn' , . f - ff f f . f' f , , ,WW J A' D ' - 'Af-J. I- ,-1. . 1 Af. , 1 J 1, .. '2 11- ' 44 L. F 1 ' - -S : 117, , -24 f I ,'-' If .f..L-1 ' - gf- - Yi, Ar!! ' u - F , . 1 . Y Y , If - .,4,.7, 4, , S 1 I ff . .

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WfCTORY OPTIC 1050 1 AGE SEVENTEEIN The Semorrs Last Wrll and Testament As our last days of school near and berng mrndful of the strug gles and unccrtarntres of lrfe we oo make publrsh and declare thr cur last wrll and testament I Patty Ervln gladly wrll my temp rmental typewrrter to Lors Hannah I Mary Jane Barnes do hereby bequeath my knowledge on how to hold a man to Martha Tate I Marlyn Kay Sharpe regret rully leayc my posrtron as drum majorette to a grrl who wrll put her heart and soul rn rt as I drd To Joe lllanunr I wrll my abllrty t neak through the opposrng., lrne says Chester Martrn I lr n Frbon leave my scat rn D E to Dorothy Hrtchcock so I nr ry Jorn my future husband I Anrta Menendez berng of al nrost sound mrnd and body leave to the other two Menendezs CClorra and Idal about half my herght srnce they both need rt I Donnle CVaughan Monroel T lkrn tor w ll my solo vorce and seat to Pete Thomas I Carl Norman leave my close resemblance of Krrk Douglas to Harry Pukey free as treasurer of the GA A to Katre Nale We Dolores loe and Margaret Stewart wrll our everlastrng fr lend slrrp to Mary Poe and Berth: George I Jack Southern regretfully leave Mrss Gray fSorrow 1s such sad partrngj I Bob Moore relrnqursh my place rn the Joy Boy s to Charlre Comp ton then I guess I wrll just leave Goodby Mrs Morgan I Brll Golden wrll my excellent modern problems grades to Sue Ann Krdd I also wrll to some luckfy bachelor Miss Van Horn Mrss Gray and Mrss Schmrdle I Burnadeen Phrlllps wrll all mv athletrc abrlrty to Jenny Fratt I Sam Annra leave my abrlrty tc get a grrl wrthout tryrng to Iohn Whrteharr Joanne Moore and Charlotte Skldmore leave therr band sponsor boots to any grrl who has brg enough feet for Charlottes and small enough feet for Joannes I Donna Foutty wrll my rnfatu atron for Brlly Shakespeare to Darrell Loy I Edna Hlckman Carpenter be queath to Norm'1 Ward lurk my posrtron as chref authorrty on love lI'L Englrsh class I John Hamrlc leave my genrus as a modern problems student to Davld Ruffle I Loulse Lorra leave Jackre Wrl son wrthout a lab partner Mr Sul llvan wlthout a student and the chemrstry class wrthout a gemus We Joan Gerrard Donna Swrger and Loretta Matheny leave and take our thoughts of Lorrs Lay freld Freddre Hardman and John Cooper wrth us I Fayetta Grbson do hereby wrll my one and only modern prob lems assrgnment book to Nancy Rebrook tNancy you luck'y gall To the lucky left guard on the 1050 footbrll team I Jack Anas 1'1sakls wrll my front false teeth I Ken Davrs relrnqursh my trtle as Irttle Leroy to Don Trpper I Edith Wallace leave to Rachel I rzzam my olo trumpet posrtron rr the Vutory Band I Ceorge A Farnest hereby wrll my well earned art talent to sard rerson D lrrcll Barnes I Fthel Dobbrns bequeath my herglrt to Joe Tenda I Lllllln Loenen urll my locker lock 14081 to anyone fortunate er ough to be able to open rt rn a hurry As I must leave Vrctory I Jean Srngleton am gorng to be generous and rtlrnqursh Wrll Shakespeare yxrth Mrs Morgan for the lucky junrors Whrle on the subject of that man Shakespeare Martha Ann II rggerty wrlls her enjoyment of Macbeth to her brother Wayne I Bernard Costrlou leave my I Dora Clark wrll my thrrlls as a senror to Pete Thomas I Carl Parrs sorrowfully grve up my hall duty to any boy who lrke to study figures women that I Davld Trpper leave my beard to Ronnre Kopp I Marlene Bowen wrll No 5 and my books and seat at Prerpornt to Jean Rollrns I Don C'rsto leave Mrss Gray to all the poor unfortunate Junrors I Carl Seamon leave my ama tcur bouts at Vrctory to take on Ioe Lours I Jrm Stuart wrll my place rn the Joy Bov s to Dlck Ritter and to Vrctory Ill Just leave Bye every one I Carl Wrllrams gladly bequeath my seat rn cell 400 to James Jer ome To Olrver Ixat Huffman I lrmmy Syusher wrll my posrtron of hr h authorrtv and back row seat I Kenneth Moore wrll to Chuck Morrrson my abrlrty to become a grease monkey I Betty Baumgardner hereby wrll mv abrlrty to roll my brg eyes to Bobby Orr I Carol Grandstaff leave my rn Qenurty of Englrsh to Jughead Blake Ann .Irrvrs and Judy Hamrlton leave then enamouratron of W I to anyone frndrng rt as rnterestrng as they drd I Carl Weedle Tenda wrll my posrtron as center on the great football team to Jackre Ewart He hopes you do well son I 'Vlary Lenora Torch bequeath my place as a bell lyre player to Janet Causslan who wrll come here next year I would also lrke to take Bob Moore wrth me leavrng Jackre Wrlson and her Bob Moore to fol low next year I Leon Talkrngton leave Mrs Morgan to all prospectrve Junrors Perrocll ' I Frankre Geso leave an answer for everythrng to Joe Legs Fenda I Bill Daw IS wrll my seat ln D E to Brll Nichols I I lorra Felrx do hereby wrll mv shorthand II book to Peggy Haller xy ho s so greatly enthused about rt I Brll Wrggy Swrger bequeath my car and all of my belongrngs that the frnance company doesnt own to my true love Phyllis Dee Ixnrght I Martha Ann Frttro wrll my brarn and knowledge of berng on the honor roll to Charles Swlsher and also to any lucky grrl who wants rt my books seat and place at Murphy s To Buck Goldsmith I wrll you my only possessron my YoYo srgned Stuart Walker CMargaret Patterson M o d e r n Problems and Maladgusted Per sons J Emma Jean Conley leaves her place on the honor roll to any D E student And to anyone who takes D E I Dorothy Werner wrlls Mr Holden to therr care I Stephen Moore am gorng to all the thrngs I own plus my front teeth to Martha Green goes to W I Paul Heater sound rn body mmd Leave all my hrdden talents to Eugene Trussler and Carolyn Hanna to frnd I Gary McCauley wrll my Whrs key Strll and Hot Rod to Charles Compton I Brll Kerere wrll to Charles R1 Swlsher my seat rn D E by three pln up grrls when h s a senror I Jean Xshcraft hereby wrll to sard person Leah Skinner my abrl rty to make Frrday mornrng speeches As a student of Drstrrbutlve Ed ucatron class I Beatrrce Johnston leave my seat by Mr Holden s desk to my srster Wrlma I Harold Layfreld wrll my Mod ern Problems assrgnment book to that studrous boy Drck Bramer so he won t get wrrters cramps Cvorce of experrencel I Wllma Kern wrll my frery red harr to a grrl who wrll take ad vantage of rt as I certarnly have I Monalee Skmner leave my ln tellrgence to Joan Trussler To Joyce Shreves, I Delores fContmued on page fortyl wr two who RHI . 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