Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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I, RALPH HOLDER, leave my two seats on the bleachers to BOB BYRNES and NANCY ZECK. WE, NANCY BOW and JOYCE FLOYD, sorrowfully leave and wish to will to all the juniors and sophomores our Victory spirit. I, EDWIN FULTZ, leave my nose guard to any football player so dumb as to get his nose in the wrong place. I, NORMA LAYFIELD, will gladly leave. I, ERNEST COSTILOW, leave to some unfortunate sophomore the right to sit in class and wait for the bell to ring. I, CATHERINE LOPEZ, do hereby will to an intelligent junior the pleasure of reading the announcements at 8:45 every morning. I, CLIFFORD NUTTER, will my ability to get along with Miss Greene at the Public Library to anyone who needs to, and believe me, you will! 11 1, CORNELIUS MIHALIAK, will my name corny to anyone thinking that he can stand it. I, CLOVIS HELDRITH, hereby bequeath my ability to ask more questions of Mrs. Morgan than anv other senior in our class to any junior who thinks that he can keep up the steady flow. I, SAM OLIVERIO, will my ability to borrow pencils to HOLLIS HIGGINBOTHAM and hope that he doesn’t have as hard as time as I did in my senior year. I, NORMA LEE HOLBERT, do hereby will my way with the sophomore boys to some sophomore girl who will make better use of it than I did. I, JAMES PUKEY, leave my ability to just get by- and barely slip under- in English and Modern Problems to JOHN WELKS. I, ROSE BARBERIO, leave my seat in ACapellato anyone who will miss it as much as I will after graduation. I, BILL REEVES, leave my position on the Audio-Visual Staff to GORDON FAT-BOY BOWMAN. WE, JOYCE BULLOUGH and CAROLYN SHORT, the Toni Twins, leave in order not to confuse the juniors again. I, JOHN PROPST, will my good looks to any unfortunate fellow who needs them. I, KENNA LAYFIELD, leave all my aches and pains from football to MIKE FAHERTY. I, DONALD TIPPER, leave my build to MOON WETZEL. I, ANDY GARCIA, will my nicknames to any sophomore by the name of Arthur van Snorten. He has my sympathy 111 I, GLENN HAMRIC, leave my ghost to haunt MISS GRAY. We the Senior Class of 1952 leave in hopes that the juniors and the sophomores will preserve the Victory spirit and uphold its great reputation. Signed, published and acknowledged by Miss Joann Gambazza as for their last wills, in the presence of us, who, in my presence and in the presence of each other; and at each request have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. Rosalie Cummings Marlene Phillips Paul Anderson Tom Merandi

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I, BILL COMPTON, will my curly locks to any newcomer arriving at this dear school of ours. I, MARY ANN JULIAN, do hereby will my position as majorette to any girl willing and able to fill my boots--and my uniform. I, NATE BAULD, leave my Modern Problems and English notebooks to GENE HICKMAN. I hope he finishes them I! 1 I, NINA HARDMAN, will my ability to get out of doing things without letting the -sweet teachers catch on to my beloved brother NOEL. I, STEVE KOVACH, hereby bequeath my ability to keep from the girls to all the poor souls who can’t. We. ALICE LASKO, DOTTIE MARSHALL, LUCY VIZZARI, and GEORGEAN KOURPAS, regret that we are leaving. We will our ability to make noise and to laugh to all those who take life too seriously. I, EUGENE STREETS, do hereby will my wavy hair to EUGENE KIGHT if he can keep up its reputation. I, EDWARD PASTERNAK, leave my luck with any person who will need it. (I’ll probably be here next year to claim it myself.) I, JEAN ANN CORK, leave to PATTY DENNISON the thrill of waiting for the holidays to come around. I, DAVID ROBERTS, leave my love of Hillbilly songs and records to MRS. BELL so that she may learn to appreciate music. I, JOANN FITTRO, not knowing what I am saying, hate to leave dear old V.H.S. I, TOMMY MERANDI, do leave my third base spot on the baseball team to my little brother ALBERT, who will be here next year-like to keep it in the family, you know. I, ROSALIE CUMMINGS, leave my knowledge of Henry the Eighth to all junior boys interested in having six wives, and I, BEVERLY WOLFE, leave my knowledge of that particular king to all junior boys interested in knowing how to get rid of them. I, PAUL PEE WEE ANDERSON, bequeath my talent to get those girls to a very bashful sophomore, DAVID KNIGHT. I, MARLENE PHILLIPS, will the Optic Nerve to anyone who can dig up enough dirt to put in it. I, TONY BELLOTTE, leave my beard to EDDIE ASH since he wishes he had one and only gets to shave once a week. WE, PHYLLIS KNIGHT and ELEANOR SMALLWOOD, do hereby will our great ability to make our teachers think we know it all to two junior pals who are as close as we. I, ROBERT KENNY, leave my power of speech to JOHN SIMMONETTE. WE, JOAN FOX and NINA MOORE, do hereby will our seats on the school bus to any girls who are to put up with JIM FURY I, DICK CALDWELL, leave my famous wolf-howl to any junior who can duplicate it successfully. I, HESTER MARTIN, will my wonderful teacher and seat in our A Capella to my best friend, GUY VENTURA. WE, PAUL STARKEY and NORMAN STEELE, will our hotspots in Commercial Law and Bookkeeping classes to any junior boys crazy enough to take the Commercial Course. I, PEARL GRIFFITH, hereby will my ability to behave on the school bus to JORETTARELKO.

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CLASS PROPHECY Many years have gone by since we were all together at dear old Victory High School. The building has grown old and out of style. We still don't have a swimming pool, but anyone who wants to keep cool can go down to the American history room. The nice draft along with the daily shower down there will surely cool one off. The city of Clarksburg has extended its limits so far that the business district now surrounds our school. There are only four of the old teachers left at Victory, those being MISS VAN HORN, MRS. PYLE, MISS GRAY, and MRS. MORGAN, who are determined to outlive Father Time himself. These four pillars of strength vow that they will be there until the very end. ROY MESSARIS, one of our old classmates, is teaching history at Victory although he spends much of his time trying to convince a cute little gal from Texas that the Lone Star state isn’t bounded on the north by Canada and on the south by Mexico. EDNA KNIGHT now teaches plane geometry and physics, and she has carried out the resolution made in her highschool days, There’ll be some changes made . We now leave the old school and look out over the city. An eighty-nine story hotel is being erected by the MARVIN BAKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. This hotel was designed by CORNELIUS MIHALIAK and is owned by that multi-millionaire, JAMES HURST. A mild sensation was caused last week when a water pipe burst and flooded the basement of the hotel. However, no damage was done as two of Clarksburg's foremost plumbers, OKEY RICHARDS and his partner, ROBERT GASTON, rushed to the scene and capably remedied the situation. The -Telegram’S ace reporter, FRISKIE MIRROTTO, wearing a pair of swimming trunks as was suitable for such an occasion, was seen wading in and out of the water trying to get all the angles of the story. MARY EILEEN SAYRE also spent a busy afternoon taking pictures of Friskie-s attire and the flooded basement. Both received a well-deserved bonus from their boss, GLENN HAMRIC, who now publishes the paper. Society editor JOANN GAMBAZZA recently attended the wedding of celebrities, JON MOORE and THELMA LOUGH. They’ve just won the national doubles championship in tennis. ROSALIE CUMMINGS, a foreign correspondent, is now writing articles to keep MISS EURA GRAY informed on the male situation in New Zealand, where she hopes to retire. CAROLYN HUPP is secretary to the President of the United States, JIM DAUGHERTY. President Daugherty claims he is not partisan to any group, but he recommended as his running mate, BILL ALLEN, who in his position as Vice President, helped him in the selection of some of the Cabinet members. Among them are LESLIE FARRELL and BILL SMITH. Leslie is the Secretary of Labor and has developed a temper to match his hair and arguments to match those of John L. Lewis. Although an outstanding Secretary of Defense, Bill Smith has done little to further Anglo-American relations. He refuses any appropiations of money to England, claiming that they haven't paid us what they owed from the World War in addition to the Revolution in 1775. A few members of our class are taking the country by laughs. LUCY VIZZARI, the Joan Davis of present day Hollywood, is now starring in that sensational comedy, The Loves of Lucy . BETTY MESSINGER, DAVID WATKINS, and RONALD VARGO have a radio program of their own. It closely resembles that of Judy Canova’s many years ago. It seems that every Saturday night, a knock is heard, followed by a slow Texan drawl, -It’s me, your boyfriend, Lu-kie .