Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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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 .

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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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It so happens that the St. Louis Cardinals have quite a few of the Victory graduates of 52. TOM MERANDI is player coach and is drawing a salary which makes the one received by Stan Musial, that old Cardinal star, look like pocket money. ANDY GARCIA plays third base on the team. Turtle Garcia doesn't have much speed, but his pep and corny jokes keep up the moral of the team. PEE WEE ANDERSON also plays for the Cards and is one of the most colorful players in the game with his steady flow of chatter from behine home plate. Another sports star who made good is JIMMY GAINES, who has taken George Mikan's place in pro basketball. Coaches consider Jimmy a great player because of his ability to stand under the basket and drop the ball in. Victory's own CARMAN ROMANO has also made a great name for himself in the sports world. He is the coach of the Clarksburg Midgets, the greatest pro basketball team ever to set foot on any court. BILL COMPTON, a speed demon and one of the fastest drivers on any track, now owns the Indianapolis Race Track. Bill has changed the name to Compton Speedway. The featured drivers in the races are CLIFFORD NUTTER and DICK CALDWELL. Their cars are especially designed by ROY LAMB and are kept in tip-top condition by JAMES STEWART and TED BARNES. After becoming a success in the field of architecture, DAVE ROBERTS sold his company to SAM OLIVERIO and went into the music profession. Some of the members of his all-girl band are PEARL GRIFFITH, the gem of the band, for whom Dave has a particularly keen eye, DORIS LEE FERNANDEZ, RACHAEL FAZZINI, and CLISTA PATTERSON. The featured vocalist of the band is a pretty miss by the name of JEAN DRUMPUS. DENNY CUNNINGHAM also has his own jazz band. Critics consider his version of Rye Whiskey- the zaniest thing they've heard since Spike Jones recorded Chinese Mule Train . Many of the girls in our class have taken nursing as a career. Among the women in white are GERALDINE WRIGHT, CLOVIS HELDRITH, ANNA COX, WANDA EDDY, VIRGINIA LYNCH, KATHYRN ESTE, LONA BELLE BRYNER, and THELMA TRAUGH. Their ability to administer miracle drugs assured long life to their ageing teachers at Victory. After winning several beauty contest, MARY ANN JULIAN decided to become a nurse and is now kept busy at the Clarksburg Veterans Hospital. JEAN DINGO is a famous psychiatrist in New York City. Two of her most frequent patients are PHILLIP ROSSANO and Groucho Marx. Jean reports that neither Phil or Groucho want any personal check-ups, but they make secret visits to her to find out how the other one can be so crazy. ARTLENE HOUSER, ELINOR BEE, MARILYN HOUSE, MARTHA DRUMMOND, VIRGINIA McFARLIN VIOLET GRANDSTAFF, PHYLLIS TENDA, and WANDA LYNCH are in Washington, D C. , working as private secretaries to the Congressmen from West Virginia. PATTY EAVENSON is a famous skater in the Skaters Revue, and HESTER MARTIN is known to millions as the noted torch singer of the Stork Club. In our class we had some tall girls; most of them have put their height to good use. At present PHYLLIS KNIGHT, JOYCE FLOYD, NINA HARDMAN, and PATTY MORRIS are being seen on the front cover of Life Magazine. They are representing the four seasons. ALICE LASKO is now one of the most famous models in France. Alice was only in Paris a few weeks when she met a tall, dark, and handsome Frenchman. Alice hasn’t stopped singing her praises of France yet!!!