Victory High School - Optic Yearbook (Clarksburg, WV)

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Seniors Recite Study and Pose in Classes for the Optic Photographer

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NANCY JANE TITCHENAL . . Comparisons are odorous . . . Preparatory Course . . . Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, President 4; Language Club 2, 3: Band 2, 3: Honor Society 3, 4; Future Teachers 3. 4, President 4; Seventeenth Summer 3; Thespians 3, 4. WANDA TRIMBLE . . . Ambition should be made of sterner stuff . . . Commercial Course. REBECCA VAN SCOY . . . Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy . . . General Course . . . Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Thespians 3, 4, Secretary 4; Seventeenth Summer 3; Girls' State 3; Language Club 4: Honor Society 4; Choir 3, 4; County Clinic 4: Future Teachers 4. KARREN RAE WELLS ... As like as eggs . Preparatory Course . . . Y-Teens 2; Language Club 2. 3, 4; GAA 3; Square Dance Club 4; Band 2, 3. 4. Majorette 2. 4. Twirler 3. SHARRON GAY WELLS ... As like as eggs” . . Preparatory Course . . Y-Teens 2, 3; Language Club 2. 3. 4; Red Cross 2. 3, 4, County President 3; A Cap pel la 3; Band 2, 3. 4. Majorette 2, 4. Twirler 3; Square Dance Club 4; Future Nurses 4. Were we really making that much noise, Mr. Powell ?“ Oh, well, seniors will be seniors you know. How True! here we are. as on every noon hour, loafin' on the front steps. LOUELLA WHITEHEAD . . . There's language in her eyes, her cheek, her lip . . . Distributive Education. EILEEN WINNING . . . What's mine is yours . Commercial Course . . . Language Club 2, 3, 4; Librarian 2, 4; GAA 3; Seventeenth Summer” 3‘. Thespians 3, 4; Honor Society 4. SUE WOLFE ... I was slow of study . . . Preparatory Course . . . Band 2, 3. 4. MARTHA WORSTELL . . . There's time enough for that . . . Distributive Education

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Class History -1958 There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune: Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. —SHAKESPEARE We will never forget that day in September of ’55 when 216 of us entered Victory's side doors as frightened and timid, green sophomores. If it hadn't been for the help of the teachers and the mighty upperclassmen, we would never have found our way to the balcony of the auditorium where all ignorant sophomores are privileged to sit. Mr. Powell along with the rest of the faculty didn’t seem to think we could plow through our next three years without any help, so he assigned us to homeroom teachers. Although we were certain we didn't need them, Miss Ernst, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Van Horn, Mrs. Martin, Mr. Matthey, and Mr. Sappington guided us through our first year with great skill. P. S. We would never have made it without them. At the first meeting of this well-mannered, hard-working class, we elected our class officers. The head man position went to Jim Fittro with Jean Cottrill as vice president, Elissa San Julian as secretary, and Dave Gianettino as treasurer. Aiding these officers with their responsibilities was the student council which is made up of the presidents of each homeroom. The members were Shirley Clayton, Neil Bennett, Harold Reed, Gayleen Hornbeck, Jim Hurley, and Dena San Julian. Our first real social event was the traditional sophomore get-acquainted party. Many friendships were made that night, and they have lasted and grown during these three rough but exciting, years at V.H.S. Just before the basketball season started the Spirit Committee held an election and everyone was very proud when Mar)' Gray and Patty Scolopio were selected by the student body as the new reserve cheerleaders. The class of ’58 really proved itself during our excellent magazine campaign. We were the first class to surpass the goal of $2,000 with our net profit being $596,71. The undying efforts of Dena San Julian, Martha Merandi, and Ronnie Mancuso paid off, for they were the high salesmen and were awarded valuable prizes. Easter was anxiously anticipated this year, for it gave us our first chance to display our outstanding and varied dramatic talents. It was through the excellent direction of Miss Ernst that the play was so successful. And so as our first year ended, we were a little bit wiser and more sophisticated as we marched downstairs to our new seats which denoted that we wrere now juniors. 28 Then came our second year—At last we were upperclassmen. Assuming a new dignity, we began to take life more seriously. Our first big assignment was to elect our class officers. Jim Fittro made the grade again as president with Tip Bennett, Elissa San Julian, and Dave Gianettino filling the other posts. This year's council members were Dena San Julian, Brenda Felton, Marlene Findley, Dennis Duncan, Jim Hurley, and Richard Van Scoy. November was certainly a busy month with both our annual Thanksgiving program, directed by Mrs. Wanda Martin, and the junior play, directed by Mrs. Julia Embry. Giving fine performances in our first program, Thanksgiving Through The Ages were Dave Bitonti, Mary Ann Gerasco, Doris Johnson, Don Gabriel, Dave Gianettino, Don Fitzhugh, Lloyd Nestor, Junior Ramsey, Mary Beth Riddle, Ronnie Mancuso, Carol Loria, Mary Gray, Jim Hurley, and Day Ritter. The audience definitely enjoyed our junior play, a teenage comedy entitled Seventeenth Summer, which starred Judy Husk and Tom Cottrill. Displaying great talent in the supporting roles were Carolinda Caussin, Becky Van Scoy, Judy Ferrell, Jean Cottrill, Dean Pernell, Jim Hurley, Richard Van Scoy, Eileen Winning, Nancy Titchenal, Tip Bennett, and Frank Glaspell. One busy month followed another as in December we launched our Christmas card sale. We all worked hard but the top salesmen were Charlotte Bumgardner, Edward Bottura, and Robert Steele. The result of our project was a net profit of $481.50. Chosen by their classmates to represent Victory at the state capital for Know Your Government Day were Neil Bennett and Jean Cottrill. While they were in Charleston, they learned many things to relate to their friends back home. On May 1, nine juniors were honored and very pleasantly surprised to learn that they had been accepted as charter members of the National Honor Society. Chosen on the basis of the four cardinal principles, Scholarship, Leadership, Character, and Service, were Tip Bennett, Don Fitzhugh, Richard Van Scoy, Jean Cottrill, Elissa San Julian, Brenda Felton, Mary Gray, Nancy Titchenal, and Charlotte Bumgardner. Elected to serve as Head Cheerleader for our senior year was Mary Gray, an enthusiastic and loyal fan who had been honored earlier in the season by being selected as the Best City Cheerleader.