West Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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.l, is W V I ll? L Z IW QPm.c3Lf5fvvr55? i fill parently taken on new life, and is rapidly becoming an influential organiza- tion that promises to take an active part in shaping the policies of Fairmont High School. At present there are nearly four hundred members in good standing, among whom may be numbered many of the leading citizens of the city, both men and women. Mr. Charles Shinn is Chairman of the Mem- bership Committee, and it was the aim of that Committee to increase the membership to at least five hundred last winter. The next social event of the Association was held in the Masonic Temple Dance Hall, Friday night, November 6, 1925. The dance began at nine o'clock and lasted until one o'clock. The ball room was decorated in Blue and White crepe paper, and the platform on which the orchestra was seated was decorated as a palm garden. Behind the orchestra, above the piano, was a large Blue and White The Old Gold and Blue Orchestra, directed and managed by Edgar Barrett, fur- nished music for the dance. Special entertainment for the evening was: A dance by Miss Elizabeth Dobbie, and by Miss Vida Fullick, who entertained with the Charleston Later in the evening prizes were awarded to the best dancers, who were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton, first prize, and Mr. Benton Dexter and Miss Isabell Haymond, second prize. The Committee in charge of the dance was Mrs. R. E. McCray, Chair- man: Mr. Charles Shinn, Mr. Robert Henry, Mr. William Irwin, Mr. Mar- shall Hamilton and Mrs. M. A. Joliif. Here is a list of those who have entered matrimony: Kenneth Wright. '25 Bern Arnett Stewart, '24 Beatrice Nuzum, '27 Ralph Dunsmore, '25 List of those Teachin' Reland Taylor Ruth Dunnington Virginia Fletcher Francis Helmick Frank Reed, '26 Kids : Alice Brackett Cieorge Davis Louise Showalter Sarah Watts Those entered in West Virginia University Mildred Linn William Riheldaffer William Black Earl Sample Jacob Schoolnic Those entered in Adeline Ashby Mary Becker Benton Dexter John Edd Thomas Henderson Mary Jo Conaway Paul Moore Paul Feather Mary Boggess Howard Boggess Normal School : Sarah Knight Leanore Lough Charles Wise Carl Zuspan Scott Lowe, Jr. Myers Nichols Beulah Satterlield, '27 Katherine Moore Lucille Hamilton Pearl Smith Clark Reed Beryl Straight Martha Houston Wiley Garrett Loretta Fishback George Rosenmerckle John Callahan Ross Simpson Evelyn Riggs Edgar Sole Joe Ross Page 148

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fl , ' aetcstcgnitvesi ai Fell CBM if-Xlunmi DR. CLYDE HAMLIN NEILL President of the Alumni Association f'RDNS9CtfCZNo Riff! annual meeting and banquet was held in the social rooms of the M. E. South Church on June 20, 1925. The attendance was Fixx limited strictly to paid-up members, and about two hundred was in attendance. Aiwiiit Oflicers for the year were elected as follows: Dr. C. H. Neill was re-elected for third term as President: Mr. Robert M. Henry, Vice-Presi- dent: Sarah E. Lloyd, Corresponding Secretary: Fern Snider, Assistant Secre- tary: Lucille Ahern, Recording Secretary, and Marshall Hamilton, Treasurer. Eleven members were elected to honorary membership, comprising the mem- bers of the Board of Education, Principal of the High School and the Sporsors for the previously graduated classes. Many matters of interest and importance to the High School were dis- cussed at the meeting, notably among which was the project of establishing a fund for the purpose of assisting worthy students to continue their courses of higher education at the University or elsewhere. Another pleasant event of the Association was the picnic and dance, which was held at Traction Park on the afternoon and evening of August 19. About two hundred participated in the afternoon outing and about three hundred attended the dance in the evening. Races and games furnished very pleasant diversion, and on the whole, the outing was a complete success. After several years of very limited activity, the Alumni Association has ap- Page 147

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