Wilson Memorial High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Fishersville, VA)

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Fishersville—Senior John Berg has an unusual hobby that could lead to a lucrative business. Taxidermy is the procedure of preserving ani- mal trophies. John has suc- 'cessfully preserved fish and other animals that he has caught and has also pre- -served trophies of his friends. John’s plans for the immediate future are to en- ter the military service, but the long-range future also holds a promise for him in | the good business of taxider- my. Staunton—Not many at ‘Wilson now know of Miss ‘Lillian Eisenberg, but she has made her mark in Wil- son Memorial High School history. She retired twenty years ago at the age of 70 asa teacher of Algebra Trig., Geometry, and Advanced Math. She had taught from 1947-1965 and has recently celebrated her 90th birthday. | As quoted from the 1964-65 ‘WM annual, “Miss Eisen- ' berg’s students know their math. She is enthusiastic about her teaching and in- stills a love for learning in ‘her pupils... A beloved and Susan Zapotoczny receives her award. Farmville, Virginia—The representatives to the Max Ward Delmar Yearbook workshop at Longwood Col- lege were: Donna Carter, | Amy Hemp, Missy Hewitt, Sandra Runyan, and first year photojournalism stu- dent — Meagan Heaslip. Fishersville—There were three Wilson Memorial High School Employees married this year. Ms. Wine became Ms. Fielding, Miss Armen- trout became Mrs. Holly, and Ms. Benson became Mrs. Layman. Congratulations! Mr. Hairfield delivers a birthday cake to former teacher Mrs. Eisen- burg. respected teacher... a hard combination to find.” That’s quite a compliment and we're sure she deserved ev- ery word. Miss Eisenberg, we wish you many more Happy Birthdays! Lynchburg and Farmville, Virginia—Five students were selected to represent Wilson at the 1985 Boys’ State and Girls’ State Con- ference. The students were from the junior class and were chosen by the school’s faculty for their cooperation and community service. The Boys’ State program was held at Lynchburg College June 16-22, and the Girls’ State program was held at the same time at Longwood College. The programs are designed to instruct the stu- dents in local and state gov- ernment. This year’s repre- sentatives were: Melissa Claytor, Tabitha Johnson, Kamie Kuester, David Mor- ris, and Scott Ramsey. uN i “is a f a Mrs. Fielding was moved to tears by this party. aN Fishersville—Mr. Tom Varner, hired as the replace- ment for Mrs. Ungar, decid- ed to return to school, the University of Virginia, to seek his master’s degree. Thus, Wilson’s chemistry and physics labs were aban- doned a second time this year. ™ Students’ report cards present a challenge to Mr. Varner. Missy Claytor Wilson Memorial High School was founded in the Wilson complex from old military hospital build- ings. The doors first opened in 1947. The present building replaced the old structures in fall of 1970. Stuarts Draft—At the be- ginning of the second six weeks’ grading period, Mrs. Pam Ungar took a position as Assistant Principal at Stu- arts Draft High School. Mrs. Ungar had been a chemistry and physics teacher at Wil- son for five years and was the Science Department Chairperson before her de- parture. Students reacted to her decision with mixed feelings. One said, “Every- one liked her and we’re sor- ry to see her leave. But, we are glad she got a promo- tion.” David Morris Scott Ramsey a a People In the News 29

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Staunton—The Staunton- Waynesboro-Augusta Coun- ty Model General Assembly met for the days of March 26-28 in Trinity Episcopal Church in Staunton. Many bills passed into laws in- cluding several Wilson bills. Some laws made included stricter drunk driving legis- lation, lowering the drinking age to 18, setting a minimum teacher’s salary at $15,000, getting rid of college quotas, establishing a state lottery, and allowing para-mutual betting. Florida—Kamie Keuster is Wilson’s star swimmer. This year she participated again in the National Junior Olympics in the 1650m Freestyle and the 500m Indi- vidual Medley and the 400m Freestyle. It is a great honor to be able to participate in the National Junior Olym- pics and this was Kamie’s second year. Fishersville—The youn- gest sports referee in this area must have been Steve Cash, who refereed in bas- ketball and volleyball. He first became a referee through a friend of his when he was a junior. When asked why he does this, Steve re- plied that he loves it and doesn’t mind the pressure of refereeing kids his age. Park City, Utah—Glen Harlow, Jr. (Junior) placed first in the Slalom and first in the Giant Slalom while skiing in the International Special Olympics. This is a very high honor for Junior, who participated in the games which are only held 28 People In the News PEOPLE IN THE NEWS every four years. He has giv- en us a very big reason to be proud. Harrisonburg—This was the first year for Wilson to have a team participate on WVPT?’s Pop Quiz show. Wil- son was unlucky enough to draw the future 1 team — Charlottesville, and al- though they lost, they lost by the same amount of points as the runner-up. So it was a pretty good showing alto- gether by Wilson. The same team also participated in the Academic Challenge Com- petition finishing first in the Spring competition but los- ing in the final tie-breaker to the Fall champions — Stu- arts Draft, who in doing so won a trip to Texas. It was an excellent showing for Wil- son. = Referee Steve Cash was the first high school student to get his cre- dentials. Ramona Bosserman, Iris Taylor, and Bob Wenger have taught here for a combined total of over 75 years! Wilson’s Pop Quiz team checks the Waynesboro—Bo MckKin- nis is one of the best known manager statisticians to ever emerge from this area and probably the only one to earn a full scholarship to be a manager. And more than that, he is going on a baseball managerial scholarship to Mississippi State Univ., one of the top finishing teams and well-noted college base- ball schools. An “off-duty” moment is rare for Bo McKinnis. Norfolk—Pat Barnhart won 2nd place in the AARA Virginia State Singles Rac- quetball. He was in the nov- ice division in the competi- tion and many people were very surprised to learn of his talent. monitor before their taping. Staunton—For the firs time in seventeen years Wilson student won the re vered Dilettoso award. Th award is given to the out standing scholar athlete i the Staunton-August Waynesboro area. Chose from seven distinguishe nominees was Susan Zapc toczny. Susan ranked in th top five in her class acé demically and was captai of the Varsity Volleyba squad this year havin played that sport two yea and captain of the Varsit Girls’ Basketball squad hav ing lettered in that sport fc’ four years. In both thos sports she garnered severi All-District and All-Cit. County honors, and she als earned one track lette However, her other top hor or was being named defe1 sive player of the year for tk area in Girls’ basketball. F‘ the Dilettoso award, she r ceived a $300 scholarshi and the school was awarde a silver bowl for the ne: year. RETRACTION After the pages 100 and 101 we submitted to the publisher, Mi) Harlow was reassigned to Wilsor’ i

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Excellence is defined as “the state of superiority”. This superiority was shown by students who received recognition for their achievements. Some of these winners and their awards are listed below. Academic Scott Gregory — third place in the Twin-Valley spelling bee Mike Saben — third place in the JETS Team Engineering Graphics award Melanie Wangler — 1985 Se- nior Class Valedictorian Sharon Glesner — 1985 Se- nior Class Salutatorian Susan Zapotoczny — Wood- men of the World American History A ward Mike Saben — Virginia Tech. Marshall Hahn Engi- neering scholarship Cheryl Hiner — Mary Wash- ington regional scholarship Mike Saben — National Merit Scholarship finalist Sharon Glesner — JMU hon- 30 Awards for Excellence EXCELLENCE THROUGH or student Denise Mickens — Ameri- can College of Fashion scholarship Alex Jones — Art Institute of Pittsburg scholarship Laurie Chandler — Liberty Baptist College scholarship Leadership Jane Cash — Gwynn Memo- rial scholarship Melanie Wangler — Staun- ton Youth Salute winner Tammy Hostetter — Milson award for service Jane Cash — Elks Club lead- er of the year ; Angie Jones, Lauren Jones, Melanie Wingler — 1984 Girls State of Virginia Brian Meek, Bo McKinnis — 1984 Boys State of Virginia Tabitha Johnson, Kamie Kuester, Missy Clayton — 1985 Girls State of Virginia David Morris, Scott Ramsey — Boys State of Virginia Vocational Ronnie Truslow — second in state machinist Bonnie Fisher — first in state food service Brian Meek — Star Chapter Farmer award Brian McCray, Jason Wilker- son — Star Greenhand award Steve Cash — DeKalb Agri- culture Accomplishment award Rosemary Wagoner — FHA officer of the year Sharon Arey — FHA student of the year Leanne Cahoon — FHA member of the year Sports Joe Davis — golf team MVP Lisa Todd — girls’ tennis team MVP Greg Wood — boys’ tennis team MVP Michelle Dunnivan — girls’ softball MVP Timmy Coffey — varsity baseball MVP Tony Spears — boys’ varsity track team MVP Tracy Templeman, Kay Gulding — girls’ varsity Miss Barringer presents a Latin award to John Scheib, a first year student. KFFORG track team MVP’s Melanie Wangler — athlete scholarship award Bo McKinnis — sportsman.- ship award Tommy Mil ler — senio1 male athlete Kay Guilding — senior fe- male athlete | Tony Spears — outstanding male athlete | Susan Zapotoczny — out- standing female athlete : Tony Spears — United States Marine Corps district athlete award | ] These people have made great sacrifices to earn the high awards that were pre- sented to them. There woulc be no possible way to men- tion every achievement made by students. Even it your achievement was not listed here, you can be prouc’ of the fact that you have earned an award for you hard work and dedication. Receiving the John Philip Sousé’ award presented by Mr. Crawley i: Regina Teerlink.