Woodrow Wilson High School - Echo Yearbook (Beckley, WV)

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ECHO STAFF 6 Q, ,Og J V3 A 43? F WN y Q 3 fe 4, ,gifts L t Q. fr- f A , Sy 'il 'i . '. 'fjg f ' , Q , , N X 'is ix.: .1.,, , 'wif First row: Louise McKinney, Lorene Rahall, Ave Lee Young, William Wolford, Maxine Edwards: Second row: Thelma Drysdale, .Annette Benderman, Lou Ellen Harvey, Katheryn Tolliver, Char- lotte Wood, Marshall Gwinn: Third row: Phil McDaniel, Jeanette Ballengee, Jack Bazzarre, Virginia Weston Minter, Matt Powers, Annabelle Laing: Fourth row: Robert Johnson, Judith Jackson, Carmen Jean Burke, Alma Wetzel, Marie Cox: Fifth row: Ruby Peters, Catherine Armstrong, Nellie Ellison, Eileen Harper.

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Mrs. Frank Vass and the cast of our class play, Girl Shy, worked diligently to insure the success of one of the crowning achievements of our Junior year. The Junior Class Party, the activity preceding the all important Junior-Senior Prom, was a Valentine Dance with the decorations carrying out that theme. The Prom climaxed the activities for the Junior year. The theme of this spotlight affair was A South American Street Carnival with colorful booths representing all the countries of our South American neighbors. These booths contained articles that the country was noted for, and the lovely senoritas that mingled with the crowd made the scene very gay indeed. For weeks the Juniors and Seniors hummed the theme song, Brazil everywhere they went. The Prom was a huge success and will not be soon forgotten by the classes of I943 and I944. CHAPTER IV - TWELFTH GRADE And now we enter the home stretch. How familiar Woodrow Wilson has become to us during the past three years! Our class officers were elected soon after school started. The students accepting the responsibilities for this year were: Harold Riffe, President, Glynn Cook, Vice-President, Barbara Dunkley, Secretary: and Nellie Ellison, Treasurer. This year was crowded with activities. The football and basketball seasons were very successful. The band stepped out with snappy, patriotic maneuvers for each football game. The Senior class play, Young April, directed by Mrs. Roy D. Milliron, was received very well and was an acknowledged success. The last few weeks of school were busy ones. All seniors doffed their dignity and really had a good time on Kid Day. At last! Graduation night! We are silent as we sit upon the stage and we think about what the future may hold for us. These chapters of our life are over and we are ready for the ones to come. May each senior go out into the sea of life and leave footprints on the sand of Time. Eileen Harper Margaret Fleshman

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SENIOR WILLS The night was dark and stormy, and the rain beat against the broken-down shutters of The Burdenofstudy Manor. It was at this old mansion that the underclassmen of W. W. H. S. met to hear the Iast will and testament of the class of 44. After all were seated, Mr. R. U. Smart, attorney at law, began the reading of the will. We the class of 44, being of sound mind will our most prized possessions, talents, and abilities to the struggling underclassmen and faculty of W. W. H. S. To Mr. Peregoy, we will the book How To Make Geniuses Out of Morons and hope that he succeeds in every way. No one has yet. To Mrs. Bostick, we will a lie detector machine so that she will be able to know who to excuse and who not to excuse. To the janitors, we will a more appreciative student body. Eva .lane McNeil wills her natural wave to Margaret Ball. I, William Buchanan, will my ability to get girls anytime I want them to Harry Ellis. Robert Davis wills his drumming ability to Raymond Lamb. He needs it! Margaret Fleshman wills her gallon words to Betty Allenbaugh. I, Mary Lee Walker, will my many boy friends to any needy junior. Vera Operchuck generously wills all her pet cockroaches, collected at all joints in town, to any junior having an extra meat ration point. I. Mary Ann Waulk, will the chewing gum collection under my seat to Mr. Herrera, provided he will not Iet anyone see him chew it. I, Mary Lilly, will a certain gray pontiac from McAIpin to Louise Hancock. Annabelle Laing wills her ability to keep all the service boys happy by writing them Ilovel letters to Sooky Bowers. I, Mickey Callison, will my red plaid shirts to Red Hilbert, provided he will not Iet the moths make holes in them. James Elkins wills his F's in Bookkeeping to Tom Dickerson.