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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY
In the month of Sept 1926, when the goldenrod was blooming
on the hillside and the autumn breezes were sighing, a large group of
students started out on a new adventure. Green and inexperienced,
wide-eyed and full of wonder, we were like the average group of
Freshmen starting out in high school, knowing not where we were
going, but willing to live and learn.
And live and lean we did, under the efficient tutorship of
Mr Benjamin A Jennings, Mr J P Judy, Miss Sue Johnson, Miss Medora
Smith and last but not least, Mr Dancey Raymond Smith, professor of
English I and General Science.
The second day of school this group of Freshmen was
assigned to classes and slowly, but painfully, began to make itself
acquainted with high school curriculum, which in some of its parts
proved to be everything but "snap".
Very soon we Freshmen were initiated to the assembly, which
consisted of Chapel Exercises on Tues and Literary Performances on
Fridays. These were somewhat of a curiosity at first and certainly
very interesting. The first unpleasant thing about these assembly
periods, for us, was our entrance into the auditorium. As we walked
down the aisle the Juniors and Seniors "croned" their necks
to see how green were were and could be seen grinning and twittering
among themselves. sometimes they would give fifteen "rahs"
for the Freshmen, which act made us feel none the better, for it was
plain they were only taunting.
The officers selected to manage the affairs of the class
were: President, "Sammy" Tasker; Vice President, Ellen Jane
Grimes; Secretary and Treasurer, Mary Welch; and Cheer Leader,
"Sammy Tasker.
The Freshmen were taken into the circle of the Columbian
Literary Society. Here arose the second ordeal, appearing on the
Literary Program before the assembly. Fortunately, all lived through it.
The third ordeal came in the form of Exams. As always, some
"went over the top," while others sank in the sea of failure.
During the autumn, the Freshmen held a party, which was
most successful.
After the final Exams, in the month of May, we left our
first year of high school, older, and undoubtedly, a little wiser.
On Sept 5, 1927, we returned to Keyser High, as sophomore
Class. Getting started was very much easier this years, as we were
familiar with high school life. We now had a much higher and nobler
feeling, now that we could look back on our Freshman days, and be
thankful that they were past.
Several members of the high school foot ball and basket
ball teams were from the Sophomore Class. These were: "Kid"
Stanhagen, "Huck" Miers, "Dick" Long,
"Bob" Melody, Frank McFarland, John Offutt and Robert Cross.
In Oct, the Soph. had a delightful Halloween party.
During the year we lost a great members of our class, for
various reasons, such as illness, working, moving to other
localities, and several for the fateful business of embarking on the
"Sea of Matrimony."
The officers of the Sophomore Class were: President, Buddy
Taylor; Vice President, Myrtle Plaka; Secretary, Myra Ellifritz;
Treasurer, Mary Welch.
When Sept 1928 rolled around our class started on the third
lap of the voyage.
The teachers of Junior subjects were: Miss Medora Smith,
French I; Mrs White, English III; Miss Belknap and Mr Anson, American
History; Mr B A Jennings, Arithmetic and Mr Hartman, Physics.
Officers of the class were: President, Rinehart Taylor;
Vice President, "Dick" Long; Secretary, Mary Welch;
Treasurer, Ruth Finnell; Cheer Leader, William Beale.
Members of the Junior class taking part on the Athletic
teams were: John Offutt, "Huck" Miers, "Dick"
Long, "Kid" Stanhagen, Arnell Bowers, Robert Cross, Gray
Ward, John Winters, "Bob" Melody, William Beale, Frank
McFarland, Mary Welch, Ellen Jane Grimes, Ruth Finnell and Marie Diehl.
Gray Ward represented the Junior Class in the Upper Potomac
Literary contest. Those who represented our class in the
Inter-society contest were: Ellen Jane Grimes, Gray Ward, Lillian
Lemon, William Coffman and Edna Likin.
The annual banquet which our class gave to the Seniors was
a great success, the event being enjoyed by all present.
In Sept 1929, after a refreshing vacation, we came back to
Keyser High as Seniors for our final sojourn, in our high school
career. Our class was somewhat diminished; there being only about 56
pupils enrolled, in contrast to 126 when we started in high school as Freshmen.
Our teachers are: Miss Ida Smith, English IV; Miss Lucille
Meeks, French 1 and II; Miss Eleanor King, Economics and Sociology;
and Mr Hartman, Chemistry.
Officers of the class are: President, Rinehart Taylor; Vice
President, Grace Plumb; Secretary, Vivian Bissett; Treasurer, Mary
Welch; and Cheer Leader, William Beale.
Athletic representatives from the class were: Foot ball -
Gray Ward, Arnell Bowers, Dick Long, William Miers, Robert Melody and
John Offutt; basket ball - Dick Long, William Miers, John Casey and
John Offutt; girls basket ball - Marie Diehl and Mary Welch.
the Senior class has show its colors in Literary Activities
this year.
In Upper Potomac contest: Debate, Gray Ward, Thad Huggman
and William Emmart; Extemporaneous Speech, Marie Diehl and Marie
Stump; Oration, Rinehart Taylor and William Coffman; Essay, Edna
Likin; and Reading, Vivian Bissett.
In the District Contest Keyser's representatives were all
Seniors: Gray Ward, Debater; William Coffman, Orator; Marie Stump,
Speaker; Edna Likin, Essayist, Keyser placed first in Speech and
Oration and Second in Essay.
Two members of our class, Gray Ward and Edna Likin, have
upheld the honor of their class in all four years of high school by
making no lower average than 92% respectively.
the following pupils have come forward and helped maintain
the honor by making an average of grades of 90% or above in their
Senior year. Marie Stump, Mary Welch, Nellie Mongold, Vivian Bissett,
William Coffman and John Woodworth.
Thus, our high school history ends,
Though to end it, we regret;
We leave these lines upon this page,
Lest someone should forget.
SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY
It is pleasant to sit in the vale on a warm summer's day
and listen to the brook as it babbles and tumbrels over the brown
rocks and this day was very warm. The sun shone in the clear blue sky
above, the hills were green, with spots of brightly colored flowers
and a balmy breeze floated along as though it were on fairy wings. It
was a dreamer's haunt, indeed. And who does not like to dream? To
dream of days gone by, but best of all to dream of the future.
The blue sky above changed to a snowy ceiling; the green
hillsides became white and even the moos under my feet had grown hard
and white. No it was not snow, but the long corridor of a hospital
there were nurses, Flo, Mae, Bess, Mae Beckwith, Mary Cline, Anna Mae
Naughton, Mary Strother, Alice Cadlwell and Ruth McCulough, all
crowded around Dr. Thad Huffman and Dr John Winters, who were giving
them some instructions. Ethel Jackson and Marguerite Welch,
technicians, were working hard on an x-ray course in the laboratory
below.
A few minutes later, Rinehart Taylor, Doctor of Public
Heath, with his welfare workers, Isabelle Pifer, Mary Welch and Helen
Dean, ascended the steps of the hospital, and sought he cooperation
of Dr Huffman, the nurses and technicians, in helpings to overcome
the conditions of the crowded city districts. On the morrow, Dr
Taylor, the welfare workers, the nurses and the technicians were to
start this big campaign.
Robert Cross, the famous agricultural man, worked in the
laboratory on the"Experimental Farm," owned by the
hospital. If foods did not contain the required number of calories or
if the milk was not quite as rich as it should have been, Robert did
his duty by finding what was wrong.
Just above the tree tops an airplane soared and soon landed
to bring mail to the farm. In a few seconds the pilot got out and
took off his goggles and helmet. Why, it is Edgar Taylor, the famous
aviator, who had recently made a non-stop flight to China.
Across the street from the hospital a winding path led thru
a flower garden to a tiny little cottage where Cupid had shot an
arrow. This was the home of William Beale and his bride.
Farther down the street was a large red brick school house
where children were screaming with delight, and a group of teachers
were talking of the future plans for this school These were Emily
Derry, Mamie Moss, Eloine Armentrout, Cora Louise Holy, Mary Kiser
and Lucille Rexrode. At the high school Frances Dickel taught social
science and Edna Likin, mathematics. About a mile from town was a
well-known university, in which Martha Kiser and Marie Stump were teaching.
Suddenly a shrill whistle was blown and pedestrians hurried
across the street; another was blown and this time, street cars,
automobiles, and what not, hurried thru the street. Without a doubt
it was the noon time rush of Wall Street. Soon Carrie Bell Wolfe,
Mary Catherine Ward, Mary Frances Robinson, Myrtle Placka and
Josephine Bolyard, secretaries, strolled down the street to lunch. A
few minutes later, Frank McFarland, a big broker, with a huge cigar
in his mouth, walked slowly down the steps of a great building and
got into his limousine. The car sped noiselessly down the street.
At three o'clock sharp, Marie Diehl, a renowned banker of
this district, clad in gay sport clothes, jumped into her roadster
and hurried to the country Club gold course.
Court was in session, the court room was filed - filled to
capacity, but it was no wonder. who would not like to have heart hose
two famous lawyers, William Emmart and Carl Doll, pleading a case?
Coaches William Miers and Richard Long, of one of the
outstanding colleges of the country, watched their football team play
that of the Army, in a huge stadium which was literally packed
Shouts, cheers, and bands were heard; flags waved in the air and
everyone was on his toes, eager to see the outcome. John Offutt, who
had ben at West Point, only two years, was on the Army's team.
When the game was going strong and both sides were fighting
like "wildfire, " Joseph Weaver, the famous movie man of
California, stepped along the side lines and cried "shoot."
His men did shoot and talking pictures were made of the game.
US Senator William Coffman, and the famous debater, Gray
Ward, declared this to be the most interesting game of foot ball that
they had ever witnessed.
That night a big ball was held and Arnold Davis, leader of
a famous dance orchestra, direct from a NY Night Club, furnished the
music. Grace Plumb, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Co, who
happened to be at this affair, sang some very beautiful solos.
A huge flame leaped forward and one upward; it was an
Indian camp fire. Tomtoms were beating in a melancholy tone and
Indians danced around the fire. Soon Nellie Mongold appeared on the
scene and the Indians scattered and went to heir tents. Nellie had
performed wonders as their teacher.
This was a different scent -palms swayed in the hot breeze,
the sun scorched the sand, the air seemed stuffy. But these
conditions were not too unendurable for those tow famous
missionaries, Vivian Bissett and Flossie Miller, who were seated in
crudely built chairs, teaching the little natives. In the same
country, but a good distance away, four Civil Engineers and an
Electrician were figuring plans for a big construction. These were
Robert Melody, John Woodworth, Arnell Bowers, Frederick Swadley and
John Casey.
Little cars ran up and down the incline. If one should
happened to ride to the bottom of the hill in one of these, he would
find a large building, with the sign over the entrance; "Ernest
Cross, President of the Cross Coal Co."
the boat was just leaving the NY harbor. Yes, sailing for
far distant places.
Lavina May Lunch and Emily Garber had always longed to see
strange lands and cities, and now was the chance, since they were
representatives of the Student-Teachers Club.
Oh-h! No, I didn't fall into the ocean. I only go my foot wet in
the babbling, tumbling brook, in the vale.
JUNIORS
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WILLIAM ARNOLD |
ALICE HOTT |
LULA ROBERTS |
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MARGARET ARNOLD |
JAMES FULLER |
MARY ROBERTS |
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LLOYD BAILEY |
HUBERT JOHNSON |
JUANITA ROBY |
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HOWARD BLACKBURN |
MILDRED JOHNSON |
LYNN RODERICK |
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GRACE BOWMAN |
EDWIN JORDAN |
VIRGINIA ROGERS |
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JAMES BROOME |
EUGENE KAGEY |
KATHRYN ROGERS |
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LOUISE BROOME |
NANCY BELLE KEMPHER |
IRENE ROHRBACK |
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ANNA LEE BROWN |
HELEN KIMMEL |
TRUMAN ROTRUCK |
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JUNIOR BROWN |
JOHN KINNEY |
MILDRED ROTRUCK |
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LOUISE BUCKALEW |
RALPH KISER |
WILLARD SCHUH |
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MARSH BURKE |
WILMA KISER |
HAZEL SHOEMAKER |
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JAMES CALEMINE |
MARTHA KNIGHT |
ELIZABETH SIDLEY |
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FRANK CALEMINE |
MARY LAFFEY |
VIVIAN SIEVER |
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HARRY CHAPMAN |
JOHN LEATHERMAN |
GEORGIA SIMMONS |
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WALTER COOK |
MARGUERITE LITTEN |
HARLAND SISLER |
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HARRY CROSS |
JESS LITTLE |
ALICE SMITH |
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WILIAM CORNELL |
CHARLES LLEWELLYN |
ALMA SNYDER |
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GEORGE CROMER |
VERA LYONS |
KATHERINE STAGGS |
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KATHLEEN DAUGHERTY |
VIRGINIA MARTIN |
NELLIE STAGGS |
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WAYNE DAYTON |
HAZEL MCILWEE |
CATHERINE STANLEY |
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WAUNETTA DEAKINS |
CLYDE MCLUCAS |
FRED STEWART |
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ROBERT DIEHL |
ALLENE MERCURI |
RAYMOND STICKLEY |
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RAYMOND DAWSON |
ORVILLE MILLER |
HUNT STUCKEY |
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EVELYN DIXON |
ANNA MORRIS |
JOHN SUTHERLAND |
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MAXINE ELSEY |
VIRGINIA MOSS |
ANNA TAYLOR |
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EDITH EMMART |
HARRISON MOSER |
IRENE TAYLOR |
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ARBUTUS ERVIN |
RAYMOND MURRAY |
CLARA TRIPLETT |
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BLANCHE EVANS |
GERALDINE PIFER |
EVA VIRTS |
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NEDRA FOLK |
GERTRUDE PENNELL |
RUTH WARD |
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JAMES GOLDSWORTHY |
JOHN PURDY |
LEVADA WELCH |
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RAYMOND GRAYSON |
MARY PURDY |
AUSTIN WILEY |
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ELMER HARTMAN |
ORRIE RAVENSCRAFT |
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