THE CLARKSBURG REUNION
IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013
It’s time for the 13th annual Clarksburg Reunion Picnic. This is for anyone who is from Clarksburg and spouses. We get together, renew friendships, or visit with old friends. Each year there seems to be a few new people who are looking for someone they remember and it is amazing to see them get together and share stories. A lot of people get in touch with friends or relatives or classmates and plan to come to the picnic so they can visit together and with others. So come to Sarasota, enjoy the event, the food, and especially visiting with each other.
To attend the picnic please let me know how many of you will be coming so I can have enough of everything. I need names…..just email me at Roleta1@aol.com. If you need to call me, you can reach me at 941-342-0030.
You will only need to bring your own drink and some sort of covered dish. Make a dish at home and bring it or if you live some distance away and will be coming to Sarasota for a few days in order to attend, you can always stop at Publix and pick up something to share at the picnic. Everything else will be provided. Remember we have authentic WV hotdogs (and this year we will even have the same wieners we used to eat in our dogs in Clarksburg. Oh and bring some money as we pass the hat to cover expenses….and you may want to buy some tickets for the quilt drawing (we take cash or checks for the tickets—no charges though).
People start arriving at 11:00 am to help cover tables, and help Bill and I unload our cars and set up things.. All help is appreciated. We visit for awhile, then eat, then give prizes, sell tickets for the quilt drawing, we take pictures, visit some more then have the drawing to find out who wins the 2013 WIN Scholarship Quilt. The party usually breaks up between 4:00 and 5:00pm.
Directions to site of picnic at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota, FL
The Clarksburg Reunion Picnic is held at Twin Lakes Park, Sarasota, FL. From I-75, take Exit 205 and go East, the park is about a mile from the Interstate so the motel is very convenient.
If you are coming into Sarasota from out of town and need to stay in a motel, call the Country Inn and Suites, Bradenton, Florida. (Same place all stayed last year). Tell the person on the phone at the reservation desk that you want one of the rooms set aside by the manager for March 8th and 9th for the Clarksburg, WV Picnic. You should get a small discount. The phone number is 941-363-4000.
Directions To Country Inn & Suites in Bradenton, FL.
Take Exit 217 (SR 70) off I-75. Go west on SR 70, approximately 1/4 mile. You will see a Circle K Store on the left. The hotel is directly behind the Circle K.
Any questions please feel free to call me or email me…Roleta1@aol.com.
We had two bomb scares our senior year. Both at the end of the year.
If my memory serves me correctly we were let out of school a few hours early on the first scare.
The School officials, Law, and Fire department did not find anything.
The second scare was called in a few days later. The School, Law and Fire knew is was a copy
cat and considered it a very bad prank. And no I was not the caller, but I knew about the call.
Nothing ever was mentioned again so I'm sure the first call was also considered a very bad prank.
THINK ABOUT IT
When you are dissatisfied and would like to
go back to your youth, think of Algebra.
I do read the newsletter. It is appreciated and enjoyed. I do get to Clarksburg about once a year
and think of my years at WI.
I thank you all for your work. It is terrific.
submitted by:Carolyn Burnside (WI '52)
Hi Roleta: Thank you for including Bob Stealey’s remarks about Hail Washington
Irving. I loved writing that --- talking with alums and researching yearbooks and
anything else I could find. It was such an enlightening, truly wonderful experience. The
book is still available: amazon.com, James and Law, or me. Thank you, Carolyn
submitted by:Bob Hall (WI '56)
I enjoy the newsletters. It appears the obituary section is growing while the memories
section is getting smaller. Sorry, but I guess that’s where we are in life.
I am sending you a check for my gift to the WIN Scholarship in memory of my favorite
and probably the strictest teacher at WI. He tolerated very little nonsense in the band
room and on the drill field. Henry Mayer is maybe my favorite due to him placing me in
first chair clarinet most of my four years and him getting me a scholarship to Marshall
College which I refused because I wanted to go to Morgantown (crazy teenager). He also
encouraged me to not major in music unless I wanted to starve my entire life. Besides
him being over the county music program in schools and giving private lessons, he
worked his can off for probably very little income (as well as most teachers in those
days).
I didn’t know Main St. and Buckhannon Pike were part of Broad Oaks but I think I saw
Judy Rice (Main St) and Doug Sinsel (Buckhannon Pike) in the Broad Oaks gang
picture. I also saw Jim Alvaro, Harold Brewster, Bob Kopp, Sandra Conwell, Mary Sue
Clark, Don Sager, and Jean Myers. I could be wrong on some of these names. I
recognized a couple others but could not place a name on them. I didn’t have that much
contact with most of these kids. However, Brewster was in the band and we played
football before band practice at Hite field most mornings. Ernie “Doodle” Daugherty
would pick us up in his old car on those chilly mornings. “Put” Sinsel sang in a quartet
my senior year with Tom Hurley, Bill Shaw, and I. We enjoyed each others
companionship and sang pretty well. We tried to copy the sound of “The Four
Freshmen” group. Try playing an old 33 album and stopping it every measure and put
the notes and words on musical staff paper. Long job to say the least!
Thanks again for all you and Judy do in providing the stimulation to jog long lost
memories.
My family and I would go down to Dave's, I believe down by the Elk Creek River on Main St. We
would go there on Sunday's after church. There were two sides to the restaurant one a dining
room and the other side had a more relaxed area, a bar. I can remember the red leather seats
surrounded by a lot of wood in the restaurant.
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submitted by:Sara Stephenson Laber (WI '55)
I think the photo is Dave's Restaurant. They were known for their roast beef. It was really good
and rare. I always had to put an upside-down spoon under the plate to keep the juice from
running into the other foods.
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submitted by:Dave McCue (WI ’65)
The mystery picture looks like Dave’s Restaurant at the bottom of
Main Street Hill and the corner of Water Street. We used to have the
best steak sandwiches there until the advent of Twin Oaks and their
Hoagies. I remember going there with my parents in a convertible
Chevy with the top down--a big deal. We watched Carl Ide on the
evening news when TV was coming to the fore and ate some of those
¾ inch thick steaks on hard Italian bread. The rest rooms were
downstairs in the back and the trip down the stairs was as narrow as
a submarine’s spiral staircase. On the left side of the picture was the
dining room, a rather traditional place with tables and chairs and the
door to the kitchen. The right side of the photograph was the bar with
the TV at the end high up on a shelf and the oak wood booths. At
Christmas, Dave always put the Christmas tree in the window in the
forefront of the picture and every car that drove by at the bottom of
Main Street got a pretty view of a pretty tree. The proprietor was
‘Dave”. He was one of the first chefs to come out of the kitchen and
ask you about your food, and mean it years before it was
fashionable. He did remember names.
After a flood on Elk Creek,
Dave’s was wiped out the restaurant (it rather hung on the side of the
bridge and was exposed to 12 foot flood waters of Elk Creek along
with the auto dealership beside it), and Dave moved his fine steak
sandwiches to Nutter Fort by Rt 57 and was in business there for
some years. Nice thought of Christmas past in Clarksburg.
submitted by:Bob Kramer (WI '65)
I think this is the old Dave’s restaurant at the bottom of Main St. They had very good steaks.
Our family went to dinner there on Saturdays. Mr Parrill was the cook and did a fine job with
anything you had to eat. They had shoestring fries and I think homemade bread. They had all
kinds of gum for an after dinner treat. It was a great place to eat and I am sorry it is gone. There
is nothing left to show where it was located at the end of the bridge. Good memories of Daves.
submitted by:Marcia Booth (WI '65)
The mystery picture is Dave's Restaurant at the foot of Main Street Hill. In later
years, Alex Stout bought the restaurant. He told my dad that he (Alex) bought it
so that he would always have a place to eat lunch! In the early 1950's when I
was very young, my dad would take me to lunch there. It had a big half-circle
booth that was always crowded for lunch.
submitted by:Dede Short King (WI '94)
I have no idea what this photo is of since it is before my time, but wanted to express how beautiful
this place is. The brick and wood exterior make it appear to be a very cozy establishment and
reminds me of a pub of some sort. I love the design of the window as well :)
submitted by:Steve Limbers (WI '57)
Regarding the "mystery restaurant," I think it was called Dave's. If you were coming down Main
Street toward Monticello, it was on the right, immediately after you passed the street Kelly Miller
was on (Water Street?). We ate there a few times and I didn't like the place. It was known for its
steaks as I recall. I am sure the food was fine, but I have always been a pasta guy (and in my
youth a big fan of the hot dog). I am probably wrong about the identification but the picture took
me right to that place. I preferred the hot dog joint which was just a little bit up the street toward
town on the same side of the street.
And regarding the swimming pool at WI, I know we had to take gym as freshmen
(1953/1954) and we may have had to take it as sophomores, too. We were never required to use
it and I think it was drained the year or years I took gym.
MYSTERY PICTURE FOR FEBRUARY
If you would like to guess the identification of the picture above, please write to Roleta1@aol.com.
Remember to add a memory and include your name, school and year of graduation. thanks
REMEMBERING CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
submitted by:Marcia Booth (WI '65)
Mr. Lowther was the principal when I was there (1959-1961). Mr. Corder was the shop &
science teacher for the Odd Side of the Hall in 7th. Grade. Miss Switzer taught 7th. Grade
English with Sara Margaret Israel. Mrs. Ferris was the girls' PE teacher for both 7th. &
8th. grades. Mrs. Dodd’s was the fabulous geography teacher. She also took students to
NYC almost every year. She required a lot of memorization. I can remember most of the
cities in South America today because of her class. Mr. Randolph taught art. Miss
Connell taught 7th. grade home ec. The 8th. grade teachers were Miss Feeney (English),
Miss Cannon (math), Mrs. Gribble (science), Miss Wine (home ec), and Mr. Garrett
(history). Mr. Garrett made extra money teaching for a driving school.
EDITOR’S NOTE:I don’t remember any trip to NY City when I was in Central. Did
any of my classmates go? Did any one go to NY City when I was there? Write to
Roleta1@aol.com
submitted by:Mary Stump Harrell (WI '55)
When you suggested, a few newsletters back, that we write about a special
sports event we remembered, I immediately thought of the night that Roy
Smith ran that football all the way down the field! I remember it so well
because of the tremendous excitement we all felt watching that run! It was
astonishing and exciting and is the only sports memory of some specific action
that I have. Your account of your family's joy that night was wonderful.
I do remember high school sports in a general way - the lights at Hite field -
that special cool crisp fall night air and the lights that made it so unreal and at
the same time so real-- the band - remember "WI will shine tonight" ? - the
brightly colored uniforms, the cheerleaders, and the activities in the stands, too.
All common sports experiences, but in high school they seemed to have a
special significance for us all.
I remember basketball, too, going up the ramp to Carmichael Auditorium for
home games - and again the cheerleaders, the uniforms, the excitement. Our
team was undefeated that year and we went to Huntington on chartered buses to
see them win the state championship-- we KNEW that they would win it. Of
course our disappointment when they lost that first game was great, but I can
only imagine how the team felt - it must have been a terrible let-down.
Why did we never go to watch baseball?
To my knowledge, the pool at WI was never open during the years I was there
- my mother remembered using the pool when she was a student in the teens! I
think she graduated in 1918. It was interesting to read about people using the
pool in the 70's - I have never even seen the pool -- I almost did not believe my
mother when she told me it was there. Also, in her day, they had a girl's
basketball team - what ever happened to that, I wonder? In my day there were
no girl's teams outside of gym class.
Junior high is also vivid in my memory. Some wonderful teachers - especially
Miss Israel, Mrs. Bail (sp?), Mr. Luzader--- I never knew that Mr. Lowther had
one leg shorter than the other, but I do remember that he always had a plug of
tobacco in his cheek. We had excellent teachers at Central who gave us a good
grounding in English and math especially. By the time we reached WI we had
the basics of English grammar and of math down pat and we were ready for
things like Latin and algebra (although when I took algebra from Mrs. May, I
never did figure out what "x" was-- I could find its value, but the concept of "x"
as an unknown was an unknown to me.)
When I taught high school some years ago in Orlando, our French teacher used
to complain that she had to teach her students the fundamentals of English
before she could teach them any French - I don't think the language teachers at
WI in my day would have had the same complaint.
In junior high I had the last of any schooling in art or music - something I
regret. I had zero skill for art, but thoroughly enjoyed the class. One time Mrs.
Ferguson had us do portraits. My "subject" was Sue Holt - my drawing was
laughable. I could not even get the structure of a human face, never mind a
likeness of Sue. On the other hand, Mrs. Ferguson taught us how to do
perspective, and I remember being quite proud of my line of trees marching off
into the distance.
In music we had Olga Hardman and I loved her class. We would listen to music
and it was a peaceful, relaxing break in an otherwise busy day. We learned the
arrangement of instruments in a symphony orchestra, we listened to Peter and
the Wolf and identified all the characters by their musical signatures, and I
think we sang - although the singing might have been in chorus. It is a great
sadness that these experiences are lacking today in so many schools.
Well, enough! I will try to write a little more frequently in the future because I
so enjoy the newsletter and, as you say, if no one contributes there will be no
newsletter. I think you and Judy are wonderful for doing this so faithfully - I
hope it never becomes too great a burden. (I am sure it is a pain in the neck
sometimes!) Thank you for all that you do.
QUILTER’S SHOWCASE
Meet the ladies who made the squares for the win quilt.
Some of these ladies have made squares for a lot of the quilts.
We thought you would like to learn a little bit about them.
Great letters, very interesting……
My name is Barbara Yeager Charles, and I'm not from West Virginia. I was born
and raised in Erie, PA., and still live here.
My late husband was Joe Charles, who graduated from Bridgeport High in
1955. We met when he was going to college in Erie.
We spent 15 winters in Florida, and the last 6 of those was in Apollo Beach,
which is just about 45-60 minutes from Sarasota. We attended several of the
March picnics, and it was a good opportunity for Joe to get reacquainted with old
friends and schoolmates plus it gave me the opportunity to meet many of you.
As a novice quilter, I was so impressed with seeing the quilt that was raffled off at
the first picnic I attended. I believe that quilt was blue and gold, and depicted
different scenes and things from West Virginia. The following year when the note
came out about asking people to contribute squares for the next quilt, I
volunteered and have been doing so ever since.
I think it's wonderful that you raffle this for scholarship money for young people
going to college, and it's my way of helping.
I'm Mary Sue (Clark) Spahr, WI class of 1956. I had never done any quilting in
my life until the call went out to submit blocks for the first WIN quilt about seven
years ago. I don't even know what I made for that first quilt, but whatever it was it
inspired me to start my own projects. Since then I have pieced about thirty quilt
tops which I have had quilted professionally. The quilts have gone to all my
sons, all my nieces and nephews, a couple of friends and several we use here at
home. What a great hobby the WIN quilt project started for me. I've had such
fun.
submitted by:Joyce Reed Royse (WI '62)
I am a new WIN quilter, participating for the first time in 2012. This year's quilt is
a beautiful one, sure to be appreciated by the winner for it's beauty and warmth.
My mother and both grandmothers were quilters, largely because they needed
the warmth of the quilts they made. My mother was born in 1924 and was raised
on a country farm in WV. She talked about owning two dresses in 8th grade,
handed down from her 4 sisters. Mom was making the family bread at age 12
and started her first quilt, a grandmother's flower garden, using fabric scraps and
feed sacks. She finished it in her later years and I own it now. When my mother
married at age 19, she was gifted with four quilts made by my paternal
grandmother. My mom quilted and sewed all her life and gave each of her four
children a wedding quilt. She taught me to sew at a very early age and I made a
baby quilt for my first child, born in 1970. My next quilt was a double wedding
ring, pieced and quilted by hand in 1982. Since then, I have tried many crafts, but
have embraced quilt making for over 40 years. I prefer to work by hand and like
appliqué most of all.
I guess I would call myself a "process " quilter, versus a project quilter. I like to try
lots of different patterns, but lose some interest once I've mastered the process.
Thus,I have many UFOs (otherwise known as unfinished objects). My mother
always said that " if it won't fit on a bed, it's not a quilt." I make place mats, table
runners, wall hangings, baby quilts, doll quilts, and full size quilts. My latest
project is a quilt called "Away From Home" inspired by the cotton mills of New
England and the young farm girls hired to work in them. My mother spent her last
three years of life in my home, but could no longer sew. I bought a quilt kit called
"Baltimore Bunnies" and appliquéd it so that my mother could share. I am
thankful that I could share my craft with her and give her something to anticipate.
She was a taskmaster...don't think I've ever sewed so quickly.
Quilting has been an important outlet for me, a way to produce something of
warmth and value, a way to share and socialize with other women...and a few
men.
I am actually a Stealey Girl from Clarksburg. I grew up on Stealey Avenue and
attended Morgan Grade School where I made many lifetime friends. I graduated
from Notre Dame in 1962.
When the WIN Quilt first started, I answered the call and felt "Gee, surely I can
make a square! Not so difficult! After all I have been sewing since I was ten
years old making dresses for my dolls and then dresses for college parties." So
the adventure began.
IT'S NOT THAT EASY! I learned this very quickly. My first square the pieces
didn't all "fit" so I had to do it over. Then I tried paper piecing and that was for
me. I could do that much better. I do not quilt on the side as a hobby but I still
do sew....embroidery by machine is my passion. However, it has been very
rewarding to me to be able to contribute to the scholarship fund in this way. I
wouldn't miss being included and each year my square gets better and better. At
least I think so.
Last year I even branched out and made my daughter a Christmas tree skirt that
was quilted and it turned out beautifully. So you know what they say...if you first
don't succeed, try, try again.
Sue Moats has been so very helpful encouraging each of us in our efforts. I
thank her for that as well as connecting me to some of my friends that I went to
school with..Gigi Selby for one.
It is because we all have made some small contribution, working together for a
common goal, that the WIN Scholarship has been successful. I am sure those
recipients of the scholarship monies are appreciative too and after all isn't that
what life is all about---Giving back?
Sue asked that we send you a little something about ourselves. I have lived in
Myrtle Beach, SC since 1970 except for a few yrs in Leavenworth, Ks and a year
in Seoul, Korea. (My ex-husband was in the Air Force) I took my first quilting
class in Leavenworth in 1976 but didn't do much quilting till about 15 yrs ago. I
am a typical quilter with several projects started, but not finished. My goal for
2013 is to finish what I already have started. I have 11 grandchildren and I would
like to get a quilt made for each. I have just finished a quilt with Christmas trees
that's for my oldest granddaughter and I'm trying to get binding on so that she will
have it before Christmas. I'm way behind on Christmas projects due to having a
heart attack the first of November. It really slowed me down. I didn't work on the
first WIN quilt, but have done a block for all the others. If it weren't for Sue
Moats, though, this project wouldn't be anything. Putting all these blocks
together, then finishing and quilting the project is very time consuming. Many
Kudos to Sue.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
submitted by:Mary Virginia (Duncan-Johnson) Wilke (WI '55)
I was so glad and honored to join your scholarship quilting team for the last two
years. My mother and grandmother quilted and I have some of their quilts.
Unfortunately, both passed on before I got the quilting bug. Theirs were all hand
stitched and were works of art! I was busy working when my grandchildren were
born and so only my sister, Betty, quilted quilts for them. My mom and her Aunt
Edna did make a quilt for my daughter.
My quilting experience started 10 years ago when my first granddaughter,
Jennifer Lynn, sent me material from England to make her baby son, Caleb
James, a Peter Rabbit themed quilt. The next one was for Mathias and it was a
Noah's Ark quilt. Next was Makena and she received a teddy bear quilt and then
they came to visit and I had made another one of bears. So Makena ended up
with two. Next came Austin and his quilt is fireman, dalmatians and cars.
Ryanjames has a quilt of Winnie the Pooh. Landon has a jungle theme with a
gorilla printed on fabric that his Daddy hand painted on his wall and I copied.
Next came Travis Jr and I made him a Rocking horse quilt. Jadyn was next and
hers is butterflies and princess themed. Wyatt's Mom was so impressed with the
Rocking horse theme that I made him one but it is different from Travis Jr's.
Then we have Jayson, who got a Teddy bear resting theme. Jordan got a sports
theme with a Giant football. Caleb Mac, my 11th great grandbaby received a
baby jungle animals on a boat with rainbows.
I am not done yet, as my 12th grandbabe is due in April and will be a girl and
her mommy has requested a butterfly theme. Haven't started that yet tough!
And I just heard the other day that in June, my great-grandchildren will be at a
baker's dozen!!
So life goes on and I am so blessed. I had three children of my own, and
when I remarried, I was blessed with two more. The family has blessed me with
13 grandchildren & they in turn are blessing me more. No greater gift has the
Lord bestowed on me as my family.
So the Christmas season is upon us and though some of the family is far
away, they call and e-mail me and I am really looking forward to the holidays.
May all of you be blessed with family and friends this Christmas and all the rest
of your years.
submitted by:Mary Barbour Hulick (Bridgeport HS 9th and 10th - WI graduate 1961)
I started quilting in 2001 after I became home bound after surgery.
I quilt for Project Linus and a shelter in my area. I’ve worked on several of the
WIN Scholarship quilts and have enjoyed making the blocks.
I’m a hand quilter. I do a lot of work on wall hangings and quilt for my
grandchildren.
I hope that everyone that has won one of our quilts have enjoyed them and the hard
work that went into making them.
I am looking forward to the next quilt.
Below are 2 pictures I made for my daughter’s home.
"THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR’ HILLS"
This is the name chosen for the 2013 WIN SCHOLARSHIP quilt.
Sue Selby Moats wrote to say: “We're trying to highlight the importance of both coal (with the
black diamonds in the borders) and oil (liquid gold) in the commerce of WV with the gold fabrics
along with the beautiful WV scene/animal/flower in each block.
Some of the Win Scholarship Quilters have written a little bio about their quilting hobby….see above. And here is a list of the names of the ladies who pieced together each quilt square for this year’s quilt top shown above: Now you can match them up!
I measured the quilt top & right now it is square-82 x 82. I'm trying to decide whether I should add
a final black border to frame the whole quilt (and make a little larger).
Here is corrected list of the blocks & makers by row, left to right. Picture attached again.
Please include in a write-up that the Scenes of West Virginia prints were drawn by artist Tina
Richmond & are from the 2010 WV Mountain Quilt Quest and were provided by WIN quilter
Nancy Jackson.
Row 1
Mail Pouch Barn - Greenbrier County Mary Nophsker
Seneca Rocks - Pendleton County Carolyn Cady
Rhododendron Liz Carder
State Capitol - Charleston Kitty Sager
Row 2
Prickett's Fort - Fairmont Mary Sue Spahr
Glade Creek Grist Mill - Babcock State Park Mary Sue Spahr
Old Country Church - Fayette County Joyce Royse
Herns Mill Covered Bridge - Greenbrier County Gig Meredith
Row 3
Blennerhassett Mansion - Parkersburg Elaine Nortemann
New River Gorge Bridge - Fayetteville Barb Charles
West Virginia Coal Miner Joan Merrill
Cardinal with Apple Blossoms Carolyn Cady
Row 4
West Virginia Black Bear Lin Stricker
Rustic Log Cabin Kitty Sager
West Virginia Whitetail Deer Mary Virginia Wilke
Cass Scenic Railroad - Pocahontas County Pam Brown
THANKS LADIES….WITHOUT YOUR HELP, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP QUILT.
And it seems that without the quilt we probably would not have a scholarship fund.
ARE YOU INVOLVED YET?
If you wish to help the WIN Scholarship we have a deal for you !!!
Between now and the first of March you can purchase tickets for the
drawing to determine who will own the 2013 WIN Scholarship quilt
and help the cause at the same time as all proceeds go to the
scholarship fund.
The tickets are on sale for 1 for $1.00, 6 for $5.00 and 12 for $10.00
Make your check out to:
Roleta Meredith /WIN Scholarship
And mail to:
Roleta Meredith
3201 Charles MacDonald Drive
Sarasota, FL 34240
Thank you.
THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN TO THE 2013 WIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND ARE:
Robert Hall (WI 1956) Thank you for your generous donation in
memory of your favorite high school teacher, Henry Mayer.
Ann Janes (WI 1958)
Nancy Mayer Capilla (WI 1959)
Cinda O’ Neill
Eleanor Kuhl (WI 1957)
Jim and Sonja Alvaro (Jim WI 1956 Sonja Bridgeport 1958)
Bud Collins (WI 1955)
Mary Sue Clark Spahr (WI 1956)
Herb Cashdollar (RW 1957)
Mary Stump Harrell (WI 955)
Sally Ann Pulice (WI 1969)
Mary Duncan Johnson Wilke (WI 1955)
Verna Workman Smith George (RW 1957)
Catherine Burke (WI 1952)
Nancy Stunger (WI 1954)
Mary Nophsker (WI 1958)
Carolyn Eneix (WI 1959)
Fran Tate Barrett (WI 1950)
Carl Lyon (WI 1942)
John Teter (WI 1961)
Nancy Crane Jones (WI 1948)
Barbara Charles
Sara Hall Howe (WI 1963)
Mary Barbour Hulick (Bridgeport 9th and 10) (WI--11 and graduated in 1961)
We now have sold $1,040.00 worth of tickets or gifts for the WIN
Scholarship. Our goal is to cover 1 scholarship which is $3,000.00.
If you just want to give money to the scholarship but you don’t want
your name in the drawing for the quilt, just say so in your note which I
hope you will enclose with your check
Won’t you give too?
Make out a check from $1.00 to $1,000.00 (every dollar counts)
Payable to: Roleta Meredith c/o WIN Scholarship
And mail it to:
Roleta Meredith
3201 Charles MacDonald Drive
Sarasota, FL 34240
To Bill:
My reply about Hite Field: The field had stands on both sides. The home team had the side with
the press box and the visitors had the other side. The refreshment stands were at the end of the
field as you entered. WI had the first one for a couple years operated by the band Mothers. RW
and Victory rented it for a few years and then RW built their own and I don't know who operated it.
Victory built theirs the next year and it was operated by the booster club. My Dad was the person
behind getting Victory's built.
The President of the Victory Booster Club at that time was Betty Schneider. Her son played
basketball for one year at WVU and left to go down south and finish his education. I think he
coached WI basketball for a few years, but am not sure of that.
The bands were on the sides of the field at each end of the bleachers. They might have put
bleachers at the end of the field as you enter for the bands later on, but I'm not sure of this. I hope
this helps you. Keep up the good work. It's great and enjoyable.
Dave "Tuffy" Knight, VHS 1954
Reply To Dave:
I'm sure this will "refresh" the memories of many of our readers. I'm surprised that there
were eventually three refreshment stands at the same field, one for each school. I
suppose the rivalries warranted such action, but it seems a waste of energy and money. I
assume the field was shared by all three schools and owned by the Board of Education.
One very nice stand, owned by the Board and used by all of the schools makes more
sense, but I'm just an outsider looking in. It may have been a money issue, that being that
the Board wouldn't build it, so the individual booster clubs had to do the job.
Thanks for the letter. I hope to hear from you again soon.
As you entered Hite Field, you were filled with excitement, knowing that you will meet up with
friends and cheer on the team, especially the seniors. I think we had class sections to sit in. I
believe that we were always told that we were freshmen. The home team would sit on the left
side of the field where the announcer's box was located and the opposing team's fans would sit
on the right, as you came into Hite Field. There was an end section for the overflow of people
and at the far end of the field, were stands for the bands
.
The concession stand was up on the knoll. This let the mothers from the Athletic Boosters Club
see some of the game. The boosters club always had good hot dogs and chili and many other
choices. I don't know if they were thanked for all of their hard work, but they always did a great
job.
Hats off to the mothers and fathers that helped at the games. The booster's club helped defray
some of the costs of the athletic program. I think they also helped with other expenses that the
school had.
The Washington Irving Band was always the pride of the Toppers. I can remember when I was a
young girl, how proudly they marched down the streets of Clarksburg . You just knew that the WI
band was coming. The sound was perfect. They had pride in their school and pride in
themselves.
I will always have great memories of my education, my friends and my teachers and how we
entered and exited the auditorium with respect. I mention this because teachers, principals and
parents are the foundation of how a student behaves. If respect is demanded and backed by the
parents, then respect is given.
Sara Hall - Howe, W I 1963
Reply To Sara:
Thank you for your informative letter. I'm sure people, at least the adults, appreciated all of
the hard work the Athletic Boosters did during the year. I speak from experience, when I
say it was hard work. During my children's years in high school, my wife and I worked
hundreds of hours for the school's booster clubs. We did everything from selling and
delivering donuts on Saturday mornings and selling and making pizzas to selling
advertising for the football programs. It was all for the kids and I don't regret one minute of
it. So, hats off to those of you who have had a similar experience.
I like your take on discipline. Now, it seems, parents depend on the schools to handle it,
when it really should begin and end at home. Oh well, you can tell I grew up in the 50's.
Hey Bill. I need to respond to the article on basketball. You are such a knowledgeable analyst. I
enjoy all of your sports columns. Bob Huggins took a team to the final four with a center
who couldn't jump, two forwards who couldn't dribble and a point guard who couldn't shoot---
unbelievable. If Beilein stays, you would never have heard about Alexander, Ebanks or Butler
due to that slow down, 55-point offense. I don't worry about Huggy. By playing the fourth toughest
schedule, he may only need 18 wins to get into the dance.
I'm going to get a lot of hell for this comment, but, even though the '55 team was perfect until the
tourney loss, and, unarguably the finest ever on the hill, I believe that my junior year, we could
have been very competitive with them. Bobby Joe and I would have been a wash. I believe Chuck
Bibbee, at 6'-3" could have neutralized the super shooter, Bucky Tustin. I know 6'-7" Phil Carter
and 6'-7" Bob Teter could have played with Clousson and Westfall. 6'-5" Bob Rector would bang
the boards pretty well with 6'-0" Hutson and 6'-4" Gary Frost, with his great shooting and cat-like
quickness, would have held his own with Dick Hall's strength. It would have been fun to be in that
game. The one edge I give the '55 team is that they played together for six years. That continuity
is hard to match.
Boy, I can feel the heat coming now. (Just passing the bull, Billy).
Bob Secret, W I 1960
Reply To Bob:
Wow !!! Call out the fire trucks. If we don't get some comments on this letter, our readers are all
older than I thought they were.
I wish I could pull some magic and arrange for that game. I actually saw the 1958-59 team play a
game at Carmichael Auditorium. I was dating Roleta at the time and remember seeing Gary Frost
play, so it had to have been that team. I wasn't fortunate enough to have seen the '55 team, but
do remember them playing in the state tournament, plus I played with Bobby Joe on our fraternity
team at WVU after he finished up at Marshall. He was good !!
Fortunately, I count several members of both teams as good friends of mine and since I
also played high school basketball, I can imagine what fun we might have with this one. I know I'll
hear from Jim Alvaro, who wrote the original post and, hopefully, his brother, Fred, who has a
great memory about W I sports. So, come on Bucky, the three Bobs (Teter, Rector and Clousson)
and all of the rest of the players and fans, let's hear your side of this challenge. Is Bob
right? Could the '59 team hang with the '55 powerhouse? We'll never know unless you tell us.
Wasn't that Pinstripe Bowl a big nothing? Why on earth do they have a bowl game in New York at Christmas time? Didn't anyone look at the weather history there during that time of year? DUHHHHHH !! I think every team invited should refuse to go and maybe they would send those poor boys and the fans to a warmer place for a bowl game. I predict that the Pinstripe Bowl won't be around too long. I think the first one was in 2010 and they had to use snowplows then to remove the snow from the field for those kids to play. Most college teams are actually through playing their season in November thus they don't play in that stuff. Not to blame the weather on the terrible showing by WVU though, as their defense has been absolutely terrible all year. Oh well, thank goodness the season is over. We suffered enough.
Roleta Meredith, W I 1959
Reply To Roleta:
If you will read my column in this newsletter, you will find that I agree with everything you say. I'm sure there are many people who love "The Big Apple". I don't happen to be one of them. I find the entire atmosphere the opposite of where I grew up. I know that has nothing to do with football, but I was as disappointed as I think the players and coaches were, when I learned that NYC was to be their destination for a bowl trip. I'll admit that I would have felt better if the game had turned out differently, but only a little. I have found out that I don't care for the taste of "crow". I've been required to eat a lot of it this season.
Thanks for the comments. It's nice to see them in writing instead of having to hear them first hand.
Have you ever been forced to go someplace where you really didn't want to go or been forced to do something that you really didn't want to do? If so, you probably didn't enjoy the occasion. If you watched the Pinstripe Bowl game, you saw a WVU team play like it really didn't want to be there. A mixture of rain and snow falling throughout most of the game, with temperatures in the high 20’s did not make for pleasant football weather. Bowl games are supposed to be rewards for working hard and having at least a decent season. I do not consider being selected to go to New York City in late December to play football in a baseball stadium as a reward. It is more like a punishment.
How the Big 12 ever got tied into this bowl is beyond me. Can you imagine how many Iowa State or Texas Tech fans would have attended the game had their team been selected? I have to conclude that the Mountaineers, being the new kid on the block, were given the wrong end of the stick by their conference. Even a trip to Charlotte or Memphis would have topped this excursion.
Changing coordinators didn't seen to help the defense. Since it was too wet and sloppy to pass, Syracuse simply exposed the D-line and backers with a crushing ground game. It seemed that the defense was on the field for about 90% of the first half. It was obvious that they would tire and they did, not being able to stop much of anything in the second half.
Meanwhile, the Syracuse defense blitzed Geno again and again. Everyone knew that would happen, but the O-line couldn’t stop them. A healthy Shawne Alston was not a factor and Tavon was shut down in the passing game. The wet conditions completely neutralized our speedy receivers.
Conclusion? Woody Hayes always said, “You win with people”. I have decided that this team just doesn’t have enough good “people”. Or, dread the thought, our coaches just aren't as good as we thought they were. As a diehard fan, my hope is that it is a lack of quality players. If that is the case, a couple of decent recruiting classes will solve the problem. But, if it is actually the coaching, Oliver Luck has a big problem. There is one consolation, expectations for next year will be much, much lower.
As for the basketball team, they end their pre-conference play with a 7--5 record. Based on what I've seen so far, unless the team can find some shooters, it will be a cold, cold winter. If and when they can run, they do well. However, you still need to score to win games. We really miss KJ and Truck. Nobody has stepped up to replace them. All we can hope is that there will be a big improvement as the season progresses.
The summer before seventh grade I went to 4H Camp at Jackson's Mill. I was assigned to
Randolph (County)Cottage. Randolph was the cottage that was the farthest from the
center of Jackson's Mill, and it had this "cabin" smell of dampness that I can recall even
today. It was so dark and scary to walk back to the cottage after evening vespers, even
though I walked with other girls assigned to Randolph. The entire experience of being
away from my family was just too much. I lasted 2 days and was so homesick that I was
truly sick. Fortunately, my Uncle was a WV Conservation Officer, and every day he
taught classes at the 4H Camp. Thus, I became a "day camper, " as I traveled to/fro with
my Uncle for the last 3 days of 4H Camp.
The summer of 1968...the summer before my
Senior year at WI, I was sponsored by the Moose Club to attend WV Girls State...and you
guessed it. My cottage assignment was Randolph. I had the most wonderful week. I met
so many smart and talented girls, and the best part was that I would re-connect with many
of them when I attended WVU the following year. By 1968, I was so "grown up now"
and thrilled to be away from my family for a week. I even chose to sleep in the same bed
that I had when I was a 4H Camper, and in 1968, there were no tears at night...just lots of
giggles and conversation well into the night/early morning.
This is a story that brings
laughter to my family every time someone tells the story about the coincidence of being
assigned to Randolph Cottage twice. I remember how beautiful and large the Jackson's
Mill dining hall was (was it really big or did it just seem so...you know how things are
bigger in your memory than they really are.) And, the entire week was a Civics
lesson regarding state government. Great memories!
Roleta, thank you so very much for
the newsletter. I look forward to reading it each month.
I very much enjoyed reading about everyone's experiences at boys/girl's state held at Jackson's
Mill. Although I did not attend, I did stay in the Harrison Cottage as part of my Catholic
Confirmation Camp when I was younger. I remember how neat it was staying in these cottages,
taking in the history behind each one. Although the cottage was a little chilly through the night, it
just added to the history of it. We had a wonderful feast in the dining hall and visited the chapel
on our visit. The link to the page of cottages was nice to go to and read about the others. I had
attended the jubilee on the property every year as a child, but this specific visit gave me a
different look at Jackson's Mill :)
Bill, I was there too. It took awhile but I found the newspaper clippings. The Governor elected in
56 was John Frye of Huntington. He beat Earland Lilly of Beckley. Frye then went on to be
elected President at Boy's Nation. I have him shaking hands with President Eisenhower.
I also found the newspaper clipping showing all the Harrison County boys going to Boy's State.
The two boys from Bridgeport, Bob Reep and Dr. David Hess died this year.
I was in Upshur County cottage
FROM THE EDITOR: Do you have any memories of Jackson Mill? Tell us about
your experiences there. What other facilities were there besides cabins, do you
remember? Write your memories to Roleta1@aol.com. Thanks
HOW OLD IS GRANDMA?
AS SEEN IN THE DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
I thought this was cute so I asked her if I could share this with you.
submitted by:DeDe Short King (WI '94)
I loved the "How old is Grandma" piece that was in the December newsletter. My husband
guessed that the lady was around 89 years old. Wow was he off!!!
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:If you remember the letter----Grandma was 59 years old.
So many people say they mean to write to the newsletter. Well, do it now! You can write about
anything you want and anytime you want to write it. I give suggested topics each month but that
only is to give you something to remember and write about…it is just my way of trying to jog your
memory and jog you into writing something. Because I can not write the newsletter by myself and
it will die if people don’t write about something, anything, please.
Sign all letters with your name, include maiden name if it applies, tell us the name of the school
you attended and the year you did or would have graduated. Here is one subject that you must
remember something about.
SENIOR SKIP DAY: Now this should get you to remember something. Do you remember
anything about your Senior Skip Day? Where did you go? What did you do? Who were you
with? , etc., etc;, etc.
Here is one letter sent by John Teter (WI 1961) to kick off the subject for 2013.
From John
I got to thinking about what I did on my “Senior Skip Day” and thought that it might be an
interesting article for you to put in one of your upcoming newsletters, even if you have covered
this issue before.
I remember that for my “Senior Skip Day”, Bob Swats, Bill Post, Dave Corbett, Jim McIntire and I
went somewhere up in the Grafton area to PLAY GOLF. It was my first time at playing golf, but I
had a good time even though I think that I was not able to complete the entire 18 holes as I ran
out of golf balls and nobody else would “loan me” any of theirs as they must have figured that I
would lose theirs the same way I lost mine – into the WATER! I also remember having
(PROBABLY) my first experience at drinking beer, as (if I remember correctly) Dave had
somehow managed to get to the golf course with a couple of 6 packs of beer. I also remember
Jim smoking a cigar, which I had no interest in experiencing. I know that we had gone to Grafton
in Bob’s parents’ car, which was a Pontiac HUGE BOAT of a car, and on the way home from
playing golf, we were either involved in a minor accident or had a minor car problem. But, I
remember having a good time with my “buddies”.
2. Why is the third hand on a watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8 . Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it is really "after light"?
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know
the batteries are dead?
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
27. Christmas - What other time of year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat
candy out of your socks?
28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
I dunno , why do we?
OBITUARIES
MARY V. GOOTS ROMANO
Mary V. (Goots) Romano, age 92, of 635 Pennsylvania Avenue, Bridgeport, WV, passed away on
Sunday, December 16, 2012, at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, WV.
She was a daughter to the late Frank Goots and Rosa (Fragale) Goots.
Mrs. Romano was married to Thomas Romano. She was also preceded in death by two sisters,
Rachele Goots and Kathryn Goots Wisch; three brothers, Dominick Goots, John Goots and
James G. Goots; and a nephew, Marshall Bobet.
She is survived by a brother, Thaddeus A. Goots; a sister-in-law, Vallie Goots; two nieces,
Barbara and Rod Owens and Rosemary Markley; and two nephews, John H (Kistie). Goots and
James T. (Sue) Goots.
Mrs. Romano was a 1938 graduate of Washington Irving High School in Clarksburg, WV. She
was employed for 42 years as a manager at Montgomery Ward Department Store in Clarksburg.
Upon the store's closing, Mrs. Romano owned and operated the Montgomery Ward Catalog
Order Agency for 12 years until she retired.
Mrs. Romano was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and enjoyed reading
the Scripture.
LLOYD ALLEN “IKE” WALLER II
Lloyd Allen "Ike" Waller, II, 35, of Clarksburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December
14, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Clarksburg on July 23, 1977, a son of Brenda Prieto
Waller, who survives in Clarksburg, and the late Lloyd Allen Waller.
He is survived by his wife, Amanda Radcliff Waller. Also surviving are his children, Lloyd Allen
"Trey" Waller III and Kasalyne Sue-Victorian Waller, both at home; one brother, Luke Waller and
Kayla Lasko of Clarksburg, and their children, Kynzi and Kylee Waller; a sister, Vanessa Waller of
Clarksburg; grandfather, Lloyd Wesley Waller of Clarksburg; and Amanda's grandmother, Betty
Clonch of Morgantown; father-in-law, Jim Radcliff and his wife Clista of Clarksburg; his brother-in-law,
Jim and Marcia Radcliff of Clarksburg; and their children, Ciara and Nathan.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his mother-in-law, Vicki Radcliff.
Ike was a graduate of Bridgeport High School and was a Behavioral Health Technician at the
Summit Center for 12 years. He attended Connecting Point Church and he enjoyed fishing,
throwing darts and the WVU Mountaineers.
MARK EDWARD SNADY
Mark Edward Sandy, 48, of Mount Clare, WV, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012, at
United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, WV. He was born in Harrison County, WV, October 14,
1964, a son of the late Willard F. Sandy and Wilma (Russell) Sandy.
He is survived by his wife, Delores Kay (Farren) Sandy of Mount Clare, WV; a stepdaughter,
Holly Turkovich of Shinnston, WV; one sister, Vickie L. Sandy of Arizona; five and an uncle, Bob
Sandy of South Carolina.
Mark attended R-W High School. Mr. Sandy worked for the Volunteer Fire Department in Lost
Creek. He also worked for W.F. Sandy Heating and Air Conditioning. Mark loved spending time
with his family and his animals.
MARY ELIZABETH BARNHART
Mary Elizabeth Barnhart, age 73, passed away December 21, 2012, at the United Hospital
Center in Bridgeport, WV. She a daughter to the late Cletus McCauly and Alice Thompson
McCauly.
Her husband, Rondal L. Barnhart, preceded her in death January 20, 1998.
She is survived by a son, Michael Lee Barnhart; two daughters and sons-in-law, Rhonda Darlene
and William Shingleton, and Joyce Ann and James Ross; two sisters and a brother-in-law,
Virginia Hamrick, and Loretta and Roger Canter; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren,
In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy
Louise Barnhart, and a sister, Nancy Pethtel.
Mrs. Barnhart was a member of the Mount Clare United Methodist Church. She was a graduate
of Bridgeport High School and a homemaker.
MARY LOUISE DANLEY ICE
Mary Louise Danley Ice, age 98 years, a resident of Elkins, WV, departed this life early Tuesday
afternoon, November 27, 2012, at Valentine’s Personal Care Home at Elkins, WV.
She was the youngest child of the late Richard A. and Mary Ellen Brown Danley.
On October 28, 1931, at Oakland, MD, she was married to Walter Sherman Ice, who preceded
her in death November 9, 1977.
Surviving are one son, David Lee Ice and wife Carol, Elkins; five grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Preceding her in
death were two brothers, Robert Sr. and Harry Danley; two sisters, Ruth Orgill and Helen Rector;
and one grandson, David Lee Ice II.
Mary was a graduate of Washington Irving High School at Clarksburg. In 1939 Walter and Mary
opened the Tygart Valley Furniture Company at 4 Davis Avenue in Elkins. Upon completion of
college and four years of military service, their son David, joined them in the home decorating
business. The business closed in 1999, following sixty years in the same location. Mary was a
member of the First United Methodist Church, the Woman’s Club of Elkins, where she served in
many different offices, was a member of the Davis & Elkins College Beta Alpha Beta and the
University of Hard Knocks which is affiliated with Alderson-Broaddus College
VICTOR CARLTON FRIEND II
Victor Carlton Friend III, 55, of Birds Creek of Newburg, went to be with the Lord Thursday,
November 29, 2012, after a short but courageous battle with cancer.
He was born July 26, 1957, in Morgantown, WV, a son of the late Victor and Jean (DiPalo) Friend
Jr.
Victor was a loving husband, father and brother. He enjoyed being an instructor for the Joint
Apprenticeship Training Committee for North Central WV Carpenters and was actively pursing a
degree from Penn State. He was a 23-year member of United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local
604 in Morgantown, where he was president until July, and a 10-year member of Laborers Local
379 in Morgantown.
Victor worked on the Extreme Home Makeover project in Fairmont, Habitat for Humanity homes,
rang the Salvation Army bell, volunteered at the Arthurdale Heritage, did projects for Friends of
Deckers Creek and was an active member of the Preston County Master Gardeners.
He was an avid hunter, loved to fish, go boating, fly airplanes, and vacation with family and
friends. Victor was Methodist by faith and will be missed dearly by his family and friends.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Rebecca (Enlow) Friend; two sons, Victor IV and Tyler
Friend and his fiancée Christy Corcoglioniti ,; four brothers, Mark (Tracy) Friend, Louis (Sherri)
Friend, David (Kimberly) Friend and, and John (Patty); three sisters-in-law, Ruth (Jeff)Sarah
Gibson, and Elizabeth (Gary) Enlow; 12 nieces and nephews; and three great-nieces and great nephews.
In addition to his parents, Victor was preceded in death by his in-laws, Bruce and Ellen Enlow,
and his brother-in-law, Danny Enlow.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WOLVERTON
William Arthur Wolverton, 78, passed away on November 29, 2012, at his residence following a
brief illness. He was a son of the late William Randall and Alma Swisher Wolverton.
He was married 53 years to Penelope Kay “Penny” Fish Wolverton.
Mr. Wolverton is survived by two daughters, Kelly Lynn(Kevin) Humbert and Beth Ann (Michael)
DeMary He also leaves behind two sisters, Norma Cooper, and Carol Hanley.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandson, Scott Humbert.
He was a graduate of R-W High School and graduated from Fairmont State College in 1962 with
a bachelor’s degree in business. He retired from Allegheny Power in 1993 with 32 years of
service in management, having held supervisory positions in Parkersburg, St. Mary’s, Marietta
and Fairmont.
He proudly served our country as a veteran in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, where he
served aboard the USS Fiske as a petty officer.
Mr. Wolverton was Methodist by faith. He was a lifetime member of Meuse-Argonne Post 573
VFW. He served on several boards, including the Board of Directors for United Way, Business
Men’s Association and the W.Va. Lung Association. He held memberships with Kiwanis Club,
Fairmont Elks Lodge 294 and Clarksburg Elks Lodge 482.
He was an avid golfer and was proud of accomplishing the rare feat of a “hole in one.”
JAN (J.D.) DENNIS PERRY
Jan (J.D.) Dennis Perry, 44, passed away Dec. 6, 2012.
He was the son of Pastor Luther Perry and Marlena Holloway Perry of Clarksburg, WV.
Jan (J.D.) is survived by two children, Robert Aaron Perry and Ayshia Webster, and sister, Erica
Perry of Clarksburg, WV.
J.D. accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior in 1978. He was licensed to minister by the
Church of God in Christ 2003.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Frankie G. (Jan) and Robert Holloway and Martha
Amos Perry.
He leaves behind many aunts, uncles and cousins, Jennifer Holloway, Yvonne and Edwin
Saunders, Alexis, Marshall, Travis, Jonathon, Mark and Vanessa Perry, Elston and Kay Perry,
and many other relatives.
Jan graduated from Washington Irving High School and later received two bachelor's degrees
from Marshall University, one in finance and the other in business. On April 28, 2004, he received
from Marshall University the Donning of Kente: Celebration of Achievement Award. He also was a
lifetime member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
He managed car rental agencies in North Carolina and Washington, PA. During the time he
worked for Verizon, he received one of the highest honors, the President's Award, for being an
excellent business consultant and was later promoted to manager of a research department in
Maryland.
He later returned to Huntington and worked for Shoney's Restaurants. J.D. was also the author of
a book titled "Warfare," which was published by AuthorHouse on Aug. 12, 2004, with many
copies still being sold. J.D. was an avid fan of the Marshall University football team and the
Pittsburgh Steelers
CHARLES RICHARD “DICK” WOLFE
Charles Richard “Dick” Wolfe, who was born on December 10, 1937, in Virginia to the late Harold Wolfe and Esther Brumage Wolfe, passed away on December 12, 2012, surrounded by his family.
Dick, a 1956 graduate of WI, grew up in Clarksburg, WV, where he met and married his wife, Linda Spelsberg Wolfe. They started their family and eventually relocated to Newark, DE. Dick worked at Westvaco until a motorcycle accident 35 years ago resulting in brain trauma forced him to retire. The medical community said he would not walk, but he lived by the old adage “never say never.” Not only did he walk, he drove and overcame many obstacles with hard work and determination. Together with his cohort, Linda, they installed exterior siding and made many interior repairs to their home. They took their dog for walks in the countryside and enjoyed life with friends and family in many activities. He always appreciated humor; the Far Side comics and Benny Hill were favorites. He had a dry wit and was fond of practical jokes and pranks. He loved Grand Prix racing, old cars, motorcycles, football, basketball, friends and family (not necessarily in that order). Before his accident he could repair, replace, or create almost anything that was broken or needed.
He will be missed by his wife of 56 years, Linda; his son, Greg Wolfe (service in the Coast Guard for 22 years); his daughter, Vicki Wolfe-Tumas; his two granddaughters, Hayley Tumas and Austin Tumas; and his aunt, Violet Wilson of Arizona and her children.
