THE WI NEWSLETTER


Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith Issue 35 July 2002










THE AMERICAN CREED

I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people;
Whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed;
A democracy in a republic, a sovereign nation of many sovereign states;
A perfect union one and inseparable;
Established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to LOVE it, to SUPPORT its Constitution, to OBEY its laws, to RESPECT its flag and to Defend it against all enemies.


WILLIAM TYLER PAGE




MY APOLOGY PLEASE

I owe an apology to Carris House who I referred to as Carries Harris. Sorry, Carris.






WI ALUMNI DAY TO BE HELD IN CLARKSBURG, WV

The second annual alumni picnic will be held on Saturday, August 24, 2002 at the Nutterfort Park. Time 11:30 am until you leave. Bring a friend, relative and spouse. Let’s make this a big event …one that gets bigger every year! Don’t forget your memories and memorabilia of your school years. We will spend the afternoon in the shade eating, trading stories, laughing and getting reacquainted. It doesn’t take a lot of work on your part --- bring a covered dish, your own drink and some money to put in the “hat” when it is passed around to help cover the cost of the pavilion rental and expenses for supplies. If you have any questions, comments or wish to make your reservations --- contact Joy Gregorie Stalnaker at hcpd@hackerscreek.com.




WI CLASS OF 1959 MISSING CLASSMATES


The Class of 1959 is looking for a few missing classmates. Do you have any information on any of these people? If you don’t know where the person is, maybe you know a brother or sister’s location and we can contact them for information. Or maybe you remember when they lived at a certain address --- any leads might be very helpful. Thank you for any help you can give us. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com

1. Bob Neal - (we have heard he passed away in Florida-can anyone confirm this)?
2. Jon Reger
3. Judy Grant
4. Peggy Tibbs
5. Linda " Cookie" Jenkins Tyler




CLASS REPRESENTATIVE


It was suggested that it would be a good idea if each WI class would have a class representative who would be in charge of people for their class. This way reporting back about a missing person, a move or change of address would be easier.

So if you know who your class contact is, please write John Teter (WI 1961) --- JATeter@aol.com. We will compile a list and we will have a couple of people who will be in charge of this list.




CLASS OF 1959 REUNION PLANNED

picture provided by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)
mtmama@iolinc.net


l-r 1st row: Carolyn Pinella Warne, Bobbie Johnston Swisher, Sandy Iaquinta, Phyllis Fittro Brown, Bonnie Smith McGowan, Sharyn Cottrill McGahan, Rosemary Grow Warne   2nd row: Sandy Drummond Hefner, Mike Fresa, Jerry Warne, Mickey McGowan, Charlie Burkhammer, Terry Warne

The reunion committee for the WI Class of 1959 had a meeting June 18th at the Ordinary in Clarksburg. They are busy planning the details and getting things reserved and arranged for our class enjoyment. However, they need your HELP! There is no reserve reunion treasury fund. Operational money is needed. The members of the reunion committee have each pre paid $20.00 of their reunion costs and hope you will be kind enough to do the same. This $20.00 will help them defray costs for deposits and upfront expenses that are incurred when planning a big party. If you will send money, it will be credited toward the cost of your attendance fees. The committee treasurers are Charles Burkhammer and Jerry Warne.

Make you check payable to W.I. Class of 1959 Reunion and mail to:

Jerry A. Warne
236 Candlelight Dr.
Clarksburg, WV. 26301

e-mail Jerry at wrmychsnut@aol.com or Charlie Burkhammer at Cbhammer12@aol.com for further information.

The Clarksburg Country Club has been reserved for our reunion in July 2004. A casual evening cookout is planned for Friday night poolside. On Saturday there will be a dressier evening. Pictures will be taken Saturday night before 7:00 pm by D-Max Photographers. Music on Saturday night will be provided by Band AMICI.

The committee is planning to have a memory board on display. If you have some old pictures or information that can be used on the board, please contact:

Bonnie Smith McGowan
217 Carpenter Street
Clarksburg, WV 26301.

Feel free to contact anyone on the committee (pictured above) if you have any ideas or wish to help.




DROP A LINE OR TWO

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

If you see a name and e-mail address in the newsletter of an old friend or neighbor, you should drop them a line. You never know, some people are very lonely and would love to hear from you. Remember, I created this newsletter to keep us connected, not only to one another but to our wonderful memories of that special “growing up” time in our lives. And we all have one great bond---we lived in a wonderful place at a wonderful time…I can’t think of any place I would have rather grown up than in Clarksburg, West “BY GOD” Virginia.




E MAIL ADDRESSES

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Karen Conner Petronsino (WI '59) kpetrosino@msn.com
Elaine Zabeau Norteman (ND '62) enorteman@adelphia.net
Ron Watkins (VHS '54) Ronw@ticnet.com

NEW E-MAIL ADDRESSES
Jim Martin (WI '43) JMAR926@AOL.COM
Ray Allen (WI '60) jara2@msn.com
Tom Keenan (WI '49) Keenan@ntelos.net
Al Fleming (WI '58) Agolfcrs@aol.com
Joanne Westfall Simpson Tetrick (WI '52) Fragilegranny34@aol.com
Paul Gordon (WI '42) DrPaulGord@aol.com
Jim Welch (WI '48) Jwelch@hvilletn.org
Chris Colombo Babyak (ND '61) Jbabyak@aol.com
Tom Blizzard (WI with the class of '60) HwySparky@aol.com
Bryan McIntyre (WI '65) Bmcintyre@ec.rr.com
Konrad Melkus (WI '55) Km13787jm@aol.com
Alex Sandonas Thwaites (WI '65) Alex13741@aol.com
Chris Wyatt (WI '71) Cwyatt@access.K12.wv.us
Louise Isner Love (WI '34 ) WesLou29@aol.com
Linda Spelsburg Wolf (WI '58) Wolfopolis@AOL.com
John G. Timberlake (WI '48) JGTimberlake@aol.com
Randall L. Martin (WI '74) rlmartin@aep.com
Rick Waldemar (Ardlsey HS, NY '69) Rjw@digitalusa.net
Diane Matheny Jones (WI '70) treehound@vigoris.net
Tamara Anne Tillman Martin (WI '76) rlm6619@aol.com
Bruce P. Chapnick (WI '65) snjb@comcast.net
Jane Davis Weida (WI '62) b.weida@worldnet.att.net
Rosanne Malfregot Oliverio (ND '58) lao@iolinc.net
Polly Costlow Dennison (WI '45) Polly817011@cs.com




submitted by: Tom Blizzard (WI '60)
HwySparky@aol.com

Hi Roleta

I attended W.I. until my sophomore year. My family then moved to Ohio and I often wonder about some of my classmates and etc. I was told to contact you to get on the WI newsletter mailing list

I would have graduated in 1960 and yes, I did attend Central. I ran around with Greg Jaranko. I dated Kendra White for about 3 years, I had heard that she was the marching band drum major? I lived on McDowell St. in Stealey. I remember that Gary Wamsley, Ritchie Roach, Blaine Rhoades, Carol VanHorn, and the late Mary Lou Vincent all lived in my neighborhood.





submitted by: Konrad Melkus (WI '55)
Km13787jm@aol.com

Please include me in the newsletter. Bob Stealey sent me this site and I think it is great. I would love to receive it. As I was looking through the back issues I saw the picture of Fourth St. My wife (JoAnn Zasloff Melkus, Bridgeport `65) remembers that street well. Her father, Joe Zasloff, owned May`s Cut Rate, which was beside Cooks Restaurant.





submitted by: Polly Costlow Dennison (WI '45)
Polly817011@cs.com

Dear Roleta

I have enjoyed reading your newsletters since my sister, Dolores Costlow Wall (WI 1958), told me about your web site. You may share my e-mail address with your readers.

My family is strongly connected with WIHS. My mother graduated in the Class of 1916. My four sisters and I are all graduates of WIHS and all four of my children plus three nieces and a nephew graduated from WIHS. Next year, a granddaughter will start Middle School at the old WIHS building. (This will make another 4 generations at good old WI.)

Please let your readers know that the classes of 1945 and 1946 are in the preliminary planning of a combined reunion to be held possibly in 2004. We would love to hear from any former classmates with their current addresses.

I look forward to reading each issue of your newsletter. Keep us the good work!





submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
Jpulice@aol.com

Roleta, how many of our classmates hung out at the Sky Castle, located at the Ellis Drive-in?? Wayne Satterfieldt was the diskjocky spinning the 45’s up in the booth overlooking the parking lot. Hot cars and drag racing were the thing in those days. Bridgeport Hill took many of our young friends.... Who remembers Lake Riley???? Lake Haven, Lake Floyd, Oral lake, Maple Lake , the Hide-A-Way???? Willow beach? Melody Manner, Midway Manner, Friends Place, Billys Medowbrook, end of the bridge, ....we are wanting to be school boys again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many Hilltoppers can remember the train ride to Parkersburg for a football game .... that was a big thing in those days!!!! Growing up in Glen Elk, we played many football games in the B&O train station lawn ..... the B&O (bulls) police would always run us off ..... but the next day we were back ....... beautiful lawn! I remember the train station very well. It was open 24hours. I can also remember the coal locomotives that stopped running in the 50’s ? .... a WI. and Victory game in those days was a sell out, standing room only game!!!!!!!





submitted by: Joanne Westfall Simpson Tetrick (WI '52)
Fragilegranny34@aol.com

Carolyn Reynolds Burnside (WI '52) copied the May Newsletter and has graciously shared it with me. I found it to be quite interesting and hope to be placed on your mailing list.

Your newsletter is great. I have a couple of things to say:

First--WI class of 1952 held our 50th reunion May 24-25 at Clarksburg Country Club. We had 72 graduates attending which is the largest to date. We displayed the Newsletter in hopes of getting some more folks interested in your endeavors. I am married to Dick Tetrick (WI '47) and they are planning their 55th in Sept. Time marches on............

We have a "remember" section in our memory book one of which was the smell of salt-rising bread as we walked through the Arcade on our way to Blands. Many of the stores of long ago have been forgotten, however, we of the class of 1952 certainly remember the Boston Cream Pie and if you had strawberries along with the whipped cream, it was most definitely the BEST dessert around.

Second--The picture looks like an old view of Lake Floyd and clubhouse.

Third--The best sandwich was the Meatball and Hot Pepper sandwich at the Royal Cafe which was in Glen Elk. Sad to say it is no longer there.

Happy writing and thanks for the memories..........Joanne Westfall Tetrick





submitted by: Jane Heaberlin Rakestraw (WI '58)
Jhrakes@erols.com

My husband and I were having dinner in a little Italian restaurant in Wilmington, DE last month. I heard a familiar voice at the table behind me. After all these years, I still recognize the voice of Linda Spelsburg Wolf and husband Dick. Wolfopolis@AOL.com





submitted by: Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)
Bmcintyre@ec.rr.com

Roleta, Please add me to your newsletter list. "Bob'n Along" Stealey (WI 1964) forwarded me the June edition. Very enjoyable...lots of good memories.





submitted by: Chris Colombo Babyak (ND '61)
Jbabyak@aol.com

Hi Roleta, My cousin, Erma Loria Uhle, wanted me to view your newsletter. It is very nice and interesting. I am currently teaching at WI and offer any assistance to you and your group. I did not graduate from WI but know many who did.





submitted by: Steve Griffith (ND '60)
SGriff2393@aol.com

Roleta, I do not know how long you can keep this up. Every month seems to surpass the previous month, and the first time I read your newsletter I was hooked.

ONCE AGAIN, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralize every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good-will, complacency, thoughtlessness, and optimism.

GEORGE SANTAYANA




NEEDING HELP FINDING AN OLD FRIEND

submitted by: Dave Kuhl (WI '62)
DbKuhl@juno.com

The class of 52 had their reunion last week. My brother Bob wants to locate Clarence McKinley, class of 50, who lived next door. We were at 519 South Chestnut, so his family was probably 521 South Chestnut. He was a retired school superintendent from Maryland the last we heard. If you have any information About Clarence McKinley, please contact me.




submitted by: Diane Matheny Jones (WI '70)
Treehound@vigoris.net

Hi there. Hope you can help me, I am looking for an old friend Jenny Tresize, not sure what her married name is....I would love to e-mail her. I took Distributive Education. We were very poor so I worked half a day to help out and pay for my own things! I look forward to hearing from you! Also do you know about Mr. Davis? I suppose he has passed away?

Diana Matheny Jones in OK formerly of Clarksburg WV




***NOTRE DAME 1958 HAVING A REUNION***

Class of 1958, it is that time. Time to dust off the yearbook, and put on that new outfit. Time to get together with old friends and relive the good times of your high school days.

The Notre Dame Class of 1958 is having a reunion on August 16th and 17th, in Clarksburg, WV. Any member of the Notre Dame class of 1958 wishing to attend can get in touch with Rosanne Malfregot Oliverio, email, lao@iolinc.net




The true discovery of America is before us.

THOMAS WOLFE




FRIENDS

Picture contributed by: Ron Watkins (VHS '54)



Picture taken in Las Vegas: l-r Buzzy Floyd (VHS '56), Ron Watkins (VHS '54) and Pat Fortney (VHS '54).




Picture provided by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)



Pictured above are friends Mary Ann Bailey Donato (WI '56) mimiadonato@yahoo.com and Don Cinci (WI '56) DonCinci@aol.com. These friends are remembering times gone by at a recent class reunion.





Pictured above are Sue Roland Waroblock and Jeannine Greynolds Fultz chatting at the same (WI '56) reunion.




FRIENDS AT DINNER

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
Jteter@balmar.com


Pictured above are Mary Jo Pulice Benedetto, John Teter, Jerry Skufe and Karen Pleasant Booker.
All are classmates From the WI class of 1961.


There are 9 of us in the northern Virginia area (right outside of Washington, D.C.) that have tried getting together for DINNER in the past year.

The first dinner in July 2001, included Mary Jo Pulice Benedetto, Karen Pleasant Booker, Barbara Wilmoth Falkenstine and I. ALL of us graduated from WI in 1961. We all had a WONDERFUL time reminiscing. Mary Jo, Karen and I then saw each other again at our 40th class reunion shortly after this first dinner "reunion".

The second dinner in May 2002 included Mary Jo Pulice Benedetto, Karen Pleasant Booker, Jerry Skufe and I. All of this group graduated from WI in 1961 and are pictured above. We have a THIRD dinner in the works as Nancy Swing, who graduated with us in 1961 and currently lives in Italy, is coming state-side and we are planning another dinner with her here on July 13th. SO far, I have confirmation from Bob Swiger, Karen Pleasant Booker and we will be joining Nancy and her husband for dinner while they are here in the D.C. area. If anyone else from the WI class of 1961 or if you know Nancy, you are more than welcome to join us for dinner in D.C.on July 13, 2002. Just send me an E-mail (JTETER@BALMAR.COM) and I will include you in our dinner reservations.

Colleen Luzader Holliday, Rose Lee Fiorenza Quisenberry and Linda Matthews Largay are also in this area, but so far our scheduling of dinners and their schedules have just not been cooperating.

We hope to continue these dinners on an occasion-to-occasion basis as they seem to just happen. Somebody will contact somebody else and all of a sudden dinner is in the works. It is SO NICE to be back in touch with these people from WI.



America is a tune; it must be sung together

GERALD STANLEY LEE




MARSHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE

submitted by: Sue Martin McNutt (WI '55)
Unruly@capecod.net

Roleta and Friends - As you by now know, your creation brings a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. Thanks so much for all your work.

Some may recall the two formidable ladies who ran the Marshall School of Music and Drama - Ruby Marshall Scott and Beatrice Marshall Cork (mother of Diane, WI '53). In the late 40s and 50s, some of us learned to play the piano, sing and speak with better diction than we thought possible.

The sisters lived at the Washington Avenue end of the Arcade. I studied piano with Mrs. Scott . When she made up her mind that you had some talent, she left no stone unturned to see that you cultivated it. I recall the two times a week lessons, eating lunch at her dining room table, accompanying her (amateur) Opera Workshop productions, being sent out on "gigs" to any public service group that needed a group of " piano selections" with dinner at the Gore or Stonewall, instruction in how to sit, walk, speak and generally behave correctly. I found out about the whole culture of music, languages, history and theater, something that our public schools did not really have time for.

Every Sunday afternoon anyone she could threaten or cajole to appear at her studio would spend an hour or two doing various exercises and performing our pieces for one another. She was really an excellent teacher for that time and place. She terrified me, and I owe her a great deal.

Diane Cork Sullivan lives near me here in Massachusetts. We can both still recite our "beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead" exercise. Clarksburg was filled with people who shared their talents and skills with kids. All of us who read this newsletter have a story to tell about someone like Mrs. Scott. Tomorrow evening I begin a week of preparing our local group of Suzuki students for their annual recital. Perhaps I should dedicate my work to Ruby Marshall Scott.



This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT




REMEMBER YOUR FAVORITE SANDWICH IN CLARKSBURG?

submitted by: Chris Wyatt (WI '71)
Cwyatt@access.K12.wv.us

I remember the Giovanni sandwich from the Canteen in Stealey. They had grilled steak, Oliverios peppers, and cheese all on toasted Italian bread. Excellent sandwich. I also remember getting pecan rolls buttered and toasted on the grill at the Manhattan restaurant. It may not be a sandwich, but it was awfully good.



submitted by: Rick Waldemar (Ardlsey High School, NY '69)
Rjw@digitalusa.net

Your roving hot dog reporter, again...

Just ran across an item about the Ritzy Lunch at 465 West Pike St., Clarksburg. One of the internet "food critics" visited and had hot dogs for breakfast. He even posted a picture of his meal! He thought the hot dogs there were wonderful, but what caught my attention was the cole slaw all over those dogs. I thought that was against the zoning codes in Clarksburg. Link: http://www.hollyeats.com/RitzyLunch.htm (Holly is a male, by the way.)

In other news, we thawed out some of Buzzy's chili, expecting a chow down on hot dogs with a gang. Plans changed, my wife and I enjoyed some WV hot dogs the next day anyway, and then we had all this delicious chili sauce going to waste. I found out that Buzzy's chili is great, COLD, on a ham sandwich. We "doctored up" some Uncle Ben's black beans and rice packaged soup mix with the chili and some cut up kielbasa. So we discovered new taste treats and didn't waste a thing! And, again, thanks, Buzz Floyd, for the recipe in the first place.

Thanks for letting an out-of-town boy feel like the home-folks here!

Hope you are having a great summer,.



submitted by: Freddie Layman (VHS '46)
Fgl46vhs@aol.com

Editor’s note: Freddie mailed me a newspaper clipping from Sunday June 2,2002 Business Section of The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram and a note telling about his favorite place to have a good Clarksburg sandwich. Freddie says that on Wednesday at noon several people from Victory, WI, Bridgeport, Bristol, etc. gather for lunch. The place is the D&P Restaurant which is owned by Pete Fragale , a WI graduate. You can guess that Freddie says it is great Italian food and the hot dogs are special. The location is 4 miles north of WI on Rt. 19-north of Perry-Mine/Edgewood addition. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and say “Hi!” Tell them Freddie Layman sent you!



submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)
Jalvaro@aol.com

I will tell you the best sandwich in Cburg and that was my mother Mary Alvaro's pepper sandwich. The peppers were so hot that no one stole my lunch! She would put a large hamburger pattie with melted "mooozarella" cheese topped with her home made hot peppers, and this would be between two large slices of her home made bread. Now that is "ITALIAN". Just thinking about this has reminded me of the people I have not seen in years. When I do see them they are saying, "I remember when your Mom made pepperoni rolls for us" or "Man, I can still taste the spaghetti she made", or "her hot bread was out of this world". Even several of them said, "Your Dad's home brew was fantastic". It seems as though Fred and I would not have had many friends if it were not for our Mom and Dad. It sure did make me think of all the buddies we use to have over to our house and what is great is whether Fred, Larry, or myself are home or not, several of our friends stop by to see Mom and Dad when he was still living. They seem to never forget..

A great hot dog in Clarksburg is Thelma’s in Stonewood. They also have a variety of hot dogs. One is known as the "Billy Dog" which has hot peppers on it. A great hoagie is at Oliverio’s in Bridgeport. Sonny makes a great hot sausage hoagie.

A great newsletter Roleta. I don't know how you all are going to top this one. Thanks for everything you do.



submitted by: Connie Coffindaffer Ferrell (WI '58)
FerrellCC@aol.com

Does anyone else remember the excellent meatball sandwiches at Romano's Pizzeria on old Bridgeport Hill? They always made them with lots of filling then.....if you could manage to consume one without spilling -- it was free! This was about 1955, I think.


In the long view of history, these years are the early summer of America.
Our land is young. Our strength is great. Our course is far from run.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON


JUNE TRIVIA PICTURE

Many of you guessed correctly, it was Lake Floyd. Many thanks to those of you who shared your memories with us.


submitted by: Holly Furbee Berger (WI '59)
Hollyivy@midsouth.rr.com

Of course, I would recognize this month's trivia picture! Lake Floyd, where I lived from birth until marriage, for 20 years. There was a brief time when I was 2 or 3 that I traveled with Mom and Dad while he was in the Navy. Such wonderful memories of square dances on Friday night, then rock n'roll dances later, 4th of July festivities, picnics, pot luck suppers (delicious food), riding horses up Halls Run, smoking corn silk on the piers late at night, ice skating in winter, roller skating on the club house porch in the fall, loafing in the rocking chairs on the big porch, shuffleboard and ping pong, great hot dogs from the store, walking to the store on highway 50, buying sweetened condensed milk and eating the whole can on the way home while stopping to explore the caves, waiting on the grass beach for friends to come out (especially the boys), my Mom, Hen Bibbee, Katherine Warner, Katherine Thornily, Aunt Helen Evans acting silly, dressed up and embarrassing me as a teenager. I was lonely somewhat in the winter - that was when it was long distance to use the telephone, and I didn't appreciate the advantages. It was a wonderful life and I am so grateful now.

Thanks, Judy for the picture, and causing me to reminisce.





submitted by: Ron Watkins (VHS '54)
ronw68@attbi.com

I think this is the clubhouse at Lake Floyd on the road to Salem.

If it is I remember there used to be a floating platform out in the lake always that had two diving boards, a low and a high.





submitted by: Ron Watkins, Sr. (VHS '54)
Ronw@ticnet.com

I had an Uncle Jim Sinsel, that had a house at Lake Floyd and we used to go there every summer when we were kids. My cousin Barbara Ann Sinsel graduated from WI but I don't know what year, would have been late forties.

Just a little note, last months newsletter I saw an article on the Boston Cream Pie by "Pinky House". I sent him an e-mail to inquire if he was the same "Pinky House" that I was in the Army with in 1955, and haven't seen since, and sure enough it was the same one. So not only does your newsletter give us a lot of memories but it is uniting old friends. I did the same thing a few months ago with Liz Teter.

Really enjoy the letter keep up the good work.





submitted by: Alex Sandonas Thwaites (WI '65)
Alex13741@aol.com

A copy of the WI Newsletter was graciously forwarded to me and I am having a great time reading and rereading its excellent content. You've done a great job, please keep up the good work.

The mystery picture, I believe, is the clubhouse at Lake Floyd, remember it well as I spent several summers there with friends.

I will forward this on to a few friends and hopefully they will add their e-mail address to your expanding list. Thank you again and I will look forward to your next issue.





submitted by: Rosemary Grow Warne (WI '59)
Warne02@aol.com

Hi Roleta!

Is that the Lake Floyd club house? I have wonderful memories of that place. Ruth Ann Martin and Marty Elliott and a bunch of us would go out during the day and join Holly Furbee and swim and dance at the clubhouse, and then go back out in the evening and dance some more...and then go to Romano’s for pizza.





submitted by: John Stealey (WI '59)
Jstealey@shepherd.edu

As always, I enjoyed your newsletter. Patty and I appreciate your tireless work and dedication in producing it.

The photograph is of the Lake Floyd Club on Hall's Run, west of Clarksburg, off of U. S. Route 50. My aunt had a camp (or cabin) there on what was called the private side, opposite the county road (Hall's Run Road) on the Club House side. By the way, I think Holly Furbee might have lived there year-around.





submitted by: Dick Hanifan (WI '59)
Rkhanifan@aol.com

Roleta,

The picture is the club house at Lake Floyd. I enjoyed all those years of fishing and swimming at Lake Floyd. And the dances on hot steamy summer nights. One of the more interesting pictures of Lake Floyd that I have seen is a panorama of the lake that starts at the Southwest end and covers everything to the dam in the Northeast. The picture is about three or four feet long. The print I saw about five years ago was in the law office's of White and Siegrist at 219 South Second Street.

Now I think I'll go and mix up a batch of Hot Dog Chile and pig out.





submitted by: Carol VanHorn Dean (WI '58)
Dblu2@aol.com

That picture has to be Lake Floyd. My cousin, Suzette Van Horn lived at the lake, so I went swimming there occasionally. I remember swimming there once with some classmate friends and was trying to keep up with them. I could barely swim, but made it to the pier forgetting I needed the same energy to swim back and nearly drowned. Barbara Kemper called the lifeguard to come to my rescue and he swam me to shore. I rested a few minutes. Then, I got a bottle of pop to drink and there was a honey bee on the rim which I did not see. Well, needless to say, I spent the rest of the afternoon nursing my lip with a box of baking soda.





submitted by: Jim Welch (WI '48)
Jwelch@hvilletn.org

Bob Strosnider sent me your e-mail address a couple of weeks ago and I sent it to my wife Carolyn Newport also a WI grad. This looks like a very old picture of Lake Floyd where I spent many happy summers with my cousin Louise Hornor who owned a log cabin on the private side. My job was to walk her seeing eye guide dog 3-4 times daily. We lived next door to each other on West Pike St.

I have been living in Nashville, TN for the past 18 years following 17 years employment at WVU. Love your site and appreciate what you are doing.

Thanks, Preston Welch Jr but better known as Jim, Class of 48.





submitted by: John G. Timberlake (WI '48)
JGTimberlake@aol.com

The June picture shows the clubhouse at Lake Floyd. I have been swimming there dozens of times. They used to have some nice dances in the summer. There was a place near by that had great cheesecake, we used to run over there during intermission. Can't remember the name of the place.





submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

My family spent many hot summer days enjoying the cool water of Lake Floyd. My brother and I learned to swim there. We would swim to the center pier and sit awhile then swim back. My brother is almost 5 years older than I am and he was a much stronger swimmer. I don’t think I ever went down that giant slide or off those diving boards….he was reckless or fearless or whatever other word would describe a young boy with his nerve but I was very scared. I have many fond memories of picnics there, sun burns, lilies blooming in the water around the little sliding board that was in the wading area of the water and also how fascinated I was with the dragon flies. Of course I am talking about when I was a very young girl. I remember the rocking chairs all around the upstairs porch and how nice it was to sit there and rock, especially on a really hot day when there was a breeze. It was a wonderful place to spend summer days to get away from the summer heat.




JULY TRIVIA PICTURE

submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)
jkimler@ezwv.com

If you recognize this place, write to me with your guess and any of your memories. Remember, I won’t print an incorrect answer---I will let you try until you get the right answer! LOL-And I studied to be a teacher? Write Roleta1@aol.com







Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

JAMES CONANT




BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY


We wish you July birthday babies a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And I hope everyone will write and tell you the same.

July 5       Bill Meredith (Monongah '57)     BillMere@aol.com
July 21     Mary Sue Clark Spahr (WI '56)      Msspahr@aol.com
July 29     Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)      Mtmama@iolinc.net
July 29     Gary Weiner (WI '60)     Cias@iolinc.net




HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:


July 21   Delores Costlow (WI '58) and David Wall    "THE BIG #40"     kidneybean60aol.com


Will you please send your birthday and anniversary to Gary Weiner (WI '60) cias@iolinc.net. Thanks




MEMORIES

submitted by: Skip Bowie (WI '57)
Sbowie1114@aol.com

Places where one could go dancing... Green Parrot, Friends, Log Cabin, Billy's Meadowbrook, Triangle Inn, Clique Club, Willow Beach. Roy "B-Bop" Bever was a fixture at most of these places.

Hot Dogs, “West Virginia Tube Steaks”, were best at these places: The Sanitary Hotdog, where the Federal Building is located now, The Stealey Lunch, The Ritzy Lunch aka "The Risky Lunch", The Old Parson Hotel.

Yann's and Lupos in Fairmont.

WI LUNCH... at the Stonewall Billards. Ham and cheese on rye, with a coke $ 2.19.

Thanks for all the goods old times that your epistles evoke. This is a "dot to dot remembrance" per Dave McMuun.

Editor’s note: Now this letter has a few locations that should jog the memories of a few people. Write to me and tell me about your memories….others are waiting to share with you ….Roleta1@aol.com.




STUMP THE READER - THEN AND NOW

Yes, that cute little boy grew up to be Ronnie Werner (WI '59).


        


submitted by: Kelly Werner Audia (WI '88)
KLA6247@cs.com

That beloved boy is my father Ronnie Werner. He hasn't changed a bit!!!!



submitted by: Rosemary Grow Warne (WI '59)
Warne02@aol.com

That is a picture of Ronnie Werner. We went to Pierpoint grade school together and he used to be our mailman.



submitted by: Bob Teter (WI '60)
bteter@charetern.net

Think this month's sweet child is Ronnie Werner who lived on Locust Ave. He married Becky McClain from my class, 1960. They still attend Temple United Methodist Church on Locust Avenue. The house he grew up in was just up the street from the church. I have no idea where they now live.

Once again, you and Judy do a great job on this newsletter. Many thanks!!!



submitted by: Ruth Ann Martin Hill (WI '59)
RuthAnn275@aol.com

The picture for this month is Ronnie Werner. I attended elementary school with him at Pierpoint until my parents moved to Fairview Avenue following my fifth grade year. I still see Ronnie and Becky at the Methodist Temple when we visit and are in town on Sunday.

Unfortunately these visits are about to cease since my mother after having moved to an assisted living residence about five minutes from me in Stone Mountain, GA last August has decided to sell the house and it is presently under contract. I will be taking her back the second week of June to help her clean out the house. Obviously, there will be very mixed emotions for my brothers and me as we take on this task. With me living so far away there is little chance of me getting back to the place I still refer to as home since there will no longer be any family left in C-burg. I had actually hoped to get to the picnic this year, but have decided to teach one more year and school starts August 6 so I definitely won't be able to make that event on the 24th which will be our 39th year anniversary, as well.

I so enjoy reading the newsletter and marvel at everyone's memories. The more I read the more I realize how much I either have forgotten or just didn't ever know.

You guys are touching so many lives. If you only knew in what ways and how much you would be amazed. Your time and talents are being used in a wonderful way.

I have so many memories of you, Judy, and your family. I won't relate them for everyone to read, but want you to know how much you and your mom and dad were a part of my growing up years.

Thanks for your dedication to all of us who enjoy your newsletter.




STUMP THE READER CHILD FOR JULY

Who is this sweet child? Can you recognize that cute little face? Write to me with your guesses... Roleta1@aol.com








MY COUNTRY

God grant that not only the love of liberty
But a thorough knowledge of the rights of man
May pervade all nations of the earth, so that
A philosopher may set his foot anywhere
On its surface, and say, “This is my country.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN




FOWLER AND SMITH

Editor’s note: My error---you may have had Smith or Fowler as a teacher:

HINT: SOLVE THIS PROBLEM---If one pillow cost $1.60 how many can you buy for $3.20?

My answer today would be---Better buy all of them as that is a great bargain!

When in school -my answer would have been-While standing in front of the class, I would say, “If one pillow cost $1.60, the number of pillows I could buy for $3.20 would be 2.”-

Now you remember---MENTAL MATHEMATICS? Do you remember the groans when the teacher pulled out that little green paperback book? I think it was because a student had to stand all alone in front of the class and recite the problem and the answer. Some children were timid and didn’t want to speak in front of the class and some were afraid of giving the incorrect answer. Those were two things I never dreaded---I can’t remember ever being ill at ease speaking anyplace!!!!



Dick Hanifan (WI 1959) saw my trivia question in the June newsletter, remembered a publication he had recently received in the mail and looked it up. He sent me a copy of an interesting article with an interview of Mr. Fowler. I wrote to The Meadows at Maplewood (www.maplewoodwv.com) and received not only their permission to use excerpts of the interview but Mr. Fowler gave his permission also. He wants to receive a copy of this newsletter and I will send him a copy. If you would like to drop a card or note to Mr. Fowler do so at:

Mr. Orlan Fowler
c/o Maplewood Retirement Community
1000 S. Maplewood Drive
Bridgeport, WV 26330.

Excerpts from: The Maple Leaf publication Volume 4 Number 1

MEADOWS RESIDENT ORLAN FOWLER GIVES LESSONS ON LIVING

If “time” is the school in which we learn,” then 98 year old Orlan Fowler, is a very educated man. In fact, he has never stopped learning. Mr. Fowler, a resident of The Meadow, is a Harrison County native. He began his 35 year teaching career in 1923, in a one-room school house. Four years later he moved to Central Junior High School. By 1942, Mr. Fowler became principal of Wilsonburg’s Sardis School followed by a fourteen year principalship at Stonewood Norwood School.

In 1958, Mr. Fowler retired from teaching to sell World Book Encyclopedias throughout 17 West Virginia counties. From 1969 to 1975, Mr. Fowler served on the Harrison County Board of Education followed by a second six-year term as president. His many accomplishments included author as well. Mr. Fowler and another local teacher, Hattie Mae Smith, co-wrote “Mental Mathematics” a math primer that was approved by the Board of Education. Today, Mr. Fowler takes a short trip each week to Norwood Elementary where he is honored with the Orlan C. Fowler Media Room. Norwood Principal Phil Brown encourages the visits. After sharing lunch with the students, Mr. Fowler shares short stories and his early teaching experiences.

Mr. Fowler claims he studies as much now as he did as a student. “My eyes are starting to give out,” he admits. Maybe because he’s seen more than most.

Editor’s note: Also of interest---Mr. Orlan Fowler is the father of Bill Fowler (WI 1959).



submitted by: Polly Costlow Dennison (WI '45)
Polly 817911@aol.com

As to Fowler and Smith: They were the authors of the Mental Mathematics booklet that we studied in Central. You said they were not our teachers or principals, but they WERE teaching when I attended Central. Miss Hattie Smith was my seventh grade math teacher and Mr. Orlan C. Fowler taught the other side of the hall. They were excellent teachers and we really learned basic math concepts from them. Their booklet was still in use when my children attended Central.



submitted by: Carolyn Pinella Warne (WI '59)
Wrmychsnut@aol.com

Mr Fowler was my Mother's teacher when she went to W.I. She graduated with the class of 1935....

I would also like to make mention that although I only attended W.I. my junior and senior year, I did graduate from W.I. My Mother and Father graduated from W.I. and both of our sons , Stephen, and Michael graduated from W.I. (and of course husband, Jerry.)

So we have now three generations who graduated from WI.... 1935, 1959, 1983 and 1985 ....




When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self respect.

ADLAI STEVENSON



THINGS

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

We are interested in your current life. What do you do after your work is done? How do you relax? Do you collect things, paint, draw, whittle, write poetry, jog, golf, sew, crochet, knit, play games, hunt, garden, do wood work, crossword puzzles, or jigsaw puzzles? Write and tell us all about your hobbies. I have many collections … they say if you have more than 3 of an item --- you have collected!

Seems if someone gives me a gift and I really like it then someone else says-let’s give her one of those she liked the last one …. I soon have a collection started.

I have a non-active collection of miniature pitchers from when I was a very small girl. One year not too long ago I put them in a garage sale. One customer came in, picked up one of my pitchers, looked on the bottom and said, “Do you know this is old and says GERMANY on the bottom?” I said,” Oh, gosh, that was my grandmothers, I don’t want to sell that one”. And so it went until I had my precious pitchers back in their box and stored once again in the top of a closet. I no longer wanted to collect them but I didn’t want to part with them either because each was given to me from a friend or relative and I remember who gave them to me. They have memories connected to them. I guess they will remain a part of me until I die and someone in the family disposes of those old things that none of them want.

Now I collect teddy bears-but that is a story for another time.




COPLIN CORDER



submitted by: Olga S. Hardman
fsa00180@mail.wvnet.edu

Greetings from Clarksburg!

For 16 years, I taught music at Central Jr. High School. Part of that time, I taught in the room right across the hall from Mr. Corder. He was one of the greatest guys I ever knew and he taught me a lot!! I shall never forget him or his many "gems of wisdom."

I have a website that has some Clarksburg history on it, as well as just some incidental writings. Since I live in the house I was born in and I will soon be 74 - that's a lot of history, man!!

If anyone would be interested the web address is: www.olgaswritings.com

Thanks for your WI Newletter - I really enjoy it. Just saw my cousin, Augie Malfregeot, in a picture at the Florida picnic.

Since I am leaving Sunday for Cleveland for my 5th hip surgery, (seems not quite fair since I have only 2 hips,) it will be a while before I can respond, but I would love to hear from anyone who hits my web site.

Thanks again for your newsletter.

Olga S. Hardman (Victory Class of 1946 - classmate of the great Fred Layman and teacher at: Central, WI, and Victory) Check my website on family history, et al:www.olgaswritings.com

"Those who hear not the music - Think the dancer mad."



submitted by: Habie Snyder (WI '59)
Bjsnyder@erols.com

I decided several years ago to keep a few items which upon reflection would remind me of my earlier years.

After receiving your email I searched but was unsuccessful in finding a wooden shoe shine box which Mr. Corder helped make in his 7th grade shop class at Central Junior High School. It's 1' x 10" with a hinged top which could be lifted upwards from the bottom compartment where supplies were stored.

I was in Mr. Corder's home room and remember Rosemary Grow Warne and possibility Roleta as first time classmates. I believe our room number was either 105 or 107. It was the first or second class room on the left from the building's entrance, and Mr. Corder's shop was the last room on the right going down the hall in the opposite direction.

Mr. Corder was not only a person blessed with excellent teaching skills, he was a kind hearted gentleman. I recall one day walking on 3rd Street in Clarksburg with either Mike Fresa or Tom Marshall. Mr. Corder went out of his way, crossed the street, said hello to us, shook our hands and ask how we were doing.

He was a wonderful person and an accomplished educator.

Habie Snyder



submitted by: John Iaconis (WI '59)
Jiaconis@erols.com

Mr. Corder was a good teacher. He was hard working, helped all students, and was interested in their development. While strict, he was fair. He knew his subject and could communicate the lessons. I remember making a plastic letter opener, an ash tray, and a metal plate.



submitted by: Jim Ashley (WI '62)
jashley@erols.com

I wasted more wood, plastic, and metal that any other five students combined in shop class, but I did manage to make two knick-knack holders (one shaped like a squirrel; the other shaped like a rabbit.......each made from plywood with a little shelf attached to the bottom) that my mother hung on the wall in 1957 and which were still there when she died in 1988.

When my kids went into Cub Scouts, one of the home projects we did for their woodworking achievement was to make some holders that looks suspiciously like the ones Mr. Corder had shown me how to make. My kids thought I was a woodworking genius. Never thought it necessary to tell them that it took me weeks to do what everyone else in the class did in a couple of days.

My mother also kept a brass rendering of a hunting dog on the same wall that was also one of my shop class projects. The knick-knack holders and the dog are all in my "family history" room at my house today.

Jim Ashley
Central Junior High, 1956/57 and 1957/58



submitted by: Bob Stealey (WI '64)
BobnAlong1@AOL.COM

I had Mr. (Coplin) Corder for third-period shop in the seventh grade at Central Jr. High. I'll never forget how he wanted us to be sure to remember all the tools used in shop class, which was divided into plastics, metals/tin, leather and my favorite, wood.

He'd hold up a particular tool and very carefully, but rather loudly, say what its exact name was, e.g., "tonging chisel" for leathers. Then we'd have a test, and we'd better make a decent grade on it or else.

Thanks for this opportunity,
A fellow Hilltopper,
Bob Stealey

Editor’s note: Bob Stealey is a writer for The Exponent Telegram and has published a book of pictures from in and around Harrison county.



submitted by: Roy Bever (WI '57)
Rlbever@ashland.com

Mr. Corder was my home room teacher also. He was terrific! I made a walnut knickknack shelf which still hangs in my mothers living room. We all got A’s. It was great!





submitted by: John Stealey (WI '59)
Jstealey@shepherd. edu

I had good experiences with the seventh grade shop teacher, Mr. Corder. I made a wooden fish (hanging in our family room-den), that he entered into the Ford Motor Company Industrial Arts Fair in Detroit. I won an Honorable Mention and a gold pin that I still have somewhere.



submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)
Jalvaro@aol.com

I remember a little about Mr Corder. What I do remember are some of the projects I made. One that everyone made was a little pattern out of wood shaped somewhat like an "S" with one leg of the "S" straighten out. Then we would put a belt across the sharp bend of the "S" and put the straight part of the "S" on the end of a finger straight out (not up) and it would balance on the end of our finger. Also, we use to hammer copper patterns with wooden molds. I learned a lot about shop safety and shop practices. I really enjoyed his class. A wonderful person. I hope he is alive to know that he really helped a lot of people whether he knew it or not that has not forgotten him.



submitted by: Fred Alvaro (WI '59)
falvaro59@aol.com

I do remember Mr. Corder. He was well liked and respected by his students. He taught me how to use the jig saw with which I cut out a tie rack shaped like an alligator head. We also learned how to use a lathe with which I made a wooden base for a lamp. Mr. Corder really emphasized safety in the use of the the power tools etc. to which we were exposed in shop class. He was defintely one of my favorites.



submitted by: Frank Gervella (WI '59)
fgervella@aol.com

I don't remember if Mr. Corder was my home room teacher, but I did have him for shop. I made a serving tray that was engraved with pictures of exotic saltwater fish. The tray was used for many years by my parents. I think my brother, John, still has it.

Mr. Corder was my inspiration for my woodworking hobby.



submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
roleta1@aol.com

Mr. Corder was my 7 th grade home room teacher and science teacher. I really loved that man. He was one of the kindest men I ever had the pleasure of knowing. I only feel bad that I never got the opportunity to express my feelings to him while he was still alive. When in Central and WI, of course I was to young to appreciate him and then I lost contact and raised a family and didn’t think too often of him. But I am sure he knew I really liked him. I was his “teacher’s pet.” I sat near his desk in that room just left of the front door at Central Jr. High School. I remember when he gave the guys in the class the shop class test, I got to take the test also. I wanted to and he humored me. Quite often I scored higher than some of the guys. Even though I didn’t take shop class, I often worked with my father around the house and at that time I could identify a lot of the tools. I also kept my ears and eyes open and learned about such things from Mr. Corder whenever possible. I don’t remember too much about tools now though. I also remember he was our science teacher. I remember having to memorize the bones of the body. This was the first time we were introduced to a pull down type (like a map in the classroom) picture of a human skeleton. Remember when we had to take the pointer “stick” and point to the bone and name it? I also remember how we 7th graders would snicker when the pointer pointed to a “funny” (at least the 7th graders thought it was funny) area of the body. Of course in the 7th grade every thing caused us to snicker. When I think of Central, I think of Mr. Corder. I really don’t remember many of the other teachers. Thank you Mr. Corder for being you.

I recently asked his son, Lynn what Mr. Corder’s later life was like---below is a letter from him.



submitted by: Lynn Corder (RW '54)
WVlynn@aol.com

Hi Roleta:

I think I have my thoughts together so that I can bring you up to date on Dad. There is really not much to tell. He lived a simple and quite life. His life revolved around his teaching and his family. He loved teaching until he got older and it became harder to control children in the classroom due to changing regulations.

He retired in 1973 at the age of 63. In 1975 he had a stroke when he was 65 and passed away in 1978 at the age of 68. He was actually in good health, except he had high blood pressure not telling anyone he was having dizzy spells caused him to have the stroke and it was down hill from then on.

After retirement he did a little house painting and some odd jobs. So many of the widows who were teachers were always calling him to do some type of repairs or painting for them and he did not know how to tell them no.

He did spend some time making flowerbeds and tinkering with his antiques. He had six grand children and spent a good bit of time and energy with them.

I remember him spending a lot of time just sitting on his front porch and watching the cars go by and talking to people walking past the house.

Hope this brings you up to date on your homeroom teacher!

Lynn Corder




TRIVIA QUESTION??

What was Chestnut Hills Grade School known as before 1954? Send your guesses to roleta1@aol.com. This trivia question was contributed by Freddie Layman (VHS 1946) who wants to help a few WI grads jump start their memories.



WHO MADE THE MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY AT LUNCH TIME?

A real question - what was Rufus’ last name? Does anyone remember? We all liked him so much. - roleta1@aol.com



submitted by: Connie Coffindaffer Ferrell (WI '58)
FerrellCC@aol.com

If I remember correctly, Rufus was the cook AND server at Rogers Drug Store. Did anything ever taste better that those plate lunches?

Rufus and Roger's was so much a part of our lives in those years!

Thank you for all your hard work on the newsletter! You always inform, entertain and challenge us



submitted by: Carol Van Horn (WI '58)
Dblu2@AOL.COM

The mashed potatoes and gravy were cooked and served up to us for lunch for about 10 cents. Remember when we took up a collection from all who hung out at Rogers and bought a watch and presented it to Rufus?



submitted by: Pam Wolfe Brown (WI '60)
Pameez@aol.com

Roleta, I have very fond memories of good times and food at Roger's Drug Store. Not only did they have great mashed potatoes and gravy but wonderful meat loaf, baked beans and scrumptious FLOPS for 15 cents. If you remember they were 1 scoop of ice cream served in a small coke glass with what ever topping you wanted. What a bargain!!! Also, cherry and vanilla cokes.

The only person that I can remember working there was Rufus. He was a wonderful person, always friendly and nice to us and when I think of him, the memory of him makes me smile. Every time I would see Rufus on the street for years after high school days he would speak and greet you with a great big smile. I think he truly enjoy the high school students. How lucky we where to have known people like that.




WOODY’S IN FAIRMONT

submitted by: Pam Wolfe Brown (WI '60)
Pameez@aol.com

Yes, Woody's hot dogs are great and Jim and I have consumed many of them. Jim's daily lunch was two hot dogs and a milk until he changed to Subway. Our office is just a few blocks from Woody's. Woody's is also famous for their Pork Barbecue, which is the original recipe from a drive-in restaurant that was located on the Speedway for many years in the fifties. When I was young it was a treat to drive down there from Clarksburg and have a barbecue and a frosted mug of root beer delivered to our car. The next time you are there give it a try.



OTHER SCHOOL (?) TUNES REMEMBERED

submitted by: Debbie "Sharpe" Fisher (WI '74)
Dfisher4140@aol.com

As I was reading last months newsletter I came upon the WI alma mater. I have to laugh because when I was at Central Jr. High we (or whoever) changed the words a little. Ours went like this...

FAR ABOVE THE WEST FORK RIVER
POINTING TO THE SKY
STANDS AN OLD DESERTED OUTHOUSE
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
CENTRAL DAYS WILL SOON BE OVER
HAIL TO THEE WE PRAISE
HAIL TO THEE OUR ALMA MATER
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH


I can't even remember the WI words. I guess the Central ones seemed more fun. Kind of like...

BEER, BEER, FOR OLD WI
YOU BRING THE WHISKEY I'LL BRING THE RYE
SEND THOSE "FRESHMAN" OUT FOR BEER
DON'T LET A SOBER SOPHOMORE HERE

BEER, BEER, IN LARGE CANS OR SMALL
WI BOYS/GIRLS COULD OUT DRINK THEM ALL
IF OLD CLARKSBURG SHOULD GO DRY
WI BOYS/GIRLS WOULD SURELY DIE

JUNIORS NEVER STAGGER
SENIORS NEVER FALL
SOPHOMORES ARE THE BEST OF ALL
FRESHMAN BEAT THEM ALL
AS OUR LOYAL FACULTY LIES DRUNK ON THE BAR ROOM FLOOR.




OBITUARIES


RONALD S. LOVER

Ronald S. Lover, age 69, (WI 1950) of Clarksburg, WV died May 31, 2002. He was born in Clarksburg, January 6, 1933, a son of the late Sullivan Lover and the late Helen Martiska Lover.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth Reger Lover (WI 1956), whom he married August 18, 1962; one son and daughter-in-law, Patrick M. and Deborah Lover, Fairmont, WV; one daughter, Cynthia Lover, South Carolina.

He retired from PPG Industries.



L. PAUL ELLISON SR.


Mr. L. Paul Ellison Sr., age 81, (Victory ) of Summit Park, died June 16, 2002, He was a son of the late Joseph Henderson Ellison and Iris Tawney Ellison.

His wife, Lillian B. Lewis Ellison, preceded him in death on January 15, 2001. Surviving are one daughter, Valerie Corley, Jane Lew, WV; two sons, Joe Ellison, Richmond, VA, and Gordon Ellison, Crofton, MD; one brother, Lawrence Ellison, Parkersburg, WV; two sisters, Cleo Ellison Morris, Colorado Springs, CO, and Loretta Ellison Gilbert, Nashville, TN. He was preceded in death by one son, Leslie Ellison; one brother, Jesse Ellison; and one sister, Pauline Ellison Kelly.

He worked as a medical photographer for the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Hospital and a photographer for West Virginia Department of Highways. He had been a Corporal with the Army Corps of Engineers stationed in Alaska. During his career he was a news broadcaster with WBOY Radio and TV, WDTV of Clarksburg and WBUC Radio in Buckhannon.

He was a veteran serving in the Army during World War II.

Obituary excerpts from The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram.



ONE PURE SOURCE

The meaning of our word America flows from one pure source. Within the soul of America is the freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of all the human spirit. Here alone human dignity is not a dream but a major accomplishment.

HERBERT HOOVER



FROM THE EDITOR

Can you believe it? Summer is here already and June is gone, never to be again ---sounds really sad doesn’t it? But it is really true you will never again have a June 2002. So sit a moment and remember the highlights of this past month. You can not recapture the time gone by, it is now only a memory to be stored away with the thousands of other memories in our memory bank. Isn’t that bank a wonderful place to visit? And isn’t it amazing how someone else sharing one of their little memories with you can trigger you memory? I hope that this newsletter has triggered many memories for you and that you will share some of them with the rest of the readers. I hope you have a very eventful July full of future memories.



GOD BLESS AMERICA










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