THE WI NEWSLETTER


Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith Issue 37 September 2002





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

Do you remember how you felt at the end of August each year before school started? All the excitement! New clothes, a new teacher, new classroom, and sometimes a new school. Wasn’t it wonderful to return to the friends and to meet new people in your classroom? Remember standing in line at James and Law with your list of things required for the school year? My parents were both teachers, so we had to stand in line several times-they always had to get their supplies early then we had to return for some last minute things that my teacher required but weren’t on the average classroom list that was available at James and Law.

My mother loved the fall season-she started her planning when the goldenrod bloomed. I remember her saying, “Oh, look the goldenrod is blooming, it is almost time for school.” I helped both parents prepare their bulletin boards and get the room all spiffed up and cheerful to welcome the new group of students. In WV, my father was a 6 or 8th grade teacher (depending on the school) and he was always the principal. With 4 people going to school-and all of the preparation, there was a mass of excitement around our house.

You see, one thing that added to the season, my parents were “called to that profession” and they loved every bit of it. They weren’t in it for the money, the vacation time, the retirement plan, the stock options, the get rich plan---NO, they LOVED SCHOOL and they loved and cared for the children they taught.




WHY?

submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
name@server.com

All of our youth, growing up in Harrison County, what wonderful memories come back to us now at this stage of our lives. What is the reason? What makes our minds wonder back to our youth and of those thoughts so long gone by? Is it “Father Time”, is it the ticking of the clock in our lives or is it that our lives have come to the shortest distance in the road? We all look back and wonder where did the years and time go? Most of us have lost family friends and loved ones to “Father Time.” Now we are secretly asking ourselves when it will be our turn to join our lost friends and why am I still here? The years have rolled off our backs and will not return. Maybe as we get older, our memories are all we have and thinking of our youth makes us feel better for a time. Life is no dress rehearsal, we only get one chance at it. You may even say, “It’s not fair.” Yet life goes on and we enjoy our lives, families and our loved ones thinking of those days gone by and wish we could do it all over again!!!!!!




POETRY

I received only one poem! Not many poets among us? Do you have one you forgot to send? Send today to Roleta1@aol.com

Poetry’s For Geeks

submitted by: Buzzy Floyd (VHS '56)
Floyds@lvcm.com

Muhammad Ali speaks in rhymes,
but he’s the greatest champion of all times;
unless, of course, you’re a Joe Louis fan,
and, really, at my age I think that I am.

So if, as you say, we should write as we speak,
then writing poems would make me a geek;
and, that is why this rhyme you see
is the only poem you’ll get out of me.




FRIENDS

submitted by: Ron L Watkins Sr (VHS '54)
Ronw68@attbi.com


Pictured above are: Ron and Nell Watkins along with John and Glory Spatafore


Another great newsletter. I really enjoy it each month and have an opportunity to hook up with a lot of "old" friends from Clarksburg.

Here is a little story just to let you know what a small world we live in. In July my wife Nell and I went to Des Moines Iowa, to watch our Granddaughter Samatha Scott--goes to Lincoln HS and is a 6' sophomore basketball player. She was playing for the AAU WVa BlueDevils and they really did well. I found out that John Spatafore, (Victory Class of 54, and a pretty fair basketball player then) who now lives in Ca. and his wife Glory were going to be in town at the same time for a Spatafore Reunion. How a Northview family has a reunion in Iowa is another story, We were able to get together for dinner a couple of nights and went to see some of the game together.

Two guys from Clarksburg, W.Va. one living in Texas, one in CA. getting together in Des Monies Iowa what a great thing this internet and e-mail is to keep friends in touch. Again keep up the great work.




WI CLASS OF 1962 HAS REUNION

submitted by: Margaret Ann Bailey (WI '62)
Mabailey 44@aol.com



The Washington Irving High School Class of 1962 celebrated their Fortieth Anniversary Reunion on July 19, 20, and 21. Sixty-eight graduates and their guests gathered together at the Clarksburg Country Club for this weekend celebration.

Pictured are:

First Row: Judy Holden Cork, Mitzi Brinkley Williams, Kendra White Plattos, Marilyn Hurst Lee, Nilah Wyant Toler, Alex Lover Johnson, Bob Caplan, Margaret Ann Heflin Bailey, Judy Peoria Kelly, Beverly Wright Vassar, Theresa Scalise Blake.

Second Row: Barbara Birshtein, Sheila Dennison Andersen, Sandra Clark Hoffman, Cassie McDougal Duncan, Cheryl McIe McCartney, Nancy Rice Delaney, Shirley Burnell Welling, Esther Charcandy Fisher, Lauya Stracke Spatafore, LaDonne McWilliams Wetzel, Susan Woofter Chamberlain, Dave Rowe, Judy Allen Scharle, Becky Sharpe Mosely, Sonnie Cork Brown, Pam Hall Shanklin, Nancy Byard Unger, Carol Ann Custer Rogers.

Third Row: Paul Embry, John Graham, Evan Bice, Albert Hoffman, Bill Arnett, Jim Elliott, Ronald White, Dave Anderson, Al Castellana (faculty), Tim Cork, C. J. Fetchero, Dan Wheeler, Jim Ashley, Mimi McNutt Hughes, David Kuhl, John Harpold, Brian Dennison, Jon Rose, Linda White Bennett, Kitty Wysong Cobb, Jean Singleton Hornor.

Fourth Row: Bill Spears, Phil Marstiller, Mike Patrick (Frankhauser), Bill Norris.

Not pictured, but attending: Bill Bowie, Guy Costello, Barbara Felton Engle, Alberta Fragale, Josephine Haught Nerhood, Cheryl Holmes Anderson, Ron Lejeune, Richard Lynch, Steve McGee, Jim Pulice, Gigi Selby Meredith, Carl Shaffer, Marie Ann Vacolas Mascaro, Dave Ware, Steve Zinn.

Speaker for the evening was Mike Patrick Frankhauser (WI 1962) from ESPN Sports.



ADDRESSES THAT DIDN’T WORK

If you have a correct address for any of these, please let me know. These are a few of the addresses that didn’t work when I tried to send out the August newsletter. It may be that some of these are old addresses that I failed to erase from my listings. Or then again maybe some should now be comcast.com or is it comcast.net? Please notify me if you can be of help to me. Roleta1@aol.com

John Jarrison (WI 1956)   Johnj@teays.net
Jane Heaberlin Crakes   Dcrakes@hotmail.com
Gary Fain      gfain@neumedia.net
admasa@one.arrow.com
Annabelle Lee Huston    Adhut@juno.com
Alvin Garrett      agarrett351@home.com
Bob Spangler     brtsbs@nccn.net
Granville Danny Stalnaker    jenxdan@yahoo.com
Mary Anne Sharpolisky Matheson   gmmatheson@yahoo.com
Dick Hinkle     jodickflorida@prodigy.net
lucky40@gateway.net
John Stemple     stemple1@home.com
Bruce Chapnick   snjb@home.com

To save me time and a lot of frustration each month, PLEASE-NOTIFY ME IF YOU CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, GO OFF LINE OR NO LONGER WANT TO BE IN OUR LISTING!

thanks Roleta1@aol.com




NEW E-MAIL ADDRESSES

Joyce Wanstreet Zini (VHS '60) JCPCZINI@CS.COM
Louise Righman (Philippi) lrighman@westvirginia.net
Ken McIe (WI '59) kenmcie@yahoo.com
Rick Wilson (WI '61) wilsonmaple@msn.com
Dr Lawrence Phillips (Morgan Grade School) lhp3n@hsc mail.mcc.virginia.edu
Greg Myers (WI '56) gmyers@usna.edu
Barbara Moore Losh (WI '63) ncbl@charter.net
Bill Losh (RW '54) ncbl@charter.net
Jacqueline Morris Corsini (WI '49) JCOR114@aol.com
David Corsini (WI 1950) JCOR114@aol.com
Leslie (“Babette”) Holland Sullivan (WI '59) Lbsulliva@aol.com
Phil Carter (WI '59) digit-inc@excite.com
Margaret Ann Bailey (WI '62) Mabailey 44@aol.com
David Nichols (WI '55) Dnicholsii@aol.com
Mildred Gregorie (WI '39) Mildred@citynet.net
R. Wayne Ashbee (WI '43) ashbee97@aol.com
Wilma Costlow Allman (WI '53) Wallman103@aol.com
Leon Andre (WI '46) leonandre@charter.net
Carl Bersterman (WI '56) CFKB@mindspring.com
Sam UrsoJR (WI '57) bell5513@aol.com
Sharon Reeves Cottrill (WI '74) sarc55@aol.com
Beth Thomas Harrison (WI '80) bharris6223@aol.com
Patty Hickman Coavey (WI '61) cusins12@aol.com
Jeanie Werner Davis (WI '59) rockwellrjd@aol.com
Jeanne Colasante Thomas (ND '61)
and John “Cotton” Thomas (ND '60)		 Thomas4two@aol.com
Robert Welch (WI '64) Rhw@twave.net

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Harry Kennedy (WI '59) dorisk@ezlinknet.com
Becky McClain Werner (WI '60) brabbit59@aol.com
Bud Smith (WI '55) bud.smith@verizon.net
Chris Colombo Babyak (ND '61) jbabyak655@aol.com
Jeannie (Peet) Schneider Trower OPAL II@aol.com




SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

9-12    Carol Grow Robey (WI '57)         Garcar407@cableone.net

9-20    Leslie McKinley (Mrs. John) Wallace (would have been WI '60)       momvol@aol.com

9-28   Mickey Drummond (WI '60)    Kato@Innet.com

9-30   Judy Zabeau Shepherd (ND '58)   Jzshepherd@aol.com

9-30   Bob Davis (WI '59)   Rad29063@aol.com

9-30   Debbie Sharpe Fisher (WI '74)   Dfisher4140@cs.com




WI GRADUATE PRODUCES A COOKBOOK
You can buy it!



ANNOUNCING the birth of
Name: SEASONED IN THE SOUTH:
Recipes Full of Hospitality

Date of Birth: July 2002

Weight: 1 lb 1 oz.
Length & Width: 9" long; 7.25" wide
Number of Pages: 160

Mother: Susanne Gabriel Arthur (WI 1960)
Sga_wmd@bellsouth.net
(EDITOR’S NOTE:--that is an underline between Sga and wmd in this address)
Father: Friends and Families
Attending Mid-Wife: McClanahan Publishing House

Mother is Recuperating -- Baby up for Sale

In 2000, I was approached by a publishing house in Kentucky to publish a portion of my personal notebook/cookbook containing recipes shared by friends and family, personally discovered, or concocted by trial and error. A majority of these recipes not only conjure up memories, they also convey our family's journey. Since my great passion is journaling for my family, most of the recipes have some vignette included, hopefully enabling future generations to know something about their ancestors, Bill and Susanne Arthur.

Now 18 months later, SEASONED IN THE SOUTH: Recipes Full of Hospitality is "off the press" and ready to find its way to anyone's home who desires a copy. The cost of this "baby" is $19.95, plus shipping & handling.

Regrettably, just like "all God's children" can't be included but God loves them anyway, dozens of recipes and stories were eliminated by the editor because of length or for layout purposes. If over the years we shared a story or recipe and it's not in this cookbook, it's still a special memory. Maybe there'll be a sequel!!

If you wish to place an order, here's what you do: For 2- to 3-day delivery using MC/VISA, call 1-800-544-6959 or on the Internet -- www.kybooks.com and follow the prompts; for discount, use www.bamm.com. If you are not in a hurry and wish to save $5-$6 per book (the books haven't even been shipped to these web site warehouses yet), the cookbook may be ordered on www.borders.com; www.barnesandnoble.com; www.Walmart.com; or www.walden.com. The cookbook is being marketed at various merchandise marts (where stores go to buy in quantity for their shops) - 6000 copies were printed and availability is not guaranteed. In the South, the cookbook may be featured in the bookstores -- look for a purple cover with an exquisite magnolia blossom. For information about personal signing, call me at 770-216-8693, or by e-mail at susanne@soozie.com or sga_wmd@bellsouth.net [underline after sga].

I trust you'll enjoy the recipes and stories but more importantly, they will encourage you to tell your story.



    WI ALUMNI SUMMER PICNIC    


   


The second annual summer picnic was held at the Nutter Fort Picnic ground on August 24, 2002. There were about 93 in attendance and maybe others who either did not register or whose names were missed. The weather was beautiful, we lucked out with no rain and had a nice breeze most of the time. Joy Gregorie Stalnaker did an excellent job as an MC of the program. Sharyn Cottrill McGahan did the shopping for supplies and saw that the decorating was done. Thanks to Jim McGahan who helped Sharyn and to those who showed up early enough to lend a helping hand. Most of the advertisement for the picnic was handled through this newsletter and word of mouth.

A thanks also to Bob Stealey who mentioned it in the Clarksburg Expontent Telegram. The day’s fun started with everyone singing “God Bless America” led by Roger Dean (RW 1956-and married to Carol VanHorn Dean WI 1958). Roger has a beautiful voice and did a marvelous job for us. The invocation was by Dick Gibson. Gag prizes were given to the following: Rex Zickefoose - man present with the most grandchildren-18; woman present with the most grandchildren - Betty Gardner Gibson; person who traveled the farthest to attend - Dick Hanifan from Tempe, AZ..

CLASS OF 1960

CLASS OF 1957



The food was marvelous and there was plenty. I will say one thing --- you people know what we mean when we say, “covered Dish.” Freddie Layman (Victory 1946) donated several old yearbooks to me to sell. I sold 9 yearbooks and gave $45.00 to the summer picnic and $45.00 to the winter picnic. A clock donated by Sonny Talkington was raffled off and the proceeds of $63.00 was given to the scholarship fund. There was $365.00 collected in the “pass the hat” plus $21.00 left from last year thus the treasury total was $386.00. After expenses the balance will be kept until next year. By the way, we have outgrown our pavilion at Nutter Fort . Next year Sharyn and Joy are going to try to get us an air conditioned building for the picnic---so invite all the WI alumni you know as we will have more room. Remember-you didn’t have to graduate from WI to be a WI Alum---if you spent any time going to school there at all, you are welcome to come and join your class as we consider you one of ours! We hope to keep the 4th Saturday in August as our date for our annual picnic. Of course I will keep you informed.

     


Sharyn took many pictures and I will be using them over the next several months so you can see your old friends once again and we hope you will join us next year. In 2003 plan to attend the WI ALUMNI PICNIC, held in August in Clarksburg, WV. Or come to our CLARKSBURG WINTER PICNIC (for anyone from Clarksburg) held the first Saturday in March in Sarasota, Fl …. same place as last year.

Below is a list of those who attended the picnic in Clarksburg, WV. We had an official form for all to sign but some must not have signed it and signed another paper that was there. We have tried to reconstruct the list from our list and our memories. If we missed someone, please advise me at Roleta1@aol.com. Next year I hope all will make it a point to sign the official list which is a form for all of your information. Thus we will have an accurate count and record of all those present.

Chester “Chet” Rowe (WI 1933); Ella Grace Spears (WI 1934); Clioreta Post Criss (1935); Eleanor Carter Rowe (WI 1936); Mildred P. Gregorie (WI 1939); Inez Brinkley (WI 1939); Bill Gardner (WI 1942); Kathlene Barbain Phillips (WI 1943); R. Wayne Ashbee (WI 1943); Betty Gibson (WI 1946); Ralph Farris (WI 1946); Leon Andre (WI 1946); Barbara Christie Morris (WI 1950); Dianna Tillman (WI 1952); Knorad Melkus (WI 1955); Don Douglas (WI 1955); Bucky Tustin (WI 1955); Bud Collins (WI 1955); Carl Bersterman (WI 1956); Dr. C. R. Thomas (WI 1956) he also had a friend with him-although we didn’t get her name, school or year; Sonny Talkington (WI 1957); Jayne Rose Ross (WI 1957); Sam Urso, Jr. (WI 1957); Skip Bowie (WI 1957); Harriet Murphy Pansing (WI 1957); Barbara Hooper Moore (WI 1957); Jim Brown (WI 1957); Steve Limbers (WI 1957), Sandra Lough Limbers (WI 1957); Jim Alvaro (WI 1957); Carol Van Horn Dean (WI 1958); Bill VanVoorhis (WI 1958); Harriet Danley VanVoorhis (WI 1958); Jane Heaberlin Rakestraw (WI 1958); Kenneth McIe (WI 1959); Joy Gregorie Stalnaker (WI 1959); Roleta Smith Meredith (WI 1959); Rex Zickefoose (WI 1959); Warren Lee Johnson (WI 1959); Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI 1959); Charles Burkhammer (WI 1959); Jerry Paugh (WI 1959); Phyllis Fittro Brown (WI 1959); Fred Alvaro (WI 1959); Richard Hanifan (WI 1959), Judy Cutlip Floyd (WI 1959); Ron Werner (WI 1959); Jeanie Werner Davis (WI 1959); Phil Hooper (WI 1959); Jim Campbell (WI 1960); Bob Teter (WI 1960); Richard Underwood (WI 1960); Becky McClain Werner (WI 1960); Pam Wolfe Brown (WI 1960); Gary Weiner (WI 1960); Dottie Spears Rinehart (WI 1960); Emma Lee Hite (WI 1960); John Teter (WI 1961); Patty Hickman Coavey ( WI 1961); Elizabeth Layton (WI 1961); Connie Combs Terrango (WI 1961); David Rowe (WI 1962); GiGi Selby Meredith (WI 1962); Bill Norris (WI 1962); Nadine Stealey (WI 1963); Jim Matheny (WI 1963); Carolyn Wise Norris (WI 1963); Naomi Burnell Burkhammer (WI 1964); Bob Stealey (WI 1964); Mary Lou Marshall (WI 1964); Bonnie Burkhammer Coleman (WI 1964); Roberta Stalnaker Paugh (WI 1965); Melissa Morris Phillips (WI 1971); Sharon Reeves Cottrill (WI 1974); Beth Thomas Harrison (WI 1980); Melinie Tillman (WI 1982); Leighann Tustin (WI 1985); Kelly Werner Audia (WI 1988)

Guests included: Bill Meredith, Carol Zickefoose, Jim McGahan, Roger Dean, Kay Collins, Mrs. Bill Gardner, Judy Talkington, Bill Ross, Mrs. Konrad Melkus, Dick Gibson, Jane Urso, Elizabeth Brummage Tustin, Dariel Rakestraw.

Thanks to all who attended. I hope the word spreads and we have twice as many next year.

YOU ALL COME BACK!


The food at the picnic was terrific. We had requests for several recipes. I have Aunt Millie’s apple cake recipe and will print it another month as I received her permission to do so. It is delicious. Also, we had requests for recipes for the baked beans and the salad with corn in it. Hope you will send in the recipes and I will print them in the newsletter.

This is the recipe for the cake which I took to the WI ALUMNI PICNIC, I had many requests for the recipe.

PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

From: Roleta Smith Meredith

Bring to boil in small sauce pan:
1 stick margarine
1 Cup water
½ Cup peanut butter

Let cool about 10 minutes.

Mix:
2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
2 eggs-slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ Cup milk
1 teaspoon soda

To this dry mixture-add the cooled/boiled mixture from above

Stir until well mixed. Pour into a well greased and floured 9x13 cake pan. Bake 350 degrees for 30-40 mins

After cake is cool cover with:

PEANUT BUTTER ICING

Bring to a boil over medium heat.
1 stick margarine
1/3 Cup milk
½ Cup peanut butter
Remove from the heat

ADD: 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 pound of powdered sugar

Stir well until blended-then frost cake.

This is a very heavy-rich cake. If you like peanut butter fudge, you will love this cake.





ICE CREAM


submitted by: Don Cinci (WI '56)
Doncinci@aol.com

Roleta, I remember 2 places about ice cream in Clarksburg in the 1940`s. First was Grandma Bland`s where ice cream was home made in a ice cube tray and frozen in the top of the refrig. Second was Brown`s Confectionary on Milford Street close to the Stealey Playground, Two dips of ice cream, chocolate syrup, whip cream, and a cherry on top, all for a quarter. I liked grandma`s better because it was a gift, but Brown`s was a real treat if I ever had a quarter.



submitted by: Buzz Floyd (VHS '56)
Floyds@lvcm.com

Roleta,
I can still taste the ice cream from the "Ice Cream Cone" on 16th and Hamill Avenue in North View. I understand that there were two or three more of those little huts, shaped and painted like upside ice cream cones, around town, but I don't know if they were affiliated. They sold the best ice cream in town, and I still judge good ice cream by that taste.



submitted by: Allen Alvarez (WI '58)
chris@daytona-twintec.com

I don’t know if you remember my mother, Ruby. She owned the Dairy Queens around town. I wonder if you could write a note about her and see how many people remember her?

Editor’s note:---Write your Dairy Queen memories to Roleta1@aol.com.



submitted by: Mary Harrell (WI '55)
Harrellm@earthlink.net

I don't know his last name - but how can we speak of Rufus without mentioning the wonderful chili he cooked in the back of the drug store? I can still see his mischievous smile and sparkling eyes! I think the chili was 25 cents a bowl - yes?

And, speaking of ice cream "flops", who remembers Candyland? .

I am amazed at the work you are doing and I enjoy every edition of the newsletter. I hope to come to the reunion in Sarasota next Spring. Trust that there will be reminders and instructions and directions etc before then. Looking forward to meeting you



submitted by: Carris “Pinky” House (WI '51)
CarrisHH@aol.com

There are a couple of ice cream places I remember: Kelly's store on Duff St. near North Ave in Stealey sold "Sealtest" ice cream (considered premium stuff) in wee little scoops about as big as golf balls. What I remember most is the tiny little scoops. The other place was the "Cone" built like a tall cone at the corner of Park Boulevard and Milford St. I believe that the owner's name was Polly Clark. Her husband owned the gas station adjacent to the Cone on the corner. I believe that there is a beauty shop there now. Also adjacent on the other side of the Cone was a real pro-level hard sand croquette court where the game was played very seriously at night under lights. Does anyone else remember these places?

Editor’s note---Remember any of those places that Pinky mentioned? Write your memories to me---Roleta1@aol.com



submitted by: David Nichols (WI '55)
Dnicholsii@aol.com

As a recent recipient of your newsletter I admire your efforts very much. Perhaps you have already mentioned Bland's drug store on Pike Street. It was an institution in my day and for many years before. Almost everyone from WI it seemed went there after school to recreate with a coke and visit with classmates. Many a date was made on those premises! They had a lunch counter and booths to which they happily delivered bounty from behind the counter. I can still taste the phosphate fountain coke served up for a nickel or dime. It was the scene of some horseplay which was tolerated by the management. Out front across the street was the city lines bus stop which quite a few of us used with books of tickets we bought for a pittance. Those were truly happy days. Thank you for your efforts and the memories



submitted by: Gary Robey (WI '57)
Garcar44@cableone.net

HAGEN'S - HAGEN'S - HAGEN'S, my goodness how could anyone forget Hagen's? The premier ice cream parlor and sandwich shop for years on Main Street next to the Orpheum (cockroach) Theatre.

I remember getting Peanut butter flops at Roger's Drug Store on Main Street also the first place I ever had one, mmmm good. I have experimented with that recipe for years and my mother told me that the druggist had told her the secret years ago and gave it to me so here goes for a small dose of memory and pleasure:

I use one fourth of a cup of Karo Syrup in a bowl, it helps make the peanut butter blend with the chocolate.

Two bulging huge tablespoons of peanut butter. Stir with the Karo until the peanut butter stirs easy and smooth. You might need a little more syrup.

Use Hershey's Chocolate Syrup to just make the peanut butter look chocolate in color then stir together.

Don't recommend heating this mixture because the peanut butter will stiffen and cook faster than the other ingredients. Put over your favorite or homemade ice cream and enjoy. You might have to experiment and taste during mixing to make sure the balance is right but ooooooohh boy is that good stuff.

Let me know how it turns out Roleta. Maybe you can mix some up for your gatherings for desert, ha-ha-ha.



SEPTEMBER 11, 2002

On September 11, 2002 we are asked to wear red, white and blue and at 12:00 noon where ever you are---stand, put your hand over your heart and say the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE ---and remember ONE NATION UNDER GOD! Do this in remembrance of those who lost their lives when AMERICA was attacked by terrorists. Let’s again come together to show them they can’t win!




WI CLASS OF 1961 HAS AN AUTHOR WITH A BOOK!
You can buy it!



Above copied from http://www.publishamerica.com/index.asp The author is Joyce McDonald Hoskins (WI 1961) wvjoyce@aol.com:

Author Bio: Joyce McDonald Hoskins is a long time resident of Stuart, Florida. She is originally from Clarksburg, West Virginia, where she graduated from WI High School. As a graduate of IRCC in Ft. Pierce, Florida, with a degree in Human Services, she enjoys doing volunteer work with her therapy dog, Maggie. In addition to writing Joyce also collects, buys and sells antiques. Her hobbies includes: gardening, reading, and antiquing.

Synopsis: When Jacob Morrison North, well-known creator of the Dr. Norris Gray mystery series, wakes up in a motel room after an apparent blackout, he calls his ex-psychiatrist to help him sort out what is going on. Dr. Miles Whyte has not heard from Jacob for ten years, but he is aware of his success as an author. As Miles and Jacob are working together attempting to find out what caused Jacob’s blackout, Jacob is questioned by the FBI about the death of a young man in Miami. The story revolves around the possible explanations for Jacob’s blackout. Was it a coincidence that Jacob’s blackout and the death occurred at the same time? Was the death accidental? Was it murder? Did Jacob do it, or was he set up?

My book can be purchased from my publishers web site, any on line book store, or ordered from any bookstore. If anyone is interested and purchases a book I will send them a signed bookplate if they send me their address.

Thank you, Joyce



SOME SCHOOL MEMORIES

submitted by: Gloria Caruso Shaffer (WI '58)
Mshaf26478@aol.com


Linden Grade School


Roleta & Judy,

You do such great work on the newsletter. The graphics are fantastic. I cannot begin to imagine the time and energy you all are putting into the newsletter, but I am sure it is a labor of love and that is why it is so great.

I remember Una Jarvis and the skirt I made in Home Ec. There was so much material and I got so tired of hemming it that I started taking big long stitches. Needless to say she made me take it all out and do it over.

I also remember Mrs. Shackleford--I never did hold that pen the right way.

I took piano lessons from Miss Caufield and had my knuckles cracked more than once. I think she would have been very surprised that I was able to play a duet with Sandra Cabo (WI 58) at the Sr. Assembly.

Mental Mathematics--I hated it and I think Miss Cannon called on me all of the time to go to the front of the room to read a problem and work it out. I still do not like math or numbers-- except the ones in the check book.

Every time I read the newsletter it brings back so many memories.

Remember the front steps at WI and the locker rooms, the girl’s stairs and the boys stairs and the girls study hall and the boys study hall? I am sure the kids today would think we came from the Stone Age the way we were separated, but thinking back it wasn't so bad.

Thank you for all of your hard work and the devotion to the Newsletter.



submitted by: Joyce C. Wanstreet Zini (VHS '60)
Jcpczini@cs.com

Hello from a fellow C-burg native. . . . . . . . .

You must be one energetic individual. My congratulations on putting out a great, informative newsletter. Many kudos!

A good friend of mine recently forwarded your masterworks to me. After perusing it, I felt I had to email you a personal "thank you."



submitted by: Jeanne Colasante Thomas (ND '61) and John “Cotton” Thomas (ND '60)
Thomas4two@aol.com

bravo, bravo, bravo!!!!!!!!!! The WI newsletters you write are just terrific.

While we are not graduates of WI - (Jeanne Colasante Thomas, ND '61 and John "Cotton" Thomas, ND '60), we both truly enjoy reading all about Clarksburg and many former friends whom we have not seen in years. We do keep in touch with several friends in Clarksburg and were back recently for the “ND ‘60 turns 60" weekend. We are returning again the 16th of August for a wedding. No matter that we have been gone for 36 years, Clarksburg will always remain home.

John played basketball and baseball with so many of his friends from WI and really enjoys reading about them and where they are today.

Keep up the good work and please add our e-mail address "thomas4two@aol.com" to your mailing. We would love to hear from any of our old friends out there.

Thanks again, Jeanne and John Thomas



submitted by: John Cooper (VHS '51)
mysto99@aol.com

You do an outstanding job with this..!----and-- I especially liked the "Dollar Bill" and markings of what they stand for that would be of great reading interest to anyone that graduated from any school..!(ha)--I have got to send you something for future publication ...now let me think..... hummm---let me work on it.



submitted by: Steve Griffith (ND '60)
Sgriff2393@aol.com

Here I am a couple of weeks late in reading the letter. No excuses, just busy, and it was another fine rendition. You are to be congratulated! Again! And again!

Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication.

PS. The only building I can think of for the trivia picture is the First Methodist Church that burned, what year I can't remember.



submitted by: Leslie (“Babette”) Holland Sullivan (WI '59)
Lbsulliva@aol.com

Roleta:

Don't know if you remember me. I have not been back to any of the reunions. I sent you a questionnaire a long time ago.

My name was Babette Holland. I have since been married and divorced and am going by my first name so my name now is Leslie Sullivan. I didn't go back to my maiden name by the time I was divorced everyone knew me as Leslie Sullivan so I kept it much to the judges dismay.

I would like to be on your mailing list. I was talking to Clara over the weekend and told her I was coming to the next reunion and hopefully to the Florida get together.



submitted by: Wilma Costlow Allman (VHS '53)
Wallman103@aol.com

I wish to be notified of updates on the newsletter. I read some several months ago, put the site in my favorite places and then forgot all about it. I really enjoy reading from people, some I know - some I do not. I graduated from WI in the class of 53. My name at that time was Wilma Costlow and has been Wilma Allman for 46 years. We are planning our 50th reunion which is to be held next fall.



submitted by: Glenna Lee Pick Phillips (WI '38)
glp1312@webtv.net

I enjoyed this months newsletter very much. You are doing a very nice thing for many of the older graduates who haven't been in touch for many years & now we can have information & memories renewed because of your efforts. I would like to add my sons address so he can receive the letter too. He didn't graduate from WI but attended school in Clarksburg until the 6th grade at Morgan school in Stealey. He is now a neurologist at the Univ. of Va. I have been forwarding my copy to him but I'm sure he would appreciate being on you list.

Dr Lawrence Phillips lhp3n@hsc mail.mcc.virginia.edu

Thanks



submitted by: Robert Welch (WI '64)
Rhw@twave.net

This is Robert H. Welch, and I am a graduate of WI High School class of 1954. Mary Lee Griffin referred me to you. I am retired from the federal government as a procurement officer. Spent several years with the US Secret Service (White House) buying many products and services for the secret service. Thanks for adding me to the newsletter list.




SCHOOL PATROL

AN ASSIGNMENT FROM THE EDITOR FOR OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

Do you remember that boy or girl who wore the belt and badge and helped out at the school and at the street corner when you were in school? In the October issue of this newsletter I want to run some pictures of SCHOOL PATROL.

Do you have some memories you can share. Maybe you were a Safety Patrol person or maybe you just remember seeing him, having a friend who was one or some experience you could share. If you have any pictures, please scan and e-mail to Roleta1@aol.com or contact me for directions on how to mail them or copies of the pictures.



PRAYER REQUEST

I believe in the power of prayer and hope that you do also. We have a request for your prayers for Terry Warne. Please pray that his body remains strong as he battles the cancer. Pray also for his wife, Rosemary Grow Warne, and give her strength. Include Jerry Warne and Carolyn Pinella Warne in your prayers that they may have the strength to give Terry and Rosemary the needed support at this time. All four are from WI Class of 1959. Thank you.




SOME SCHOOL MEMORIES

submitted by: Ken McIe (WI '59)
Kenmcie@yahoo.com


Carlisle Grade School

Hello Roleta,

I lost my email address book, and the links to WI, specifically the Newsletter. My sister just passed the link to me and I have spent the afternoon (working? not likely!) reading and relishing your most memorable work.

In the Summer Issue, the Monticello School was highlighted with Cecil Wagner. I went to Alta Vista Grade School in Broad Oaks. For 3 or 4 years, the Principal there was Mr Lawson. His successor was Cecil Wagner, who also taught 6th Grade.
My grade school teachers (and I may have misspellings and incorrect pronouns. Where's Mrs Taylor when I need her!!!) were: 1st Grade: Miss Imes, 2nd Grade: Miss Stall, 3rd Grade: Mrs Haley, 4th Grade: Miss Mazzi, 5th Grade: Mrs Morrow, and 6th Grade: Mr Wagner.

One of Ken's Teachers
Last year, when my wife and I came in for the Summer Reunion (what a great picture - I broke the camera!!), we sadly discovered that Alta Vista had been razed to the ground.

And for memories that include ice cream, the Hagan's Ice Cream Store on Main Street served the best chocolate hot fudge sundaes ever.

I noted with nostalgia the trivia picture, which I believe is of the beautiful church at Pike and 2nd Street. If memory serves me correctly, it was destroyed by fire (in the late 50's, early 60's?) in the evening/early morning hours. The lovely rose stained glass windows were well known. The City Lines bus from Broad Oaks went past it on it way to the bus stop at 3rd Street.

I will make every effort to be in Nutter Fort for the Summer Reunion on 8/24/2002.

CU in August!!!!!!!!!



GREG MYERS WI 1956

Recently Dr. Greg Myers (WI 1956) received a Lifetime Achievement Award at D&E. Myers is currently the head coach of men’s soccer at the US Naval Academy. He has been at the academy for 26 years. Greg was coach of men’s soccer and Chair of the PE Department at Davis and Elkins from 1967 to 1971. D&E had a record of 1-11 the year before he started coaching soccer there. The year after he started, he took D&E to the first of 2 national championships they saw under his leadership. Congratulations Dr. Greg Myers.




PRECIOUS CHILD FOR AUGUST


Yes you guessed it, it is Mike Shaffer (WI 1958)


submitted by: Carol VanHorn Dean (WI '58)
DBLU2@aol.com

That precious child looks like Mike Shaffer. I don't think I'm wrong.




WHO ARE THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN?





COMMENTS FROM A 1957 CONVERSATION

submitted by: Harriet Murphy Pansing (WI '57)
hpansing@earthlink.net

The year 1957

I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."

Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $5000 will only buy a used one."

If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.."

Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"

If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon.

Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."

Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."

I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it.

I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $7,500 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."

I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."

It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."

I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes.

I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."

The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

AUTHOR UNKNOWN TO US




SO WHERE DID YOU HANG OUT?
Didn’t graduate in the 50’s? Well, we don’t care…we want to hear from you anyway. I especially would like to hear from some of you who graduated in the 40’s, 60’s or 70’s or even later. You have read about where the graduates of the 50’s hung out…now let us hear where you hung out…Where did you go after school? Whose ice cream did you love? Where did you sneak that forbidden cigarette? What little booth were you sitting in listening to that favorite song? Did you haunt the same places we did? Or say, you people from the 50’s let’s hear more from you too! Write to Roleta1@aol.com.


GRANDPARENTS

submitted by: Mere Gurson Schwartz (WI '57)
Mamer1@attbi.com

Just wanted to share that Ilana Arielle was born on July 22, 2002 at 12:48am. She weighed 7'11'' at 19 1/2''.

I was in MI for three weeks helping to care for Michael 5 and Andrew 1. Was fun teaching Andrew to walk, wave bye-bye and play peep-a-boo. I drove up after spending the first week in DC at DAR Continental Congress.




OBITUARY
Mary Conch Alvaro
CLARKSBURG -- Mary Conch Alvaro, 86, of, Clarksburg, WV, died on Friday, August 23, 2002, at her residence.

She was born on July 12, 1916, the daughter of the late Joe Conch and Teresa Fragale Conch. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Alvaro Sr., on February 1, 2001. They were married 67 years.

Surviving her are three beloved sons, Jim Alvaro (WI 1957) of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Fred Alvaro Jr. (WI 1959) of Westerville, Ohio, and Larry Alvaro (WI 1962) of Columbus, Ohio; two grandchildren, Chad Alvaro and Dunette Ivey; three great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Alvaro was a homemaker and had been employed by Rogers Drug Store, Mercers Drug Store and Oliverio's Store in Glen Elk. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Clarksburg. Mary enjoyed cooking for her many friends and sharing her favorite Italian foods with friends and neighbors. She also loved canning all kinds of foods, especially peppers.

Special thanks to her nephew, Nick Alvaro, Charlotte Ferrell and Patty Fragale, a very close friend,

Excerpts from the Clarksburg Expontent-Telegram

WHEN YOU WRITE    


When you write to Roleta1@aol.com---please remember to include your full name-(maiden name), your school and your year…thanks.




SEPTEMBER TRIVIA PICTURE



This is the Trivia Picture for September issue. Please write to me with your guesses and include a memory or two about the site. Thanks-Roleta1@aol.com




REMEMBER!

Write to the newsletter. Do you have a memory to share, some poetry that you wrote, a picture of someone from those by gone days, a newspaper clipping, or anything that I might be able to use in the newsletter? Please write to me at Roleta1@aol.com. I would like any ideas of any subjects that we could cover.




TRIVIA PICTURE FOR AUGUST



Yes, it is the First Methodist Church. Many of you were either members there or remember the fire. A few facts about The First Methodist Church on Pike and Second Street.

Thanks to Freddie Layman, who provided the pictures of the fire and a Xerox copy of a newspaper article and a church program which provided me with a few interesting facts to share: The church was destroyed by fire September 5, 1951- (for you historians who wish to check the facts-it was the Wednesday before September 9, 1951-as that is the program I have and the newspaper article mentions it was Tuesday morning.) The estimate of damage was stated at $750,000.00.

The head minister was John E. Hanifan; Charles Godwin was associate minister and Miss Alta Ice was Christian Education Director. Members of the church worked for days to salvage anything usable. Men stood guard at night to protect the few things that could be saved. One interesting fact---people carried out load after load of possessions and it was worth a few hundred dollars. The men and boys salvaged the lead and other metals which were sold as used metals and they even saved some of the colored glass from the beautiful stained glass windows that so many of you mentioned in your letters.

On the back of the program is a list of the official directory. A few familiar sounding names of some who served on the BOARD OF STEWARTS: Miss Grace Albright, Mrs. E.J. Byard, John Christie, Mrs. Charles G. Coffman, George F. Gregoire, R. L. Grimes, J.E. Gudekunst, Betty Kay Hanifan, Mrs. O.W. Ladwig, Mrs. J. Wesley Law, Paul M. Lowther, W. Frank Stout, H.R. Taylor, Arthur V. Upton, and Mrs. J.F. Williams. Many other names were listed for offices and committee appointed chairmen-some very familiar but the list is too long for this article.

The regular Sunday morning service was moved to 10:30 am at the Robinson Grand Theatre. Many of you may remember that the city opened their heart and their doors to those without a church in which to worship. The newspaper article mentions that the intermediate fellowship would be meeting at the home of Martha Ann Jeffries on Park Blvd. The high school fellowship would meet at the home of Judie Hardesty on Horner Ave. Youth fellowship was to meet at the home of Mary Ann Hite-South 5th St.. Weekly Kindergarten and Day Nursery was moved to St. Paul’s Methodist Church -instructors were Mrs. Henry Mayer and Mrs. Charles Mayer. The children’s choir had rehearsal at the Moose Lodge. Check out this bargain---a luncheon was to be served at the First Methodist Church in Elkins for a ladies executive meeting of WSCS and the price was 75 cents---WOW.

Hope you enjoyed this trip back into memory lane. Check your scrapbooks, your picture albums, your Bibles, or a box in the basement-you too may have some pictures or articles which would be of interest to the rest of us. You can scan and send to me Roleta1@aol.com, you can contact me and I will give you my address where you can send them and I will scan them and return them or you can get them copied and send me copies. THANK YOU.

submitted by: Freddie Layman (VHS '46)
FGL1946vhs@aol.com

Your trivia photo for August is as follows:

First Methodist Episcopal Church corner of Pike and Second Streets. It later became known as First Methodist Church. That photo could be anywhere from 1911 till the time it burned down. John E. Hanifan and Ross M. Evans were the ministers listed in 1945. I think it was destroyed by fire September 4, 1951. The damage was estimated at $750,000. During construction of the new and present building, church services were held in the Robinson Grand Theatre.

The new church was dedicated in late 1954. I'm not sure what year the name change came in effect to First Methodist church. In 1936 it was still known as First Methodist Episcopal Church. In the early forties it was called First Methodist church. The church a few years back tried to buy the old Towers School and Central Jr. High properties for parking. I forget what the squabble was about but the church didn't get to buy it.



submitted by: Chris Hill (WI '60)
chrishll@erols.com

The mystery photo in the August issue is the old First Methodist Church at the corner of Second and Pike Street. We attended this church, and my most vivid memory of it is of the night it burned. I remember it as a terribly frightening and tragic night--even as far away as our house on Chestnut Street, the sky glowed red from the flames. My father, Lewis Hill, who was a well-known photographer in town, rushed to the scene to take pictures, some of which I have in my collection of his work. I was too upset to go to see the fire, but remember how devastated the church was when we went to see it the next day. When I catch the odor of a recently burned and wet wooden object, it never fails to remind me of that visit to the burned-out church.



submitted by: Rick Wilson (WI '61)
Wilsonmaple@msn.com

I sure remember when it burned down. It was smoldering ruins when we came to Towers school next day or Monday after weekend. I really can't remember exactly, only that it was still smoking with the only thing left some charred brownstone walls. The replacement was duplicated in Bridgeport and the scuttle at the time was that it cost a million dollars! to rebuild after the fire. A lot of money in those days.

You've put together a very nice newsletter. Thank you so very much for all your time and efforts.



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

Could this be the First Methodist Church on Pike and Second Streets that burned to the ground in the 1950"s? I remember attending kindergarten there and also the day it burned down. I stood on the street corner with everyone else watching as fireman and volunteers attempted to salvage chairs, tables and books.



submitted by: Jeannie Wells Himmel (WI '59)
Dan-JeanHimmell@erols.com

This is sort of a guess, but I think the picture is of the First Methodist Church, pre-fire. I didn't attend that church, but walked past it every day on the way to Towers School. We had to change our route after the fire - probably until the new church was done.

On the night of the fire, I was in bed, pretending to be asleep. I heard the sirens and my mother kept going through my bedroom to the attic (to get a better look). So by pretending, I missed the whole thing.



submitted by: Mary Sue Clark Spahr (WI '56)
Msspahr@aol.com

Again thanks for a wonderful newsletter. I am sure that the mystery picture this month is the old First Methodist Church at the corner of Third and Pike St. just in front of Central Jr. High School. The church burned down in a huge fire in 1950 or 1951 or thereabouts. I think nearly everyone in town assembled in the area to watch the firefighters battle that blaze. Alas, it was useless, and the church was a total loss. It was replaced by the church that is currently sitting at the same location. Beautiful as the new church was, it could never replace the old one to those of us who knew it and went by it every day to go to "town" or to school. If my memory serves me correctly, I think the biggest loss was of a special Bible, the significance of which now escapes me. I can remember having an empty feeling, an ache of sorts, every time I went by the shell of the former church.



submitted by: Bud Smith (WI '55)
bud.smith@verizon.net

Picture of the Old Church that used to stand at the corner of Pike and Second. Central Junior High and Towers was up behind it . Burned down in the early fifties. I watched the night it burned. I remember it well, since I went to Central 49-50. Should be a lot of folks around who remember this one.

One day on the way to school one of the pigeons baptized me.



submitted by: Harry Kennedy (WI '59)
dorisk@ezlinknet.com

Please make sure that my email address is corrected. The server we use has changed addresses. The August newsletter was certainly full of a lot of interesting info. I even found that one of the subscribers is married to one of my fraternity brothers from Marshall U. My wife ran a copy of it for me to peruse at my convenience and it was 25 pages long!

You do a great job. The picture to identify was of the First United Methodist Church on the corner of 2nd and Pike Streets. It burned down in the early 50s and a new church was built there to replace it. My parents were members of that church for many years.

Keep up the good work.



submitted by: Gary Weiner (WI '60)
cias@iolinc.net

I have newspapers from when the church opened in 1909. It burned in 1951. I have the lists of who pledged the money and how much to build it. This church replaced the Goff Centennial Chapel. I have a pamphlet used to raise money for the present structure. I have a picture of Judge Charles Wesley Lynch who was president of the Church board and the board. Mary Virginia Robinson Lynch, the Judge's wife was the head of a ladies auxiliary and I have that group's canceled checks from their fund raising for the new church. There are a lot of other items.

When I was in the cub scouts, we had occasion to meet in the church. When I asked the name of a bearded man in a picture I was told that it was John Wesley, Another time when we met in the Presbyterian church I saw a picture of a bearded man. When I asked someone if that was John Wesley I was told that it wasn't. The person didn't seem too happy with my question. I wonder if he knew I was Jewish?



submitted by: Bob Williams (WI '45)
rwilliams@swfla.rr.com

This is the First Methodist Church on the corner of Pike and Second Street which burned to the ground in 1950 or 51. I remember getting a call in the evening that it was on fire and going up to the church and being there when the roof fell in. It was thought because of the Red Cross or some group had been in the fellowship hall that morning smoking that the fire had got its start. I was a member of the official board and sang in the chancel choir at that time.



submitted by: Jerry Winerman (WI '57)
Gerjerry@earthlink.net

Its the Methodist Church. My Dad took pictures of it burning down. Still have the slides. It was not far from Central Jr. High and Towers Grade school. I've always had a soft spot for marches. I guess its because our "recess" at Towers was to march up and down the halls to march music. How many Towersites remember that? What memories you stir up!



submitted by: Cheryll (Sheri) Gill Rasmussen (WI '59)
WOW41@casco.net

I think this is correct. I can remember going there as a child. The beautiful stained glass windows, Sunday school. Dr. R. Hanifan was our Pastor. Then a great fire one night leveled the building. I remember my Mother and Grandmother crying when they heard the news. Our family was Baptized in this grand church.



submitted by: Carris (Pinky) House (WI '51)
CarrisHH@aol.com

Roleta, I think the picture is of the original First Methodist Church at 2nd and Pike Streets. I watched it burn down one night in the late 40's I believe. Holy smoke!



submitted by: Barbara Warren Williams (WI '58)
Barbwilliams@swfla.rr.com

The photograph shows the brownstone First Methodist Church as it appeared in 1909. It was located at the corner of West Pike and North Second Street but was destroyed by fire in September 1951. The building was subsequently replaced by a modern stone church which is now the First United Methodist Church



submitted by: Evan (Stumpie) Bice (WI '62)
EvanSBice@aol.com

I think the picture is of the Methodist Church on the corner of 2nd and Pike Street which was destroyed buy fire. I do not remember what year it was.



submitted by: Betty Jo Nichols Laine (WI '49)
BettyLaine@aol.com

I believe this picture to be the former First Methodist Church which burned. My parents, brother, sister and I attended this church for several years.

You do a wonderful job writing this newsletter each month and I enjoy reading it. I keep it "as new" until the next one arrives. It brings back so many happy memories.

Thank you.



submitted by: Phil Hooper (WI '59)
Bumpes@aol.com

I think it is the Methodist Church next to Central Jr. High School on corner of 2nd and Pike Street. It burned down I believe in the 50's



submitted by: Thurza Sharpe Righter (VHS '44)
Marg@citynet.net

The picture is of the Methodist Episcopal Church- dedicated October 10 1909. A landmark in Clarksburg until the fateful night of September 4 1951 when it was destroyed by fire; Replaced by The First United Methodist Church 117 North Second St Clarksburg WV.

Thurza Sharpe Righter Victory Class of 44. My husband Luther Smith Righter Jr., our son William S Righter and daughter Lou Etta Righter Bowen all graduated from W I . But I love them just the same.




APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE

submitted by: Roleta
Roleta1@aol.com

TAKE A BOW! Readers you did it! This newsletter came together so well and I think it is another great one. I love nearly every one of them better than the last! But this month you all did so well. Thank you for all of your contributions, for the pictures, for taking the time to communicate, for putting your name, year and school on each e-mail, and especially thank you for the great time at the picnic…..Now how about sitting down and writing to me your thoughts, memories or comments. Many of you exchanged memories at the picnic----won’t you share a few with the rest of us? THANK YOU.

And again I think it is time to mention the fantastic work Judy Daugherty Kimler does with the pictures, and the wonderful graphics she adds to the newsletter. Without her there would only be words on these pages and no COLOR! I love color don’t you?


NOTE FROM JUDY: I received an e-mail from one of our readers about a game that I sent with judy@kimler.8m.com as the sender. I NEVER use that address. I ALWAYS use jkimler@ezwv.com. Please DO NOT download or even open any e-mail from me with judy@kimler.8m.com as the sender. It may (and probably does) contain a virus.





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