THE WI NEWSLETTER 09/07

THE WI NEWSLETTER

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Issue 97- BEGINNING OUR 9TH YEAR

September 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Two gals started a newsletter 8 years ago. They had only seen each other about twice in the past 40 years. They were good friends for a couple of years in school at WI but lost contact with each other. At a reunion one of them decided she would just write a little letter each month and include some things from classmates. She diligently worked on the newsletter and gathered news, poems, and wrote a couple of pages. She inserted some graphics and emailed the results to all of her classmates for whom she had an email address. One classmate replied and said something about enjoying what was written. The first classmate to create the little newsletter was Roleta Smith Meredith (WI 1959). The classmate who wrote to her was her old high school friend, Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI 1959). Roleta then wrote to Judy and ask her how she had enjoyed the little blue flowers she had put in the newsletter in honor of WI. Judy explained that the only ones who received any pictures of flowers were those who used AOL, the rest only received dots or dashes. Roleta was very disappointed but Judy soon wrote and told Roleta that if she ever wanted to write another newsletter that she and her husband had a free web site and they had some space where they could put the newsletter. So, in September, 1999, Roleta wrote another newsletter and sent it as a download document to Judy. Then Judy asked if it would be okay to put in some pictures and add a little color to the newsletter. Thus those two gals who met in WI created a newsletter that is celebrating 8 years of existence this month.

I TRIED LAST MONTH
submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)

I really tried to do a good newsletter for August 2007! I told you how hard it was to work on it and try to make sense of the entire project. Perhaps under the circumstances, I should have canceled the August newsletter…but for 8 years now, I haven’t missed one issue. Call it what you will but as one of my little tidbits between subjects told you last month…and my mother taught me ….”If you are going to do something, do it the best you can so that you would be proud to sign your name on the project when you are finished.” When I thought the first draft was finished, I sent it off to Judy to add the pictures and put it on the web site. I did not have the time or the wireless connection to sit for several hours in one spot and edit the newsletter. After all, I am on vacation! So see, it should have been edited. If I had, perhaps I would have done a better job…perhaps. So to all of you who have written and corrected my errors, I will give you the space here to correct them for me. And for those other errors---I apologize…

Roleta----
Thanks for the great newsletter, but need to make you aware of some incorrect information. My name is Pat Bacchus and would have been a '57 graduate of Victory High not WI. Debbie Bacchus is the daughter of myself and Danny Bacchus not Lola Sestrop. Please make those corrections in your next newsletter. Thanks. I know it is hard to keep up with all the information that you receive, but don't want misinformation to go by.
Thanks again.
Pat Bacchus

Also, I put Mike Snyder down as having the wrong email address….I left out the s in his email address….sorry Mike---I did try to get it correct---I even promised him I would get it correct. I guess mes are Mike’s initials….and he works and enjoys fly fishing, so perhaps that is why he selected his screen name…he has never really explained it to me …..he just told me I haven’t gotten it correct several times….So how is this Mike!----Mike E. Snyder (WI 1957) --his email screen name is mesfastwater@yahoo.com -----I will try harder….

John Teter wrote to tell me that in my notification letter I put that I had experienced a most unusual August and that I must have meant July. I am sure John had to have been kidding me as August hadn’t even happened yet unless I was talking about 2008! LOL. I was working on the August newsletter thus my brain and fingers were thinking August. It was one of the most difficult times I have had working on the newsletter……..Sorry!

So now, I have apologized and I am sorry if I confused or disappointed some of you….I hope it is all straightened out. I am also sorry for any other errors which might have been in the August newsletter. I tried the best I could under the circumstances.

LETTERS OF THANKS
submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)
jalvaro@aol.com
Damn, you gals keep getting better and better. You are starting to make this the highlight of my life. Can't wait for the next one to come out. I will try to keep sending more articles in and if they get boring please let me know.

EDITOR’S NOTE: I never find memories boring….

NEWS ABOUT A WI 1959 GRAD
Loretta Mayer Brickman. (WI 1959) Check her out!

http://www.temple.edu/pharmacy/news_Gallery_of_Success.htm

Then Google "Loretta Brickman" - she's made a mark for herself. We are proud of her!

NEW READERS

Pat Dofflemyer Nixon (WI '65)	nixonkp@yahoo.com
Keith Nixon (WI '65)	nixonkp@yahoo.com
Nancy Andre Hatton (WI '52)	nandreh1@yahoo.com
Bill Bennett (WI '73) Head Basketball Coach RC Byrd HS	IM4UNC2@aol.com
Sharon Sponaugle Hammond (WI '57)	sponaugle62@aol.com
Loretta Mayer Brickman (WI '59)	bd_consulting@hotmail.com
Becky Buffey Sprout and Dick Sprout (RW '57)	BSprout228@aol.com

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS

Gary Robey (WI '57)	was: garcar928@msn.com is now: robey.g@gmail.com
John Lee (WI '65)	was: pjlee@charter.net is now: pjlee@suddenlink.net
John Jett (a friend who didn’t graduate from a Clarksburg High School)	jd5388@embarqmail.com
Marolyn Tustn Jett (WI '56)	ma5388@embarqmail.com
Pat Sprout Newbrough (RW '57)	pat_richnewbrough@rogers.com
Rich Newbrough (Bridgeport '55)	pat_richnewbrough@rogers.com
Jeanne Walters Webster (WI '59)	jeanwbstr@aol.com
Becky Hollandsworth Day (WI '59)	rebeccahday@comcast.net
Bob Turner (WI '58)	bobt@embarqmail.com
Bob Williams (WI '45)	rwilliams45@gmail.com

PATRICIA LINDA WHITE STUMPO
submitted by: Bob Stealey (WI '64)
It was far, far too early that one of the great ones among the huge WI alumni family was so unexpectedly taken from us on Sunday, June 17, on Interstate 79 just south of Morgantown.

I'm speaking of Patricia Linda (White) Stumpo, a graduate of the Class of 1963, along with her twin sister, Nanora Diane (White) Slaughter, now a resident of Jane Lew. She was quite a special person who loved the Lord and helped people whenever there was a need.

She was instrumental in the planning of reunions, first of the Class of '63, then with planners from the Class of '64 when the classes decided to merge with '64 for one reunion every five years.

Linda was born in Brooklyn, NY, on Sept. 2, 1945, a daughter of H. Laban White and Gwendolyn (Beall) White of Clarksburg. Mr. White was a one-time speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Harrison County.

After graduation from WI Linda attended Fairmont State. Linda had been married to Lewis Anthony Stumpo for 23 years.

She had two daughters and sons-in-law: Traci Michelle and Joseph Terango, Summit Point, WV, and Jennifer Careen and Scott Duarte of Bridgeport, WV.

Linda is also survived by another sister, Carol Ann White of Clarksburg, and a brother-in-law, Gary Slaughter, Jane Lew. She had five grandchildren -- Brock Daniel Duarte, Brennan Anthony Duarte, Sophia Tina Nicole Duarte, Amelia Grace Duarte and Anthony Nicholas Terango; two nieces, Melissa McCullough and Gabrielle Vick; one nephew, Joshua Laban Gutshall; greatnieces and great-nephews, Lauren Walatka, Dillon and Emma McCullough and Kobe and Noah Vick.

Linda was preceded in death by a daughter, Tina Nicole Stumpo.

She was an active member of Horizons Church in Lost Creek, where she was involved in life groups, prayer groups and Bible studies.

For 18 years she was a dedicated employee of Chase Bank (previously BankOne and Union National Bank), and her service included various positions, from teller to sales and service associate. Also, she served as a trustee for scholarship funds and often represented Chase within the community. She was a friend and family member to fellow employees and customers alike.

To know Linda was to bear witness to the purity of her heart of gold. No, it wasn't the positions or various accolades that Linda received for her achievements at Chase that will so much be remembered by us, but rather her love for all of us at Chase and her customers.

She loved to listen and dance to music, spend time with her children and grandchildren, and was a sports enthusiast.

After funeral services at the Horizons Church, Linda was laid to rest on Thursday, June 21, in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens cemetery at Quiet Dell.

Linda may not be with us here in body, but she will be in spirit, as she's happier and in no pain where she is -- in Heaven, with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

WI CLASS OF 1952 55TH REUNION
submitted by: Carolyn Reynolds Burnside
crburnside842@verizon.net

and Catherine Custer Burke
katiecbur@verizon.net
The Class of 1952 of Washington Irving High School celebrated its fifty-fifth anniversary with gatherings throughout the weekend of August 10-12.

Events began Friday afternoon with an open house at the Hampton Inn, hosted by class members Horace Mandeville and Bob Harrison, and moved to the Osborne Shelter at Veterans’ Park for a picnic dinner.

Saturday began with a tour of Robert C. Byrd High School and lunch at Village Square. Pete Dye Golf Club was the setting for Saturday evening’s dinner, memorial service and displays of memorabilia.

On Sunday, class members said goodbye after brunch at the F.O.P. They are planning the next get-together in two years.

l to r, Row 1: Gloria Rosenthal Plevin, Carolyn Reynolds Burnside, Catherine Custer Burke, Ann Ralston Kennedy, Georgia Millender Johnson, Carole Currey Whaley, Bernice King McHenry, Catherine Tiano Mancina, Shirley Tallman McClure;

Row 2: James Bombardiere, Marilyn Creighton O’Kelly, Ann Byrnside Davis, Mirian Reep Wickham, Jean Brunett Castellana, Shirley Lover Placevk, Nancy Rymer Laulis, Billie Anne Cork Clevenger;

Row 3: Thomas Cook, Robert Kuhl, Frank Gemma, Nancy Andre Hatton, Joanne Westfall Tetrick, Barbara Antoine Goodwin, Ann Brannon Pushkin, Horace Mandeville;

Row 4: Robert Harrison, Gilbert Goodwin, Robert Whaley, Joseph Malone, Joseph Haugh, William Peters, John Sanderbeck, Jack Bisping, Merlyn Bisping LaNeve, David Campbell, Chester Cottrill Brinkley, Mary Ann Hite Williams, Rayburn Morrison, Michael Beto, Salvatore Vespoint.

SUCCESSFUL PICNIC
submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
On August 11, 2007, Rex Zickefoose had a wonderful cook out at his home. He roasted 2 pigs and a goat. There were about 50 people in attendance---mostly friends, neighbors and relatives of the Zickefoose family. All people attending brought covered dishes. There was plenty of great food. Entertainment was provided by a DJ and a Blue Grass Band who took turns providing music throughout the afternoon. There were games for the kids and the adults were invited to participate in a game of horseshoes or croquet but most just wanted to find a shady spot to enjoy the conversations, food and the lovely spot that Rex calls home. A teen-age girl (I didn’t get her name) ask Rex if he would dance the Macarena if the DJ would play it…Rex thought he would be safe in telling her that he would dance if she could get half a dozen dancers to participate. Well, I wouldn’t have left the cool shade where we were sitting but we wanted to see Rex dance…so I recruited my daughter-in-law and granddaughter to join the others so we could make 6 dancers and make Rex dance with us. By the time the music started we had about 10 females and Rex on the dance floor. What a great sport he was…he didn’t think he knew the dance but true to his promise, he danced until the end. He was too quick to sit down and missed out on joining us for the Electric Slide.

Rex said a nice prayer before we dined and he remembered the men serving our country. The band also had a song honoring those who served and are serving the US at this time.

Above is a picture of (front left to rt) Charlie Burkhammer and Dick Hanifan. Standing in the back row are (left to rt) Rex and Roleta…all 4 are classmates from the Class of 1959 gathered at Rex’s house. The picnic is an annual happening but this year Rex planned it for August 11th to honor his sister Sandy on her birthday and his wife Connie for their 30th wedding anniversary.

Below is a picture of Rex sitting on the steps of his guest house (which is occupied this summer by his sister Sandy and husband Al from Florida). Rex is relaxing while listening to the bluegrass band. Rex built the home on his property.

Below is a picture I took of the 2 pigs on the roaster.

COAL MINES
submitted by: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS '57)
billmere@aol.com
I was amazed to see the pictures sent by Janice McPherson of Loveridge Mine near Fairview, WV. I spent one summer in the late 50's working at Loveridge on the engineering team in the mine. It was very deep, about 1300 ft. as I recall, and it had more "gas" in it than any other mine I ever entered. Plus, it was very wet. The water actually sprayed out of the coal seam. At the end of a shift, everyone was pretty well soaked. Seeing Jan in the pictures reminded me of an open house at Loveridge while I worked there. The friends and families of the workers were invited to enter the mine to see what it was like. I invited my young girlfriend from Clarksburg, who showed up in a white dress and high heels. If you guessed her name was Roleta, you are correct. I had a tough time going to work the next week due to the "ribbing" I knew I would take from the other miners. Sure enough, they were ready for me, but didn't mention the dress and high heels. They just wondered where I'd found that "big blonde gal". She must have been a "keeper", since we have been together for almost 50 happy years.

submitted by: Dick Albright (WI '47)
jada-50@hotmail.com
Great News Letter as usual, I must correct one writer, who sent some good underground pictures. The white rock dust seen on the walls and floor of the mine is not for better lighting, but to mix with the coal dust in case of an explosion, and render it non- explosive, thus preventing the propagation of the explosion throughout the rest of the mine.

The rock dust consists of a limestone with a very low silica content to protect the miner’s lungs.

BOB AARON
The following web site is a place for you to visit to catch up on what has been going on in Bob Aaron’s life. Bob is 60 and a graduate of WI with the class of 1965. He was born in Clarksburg in 1947 and is the son of Robert and Edith Aaron of Mulberry Ave. The story you will read is written by Sandy Wells a reporter for the WV Gazette. Bob is married to Kim who graduated from Ravenswood High School.

Comments: write to Roleta1@aol.com

http://wvgazette.com/section/Sandy+Wells/200707297

submitted by: Susie Wysong Sutton (WI '65)
susiesutton65@adelphia.net

You did a nice job putting our article about turning 60 at the Greenbrier in the newsletter. I have gotten some e-mails about it

submitted by: Ron Gilmore (WI '72)
CactusRon@aol.com

My kids had out my yearbook from WI the other day and they came upon the picture of the Phi Toppers. They asked me about them and it brought back fond memories of these crazy guys dressed in robes carrying sticks and being the rowdiest of fans at basketball games. I played basketball and they really got our team psyched up. They would write things on their chest and on the seat of their pants. They had great fun and made the games more entertaining for the fans. They had a flag that was blue with gold designs of a beer mug, a playboy bunny, and thirteen stars. They sure made a lot of noise pounding those sticks on the bleachers. Any of you Phi Toppers out there thanks for the support.

submitted by: Sharon Sponaugle Hammond (WI '57)
sponaugle62@aol.com

I am interested in knowing the details concerning the above reunion. All I have is the picnic on Aug. 25 and a get-together at Bridgeport Country Club on the evenings of Aug 24 and Aug 25. I have no times. Please let me know.

I attended the class of '57 Roosevelt Wilson High School reunion, and got reacquainted with many classmates who had attended Broadway grade and junior high school. It was wonderful, and I am looking forward to the WI reunion. Thanks for any information that you can pass along.

EDITOR’S NOTE: I sent this information on to Jim Brown - Class of 1957.

IMPORTANT EMAILING INFORMATION:

http://info.org.il/irrelevant/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf

OUR 50TH CLASS REUNION
submitted by: Patrick Elder (ND '57)
st1pat@aol.com
The Notre Dame H.S. Class of 1957 celebrated their 50th Reunion the weekend of July 21, 2007 at Stonewall Resort from Fri. afternoon through the weekend until noon on Sunday. It was the best one we ever had. Stonewall Resort is located on SR 19 about 10 miles south of Weston, W.Va. Stonewall is about 5 years old now, and an absolutely beautiful place. Rooms were $129.00 per night. They have a party boat for about 50 people with beer, wine, soft drinks & snacks on board, and they cruise the lake for about an hour. I grew up on the West Fork River and I did not realize that Stonewall Dam was built for flood control of the West Fork and it flows north toward Clarksburg.

The weather was really nice up in the mountains and the evenings required a sweater. During the daytime it was in the low eighties and just about perfect for the third week of July. We went to both restaurants to eat and the food was 5-star quality!

We sat around a huge architectural firepit right outside on Friday night and had drinks. We told the same old lies all over again, only they have been so embellished by now, that it was really entertaining!

Saturday morning we all went to breakfast together at the scrumptious buffet. Then we scattered-Joan and I went to the pool. They have an Indoor/Outdoor pool with a large hot tub right beside it. For lunch we went by shuttle to the mountain restaurant way up and looking back down over the lodge, lake, golf course (designed by Arnie Palmer), campground, cottages, and the breathtaking overall view of the emerald green mountains all around us. We had a great lunch and shopped in the pro-shop and did some more visiting with each other while looking over that beautiful scenery. We came back to WVa from all over the place so this setting brought it all back for us.

Then, back down the mountainside to the Lodge again where we met some new comers around 4pm . We sat outside in a large group to do some more visiting. We had to break up the visiting to get dressed for our main event, it was spectacular. We had a happy hour right outside our hospitality dining room, again in that beautiful WVa green setting with a cool breeze along the side of the blue lake.

We had a small class of 45 at NDHS. The first thing we did before dinner was to honor the six classmates that have died since graduation, those being: Ed Bostaph, Anthony (Chinky) Minard, Charlie Simon, Virginia Capage Kyle, Rose Marie Tiano and Janice Cavallaro. We had a special table set up with each of their pictures in matching frames and a vigil candle in front of each picture. As each name was called, the vigil candle was lit and we went around the room recalling good or somewhat humorous moments that we shared with them. That ceremony really made me very proud of our class because it was done so personally.

Then we had a short business meeting to take care of one point of business that had come up. Vince Folio was our outstanding fullback in football. He was all-state,1st team, all-conference, all county, and all-everything. But, he didn't come to the reunion and did not have a good excuse, so since he was absent, we invoked the 50 year statute-of-limitations that ended his all-state reign and unanimously awarded it to our other running back, Dan Petrigac for the next 50 years. In his acceptance speech, Dan said he should have had it back in '57 anyway!! (Lesson: Don't miss your reunion!!!)

It was now time to dive into a multi-course buffet that couldn't have been any better. After dinner, Jack Bennett treated us with a surprise performance by the "Singing Nuns", a local group of 12 plus nuns with full nun habits and head dress along with Whoopie Goldberg!!! It was absolutely hilarious! They had us singing and dancing at our tables and it was just terrific! What a good time, laughing all the way! After that, we partied together some more and eventually moved into the Stonewall Bar for more entertainment and spirits. We were so good that we even helped them close up sometime Sunday morning.

Breakfast at 8 am really came fast, but we arrived on time and had another wonderful meal. We visited with each other some more, said our goodbyes, and checked out at noon. Joan and I drove down through Weston and Jane Lew then on down Rt.19 and took the exit before Clarksburg and went to visit a few days with my brother, Jon Elder and his wife Mary who live on Country Club Road. It was just a beautiful trip and the Reunion could not have been any better. A great, great time!!

Those in attendance and pictured above at the Notre Dame HS Class of 1957 reunion are:

Bottom row left to right: Lillian (Keeley) Rudolph, Mary Frances (Frederick) Ladwig, Helen (Wilson) Goodwin, Roberta (Brassine) Larson, Roseann (Aliveto) Pickens, Margaret (Schmidt) Fisher, Jeanne (Peasak) Oliverio, Marlene (Fetchero) Kehoe, Sarah Frances (Cavallaro) Moller Wittman

Top row left to right: Tom Betler, Dan Petrigac, Jack Bennett, Ed Terneus, Pat Elder, John Larry, Joe Dinaldo, Don Azelvandre

FENTON GLASS IS CLOSING
Check it out at this web site.

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=19058

My thanks to Buzzy Floyd (VHS 1956) who sent this article to me. And I thought that some of you may have not heard about it. As Buzzy said, hang on to your Fenton Glass.

Yes, the world is changing. I guess most of the glassware is now made in China, as is a lot of the things in our lives.

BE PERSISTANT
submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
Nag, nag, nag……ever heard anyone say that to you? Is that a sexist term? Is it a term only said to or about women? Well, I have been accused of nagging. I have even been thanked for nagging. And I guess some of you think I nag and you are getting tired of it. I had one lady write and in a kind way sort of thank me for nagging but she used a different way of saying it….thanks Lucy Ropp Hornor (WI 1954) for writing:

Dear Roleta:
This just shows that if you keep on “reminding” us in the Newsletter about the WIN Scholarship, some of us will remember to send in a check! It’s a wonderful effort you are making and it is certainly paying off. Thanks so much---------

Lucy and several others have sent their checks to the WIN Scholarship this month. Yes, the mail found me….even on our travels.

This month I am so proud of several people who joined the passion to make a difference for some one else. These people acted from their hearts. Some wrote notes and I want to share them with you here:
Those who contributed were:

Lucy Ropp Hornor (WI 1954);
John Lee (WI 1964);
Bob Alton (Victory 1965) Bob says that he sent the check because the scholarship is a very project;

Max Lantz (WI 1959) and Bevery Lantz (WI 1960) sent their check along with a note that they enjoy the newsletter and hope we will keep up the good work;

Don Sager (WI 1956) sent another check to the WIN Scholarship and sent a note saying :
“Roleta, As I promised the Broad Oaks Gang, I am sending another check. The July issue was great.. I am glad you got back your enthusiasm for the newsletter. I noticed some new contributors with Broad Oaks upbringing. Aren’t you glad you are one of us?”
Don

I received another check from David Grimes (WI 1953). This is not the first time he has given..

Nancy Starett (WI 1953) sent another check. Along with a note:
Roleta: “Thanks to you for this opportunity to help a student with their education. If I can make a sacrifice surely a lot of my classmates can do it too. I wonder why more don’t make an effort. If I had had help with college education I would have kissed the giver’s feet. I have decided to call my donation “A GIFT”, because that is really what our money is to these kids. And they are so grateful.”

Jeanne Colasante Thomas (ND 1961) sent her gift to the WIN Scholarship in Memory of her mother Sarah Colasante Lopez who graduated from WI with the Class of 1930.

My thanks to each of you who gave this month.

As you know education is so important but college education is so expensive today. For instance, books and equipment cost a college student an average of $900.00 a year. When I went to college I don’t think the entire year including my tuition cost much more than that. My 2 college age granddaughters were visiting with us recently at Alpine Lake, WV and were telling us that some books cost over $100.00 each and often there is no resale to help them recover any money. Students are resorting to selling books on Amazon.com and eBay but often don’t even receive half their money back per book.

I hope you will join us in making this another record year of giving scholarships at R.C. Byrd High School. Just send your check or money order to me:

Make out the check to: Roleta Meredith/WIN Scholarship

MAIL TO: Roleta Meredith
c/o Meredith Brothers
3025 Switzer Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43219

Don’t forget to make the check out to Roleta Meredith/WIN Scholarship---that is the way the account reads and the bank wants it to appear on each check deposited. Thanks

THE MORE PEOPLE WHO GIVE THE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE WE CAN HELP WITH COLLEGE EXPENSES.

Some people have told me that they already give to a scholarship fund. That is wonderful. But remember, for the WIN Scholarship, you don’t have to give hundreds or thousands of dollars to help make a difference. Any amount is gratefully accepted because when we put all of our gifts to the Win Scholarship together, we make things happen.

ERASING THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS FROM MY RECORDS
Each month some email addresses in my notification list bounce back as being undeliverable. I keep trying for a couple of months. If the name shows up a couple of months as being undeliverable, I delete it from the notification list. Some of the names below may have been replaced with a new address and due to odd circumstances, I just forgot to erase the address from my list. While others below may belong to people who have new email addresses and haven’t notified me. Thus here are the ones I have erased. (For some of you who don’t understand why we no longer have the list of names and emails on our website…..this will give you an example of the trouble we have trying to keep current). I go through this each month and publish these lists every 3 or 4 months. Please---if you want to be deleted from the notification list, write to me…if you change your email address and wish to receive the notification about the newsletter---write to me----YES, KEEP ME UPDATED! It makes it so much easier for me. If your name appears below, and you wish to stay on the notification list, please write to me: Roleta1@aol.com.

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AUGUST TRIVIA PICTURE

Recent picture of the church submitted by John Teter WI 1961

submitted by: Ted Wolfe (WI '74)
Wolfetm95@aol.com
The August Trivia picture is the Clarksburg Baptist Church. I was only in it once, probably 40 years ago, so I can't say I have any memories to recount about it. It has been renovated and added to a lot since that picture, I really only recognized it by the bell tower, which still looks a good bit like it did in the picture.

submitted by: Sandy Rice (WI '65)
sandra.rice@magellan.aero
The Trivia picture for August is the Clarksburg Baptist Church. My husband and I were married in this church. Russ Rice (Class of WI ’65).

submitted by: Fred Heflin (WI '53)
FRH147@aol.com
Located at Sixth and Pike Streets stands the Clarksburg Baptist Church; picture is early, probably around WWI, in any case prior to the educational building on Sixth Street which was built just after WWII, and the newer building on Pike Street of recent vintage. I was raised in this church and my sister, Margaret Bailey is still a member there. I have only pleasant memories of my Christian education received. The ministers there during my formative years was Roland Burhans who was succeeded by James Wilbourn, both fine men.. Rev. Wilbourn's daughter graduated in the WI class of 1954 if I remember correctly.. My Mother and Dad would invite their families to our house on a Sunday afternoon for homemade ice cream. Really delicious in peach, vanilla, chocolate and other assorted flavors.

submitted by: Barbara Paugh Patton (WI '61)
BAP5555@aol.com
It is the Baptist Church in Clarksburg located on 6th between Main and Pike St. It has been a long time since I saw the church look like that.

submitted by: Randy Moodispaugh (Bridgeport HS '59)
moodispaugh@verizon.net
The August 2007 Trivia Picture is the Clarksburg Baptist Church. The picture is an old one as the Left side of the Church which is on 6th St had a addition built some 50 years ago that extends South on 6th St to Traders alley and the Right side which is on Pike St has an addition just completed extending West on Pike where the Bartalo Funeral Home use to be located.

submitted by: Janet Lemasters Gorell (WI '66)
jangorr@yahoo.com
The Aug. Trivia Picture is the Clarksburg Baptist Church-across from the present-day Post Office on the corner of 6th St. and Pike St. It has changed over the years, but remains a vital part of the religious community of Clarksburg. The church has just recently added a new building, the Monroe Building, next to the existing church. This serves as office space, a reception area, classroom space, and various other capacities for the church. My husband and I have been members at CBC for 34 years. I graduated from WI in 1966 and my husband from RW in 1960. My parents were married at CBC. I love reading the newsletter and hope you will continue many more years.

submitted by: Tom Simons (WI '86)
tsimons@wodagroup.com
That is the Clarksburg Baptist Church. We went to church there for many years. The picture is before the addition that was done.

submitted by: Fred G. Layman (VHS '46)
FGL46VHS@AOL.COM
The newest trivia photo is of the Clarksburg Baptist Church located at the corner of 6th and Pike Street. The Baptist congregation became a reality in Clarksburg, VIRGINIA around 1848. All Baptists living in the Clarksburg area were asked to join a city church. Thus became the Clarksburg Baptist Church. The deed to the land was in April of 1851 and the church was located to the West of where the present church is now located. In 1896 a brick church was completed and dedicated in August, 1896. The church cost $6,000.00 at that time. A $150,000.00 extension to the church was built in the early fifties and was named Judson Hall. In September of 2005 the church built another annex at the location of the former Bartolo Funeral Home. Some time after the Davis Funeral Home in Clarksburg relocated on Rt. 98 near Nutter Fort the Baptist Church purchased the funeral home property. This property is known as "The Lord's Pantry".

TRIVIA PICTURE FOR SEPTEMBER 2007

photo submitted by: Judy Husk Ivens
Do you remember the name of the jewelry store in the picture above? Please include a memory with your guess. I will not print incorrect guesses. Write Roleta1@aol.com.

CLASS REUNIONS
submitted by: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS '57)
billmere@aol.com
I recently attended my 50th high school class reunion. What a wonderful experience. We only had 57 classmates still living and had 29 attend with their spouses. The one thing that I noticed was the lack of attendance by many of the more popular girls during our high school days. I actually called all of them, in an attempt to convince them to attend, with little success. My only guess is that they did not think that they had aged well. What they didn't understand is that none of us cared. We just wanted to see all of our friends from high school-- the best friends we will ever have. So, please, don't miss your reunion. It's probably the last chance you will ever have to share memories of the greatest times of your life.

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
I have enjoyed ALL of my reunions, but did not make my 30th, as my son was remote-control car racing and he had an event somewhere the weekend of my 30th reunion. I chose to support his hobby rather than attend the reunion. I was able to get a video of the reunion and seeing who was there for that one made me sorry that I had not been able to attend.

I could not single out any one person that I have enjoyed seeing at the 10th, 40th and 45th reunions (we did not have a 20th reunion to my knowledge), but I was glad that I had a chance to spend some quality time with one of my best high school buddies at the 45th reunion last summer. That “best buddy” being Bob Swats. Bob had been in the Alexandria, Virginia area where I live a couple of years ago with his wife and I was able to get some of my local WI Classmates together for a dinner. I enjoy spending time with “friends and/or acquaintances of years gone by” and cannot imagine those people who do not. It is always interesting to see who has changed the most and who has not changed at all. This past reunion we awarded Sarah Gervella Frush for being the classmate that has changed the least, with Barbara Wilmoth Falkenstine and Linda Cooper Cooper getting a lot of the votes as well.

I am on the reunion committee for the class of 61 and we have already started looking at ideas for “THE BIG ONE” coming up in 2011! I hope that we are able to find somewhere special to hold that one and that I am able to attend. I hope that we do not lose anymore classmates before that time. I think – NO, I KNOW – that the ONLY BAD THING about these reunions is that we do seem to lose a classmate or two between reunions. I think that we lost more classmates between our 30th and 40th reunions than any other time.

I hope to be able to attend the WI picnic in Clarksburg on August 25th, as I have even convinced some of my classmates to join in on that activity. I was in C-burg week before last, and had dinner with Charlene Rolland Leon and her husband, Richard Malcolm and his wife, Steve Toryak, and was even joined for dinner with my brother. AND, a GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. The reunion committee uses my trips to C-burg for dinner

I ONLY WISH that SOMEBODY could figure out why the CLARKSBURG RESIDENTS (and that area) are the ones that do not attend their class reunions. Is it because they are embarrassed that they are still in CLARKSBURG – they do not need to be embarrassed; they should be PROUD that they have been able to survive in CLARKSBURG. I have always wondered why some locals do not attend, and GLAD THAT SOME LOCALS DO ATTEND.

submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)
jkimler@verizon.net
The 7TH ANNUAL WI REUNION PICNIC was held Aug 25th at 11am at the Veterans Park in Clarksburg. There were about 130 in attendance. The weather was hot at about 90 degrees but the breeze for most of the day kept us cool. Around 2:30 the breeze stopped and then even in the shade it became uncomfortable. The food was terrific. There are a lot of great cooks who attend the picnic each year. Many thanks to all who worked to make this a nice day filled with visiting with friends, remembering days gone by and creating new memories.

Sharyn Cottrill McGahan WI 1959 was in charge of the picnic. Many thanks to those who came early to help her with loading and unloading the supplies in the cars, covering the tables, arranging the food and putting up the canopies: Judy Daugherty Kimler WI 1959, Paula Brasseur Riley WI 1959, Beth Twigg Devericks WI 1959, Hank Ross WI 1959 and Sharyn's husband Jim McGahan Grafton 1956. Judy Daugherty Kimler handled the registration and Beth Twigg Devericks gave out tickets for the door prizes. A special THANK YOU to Charlie Burkhammer who relieved Judy on the Registration table. She needed a break and really appreciated it.

Judy and Beth at the Registration table
photo submitted by: Don Sager (WI '56)
Remember---you don’t have to be a graduate from WI to be a WI Alum---if you spent any time at all going to school there, you are welcome to come and join your class as we consider you one of ours! Come, bring a friend and join us in the fun at next years picnic Saturday August 23rd, 2008.

photo submitted by: Don Sager (WI '56)

ATTENDEES

40's
Jim Barrick 1945
Sue Ann Coffman Allman 1948

50's
Lynn Welch 1950
Katie Custer Burke 1952
Bill Coyner 1954
Avanell Ours 1954
Janet Welch 1955
Deloris Muscari Alvino 1955
Bucky Tustin 1955
Don Sager 1956
Chuck Thomas 1956
Sandra Zickfoose Lindke 1956
Joe Williams 1956
John Paladino 1956
Mike Riley 1956
Ronnie Rogers 1956

THE CLASS OF 1957 HAD A BIG TURNOUT AS THEY INCLUDED THE PICNIC INTO THEIR 50TH REUNION ACTIVITIES AND ENJOYED THE PICNIC WITH US ON SATURDAY.

picture submitted by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)
Front Row (from left)
Fred Dunham, Patti Morelan Gyorda, Harriett Murphy Pansing, Judy Coffman Dunham, Evan Griffith

Second Row
Francis Muscari, Bob Dennison, Jayne Rose Ross, Judy Coyne Shephard, Rusty Rutan, Eleanor Kuhl, Phyllis Alton Nichols, Mere Gurson Schwartz, Shirley Heidelmeir Williams, Diana Folio Watne, Marlene Tetrich Price, Sandra Lough Limbers, Don Martin, Marty Elliott

Back Row
Betty Tiano Rossana, Sandra Ross Daugherty, Steve Limbers (in cap), Jerry Winerman, Tom Daquino, Barbara Hooper, Jay Oliverio, Jim Brown, Skip Bowie, Judy Rice Deutsch, Jim Fleming, Ed Wilfong, Rick Childers, Mike Snyder, Walter Talkington

CLASS OF 1958

picture submitted by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)
Dottie Taggart Rutan, Tom Lee, Betty Latstetter Burke

CLASS OF 1959

picture submitted by: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI '59)
L-R: Roleta Smith Meredith, Charlie Burkhammer, Dick Hanifan, Randy Moodispaugh, Phyllis Fittro Brown, Helen House Fleming, Jeanie Werner Davis, Beth Twigg Devericks, Sharyn Cottrill McGahan, Dick Frush, Paula Brasseur Riley, Sharon Orme Wilfong, Judy Daugherty Kimler, Ron Werner, Phil Hooper. Not pictured Bobbie Johnston Swisher and Hank Ross

60's
Jim Campbell 1960
James Stanley Jenkins 1960
Emma Lee Hite 1960
Trudy Morelan Moodispaugh 1960
Pam Wolfe Brown 1960
Annabell Lee Hutson 1960
Becky McClain Werner 1960
Charlene Rolland Leon 1961
Sarah Gervella Frush 1961
Steve Toryak 1961
Connie Combs Terrango 1961
Butch Felts 1961
Carol Ann Custer Rogers 1962
Barbara Tetrick Mabe 1962
Bill Bowie 1962
Evan "Stumpie" Bice 1962
Marilyn Hurst Lee 1962
Doug Aspy 1962
Richard Iaquinta 1962
Sharon Melvin Kinney 1964
Tom Steele 1964
Pete Bowie 1966
James R Christie 1967

70's
George McQuain Jr 1971
Eugene Weekley 1972

80's
Judie Foppiano Lee 1986
Mervin Griffiths 1988
Colton Lee 1989

90's
Marlene Paugh 1993

GUESTS:
Rusty Elliott
Esther Hooper
Mary Childers
Walter Burke
Kitty Sager
Bill Dunham
Alvin Watne
Mr Gyorda
Al Lindke
Judy Talkington
Eve Muscari
Kathie Bowie
Gale Steele
Shirley Bowie
Mary Rogers
Bill Meredith Monongah 1957
Bill Ross
Warren Goode
Jim McGahan Grafton 1956
Judy Zabeau Shepherd ND 1958
children and grandchildren of Tom & Marilyn Hurst Lee

A few people and some latecomers did not sign in and are not on the list.

photo submitted by: Don Sager (WI '56)

GIVE RUSS RUTAN A TEN!
submitted by: Marty Elliott (WI '57)
martyelliott@verizon.net
Compassionate! Sympathetic! Loyal! Sensitive!
Did anyone else notice the attentiveness Russ showed to Evan Griffith at the WI picnic and the '57 reunion. Russ made an extra effort to see that Evan enjoyed the activities despite his disability. No wonder Russ has lifelong friends and was very successful in business. His wife, Dottie, is also a loving and caring person. May God bless Evan, Russ and Dottie.

THESE PICTURES ARE FROM CHARLIE BURKHAMMER (WI 1959)

SPRING SENSATIONS 2008 WIN Scholarship Fund Quilt
submitted by: Liz Custer Carder and Sue Selby Moats

Here is a photo of Spring Sensations, the 2008 WIN quilt top made from the beautiful blocks so graciously contributed by Liz Carder, Carolyn Layfield Cady, Carol VanHorn Dean, Sharon Kinney, Mary Harbert Nophsker, Elaine Zabeau Norteman, Kitty Sager and Mary Sue Clark Spahr. Sue took them to Colorado where she and Liz had a great time coming up with a plan and stitching them together. The lilacs looked so lovely and emitted such luscious fragrance that they decided to call it "Spring Sensations." Feast your eyes on this beauty! Sue will be taking it to the Clarksburg picnic on August 25th where tickets for the drawing will be sold. Hopefully this project will raise lots of money for the 2008 WIN Scholarship Fund.

This queen-size quilt is approximately 85 by 106 inches. The quilt is made from 100 % cotton fabrics from the RJR Heirloom Lilacs Collection by Debbie Beaves. Each quilter was sent some of the "focus" lilac floral fabric and added others of their own. Sue and Liz had such a good time working together to join the sampler blocks and Bill Carder provided expert advice on the plan. Elaine Norteman has embroidered a beautiful label for the back of the quilt. Sue Moats will be doing the quilting on her longarm quilting machine.

Chances for Spring Sensations may be purchased at the Clarksburg Picnic, Saturday, August 25; in advance through the mail from Sue Moats and at the Sarasota FL Picnic, Saturday, March 1, 2008. The drawing will be held March 1. You need not be present to WIN the quilt.

Pricing for chances:
Donation: $1.00 for one ticket $5.00 for 6 tickets

To purchase chances in advance, contact Sue Moats at moatsue@aol.com

If anyone would like to help sell tickets on the quilt to their family, friends, or quilt guilds, you may also contact Sue.

Last year, the 2007 WIN quilt, "Autumn Splendor", raised over $800.00. This helped us award two scholarships for $2,000.00 each and a $1,000.00 renewal scholarship for the girl who won the previous year.. Let's join together with "Spring Sensations" to fill the bank account with even more funds!

Thanks again to all the quilt block makers for your efforts in making the 2008 WIN quilt even better.

EDITOR’S NOTE: I am sorry I don’t have the exact figure for amount the quilt won last year. All of my records about the quilt earnings are in my home in Florida and I am traveling.

PRECIOUS CHILDREN FOR AUGUST 2007

Mary Alice Grimes WI '49 and Constance Wilkinson Pois WI '50 were the precious children for August.

DEFINITION OF A VETERAN
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his [or her] life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."

That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.

~ ~ Author unknown

EDITOR’S NOTE: I received this from several people and it was too good not to share with everyone.

PROUD GRANDFATHER.....
submitted by: Glen Cowgill (WI '59)
gcowgill@comcast.net

Nun and I and Kelly and Dana, Lynda's 2 girls at Niagra Falls. We just returned home early this morning. Kelly and Dana are 2 of our 9 grandchildren.

.....AND FATHER

My son Billy Cowgill is on deployment in South America. We are proud of him.

PICNICS
submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
jpulice@msn.com
What ever happened to picnics..??? We don't do this anymore.....It was such a great time with all the family planning a day or two before the picnic day. MY MOM WOULD FRY CHICKEN, Make potato salad, pot of Rigatoni and meat balls and always an ice cold water melon....usually we went to the airport here in Bridgeport, Mannington Park, Lake Riley. The "Hide a Way" at West Milford...Buckhannon River. We would spend the whole day...falling asleep in the car on the way home....It was more fun when you went with your Aunts, Uncles, cousins or brought some of your friends.....I can remember Mom planning the night before and the next day it would rain....how disappointed we would all be.. I am sure the charcoal grill had something to do with this all ending...don't you ? Now we picnic or as we say have a cook out right in our own yard...Not the same as a good as a good old fashion Picnic ....aye ??

POTATO SALAD RECIPES
submitted by: Patty Hickman Cravey (WI '61)
Robandpatc@aol.com
What a wonderful newsletter. While reading it, the doors were opened to so many wonderful memories.

When I read about the planned Broad Oaks reunion, I started remembering growing up in Broad Oaks. I lived there for 16 years and when I married at the age of 19 I just moved across town. My Father and Mother remained there until my Mothers' passing. After my Father remarried a year later he moved away but maintained our home. I still maintain it. Everytime I go to Clarksburg, I have to go to Quincy Street and I remember going to the Top Street Store to purchase our .05 popsicles. I remember running home from Sunday School and knowing what my Mother was cooking for dinner as she had a fan over the stove and you always knew what she was cooking or baking. I remember several of we girls getting together and going skating at the Nutter Fort Skating Rink on Friday and Saturday nights. What a great place Broad Oaks was to grow up in.

Here is my potato salad recipe. I don't measure anything, I go by taste but my husband says it is great and as long as Robert is happy, so am I.

For the two of us I use:
4 Medium Potatoes
2 Hardboiled Eggs
1/2 Onion chopped
Spoon of sweet relish or hot dog relish

After the potatoes and eggs have cooled, chop and add onions and relish
In a separate bowl, combine Mayo, Mustard, salt and pepper and mix into above ingredients. Taste and adjust. I like a good combination of mayo and mustard. (If you use hot dog relish, it usually is already mixed with mustard, do not add more mustard.) Hope you can enjoy this one.

Thanks again for the wonderful job you do on the newsletter.

submitted by: Sherry Greitzner Dial (WI '56)
Luman4804@aol.com
Potato Salad:

For approximately a 5 lb. bag of white potatoes: I leave the skins on!! (My mother didn't)!!

Boil potatoes until done to your likeness, soft or on the crunchy side!
Cut, dice or cube potatoes in mixing bowl. ADD salt and pepper to taste.

In separate mixing bowl, add a little less than half jar of the large Hellman's Mayo. To that add a LOT of Dillweed (you may want to add a little dillweed at a time and adjust to your taste) and mix together well. ADD this mixture to the potatoes and MIX in well.

ENJOY!!

submitted by: Roleta Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
I have never made this recipe…..but have eaten it dozens of times. This is a delicious recipe and I ask my daughter-in-law to share the recipe with me as I thought some of you cooks would love to make it for dinner or a picnic. The name is:

RED, WHITE AND BLUE POTATO SALAD
1 bag small redskin potatoes
1/2 lb of bacon fried up and crumbled (only 6 slices if you want lower calories)
1 pkg Dry ranch dressing
3 oz bleu cheese
1 C real Mayo
1/2 C sour cream (you can use lowfat to cut calories)
2 tbsp milk

Cook potatoes. Mix up dressing. Put cooked cut up potatoes and dressing together. Chill for at least one hour.

Why is it named Red, White and Blue Potato Salad?
Red from the redskin potatoes (which you don’t peel)
White is from the dressing
Blue is from the Bleu Cheese

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
This is a Meredith Family favorite. It is home made potato salad including home made dressing---it is a lot like the dressing my mother made but still just enough difference that my brother and I can tell that it isn’t “Mom’s”! It seems as though every gathering of Bill’s family (siblings) has to include this home made potato salad. It is yummy. Bill hates eggs so his sister always makes him some potato salad without the eggs. If you try it, let me know what you think of this:

OLD FASHION POTATO SALAD DRESSING
1 cup water
¾ Cup cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
¾ Cups sugar
1 heaping serving spoon flour
2 eggs
Salt and pepper

Heat water, vinegar and butter. In a separate dish, blend together sugar, flour, eggs, salt and pepper. Slowly add this mixture to hot liquid stirring constantly. Bring to a good boil over medium heat until thickened.

For the salad---boil potatoes in the skins—when done, cool and remove the skins. Chop potatoes. Add to the potatoes, chopped boiled eggs, onions and celery. Cover all with the salad dressing while the dressing is still hot. Chill and serve.

submitted by: Beverly O’Grady (WI '58)
logrady@cfl.rr.com
I’m so happy to be able to share with you my mother’s delicious potato salad recipe. Among my recipes I found it written in her own handwriting on May 18, 1962. I remember that she was always asked to bring her potato salad to family gatherings. For some reason I never wanted to try it (I think it was the thought of cold potatoes I didn’t like) but once I tried it, I found out what I had been missing.

Homemade Potato Salad Dressing

1 tablespoon flour
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
dash of pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 whole egg or two egg yolks
1 cup can milk
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons butter

Mix dry ingredients together. Add milk & egg. Slowly add vinegar, then butter. Cook over low heat, stirring until thick. Add about 1/2 cup of salad dressing. Cool before adding to diced potatoes, celery, onion & sweet pickles.

I remember she always put slices of hard boiled eggs on top …...... ENJOY

SUBJECTS FOR OCTOBER, 2007 WI NEWSLETTER
You are welcome to write to me about any subject for the newsletter. Here are a few suggestions of things I would like to hear from you about.

SPORTS: I am still trying to keep the Sports section alive…how about a little discussion about pro football. Are you a Steelers fan? If not, what team do you enjoy watching on TV? Do you remember attending football games at Hite Field? Tell us about one of the games, the band, selling programs, selling food, cheering for your team…who do you remember played on the team? Send to: Roleta1@aol.com.

POTATO SALAD: I enjoyed reading the recipes for potato salad. I will be trying some of them. If you forgot to send your favorite potato recipe. You can still send it. If you try one of the recipes, let me know if you enjoyed it. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.

PULLED PORK: I still want to receive recipes for pulled pork. I received one from Sherry Greitzner and I will print it next month. If you have a recipe, please share it with us. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.

OCTOBER newsletter will have a section to salute newspaper carriers. If you carried the newspaper in Clarksburg, won’t you please write and tell us about it…..can you remember your route? Do you remember the cost of the newspaper? Did you walk or ride a bike? Did people pay on time? Did you ever receive a tip or a Christmas present from your customer? Write to: Roleta1@aol.com. By the way, out of almost 1,250 readers of the newsletter, I am sure more than 6 of you were newsletters.

HIGH SCHOOL SORORITIES: Did you belong to a sorority? Which one? Did your sorority have dances? Did you ever attend a formal dance sponsored by a sorority? Tell us about the dance and your date….where was it held? What did you wear? Tell us about the sorority activities….Write Roleta1@aol.com.

NOVEMBER: Prepare for Turkey Day: Talk to me about your favorite thing about Thanksgiving … Write Roleta1@aol.com.

submitted by: Bob Griffin (WI '54)
Regr635@wmconnect.com
Meeting someone unexpectedly on the street in a distant city can be quite a shock. That is what happened to me in the winter of 1955 (or spring of 1956) in Columbia, South Carolina. I was in the army, stationed at Fort Jackson and had gone to town with a friend from Pittsburgh. We came face to face with Bob McCarty and Jerry Cooper who had played basketball for RW. They played for the University of VA and were in town to play South Carolina. They ask if we wanted to attend and that they would leave tickets at the gate. We went to the game, and although I can't remember the outcome, I do remember Bob as coming onto the floor with the ball. The Captain I presume. One of Clay B. and Tony's best.

So Bob, it's been a long time coming, but thanks for those tickets !!

submitted by: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS '57)
billmere@aol.com
I wonder if anyone else is looking forward to seeing a freshman tailback named Noel Devine, from North Ft. Myers, FL play for the Mountaineers? I've seen quite a bit of film on him from high school, and he looks like the real thing. Having him in the same backfield with Steve Slaton and Pat White will be something to see. Let's hope he learns the offense quickly and stays in school.

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
jteter@blamar.com
I am sure that I have written to you several times regarding SPORTS, but my best memories of SPORTS, was my playing Little League baseball and having the privilege of playing with such Little League “Superstars” as my brother Bob, along with Anthony Julian. I can remember my brother pitching a NO-HITTER, which for those years was pretty SPECTACULAR, which it is still even today. I can remember going to Little League games all over the Clarksburg area; some areas that seemed only fit for cows and other farm animals to be playing baseball in.

I can remember going out to Willow Beach to watch some of the “more professional” ballplayers play, but most of the time that I was at Willow Beach, I was playing around more than watching the games.

I can also remember going to games to watch Fred and Jim Alvaro, and Paul Poppavich. It always seem to amaze me that these guys could pitch a baseball so fast that you almost did not see it from the time that it left there hand to the time that it met with the catcher’s mitt and/or the players around the field, or in some cases the outside of the fences.

I did not get a chance to play High School football as a kidney operation at the age of 14 kept me out of football. My only basketball playing during my term at WI were playing Junior Varsity, my Junior year, as the same kidney operation kept me from pursuing a serious attitude toward Varsity basketball. I think that I played more basketball at Jackson Park and the Stealey Playground than I did at WI.

submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)
jalvaro@aol.com
This is one of my sports highlights which included my Mother and Father.

Mom and Dad came to visit with us in Atlanta in 1974. At the time we had a babysitter whose father was equipment manager for the Atlanta Falcons. Being the equipment manager for the Falcons he also had a parking spot under the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium which was shared by the Atlanta Braves. So we got to park in this space near the Braves Club House/Dressing Room. After the game we went to the car as the players were leaving dressing room. There coming out of the club house was Hank Aaron and his wife Billie.

I fortunately had a camera with me and I asked him if I could have a picture of him with my Mom and Dad. Not only did he take a picture with them but he asked if we would like a picture of Mom and Dad with his wife. After I developed the picture I thought maybe if I send it in to him he would autograph it. I sent it in to him and in a week I got the picture autographed by Hank Aaron. Now, what are the chances of the ballplayer of today doing that. I don't think they would autograph a picture and send it in the mail even for a fee.

I had the picture put in the Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram shortly after that and Mom and Dad got many calls from their friends.

Also, several years later, I had a friend's son who was and I think still is the official score keeper for the Braves, do a favor for me. I had him tell Skip Carey, one of the announcers of the Braves, to mention the Braves had faithful listeners in Clarksburg, WV by the names of Fred and Mary Alvaro. Well, their friends called them again and made them feel like they were really special people, which they were very special people.

submitted by: Jim Callis
jamesedwardcallis@hotmail.com

Football player at Central Jr Hi - Punky Goodwin

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

Jim sent this picture of Jack Borror. Check out the old time football uniform.

FLYFISHING
submitted by: Mike Snyder (WI ‘57)
mesfastwater@yahoo.com
My father and grandfather were fly fishermen. In April 1955 I followed their path to the mountains where we camped out and I caught my first trout in the Laurel Fork. I had no way of knowing that 16 years later I would move back to this beautiful river with my new bride Jill and set up a blacksmith shop. Our son Enoch was baptized at age nine in the Laurel. And our daughter Joy was also born while we lived there.

But, back to 1955. We drove there in Fred Dunham’s ’39 Chevrolet, which we called “The Beater”. Dan Kelly and the late Roy Bever, also 1957 WI classmates, were our fellow campers. All caught trout except Roy. I saw my first ramps on this trip. Page McIntyre joined us on our ’56 trip to Glady Fork. I resumed trout fishing--this time with a fly rod during my ski bum days in Aspen in the Roaring Fork River in the late 1960’s. The late Andy Hamilton also a 1957 classmate was my fly fishing partner in those days.

Then in 1978 while living on the Laurel Fork as a blacksmith, I started the Fastwater Flyfishing School--the first of its kind in West Virginia. I was recently asked how many I’ve taught. My answer was hundreds--over one thousand--if I count school kids. I never kept count, but it’s a lot. One this year was John Coffman, a WI graduate.

I have fished many famous rivers in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico. I’ve had some fabulous hours there: alone, with friends, and with my son Enoch. The flyfishing is often better than in West Virginia, but my heart is here in the trout streams of the Allegheny Mountains. Most of the times when I fish these waters I never see another person which is the way I like it unless I’m with a companion.

Why spend so many years pursuing trout--most of which I release unharmed? It’s in my blood. The cold waters, my beautiful quarry--brook, brown and rainbow trout, the trees and mountains, the rocks, the sound of the water, the kingfishers, the sunsets, the chilly night air, the long walk back to my vehicle or my house. It’s my life. I live on a trout stream, the Dry Fork, and I plan to be buried a stone’s throw from it in a pretty spot near the bottom of Rich Mountain. But first, there’s a heck of a lot more streams I want to fish--with a fly rod--for trout, of course…and the good Lord willing, I’m going to.

MIke Snyder, WI '57, and wild brown trout caught on a wet fly in West Virginia this August, 2007.

OBITUARIES
DR. FRANKLIN L. OLIVERIO
CLARKSBURG — Dr. Franklin L. Oliverio, D.D.S., age 73, of 1233 Briercliff Road, Bridgeport, WV, passed away at 1:09 a.m. Monday, July 23, 2007, at the United Hospital Center following an extended illness.

He was born in Clarksburg, WV, December 27, 1933, a son of the late John J. Oliverio and Rose Marie Burnett Oliverio.

Surviving are his wife of forty-five years, Margaret M. “Peggy” O’Connor Oliverio; four sons and daughters-in-law, Mark X. and Susan Oliverio, Gaithersburg, MD, Patrick J. Oliverio, Arlington, VA, Michael I. and Rene/ Oliverio, Durham, NC, and Matthew F. and Tara Oliverio, New York City, NY; one daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Paige Oliverio Mallet and husband Hugh, Charleston, WV; a brother-in-law, John Allevato, Clarksburg, WV; ten grandchildren, Marie and Catie Oliverio, Sophia, Camille and Dominick Oliverio, Lola Oliverio, Gene and Franklin Bailey, and Margaret and Joshua Mallet; a niece, Deborah K. Frum, and husband, Stanley, Clarksburg, WV; two nephews, John F. Allevato and wife Melonie, Charleston, WV, and Gregory S. Allevato and wife Nena, Myersville, MD; eight great-nieces and nephews; and several cousins.

Dr. Oliverio was also preceded in death by one sister, Betty Rose Oliverio Allevato, July 1, 2005.

Dr. Oliverio was a graduate of Roosevelt-Wilson High School — Class of 1951, WVU Pharmacy School — Class of 1956, and the University of Maryland School of Dentistry — Class of 1960. He did his residency at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore from 1960 to 1962. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a Captain from 1962 until 1964 and was stationed in Fort Carson, CO. He then continued his residency at Boston University in 1964. He had an office practice in Clarksburg as a dentist and oral surgeon for over thirty years from 1965 to 1995. He also served as a clinical associate at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry for over twenty-five years. After his retirement, he operated a fly fishing business in Clarksburg, which for ten years was enjoyed by many anglers in the surrounding area.

Dr. Oliverio had attended, with his wife, the Faith Christian Fellowship Church.

SUE ANN REGER MILLER
CLARKSBURG — Sue Ann Reger Miller left this world on June 13, 2007, due to an extended illness, in Augusta, Kansas, where she has lived the past 26 years.

Sue Ann was born on July 26, 1937, at Wendel, WV, raised in Clarksburg. She was a graduate of Washington Irving High School.

Sue Ann worked at St. Mary’s Hospital, Caplan’s Jewelry, Heaster’s and Ace Adjustment. She was a member of the Church of Our Savior, where she and Holiday (Had) Miller were married in 1964.

Sue Ann is survived by Holiday (Had) Miller, husband; two daughters, Sherri McDonald and husband Davis, and Debra Young and husband Mike; six grandchildren, Ashley, Lisa and DJ McDonald, Derek, Daren and Brandon Young, all reside in Augusta, Kansas. Sisters Jane Napier and Mary Jo Hitt, both of Maple Lake, and Eleen (Cookie) Palmer of Shinnston.

Sue Ann’s parents, Curtis and Brennie Reger, preceded her in death.

Also preceding her in death are two sisters, Ruth Sudduth and Bertha Wentz, and one brother, Ross Reger.

GLENN FREDERICK ‘FRED’ SIEGRIST
RICHMOND, Va. — Glenn Frederick “Fred” Siegrist, 85, of Richmond, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond.

He was born and raised in Clarksburg, WV, the son of Ora Ed-gar and Willa Steele Siegrist.

After Washington Irving High School, he graduated from West Virginia University, belonging to Phi Sigma Kappa social fraternity, and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

He then entered the United States Navy as an Ensign. He completed postgraduate courses at Harvard University and then served on the Commencement Bay aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater during World War II, finishing his active duty in 1946. He served in the Naval Reserve, reaching the rank of Commander before retirement.

In 1948, he received an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Honor Society for Business.

Fred was a CPA who began his career with Price Waterhouse in New York City. He accepted a position in 1952 with Ethyl Corporation at 100 Park Avenue in New York City. In 1967, the headquarters of Ethyl were moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he finished his 36-year career.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Pauline Virginia Owens Siegrist; four children, Fred Siegrist and his wife, Joann, of Clarksburg, WV, Steve Siegrist and his wife, Marianne, of Chester, VA, Susan Turkal and husband, Don, of Richmond, VA, and Greg Siegrist of Bethesda, MD. He is also survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Don and Jean Siegrist; one sister-in-law, Mary Siegrist; nine grandchildren, George, Emery, James, William, Johnny, Celine and Robert Siegrist, and Toni and Kristine Turkal.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Edgar C. Siegrist; two half brothers, Paul and Clarence Flowers; and a half sister, Rose Wright.

Fred was a member of the Welborne Methodist Church, past member of the Virginia Society of CPAs and the AICPA.

He was a devoted husband and father. He loved to travel and was interested in sports. In particular, he was an avid fan and supporter of West Virginia University Mountaineer teams and Marching Band.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2007, at Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Road, where a memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, August 4, at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 3 p.m. Reception immediately following at The Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to West Virginia University Foundation, PO Box 1650, Morgantown, WV 26507-1650, re: G. F. Siegrist Memorial Fund.

GARY WEINER
CLARKSBURG — Gary Steven Weiner, age 65, unexpectedly died Friday night, August 3, 2007, from injuries in an automobile accident in Ritchie County, West Virginia.

Gary was born in New York City on July 29, 1942, and grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia, graduating from Washington Irving High School in 1960. After graduating from West Virginia University in 1964, he returned to Clarksburg, where he assisted his father, Robert Weiner, in operating Clarksburg Iron and Steel Company and various other businesses. Gary was president of Clarksburg Iron and Steel Co. at his passing.

Gary left no wife or children, but he left numerous close friends in the Harrison County community and all over the country, who loved him greatly and, over the years, hundreds of persons whom he helped in their times of need with financial and emotional support.

Gary was a member of many social, community and charitable organizations, including Jaycees, De Molay, Harrison County Animal Welfare Society and B’nai B’rith. Gary was a member and benefactor of the Gamma Delta (WVU) Chapter of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He was a lifetime member of Tree of Life Synagogue.

Gary’s gift of giving to others will be an inspiration to everyone touched by his presence.

He was beloved by his many friends, as he was possessed of a gentle, good and generous heart. Gary was an outstanding photographer. Not a fan, but a super-fan of the Davisson Brothers Band, he created a history of this band he loved in pictures.

He had two loyal canine best friends, Mary Anne and Currahee. He nurtured them with the self-same sweet affection as he did with everyone he knew. Gary had a formidable intellect, and was one of the last remaining true Clarksburg historians. A businessman and entrepreneur, he met his adversities with courage and dignity. Gary was a unique and precious jewel among the Clarksburg hills that he loved.

Gary was predeceased by his father, Robert Weiner; his mother, Belle Weiner; and his brother, William “Billy” Weiner, all of Clarksburg.

Gary is survived by his cousins, Marcia Samuels Berman of Clarksburg, Maurice Samuels of Chicago, Illinois, Joseph Samuels and George Samuels of Springfield, Virginia, Rosalie Schiener of New Jersey and numerous other cousins; his special friends and business associates, Dave and Barbara Nicholson, Eric Gilbert and Bill and Lisa Ford, his caretaker Willam A. Knotts, other dear friends, the Caplinger family, Charles Douglas, and his cherished friends and favorite musicians, Donnie and Chris Davisson and the rest of the Davisson Brothers Band, all of Clarksburg.

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