THE WI NEWSLETTER 02/08

THE WI NEWSLETTER

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Issue 102

February 2008

FINAL NOTICE
Those are words we all hate to hear but they certainly get your attention don’t they? We wonder what is happening. What is going to be changing in my life? Did I forget to pay a bill? Did I forget to say something, do something, write something? WHAT? WHY am I receiving a final notice? If we are lucky, we will never receive such a notice but today you are receiving it!

Well, this is simply the final notice that you will receive before the annual Clarksburg Picnic is held in Sarasota, Florida on March 1, 2008. You must make your reservations now! When you make your reservations, you will receive directions to the picnic and any further needed information. The response has been very good and we hope more of you will join in our FUN IN THE SUN with our old Clarksburg neighbors, friends, relatives, etc.

A lot of people will be coming to Sarasota from areas in Florida and even from other states. Several are staying in motels not far from where the picnic will be held. It is a reunion with friends! If you need motel information, contact Fred Alvaro (WI 1959) at falvaro33@aol.com or check last month’s newsletter where some information is listed. Fred was kind enough to get prices, locations and phone numbers of the motels where most people will be staying.

To come to the picnic, please contact me to make your reservations for the picnic…Roleta1@aol.com …you know it is hard to plan for surprise guests! Then bring a covered dish and your own drink—that’s it! You might want to bring a camera to capture those precious moments. And of course in case your backside needs a rest from the picnic bench---bring along a folding lawn chair to sit in the sun (or the shade) a little while you visit.

The main dish at the picnic will be hot dogs fixed Clarksburg style….that means if you want kraut or coleslaw on it…you best bring your own because we don’t do that to our hot dogs! But our guests may!

Contact me at Roleta1@aol.com or call me at 614-582-4477.

See you there.

“THE PRODIGALS”

Every weekend during the 50’s we could visit one location or the other and dance to that wonderful music of our time. Clarksburg’s own teen band! They made records! They were great! Do you remember these guys? Do you remember the band? Write to me about your memories of the Prodigals, their music, dancing to the music, do you still have any of their records…they were 45’s! Write about the members of the band. Do you remember which of these guys attended WI? Write Roleta1@aol.com. Let’s make it a nice memorable feature in tribute to the Prodigals and all the wonderful fun they provided us.

Here are their names:

Bill McCoy
Chuck Collins
Eddie Gales
Gregory Gales
Gerard Folio
Billy Smith
Maurice Davis
Roy Davis
Mike Forte
Ted Wilson (replacement Drummer)

BOBBY SECRET BENEFIT TO BE HELD
submitted by: Diana Shablack Sandy (cousin to Sharon who is married to Bobby)
Icedteadee@aol.com
GO TO BAT WITH BOBBY SECRET Benefit Dinner and Dance
You are cordially invited to come and enjoy an evening filled with memories and hope as we show our support and encouragement for Bobby Lee Secret on March 1, 2008. The evening will take place at The Village Square in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

As a coach, teacher and motivational speaker, Bobby has been an inspiration for many players, students, family and friends. Now he is fighting his own battle with cancer and needs your inspiration and support. He was recently diagnosed with Non-Small Cell Lung cancer that has locally spread.

He has sorted through several possible clinical trials that may be needed down the line and is currently going through chemotherapy and radiation for an 8 week period.

Please join us for an evening of dinner and dancing to help support Bobby during his battle with cancer. Thank you for all of your prayers, love and continued support.

Live, Love and Be Happy. May God bless you and keep you and yours healthy!

Dear Family & Friends ,
For those of you who aren't related, I am Sharon's cousin Diana and I am sending out this info to let you all know how you can help Bobby. There are still a few details to be ironed out, but as soon as I get them, I will pass on the information. There will be a Dinner/Dance on March 1st, 2008 at 6 PM at Village Square in Clarksburg.

Music during dinner will be provided by Phil Wyatt, current band director at WI Middle School. Dance entertainment is being finalized, either live band or disc jockey. There will be several items raffled off during the evening, one being a Grandfather's Clock, which was donated by Jack's Friendly. Names will be drawn from the names on the ticket stubs.

Tickets are $25.00 per person and sales are being handled by Bobby's sister, Marianne.

Please make your checks payable to: Bobby Secret Benefit

and mail to:
Marianne Hanner
212 Anderson Street
Bridgeport, WV 26330
(304) 842-0795

Contributions of any amount would be greatly appreciated and may also be mailed to Marianne.

Bank account was opened at:
MVB Bank, Inc.
1000 Johnson Avenue
Bridgeport, WV 26330
(304) 842-6700

Larry Mazza CFO & Tracy Edwards Special Accounts contact person.

If any of you work in offices where you could help sell tickets, please contact Marianne so she can arrange to get them to you. And if you have any friends or other family members who would like to make a contribution, please pass this information along to them.

If you have any questions that you want answered by email, you can contact me and I will check with Marianne. My address is Icedteadee@aol.com.

I know Bobby, Sharon, Tara & Ashlee appreciate everything their family is doing to try to help them during this difficult time. Bobby has done well thru all of his treatments and has kept his spirit and faith strong. He is experiencing some of the side effects but is determined to get past them and come thru all of this, with flying colors. Thanks to everyone!
Diana Shablack Sandy

Pictured above are: Ashlee, Tara, Bobby & Sharon Secret
"I believe that friends are quiet angels
who lift us to our feet
whenever our wings have trouble flying."

SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN UPCOMING NEWSLETTERS
Write to: Roleta1@aol.com
Since high school have you held any unusual or esoteric jobs? If so what was it? Write to Roleta1@aol.com

Have you ever won a NATIONAL AWARD? i.e. Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Oscar, Emmy or any local award at all? If so, please tell us about it? For instance, I have never won but one tangible award…last year I was made an honorary BROADOAKSIAN! Write Roleta1@aol.com

THE PRODIGALS-share your memories with us write to Roleta1@aol.com

THE BUS LINES running out of Clarksburg. What were the names of the bus lines that operated in or through Clarksburg during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Tell us the name of the bus line and something about it. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: We would like to hear from you about what you have been doing since graduation. I like to feature one person a month. I know you have lots to tell but keep it at 500 words or less. Write to Roleta1@aol.com

SPORTS: The next newsletter will be coming to you the first part of March….just in time for MARCH MADNESS! Write to me about your thoughts on the play offs. Let’s get some discussions started on SPORTS! It is going to die out of the newsletter if you don’t help me. I am not a sports nut and absolutely can’t write a thing to interest you. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com

FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Current picture of church submitted by John Teter WI 1961

submitted by: Fred G. Layman (VHS '46)
FGL46VHS@AOL.COM
The latest trivia photo is of the First United Presbyterian Church of Clarksburg located at the southeast corner of Main and Second Streets. In 1829 Reverend Asa Brooks came to Clarksburg from French Creek to organize a Presbyterian Church.

Reverend Mr. Brooks became the first minister of the newly formed church. He and his wife were the parents of eight children. Reverend Brooks died on December 23, 1834 and was buried on the ground which became the site of the present church building. This church was dedicated in June of 1894. After World War II a revamping of the church was started in 1951 and was dedicated on March 30, 1952.

submitted by: Joanne Westfall Simpson Tetrick (WI '52)
fragilegranny@ma.rr.com
Good job as always.
That certainly looks like First Presbyterian Church. I was a member for quite a few years and have special memories of my friends still there, Chancel Choir, Presbyterian Women, serving as a Deacon, Elder and Trustee during my time there. After being out of state for several years Dick Tetrick, my husband, and I transferred our memberships to the Bridgeport Presbyterian Church which is quite close to our home.

My daughters, Kim and Tracy Simpson were both married in the church at the "Corner of Main & Third".

submitted by: Carol VanHorn Dean (WI '58)
DBLU2@aol.com
Could this picture be the Presbyterian church on the corner of 3rd and Main St? Roger sang for his niece's (April Dean) wedding there a couple of years ago.

submitted by: Corinne Tannenbaum (WI '59)
krinee12@yahoo.com
The trivia picture is the Presbyterian Church on Main Street. When I was a young girl, my girl scout troop used to meet there and Sallie Sue White played the organ and sang in the church.

submitted by: Gladys Williams (WI '71)
GWill1004@aol.com
It is a picture of the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main & 2nd St. in Clarksburg. I can't remember ever attending church there, but did attend a funeral there a few months ago.

submitted by: Judy Martino Gray (WI '65) and
John Gray (WI '63)
JGray128@aol.com
The trivia picture for this month is the Presbyterian Church in Clarksburg. It was the sight of my wedding, December 28, 1968, to John Gray, WI Class of 1963. We were married by a wonderful pastor, Bill Arthur, who at the time had moved on to another Church in PA, but returned to Clarksburg to marry us. We will celebrate our 40 years of marriage this year. Our reception was next door at the "Uptowner Inn."

Below is their wedding picture and then the other picture is of them in 2007, nearly 40 years later.

submitted by: Jim Alvaro (WI '56)
jalvaro@aol.com
I think it was the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main and 2nd Street across from where Sears was located. If I remember right there was a gymnasium attached to it but when I look at it now, if there was a gymnasium next to it, where was it and what happened to it? I think a bunch of the guys rented for about 10 cents per person per hour. Maybe someone can verify all that.

submitted by: Melissa Morris Phillips (WI '71)
mountaineermaven@verizon.net
The trivia photograph is of First Presbyterian (nee First United Presbyterian) Church at the corner of Main and Second Streets. It is the church into which I was born, in which I was baptized and where I was ordained as a deacon and an elder (as were both of my parents -- Bud Morris - WI '49 and Barbara Christie Morris -WI '50). Unfortunately, I do not remember the little pig about which my mother and aunt (Penny Christie Johnson -- WI '60) wax poetic. Nor can I boast about a perfect Sunday School Attendance ribbon like my uncle (Cleve Christie -- WI '51). However, I do have many memories of growing up in the midst of its loving embrace.

It was at that place that I took on my first feminist cause. Girls were not allowed to be acolytes. My best friend at church, Ann Glass (WI -- '72), who was also the minister's daughter tried to point out to her father how unfair that was. We were persistent but ultimately unsuccessful.

During my youth I participated in all of the activities that are typical of someone growing up in the church. Youth fellowships, Sunday School, after school programs were all part of my life. Every year during Bible school, Helen Tredway made sure that we knew the Ten Commandments, Beatitudes and the books of the Bible. The one thing I did not do was church camp. I don't camp for God or anybody else, for that matter.

I can also remember taking part in a "circus" that our Junior Youth Fellowship held. My friend Pam Waugaman (WI -- '71) and I were the horse. I got to be the front end because my grandmother had made the costume. Rank does have its privileges.

The music program at the church played a vital role in my spiritual development. I first joined the Cherub Choir which was, at that time, under the direction of Helen Robb, the long time church organist. I graduated to the Carol Choir, Chapel Choir, and Westminster Choir, all under the direction of the minister of music Marj Faris, who at one time was the music teacher at WI. During high school, I also sang with the Westminster Sextet. That being the '60s, we did several folk music services. At that time I was dating a real musician (Buddy Givens -- WI '69) and he and several of his friends would come and accompany us with bass, drums, guitars, etc. After I graduated from WVU, I returned to First Presby and sang with the Chancel Choir and Chancel Sextet and was a charter member of the Chancel Handbell Choir when it was formed in the '80s. All were still, and continue to be, under the direction of Marj Faris.

It was during that time that I was ordained. After serving as a deacon for three years, I was elected to serve as an elder, the youngest person to have been elected to that position in that church. That made up for the whole acolyte thing. After marrying and spending nearly four years in upstate New York (and Perinton Presbyterian Church where I served as an elder), Bob and I returned to Clarksburg and to First Presby where he became a trustee and, then, elder. I also became active in Presbyterian Women, serving as its moderator for two years. I am proud to have been awarded an honorarium by that group, following in the footsteps of my mother and grandmother before me who were bestowed that honor as well.

I presently serve as an elder at Salisbury Presbyterian Church in Midlothian, VA. When I am the liturgist there for a Sunday service, I read the scriptures from the Bible that I received from First Presby when I entered the third grade in 1962. In that Bible is a yellowed paper from the December, 25,1966 worship service in which I served as reader. While I may now be far from First Presby, it is never very far from me.

submitted by: Bill May (WI '63)
billmayflorida@yahoo.com
The trivia picture for Issue 101 is the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street. Reverend Glass married Edith Kline (Class of 64) and me there on 16 December, 1967. We haven't killed each other yet, but we think about it regularly. This December was 40 years and Ms. Edie looks better than ever. The minister at the Presbyterian church was Dr. Jeff DeYoe, absolutely amazing guy. They are looking for a new one because Jeff just left us and moved to Columbus, Ohio.

submitted by: Barbara Paugh Patton (WI '61)
BAP5555@aol.com
I do believe that is the Presbyterian Church that is located on Main Street and 2nd street. It use to have a house beside it, and they added on to the back of the church on the 2nd St site in 1950 or 1951. Walked past there on the way to Central and WI.

submitted by: Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)
Bmcintyre@ec.rr.com
The mystery photo is the First Presbyterian Church, 175 West Main St. I have hundreds of fond memories of Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christmas pageants, choir, being Amahl in "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on live, black and white WBOY-TV, Senior High Fellowship, weekend retreats to a ski lodge in Pennsylvania, a bus trip to the World's Fair in New York City and church league basketball. I also have some sad memories of the funerals of my parents, step-parents, uncles and aunts.

I remember some dances in the fellowship hall/basketball court when non-church member teens could attend if vouched for by a First Presbyterian youth member. I vouched for Mike Rector (class of 63 or 64) and unfortunately the cherry vodka he had been drinking came back up in the men's bathroom. I had to mop it up.

Also my radio career began at this church - as a 14 year old I began "engineering" the live broadcasts on WHAR (they are now on WPDX), manning a small control board in a dark stairway near the front of the sanctuary. Later on when I was a Dj on WHAR, I helped as an usher at the 9 am service and adults actually put song requests for my Sunday noon-6pm show in the collection plate!

Whenever I've been back in Clarksburg visiting relatives or attending our class of '65 reunions (I have been to them all), I've always taken time on Sunday morning to attend the 11 am service. When my dad died in 1994 my brother and I set up the Tom McIntyre Scholarship, and every year First Presbyterian college students are awarded funds. The ministers I remember are Vic Fogelin, Paul Francis, Sam Glass (Marge's dad), Bill Arthur and in more recent years Eric Faust. In 2006 when Dr. Faust left Clarksburg and became the pastor at a Presbyterian Church in Pollocksville, NC about an hour north of our home in Wilmington, I was honored to be asked to be a part of his installation ceremony. And this past Wednesday Jan 16 at my wife Annette's funeral at Little Chapel on the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church at Wrightsville Beach, Rev. Eric Faust was there to support me.

submitted by: Pam Bokey Mitchell (WI '70)
jamitchell1@msn.com
The trivia picture for January is that of the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main St. and 2nd St. in Clarksburg. My parents were married in this church, I was baptized and raised in this church. My husband and I were married here and our children were baptized in this church. My daughter and her husband were married in this church and their two children were also baptized here. The church has been a very important part of Clarksburg's history as it has been at this site for nearly 180 years!

I love the WI Newsletter. I always look forward to reading comments by former classmates. Keep up the good work. (by the way, my daughter graduated from WI in 1995 and my son graduated from Robert C. Byrd in 1998).

submitted by: G. Diane Sullivan (WI '52)
n1tdf@hotmail.com
The mystery picture is the first Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main and Second Street. My Brownie Troop met in the basement when I went to Towers Grade. My goodness that was a long time ago!

There were many who wrote about James & Law Book Store. The one that juggled the most memory was from Mary Anne Woods. Her Aunt lived across the street from me and worked at James & Law on the second floor. Aunt Virginia was an artist and she lived on the second floor of the Wood residence on Washington Ave. She was always giving tea parties for the children. I went many times to visit Aunt Ginner. My son remembers going to see Aunt Ginner when we were visiting my parents. She had a lovely mural, she had painted on her staircase going to her second floor apt. that I dearly loved. It killed me when she was moved into a nursing home, that she hated and they tore down the family residence and that beautiful painting. I know time marches on, things change and all you have are the memories.

I don't remember ever having the Pepperoni Rolls. A friend that lives in Nutter Fort always use to make them and more recently there was an article in the WV Magazine and recipe for them.

I look back on my life as a child growing up in WV and I feel I lived a very sheltered one

submitted by: Barbara Christie Morris (WI '50)
bibliobarb1@msn.com
My challenge will be to keep this short! First Presbyterian Church at 175 W. Main St. in downtown Clarksburg was founded in 1829, the present brick church building having stood since 1895. The brick sidewalk that borders the Second Street facade remains as well. Any suggestion of a replacement can be an emotional issue at First Presby.

I was born into First Presbyterian Church in 1932, the dear soul who was my mother having been a member since before her marriage in 1930. Some 76 years later, I continue to worship in that lovely neo-Gothic sanctuary with its magnificent organ and old velvet pew cushions.

As a child I went to Sunday School. I remember my first teachers, sweet Mrs. Owens and red-haired Clara Friday. I put my pennies in the little iron pig at offering time. When I was in the fourth grade at Alta Vista school, I recited the children’s book The Littlest Angel for the ladies of my mother’s Robinson Bible Class. In high school, the teacher for my all-girls Sunday School class was Mrs. Davis, who was quite fashionable and also worked at Broida’s dress shop. On Sunday mornings, Mrs. Davis told us all about the wedding that Broida’s had “done” the day before. I liked that a lot more than hearing about Jonah and Job. My brother, Cleve, earned a perfect attendance pin with lots of additional bars for the accruing years, and my sister, Penny, was a “church lady” before she was born.

The cornerstone for Westminster Hall, the activities building adjoining the church, was laid in the mid-forties. My own wedding when I married Bud Morris was held on January 17th, 1953, in the sanctuary. The reception that followed was the first to be held in the new Westminster Hall. About the wedding…..my nervous father walked me down the aisle and, eventually, gave me away. When the minister said, “Who gives this woman in holy matrimony?” there was no response. A second time and no response. I could hear my mother in her “mother-of-the-bride dress” scooting around the pew behind me, and then I heard her loud stage-whisper, “Daddy?.” Thank the good Lord that worked. Bud’s funeral was held on August 21, 1989, at First Presbyterian Church, the beloved sanctuary overflowing with his many friends from all walks of life.

Our daughter, Melissa Christie Morris Phillips, was born into the church too, on December 19, 1953.She was baptized on Easter Sunday, 1954. Missy grew up singing in the choirs and playing the hand bells and eventually shepherding my generation as Moderator of Presbyterian Women. But she will tell you her own view from the pew.

I have been an Elder and a Deacon, both ordained offices of the Presbyterian Church USA denomination. I was also a Trustee (those who oversee the property) as well as being involved with a myriad of activities, always hoping to serve not only my church, but my Lord. I didn’t intend to have mumps for His sake, but I did…received them from a sweet little 5-year-old when I was teaching Vacation Bible School.

One of my last and most pleasing services at First Presby was in response to an invitation from the Christian Education Committee to refurbish the church library. The Gandy Memorial Library had been endowed many years before by Dr. Preston B. Gandy, a Clarksburg physician. I had to throw away some old, dusty books, but never those that had been memorials, and refurnish with new. I love the corner of the church parlor with its oak shelves and bronze plaque that is the Gandy Memorial Library. Most recently, I have been a part of a book discussion group at the church that is inspirational, enlightening and fun. We read books that have literary merit and that present a moral dilemma to be understood. We named ourselves The Corner of Second and Main Book Group.

Amen and amen.

submitted by: Penny Christie Johnson (WI '60)
penem@nc.rr.com
It certainly was not hard to identify the trivia picture this month. The First Presbyterian Church is where I spent much of my life while growing up in Clarksburg. I was baptized, confirmed and married there. My mother, Lura Christie was a devoted servant to the mission of the church and I always accompanied her to prayer meetings, rummage sales, Sunday school, etc. Mother nurtured her children's faith and made going to church a "want to" event rather than a "have to". The members there truly took their vow of helping raise me in a Christian family to heart and I felt love at that beautiful church on Main Street.

My sister, Barbara Morris, the historian of our family hopefully will fill you in on the long history of this church in Clarksburg. I just want to share my personal memories.

I grew up singing in the cherub, junior and then teen choirs. Marj Ferris was and still is the director of music there. I had her as a music instructor at Central and then at WI and at church. Mrs. Robb was the director of the cherub choir and also church organist. Some of our WI grads that sang with me were: Suzy Bryan, Jane Wilson, Kitty Wells, Mary and Carolynn Harbert, Mary Elizabeth Weaver, Dottie Spears, Tiffy Wilson and Anne Francis. Anne's dad was the pastor of the church during my teen years. I can't remember any guys singing except in High School when Gene Davis was in the choir.

I have reported in another issue how much fun it was to go over to the church during my lunch time while attending Towers School. The ladies would be having their Rummage Sale and I would take orders for hotdogs and then walk down Second St past the appliance store to go to the Squeeze Inn Lunch to pick up an order that on some days was 24 or more. No one ever ate just one hotdog!!!! Pepperoni Rolls could be purchased there also and I always got one for a snack later in the day.

As a little girl of 5, I was in a theatrical performance that was performed by the members of the church It was by Stephen Foster and had so many of his great songs in the production. I remember "Jeanne With the Light Brown Hair" as one of my favorites.

These productions happened each year and were wonderfully presented. We had a stage in the McClelland Bible Class room down in the basement. My mother who was an outstanding seamstress made my red plaid dress that I wore in the show. It is clear as a bell to me.

The show was certainly not politically correct and would not be produced in the same way today but I loved singing "Mammy's Little Baby Loves Short'n Bread". That was the last time I ever sang solo on a stage...LOL

Our SS teachers were excellent and committed and planted the seeds of faith that have been watered over the years for me by other great teachers. I remember being taught the books of the Bible through song which was great and still the way I remember them today,

Along came my teen years and I never missed our Youth Group meetings. I remember driving to Morgantown and Fairmont for District youth events. College students were always welcomed back into the group when we were home on break..I remember one time when, with all the sophistication of a Freshman in college, I decided to light up a cigarette. I never would have done that in High School but now I had the courage. With all confidence, I took out my pack of cigarettes, pulled one out, tapped it on the pack and then lit the filter end of the cigarette. So much for sophistication of a Freshman LOL. Had great friends in that group and cherish the memories.

I hope that others who were nurtured at First Presbyterian contribute to the newsletter this month so that we can remember together how great it was to have been anchored there during our "growing up" years in Clarksburg.

submitted by: Nancy Crane Jones (WI '48)
jonesappr@windstream.net
My only memory of the Presbyterian Church is that I attended there along with my sister, Norma Huling, in Jr High and part of High School - I suppose that after that I did not want to get out of bed on Weekends.

I can still see our Sunday School Room and just how beautiful I thought the Church was when I would walk into the door.

Wish I would be able to attend that church today.

Stay warm.

submitted by: Sherry Greitzner Dial (WI '56)
Luman4804@aol.com
This certainly looks like the First Presbyterian Church where I do remember a very special Christmas Service there even though I was not a member of that church.

submitted by: Beth Allen-Goff (WI '70)
jedzep@hotmail.com
This is a picture of the First Presbyterian Church at the corner of 2nd and Main before the addition, which is Westminster Hall, was added. I have lots of memories, having grown up in this church. Many WI grads will remember Wednesday Night Youth Club. Most of us didn't have cars or other after-school activities, (which would have diverted our attention!), and attended all the way through high school. As a group, we all went to Lenton Retreats which were held annually at Jackson's Mill. I still attend First Presby with my parents, (Jim - WI class of '47 and Mim - WI class of '48), my husband Steve Goff (WI class of '72), my daughter AND my granddaughter! Many of the older members are still there and, so, the memories continue.

submitted by: Mike Shaffer (WI '58)
mshaffer@ma.rr.com
I think the trivia picture is of The First Presbyterian Church at West Main and South Second Streets.

I played volley ball in the church gym with the CNG employees league in the early 80s. The Company was pushing exercise at that time and that is why a volley ball team was formed.

submitted by: Douglas Sinsel (WI '56)
dpsinsel@aol.com
Congratulations on a great Christmas newsletter. I especially liked the picture of all the Christmas wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery. It was very beautiful and moving. What a wonderful way to honor and remember our deceased veterans at Christmas time.

I believe the picture may be the Presbyterian Church on the corner of Main Street and 2nd Street(?) I remember it being down the block a few doors from James & Law. I have many fond memories of the days, many years ago, when I was a member of the Boy Scout troop which met in the basement of the Church. I cannot recall the scoutmaster’s name, but I remember Colin Church earning his Eagle Scout award there.

Best wishes for a wonderful 2008.

submitted by: John Wilson (WI '64)
TygartWilson@msn.com
This is The First Presbyterian Church - corner of West Main St and 2nd St. I was raised in this church along with my sister, Jane, and brother, Jim (Jeep). Picture is "pre" renovations when a new front entrance was added and the "Westminster Hall" was built left and adjacent to the main building. Later the "Sheraton Inn" was built to the left of Westminster Hall. Across the street once stood the Sears/Roebuck building (now drive-in for Chase) and the still standing but vacant "Palace Furniture Company" building.

submitted by: Wayne White (WI '60)
waynepawco@verizon.net
This is the Presbyterian Church located in Clarksburg-175 W Main--This church is just down the street from the James and Law company. My grandmother taught Sunday school there as my aunt and uncle were members. It is an old church. To the left of the picture is an addition which was built several years back that has class rooms and the office area.

submitted by: Bill Bowie (WI '62)
whbowie@mac.com
The trivia picture this month is the First United Presbyterian Church at Main and Second. Built in 1894 and organized by Asa Brooks in 1829. He lies interred on the ground where the church is located. Cool.

Thanks for all your efforts.

submitted by: Anne Byrnside Davis (WI '52)
annbyrn@ma.rr.com
I guess we are working our way down Main St. This is my church (Presbyterian) that I have attended for 59 years. My best memory is sneaking out of Sunday School and going joy riding with a bunch of Methodists. This was dangerous to do on a Sunday morning as we could have been seen by our parents. I later married one of those that I ran around with when I should have been in Sunday School.

submitted by: Leanna Livingstone Phillips (WI '51)
DCK458P@aol.com
Your Picture of the church is Presbyterian. I went there from the time I was five years old, 1938 until I got married in August 16 1953 to William Phillips. We both graduated from WI in 1951. I was formerly Leanna Livingstone, and my father had Livingstone Shoe Store just up the road. Bill gets your letter and then passes it to me, keep up the good work. We now live in Myrtle Beach SC.

submitted by: Phyllis Alton Nichols (WI '57)
Nmimiphyllis@aol.com
I believe the trivia picture for this month is the First Presbyterian Chuch located on the corner of 2nd and Main St. The Church has been remodeled and some changes made to the front, but the basic building is pretty much the same. I had never been in the sanctuary until the last few years, and it is beautiful. Every Lenten season there is a luncheon there, in the activities building, on Wednesday at noon.

After lunch, there is a service in the sanctuary led by ministers from different churches around the area. People from all around the community gather for these services and it is very nice to fellowship together.

submitted by: Mary Harbert Nophsker (WI '58)
MENRN40@aol.com
I'm very late reading the newsletter this month, but thought I'd send this just in case you haven't written February's.

This picture for January is the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Clarksburg before the addition was added.
I was a member there during my teenage years. It had a very active program for young people. This is where I was married in 1958 and have pictures coming down those front steps.

TRIVIA PICTURE FOR FEBRUARY 2008

Do you recognize the place pictured above? Write your guess to Roleta1@aol.com. Remember I only print correct guesses which include a memory.

MISS BLANCHE HOGAN
FIRST GRADE TEACHER AT TOWERS GRADE SCHOOL
submitted by: Melissa Morris Phillips (WI '71)
mountaineermaven@verizon.net
It was a sunny morning in September, 1959 when I joyously made my way from Wilson Street to Towers Grade School to become part of Miss Blanche Hogan's first grade class. I stopped on Preston Street to pick up my friend Tina Shahan who was not nearly as thrilled as I was to finally be entering school. With our mothers trailing closely behind us, I dragged Tina down Preston, out Hickman, down Holden, out Lee, down Third, out Washington and down Second to where it met Main where Mrs. Propst, the crossing guard, was waiting to help us cross the street. (There would be no cutting through the parking lots between Lee and Washington and running down Court Street by the County jail at this point in our young lives.) We stayed on Second to Pike where Jean, the other patrol lady, helped us cross to the place that would become my home for six years.

Miss Hogan's room was the first one on the right on the first floor of the school. The other first grade, Mrs. Kishbaugh's class, was across the hall on the left. Our room had a little alcove between the main classroom on the right and the coat room on the left. Miss Hogan was a kind woman with an accent that gave away her Georgia roots.

That being nearly 49 years ago, I don't remember many of the details of being in her class. I do remember sitting by Jamie Logue, but that may be because I sat beside him in home room from then until we graduated from WI. And I do remember his messing up my number and letter builders when I got ahead of him. And I remember his entertaining us with comedy routines, including one about astronauts that ended with the rocket's taking off and the astronaut whining, "I want my crayons!!!".

I remember that Miss Hogan asked me to comfort a sobbing Charlotte Tolliver when she joined our class midway through the year after having moved to Clarksburg from a place unknown. I remember Danny Marsh's playing the accordion for us. I remember Miss Hogan's lifting me and swinging me like a pendulum as the class sang "Happy Birthday".

I remember the Easter egg hunt we held that year at my house. My whole class, with classroom mothers and Miss Hogan in tow, trooped up the hill, on a school day no less, for a party in my back yard. Everyone was sporting an Easter bonnet. Miss Hogan wore the real deal while we donned ones we had fashioned from construction paper under her tutelage.

Do I actually remember these specific events or are they part of my memory bank because we have 8mm movies documenting most of them? It really doesn't matter. What matters is that Miss Hogan made my first grade everything I had hoped it would be.

Ours was the last first grade class Miss Hogan taught. She retired at the end of the school year. (Parenthetically, Mrs. Elizabeth McGee, our second grade teacher, resigned to go to Delaware to teach after having us. Our fifth grade teacher Mrs. Ruth Jackley did likewise. Miss Frankie D. Williams, our fourth grade teacher, also retired immediately after having us as, I believe, our sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Pauline Richardson, did. The only one that I'm sure survived this class was our third grade teacher, Mrs. Dulcie Freeman. Hmmmmm.)

Tina Shahan moved away during our first grade year; Charlotte Tolliver, among others, did as well at some point during our time at Towers. In my class from first grade through graduation at WI were Cynthia Bowman, Jim Garrett, Jamie Logue, Danny Marsh, Connie Rucker, Sue Scott and Jackie Skinner.

When the historic Towers Grade School building was razed, I purchased a brick from the site with a sticker commemorating its having been a part of the place where Miss Blanche Hogan laid the foundation for my continuing love of school.

Pictured with Miss Blance Hogan are:
Row 1 (l-r): Terry Ann Childs, ???, Charlotte Tolliver, ???, Sheila Kidd, Karen Weaver, David Byard, Melissa Morris, Jamie Logue
Row 2: Maureen McClain (standing sideways), ???, Sue Scott, ???, Rodney Wilkinson, ???, ???, ???
Row 3: Jim Garrett, ???, ???, Gary Orr, ???, Eddie Rogers (hidden), Cynthia Bowman (partially hidden), Connie Rucker (hidden), Danny Marsh (with glasses)

CLARKSBURG---OUR HOME TOWN WHILE IN VIRGINIA
submitted by: Don Sager (Broad Oaks, Alta Vista, CJHS, WI '56, WVU)
dks@davtv.com

This may be the oldest picture of our home town anyone has submitted. My son-in-law purchased this "picture" for me. It is an actual page (245) from The Harpers Monthly published in 1861. Below is the text from below the drawing.

VILLAGE OF CLARKSBURG, WESTERN VIRGINIA HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL ROSECRANS
Clarksburg, a post village, capital of Harrison County, is situated on the west fork of the Monongahela River, at the mouth of Elk Creek, about two hundred miles northwest of Richmond. It is built on a tableland environed by hills. It had in 1861 several churches, academies, two printing offices and many fine stores. Stove coal abounded in the vicinity. The Northwestern Railroad, a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, passed through it. It had about two thousand inhabitants. For a short time Clarksburg was the headquarters of General Rosencrans. The situation was briefly this: The Cheat Mountain Gaps, the key to the whole country, were held by a strong force, a portion of General Reynold's brigade. The remainder of which was stationed at Beverly, Huttonsville, and in that vicinity. Other portions of General Rosencrans command were scattered over almost the whole northwestern part of Virginia guarding the railroad lines Wheeling and Parkersburg down to Grafton and then eastward through the Cheat River country, Oakland, Altamont, and almost to Cumberland, occupying the Kanawha Valley by General Cox's Brigade, and holding towns like Weston, Buckhannon, Summersville, Phillipi and Bealington.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
submitted by: Jim Fragale (WI '58)
James.A.Fragale@abc.com
Clarksburg born Jim Fragale got his start as a writer compiling a column for Billboard Magazine “Music on Campus” soon after graduating from Salem College – a column that was later spun-off as a yearly supplement magazine. In fact, Jim was to do four GQ cover stories (that Richard Gere article; Hart Bochner, Christopher Reeve, and Ryan O’Neal), as well a column for GQ several years running not to mention an extensive article on Las Vegas.

Jim went on to produce Tony Award Winner musical actress Melba Moore’s first two record albums and wrote ten songs Miss Moore recorded. He then created commercial advertising jingles -- Valerie Simpson on vocals -- and, wrote songs with award winning composer Angelo (“Mulholland Drive,” “Twin Peaks”) Baladalmenti.

Next, Jim was an A&R (artist and repertoire) man for Columbia Records for two years before becoming an independent journalist. Jim apprenticed as syndicated columnist Liz Smith’s New York assistant and New York legman the first two years of her widely syndicated Chicago-Tribune column

Jim had stories on Susan Dey and a Beatle Auction in People Magazine, and Buck Henry in the Writer’s Digest. The Writer’s Digest also published Jim’s article: “How to Write a Hit Song”. More recently, as a journalist, Fragale wrote pieces in the LOS ANGELES SUNDAY TIMES and CHICAGO TRIBUNE on jazz-age personality, and Alderson, West Virginia born Ada “Bricktop” Smith.

Jim won the John Truby Student Screenwriting Award two consecutive years, covered in The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. After that, he did the article -- a back issue reprint bonanza-- “Who Is Syd Field And Why Does Everyone Own His Books?” in Creative Screenwriting Magazine.

These days, you can find Jim Fragale either in Los Angeles or New York pounding out screen plays he hopes will be made into feature films and he asks you to say a little prayer for him.

Jim graduated from WI in 1958, went to the University of Miami, Florida for two years and ultimately graduated from Salem College in 1963. He then moved to New York City and began his writing career with Billboard Magazine.

THE SCHOLARSHIP QUILT
Several people sent checks to the scholarship this month. Many chose to receive tickets for the quilt drawing with the checks sent. Remember all the money goes to the same place……..THE WIN SCHOLARSHIP. For a gift to the WIN Scholarship of $5.00 you will receive 6 tickets for the drawing for the quilt.

A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
Babe Bisping Cashman (WI 1956)

Robert Hall (WI 1956)

Betty Beverlin MIiller (WI 1948) and Marvin Miller (WI 1945)

Elaine Zabeau Nortreman (ND 1962)

Larry (Bridgeport 1955) and Beverly Ellis O’Grady (WI 1958)

Mary Ann Hite Williams (WI 1952)

Ann Brannon Pushkin (WI 1952)

Thanks to all of you who sent checks to the WIN Scholarship. The scholarship recipients will certainly appreciate your gifts.

If you wish to give to the WIN (W. I. Newsletter) Scholarship, please send your check or money order including your name, school and year of graduation. This month include your address (phone number) and ask for your quilt tickets.

Your name and information will be placed on one half of the ticket and then it will be placed in the box from which the winning ticket will be drawn for the quilt…If you win the quilt, we will call you and then we will ship the quilt via UPS to you. So act now….please send your check and information by the 20th of Feb. to insure you are in the drawing

Make check out to:

Roleta Meredith / WIN Scholarship (both names must be on checks)

MAIL TO:
Roleta Meredith
3201 Charles MacDonald Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34240

ELOCUTION LESSIONS
submitted by: John Timberlake (WI '48)
jtimberlake@aol.com
I also took elocution lessons from Miss Hogan. I went to the Towers School once a week for the lesson. I also helped with her recital every spring. I did not know it at the time, but she was engaged to my uncle Jim White of Loar and White. They went together for years but never married. I have no idea why not.

Uncle Jim was much older and died around 1935. I did not meet Miss Hogan until the 1940's when I was in JHS at Central. She was, I am sure, one of the teachers trying to live on $100 a month or less and was looking for added income. She was a nice lady. I lost track of her when I moved on to WI.

submitted by: G. Diane Cork Sullivan (WI '52)
n1tdf@hotmail.com
My mother taught Elocution. She and my Aunt had the Marshall School of Music & Drama in CKB for many years. So I had 2 mothers, my Aunt never had any children, but KNEW ALL ABOUT raising them --- I told you I lived a sheltered life -- never saw it all till I got them all in the ground. I have never lived in WV and don't believe that I ever could have, but do see all of these things in the WV magazine that I want to do, but feel that I have missed. My husband, Bill is gone 5 years now and I am an only child. I graduated in '52 -- being the tallest and the youngest in the class. The upshot of this blurb was to say that my mother was a professional lady and spent very little time in the kitchen. She always wondered how I managed 3 children.

SPORTS
Fiesta Bowl
submitted by: Margaret Cleavenger Maiocco (WI ‘65)
mlmaiocco@cox.net
Living in the Phoenix, AZ, area I had the good fortune to attend the Fiesta Bowl. It was an AWSOME experience. I arrived at the stadium 2 hours before game time. There was a lot of tailgating in the parking lots as well as other activities in and around the stadium. I was surprised at the number of obvious WVU fans. Blue and Gold attire was everywhere. I talked with a lot of fans who live locally and were just as proud as I was that WVU was playing in the Fiesta Bowl (again) and to be a part of it. I attended in 1989 when WVU played Notre Dame and it was a much different crowd and of course a much different outcome. That year our seats were in the Notre Dame student section.

At game time there seemed to be as many WVU fans in the stadium as there were OK fans. The game was quite exciting and fun to watch. Of course, we all know the outcome. The team had arrived in the area a week before the game. I saw many interviews with the then interim coach, Coach Stewart. He was very impressive and stated many times this game was all about the Players and the West Virginia fans. I wish Coach Stewart and his team lots of success in future seasons.

The stadium where the game was played is the AZ Cardinals Stadium where the Super Bowl is to be played on February 3rd.

GO MOUNTAINEERS.

submitted by: Jim Ashley (WI '62)
Jashley4@cox.net
Roleta, what a great lead the Fiesta Bowl score made to the January newsletter. My family and I left Dulles Airport headed for Phoenix on New Years Eve on a plane with more than its fair share of WVU fans. The gentleman across the aisle from me pointed out Sam Huff sitting a few rows forward of us and I was too much in awe to do anything other than stare. My wife took my game ticket out of the carry-on, marched up the aisle, and came back with Sam Huff's autograph on the ticket, proving yet again that women are far better at getting things done than men.

The very first WVU game I ever saw was in 1953 when the then undefeated WVU Mountaineers played South Carolina and I got to see players like Sam Huff, Bruce Bosley, Freddy Wyant, Joe Papetti, Gene Lamone, Joe Marconi, Tommy Allman, and a whole list of other Mountaineer players whose names have never left my memory. Sam Huff has been a hero of mine ever since, even when he played for the hated New York Giants (I've lived in Washington Redskins territory for over 40 years and its more fun to think of Huff as a Redskins player and radio announcer).

The photo below, which occupies a place of honor in my game room, is framed along with my Fiesta Bowl tickets (and Sam's autograph). I also still have the program from that 1953 South Carolina game and it is fun to read the player stats from time to time. The biggest player on the 43 player roster was Ralph Starkey at 6' 3" and 220 pounds. Hard to believe that so many years have gone by with me watching WVU football, but the excitement has never gone away. Just as I did in 1953, I came home from the game in 2008 too hoarse to speak for a few days. Lots of things in the world change, but love of the Mountaineers never goes away.

Pictured below are:
The Ashley's -- Charlie, Mary, Jim, Dan

CENTRAL JR HIGH SCHOOL 1953-54 BASKETBALL TEAM
submitted by: Fred Alvaro (WI '59)
FAlvaro33@aol.com

CENTRAL JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM 1953-54
Front Row: Mike McGahan, Dave Jarvis, Danny Bacchus, Bob Montieth, Dave McGahan , Freddie Alvaro

Back Row: Coach Bond, Ted Waroblack, ? , Jim Hall, ? , Ross Morano, ? , Alan Fleming, Gary Frost, Mr. Fowler

1927 WI BASKETBALL TEAM
submitted by: Tim Cork (WI '62)
tpcork@bellsouth.net

NOTE FROM JUDY: My father is in the second row, the second one from the left. I bet a lot of you can find a relative...father, uncle, grandfather, etc. in this picture.

ST JAMES GRADE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM FROM NORTH VIEW - 1953-54
submitted by: Jean Thomas (ND '61)
thomas4two@mac.com
Hi Roleta, Just got this picture sent to me by Bonnie Portaro Alder, Notre Dame "61, who now lives in Virginia. She was cleaning out some photos and found this one:

Back Row: L-R: Freddie Kroll, Joe DeLuca, Sam Geso, Louie Mazza, Louie Spatafore, Ge Ge Roman, John "Cotton" Thomas
Second Row: L-R: Donald "Duckie" Tenda, John Allowat, Patsy Iaquinta, Tommy Lee Lopez, Angelo Basile,
Kneeling: Frank "Sandy" Roman
On the floor: unknown

P.S. My husband is the one on the upper right.
Hope all is well there. It has been a rough week here. John's ad min for nearly 16 years succumbed to breast cancer after a valiant 6-yr battle. She was in a partial coma for about a week, so it was stressful on all of us as she is like a member of our family. Services will be on Thurs.

That is why I haven't been writing - but just got this picture today and thought some of the WI boys who used to play against these guys would enjoy seeing it.
Take care,

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

Does anyone remember hearing about the old Trader's Hotel? It was Central West Virginia's "showplace" back in the Gay 90's and around the turn of the century. It stood at the corner of Third and Main, where the Union National Bank now stands. There were no paved streets in Clarksburg when this picture was taken (1897) except a little stretch between Third and Murdock alley which had been paved by the Trader's bank. Toward the rear of the hotel, about where the Stonewall Jackson now stands, can be seen the old Opera House where many a famous star appeared and between it and the hotel, the bar, where the city's gay young blades quenched their thirst. The fire which destroyed the entire structure and threatened the whole town, is said to have started in the Opera House. That was around 1911 and there were few automobiles here then. The Fairmont fire department made a record run here by flatcar to help fight the blaze.

UNVEILING OF THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT MAY 30, 1908 WITH TRADERS HOTEL IN BACKGROUND

TRADERS HOTEL FIRE FRIDAY JAN 20, 1911

submitted by: Harriett Stout Noel (WI '59)
leonnoel@charter.net

Today I took time to read this special publication and I loved every comment, story and picture. I was especially thrilled to see the picture of Penny Christie and friends. I think Penny was the junior at WI who "took over" for me as Be Square president when I graduated from school in '59. It was also fun to see Emil Johnson in the photo from Elkins High School which is the area I grew up in (Beverly and Elkins). Emil may remember my gorgeous, tall sister, Dixie Stout, who was the head drum majorette of their band and graduated in 1956. Did he marry Penny?

Also, I am not sure but the photo looks to me like the Presbyterian Church on Main St. My mother played the organ there from time to time, I sang (loudly and not very good) solos and participated in the choir. I think the minister's name was Reverend Paul Francis.

Oh! I think Carolyn Horner is my distant cousin. If you read this Carolyn, was you mother Pie (sp.) Horner? I remember spending wonderful time with you both.

Anyway, hello to everybody from beautiful Oregon! I am looking forward to being able to keep up with the Newsletter more this year.

submitted by: Ralph Brown (WI '65)
rebrown65@embarqmail.com

I got Joe Martin squared away on your web site. He graduated from Notre Dame class of 64. Tom Bennett, Linda Pouch Kennedy and myself are all classmates of 65 and live here in The Villages. I read your news letters monthly but have never written. Very well done and it brings back lots of memories. My wife and I retired from Lockheed Martin there in Clarksburg back in 03 and moved to sunny Florida. I don't know the people you asked about but there is a lot of WVa pride here in The Villages. I read a lot of your newsletters and wanted to reply but never got around to it. I grew up in Kelly Hill, my class was 1965. My brother Tom class of 64 and sister Jackie class of 67 all went to WI. My Mom, Lucille Brown, was a school crossing guard for years at Linden grade school. My brother and I had one of the biggest paper routes in Clarksburg back in early 60's. Anyway, sure is nice to hear some of the stories you write. I know a lot of the people around Clarksburg. Thanks and keep up the good work.

submitted by: Robert G. Taylor (WI '68)
rgtaylor@mindspring.com

I would like to subscribe.
I have been out of state for over thirty years (NY, CT and mostly CA).
I am now back living in Clarksburg.

submitted by: Joe Martin (ND '65)
jmartin1074@comcast.net

Ralph Brown told me about your website...........I graduated from ND in 1965......and know a lot of the WI folks........Bobby Secret lived up the street from me.........and Jimmy Pulice is my first cousin...small world...........my wife and I just moved to The Villages........and loving every minute of it. Nice website...........my best

submitted by: Betty Beverlin Miller (WI '48)
betts08@verizon.net

I just wanted to thank you so much. I rarely know anyone who writes for the newsletter, but I had to tell you because of your hard work, I am back in touch with a cousin, and her family, plus an old friend, I had lost touch with long ago. I just wonder how many of us have been able to reconnect because of the Newsletter. I am sure I am not alone. It’s a wonderful thing

Marvin and I will be attending the picnic in Sarasota this year. Hopefully it will bring us back in touch with more lost friends and or family. Keep up the good work. I know it is appreciated more than you can imagine.

submitted by: Carol Gregory DeSanna (RW '53)
c_desanna@yahoo.com

I have been receiving it as a forward from a RW classmate and really enjoy it---thx so much for developing it--Your letter brings back so many wonderful memories--

I am a true WV native, born in Weston and grew up in Nutterfort, graduated from RW in 1953, WVU in 1957 and have been living in Arizona approximately 30 years---unfortunately I did not attend the recent Bowl game, but was glued to the TV while screaming "go-go"--

Please do not forget to add me to your notification list---again, thx for the memories--

submitted by: Bob Kuhl (WI '52)
BobKuhl@aol.com

I hope this is not too late, but your mystery picture was Hot Rod Hundley. I was already at WVU when Rod arrived. At that time there was a separate Freshman team and their games were played before the regular game. Rod was a showman, one game he would score 50 points and the next not shoot at all. He would shoot from behind his back or from mid-court, anything to show off. The students would go to the freshman game and when it was over most got up and left. The varsity was left with a half empty field house. It was located on Beechurst Ave next to the river. Rod played several years in the NBA and is now the voice of the Utah Jazz.

CONGRATULATIONS NEWLY WEDS
We all wish the best to these newly weds:

Steve and Beth Allen-Goff (WI 1970)

Sgoff53@hotmail.com
Bethallen52@hotmail.com

These two went to school together and met again in July 2005. They dated and just got married in November 2007.

GOOD LUCK STEVE AND BETH

THE ARLINGTON WREATHS
submitted by: Dr. Arreta Radcliffe Jaranko (WI '40)
jjaranko@frontiernet.net
I was telling one of the women who attends Central Christian in Clarksburg about the wreaths for the veterans . She is a retired Army nurse and was very interested so I told her I would let her know who to contact. And I will do that. Now that I am home again near Shepherdstown we email each other on occasion so I will be in touch with her. Oh yes, it would be so good to have wreaths on the graves of the veterans. My husband's brother rests in Arlington so I am glad he was remembered. He was a Commander in Navy Intelligence during WW11 and his experiences, particularly on a Russian Submarine, were very traumatic. In fact, intelligence duty was so extreme during that time that his health was severely affected. Incidentally, he witnessed the explosion of the atom bomb on Bikini and also was in charge of the troop ships returning from the war in San Pedro, CA and knew that my husband was on one of the incoming ships. Imagine my husband's surprise when he was called to the bridge where the Admirals and Captains were and there stood his brother with all that brass!!

submitted by: Jeanne Colasante Thomas (ND '61)
Thomas4two@aol.com
Here are a couple of great videos to see concerning the wreaths:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYAneQMvEuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoZ9Rc-W7Wk&feature=related

EDITOR’S NOTE: Just to remind you, Jeanne was one of those volunteers who gave of their valuable time to lay wreaths on the graves this year in Arlington Cemetery to honor the fallen military.

NEW READERS

Ralph Brown (WI '65)	rebrown65@embarqmail.com
Tauni Bryan (VHS '56)	tauni.j.bryan@nasa.gov
Joe Martin (ND '65)	JMartin1074@comcast.net
Karen Griffith Askin (WI '60)	angelid1@comcast.net
Amy McMunn Schindler (WI '88)	amyms@rochester.rr.com
Jim Combs (WI '66)	wellingtonjc@comcast.net
Kim Watson Meyer (WI '81)	kmyer63@comcast.net
Robert G (Bob) Taylor (WI '68)	rgtaylor@mindspring.com
Carol Gregory DeSanna (RW '53)	c_desanna@yahoo.com
Mary Sue Bolton Hausser (WI '50)	marysue11781@sbcglobal.net
Diana Calverley Haskell (WI '60)	dianahaskell@mindspring.com
Jim White (WI '58)	Jwhite3740@aol.com
Steve Goff (WI '72)	sgoff53@hotmail.com
Beth Allen-Goff (WI '70)	bethallen52@hotmail.com
Bonnie Portaro Alder (ND '61)	thebestmomma@gmail.com

CHANGES OF EMAIL ADDRESSES

Penny Fish Wolverton (WI '58)	Bpwolv@gmail.com
Marcia DeMarco (Bridgeport HS '77)	MARCIADWV@aol.com
Karmyn Frum Will (WI '58)	Karmyn@cfl.rr.com
Margaret Fran Barrett (WI '50)	was: flmom1cat4@juno.com is now: flmom1cat4@verizon.net

“CLARKSBURG MY HOME TOWN”
Do you have the sheet music for the song? If so, please contact me Roleta1@aol.com...thanks

OBITUARIES
EMILENE JANE PALMER MARRA
HURRICANE, WV — Mrs. Emilene Jane Marra of Hurricane, WV, passed away Friday, January 10, 2008, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, Huntington, WV following a long battle with cancer.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Carroll (WI chemistry teacher) and Jane Palmer.

Emilene was a wonderfully caring spirit who always managed to shine light, hope and comfort on all of those she chanced to meet. She was a perpetual optimist who loved life. Emilene was most happy spending time with her family and grandchildren. She will be sorely missed.

Taking great satisfaction from her 38-year career as a pharmacist, Emilene was employed by Cabell-Huntington Hospital for the past 20 years, most recently filling the role of staff pharm-acist/medication safety coordinator.

She was a member of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, WV Society of Hospital Pharmacists and Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, Hurricane, WV. Emilene also was instrumental in instituting the Putnam County Hospice Program.

She is survived by her loving husband of 37 years, John L. Marra; her three children and their spouses, Kristen and Max Corley of Huntington, Megan and Mark Peterson of Eyota, MN, Kevin and Jennifer Marra of Morgantown, WV. Grandchildren include William and Declan Corley, Ella and Lydia Peterson. Her siblings include Dr. Louis (WI '57) and Barbara Palmer of Clarksburg, WV, Dr. Dale (WI '59) and Barbara Palmer of Clarksburg, WV and Janet and Dr. Norton Smith of Morgantown, WV.

JOHN PATRICK MCGANN
John Patrick McGann, age 67, of Gahanna, Ohio, formerly of Clarksburg, West Virginia, passed unexpectedly Thursday, January 17, 2008. U.S. Army Veteran. He will be remembered as a loving and generous man, who always put the needs of his family, friends and neighbors before his own. His sense of humor and warm, outgoing personality left an everlasting impression on all he met. John was a member of St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Church, where he faithfully attended the 6:30 a.m. masses. He worked as a Sr. sales manager with Rizwitsch, where he had the opportunity to meet many, many people. John married his beloved wife, Darlene Monroe on January 30, 1965, and together they provided a loving and supportive home for their children, Colleen Marie Pierce (Jim Stickradt), Patrick Michael (Kristin) McGann, Jay Robert Summers (Angela Schmidt), Steven Christopher (Lisa) McGann and Tara Margaret McGann; he was the proud grandfather of Tabatha, Kyle and Taylr Pierce, Patrick, Norah, Fiona and Owan McGann; brother of Nancy Margaret (Bill) Renzelli, Elizabeth Drake and Mary Jo Greaver. John was a graduate of Notre Dame High School.

HOWARD V. “JACK” BAILEY JR

WEST UNION - Howard V. “Jack” Bailey Jr., 86, of Crystal Lake, West Union, died peacefully following an extended illness on Saturday, January 19, 2008, in the United Hospital Center, Clarksburg. He was born December 25, 1921, in Clarksburg, a son of the late Howard V. and Amy Sommerville Bailey. On October 10, 1944, he married Winifred L. Strong Bailey, who preceded him in death on April 1, 1988. Surviving are three daughters, Terry M. Braddock and husband Ronald P., Berwyn, PA, Amy L. Davis, Belmont, CA, and Sherri M. Bailey and husband Robert Holden of Crystal Lake, West Union; one son, Howard Wayne Bailey and wife Ren/e, Crystal Lake, West Union; eight grandchildren, Matthew Davis, Brian Wildt, Josh Davis, Kim Kennedy, Erin Wildt, Howard “Chris” Bailey, Jackson Holden and Bailey Holden, and six great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by one infant son, Mark Andrew Bailey; three sisters, Ruth Miles Jarvis, Twyla Batcha and Mildred Lemley. Mr. Bailey was a graduate of Washington Irving High School and flew with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He retired in 1983 from Consolidated Natural Gas Company and was Baptist by faith. Jack had a contagious enthusiasm for outdoor sports, which included water skiing, ice skating, hunting, fishing, golf and riding his motorcycle. He was a loving father and grandfather and will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

JACKSON T. TETER, JR.
Mr. Jackson T. Teter, Jr., age 65, of Rt. # 1, Box 41-L, Bridgeport, WV passed away at 7:55 P.M. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 in the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, following an extended illness. He was born in Clarksburg, WV January 3, 1943 a son of the late Jackson Thaddius Teter, Sr. and Clara Mae Simmons Teter.

Surviving are, his wife of forty-six years, Judith Ann Welch Teter, whom he married August 19, 1961, two sons & daughters-in-law, John Michael & Rebekah Teter, Morgantown, WV and Joseph William & Melissa Teter, Anmoore, WV, two daughters & sons-in-law, Beth Ann & Doug Limer, Clarksburg, WV and Jennifer & Randall Pritchard, Nutter Fort, WV, one brother, John William Teter, Nutter Fort, WV, six grandchildren, Joey, Zachary & Austin Teter, Casey & Michelle Limer, Ashley Nicole Limer and Lorraine Christine Teter and several nieces & nephews.

Mr. Teter was also preceded in death by a son, Brian Roy Teter.

Mr. Teter was a member of the East View Hammond United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of Roosevelt-Wilson High School - Class of 1960. He served his country during the Viet Nam Era in the U. S. Air Force from 1960 till 1969. He had been employed as a machine operator at UCAR in Anmoore.

Friends may call at the Davis-Weaver Funeral Home, 329 East Main Street, Clarksburg from 2:00 - 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, where a funeral service will be held on Monday, January 21, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. with Pastor Larry V. Crawford presiding. Interment will follow in the West Virginia National Cemetery in Pruntytown. Full Military Graveside Rites will be accorded by the V.F.W. Post # 3081 of Grafton, American Legion Post # 12, Taylor County & the D.A.V. # 24. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his memory may be made to: The American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, Harrison Co. Unit, 162 Court Street, Charleston, WV 25301.

Above obituaries are taken in part from the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram Publications.

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