THE WI NEWSLETTER 12/08

THE WI NEWSLETTER

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Issue 112

December 2008

NEIGHBORHOODS

BRUSHY FORK
submitted by: Jane Stout Galvan (WI '59)
jognjsg@cox.net
For many years my grandparents, Charles Stout and Lida Allen Stout lived on their farm in Brushy Fork. I have very fond memories of the times I spent with them there.

During the summer, I would often visit them. I had so much fun. My Grandmother Stout would let me paint the flower boxes, collect chicken eggs, help in the garden, roam around from barn to barn and jump into the creek that ran through the property. For a long time there was a covered bridge across the creek.

Whenever we went there for Sunday suppers, Grandmother Stout or Mima, as I called her, would have prepared a feast, with several different kinds of meat, lots of fresh vegetables and an assortment of pies. Afterwards we would sit on the porch in the swing and my grandfather would offer me a little Benedictine and Brandy to aid in my digestion, much to my mother's chagrin.

We set up an archery range in the adjoining meadow, known as “Ben’s Bottom” because my father loved it so much. Our targets were stacked up hay bales. During hay harvest I would sit on either my grandfather's or Ben's lap and steer the tractor. I will always remember that.

When it was time for a Christmas tree, our family would go to the farm, walk through the snow to the woods and cut one down.

The farm is still in our family. It is satisfying to know that we still own a little piece of beautiful West Virginia.

BROADWAY
submitted by: Bill Bryan (RW '57)
PBRNRX64@aol.com
Broadway! Born and raised in Broadway until enlisting in the Navy two weeks after high school. The two things I remember most about Broadway were the "corner" and Broadway School.

In the 40's and 50's we "loafed" at the corner. I don't remember all the stores, but some were Delapa's Shoe Shop, Southern Pine Lumber Co., George's Service Station, Herrick's Hot Dog/Restaurant, Ace's Pool Hall, Fugo's Market (2 other grocery stores I've forgotten the names), Tom's Barber Shop, Midledge's Drug Store, and Tom's Confectionary. Down Braodway Ave, which may have been the widest street in Clarksburg, were the Snack Bar, Felix's Barber Shop, and Broadway Market. Living on Nutter Street, I spent many evenings walking to the corner (in my Converse All-Stars-which I never outgrew) and loafed!

Broadway School I thought was a great, well - kept school. First through ninth grades. Beautiful hard-wood floors throughout. In those days, people just didn't move much, so we new just about everybody in the neighborhood, all the teachers, custodians, bus-drivers, etc. But we deeply feared the PRINCIPAL, Mr. Fountie Williams. (I believe he later served on the Board of Education.) In the spring of 1954, as ninth grade "seniors", 9 or 10 of us skipped school one afternoon and went to the Orpheum. We weren't seated too long in the theater until Mr. Williams was there with orders to get back to school immediately! (I've forgotten our punishment).

We were most fortunate to grow up during the 40's and 50's. It was a great, safe time!

submitted by: Ron Love (RW '54)
RLove17783@aol.com
Broadway was considered a ethnic melting pot with Italians, Irish, English, Scotch, Spanish, Syrian, Lebanese, German, African, representation in that end of town. Little did many of us realize what a fertile community it was. For example, Harry Weeks, the anesthetist, Dominic Raymond, a long-time Pharmicist, Dr. Tom Hooton, veterinarian, Marshall Van Zant, the Afro-American lawyer who graduated from Kelley-Miller H.S. There was Fred Hikle, whose sport talents, led him to be a Final Four B.B. referee, only to be denied his rightful recognition, by a hit and run driver, while he was directing students onto a school bus in Md. Jimmy Delapa, who became the largest national producer of ready-made pizzas, before he sold his operation to General Foods. There were the nurses, Maryjane Cleavenger who served on the USS Hope, and Barbara Ryder, with her service and research on premature infants. I's sure there are others, that one might recall. I, for one, would welcome any assistance and memory refresh to add to this thought on Broadway!

Like others before me, I often failed to ask the pertinent questions of the time when I lived in or on Broadway.....How did it get that name? I just assumed that it was because the Broadway Ave with the grassy boulevard and the wider part of the street on the downside of Main st., was the absolute and obvious explanation. Now, however, I ask- Why did the powers that be, create the widest street with a partial grassy boulevard, that, in reality, had no obvious purpose at either end of the Ave. I hope someone can shed some light on this issue!

Two people I inadvertently ommitted were The Sirianni brothers, Sam (Sonny) and Frank (Babe) who, after football at Marshall and WVU, played together for the Charleston Rockets? and /or the Wheeling team. After that he became the premier Coach and athletic director at Ft. Myers H.S. for nearly 35 years. Along with Babe and their wives and children made significant contributions to programs at Florida State, Ohio State, and Fl.

NEIGHBORHOODS OF CLARKSBURG

ADAMSTON---------------------------------------------------------NO ONE RESPONDED
ANMOORE (FORMERLY GRASSELLI)---------------------------0 RESPONDED
ARBUTUS PARK-------------------------------------------------------1 RESPONDED
ARLINGTON------------------------------------------------------------1 RESPONDED
BROAD OAKS-------------------------------------------------------- 25 RESPONDED
BROADWAY------------------------------------------------------------2 RESPONDED
BRUSHY FORK---------------------------------------------------------1 RESPONDED

FOR JANUARY WE WILL SALUTE:
These 2:
CHESTNUT HILLS
COLONIAL HEIGHTS (aka THE HILL—where WI was located)

COUNTRY CLUB ADDITION
DAVISSON RUN
DESPARD/ SUMMIT PARK
DOWNTOWN / UPTOWN (this is a new section added to cover all those who lived in any other “TOWNY”)
*EAST END
EAST POINT
EAST VIEW
EDGEWOOD
*GLEN ELK
GLEN FALLS
GOFF PLAZA
HARTLAND
HEFLIN HEIGHTS
HIGHLAND PARK
INDUSTRIAL
KELLY HILL
MONTPELIER (AKA PINNICINICK HILL)
NORTHVIEW
NIXON PLAZA
NORWOOD
NUTTER FORT
PARK PLAZA
POINT COMFORT
STEALEY
STONEWOOD--------------------------------------NO ONE RESPONDED
*WEST END

For the month of JANUARY we will salute CHESTNUT HILLS and COLONIAL HEIGHTS (aka THE HILL—where WI was located).

If you ever lived in CHESTNUT HILLS or COLONIAL HEIGHTS (aka THE HILL—where WI was located) area of Clarksburg, please share memories of your neighborhood with us. Tell us about the neighbors, the professions, your family, where you went to school, your friends, what you did for enjoyment…..in other words, anything you can remember about your neighborhood. This is the month for these two areas to be discussed. DO NOT write to me about your neighborhood until I call for a salute to that neighborhood. Write Roleta1@aol.com. Thanks.

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
John Teter (jateter@aol.com) has volunteered to head up a group known as the Class Representatives. This will be made up of one person from each class. This representative would be the contact if any news comes into me that should be immediately shared with the entire class. If you would like to help with this endeavor, just volunteer by writing John at jateter@aol.com

Thanks

WI CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
submitted by: Nila Means May (WI '66)
nilajane@hotmail.com or
Nila@HBE1902.com
Roleta:
I just wanted to let you know that Embellishments Gift Shop and Home Furnishings in Clarksburg (the former Broida's building) has a Washington Irving High School Christmas ornament for sale. The cost is $26 plus 6% sales tax and shipping. Kathy Cavallo Goings, WI Class of 1977, is the owner of the Gift Shop. The address is 134 South Third Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301 and the telephone number is 304-622-8199. This ornament is in a series of seven. Her other ornaments are as follows: Thomas Stonewall Jackson, The Waldomore, Christ Episcopal Church, Empire Bank, Towers Grade School, Roosevelt Wilson High School and Washington Irving High School. If anyone would be interested in the ornaments, contact Kathy at the above address and phone number.

Roleta and Judy, I enjoy your newletter very much. Keep up the good work.

THE FIFTIES
Great memories of the fifties…pictures and music…sent to me by several people and I thought the readers would enjoy it.

http://www.greatdanepro.com/50s/index.htm

NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES

Jean Smouse King (WI '58)	edjeanking@verizon.net
Bill Jackson (WI '43)	Bjmj60@yahoo.com
Dolores Yoke (did not attend a Clarksburg school)	Dolores@wykarchitects.com
Bill Yoke (WI '65)	bill@wykarchitects.com
Marty (“Sonnie”) Ashland (WI '59)	marshland@adgpromo.com
Greg Conaway (WI '81)	GCONWV@aol.com
Barbara (Bennett) Comer (VHS '60)	bdcomer@peoplepc.com
Dave (WI '58) and Janet Post Hodges (WI '59)	britt33169@roadrrunner.com
Cheryl Fain Mehaulic (WI '74)	cherylcummings@bridgeportwv.com or ccredd46@aol.com

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS

David Bates (WI '51)	bates8806@sbcglobal.net
Janet Twigg Wendt (WI '56)	phijan@suddenlink.net
Bill Sterling (VHS '56)	was: billsterling@aol.com is now: vettel98@verizon.net
Diana Cleavenger Swiger (WI '66)	was: mamaswag6@aol.com is now: dianaswiger@comcast.net

COLLECTIONS
Write to Roleta1@aol.com

It has been said that if you have more than 3 of one thing, you have a collection. Do you have a collection? What do you collect? Why do you collect it? How many do you have in your collection? How long have you been collecting? Write and tell us about your collection---Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.

1937 WI YEARBOOK
The Year Book that I offered in the last newsletter for sale for $10.00 was bought by Burt Spangler (WI 1938). He sent me the check plus more as a nice gift to the WIN Scholarship fund. He wrote to me the same day he received the newsletter notification. I received two other letters from people who were also interested. Perhaps I can come up with some other yearbooks…..to help the WIN Scholarship fund. So if you have any or see any, donate them to me and I will sell them thru the newsletter to help the Scholarship.

Thanks Burt your generous check will be put in the MMA bank account for the WIN Scholarship and will be used to benefit some needy Clarksburg children with help toward their first year of college. I only wish we could help them for 4 years.

PIZZA MEMORY
What was the name of the pizza restaurant that was on Main Street across from the A & P? Mostly Notre Dame people hung out there but others did also. This had to have been in the 50’s. Do you know the name? Can you share any memories of this place? Thanks to Pat Baccus for suggesting this subject. Write your memories to Roleta1@aol.com.

MEMORIES OF DECEMBER IN CLARKSBURG
submitted by: Steve Goff (WI '72)
sgoff53@hotmail.com
Happy Ho-Ho and all that jazz to my fellow alums. December is a favorite month of mine as it not only brings all of the Christmas and holiday hub-bub, but my birthday is on the 22nd. Yee-haw! I am particularly excited about this birthday, as I have learned every state in the union will be honoring me with a series of numerous roadside signs, to be placed along highways all over the country. I had no idea so many people cared. So when your tooling down the roadways over the next 12 months, and you spot one of my signs ("55")....think of me.

Here's Paul McCartney doing a great live version of the Beatles' "Birthday"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjF1bG5LUcs&feature=related

When I think of December, and my school days in general, my overwhelming point of reference is downtown Clarksburg. I was a Towers-to-Central-to-WI kid, and both of my parents (Griel and Vernice) ended up working for many years at Parson-Sauders (men's clothing and lingerie respectively). I was a latch key kid and could have written a book called "It Takes a Downtown". If I wasn't in school (or on a playing field or basketball court of some kind) I was probably downtown at the library, or at a movie (Ritz or Robinson Grand), or spinning on a lunch counter stool at a five & dime hoping to pick the balloon that would let me get a banana split for a penny.

I'm sure we all have fond memories of the Christmas season in downtown Clarksburg. The parade and Santa's arrival, the city's Christmas lights and decorations, the HUGE Christmas tree on the courthouse plaza, and all of the store windows decked out and looking magical. Johnny Pinion's windows for Parson-Sauders were always the best.

Santa would be headquartered at the Courthouse, but you could find his look-alike "helpers" fielding requests for toys and goodies in several other locations throughout the town. You had to hit them all...no telling which "helper" would drop the ball and not forward your request(s) to the big man, so you had to play it safe and cover your bets.

The stores would be open late, the sidewalks were full of folks, and the Salvation Army kettle bells would be chiming on every corner. Every day between Thanksgiving and Christmas I got to be downtown soaking in the merriment. My wife Beth (Allen, WI Class of "70) reminds me how lucky I was. Living "way out" at Lake Floyd, she only got to make the "Christmas in downtown Clarksburg" scene a few times each season when her family would go shopping on a Saturday, or during the week when the stores stayed open late. I knew I was lucky and didn't take it for granted.

Sadly, I bet there is nothing today that punctures our collective memories of Clarksburg's "good ole days", like a current visit to downtown Clarksburg. Depressing....I'll leave it at that.

However, here's a song that never fails to revitalize downtown Clarksburg for me, Petulia Clark's "Downtown" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCnHWas3HQ&feature=related. This was released in Dec. of '64, but didn't hit number 1 until mid-January of '65. Hearing this song brings back the lights, magic and joy of growing up in downtown Clarksburg.

AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is a story from Mary Sue Clark Spahr…she wrote the first two paragraphs to me in answer to my request for people to share their memories of this society. Then I wrote and ask her if she went on to pursue a nursing career…then she wrote me a little more….again I wrote and ask her to tell us something about her career…..she wanted to remain quiet about it, but I drug out the information for you to enjoy reading about. So here is her story that I titled:

HOW THE AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS CHANGED MY LIFE
submitted by: Mary Sue Clark Spahr (WI '56)
MSSpahr@aol.com
According to the yearbook, I was president of the American Junior Red Cross in my junior and senior years of high school. I really don't remember much about it except that there were very few members. The organization didn't even rate a picture in the yearbook. We were involved mostly in fund raising for the Red Cross programs. We met somewhere downtown (I think in rooms above the central fire station) instead of in the school.

The thing I remember most is that between my junior and senior years I went to a one week training "camp" at Hood College in Frederick, MD. There were lots of great kids there from all over the east coast. It was a wonderful learning experience. My assigned roommate in the college dorm room was a wonderful girl from Baltimore who was one year older than me. As we were getting acquainted we discovered that we both wanted to be nurses. She had already been accepted into the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. As we became friends during that week, she suggested that I apply to Hopkins instead of the local schools in Clarksburg because, as she said, it is one of the best if not the best hospital in the world and the education would be superior.

As the week wound down, I promised that I'd send for a catalog and she promised to be my "big sister" if I was admitted. Once I'd seen the catalog I could scarcely wait to apply. Our old family doctor, Dr. James T. Brennan, wrote a letter of recommendation for me and told me I was definitely doing the right thing which was good to hear. Still, my hopes were not high. I was just one girl from West Virginia and this was a huge, high profile hospital. Then one day, probably in October, the letter came. I was afraid to open it. When I read that I had been accepted I could hardly believe it. My parents were thrilled even though Mother really didn't want me that far away from home.

Anyway, bottom line, I went to Baltimore, I learned at the finest hospital in the world and I became an RN in the fall of 1959, a decision that I've only ever regretted a handful of times over the years. I've often wondered why things happen as they do. I would never have thought to apply let alone had the courage had I not gone to Hood College for that Red Cross training week. I would like to think that some of the thousands of patients for whom I cared might have been better off for the grand education I got. As I contemplate the days and years of my life, I would not have wanted to miss the Johns Hopkins experience.

I worked at Johns Hopkins for four years after I graduated, two years at a hospital in Xenia, Ohio, twenty years at St. Elizabeth/Franciscan in Dayton, Ohio, and many years in doctors' offices when our kids were growing up. I worked for about 40 years in my profession. In the hospital I was always a labor and delivery nurse except for some moonlighting I did in urgent care when the kids were in college and I needed more money. I retired in 1999. I deserved to retire. My butt was draggin'.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Do you believe in destiny? Perhaps Mary Sue was destined to be a nurse and this is how it all came about.

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

VETERAN'S SALUTE
Recently classmate, Rex Zickefoose, (WI 1959) was interviewed on television in Clarksburg Station WDTV CBS 5. Click on this hyperlink and you can see and listen to Rex discuss his long military career (30 years) serving his country and helping the USA. You can watch Rex and you can sign a comment area to thank him for his service. He received a commendation for his services. Just click on the arrow to start the video....scan down the page and you will see the form where you can respond to the interview.

Veteran Salute - Rex Zickefoose | WDTV CBS 5 - News, Weather and Sports - Bridgeport - Clarksburg, WV Bridgeport/Clarksburg, ..

LOST AND FOUND
1967 WI CLASS RING FOUND (girls)
submitted by: Annette Portaro Smith (ND '65)
alpsmith@atlanticbb.net
Do you have a “Lost & Found Department”? A girl’s 1967 WI Class Ring with initials “DLB” on the inside was found in the dirt at the Northview Park, and I would love to find the owner and return it to her. I have the ring in my possession now, given to me by one of my mother’s neighbors. She asked me to try to find the owner. Someone saw part of the ring shining out of the dirt and dug it out. Anyone who knows who it may belong to, please contact me.

Thanks for another great newsletter!

ND CLASS OF 1958 WEB SITE
Interested in looking at a website created for the ND Class of 1958? This was done by Boo Beall bbeall2@verizon.net

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzew42av/notredamehighschoolclassof1958/

DID YOU KNOW?
Clarksburg is located at 39°17'0?N 80°20'13?W (39.283401, -80.336906)[4], along the West Fork River and Elk Creek.[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.5 square miles (24.7 km²), all of it land.

Clarksburg is located in West Virginia's North-Central region.

Clarksburg is the home to the FBI's National Finger Print Identification and Storage Center.

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 16,743 people, 7,447 households, and 4,378 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,758.3 people per square mile (679.0/km²). There were 8,662 housing units at an average density of 909.7/sq mi (351.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.86% White, 3.83% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino were 1.06% of the population.

There were 7,447 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.6% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 86.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $27,722, and the median income for a family was $35,075. Males had a median income of $30,194 versus $22,388 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,587. About 14.8% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.5% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksburg,_WV

DECEMBER SONGS
submitted by: Steve Goff (WI '72)
sgoff53@hotmail.com
On with the tunes...some Christmas songs mixed in with the usual #1 songs from Decembers of years past. Let's get "jingle" with it and start with the perennial favorite "White Christmas", by Bing Crosby.

Here's a little background on the song and a scene from the 1942 film "Holiday Inn" with 'der Bingle' performing the song for the first time (in the film).

From Wikipedia: Crosby's biggest musical hit was his recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", which he introduced through a 1942 Christmas-season radio broadcast and the movie Holiday Inn. Crosby's recording hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to #1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. In the following years, his recording hit the Top 30 pop charts another 16 times, even topping the charts again in 1945 and January 1947. The song remains Crosby's best-selling recording, and the best-selling single and best-selling song of all time. In 1998, after a long absence, his 1947 version hit the charts in Britain, and as of 2006 remains the North American holiday-season standard. According to Guinness World Records, Bing Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has "sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles.

From "Holiday Inn" (watch the fire roar up "on cue" at the 2:58 mark!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1GPxcxrBkI

1948...."Buttons and Bows" // Dinah Shore. This song comes from Bob Hope's very successful 1947 movie "The Paleface". No video of Dinah singing here, just a trusty old Zenith portable stereo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uuQQ89OC8g

1952...."I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" // Jimmy Boyd. Huge hit for Boyd who was 12 years old when he recorded it. There were lots of clever videos of the song as sung by someone else, but I wanted the original recording so it's another record player this time...but done up nicely with some Christmas decorations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdMJNdzB0Q

**I also found this interesting nugget about the song at Wikipedia: When first released, Jimmy's record was banned in Boston by the Catholic Church on the grounds it mixed sex with Christmas. Boyd made world wide news at thirteen years old when he went to Boston and met with the leaders of the Church to explain the song to them. The following Christmas the ban was lifted by the Catholic Church.

1954...."Mr. Sandman" // The Chordettes. Click the "more info" link for a whole lot of info on the Chordettes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRwVt83-7E

1958...."The Chipmunk's Song" (Christmas Don't Be Late)" // David Seville and The Chipmunk's. I had just turned 5 when this hit #1, so you know I, and millions of other kids in the US, wore this baby out. My parents and older sister never hit me, but this made them want to...ALVIN?!?!!....OK!! (Just this year I realized this is set to a WALTZ!??! wow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC0z9TOCJmY

1961...."Please Mr. Postman" // The Marvelettes. This was Motown's first national #1 record (it was on its Tamla subsidiary label). The Beatles later did a fine version as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nuEY6fQgzk

1965...."Turn, Turn, Turn" // The Byrds. Adapted entirely from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible (with the exception of the last line) and composed to music by Pete Seeger in the 1950s. I saw the Byrds perform this at the Nathan Goff Armory as part of one of the Dick Clark "Caravan of Stars" shows that passed through town in the mid-60's. This clip is from the TV show "SHINDIG!!"
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUworKXBzdEh

1968...."I Heard It Through the Grapevine" // Marvin Gaye. Great song performed live with Mr. Gaye at the piano!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyA_DNw2vyg The "more info" link has great bio info.

1970...."The Tears of a Clown" // Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Is there a better singer than Smokey? Nope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kxlZDOHeQ

1973...."The Most Beautiful Girl" // Charlie Rich. This was #1 for 2 weeks in December of '73. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzBt-2jQ3Iw&feature=related

1975...."Let's Do It Again" // The Staple Singers. This is the longer album version, nice stereo. The title song from a pretty good movie starring Sydney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Jimmy Walker. It was written by Curtis Mayfield. How's that for a great list of associations?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLXUPOwzySs&feature=related

1979...."Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" // Rupert Holmes. Live version from TV's "The Midnight Special". So this is what a "dork" looks like?...hmmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3onUJYdyzA

1982...."Maneater" // Hall & Oates. One of my many favorite acts....tight little live version from a recent DVD release. They are still making good music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKPVVOCqmqY&feature=related

1985...."Broken Wings" // Mr. Mister.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyeVfuolT4

1988...."Every Rose Has Its Thorn" // Poison. From a 1990 episode of MTV Unplugged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oztkl0GKTng

** And finally....here's a little coda from Merle Haggard. It was a #1 country song in 1973, and got up to #28 on the pop charts as well. "If We Make It Through December"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IJxTd8dCo

A Merry Christmas and a Cool Yule to one and all.

WHAT KIND OF CAR?
For the January issue of the WI Newsletter, please write and tell us about the car you (or your family) drove when you were in high school. Write your article to Roleta1@aol.com. Don’t say you can’t write the best you can. Start each thought with a capital letter and at the end of that thought (or sentence), put a period. You write it and I will help you with it. If I don’t understand something, I can write to you. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.

If you have a picture of the car, please send it to Judy Daugherty Kimler at jkimler@verizon.net. Or write to her and see how you can mail it to her..

MISS VIRGINIA NUTTER
Write and tell us about your best or worse Miss Virginia Nutter story. She was an interesting woman. Seems as though over the years she taught many different subjects, what subject did she teach you and what year was that? Also, I was wondering did she always teach in the same classroom? Where was her class room located when you were in her class? Write to Roleta1@aol.com.

GRANDPARENTS
Did you grow up with a grandparent living in your home with the family? Did one or both live close to your home? Or did they live in Clarksburg? Did you see them often?

Did your grandparents provided anything to your household? (babysitting, cleaning, washing, gardening, the house you lived in, or maybe your family lived with them, cooking, canning, washing, companionship, the family business) Perhaps these are a few suggestions….or things to remind you and you will write and share with us.

So during this month, stop and reflect on what part your grandparents had in your life. Pay an honor to them, write of your memories to Roleta1@aol.com.

KATHY SUTTER
Lynn Hornor Keith (WI Class of 1966) sent a check to the WIN Scholarship Fund in memory of her childhood friend Kathy Sutter who died recently after a battle with cancer.

During the month of December if you would like to send a check to the WI Newsletter (WIN) Scholarship fund in memory of someone or as a Christmas THANK YOU to someone ….just write your check to: WIN Scholarship c/o Roleta Meredith

And mail to:
Roleta Meredith
3210 Charles McDonald Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34240

Many thanks to all of you who have given money this year to the WIN Scholarship Fund. Since we started this fund, we have awarded $11,000.00 of scholarships to children who have graduated from R. C. Byrd High School.

By sending a check you are saying you care! You care about education! You care about the future! You care about your hometown people!

Those who gave to the scholarship in November are:

Dave Anderson (WI 1962)
Charlotte Mutafis Fleming (WI 1953)
Bud Collins (WI 1955) sent a check to the WIN Scholarship in appreciation of the Newsletter.

WI NEWSLETTER CD'S
Judy Daugherty Kimler came up with a project as a way she can give to the WIN Scholarship. She can make a CD which includes the first 9 years of newsletters through August of 2008. You can go back and read any newsletter or all of them over and over again and again as often as you wish. All you need to do to play the WI Newsletter CD is pop it into your computer---Judy’s husband has made a mini-program which is on the CD and enables you to enjoy the newsletter with no effort. Contact Judy at jkimler@verizon.net and tell her you are interested in purchasing a CD. She will tell you where to send the $10.00 check. She will make you a CD and send it to you. All profit from the sales of the CD goes to the WIN Scholarship. So far thru this project Judy has been responsible for giving $900.00 to the scholarship. Isn’t this a wonderful project?

WIN QUILT
submitted by: Roleta (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com

I hope you will purchase some tickets for the drawing for the 2009 WIN Scholarship Quilt named “Sizzlin Summer” .

The tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 or keep doubling it as 12 for $10.00, 18 for $15.00 and 24 for $20.00. Perhaps you would like to purchase some tickets as Christmas Gifts...You can put them in your Christmas Cards....All profit from the quilt goes to the Washington Irving Newsletter Scholarship (WIN Scholarship) fund.

Tickets are easy to purchase, you send me a check....give me the name and phone number you want on the tickets. If one of your tickets is the winner, we will call you for shipping address. We will ship it to the winner ASAP.

To purchase tickets:
1.Put your check in an envelope.
2. Put a note in the envelope with your request for tickets On the note tell me the name you want on the ticket and the phone number where the person can be reached if they win. (or your name & phone number if the tickets are for you.)
3. Make the check out to:
Roleta Meredith
c/o WIN Scholarship
4. Place the check in the same envelope
5. Seal the envelope and place a stamp on it.
6. Address the envelope to:
Roleta Meredith
3201 Charles MacDonald Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34240
7. Put the envelope in the mail.
8. Pat yourself on the back as a thank you from me---because you are helping another person. You are paying forward and this is a way to pay back some for the many blessings you have received.

NICKNAMES
Nick, the person in charge of nicknames, has gathered a few more for you to guess. See how many you can guess. Please, send your guesses to Roleta1@aol.com. We are going to give this another chance. I have had a couple of people write and ask me why we didn’t use nicknames for the years they were in school so they could recognize them Well, send us some nicknames. Nick has no way of getting this material except through me. I can only get nicknames from you. SO WRITE TO ME……AND GIVE ME YOUR GUESSES AND SOME NEW Nicknames.

1. Habie....................
2. Doc.......................
3. Goose...................
4. Tyke.....................
5. Beak.....................
6. Skip......................
7. Josie.....................
8. Smitty....................
9. Mabs......................
10. Mim.......................

I hope this isn't peterin' out. Of course it should end soon because we might run out of nicknames unless some sends in some for us to use in this next newsletter. Write your guesses to Roleta1@aol.com.

A LITTLE SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SMILE
Turn on your sound and go to this site…you can copy and paste the address below into your web browser or click on the hyperlink:

http://www.libertyhigh56.net/special%20pages/seniors/seniors.htm

FOOTBALL MEMORIES
submitted by: Bob Schneider (VHS '59)
bobschneider7@yahoo.com
Morgantown vs Washington Irving at Hite Field the fall of 1958. Morgantown had an outstanding team as did the Hilltoppers. I do not remember the final score, but one play certainly stands out to me as one of the most outstanding of the many I have seen at that Grand Ole Field. WI had the ball on about their own 40 yard line. W.I.'s wonderful running back, Bob Secret, broke off left tackle thru the Morgantown line and deep into the Morgantown's secondary. Morgantown had an outstanding player by the name of Chucky Blue, who was able to grab hold of Bobby's ankle at around the Morgantown 40. Bobby tried to shake Blue off but the tackler held on for dear life. Mark Garrett, one of the Hilltopper's linemen, following up the play, happened to be in the right place at the right time. Bobby did not hesitate as he lateraled the ball to Mark. Mark took the ball forty yards for a huge score. Both Bobby and Mark showed excellent teamwork, hustle and smarts in a very difficult game against an outstanding opponent.

P.S. Please email me back to let me know that you received this message.

RECIPE
submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
jpulice@aol.com
JIM’S BEEF STEW
4 LB OF STEW MEAT...ROLL IN FLOUR AND BROWN...ADD 6 CUPS OF WATER AND 2 PACKETS OF MC CORMICK BEEF STEW SEASONING....SIMMER FOR 1 HOUR.....ADD 2 ONIONS, 6 CUT UP POTATOES WITH CELERY, CARROTS AND 2 CANS OF PEAS....SIMMER TILL POTATOES & CARROTS ARE DONE...MIX 2 TABLESPOONS OF FLOUR IN 1 CUP OF MILK.....MIX WELL THEN ADD INTO THE STEW.....COOK ANTHER 20 MINS......DELICIOUS !!!!

OLD TIME RADIO PROGRAMS THRILLED MANY
From the Exponent-Telegram Paper
Written: by Bob Stealey Editor
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:22 AM CST

In Friday’s Bob’n’Along, at random I chose the television season of 1958-59 and some of the programs that could be viewed on NBC, ABC and CBS as my subject.

Today, I’d like to review a few of the better-known radio shows that entertained listeners prior to the advent of television. Keep in mind, TV came along in the late 1940s, but there were still some pretty darned good shows you could hear over the old Setchell-Carlson. Besides, more families were buying their TV sets in the ’50s, as I recall.

The “old-time radio” age was a golden period in broadcasting. There were still some good radio programs that were heard on a regular basis when I was knee-high to a grasshopper. Most programs that I’m going to mention weren’t heard by my ears, but I was told a lot about them by my parents and other “grown-ups.”

A highly popular program was “Gunsmoke,” which featured Dodge City’s Marshal Matt Dillon, whose voice was that of William Conrad (on TV later as Cannon and the Fat Man). It was a long-running classic that is still revered for its high values.

“Gunsmoke” first aired on CBS Radio on April 26, 1952, and was dubbed the first adult Western. In addition to Conrad, other regulars included Chester Proudfoot, played by Parley Baer; Kitty, by Georgia Ellis, and Doc Adams, played by Howard McNear.

The well-developed scripts and great acting tended to set it apart from other radio programs, but the sound effects were also quite memorable. Gunsmoke went to a 30-minute TV show in the mid-’50s.

Another radio show that was so popular that it eventually was “graduated” to TV was “Dragnet,” one of the best-remembered shows. The radio show ran on NBC Radio from September 1949 until February 1957, at least five years after the shift to television.

In the radio series, Jack Webb starred as Sgt. Joe Friday, and Barton Yarborough played his partner.

There’s one radio show that I distinctly remember, and that was “The Six-Shooter,” featuring James Stewart. A one-season show, it debuted in September 1953 and was on for the last time in late June 1954. I recall that it aired at 7:30 p.m. on Sundays (until March 1954, when it went to Thursday nights), and I wouldn’t go to bed until I heard it. Stewart played Britt Ponset, who had the reputation as a fast gun. I can still remember the theme music!

By far, these weren’t the only radio programs I remember. Can anyone recall “Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders”? It aired in the early evening, just as “Wild Bill Hickock” did.

Well-known comedies were “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Fibber McGee and Molly” and “Lum & Abner.” I don’t remember those so well, except by title.

Dramas included “The Shadow” and “Nick Carter, Counterspy.”

To be sure, there are many others, too numerous to mention in my remaining space. But I hope you had fun stepping back in time.

Finally, before I get off the subject, in my television review on Friday, I mentioned that “You Bet Your Life” was hosted by Ralph Edwards. Not so! For the life of me, I don’t know how I confused Ralph Edwards with Groucho Marx, one of my old-time movie favorites. Marx did “You Bet Your Life.” Ralph Edwards did “This Is Your Life.” Mea culpa!

submitted by: Cheryl Fain Mehaulic (WI '74)
cherylcummings@bridgeportwv.com

I just found this website and what a treasure. I grew up in Clarksburg and after living away, I have returned to spend what I presume will be the remainder of my life. As I read each entry from authors that span over many years, it has brought back memories of the Clarksburg of yesteryear. I come from a large family of 10 children, so those who entered messages from W I Classes as far back as 1950’s have been a classmate or acquaintance with one of my older siblings.

My name is Cheryl (Fain) Mehaulic and I currently live in Clarksburg on Mulberry Avenue. I grew up on Clay Street right off Main Street. I might be considered a “Townie”, but most of my interaction with friends growing up was in the Broad Oaks area. Other people with whom I grew up also consider my childhood home to be in the Broad Oaks area. Throughout my childhood I remember children from the families of Merrifields, Brelsfords,Gilmores, Coffmans, Reider, Vacs, Sayres, Huffords, Stalnaker, Amos, Holyfields, Simmons and many more too numerous to mention. There were also many families in the neighborhood whose children attended Notre Dame. We had a very friendly, family oriented neighborhood. Summers were spent riding bikes, playing hide and seek at dusk, hopscotch on neighbor’s driveways and building snowmen or snowball fights in the winter.

In reference to Parsons-Souders, my mother worked as a waitress at The Submarine until after I was born in 1956. I remember going there for lunch as a child and it was always so busy and exciting. You would sit wherever and with whomever you could get a seat. The noise from all the people talking at once was so loud you would have to yell to be heard. I have a vague memory of the room being filled with cigarette smoke which today is unheard of in the restaurant scene. We would always get a submarine sandwich, but I can’t remember exactly what was on the sandwich as one of your former entries remarked. I do know there was bacon on the sandwich, but that is as far as my memory will serve.

I would have been a member of the Class of 1974, but when I was a sophomore, my father’s untimely death brought about our moving across town to live in Adamston near my married brother, so my mother could work. However, I still claim the Washington Irving High School and the Class of 1974 as my alma mater and have attended their reunions since 1994.

Thank you for this wonderful venue of expression and reminiscence of our high school memories.

submitted by: Kay Lawson Adair (WI '58)
KLAdair1@aol.com

picture submitted in Nov by: Mary Harbert Nophsker (WI '58)
menrn40@aol.com

I went to grade school at Alta Vista and that picture was my second grade class. Hopefully I can fill in some in some of the names that are missing or provide names of kids that were in my class. There were two second grades. The teacher was Loretta Mazzie. I also had her as my Fourth Grade teacher. Her husband owned a grocery store at the corner of Haymond Highway and Point St.(?) and she lived upstairs.

First Row- Mary Harbert, Frankie Cortez, Betsy Rucker, Ross Terango ----
Second Row - ____, Kay Lawson, Allen Fleming, Terry Shorr,---
Fourth Row -Bob Westbrook, Jeannie Kovalan (?), Jack Fleming, Melvin Munzing,
Fifth Row - Judy Lerner, ______, Cynthia Molle, _______, Carolyn Flowers (?), Roger Hollandsworth,
Sixth Row - _______, Jeannie Dillmore, Beverly Clevenger, Gary Goodwin.

Some others that I remember were Jimmy Greathouse, Dixie Donahue, Mary Alice Kelly, Emma Jean Vickers, Linda Stafford. I am sure there are more. I went to Alta Vista with all of those Broad Oaks kids even though I lived in Arbutus Park. Hope this fills in, it may not be totally correct but close.

Jean and Chery were like sisters to us. I remember Shiner, the dog, and the cat of many kittens. The plum tree that we all hung from upside down. It was a great neighborhood and amazingly some of the people are still living there. It was the home of my heart and still is. The pictures of Lake Floyd were wonderful. My family had a one room log cabin that we lived in every summer from 1944 until 1960. What a wonderful way to spend the summer. Maybe he can send more pictures. Hope you have a Merry Christmas.

submitted by: Bill Jackson (WI '43)
Bjmj60@yahoo.com

My sister Nancy Jackson sent me your news letter and I enjoyed reading about Broad Oaks. It brought back a lot of memories, so I wanted to thank you for it.

We moved to Broad Oaks from Charleston in 1926. I was 1yr. old at the time. I lived there until I got married in 1951. We moved to Ohio and have been here since then. Thanks again.

P.S. I also saw a letter from my nephew, GW (Bill) Cowgill who I had lost touch with and now I just sent him an e-mail.

submitted by: Dolores and Bill Yoke (WI '65)
bill@wykarchitects.com
Dolores@wykarchitects.com

Please add me and my "WI" husband to your newsletter list. So many good times and memories come from WI. Bill graduated from WI in 1965. We met at Clemson, married upon graduation Jan. 4, 1969. After his US Navy days (1973) we came back to Clarksburg to make our lives here. Neil Yoke, our older son, graduated from WI in its last class - 1995. Bill's parents (Ann and Bill Yoke) graduated from WI the year he was born.

Bill and I work together in his architecture firm.

Thanks for keeping up the WI fun.

submitted by: John "magic" Cooper (WI '51)
Mysto99@aol.com

Roleta and Judy: :You do such a great job. I am also so busy -which I don't like--that I get behind on things..including digging out stuff and coming up with things to send you for the up coming newsletters in the future. I sent you already -and you ran it on some info on my Country Club-Spring Hill area.....Digging out that pic of Manhattan Restaurant was great..! ---I believe I feel like others..in..what I might send you is not worthwhile and I don't like to take up your time. Those pics on the 1950 big snow was wonderful ..I remember it well...In my info sent you some time ago,I described hardly getting home that night..of that Thanksgiving weekend holiday snowed in. --- Am sure there are many-many stories and pics that are yet to come, if only those out there would get with it and get back to you with what they have and their stories and pics, material,etc...! They have to realize..what they have and say--IS--what we want..! Oh--there is soooo much yet to be told...!

submitted by: Bob Patterson (VHS '54)
james22055@aol.com

I also remember the snows in the 50's. I lived on Glenwood Hill. Of course we walked to Adamston School and Victory HS. As the old saying goes " we walked up hill both ways ". In essence that is true we walked down hill and up hill to Victory and down hill from Victory up hill to Glenwood. Yes the snows were very bad. I can't ever remember school being called off. I don't remember too much about Central Lunch but I remember Ritzy Lunch and it is still there, not to bad hot dogs there, the wife brought some home not to long ago.

By the way I wonder if any one remembers the air raid sirens in the 40's during WW2.? Wonder if any one remembers the paper drives and milk weed pods taken to school for the war effort. I think the milk pods were used for making parachutes but don't know about the news papers. Sorry to bend your ear so much but I do remember.

submitted by: Sonja Grossa Alvaro (Bridgeport '58)
sonja1940@aol.com

Dear Roleta, I am sorry it took so long to write about Anmoore in the Newsletter. I hope it is not to late.

I was born and raised in Anmoore, formerly Grasseli and home of the Union Carbide, and which is now known as GraphTech. Incidentally, my mother still lives in the two story house that sits in the "front yard" of the carbon company. My father retired from Union Carbide where he worked for almost 40 years. All of those years he walked only about 100 yards to and from work. Can you imagine living so close to your work that you never get away from the sounds and smell of the factory you work in 8 to 10 hours a day?

The church and school I attended in Anmoore up to the 8th grade, was St. Francis Borgia. From there I went to Bridgeport HS. We had a choice of going to St. Mary's or Bridgeport HS. Those who could afford it went to St. Mary's, as there was a tuition fee.

Out recreational activities were usually held at the Anmoore ball field. We hung out and rode our bikes. We had no playground to go to but we did get together at Joanne, Sis, and Debbie Fredrick's house. They had just about everything that most playgrounds had. In the evenings we would get together at someone's house and play hide and seek and collect lightning bugs and make rings on our fingers with them. Sounds gross but most of the kids back then did that. Doesn't sound as exciting as what they did in Broad Oaks but we had a lot of fun with a lot of neat kids. We didn't have much but we didn't know that.

Brushy Fork, where Deegan and Hinkle Lakes are located, is just above Anmoore. I heard that is where the WI kids would go to "make out." I wouldn't know. People in Clarksburg thought that Anmoore was in the country, but my husband Jim recently drove from Anmoore to visit with Buck Tustin in Stealey and it only took him 10 minutes one Saturday morning. Anmoore, as other areas in Clarksburg, was a fun place and a very safe place to have grown up in. Those were some really good times. Thank you for the Newsletter that keeps bringing us back to some really fond memories of our earlier years.

SAY THANK YOU

During the Holiday Season. Send a card to a person serving our country.

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YEHUDI
submitted by: Catherine Custer Burke (WI '52)
katiecbur@verizon.net
Mystery who Endo was. We never knew.

submitted by: Jim Hovey (WI '62)
Jimparsons2@hotmail.com
"Yehudi Speaks"! Unbelievable! I thought I was the only one that looked in the "Clarksburg News" every Thursday for the first (and only) gossip column I ever really read. It had names of people I actually knew and saw in the halls of Central Junior High School and WI. Although I was never socially prominent enough to receive a shout out myself, I actually knew people whose names were published in the newspaper. And whoever wrote the column was on the money. What a treat.

submitted by: Evelyn Anne Brown Harper (VHS '62)
Whipharp@aol.com
Although I doubt that this is the reference to which you were referring, my remembrance of Yehudi is of a cat! Yehudi was a cat belonging to Wanda Martin, French teacher at Victory High School during the 1950's and 1960's. I can remember her inviting our French II class to her house to make Crepe Suzettes. It was there that we met Yehudi, her dear cat. (I wrote a poem about Mrs. Martin and Yehudi while a senior at VHS.)

I'm glad that you enjoyed "my version" of Yehudi! I still have the poem that I wrote and am, of course, willing to share it; however, it is really more about Mrs. Wanda Martin than about her cat, Yehudi. While studying Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (written in Middle English) in senior English class, we were given an assignment by Mrs. Lillie Morgan to write a poem in "iambic pentameter," which was Chaucer's style. My poem was about "My Friend," who was Mrs. Martin.

MY FRIEND

A teacher--yes, but even more a friend
Who'd teach us things, 'til her tired back would bend,
That will help us in years to come. Although
She oft digressed a wee bit much, we know
Informal talk taught us much more--'tis true--
Than books or French lectures could ever do.
Her skirts were not as short as was the style,
And round-toed shoes walked swiftly through the aisle.
A brooch she often wore, a cameo;
It matched 'most all her clothes from head to toe.
This cameo was colored angel blue;
It matched my teacher's disposition, too.
Although we may not know, she had a skill
That had to with paper, mind, and quill.
She wrote one verse to our belove'd school song,
But humbly took no credit all along.
She used to do so many little tasks
About which no one knew or even asked,
And never even wished for thanks or fame
For numerous gifts that I could never name.
Although she had no children of her own,
She welcomed each of us into her home
To visit, eat pate with her and chat,
And play with cute Yehudi, her dear cat.

"Thanks for the memories," Roleta! We Victory grads thoroughly enjoy your wonderful Newsletter!!

HUNTING IN OUR HILLS
submitted by: Dave Bates (WI '51)
bates8806@sbcglobal
In recent years one often reads of the cruelties associated with the sport of hunting. “How can you go out in the woods with a gun and kill one of God’s INNOCENT creatures.”

Weellll, let me tell you. It’s easy, once one has the gun, the ammunition, and it’s hunting season. One major rule: If you don’t intend to eat it, don’t shoot it. (I faithfully followed this dictum until I was stationed in North Dakota and was introduced to the coyote.) But I’m getting ahead of myself.

I started hunting with my dad when I was seven. The squirrels, rabbits and quail had no worries with me. I didn’t have a gun. The next year I had a .22. They were still safe. And the next a .410 shot-gun. Now I was a minimal hazard to living things, putting an occasional rabbit or squirrel on the dinner table. About the age of 12, I stood anxiously by as dad talked a guy down to seven dollars for a Stevens, single barrel, full choke 12 guage. I was quick to discover that it “killed on both ends” as it knocked me flat the first time I fired it. The shock and pain were considerably lessened when I discovered I got the squirrel!

If I remember right, squirrel season started at sun up on the Saturday nearest October 15th. On my calendar it was the most important day of the year. Walking the woods and fields in the fall was pure treasure. The moments were golden. If some game got put in my coat, so much the better, but the unbridled joy of being one with nature is my favorite love and remembrance of my youth spent in my beautiful hills.

In my adult years my gun collection grew as I hunted pheasant in Korea, deer in South Carolina, Florida and (brrrrrr!) North Dakota. None of these experiences touched those from back home. Oh, yes! We hunted “Hoover chickens”. WHAT WERE THEY?

REUNIONS
WI CLASS OF 1974
submitted by: Cheryl Fain Mehaulic (WI '74)
cherylcummings@bridgeportwv.com or
ccredd46@aol.com
The Class of 1974 is currently in the planning stages for its 35th Reunion to be held in the Fall of 2009. An informal social is tentatively scheduled at the Fifth Floor - Martini Bar located in the old Broidas building on 3rd Street on Friday, October 9, 2009 - 6:00 p.m. to ? A dinner/dance with live entertainment is to be held at the Glen Elk Gardens Ballroom located on Clark and 5th Streets on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Plans are not yet complete. Suggestions for combining other classes have been made. If you are interested in attending or would like to consider combining your class, please contact Jim Marsh.

50th REUNION
WI CLASS of 1959
There is a committee at work planning the 50th Class reunion for the WI Class of 1959. Sharyn Cottrill McGahan mtmama41@msn.com is chairperson of the committee and the members are listed following this letter.

The dates have been set!! Mark your calendar now for July 17 and 18, 2009.

The location has been selected - The Clarksburg Country Club.

Members of the committee are:

Ronnie Werner     wernerrlrs@verizon.net
Mike Fresa     mikef@ma.rr.com
Phyllis Fittro Brown     pbrown@ma.rr.com
Bobbie Johnston Swisher     bjs310@gmail.com
Jerry and Carolyn Pinella Warne     jerrywarne@yahoo.com
Larry Martino     MJSPOPPY@aol.com
Charlie Burkhammer     Cbhammer12@aol.com
Judy Daugherty Kimler     jkimler@verizon.net
Bob Davis     RAD29063@aol.com
Roleta Smith Meredith     Roleta1@aol.com
Rosemary Grow Warne - No email
Sandy Drummond Hefner - No email
Paula Brasseur Riley - No email

If you don't get an email announcement or a letter by Dec. 8 please contact any member of the committee with your email address or current mailing address.

If you are planning on attending the 50th reunion you should check with the area motels and make your reservations now. Several have already made reservations at the Hampton Inn.

CHRISTMAS
Christmas is the annual holiday that celebrates and commemorates the birth of Jesus. There are various traditions and customs associated with this festive event! Some of these traditions are displaying the nativity scene, putting up Christmas trees, decorating them with lots of colored ornaments, garlands and different Christmas decorations. Also, decorating the house with seasonal decorations both inside and out!

People celebrating Christmas also like to put out special food at this time like cookies, cakes and nuts that are made only at this festive time of year. You may also find mistletoe hung above the doorways to sneak a kiss. Christmas themes include promises of goodwill, compassion and peace along with gift giving and Christmas carols! It is a magical time of year and one of the most heartfelt holidays celebrated throughout the year!

OBITUARIES
GLENDINE V. "GLENNIE" JETT
FREDERICK, Md. — Glendine V. "Glennie" Jett of Thurmont, Maryland, and formerly of Walkersville, peacefully passed away with her family at her side on Monday, November 10, 2008.

She was born August 9, 1931, in Crellin, Maryland, and graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1950. She was the daughter of the late Ray E. Sanders and Dorothy Fries Sanders.

Mrs. Jett worked for the Frederick County Public School System for 18 years. She started at Walkersville Elementary School and moved to Walkersville "B" Building when it first opened to 4th and 5th graders. Glennie was a member of Walkersville United Methodist Church, the Retired Teacher’s Association, Garrett County Historical Society and the Order of Eastern Star, Clarksburg, WV.

She is survived by Harry Edward Jett, whom she married August 1, 1959; a son, Bruce E. Jett; daughter-in-law, Via Jett; daughter, Cynthia D. Jett; son-in-law, Kevin T. Folk; and seven grandchildren, Autumn, Avery, Elyse, Garrett, Samuel, Sanders and Tristan; and one stepgrandson, Matthew.

Also surviving are two brothers, Carlton and Harry Sanders, both of Clarksburg, West Virginia; and three sisters, Mary Lear, Sykesville, Maryland, Janet Kaiser, Walkersville, Maryland, and Norman Jean Weekley, Williamstown, West Virginia.

She was preceded in death her first husband, Edward Ayers; three brothers, Herbert Sanders, Harold Sanders, and Ray Sanders; and two grandsons, Zachary Edward Jett and Thomas Edward Jett-Folk.

WILLIAM PAUL STACKPOLE
submitted by: David Goldsmith (VHS '49)
gold49@frontiernet.net

SALVATORE A. ‘SAM’ OLIVERIO
CLARKSBURG — Salvatore A. “Sam” Oliverio, 75, of Clark Street, Clarksburg, passed away on Thursday, November 20, 2008, in the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center following an extended illness. Sam was a WI Graduate.

Mr. Oliverio was a retired production assembler with Lockheed-Martin with well over 25 years of service.

He was born in Clarksburg on September 21, 1933, a son of the late Frank A. and Antoinette Lepera Oliverio.

He is survived by two brothers, John F. Oliverio, Bridgeport, and Frank A. Oliverio and his wife Carol, Bridgeport; four sisters, Angela M. Shabosky, Clarksburg, Mary Catherine Johnson, Plymouth, MI, Anna Caruso and her husband Fred, Ridgefield, CT, and Frances Phares and her husband Daniel, Clarksburg; 23 nieces and nephews and several great-nieces and nephews.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Rose Oliverio and Mary A. Romano; one brother, Joseph A. Oliverio; one sister-in-law, Bridgett Rollins Oliverio; and one niece, Antoinette Oliverio.

Mr. Oliverio was a United States Army Veteran having served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Mr. Oliverio was also a member of Clarksburg Lodge 52 Loyal Order of the Moose, lifetime member of Clarksburg Lodge 482 BPO Elks, a member of Roy E. Parrish Post 13 American Legion, the WV State Rifle and Pistol Association, and the National Rifle Association.

Mr. Oliverio was a gentleman farmer and raised beef, particularly Black Angus. He was a personal friend of Pete Dye and was the first chartered member of the Pete Dye Club.

ROSE MARIE OLIVERIO
Date of Birth: July 3, 1909 Date of Death: Nov. 5, 2008

Rose Marie Oliverio, age 99 of Clarksburg, WV departed this life on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.

She was born in Clarksburg, WV on July 3, 1909, a daughter of the late Joseph Anthony Martin and Anna (DeAmigo) Martin.

Her husband, Joseph Anthony Oliverio, preceded her in death on Oct. 27, 1950.

Surviving are a son, Joseph Anthony Oliverio, Bridgeport, WV, two daughters, Angela Marie Gurr, Tallahassee, FL and Cabrini Skasik, Nutter Fort, WV, two brothers, James Martin, Bridgeport, WV and Albert Martin, Baltimore, MD, two sisters, Josephine Martin, Clarksburg, WV and Julia Iquinta, Bridgeport, WV, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by a son, Frank Anthony Oliverio.

Mrs. Oliverio was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Clarksburg.

She was a graduate of Towers Elementary, Washington Irving High School and the West Virginia Business College. Mrs. Oliverio was the owner of the former Central Pharmacy on Pike Street, Clarksburg.

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