THE WI NEWSLETTER 05/09

THE WI NEWSLETTER

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Issue 117

May 2009

NEIGHBORHOODS
EDGEWOOD
submitted by: Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)
bmcintyre@ec.rr.com
After 1st and 2nd grade at Towers I moved to Edgewood when my parents built a new house right next door to my Uncle John and Aunt Winifred McIntyre - "Winnie" taught at Victory HS for over 40 years so a number of Victory folks reading this newsletter will have had her as a teacher or class advisor. My memories of Edgewood are a mix of fun times and "I can't believe we got away with that". Example: nearby was an auto junkyard owned by the Gallo family. They had German Police dogs to scare away anybody who strayed into the yard, but we knew the dogs loved any food we could swipe from the refrigerators of our houses...thus, dogs = no problem. In the winter we would choose car hoods without ornaments and turn them into sleds - upside down with a rope to hold onto, standing up and sliding down a snow-covered cow pasture sled path through dangerous cow patties that would certainly stop your forward progress. At the junk yard one time a canister of welding gas somehow got opened and from a distance someone fired an M-80, the resultant explosion certainly shocked the 12 year olds nearby but also the Gallo's employees since the canister shot down the hill and bounced across Rt 19.

At that time (1954 - 1961) Edgewood had a lot of new home construction, being just on the outskirts of Clarksburg toward Fairmont. We kids took advantage of excess building materials to build tree forts and my favorite, fortified-walled fox holes with real overhead coverings (lift off lids) that unfortunate adults sometimes fell into because they were camouflaged so well.

Another memory was playing sandlot football games vs. teams from Adamston, Glenwood, Dawson Mines and Reynoldsburg. We would meet on Saturday mornings - sometimes the "home field" for Edgewood was in the empty lot next to Ellery Thorne's house or we played at Greenlawn Cemetery at Glenwood. No pads, few helmets! The games at the cemetery were most interesting since it was on a hillside and some gravestones were the out of bounds markers. At Adamston we played on the same field as the Adamston Jr Hi football team, complete with various rusty cans and broken bottles imbedded in the ground of the landfill over a previous garbage dump.

The names I remember: next door neighbor Rick Norris, now in Charleston, who I exchange emails regularly, Tom Findlay, Jerry Rebrook, Ellery Thorne, Don Fletcher, John Gallo, John Sirk (whose widow Jeannie is a subscriber to this newsletter), and the 3 Liptak brothers - George, Nick and Frank, who I was in Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts with. Most of us played at some time for the lowly Dawson Mines Little League team that by some streak of luck made it to the championships when I was a 12 year old...possibly due to the fact we had a couple more 12 year olds on our team than were allowed by league rules.

My time at Edgewood ended when my parents divorced after my 8th grade year and I moved with my mom to Nutter Fort for a 9th grade year at RW before moving to WI territory when my mom remarried. So my Clarksburg history contains friends from Victory, RW and WI...

EAST END/EAST MAIN REVISITED
submitted by: Louanna Furbee (WI '55)
Louanna100@yahoo.com
Thanks so much to Diana Shablack Sandy for her memories of East Main/East End. They brought back waves of same for me. Especially, I remember the East End Lunch. The store and her family introduced me to the Clarksburg Hot Dog. They had this nifty apparatus that they put the buns in to warm them that steamed them soft and hot, then they added the hot dog, the miracle sauce, and onions or whatever. What a treat.

Playing all day in the summer up and down Meigs and along the side streets and alleyways, we'd almost always end up at the East End Lunch — it was one of our goal points. One thing I recall, because it is congruent with my experiences watching kid play here in Mexico over the past 39 years, is that we didn't play just with our age sets. We played with kids both older than we were and younger; the whole neighborhood of kids would roam and play whatever the game was. At night, I remember especially playing Red Rover, Red Rover out on the front yards along our East Main block. My next door neighbor, Mary Cain (Notre Dame), and I played a lot of imaginative stuff – I always wanted to be a horse, I recall. Because the houses were so close together, Mary and I had a Walkie Talkie arrangement between our bedrooms, out my window near the front of our house and into her window at the back of her house. Anyway, in those group-neighborhood games in the summer, we might have a big game of marbles up on Meigs — all ages involved, then zip over to the East End for a candy bar.

I also remember Dent's well. My dad and I would walk over there after dinner and get a popsicle for dessert sometimes. We often visited porch-sitting families on the way to or the return from Dent's on those evenings. There was also a fish restaurant in that area that my family frequented. Can't recall the name. It was one of three places we went to regularly: One was Dave's down at the bottom of the hill on the bridge on East Main, one was Andersons' downtown (both of these were Sunday spots for my mom, dad, brother, me, and my granddad). The fish restaurant was more my mom and dad's place.

And of course an anchor of the entire neighborhood was the Oliverio's grocery store on the corner of Pike and Park Avenue. That was where our family bought our groceries, and where we met friends. The daughters of the Oliverio family (Angie and ???) did duty at the checkout, counseled those of us who were younger ("Lose weight now – it gets harder later!"), and we all felt a part of the neighborhood when we were in of their store.

Sometimes my wonderful stepdaughter, Ardith, asks me about my growing up. What WAS Clarksburg like? What the heck produced you? Did lots of your mom's friends help bring you up? And, although I'd not deny that Clarksburg had its social and economic problems, I have to tell her, it was indeed a whole community, most especially that neighborhood, but also many of my mother's friends who tucked me under their wings. Where would my brother and I be today without Libby (for me) and Al (for him) Howes then? Or later on Helen Gaylord Burnside? Or an armload of mom's Girl Scout friends and colleagues, most especially for me Myrtle Bisping? Or all the lovely folks at Christ Church? Ardith was very influenced by the "It Takes a Village" book in the days of those questions, but I sometimes think that Clarksburg in my youth was such a village – not just because it was small, or because many wives didn't work (although my mom certainly did) and so had more time for kid events, but because it was what it was – sort of isolated, proud of its "successes" and history, interested in its own people and thinking of itself as more fortunate than other places. My brother always says it was the most cosmopolitan place he ever knew. I remember my dad's twin, my Aunt Martha (Furbee Marchant – WI +/- 1928), telling me that her heart always gave a little leap as she drove down into the "diamond" of Clarksburg at night coming in on Rt. 50 from the DC area, even after most of her life had been spent in the DC suburbs and the Maryland coast.

SAUSAGE CASSEROLE
submitted by: Charles McClung
1 Pkg Jimmie Dean Hot Sausage
1 bag boil in a bag rice
1 small onion diced
3 cups Rice Krispies
1 8oz bag Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
3 eggs, mixed with fork
1 can Cream of Celery Soup
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

Boil the rice according to directions. In a frying pan cook sausage and onion. In a separate bowl, combine rest of ingredients.... stir in sausage mixture and rice.... stir to blend. Pour into 9x12 pan and bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees...... Let stand for a few minutes and cut into squares. Enjoy

CLARKSBURG

Please write your memories of GLEN ELK, GLEN FALLS, GOFF PLAZA for the June Newsletter…

Make sure you mention the name of your section of Clarksburg in the letter that you write to me. I am unable to distinguish areas of Clarksburg by street names mentioned.

Write to Roleta1@aol.com about either of these areas… GLEN ELK, GLEN FALLS, GOFF PLAZA

ADAMSTON
ANMOORE (FORMERLY GRASSELLI)
ARBUTUS PARK
ARLINGTON
BROAD OAKS
BROADWAY
BRUSHY FORK
CHESTNUT HILLS
COLONIAL HEIGHTS (aka THE HILL)
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 POINT

********THE SECTIONS OF CLARKSBURG LISTED ABOVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HONORED IN THIS NEWSLETTER.********

NEXT MONTH I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE AND HONOR
GLEN ELK
GLEN FALLS
GOFF PLAZA

Write and honor your section of Clarksburg by sharing your memories with us: Roleta1@aol.com

HARTLAND
HEFLIN HEIGHTS
HIGHLAND PARK
INDUSTRIAL
KELLY HILL
MONTPELIER (AKA PINNICINICK HILL)
NORTHVIEW
NIXON PLAZA
NORWOOD
NUTTER FORT
PARK PLAZA
POINT COMFORT
STEALEY
STONEWOOD
*WEST END

MISS GLYDE BAILEY

submitted by: Catherine Custer Burke (WI '52)
Katiecbur@verizon.net
I still have papers from Miss Glyde Bailey's senior English class. They include the "themes" due nearly every Monday morning and then promptly returned with corrections and a letter grade. She also required us to do three research papers. This and much more structured learning were to prepare us for college which it certainly did. Sadly, Miss Bailey went into Alzheimers soon after she retired.

submitted by: David Grimes (WI '53)
Dgrimes@triad.rr.com
I continue to enjoy your monthly news letters. Thanks for keeping me on the list.

I particularly appreciated hearing from Tom Keenan and his tribute to my sister, Mary Alice Grimes Farrar. They were great friends for many years after her husband, Gary, died. I will send him an email today.

Regarding Glyde Bailey, she was one of the best teachers I ever had in high school or college. She gave me a lifelong appreciation for "The King's English", though, to a degree, part of that ended up being a curse. As much as I would like to be a speed reader, I find it impossible because of Ms. Bailey. I end up "proof reading" absolutely everything in front of me. Of course I find mistakes in every book I read and am constantly on the look out for "dangling participles" and stuff like that. That "curse" served me well, however, in the late 60s and 70s when I was publishing cook books. And, besides having a father who liked to cook, proofing my books (which I did not write) turned me into a decent cook which has been an avocation now for the past 40 or so years.

submitted by: Fran Tate Barrett (WI '50)
flmom1cat4@roadrunner.com
In my senior year of high school I had Ms. Bailey for English. It wasn’t until later in life that I realize that if this teacher had not been so compassionate and caring about her students I might not have graduated with my class. I never did figure out Shakespeare's writings nor was I a very good essay writer. I really was on my own in this class as I was not able to receive any help from my parents. This dear sincere, modest lady was my Savior. She gave me all the help she could by occasionally staying after school to help me short of telling me what to write and trying to explain Shakespeare in a more modern mode. I often think of what she did to help me. May God Bless her soul and the same for all other teachers for their dedication to their students.

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
Of all the teachers I ever had, I respected Miss Bailey more than any of the others. She was a prim and proper lady. I never remember anyone showing her any disrespect. She was so tiny but even the biggest boys in the room talked politely to her. She often called me Miss. Smith and used the Miss or Mister in front of many of the classmates last names. I don’t remember her ever raising her voice; she didn’t have to do that. It was such a change to have an English teacher who was respected and showed us respect after two years of Emily Taylor and carrying a box of 8 crayons all the time. Miss Bailey had the ability to make even Shakespeare fun and enjoyable to read. I kept my junior English Literature book for about 40 years after I graduated from WI. I often read from it….old works such as Romeo and Juliet, Canterbury Tales, and the poetry of the great English poets. I had notes in the margins of the pages which helped explain what the author was saying. Thank you Miss Bailey.

submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)
jkimler@verizon.net
I had Miss Bailey for English Lit and Journalism. One incident I still remember was in Journalism. We were getting the theme for the yearbook together. It was to be a TV station and some of the teachers had different roles at the station. Mrs Alessi and Mr Traugh were the directors. Others were technicians. One girl, I think it was Patty Kerns, said we had gotten all the roles taken care of except for one. What are we going to do with Mr Cubbon? Miss Bailey actually laughed out loud. She thought it was so funny. It was a great moment.

THE WIN SCHOLARSHIP QUILT WAS WON BY:
LARRY AND BEVERLY O’GRADY

We were so proud and thrilled to win the beautiful quilt at the Clarksburg picnic. We know that it took many hours to complete and that it was done with a labor of love for a very worthwhile cause. Larry and I both attended Morgan School and Central Junior High School. Larry went to WI the first semester of the ninth grade and then attended and graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1955.

I attended WI all four years and graduated with the class of 1958.

We want to thank everyone who had a part in making the quilt. Several family members have already seen it and commented on its beauty as well as it being such a unique way to help fund a scholarship.

Thank you for making the picnic such a wonderful success again this year. Thanks,

Beverly (WI '58) and Larry (went to WI but moved and graduated from Bridgeport HS 1955) O'Grady

WIN SCHOLARSHIP 2010 RAFFLE QUILT
submitted by: Sue Selby Moats (WI '55)
moatsue@aol.com
It's time to start working on the WIN Scholarship Quilt for 2010. This year's theme is "Winter Wonderland". How many of you remember that big snowfall (November 1950) when we were out of school for about a week? Think of all the other fun times we had sledding down those wonderful WV hills with our friends as well as slogging to our grade school through the snow since we didn't have school busses.

The winter snowflake and coordinating fabrics, including a mountain cabin scene, have been purchased and I'll be preparing packets of focus fabrics to send out to the wonderful Clarksburg Quilters who have been helping make these wonderful quilts to raise money for the WIN Scholarship Fund.

So, if you are willing to make at least one block for the 2010 WIN quilts, please contact: Sue Moats (WI 1955) at moatsue@aol.com.

Let's make this one another great quilt!

Plan to purchase chances on the quilt directly from Roleta, at the Clarksburg picnic on August 29 and at the Sarasota FL picnic on March 6, 2010.

See you there!

MISS ALICE GRIFFIN

submitted by: Catherine Custer Burke (WI '52)
Katiecbur@verizon.net
What I remember about Miss Griffin was her side profile picture in the yearbook every year.

THE RED BARN
submitted by: Diana Shablack Sandy (WI '69)
Icedteadee@aol.com
The Red Barn was down on Pike Street near the corner of I guess Water Street - I can't remember if that section from Main to Pike was called Water Street or not. But St. Mary's is on the corner of Pike and there was a cleaners across from it and then bridge towards town and the street (Water ??), I think maybe a gas station was on the corner years ago too, then the Red Barn. Also my age group went to a Coffee House, only there was no coffee as I recall, it was on the corner of Main & Chesnut & in the basement of whatever church was there, no clue if that church is still there or not, Sharon, since you're there you'd know that answer.

THE PURPLE TREE
submitted by: Diana Shablack Sandy (WI '69)
Icedteadee@aol.com
Purple Tree was a night club - on West Pike Street a little down from the corner of Sycamore & Pike. Popular in the mid 60's, I was a little young and couldn't get in - my age group went to the Red Barn on East Pike. I remember N---er Babies but not sure exactly what they were - I think more like baby Sugar Daddy's or baby Milk Duds - Sharon you should know - what exactly were they?

submitted by: Jim Pulice (WI '62)
JPulice@msn.com
The Purple Tree was located on 4th street across the bridge from the Bus Station....3-4 doors down from the Morocco Club. In the mid 60's, Salem College was at the Waldo Hotel....All of the Freshman who were housed there came across the bridge to the Purple Tree for dances...It was a fun time...Raymond Shields was the owner. A year later he open the upstairs Bar called "the Top of the Tree...I bar tended there for a while. On weekends it was standing room only. It was there in the fall of 1970 that I heard the Marshall plane crashed killing my Friend Frank Loria....I could go on and about the 60's and the fun times I and the local's of Glen Elk had at the "Tree......So Hard for me to believe it was over 40 years ago

submitted by: Sharon Tiano Secret (ND '62)
TSSecret@aol.com
The purple tree was located right at the end of the Fourth Street Bridge. On the left side of the street.

SPORTS
submitted by: Betty Louise Ingram Hyre (WI '51)
bboop65@webtv.net
In 1916, Carl Crin graduated from WI High School, he was a relative of mine.
In 1933, my Uncle Leonard Ingram, graduated from WI.
Joseph M Windon was a football and basketball coach (He was also my relative). He held the first football and basketball banquet in Clarksburg.
And my relative Lester Paul Ingram also a relative coached WI football in 1925.

submitted by: Fred Layman (VHS '46)
FGL46VHS@AOL.COM
The new Victory gym was not completed when the school opened in 1919 so the team practiced at North View Jr. High School. It was completed by January 1919. This is a photo of the new gymnasium. It originally had a cork floor. The state tournaments were originally held in Buckhannon before moving to Morgantown.

The WI-Victory games were always played at the Carmichael Auditorium because of the large attendance. These photos are from a 1946 game. WI won the game: 28-27

WI Coach Clay B. Hite with his players at halftime.
From l-r: John Oliverio, Don Siegrist, Bob Danley, Don Underwood, Bob Means and Coach Hite.

ST. MARY’S AND NOTRE DAME MAKE THE NEWS

Submitted by: Ian McAra
Harrison County Catholic Schools
(Notre Dame & St. Mary's)
Director of Development

Take a look at Notre Dame and St. Mary's on the local news.

http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=57199

RAMPS
Here is a couple of recipes from the cookbook entitled “Mom and Ramps Forever” by Barbara Beury McCallum.

SPAGHETTI WITH RAMP SAUCE........

1/2 cup trimmed and minced ramps
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ cup olive oil
½ pound spaghetti, cooked in boiling salted water until it is al dente and drained
In a large heavy skillet cook the ramps with the red pepper flakes in the oil over medium low heat, stirring until they are softened and golden. Add the spaghetti and salt and pepper to taste, toss the mixture until the spaghetti is cooked in the sauce. Serves 4

RAMP CANAPES......

8 ounces of cream cheese
1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
1 cup of cooked ramps
Mix the ingredients and spread on your favorite cracker, petia bread or toasted bread squares.

OF INTEREST TO MANY
BUT PARTICULARLY VICTORY PEOPLE
SPELTER, ANMORE, AND NORTHVIEW, ETC.
SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE

Appalasturians and the many interesting immigrants who gave us our unique heritage.
submitted by: Buzz Floyd (VHS '56)
Floyds4@cox.net
I have a confession to make. When I was a little kid in North View, I pretty much thought that all foreign sounding names were Italian, especially if the name-ee was Catholic. Years later, thanks to the internet, I saw that many people from Clarksburg were writing about their own histories, and, gee, was I in for a surprise epiphany. I had always had a shallow understanding that many families I knew were Greek or Spanish, as well as Italian, but it just never sank in that they were GREEK! Or SPANISH! as well as many other nationalities represented there too. After all, weren’t my friends all born as American as me? Mary Virginia Davis Sprouse, and daughter, Sharon Sprouse Bramhall wrote about the “rainbow of nationalities” in their book, Summit Park - It All Began on Murphy’s Run. They wrote, “Families from Greece, Italy, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Assyria settled around the mines and the tinplate factory…” (Finland for Pete’s sake? How’d I miss them?)

Olga Hardman writes about her Caussin and Stenger family and other French families of North View in her blog, Olga’s Writings. http://www.olgaswritings.com/index.html. Very interesting reading for a boy from the hood who never asked enough questions. Unfortunately it was my fear, and now my regret, that it was bad manners to ask questions, so I’m missing a lot of interesting knowledge concerning wonderful people I never did get to know enough about. It’s why I appreciate this newsletter.

I knew my classmate, Larry González, was Spanish because he bragged about it a lot back in grade school as his beautiful mom was blessed with classic Spanish features like the ladies we see in travel magazines. I’ll never forget when Larry brought for ‘show and tell’ one of his mom’s peinetas - very fancy hair combs - and a fancy Spanish shawl. I liked Larry quite a bit as a friend, but I was so jealous of his brains, good looks, and good manners, that we clashed now and then. My bad. It was like knowing Ricardo Montalbán as a kid.

I think having good manners is a Spanish thing. Most of my friends of Spanish decent at Victory had them. Ronald Gonzales, a favorite classmate, is another good example of that. He always sends me polite emails even though mine tend to rant and rave. Suronda González, Ron’s impressively intelligent daughter, wrote the preface for a book everyone from Clarksburg should read. It is Pinnick Kinnick Hill, a novel by Gavin González, no relation to Ron and Suronda, except that their families came from Asturias, in Spain, the region where most of the Spanish immigrants in Harrison County originated.

Pinnick Kinnick Hill - An American Story, is fictional, but I get the feeling it would be hard to separate the fiction in this case from the fact. Suronda’s preface alone is a great read for those interested in Clarksburg’s history. The story is an eye opener to the value of our early Spanish immigrants in Harrison County, how they got here, and their richly colorful lives; and also to the slings and arrows that they had to endure just to be accepted while working in what was pretty much a “fiery hell” known as a zinc smelter. I’m not much of a book reviewer, but I highly recommend this book. http://www.amazon.com/Pinnick-Kinnick- Hill-American-Story/dp/0937058629.

Today I sent the following webpage about “banking” cheese in Italy to Ron González: http://www.italiannotebook.com/…and knowing how I like to eat, he replied with another good one y’all might like: http://www.tienda.com/food/cheese.html

submitted by: Ron Ogren (WI '50)
Ron_Ogren@verizon.net
If I may, I would like to suggest this website http://www.asturianus.org/.

It is made up of people of the Clarksburg area, as well as the world. Asturias is in the north of Spain, most of the Spanish speaking people in Clarksburg area came from Asturias. The town of Spelter, Anmoore, as well as some of Northview, the grandparents came from Asturias in some cases even the parents. We have a rich history in the Clarksburg area, the most of us attended Victory and still hold her close to our heart. The website is a place to find family, friends, and in some cases long lost family, and friends.

Some of us have found what we had lost long ago.

I hope that everyone will take a look at the site, read some of the posts about the "forgotten people", as I call the them, of this area. The stories of the hard work, hardships, and yes it is sad to say but the prejudice, the hopes and dreams that they had it all lives on through stories.

COMICS
submitted by: Sharon Sprouse Bramhall (VHS '60)
sharon.bramhall@yahoo.com
Roleta, how much I enjoyed reading, not only, your daughter's article - but ABOUT your daughter! Both my kids (now in the 40s) have comic book connections. My daughter, Beth, began writing her own comic books when she was just four! Although she won awards in art through, the comic book hobby waned when she reached high school. But little did we know that we had another comic book artist budding in the family! Our son, Tim, who drew only technical designs in his youth, is now the comic book fan and artist in the family.

What struck a chord with me, too, is the fact that your daughter also has a day job - even with all that talent!! Our Beth has a degree in music composition and piano; one of her film scores was heard on a PBS special; she has a Grammy; she performs with her husband, who is a guitar artist - yet she is a national park ranger by day. And our son, Tim? He runs a computer network for a community college!

I guess it 'goes to show ya" that there ARE closet comic book artists out there!

I'll be sure to pass along Vaneta's article to my kids. The apple does not fall far from the tree - she is an superb story teller. Congratulations to you both!

Thanks for helping to compile all the Clarksburg stories for the WI newsletter. It's been a joy to read them - especially so far from home. Great job!

3 JOURNEYS TO FIND LOVE
submitted by: Dr. Chuck Thomas(WI '56)
aupplays@zoominternet.net

MAYNARD DUCKWORTH

submitted by: Wayne Winters (WI until 1964) became a Pony and graduated HHS 1966
wwinters@ix.netcom.com
If you have been a regular subscriber to this newsletter this probably is a reprise of the things I have already shared.

Maynard and Doris Duckworth resided on the gravel portion of Rosemont Ave. Between St Clair Avenue and Hedge Street in Broad Oaks.

I think that my father was in Mr Duckworth's class before my fathers' graduation in 1941.

Being in the teaching profession Maynard had a break in the summertime. On some occasions he would hold Summer Evening in the garage movies --hosted by Maynard --for the neighborhood kids.

Chris Wilson, myself and various kids would attend these. One movie seared in my memory involved Jim Bowie--Bowie knife renown.

There were others but that movie sticks out in my memory--go figure.

When I attended WI Mr. Duckworth was ass't principal to Kenneth Cubbon.

I guess vice principals are normally the enforcers for the school. Many in my class were fearing him.

I was not one who was so fearing of him--after all he was just only one of my neighbors.

After I moved away from WI I heard Doris became ill and passed on and within a couple of years Maynard joined her.

I can still visualize Doris and Maynard seated on their porch in the alley. Usually the glow from a lit cigarette from one or both present as I passed them on the way home during those precious summer evenings.

submitted by: Carole Findley Cinci (WI '64)
gcinci@msn.com
My uncle Maynard Duckworth.

Thank you Roleta, Judy, and all others for your work in keeping kindred spirits connected.

I was thrilled to see my uncle on my Mother's side, Maynard Duckwoth brought up for memories. I want to share a few memories of this special man.

Although he had no children of his own, he had passion and zeal for teaching. He kept up with former students and was very proud of their success. He taught all areas of science, but was primarily a physics teacher.

In addition to teaching he was in charge of the stage crew which set up the assemblies and also was in charge of the ticket crew at all football and basketball games. He spent many hours on Saturday counting money from the games. I remember him saying that the largest gate at Hite field that he saw was the 1959 Parkersburg football game.

He went on to become the first assistant principal at WI and then was principal for a short time. He had a wonderful friendship with the other teachers. He drove Miss Cornellia Williams to and from school everyday. After 35 years of service at WI he retired in 1975.

As an adult I remember him coming to our house and entertaining my husband and children with his yarns.

HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS
submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
JTeter@balmar.com
I can remember most of my high school “sweethearts” (as I only remember having one LASTING relationship) and since my favorite “sweetheart” of all times reads your newsletter, I will not mention her name as her being my # 1. Patty Barman (60); Carolyn Mills (62); Sonny Cork (62); Dorothy Correll (63); Nancy Correll (64); Edith Kline (64); Mary Gaile Thompson (64): Linda Ferguson (64); were among some of my high school “sweethearts”, or what I considered a “sweetheart”. I think most of the guys from the class of 61 dated “ladies” from the class of 64 during our senior year, and in some cases actually married their Freshman “sweethearts”.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Tell us about your high school romance. Did you date a girl from the same school or a different school? Did you marry a girl you dated while in high school? Are you still married? Write to Roleta1@aol.com.

I NEED YOUR HELP
submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
I am sure each and everyone of you knows how hard it is to find someone with whom you haven’t had contact with in about 50 years. I am looking for some classmates of mine who seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth!

My 50th Class reunion is fast approaching….YIPES, how can that be, I know I am not even 50 yet! But time does have a way of marching on doesn’t it? Our reunion committee can’t find ten of our classmates…we absolutely have no information on these people. So I am asking you to help me with this detective work. If you have any hints that will aid in this investigation, I certainly appreciate it….. The last address we had doesn't work. We need addresses and phone numbers.... Any little thing will help our research. If there has been marriage then the female's last name would change--and so we would like to have the name of the husband---a city or state where the person last lived... The name and address or phone number of one of their siblings or their children.....or a name of one and a town where they may be residing.....this might also help with our research. All of our past reunions have been wonderful and I know this one will be just as great…so we want to give every classmate the opportunity to attend.

Here is a list of my classmates who we can not locate...please contact me with any information you have.....Thanks

Virginia Bonnett Pringle-was someplace in Australia last we knew
Sharon Burner
Francis Anne Campbell McCabe
Judy Carol Grant Prout
Jean Romano Riffle
George Skinner
Roger Taylor-had a career in the Air force—maybe in CA someplace..
Peggy Tibbs
Ron Noe

FRIENDS HAVING A NICE TIME AT THE CLARKSBURG PICNIC IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA
NEXT ONE IS MARCH 6, 2010
BUT WE CAN GET TOGETHER AGAIN IN CLARKSBURG FOR A WI PICNIC ON AUGUST 29

front row left to right
Francis Steinaker and Marilyn Mack from Greenwood, SC Francis has a home in Palmetto, Fl
back row left to right
Carol Dean, Roger Dean and Sue Gillmore from Sarasota, Fl/Greenville, SC

S & H GREEN STAMPS

submitted by: Jim Alvaro Alta Vista ' 50, Central Jr High ' 52, WI ' 56
(but most of all a Broadoaksian)
jalvaro@aol.com
I knew my mother saved S & H Green Stamps but I cannot remember what she got with them when she turned them in. However, in the late 60's I worked at a Railroad Car Manufacturing Plant and we had problems with employees coming in late or taking days off. The plant manager, a good friend of mine had an idea of rewarding S & H Green Stamps to those who didn't miss a days work or came in on time for the entire week. We sent a letter to all the homes explaining the program. The next week a couple of them came in late and asked if they could work over since they were late because their mothers or wives warned them that they had better bring in the allotted stamps with their paychecks or there would be some trouble when they came home without the stamps. The program worked great as we had a large decrease in tardiness and absents. Many mornings mothers or wives would drive their sons or husbands to work making sure they were there on time. Maybe they should bring back the S & H Green Stamp program.

submitted by: Diana Shablack Sandy (WI 69)
IcedTeaDee@aol.com
I remember the trading stamps very well. My mom saved them & when I was in high school I saved some of my own. Top Value was given at Kroger's if I am remembering correctly. S & H were given at Thorofare & I believe Plaid stamps were given at A&P. Garden Fresh didn't give out stamps. I can't remember where the Top Value redemption store was. But S&H was out next to the Thorofare on Buckhannon Pike in Nutter Fort. And the Plaid redemption store was next to the A&P in Bridgeport in what they now call Valley Hills Shopping Center on Virginia Avenue. It's behind the Hardee's on Route 50. Those are the only grocery stores I remember growing up.

I can't really remember what we traded them in for but we saved them & went thru the catalog and whenever we had enough books we went & got something. I think I may have gotten a multi colored pole lamp that I put in my bedroom when I was a teenager, the shade colors were orange, aqua & white I believe, so hard to remember now.

My sister Anita said she thinks the Top Value store may have been in another town like Grafton or something. I definitely remember the stamps, but not the location of the store. Here's a picture I found of one of the Top Value Saver Books.

submitted by: Barbara Paugh Patton (WI '61)
Bap5555@aol.com
The first time I remember getting S&H Green Stamps was at the Garden Fresh Store. They where the worst tasting stamps. My brother got a sponge and that is how we put them in the book. When we where cleaning out our house we found some after they quit giving them out. We sent them out of state and obtained some kitchen items. The first time we got some towels with the stamps. We started collecting them because the store started giving them out. At first we did not think the stamps where worth saving till we went thru the catalog. It was fun going thru the book. It was a dream book like the Sears catalog. At one time we had 10 or more books.

submitted by: Fred Layman (VHS '46)
FGL46VHS@AOL.COM
The first S & H Green Stamp Redemption Store opened up at 412 Buckhannon Pike in 1956. I purchased our first big item in 1957 which was a baby stroller. Collecting these stamps was a big hit because a lot of merchants distributed them. The redemption store closed in 1974.

submitted by: Nancy Schlicker (WI '57)
schlick39@verizon.net
I received S&H Green Stamps from the gas stations in various cities. I had several books saved when a friend of mine told me that for 3 or 4 books of green stamps you could trade them in for a free pass to Disneyland in California. Since I was going there that year that's exactly what I did. What a great deal!

NOTE FROM JUDY: Here is a web site where you can read about the Disneyland - Green Stamp program.

S-H-GREEN-STAMPS-FOR-DISNEYLAND

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
JATeter@balmar.com
I can remember my father collecting both Top Value Stamps and S & H Green Stamps during my younger days, but I cannot remember anything that we ever purchased using the stamps. I am sure that we did as my father was not a person to collect something like the stamps for no reason. If I remember correctly the S & H Green Stamps were given out at the Garden Fresh Supermarkets and the Top Value Stamps were given out at either Kroger’s or A & P. I think that you received so many stamps for so much money that you spent buying groceries.

I also remember my Aunt Sarah Kathryn Teter Lang collecting cigarette coupons and if I remember she smoked Raleigh cigarettes. I know that she was like my father (as he was her brother) and would have put the cigarette coupons to good use – up to a certain point in her life. I think in her slightly older days, she quit using the coupons or the cigarette manufacturer abolished the use of them. I think that at some point we actually found some of her old cigarette coupons that had not been used.

submitted by: Jim Burnell (WI '60)
Jburnell2@gmail.com

I supplied the information on “Denny Lee” to Charlie Burkhammer, my brother-in-law. I believe “Denny Lee” actually went by the name of Phil Williams in high school, but has gone by Denny Lee for several years. Based on the dates that he served in the military, he may not have graduated. Since his photo was not included, I doubt that many people recognized him or his name. Note that his first name was listed as Philip and his mother’s name was Williams. I supply this information in case you get any inquiries. Regardless of which name he went by, he was a very good athlete playing both football and basketball and may also have participated in track so he was well known in high school. We were not friends but I have had occasion to talk with him since we both live in Fairmont and can tell you he was very deserving of the nice article on the Times sports page.

I have another reason for writing---how do I get on your email list to receive the newsletter?

EDITOR’S NOTE: You are on, you did the correct thing…just write and ask to be added and make sure you sign your email with your name, school, year of graduation and email address………Now the next step is to write to me and share some of your memories.

submitted by: Frank Fragomene (WI '62)
ffrago1@aol.com

Thank you for your many hours putting these Newsletters together. Every time one comes out I have to read it; can't stop until I reach the end. Small town America at its best I say......

With your effort over these past years we can 'go home again' to the many wonderful days of yesteryear....

Great Job.

submitted by: Gene Colin (WI '62)
GeneColin@aol.com

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful job you are doing with the WIHS newsletter. It is a work of art. (more like a work of love) I graduated from WIHS in 1962 and I only lived in Clarksburg for about 1 1/2 years but I loved it there and I really enjoy getting this newsletter. It does bring back memories. And the way you set up the Picnic Special is just unreal. All of the pictures and names to go along with them was wonderful. I can't believe someone would go through all of the work involved that you are doing. What a Great Job. Keep it up Roleta

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

I recently received several letters from readers, each asking if I had an update on Bob Secret’s health. I received the following from Bob:
submitted by: Bob Secret (WI '60)
RLSecret@aol.com
I have been in the hospital twice in the last 30 days. I was told that there was too much fluid around my heart. It was hard to breath. I was in the hospital for four days each time. I am now home and ready to “rock ‘n roll” stay safe! SEEKS

IN HONOR OF ED FREEMAN
You're an 18 or 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14- 1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in . You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway. And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses. And, he kept coming back.... 13 more times..... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died at the age of 80, in Boise, ID ......May God rest his soul.....

(Oh yeah, Paul Newman died that same day. I guess you knew that -- He got a lot more press than Ed Freeman.)

CLASS CLOWN MAKES GOOD
submitted by: Steve Goff (WI '72)
sgoff53@hotmail.com
I was fortunate enough to have my WI classmates of 1972 select me as "most humorous". I guess they had pity on me and knew the designation of "most annoying" would require more therapy than I could afford. Regardless, I was truly delighted to be selected as the Court Jester for a graduating group that had in its midst a whole lot of "funny" people. On the female side of the comedic equation, my counterpart was the sweet, but sassy Nancy Tonkin.

I've always been grateful for this award and have worn it as a badge of honor. I became one of the "Class Clowns". An honorary society of miscreants, wits, ornery smart asses, and malcontents who were disguising their shyness with an arsenal of over the top antics; right on time zingers; and usually some form of mimicry that could break up a study hall with one word or a single dead-on gesture. Really folks, these were/are just social coping mechanisms to give our "inner" outsider the nerve to join the circle.

It is a fine line you walk when you're trying to be funny with your peers between being totally hilarious, and "get him out of here". But walk it I have, along with other WI "most humorous" guys and gals from my era. I salute Chuck Wilson, Beth Thompson, Lynn Kelch, Cindy Gallo, Anthony Zurzolo, Clara Altovilla, Dickie Gottlieb, Jamie Logue, Eleanor Garret, and Reggie Carmichael and all other former WI "Class Clowns".

I stayed in the field and have been doing stand up comedy off and on since 1977, when I won a sparsely attended talent contest in the Blue Tic Lounge at the WVU Mountainlair. I was up against a frisbee catching dog who couldn't maneuver well between bar patrons, and an out of place opera singer who did her best Carmen but no one was listening. I won!

I never gave up the day job but have played clubs and venues up and down the east coast and even was on a bill with David Brenner in Pittsburgh, and Jeff Foxworthy in North Carolina.

Which brings me to an announcement that can be labeled "SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION". The folks in Morgantown are having their first comedy festival in August of this year. It will be billed as the "Brew-Ha-Ha Festival" and they have invited me up to do two nights of stand up at the Monongalia Arts Center on High St. in downtown Mo-town. The dates are Thurs./Friday, August 6-7, 2009.

Since much of my material is based on my days at WI (lots of Towers and Central bits as well, plus many Clarksburg references). I'm working on a bit about how Washington Irving High School, became the "Hilltoppers"; according to me it's not as obvious as it seems.

I would love to see as many WI grads in the audience as possible. I know for sure a large group will be coming from Clarksburg, but if you're traveling back to C-burg around then please consider coming to the show. You can email for more details, and as we get closer to the date, and Roleta allows me, I'll add more specific information to the July newsletter here.

Chuckles and guffaws to all
Steve Goff

SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORTERS
This month I received one check for the WIN Scholarship from a reader :

Thank you to Jim Alvaro (WI 1956) who sent a check in memory of his cousin Nick Alvaro (WI 1955)

If you wish to give, write your check or money order to:

Roleta Meredith c/o WIN Scholarship
And mail it to:
Roleta Meredith
c/o Meredith Brothers, Inc.
3025 Switzer Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43219
Thanks

NEWSLETTERS
Would you like to keep the newsletters and share with your children so they can better understand what we truly had in Clarksburg? Why we brag about where we lived and went to school? A good way to preserve a bit of history. Did you miss a copy or was there one month that the newsletter had something in it that you wish you had kept? …. You can read all of the past newsletters anytime you wish.

You can purchase a CD that will work in your computer (easy as eating pie). Just put the CD in the CD holder of your computer and it does the rest. Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI 1959, the other half of the Newsletter staff) along with her husband has made a CD which includes the working program and is so simple that anyone who has a computer can use it! She makes current copies on request and for the small sum of $10.00 she will send one to you. All precedes from the sale of the CDs goes to the WIN scholarship fund. This is one way that Judy gives back to her community. So far Judy through the sale of the CDs has give $933.00 to the Scholarship fund.

To purchase a WI Newsletter CD, contact Judy at: jkimler@verizon.net.

She will write back to you with instructions on purchasing the CD.

Many thanks to these two who recently purchased a CD and thus contributed to the WIN Scholarship.

Diana Cleavenger Swiger (WI '66)
Melinda Leaseburg (WI '61)

WHAT IS THE WIN SCHOLARSHIP?
ROLETA MEREDITH (EDITOR)
So you ask, “What is the WIN Scholarship?” WIN stands for WI Newsletter. The scholarship is an educational gift to help a child graduating from RC Byrd High School with the first year cost of their college education. This hopefully helps with the expenses of the first year of college which is the most expensive of all the years. The check is sent to the administration office of the college of the child’s choice and placed in the student’s account to be used toward tuition, books, etc---college expenses.

In the last 5 years we have given back $11,000.00 to our town of Clarksburg through this method. This is a way for the readers to come together and give thanks to what God has given us…how blessed we have been to have lived in a town like Clarksburg….we say thank you to God.

It is a way for many of us to give anyplace from $1.00 each month to many dollars and have that money grouped together to make a difference. This May there will be another $3,000.00 promised to a boy and girl….bringing the total to $17,000.00 that we have gifted back.

You too can join this passion that some of us have. You can give in memory or in honor or as a thank you for the newsletter, for a teacher, for a neighborhood or for any other reason…..

Just make your check or money order out to:

Roleta Meredith c/o WIN Scholarship (please put both names on the check)!

Mail your gift to:
Roleta Meredith
c/o Meredith Brothers, Inc.
3025 Switzer Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43219

1950’S TV WESTERN THEME SONGS
Click on this hyperlink and enjoy some songs from westerns during the early 1950’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrGmprVIvX0&feature=email

NEW READERS

Jim Burnell (WI '60)	Jburnell2@gmail.com
Philip Wygal (WI '60)	pwygal@hotmail.com
Nancy Van Horn Stunger (WI '54)	nas336@charter.net
Charles Judy (WI '51)	c.judy@earthlink.net
Mark Garrett (WI '59)	markgarrett41@gmail.com
Kathy Kiger (WI '68)	Lakfox@aol.com
Beckie Gribble Drumheler (WI '68)	cadetmomusma@hotmail.com
Betty Louise Ingram Hyre (WI '51)	bboop65@webtv.net

CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESSES

Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)	bfmcintyre@att.net
Chad Sinsel (WI '53)	cas33@cfl.rr.com
Judith Jane Rice (WI '57)	judithjane@yahoo.com
Judy Ash Guy (WI '50)	judithdareguy@comcast.net
Ted Yates (WI '49) and June Skidmore Yates (WI '52)	was: ted4920@comcast.net is now: jute601@sbcglobal.net

MUSIC THROUGH THE YEARS
This is pretty cool. Jukebox from the different eras ... each has the top twenty songs for that year.

40's JuKeBoX
1955 JuKeBoX
1956 JuKeBoX
1957 JuKeBoX
1958 JuKeBoX
1959 JuKeBoX
1960 JuKeBoX
1961 JuKeBoX
1962 JuKeBoX
1963 JuKeBoX
1964 JuKeBoX
1965 JuKeBoX
1966 JuKeBoX
1967 JuKeBoX
1968 JuKeBoX
1969 JuKeBoX
1970 JuKeBoX
1971 JuKeBoX
1972 JuKeBoX
1973 JuKeBoX
1974 JuKeBoX
1975 JuKeBoX
1976 JuKeBoX
1977 JuKeBoX
1978 JuKeBoX
1979 JuKeBoX

REMEMBERING HARTLAND
submitted by: Sandy Zickefoose Lindke (WI '56)
alindke@tampabay.rr.com
The corner of Magnolia Ave. and Traction St. was a good place to hang out. Our front porch was usually full of kids until my Dad walked out the door and sat down. He never said anything, just sat and looked at everyone. One by one they would slowly walk away suddenly finding something more important to do. I don't think they were scared of him but he did make them uncomfortable. Mom had a sharp tongue and it did not matter who you were, if you needed a chewing out she did it but she also had a big heart and a big laugh.

Oscar's barber shop was the place for the guys to get their haircut. Webb's Confectionary had the best hotdogs along with ice cream and candy.

We had a dog named Tammy and he would make the rounds every morning to a select few houses and get a treat from the lady of the house. He also got his share of ice cream from Webb's. We had 2 grocery stores, Gribbles and Helmick's. I can remember us catching garter snakes up by the boardwalk, putting them in a 5 gallon trash can with a lid and taking them down by Helmick's grocery to show people. It did not go over very well with at least one of the ladies.

We would cross the railroad trestle and play ball below the VA hospital. Some of the most daring boys would swim in the river at B.A.B. One "B" stands for "bare" and the other "beach". Guess what the "A" stands for?

There was also a small playground behind our house for awhile. We did walk to Stealey playground in the summer to take part in crafts and games. We attended Morgan grade school and United Methodist church, both located on Duff St.

Going home from school for lunch was a fast trip and a long one for short legs. Kate Smith always sang God Bless America at noon on the radio.

Some of the Hartland names I remember are Jim Lunsford, Richard and David Stalnaker, Dick Frush and cousin "Hubbie", Buddy Graves, Jane and Andy Hamilton, Don Mick, Fred Dunham, Bill Davis, Barbara and Mike Helmick, Karen, Connie, Bob and Jim Combs and Saundra Coffendafer.

What a healthy, happy time the 50's were. It is not safe for kids to run free now like we did. We will be leaving Florida to spend the summer on my brother, Rex's, farm just west of Salem. An open invitation to bring a chair, drinks and a dish for the table and spend the last Saturday in June with us on the farm. Rex roasts a whole pig and supplies plates, napkins and forks. We eat in the late afternoon. There is room to camp since the nearest motels are out on Bridgeport Hill.

Roleta and Judy, keep the newsletters coming. What a great team you are and thanks for all the time, effort and hard work that you do.

IRISH LEGENDS
submitted by: Ian McAra
hccs.development@yahoo.com
Approximately 160 people attended the Harrison County Catholic Schools Irish Legends gala recently. The event grossed $14,000 for Notre Dame High School and St. Mary’s Grade School. The gala was held at Via Veneto in Bridgeport and honored Roger Lehosit, Mary Jo Flaherty, Miles Runner, Larry Mazza, and Tom Kupec for outstanding achievement and significant contributions to Notre Dame and St. Mary’s.

Pictured from left are: Miles Runner, Tom Kupec, Mary Jo Flaherty, Roger Lehosit, and Larry Mazza.

REFRESHING GRAPE SALAD
submitted by: Sharon Tiano Secret (ND '63)
SecretTS@aol.com
You can make it a smaller recipe.
I am getting ready to make it, but just 1/2
I use light cream cheese and sour cream :)

GRAPE SALAD

4lbs grapes
1 8oz Cream Cheese
1 8oz Sour Cream
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 oz chopped pecans or walnuts
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Mix Cream Cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla
Add grapes
Sprinkle with brown sugar and nuts
Mix again and refrigerate

Very refreshing and good for any occasion!!!

NOTRE DAME CLASS OF 1958
WEB PAGE HAS A RECENT UPDATE…CHECK IT OUT!
Irish Legends.......picture and info.

St. Mary's / Notre Dame Reunion.

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

NUMBER ONE SONGS OF MAY, FROM YEARS GONE BY.
submitted by: Steve Goff (WI '72)
sgoff53@hotmail.com
For me, May is the best month of the year. If I had to pick one month and live in it year round, it'd be May. Blooms, blossoms, and baseballs fill the air, and I find myself darn near giddy. Yes I said Giddy and that reminds of our notorious senior skip day in 1972. Wow, we really all misbehaved that day. I have proof. Just discovered "home" movies with scenes from our senior skip day...just found!!! home movies reveal the class of '72 knew the meaning of "frolic"!!!

An Exclusive: watch these videos of the Class of '72 and see if there's anyone you recognize.

From Camelot: "Lusty Month of May" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg4YrOlAkds

Keeping with the month of May, let me sneak in a favorite song of those who love "beach music" and enjoy going to the Carolina beaches to do some shaggin'!

"May I" Bill Deal and the Rhondels. Feb. of '69 barely cracked the Top 40...#39 nationally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15eWj6VDbI

Number Songs in May in Years Past

1948 "Nature Boy" // Nat "King" Cole. The smooth, stylish sound of King Cole. I didn't really know what a great piano player he was until about 15 years ago when I came across some recordings by his Trio. Wow....a little touch of that playing is showcased here, along with some tasty guitar licks. Silky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw

1952 "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson. Here was a new tune on me. Very enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qHRwQCLDE&feature=related

1956 "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley. Great live TV version. Country blues piped in from another planet via Mrs. Presley's little boy. The metallic guitar, reverb soaked vocal, and suicide hotline lyric (the boy's so lonesome he could DIE!!) sounded like nothing else on the air in 1956, and it still sounds other worldly...a true rock and roll artifact and cornerstone. and all accomplished in just around two minutes flat...WOW!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qo1eaWF8c

1959 "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison. One of those great, often over looked, songs that get you boppin' your head and tappin' your toe...every time. Video is just a guy showing off his Wurlitzer Jukebox (circa late 1930's) ..I want one of those! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zArTpsDnMhk

1962 "Soldier Boy" The Shirelles. Video is a rather current "live" performance featuring the original lead singer. The Shirelles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lze3PAYx9xI

1965 "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Herman's Hermits. Part of the second- tier British Invasion of the American pop charts, this "cute" bunch of light weight guys sure sold me a lot of records. I was just at the right age. One of my many "guilty pleasures" over the years. Rare live version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBT4hKLUNg

1968 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell and the Drells. Please excuse the poor video quality but I had to use this live version as it encompasses all I loved about bands that played at The Red Barn (see the April newsletter). A little ragged, but soulful, fun and everybody is doing their best to contribute. "Give the drummer some!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7C1AyU-9Q&feature=related

1970 "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight (New Mother Nature)" The Guess Who. Two really nice live videos of a true "double sided" hit.
"No Sugar Tonight"...excellent live version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8eaKEf3Xj8
"American Woman" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tZ5cwm4jQc&feature=related

1972 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites. Check out these clothes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZz8kn4VWI

1974 "The Loco Motion" Grand Funk Railroad. Big loud, live version with some help from the band Wet Willie. Little Eva's original can't be beat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSQOeQakExU

1979 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb from American Bandstand. Anyone want to slow dance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vvOPsiVdU

1984 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) Phil Collins. From 1985 at LIVE AID. Good sounding live version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OiV_5kEt6A

HADACOL-----GERITOL
submitted by: Arreta Jaranko (WI '40)
jjaranko@frontiernet.net
That word "hadacol" made me think of another word that was around at the same time, I think. It is "Geritol"! I think it was supposed to give a person energy or something---I am not sure what it was for, but thought I would pass this along as maybe you may have heard it, too. Can't believe April is here but I am glad as the winter has been long and very cold.

submitted by: Charlie McClung (VHS '48)
cmcclungsr@msn.com
SUNNY CAL JOURNAL - The Hadacol Boogie
(03/02/2009)
THE HADACOL BOOGIE
by Bill Nettles

Down in Lou-'si-an'er in the bright sunshine
They do a little boogie-woogie all the time;
They do-

The Hadacol Boogie, The Hadacol Boogie, The Hadacol Boogie, Makes you boogie-woogie all the time.

A-standin' on the corner with my bottle in my hand
And up steps a mama, said, my Hadacol man.
She done the Hadacol Boogie.

I went down to the farm to rest about a week
But the farmer's wife, she got to walkin' in her sleep;
She done the Hadacol Boogie.

If your radiator leaks and your motor stands still
Give 'er Hadacol and watch 'er boogie up the hill;
She'll do the Hadacol Boogie.

The rooster and the hen, they were standin' in the shade
The rooster done the boogie, while the hen laid the egg;
He done the Hadacol Boogie.

The other little chickens, they gathered around
They done the boogie-woogie, til the sun went down;
They done the Hadacol Boogie.

By Bob Weaver 2006

EASTER
submitted by: Mary Virginia Duncan (Johnson) Wilke (WI '55)
MWDusty1@aol.com
Here it is almost Easter & every year the season brings forth some of my favorite memories.

I was born in Bridgeport & spent my first 9 years being very happy & free. Bridgeport was such a wonderful town, never separating rich from poor. We, as children, had the run of every neighborhood & of course, we all walked to school. Parents never had to worry about trouble in our little town.

Easter was a special time & Mom always made or had me made an outfit & always, we had to have a jacket because you never knew whether it would be cold or warm that day. My favorite outfit was made of lightweight blue wool she had ordered from a mill in WV & a friend sewed it up with matching jacket.

We always attended Sunrise service at the Bridgeport Benedum Cemetery at the Chapel there. It was a beautiful place & made the service very meaningful! You could really relate to the Easter Story there! After service there, we went home & got into our Easter baskets & all the goodies. Of course, it was a family day at our house or at my Grandmothers. Thank you again for the wonderful news letter & pictures.

REMEMBERING SAM BRUNETTE
submitted by: Anthony Bellotte (WI '57)
abellotte@aol.com

Above is a picture of my best friend when growing me…..Sam Brunette who died at the age of 53 while I was living in England. Also pictured is my father and I.

OBITUARIES
BONNIE MATHENY FREY BUSH
Bonnie Matheny Frey Bush, 93, of 7866 Lily Trotter Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away Friday, March 27, 2009.

She was born August 25, 1915, in Linn, a daughter of the late Adam W. Matheny and Victoria Lamb Matheny.

She was a 1934 graduate of Washington Irving High School in Clarksburg.

She had worked for Beltone Hearing Aides, Parson Sauders and retired from the office of Dr. Jack T. Gocke in 1974.

She was married to Leo John Frey on July 3, 1934, and he passed away February 6, 1961. There was one daughter from this marriage, Martha Jane Frey (WI 1959).

She married Russell B. Bush on October 11, 1974, and he passed away January 5, 2002.

Bonnie had formerly held positions with the Farm Bureau of Gilmer County, was a Sunday School Secretary at Rock Grove Baptist Church and a long time member of Clarksburg Baptist Church, having been baptized there in 1933.

She moved to Las Vegas on July 1, 2000, and attended the Lamb Boulevard Baptist Church, Sunrise Baptist Church and the Lamb of God Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two granddaughters, Melissa J. Floyd and Michelle J. Hedrick; and three great-grandchildren, Ariana Jane, William Russell and Avery Jane.

In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by her only child, Martha Jane Frey Dase on January 10, 2002; three sisters, Lucille Kuykendall, Marguerite Simons and Gladys Bennett; and two brothers, Harvey Matheny, killed in WWII, and Virgil (Bud) Matheny.

Above from the Weston Democrat.

JAMES L. GOLDMSMITH
PARKERSBURG — James L. Goldsmith, 78, of Parkersburg, died April 17, 2009, at the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. He was born June 26, 1930, in Clarksburg, a son of the late James Butcher and Eleanor Virginia Watkins Goldsmith.

He was a graduate of Fairmont College and a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He worked as a sales representative for Liberty Distributors in Wheeling, WV. He also volunteered for the American Legion Post No.15.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, JoAnn Morton Goldsmith; two children, James L. Goldsmith, II, and his wife Brenda of Fairfax, VA, Stephanie Morrison and her husband Jeffrey of Parkersburg; three grandchildren, Evan Goldsmith, Alexis Morrison, Jeffrey Morrison, II; one sister, Peggy Allman, and her husband David of Bridgeport; and one brother, David Goldsmith of Canaan Valley.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Rick Allen Goldsmith, and one brother, Jack Goldsmith.

JEANNE BEVAN COTTRILL
Jeanne Bevan Cottrill, 71, passed away in Saturday, April 4, 2009 in Charlottesville, VA. She was a 1955 graduate of Washington Irving HS.

She was born August 25, 1937, a daughter of the late David and Margaret Bevan of Clarksburg.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Herbert Cottrill, a 1952 graduate of Washington Irving HS, three children (Ross, Krista, and Joellyn) and 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

She is also survived by her sisters , Ruth Ann Bevan Johnson (and husband Richard) of Parkersburg; Margaret Brasseur of Weston, David Bevan (and wife Joan) of Warren, Ohio, and sister-in-law Martha Bevan of Salisbury, Md. She was preceded in death by her daughter Kimberly (of Charlottesville) and her brother Dr. Richard Bevan of Salisbury, Md.

Jeanne was an avid sports fan of University of Virginia and West Virginia University football and basketball.

She retired from the Charlottesville City Public Schools in 2006 after 32 years.

All brothers and sisters were graduates of Washington-Irving High School

ANGEL VALDEZ
Angel Valdez, 83, of Bridgeport passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009, in Wheeling, WV.

He was born December 17, 1926, in Hepzibah, a son of the late Manuel Valdez, Sr. and Josephine Villanueva. He is survived by his wife, Betty Valdez, whom he married on June 12, 1954. He is also survived by four sons, Angel Valdez, Jr. and his wife Tina of Kannapolis, NC, Micheal Valdez and his wife Sandy of Austin, TX, Richard Valdez of Bridgeport, and David Valdez and his wife Deborah of Bridgeport; two daughters, Anita Valdez and her husband Allen of Nutter Fort, and Elizabeth Bennett and her husband Leroy of Baytown, TX; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson; one brother, Manuel Valdez, Jr. of Fairfax, VA; and one sister, Florentina Provenzola of Buffalo, NY.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Mr. Valdez graduated from Victory High School in 1944 and he worked for Union Carbide as an inspector, where he retired on December 31, 1988. Mr. Valdez was an avid baseball supporter, coaching youth baseball, and he especially loved the Yankees. He never knew a stranger and was a good friend to many.

CHESLEY HOLDEN FRUM
Chesley Holden Frum, 93, of Clarksburg, WV, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at Heartland Nursing Home.

Chesley was born April 28, 1915, in Clarksburg, to the late Charles R. and Laura Holden Frum.

He was educated in Clarksburg schools and graduated from Washington Irving High School and Lincoln Chiropractic College, Indianapolis, IN, in 1949.

During his lifetime, he was employed by Hartland Planing Mill in Clarksburg, the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., and then retired from West Virginia State Road Commission in 1980. He also served as a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy during World War II.

He was a member of AF&AM Hermon Lodge 6, Clarksburg, 32nd Degree Mason, WV, AASR (Scottish Rite) Clarksburg, WV, American Legion, Clarksburg, WV.

He is survived by a son, Mark W. Frum, of Clarksburg, and a daughter, Marcia J. Benson, of Morgantown, WV; grandchildren, Sherry Marsh and Bridget Short, of Clarksburg, Rebecca Bailey, Steven Benson and Scott Benson, of Morgantown, WV; great-grandchildren, D.J. and Samantha Marsh, Michael, James and Chase Short, of Clarksburg, and Alexa Frum, Emily and Aubrey Benson, of Morgantown; and one great-great-granddaughter.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Sherman and Robert Frum.

BETTY JEAN CUNNINGHAM
CLARKSBURG — Betty Jean Cunningham, 80, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the United Hospital Center following a brief illness.

She resided at 117 Ridenour Street, Clarksburg, before recently moving to Koupal Towers.

Miss Cunningham was born June 26, 1928, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Byron Lowell and Lillie Riggs Cunningham.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Riggs Cunningham and Paul Mason Cunningham; a sister, Jo Claire Brown; and her nephew, Byron L. Brown.

She is survived by her sister, Mary M. Squires, Clarksburg; her nephew, Richard L. Squires and his wife Jane Lynn Squires, Clarksburg; and her niece, Martha Jo Alberg, Germantown, TN. Also surviving are her great-niece, Rebekah L. Squires Bigger and her husband Blair, and their son, Brody, Rock Hill, SC; great-nephew, Michael Squires, Clarksburg; great-nephew, Richard Alberg and wife Autumn, and their children, Harper and Tanner, Richmond, VA; and great-nephew, Michael Alberg, and his daughter, Keirin, Germantown, TN.

Miss Cunningham attended Washington Irving High School and Wesleyan College. She received her Master’s Degree in Social Work and worked as a Social Worker in Baltimore, MD, before returning to Clarksburg and establishing her private practice, Clarksburg Confidential Counseling. She was Presbyterian by faith.

MERLE L. NORRIS
CLARKSBURG — Merle L. Norris, 88, formerly of Clarksburg, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Tygart Center formerly Wishing Well in Fairmont.

He was born April 29, 1920, in Grafton, the son of the late Willie Norris and Effa Ethel DeMoss Norris.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Steel Norris on October 14, 2003, whom he married September 28, 1941.

Mr. Norris is survived by two sons, Larry Norris and wife Carol of Clarksburg and William Norris and wife Carolyn of Clarksburg; one daughter, Mary Ann Ribas and husband Mark of Bridgeport; two brothers, Kenneth Norris and wife Betty of Nutter Fort and Paul Norris of California; six grandchildren, Kimberly Welling of Maryville, TN, Sherry Norris and fiance John Thompson of Clarksburg, Andy Ribas and wife Christa of Morgantown, Jenni Mele and husband Todd of Phillipsburg, NJ, Tiffani Murphy and husband Rob of Clarksburg, and Kari Smith and husband Brian of Clarksburg; ten great-grandchildren and a host of loving friends.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Doug Norris and one grandson-in-law, Mike Welling.

Mr. Norris was a graduate of Washington Irving High School. He served his country during World War II and retired as District Manager of Commercial Credit. Merle and his wife Geraldine were faithful members of the Church of Christ. He was an avid golfer and a longtime member of Sunny Croft Country Club as well as a member of the American Legion and the Elks.

Merle was a passionate fan of WVU football and basketball for over 50 years. One of his greatest enjoyments was dining at the Parkette Restaurant.

BENJAMIN C. SWAGER
CLARKSBURG — Mr. Benjamin C. Swager, age 79, of Clarksburg, WV, departed this life at 3:32 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, April 23, 2009, at the United Hospital Center following a brief illness.

He was born January 9, 1930, a son of the late Alice Miller Swager and Benjamin C. Swager.

Surviving is his wife of nearly 42 years, Nancy J. Fox Swager, whom he married October 20, 1967. Ben and Nancy are the parents of a blended family that includes one son, Gary Benjamin Swager and wife, Sarah, Virginia Beach, VA; five daughters, Rebecca Sandy Renzberger and husband, Chris, North Myrtle Beach, SC, Claudia Sandy French and husband, Carl, Karney, MO, Donna Swager Conley and husband, David, Bridgeport, WV, and Billie Sandy Johnston, Clarksburg, WV. Ben is also survived by 11 grandchildren, Jason Moore, Cassidy Todd Robertson, Ashley Todd Rivera, Brett Todd, Christy Dean McLarney, Freedom Dean, Tricia Conley Price, Greg Conley, Laura Conley Stavrakis, Amy Glaspel and Preston Rives; 20 great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, John Elmus Swiger and wife Norma, Fort Meyers, FL; a brother-in-law, George Bragg, Wellington, OH; a sister-in-law, Patty Swiger, Wheeling, WV; several nieces and nephews; and his beagle dog, Lilly.

Mr. Swager was also preceded in death by a daughter, Roxanne Sandy Stout; one sister, Norma Swager Bragg; and a brother, Earle Swiger, who was a twin to his brother John E. Swiger.

Ben, also known as Benny, graduated from Victory High School, Class of 1947, where he was known as the “Victory Sparkplug” on the basketball team. He received a basketball scholarship and attended Salem College. Ben started his 40-year career with C&P Telephone Company in Clarksburg as a lineman, worked as a business office manager in Lewisburg and Keyser and as an engineer in Clarksburg and in Clarksville, TN, where he retired with Bell South. He was an avid golfer through the years and was Senior Champ at Bel Meadow Golf Course for 3 years. In addition to enjoying sports, other hobbies included wine making, playing the banjo and guitar and square dancing. In his own words, Benny lived a beautiful life with his wife and family

CAROL GROW ROBEY
(WI 1957)

Passed away quietly on April 20, 2009 after a hard fought battle against cancer. Carol married High School classmate, Gary Robey (WI 1957) .

Gary requests no emails at this time, he wishes to heal and will be back in touch with us when he feels it is time...

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