THE WI NEWSLETTER 07/11

THE WI NEWSLETTER

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Issue 143

July 2011

ON THIS JULY 4TH WE CELEBRATE THE 235TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

MOUNTAIN TOP PEACE

I find my peace in the mountains,
Not on the sandy shore.
The wide open space of the prairie
Is nothing to me but a bore.

But the mountains…the hills and the valleys
All lifted to God's open sky,
Bring peace beyond all comprehension,
These mountains…my mountains…so high.

I was born on a lofty hillside.
I played in a leafy glen.
I was taught just how I should do things,
Then I took my place among men.

I fit in more than I wanted.
Some actions were hard to defend.
I listened too well, and learned very little.
Now I needed my mountains, to mend.

So it's back to those hilltops I'm heading.
It's tiring, but I know the way.
I'm happier, freer, more peaceful,
Every time I look up to pray.

My mountain is calling me upward.
Mom's cabin's still there by the creek.
I'll settle in there for a time, Lord,
‘Til I find the peace that I seek.

The gold of the autumn brings comfort.
The white of the winter, peace,
Bright colors of springtime, love,
The green of summer, release.

Ducks on the pond at the dawning,
A hawk flying high at noon,
Doves settlin' down in the evening
And the wings of an owl ‘cross the moon.

My peace is on top of that mountain,
Where I can walk with my God.
Through the creeks and the brooks,
O'er the glens and the meadows we'll trod.

David B. Bates (WI 1951)

INTRODUCING

"VISIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA"

2012 WIN Scholarship Quilt
The 2012 WIN scholarship quilt will honor West Virginia's important place in US history as the country starts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The quilt blocks will feature ink drawings of "Visions of West Virginia" as drawn by artist Tina Richmond for the 2010 WV Mountain Quest Quilt Shop Hop in June 2010. Nancy Jackson & Maryann Williams donated "Visions" panels of scenes to the WIN quilters: one black prints on white fabric; the other black prints on tan fabric. We have decided to do only one quilt this year with the tan/black panel and Civil War Reproduction fabrics to honor WV's historical impact during this period. We can use the black/white prints next year.

Packets are on the way to the WIN quilters now. If any other quilters would like to join the project, please contact Sue Moats (moatsue@aol.com) for a packet.

We hope this quilt will be even more successful in raising money for the WIN Scholarship fund for RCBHS in Clarksburg.

EDITOR'S NOTE: What a marvelous idea to commemorate the Civil War! Tickets for the quilt will go on sale the first of January, 2012. I don't know about you, but I WANT THIS ONE!

COME JOIN THE FUN, GOOD FOOD AND GREAT MEMORIES WILL BE SHARED
The 11th Annual WI Reunion Picnic will be held Saturday, August 27, 2011 11:00 am at the Osborne Shelter in Veterans Park which is located just off Milford Street. You can also reach the park via Rt. 98 (from Nutter Fort). Sharon Cottrill McGahan (WI 1959) is in charge of the picnic.

THIS PICNIC IS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER ATTENDED WI.

LET'S MAKE THIS A BIG WI REUNION DAY!
You need only bring a covered dish, your own drink and money to put in the pot to help cover the expenses for this picnic and to start one for the following year.

You might want to bring a folding lawn chair so you can sit under a tree in the shade. The pavilion is covered and there is plenty of shade.

You do not have to make a reservation but it would be nice if you would email Sharon (mtmama41@msn.com) and tell her how many people in your group will be attending so she can have enough supplies on hand for everyone.

Also, let Sharyn know if you can come early and her help set up or stay and clean up at the end. Thank you.

NOTE FROM JUDY: Last month I included a list of local hotels and phone numbers. Since I don't live in Clarksburg anymore I was unaware that the old Holiday Inn on Lodgeville Rd is now a Best Western and there is a new Holiday Inn Express.

Best Western (304) 842-5411 Off Exit 119 then turn towards Bridgeport

Holiday Inn Express 20 Sweetbrier Lane (304) 979-9022 Off Exit 124 across from the new United Hospital Center.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused anyone trying to make reservations.

SEAL PLASTIC BAGS WITH OLD BOTTLE CAPS
submitted by: Judy Daugherty Kimler (WI '59)
jkimler@frontier.com
Zip-top bags are great, but sometimes you buy something in bulk and you're stuck with an unsealable bag. Home-centric blog Re-Nest shows us an easy way to give these bags an airtight seal with an old water bottle.

All you need to do is cut off the top of the bottle and take off the cap as in the photo below.

Push the bag through the bottle neck, fold it over the edges, and twist the cap back on. See photo below. Now, your bag has an air and water tight seal, and you didn't have to waste the bag.

This is a great idea to share.

Good for us and the environment too.

THE WASHINGTON IRVING AUDITORIUM
submitted by: Shirley Pouch Berkley (WI '61)

I graduated WI in 1961. I remember having TV's in the auditorium to watch the World Series. As I remember I was a freshman and pulling for the Yankees because Mickey Mantle was my favorite. I assume we could go in and watch on our lunch break. The World Series was played in Oct. then. I don't keep up with sports anymore so don't know anything more about the World Series. Memories get a little foggy with age, but that is the only year I remember that happening at WI, or could be the only year I was that interested in baseball.

I remember being on stage in the auditorium for a play or some such reason I believe in my senior year, but can't remember exactly what the reason. I never enjoyed being in the spotlight so must have blocked it out of memory. I do remember being on stage my senior year to receive a certificate of recognition for typing and shorthand in the Commericial Course. Back then I believe there were 4 courses, technical for the college bound, commercial for business and secretarial, general, and if 1 more don't remember, and classes were chosen accordingly.

Public education has changed considerably since I was in high school and much of it is not for the better in my opinion. Other than the new technology I don't believe students today receive as good an education as we received. They don't seem to be taught the basics of letter writing, balancing checkbooks, English, American History, or World Geography. I suppose these are considered old school or outdated in today's world. I did not go to college but I believe I received as good an education as many 4 year degree college graduates are getting today. I got somewhat off course of the subject, but I enjoyed my school years very much especially high school and the education has served me well in life. Thanks again for your hard work on these newsletters.

submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)

I remember that we had "assembly" in the auditorium, but I do not remember it being on a regular basis. I also remember having plays in the auditorium. And movies. I remember one movie in particular, because it was one of the "health scare" movies and I remember that it showed an actual cancer surgery being performed. IT WAS AWFUL. SO awful, that I think that I got up and left, but I also remember one of the students actually passing out while watching the movie. Everyone seemed to think that the movie was MORBID. There was a funny ending to this movie being shown, as the person that I remember passing out was one of the Baber boys - whose father was DOCTOR BABER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I actually do not remember that my graduation ceremony was held in that auditorium, but I am sure that it must have been as there were only about 190 students in my graduating class in 1961.

submitted by: Dede Short King (WI '94)

I remember the first time I ever saw this auditorium. I attended Majorette camp the summer before my 10th grade year (this was when Freshman were at RW Jr High) and our tryout at the end of the week was on the stage in the auditorium. I remember looking out from the stage and seeing a balcony and thinking how cool that was! The balcony would become home to our Key Club meetings and the auditorium would hold memories of watching friends in theater productions, playing my oboe in band concerts and dancing during show choir :)

THE PICTURE IDENTIFICATION
submitted by: Roleta Meredith (Editor)
Roleta1@aol.com
Oh my, I never thought about how many men in our area of WV walked around with a wheelbarrow when we were young…..So ---- I am going to print everyone's guess as I really think each guess will spark your memory of one or the other of these men. I think each guess submitted is important for this reason….so here goes:

1. From: Corbin Fenton (Notre Dame 1959)

The Gentlemen with the Wheel Barrow is Benny Crook, from Nutter Fort.

2. From: Judy Holden Cork and Tim Cork (WI 1962)

Tim and I wanted to make a guess about the picture of the man pushing a wheelbarrow. We think it is a guy known as Pop Bottle Pete. His real name was Benny Crook and he lived on Indiana Ave. in Nutter Fort. The location has us puzzled. Our guess is that the building is Lost Creek High School.

Thanks for all you do in putting together the newsletter. We really do appreciate all of yours and Judy's efforts.

3. From: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS 1957)

What a surprise I had, when, while reading the June Newsletter, I discovered a picture which brought back many memories. There he was, having just crossed the railroad tracks, heading for "downtown" Monongah, Willard Brumage, aka "Wheelbarrow Willie" and probably many other names. In the background is my Alma Mater, Monongah High School. I imagine Willie's destination was the Monongah garbage dump, about three miles straight ahead. If you ever traveled USR 19 between Clarksburg and Fairmont in the 1950's, you probably saw Willie pushing his wheelbarrow, sometimes empty and sometimes full along the side of the road. Where was he going? Who knows? Why was he doing this? He would never tell me or anyone else. My friends and I would often try to talk to him, but he would only speak a few words to us and then move on. He lived just off Rt. 19 near White Rock, between Monongah and Fairmont, but could be seen almost anywhere in Harrison and Marion Counties. In thinking about it, Willard was probably better known than anyone else in either county. This only proves that all it takes to be "famous" is to be "different". He was different, but so were many other characters we all knew back in the good old days in West Virginia.

4. From: Bob Dennison (WI 1957)

Looks like the road coming into Lumberport at the tracks looking up toward Lumberport High School. Looks as if "Wheebarrow" is headed home after a hard days work. If you knew this Man, he was independently wealthy.

5. From: Connie Coffindaffer Ferrel (WI 1958)

We thought it might be "Pop Bottle Pete" - we have no idea what his real name was but Bud (my husband) says that the State Road should have had him on the payroll. He did more to keep the roadsides in good condition than any one else ever did!!! Location? I do not know unless it was at the old railroad crossing in Adamston. It doesn't look quite right but who remembers how the land laid back there before Rt. 50 was moved and became a four lane? I'll be anxious to hear the location!

6. From: Joe Ripper (VHS 1958)

I think the person is Benny Crook from Nutter Fort. He could "drive" the wheelbarrow with one hand and give hand signals with the other. I am still working on the picture location. Looks like the road coming into Lumberport at the tracks looking up toward Lumberport High School. Looks as if "Wheebarrow" is headed home after a hard days work. If you knew this Man, he was independently wealthy.

From: Neil McDaniel (VHS 1962)

The man in the picture pushing the wheelbarrow was known as "Henry the Cardboard King". He could be seen pushing the wheelbarrow many miles from Clarksburg searching for bottles to redeem for the deposit.

Henry had three claims to fame all of which were as we now call them "urban legends" ....

He was said to be able to spot a bottle along the highway from 100 yards away and to be able to tell if it was eligible for a "deposit"

He was able to roll a full loaded wheelbarrow with only one hand "all day".

Henry was supposedly spotted by various people "hundreds" of miles from Clarksburg pushing his wheelbarrow "one-handed".

7. From: Jim Alvaro (WI 1956)

I don't know many Clarksburg schools that had a railroad track that near to the building. I think the person in the picture with the wheelbarrow is Pop Bottle Willie, or something like that. I will have to guess on the building as being Pierpont School.

EDITOR' NOTE: Thanks so much for each of you who took the time to write. Here is the true identification and the story:

WHEEL-BORROW PHOTO

submitted by: Fred G. Layman (VHS 1946)
The man pushing the wheel-barrow in front of the Monongah School Building is "Wheel-Barrow Willie". He traveled in Marion, Harrison and Lewis County collecting mostly glass pop bottles. He started this around 1950. He had a brother known as "Pop Bottle Pete" who started a couple years later collecting mostly pop bottles. Pete had a son and when he was four years old he pulled him along in a big red wagon to collect pop bottles. Their last name was "CROOK" and they lived in Nutter Fort with their father but later he was in our jail for thirty days because of being in a fight with a neighbor. I was building engineer for the jail and I checked it about three times a week. This is how I met Mr. Crook and his two sons. I brought Mr. Crook cans of snuff several times.

"Wheel-Barrow Willie" was hit by a car while trying to cross the highway on old Rt. 50 in front of Rollins Market. The car was driven by a woman. This ended his career collecting bottles. His brother finally quit with in a year.

LETTER FROM ONE OF OUR 2010-2011 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
submitted by: Amanda Seefong
adlseefong@yahoo.com
Hello! I thought I would give you a final email. I finished out the semester with all A's and one B. Overall, I am pleased. I could have done better, but I won't complain too much. I am in the process of switching colleges. There is a Christian college in Ohio I am very interested in...Malon University. It has been a dream of mine to go there. I believe it will be a good decision, even though I have to leave West Virginia. I once again, would like to extend my thanks to you for your generosity. You acted with your giving heart and helped me immensely with my schooling this year. I appreciate so much all you have done for me. It's people with good hearts such as yours that provide hope for a great future. I am officially one year closer to achieving my degree and I have you to thank. So thank you...so much!!! Take care and God Bless!

BROAD OAKS REUNION

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 VA PARK

Junior Mcquain 304-745-4277
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 AT THE VA PARK---FIRE PLACE SHELTER--FACES THE SWIMMING POOL.
It has been a good 6 years for this annual reunion. People have been coming from all over, California, Georgia, Florida, New York and Ohio, just from all over.

People from WI, RW, NOTRE DAME, BRIDGEPORT and all the surrounding schools.

People who grew up in Broad Oaks, ran around there, went to church there even some who just came with their family members.

We invite everyone from the area to come and join our reunion.

People just sit around and talk about the old times in Broad Oaks - basketball teams, little league baseball, wiffle ball games, horse shoes, and all the hang outs like Stalnakers, Joe's Dairy Bar the old laundry mat, and of course the bridge gang. it was a place that every one came from all over and knew everyone in the community.

We invite everyone from Broad Oaks raised to the ones that went to church, played sports there, and even just ran around to come and join in on our annual reunion Sept 10 2011 VA park, fire place shelter from 11:00 am till every one leaves.

WE ASK EVERYONE TO BRING A COVERED DISH

AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE DRINKS AND HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS

A WONDERFUL TEACHER
submitted by: Patty Ford (RW '51)
A note about a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Louise Jeffries. She was an English teacher and our home room teacher in 7th grade.

She taught diagraming to illustrate the correct construction of a sentence.

She was a lovely lady, sang in the Methodist Church downtown, and we loved for her to sing "The Lord's Prayer" in chapel. She directed the glee club, and the Young Women's Christian Association. (YWCA) I remember once she had to paddle Sam Leonette for talking too much in class, and she cried, which made Sammy cry too. Her love for all her students was readily apparent. And we all loved her. Once she gave me some clothing that had been lightly used by her daughters.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Do you have any memories of this teacher or one of your teachers? Please write and share any memories on any subject---Write Roleta1@aol.com. Thank you

THE 3 GUYS

1. Dave Rowe (WI 1962)

It's the McGahan brothers – Dave, Mike and Frankie.

2. Barry Mazza

I guess the McGahan's

3. From: Sharyn Cottrill McGahan (WI 1959)

Mike "Moose" McGahan (59)...... David "Pidge" McGahan (58) and Frankie "Fly" McGahan (60). Can't tell you the hours spent on my front porch watching the boys play ball and mumble peg in the lot next door...there was always a crowd of friends around and I always had a lot of friends on my porch watching them with me......... my mother use to "peg" all the boys jeans for them.... of course they are called "skinnys" now and they are now cousins since I married into the family.

submitted by: Glenna Lee Pick Phillips (WI '38)
glp13121@webtv.net

If you know her, won't you write to HER, please :

Thank you for sending me the link. I am 90 yrs old now & have moved to John Knox Village in Lee Summit, Mo. My daughter & granddaughters all live near so I have help when I need it. We get together for dinner or shopping & I enjoy when they bring their little baby boys over to entertain me. I graduated from WI the year of 1938, so most of my friends have passed on by now. I keep in touch with a few though. Dorotha Mathias lives in St Petersburg Fl. Irene Bonner lives in Statton Va. Gretta Steward lives in Vienna, WVa. We were friends in school from 1st grade on to graduation. Keep up the good work on the paper As a friend Glenna Lee Pick Phillips My husband was Lawrence Phillips known mostly as Rusty Phillips

submitted by: Alexis Scott (ND '65)

Roleta, just caught up on the newsletter. I saw Billy May last week and said he would send me the newsletter link, I realize now why I hadn't received it the past few months.

I read The Glass Madonna just recently and was trying to picture the places and people in my mind as I read it....I am going to the site you provided to see how much was factual. I found it so endearing and interesting and it brought back memories of a childhood spent in this little "burg" when everyone knew who you were...thank you so much for the letting others know about this book and WV author. Also, the May newsletter "obits" remembered two very dear friends of mine and my cousin, Monica Folio....thank you for this.

I taught with Nancy Jane Laulis for more than 25 years and she was always a "lady" and she was really good at English, too. At Morgan Elementary I would ask her to proofread my missives to parents before I sent them home. I sometimes got carried away when writing (I know those who know me well will just shake their heads at that comment) and Nancy would always show me a more judicious way of stating the obvious. We stayed friends 'til the end and one of my best memories of her is riding in her Jeep with her dog "Cooper" in the passenger seat, with a hat and seat belt on Cooper....she will be deeply missed by her friends and family.

Judy Davis and I raised our boys together, playing ball, etc., she was one great mom. Her daughter Tanya and my son John are best of friends. I also taught her grandson Josh in sixth grade. We would always laugh about our husbands, who both have more medical problems than ten people should have. I saw her at Wal-Mart a few months ago and we were both standing in one place until our husbands found us. She told me this story....she and John were at Wal-Mart and she checked out and was waiting for John. Well, she waited and waited and finally called him....he was at home, he had forgotten she had gone with him!!!

Monica Folio, married to my cousin Sam. I will always remember her beautiful poise and that smile...what a talented woman. I hadn't seen her in years, so my memory of her will be one of youth, vitality and enormous talent. Her beautiful family will miss her.

One other comment about Robert Berman's passing...we went to Central together and I remember going to his house for a few parties. He was so smart and pretty cute too. I am sure his family will miss him.

Thanks again for all you do and God bless

submitted by: Arreta Radcliffe Jaranko (WI '40)

Seeing McNichol Pottery listed as one of the industries that used to be near Clarksburg reminded me of something my husband told me when he came home from World War II. His troop ship left Charleston, South Carolina, headed for where he did not know, and I guess there was more than one troop ship, of course. One of the interesting things about it was the fact that the battleships protecting the troop ships were in the middle of them. German submarines were everywhere at that time but he said there was only one time that the battleships took off in a hurry. They stopped for three days at Cape Town, South Africa, and then headed up to India where they unloaded at Karachi, now Pakistan. Feeding all those soldiers on a troop ship must have been a real ordeal. He was curious about the plates used so one time he turned his plate over to see if there was any markings, and guess what? It was from McNichol Pottery!!! He knew the McNichol boys so it was a real surprise and to see McNichol China, Clarksburg, West Virginia, at such a place and time must have knocked him off his chair! Wasn't that something? It was three months from the time he left in May til I had a postcard from him and I still did not know where he was for longer than that. Because I was born and raised in Clarksburg, the names of so many of those stores and factories bring back memories of Saturday nights when everyone went to town and seemed to end up in front of Murphy's five-and ten-cent store!!! Best wishes to you.

submitted by: Bill Wilson (WI '75)

Roleta,

I really enjoy your newsletter. Thank you for the time and effort each month. Can you add me (class of ’75) and my father, Robert Wilson (class of ’37), to your list? We both ended up being North Carolina transplants. My dad retired to Chapel Hill, and I’m two hours east in Kinston, so your newsletter helps us keep up with things.

Thanks again,

DO YOU HAVE ANY?

Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.
Do you have any glassware that was made in West Virginia? I have Fiestaware. I love it. I love the colors. I have four colors that have been discontinued…those being (if I can remember correctly)—Sky Blue, Sea Green, Yellow Sun and Rose Pink. I have a place setting for 16. I also have red cups and bowls. I love the new vibrant colors. Do you collect or use your dishes? Bill and I have just started using the Fiestaware. We figure as we are getting older, IT IS TIME TO USE THE GOOD CHINA. I wish I had some glassware that was made in Clarksburg but of course it wasn't important to me when I lived there. Write and tell us about your glassware or dinnerware. Write to: Roleta1@aol.com.

HAVE YOU EVER?
submitted by: THE EDITOR
Roleta1@aol.com
Clarksburg is such a small town, one would never think that you would run into someone from Clarksburg in your travels thru life. Have you ever had a chance meeting with someone? Have you ever been someplace and by chance started talking to someone and discover they were from Clarksburg and you knew them then or knew a relative, or lived on the same street? Write and tell us about your "CHANCE MEETING"

Below is such a letter, I hope it will inspire you to share your experience with us. Write to Roleta1@aol.com. Thank you for your continued support.

submitted by: Bryan McIntyre (WI '65)
Last fall my fiancée and WI classmate (now wife as of June 11) Margaret Cleavenger and I were driving west on I-70 from Pittsburgh to Columbus having seen a couple of Pirates games and on the way to an early-season Ohio State football game. We stopped to get gas at an exit near Wheeling and across the intersection was a Cabella's Sporting Goods Super Store. Margaret asked if I'd ever been in a Cabella's and I said no. So in we went and I enjoyed seeing the many stuffed animals on display and more cammo clothing than I could ever imagine. As we were about to leave, Margaret headed off to the restroom and I went up to the greeter to ask him if there were any Cabella's in my (now) home state of North Carolina. He explained that there is one planned on I-40 near Asheville NC near a radio station that he used to manage. When I told him I was the manager of WPTF radio in Raleigh NC from 85-91 he asked my name. When I told him, he said "from Clarksburg West Virginia?" and I said yes. He introduced himself as Frank Mazza, class of 63. We had never met. He proceeded to tell me about his radio and TV career as Frank Karroll and that he was going to be inducted into the West Virginia Broadcasters Hall of Fame a few weeks later based on his long career on country music "giant" WWVA in Wheeling. And he also said that his wife, Barbara Creighton, WI '64 was the human resources director for that same Cabella's and he even knew that she lived right up Rosemont Avenue in Broad Oaks from where I lived during my junior and senior years. Barbara and I were in Sr. High Fellowship at First Presbyterian Church together. Small world.

RIDING TRAINS
submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
I remember the train tracks that were across Elk Creek from where my family lived on Broaddus Avenue. I can also remember going up to the tracks and walking along them and being there when trains would come by. If I remember correctly, there was a railroad bridge somewhere close to where the Hazel Atlas Glass Company used to be down on Sycamore Street, just going into Northview. I was always afraid being to start across that bridge; afraid that I would not make it to the other side before I got completely across the bridge.

I remember trains coming thru on those tracks in the middle of the night and the soot from the coal-driven engines carried down from the railroad tracks onto Broaddus Avenue and everything on it.

In post-graduation years, I remember riding the train from Washington, D.C. (where I moved to in 1962) and that was a trip to remember. It think that it only took 6 hours from Washington to Clarksburg via train, but it seemed to take forever. I had a girlfriend living in the same rooming house in Washington that lived next door to me in Clarksburg before we both graduated, so at least I had company on the train. I also remember taking the bus from Washington to Clarksburg, and at some point in my life I had the option of taking the Greyhound bus or the Trailways bus.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Tell us about your experiences traveling via the train from Clarksburg to wherever?
WRITE TO: Roleta1@aol.com on this subject
Thank you for helping the newsletter live ---just share some memories with us…..

GUESS WHO

Can you identify the person pictured? Write to Roleta1@aol.com with your guesses.

WHY DID HE DO IT?
submitted by: David Bates (WI '51)
Two or three weeks ago, or was it four or five (An old man can't be expected to remember these things, can he?), I received two WI tee shirts in the mail and have slept in one of them every night since. I plan to continue doing so until.... Every night, as I turn out the light, the shirt reminds me how blessed I am to be from West Virginia, to have been born and raised in Clarksburg, to be a WI graduate with all the memories, the love, and yes, the occasional sadness I garnered through those growing and nurturing years. I give my thanks, my appreciation and my prayers for the Newsletter and those whose hard work and dedication make it a monthly happening.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks for your support !

I have sold over half of the tee shirts that I have. I will not be reordering them. When they are gone they are gone!I really thought they would be gone by now!

The shirts are being sold to support The WIN Scholarship. They come in Medium, Large and X-Large. Buy it and wear it anyplace you wish…even sleep in it, at least you are supporting the scholarship. Send your check for at least $15.00 made out to Roleta Meredith c/o WIN Scholarship

And mail the check and your order to:
Roleta Meredith
3025 Switzer Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43219

In the envelope, please include a note telling me your name, size shirt you want and your email address in case I wish to contact you. Thank you

I figured after seeing my mug in the newsletter for the last couple of months, it was time to use a different face. Yes, even though he is a Monongah High School graduate, you will see him in a WI tee shirt at the picnics. Here he is modeling one for you. He is wearing an X-Large. He is 6 foot 2 and weighs 209 lbs. Maybe this will help you decide on the size you need.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you bought a WI tee shirt to support the WIN Schoalrship, would you please put on your shirt and have someone take your picture. Then send the picture to Roleta1@aol.com. I will put your picture in the newsletter to help advertise the Tee Shirt. I want to sell all of these before the end of December. Speaking of December, the Tee Shirt would be a nice gift idea.

WV MAN MAKES HIS MARK ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT

Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
Logan, WV

When he appears again on America's Got Talent, I hope he is good enough to earn your support! He certainly sang well during this performance.

This is worth a minute of your time. Check it out!

http://www.business2community.com/entertainment/landau-eugene-murphy-jr-stuns-america %E2%80%99s-got-talent-judges-will-he-become-the-next-susan-boyle-040334

NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES

Dave Kulina (WI '61)	dkulina@ma.rr.com
Bill Wilson (WI '75)	billwilson@suddenlink.net
Robert Wilson (WI '37)	rswils@aol.com
Wade Coffindaffer (WI '68)	wcoffin3@frontier.com

CHANGE OF EMAIL ADDRESS

Ann Bush Kirby (WI '76) new email address is salkirby@aol.com

PLEASE READ!
As you may know I no longer am able to send the monthly letter re: the newsletter being ready to be read. The list has gotten too long and was taking me hours to send out. I now have several nice volunteers who have taken a class or several classes and these volunteers are now sending my letter TO the readers. We are not able to send the link in our letter as many of the servers will not allow our mail to be received by the readers with the link in the letter. So if you are one of those who has to get your newsletter some other way, I don't know how else to help you but I do hope you still enjoy it and that you will still write and share your memories.

I still have several classes that I have to personally send. If you are willing to help me by copying and sending or forwarding the letter that I send to you each month, please contact me. I will provide you with a list of names which you will be in charge of and to whom you will be sending the letter each month. Just let me know, I cannot promise that you will be sending the letter to your classmates. Write to me to volunteer to help me Roleta1@aol.com.

Thank you.

CHANGES TO BE MADE IN THE MAILING LIST
Dave Kuhl is one of the Volunteers who helps me with several classes each month. He has updated the lists for the classes he contacts. Below are his updates:

SUMMARY OF CHANGES
CHANGES TO THE CLASS OF 1962

Evan "Stumpie" Bice:	change: esbice@msn.com to: ebice@ma.rr.com
Shirley Burnell	change: sw321fl@aol.com to: sjmelloy@cfl.rr.com
Ray Carter	change: rcarternc@aol.com to: raycarter2001@yahoo.com
David Rowe	change: dcr@digitalconnection.com to: dcr@etcom.net
Theresa Scalise Blake	change: tb4wi@cyahoo.com to; tb4wi@yahoo.com
Kitty Wysong Cobb	change: wysong44@hotmail to: wysong44@hotmail.com

DELETE FOR WI CLASS OF 1965 = DELETING THIS GROUP

Bob Aaron mulesmulesmules@verizon.net
Ralph Brown rebrown65@embarqmail.com
James E. Griffin FfirGi@aol.com
Ron Kemper rkemper@charterinternet.com
Gary King bfgking@citynet.net
John McCuskey amccuskey@msn.net
James B. Potter jpotter@deltagas.com
Alex Sandonas Thwaites Alex13741@cs.com

CHANGES TO WI CLASS OF 1965

Bruce P. Chapnick	change: bpscrc47@yahoo to: bpcsrc47@yahoo.com
Shari Josephs Collins	change: sjoseph4@columbus.rr.com to: sjosephs2@cox.net
Marilyn Lightner Kittle	change: mapak41371@ykahoo.com to: mapak41371@yahoo.com
Marcia Porter Heinz	change: mheinz2@earthlink.net to: avonmarcia@hotmail.com
Anne Ryan White	change: whiteam2@verizon.net to: whiteam2@frontier.com
Roberta Stalnaker Paugh	change: RPaugh8998@aol.com to: roberta2jerry@msn.com
Joe Van Vorrhis	change: joegw@aol.com to: joegvv@aol.com (V V not W)

CHANGES TO WI CLASS OF1966

Greg Merrill change: Merril.Greg@comcast.net to: Merrill.Greg@comcast.net

Change Diana Swiger to Diana S. Cleavenger Swiger. [Listed twice]

CHANGES TO WI CLASS OF 1967

Dave Hardman	change:davehardman1@optonline.net to: davehardman1@aol.com
Linda Jenkins Purnell	change:linda.lpurnell@gmail.com to: lpurnell@cricpa.com
Vicki Limbers Moore	change:VnDmoore@bellsouth.net to: VnDmoore@aol.com
James Salerio	change:jsalerio@g.mail.com to: jselario@gmail.com

and change Salerio to Selario

EDITOR'S NOTE: These changes have been made. If you know one of those whose email address was deleted, contact them, if they wish to receive the newsletter, they need to write to me with their full name , school and year they did or would have graduated. Thanks Roleta1@aol.com.

1923 CITY DIRECTORY FOR CLARKSBURG

(JUST CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED WORDS)

1923 City Directory for Clarksburg. I found our grandparents on both sides, plus Uncle John and Aunt Opal, and Uncle Raymond.

http://distantcousin.com/directories/wv/clarksburg/1923/

YEAR BOOK OFFERED FREE!
submitted by: Jo Etta Cunningham Clovis (WI '58)
JClovis114@aol.com
When I purchased my home on S. Alexander Ave. in Clarksburg, I found a 1939 WI yearbook in the attic. It had belonged to John Sole.

If anyone is interested it having this yearbook, I would be happy to mail it.

Great job on the newsletter. I don't know how you do it!!!!

WIN SCHOLARSHIP

2011-2012 WIN SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
submitted by: Bradley Ledsome (RC Byrd HS 2011)
bled555@hotmail.com
I first would like to start off by thanking you for the W.I.N. scholarship. It was great to be at the honors assembly and hear that I won this. That $3,000 will be used for the education that I pursue. It is greatly appreciated from my family and me.

submitted by: Emma Dumire (RC Byrd 2011)
emmaruth16@aol.com
I'm Emma Dumire and a recipient of the WI newsletter scholarship. I wanted to send my thank you for helping me financially in my funding for college. I plan to study architecture at Fairmont State University and a scholarship like this is tremendously helpful. Thank you so much!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bradley and Emma will each receive a $3,000.00 scholarship paid to their Fairmont State University student account in 2 installments…one for the fall semester and one check for the winter semester. This is all due to: the generosity of those who kindly participate in supporting the Washington Irving Newsletter Scholarship.

VISITING THE GRANDPARENTS

WON'T YOU SHARE SOME MEMORIES OF YOUR VISITS?
submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
I am not sure why you put this suggestion for an article under the title of just GRANDMOTHER, because I can remember making (usually) weekend trips from Clarksburg to Bridgeport to visit my GRANDPARENTS.

The grandparents that lived in Bridgeport were my dad's parents, and I always had a very pleasant time visiting and/or going there for dinner on a regular basis. We would work in the garden that they had above the house, and I never seemed to mind working the garden as I always thought that I was doing it for them.

My grandmother on my mother's side of the family actually lived with us on Broaddus Avenue for many years, and I just got to enjoy her being a part of the family. I remember my family making trips to Ohio, but I do not remember my mother's grandmother making those trips with us as the Ohio relatives were on my father's side of the family. I also remember visiting my grandmother at a couple of boarding houses that she lived in over the years and always thought that they were pleasant visits, and not required visits. I remember one house that she lived in was over in the Goff Plaza area, not too far from where my Uncle Harry lived. I was sorry that I never got to meet my mother's father, or if I did, I do not remember him.

submitted by: Roleta Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
I remember visiting my mother's parents who lived in Belington in Barbour County. They lived in what seemed a very big home. My grandfather owned lumber mills and had built this home. I have some vivid memories but all happened before I was 6 as my grandfather died around that time and my grandmother moved in with us and sold her home. Even though their home seemed to be close to town, they had a big piece of property where they raised chickens and I know that there was a big barn in the back where they at one time had cows as mother often talked about having to get up early before school and milk the cows no matter what the weather happened to be. I don't remember my grandfather being active. He had had a stroke probably when I was about 2 and they had converted the dining room on the first floor into their bedroom. They had a fireplace in their room and a big horsehair couch…comfortable room, uncomfortable couch. He was always in a wicker wheelchair. When we visited, we slept in one of the bedrooms upstairs. They also had indoor plumbing and a huge bathroom upstairs. A vivid memory I have is the smell of the wood cooking stove when I awoke in the morning and my grandmother was baking biscuits and frying bacon…yummm. I can still smell the mix of the wood, the bacon and the oven baking those golden biscuits that were perfect and so tall. Grandmother had a closed in porch on the back of the house where she had her washing machine and she hung the clothes to dry on a line that was attached to the back of the house. One time when we were there, they killed chickens and I remember they were hanging from that line with their feet tied together and no heads! They had a porch across the front and one side of their home, I remember sitting on the floor playing for what was probably hours. They had a huge front and side yard with a garden on the back of the side yard where grandmother grew the vegetables they ate fresh in the summer and canned for the other times of the year. They also had a cellar where they stored some vegetables such as cabbages, turnips and potatoes. I remember the cold damp smell of the cellar, never did like that smell very well. I remember the home was always warm, smelled of wood burning and something cooking and I loved to visit. But the last couple of memories I have of their beautiful home somewhat destroy the beauty of these memories for me. They had a parlor in the front of the house which was often closed off with sliding doors so it was kept perfect. When granddaddy died, the doors were open and his casket was placed in that parlor. I remember there was always someone sitting in that room while he laid there. Why? I think it was the wake? Why did someone always stay? Wonder where that tradition started? The final memory I have of the home was the auction they had when grandmother sold the house. They sold the ice box, the Hoosier, all the beds, the pump organ…….everything….all gone, I remember strange people and some relatives taking away my grandparent's things---I didn't understand…All that was left of their years together was a big empty house that had once been a lovely family home.

SKATING RINK Did you go to the skating rink when you were young? Which rink did you visit? Tell us about your skating experiences. Write to Roleta1@aol.com.

ANNOUNCEMENT

DEUTSCH'S CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Henry "Hank" and Judith Jane (Rice) Deutsch, formerly of Clarksburg, West Virginia and a graduate of the former Washington Irving High School, Class of 1957, and now of Viroqua, Wisconsin will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 7, 2011. They were married in 1961 in Columbia, Missouri after their commencement from the University of Missouri at Columbia. They have four sons: Richard of Placerville, California; Paul of Westby, Wisconsin; Michael of Memphis, Tennessee; Andrew of North Hollywood, California and they have six grandchildren

In the May Newsletter, we published an article sent in by Fred Alvaro (W I 1959), who had the rare distinction of being the winning pitcher in both games of a doubleheader, while playing for Potomac State. Fred mentioned that Sam Fernandez (N D 1958), was the catcher in those games. Bob Dennison (W I 1957) emailed me, telling me to check the box scores to see who was playing right field. Sure enough, there was a "Dennison" listed. Fred forgot to tell me that there was another Clarksburg product in the lineup and I wasn't sharp enough to catch it. Sorry we missed it. I haven't heard how well the team did that year. They must have done well, with all of that Harrison County power on the team. Thanks for the note, Bob.

To Bill:

I am not sure how or what triggered this memory, but here is info I got on Wikipedia about the drop kick. I remember in our senior year (would have been in the fall of 1962), Nickie Stevens attempted a drop kick extra point for W-I– not sure if he made one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_kick

The only successful drop kick in the last sixty-plus years in the NFL was by Doug Flutie, the backup quarterback of the New England Patriots, against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006, for an extra point after a touchdown.

Flutie had estimated "an 80 percent chance" of making the drop kick, which was called to give Flutie, 43 at the time, the opportunity to make a historic kick in his final NFL game. (In fact, the drop kick was his last play in the NFL.) After the game, New England coach Bill Belichick said, "I think Doug deserves it," and Flutie said "I just thanked him for the opportunity."

The last successful drop kick in the NFL before that was executed by Ray "Scooter" McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941 in the NFL championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Though it was not part of the NFL at the time, the All-America Football Conference saw its last drop kick November 28, 1948 when Joe Vetrano of the San Francisco 49ers drop kicked an extra point after a muffed snap against the Cleveland Browns.

Dallas Cowboys punter Mat McBriar attempted a maneuver similar to a drop kick during the 2010 Thanksgiving Classic after a botched punt attempt, but the ball bounced several times before the kick and the sequence of events is officially recorded as a fumble, followed by an illegal kick, with the fumble being recovered by the New Orleans Saints 29 yards down field from the spot of the kick. The Saints declined the illegal kick penalty.

The last successful drop kick extra point in the NCAA was by Aaron Fitzgerald of the University of LaVerne on November 10, 1990 against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

Ron Cleavenger, W I 1963

Reply To Ron:

Who would have thought there was so much history written about a lost art, the drop kick. As a young man, playing neighborhood football, we practiced the drop kick every chance we got. There were many styles, but very few of us ever really perfected it. I don't ever remember seeing one tried in high school, however, I do remember Flutie's kick. If my memory serves me correctly , WVU had a kicker in the late 40's or early 50's from Elkins, named Gene Simmons. As far as I know, he was the last one to use the drop kick in local college football. The drop kick has gone the way of the single wing formation, which I used to watch as often as possible, when Keith Piper was coaching it at Denison University. Some of today's shotgun formations are very similar, but the original will probably never come back. Thanks for your research and letter.

Bill (billmere@aol.com)

JUST MY OPINION
Is it just me or does everyone think this summer is moving faster than usual? I was always told that the older you get, the faster time flies. I strongly agree with that statement. It seems that spring just started, yet June is about over. That can only mean that college football season is only two months away. More on that later.

The Major League baseball season continues to drag on. The Pirates are actually staying in contention for a change. My Cardinals were hot, but have cooled off considerably and lost their star, Albert Pujols, for six weeks, due to injury. The only other team I follow, the Tampa Bay Rays, are, surprisingly, still playing great baseball, even though they lost half of their team during the off season. However, I won't get too interested until the last month of the season and then, only if one of my teams is still in it.

That brings us to football. The pro owners and players or, as I like to call them, the billionaires and millionaires, are still negotiating over who should run the game, the people who own the teams or the player's union. I could save them a lot of time by telling them that neither of them runs the game. It's really the TV networks. But, they haven't asked my opinion, so they will go on playing their silly game for a few more weeks.

The college season seems safe, although some of the teams I follow will look different this year. Ohio State lost their squeaky clean image, due to a few players putting themselves above the program and a coach (former) making a poor decision to protect his players at all costs (his job). It seems a shame that the Buckeyes got no on-the-field advantage for their sins, but still must pay the price. Many think the NCAA is out of date as an organization and needs an overhaul. Do you agree with that? Should the players be paid? How about doing away with all athletic scholarships? Let's hear your opinions on these subjects.

Marshall will be fielding Doc Holliday's second team. We will know a lot more about their potential after they play WVU in Morgantown on September 4. The Mountaineers are a complete mystery at this date. At least they will only have one head coach. The coach-in-waiting deal was never going to work. Do you think Oliver Luck did the right thing by forcing Bill Stewart out? The defense lost seven or eight starters from last year. Can Jeff Casteel work his magic once again? How his defenders do will determine how the season plays out. As for the new head coach, Dana Holgerson, he has a huge job. He must prove that his offense is for real and facing the pressures of being a rookie head coach may be too much for him to handle. How do you think the team will do? I know everyone has an opinion on the WVU coaching change. What's yours?

The Big Ten Conference (high school) is expanding this fall. Who will dominate? It should be much stronger with the additions. Let me know what you think of the new teams.

Thanks to the two people who wrote to me in June. There's plenty to write about this month, just from what I've mentioned above, so I expect to hear from several of you.

Write me at billmere@aol.com

NEW INFORMATION ABOUT REUNION PLANNED
FOR WI CLASS OF 1975, 1976 AND 1977
The Washington Irving High School classes of 1975, 1976,and 1977 will hold their 35 year reunion on Saturday September 3rd at Clarksburg Country Club, from 6 p.m. to midnight. If you graduated with one of those classes, you can go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/75-77WIReunion to register. The cost will be $35 per person and $12 (optional) for the class photo.

We are looking for email addresses for all class members. If you keep in touch with someone please forward that information to Luke Christie lluke@lukechristie.com, or Ann (Bush) Kirby salkirby@aol.com or Jody (Buffington) Aud jbuffaud@comcast.net. If you know of someone who does not have an email address, please have them call me to register. Thank you very much and am looking forward to a wonderful event. More details to follow!

Luke Christie 304 264-6091

LAST MONTH I ASKED YOU TO WRITE AND TELL ME

WHY DO YOU READ THE NEWSLETTER?
submitted by: John Teter (WI '61)
"WHY DO I READ THE NEWSLETTER": I think that you should have included "why do I contribute to the newsletter" as well.

I read the newsletter for several reasons: I have found most of the articles in the newsletter very interesting and entertaining. I have found several classmates that had been lost via the newsletter. I have helped other classes find some of their missing classmates because I saw an article in the newsletter entitled "Where are they now?". I have (unfortunately) read a few obituaries that I would not have known about other than via the newsletter. I have found out what and where some of my "long lost friends" are and where some of my "long lost girlfriends" are. I have been able to keep up on what has happened to "good old Clarksburg" and what is left of it. I have even seen pictures that my brother (Bob,60) and my sister (Lib,56) have contributed that I found very interesting. Like the picture of my brother, nephew and brother-in-law with Dallas Green in the March newsletter which prompted me to wonder "where was I when this picture was taken". I also like the idea the readers of the newsletter have been able to help Robert C Byrd High School graduates with the WIN Scholarship funding. I could go on with more reasons, but the bottom line would read:

I READ THE WI NEWSLETTER, BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF WHERE I CAME FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EDITOR'S NOTE: Why do you read the newsletter? Write: Roleta1@aol.com

MUSHROOMS
submitted by: Terry Snider Fazio (WI '67)
The comments on morels and pictures remind me of what my kitchen counter looks like most springs. My husband, John Fazio RW '62, almost every spring goes out looking for morels. His favorite recipe is to stuff them with shrimp and crab meat, put melted butter and parmesan cheese over them and bake. They are great! John and Terry Shreves, RW '67, were interviewed by Norman Julian for the Morgantown, WV Dominion Post in our back yard in June, 1988. They talked about some of their experiences, good and bad with mushrooms. How he heard about their mushroom exploits, I don't know--but they enjoyed the experience.

NAME THOSE PICTURED

Can you name any of the people pictured above? Each picture is numbered; please match your guess with a number. Write to Roleta1@aol.com

Thank you for enjoying the newsletter and participating by writing.

HOME TOWN THOUGHTS

submitted by: Sherry Hutchison Keith (WI '64)
What does a hometown mean to a person?

Why can we so fully and quickly transport ourselves right back there some days and even feel the slight breeze and dampness on our skin? Hear the sound of familiar voices at play calling out to each other familiar footfalls running up from behind accompanied by giggles and laughter, audible panting from being out of breath trying to catch up with you with the latest funny thought or joke? These little moments live on and together with so many like them make up the meaning of my home town to me... Clarksburg!

Though not all memories are happy ones, many are the thoughts of appreciation for great family and friends who are also steadfast in times of sorrow!

"There's no place like home!" Just ask Dorothy in the Wizard of OZ!

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR HOME TOWN? Won't you share them with the readers please, write to me at Roleta1@aol.com Thank you.

HOW I MET MY SPOUSE,
WHAT HAS KEPT US TOGETHER
AND ADVICE TO A NEWLYWED COUPLE
submitted by: Bill May (WI '63)
You asked about our spouses: Here you go--

I met Edith Kline on Stealey Avenue one summer. I was delivering newspapers, she was visiting one of her old friends, Jenny Heston. I think I was in the 6th grade, she was in the fifth. She had great legs. First time I had ever noticed legs. (she still does)

Been married 44 years this coming December.

My advice to newly weds--(none for the wives--I wouldn't touch that one). For the husbands, just remember that "you can either be right, or you can be happy". I am happy.

submitted by: Roleta Smith Meredith (WI '59)
Roleta1@aol.com
I met Bill Meredith in 1958. It was a blind date. I don't know which one of us was blind, Bill says he fell in love at first site. I think it is because he is a football fan and I was muscular! LOL

Buzzy Floyd and Marty Frey were dating at the time and Bill and Buzz were fraternity brothers. There was a "Spring Fling" in Morgantown, Marty was going to spend the week-end with her aunt and asked if I would like to go and Buzz would fix me up. Little did I know that my date was already going steady with another girl. "He was a woman's man"!

We have been married forever, but it feels as though it was just last year. We still are best friends and share a lot of memories and laughs.

My advice to newlyweds: Accept the person as they are, you will never change the person to be as perfect as you think perfect is. If you could change the person, you probably wouldn't even like the person after the change as you would only have a clone of yourself. Oh, and don't take things so seriously, laugh a lot, a sense of humor is the most important thing in a relationship! Remember marriage is not when each partner has to give 50-50 it is made up of both partners giving 100%

submitted by: Patti Shaffer Baye (WI '66)
In am writing in response to your question about advice for a happy marriage. My husband, Dillon and I will be celebrating 43 years together in July. I cannot say that all of those years have been total bliss -- as we have had our struggles and ups and downs from time to time. I believe all married couples experience those, but the question is what keeps you going? I certainly believe the end is worth it all. Back in 1993 "Good Housekeeping" magazine ran a contest to find the "secrets" to a happy marriage. My beloved husband decided he could answer that challenge with 50 words or less!! He along with some 13,000 others entered the contest. His answer was selected as number one -- affording us and two guests to a 7 day, all expense paid vacation in Amsterdam. It truly was a VIP trip from start to finish. Perhaps these words will help to make some couples marriage journey a bit easier.

"We gave...when we WANTED to receive
We served...when we WANTED to feast
We shared...when we WANTED to keep
We listened...when we WANTED to talk
We submitted...when we WANTED to reign
We forgave...when we WANTED to remember
We stayed...when we WANTED to leave"

We continue to live by these words and find life to be fulfilling for us even after all these years. Dillon and I met my freshman year in college. We share three grown children and 9 beautiful grandchildren who are spread from the east coast of SC to the west coast of CA.

submitted by: Dede "Short" King (WI '94)
I met my spouse at a stoplight in Clarksburg, WV. We were each in our cars cruising from McDonalds to Hardees (like most teens do/did) He is a Lincoln graduate and just happened to be in Clarksburg that day with friends. I remember while waiting for the light to change, looking at my best friend who was with me and saying, "I'm going to marry him one day" 16 years and 6 kids later, we are just as in love as the day we met!

I would tell any newlywed out there to always be corny! I know it sounds crazy, but I think it keeps the marriage alive. My husband and I do corny things like making our own Valentine's gifts for each other every year. Not so serious greeting cards to each other here and there. There is enough seriousness when you become an adult, pick times to act like a kid again every now and then...it brings back so many memories of your younger years :)

submitted by: Mickey Drummond (WI '60)
Soon after high school I entered into Akron Barber College two months before I finished the school, I met young lady named Donna Jo Spice. I think we had three dates, I only knew her three months and we eloped to Virgina and got hitched – That was on the 13th of Jun in 1961 -- so this year we are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary.

What I would say to young couples who are newlywed it takes a lot of work 100% on both sides -- and always communicate-- and place God first in your life

submitted by: Carol Gottlieb Rovinsky (WI '65)
In response to your question: "one thing you would tell a newlywed couple is the most important thing to do to keep the marriage a happy one? ":

I would say that you must always be sure to tell each other what you are feeling – not necessarily at that moment (as I found out after some sleepless nights) but when you are both able to listen - and you must try your very most to LISTEN to the feelings behind what your partner is saying.

submitted by: Terry Snider Fazio (WI '67)
Your topic of how we met our spouses is timely for me this month--my husband & I will celebrate our 39th anniversary on 6/24. We met at the Carousel--although five years older than me and also a RW graduate, he was at Fairmont State with some of my high school friends. They introduced us--and the rest is history. I'm sure most of the people of a certain age remember the Carousel. It burned in 1972--another piece of Clarksburg history gone. The American Red Cross is now in it's location.

We were also saddened to hear of Marvin Miller's passing. I knew he had moved to Florida, but we had lost track of he and Betty Ann. Great couple--they partied at our house a couple of New Year's Eves during our younger and partying days.

submitted by: Bill Bryan (WI '57)
I met my wife (or more likely the first time I ever saw her) was March 17, 1963. She was a student at St. Mary's School of Nursing and I was a student at Fairmont State (after 4 years in the Navy). It was a Sunday, and I went to Broadway Junior High School to receive my "polio sugar". She was serving to the ones in the line in which I was waiting. I saw that face and was wowed! I knew the pinkie who was helping her (a Broadway teen), so I called the pinkie that night to find out the student's name. Of course, the pinkey's reply was "I don't know." So it took some work to find out who she was, get in touch, have other St. Mary's students who knew me vouch for my character, and get a date.

We married in Sept. 1964, when we both were graduated. Happy to say we're still together!

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SUMMERTIME IN CLARKSBURG
In the summer, when school was on break, most of us had a "summer job". Write to me and tell me about your summer jobs. Here are some things to inspire you to think! How did you get the job? Where did you work? What were your duties? How did you get to your job? Were you paid in cash or by check? Did you work a full day? Which summer job did you like best? Can you remember what you earned? These are only suggestions to get you started, write anything at all about your summer jobs.

Write to: Roleta1@aol.com

THE FLOUR SACK

No doubt but what some young people never heard of such a thing, but this is all true.

1920s,30s,+40s flour sacks
BY Colleen B. Hubert

IN THAT LONG AGO TIME WHEN THINGS WERE SAVED,
WHEN ROADS WERE GRAVELED AND BARRELS WERE STAVED,
WHEN WORN-OUT CLOTHING WAS USED AS RAGS,
AND THERE WERE NO PLASTIC WRAP OR BAGS,
AND THE WELL AND THE PUMP WERE WAY OUT BACK,
A VERSATILE ITEM, WAS THE FLOUR SACK.

PILLSBURY'S BEST, MOTHER'S, AND GOLD MEDAL, TOO,
STAMPED THEIR NAMES PROUDLY IN PURPLE AND BLUE.
THE STRING SEWN ON TOP WAS PULLED AND KEPT;
THE FLOUR EMPTIED AND SPILLS WERE SWEPT.
THE BAG WAS FOLDED AND STORED IN A SACK
THAT DURABLE, PRACTICAL FLOUR SACK.

THE SACK COULD BE FILLED WITH FEATHERS AND DOWN,
FOR A PILLOW, OR T'WOULD MAKE A NICE SLEEPING GOWN.
IT COULD CARRY A BOOK AND BE A SCHOOL BAG,
OR BECOME A MAIL SACK SLUNG OVER A NAG.
IT MADE A VERY CONVENIENT PACK,
THAT ADAPTABLE, COTTON FLOUR SACK.

BLEACHED AND SEWN, IT WAS DUTIFULLY WORN
AS BIBS, DIAPERS, OR KERCHIEF ADORNED.
IT WAS MADE INTO SKIRTS, BLOUSES AND SLIPS.
AND MOM BRAIDED RUGS FROM ONE HUNDRED STRIPS
SHE MADE RUFFLED CURTAINS FOR THE HOUSE OR SHACK,
FROM THAT HUMBLE BUT TREASURED FLOUR SACK!

AS A STRAINER FOR MILK OR APPLE JUICE,
TO WAVE MEN IN, IT WAS A VERY GOOD USE,
AS A SLING FOR A SPRAINED WRIST OR A BREAK,
TO HELP MOTHER ROLL UP A JELLY CAKE,
AS A WINDOW SHADE OR TO STUFF A CRACK,
WE USED A STURDY, COMMON FLOUR SACK!

AS DISH TOWELS, EMBROIDERED OR NOT,
THEY COVERED UP DOUGH, HELPED PASS PANS SO HOT,
TIED UP DISHES FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED,
AND FOR MEN OUT IN THE FIELD TO SEED.
THEY DRIED DISHES FROM PAN, NOT RACK
THAT ABSORBENT, HANDY FLOUR SACK!

WE POLISHED AND CLEANED STOVE AND TABLE,
SCOURED AND SCRUBBED FROM CELLAR TO GABLE,
WE DUSTED THE BUREAU AND OAK BED POST,
MADE COSTUMES FOR OCTOBER (A SCARY GHOST)
AND A PARACHUTE FOR A CAT NAMED JACK.
FROM THAT LOWLY, USEFUL OLD FLOUR SACK!

SO NOW MY FRIENDS, WHEN THEY ASK YOU
AS CURIOUS YOUNGSTERS OFTEN DO,
"BEFORE PLASTIC WRAP, ELMERS GLUE
AND PAPER TOWELS, WHAT DID YOU DO?"
TELL THEM LOUDLY AND WITH PRIDE DON'T LACK,
"GRANDMOTHER HAD THAT WONDERFUL FLOUR SACK!"

All these girls' dresses were made from flour sacks...
Panties were made from them also.

OBITUARIES
BILL MARTIN (WI 1968)
Bill Martin, 60, of Bridgeport passed away May 14, 2011, at United Hospital Center. He was the son of the late William Victor Martin and Ruby Mae McDaniel Martin.

He is survived by his wife Patty Marks Martin.

In addition to his wife, he is also survived by two sons, Billy Martin, III and his girlfriend Michelle Byerley and Nick Martin and his girlfriend Regina Toothman, one granddaughter, Isabelle Martin; two brothers, Mike (Judy) Martin and Joe (Sandra) Martin one sister, Judy (Jimmy) May; and several nieces and nephews.

He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked as a construction worker and was employed by Marks Construction up until his retirement in 2007.

ROBERT HATHAWAY (BRIDGEPORT 1950)
Robert B. Hathaway, 79, of Bridgeport, passed away May 23, 2011.

He was the son of the late James Allen Hathaway and Elizabeth Williams Hathaway.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Leoma Lorraine Hathaway.

Surviving are one son, Robert B. Hathaway II; and one daughter, Leslie (Keith) Raimondo; two grandsons, Matthew James Raimondo and Samuel Brian Raimondo; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Mouser and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Howard Hathaway and James Hathaway, and two sisters, Lois Preston and Virginia Martin. Mr. Hathaway was a graduate of Bridgeport High School, Class of 1950, where he was quite an athlete, playing basketball and baseball. He played baseball professionally after he was drafted by the NY Giants organization. He proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War.

He worked for the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, MD, where he was a computer technician. He then worked for IBM and retired in 1994 from Union Carbide after 25 years of service. Mr. Hathaway was a member of the Bridgeport United Methodist Church, and he was an avid WVU fan who also enjoyed NASCAR and hunting. He also enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

GEORGE FRED POSEY (WI 1962)

George Fred Posey, 68, died May 27, 2011, at the United Hospital Center, Bridgeport.

He was born the son to the late Phay Newton Posey and Martha Jane (Orr) Posey.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann (Taylor) Posey, West Milford; ex-wife Elanor Posey; one son, George Phay (Kym) Posey and 2 grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Carol Ann Wiles, and one stepson, Russell L. Taylor.

George was a graduate of Washington Irving High, Class of 1962. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army, serving in the Vietnam War. George was a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department, serving 30 years before retiring. He had a passion for gun collecting and hunting. He was a member of the Harrison County F.O.P.

TAMRA JANENNE MARPLE
BUCKHANNON — Tamra Janenne Marple, age 47, of Volga, WV, died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV.

She was born December 28, 1963, in Clarksburg, WV, a daughter of James and Janet Long Brosius, (WI '59) who survive, of Morgantown, WV.

On January 15, 1982, she married Craig L. Marple, who survives.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is survived by one daughter, Kalla Marple of Volga; one son, Kristofer Marple of Anmoore, WV; one brother, Thomas J. Brosius of Volga; and one nephew, Jordan T. Brosius of Volga.

Tamra was a bookkeeper and housewife.

CARL MARSHALL SMITH, JR. (WI)
Carl Marshall Smith Jr., (WI) age 68 passed away May 23, 2011.

He was the son of the late Carl Marshall Smith Sr., and Mary Virginia Mason Smith.

His wife, Eleanor Scarlet Henderson resides in Clarksburg.

Carl is survived by one son, Carl M. (Nicole) Smith III. He is the beloved grandfather to Chase M. and Sierra N. Smith. His brother and two sisters, William (Noreen) Smith , Mary Jo Franklin and Betty Jane Jackson along with several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Carl was preceded in death by two sisters, Flora Mae Douglas and Barbara Jean Noble.

Carl was a lineman with C and P Telephone, having over 23 years of service.

LINDA STEELE SMITH (VHS 1966)
Linda Dianne Smith passed away at home in the loving arms of her family on, May 18, 2011. Linda was born and raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia and graduated from Victory High School. One of four children born to Lawrence and the late Wanda Steele, she is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 39 years, John Lee Smith; and by her cherished children, Ryan, Nathaniel and his wife Alicia.

Linda is also survived by her sisters, Rebekah, Connie, and Vicki; and brother-in-law, Joffre and his wife, Pam; and by her treasured nieces.

MARIANN IAQUINTA (VHS)
Mariann Iaquinta, 93, of North View, passed away June 10, 2011, surrounded by her family at a local nursing home following an extended illness.

She was born at Mt. Clare, WV, a daughter of the late Patsy and Mary Scott Sabatelli.

Mrs. Iaquinta married John Iaquinta, who preceded her death on June 12, 1984.

Surviving are two sons, F. Samuel Iaquinta, and the Rev. Father Patsy Iaquinta; two daughters, Kathryn (im) Hires and Mary Ellen (Michael) Parker. She is also survived by six grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; one brother Joe (Janet) Sabatelli and two sisters-in-law, Pauline Sabatelli and Julia Iaquinta.

Mrs. Iaquinta was preceded in death by two brothers, Leonard Sabatelli and Thomas Sabatelli, and two sisters, Anna Merandi and Virginia Blaser.

Mariann was a devoted member of St. James Catholic Church and member of the Altar Rosary Society. She was giving of her time as a volunteer to Notre Dame High School and the local Girl and Boy Scouts of America.

DON BONAZZO (VHS 1955)
Don E. Bonazzo, age 63, of Monroeville, Pa., died June 9, 2011, at his home.

He was born August 14, 1947, in Clarksburg, W.Va., a son of the late Anthony and Thelma Nicoletti Bonazzo.

Don was a graduate Victory High School, Class of 1965, and West Virginia University, Class of 1969, and was employed as a real estate agent by Howard Hanna.

He is survived by his sister, Ann Alexander and her husband Douglas of Little River, S.C.; nephews, Doug and his wife Cynthia of Philadelphia and Brad and his wife Ladonna of Little River, S.C.; great-nephews and nieces, Jeremy, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas, Katherine and Athena

PEGGY ANN ARMSTRONG (VHS)
Peggy Ann Armstrong, 78, passed away June 20, 2011,following an extended illness.

She was the daughter of the late Thomas Fitzhugh Reynolds and Kate Hardin Reynolds.

She is survived by her husband, Eugene Armstrong; and her son, Richard Armstrong. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Kay Armstrong; two brothers, Thomas Reynolds and Joe Reynolds; and a sister, Dorothy Jean Reynolds.

ANGELINA MENDEZ (VHS 1942)
Angelina Mendez, age 90, passed away June 17, 2011.

She wa the daughter of the late Angel Garcia Mendez and Victorina Arrojo Mendez.

She is survived by one brother, Angel Linda Mendez; one sister, Severina Martinez and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Roberto Argemiro Mendez.

She attended Lamberts Run Elementary School, Ziesing Junior High School and graduated from Victory High School, Class of 1942. She completed Seamstress School in Pittsburgh in 1943.

She entered the Navy Waves in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on February 24, 1944, and was discharged March 15, 1946, in Washington, D.C.

After being discharged, she went on to graduate from Fairmont State College with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 1951 and was a student teacher at Fairmont Junior High. She taught elementary school in Minerva and Canton, Ohio, for 20 years and taught eight years at J.J. Burns fifth grade. While there, she was awarded the Jennings Scholar Award 1972-1973. She was a life member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. She was also a member of the NEA and OEA. She was a member of the Waves National Unit 21, AARP.

ANTOINETTE PETITTO LIGHT (WI 1957)

Antoinette, 71, passed away on June 24, 2011 at home in Sandy Springs, GA surrounded by her beloved family following a brief and courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Clarksburg, WV to Gaza and Roger Petitto (both deceased).

Antoinette graduated from Washington Irving High School in Clarksburg and then attended Ohio University of Athens, Ohio. She then began a career as a copywriter in Manhattan, NY. In 1961 she and husband, Paul, relocated to Atlanta, GA where she continued in her career.

She is survived by her husband, Paul Light, Jr. ; and daughter Antonia (David) Nelson. Also surviving are brothers Roger Petitto and Tony Anthony and many friends and relative.

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