200 PRE-REGISTER FOR CALHOUN HIGH ALUMNI DAY - Power Is On For 25th Reunion Set For Saturday |
(07/07/2012) |
It's been 25 years since the first Alumni Day was held at the old Calhoun County High School in Grantsville. Since then hundreds of alumni and their families have returned to the annual event. This years event is today at Calhoun Middle-High School. The list shows about 200 have pre-registered for this years event, but others are expected to register at the door. 1940: Charles Duskey. Jr., Wheeler Wayne 1941: Eloise Gibson Huffman, Jeannette Marshall Stump, Ivy Von Yoak, Glen Fowler, Ralph Looney, Francis Cain 1942: Jean Kelley Miller, Eugene Stump 1943: Gerry Fowler Wallace, Murlene Hamrick Morris, Denver D. Roberts 1944: Paul G. Bailey, Leo E. Craddock, Freda Radabaugh Yoak, Berdine Knotts Wayne 1945: Grace Yoak Richards, Helen Chenoweth Hathaway 1946: James A. Bell, Helen Kight Hamilton, Calvin L. Smith, Eula Elliott 1947: Mary Roberts Craddock, Ernest Smith, Dortha Knight Starling, Marie Sturm Cheesebrew, Clarice Davis Whytsell, Clyde Boggs, David R. Chenoweth 1948: William L. Ice, Madaline Fowler Moore, Ron S. White, Donald F. Weaver, Iva Davisson Brannon, Mary Mosser Slaton, Irene Kendall Conrad 1949: Betty Riddle Edwards, Nila Francis Smith, George H. Bell, Violet Cain Williams, Jackie Gainer Rbinson, Patty Roberts Wyatt 1950: Barbara Hale Reed, Glenn Ellison, Paula McCoy Roberts, Phyllis Knight Munday, Emma Stalnake Chenoweth, Cleon Boyce 1951: Hoy C. Dobbins, Harry A. Newell, Robert E. Bush, George E. Hale, Virginia Weaver Buck, Freida Tuttle, Channon Dean Hupp 1952: Wilfred C. Dobbins, Sarah Rhodes Yeager, Marjorie Stump Gherke, Charles L. Morrison, Leona James Yoak, Mavis Siers Hoover, Dorotha Cramer Turley, Vere Brannon, Alfred Stump Jr. 1953: Nortia Wright Ballato, Ivalou Lamb Bourne, Gayford M. Williams, H. Paul Brannon, Merrell Church Strawn, Murdayne Marks Blosser, Gary Campbell, Robert Huffman, Juanita Brannon Berdine, Robert Berdine, Perry C. Deweese 1954: Burl Nichols, Monna Sampson Rice, Marvin D. Stemple, Bill Woody. Joe Kimble. Nina Godfrey McCartney, Helen McCumbers Hale, Emma Starcher Thorn, Mike Ferrell, David Kirby, Lyla Stump Sharps 1955: Loyd Wright, Eleanor Dobbins Evans, Bernard R. Williams, Voras K. Haynes, Donna Rowh Hickman, Pat Radabaugh 1956: Jerry Clayton, Virginia Ferguson Ice, Peggy Kight, Tom Yoak, Sandra Stevens Marshall, Robert L. Nichols, Roy L. Shaffer, William Dillon, James R. Jones 1957: James E. Hensley, Peggy Whytsell Stemple, Richard Barnes, Carlene Nicholas Frederick, Mary Bailess Knotts, Billy B. Wilson 1958: Dottie Rose Radabaugh, JoAnn Propst Stevens, Bob Weaver, Edsel Arnold, Verl D. Gibson, Ralph Eugene Murphy, Roberta Offutt Wilson. Betty McCoy Kerby, Dalton Siers, Judith Ayers Stump 1959: Paul Vannoy, James E. Knotts, French A. Stump, Betty Brown Arnold, Bill Godfrey, Shirley Deel Murphy, Ronald L. Newell, Ruth J. Stump, James McKown, Sharon Siers Radabaugh 1960: Donald Nelson Bland, Joan Fluharty Campbell, Anne Barnes Smith, Bill Umstead, Sidney Underwood, Joe Law, Betty Estep Kerby 1961: Betty Parsons Earl, Mike Vaughan, Paul Mollohan, Theda Roberts Deuley, Denver Yoak, Roger Huffman, Carol Deweese Siers, Herbert Smith, Jr., James Kimble 1962: Larry Cottrell, Paul Delmas Tingler II, Ernest Paul Edgell, Richard Starcher, Sharon Weekley Hill, Nelson R. McKown, Burl Simers, Helen Robinson Keith, Lloyd Keith, Carolyn Owens Preston, James Yoak, Ronnie W. Groves, Janet Riddle Johnson, Brenda Starcher Jones, Carolyn Brown Knotts 1963: Judith Smith Swisher 1964: Virginia Stump Bland, Larry Craddock, Emily Stump Gainer, Carolyn Stemple Kelley, Carol Yoak Taylor, Ronald Vannoy, Ioka Morrison Echard, Judith Stump Bonser, Stephen A. White, Dianne Parsons Law, Roy Parsons, Patricia Siers Vannoy, Mary Propst Wilson 1965: Peggy Hall Helmick, James R. Morris, Joe Tingler, Joyce Ball Fitzwater, Roger Propst, Ron Blankenship, Kathryn Morford Gainer, Terry Snider Harris, Helen Morrison Irvine, Joanna Kerby Molessa, Linda Murphy Blair, Sharon Hartshorn Lynch, James R. Sturms, Nancy Bailess Taylor, John J. Vannoy, Carroll Dean Weekley 1966: Jean Muncy Simers, Andrew Molessa, Stave Mowery, Bernard M. Blair, Sandra Parsons Kimble 1967: Georgia Basnett Stalnaker, Karen Collins Yoak 1968: Loretta Hathaway Propst, Robert N. Stalnaker, Sharman Evans Mathhew 1969: Denzil Richards, Sr. 1971: Eli Tingler, Hazel Yoak Tingler 1973: Cheryl Cheesbrew 1997: Eric Underwood Honor classes this year: 1942 (70th); 1952 (60th); 1962 (50th), and 1972 (40th). The alumni group is seeking speakers for each of the classes. The alumni scholarship will be announced. Alumni can register, meet and greet between 9-11:15 a.m. with a special program at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch. Class mini-reunions will be held in the afternoon with class photos to be taken and a school tour. Alumni president Loyd Wright says volunteers are always needed to put on the event. Registration fee is $18 at the door for those who did not pre-register. Alumni are asked to join the alumni association for $5. ADDRESS: CCHS Alumni Association, Box 11, Grantsville WV 26147. OFFICERS: Loyd Wright(1955) 740-374-5108 president; Anne Smith (1960) 304-354-7260 vice-president; Jean Simers (1966) 304-354-7315 secretary; Emily Gainer (1964)304-354-6923 treasurer. |