Issue 202

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Publisher: Jalon Smith Burton

THE FIFTIES VERSES THE SIXTIES

Which do you think was better?

What did you like or dislike about one or the other.

From: Jim Strider (WI 1955)

The 50s were good times. We were living in perhaps Clarksburg’s best years. We were in high school and our biggest problem was whether or not so and so liked us and would go out with us.

Then came the 60s… We were out of school and facing our careers. We took on the responsibilities of marriage and raising a family. For me it worked out very well, a wife of 54 years and two fine sons.

The early 60s, Oct. of 62 in particular, showed that life could get very serious real quick. Mr. Khrushchev decided that Cuba would be a good place to establish a missile base. My wife of 6 months and I were stationed at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico, A Strategic Air Command B52 base. I was in the 60th Bomb Sq. All air crews were assembled in the briefing room and the Deputy for Operations outlined the situation. We were in a defense condition one step below war. His advise was short and to the point, “no need to get excited, we are going to do what we are trained to do”. All B52s were “loaded up” and were either on ground alert, air-born alert or in maintenance. All crews rotated through the 24hr air-born alert cycle. We strapped a B52 to our backsides and flew to the Mediterranean area and back to Puerto Rico with a couple of air refuelings in between. Pretty heady times. I did not realize how close our country and world had come to a real disaster until well after the crisis was settled. I believe that B52s, missiles in silos and the Navy’s sea launched ballistic missiles played a significant role in the settlement with the Soviets.

WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT

Seems like each time I talk to one of YOU readers, you say you were going to write but just didn’t know what to write about.

Basically, you can write about anything! But our policy is no religion, no politics and no ethnic slurs. It is always a good time to write on any subject. This newsletter is all about memories, not too much about current affairs so any time is a good time to write about anything.

Here are a few subjects that I would like to feature sometime soon:

Where were you and what were were you doing during the 1960’s?

What did you like about the 1960’s?

YEP!!!!! I am still trying to get some response out of you!

What did you like or not like about the 1950’s? The 60’s or the 40’s. There is an article about the 30’s-40’s in this newsletter. Also, I would like to hear what you liked about the 1930’s or 1940’s.

Do you have a picture of you enjoying summer when you were a kid? Write and tell me about it and send me a picture.

What would you like to see us discuss in the newsletter?

What was your favorite subject in high school? Why did you like that subject? Who taught it?

What was one fad that became popular when you were in high school? What year was it popular? Do you have a picture of something about the fad?

What were some of the popular songs when you were in high school?

Tell us the answers to any/or all of these questions and include some memories along with the answer.

Remember to sign your name, school you attended and year you did   or would have graduated.

Please pick a subject and write to Roleta1@aol.com

STEALEY METHODIST CHURCH

100th YEAR CELEBRATION - JUNE 4 & 5 2016

REDEDICATION - SEPTEMBER 18 2016

For more information contact

Pastor J.J. Roller at jjroller9@aol.com

 Sports Editor: Bill Meredith

billmere@aol.com

I got the following note from John Teter concerning the 1960 WI basketball team. You will recall that Jim Alvaro wrote to us last month claiming that the 1955 W I team was the best high school basketball team from the area that he ever saw. The 1960 record is not up to that of the 1955 team, but there were certainly a lot of great athletes on the '60 team.

Thanks to John for his comments. How about you? Which team was the better of these two? Or perhaps you can think of another great team from our area. Send your thoughts to:

Bill (billmere@aol.com)

Bill,

Regarding your comment in the May WI Newsletter about a team matching up to the 1955 Hilltopper team, I would like to say that the WI class of 1960 team would be one of the best.

With players like: Jim VanVoorhis, Tom Young, Bob Teter, Bob Secret, John McFarlin, Danny Pettrey, Gene Donaldson along with the Junior participation of Charlie McGlumphy, Bob Swiger, Bob Swats, Dick Lejeune and Gary Dawson, this was one of the better WI teams .Their record was 16 wins and 4 losses, before losing to Parkersburg in the Sectional Tournament playoffs by 5 points; a team that they had split the two games previously played during the year.

John Teter, WI 1961

...DURING THIS SLOW TIME

Just when almost everyone (including me) thought that the WVU baseball team would be fortunate to finish the season above .500, they got very hot and won ten games in a row. Then, this past weekend, they traveled to Texas to take on a Texas Tech team that was rated No. 5 in the country. After losing the first two games of the series, the Mountaineers prevailed in the final game to finish the regular season at a very respectable 33-21.

That record might not get them into the NCAA Tournament, but they have some momentum going into the Big 12 Tournament, where they are seeded No. 4. As they say, anything can happen on any given day, so it would not surprise me if they make a decent run in the tourney. At least that is what I am hoping.

According to some sources, QB Will Grier, who recently transferred to WVU from Florida, will be eligible to play at the start of the 2017 campaign. There were some who thought he would have to sit out several games, in order to satisfy the penalty handed down by the NCAA, which caused him to leave the Gators. Apparently, he wants to play in Dana Holgorsen's offense. What he may not realize is that the coach might not be around in 2017. Unless the team wins at least 8 games this season, my thoughts are that he will be gone. Remember, he was not hired by the current athletic director, so there is really no personal bond there. Stay tuned. It should be an interesting season and I can hardly wait.

Finally, if you are an NHL fan, this is the time of year you've been waiting for if your team made the playoffs. My team, the Blue Jackets, had a terrible start and never could recover. Thus, they are sitting watching the games on TV - again. The Penguins are in a tough series with the Lightning, but have a good chance to pull it out and advance.

Do you have any comments on "anything sports"? If so, send them to me to share with our readers. Just send them to:

Bill (billmere@aol.com)

To Bill:

I believe that Dick Hall played 4 years at Marshall and Bob Hart gave up basketball after a year for studying.  I know Bob graduated from some engineering school in Ohio.

Also a couple of the members of that team played in the West Virginia Conference.

Dave Rowe, WI 1962

Reply to Dave:

I was not able to find any information on Dick Hall, but he is listed on the Marshall web site. I tried to find out more information about Bobby Joe Hart and came up with the following. He attended Marshall for two years and then spent time at West Virginia University. He eventually finished college in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

I'm sure some of our readers can fill us in on Dick Hall's career and a little more detail on Bob Hart. Plus, can you or anyone else let me know about other members of that team who played college basketball. The WVIAC was a great conference back then and you had to be pretty good to play in it.

Thanks for your note. Hopefully, we'll hear more about some of these players from our readers.

Send your information to:

Bill (billmere@aol.com)

CHILDREN OF THE 30s & 40s

THE LAST ONES

A Short Memoir

Born in the 1930s and early 40s, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the last ones. We are the last, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the war itself with fathers and uncles going off. We are the last to remember ration books for everything from sugar to shoes to stoves. We saved tin foil and poured fat into tin cans. We saw cars up on blocks because tires weren’t available. My mother delivered milk in a horse drawn cart.

We are the last to hear Roosevelt’s radio assurances and to see gold stars in the front windows of our grieving neighbors. We can also remember the parades on August 15, 1945; VJ Day.

We saw the boys home from the war build their Cape Cod style houses, pouring the cellar, tar papering it over and living there until they could afford the time and money to build it out.

We are the last who spent childhood without television; instead imagining what we heard on the radio. As we all like to brag, with no TV, we spent our childhood playing outside until the street lights came on. We did play outside and we did play on our own. There was no little league.

The lack of television in our early years meant, for most of us, that we had little real understanding of what the world was like. Our Saturday afternoons, if at the movies, gave us newsreels of the war and the holocaust sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons. Newspapers and magazines were written for adults. We are the last who had to find out for ourselves.

As we grew up, the country was exploding with growth. The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow. VA loans fanned a housing boom. Pent up demand coupled with new installment payment plans put factories to work. New highways would bring jobs and mobility. The veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics. In the late 40s and early 50s the country seemed to lie in the embrace of brisk but quiet order as it gave birth to its new middle class. Our parents understandably became absorbed with their own new lives. They were free from the confines of the depression and the war. They threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.

We weren’t neglected but we weren’t today’s all-consuming family focus. They were glad we played by ourselves until the street lights came on. They were busy discovering the post war world.

Most of us had no life plan, but with the unexpected virtue of ignorance and an economic rising tide we simply stepped into the world and went to find out. We entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where we were welcomed. Based on our naive belief that there was more where this came from, we shaped life as we went.

We enjoyed a luxury; we felt secure in our future. Of course, just as today, not all Americans shared in this experience. Depression poverty was deep rooted. Polio was still a crippler. The Korean War was a dark presage in the early 50s and by mid-decade school children were ducking under desks. China became Red China. Eisenhower sent the first “advisors” to Vietnam. Castro set up camp in Cuba and Khrushchev came to power.

We are the last to experience an interlude when there were no existential threats to our homeland. We came of age in the late 40s and early 50s. The war was over and the cold war, terrorism, climate change, technological upheaval and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with insistent unease.

Only we can remember both a time of apocalyptic war and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty. We experienced both.

We grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better not worse.

We are the “last ones”

Author unknown

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you lived during the 30’s or 40’s, I would love to hear your memories of that time. Did anything written above jog a memory or two for you?

Do you have any pictures you can share with me? Scan them or have them copied at WalMart and mail to me at:

Roleta Meredith

3025 Switzer Ave

Columbus, Ohio 43219

or email them to:

Roleta1@aol.com

MORGAN GRADE SCHOOL PICTURE

1946-1947

From Martha Rice (WI 1955)

I was able to identify three of the kids:

Third row: number 1 is Judy Powell

Fourth row: number 1 is Eleanor Queen and number 5 is Paula White

I am surprised that I recognized anyone but I spent a lot of time with Judy and Eleanor in our neighborhood on Park Boulevard. Many evenings of playing hide and seek and I rarely made it in with out being “it.”

We went home when the street lights came on as directed by our parents.

From: Nancy Van Horn Moore Stuger (WI 1954)

Picture taken 1946-47

Top row: ? Don Douglas? Bob Twigg???

Next row John Fletcher, Mary Lou Van Horn, Jim Blair, Ona Swiger, ?

3rd row: Judy Powell, ?, Nancy Morrison, Bill Milstead, ?, Dean Hinzman, Nancy Harper, Tom Hayes

Last Row: Eleanor Queen, Mary Eliz. Custer, John Lawman, Mary Bird Carder, Paula White and Nancy Maynard

Thanks for sharing that Picture Jim

From: Carolyn Hinzman Ramsay (Weston High School 1952)

In the photo of the Morgan school, in the 3rd row, 6th child is my younger brother, Dean Hinzman, who graduated from Weston High School in 1954. He was an Asst. Principal at Caesar Rodney High School in Dover. DE & still lives in the Dover area.

From: Jim Strider (WI 1955)

Most of these kids were in the Washington Irving graduation class of 1954.

Interestingly 3 of these young ladies became a 1954 Class Princess. Do you know who they were? Write to Roleta1@aol.com

Jim writes the identities of the classmates as he remembers. Is anyone able to help- identify these people?

First top row: left to right: ? (No one has identified this pretty girl, looks like she was in a Girl Scout troop), Don Bennet, JoAnn Reed, Bob Twigg, He thinks the next girl is Rita Evans,  he thinks the 6th picture in the top row is Bill Wilfong,  and he thinks next  picture is Clair Evans, last in the top row is Nick Linger

Second row down: Jackie Fletcher, Mary Lou VanHorne, Jim Blair, the center block, Ona Leora Swiger, Jim Strider, Jim isn’t positive but he thinks this last  picture on this row is Norma Jean Kirkpatrick?

Third row down from the top: Judith Powell, Frankie Dean,Nancy Morrison, Bill Milstead, Jim isn’t sure but thinks this may be a Kirkpatrick?, Dean Hinzman, Nancy Harper, Tom Hayes

Fourth Row: Eleaner Queen, Mary Elizabeth Custer, John Almond, Mary Bird Carter, Paula White, Nancy Maynard.

Can anyone tell us if this is correct?  Or can you fill in any blanks?

Write to Roleta1@aol.com 

From: Anne Graham Hunt

Hi,

I came across this website looking for my childhood friends in Clarksburg in the 50’s. My maiden name was Anne Graham and I lived on Hall Street in Stealey. Babe Bisping, Barbara Allen and Sharon Greitzner were my very good pals among others. I am still in touch with Martha Blair Norris Chartrand.

I wondered if it would be possible to obtain email addresses from you, or if you would forward my address to them.

Your picnic sounds like great fun. Wish I had been in FL this year. Thanks for your help. What fun to see all the photos and the familiar names.

From: Nancy Swing (WI 1961)

Just wanted to share with readers that I’ve finally got my author website up and running. AND there are a number of references to WI and Clarksburg. The website mentions teachers who influenced me, as well as offering a link to a recording of an interview I did this spring on The Mike Queen Show, WAJR radio, Clarksburg, with fellow 1961 classmates Mike King and Bob Swiger joining in. There’s also a photo of Maple Lake, courtesy of another 1961 grad, Rick Wilson. Finally, there’re overviews of the three books that make up the trilogy of mysteries I’m writing, set in a fictitious small town in West Virginia. Anybody who wants to take a look should visit nancyswing.com.

Thanks, Roleta, for all you do to keep us in touch.

From: Susan Beakes Madia (WI 1964)

Miss Israel was the 7th grade English teacher at Central Jr. High. She was a lovely lady and a good teacher. She has ALWAYS been a favorite teacher of mine. She was kind and fair. I ran into her years later, she knew me instantly and stopped and chatted. I’m sure most of her students remember her in the same light.

You really do a great job on this. Thank you!!!

EDITOR’S NOTE: Does anyone have a picture of Ms. Israel? 

If you do, please send me the picture. Email to Roleta1@aol.com

Thanks

From: Rebecca “Becky” Stalnaker Fowler (WI 1960)

I am so glad that you discussed Rufus at the drug store. He was such a wonderful man. My friends and I tried to go every day with money from parents permitting for lunch. If it were a dreary gray winter day he would always uplift your spirits. I think he had a degree in psychology and no one knew. He was always smiling and welcomed us with open arms. As I remember the flop was vanilla ice cream with their wonderful peanut butter sauce. I can’t remember any toppings and yes the cherry fountain coke. Such memories. I think he always wore a white jacket. I think we may have had a chicken salad sandwich too!

From: Barbara Paugh Patton (WI 1961)

I am writing this time again to see if anyone remembers when Kroger had their first store across the street from where the Moose club was. They had a long cement porch across the front. I have asked the manager of the downtown store and he remembers it. But to know avail he said he did not have any pictures. So I will go to the library and see how far there papers go back to. They sold feed for farm animals at that store

I will look into it and see what I can come up with I use to meet my grandmother there on Friday evening to go to their farm in Jarvis vile to churn butter and help them feed the animals.  Naturally the goose and gander kept chasing me all around the garden.

From: Fred Alvaro (WI 1959)

My favorite memories of high school were participating in all three sports (football, basketball and track) and getting to travel to the other schools and their towns. I was able to meet players from the opposing teams and as you know, we players learned much discipline. During summer months, I played baseball and when I was 13, I was fortunate enough to be on the 1955 Clarksburg Babe Ruth All-star team that placed THIRD in the Babe Ruth League World Series, held in Austin, Texas. By being from a small city with our 'small town' personalities, we were awarded the "Sportmanship" Trophy. Can't tell you how proud I was to be on the all-star team for three years and to brag again, there were only two players to be on the team that were the WV champions for three years...Paul Popovich and Fred Alvaro. GREAT MEMORIES.

SEARCHING FOR AN OLD FRIEND

From: Dick Fitch (WI 1956)

Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Charles Edgar Primm (WI 1956)? 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Apparently Dick lost Charles’ address when he had some computer trouble. Since Charles is an old friend, Dick would like to get in contact with him once again.

If you have any information, please send it to:

Roleta1@aol.com.

Thanks

SHARING MEMORIES

From: Sue McNutt (WI 1955)

You ask for our memories - and so I dug out my little cedar chest box that senior girls were given by Palace Furniture. It is filled with all kinds of stuff - so feel free to edit as necessary. On top is a note from some recruiter lady from Cincinnati Conservatory, I assume left with Miss Custer. A construction paper cutout of two girls, a program for the B Square Banquet (president Linda Hornor, Vice Pres Sondra Morrison, Secretary Shirley Savage and Treasurer Elise Andre) I know that Elise is a retired Professor at Berea College in Kentucky. My senior year report card with the only D and only E I ever received. Mr. Limpert , the typing teacher, gave those grades if your final exam was not perfectly typed (and my attitude about typing was “close enough!). Interesting enough, I ended up putting Bob McNutt through Jefferson Medical College as a secretary for four years, but had a wonderful professor for a boss. On May 17 I was installed as Worthy Advisor for Rainbow and on that program are names of many of your faithful readers who were officers. A certificate for “faithful attendance”. A construction paper dance program for the senior prom, the inside pages lined to write in various dance partners (these pages are blank since I was at the Prom with Bob McNutt and had no intention to dancing with anyone else that evening. In a week he and I will celebrate our 58th wedding anniversary. Next - photos of about 30 or 40 young graduates. I do think we all looked to be intelligent fine people. A length of white ribbon printed ATHENA, the only time my grades were good enough to earn this honor (in spite of Mr. Limpert’s D). A charming miniature gift card wishing me luck (as I graduate) signed by Miss Albright. Her name is mentioned regularly in this house as a perfect teacher. Bob and I use it to remind one another to shape up. We both had tremendous respect for her. A pile of about 40 printed name cards which were exchanged with classmates. Just reading each name brings back some memory of each one, as most of us attended Central Junior High, and , quite a few, elementary school in Clarksburg. In the bottom of the cedar box is a yellow ribbon and rose petals from my Prom wrist corsage and over in the corner is my class ring and a little pin with a typewrite engraved. After all my complaining, can it be that I got some kind of award for typing? Hard to believe. Lovely memories.

Finally, a thank you, Roleta and your assistants for your years of keeping us all in touch with that simpler and happier time.

From: Diana Calverley Haskell (WI 1960)

In the last newsletter you mentioned Louis A. Johnson. He lived on Buchannon Avenue in Clarksburg. He was born in Roanoke, VA and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia. After graduation he practiced law in Clarksburg and founded Steptoe & Johnson with a law school classmate, Philip Steptoe.

He died from a stroke in 1966 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 75 and is buried at the Elkview Masonic Cemetery in Clarksburg.

From Wikipedia, here are some of his accomplishments:

Philip Steptoe and Col. Louis A. Johnson, classmates from the University of Virginia School of Law, formed Steptoe & Johnson in 1913 in Clarksburg, WV.

He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1916, where he served as majority floor leader and chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1928, Steptoe & Johnson opened an office in Charleston, WV, to meet the expanding legislative and regulatory work available in the state capital.

During World War I, Johnson saw action as an Army Captain in France, where he compiled a long report to the War Department on Army management and materiel requisition practices. After the war he resumed his law practice.

Meanwhile, Col. Johnson helped found the American Legion and served as its national commander in 1932-33, bringing national prominence to himself and the firm. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Col. Johnson deputy secretary of war in 1937.

After leaving the Roosevelt administration, Col. Johnson opened the Washington D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson in 1945. Shortly thereafter, Col. Johnson was again tapped for public service, this time by President Harry S. Truman, for whom he served as secretary of defense until 1950.

In his last speech as Secretary of Defense, the day before he left office, Johnson made a reference to William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “When the hurly burly’s done and the battle is won, I trust the historian will find my record of performance creditable, my services honest and faithful commensurate with the trust that was placed in me and in the best interests of peace and our national defense.

The firm’s Washington office grew quickly under Col. Johnson’s influence. Among its first clients were the members of the growing airlines industry, as well as pipelines, railroads, and foreign companies whose assets had been seized during World War II. In assisting these clients, Steptoe & Johnson became known as a prominent firm in regulatory law, tax, and international trade.

In 1980, the firm began a period of growth, starting with the amicable separation of the Washington and West Virginia offices. The West Virginia firm known as Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is still based in Clarksburg, WV.

In 1987, a combination of client needs and business opportunities led to the opening of a Steptoe office in Phoenix. Since 1997, the firm has opened offices in Los Angeles (1997), London (2001), Brussels (2002), New York (2005), Century City, CA (2006), Chicago (2007), Beijing (2010), and Palo Alto (2014).

The firm’s attorneys have continued Col. Johnson’s tradition of government service, with dozens of Steptoe attorneys having served in high-level government positions. The firm is committed to pro-bono service and community involvement.

From Martha Rice. (WI 1955)

At last something I remember.......

I was employed the summer of my junior year at Palace Furniture Company as a switchboard operator. I was to answer the phone and then plug in the phone of the person they were calling. It was an interesting job. I got to spend time with Peter, the decorator. He was very talented and the first gay man I had ever known. He was kind and a gentleman and a “gentle” man. His partner, Jerry, was a dear man also.

I loved the job. After my senior year, I was a lifeguard at Maple Lake. Loved that, too.

FLAG DAY

June 14^th

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

FATHER’S DAY

June 19^th

Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, though it is also celebrated widely on other days by many other countries.

WI ANNUAL PICNIC in CLARKSBURG

AUGUST 27, 2016

VETERAN’S PARK LARGE PAVILION

Osborne Pavilion....across from amphitheater

Volunteers needed to help set up at 9:30 am

PICNIC from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

BRING A COVERED DISH TO SHARE

WI CLASS OF 1961 WILL BE THERE

CELEBRATING THEIR 55th REUNION

NOTE: This will be the LAST WI PICNIC, unless someone younger steps forward to run this event. The ladies who have been in charge are having health problems or health problems in their families. Please step up and say you will take charge or it will be over just like the Clarksburg Picnic in Sarasota had its last gathering in March.

If you are interested write to me at Roleta1@aol.com

Thank you

  

55TH REUNION

WI CLASS OF 1961

SCHEDULE

Here is the schedule for the weekend of August 26th and 27th.

Friday August 26th

6:00 PM Twin Oaks for Meet and Greet.

            Attendees will be responsible for their own expenses for this.

Saturday August 27th Daytime

WI Picnic at Osborne Pavilion at the Veteran’s Park from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM

  Bring a covered dish or stop by Kroger’s and buy something to share.

Saturday August the 27th Evening

Bridgeport Best Western on Lodgeville Road (Bridgeport Hill)

We need to be there at 5:15 as pictures are scheduled for 5:30 to 6:00 and dinner at 7:00.PM

  The cost is going to be $55.00 per person which is all inclusive.

Money is to be sent to:

Barbara Patton

5024 Holly Street

Clarksburg, WV 26301

(304) 745-4905

Any questions contact:

Patty Hickman Cravey patanncravey@gmail.com

or

John Teter jateter@aol.com

To keep up to date on all the information regarding Class Reunions, 
Click over to the CLASS REUNIONS page with the tab at the top of the newsletter... or CLICK HERE.

MEETING THE QUEEN

From: Mike Snyder, (WI 1957)

My Willow Beach rocker days were a decade behind in the rearview mirror and after many adventures in faraway places, I found myself for awhile on Mission Beach in San Diego. As noted, rock and roll had faded and folk music was the new way. It was King Bob and Queen Joan, and large was the legion of guys who were in love with Joan Baez, her music, and her mystical beauty. I admit I was one of her most devoted admirers and when the opportunity arose for me to not only hear her in concert, but to interview her for a story in the old Sentinel newspaper I was writing for, let's just say I was very excited about the whole thing.

So it was that I sat enraptured through her concert with a whole lot of other Baez fans, but what transpired afterwards is what I have remembered for all these years. I had my camera and flash, so I made sure I got some good pictures of her sitting there, backstage, in her white, high-necked cotton blouse and her long, black hair framing her classical Spanish features. There weren't many present as I recall, and the Queen became a real person and was so relaxed and friendly, it was as if it were a gathering of friends enjoying each others company.

Standing behind her was a seedy looking "intellectual type" older guy that I presume was her manager. In the course of things, the subject of communism came up. The guy started reciting off the various kinds of communism very smugly and matter of factly. Remember, this was during the height of the Cold War, with Vietnam growing larger and larger.

"How about the East Berlin kind!" I shot back to him in an angry voice, for it really hit me and I couldn't let it go by. "I've been there. Have you! "The bleak, gray grimness of that God-forsaken place was still in my mind from when I went through Checkpoint Charlie during my European travels. He had no answer after my heated rejoinder.

But he didn't need to, for Joan Baez broke into this big smile, and laughing, said to me, "Take it easy, now. Just calm down."

That beautiful smile she gave me and her words, like poetry, still live on in my memories. Not so many years ago, I told someone, "What if I'd asked her out?" (If I had gotten up the nerve) And then, in a wild leap of fantasy, "What if I'd asked her for a kiss!"

Of all her songs, Rock Salt and Nails, one of her later ones, is my personal favorite.

JUNE MYSTERY PICTURE

It is summer. Time to go swimming. Can you identify anyone in this picture? Write to Roleta1@aol.com. Tell me a few things. Who do you recognize? Where was this taken? When was this taken? Perhaps you are in this picture?

What did you do in the summer? Send me a picture and description of what, where, when and who is in the picture?  Send to Roleta1@aol.com

You can email the download, take a picture of the picture and put it in the email or send me a copy of your picture and we will scan it. I can mail the picture back to you if you include name and address.

From: Roleta1@aol.com

Did you play games outside in the summer? What games did you play? Bill and grew up in totally different types of situations.  Some of this may be because he played “boy” sport type games and he was in a sort of small semi-rural town and I was from the big city of Clarksburg!!!!

What type of games did you play?  

Write to Roleta1@aol.com

Here is a sample:

I keep remembering “games” that the kids on Broaddus Avenue, Willison Street, and College Street used to play “back in the day” on non-school evenings/nights and it brought me to write about the lack of this sort of activity by our kids and grandkids nowadays. We would play “kick the can”, “hide and go seek”, “hopscotch”, “touch football” and other games with a lot of participation from the neighborhood kids. Then in the winter, we would go sled riding on the alley between Broaddus and College for hours on end.

You do not seem to see that kind of activity from the “kids of today” as they seem to have their heads buried in games on computers/ds players/play station/wi and other such games.

When my son was growing up, we used to go out playing tennis and then he got involved in radio-control car racing, which was a lot of fun. BUT, nowadays, you do not hear a lot about remote-control cars.

JUST a thought for maybe some response from some of your other WI Newsletter readers.

Write your memories about this and send to Roleta1@aol.com

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE SUMMER?

From: Jim Strider (WI 1955)

One summer (1948) Paul Nay (WI 1952) and I (WI 1955) built a boat in Paul’s basement. We hauled it to the West Fork River on Liberty Ave. in Hartland (we lived in Stealey) in my uncle’s pickup. As you can see from the picture above, we were certainly not boat wrights. But having made it out of wood, it did not sink. We dragged it up on the bank and caulked it, it didn’t leak and many happy days were spent on the river. The following winter high water took the boat away, never to be seen again. That ended my visits to Hartland, for awhile anyway. Jo Ann Reed (WI 1954) lived on Hartland Ave, and in time Judy Zickefoose (WI 1957) was not just a cute little girls anymore.

WHO ARE THESE MEN?

Only one person wrote to try to identify these men, can you name either of the other two? We can not let this go unanswered. This is history!

From August Malfregeot (WI 1956)

From left to right: ?, Jerome Malfregeot, Russell Rice, ?, Bill Colvin.

Jerome Malfregeot was my father’s younger brother. (Thus my uncle)

There were five Rolands and four Malgregeots who purchased Peerless Glass Company. The only other stockholder was a Steptoe and Johnson attorney who received five percent stock as his fee.

Thanks Augie. However, we still don’t know where or why they were sitting together?

If you have an answer, write to Roleta1@aol.com

FOURCO SYSTEM

From: James E Kopp (Victory55, WVU59, MD63)

I received your newsletter from my sister, Juliana Scolapio, wife of WI’s former Principal Mr. Samuel Scolapio. She asked if I could provide some additional comment to expand the comments of Joy Noe regarding the founding of the Fourco Glass System and its plant in North View.

The original glass works were established in North View as the Lafayette Cooperative Glass Company. It was started by 7 individuals who had organized in Janette, Pa. and responded to the financial incentive provided by Mr. Lowndes who was involved in the real estate establishment of what became known as North View.

The original developers consisted of two of my family’s ancestors, Eugene and Paul Kopp, along with investors. LaChapelle, Lilleiuette, Harding, Roland ?Shcmitt. Most of the original employees immigrated from Belgium, France, and Spain. Most of these families established residence in the upper part of North View near the glass plant; just as did the Noe family.

Eugene Kopp built one of the very first homes in North View. It is still standing in the 23 block of Goff Avenue. His brother Paul was the treasurer of the original company. Eventually, the third Kopp brother, Claudius, arrived and established a residence at the corner of 21st Street and Pride Ave just across from where the St. James Church was to be built. Kopp’s corner became popular all over the city after the sons built one of the first tennis courts. The glass company was generous in providing lighting for evening play. Claudius Kopp had 8 sons, 7 of these sons were employed by the North View glass company and all retired after 35-40 years of service. The one son not employed in the glass business became a teaching Tennis Pro and was the tennis instructor for the Clarksburg Park System until his retirement in his 80s, i.e. Louis Kopp

Unfortunately the original pot furnace works along the West Fork River was destroyed by fire about 1916 and was then replaced with a larger tank just up river from the original site. The ability to produce high quality glass was attributed to a process brought into this plant by the Belgian immigrants. Glass production was very prominent in the Charleroi region from where many of the Belgian North View families immigrated. They brought with them the use of the DEBUTUSSE BLOCK which allowed molten glass to pour into a carved track from where it was pulled vertically though a system of rolls. The sheets were then cooled and transported to the cutting area. Just as Judy Noe’s father, Albert, almost all the glass cutters were of Belgian or French ancestry. Glass cutting was a very closed shop; so that one could only become a Cutter by being born into a family of a Cutter. Glass Cutters commanded the highest income in the glass business due to the incentive for piece work.

Paul Kopp died prematurely and eventually Eugene Kopp was induced by A.J. Harding to accompany him to Ft Smith, Arkansas where a similar plant was constructed. During the early 1920’s the North View and later the Adamston plant came under the control of the Roland family headed by Mr. A. J. Roland. His wife, Mrs. A. J. Roland was a first cousin of the Kopp family through marriage. A historical review of the glass industry in WV, reported from West Virginia University, states that in the late 20’s the Roland Glass Company was the only business owned by someone actually living in West Virginia!! The North View plant, the Adamston plant and the plant in Ft. Smith, Arkansas became known as the FOURCO GLASS SYSTEM. Their product was called “Clearlite” and achieved much success due to the high quality. Fourco Glass was used to TV sets, automobile windows, theater doors, etc. The Fourco Glass System went out of existence in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Not to be overlooked was the tremendous benefit provided by the Fourco System for employment and social advancement of those immigrants originally employed. At least 2 or 3 generations were able to achieve the “AMERICAN DREAM” because of the income derived from employment. These communities no longer have this valuable asset available now!! Unfortunately, to my knowledge, no tribute has been payed to the Roland families for their contribution except for a single sentence in the WVU reference.

FACTS FROM 

THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL

Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall

There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.

The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 60 years since the first casualty.

The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth, Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.

There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.

39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.

8,283 were just 19 years old.

The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.

12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.

5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.

One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.

997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam

1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam

31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.

Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.

54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia. I wonder why so many from one school.

58 Women are on the Wall, Nursing the wounded.

244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall.

Beallsville, Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons.

West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.

The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.

The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths.

The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred.

For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.

Did you serve in Vietnam? When did you serve? What branch of service were you in? Where did you serve? Write and tell us about your service to our country. Tell us your name, school and year you did or would have graduated. Also include a picture if you have one. Thank you for sharing this information with us and thank you for serving your country.

Write to Roleta1@aol.com

To read more about the Vietnam Memorial Wall and its architect Mara Lin, 

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MEMORIAL DAY IN GAITHERSBURG

From: Charles Ferrell (WI 1946)

Here is a photo of me on Memorial Day. My son Frank drove me to Bohrer Park in his Corvette to see a recent statue of our former mayor.

SOME WI CLASSMATES

MET FOR LUNCH

From: Roleta Meredith (WI 1959)

In mid May, I wrote to a few of my classmates who I know live in Clarksburg and I asked them if they would like to meet up with me at Twin Oaks on May 28, 2016 for lunch. My classmate Sharyn Cottrill McGahan got in touch with me and told me there were many more classmates living in Clarksburg. I asked her if she would contact them and invite them. The more the merrier. I even ask some of our friends who were in other classes to come and visit with us. We had a very good turnout. Sorry some of you who were invited could not make it.

Below is the picture of our group that day

Front row left to right: Roleta Smith Meredith, Sharyn Cottrill McGahan, Judy Davis Pinti, (all WI 1959)

Next row: Debbie Christie, John Christie (WI 1959) Pam Wolfe Brown (WI 1960) Beth Twig Devericks, Joy Gregorie DeFazio, Patty Pherdihat Wagner, (all WI 1959) and Becky LaRosa Fresa(NDHS 1961)

Back row: Bill Meredith (Monongah HS 1957) Larry Martino Sandy Iaquinta, Mike Fresa (WI 1959) Jim Brown (WI 1957)

I think everyone had a good time. I have received a couple notes of thanks and we had a lot of interesting conversations, a lot of reminiscing and sharing old memories.

Thank you for coming to lunch. We had a great time. I hope we can do it again another year.

CHANGE:

Frederick R. Heflin (WI 1953) frh1472@gmail.com

Eleanor Queen Heflin (WI 1954) eqh1233@gmail.com

Jim Villers (Victory HS 1957) jimvillers@hotmail.com

Daniel K. Morrison (WI 1968)  to dkm113048@gmail.com

Cheryl Fain Mehulic (WI 1974) ccredd46@ma.rr.com

NEW:

James Strider (WI 1955) jamesstrider36@gmail.com

James E Kopp (Victory55, WVU59, MD63) jekopp@cox.net

Anne Graham Hunt (would have been WI 1956) Annehund1939@yahoo.com

Frank McDonald (WI 1958) pompanomcdonald@yahoo.com

Jane Casto Petrie (WI 1960) davidsdds@bellsouth.net

Mimi LEE Fanning (WI 1961) carol.fanning43@gmail.com

Maria Koutsobaris Alex (WI 1966) santorini748@aol.com

John D. England (WI 1972) jengla@lsuhsc.edu

Deborah (Debbie) Squires Williams (WI 1973) bptwvdebbiew@aol.com

DELETE:

Judith Lynn Wilson Franklin (WI 1960) tfranklin@copper.net

A SHORT FILM FOR YOU TO ENJOY

EDITOR’S NOTE: I really don’t know where this film was made. But I am sure you will enjoy seeing it. I think it could have been made in WV! Some of you will remember driving or riding on roads something like this. I remember about 10 years ago Bill and I were coming down off of Dolly Sods on a wet day, we slid over dirt roads and huge rocks flat smooth rock that were part of the road, and due to being wet it was scary as the car was totally in charge. It wasn’t too much fun for me. There was no guardrail erected along the road either. WOW, now you know why I have never gone back up there!

From: Charles Ferrell (WI 1946)

Here is a 1920 movie of a Dodge fighting its way through muddy roads

Just thought you guys/gals would like to view this video. John DiSalvatore sent this my way to share with you. My 31 Ford Model A was just as tough if not tougher and my 85 year old Girl is still getting it on! I drove jeeps and tanks through such roads and hillsides at Fort Knox.

 click on the arrow in the middle of the video above to watch

"Oilfield Dodge" Promotional Film 1920s Dodge Brothers Wild Ride

CHARLES FERRELL RODE IN A PARADE

From: Charles Ferrel (WI 1946)

On May 14, 2016, Asbury Methodist Village had a parade. I rode in this 1931 Model A. It was used by Clint Eastwood in the movie J. Edgar about J Edgar Hoover.

The car was a 1931 Ford. It was owned by a friend of my son, Frank, who belongs to a local car club that meets weekly when the weather is good. My wife, Donnie Sue, rode in his blue Corvette convertible with the top up. We drove around the Asbury Methodist Village Campus and into the covered hospital area which was packed with wheel-chair patients. The car was 11 years older than the used 1940 Chev business coupe I drove in the army at Edgewood, MD in 1951. I had trouble in getting my feet in and out of the front seat due to the limited door opening. Frank's Corvette is in the American Flag design at the PA yearly Corvette Show.

Donnie Sue had worked at Asbury for a long time and we still know a lot of the workers and my retired friends from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

During WWII I serviced a lot of similar Fords at my dad's service station on Monticello, Ave (the gas rationing days) while in high school. We had a Victory Garden which was plowed by an old Franklin car which had been converted to a small farm tractor called "Leaping Lena'.

MAY MYSTERY PICTURE

Picture submitted by David Corsini of Clarksburg.

From: James D. Smith

The May mystery building is the new State Office Building on Main Street in Clarksburg. It is across the street from the Moose Building, which was demolished last month. State Employees will occupy June 1. It will house, among others, The DMV, State Auditor Unemployment Division, and DHHR.

From: Bob Twigg (WI 1955)

Looks like the building might be the new state office building located on Main St. in Claksburg. It's due to open sometime in June or July.

I was glad to see there is still a Jim Strider running around loose somewhere.

From: Wayne White (WI 1960)

This is the new state complex building which is in down town Clarksburg. On a site where there was once a hotel. It was razed in 2012. The new building will have approx 180 employees working there. It is a $25 million project. The tenants will include the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Rehabilitation, Work Force of WV.  The auditors office and state Tax Department. Work should be completed by the end of May. Holley-Brown, spokeswoman with State Department of Administration is in charge of the Project.

JANET E. LONG BROSIUS

Janet Evelyon Long Brosius, 74 of Morgantown died at her residence at 10:53 pm on April 16, 2016 following an extended illness.

She was born in French Creek, WV on April 26, 1941 a daughter of late Thomas Edward and Mary Maxine Phillips Long.

She is survived by her husband James L Brosius; one son Thomas James Brosius, and one son-in-law Craig Leon; three grandchildren, and one great grandson. One brother James Edward Long and his wife Shirley.

She was preceded in death by one daughter Tamara J. Brosius Marple.

Janet was a 1959 graduate of Washington Irving High School.

Mrs. Brosius was owner of several area H & R Tax Franchises.

PAMELA GAIL CORATHERS

Pamela Gail Corathers, 70, passed away on March 29, 2016, in the United Hospital Center.

She was born in Clarksburg on Sept. 11, 1945, a daughter of the late Lester Andrew and Rugenia May Corathers.

Surviving are one brother, Lester Andrew (Ilene) Corathers, Jr; three sisters, Linda (Larry)Ash, Claudia (Ken) Kasel, and Daphene (Joe) Hornor , and also Jean  (Randy) whom she thought of as a sister; and several nieces and nephews.

Pamela was a 1964 graduate of R.W. and was formerly manager of Revco and CVS Pharmacy having retired with over 35 years of service

RICHARD K. HANIFAN

Richard K. Hanifan, 75 died May 10, 2016 in Mesa,AZ.

Richard was born March 2,1941 in Clarksburg and graduated from WI in 1959, and from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1968. He held the rank of 1st Lt. In the US Army and served in Vietnam. After returning to the US, Richard settled in Arizona with a long and successful career as a fiscal officer for the city of Phoenix. Richard loved life outdoors. Growing up in the hills of central WV, Richard enjoyed hiking and hunting and canyons of the Superstitions After he retired, Richard spent most of year at h8s desert h0me in Tempe but returned to his Upshur County cabin in the woods for the summer and autumn months.

Richard is the son of Dr. Richard K. Hanifan and Thelma Keim Hanifan of Clarksburg, who preceded him in death along with his sister, Suzanne Keim Hanifan.

Richard is survived by his aunt, Betty Kay McClellan and three cousins.

LUANNE MURPHY HEATER

Luanne Murphy Heater, 66, passed away on May 14, 2016, at the United Hospital Center, following a sudden illness.

She was born in Clarksburg, WV, on March 24, 1950, a daughter of the late Melvin Murphy, Sr. and Wilma McKinney Murphy.

Luanne married Robert Allen Heater on August 24, 1968. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Tracy (Mark) Thompson and Tammy (Randy); and four grandchildren. Also surviving are four siblings, Thomas Murphy, Dorothy Rader, Harry (Rose) Murphy and Terry (Kenny); as well as several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five siblings, Ella Jean Pritchard, Darlene Saunders, Lavern Murphy, Sandra Foltz and Melvin Murphy, Jr.

Luanne was a graduate of Victory High School, Class of 1968, and was an Office Manager for State Farm for over 20 years.

SHARON HENNING MAZZIE

Sharon Ann Henning Mazzie, 59, of Clarksburg, went to be with the Lord, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at United Hospital Center with her loving husband David A. Mazzie, at her side, whom she married June 11, 1994.

She was born April 24, 1957, in Clarksburg, daughter of the late Richard and Rachel Fazzini Hennings.

Sharon is survived by one son, Anthony P. (Yeisy L.) Visokay; one daughter, Alicia A. Visokay of Clarksburg, WV; three grandchildren, I six siblings, Theresa (Pablo) Bianco, Roxanne (Sam) Smith, Robert (Lynn) Henning, Rachel (Jason) Dodd, Celest Miller; mother-in-law, Norma Mazzie; several nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, great-nieces and nephews.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by one niece, Angelina Bianco, and father-in-law, Samuel Mazzie.

Sharon was a graduate of Liberty High School, class of 1975. After graduation, she went to work for Anchor Hocking and then became employed as an interviewer at the West Virginia Job Service

JAMIE RAE LAFFERTY PATTERSON

Jamie Rae Lafferty Patterson, age 54 passed away April 30, 2016. She was born on March 24, 1962, in Clarksburg, W.Va., a daughter of Jacqueline “Jackie” (Hays) Lafferty of North View and the late Herbert James “Jim” Lafferty.

In addition to her mother, Jamie is survived by her four children and 10 grandchildren: son, David M. (Whitney) Patterson; son, Scott Anthony (Tara) Patterson; son, James J. “Jimmy Joe”Patterson;two sisters and one brother: Melinda (Doyle), Kim (James), and H. James “Jim” Lafferty; and her fiancé, John Lynch. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her father, Jamie was preceded in death by grandparents: Marie and John “Jack” Hays; Christine and Melvin “Dennis” Lafferty; and a special cousin, Phyllis Swiger.

Jamie graduated from Liberty High School, Class of 1980, and then completed her CNA training at Salem College. She was a very special caregiver who took care of anyone that needed help, including several members of her family, as well as others

ELEANOR JEAN PETRIGAC

Eleanor Jean Petrigac, 77, of Clarksburg, May 9, 2016.

She was born in Clarksburg on August 28, 1938, a daughter of the late John George and Josephine Veronica Bohensky Petrigac.

Surviving are three brothers, John G. “Sonny” Petrigac, Daniel P. (Nancy) Petrigac and Francis A. (Jan)Petrigac; one sister, Veronica (Pat) Carter; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by one sister, Mary Lou Brunetti.

Ms. Petrigac was in the first graduating class of Notre Dame High School and was a retired investigator for the Complaint Department of the WV Department of Highways with over 30 years of service. She was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and served as Secretary for the Catholic Daughters for many year

JAMES JOSEPH POST

James Joseph “Jimmy Joe” Post, 66 passed away on May 3, 2016.

He was born in Clarksburg on July 2, 1949, a son of James M. Post and Norma Jean Floyd Benninger.

In addition to his parents, he is also survived by his wife, Maurice C. Libert Post; two children, Amy (Jon) and James “Adam”  (Amber) Post; five stepchildren;13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Mr. Post was a graduate of Washington Irving High School and a self employed contractor

VIRGINIA ANN ROHRBOUGH

Virginia Ann Rohrbough, 90, Clarksburg, passed away on April 29, 2016.

She was born in Clarksburg on November 1, 1925, a daughter of the late Thomas Harrison and Mary Chloe Summerfield Callis.

She was married to Arthur Dallas Rohrbough, Jr., who preceded her in death on November 2, 2003.

Surviving are three sons, Arthur (Libby) D. Rohrbough, , Robert (Deshella) Lee Rohrbough, and Thomas  Allan Rohrbough and his companion Heather Zannino one daughter, Vicki Elaine (Terry)Wagner; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, She was also preceded in death by one sister, Mary Louise Callis Winters; two brothers, Thomas Alfred Callis and Robert Stratton Callis; and one great-grandson, Will Baker.

Virginia was a graduate of Washington Irving High School and attended the WV Business College. She was a lifelong member of the Duff Street United Methodist Church, where she worked in the Pantry Store, the Red Hat Society and Sunny Croft Country Club.

LEWIS ANTHONY STUMPO

Lewis Anthony “Lou” Stumpo, 70, departed this life and went home to be with the Lord, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.

He was born October 9, 1945, son of the late Patty Arbogast Caputo, and the late Patsy Stumpo.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife and mother to his 3 daughters, Linda (White) Stumpo, and their daughter, Tina Nicole Stumpo.

He is survived by two daughters, Traci Michelle (Joseph), and Jennifer (Scott) Duarte; six grandchildren; two brothers, Chuck Stumpo, and Michael (Nancy) Stumpo, two sisters, Debbie  Moneypenny, Donna Stumpo, two half brothers, Robert Caputo II, and Tony Caputo; and one half sister, Mary Caputo-Mells.

Also surviving are his Aunt Joanne (Stumpo) Oliverio, and step-mother Lana Stumpo; two sisters-in-law, Diane and Gary Slaughter, and Carol White; two Nephews; five nieces and several great nieces and nephews.

He is also preceded in death by his grandparents Mike and Catherine Stumpo, and two brothers-in-law, Jim Moneypenny, and Merv Gutshall.

Lewis graduated from Notre Dame High School in 1963, where he was a member of the national honor society and captain of both football and basketball teams his senior year. He loved telling stories and reminiscing about his days of playing ball. He loved to dance and especially loved Motown music. To know Lou, you were witness to his generosity and fun loving nature.

Lewis graduated from Fairmont State College with a degree in business administration.

He was immediately drafted into the U.S. army where he was a Specialist 4th class (SP4) in the 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry “The Old Guard” Vietnam (1968-1970), the 199th Infantry Brigade. Medals/Honors include Republic of Vietnam service medal, US Armed Forces Military Merit Service Medal, National Defense Service medal, Army Good Conduct Service Medal, Rifle Marksman Medal., and Campaign Medal.

Lewis was an avid sports fan. He especially loved playing golf at Bel Meadow back in the day. He was an LA Dodgers baseball fan since his childhood. But his heart belonged to WVU sports… He loved the blue and gold and was one of their biggest fans.

PAULA JANE BRASSEUR RILEY

Paula Jane (Brasseur) Riley, age 74, of Clarksburg, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at her residence after a brief illness. She was born September 19, 1941, in Massachusetts, the daughter of late Paul Brasseur and Alma (Hatfield) Brasseur.

Paula is survived by her two daughters, Sheila (Richards) Marra and David, and Jacquie Lynn Richards (James) Duley; two sons, Craig (Vickie) Richards, and John Paul (Connie); a step-son, Jeffrey Riley, and 10 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two brothers, Jack and Alan Brasseur.

Paula worked at United Hospital Center as a unit secretary. She graduated in 1959 from Washington Irving High School, where she was very active in the Alumni Association. Paula was a member of the United Methodist Temple. She loved to crochet, help others and had a wonderful sense of humor.