Issue 237

Editor: Roleta Smith Meredith

Publisher: Jalon Smith Burton

From: Robert Joseph Baney (WI 1968)

In regard to your April questions, let me say this:

I do not think that Ms. Virginia Lee Nutter ever married. She was way too strident. I remember on the first day of class, the first words out of her mouth were "I'm going to make you people sweat blood". I found her to be true to her word. She caught me one time sharing my homework with a classmate. She berated me to the entire class. I thought I was going to be hung at dawn.

I remember shop class but do not remember who taught it. I do remember that the classroom had a mice problem. Therefore, I always sat with my feet raised up on my stool and off the floor. I saw no reason to let a mouse run up my pant leg. I remember making a bird house. It must have been a fairly good one because not long after I brought it home, one of my neighbors stole it.

From: Joe Malone (WI 1952)

Thanks for your support of my "Christmas Family Picture" schtick. We put a bunch of raffle tickets in the box, although once again, you failed to pull one out. Oh Well, maybe one of these days. Congrats to Sandy Zickafoose!

I wanted to comment on the "Mystery Picture" for February - i.e. The Palace Furniture Company. Founded in the first half of the 20th century by J.D. (?) Carskaden (Charlie Hart's Grandfather) and later run by Mr. Carskaden's son-in-law, L.D. Jarvis. It was the premiere mechanizer of home furniture in Northern WV. It was my mother's "go-to' source for Pennsylvania House furniture. Mr. Jarvis provided me with hourly employment for six years during the summers of 1950-55 throughout high school and college. I installed venetian shades, hung awnings and, when I got my driver's license, I drove the shuttle truck between the store and the warehouse on Oak Street. At $0.75/hr., it wasn't much but it put spending money in my pockets throughout that period. Good people to work with, one and all. You may remember that they provided summer vacation employment to Mr. Cubbon, WI's Principal, who sold living room furniture up on the 7th floor. (BTW, I agree with whoever said, Peter Massenberg was a good guy!)

I also wanted to add to your "local" grocery market two locations: just up Fifth Street from my house and WI. The first was on the corner of Fifth and Hickman St. across from Coach Clay B. Hite's house. It was an original, established and run by John and Ethyl Mathews. I delivered groceries locally, in a basket, on foot to local customers, (tips only-nickels/dimes). If you look in the 1952 yearbook, you'll find a photo of Sal Vespoint, Jim Hayes & Bob Hiller, surrounded by "Janie" Rymer, Mirian Reep, & Barbara Antoine, sitting on the cooler @ Mathew's during lunchtime. It is titled: "In the Store". 'Nuff Said!

Added note: Sal Vespoint was one of 9 children, 3 of which I recall played both "Center & Linebacker" (offense/defense) on WI football teams. I believe they were all "Capts." as well.

Later, Howard & Juanita Ryder opened their store further up Fifth Street. First on the corner of Fifth & Wilson Ave. then further back on Fifth toward WI. They replaced the Mathews as the primary source of grocery items up on "The Hill". Howard & Juanita accompanied my parents as they drove across country to visit me in the late '60's when I was in the Navy in San Diego. Big deal in the 60's. Good Folks!

It was impressive to read your newsletter and recall how many such stores existed around town before the "Big Boxes" moved in. BTW, I remember the fire over the A&P. (It was a locker room "giggle" for the teenage boys!)

From: S. Meredith (McVicker) Cornett (WI 1969)

We've never met, but I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed the WI Newsletter. I'm a fairly recent (last 7 or so years) subscriber, but I don't know that I could ever see another high school newsletter that's so well put together. It makes me so sad to think that you won't be doing the annual WI picnic in Florida. We're hard pressed in today's society to find quality people like you. Just want you to know how much I admire and respect you.

PS: I was so sorry to learn of Tim Cork's passing. What a fantastic job he did.

Note from Editor:

Thank you for your kind words. If someone wants to come forward and have a picnic for all the people who have moved south over the years and for those who vacation in the south, I will attend as long as I can. I love reunions.

From: Chuck Thomas (WI 1956)

I got up early to feed our birds in our make-shift backyard aviary and wanted to be sure I got back to Mike, to nudge him to touch base with Bill Meredith and Roleta. And thanks, Mike for also nudging me to submit something for Roleta.

Roleta and her WI Newsletter were why I was to write plays again. I was really inspired by what she wrote about her mother and father, going early to the country school—out Burnsville WV way—to build fires in the area heaters or potbelly heaters each morning so it would be warm for the students when they arrived.

In addition, I think the 40 informal essays that I wrote and the 86 plays I have written that I now use to teach in the Carnegie Mellon University Osher Acting Workshop classes Linda, and I teach came about because of her WI Newsletter.

The film, RUDY, would have been much better had her brother, Roy Smith, been in it. Roy was really tough.

It sounds like Bill Meredith should have been, Coach Bill Meredith. To repeat, Linda and I are both really interested in basketball—WVU, Ohio State, Michigan State, and University of Michigan, UVA, and Duke basketball—and WVU, Ohio State, Steeler, and the Cleveland Browns football.

I think Bill had to have been a much better basketball player than I was. My playing level was modest. I made the WI Freshman basketball team. I was a co-captain with Jim Alvaro of the WI Hi-Y basketball team, and Captain of the Saint Paul Methodist team. Roy Bever, Andy Hamilton, Rusty Rutan, Roger Goff, Mack Rollins, and Alvin Garrett.

After that, I played basketball approximately three hours every day in high school from September until April; I took two gym classes five days a week, and thanks to our old friend Roy Bever, who was point guard and our playing coach in the Clarksburg Protestant Church league, comprised of an estimated 150 guys, I was the sixth highest score in the league. I went to the Marine Corps and played Battalion basketball and volleyball, played Med Cruise basketball against the Air Force in Athens, Greece. When I was 23, I was one of the two white guys who played basketball in an all-Black league, which included former high school basketball players and one Black guy who had actually played for the Baltimore Bullets.

What I really want to ask Bill about is the coaching offense and defense strategies in Division I and NBA basketball.

From: Sally Anne Pulice (WI 1969)

Last month’s newsletter was terrific, as always. Thank you, Roleta and Jalon! I saw old friends in many pictures from the “last” (really?) Florida picnic. 

Vickie Limbers and I were JV cheerleaders together when she was a Junior, and I was a Freshman. The last time I saw her was when I bought an Intro to Speech Therapy college textbook from her, circa 1970. Sam Salerno is my second cousin, and our homes were next door to each other on Worley Avenue in Broad Oaks. Andrew (Andy) Vac is a cherished high school friend.
So many laughs, good times, and stories were shared with me and my friends, Class of ‘69, and Andy and his friends, Class of ‘70. Time flies. 
I enjoyed reading about all of the Broad Oaks corner stores. I want to mention that the DeMarino Family had a store at the top of Buena Vista Avenue. Alta Vista Elementary was on Haymond Hwy. If you looked up the hill from Alta Vista you could see four streets that were parallel to Haymond Hwy. In ascending order, they were Austin Ave (I think that’s the name), then Worley Ave, and last Buena Vista. By the time you got to the top on Buena Vista, the DeMarino Family had banana flavored popsicles and lots of candy options waiting for you. I don’t recall other stores selling banana flavored popsicles. They were delish! 
My Mom would send my brother and me to the store across from the Broad Oaks Methodist Church. We would have a quarter to buy a loaf of bread for 23 cents, and we could each get a penny candy. That short trip from Worley Ave to Haymond Hwy via the Caplin residence’s steps made our day. I was never sure if we were allowed to walk on those steps, but the trip was much shorter if we went that way. I look forward to every newsletter!

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MARCH MYSTERY CHILD

BUCK TUSTIN

regarding his location

From: Larry Phillips (would have been WI 1966)

LHP3N@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Note from Editor:

I am including Larry’s email address for you to contact him directly.

I have never corresponded with you, but I have enjoyed the newsletter for many years. My mother (now deceased) introduced it to me.

I was moved to comment about the “darling boy” pictured in the April newsletter who was identified as Bucky Tustin. I didn’t recognize him, but I recognized the yard he was in. 
We lived on Duff Avenue in an apartment over my parents’ grocery. Phillips Market and the Tustin’s were our next-door neighbors. The yard Bucky is pictured in was my back yard. The building behind him was my grandmother’s house. 

Bucky was older than I was, but his brother Berlin was my age. We played in the neighborhood until my family moved away when I was 12. A few years ago, you printed a picture of Duff Avenue submitted by one of the Tustin sisters that was dated December 25, 1947 and showed the “hollow” on the right. The picture resonated for me, because I was born 5 days later on December 30. We relocated to the northern panhandle to Follansbee and Weirton. I would have graduated from WI in 1966 if we had stayed in Clarksburg.

Thank you for your continuing the and valuable work on this newsletter. Each issue stirs some memory of my childhood there.

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Sports Editor: Bill Meredith

(Monongah HS 1957)

please email our Sports editor with your comments, questions and especially your memories

Photo and Note submitted by Jim Alvaro (WI 1956)

The best I can determine, by the autographs on the ball, this is Bob Huggins 1996-1997 Cincinnati Bearcats. 

My nephew Chad, Fred's son, gave it to me. Might be worth something someday. LOL.

Bill,

Frank Reich (Senior), father of Frank Reich (Junior), the current Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts, was both Center & Middle Linebacker AND Captain of Penn State's 1955-56 football team. Rosie Greer played both ways as well. They were the last of the "60 minute" men before two platoons came in. I'll bet Sam Huff & Freddie Wyant were as well @ WVU circa 1955-56.

Joe Malone (WI 1952)

Reply to Joe:

Your comments bring back a lot of memories. I had forgotten about those days when there was limited substitution in college football. I checked and found that from 1953 to 1964 the NCAA limited when and how many players could enter a game at any one time. This ushered in the one platoon football which you reference. It was a different era and one that produced many "Ironmen" in the sport.

Although these were not particularly from that era, the top two-way players on most lists include Dick Butkus (Illinois), Chuck Bednarik (Penn), Bronko Nagurski (Minnesota), Charles Woodson (Michigan) and Jim Thorpe (Carlisle). I remember three of the five and agree that they were great football players.

You mention a few players from Penn State and WVU. Does anyone have other names to add to the list, particularly someone who played both ways for the Mountaineers? When I played high school football, most of the better players played both offense and defense. Is this still the case for local high school teams?

We'd love to hear your comments on this or anything sports related. Thanks to Joe for his note. It brought back some pleasant thoughts about the good old days.

Bill (billmere@aol.com)

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SPRINGTIME:

WHEN SPECULATION IS THE MAJOR SPORT

Where do we begin? Baseball? Basketball? Football? There is news on all fronts.

As much as some people might hate to admit it, it seems that Oliver Luck did another thing (or two) right while at WVU. If you recall, Luck hired Randy Mazey as the head coach in baseball and then was the force behind building a beautiful new facility (Monongalia County Ballpark) for the Mountaineers to use as their home field. The team currently stands at 24-14 and is ranked in the top 20 nationally and in Alek Manoah, has a pitcher who is a possible first round selection in the Major League draft. This is quite a turnaround from the old days, when WVU baseball was just that game played in the spring. Thanks, Mr. Luck. Let's hope the magic continues.

If you watched the Mountaineer football team's spring game, I don't have to tell you that the team is still "a work in progress". Those were the words of some of the coaches and most of the fans. None of the quarterbacks really stood out, so the competition for the starting job will continue into the fall camp.

I've always felt that as the offensive line goes, so goes the football team. I still feel that is true. You can't pass unless you can run and you can't run unless you can block, etc. The running game needs a lot of work, which translates into, "The O-Line needs to improve". But, as they say, they have the whole summer to get better, plus the fall camp. Here's hoping that the entire team puts in the necessary work to make us forget that a guy named Dana ever walked the sidelines in Morgantown.

Finally, with Sagaba Konate declaring for the NBA Draft and Taevon Horton entering the transfer portal, the number of WVU basketball players from this year's team who will be missing, when the 2019-20 season begins stands at eight. Technically, some of those still have the ability to return to the team, but don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Huggins is "fixing" it and, as we expected, that means cleaning out the house and bringing in some new parts. Two new Jr. College recruits were recently signed and expect more to follow in the weeks to come. Next year will definitely be an interesting study to see what kind of a team emerges from all the turmoil.

As always, we need to hear from you.

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APRIL MYSTERY PICTURE

Photo submitted by Marsha Golden Caplinger (WI 1965)

From: Bill Bryan (RW 1957)

Here is some help with identification of the Notre Dame grads in the picture. Third from left, in the back row, is Fred Hikel. On the far right, (Maryland t-shirt) is Phil Bryan. Not sure of their years of graduation, but I think Fred graduated from St. Mary's. Phil is my cousin, and both are Broadway boys. I grew up around them on "the Corner," i.e., Corner of Broadway and East Main. I think they live near each other in Maryland now.

From: Tom Williams (Victory 1967)

Team Clarksburg American Legion; Won State Championship.

2^nd Row: 2^nd from left - Bobby Secret

Back Row: 2^nd from left - Jimmy Scott, (Jimmy Scott went to Notre Dame HS) 3^rd from left - Gene Donaldson, 4^th - Coach “Smiley” Jamison.

The only school we know Coach Jamison coached at was Bridgeport High School. We don’t think he ever coached baseball, just football. Someone a little older than us may remember. I taught with him at BHS from 1993 until he retired, but don’t remember what year that was.

A correction of a previous WIN issue has been submitted by a reader:

There is a photo in the February 28, 2016, Issue 199 of the WI online Newsletter, submitted by Dick Duez, of the Towers School being razed (see below photo). The article states that the photo was taken February 12 2016.

That would be only a few weeks before this edition of the WI Newsletter was published. I am sure this is a typographical error. Please check with Dick, but I am fairly certain the school was razed in 1986. I am also certain that photo is not from February any year, because the grass is too green, and trees in the background obviously have green leaves on them.

The Towers school lot is still an empty lot. The lot where Central was located is also still an empty lot.

There is a cheesy little mural painted on the east side of the parking garage building (which is also almost nearly empty daily). The mural is orange and yellow and looks nothing like any of the buildings in Clarksburg. It does, however, show the sun setting on Clarksburg (how symbolic).

Note from Editor:

Upon receiving this note of correction: I wrote to see who the person was who was interested in this…here is the reply - see people are searching for the truth and memories and you are supplying it. I thought you would find this interesting too: 

From: Marilyn Rae Blake

My name is Marilyn Rae (Frank) Blake. I graduated from Richland High School, Johnstown, PA, in 1972. I moved to Clarksburg in 1985 (Towers was still there). I taught at Central as a sub in 1987 (Towers was gone). I taught at WIHS the last year it was a high school, as BD teacher. I think that was 91-92. I taught Gifted/Academic Enrichment at WIMS and Mountaineer Middle School from 2010- 2014 (Best 4 years of my teaching career). My granddaughter is in 7th gr at WIMS this year.

I love Clarksburg and WV history. I just happened to see the photo because I searched online for pictures of Towers School.

Note from Editor:

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have had it corrected. It is interesting to see that long after we are gone, our newsletters full of memories of our town, friends, jobs, family, lives, schools, activities and pictures of us will still be read by people in the future.... and often used as reference material for writers.

MAY MYSTERY PICTURE

What is pictured here? Have you ever been to this place? Where is this located? Tell us what you did here and how would you rate this place?

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FROM THE WIN QUILT WINNER

From: Sandy Zickefoose Lindke (WI 1956)

I was so surprised to receive your phone call, Roleta, telling me that I was the quilt winner. I can hardly wait to show it off to my neighbors. I want to thank Sue and all the people who put this quilt together. It will have a place of honor in my home.

You have put your heart into the newsletter and keeping us Clarksburg "kids" in touch with each other. We all appreciate everything you; Bill and Jalon have done.

I told my friends when leaving the last picnic that it was not good-bye but see ya. We will meet again.

Thank you just does not seem enough for all you do.

CHANGES

Chuck Wilson (WI 19670) crwilson635.cw@gmail.com

ROGER YOUNG

(WI 1972)

Marcia Young Fletcher (WI 1964) wrote to tell us about the passing of her brother Roger Young (WI 1972) on Sunday, March 3, 2019.

TERRY LYNN DRAIN

Terry Lynn Drain, 64, of Shinnston, passed away at UHC in Bridgeport, WV, on April 10, 2019. She was born in Clarksburg, WV, on October 5, 1954, the daughter of the late Thomas and Marjorie (Lyon) McElwain.

Terry was a graduate of Washington Irving High School and attended West Virginia Wesleyan College. Terry was a loving mother and grandmother and was employed at Infocision until retiring in 2018. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Shinnston. She loved cooking, crafts and especially playing with her granddaughter.

Those left behind to cherish Terry’s memory include her three sons, Nathaniel Scott Drain, Jason Matthew Drain and Thomas Dale Drain, all of Shinnston; one daughter, Rachael Dawn Drain of Shinnston; and one granddaughter, Mickayla Drain.

PEGGY JEAN HARDY BALTZLEY

Mrs. Peggy Jean Baltzley, 85 years of age, of Williams Avenue, Bridgeport, WV, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at the United Hospital Center, Bridgeport, WV. She was born December 11, 1933, the daughter of the late Helen Woodward Hardy.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Baltzley. They had celebrated 69 years of marriage. She is also survived by a daughter, Terri Allen and her husband Dwight of Bridgeport, WV; a son, Rob Baltzley of Bridgeport, WV; two grandchildren, Jeri Clark and her husband Eric and Garrett Baltzley; a great-grandchild, James Clark; a sister, Carol Hustead of Moundsville, WV; and a brother, Larry Emerson of Moundsville, WV.

She was also preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Lodge and a brother, Jerry Emerson.

Peggy graduated from Washington Irving High School. She retired from the Fashion Bug at the Meadowbrook Mall with 12 years of service. She returned to being a homemaker where she loved to cook and bake.

BIRDIE DELORIS MUSCARI ALVINO

(WI 1955)

Birdie Deloris Muscari Alvino, age 82, died of Cardiac Arrest at United Protestant Hospital in Clarksburg, WV on April 17, 2019. Deloris graduated from Washington Irving High School with the class of 1955. Deloris was born May 17, 1936 in Clarksburg, WV; she lived for 35 years with her Fiance’ and Love of her Life, Eddie Deegan. Deloris was preceded in death by her parents Francis Anthony and Birdie Virginia Hart Muscari of Clarksburg, WV; her only child, Larry Stephen Alvino; her twin brothers (Frank Anthony Muscari Jr and Francis Ferdinand Muscari); brother Paul Marion Muscari; Sr. of Clarksburg; sister-in-law, Kathryn Elaine Shay Muscari (Paul). Deloris is survived by her fiance’ Eddie Deegan her sister Maryella Muscari (John) Flowers of CA and brother Francis Daniel (Ewa) Muscari, Sr. of VA. She is Aunt to: Nikki Anne (Brian) Knight - CA; Pamela Jean (Ed) Cowdrey - VA; Mark Leyton Flowers, CA; John Anthony (Anna) Flowers, California; Francis Daniel (Gretchen) Muscari, Jr., Texas; Paul Marion (“PJ”), WV. She has made us all better people by just having her in our lives. Love for her entire family was given unselfishly and without bias. She loved being surrounded by her family. Chatting on the phone with distant family made her quite happy. Fiance’ Eddie Deegan, sister Maryella and brother Frank feel blessed to have had her in their lives; she always “had our backs”

ROGER KERR YOUNG

(WI 1972)

Roger Kerr Young, 65, passed away on March 31, 2019, at his home in Port Orange, Florida, after a courageous battle with metastatic melanoma. He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on January 7, 1954, a son of the late William Rollin Young and Jean Kerr Young. He is survived by his wife, Winifred Mischiara Young, whom he married on June 10, 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri, and their children, son Dennis Roger and wife Kara Fill Young of Carpentersville, Illinois, and daughter Kristen Nichole and husband Stephen Shumaker of Carlsbad, California. He is also survived by his brother Wendell Young, WI ’63, of Villa Park, California, and his sisters Marcia Young Fletcher, WI ’64, and husband Richard of Green Valley, Arizona, and Melanie Young Priest, WI ’74, and husband Al of Florissant, Missouri. Roger was a 1972 graduate of Washington Irving High School and a 1976 graduate of West Virginia University with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. He worked in the aeronautics industry as a long-time employee of Boeing in St. Louis. A man of faith, Roger was a loving son, brother, husband, father and friend and a loving, hands-on grandfather. “Papa” will be sorely missed by his five grandchildren, Shane (13), Luke (11), Ruth (9), Drew (6) and Hudson (3) Young.

ROSE MARIE TIANO LOPEZ

Rose Marie Tiano Lopez, age 88, of Clarksburg, WV, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at the United Hospital Center. She was born in Clarksburg, WV, on October 2, 1930, a daughter of the late John and Catherine Pinella Tiano.

She was married on July 29, 1951, to Francis X. “Frank” Lopez, who preceded her in death on April 6, 2014. Mrs. Lopez is survived by four sons, Samuel “Zeke” Lopez and his wife Linda, John Vincent Lopez and wife Mary Jo, Francis X “Franny” Lopez and wife Mary Jo, and David Michael “Bubba” Lopez and wife Robyn; one daughter, Mary Rose Roqucki and husband; 24 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother, John Tiano, and wife; one sister, Betty Jean Tiano Rossana, and husband David; as well as several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, Rose was preceded in death by her grandson, Tony Lopez, one sister, Patty Oakes and one brother, Louis Tiano.

Rose was a graduate of Washington Irving High School. She was the former co-owner, along with her husband Frank, of the Bluebird Store in Clarksburg. Mrs. Lopez was a member of the St. James Catholic Church, a former member of the Catholic Daughters and the Altar Rosary Society.

MARICIA ELISE ANDRE’

Elise André passed away peacefully at Telford Terrace in Richmond, KY on March 14. She was born April 26, 1937 in Clarksburg, WV to Oscar J. and Ruby Cox André. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Nancy André Hatton. She is survived by her brother David J. André of Winchester, VA.

Elise attended the public schools in Clarksburg, WV. She graduated from Vassar College in 1959 with a double major in French and Music. While attending Vassar she also studied at The Julliard School of Music. She received a Master of Arts in Teaching from Vanderbilt University in 1961 and a PhD in Foreign Language Education from The Ohio State University in 1974.

She had a wide variety of work experiences including as an Exchange Teacher at the Lycée de Jeunes Filles de Reims; Teacher of French at Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ; Exchange Teacher of English and lecturer for the United States Information Service in Gothenburg, Sweden; Executive Director of the International Center in Albany, NY; Department Head and Director of Master of Arts in Teaching, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT; and as a French Professor at Berea College from 1976 until her retirement in 1995.

Among her many awards and honors are a French government grant for assistantship in Reims, France; full scholarship for Master’s degree study at Vanderbilt University and Doctoral Internship at The Ohio State University; as the recipient of the Kentucky Council on International Travel Grant; one of four national consultants on restructuring foreign language teacher preparation education for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Guest Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and the University of Lund, both in Sweden; and recipient of the Aston Magna Academy grant.

She was the author of many publications, papers and presentations dealing with the study of foreign languages.

As an educator and a devout Catholic Elise joined the Sisters of Loretto as a Co-Member in 1997. She participated in many groups dealing with social justice and modernization of the Catholic Church.  She also was a member and past president of the local League of Women’s Voters; the initial organizer and past co-chair of the Brushy Fork Water Watch; she was active in her church and frequently played her flute during services.

 Internment will be in the Benedum Cemetery in Bridgeport, WV.