February 08, 1944 - Glenville State College

ERCURY
USINGS
The Glenville Mercury
Student Newspaper • GLENVILLE STATE COLLEGE • Published Weekly
a,. Hele• TIIJ'I•r Volume 14, No. 14. Tuesday, Febru....;. 8 , 1944 Glenville, West Virg~ia, Single Copy 5 Centa
WE ALL EXTEND A
~~~~;"::~ ;: c~b:o.n:~ :.: INCRMSE NOTED IN ENROLLMENT FOR 2ND
MOS1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~~~;::;::::~~~~;1;t:~~~~~~~~i;~~~~~~~~~~~u;~
SEM['('TER EXTENSION CLASSES CONTINUED
tim• dents .. ntornlq .. ·- t o to t hose. ftnish former their work! stu-
L) ;
The KUCUJ'7 11tafr, now numbering
eighf, ,....to the loss of several
ROod worken but extends a weleomlac
llalld to Gray Barker who hu
cott• !Dto the owing of thingo al·
reaiJ. Bvldontially be's going to bo
oar "laek-ot-all-tradea" .. . "Copy
bor ••• to columnist'" . . . We're
did to llan J'OU, Gray!
DAVID TEWELL, (blind). junior.
- tl:e ,..ciplent of a braille Bible
,.....ted to him Sunday by tb•
Gflonllle Baptlat church. •Dave' read
tlje Buday School lesson f rom his
~ reulnd Bible. Being: a regu·
lit ehureh attende.r, Dave no doubt
..... iatee the gift more than words
...-UII.
I SUGGEST THAT campus male•
11M Ba.,ard Grove!li and Cbarle!l
JldJdolh for the latest - styles in
_._ ~ldng (Especially for sports
.......) Those who nw them Tbur~
a, MtweeD I :SO J>. m. and 2:00 p.
.. 011 their way to the gym know
wllat l mean.
RAYMOND CLAPPER'S DEATH
wu a tragedy that struck every
UWip&Jter and prac:tieaU~· every
home In A tnerica thll past week..
llr. Clapper, '"tbe news-paperman's
aohtiDilillt." was killed in action wht'o
the plaae he wa! riding in collided
with anotller. They both crashed in·
to o lqoon on the lllarsbaU Islands.
Be -. o Yletim of his own belief
that the only way to write a wartime
column· was to see some of the war
Ant hand. Pre1ident Roo~velt said
in a letter to Mn. Clapper, the wife
of tile sinee.ntb American eorrespolldent
kt'lled in action : '~ . . . This
eaphaslaes onre more the constant
,..n til --.rb:feh rorreapondents do
their work ill this war. It was char·
aet.erfstic of Ray'; fidelity to the
peat traditions of reporting that
the day's work should ftnd him ot the
aeene of action tor ftrrt ha.nd fac:ts
Ia the thiek of the ftghL"
MANNERS AT THE DINNER
table--that's been tbe topjc of diseuaion
sinee the Ve-rona Mapel
Boose Govemmenl meeting the past
Tuesday. You see, we. had talks by
Evelyn Finister, Elizabeth Clark and
ShirJey Spenc.e.r on proper table
minnen. One of t hem talked for
ae~ral minutes on customs of the
old days ..• and g-ot several people
mixed UJI ••• As they ny, "I don't
bow whethe-r I'm practising 'moderu'
methods or not." One penon
wbo eouldn't remember whether one
ehoald pat RTavy on her meat or potatoea,
aid: ''I'll jUst put it on both,
aad tben-1'11 lmow I'm .right!"
FRIDAY NIGHT " OUR GANG"
had a difBcult time getting waited oo
at Conrad's. The reason : The victor·
loua Normantown team who had just
beaten San_d Fork was being fed.
BY THE WAY. BAD you notlced
the pieua of mistletoe that Miss Alma
Arbue.lde bas in the library.
She'a trying to keep them alive so
ahe can plant !Orne. Now, boys .
Don't U.ke any of it! I
T., Attend State
Meeting Tomorrow
College Electrician is Jack-of-All-Trades'
And Master of Many-Came Here in '24
.
Br Cr•r Barker 1 1 tudents who formerly had to room
rrovidcti bC'Iard and room for about
~r. Ooy F'itzpa.trick, whose officilll h\'enty student! for many terms.
dubes are as vaned a .. those of the down towtL Mr. Fitzpatrick himsel:
proverbial ..,jt.ck-of-all·trades," ha!> (Continued on page 4)
aeen Glenville State College grow
from n small State Normal school oC
two buildings to the modern institution
now existing. Ooming to lhP
Students Slubstitute
In County Schools
campus in 1924, his first big job was.
cleaning off a space wbic.h ne term.
ed a "wildernus," now the c.ente.r o!
the compus and rattly occupied by
------------------------~.
TWO NEW 'HIT' RECORDS
Two new " Hit" records from the
Classic Record company have been
presented to tl-te social committee by
t be Mercury. They sre recordings by
Sonny Dunham and his orchestra of
"When Thev Ask About You," "1'11
11
Be Around. ~ ' Don't.. Worry Mom''
and ''Holiday For Strings. 1 '
Kenneth Kendall
Fatally Injured
One hundred and six students, a
slist:lt increase over the first semes.
ter, have enrolled, according to
Dean Robert T. Crawford, !or the
second semester in GlenviUe Staie
Col!eJ?~. Two of these :tre only part
time .students, Maxine Wright and
1-~mm'\ Frances Fit"zpatrick. Seven
attend only a night t'la!s tau,-ht by
Miss Ivy Lee Myers, instructor in
elementary education, qn Friday
evenings.
Two-thir ds of those enrolled siped
their cards and the like duriq
test week. from January 24 to 27 •
Funeral services wne hetd Sun- The Te!l:t enrolled on Monday and
day, Jan. 30, for Pfc. James Kennet h Tuesday. January 31 and February
Kendall, former College student. 1.
~·bo was killed January 26 at Cam).t Not QGite as many students are
CampbelJ, Ky .. when a mortar shell rn.rolled in extension classes tbie
explode-d prematurely during firing !'emest'!r but there are as many dif·
practise. Pfc. Kendall was 21 years ferent classes offered. There are ap..
\lid.
proximately 125 extension students
A brief service was conducted by and more are expected to sign up
t he Calhoun County American Le- in the near future.
I
~ion post at Rush Run Baptist Dr. J. C. Shreve, bead of the ed­
Church, followed by a regular ser- ueation department, is teaching two
vice conducted by the Re''· B. 0. extension courses, Crime and De­
Vanhorn at the home of his parents, linquency, and Conservation of Nat­
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Kendall, near ural Resouroes. at Grantsville and
Stumptown.
, Harri!:vil1e on Monday and Tuesday
Burial followed in the family nights, respectively. Other extenaion
cemetery.
C'lasses and their instructors include:
Mr. J ohn R. 'Wagner, physical sci·
ence, at Orma on Wednesday; Mr.
Noted Speakers
R. Y. Clark. world geography at
Spencer on Wednesday and an Education
course at Gassaway on Fri·
To Appear on
da)r; Mr. Carey Woofter, history at
Programs Here
Richwood on Wednesd3y; Miss Louise
Whitlow; typing at Burnmle 011
Two speakers of importance will Friday; and Miss Kathleen Robert­
Three Colle~e students did sub- he guests of the College on coming ~on. short story at Gassaway on Frt.
tctitute teachinst in three Gilmet< assembly programs this month.
~ay .
County hi~b schools lhis po~o;t week. Rabbi Lefkowitz !rom ·Cumber-
He science building. The present
Dr. Crawford expects a fe.w stu
gymnasium and Verona Mapel
Ma ry Alice Wagner, ~ophomore, bnd. Md., will sp~ak at the assembly
R ail
dents to enroll late, either for full
taught on Monday in Normantown neriod on Wednesday, Feb. 16, on
wer~ under construction. and th~
time work or par t time.
High
only completed builrlings wert'
School for he r sister, Evelyn I the topic. ''The Mean!ng of Ameri.
Administration
Hall and Kanatwba Hall.
Wagner l can Democ.racy."
then used as a women' dormitory.
T,..,., Wa'!'ner . fr. eshmnn. substi- Mr. Fred Wilson, a speake·r recom· Miss Olsen Directs
~u1e' on Tue~day for ~Ir s. Cl3rk mended by Congressman E. G.
The school had an enrollment. of
Wolrc. "former ~tudent. who teaches / Rohrbough, president emeritus,
GaJ"den Club Program
will
2 )1()., a figuTe emti.at:1e even tod&y.
At Ro :~eda l e High School appear in assembly on February 23.
even more surpri!!inl! when one con­
The Glenville Garden Club met
Relen Taylor, s:enior, taught four I Ht> will s-peak on ''The Human Side
~i ders the hard!!hip.s involved in
Friday evening in Miss Bertha E.
cinys for Mrs. Marvin Cnoper, Glen- o( the Presidents."
rransportation. There were no hard
Olsen's classroom at 8 p. m. with the
· i!le TJi~'l ~t'hoo1 math teacher. who No plans were definite at the time
•urfneed roads, most trnveling be·
pres:ident, Mrs. Earl Boggs presiding
. .Mi~s Olsen, College music in­
W'f'S absent because of the death of the paper went to ):iress about the
•n~ done on the rh·er. then the major
1
her uncle.
assembly program for tomonow.
medium of transpo1•tation. Out of
structor, was program chairman, anc!
town !tudents us·,all arrt-.ed by
spoke on "Music In Flowers."
train to Gilmer Station, then proceeded
by boat down t he liver to Speaker Emphasize Our Duty Toward Willia ms, Thelma Ryan, Geneva
A chorus of College girls, Peggy
Glenville. The enrollmen~ fee w'ts
Proctor, Nina Craigo. Nina Moore
only five dollars per semester.
Japan in Post-War Rceonstruction
and Juanita Westfall. sang ... Consider
the Li1ies," "Lotus Bloom" and
Mr. Fitzputrirck wor~ed at t.hP
..
"We shall have to t.ake direct re- outrage the Japanese, and so create "Where 'Ere You Walk."
sponsibility for th~ l~'pe of political a -festeTing desire for revenge!'. ]:t
ond !RMER STUD E NTS JOIN
Dr. D. L. Haught, College pTesi- enee, Mr. Fitzpatrick made a requisde.nt.
and Miss Erma Edwards, flnan· ition list of tools he needed, n.drFng If we crush the military power
the Jap;nese."
clip the wings o( the Emperor and U. S. SERVICES
divorce him from the militarists."
o(
dal seueta-ry, will attend a meeting steadily to tht> collection nllw eon- Japan and strip her of her ~tolen He warned against over-optimism Wanda Smith, former student and
caUed by tbe State Board of Contr"l tained in bis work ahop in th•: new te•·ritory, s;he will rise again, just as rerarding an early collapse o! Japan. ., teacher in Wirt County, bas enlisted
in the WAVES and i9 to re­
of all state college presidents and Science Building. The workshnn, Get·many did," Bisson said. " If we ''The victory which begins to taka
their ftnancial secretaries at Char- which contains lathe~. a bands.aw, waive our r.esponsibility and do nothlut.on
tomorrow. The businea.11 of and the latest metal pipt> machine, h ing (more than this). we mny be far off in the East.'' he said. 1 'It is New York. Miss Smith is the daugb­
on 3ssured outlines in Europe is still port February 9 at Hunter College,
the meeting will concern matt.en the mcst mod~:rn and complete shop !;llre the militarists and their Godbrought
up by the directors of the in nny E>ducational institution in the Empnor will Loe right back nt the and America to push concerted drive
even i mpos~ibl e for China, England er pf ~flo. and Mrs. Park Smith of
R~edy
~huing department and budgetl 61ate. old .stand doing bu!:liness again in against t he Japanese from Chinese
Another former student, Mis~
department.
Soon o!ter he started working on !lhort order.
territory until the Kuomint.'lng and
Helen Goldberg of Brooklyn, N. Y ..
has enlisted in the Air Wacs aod is
the cum pus, the state Tented "The I To achieve a comPlete breakdown Communist forces in China cooper- awaiting her call for active service.
Yes, it can be done-through Ark/' a iarge building just off the uf. t i"e old order, it will not he neces- nte and th-row their full weight into
FAITB and mucb PRAYER. I campus, in whieh to house forty me.n ~ary to use our power in a way to 1l-.e W.!r ngainst J apan."
Support the 4th War Loan Drive.
Mercury-440208-1.jpg

The Glenville Mercury
Student Weeldy Newapaper of
Gled'rille State Colle11e
Published each Tuesday during the school
year by the classes in journalism. Enteted at
the post office as second class·mail. Subscription
price far the year is $1.00; for the ssmester,
50c. Address all communications to: The Glen·
ville Mercury, Glenville, West Virginia.
; ' 1 HELEN TAYLOR
Managing Editor
- STAFF MEMBERS
Hayward Groves, Elizabeth Clark, Janette
Cunningham, Charlotte Hyer, Elma Emrick,
Ruby Messenger, Thelma Ryan. David Tewell.
Zetta Jean Williams, Catherine Wit'hers.
Linn B. Hickman .. . . . .. . .. Faculty Advise1
Give· A Book for A
Man Behind Barbed Wire
"Books for student prisoners of war." was
the plea of Miss Sonia Grodka, World Student
Service Federation representative who visited
the campu ~ recently. And, books she shall have.
if theY. W. C. A. andY. 'M. C. A. can get the 1
the drive they a•e planning to launch in the N
"But I only want to see what my War
Bonds are buying."
cooperation of the student body and faculty in ~-------------------------
F
very near future. otes rom .
Many students find that the hours they spend Th R b F • ·
with their books are too long and the book~ in e 0 ert . Ktdd Ltbrary
the "Libe" are too many. It is hard for us to be·
lieve that o.ur fellow ~tudents behind barhed 117 Jaaetto Cunaia•hoao dent in 1921. Ba onee uld in r ..
~Pirie, war prdisonedr~ffiforlthbe dukratWion, bean wt~ite, The newspaper world sufFered two "fonse tn • n obtlervation of thiJ
ease seJI us 1 cut oo s. e ave 1me kind : "Ye•. that ia likely. If I have
enough .to spend a day on a page."
2
~=·~~;;:;'
0
;i~il~li!t;: ~~=D·~~t~n. any immort.allty, it will be beeause
Most of these men a·re desperately bored little Mary takea me bJ tbe band
with prison camp life, their mjnds rusting away t eloved editor of the Emporia, Kan· and lead• me into the immortality
and thejr spirjts de'pre~ge.d. fit victims foT the !las "Gaz.ette," and Raymond Cia~ of everlasting Jouth."
dread 11 ,barbed wire disflase." ..,.r, i11t ernationall>' known and ad- • ·• •
the narration for a govermnent issued two-reeler,
"Wings Up," which many readers have
The reconstruction of ou" world after thi$ 1 ired columni•t.
The son or a Kanaas farmer, RaJwar
will depend partially and in reality a great
mond Clapper r- throua:b the Unit; Nina Craigo gets swept right off her fee&
probably seen.
deal upon these men and women who are now m, death coming twelve daya ed Pre•• to a noo,ooo a ~ear c:arear. when George Montgomery's face is llaahetl 1111
imprisoned or interned. If these young peoples.' I ohort of hla oeventy·oilf Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat,"
which is raising much cr>ntroversy about political
implications some say are inherent in the
film.
--On----
THECAMPUS
By Catheriae Withen
The headache of second semester enrollment
over. students once again settle down to
the old grind. Notebooks are relllled, boob
bought and sold, and-Oh yesl the little matter
of grades l)rought forth such remarks •:
"Wbata gyp!", "l was never so glad to get a
D in my life!" , "I'm satisfied", "Better than I
expected"-plus a few censorable statements.
. . . Prior to the bPtwel.'n-semP.ster holiday DI&JIY t
students, bitten by th~ camera bug and encouraged
by clear, bright days, were busy "shooting''
friends and campus scenes . , • Several ae ·
now enjoying the fruits of their labor aa dneloped
pictures are returned . .. Thanks to II&.
H. L. White, practically all studentl' can now
sing and decipher the word! to the ditty IF
MARES EAT OAn> . . Seniors arl.' still uncertain
as to whether class rings will adom their
fingers--die-changing difficulties ... According
to the answer to thl' question ''What' are
T -eac:hing wiJI be his vocation
when he i• graduated.
E-ner~tic p.reiJident of the Y.
M. C. A.
mg of an old one and takmg up a new. Fresh- tra curricular activities. They go lo W-illin.c to help.
men have the chnn ~e to form the right habit- school from 8 :0() a. m. to 2:00p. m. E- lected sheriff of Holy Roller
and tberefol"e begin their college careers cor- and study in the afternoon•. They Court.
rectly.-Hayward Groves. have no electives. The only choice L-ilne boy in Juaior CIUI.
'
they ha.ve is whetller they shall take L-iatena attentively to radio programa.
fraternal twino?" as asked on the Biology 101
Even the fool is wise after the event.-Ho· French or English ftrst.
semest'er test- "They are twins havlne the
mer.
Many students asked Miu Grod·
same parents . -· " ·
ka questions concerning lite in Ger· Mr. H. G. Law College janitor,
To stumble twice against the same stone is a many undn Bitler'• recime. Elsewhere
in the Mereury are printed sence of several weeltt beeauae of gotten.
has returned to work alter an ab~
proverbial disgrace.
There is nothing new except what is for­
Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries t ome of her statement&.
the serious Ulneu ot bia wife who 11
them. ' Nothing i~ more wretched than the mfad of
The 'YW' and 'YM' croppa plan reported to be about the ume. a man consclous of ruilt.-Piautus.
Mercury-440208-2.jpg

On The Land, In the Air, And on The Sea
With Our Friends In The Service
·~ J ... tte . CtiDDi··- -
s,to H..P H. BoiiP• J r. writes
tba\ be reeeind hio lint copy of the
Mercurr and wu •ert glad to get it.
111 doe'\ bow of anything I'd rather
read," he• said. "l'm ln New Guinea
now , • . It isn't so bad bere; the
eliDiate It tho hardest thing to cot
, 1
eed to. Right- now it'11 mid-January
and wone than mid.July in Wett
Virlfala. and it remain• this way
traininl' in three weeks o.t the Cav­
:l)ry unit at Fort Riley, Kanns. Pvt.
Miller was coath at Burn ~v ill e High
Sc_hool be1ore entering the
the past fall; he had previously been
coach in Gilmer and McDowcJI eountie6.
His wile. t he for mer Miss Mar y
Inez Crui~e of War, MeDowe.ll County,
bas enrolled here for the !!leconrl
!lemest er.
Li~u t. Glenn Brown l'Ccently received
a sevuely injured left Jeer
the Jell' round. So far everytbinl' during maneuvers at Camp Grnnt.
bal aoa• extremely well with :nt. 111., where he is an inst r uctor. :.ccording
to word received by his pnr·
SneraJ of the boys bave experienced
malaria bat so far l'v• bee.n very ents. Mr. and Mn. David E . Brown.
tatr to mainta.in e-x~ellent health. of Weston. Li('Ut. Brown is a g"raduate
of the College. and wu princip:otl
TeU mJ "sis"'. J anet, to have a goo~
tfBw la GSC a'S it's a grand plaee." of Weston Central graded school nt
lbllrn Boyd D. " Sammy" Lamb the tirne of his induction.
'Q8N1t. who is stationed at Cornell The following a ddresses of former
students now in the service hnvl!
v.tnnlty, writes tbat the math&­
..-&a be bad here at Glenvi11e i~ been received : Pvt. Hunter Pell Mc­
-·
.-lq in very bandJ' in the general Cutney, Co. A, 27th. Trg. Bn., 5th
Dick Qt.'een CO\ITU be i5 takinl' Reg't., I. R. T. C.. Ft. McClellan.
"We U•e in dormitories ' here; two
aiD W a r oom. We are not permitted
to lea•e t he eampus except f ro"!
1:10 p. m. on Saturday until 7 :SO
p. na. oa Su.nday. Cornet! ha.! a veey
... atlful umpua whicb lies on a hill
abo•• the town o! Ithaca. Thi.s life
Ia really a big eha.nge {rom the civ~
Wan life that I have bee.n used to
8Jlft I got out of school.
"Pleaae have my Me-rcury sent to
•1 new adclH.ss, and I would appre.­
oiate heariD& from any of my old
eeboolmateL"
Copt. Robert D. Shreve, A. B. '!8,
lOft of Dr. and Mra. J . C. Shreve, has
•nJoJed a twenty-day lea•• with
relati• u in Glen•ille ana Charleston.
Be baa been serving with an
Ameriean Air Force Transport Com~
raaDd on t he Burma border in nortbeut
India. Bit most reeent assignmeat
hu beeta 8yins aupplies to
General Chen.n011lt's 14th. 0 . S
Arm1 in India.
Capt. Shre•e received the A. 'M.
.Je,-ree at Weet Virginia Uni-.e·rsity
u d taa.ht for a time in Kanawha
Count)' prior te hi• enUrtment two
JUU aco. Be was made a secohd
lieutenant at T u.nJer F ield at AJ.
baay, Ga., and beeame a Finrt. Lieuteli&Dt
while in India. H.e wa.!l made
a captain only about t wo month-s aco
after :Po h.al1 complet-ed more than
hb ftfty ~ombat mi!.!.iona.
Ha•inc been ovef!eas for tbe pa!t
tfteen ud a , half month!., Capt.
!hre•e bad ntJt 1een bia nine.-moctb'
old e n, Robe.rt Michael. Ri.s; wif e.
tht f ormer !diu Sadie HarlisP of
'lladiaon and GlenYille. i~ a. former
atadent her-e.
Lt. A'!. F . ''Nat e" Rohrbough is
atW winnine . A copy of the "Beam."
weeldy publication o! the Naval
TralninJ Station at Corpu.s Christi.
Te~, wbtr:e he is stationed, waa r e-­
eel• ecl ft U.e--- llereary otftee; th
sports page carries a :~tory of the
"BelleaU"._ Nate'• 5th. battalion
team, winnina the Cadet Basketball
Leacue championship there.
Prt. Albert Ball ~ was visiting
frieada ('ID the ca mpus recently. Be
ia In the ant i-a ircraft ditision of the
OnDJ.
Pri•ata Hunter Pell .McCartney
and Samuel N. R.idiile. claasmate. in
GSC two years ago, were inductee)
Ala. ; J ohn E. Kell~r. S 2-e, Bks. C,
Section 1, Destroyer Pool.
Island, San Francisco; Pvt. Maurice
Miller. Troop C. 1st Tnr. Reg! .. Bka.
2046. Csv. R. T . C .. FL Riley. Kan­
!!u; P\~ . Robert C. Summers, Co. H ..
515th. Prebt. In{., Camp MacKall,
N. C.: Cpl. William E. Wheeler, Clr.
Co .• 315 Med. Bn., A. P. 0 . 451. c-o
P or..master. Shreveport, Loui~iana :
Ens. Freli Ma.d ison Whiting, J r .. USS
V i n cen n e~. c-o Fleet Post Office,
New Yor k, N. Y.: Pfc. Da_vid Fitzpatrick,
287th. Eng. Combe.t Bn ..
Camp Rucker. Alabama ; Pft. Cor·
nelius L . Wi\tiams. Co. tC, '773rd.
Amph. Trac:tor Bn .... A. P. 0 . 9421.
c-o Post:mAst er , San Francisco.
W. A. ·A. NEWS
THE GLENVIU.E MERCURY
SPORT NEWS
'VIEWS
By Thel•a Ryaa
It' !eems that Lieot enant A. F.
Rohrbough can't 2et away f rom
roaching basketball and producin-!
winning teams. Afte r leading last
yealT'S Pioneer quint to au undefeated
season. as was his custom here
for mAnv yeors, Lt . Rohrhougb was
conlmissioned into t"he Navnl Reserve
nnd wa! sent to Corpus Christi, T ex·
as. There L t. Roarbough has led the
''Hellcats," a , roup of 5th battal ion
pl.ayers. to the Cadet Basketball
Leaj!'Ue championsbip. wUh eight
wins a nd one loss. Keep it. uo, Coach
"Nate"!
1/ you htl.ve "ha ppened to see
{!roups of Vel'Ona Mapel Hall girls
nrn,.t lein2' basketball and seeming to
'huhble- over' \Vith enthusiasms,
you'll u"lderst.a.nd w hy. The girls ar E>
practicinJr for their game- wit h the
Cnmmuters, which will be played in
the College gymnasium sometime
thi month. T he game should pr ovf>
to be an inte.testintz' one. and ce·r­
' ai.,ly worth attending!
Preparations f or the annual Lit­
T1e Kanawha \ alley Bii'h St hOol
Basket hall tournament. which ia to
he held in the lj)cal gymnasium
Mat'ch 2-4 , st.:~rted in J ull swing
Thursday at Speflcer as toache!'
(rom Sec:tion 8 drew f or opponentR.
Sand Ft'lrk. who lost a t hrilJer F riday
night to Normantown by a score of
34-28. will tackle T ed Garrett's
Walton teAm in the openinf game,
while No1•mantown wi11 meet Tan-
1'\E'r in t}le second contest. The third
a-ame nnirs the Glen ville Red Terrof'IP are torto1•ed like animali Germans like discipline . . ALL of
in Gel'ntBn)•-T heir meth!Hls a re a sudden the boy! wen (Carrying
r ut hle!s ... Undcr{!round movement gum: . .. There wa~ 9 general feelis
J!&ining stren gth but t he 'militaTy I 1 ing of fear .. . You know the outwill
real I)· win this war!
come."
Virginia Vinson, Pfc. Cunningham Married;
Other Weddings Announced the Past Week
•
Three recent marriages with Colle@'e
students and alumni as princ:i·
P!e. Cunningham is stationed at
Camp Adair, ·Oregon, where t he
pies have been revealed.
couple wiJl make their home. He iP
Announcement was made the past
week of the marriage o! two gradu- the brot her ot J anette C ~mn ingham ,
a te~ of '37-Mis.s Virginia Vinson, ~ tr member: Be:fore hts entranee
daughter of Mrs. Belle Partlow to tn_to tbe !ervtee he taucbt school ID
Pfc. W. Millard Cunning ham. son of I Gtlmer, Clay and Merce!' .Count)!
Mr. and Mrs. J . \V. Cunningham of High Sc:bool, and at the time wa.s em­
Tanner, on January 2'1. at Akron, 0.1 ployed at the Goodrich Rubber Com-
The ReY. Carl Bur nha m performed (Continued on page 4 )
the single ring ceremony at 7 ;30 p. r------------"1
m. in the cbs.pel at Brown and V in~
Street s.
Mi Geraldine .Cunningham. A. B.
'38. .si:;ter of the bridegroom, was
maid of honor .
Charles D. Vinson, of Akron.
•
brother of the bride, waft the best
man. George Bingman, brother ot
I(OOd 8 " flt\Ot.h cr!
J a nie Bingmat1, former student a nd
Electil')n of sports leaders and cap- March 16-20-22 and 26 have been
cousin of the bride ~ w as usher. I
tai.n~ of the W. A. A. for the eecond the datefl ~et (or t he National l nvitation
Bukethall tournament which Mrs. Cunningham. grad uate o!
is to l11! 'held at Madison Square Gar- Tanner High School. white attend.ing •
den. Ei~ht hand-pieked learns arf' G. S. C. was an active member o! 1
annu~lly invited to t he tournament numerous campu!; organ izations in·
nnd two years a~o We!l Virginin eluding Canterbury, Choral, College
nmester was held Thursday evening
in the r1mnaaium and following the
electtun, plan.s were discu ~sed tor
the club party, whic.h is to be gi\·en
in the cmnasium Friday, Feb. 18,
immediately f ollowing the hich
school ba.5ketbal1 game. Thelma Ry.
an, pre•ident of the organization.
appointed Geneva Proctor, h obelle
Cla.rk, Nina C_rai1;o. Mary Alic~
Wa~n er. Lucille Hardman. Frances
GeN·ir;, Evelyn F inster. Betty
Faulkner and Charhtte R~n to
~erve on ~omm ittee5 for the party.
Election resu 1~ were : Basketball:
;ports leader, Glennis Hudkins:; capt:tiOs,
Beulah Given and F'rnn~e ~
Gerwic.
Badminton : sp"rts leader, Bobbie
Jean Coe: capt ains, Nina Craigo
:lnd Shirley Spencer.
r·nivr•reity, a rtark horse among the Orchestri\. Ohnimgohow Players a nd
team,, surpriserl t he basketball Y. W. C. A. She is now on leave of
world h y winning the tournament. absence f rom the pe.rsonnel depart-­
The 1\.'(>stern tournament, where the ment of the Goodrich Airc!'&ft,
Gl!'nvi!le P ioneers journeyed twit('
in t t>e la•t few years. will be held in
Kania.s City March 24 and 26.
DRIVE FOR NEW MEMBERS
!\' .,.w offl

I
Four
FROM THE MERCURY'S FILES
1930-FOURTEEN YEARS AGO LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND OPA
¥iM Alma Arbuckle was re-ap- CLINIC IN WESTON
pointed social committee chairman
for tbe second semester. Mrs. El~ Mr. H. L. White, he::"~ d of. the
wina Sample, H. Y. Clark, Warren English dcpontmen nml Gilmer
Blackhurst and Olin Wetsel wer(l County chair~&lJ n or the local War
also d:osen as members by President Price and Rationing Bonrd, 3nd oth-
E. G. Rohrbough. er board personnel attended an 0 .
1.931 THIRTEEN YEARS ACO P. A. Clinic held in the Court Houae,
Coach ('jNate") Rohrbough, How· Weston, February 3.
Urd Lindell, Archie Morris and Frank The program included talks by
Vass of Glenville State Normal Thomas J. Schofield, district ration­
School and Chorley Bass of Glenville ing executive: C.
Bennett BindleT,
were guests at t he mid-state football distr ict price panel o'fleer; and
banguet held at Weston. Conely H. Dil on , aeti"g district
1932 TWELVE YEARS AGO price executive.
Miss Rena ?dick was elected presi· Others attenct'n ... from Glenville
dent of the Cnnterbury Club for the we-re ltyrtle B og~s nnd Urmn
second semester. Other officers elect- Sproust-. t' l erk~; and Wil fred Hiljfhea
were: Vice·president. Walter cliffe, . Hnrl:w Hauma'ln. J tilne~ I
Moore; secretary-treasurer, Knthryn Braml ~tt , and A. G .. Casto. ,
Rohrbough.
1933 ELEVEN YEARS AGO I MISS BOGGS' GRANDMOTHER
New residents of Veronr. Mapel DIES AT ACE OF 77
Hall lor the second semester were:
Carol Magnuson, Weston; Wandtt
Smith, Clay; Virgie Groves, Summe.rsville;
Mattie Groves. Summersville;
Lllliaa Kelley, Elkins; Phyllis
Cline, Elizabeth.
1934 TEN YEARS AGO
Mrs. Phyllis Dav~is Rohrbough
presented a miscellaneous program
Funeral