| By Bob Weaver
James David Hathaway, Calhoun County High School class of 1959, recalled school days with the attendees at the 22nd Alumni Reunion Saturday.
"We had hand me down clothes and shoes, watched Saturday night wrestling on a small screen TV, had family get-togethers and learned how to quarrel without wounding each other," Hathaway said.
"I remember Fred Barnes' flower and twig trips on the Joker Ridge and Coach Underwood teaching us to think as winners. Hardships led to self-sufficiency," he said.
Program participants (L to R) Loyd Wright, class of 1955 and alumni
president of Fleming OH, George Bell, class of 1949 of Stafford VA;
Roger Propst, MC and current Calhoun Superintendent of Schools
Presenters David Hathaway, class of 1959 of Elkview;
Patricia Siers Vannoy, class of 1964 of Mineral Wells
Several hundred Calhoun County High School grads and their families attended the reunion this weekend, recalling memories and renewing friendships.
George Bell, the Class of 1949, said "We learned about work ethic and service to others."
He remembered school days in Grantsville, and when school was dismissed to go see the "Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" at the Kanawha Theater.
Bell honored the extraordinary number of young men from Calhoun who went to war in World War II and Korea.
"Life's been a beautiful ride," he concluded.
Ellen Hamilton Whitman, class of 1935 (left) and Nila Kight
Osborne of Grantsville, class of 1936, return for event
Early grads Dora Shafer Starcher, class of 1937 of Chloe
and Freddie C. Kight, class of 1938, of Panama City, Fla.
Patricia Siers Vannoy, Class of 1964, said it was a time that classmates cared about each other, and were connected to their community.
Roger Propst, Calhoun Superintendent of Schools, welcomed the alumni and announced the alumni association's scholarship award to Maria Kisner, Class of '09.
Alumni President Sonny Loyd Wight expressed appreciation to the committee for their hard work in organizing the event, and invited alumni to visit the Wayne Underwood Museum.
Individual classes sat together at luncheon,
starting with members of the class of 1938
The Class of 1954
Grads and surviving members of the Fenton Stalnaker
family (L to R) Orma (Tootsie) Downs, Emma Lou
Chennoweth, Paul D. Stalnaker, Glenna S. Fleming
Grads posing (left-right) Debbie Campbell '69, Pam
Holbert '70, Charlotte Siegrist '74, Shara Arison '74
(L) 1954 grads William "Bill" Richards and Mike Ferrell
enjoy the day; (R) Oldtimer Charley Booher, 95 (wearing
hat) rides his golf cart to the reunion for a visit
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