"Old times there are not forgotten"
Combat in Korea continued, new architectural innovations were unveiled and flying saucer sightings were reported across the nation. The last Crosley automobile rolled off the assembly line.
New book titles: East of Eden, Invisable Man and The Old Man and the Sea.
At the movies: High Noon, Come Back Little Sheba, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Bad and the Beautiful.
Television premiers: I've Got A Secret, My Little Margie, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet and The Jackie Gleason Show.
Songs we listened to included: You Belong To Me, Glow Worm, Blue Tango, Wheel Of Fortune, Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes, Walkin' My Baby Back Home, Because You're Mine, Tell Me Why, Jambalaya and Shrimp Boats.
March 22
Woodrow Wilson High School won the state basketball championship defeating Fairmont West by the score of 53-52 in Morgantown. It was the second state basketball championship in as many years and the third state basketball championship for Woodrow Wilson.
April 6
Sam Snead, a West Virginia native won his second Masters Golf Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia.
May 20
The future Class of 1958 graduated sixth grade. Lincoln School held a cap and gown commencement at the Beckley Junior High School Auditorium awarding 59 diplomas: Patty Amond, Lois Arnott, Patty Ballard, Ida Mae Canterbury, Robin Cornett, Peggy Davis, Nancy Dillinger, Margie Edwards, Nancy Fink, Barbara Fitzpatrick, Sandra Goodall, Judy Griffith, Evelyn Hamilton, Jacquline Hollandsworth, Mildred Homes, Nancy Kay Johnson, Carol Ann Lewis, Nellie Lilly, Celia Maples, Janet McCary, Carol Sue Pack, Betty Parker, Georgia Roberts, Sandra Schwartz, Jacqueline Short, Suzann Smith, Barbara Thorne, Teresa Thompson, Linda Triggs, Shelby Tassitino, Martha Jane Wood, Sam Allen, Jerry Allison, Clarence Arthur, Charles Bales, Edward Bryan, Lewis Burford, J.B. Cole, Sam Cumbo, Swanson Eans, Andy Earehart, Billy Hager, James (P.A.) Hatcher, Richard Highlander, Thomas Ison, James Lawson, Fred Lilly, Frederick Maddow, Tom McGrady, John Meadows, Richard Meadows, Robert Metrick, David Miller, Pat Porterfield, Bill Powers, Ed Snuffer, Larry Stafford and Robert Wills.
September 2
The future Class of 1958 entered seventh grade, most at Beckley Junior High School. As seventh graders we were alloted two positions on the school cheer leading team. Our two cheerleaders were Pat Costelli and Carol Lee Snyder.
November 4
Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military hero of World War II was elected 34th president of the United States.