"Old times there are not forgotten"
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, first man made satellite to revolve around Earth. The monetary value of art pieces and collections achieved prices previously thought to be unattainable. The average wage for factory workers reached $2.08 per hour and the desire for professional baseball on the West Coast was answered when the New York Giants moved to San Fancisco and the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. The last Hudson automobile rolled off the assembly line.
New book titles: By Love Possessed and A Death in the Family.
At the movies: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, The Three Faces of Eve and Sayonara.
Television premiers: Blondie, Paladin and Zorro.
Songs we listened to included: Tammy, Love Letters In The Sand, It's Not For Me To Say, Young Love, Chances Are, Little Darlin, Bye Bye, Love, All Shook Up, So Rare and Round And Round.
February 11
Class of 1958 representatives Judy Coram and Bill Highlander participated in the annual Know Your State Government Day Conference held in Charleston. A meeting with Governor Cecil H. Underwood was included in the program.
February 22
Woodrow Wilson placed third in the 10th Annual State Wrestling Championship. Mainard Hicks placed second in the 106 pounds weight class, George Thompson placed second in the 115 pounds weight class, John Spinelli placed forth in the 123 pounds weight class, Harold Meade placed second in the 136 pounds weight class, John Pyles placed fourth in the 141 pounds weight class and Gene Wiseman placed second in the 148 pounds weight class.
February 26
A two act operetta, Mississippi Melody based on Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn was presented in the WWHS auditorium by the Vocal Department. Mrs. Paul McClure directed the production assisted by Mrs. Frank Vass. Classmate Susan Johnson played the part of Aunt Polly.
March 11
Classmates Mary Anne Butterworth, Carole Ann Meadows and Judy Shumate were among five WWHS students who attended the Raleigh-Wyoming Press Conference under the supervision of Mr. Herbert Kiser, WWHS journalism sponsor. The conference was held at Marsh Fork High School and featured a talk by Mr. Jack Van Dyke an instructior at Beckley College.
March 18
Sgt. John B. Kerridge, United States Marine Corps spoke of his experiences and observations while stationed in Moscow, Russia for 18 months on embassy duty. His narration, which was accompanied by color slides was the feature of a student assembly.
March 23
Woodrow Wilson High School won the Class A state basketball championship by defeating a much larger Charleston High School team by the score of 82-70 in Huntington. It was the sixth state basketball championship for Woodrow Wilson. Classmate Buddy Bales who was in his junior year contributed to the title victory.
March 27-28
The Flying Eagle Band presented the annual Ministrel.
April 25
Thespian Troupe 754 of Woodrow Wilson High School presented a one act drama Fog in the Valley authored by Verna Powers. Mrs. Frank Vass and Miss Virginia Reardon co-directed the production.
April 26
The Sophmore class (WWHS 1959) held the annual Sophmore Party in the WWHS gymnasium. Oriental Gardens was the theme of the party with decorations that included Chinese lanterns. The party was directed by Mrs. Lawrence Wiseman. Dancing in the gym followed the program.
May 29
The Annual Commencement Program graduated 315 members of the Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1957.
June
George Arnold, Buddy Bales, Blain Cassali, John Gorsica, Willie Highlander, John Spinelli and Bob Wills were delegates to Boys State at Jackson's Mill, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
June 9-15
Rita Bright, Mary Anne Butterworth, Judy Coram, Carolyn Darnall Susan Johnson, Kitty Walker and Martha Wray were delegates to Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson's Mill, Jefferson County, West Virginia. The 1957 annual session of Girls State was the 15th year the American Legion Auxillary sponsored the event.
August 23
Andy Earehart, Bill Highlander, MacRay Pennington and Ray Vest were announced as the four co-captains of the 1957-58 WWHS football team. J.C. Francisco, Ed Grygiel, Melvin Jamison, Dennis Mahoney and Lewis Williams were mentioned in the announcement appearing in the Beckley Post-Herald as contributors to the team.
September 3
First day, 12th grade. Now we were the WWHS Class of 1958. The class bid ado to Nancy Fink who moved to Charleston for her senior year and welcomed foreign student Karl Goran Dalfelt a citizen of Sweden.
September 6
Opening game of the football season was played in Beckley against the Mullens Rebels. The Flying Eagle marching band made it's first public appearance of the school year 126 pieces strong led by majorettes and Swiss flag girls. Mary Lou Forren, Brenda Booth, Ida Mae Canterbury, Ramona Jo Roles and Martha Wood were among the majorettes. Flag girls included Linda Henson, Ann Janutulo, Celia Maples and Kay Weikle. Rosemary Amato, Henrietta Broome, Peggy Davis, John Estep, Gail Fitzpatrick, Sandra Goodall, Tamara Harrah, James Ballard Hatcher, Karen Hatfield, Frank Heatherly, Bob Klein, Clark Martin, Phil Munsey, Melvin Pennington, Edna Pettry, Carol Potts, Barbara Scott, Mary Louise Smith, Nancy Earle Smith, Suzann Smith, Shelby Tassitino and Micki Wender played instruments. Beckley won the game by a score of 27-0.
October 23
The Senior Class Play - Melody Jones was presented. Jim Anderson, Phyllis Holdren, Jackie Hollandsworth, Susan Johnson, Sandy Jones, Corky Lively, Wayne Manning, Katie Belle Pickett, Bobby Jean Snyder, Kitty Walker and Martha Wray were members of the cast.
October
Susie Hensley reigned as Homecoming Queen and Drema Hatcher was Miss Flying Eagle. Janey Cooke, Judy Coram, Sandra Reed, Sherry Evans and Nancy Dellinger were among their attendants.
October 25
Beckley 20 - East Bank 13. Brenda Jackson and Susan Lowe were the first female cheerleaders to represent WWHS within our memory. Previous cheerleading squads had been all-male.
November 8
Last game of the 1957 football schedule. George Arnold, Paul Chikos, J.B. Cole, Bill Harsanyi, John Pruett, Wayne Tucker and Gene Wiseman retired their uniforms following a loss to Stonewall Jackson by the score of 19-13.