"Old times there are not forgotten"
United States Postal System surface mail rates rose from three cents per ounce to four cents and domestic air mail rose from six cents per ounce to seven cents. Economic recession continued to affect the coal fields adversely. State authorities in Little Rock, Arkansas closed the public school system and reopened them for a time as private schools in an unsuccessful attempt to continue racial segregation. The United States launched its first Earth satellite - Explorer I and it's second - Vanguard I. The last Packard automobile rolled off the assembly line.
New book titles: Home From the Hill and The Gingerbread Man.
At the movies: The Defiant Ones, Separate Tables, I Want to Live, Gigi and The Big Country.
Television premiers: 77 Sunset Strip, The Donna Reed Show and The Lawman.
Songs we listened to included: Volare, It's All in the Game, Patricia, All I Have To Do Is Dream, Bird Dog, Little Star, Witch Doctor, Twilight Time, Tequilla and At The Hop.
February 6
Co-captains Harold Meade and George Thompson along with Bob Wills and John Pyles won their individual wrestling matches contributing to a 25-13 victory over the Hinton Bobcats in Hinton.
February 18
Classmate Glenna Jean Crawford was recognized in the BeckleyPost-Herald for having two poems intended for the ECHO published in Seventeen Magazine.
February 22
Woodrow Wilson placed third in the 11th Annual State Wrestling Championship. George Thompson placed third in the 115 pounds weight class, John Spinelli placed third in the 123 pounds weight class, Bob Wills placed third in the 130 pounds weight class and Harold Meade placed second in the 141 pounds weight class.
March 4
The Vocal Music Department presented a two-act musical comedy Old Fashioned Girl. Classmates Ida Rose Adkins, Keith Cooke, Barbara Fitzpatrick, Phyllis Holdren, James Lowe, Larry Kesler, Katybelle Pickett, John Spinelli, Barbara Thorne, James Walker and Nadine Walls had parts in the play. Classmates Margaret Fitzpatrick, Susan Johnson, Joan Sweptson and Mary Ellen Thorpe were in the chorus. Classmates Nancy Lewis and Shirley Sutphin were dancers.
March 7
The Woodrow Wilson High School basketball team defeated Marsh Fork in the semi-final game of the Section 10, Class A state basketball tournament. Captains Ron Manning and Charles "Buddy" Bales, along with classmates Mike Howery and Gene Miller contributed to the victory. The Flying Eagles were defending state champions in 1958.
March 27-28
The Flying Eagle Band presented the Annual Minstrel. Jerry Bledsoe played the part of the interlocutor with George Arnold, J.C. Francisco, Mike Howery, Denny Mahoney, Bill Rose and George Thompson playing end men.
April 26
The Latin Club held their annual banquet. A group of classmates dressed in togas appeared on the front page of the Beckley newspaper following this event.
May 1
Tie & Heel Day - Seniors.
May 7
Kid Day Picnic - Seniors.
May 9
All books due in library.
May 10
Junior-Senior Prom - Ida Mae Canterbury reigned as Prom Queen with Judy Coram, Pat Costelli, Janey Cooke, Sherry Evans, Susan Lowe and Kitty Walker attending. Harold Casali, vice president of the Student Council crowned Ida Mae as Queen, Errol Stokley served as announcer accompanied by Janice Mynier and Susan Bailey served as Flower Girl.
May 15
Rehearsal of Seniors for Class Sermon.
May 16
The Woodrow Wilson High School Band presented a commencement musical concert.
May 18
The Woodrow Wilson High School Vocal Department presented a musical concert directed by Mrs. Cary McClure. Miss Katybelle Pickett sang a solo during the program presented in honor of National Music Week.
May 19-20
Examinations for seniors. Seniors having a "B" average or better for a given subject were excused from taking a final examination for that subject.
May 23
Second Senior Class Rehearsal for Sermon at 9 a.m.
May 25
Class Sermon - 8:00 p.m.
May 26
Final report cards
May 27
Graduation: Wiliam Lee Ball, Agnes Rae Bowling, Elizabeth Ann Brash, Phyllis Marie Faykus, Sharon Jeanette Goodman, Phyllis Anne Lilly, Martha Eloise May, Lynda Sue Oscar, Darrell Franklin Pettry, Ruth Anne Pipkin, Joyce Kay Shumate, Demetria Ann Stanley, Lois Ann Arnott, Judith Faye Bowers, Charleen Carson, Jo Ann Chambers, Robert Earl Clifford, Rilla Mae Cook, Janice Gayle Curtis, Mary Alice Daniel, Shelby Lee Dozier, Carol Gaye Fitzgerald, Billie Sue Hedrick, Johnnie Herbert Hoskins, Archie Lenord Hughes, Nancy Kay Johnson, Mary Catherine Lagos, Norma Jean Laws, Virginia Lee Mackey, Janet Ruth McCary, Betty Jo Mitchem, Patty Ann Moses, William Newton Oliver, Betty Lou Osborn, Patsy Porterfield, Alice Faye Riffe, Jan Eldridge Riffe, Georgia Ann Roberts, Larry Franklin Stover, Betty Lenore Suddreth, Barbara Sue Thorne, Patsy Ruth Thornton, Mary Ellen Thorpe, Mary Nadine Walls, Nina Louise Williams, Leonard Berkeley Wright, Thelma Mae Adams, Ida Rose Adkins, Kenneth Ivan Akers, Barbara Jean Alderman, Michael Keith Allenbaugh, Norma Lee Angle, Mary Arbaugh, Sue Ellen Arnett, Clarence Norvell Arthur, Mary Anna Atkins, Carmellia Faye Ayers, David Robert Bailes, James Linton Bailey, Pauline Janette Bailey, Ruby Gay Bailey, Barbara Lee Baker, Ronald Gene Baker, Betty Jean Ballard, Larry Keith Bazzie, Jerry Gordon Beavers, Janet Elouise Bennett, Judith Kay Benson, Jack Lee Berry, Nancy Kay Biggs, Jerry Wesley Bledsoe, Judith Kay Boleratz, Michael Whisler Bowman, Jackqueline Harwood Bragg, Deta Raye Brogan, James Lee Broome, Dalton Reid Broyles, Lewis Glenn Buckland, Guy Lewis Burford, Shirley Jean Calhown, Wilma Mae Caudill, Eugene Edwin Chappo, Reba Jane Pittman Cline, James Harold Cole, Sharon Louise Coleman, Nancy Gaye Combs, Cecilia June Conner, Keith Lucille Cooke, Joyce Ann Cooney, June Irene Cooper, Virginia Rose Cox, David Lloyd Craig, Clela Jane Crawford, Glenna Jean Crawford, Antonio Manuel Cueto, Benjamin Von Daniel, Eleanor Sue Daugherty, Richard Harrison Davis, Margaret Ann Dunn, Marjorie Ann Edwards, John Franklin Estrada, Jr., James Joseph Fazio, Carol Ann Fearn, Franklin Delano Fekete, Frankie Marie Ferro, Don Jerry Fink, Barbara Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Margaret Rose Fitzpatrick, Phyllis Ann Fitzwater, Rebecca Ann Freeland, Clyde Morris French, Shirley Ann Garland, Gloria Lou Garten, Prudence Gaziano, Mildred Jean Gilliam, Leon Alva Goins, Shirley Louise Goins, Sandara Lee Goodall, Judith Lynn Griffith, Pauline Frances Grimes, Richard Allen Grubb, Robert Eugene Hancock, Norman Holt Harless, Jr., Clyde Douglas Harper, Jerry Lee Harrah, Maurnetia Harris, Ronald Lee Harvey, Judith Anne Hayes, Maynard Franklin Hicks, Brenda Sharron Holliday, Jimmie Gennell Houston, Cecilia Ann Hovanski, James Morris Hoye, Charlotte Ann Hunt, Frank McKinley Huston, Richard Brient, Hutchens, Larry Wayne Kesler, Margaret Ellen Kirby, Judith Evelyn Kobelia, James Warren Lawson, Nancy Ellen Lawson, Elizabeth Lee, Carol Ann Lewis, Nancy Hamilton Lewis, Fred Vivan Lilly, Orville Eugene Lilly, James Ethan Lowe, Cecil Jackson Luther, Wanda Marie Lyons, Anthony Joe Maddox, Billie Isabella Maddy, John Luther Maddy, Betty Jo Mahaffey, Robert Grant Mankin, Larry Martin, Lois Jean Maxey, Patricia Ann Maxey, Ted Curtis Maxey, Reba Ann McClaugherty, Emma Lou McComas, Wanda Vera McDaniel, Gene Raymond McElrath, Thomas Streibeigh McElrath, Mildred Louise McGoskey, Thomas Ray McKinney, Leonard Ray McNulty, Della Marie McQuillen, Carol Ann Meadows, Greta Mae Meadows, Jessie Meadows, John Norwood Meadows, Norman Richard Meadows, Retha Belle Meadows, Scotty Leon Meadows, David Lee Miller, Melva Ann Miller, Miranda Adair Mills, Joyce Ann Mize, Ann Louise Moore, Marlene Deloris Moore, Wyona Faye Morgan, Myrna Kay Morris, Vivien Mintle Moss, Elizabeth Gayle Mount, Rachel Pearl Mullens, Coy Lee Nicely, Jr., Russel Hill Nickell, Jr., Particia Louise O'Dell, Aubrey David Pack, Carolyn Sue Pack, Patricia Ann Patrick, Jackie Lee Payne, Sandra Ann Peraldo, Shelva Jean Persinger, Carolyn Dale Plumley, Effie Eleanor Plumley, Carol Ann Potts, Barbara Sue Quesenberry, Anna Marie Radford, Sue Ellen Redden, Marjorie Rea Redmond, Alice Fay Rice, Lillian June Richardson, Barbara Ann Riddick, Cecil Owen Riffe, Jr., Linda Carol Lawson Riffe, Margaret Christine Rogusky, John Griffin Roles, William Franklin Rose, Betty Louise Sanger, Glyndon William Sawyers, Graham Everett Sayre, Gary Lee Schiffer, David Ray Scott, Judith Ann Shumate, Lavone Joyce Skaggs, Gene Douglas Skiles, Carolyn Louise Smith, Ernest Wade Smith, Howard Wesley Smith, Jr., Robert Franklin Smith, Jr., Merry Ellen Snuffer, William Edward Snuffer, Margaret Carlyn Soltes, Larry Eugene Stafford, Errol Suthard Stokley, Richard Pierson Summers, Shirley Lea Sutphin, Joan Gay Swepston, Lorene Vivian Taylor, Wilma Joyce Taylor, Florence Ethel Thomas, Ruth Ann Thomas, Gloria Jean Thompson, Geraldine Ola Tolbert, Laura Sharolet Tolliver, Carol Ann Tyree, Joan Ruth Underwood, Linda Lou Underwood, Gloria Jean Vaughn, James Franklin Walker, Geneva Annette Wallen, Annette Yvonne Walney, Betty Jean Walton, Barbara Lee Warden, JoAnn Watson, Robert Douglas Wickline, Elizabeth Ann Wilbur, Virginia Florence Wilkes, Alice Faye Williams, Frederick Lee Williams, Larry Lee Willis, Shirley Jean Wooten, Willis Walter Wooten, Edna Maude Wriston and Kenneth Charles Zimmerick were among 343 clasmates who received diplomas.
July 6
Classmate Florence Ethel Thomas married John Denny of Sophia, West Virginia.
August 23
Classmate Brenda Gaye Jackson married John Thomas Thios, WWHS 1956. The wedding ceremony was performed at the Methodist Temple in Beckley. Brenda had just graduated from WWHS and Tom was a student at West Virginia University at the time of the marriage.
August 30
Classmate Sharon Louise Coleman married classsmate John Franklin Estrada, Jr.
December 26
Classmate Phyllis Marie Fakus married classsmate Gene Burton Wiseman.