Song dedications 1958
Born to be With You - Mercitus Duncil to Johnny Adams; Unbroken Love - Emma Walker to Carlos Fugate; Love You Too Much - 'Squash' Enfusse to Fern Fulton; I Still Love You - Marty Blair to Madelyn Meyers; Loving You - Ella Yonts to Major Sparks; My Arms Are a House - Ella Mae Killen to Bob; Goody Goody - Coach Trosper to Jan; Still - Nelda Austin to Ted Collier; Chains of Love - Linda Pennington to Buddy Vance; I Want a Diamond Ring - Sarah, Janis, Donna, Wanda, Billie, & Pat; Once More - Christine Branham to Bob Boring; I'll Be True - Chris to Ivan; Could This Be Magic - Janice Webb to John V. Bentley; 'Til We Meet Again - Billie Amburgey to Greg; Come Back Baby - Carl Pigman to Joan Lewis; Little Bitty Pretty Ones - Billy Joe, Bob, Sonny, and Squash; Wear My Ring - Dan Sumpter to Jo Lark; You Are My Destiny - Juanita McCloud to Otho Bentley; Chances Are - Dallas Fields to Billy Harlow; Why Don't They Understand - Marsha Kincer to Burkey Fields; It Won't Be Long - Bob Stansberry to 'Whoever she is' ; That'll Be the Day - Lois White to John Compton; You Send Me - Fol Moretz to Arvil Hoskins; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - 'Someone' to Gary Kincer; You Bug Me Baby - Betty Lou Oliver to Charles Cook; I'm Available - Miss Raleigh, Miss Dugan, Miss Stamper; How Many - 'Junebug' Day to all the girls; Wedding Bells - Shelby Wright to ???; Only You - Wanda Rogers to James Reynolds.
Basketball report 1958
WHS vs. Carr Creek — The Jackets were defeated by the Carr Creek Indians at the Whitesburg Gym by a score of 38-36. Carr Creek was led by their fine guard Jim Calhoun who threw in 20 points for high scorer of the night. Sonny Webb dropped in 12 points in a losing cause.
WHS vs. Carr Creek — The Jackets were defeated by the Carr Creek Indians at the Whitesburg Gym by a score of 38-36. Carr Creek was led by their fine guard Jim Calhoun who threw in 20 points for high scorer of the night. Sonny Webb dropped in 12 points in a losing cause.
WHS vs. Jenkins — The Jackets met defeat once again at the hands of a surprisingly strong Jenkins team. Whitesburg jumped into the lead and held it most of the game until the last two minutes. Jenkins took the lead and froze the ball to win the ball game, 40- 39. Jenkins's big man was guard Emory Smallwood with 15 points. Marty Blair chipped in 13 for Whitesburg.
WHS vs. Hindman — The Jackets journeyed to Hindman to be defeated there by a score of 71-69 in an overtime period. Hindman led by five points with two minutes to go. Whitesburg, with Darrell Stidham leading them, came charging back to tie up the ball game to send it into an overtime. Darrell banged 24 points through the nets to lead Whitesburg. James Moore of Hindman was high point man of the night with 33 points.
WHS vs. Hazard — Whitesburg ventured to Hazard to meet defeat for the fourth time in a row by a score of 69-62. Whitesburg started strong with their new boy Branson showing the way. But Branson collected 4 fouls in the first half and that hurt WHS. Hazard took advantage of this and increased their lead. Marty Blair collected 22 points for Whitesburg. Baker and Smith were the big guns for Hazard.
Homecoming Queen 1958 - Betty Hamilton.
Yearbook Staff- Layout Staff consisted of Carol Hall; Typists, Billie Amburgey, Janice Bentley, and Arnold Kiser; Layout Editor, Anne Lewis; Copywriter, Carol Brown; Editor in Chief, Janice Fleenor; Advisor, Jan Trosper; Advertising managers, Rosemary Collier, Dan Polly; Artist, Pat Fultz.
The Black Kat Staff consisted of Glenna Wampler, Barbara Trent, Billie Amburgey, Janice Bentley, Vina Stamper, Donna Spangler, Santa Carol Hall, Christine Sumpter, Jacquelyn Collins, Sylvia Owens, Georgette Day, Bob Stansberry, Sonny Enfusse, Sonny Webb, Sarah Hall and Anna Statzer.
Honors on the Hill - We, of WHS want to take off our hat to the winners of the Honors on the Hill this year. Anne Lewis displayed her literary skills when she won the Conservation Essay contest in the school and in Letcher County. Sylvia Owens proved her ability as a homemaker when she won the Betty Crocker award. The energetic winners of the senior magazine sales were Janice Bentley with $201, Mary Sue Raleigh with $101, and Anne Lewis with the chance prize of a camera.
(The information for this column came from an article written by Pat Gish in The Mountain Eagle, The Lexington Herald Leader, The Black Kat newspaper, and the Whitesburg High School Yearbook)
