January 1959
Sutton Blue Devils Trumple Buffaloes
Widen was beaten by the Sutton Blue Devils, Tuesday night, January 6, 1959, at Sutton.
The Buffaloes played a good game but didnt make enough points.
David Hamrick was high point man for the Buffaloes with 30 points; Kyle Barnette had 8 points; Dave Shaffer 7; and Jack Wilson both had 4 points and Tommy Napier had 1 point.
The highest scorers for the Blue Devils were Tolley with 24 points and Kitzmiller with 10 points.
Score by quarters:
Widen 7 10 15 10 — 42
Sutton 8 13 21 14 — 57
Widen Loses Again
The Widen Buffaloes Lost the fifth game of the year to Troy on December 16, 1958 at Troy. The score was 27 to 61. Tommy Napier came out high point man for the Widen Buffaloes with 8 points. Tommy Napier got 7 points; Ronald James, 6 points; Dave Shaffer, 3 points; Jerry Hamrick, 2 points; and Roy Wilson, 1 point. Filbert Taylor, Charles Barrett, and Gary Craft didnt score.
Seven boys out of the nine that played for Troy scored, but Butcher came out high point for Troy with 18 points. Royster got 15 points.
The Widen boys played a good game; if they keep up the hard work, they will win some games this year.
Alumni Beats Buffaloes
The Widen Buffaloes were beaten by the Alumni, Tuesday night January 6, 1959, in the first game of the year. David Hamrick came out high point man for the Buffaloes with 16 points; Kyle Barnette got 12 points; Tommy Napier racked up 6 points; Dave Shaffer hit for 5 points and Ronald James made 2 points. The rest of the team didn’t score.
During practice scrimmage, David Wilson pulled ligaments in his leg and cannot play until the Doctor O.K.’s it.
Presley (Potty) Morris and Emanuel Bego came out high point men for the Alumni team, both with 10 points.
Widen Buffaloes Lose To W. Springs Wildcats
The “Widen Buffaloes” lost the seventh game of the year to the Webster Springs “Wildcats” at Webster Springs on Tuesday, December 30, 1958, the last game of the year.
We hope to come out in the new year of 1959 and win some games.
David Hamrick popped in 15 points for the Buffaloes; Kyle Barnette scored 9 points; Tommy Napier racked up 6 points; Dave Shaffer and David Wilson 3 points; and Jack Wilson and Ronald James made 2 points each.
The “Wildcats” were ahead of the “Wildcats” with 20 points and Douglas was next with 17 points. W. Springs had 10 boys score.
The highest lead of the game of the Widen Buffaloes and Burnsville Buffaloes was 20 points in favor of the game. The Buffaloes had the first three points scored. And then they never caught up or led for the rest of the game. Dave Shaffer came out high point man for the Buffaloes with 12 points; Jerry Hamrick and David Wilson both got 7 points, Ronald James, 4 points; Jack Wilson, Tommy Napier and Victor Frame scored his first 2 points of the year. Charles Barrett and Roy Wilson didnt score. Conrad was high point man for the Bruins with 17 points.
The Buffaloes played a good game and they played with high spirits throughout the game.
Widen Buffaloes Edged Out By Walton Five
Walton beat the Widen Buffaloes played a good game as did Walton. The Buffaloes scored evenly with Walton in the first quarter; Walton outscored Widen in the second quarter by 8 points; Widen outscored Walton by 4 points again in the third; and Widen outscored Walton in the fourth quarter by 3 points.
David Hamrick was high-point man for the Buffaloes with 24 points; Kyle Barnette scored 11 points for the Buffaloes. Dave Shaffer made 5; Charles Lewis got 4; Ronald James made 3 points and Victor Frame and Jack Wilson got 1 point each.
Chandler was high scorer for Walton with 22 points and Abbott was next with 11 points.
But the Buffalo team hadnt fouled so many times they would have won their first game of the year.
Score by quarters:
Widen 12 9 18 20 — 53
Walton 6 17 18 17 — 58
In The Mail Box
Dear Sally,
The second semester of school has started and I must say I’m not too glad, and I hear we may have just eight months of school this year. Time sure does fly, doesnt it.
The Seniors are breaking the usual tradition of a senior trip this year. We all voted to stay home and have a “sneak day”. Well, so much for the seniors—wait, I have one more thing. The seniors received their pictures last week and all of them are very good (Example: me).
Do I ever have good news for the boys! The chemise is out of style, they say, and the girls will look like girls again. The style for this year is sheath, and I think down deep the girls are all tickled to death. I know I am because it didnt look a bit good in the chemistry lab.
My girl friend and I went to the West-East football game last Sunday in Pasadena, California. Widen was well represented, but West showed very good sportsmanship.
Our Christmas dance was really a success. All the girls were dressed charmingly and the boys had on their suits. They used their manners when we served light refreshments, and just took one sandwich when usually they take fifteen at a time.
Let me tell you what all happened last New Year’s Eve. Not this town was anything but quiet. I went to a party and had a very nice time, but when the clock struck twelve you could have heard the noise in Charleston. The boys were putting off cherry bombs, the men were shooting their guns, and the girls were screaming at the top of their voices. I didnt make any New Years resolutions because I knew Id break them. Did you make any?
Well, here comes the typing teacher and I’m not doing my typing.
Love Coed
Dear Joe,
January 9, 1959
Here it is again, snowing as usual. I sure wish you guys who live in the city could be out here in the country where you could get winter at its finest. Our Home Coming basketball game is getting nearer all of the time. Our opponent for the game is the Troy “Trojans” from Braxton County. The last time we played the “Trojans” they beat the Buffaloes by a score of 27-61. We have two more basketball players out this semester, so we should beat many of the teams we were beaten by last year. Here, the semester is over and we havent won any games yet but we still hope to win some this last semester.
Journalism class is still my favorite subject even if it is getting harder. They shouldnt have any ideas for the school paper. When the year first started we were all so fresh and full of ideas on every sort of thing that could be thought of for a school paper.
Some of the kids around here have been having a lot of fun being teased about walking humped over since they have been participating in Coach Stovers’ Physical Education Class, could they? I know I had my semester test in there was really a rough one.
Some of the teachers are getting pretty disgusted about putting chains on and then pulling them off again. They have to do it every time it snows!
The new typewriters that were purchased for the Commercial Department by the Clay County Board of Education, are sure good ones and the kids just love ’em.
The Journalism Class is all the time trying to get more ideas about every kind of news, that is to be written. If you ever see a reporter running around the school asking what you a “cootie” or an “inglenook” is, please dont report them to the cops or call them a communist or anything of that sort; because Mrs. Griffith has to have someone to put out the school paper.
My! havent people held up well during this sub-zero weather? No colds, no flu, no high temperatures, just no one is sick. The percentage of attendance this year is up to those of last years in our school. The students seem to have the urge to move more, or something has happened … SEE YOU SOON!
PROFESSOR GOON
