Class of 1940
Name: Eddie Swillinger
Class of: 1940
Now living in: West Bend, Wisconsin 53090-8964
Date: Thursday, September 08, 2005
Comments: Often think of happy days at WWHS. Tried unsuccessfully to find out what happened to John O. (Buster)
Smith and to Melvin Wood and his sister (Laura Belle Wood) who was on the faculty. Cousin (Ray Morris) played for the
Flying Eagles, became a member of the Beckley Police Department, transferred to the Moundsville and then to some place in Texas.
Thanks For Any Information
Name: Sherrill D. Irwin
Class of: 1940
Now living in: Greenville, NC
Date: Sunday, April 04, 2004
Comments: Does anyone know where Mayo Smith is now? I would love to find him! I married Madge Bowling, Graduated
in 1940 also. Madge died in 1998. We had been married for 56 years. I retired from the Barber and Beauty
Supply business. I have three sons, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. My address is 223
Leon Drive, Greenville, NC 27858. Phone # is:
(252)758-2689.
Name: Andy Hajash
Class of: 1940
Now living in: Largo, Florida
Date: Monday, May 12, 2003
Comments: I would have graduated in 1940 but on Dec. 9, 1939 I decided to quit school and join the Army. I was sent to
Panama Canal Zone where I spent 3 years and 9 months. Would have returned to the U.S. after 2 years but the war
broke out so I was kept there longer than expected. I finally returned to U.S. only to be sent to the European Theatre
of Operations. I ended up in Germany. I was wounded on March 1, 1945, received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Name: John Graham
Class of: 1940
Now living in: Deceased
Date: March 2, 2001
Comments: looking for his wife: "Cherokee Sue" I need her birth name.
She had a sister by the name of Kathleen, she is my grandmother who died
when my mother was only six.
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Name: Leon Operchuck
Class of: 1940
Now living in: Long Beach, California
Date: Feb. 11, 2001
Comments: I would like contact with anyone in my graduating class, is there
anyone out there.
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