Book: Wintersville Citizen

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VOL.        23                                       THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 - TWELVE PAGES                                      $5.00 per year 10


THE


AFTERGLOW


CLEAN UP-PAINT UP

     And KEEP IT UP


go home? If ...QY  c. a't re-
member oerhaps you have be-
come too old in spirit to
appreciate this story!- If you
can   remember wanting     to
"'dance all night"; if. you
can still recall having danced
all night and still wanting to
go on somewhere for break-
fast, then   you know  the
exciting  feeling- of antici-
pation  of a Junior-Senior
High School Prom.
  Friday  night, May  15th,
when the dance band at the
Wintersville  Junior-Senior
Prom plays Home Sweet Home,
Goodnight Ladies or what
ever dance_ bands play Ahese
days to signal the party's
over, there will be someplace
for the happy, young people
to go! Young men. and women
in their party best will troop
into cars and drive directly
to   the. Jefferson   County
Sportsmen's   Club.   There,
chaperoned by adults, they
will dance, eat and have fun
till four o'clock in the mornm
ing! Appropriately, indeed,
they call-this pre-dawn party
the Afterglow,
  In 1955 a group of 90 High
School students solicited the
co-operation of the Winters-
ville Chamber of Commerce
in initiating  an Afterglow
party. Many local organizations
climbed upon the band wagon
with the Chamber of Commerce
and the first party was held
in the CIO hall. "Buckey"
Walters chairmaned the affair
and it was a huge success,
In   subsequent years Mrs.
Chris Hukill, Mrs. Ray Conn
and Mrs. Carl Roberts have
served   as   chairmen. The
parties have been held in the
Weirton   Community   Center,
the Elks and Masonic halls,
as well as the Sportsmen's
Club. Attendance has mounted
each year as parents have
learned of the care taken to
insure a happy, safe After-
glow.
  The committees have learned
  by trial and error but have
  batted an incredible average
of success! There has never
been a "disturbance" at an
Afterglow party.


  There has never been an
  accident traveling to and
  fro, This year's chairman,
  Ruth Roberts says, "The
young people are so manner-
ly." The nearest to a disaster
any Afterglow guest has ever
come-happened the night one
belle's evening gown came
apart at the seams and there
was' a frantic call for safety
pins! Safety pins have been
standard  equipment   ever
since!,
  Letters, over Mrs. Robert's
  signature,. have gone out to
parents   spelling  out the
details and the cost of this,
y-ears 'party. -Admission is
$1.00 .per person, wh-ich in-
.cludes all you can -'eat!
  The' rules are rigidly en-
  forced,: They are quite ex-
  plicit. Mr. -and' Mrs. Delbert
  Vance and Mrs. Chris Hukill
  see to it that every cou ple is
  signed in as they arrive. I o
  couple is permted to leave
  and then return. When they
  depart they are required to
  sign out. Chaperones  are
  drawn from the parents of the
  Prom students,
  Mrs. Roberts states that
  every effort is made to use
  local music. Now and then,
  however, out-of-town bands
  have been engaged. One year
  Herb Allen came from WKWK
  in Wheeling. Wayne Van Dyne,
_WSTV ._ broadcaster,  played
another year. Jim Crawford,
a local youth, now in New
York,. also beat the band. The
Twilighters, with Frank Cich
directing, will enliven this
year's Afterglow with their
dance music.
  Food is of the essence,
  of course, and has become
  standard! Way back in 1955
  the young people decided
  they would like to have--fried
  chicken "in the basket" and
  french fries! Their sponsors
  went along with the idea-to
  their sorrow!   Crates   of
  chicken  arrived  but   the
  chickens, alas, were  not
  fully dressed! "We picked
  pin feathers  and   cleaned
  chickens till we were blue


"r rom then on we cian-t ask
'What they wanted!"
  This -writer wasn't so sure
  the adults chose any better
  the following year. .Can you
  envision Sloppy  Joes and
  evening, gowns? Of course;
  there were roasters of hot
  dogs, tool.
  Even adults must- live and
  learn. From   that" evening_
  on the menu has been fixed.
  Afterglow party goers may
  have all the pop and all the
  baked ham sandwiches they
  can consume!! They also can
  stuff on potato< chips and
  nibble on pickles and olives.
  Everything is all set for
  this year's Afterglow. There
  will be no changes. Oh, the
  beat of the music may be
  reminiscent of the Beatles
  and there may be some new
  dance development but the
  Afterglow party will hue to
  the line laid down in 1955.
  Thanks to a large group of
  dedicated citizens - after the
  Prom is over Friday night,
  Wintersville youth will have
  somewhere safe to go!


  No Fire Permits-Cost
  A fire set to a demolished
  garage by Eugene Groves,
  507 Main Street, Wintersville
and   Wm   W. Johnson.. 28L
.Lorain Ave., Cleveland proved
costly. They were cited into
Mayor's Court of Wintersville
for failure to obtain a fire
permit from the Fire Chief.
of the Village.
  Since the dry season is
  approaching, fires of consider-
  able size and little ones too
  should be within the law.
  Any type of burning, unless
  in a proper container, should
  be approved and a permit
  issued by Chief Ekey. Perf
mits .may  be .a.btained at.
his  residence, 510  Main
Street Wintersville.
  The   person  obtaining   a
permit is noLtheebv released.
from any liability for damages
such fire may cause, nor
from observing each and every
provision of the laws of Ohio
concerning torest tires,


Mayor Thomas Albaugh member of the Betterment Committee
shown presenting Jerry Battista the aw.,rd for the winning
Clean Up Slogan sponsored by the "Wintersville Citizen".
Jerry, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Battista of
R.D 4 is a pupil at the Blessed Sacrament grade school, he
belongs to Boy Scout Troop 2. Jerry has two brothers and
one sister. The Clean Up Slogan----PAINT UP- CLEAN
UP-AND KEEP IT UP.


     DUST    -   Is This A      Losing     Battle?


Mrs. Floyd Goff of 228 Woodridge Avenue is shown pro-
testing the condition of the road. She started her sit in at
9:30 anm. and had traffic tied up both ways, until the Police.
removed her from the road. She says she will do this every
morning to protest against the dust. Mrs. Goff claims that
the dust is ruining the interior of her house, and the out-
side is a mess. She said that the taxes we pay are outrageous
when we can't even get oil for our road. She also said,
"I'm a peaceful woman, but this is too much".
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