Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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SYLVIA PORTER PUTS ON ONE OF HER most pleasant smiles for photographer Dick Bruckse. Johnny Ellis holds the curtain to provide a smooth background for the honor graduate pictures. OUTSIDE READING AND RESEARCH AT Portsmouth Public Library consume much of Bill Spain’s time as he searches for answers to problems that are presented to him in Humanities class. “YOU BEGRUDGE EVERY BREATH THAT I DRAW . . . ” Lois Lemasters vehemently yells at Carl Barrett during a scene from the competition play “One of Us.” As these two :oss invectives at each other prior to the murder scene, Sandy Thomas, Diane Griffith, and Wayne Armstrong thoughtfully ponder the conversation taking place while Susannah Davis assumes a role of silence behind the husband-wife conflict. Student Life 17

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JIMMY FINNEGAN, Ken Lewis, Sumner Bell, and Andy Copley play and sing “Love Potion No. 9” during a Junior-Senior assembly. The Excels were one of two bands which per- formed. Pop Music” Bands Add New Twist To Assembly On the last Thursday of February the juniors and seniors were entertained by the same hootenanny which was given for the underclassmen in November. Two rock and roll bands added a new twist to the program. The Annual District Future Homemakers Conven- tion was held at Churchland on March 3. An as- sembly which was held in the auditorium was follow- ed by a banquet. Seniors who maintained a “B” average throughout high school had their pictures taken as Honor Graduates. With these and several other group pictures in March, work on the ’65 Trucker came to an end. Many teachers required second semester term papers, and the school and public libraries were visit- ed often by Churchland students. Throughout the year many students found the use of one of these libraries as a valuable aid in their work. The Thespian Club presented its one act play to the freshmen and sophomores in a mid-March as- sembly. This month was also highlighted by two sets of tests. On the d ay of the one act play presentation upperclassmen were involved in a National math test, and later many juniors foxmd themselves taking the National Merit Test to measure their individual achievement. SERVING AS REGISTRAR, CYNTHIA POLLARD takes ir easy as the delegates to the spring rally of the Elizabeth River Federation of FHA clubs sign in before the program; a tc 16 Student Life

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ARMY REPRESENTATIVE, SGT. GREENE, explains the ROTC program to Matt Williams at the second annual Career Night, while representatives of the Coast Guard and Naval Reserve look on. Springtime Events Bring Thoughts Of Graduation On March 10 Churchland High was the host for Career Night. Seniors were thus reminded early that they would soon be preparing for or entering into a profession. Other CHS students, as well as those from Cradock and Wilson, were given a chance to inquire abou t future job preferences. Later on in the month of an L.G. Balfour repre- sentative used the cafeteria facilities to fit jimiors for their class sings to be received in September. Several seniors staged a mock trial on March 25 for for freshmen and sophomores at their last assembly. They managed to convey an idea of actual court- room procedure while portraying a humorous murder incident. Warm weather marked the advent of spring sports. Track, baseball, golf, and tennis all began competi- tion in March and continued through May. June brought the last days of school and gradua- tion, but it was also a time of deep thought. Many students reflected on their achievement in the closing days of the school year and of the vast challenges lying before them; and to those who thought, came the realization that the never-ending cycle of chal- lenge and achievement was, is, and always will be an important factor in their lives. ONE OF THE MOST exciting moments of a person’s junior year comes with the placement of orders for class rings. Gail Forbes experiences her first feeling of pres- tige when she is fitted for her senior ring 18 Student Life