Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Reigned Over Ode Homecoming 3estivities Plow ' Em Under”, the float of the FFA, was the first place winner at Homecoming. The D.E. float was runner-up. Homecoming queen Ginger McKinney and her court, consisting of (left to right) Bonnie Lester, Nance Saunders, Sharon Palmer, Sandra Beale and Joanna Chaffin, wave to bystanders watching the H o m e- coming parade. 25

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Queen Qinger McKinney A bevy of beautiful girls on the National Honor Society float wait for the Homecoming parade to start while students in Roman attire wait for the Latin Club float to arrive. Ginger McKinney is crowned Homecoming Queen by Principal J. Marshall Swanson. Alumni found a queen, Ginger McKinney, and her court, a parade, a dance, and a foot¬ ball game to welcome them when they return¬ ed for Homecoming, 1960. The parade in honor of the queen was sponsored by the cheerleaders who also built a special float for her. These floats were paraded through South Boston and on the football field in honor of Queen Ginger and her five attendants, Bonnie Lester, Sharon Palmer, Nance Saunders, Joanna Chaffin, and Sandra Beale. The winning float, Plow ' em Under, depicted a foot¬ ball field and two players, a victorious Comet and a defeated V.E.S. player. In the rear of the float was a boy operating a plow. Following the Queen ' s coronation by Principal J. Marshall Swanson, Billy Vanney and Dickie Walton, co-captains of the foot¬ ball team, presented Ginger with a bouquet of red roses and a football autographed by the team. Ginger McKinney and her court were honored at a victory dance following the game in which the Comets defeated the Bishops, 9-0. 24

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Assemblies Were Obe Most Original Sver Traditional at H.C.H.S. are the class assemblies. This year each class present¬ ed perhaps the best and most original pro¬ grams ever. The Eighth Grade Class staged a minstrel show filled with jokes and good talent, while Tucker Watkins was crowned Miss America in the ninth grade assembly, a satire of the annual beauty pageant at Atlantic City. Other features included songs, dances, and monologues. The Sophomore Class should be credited for spending the most time on its assembly. The Can-Can girls spent their afternoons for two months getting into shape. Dancarama, which traced dancing from Eve to Lola, was the first assembly ever presented at night. A Womanless Wedding” was featured by the Junior Class. Big Daddy Fears and Garland Ricketts were the lucky couple while Mike Cates, the maid-of-honor, stole the show with his slinky walk. The seniors staged their assembly as a New York nightclub, complete with celeb¬ rities, band, and girls. The chorus line, composed of thirteen girls, danced a cha- cha and also a Charleston. The marriage of Garland Ricketts, groom, and Big Daddy Fears, bride, with Tommy Snow as the minister, highlighted the eleventh grade assembly. The tenth grade assembly began with a scene from the Garden of Eden with Jim Marilla as Adam and Candy Canada as the serpent. Pam King does Salome ' s Dance of the Seven Veils in the tenth grade assembly. 26