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

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. . . Foreword 1963- ' 64—this was the year that was for 1900 students, eighty teachers, and an entire community of parents and friends of education. It was an important year, a significant year, a learning year. It was a year of fun when friends met at dances, plays, and games, of responsibility when an honor code was instituted, of scholarship when more names than ever before appeared on the honor roll, and of tragedy when a president was assassinated. Here, within these pages of the HALISCOPE, the staff has tried to portray in words and pictures the classrooms, sports, activities, people, and life of Halifax County High School. We hope that we have captured for you the es¬ sence of the year that was 1963- ' 64. Tommy Elliott and Linda Ferrell look back on Halifax County High and remember the events of the year. 5

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Mrs. Freeda Akers After long hours of planning and rehearsal, there ' s nothing else to do but sit down and enjoy the Senior Class Assembly. Dedication . . . She ' s 1 not large—only about five feet, two inches, but Mrs. Freeda Akers is a bundle of energy. She has been a sponsor of the class of ' 64 from the beginning, when the present seniors were green eighth graders. And she is this year the chairman of the ten class sponsors. It ' s not necessarily an easy job. She has been called on to do many things: type play programs, help choose invitations, even straighten a boy ' s 1 tie. All this and she still finds time to be a fine teacher in the Business Education Department. How does she do it? We said she had energy; but she has more. She has charm and humor and industry and efficiency and patience. Need we say more? Only that she is our teacher, our coun- celor, our friend. Mrs. Akers spends one period in the main office, helping to see that everything runs smoothly.

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