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

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Year’s Sometimes her nickname Em. C. is pronounced to rhyme with bouncy and it’s easy to see why. For Emelyn Mills is an enthusiastic “doer.” She is never still whether it be at a ballgame or in the class¬ room where her inquisitive mind demands to know the answers to numerous questions. Of late, she has become enamoured of the theatre; indeed, she has directed class productions as well as acted in school plays. Pardon the cliche, but Cluster Springs Elementary School’s gain will surely be Halifax County High School ' s loss. After nine years of service to HCHS, Mr. Worth Hudson, administrative assistant and former agriculture teacher is leaving. Students knew him as the tall, slim gentleman who handled the bus problems and who, among other things, saw that the athletic teams had something to eat when they went on out-of-town games. Teachers knew him as a n administrator with a sympathetic ear for their problems. Everyone knew him as a friend.

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key words that encompass a successful year Individuality and teamwork are two words that encompassed the whole year, for school members accomplished their goals in all areas by working both individually and as members of groups. In the classroom students concentrated individually while contributing with opinions and oral reports to the class as a whole. In various clubs the individuals as officers led the whole club in its group projects. Individuals headed and worked on all the committees that went to make up the work of the organization. Each individual on the publications staffs per¬ fected his own little job so the editors, working together, could compile the whole project. Each individual instrument in the band and each individual voice in the choruses blended in to make the effect of the whole musical group. At the same time cooperation between the members of all sports teams provided the necessary teamwork without sacri¬ ficing the special abilities of each individual player. The newly organized Inter-Club Council showed the students’ awakening interest in teamwork, because each individual club joined in to plan the standards of all clubs. Each using his own individual method, teachers worked joint¬ ly to educate each student into a well-rounded person. Admin¬ istration, faculty, and finally the School Board cooperated with students to reinstate school-sponsored dances. Merchants cooperated tremendously with the school by advertising in school publications and employing DE and VICA students in their businesses. The cooperation of the Little Theatre, school, community and over 100 individual performers made Halifax Councy’s first musical a success. Cooperation between all the language clubs makes possible the big and helps plan the menu and program for the night. The banquet ends a language banquet at the end of each year. Each different club plans skits jointly-sponsored Language Week. V Teaching in his own individual way is Mr. Richard Fitz. Contents school life. 4 curriculum. 42 activities. 80 athletics.130 seniors.158 underclassmen.198 advertising.244 index.268 3

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history memorable for individual personalities The death of a beloved teacher is always a sad thing and this fall it was doubly so for Mrs. Mary McLaughlin was a master teacher and a great lady. No student who was in her history or government class or who went to her for guidance will ever forget her. She was an original, a true individual. Her like will never walk the halls of HCHS again. As the school’s newspaper The STAR said so aptly, “A great lady is dead and we mourn her passing.” ll If the seniors had been asked to name the two students they would remember most twenty years from now, Steve Cole and Becky Glover would have probably won hands down. They are people you can’t forget and it’s not just because they always acted the parts of clowns. Sure, they always came up with a silly quip and an amusing joke. Their latest “funny” was quoted from the classroom to the parking lot at the Dairy Bar. But they have much more going for them than quick wits. It’s something called personality. 5