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

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SUMMER continued Final check. Making sure everything is in order, Jesse Spencer prepares to leave for the track. He competed in stock car races during the summer. U about Jill and Peg and then Anne and Claudette, it ' s time to sit back and take a well-deserved rest. Refreshed from the break, the whole day is then ahead to be used as seen fit. The swimming pool is a very popular choice. By the time the late-risers get there, things are already booming. Some people are swimming and some people are just watching the swimming. Card games and Cokes help fill up the afternoon. After the pool comes that famous time of day which is faithfully devoted to cruising around. Those who have jobs come home only to leave again; and pretty soon every¬ body is riding around looking for everybody else. Summer work does not necessarily mean a job to everybody. For many county residents, there is one big word to cover summer work. Tobacco Living on a farm may have its benefits, but working from six until six in a tobacco field is enough to make anybody wonder. Another big part of summer is vacationing. And that usually means the beach. But then, that was before Jaws. Filling it up. Jeffrey Oakes puts a final armload of freshly pulled tobacco on a sled prior to a trip from the fields to the barn. 20 Summer

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When summer comes it brings with it a little touch of magic which changes about 2000 folks from “students into just people. These people are from then until September blessed with the temporary privileges which mean summer: vacations, spare time, soap operas, being with friends. It really is not hard to get used to sleeping late. After practicing hard at it on the first schoolless morning, people become pros at it. From th at day forward, these people are seldom seen outside their rooms before noon. That ' s when the day really gets started because the best soap operas come on between twelve and one. After an hour of worrying (Continued on page 20) Cycle man. Lazy days give time for George Woody to keep in shape by riding his bike from South Boston to the school. July student. David Rose walks to summer school classes at eight in the morning long before some of his vacationing friends even get out of bed. Tanned designer. After weeks of frolicking at Myrtle Beach, Lisa Carden discovers that drawing layouts for the yearbook is more work than fun. Summer 19

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Summer practices. Comettes and majorettes begin to gather for an afternoon practice of routines they will use in fall and winter parades. Just cruising around looking for friends is summer pastime Summer 21