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

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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

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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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First day establishes routine for new year It was a day of discovery; it was people, excited and alert, greeting old friends and deciding that the strangers didn ' t look too bad. It was August 29, the first day of school, the earliest that school had ever opened. To formally open the school year, students and faculty gathered in the stadium to hear Dr. Venable ' s welcoming speech, to note the do ' s and don ' t ' s for the year and to evaluate their companions and surroundings. Class rivalry was born as students competed for enthusiasm and volume in their cheers. The unquestionable senior victory foretold their dominance during the coming year. The first days of school were Seating chart blues. Students stand and wait to sit down while study hall teacher, Mrs. Joyce Thompson, assigns seats. Keep it. Kathy Gilliam reluctantly accepts from Mr. Gary Waynick her Latin textbook on the first day of class. 22 First day of school spent for the most part in homeroom, paying fees, filling out endless forms and sweltering in the heat. Soon, however, the students reported to their classes to meet teachers and receive books. Of course, it took a while for bewildered sopho¬ mores to find their way around with¬ out being caught by the tardy bell. The excitement of the first day of school gradually subsided into mediocrity. As newness faded away to be replaced by familiarity and even boredom, the freedom of summer was thought of with yearning. The end of the first week brought home¬ work, club meetings, sports events and new friendships. The routine for the remaining thirty-five weeks of school was established.