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

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Napkin stuffers prepare for the big parade as arrives with Susan Fulp to reign over the activities Homecoming 74 actually began on Monday when we chose the Homecoming court and started building the floats. A feeling of anxiety was in the air and everybody couldn ' t wait until Friday. Every night at 7 o ' clock I would bundle up and ride over to the stadium. There was never any question as to whether I would go because I was the chief napkin stuffer (alias club president). We were always running out of napkins and those we put in on Tuesday were so dirty by Friday that they had to be replaced. Being a cheerleader, too, I was very busy during the week. As a tribute to the varsity players, I drew over 50 paper footballs which I put on each of the player ' s lockers. I also made a huge cloth banner on which the theme of Home¬ coming was placed. It read Comets Almighty Workin ' All Knighty, and we hung it on the press box. Finally Friday came and all of us who had worked on the floats during the week got out of class. Final touches were put on the floats and judging took place before the annual parade began. Susan Fulp was crowned as the 1974 Homecoming Queen at halftime and the rest of her court was recognized. The lights went out as the band serenaded the queen and the majorettes performed the tradi¬ tional fire baton routine. The game was really close and I cheered with all my strength for Comet victory. They did pull through in the last minutes to win the game, 21-14. Afterwards most everyone went to the annual Homecoming dance. I was so tired from cheering I could hardly dance but it was really fun. When my head hit the pillow that night, I was exhausted from a week of work, but memories of Homecoming 1974 will always remain with me. Keep on truckin ' . Although the varsity and JV cheerleaders didn ' t build a float for the Homecoming parade, they yelled to lift the spirit of players and parade watchers. Homecoming 25

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Royal beauties. The HorJ oming parade ends jwijh the Queen and her ctjurt including sophomores Darla Carrington and Bonita Oakley, juniors $us n Puryearand Geral he ' Lovelace and seniors ynthla Loaan, Queen Susan Eulp’and Vtrforja Blacky , . Knee tackle. As Wayne Claiborne runs for a few extra yards, he is pulled to the ground by a Cave Spring Knight in the Homecoming game won by the Comets, 21-14. Latin lovers. Members of the Latin Club gather behind the stadium for hours of fun and maybe a little work on their float. 24 Homecoming

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Talent show7 iftdeo, concerts tel ieve monotony Class Day and May Day assemblies postponed due to rain First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Agnes Marable sings the popular Roberta Flack hit during her portion of the talent show. Startled audience. Students watch in awe as Buffalo Bill cracks his whip as hard and as loudly as possible at the Rodeo Assembly. 26 Assemblies