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

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Winner. Earning top honors in the door decoration contest is the homeroom of Mrs. Ellen Clardy. The art teachers were the judges. Door covering. Wanda McCargo cuts red paper letters to go on the door decorations for her homeroom. Musical salute. The Camerata performs in ‘“A Christmas Festival.” The advanced band also participated. Several hundred people attended the concert. For everyone. For the first time ever, the SCA put its tree outside so both students and passersby could enjoy the Christmas lights. Holiday names. They are both named Holly and maybe that’s why they (Barden and Neece) were selected to trim the Christmas tree. Christmas 29

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Happy hug. Sometimes known as Coach Fred Palmore, Santa Claus asks a little friend what she wants for Christmas. Sharon Gentry is Santa’s helper during the assembly. Christmas dolls. In the Drama Club skit, Penny Powell and Amy Frakes portray dolls that come to life. Christmas fills halls | Santa’s assembly visit begins holiday season 28 Christmas Christmas: the most eagerly anticipated holiday on the school calendar. A week before the Christmas break began, the air filled with excitement, joyous sounds and delicious smells. On the ground floor Mrs. Glennis Greenwood and the other home ec. teachers taught students to bake Christmas cookies. The tempting aroma floated all the way to the top floor where Mrs. Ashby Cothran and the Camerata were rehearsing. When the SCA announced that a door decoration contest would be held and that the lucky winning homeroom would get to go to the head of the lunch line for one week, glue, scissors, glitter and red paper appeared at once. Themes ranged from the three wise men to Rudolph. Mrs. Clardy’s homeroom was the winner. The holiday festivities were capped with the annual Christmas Assembly. The band and Camerata filled the gym with music and the Drama Club performed a skit. When the boys in the club, dressed in long johns and tutus, crashed out of a huge Christmas box and performed a ballet, the gym roared with the loudest, longest laughter of the year. Santa’s visit, thanks to Coach Fred Palmore, ended the assembly on a happy note. When he left the gym with his jolly “Ho! Ho! Ho!’ floating in the air, the holiday season had really begun.

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a Trend includes trips to D.C., Spain A trend for clubs seems to have taken hold. Trips! Short trips, long trips, trips to dif- ferent states, even trips to dif- ferent countries helped to sup- plement material that had been taught in classes and provided a little entertainment. The Latin Club was active all year long taking their annual trip to the Latin Convention held in Washington during the winter. Later several members and Miss Judy Owen, the Latin Club sponsor, struck out on another trip, this time to New York City. While in New York, they visited the usual tourist at- tractions and examined a Pom- peiin exhibit. The HI-Y and Tri-HI-Y had a busy year. Eventful ski trips filled the winter months, while the Model General Assembly in Richmond and a trip to Virginia Beach provided some spring entertainment. The longest and most Theatre trip. The Drama Club went to Richmond to see the Virginia Museum Theatre's production of “Private Lives.’” Penny Powell turns to speak to a friend on the bus ride up. 30 Club Travel Early tan. On the Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y beach trip, Amanda Farmer, Janet Johnson, Charlie Lambrecht and Steve Bandy relax by the pool and get a head start on a summer tan. eventful trip of the year was a nine day trip to Spain, taken by 10 students and two brave chaperones during the Easter holidays. Besides the ex- perience of visiting a foreign country, there was the added plus of going by plane. The reactions to this experience were varied. While Miss Vrbanic strapped herself to the seat, got out her rosary and closed her eyes, some eagerly watched the view from the win- dows as engines began to roar and ears began to pop. Once in the air there was nothing extraordinary about the ride, but the view was amazing. Even though it was night, there were certain things to be seen that one would not have seen during the day. For instance, can you just imagine seeing the sparkling lights of Philadelphia from the air, the sun come peeking from behind white, fluffy clouds right beside you at 30,000 feet, the outline of France against the bright blue water of the Atlantic Ocean or thousands of acres of olive trees spread out in geometric rows? That was only the beginning of what was definitely an ‘“ex- perience.” The next nine days were filled with sightseeing in city after city from Madrid to Cordoba to Seville to Granada to Torremolinos and across the Strait of Gibralter to Tangier in Africa. Museums and tours during the days and a flamenco show and discos at night made the trip memorable. So, if you like to get away from home and travel, maybe you should join a club!.