Appomattox High School - Traveler Yearbook (Appomattox, VA)

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Nurse, May Shorter does a lot of paperwork. A Longwood graduate Linda Archer is a newcomer to the guidance field as well as being a newcomer here. Mrs. Archer counsels ninth graders. Doing a great job as our new SCA sponsor is Joyce Jamerson. She loves her new job beause she comes in contact with more students. Harriet James is known as a friend to all, especially within the senior class. Mrs. James is responsible for the Career Council as one of the sponsors. , be does a guidance secretary do? In Elaine Stubblefields case, it’s everything from typing transcripts to being a nurse’s “un- erstudy’. Hattie Hayes is enjoying her eighth year of being librarian. She likes to travel, read, and talk to others. a ig Wallis, better known as Major Wallis, is as busy outside of school playing “Old McDonald” on his 350-acre farm as in school. a a third year teacher of EMR’s, Bettye Williams is very fond of her students. Her spare time is spent trying new recipes and reading. ‘ Located in a sunny place in the school, Mrs. Ford, the TMR teacher, finds her job both challenging and rewarding. “What’s ina name,” former Miss Heising, kind of likes her new one — congratulations Mrs. Ford. Ann Robinson, who has a children of her own, fits the part of aide for the special education students. Mrs. Robinson is definitely Mrs. Ford’s “right-hand person.” Besides teaching art and sponsoring the art club, Wendy Richardson stays busy with night art classes and as a member of the Eastern Star organization. Dividing his time between the Middle School and this school, Frank Coffey teaches the band class. Mr. Coffey stays busy out of school with his own group “The Frank Coffey Quartet.” Teresa Quesenberry, is our talented chorus teacher. Although music strikes a big note in her life — she pursues other interests such as photography, needlework, and four-wheeling.

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MAKING IT WORK

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ee, ie . Leese THE GREGO TYPING WALL-CRART INSTRUCTOR banabobosbe |. o00ean0ees im = - Beery need - | | “AW oocooccsesg % ps Mrs. McCraw grades papers during her planning period. THE FACULTY. .. A senior class sponsor and English teacher is Harriette Beasley who has put in nine years in the county school system. Mrs. Beasley keeps her classes busy by saying, “Okay, let’s not talk and let’s get to work.” Sponsor of The Traveler yearbook staff, where she occasionally plays sergeant-in-arms, Brenda ‘Waldron also has the job of introducing the works of such men as Sophocles and Franz Kafka to her 12th grade students. A creative person, Miss Waldron is an accomplished artist and enjoys photography, play direction, and trips to Elon College workshops with her crew. As an English 11 teacher, Edwina Covington’s devotion to American literature doesn’t end at 3:05. Like the early pioneers in the works of James Fennimore Cooper, Mrs. Covington brings home the venison for the table, her first deer being killed in the 77 season. After student-teaching here last year, Ruth Cowan returned with a degree from Longwood to teach English 10 and 11. Mrs. Cowan enjoys playing golf and bridge, and also reading, especially the works of Benjamin Franklin. As a ninth and tenth grade English teacher, Linda Taylor spends most of her time teaching her students grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary. But Mrs. Taylor’s spare time is spent on the tennis court where she works at becoming another Chris Everet. Being a sponsor of the Raider Reporter isn’t the only duty Estaline McCraw performs. She also carries out the duties of a ninth grade English teacher. . . teaching students how to use good grammar and a wider range of adjectives and adverbs. At home Mrs. McCraw enjoys cooking and working in her garden. Joyce Sweet, who probably could have been Hollywood's next Liza Minelli chose instead to teach English 10 and journalism. She is also a sponsor of the broadcasting and newspaper staffs, and the drama club which loves to entertain its audiences “downstage”. Roman and Greek mythology, derivatives, basic sentences, and Latin paradigms are all part of Claudine O’Brien’s busy day as the Latin teacher. Miss O’Brien, whose middle name should be “travel”, has been to Rome about five times and also visited Greece early in the school year for the third time . Even though Marcella McKay is often mistaken for a student, she is definitely a member of the faculty as she teaches all the Spanish classes. Mrs. McKay is also sponsor of the Spanish club.