Bath County High School - Lance Yearbook (Hot Springs, VA)

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BCHS TO EVERY THING THERE IS A SEASON AND THIS IS OURS! September Once again the halls of BCHS were alive with students, ready to begin another school year. This ’72-’73 year would be the first for some and the last for others, but at this point everyone’s mind was basically on the same things — finding homerooms, fixing schedules, buying books, and getting to know new students and teachers . . . SCA held an election of officers before the entire student body and Dean Clifton was chosen as SCA president. Return to School SCA Elections October Football Season Begins The sports season got off to a start with the beginning of both football and girls’ basketball . . . FTA sponsored a College Day for Juniors and Seniors . . . Terry Colaw was chosen as queen of the 1972 BCHS Homecoming. Homecoming ’72

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DEDICATION 1973 LANCE the Class of 1973, humbly acknowledge the services and friendship given to not only our class, but to every student at Bath County High School, by two of our most devoted faculty members. Always ready to help, both teachers have done whatever they can to assist students in their daily lives and help prepare them for the future. WE, with sincere gratitude, the 1973 LANCE is hereby dedicated to the two people we feel have “reached out and touched” our school with their lives and their love. THEREFORE, MISS ZONA LANDES AND MR. WILLIAM DAVIS 3

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To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to reap; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. (Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8) This was a special time at BCHS. Oh, some may look upon it as just like any other year, with a few special achievements here and there . . . but it was more than that. It was a time of hard work and planning for teachers, a time of hard study for students, a time of hard play for the “Charger teams, but most of all, in all this work, study, and play, it was a time for growing — growing in understanding and knowledge of ourselves and our world. Yes, it’s true that each year students have grown from many of the same experiences that we had, but there is one factor that made this year different from all the rest and very special to us . . . you see, it was our year ... it was our time. November Eighteen-year olds got to vote for the first time in a presidential election . . . Mock elections were held in classes . . . Freshmen s ponsored a beauty (?) pageant . . . SCA painted “Charger” on wall in the gym and had a juke box put in the cafeteria. December Christmas Pageant Band and Chorus gave a Christmas Concert . . . Boys’ basketball season began . . . Junior class rings came . . . Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y presented their annual pageant “A King Is Born” . . . Seniors sponsored the Christmas Dance . . . Miss Landes’ homeroom won first place in Door Decoration Contest. Basketball Class Rings Arrive