Essex High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Tappahannock, VA)

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We, the Class of 1955, of the Essex County High School, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament in form and manner as follows: To the School, we leave the examples we have set as worthy scholars and blameless stu- dents. To the Community at large, we bequeath the influence we have been for the honorable and the better things of life; our interest in music, in community programs and in charitable drives. To the Faculty, we leave our highest respect and indebted love. To the Junior Class, we bestow our richest treasures, our senior dignity, our ex- celling wit, our superlative brilliancy, our charming manners, our favor with the teachers, our excellent grades and our triumphant exit as the most outstanding class this school has ever had. To the Sophomore Class, we leave two more years of hard work, for we believe that it was hard work that enabled us to reach our goal. To the Freshman Class, we leave our fearlessness to tackle the job at hand and the courage to push forward. The Class of 1955, not willing to leave all of our possessions, take with us the most valuable of all, our love for ECHS. --Johnnie Mae Fortune Emma Hoskins

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ScnMX Sup llatW£4, Best All-Round Jean Dandridge Roger Brown Best Liked Bettye McGuire William Lee Most Studious Delores Washington Delaney Wright Most Business-Like Jacquelyn Roane Joseph Pendleton Most Attractive Joyce Gaines John Oneal Most Athletic Jean Dandridge Willie Blagmon. Most Talented Ruby Young James Gaines Most Sophisticated Johnnie Fortune Roger Brown jUwyicai Most Humorous Dorothy Golden Moses Epps The Quietest From Here to Eternity The Clock Every Night In the Week Crying in the Chapel Tipping In Why? Oh Why? My Song Dragnet I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night Strange Sensation You’re a Part of Me Here In My Heart Money Honey Cr y Loveliest Night In The Year Somewhere Along the Way - Entering Essex High Arriving at School on time Home Assignment Failed in a Subject L ate f or class Did I fail in English? Alma Mater Wanted in the Office Studying for Test Leaving for work or College • E.C.H.S. O ur love for Essex Buying graduation Necessities Failing to Graduate Graduation Night Finding a job after Graduation

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OFFICERS: Left to Right: James Gray-President, Grace Muse- Assistant Secretary, Barbara Taylor- Vice President, Betty Beale-Treasurer, Barbara Peterson- Secretary. FIRST ROW: Grace Johnson, Grace Muse, James Grey, Pauline Wilson, Joseph Noel, Dorothy Bundy, Rosetta Cauthorne, Harry Lee, Betty Beale, Luther Rollins. SECOND ROW: Harold Byrd, James Jackson, Lloyd Johnson, James Smith, Ann Jones, Charles Hill, Barbara Taylor, Mae Pearl Lee, Barbara Blagmon, John Blagmon, Barbara Peterson. THIRD ROW: Laura Morris, Cath- erine Ruffin, Gloria Smith, Beatrice Wright, Anna Pratt, Mary Hill, St. Claire Moody, Allen Wormly, Ruby Muse, Elizabeth Cauthorne, Mr. Richard H. Vaughan, Sponsor.