Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Heaving a sigh of relief, Pete Roehrle smiles at finding her blood pressure to be normal. ‘FIRST’ TO ‘AID’ School nurse, Mrs. Myra Hastings, has been an important part of the Kecoughtan staff for fourteen years. Among the many services she performed for students were testing their eyes and weighing them at the beginning of the school year. Always prepared for emer¬ gencies, Mrs. Hastings kept a file on every student ' s medical history. Much of her time was spent dispensing first aid for cuts, bruises, and minor illnesses. She also worked with the Dean of Girls, Mrs. Shir¬ ley Booth, to provide a rest area for stu¬ dents returning to school after long illnesses. In addition to helping students with medical problems, she found time to help with personal problems. Among her hobbies were golf which she played often with her husband, sing¬ ing, and cooking gourmet delights. During her years at Kecoughtan, Mrs. Hastings proved herself to be a friend as well as nurse to the student body. Proving the statement posted behind her, Mrs. Myra Hastings efficiently dispenses with one of her varied responsibilities. 18-FACULTY

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MONEY MATTERS What was bigger than a bread box and held everything from Certs to poster board? The Kecoughtan bookstore, of course! Before school and between classes, stu¬ dents rushed to the bookstore to buy pa¬ per, pencils, pens, erasers, china mugs, hats and candy. When Mrs. Alese Evans, bookkeeper and manager of the bookstore, was not busy with the selling of items, she also had the added task of keeping club bookwork organized. Helping to make business flow more smoothly, student aides assisted Mrs. Ev¬ ans by stocking items, selling merchandise, and providing change for the drink and snack machines. The bookstore was an integral part of the lives of students and teachers, who dashed in and out of the bookstore all day. or Make sure you get the money first, mutters Ben Copeland to dering the package of paper to Karen Newsome. Dorene lones as he debates on surren- Closing-up shop after a busy day, Mrs. Alese Evans prepares to depart from her bookstore station for a quiet evening at home. FACULTY-17

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Changing faces characterized the annu¬ al staff as editors, copy editors, and staff¬ ers graduated in June to broader hori¬ zons-year after year after year. Yet one solitary figure stood stfong against the barrage of colege plans, job opportuni¬ ties, military transfers, ahid summer vaca¬ tions. Holding the staff together for days and sometimes weeks after the final school be! sounded, sponsor Mrs. Sophia Romano coordinated meetings and photo sessions in a supreme effort to finish an¬ other yearbook successfully. After almost a decade of service to the school as a yearbook sponsor, Mrs. Romano was a veteran to be admired. At this point in the book ' s production, the months of work during the school year and the pile of typed copy and cap¬ tions that had been completed, were visi¬ ble only to the hidden eye of memory. The early awkwardness of getting to know the abilities of each staff member was almost forgotten as the atmosphere of teamwork pervaded every nook and cranny in Room D-4 Smoothing the wrin¬ kles and creases of controversies over headlines, meeting dates, and page num¬ bers, Mrs. Sophia Romano kept the Tomahawk machine well-oiled and run¬ ning efficiently. i Unplugging the lighttboard and the worn-out typewriter for the last time, somehow Mrs. Romano ' s energy was not quite exhausted. Rather than making the plans for next year ' s senior portraits, as she had so often done before, this time she simply smiled and offered tired staff¬ ers a last ride home.