New Kent High School - Iliad / Cavalier Yearbook (New Kent, VA)

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Class of ’5 7 BEST LOOKING: Barbara Ashley Gary Richardson MOST POPULAR: Imajean Bowes Charles Mullen MOST ATHLETIC: Betty Parker David Boroughs MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: Gary Richardson Loretta Oates

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Favorites WITTIEST: Gratton Stephens Martha Randolph BEST DRESSED: Billy Richardson Loretta Oates MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT: Betty Parker David Boroughs BEST ALL-ROUND: Martha Randolph Charles Mullen

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Class History I was the first to reach the first grade classroom in September, 1945. Mrs. Hockaday greeted me at the door. Seven of the first grade pupils are my classmates today in the senior class. They are Frances Hawkins, Sandra Morris, Loretta Oates, David Boroughs, Billy Bowery, Gary Meade Richardson and Lin Smith. In the second grade under Mrs. Fisher, two pretty faces joined our ranks - Martha Jane Randolph and Barbara Ashley. In the third grade Miss Ward was our teacher and Marie Firesheets became a member of our group. Mrs. Peace taught us in the fourth grade. On the first day of school, I spied two new faces - Jimmy Perry, who had skipped a grade just to be with us, and Charles Mullen. My first day in the fifth grade was a confusing one. There were so many new pupils - Betty Parker, Steve Renalds, Jackie Anderson, Johnson Haley and Billy Richardson. In the sixth grade Mrs. Mears was our teacher. We went to Richmond on our class trip. Mrs. Peace was our teacher again in the seventh grade. This year, on the last day of school, all of us dressed in white to receive our diplomas and so graduated into high school. At the beginning of the eighth grade, Mrs. Reynolds was our homeroom teacher un¬ til just after half-term. Then the fun began! One teacher after another came to teach us, but we were just too much for all of them except Miss Hansel, who finally got the job. Our class president, Barbara Ashley, represented our class in the May Court. Imajean Bowes joined us in the ninth grade. We were really a part of the high school now and as our debut, on October 29, we gave our first party - a Sock Hop after the football game. Mr. Waldrop was our homeroom teacher and Charles Mullen, our pres¬ ident. Betty Parker represented our class in the May Court. In the tenth grade Mrs. Mears and Mr. Alexander were our homeroom teachers. This year Gratton Stephens and Aubrey White joined us. Betty Parker was president of our class and under her direction we undertook our biggest money-raising project; we sold drinks at May Day. Martha Jane Randolph represented the tenth grade in the fes¬ tivities of that day. The eleventh grade was the most fun, and the most hard work yet. Mrs. Phaler was our class sponsor and Charles Mullen, our president. Harry Lee Batkins had decided to stay back and become a part of the class and we were mighty glad to have him. On March 23, after weeks of practicing and partying we gave our Junior play, Don’t Be Bashful.” This year on May 4, the Juniors and Seniors of New Kent attended the most beautiful prom ever given. The theme was Hitch your Wagon to a Star. Loretta Oates represented our class in the May Court. As seniors, we sponsored the Corn Club banquet, sold refreshments at ball games, and gave a play, Everybody ' s Getting Married. All this activity was for raising funds for our New York trip. Barbara Ashley was Queen of New Kent’s first Homecoming. We leave you, fellow classmates, an accurate account of the happenings of the Class of 57, and hope that you may find the happiness and joy throughout your twelve years in school that we have experienced in working together as a team. We leave you now, only our great class, and I, as The Spirit of the Class of ’57, hope that these memories may all be pleasant ones.