Northampton County High School - Lighthouse Yearbook (Machipongo, VA)

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CLASS POEM Northampton High to us you have been, A very true and loyal friend. You helped us out when we were in need. To us you have been a friend indeed. Northampton High our friend so true. All our praises we sing to you. WeTl never forget the things you’ve done. To help us strive on’till victory is won Northampton High our friend so dear. We’ll think of you from year to year. Although it is time for us to part. We’ll always remember you with grateful hearts. Northampton High good-bye we’ll say. But we will think of you from day to day. So-long dear friends and a sad good-bye. Good-bye, Good-bye Northampton High. Composed by: Mabel Harmon ALMA MATER Dear Old Northampton to thee we raise Our humble voices to sing thy praise; Your hope and wisdom did fire our youth Blazing the pathway to light and truth. We’ll ever strive to bring thee fame Honor and glory shall be our aim We’ll revere thee. We’ll e’er be true To Alma Mater till life is through

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SEXIOR CLASS PROPHECY Good evening ladies and gentlemen; You are now tuned to Station WNCHS for the Lates Edition of the happenings of the “People You Know In the News.” We begin with the scoo of the year! I Miss Etta Ames, that glamorus model of Hollywood, is announcing her engagemer to that handsome hunk of “He-man,” Mr. Thomas Ames. She isn’t even changing her last name Miss Sadie Ames, the manager of the Pretty Girl Beauty Salon, is spending her time beautifyin cats and dogs. Miss Yvonne Baker who was so stiff in High School, is rising very rapidly t ' the top in ice skating. Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt this part of the Edition to bring yo this special bulletin! ! Miss Helen Bailey has finally won Mr. Joseph Satchell from the rest c the young women who were after his money. Miss Violet Bailey is suing Mr. George Custi because he says now that he is married to her, he doesn’t want a wife. Miss Catherine Brick house, who had so many boy friends back in 1955, has gone to the home for nervous Old Maids Miss Thelma Burgess has retired from the religious field and is studying to be a rhumba dancer Misses Lency Collins and Thelma Moses are running around and whooping. This is the resul of the Lockjaw Medicine which they thought was Slim X-Reducing Cocktail. Miss Sarah Finne is now a Physics teacher at the University of Chicago. Two of her students are Mr. and Mrs Norman Mapp. The present Mrs. Mapp is the former Miss Mabel Harmon. Dr. and Mrs Alvin Downing are vacationing in Paris. Mrs. Downing is the former Miss Mary Fisher. The were accompanied by their two year old twins, Micheal and Marcia, and their nurse Mis Hatterine Johnson. Miss Johnson has almost taken Dr. Downing from Mrs. Downing. Misse Mary Jenkins and Odelle Johnson and Messrs. Willie Armstrong and John Brisco are student at the Catch Me and Get Me College in Northeastern Whackback. Mr. John Jordan, a concer singer from downtown No Tune, Conn., has just been engaged to sing at the Opera House i Negro Hollywood. We wish him much success. Messrs. Frizzel Thomas, James Thomas, Leroy Wescott, Thomas Godwin and Loui George have just returned from a trip to Mass, where they experimented with plant life. The are known as the friendly men of Planet Mars. Misses Lorraine Hill, Elizabeth Harris, Naonr Nottingham and Mary Townsend have just opened a nursery for skunks. They said that sine no one else seems to want them that they would give them a home. Quincey Adair and As Sample are going to open a Charles Atlas School for small men. William Anderson, Rufu Bailey, Raymond Gunter and Joseph Brickhouse will be four of the new students. James Monroe Walter Beckett and Prince Hyslop are the “Big Three” in the basketball world. Misses Mar Nottingham Sarah Sunkins and Alice Reid have just opened their “No Curl At All” Beauty Salor It seems that when the customers leave they have more knots than before they went ther€ Mr. Judison Savage and Miss Shirley Poole have jumped over the broom and made it fina That was six years ago, and do you know that they have a dozen children. He says it is cheape that way. Helen Williams, Gladys Sample, and Ruth Stevens are all trying to win Mr. Wallac Wilson’s attention. He said “A little loving goes a long way.” Messrs. Bobby Jordan, Benjami Nottingham, William Bailey and Frederick Drummond were competing in the high jump matches The court was seven feet high, but Mr. Nottingham didn’t jump but five feet. He is very stif isn’t he? Professor and Mrs. William Morris, the newly wed, are honeymooning in Bermud; The present Mrs. Morris is the former Miss Shirley Usher. Miss Ida Stratton is very successful model; her most requested costume is the Bikii Bathing suit. Misses Sarah White and Ora Watson have ‘just returned from a trip around th world as “Good Will Ambassadors.” Mr. and Mrs. James Stevens have just opened a buzzar farm for all the people who cannot afford turkeys for Christmas. Mrs. Stevens is the forme Miss Iona Tolliver. Misses Gloria Smith, Elizabeth Sabage, Harriet Spady, Amanda Wrigl and Lucy Williams have just formed a professional hockey team. The odd thing about it is thj they play in the hottest months of the year. Can you imagine that, knowing how lazy they use ' to be Goodnight Ladies and Gentlemen. This ends our broadcast for the 1975 Edition of “Peop: You Know In the News.” This is your reporter, Baldy Hot Knots, saying good-by until 19 when we’ll bring you another Edition hot off the wave lengths.

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SENIOR CLASS WILL To Whom it May Concern: , , . We, the Graduating Class of 1955, feel that we have successfully completed our four years of training at Northampton County High. We hereby draw up our last will and testament. We have itemized each article that is to be given away in order to eliminate arguments after we have gone. u v. To our dear Alma Mater we leave our loyalty and our sincere promises to uphold tier name wherever we roam. t r. j To our wonderful parents, who have made possible all that we have accomplished, we say thank you for all that you have done for us in previous years, and in the years to come we hope to achieve goals that will make you very proud of us. . 4 .u • Jointly, we bequest to our. Principal and Faculty an abundance of gratitude for their patience, courage, and wisdom which contributed immeasurably to our present success and future hopes, To the Juniors, Freshman and Eighth Grade classes we leave our loyalty, our determin¬ ation, Euid our cooperative spirit hoping that they will thereby be successful in all their worth¬ while efforts. We also severally make the following bequest as a part of this will: Quincey Adair wills his ability to run track to Charles Harmon. William Anderson wills his shortness to Roger Jones. Thomas Ames wills his gentleman like manners to Cecil Joynes, Etta Ames wills her cuteness to Bertie Crawford. Sadie Ames wills her long hair to Christine Doggett Willie Armstrong wills his powerful arms to Emmitt Stines. Helen Bailey wills her glasses’to Gardenia Morris. Violet Bailey wills her large legs to Mary Della Giddens. Rufus Bailey wills his ability to dance and sing to Edward Morris, William Bailey wills some of his height to Roosevelt Satchell. Yvonne Baker wills her neat figure to Elsie Sample. Walter Beckett wills his ability to play end on the football team to Clifton Collins. u Joseph Brickhouse wills his mischievousness to Ennis Thomas. Catherine Bric ouse wills her lovely legs to Barbara Rogers. John Brisco wills his quietness and dignity to Charlie UDshur Thelma Burgess wills her quietness and dignity to Rudolph Moses. Lency Collinj wills her large legs and a few of her pounds to Carlethia Ashby George Custis wills hi beautiful white teeth to James O. Sample. Alvin Downing wills his ability to play basketball t( Avon Brickhouse: Sarah Finney wills her figure to Shirley Gray. Louis George wills his height to Otis Onley. Thomas Godwin wills all his girls to William Stoakley. Thomas Gidden. wills his romantic technique to Joseph Kellam. Raymond Gunter wills his large muscles t Ernest Cox. Mabel Harmon wills her dance step and small feet to Emily Jones. Elizabetl Harris wills her figure to Flourine Turner. Lorraine Hill wills some of her vim, vigor, an( vitality to Dorothy Burgess. Prince Hyslop wills his lovable ways with the girls to Willi. Upshumar figure to Eva Goodwyn. Bobby Jordan wills some of hi; hpiffht to Otis Onley John Jordan wills his calmness and coordination to Ora Spady. OdelL Johnson wills her musical voice to Ruth Talley. Norman Mapp wills all his rnedium size girl to Charles Beckett. Hatterine Johnson wills her lady like behavior Shirley Gray. Jame Monroe wills his sportsmanship to John Staten. William Morris wills his penmanship to Jame Allen Sample ThLma Moses wills a few of her pounds to Mary Custis. Benjamin Nottinghar wills his front teeth to Clifton Collins. Mary Nottingham wills her calmness and dignity t Parbara Rogers Naomi Nottingham wills her smile and nice ways to Mary Townsend. Shirle ?S?e wills her nearfigure to Helen Harmon. Alice Reid wills her figure to Dorothy Smith Agq qamnlp wiTls his moustache to William White. cTadys Samp le wills her smallness to Gloria Collins. Joseph Satchell wills his artisti ability to Rudolph Ames. Elizabeth Savage wills her sneaky eyes to Barbara Hill. Judiso sLage wills his number one girl to Cassel Davis. James Stevens wills his skillfulness i Dlaving baseball to Andrew Jackson. Gloria Smith wills her personality and Rufus Bailey DOTOthv Mapp Ida Stratton wills her shapely legs to Elizabeth James, llamet Spady will her sm all features to Thelma Talley. Sarah Sunkins wills her quietness to Otho Turner. Ion Tolliver wills her ability to make friends to Mattie Finney. Frizzel Thomas wills his abilil to olav basketball to Melvin Harris. Mary Townsend wills a fetv of her male friends to France ThomL James Thomas wills a few of his surplus inches to Susie Brisco. Shirley Usher wil her hair styles to Dorothy Fisher. Ora Watson wills her lovable personality to Luvenia llarmo Leroy Wescott wills his ability to play centerfield to Alvin Moses. Lucy Williams wills h. uYntU,,! hands and neat figure to Sallie Collins. Helen Williams wills her smile to Dorotl Sample Sarah White wills her hair styles and dimples to Callie Spady. Amanda Wright wil her athletic ability and hair styles to Dollie Carey.