Northampton High School - Torch Yearbook (Eastville, VA)

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The Class of 1962 is honored to dedicate this edition of the Torch to Mr. J. Lester Parks, whom we love for his high principles and his kindly interest in his students. 5

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Through the ages, man has been grateful for the gift of life. Primitive as well as more advanced civil¬ izations have developed ways of worship, praising, and glorifying the Giver of Life. To the young and to the old, life is very precious. Since life is so precious, each being should be happy to spend his time of life wisely and productively. To do so requires insights, understandings, and preparation. While young, we need to make ourselves ready for a competent and useful middle and old age. The school can help, but the desire and drive have to come from within. There must be will power strong enough to avoid the waste of spending time on trivia. Each has to be able to choose the essentials and to forego the incidentals. People are equal only in the amount of time each has each day. As adulthood ap¬ proaches, good habits in the use of time should have been developed. And as we pass on to the golden days of our lives, these habits should be more firmly fixed so that at the end we can be truly and sweetly grateful for having lived. Superintendent 4

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Im hUnUUK ADMINISTRATION Mr. William F. Lawson, Jr. Superintendent of Northampton County Schools Mr. B. Gordon Wescott Elementary Supervisor Mrs. Caroline U. Walker General Supervisor Miss Helen E. Lowe Clerk of School Board Mrs. Gertrude B. Meek Secretary Mr. Philip B. Tankard Principal Mr. J. Lester Parks Assistant Principal Mathematics Miss Margaret C. Scott Librarian Miss Phoebe E. Windecker Clerk Miss Jean K. Collins English Mrs. Margaret C. Holland English and Social Studies Mrs. Laura W. Nottingham English Mrs. Loretta W. Smalley English and Guidance Miss Lila N. Jacob Foreign Language Mr. R. Leland Wyatt, Coach Social Studies and Mathematics Mrs. Ann C. Turner History Mrs. McKay B. Borden History