Northampton High School - Torch Yearbook (Eastville, VA)

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Chess Competitors Fascinated Playing against Pres Trower, Tommy Palmer fianchettoes his bishop as Chip Manuel watches. The N. H. S. Chess Club, under a new sponsor, Mrs. Mary Shannonhouse, this year expanded both its activities and its membership. Besides providing members with opportunity to compete with people whom they would not normally meet, the Club instituted a tournament to,determine the Club Champion. The Club has also begun a library of chess books to enable members to study the games, strategy, and advice of masters of the game. The Chess Club officers, Bill Mason, vice president; Bill Alford, president; and Frank Bell, secretary-treasurer, were chosen because of their enthusiasm for the game. A i FIRST ROW: Ann Charnock, Sue Pruitt, Carmen Novoa, Bill Alford, Francine Mathewson, Frank Bell, Billy Mason, Christine Bell, Deborah Chandler, Ellen Farlow; SECOND ROW: Donna Walker, Cheryl Walker, Tommy Bonniwell, Ricky Mathews, Robert Eder, Eddie Farlow, Preston Trower, Danny Kellam, Hubbard Mayhew, Chip Manuel, Eddie Gibb, Reese Smith, Kendall Hollingsworth; THIRD ROW: Ricky Scott, Andrew Stitt, Martin Burgess, Ned Alford, Duane Phillips, Allan Daughtery, Billy Bell, Henry Floyd, Tommy Palmer, Jimmy Payne; FOURTH ROW: Dennis Bradford, Garry Drummond, Wade Fitzgerald, Dennis Mathewson, Wil¬ liam Magette. Clubsr-20

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FFA Projects Sharpen Abilities FIRST ROW: George Scott, Billy Carpenter, Donald Down¬ ing, Luther Mears, Charles Ames, Charlie Cox, Wade Powell, Eddie Smith. SECOND ROW: Richard Birch, Eugene Eder, Carson Lewis, Austin Carpenter, H. L. Hope, James Turner, Ray Taylor. THIRD ROW: Wayne Bradford, Arnold Jones, Danny Savage, Melvin Coates, Bruce Lambertson, Chris Carpenter, Frank Etz. FOURTH ROW: Blair Stewart, Tommy Bell, Gates Clayton, Tommy Watson, Elton Gladden, Tommy Webb, Al Shreaves. Members of the Future Farmers of America devel¬ op their farming skills by doing club and individual projects. This year, the club participated in a bi- H. M. Arnold takes a test in tool identifica¬ tion. county tool-identification test and sent delegates to forestry camp. Charlie Cox, reporter; Tommy Webb, treasurer; Elton Gladden, president; Melvin Coates, vice-president; Al Shreaves, secretary; and Jim Turner, sergeant-at-arms.

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Rocket Club Model Rocketry Fostered Wade Fitzgerald readies rocket for ignition. Kris Carpenter and Charles Etheridge back away from the pad to launch a rocket. Vice-President Keith Marshall, Secretary Alfred Nottingham and Wade Fitzgerald aren ' t really going to the moon. The Rocket Club, one of the largest clubs in the school, allows students who have a knowledge, of safety rules and an understanding of the scienti¬ fic principles of rocketry to build and fly model rockets. FIRST ROW: Freddie Doughty, Adrian Carpenter, Eddie Gibb, Ricky Gaskill, Billy Simpson, Jerry Blais, James Eder. SECOND ROW: Tommy Bell, Philip Badger, Frank Notting¬ ham, Hubbard Mayhew, Glen Phillips, Eddie Farlow, Billy Carpenter, Carson Lewis. THIRD ROW: Charlie Cox, Earl Ward, Leroy Fitchett, Keith Joynes, Billy Bell, Frank Hope, Tommy Palmer, Austin Carpenter, Charles Ames. Fourth Row: Mr. Newton, Severn Carpenter, H. N. Dunton, Myron Marsh, David Partin, Derry Greene, Tommy Mapp, Kris Carpenter, Wade Fitzgerald.