Northfork High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Northfork, WV)

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EARBOOK STAFF TRAVEL AGENTS .... Daveue Belcher Debbie Parks Belva Baker Tammy George Cindy Hicks Miles Goosens 33

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32 GET YOUR TICKETS FROM THE Scarlett Goosens, Adviser John Brant, Chief Editor The yearbook staff pages are dedicated to the island republic of Barbados, which was formerly known as Little England, and which gained its independence from England in 1966. Missed by Columbus, Barbados was discovered and settled in 1627 by the British. It lies 100 miles east of the Catibbean arc and is non-volcanic. Most of the area 00 x 14 milesh is softly rolling fertile countryside, planted with sugar cane. The climate is ideal, the best and healthiest of the Lesser Antilles area, tropical, but receiving constant trade winds. Bajans are 95h: African with the rest of British extraction. The houses are pink and red coral set in nutmeg groves. There are horse-racing, boat regattas, fishing, and tropical foods for the tourists. The religion is Anglican; and English is the official language, but most speak a hard-to-understand mixture of pure English, Cockney, Irish, and Scots, plus local phrasing. Q Dominique E1 n1 que Anna Semonco, Organizations Editor t. Lucia St. BAR OS T Vincenaiidgg 0WD 9 t m ha 4;, .0 NW 3 a t, Ge? 4 UGrenada joey Copolo, Business Editor janine Sizemore. Circulation Editor

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Convenience of location, a 12-month climate that permits year-round swimming and other water sports, the appeal of an English colony and its pomp and ceremony tsuch as the bewigged and robed chief justice inspecting the honor guard on the opening of the supreme court, and the nattily costumed police BAHAMIAN force that also serves as the fire brigadet, the lack of inconveniences entailed by travel to some foreign BLOSSOMS ports tsuch as language barriers and currency conversion problemst, and the superb fishing and cruising possibilities, have made the Bahamas one of America's favorite vacationlands. Discovered by Columbus in 1492, the Bahamas still contain some of the clearest waters and the most breathtakingly beautiful flowers in the world. GREAT ABACO h. T HE BAHAMAS