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

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iADVERTISING-NORTH AMERICA 3 ACTIVITIES-CENTRAL AMERICA 19 SPORTS-SOUTH AMERICA 57 - CLASSES-SOUTH SEAS 67 - SOPHOMORES-AFRICA 73 - - JUNIORS-AUSTRALIA 79 - - SENIORS-EUROPE 85 - - FACULTY-ASIA 99 - PREFACE . . . There is a town named Northfotk, so named because of its location on the north fork of the Elkhom River at its junction with the south fork. Notthfork is located at 83 degrees West Longitude and is 1700 feet above sea level. The town is 310 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean and 2625 miles east of Los Angeles, California. There is a high school located in the town, Northfork High School, which houses 290 hard- working students . . . The above is a description of just one of the thousands of cities and towns located in our large world. Every town in the world can be described in a similar way. Our world is one of hundreds of cities, countries, cultures, and languages. The people of the world seldom learn to appreciate the many different cultures that exist around them. We, as Americans, travel often to Europe and Asia, but our appreciation of other areas often seems to be lacking. Events that try to bring the world closer together include the quadrennial Olympics and the periodic World Expeditions. These events are great steps forward in joining the people of the world closer together, but with our ptesent-day governmental situations, total world harmony is a long way off. In an attempt to increase your total appreciation of the world, the NHS Yearbook Staff decided to use the beautiful world that surrounds us as our theme. We have tried to include every country in the world, or a country with similar customs. Planning this yearbook proved to be a ' broad learning experience for our entire staff. To hear students talking of Reykjavik, Iceland, or Bogota, Columbia, is indeed uplifting! So with pleasure, the NHS Yearbook Staff proudly presents the 1982-1985 edition of NHS Heritage-An Encyclopedia of World Travel Review this year's best moments at NHS and have an interesting and fun learning experience of our world! Enjoy!!! - MISCELLANEOUS, CREDITS, INDEX-WORLD 105

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EARTH, hanging in the blackness of space like a glowing blue-green oasis, speeding about the sun 92,960,000 miles away at 67,000 mph, 7926 mi. din rotates every 23.93 hrs., revolves every 365.26 days, one moon, 3A water, 7 continents. NORTH AMERICA, 3rd largest continent, 4th in pop. 377,400,000, 39 cities over 1 mil. pop., highest pt. McKinley-20,320 ft., world's largest island-Greenland, largest fresh water lake-Superior, North Magnetic Pole, best fishery, best fertile plains, one of largest water systems-Missto., oldest mt. range-eastern United Slaxes: Appalachian. WEST VIRGINIA, the mountain state in central AppalachianhUlegeny region; 35th state to join union of U.S.A.; rhododendron flower; cardinal bird; 4,862 ft. Spruce Knob, highest pL; cap. Charleston; area 24,181 sq. mi.; resources: natural gas, water, limestone, days for glass, and coal; 55 counties. McDOWELL COUNTY, created 1858 from Tazewell County, Va., named for James McDowell, Gov. of Va.; 538.40 sq. mi.; pop. 50,666; southernmost in W.Va., extremely mountainous, largest coal producer in the world; nine towns including Welchithe county seat, and Northfork, the home of our school. NORTHFORK HIGH SCHOOL, founded 71 yrs ago. and added to at irregular intervals since; 18 regular classrooms, a bandroom, gym, tv-videotape room, darkroom, computer room. media center7library, foreign language laboratory. kitchen, various closets, basements. storage, and offices; 24 full- and pan-time teachers; 325 students. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD TRAVEL NCDJETHFCQEK HERHTAQE YEARBCDCDK i985

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The Best Of Conscientious Yearbook Service In The World Of Northfork's Heritage Yearbook. m Nthh Amenaiccza In our world travel encyclopedia, North America represents the Advertising Section. Made up of the sister countries of the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada, North America is perhaps the most blessed continent on earth. It contains ice-bound land, tundra, snow-capped volcanic mountains, verdant sedimentary mountains, deserts, arid quasi-desens, rich grasslands, high fertile plains, hugh rivers, swamps, some of the best shorelines in the wotld, and the best fishing grounds on earth. Lefs visit our northern neighbor: Canada is officially bilingual, with the large French- h speaking population concentrated mostly in Quebec. Industrial development has been spectacular. with the famed Klondike gold strike of the early years of this century followed by discovery of a vast range of mineral riches, such as asbestos. Canadian football, ice hockey, and baseball are popular, as are winter sports. Handicrafts such as hooked rugs, silver and copper jewelry, semi-precious stone-agate, jade, amethyst, garnet-jewelry, Yukon moccasins, gloves and jackets of caribou and moosehide are excellent creations. ADVEETHSHNG GORDON JOHNSTON 000 753-4928 Box 562 Peterstown, West Virginia 24963 Iummmmumnmmmnmuummnnu l lll MINI!milllllllMlIm JOSTEH'S AMERICAN VOARBOOK COMPANY BOX 997 STATG: COLLEGE. PA. 16801 munmImnuImum uummmnnmmn , ...I