Norview High School - Pilot Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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fl... 5 03 se P'-1 J as me?- YI- X .yfti mr 1.51 Toll gates are a sure sign of ever-increasing transportation problems and solutions. a Southern city constantly expanding in a progressive state 'Wi The hundreds of Churches in the Norfolk area are the spiritual backbone of our constant development. Norfolk is other things, too. It is Southern and has a quality that is best expressed hy the word hospitality. lt has its famous Azalea Gardens, where an International Azalea Court is held in late April. This garden is one of the relatively few municipally ovvned and operated in the entire country. It is located adjacent to the Norfolk Municipal Airport on 100 acres of native woodland. Thus, in every way, Norfolk adequately satisfies the needs of a booming American metropolis. Its ever-growing schools, its many municipal services, its mushrooming housing expansion, its innumerable churches, hanks, amusement Centers, its hustling transportation system-all enahle Norfolk to keep its proud title of the largest city in the State of Virginia. -5 Air rwfjj

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94150 H WNW-MINISTER' RESZOMEEC' The old Norview High School is now the Junior High School. The old gives way to ' the new in changing times. i The Naval Shipyard, one of the largest in the country, goes back to the Colonies. Today Norfolk and Hampton Roads have the greatest con- centration of military strength in the world. Here and nearby are the Armed Forces Staff College., an Army port of embarkation, the Oceana .let Base, representatives of fifteen NATO nations, and a number of other military --H groups. There is much here that has history and quaintness in the tradi- tional manner-for instance, St. Paulis Church, which survived a Revolu- tionary hombardment but has a line cannon hall embedded in one corner as p a mark of authenticity. Norfolk is so proud of the mace presented to it by Governor Dinwiddie in -1754 that the Chamber of Commerce gives visitors H copies of it--tie clasps for men and pins for ladies. T' pw ,KW Our new elementary school shows the latest fag gp? in physical plant for the children of our grow- ing community. x I The religious desires of Norfolk citizens are well taken care of whether that of Protestant, Catholic, or Jew. There are 250 Protestant churches serving the wants of Norfolkeans. There are 8 Catholic churches, and 34 other denominational churches. E whose history is steeped in American tradztlon

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Doumars is Then place to go after the game, the play, and after almost any activity here at Norview. s e flll Norfolk's travelers are served by the Union Station which was built in 1908 on a plot of ground which had once been Lake Mahone. There are 4 trains a day coming in and 4 trains going out. -1 XX .KN A I i Cl'lOll'Ll1' tu ' SHOP ' 0 0 I , X Q E .r Eh ,CNIIIIIIIW ' if Lllllllll VN V: A .1I, ' '... 5 'IIII' J ' - ' .- U 'Ill' '-2513111521435 nl! xlfx llll gig' I llll gint X III2 G-55 0 X J 11' sftlfx - -i Ham Ga in Q c'8I5L'I', ii'.'E'3.Cfi .Q.,,,. i ',.a- 5 The oldest house in Norfolk, the Myers house, was built in 1792. All furniture, glassware and silver found in the house are original. There are four major banks with many branches which serve the people of Norfolk, providing them with checking accounts, saving accounts, travelers checks, and by providing loans for citizens of Norfolk. The bridge and tunnel from Norfolk to Portsmouth is one of the main time saving devices recently built by the two cities. At a cost of 323,000,000 it is one of the most ex- pensive projects the cities have undertaken. avnbafvnnppn ,L .