Onancock High School - Trident / Beacon Yearbook (Onancock, VA)

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enior Gafendar September--But I don’t feel like a Mighty Senior. Do those underclassmen really look up to us? Message of the Month: The following people have not yet had their Senior pictures taken. October--Campaign for school spirit in full swing. Establishment of our Senior privileges (like front of audito¬ rium). Saying of the Month: And they expect us to understand all this! November--Senior pictures arrive--ugh! ! Work on the annual progressed nicely??? Football ended on a happy note for us, and we began our last season of basketball. Headline of the Month: The Most Beautiful Float on the Shore. December--College Boards, applications, achievement tests, and FINALLY, Christmas vacation. Joke of the Month: Hey Juniors! Rings are here! January--Yech! Back to school and then exams (a wirty dord). Exclamation of the Month: I thought we were supposed to live it up our Senior year. February--Lull in the year with not much to do but study, although we had the great excitement of the boys ' basketball tournament. Song of the Month; Please Mr. Postman, look and see, is there a college accept¬ ance for me? March--Girls basketball tournaments was one of the main events, along with the Beta members ' excitement over their coming convention. School of the Month: Mayberry Union High--M.U.H. April--Spring fever hit for the twelfth year in a row and the baseball, softball and track teams took form. Spring vacation. Thought of the Month: ' wonder if the Juniors will come through ' . May--Year coasts to an end at an amazing rate. Invitations, name cards, caps gowns arrived and nostalgia struck as we realized the year was almost over. Book of the Month: the colossal, magnificent, great, attractive-TRIDENT! ! June--a graduation dilemma; location vs weather. Tears of joy and sadness, shouts of We’re actually finished! ! Song of the Month: Pomp and Circumstance . Sammie and Roberta 15

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As Seniors of 1966, we can no longer claim the shelter offered by these Hallowed Halls of Ivy , but must face the uncertain future before us. With this in mind, let us recall some of the memories we hold of the four years we have spent together at Onancock High School. In 1962, a group of Freshmen, perhaps more frightened than foolish , entered through the doors of Onan cock High School. Under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Chanley and Mr. Fitzgerald, we chose our class officers: Linda Bagwell, President; Pat Belote, Vice-President; Lila Jacob, Secretary; and Sammie Miles, Treasurer. We welcomed our new classmate, Judy Van Kleef from New Jersey. The girls joined F.H.A., and our S.C.A. repre¬ sentatives, Joanne, Nancy, and Donnie Ward, were appointed. Sammie was chosen cheerleader; Donnie Ward fought with the ranks of the mighty Devil football team while the other Freshmen boys threw their energies into J. V. sports. Three of our girls, Bonnie, JoAnne, and Sammie did us proud by making the varsity basketball team. In the spring, with the baseball and softball season on the way, Ned, E. T., Nancy, Bonnie, Linda Jean, Sammie, and Ann Brooks were chosen to hold down the bases. To close our Freshman year and to usher in summer, we decided to have one last gathering which took the form of a hayride to Silver Beach. After a bountiful summer, we returned to these sacred halls as silly sophomores of ' 63-64. Mrs. Chanley and Mr. Carey supervised as we elected our class officers; Eve Russell, President; Lila Jacob, Vice-President; Roberta Hampton, Secretary; and Donnie Ward, Treasurer. Again, we had transfer from New Jersey, this being Bruce Adkins. For the first time in our lives, the Beta Club and Tri-Hi-Y opened their doors to us. Linda Bagwell joined the cheerleading squad, and in football, basketball, baseball, and track, the Sophomores made their presence known. To climax our Sophomore year, we held a dance at the American Legion Hall to raise money for the future, but first, and foremost, to have some fun. Another summer passed all too quickly, and the jolly Juniors rocked the foundations with their greetings and laughter, much to the consternation of Mr. Hickman and Mrs. Richardson. But soon, we settled down and elected class officers: Roberta Hampton, President; Douglass Twyford, Vice-President; Linda Guy, Secretary; and Linda Lilliston, Treasurer. This year we welcomed a Southerner by the name of Carson Diggs. Football season rolled around, and while the Junior boys were playing a big part on the team, Junio r girls applied them¬ selves to running the concession stand; with the exception of the cheerleaders, which now included Lila Jacob and Ann Belote. Immediately after the excitement of ordering class rings died down, we anxiously watched the mail for their arrival. Meanwhile, Mr. Hickman and Mrs. Richardson put their time and effort into directing the Junior Play. The Stuck Pot”, as it was called, proved to be the most enjoyable and humorous production that the stage of Onancock High had seen in many years. On the enchanted evening of April 22, we celebrated our ROMAN HOLIDAY , which won acclaim as the most sensational formal ever. The exquisite decorations pictured the grandeur of Roman times, while the Sherwoods, from Hampden Sydney College, provided the music to make the night a memorable one. The Beta Convention was attended by several Juniors. We were very proud of Linda Bagwell, our representative to M. G. A., whe n she was elected Speaker Pro Tern of the House. Some of us worked very hard on the Newspaper staff with much help from Becky Robbins, our Junior Editor. Most of us finished the year by taking College Boards, then we all dedicated our time to enjoying the summer. At long last, our Senior year arrived, once again under Mr. Hickman and Mrs. Richardson. We elected class officers: Bruce Adkins, President; Barbara Melson, Vice-President; Linda Bagwell, Secretary; and Linda Lilliston, Treasurer. The oh, so sophisticated Seniors blithely decided on invitations and name cards. Everyone con¬ cerned with varsity sports looked forward to fulfilling their last year on the teams, hoping that it would be the best year yet. At the Thanksgiving football game, John R. and Linda Bagwell were crowned the reigning royalty of Onancock High School. Several Seniors attended the Newspaper Convention in Richmond; later Beta mem¬ bers found themselves traveling all the way to Roanoke for the Beta Convention. Meanwhile, the Trident staff, prompted by Sammie and Roberta, settled down to a year of hard work. We sold stationery and candy to raise money for our caps and gowns. College acceptances began to arrive, reminding us of graduation and the future. As we, the Seniors of ' 66, turn to walk that uncharted path to that vague something we call the future, we realize that we are surrendering the guidance of our parents and teachers whose concern we deeply appre¬ ciate. Now we can depart with high hopes for the future, leaving behind only the echoes of our shouts, our laughter, and our tears. The past is a memory, the future a dream. We alone hold the key to make that dream come true. 14 Carol Moore, Historian

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G a ass J J ropGec ij June 1976 Dear Mrs. Richardson and Mr. Hickman, While I was working in Goldilocks ' Hair-Dying Clinic, which I own, one of my past classmates, Kevin Daley, paid me an unusual visit. Kevin is a salesman for the Bourbon Company in Frankfort, Kentucky, and he came to me with a new formula to add to hair dye, a synthetic liquor that will help absorption in hair rinses. Since Kevin and I hadn’t seen each other in ten years, we couldn ' t help but discuss our past classmates at Onancock High School. DOUG TWYFORD has purchased Cedar Island and is going to open it as a sportsman ' s paradise.” KERRY ANDERSON and LILA JACOB, whose hot-rodding abilities were greatly known, are competing to win the Indianapolis 500 this year. DONNIE WARD is at Jofins Hopkins Hospital studying his theory on flexible bones. BARBARA MELSON is now teaching shorthand at Richmond and is still having trouble with JOAN EDWARDS, her problem student. DONNIE FITCHETT is head scientist at Duke University where he is working on a permanent cure for asthma. E. T. DIZE is now manager of a health club in North Carolina whose slogan is, grow two inches in four weeks. JUDI WILLIAMS and BONNIE GODWIN have just opened the first drive-in beauty salon, located in Richmond. PETE HOPKINS, who was terribly muscular, is now the gymnastics instructor at the University of Virginia. DONNIE KILMON, who is happily married to BETSY WATSON, is now the new Game Warden for Accomack County. BROOKS AYRES, whose artistic talents are beyond belief, is drawing for the Peanuts cartoon. LINDA LILLISTON has a new strategy in the crab industry and is making her fortune in the Deep Creek Seafood Company. CAROL MOORE, who was always a whiz at science, is now professor of nuclear science at U.C.L.A. JOHNNY JOHNSON is now the top pro at the E.S.Y.C.C. and has added 54 holes to the golf course. BOBBY AYRES has secured a good office job, and LINDA SHRIEVES is an operator in the C P tele¬ phone office building. NED PERRY and PHIL LEWIS have formed the Ventures , and brought it to fame. NANCY ADKINS, BRENDA ALLEN, and DIANE PARKS are now happily married. CARSON DIGGS has become a mortician and goes by the motto: We bury you deeper, cheaper. CAROLYN HORSLEY just completed the world ' s longest biography of Shakespeare--9092 pages plus three foot-notes.