Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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“Boo hoo! I want to go to the ball but I gotta mop the floor and I don’t have a dress to wear!’’ cries Cinderella, Frances Hunt, to a sympathetic Fairy God Mother, Lynn Bryant. In the arena, the spectators watch as the Lions are eating the Chris¬ tians, but here the Lion, Jeff Stultz meets his old friend Androcles, Maurice Redd, who removed the thorne from his paw. In the forest the Lion, Jeff Stultz is pleading with Androcles, Maurice Redd, to relieve his pain. Skits of Foreign Language Week Cleopatra, Jennifer Inman and Caesar, Billy Inman are having a family discussion in the play “A take-off on the love life of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.’’ “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature! Being fooled by Chiffon margarin, Mother Nature, Amy Carter is slightly irritated. Foreign language week for the Spanish Club and Latin Clubs started a fes¬ tive week on Monday with members of both clubs dressing in cos¬ tumes representing their language. On Tuesday, students from both clubs went to the local radio station to be on “Activity Time,’’ to tell of the events of the week. An assembly was given on Wednesday with the Spanish Club doing a Spanish version of Cin¬ derella and the Latin pre¬ senting Androcles and the Lion. Thursday night a Spanish Latin banquet was given, with a dance afterwards. In addition to all of this, each day the cafeteria served a meal representative of a for¬ eign country. “Cinderella, I love you; you are beautiful,” Prince Charming, Sammy Rorrer, is enchanted by Cinderella, Frances Hunt.

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' V,i ’ ■ ■ ' . -- k ’A -■ Black History Week Black History week assembly was brought to a close by a song and dance routine by lead singer Janet Martin and group. The week of February 12-16 was a special week for students, faculty, and administration at PCHS. There were various events throughout the week, but an assembly on Friday brought out the true meaning of Black Flistory Week. Each morning, the life story of a famous black per¬ son and his contributions to history was heard over the intercom. Dur¬ ing lunch each day, soul and spirit¬ ual music was played. Wednesday was the day that some students were seen dressed in African style. On Thursday and Friday tradi¬ tional foods were served in the cafeteria. On Friday an assembly took place in the auditorium which brought the week to a close. At the mention of “legs” Jason Spencer haults to find James Hyler auctioning the slaves. Speaking to a lively congregation “Rev.” James Hatcher gives a rousing sermon. Giving a realistic performance, Melva Hicks portrayed Harriet Tubman who led the slaves to freedom during the Civil War.

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Cougars Place Agee, Sumerford in State Meet Enroute to another track record, Vance Agee easily clears the bar in the pole vault. Victory, yells Billy Corns. PCHS 57 Carroll Co. 79 — — PCHS 63 ' 2 Fort Chiswell 13 Floyd Co. 93 Vi PCHS 34 Tunstall 86 Bassett 49 PCHS 68 Carver 99 North Stokes 3 PCHS 83 Dan River 81V 2 North Stokes 4 PCHS 32 Chatham 81 Laurel Park 57 PCHS 29 Carroll Co. 107 — — PCHS 70 Floyd Co. 88 Vi North Stokes 9 Vi PCHS 28 Drewry Mason 50 Bassett 92 Taking the top spot in the intermediate hurdles, Vance Agee was the winner in the District meet at FC. 18 Boys ' Track Paced by the individual brilliance of Vance Agee and Mark Sumerford, Patrick County continued to improve in Track and represented the Cougars well in the State Track Meet last May. The season also produced nine quali¬ fiers for the District Meet at Fieldale- Collinsville. Agee advanced to the State event in the Intermediate Hurdles. Although he was clocked at 39.0 seconds, the same time possessed by the winner, Vance came in second place by a photo finish. Sumerford was sixth in the Two- Mile run, but ran with the best time in PC history with a showing of 10.21 minutes. Crossing the finish line in the mile, Mark Sumerford gives a strong showing in the State Track Meet.