Poquoson High School - Islander / York Chronicle Yearbook (Poquoson, VA)

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THIS FLOAT WINS first place in competition for a happy Freshman class. BARBARA WAT- KINS, TERESA Forrest, and Bren- da Carmines keep up the spirit during the parade, while Cindy Hopkins looks on. AN ACTIVE BETA Club meeting consists of Sallie White, Cindy Hopkins, Tommy Blackstock, Bobby Bry- ant, Barbara Watkins, Julie Everhart, Nannette Saunders, Robin Corley, Brenda Carmines, Bobby Blackstock, Suzy Page, Dottie Jerd, Anna Holloway, Eileen Mitchell, Dianne Wat- kins, John Quinn, and presi- dent, Dave Forrest. Rain, roads and support played havoc with Home- coming parade The Homecoming parade went against rain, mass confusion, and torn up roads and succeeded. Everything got underway at 4:00 p.m. and the usual participants were entered. Cheerleaders, pom pom girls, the band, majorettes, and Homecoming representatives were all part of the Homecoming acti- vities this year. Rain, as always, intervened and hampered float building. Even when it wasn’t raining, classes had a hard time securing people to work on the floats at night. But enough people finally pulled together and thought of themes and got them built. The Freshman class had the winning theme, “Chop ’Em Up.” Placing second, the Juniors had the theme “Hang ’Em High,” pic- turing an Indian hanging from a hangman’s noose, and last but not least, the Rats pulled through with “Outdraw the Indians.” After all the hard work, most floats either fell apart after leaving the shelters where they were built or in the middle of the parade. The route of the parade was the same as past years, which started at the Old Firehouse and finished at the high school. Homecoming Parade— 15

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POf. ' POM GIRLS Chat Crawford, Cathy Lilly, Christine John- son, Darlene Ward and mascot march on while Laurie Booth brings up the rear. SENIOR LIZ CONRAD says ‘‘cheese! c U UJ! HOMECOMING COURT FROM left to right take time out for a picture: Cathy Page, Tanya Wright, Liz Conrad, Sallie White, and Dianne Watkins. SUB-FRESHMAN CATHY Page grimaces while Barry Burcher envies Mr. Quinn. MAJORETTES KATHY LAWSON Karen Bryant seem happy enough, but Gail Bunting doesn ' t act too pleased with something. 14— Homecoming Parade

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♦ JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MARY Killen flashes a smile while escort Scott Bunting “snickers at a private joke?” How ' bout it Scott? GREG MCDANIEL ATTEMPTS to gain yardage for almighty Island- ers. FITZHUGH JONES AND Nancy Phillips are interested, but Waverly Dryden doesn ' t seem to care. was finally played, the traditional events pro- ceeded as planned. Even though the half-time show lacked a theme, it went over with success. The Freshman class won the float competition; their slogan was, “Chop ’Em Up!’’ The float por- trayed a Poquoson Bull chopping the head off of a Powhatan Indian. Dianne Watkins danced away with the title of Queen at the Homecoming dance. The band, Rael, poured out the sounds and the people soaked them up. With their feet and ears, most students showed their appreciation of the dance. This was the only part that some had played during the Homecoming activities. The dance ended at 11:30 p.m., thus drawing to a close the most un- usual Homecoming in years at Poquoson High School! Inclement weather plays havoc with Homecoming Three days of continuous rain caused Home- coming to get off to a bad start, yet the game was played in spite of the bad weather. The half- time activities were postponed until the following Friday night, but that game had to be rescheduled for the upcoming Monday night as a result of the continued unfavorable weather. When the game 16— Homecominc Night I