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

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DIANNE WATKINS SERENADES football king Kevin Topping in homecoming pep rally. XEPRESENTATIVES FROM LEFT to right are senios LynJjjpuis, Sallif ' hite;’ Rjfji West, Dianne Watkins. Dave Forrest, and Liz Conrad; juniors Scott Bunting, Mary Ktllen; sophomores Tim Schott, Tanya Wright; freshman Bobby Bryant, Nancy Phillips; eighth grade Mark Geissinger, andjCathy Page. „ I

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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

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FOUR MORE YEARS Presidential election 72 was easily predicted as incumbent Richard Nixon won in a landslide vote over Democratic nominee George McGovern. Nixon captured all but Massachusetts’ and the District of Columbia’s electoral votes, proving that Americans were not quite ready to elect a liberal president. General comment on McGovern was, “He changed his mind too much.’’ This was also the year for the woman candidate, Shirley Chisholm, who came to the forefront in American politics garnering an amazing number of supporters. It was also a time for youth participation since it was the first national election in which 18 year olds were allowed to vote. Some of the veteran voters felt that the youth vote could make a difference in the elections outcome, while others felt the 18 year olds wouldn’t participate. It is possible that if they had all joined togeth- er, they could have formed a large voting block, but it seemed that the majority voted as their elders voted. Although many voted, people did not arrive at the polls in prolific numbers due to the relative certainty of the election results in most minds. The Republican party failed to gain control of Congress, leaving President Nixon with the opposition party to contend with for the next 4 years. Thomas Downing, a democratic stalwart in the House of Representatives, again captured victory in convincing style, although senatorial counterpart William Spong was not quite so fortunate. Bill Scott, a Republican, went to the people with a vast television campaign that made him a well known figure in most homes. Spong, not known as a magnetic personality, was unable to overcome an opponent whose party held both the presidency and the governorship in Virginia. The PHS attempt to reinact election 1972 was marred by apathetic participants. Although Miss Barbara Keech, sponsor of the event, deemed it more successful than elections held at some other schools, many committees fell short of their jobs thus resulting in a lack of campaign atmosphere. PRESIDENT NIXON AND Vice-President Agnew seem pleased with their landslide victory. GOVERNMENT STU- DENT CLARK Boyd tapes a political comment for the following morning in his guise as George McGovern. GVIIEN ST. JOHN and Kathy Huggett register voter Judy Carter and fellow students. 18 — Election