Tappahannock High School - Annual Yearbook (Tappahannock, VA)

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WARE DOGGETT SISSON GEDDES MCKINNEY DURHAM SUTTON HARRISON BARNHART BLACKWELL BLACKWELL CHRISTOPHER TALIAFERRO HALEY PHILLIPS ASHTON BROWNE HADEN CARLTON Guidance Director

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Jte ' Puittctfial MR. ELDON CHRISTOPHER TO THE GRADUATES OF 1955 - CONGRATULATIONS. You have every reason to be proud of your heritage-- You have every reason to be proud of your achievement- - You have every reason to be joyfully expectant about your future-- Within your time science will unfold undreamed of discoveries. Be sure that you are ready to take our place in a rapidly changing, scientific world. Be alert, don’t let high school graduation become the end, but rather let it become the beginning. You and you only can steer your course. You may, and should, seek guidance but the driver’s wheel is in your hands.

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President Phyllis Owens Vice-President .... Chippy Dowell Secretary Anita Balderson Treasurer Bernard Davis Sponsor Mrs. Blackwell Having graduated from elementary school in June and having spent a summer filled with anxiety because of our forth-coming to high school in the fail, we, the present Senior Class, entered Tappahannock High School as Fresh- men in September 1 950. We were very excited and happy upon entering high school. Under the guidance of Mrs. Carlton and Miss Ware we had a very successful year. June came; we were the 15 great Sophomores”. The summer vacation was very long because we wanted to get back. Our Sophomore year was even more exciting than our Freshman year. As Sophomores, we were more sure of ourselves and tackled the harder subjects such as Algebra and Latin. We were very proud that one of our girls made the cheering squad and, that many of our boys were on the football and basketball teams. We looked forward to the school parties because it gave us a chance to dance with the upper classmen. We were very sad to leave our wonderful sponsor, Mrs. Warner. t We began our Junior year with the Junior-Senior Banquet and the Prom uppermost in our minds. We began at once to prepare for our banquet and with the help of our sponsor, Mrs. Haley, we think it was the best that T. H. S. had ever had . We were also very proud that four of our girls were on the May Court. June brought our Junior year--a delightful one--to and end. We began our Senior year with great expectations and hopes for the future. Mrs. Blackwell, our homeroom sponsor, was a great inspiration to all of us. A few of us had dropped out gradually until we were only twenty-eight in number. The Taporapian requires a lot of work, but in the end it was worth the effort. The Senior Play simply had to be a big hit, and so, it too, required much time. Before we knew it, exams were coming up and them our long - awaited Gradua- tion.