Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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Runners-up Sue Tennille and Elaine Williams gaze with ecstatic approval at Jennie Daffron, 1969-1970 Miss Thomas Dale. Thirty-six bea ming contestants anxiously await Mr. Crump’s announcement of the new titlists. Representing the Varsity Cheerleaders, senior Sherry Cox gracefully glides before a capacity crowd.

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18 Seniors monopolize winning slate Nervous anticipation and hope- ful excitement culminated as the thirty-six Miss Thomas Dale con- testants paraded before the await- ing audience. On a preceding eve- ning the entrants were individ- ually rated on their poise, beauty, and extra-curricular activities. School clubs, business organiza- tions, fraternities, and sororities partonized the contest by enter- ing their selected candidate. Con- tenders stood breathlessly as Mr. J. Wilson Crump announced the three winners. Seniors dominated the slate of victors as Elaine, Williams, repre- senting the Bravettes, and Sue Tennille, sponsored by the Color Guard, captured first and second place awards respectively. Jennie Daffron, supported by the Dra- matics Club, began her reign as Miss Thomas Dale for 1969-1970. Relinquishing her crown, junior, Carla Freeman presented the new queen with a bouquet of scarlet roses. Jennie Daffron graciously smiles with contentment after being named Miss Thomas Dale.

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Contemporary carols enhance pageant Seniors, weary of the traditional ceremony, initiated new tech- niques in their presentation of the Christmas pageant. Folk ballads combined with religious carols produced an effect of modernism and allowed students to identify with the birth of Christ. The pro- gram also contrasted a typical newscast of violence with the tran- quility of “Silent Night.” Nativity settings with Mary and Joseph, portrayed by Susan Lam- bert and David Haines, were ac- companied by abstract tableaus. Outstanding among the contem- porary scenes was the final display exhibiting a cross behind a man- ger. To complete the effect, the two concluding songs were “He Came Singing Love,” an original folk composition by Suzanne Wol- lenburg, and “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Backstage, senior Jim Jessee relates the revised narration of the Christmas pageant to a student audience.