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

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Memories of a Treasured Year Lie Ahead. Light, color, and time; three elements of nature so common to man that he often takes them for granted. However, each of these mediums is of extreme importance to human existence. Light makes life on earth possible; color makes life interesting and beautiful, and unfortunately time makes life shorter than we sometimes would like it to be. Interesting similarities exist between these elements and human nature. When passed through a prism, a single beam of white light is divided into a rainbow of colors called the spectrum. Our lives are similarly divided into stages; largely dependent upon our decisions, friends, and degrees to which we are influenced. Certain colors of the spectrum are said to be complementary; they go well together. The same can be said of certain people. Some colors when mixed produce unexpected and often disappointing results. Much too often, similar results occur when dealing with human relationships. Time, however, has escaped all of mankind's attempts to accurately define its dimensions. Time's control over life and death is unmatched by any other phenomenon. With every tick of the clock, a moment of one’s life is lost to him forever. Nothing can bring back the past, but in a sense, time can be captured. Memories can be preser ved and restored through such means as diaries, newspaper, photography and of course, yearbooks. A reflection of beauty and color, a moment of the past restored, the 1976 Reflector. Gymnasium activities provide laughter for students, yet Mr. Rideout replies, ‘“— Hockey.”’ Longtime friends Yolanda West and Carroll Briggs enjoy moments of their Sr. year.

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1976: The Year of Spirit. The '75-’76 school year at Thomas Dale, found students celebrating the 200th birthday of the United States of America. Bicentennial patriotism among T.D. students produced such class slogans as “The Spirit of 76,” ‘77 is closest to heaven”' and ‘‘Juniors and Seniors when you are gone '78 will carry on.”’ Both editions of the bicentennial flag rippled furiously in the breeze from the courtyard flag poles serving as excellent reminders to students entering T.D. that this indeed was a most historical year. Having a school with a name like Thomas Dale also helps tremendously in boosting one’s patriotism. Sir Thomas Dale, the namesake of our school, was essential not only in the establishment of Chesterfield County but in America as well. Near Burmuda Hundred Dale established and headed one of the first colonies in America to not only survive the first harsh winter but to prosper heartily afterwards as well. Despite this fact, historians often frown on Dale because of his supposedly inhumane treatment of law breakers in the colony. However, those of us at T.D. appreciate his efforts and greatness and can only say that it is truly a shame that the only monument to this man is located in an almost inaccesible isolated site, and has been desecrated by vandals. Very few people in Chester are even aware of its existence. However, just the association of the name, Thomas Dale, with something historical is enough to ignite a patriotic flame in most Chester citizens and T.D. students. 1976, a year to be long afterwards remembered in the thoughts of T.D. students. Happy Birthday U.S.A.! Squire member enjoys candy selling at 3:35. Yvone Tuggle eyes Wayne Harris, George Daniels and Ricky Alexander as they wait for their bus.