3100 Huntington Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607
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Newport News High
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1929 Beacon (yearbook) |
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Courtesy of Dave Spriggs of VA - 07/15/03 Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs of VA - 08/20/04 WOWZERS!!! Thanks, Dave! |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs of VA -
05/14/03 Thanks, Dave! |
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"In 1922, Charles M. Robinson, a Richmond architect, was awarded the contract to design a new high school to be built in the heart of Newport News. The resulting three-story structure, erected on the site of the former turn-of-the-century livery stables and later a U.S. Army Camp, was completed in 1923 and named Newport News High School. The contracting firm of Harwood and Moss performed the construction. Two-story pilasters and Corinthian columns rising from the first floor give the impression of two stories built above a raised basement. The original structure contained 57 rooms and could accommodate 990 students. Seven years later, two wings were added on the north and south, as were additional classrooms on the building's east side. The additions were more modest but in keeping with the style of the original construction. In 1935, the Joseph H. Saunders Stadium was dedicated on the adjacent easterly property. Williams, Coile, and Pipino, the designers of the stadium which included classroom space beneath, later designed further additions to the school building itself. A fire in (1954) caused nearly one-half million dollars in damage to the structure. As a result, the auditorium was redesigned and the cafeteria moved to a new wing. 1963 saw the addition of a new gymnasium across 30th Street from the school. In 1971, citywide changes in the distribution of students and the addition of newer facilities elsewhere in the City brought about the change of Newport News High School to Newport News Intermediate School, serving only 8th and 9th grade students. On June 12, 1980, the school was officially closed. The structure remains today as a reminder of the 57 years it served as one the area's finest public schools and as a tribute to its thousands of graduates, many of whom have become prominent citizens of Newport News." |
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- Department of Planning and Development, 1996 |
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This information
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| 1955 Anchor, p.3 | 1955 Anchor, p. 50 | 1955 Anchor, p. 51 | 1955 Anchor, p. 76 | 1955 Anchor, p.62 |
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| 1957 Anchor, p.4 | 1958 Anchor, p.4 | 1962 Anchor | 1963 Anchor, p. 86 | 1964 Anchor, p. 11 |
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| Probably Thursday, June 3, 1965 | 1969 | 1970 | ||
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Image by Chip Clark ('65) of Northern VA Thanks, Chip! |
Courtesy of Tim Parsons ('73) of
VA - 10/17/04 Thanks, Tim! |
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Huntington Hall |
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 Saturday, October 28, 2000 Now used by the
U.S. Navy and renamed Huntington Hall, - Carol Buckley Harty of NC - 05/06/03 |
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Saturday, October 28, 2000 |
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My father took me to most of the
games of the state championship season in 1964. We were at the Deep Creek game that Newport News won 126-35 in the Julie Conn Gym. I played in the old YMCA church league and we practiced in the gym in the basement of the Y. What a great gym and it had a distinctive odor of it's own. We would practice there on Saturdays and then get Krispy Kreme donuts at the drive thru in Hilton after practice. I remember at our league banquet when Chris Ellis ('64) and Jimmy Rama ('64) spoke and later gave autographs. Coach Mitchell was also there and that team was the toast of the town. Dad would take us to the Turkey Day game every year and I guess we went to just about every game from 1961 to the final game, which I have on a home movie. |
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- Tim Parsons ('73) of VA -
10/17/04 Thanks, Tim! |
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Images taken
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Julie Conn
Gym: A sad sight, isn't it?
As I was setting up the shot, a
thunderstorm was blowing up.
Winds were gusting,
dark clouds were rolling.
And then it occurred to me
that this was Julie, seeing that
someone still remembered,
someone still cared ... rumbling behind me much
like he did in life.
For a moment, I could feel him
standing behind me, temper rising, that white spittle forming at the corners of his mouth when he became angry. I could hear that combination gravelly, yet almost whiney, voice screaming, "C'mon, Spriggs, you slacker, take the damn picture before you get struck by lightning!!" And, with that same motivation I felt so many years ago, I snapped it and raced back to my car. It never did rain; just like Julie: lots of noise, but he would never really hurt you. |
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Your stock
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Old Gym No real
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Just a
nostalgia shot
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Stadium Ticket Gate: Another place where we spent some time, either entering on crisp Fall Friday nights for football games or just going in to class each morning. |
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Images by Dave Spriggs
('64) of VA - 05/13/03 Thanks, Dave! |
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Friday, September 26, 2003 |
Friday, November 14, 2003 | Friday, November 14, 2003 | |
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Image by Dave Spriggs
('64) of VA - 09/26/03 Thanks, Dave! |
Image by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 11/04/03 Thanks, Dave! |
Image by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 11/14/03 Thanks, Dave! |
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Images by Chip Clark ('65) of Northern VA - 11/02/05 Thanks, Chip! |
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Saunders Stadium |
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These four incredible images, taken Sunday, August 8, 2004, are courtesy of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA and his Wonder Camera - 08/08/04 |
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WOWZERS!!! Thank you so
much, Dave! These are so real they brought tears to my eye! |
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... there was a link to NNHS. Well, that one did it, Carol. That’s where I stopped. Having attended many high school graduations as an assistant principal, I recognized the introduction to Pomp and Circumstance right away. I sat and listened while I looked at the images of our old high school. As the introduction gave way to the familiar strains at which the graduates begin their procession, I was awash in memories. I went back years in my mind and saw the Class of ‘59 lined up in the hall outside the auditorium. And there was Dorothy Crane, the drama teacher, making sure that we were all in step. She stood in the hall by the entrance to the auditorium, sweeping her hand in a huge arc to keep us in step as she called out, left, right, left, right her voice emphasizing the word left, to make sure we all stepped forward at the same time on the correct foot. The effect was that as the line moved up the ramp into the auditorium and down the incline to our seats, every single tassel swayed in the same direction at the same time. We all swayed gently to the left, then gently to the right. Not being especially graceful nor having a good sense of rhythm, I had to watch the student in front of me. I kept my eyes on that foot in front of me to make sure I was putting the same one forward at the same time! When I got to my seat on the stage, I could finally relax. From the vantage point of the stage, I could see the rest of my classmates marching in. What an awesome sight to behold, the line moving in perfect step and I can tell you that it was never as magnificent, as awesome a sight at any other high school graduation that I attended, and I attended a lot of them. Miss Crane also made sure that we had our graduation caps on our heads exactly right. The front down over the forehead just so with the mortar board perfectly parallel to the ground. And the music, the NNHS band, with Mr. Wilson’s baton, playing that magnificent Pomp and Circumstance. The music on the NNHS link brought it all back to me, as if it were yesterday. Thanks for the memories! -
Aretie Gallins Patterson ('59) of Northern VA
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The recent info supplied by Bob
Parrish ('68 - of Northern VA) regarding an entry in Wikipedia regarding NNHS is
in error as it relates to basketball state championships. Bob isn't in error,
the entry is! We won at Least 12 State Championships in Basketball, 10 under the
umbrella of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and at least 2 prior to that.
There is sufficient rumor by older grads that there are more than 2 additional
ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_High_School Wikipedia is a good "start" but is an open source reference tool that is many times wrong or in the least, misleading. Example is that it had NNHS as runner-up by having the winning score over the champ!? Also, in defense of football, in our day there was no play-off system and the State Champions were chosen by writers and coaches; on paper and not on the field. Whereas, the basketball titles were won on the court. The system was unfair to football, in my opinion.
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Wayne
Stokes
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The NNHS Alma Mater Words and Music by Arthur Hundley, 1937 |
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Within these sacred walls we stand, To praise thine honored name, We sing to thee, dear Newport High, Thy glories we proclaim. Hail, hail to the Gold and Blue, We raise thy banners high, And ever through thine endless days, In triumph, may they fly. O Alma Mater, in our hearts, We'll often turn to thee, And echo once again the songs Of thy dear memory. |
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"The NNHS Alma Mater"
midi (sequenced by Al Simms - '60 - of VA) on 01/24/07, finally added to this
page on 04/02/09
Thanks, Al!
"The NNHS Alma Mater" lyrics transcribed by Carol Buckley Harty ('65) of IL - 07/13/00
"The NNHS Alma Mater"
sheet music (prepared by Al Simms - '60 - of VA) on 01/24/07, finally added
03/31/09
Thanks so much, Al!
Animated Anchor clip art courtesy of http://www.alibabaweb.com/Gifs.php?Gif=__Lt_0/_rep_anchor/_Num_4 - 05/06/03
Image of Arthur
Hundley ('37) courtesy of June Veneris Collie (Hampton HS - '62) of VA -
09/04/08
Thank you so much, June!
