Miss Linda Allen

You may or may not remember me from Miss Allen's Biology class. We also had Ken Henderson, Ricky Miller and Joel Frank. Ricky and I spent most of our class time trying to make each other laugh.

I also have fond memories of being sent to the principal's office for hitting Joel in the back of the head (actually a light tap) as he was peering through a microscope. Of course his great acting job was more than adequate to convince Miss Allen I should be expelled for blinding a classmate.

Amazingly enough, I passed the course.

- Fred Eubank ('64) of Northern VA - 09/14/00

Thank you for refreshing my memory with that story of Miss Allen's class. Kenny Henderson sat at the same table with Bill Ward and me... Bill was my lab partner, and it seems to me I worked out the same deal with Kenny as I did with Bill: y'all cut up my earthworm and frog for me, and I'll draw your diagrams for you!

I had forgotten Joel Frank was in our class, and I don't remember Ricky Miller OR that microscope story AT ALL!

Of course, my attendance record being what it was, it's entirely possible I wasn't even there that day! But the thing is, I marked all my Anchors in code. I have a tiny pencil checkmark next to a person's class picture if I knew them, and a tiny hyphen if I knew OF them. Ricky Miller's pictures have NO markings! I can't figure out how we could have been in the same class, and I not even known him!!

- Carol Buckley Harty of IL - 09/14/00


I still can't figure that out. Maybe I was too shy. Hey, it's possible! This was Miss Allen's D Period Biology 1-2 Class from the '61-'62 school year, comprised of ninth and tenth graders. From a combination of memory and yearbook autograph evidence, I have pieced together the following members of the class (if any of y'all can add to this list, please feel free to do so!):
Class of '64 Fred (Craig) Eubank Joel Frank Kenny Henderson Ricky Miller Sheila Oakes Sandy Pennington Terry Shelton David Spriggs Bill Ward	Class of '65 Carol Buckley Steve Burns Jeanie Scruggs Frances Goodson

While reading your newsletter I came across your comment about Miss Allen's biology class. My son and hers became fast friends when we moved to Poquoson in 1980. Both were in the 6th grade and were inseparable. She and her husband went different ways, with Gary moving to Northern Virginia with her after graduation from Poquoson High School in 1986.

During a weekend visit to Gary's home, Brian mentioned that I was working on a Newport News High School class reunion. Gary remembered his mother had taught there so they pulled out old yearbooks to try to find my picture to see if I was a student of hers. Of course, my son couldn't remember when I graduated so he called to tell me about Linda, and ask what year I graduated. I told him that I was there when Linda taught, but that I was never a student of hers.

She shared with Brian her fond memories of teaching there as well as a few funny stories that I am not at liberty to discuss (wonder if the girl she mentioned was you?!).

- Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA - 03/01/06

Miss Linda Allen/ Mrs. Linda Phillips Currently residing in Northern VA Fairfax High School Hampton High School, Class of 1955 Longwood College, Class of 1959, B.S. Science Club Sponsor; General Science, Biology

*1955 Krabba, p. 23*	1959 The Virginian	*1962 Anchor, p. 24*
Courtesy of Tom Norris (HHS - '73) of VA - 01/12/05 Thanks, Tom!	Courtesy of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 04/16/07 Thanks, Dave!	12/04/03