Alumni Association Officers (2008)
President: Lisa R. Winstead Sloan
Vice-President: Leah Drake Stith
Secretary: Frances W. Chavous
Treasurer: Leona Earl
Financial Secretary: Ethelyn F. Ingram
Parliamentarian:
Chaplain: Rev. Johnny Warren
Historian/Reporter: Mae Breckingridge-Haywood
Changes in annual Membership Dues*
Regular Regular Membership: $15, Associate Membership: $10
*effective January 8, 2008 |
New Lifetime Membership
Lifetime Membership is available to any individual who attended or graduated from I. C. Norcom High School. Dues require a one-time, nontransferable fee of $350.00. Increments must be paid in installments of $50.00 or more with the entire amount to be paid within one fiscal year - Jan. 1st - Dec. 31st. No other membership dues are required.
I. C. Norcom Alumni Connection
We encourage you to continue your support of the Mighty Greyhounds. Please help your alumni association by reminding your brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, relatives, and loved ones to Join the I. C. Norcom Alumni Association
REUNION NEWS
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The class of 1984 is planning their 25th class reunion. For more info visit the website www.icnorcom1984.classquest.com or contact Terrie Barnett at (757) 663-2920.
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Class of 1968 (Jan & June Grads) will hold its class meetings every third Tuesday of each month @ 7p.m. at the American Legion (Post 190), 2711 Peach Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704.
Reunion Dates: June 6 - 8, 2008
40th Reunion (Open to Jan & June '68 Grads)
June 6 - Registration & Social
June 7 - Cookout
June 8 - Worship/Dinner (Mount Calvary Baptist Church)/11am
Cost $100/per classmate
Guest w/ participating classmate $30
All Money due on or before May 1, 2008
Registration : 1-5 pm Social 7pm-1am
Cookout: Noon - Dusk
Address all correspondence to:
I.C. Norcom Class of 1968
P.O. Box 3516
Portsmouth, VA 23701
For more info please contact :
Frances (Epps) Chavous Email:franceswchavous@cs.com (757 483-9949 );
Beck Barfield Email: barfieldb@portsmouthva.gov (757 438-7507); or Gertrude Booth at 487-4743 for more info.
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The class of 1958 is planning their 50th year class reunion: August 8, 9, and 10, 2008. Monthly Planning Meetings are held at the Portsmouth Public Library (Children's Room) on Saturdays (2nd or third Saturdays) TBA. Time: 2-4:45.
Contact Information:
Irene Daniels Olesby at 757-399-6463
Mary Bynum Wood, maymhw@aol.com
Mae Haywood maehaywood@msn.com
President Russell Busch - 804-262-1904.
Please notify Lakisha Mundon (class of '95) to post upcoming reunion events.
email: lmundon@verizon.net
phone: (757) 638-1391
10 Steps to Planning a Class Reunion
1. Contact the President of the I.C. Norcom Alumni Association: Lisa R. Winstead Sloan
2. Set up the key committee members of Portsmouth folks in your class.
3. Get a class email address and put your class reunion notice on the Alumni Association web site (http://icnorcomalumni.org/). (Send an email to lmundon@verizon.net)
4. Submit a reunion notice to the Virginian Pilot: Class Reunions, 150 West Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23010. You may also call 757-446-2316
5. Hire a photographer. Consider American School Pictures, Eileen Barker, 105 South Pike Road, Suite 204, Sarver, PA 16055.
6. Persuade your classmates to join the alumni association!
7. Allow the I.C. Norcom Alumni Association, Inc. to set up a table for membership during the major event of your reunion activity.
8. Suggest that the class tour the I.C. Norcom building and present a monetary gift to the school.
9. Contact the webmaster of the Alumni Association: Lakisha D. Mundon (757) 638-1391.
10. Contact the Portsmouth Tourism Bureau to see that is available for activities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Behold the Maroon and Grey! The I. C. Norcom Alumni Association has agreed to be a partner to help the African American Historical Society of Portsmouth (AAHSP) to raise funds for the restoration of the interior of the Portsmouth Colored Community Library. The funding program has already started and by December, 2007, we expect to have the first level of donations and pledges complete. Together we can make a formidable team to preserve “Our History.” For more information, click here.
Black America: Portsmouth, Virginia
 By Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Mae Breckenridge-Haywood, and the African American Historical Society of Portsmouth
African Americans in Portsmouth built a strong, insulated community because they were cognizant of the need to look inward. They formed banks, provided recreational facilities, gave sanctuary to congregants in their churches and thus created one of the most stable middle-class communities in America. Early 20th century leaders such as Dr. William Reid, Nancy T. Wheeler, Ida B. Barbour, and Rev. Harvey N. Johnson, Sr. were civic models for a community emerging from the ravages of slavery. ISBN 0-7385-1581-7
Alumni historian Mae Breckenridge-Haywood is one of the co-authors of this excellent book. Purchase  Portsmouth, Virginia (Black America Series) online or call this toll free number:1-888-313-2665 to get your copy today!
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