APRIL, 1945
POINT-CREST
Pagk I''ive
PLANTS SPORTS ROIJND-IJP
High Point Weaviiij{’s sprin;; and siiiu-
nier prof^rani calls for a lot of horseshoe
pitching. At any liuieh hour many observ
ers sit with (hat “believe it or not" ex
pression as ringer after rinf;er is thnnvn.
In scene above, Milse 'I'nttle is showing
Jack IIollauMl how it’s done. The other
group is trying to settle on the results.
This includes Herb Younts, K. J. Heane,
('harlie Doby, Hal Hallard, and Mike Tut
tle. No, sir — that’s not a posed picture!
Delphine Thornton, o«ie of llillcrest ace
pitchers, is shown above as she winds up
to deliver a fast curve.
Lucille ('uller is still in there swinging
with Mary Lou Thornton doing (he catch-
iiig.
Judith Kvans keeps her eye on (he ball
as the pi(ch is niiule.
Harvey French, well-known for his fas(
balls, is slio«ii above as h(^ puts one over
for a strike.
Shown above is catcher and manager,
“l)»Mnp” Lassiter and Jolnmy Clapp, lead
olT man for (he Hillcres( iKtjs’ softliall
team.
TEAMS OF PLANTS
RECEIVE HONORS
'I'licsday night, April 10, the Ilill-
crcst girls’ softlxill team of 1944, ami
High Point Wcaving’s basketball
team were guests at the annual Ath
letic Dinner sponsored by the Y. M.
C. A., which was held at the Wesley
Memorial Church. 'I'he ladies of the
chnrch ser\ed diimcr to the group of
approximately 250 people.
r. V. Rochelle, president of the
Y. M. C. A. ser\ ed as iVhistcr of Cere
monies. Bronson Matney, Jr., presi
dent of the Senior Class at High Point
High School, sang several popular
songs, accompanied at the piano by
Marie Strother.
Rev. Wilbur Hutchens, pastor of
the I'irst Baptist Church in High
1 oint, was the principle speaker, using
as his topic, “Seeing It Through.” His
theme was never to give up but alwa\s
to “fight one more round’ even whci;
the going is tough.
Mr. Rochelle reeogni/.ed I'.dgai
I lartley, who for many years has beet
secretary of the Y. M.C.A. I'iveryone
was asked to stand in tribute to Major
l.loyd ^\'hitlcy, who was killed on lw(i
Jima in ISIarch. Lloyd was formerly
Pliysical Education Director at tiie Y
Awards and trophies were i^resented
by Roy Braden, city manager, to a]>
proximately 185 winners and runners’
up in various sports during 1944. 'I he
gids’ softball team of llillcrest ro
cei\cd 15 gold balls for winning the
City Championship in 1944. 'Those
jjresent were Mary l''ender, Marie
Dad)y, lulna Bowman, Antilee Din
kins, Lucille Culler, I'ldith Miller
Judith Lvans, Jackie Williams and
Minnie Brown. 'I'hose receiWiu; balls,
but not present at the diM||k were
Iris Lllington, Kathleen Slii^^ Mary
I'.dith Surratt, and Sallie ICcrnodlc.
'I'hose present from High J’.;>ini ;!nd
who recci\'cd gold baskt'ji^ s were
“Dub” Stroud, junc Ai.^^ |ack
Hipps, J. 1'',. Hipps, Vernon^Hrn, Ld
Marsh (now serving in the^ivy), Al
bert Jones, Arthur Jones, Hal Ballard,
and Paul Spencer, manager.
In addition to this, gold i)askctballs
were awarded to “Dub” Stroud and
1 lal Ballard as an additional honor in
being selected on the All Star 'I'eam.
l'’inally, 1 lal was a\\ardcd the s])orts
manship trophy for his conduct dur
ing the basketball season as that per
son displaying the best sportsman
ship.
there with evergreen shrubbery and as
I look about 80 feet to the left of the
pool, 1 sec a eydonia bush all abla/c
with beautiful red blossoms. 'I'hrough
the ecnter of this paradise, there is a
small stream running, which I shall
call the babbling brook. The bank of
the stream is lined with large weening
willow trees gently waving their long
tresses in the early morning bree/e and
on beyond these there arc several mag
nolia trees. In the extreme right
hand corner, I see a iicach tree in full
bloom and as 1 look to the extreme
left, I can see several large trees, too
far away to identify. They are just
turning green. Indeed, everything
seems to say that Spring is here, to
wake up and be beautiful.
As I look far beyond all tliis, I can
sec the steeple of Calvary Methodist
Church rising above the housetops
and I think — with Ckxl and man
working together, what a beautiful
world wc could make. But in the
midst of reverie, I hear a loud yell.
Un-oh! Garfield Wall has a loom out
of fix. I gotta go to work now.
R. Sheltau.
Kid at Zoo: “Why is that kangeroo
crying?”
Bored Visitor; “Her little son ran
away and left her holding the bag.”
HILLCREST TEAMS
BEGIN NEW
SOFTBALL SEASON
In spring everybody’s fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of sports — and Ilill-
crest is no exception.
The boys have suddenly developed a
great interest in sports. Practices and
meetings are being held very fre
quently and big plans are being made
for the boys’ softball team. The team
will be coached by John Gibson and
manage d by “Dcmp” Lassiter.
“Coach” Gibson says, “I ha\en’t fully
decided what my starting line-up will
be, but we have some good material
and I expect to put a good team on
the field.” Gibson will be remembered
by those who attended the girls’ soft
ball games last year as chief of the
cheering section. The boys who are
trying out for the team are as follows:
’Pom Davis, Robert Hicks, Grady
Jones, James Vestal, Elden Driggers,
Kermit Evans, W. A. Hall. John
Clapp, George Weiss, Charlie I’owery,
Roy Towery, Jack McMahan, Harvey
I'rcnch, and “Demp” Lassiter.
The girls at llillcrest are getting
cverj'thing lined up for a softball
team again this vear. We arc hoping
to have even a better team than we
did last year. We have several new
comers this year which should
strengthen our team quite a lot. Wc
now have the two Thornton girls,
Mary Lou and Delphine, along with
Minnie Brown who pitched the Hill-
crest girls into the City Championship
last year. Of course. Manager Mary
P’cndcr, Edna Bowman, Edith Miller
and Lucille Culler will all be back in
there again this year. Keep an eye on
the bulletin board for announcements
as to when the games will start.
We still need several more players
so girls, come on out and play ball. It’s
good exercise and lots or fun, too.
•
A naughty youngster hid under the
bed to avoid a whipping from his
mother. When his father came home,
he was told of the lad’s mischief, and
as he crawled under the bed after him,
the boy whispered, “Is she after you,
too, dad?”
SPRING IS HERE
As I was looking out the back win
dow of the Weave Room this morn
ing, when I should have been at work
here arc some of the things 1 saw:
It rained last night, and as 1 looked
the sun came from behind a cloud and
sent its bright rays gleaming down in
the valley just below me. The grass
was mowed yesterday and it looked
like a blanket of smooth green \el\et.
The rain drops on the grass were
catching the first rays of sunshine and
they gleamed and sparkled like a clu.s-
ter of thousands of diamonds, and in
the center of this blanket of green vel
vet covered with diamonds, I sec an
artificial pool built in a circle about
twenty feet across. The water seems to
be about twelve inches deep. 'I’his
pool is surrounded by cedar trees about
10 feet high and under these trees
there arc several scats built from slabs
of stone. My, what a fine place that
would be to sit and let your feet dan
gle in the cool water of the pool on a
not sunnner day.
The landscape is dotted here and I