Senior Supplement
Goldsboro Hi N ews
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Vol. XVI No. 8
GOLDSBORO^ N. C. MAY 21, 1943
50 Cents a Year
By Hilda Liles, Historian
Chapter I: 1939-1940
Yes, the Class of ’43 had arrived; a
class of green freshmen, ready to take
advantage of every opportunity that
would lead to the making of better in
dividuals.
A new principal, Mr. J. W. Gaddy,
greeted us that first day in September
1939 and continued for three years to be
our counselor and friend.
To guide us in our work and play that
first year in high school, we elected Hil
da Liles as our president; T. R. Vick,
vice-president; Margaret Holt, secretary;
George Rivenbark, treasurer; Virginia
Kelly and Conway Rose, cheerleaders;
Martha Rosenthal, parliamentarian. Miss
Miriam Koch was our adviser.
After getting organized we added a
'little more green to our freshness by se
lecting as our class colors, green and
white.
These future seniors of ’43 were raring
to plunge into SA activities. Margaret
Holt was a member of the Building and
Gr'ounds Committee; Ned Hart was a
member of the Program Committee (now
a part of the Assembly Committee); Bet
ty Weil served on the Bulletin Board
Committee; and Jean Branch, the As-
sembly Committee.
The freshmen could not be outdone
when it came to drives. This class, the
youngest in school, brought honor to it
self when it won over the other three
classes in the Hi News drive. But honor
was not what we were after; to make our
paper one that our school, as well as our
town, would be proud of was our motive.
A penny drive sponsored by the Free
Lunch Fund Committee to raise money
for this fund received most of its money
through votes cast for Mary Cleaves
Stenhouse as Miss G H S.
Kenneth 0. Johnson made himself
prominent in the world of sports when,
as a member of the high school swim
ming team, he won the state diving
crown in a meet held at Durham, N. C.
Other students getting an early start in
athletics were: Edmund Farfour, Bob
Warren, football; Bob Warren, basket
ball; Marie King, Harriett Lawson, Kath
erine Lewis, and Hilda Liles, girls’ bas
ketball; Johnny Hodges, Mac Lewis,
Frank Roberts and Bob Warren, base
ball.
The band and glee club were composed
of a large number of freshmen. Those
taking part in the band were; Morgan
Baldwin, Le Roy Carter, Ben Duke, Ash
ley Jones, Mac Lewis, Frank Roberts,
Bill Robertson, Paul Stanley, Charles
Thompson.
Members of the glee club were: Mabel
Anderson, Jean Branch, Earline Cul-
breth, Jean Edgerton, Betty Godwin,
Elizabeth Hardison, Margaret Holt, Es
telle Jones, Dot Lassiter, Dot Loftin,
Claire Long, Jean Long, Hilda Person,
Martha Blue Purser, Martha Rosenthal,
Miriam Sholar, Irene Spence, Lucille
Wynn, and Susan Lupton, pianist. Susan
also acted as pianist for the Junior-Senior
Reception that year.
Putting all other activities aside, the
class assembled each week for a devo
tional. Jean Branch, Vann Lancaster, and
James Renn were the committee in
charge.
And so ended our first year in high
school; a year to be remembered always
by the Class of ’43.
Chapter II: 1940-1941
Now silly sophs and eager to get back
into the regular routine of school activi
ties! Realizing that before this, could be
done we must organize our class, the fol
lowing officers were elected to lead us
through the year: Conway Rose; presi
dent; Ned Hart, vice-president; Dot Lof
tin, secretary; Bobbie Jeffreys, treasur
er; Susan Griffin and Kenneth Summer
lin, cheerleaders; Margaret Holt, parlia-
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