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GOLDSBORO Hi NEWS
March 23, 1945
Goldsboro Hi News
Published eight times a year by the journalism
class of Goldsboro High School, Goldsboro,
N. C. Members of the International Quill and
Scroll Society and Columbia Scholastic Press
Association.
.tlNTeRNATIONAp
Volume XVIII
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Number 5
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Jean Pyatt, ’45
News Editor Anne Stowe, ’45
Editorial Editor Gatsey Butler, '45
Sports Editor Gloria Gurganus, ’44
Jr. Sports Editor F. W. Stanley, ’47
Picture Editors Zeno Spence, Bill Shrago, ’45
Alumni Editor Helen Winslow, ’45
Literary Editor— Jean Powell, ’45
Exchange Editor Nell Cook, ’45
Feature Editor Harriette Thompson, ’45
Reporters Charles Frick, Harry Lane, ’45
Barbara Denise, Pat Denise, ’45
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Bill Shrago, ’45
Ad Manager Frances Tew, ’45
Circulation Manager—-Mary Gardner Pate, ’45
Adviser Mr. Eugene Roberts
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Entered as second-class matter October 26,
1931, at the postoffice at Goldsboro, N. 0.,
under the act of March 3, 1879.
Henry Lee
We Honor
Marilyn Handley
V*
Congratulations
Congratulations! Billy and Liddy Bet.
We are the students of GHS—and you
are our choice for the “Most Repre
sentative” boy and girl in our school.
We feel that this is the highest honor
we as a student body can give to you.
You are our leaders. You have render-,
ed service to your school, your class,
and your classroom. You support the
athletic program. You have made aver-
*age grades or above during your years
in GHS. Your character is beyond re
proach. You are GHS. ^ ^
We feel that in electing you we have
made a fair choice, Billy and Liddy
Bet, and we are certain that you can
and will live up to this honor.
Sophomores Speak
The*following editorials were chosen
from a group written by Sophomores
in Miss Ida Gordner’s English-Journal-
ism class:
New Gymnasium
We need a new g}rmnasium. We have
needed a new gymnasium for a number
of years. We should get a new gym
nasium immediately after the termina
tion of the war.
'For quite some time, the students of
Goldsboro High School and the students
of William Street School have been un
necessarily inconvenienced by the lack
of a gymnasium at Goldsboro High
School.
Physical education in our schools is
'important. It is seriously curtailed by
the lack of a gymnasium at the high
school.
The present gymnasium is insuffi
cient for the needs. It is fine for the
■ grammar school. It should be available
for the use of grammar school students
at all times.
The gym now used for basketball is
not large enough for a regulation-size
basketball court and give the players
plenty of room; neither is it large
enough to house a good turnout for a
game. The seating arrangement is very
poor. The onlookers who wish to sit in
the balcony are unable to see one goal.
Those who sit on the side are constantly
in the way of the players. The gym is
very dirty, and has been for so long
Born on January 1,
1928, Henry Livingston
Lee is a New Year’s
baby and our honoree
this month is the same
“Sp^cs” or “Podds” as
he is better known.
“Specs” is a native
Goldsborian and is in
his Senior year here at
GHS. •
Among other things,
“Specs” has played foot
ball for four years (he
asked; “be sure to say
Varsity and Junior”),
and was on the track team for one year.
That tall be-spectacled boy that gives ^
out with such fascinating rhythm on
the licorice-stick is again “Podds”, and
this talent is the answer to his having
been in the band for three years. This
year Henry shines as assistant head
cheerleader. He is a member of the Var
sity Club and was a member of the GHS
“Swingsters”.
Give “Specs” Lana Turner and he’ll
be perfectly happy, although he will
concede that Cary Grant is O.K., too.
He, too, was voted the most popular
boy in his Senior class. His favorite
song “All the Things You Are” by Glenn
Miller. When it comes to food, he likes
steak, Pepsies, barbecue, just “every
thing, but squash.” Stuck-up people are
his pet peeve, with mushy movies run
ning a close second.
Henry’s ambition is to go to Wake
Forest College when he graduates. All
in all, Henry’s a very agreeable guy and
we wish him the best of everything in
anything he undertakes to do. We know
he’ll be successful.
that it is almost impossible to get it
clean. It could be swept twenty times,
, and dust and dirt would continue to
cover the floor.
The need is urgent. We need a new
gymnasium for our high school. We
must do our utmost to -get a new gym
after the war.—-Jo Rosenthal.
War Bonds
Emitiet Spicer is dead!
The students of GHS may have killed
him!' It seems impossible, but it’s true.
Look at the war bond reports—then
say it’s impossible. What’s wrong, stu
dents? Fr'om the looks of the report
here, pretty soon our boys will be fight
ing with their bare hands; and the
hardest fighting is yet to come.
Think of it! Your high school chums
fighting the well-equipped enemy with
their hands, or at the least a bayonet
but no rifle. Not a very pleasant
thought, is it?.
Well, if we don’t get busy and do
something about it, this may very well
be the scene on many a battle front.
Bonds are that something. War bonds
provide money. Money provjdes arms
and ammunition. The boys badly need
these tools and if you pay for them they
can have them—so what do you say?
Let’s buy bonds and stamps and more
bonds and stamps.
Let’s hot kill another boy.—Oscar
Bagley. **
That attractive sen
ior with the golden-red
hair seen often buried
diligently in hard work
is none other than
Marilyn Handley-^our
honoree for this issue.
Marilyn began her ca
reer May 28, 1928, here
in Goldsboro.
Since she has been in
GHS, she has shown
her initiative in all the
activities about her.
Marilyn has been pres
ident and secretary in
each of her homerooms for the past four
years, besides holding other classroom
offices. During her Junior year, she
served as secretary of her class, and was
on the SA movie committee. She was
selected as an SA marshal because of
her high scholastic record, and was
tapped into the National Honor Society,
because of possessing the qualities
which it requires; Leadership, Scholar
ship, Service, and Character. She now
holds the office of corresponding secre
tary of the SA—a very responsible job.
Our honoree readily confessed that
ice cream was her weak point, and that
“You Were Never Lovelier” was her
favorite song. Greer Garson and Ronald
Reagan rank “tops” with her as far as
the movies are concerned. Swimming
and horse-back riding are her favorite
pastime.
Marilyn’s ambition is to be a private
stenographer. She plans to go to Wom
an’s College in Greensboro upon grad
uation. We wish you the best of luck,
Marilyn, and we are certain that you
will succeed!
Introducing . . .
Mr. M. E. Alone has either an in
feriority or superiority complex. He’s
either an introvert or an extrovert.
Someone else is either better or worse
than Mr. M. E. Alone.
All thoughts are centered on the su
per, Mr. M. E. Alone ... so he thinks.
His name heads the list on walls, wood
work and desks; “Fools’ najnes like
fools’ faces, always seen in public
places.” He’s the big P. C. who roams
the halls every hour on the hour for
some reason or another. No one has a
chin but Mr. M. E. Alone. He has no
boundaries; everyone’s ground is his
and his is no one’s. “Taking it easy is
the best way to take it” is his motto.
The perfect man is what he professes to
be. The perfect man with sense in the
wrong end describes him better. And
what a high-hatter Mr. M. E. Alone is!
His second thought is to ignore people;
ignoramus is a name for that.
The inferior Mr. M. E. Alone moans,
“Nobody likes me” and feels sorry for
himself. Everything goes wrong for
him; there’s never a sunny day in his
life. Poor little thing!
This is time of war; this is not the
time for thoughts of one’s self. Con
centrate on cooperation; don’t be too
proud to work, and for goodness sake
don’t pity yourself!
Music?
^ Daughter: “Did you ever hear any
thing so wonderful?” (as the radio
ground out the latest in swing.)
Father; “Can’t say that I have, al
though I once heard a collision between
a truckload of milk cans and a car filled
with ducks.”
- LITERARY LIGHTS -
Editor’s. Note;
In order to provide more variety in
Literary Lights the editor. decided to
devote this month’s column to the
poetic efforts of the staff. This issue’s
work is the result of begging the staff
to please write some poems. You may be
a potential poetess or poet. If you find
that you'do have poetical genius you
may get your poems printed in this
column next issue.
To a Gorgeous Girl
Two big dimples in a heart-shaped face.
Soft footsteps with quickening pace.
Velvet-like, brown eyes that sparkle as
she chatters,
‘Bout the most important matters.
“Listen”, she says, in a tinkling voice.
And she proceeds to recite her choice.
Of Mother Goose rhymes.
Chubby, .little hands that make mud
pies, ’
She blows soap bubbles that get in her
eyes.
Drowsy little face ready for bed,
Kneeling by the bedside with tpusled,
bowed head.
Slipping into slumber, dreaming of no
sorrow
She’s dreaming, “Just think. I’ll be five
tomorrow.”
—Jean Powell
Vanished Pet
Her kitten died last night. "
The spark of life went away on tiptoe,
Softly, swiftly so as not to wake the tiny
child,
Who loved the animate being so.
The cloudy, grey eyes are closed today,
The small, still body cold.
The minutes pass slowly, the day is
long.
For there is no more, the purring song.
No more the caressing paws and face,
No more the saucy nose, no, no more
when this dear animal goes.
To its fate and final resting place.
—Jean Powell
Music in Spring
Heav’nly music fills our hearts.
Music helps spring Cupid’s darts.
Spring comes only once a year;
Then sweet notes ring in the ear.
Notes of beauty from above
Coming from the birds in love
Bring to lif^ a world of gloom
And harmonize with flow’rs in bloom.
—Gatsey Butler.
Lio lifters
We lift our lids to;
Miss Emma Lou Garner’s and Miss
Isabelle Williams’ homerooms, the Var
sity Club, and the Goldmasquers for
their untiring efforts and artistic ar
rangement in the re-decoration of the
Recreation Room.
Jo Rosenthal for dili^^ntly operating
the Hi News shop.
The cast and the backstage crew of
The Milky Way, as well as to the direc
tor, Mr. Britton, the outstanding
performance of this play.
The Library Coiri^iittee for the splen
did work it has been doing throughout
the year. ;
iAll the students who willingly help
clean the light gbbes in the hallf
We make oii^oest bow!