Goldsboro Hi Newi
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XIX
Goldsboro, North Carolina, April 5, 1946
Number 6
Dramatic Festival To
Return Here Next Year
Ministers
Sponsor
Lecturer
Dr. Grace Sloan Overton of
New York, was sponsored by the
Ministerial Association of Golds
boro, in the Goldsboro high school,
eighth grade of William Street
school, and various churches
throughout the city during the
week of March 11-15.
Each morning at 9:05 Dr. Over
ton spoke to the student body. Her
subjects of discussion were: Mon
day “The Fundamental Structure
Of Our Bodies;” Tuesday—“Our
Minds Body, And Creative Abil
ity;” Wednesday—“Social Know
how;” Thursday—“Finding the
Key To Your Own Door of Voca
tion”; Friday—“Life, Labor, and
Love,” and a summary of the
week’s subjects.
On Wednesday and Thursday
the juniors and seniors from Brog-
den high school were guests, and
on Friday, the seniors from Gran
tham high school and the eighth
grade from William Street school
attended the lecture of Dr. Over
ton.
During the week. Dr. Overton
received students in private and
group conferences.
Dr. Overton also spoke to each
of the classes and to a few home
rooms. On Thursday she spoke to
all the boys of GHS, while Fri-
s'poTce to the girls of this
school and the eighth grade girls
from William Street.
Is Honored
Martha Winslow, president
of the Goldsboro High School
Student Association, was re
cently elected secretary of the
NCSSCC in a meeting held in
Kinston.
Gaynelle Sauls
Is Varsity Club
Sweetheart Now
Teachers
Attend Meet
In Asheville
Five Goldsboro teachers attend
ed the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion in Asheville on March 27-30.
The delegates from Goldsboro
were; Mr. Eugene L. Roberts,
GHS; Mrs. E. L. Roberts, William
Street School; Mrs. Eliza Cox,
GHS; Mrs. John Hawley, William
Street School; and Miss Lucy
Smith, Virginia Street School.
Mr. Roberts will be the incom
ing president of the Goldsboro
unit of the NCEA.
The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss and plan better schools
and better teaching.
There were several meetings of
the various subject groups.
A Young Man’s Fancy
Turns to Love
By Leah Lloyd Rigshee
“In the spring a young man’s
fancy (so they say) turns to
thoughts of love.” Since the sea
son is upon us, I feel that we, the
weaker sex, should be prepared for
his thoughts in case they ever
leave baseball and various other
things in order to turn.
Love is defined in any diction
ary, so if you don’t already know
what it means, look it up. That’s
what dictionaries are for, stupid!
Now since you have looked up
the definition of love and know
what we’re talking about, I shall
continue. The definition is very
helpful but it does not enlighten
us as to the signs that precede your
advancement to this state. (The
state of being in love.) So I shall
attempt to put you in the know.
But first let me warn you that a
young man’s fancy isn’t the only
fancy that turns.
I want you all to know that if
you see him and feel all, well that
way, you’re in love. Sometimes if
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Gaynelle Sauls is the Varsity
Club’s sweetheart.
Announcement of the club’s se
lection was made, March 9, during
the second night’s showing of
“Janie.”
She was selected by the Varsity
Club members in a secret ballot.
All nominees for the place were
eliminated except the high four
and the final secret ballot was
between these four.
To be elected sweetheart of the
Varsity Club is considered a high
honor among the students of GHS.
Gaynelle, a member of the ju
nior class, was born in Snow Hill
Oct. 18, 1929 and has large brown
eyes and dark black hair.
She has participated in dramat
ics and has been in “Lost Hori
zon,” “Little Black Sambo.” “Just
Before The Prom,” “The Lady
Who Came To Stay,” “Men Folk”
and the radio studio dedication
program “The Question.” i
She served on the cafeteria com
mittee last year.
On Friday evening, March 22,
the Eastern Carolina Dramatic
Festival, sponsored by the North
Carolina Dramatic Association of
Chapel Hill, opened with a wel
come by Mr. Ray Armstrong, su
perintendent of the Goldsboro city
schools, and a short review of the
festival program by Mr. Clifton
Britton, teacher of dramatics in
GHS and president of the North
Carolina Dramatic Association,
The Festival will return to GHS
next year.
The first play presented was
“Joan of Arc,” done entirely in
French by the French class of
Greenville High School. It gave
a bit of Joan’s life up to the time
where she began to for her coun
try.
The next play was “Western
Nights,” given by the Needham
Broughton Little Theatre, Raleigh.
The play took place in the West,
and told about four cowboys, one
of whom was named “Boots” be
cause of his love of horses and his
fondness of nice boots and clothes.
Seriously injured while riding, he
hated the thought of dying. How
ever, the Ghost of his dead broth
er visits him and tells him about
the wonderful land “across the
mountains.” Thus the boy passes
away looking forward to seeing the
new land.
Following this was “Gold is
Where You Don’t Find It,” pre
sented by the Junior Goldmasquer,
Goldsboro. This was a cartoon-
comedy, the characters being a
prospecter and a donkey. It tells
I of their search for gold, and when
it is finally found, the exciting
adventures of the search become
more enticing, so the prospecter
forgets about the gold he -has just
found, and continues his search.
The last play for that night was
“Companion Mate Maggie,” given
by the Chi Pi Players, East Caro
lina Teachers College, Greenville.
This was the story of a Negro
girl who leaves home to find fame
and fortune in the city, but finally
realizes that home is the safest and
best place after all.
The festivities were started off
Saturday morning by a general
meeting in the auditorium. Mr.
Britton talked on directing; Fos
ter Fitzsimmons, associate director
of Carolina Playmakers, spoke on
scene design; Mrs. O. K. Jayner,
director at Needham Broughton
High School in Raleigh, talked on
play selection; and Foster Fitz
simmons spoke in playwriting in
high schools.
Following these speeches,
“Mountain Laurel,” the original
play by Jane Parker, Goldmas
quer, was presented. It told of the
Continued on Page Six
GHS Student Named
On Student Council
Cinderella
To Be Here
On April 19
“Cinderella,” a fairy-tale, will
be presented on April 19, by the
Junior Goldmasquers.
The play centers around the lit
tle cinder girl, Cinderella, who is
badly mistreated by her mother
and sisters until a young prince
falls in love with her and she be
comes his bride.
The cast of characters includes:
Cinderella, Polly Edgerton; first
sister, Lillian Overman; second
sister, Mary Olive Grady; mother,
Anna Frank Strosnider; Prince, D.
J. Rose; fairy Godmother, Ruth
Edgerton; Roland, Bill Taylor;
Galafron, Donald Pike; Curdkin,
John Hart Redfearn; Felicia, Er-
line Griffin; the Queen, Tommy
Crocker; and' a page, Nonnie Moz-
ingo.
The technical staff is as fol
lows: properties, chairman Gilda
Vann, David Grimms, Frances Mil
lard; prompter, Erline Griffen;
student director, Donald Pike;
stage manager, Joe Jackson; chief
electrician, John Thompson, Char
lie Crone; sound Ned Champion,
Boby Hill; niake-up, Elwood
Reaves. The rest of the staff will
be chosen later.
The play is being directed by
Miss Alice Lee Harris.
SA Handbook
Is Being
Revised
Presented above are the members of the cast of “Men Folk,” one of the plays that the
GHS Goldmasquers are presenting at Chapel Hill this week. First row, left to right, Sara Sue
Bartlett, Susan Gardner, Gaynelle Sauls, Margie Pate, and Ava Grumpier; second row, Eleanor
Brown, Polly Edgerton, Anna Frank Strosnider, Edwina Hallman, and Sara Jane Pate.
Goldmasquers Present
3 Plays In Contest
Clean Up
Campaign
Is Held
Work on Jhf' revision of the SA,
Ur
Martha Winslow of GHS was
clected Secretary of the Eastern
District' of the North Carolina
State Student Council held at
Kinston, North Carolina, March 22.
This was the seventh annual ses
sion of the district meeting.
The theme oi the convention
was “Youth’s Role in the Postwar
World.”
The delegates attending from
GHS were: Martha Winslow, Kitzi
Bridgers, and Mr. Eugene Roberts,
official delegates; Herbert How
ell, Jane Brown, and Susan Jen
kins, unofficial delegates.
After the registration of dele
gates, the first general business'
session was held. President Ro
land Collins of Grainger high
school, Kinston, called the session
to order after which a devotional
was held. The delegates were
welcomed to Grainger high school
and to Kinston. An address was
given by Chancellor R. B. House,
University of North Carolina, on
the qualities of leadership. After
the recognition of officers, Pat
Hardwick called the roll and gave
the minutes of the sixth Annual
NCSSCC.
The items of business were then
brought up. The appointment of
standing committees was made by
the president. Martha Winslow
was named chairman if the Reso
lutions committee. The naming
of committees and the nomination
of officers were the main items of
business in the first session. Very
few people nominated, so after the
announcements the first general
business session was adjourned af
ter which the official delegates and
their advisors went to a luncheon
at the Hotel Kinston.
At the opening of the second
general business session it was
voted to reopen the nominations
since so few were nominated the
other time. Martha Winslow was
nominated for secretary of the
NCSSCC. After the brief cam
paign speeches the convention ad
journed to discussion groups.
The delegates were divided into
three discussion groups each hav
ing a sub theme under the princi
ple theme “Youth’s Role in the
Postwar World.” The sub themes
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handbook f^r GHS is nearing com
pletion according to announcement
by Eunice Bizzle, chairman of
the committee in charge. The last
handbook of the student associa
tion was published in 1940, so the
SA has as its major objective this
year the publication of the revised
handbook.
The committee has about com
pleted its work and after they
have finished the principal C. W.
Twiford and Advisor E. L. Rob
erts will check and approve
changes, where upon the hand
book will be submitted to the stu
dent body for approval.
Serving with Eunice on the com
mittee are Rev. Bryan, Jewel Ort
on, John Thompson and Mr, E. L.
Roberts.
Eunice Bizzle succeeded Robert
Andrews who resigned from his
position as chairman a few weeks
ago.
Report Cards
By J. C. Horne
As spring rolls around so does
the end of the third quarter. As
the flowers blossom and smell so
does the fourth quarter. As the
birds and bees return so do the
little pink slips that teacher so gen
erously hands out. As the fifth
month of the year comes into
view so do our report cards. As
the little spring showers flow so
do the tears of our bewildered par
ents. As the March breezes blow
so am I until this whole thing
blows over.
“Janie” Nets
Over 11,000
Over one thousand dollars
was taken in on the Varsity-
Goldmasquers production —
“Janie” — which was present
ed the eighth and ninth of
March.
The dedication of the Broad
casting Studios was also made
at this time. The studios and
Room 16, newly redecorated,
were open to the public for in
spection after the presenta
tion of the play.
A clean up campaign was held
in GHS a few weeks ago. It was
sponsored by the Building and
Grounds Committee with Leonard
Fulghum and Shirley White, Co-
chairmen.
Each homeroom was held re
sponsible for cleaning their own
rooms and certain other areas in
the building.
Among the things done were:
dusting; cleaning the floors; wash
ing cabinets; windows; and walls;
repairing desks; and replacing
window pains. Flowers were put
in some rooms to beautify them.
I Homerooms volunteered to help
, clean up ihe lawns. Each day a
i different class took a portion of
the lawn to clean. Trees were also
pruned.
Do You Remember?
By Annie Ruth Crumpler
WHEN
Wolves weren’t plentiful in
GHS?
Billy Ray didn’t like Martha?
Gas and chewing gum were
scarce?
Carl, Bobby and Dan had Ger
man haircuts?
Marilyn T. and Susan S. made
5’s on tests?
Ruth C. was a redhead and
Margie Perry was a blonde??????
Shirly W. had green eyes?
Carolyn L. and Tootie were
serious???
Annie Ruth C. didn’t have a
thing to say????
Donald B. and “Collie Bone”
weighed 200?
“Men Folk,” “Gold Is Where You
Don’t Find It,” and “Mountain
Laurel” are the contest plays to
be presented in Chapel Hill by the
Goldmasquers on April 4, 5, and
6.
“Men Folk,” the senior contest
play is about the women who are
married to sea-faring men and
how they wait for them to come
back from their voyage. The
characters are: Granny, Marjorie
Pate; Jenny, Ava Crumpler; and
Rose, Gaynelle Sauls.
Extras are: Sara Sue Bartlett;
Eleanor Brown; Polly Sdgerton;
Ann Boyette; Edwina Hallman;
Susan Gardner; Sara Jane Pate;
and Anna Frank Strosnider.
The junior contest play, “Gold
Is Where You Don’t Find It,”, is
about a prospector and his donk
ey who are in search for gold.
This is a new type of play called
a cartoon-comedy.
The characters are: Old Ben,
Dan Bernstein; front end, Ned
Champion; rear end^ Carl Casey.
“Mountain L&urel,” tHo original
play, is about a married couple
who try to give a returned soldier
something to live for. The charac
ters in this play are: Ann, Margie
Perry; Sara, Catherine Robinson;
Lee, Robert Andrews; and David,
Billy Ray.
Last year at Chapel Hill the
Goldmasquers won several con
tests: theater art; set design; cos
tume design; make-up; and junior
and senior contest plays.
All other knowledge is hurtful
to him who has not the science of
honesty and good nature.
One of the Chi Pi players, be
tween two of the plays at the GHS
dramatic festival, was describing a
recent trip on an airplane.
“Flying on a big plane doesn’t
make a bit of difference to me,”
she declared; “I faint just as fast
as on the sma\l ones.”
Play Marks Opening
Of GHS Radio Studio
“The Question,” a radio play
given on the opening night of
“Janie,” March 8, marked the
dedication of the Goldmasquer’s
new radio studio.
A number of speakers told of
the advantages and possibilities of
the studio. Radio is to be given as
a subject. It is to be a part of
the school, free to all who wish
to take up radio.
Mr. Armstrong, superintendent
of Goldsboro City schools; Mr. C.
W. Twiford, principal of Golds
boro High School; Mr. Eugene
Roberts, instructor of building and
trades classes, who were largely
responsible for the construction of
the studio; Mr. Clifton Britton, in
structor of dramatics and stage
craft in this school, who made
the studio possible by his untiring
efforts; Mr. A. T. Hawkins, presi
dent of the company which owns
WGBR, who spoke in the absence
of Harry Bright; and John Ran
dolph, who acted as master of
ceremonies; were the speakers
for the night.
A list of GHS students who have
Home Ec.
Club Takes"^'
Pond Project
The girls of the Home Ec. club
voted at a recent meeting to take
the fish pond at the West end of
the building as a project for beau
tification.
Gilda Vann gave a report on the
various kinds of roses and the girls
decided to set rosebushes on the
School grounds.
Recently the outgoing .'ind in
coming executive boards of the
Wayne County Chapter of the Fu
ture Homemakers of America Club
met in Goldsboro High School to
decide upon a date for and prac
tice the installations of new offi-
• u^-s inl^the club.
The boaiTf was servecr rerreslv^ '
ments by the Goldsboro Chapter
of the club. Thirty one students
and advisors attended.
At the candlelight service in the
Mount Olive High School all new
officers of the Wayne County
Chapter were installed. Frances
Fulghum of Goldsboro High School
was made secretary of the club
for the year 46-47.
Later in Goldsboro nev,' inem-r
bers of the Goldsboro branch were
initiated.
been or are now engaged in radio
v/ork as a result of radio training
in the school follows: Aubrey Ay-
cock, Vassie Balkcum, Elsie Lee,
John G. Britt, Billy Burwell, Ted
Burwell, Lawrence Carr, Ned
Champion, Johnny Grant, Billy
Hare, John Hicks, Grace Carol
Hollingsworth, Graham Justice,
Marietta McFarland, Tommy
Mercer, Ira Montague, Charlie
Thompson, and James Whitley.
The students of GHS chose the
studio as a memorial to the boys
from the school who gave their
lives in World War II.
A bronze plaque on the walls in
dicates the fact that the studio is
dedicated to those from the school
who died in the service of their
country.
Red Cross
Committee
Lists Work
The Cross Committee of Golds
boro High School has sponsored
the following activities this year.
(1) A membership drive, stress
ing 100 per cent participation.
(2) A sophomore home econom
ics class made a nutrition survey
in the 4th and 5th grades in Wil
liam Street School.
] (3) Another home economics
j class made soft toys for children.
(4) Each homeroom filled gift
boxes to be sent to other coun
tries.
(5) Mr. Barden’s classes made
much needed articles for the hos- '
pital—ash-trays, lap-boards, walk
ing canes, etc.
Sally Hood is chairman of the
Red Cross Committee arid Mi
Miriam Koch is advisor to the co
mittee.
Easter Holidays
Easter Holiday in GHS will
be observed from April 19th,
“Good Friday” until April
22nd, “Easter Monday.”
The recent dramatic festiv
GHS is the occasion for the
rection of this oldie:
There is a movie critic wh
written an occasional movie .
ario, which some studio has al’
purchased but never used.
This critic was golfing with
is B. Mayer, Darryl Zanuc
Harry Warner. During the .
the critic cooed to Mr. Maye
“Louis, I’ve just written a
scenario. I’d like you to rea'
Mayer yelled to Warner:
ry! It’s your turn to buy itl
Zanuck fell right down
vulsions.