Varsity Sweetheart
SENIOR EDITION
New Officers of Student Association
Ida Lewis Langston has been
named Varsity Club sweetheart
by the secret balloting of the mem
bers of the organization.
Varsity
Sweetheart
Is Named
Ida Lewis Langston has been
named as the 1947 Varsity Club
Sweetheart.
Announcement of her selection
was made between the scenes of
the last act of “The Visitor” on
May 24.
Ida Lewis went immediately to
the lobby where she was escorted
to the stage by two members of
the Varsity Club, William Smith
and Adolph Pate.
Clifton Noble, Varsity Club
president, read the section of the
Varsity Club constitution which
gives the qualifications for Sweet
heart. He then presented Ida Lewis
with the blue and white regalia
bearing the words “Varsity Sweet
heart,” and declared her the 1947
Varsity Club Sweetheart.
The Sweetheart reigns over the
Varsity Dance and all other ath
letic events.
The qualifications are: She must
be a Senior; she must' possess
beauty, poise, personality, and in
telligence.
Varsity Sweethearts in the past
have been: Sally Lee, '44; Marnie
Cheever, ’45; Gaynelle Sauls, ’46;
and Ida Lewis Langston, *47.
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XX.
Goldsboro, N. C.. Friday, June 6, 1947
Number 8
Seven Named to Honor Society Here
Tramp Features Class Day
Program for Local Graduates
Senior Class Day in Goldsboro
high school took place on May 28.
Gertrude Blow, chairman of the
Class Day Committee, was
charge of the program.
The program took place in the
year 1957, back at GHS.
A tattered, but happy, tramp,
who originally was a member of
the class of ’47, but fell out in
grammar school due to inability to
keep up with such brilliant minds,
viisted the scene and thinks about
the past.
The first part of the program
took up the history of the class,
told in dialogue by the tramp. The
second part dealt with the proph
ecy, with the tramp telling of the
people he has seen on a cross
country tour. The third part was
the reading of the Last Will and
Testament and the singing of the
farewell song.
Those taking part in the pro
gram were: Dan Bernstein, Robert
Andrews, Wallace Allen, Leonard
Fulghum, John Braswell, Mary Lib
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Subfreshman
Week Held
Subfreshman Week in GHS was
observed the week of April 28-
May 2.
On Monday the eighth graders
visited the high school and made
an extensive tour of the building
and grounds.
Tuesday morning SA Council
was held on the William St. School
stage with the sub-freshmen as an
audience.
The glee club gave a program for
the sub-freshmen on Wednesday
and on Thursday student leaders
gave talks about the various clubs
and organizations in high school.
A test on the handbook ended
the week’s activities on Friday,
Sub-freshman Week is an an
nual affair sponsored by the SA
reception committee. The purpose
of the week is to better acquaint
sub-freshmen with high school
life. Catherine Robinson is chair
man of the committee.
Two GHS Girls
Made Officers
In Homemakers
Byrd, Caudill, Roberts
Head Upper Classes
Seniors In
Royal Essay
Contest
Two Goldsboro girls, Ann Boy
ette and Barbara Russell, were re
cently elected to offices of the
County Future Homemakers, at a
County Rally which thirty-eight
members of the Future Homemak
ers Club of Goldsboro attended in
Brogden school recently.
The following other new county
officers were elected during the
business session: vice president,
Ruth Smith, Brogden; secretary,
Edna Fleming, Pikeville; treasurer,
Delores Garris, New Hope; song
leader, Otha Lee Littleton, Gran
tham; historian, Joyce Gurley,
Rosewood; parliamentarian, Peggy
Grant, New Hope. Ann Boyette
was elected pianist and Barbara
Russel was elected as reporter.
Immediately following the_ bus
iness meeting the girls went to
Wiggins’ pond for a picnic planned
by the Brogden chapter of the
F. H. A.
Mrs. Clarinda Britt and Miss
Ruby Lee Spencer, advisors, ac
companied the girls. Mr. Anthony
Members of the senior class have
recently finished their informal es
says which are entered in the con
test for the Royal. Essay Award,
The winner will be announced to
night.
The topic was “A Glimpse Into
the Future.” The essays were not
to exceed two thousand words.
The Royal Essay prize of ten
dollars has been given for years
by G. C. Royal to the senior boy
or girl, who in the opinion of the
selected local judges, writes the
best informal essay.
The purpose of the award is to
stimulate creative writing among
seniors, and the writing of these
essays has beeome a definite part
of Senior English work.
Rev. Bradshaw
Preaches the
Finals Sermon
Rev. Robert. W. Bradshaw, Pas
tor of Jarvis Memorial Methodist
Church, of Greenville, preached
the baccalaureate sermon to the
graduates on Sunday evening in
the high school auditorium.
“Unnecessary Things in Life’
was Mr. Bradshaw’s theme. Fol
lowing the usual custom, most
Goldsboro churches suspended
their regular evening services
their members could attend the ex
ercises.
At the graduation exercises to
night 108 students will receive di
plomas.
‘Let Peace Reign” is the topic
of the allegory to be presented by
the seniors in the graduation finals
Chairman of the school board W
A. Dees will present diplomas and
^ - — - I Hugh Waldrop, member of the
Blysack drove the school bus to school board, will make awards for
and from the meeting. | scholarship.
Junior-Senior Dance Is Gala Event
At the annual Junior-Senior
dance held Friday evening. May 9,
the gym was decorated as a plan
tation home, with moss hanging
from the top of the building, ivy
and roses covering the walls, and
two dogwood trees in front of the
home.
Opening’ the reception was a
program covering the period of
time from pioneer days to the
present. Music from each of the
periods was sung by a group of
boys, and “Kipling’s Recessional”
brought the program to an end.
Those in the program having
speaking parts were Davis Byrd,
Erline Griffin, Leslie Britt, Eunice
Bizzell, Anna Frank Strosnider,
and Archie Hamil. Harvey Bar-
wick and Lillian Pate sang a duet,
and a number of sophomore andj
freshman students participated in
the pantomine.
Refreshments were served after
the program. Then a figure was
formed by the officers of the jun
ior and senior classes, the chair
men of the junior-senior commit
tees, and their dates. Students in
the figure were: Jack Hauser, sen
ior class president, and Ida Lewis
Langston; Gaynelle Sauls, senior
vice-president, and Ned Champion;
Gerty Blow, senior secretary, and
Harvey Barwick; Jewel Orton,
senior cheerleader, and Gerald
Massengill; Charlie Wiggs, senior
cheerleader, and Jewel Orton; Mil
ler Eason, junior class president,
and Erline Griffin, junior vice-
president; Ruth Edgerton, junior
secretary, and William • Smith
Howell; Polly Edgerton, junior
treasurer, and Billy Howell; Peg
gy Littleton, junior cheerleader^
and Carlton Frederick; Paul Sav
age, junior cheerleader, and Jo
Jackson; Barbara Hood, chairman
of Junior-Senior dance committee,
and Joe Bazemore; Charlie Crone,
chairman of Junior-Senior decora
tion committee, and Mary Olive
Grady; Lilltan Overman, chairman
of Junior-Senior refreshment com
mittee, and Chubby Bridgers; Eun
ice Bizzell, chairman of Junior
Week, and Leslie Britt.
The Junior-Senior was a card
dance, with every third dance a
break dance.
A receiving line composed of the
officers of the two classes and
their dates greeted the guests* as
they entered the dance.
The dance was held at the Wil
liam Street School gymnasium. I
Davis Byrd, Howard Caudill and
Gene Roberts, Jr., were elected to
lead the rising senior, junior, and
sophomore classes, respectively, in
the recent class elections.
Serving the senior class as offi
cers next year will be: Davis Byrd,
president; Eleanor Brown, vice
president; Evelyn Barbee, secre
tary; Billy Hov/ell, treasurer; and
Louise York and Bill Taylor,
cheerleaders.
Howard Caudill, president; Jerry
Sandford, vice president; Bennette
Daughtry, secretary; Kenneth Ful
ghum, treasurer and Bessie Cul-
breth and Max Epstein, cheerlead
ers, are the officers of the rising
junior class.
Leading the sophomores will be:
Gene Roberts, Jr.. president; Ken
neth Allen, vice president; Allino
Robbins, secretary; Bud Wallace,
treasurer; and Julia Manly and
Jimmy Thomas, cheerleaders
The schedule for the elections
was as follov ' Tonday, May 5.
through ’t'ri6ii*^-^.'vlay G, iiorii’na
tions by petitions; Monday, May
12, and Tuesday, May 13, registra
tion; Thursday, May 15, campaign
speeches; and Friday, May 16, vote.
Revotes were held the following
week.
Those running for office were:
rising seniors: president Davis
Byrd, Erline Griffin, John Thomp
son and D. J. Rose; vice president,
Mary Olive Grady, William Heed-
en and Eleanor Brown; secretary,
Evelyn Barbee and Joyce Dowlin;
treasurer, Billy Howell, Marilyn
Tolochko, Betty Bedford, and Mar
tha Neely; Cheerleader, (girl)
Louise York, Bo Kannon, Mimi
Weil, and Carolyn Lancaster. Bill
Taylor was automatically elected
as the boy cheerleader since he had
no. opposition; rising juniors: pres
ident, Rudolph Alexander, Dick
Griswold, Ruby Forehand, How
ard Caudill; vice president, Jerry
Sandford, automatically elected
due to no opposition; secretary,
Dana James Gulley and Bennette
Daughtry; treasurer, Alice Wiggins
and Kennith Fulghum; cheerlead
er, (girl), Bessie Culbreth, Doreen
Denise, Helen Lupton, and Margie
Wilson, (boy), Max Epstein and
Jack Rose; rising sophomores:
president, Doris Ann Hall, Flor
ence Bowden, Marie Savage, anH
Gene Roberts, Jr.; vice president,
Edward Mitchell and Kennith Al
len; secretary, Janice Whaley and
Alline Rollins; treasurer, Bud
Wallace, Minnie Ruth Forehand,
and Betty Barbee; cheerleader,
(girl) Martha Ann Rose, Janet
Cooke, Julia Manly, Jane Bostic,
and Ann Hood, (boy) Bobby Dar
den, Elton Warrick, and Jimmy
Thomas.
The Board of Elections handled
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Seven members of the Junior
Class were tapped into member
ship of the Charles B. Aycock
chapter of the National Honor So
ciety of Goldsboro High School at
an impressive ceremony on Thurs
day of last week.
Those received into membership
were: Davis Byrd, Polly Edgerton,
Erline Griffin, Lillian Overman,
Donald Pike, John Thompson, and
Marilyn Tolochko. This was the
second tapping of the school year,
seven Seniors having been receiv
ed into membership in January.
To be named to the organization
one must be in the upper third of
his class scholastically, and must
display leadership, must be of high
character, and must have been of
outstanding service in the school.
The faculty votes students into
membership.
Ruth Caudill read a scroll, giv
ing the qualities and aims of the
organizations; and then she called
upon Annette Edgerton to repre
sent character; Peggy Ann Robin
son, leadership; Jerry Worrell,
scholarship and Mary Gray Hollo-
well, service.
Miss Janie Ipock, adviser to the
group, presented the sealed names
to President Martha Winslow of
the Society, who in turn gave them
to present members who went into
the audience in quest of the new
members.
Secretary Daron Ward read the
minutes of the last meeting, re
quirements for membership, list of
members for the past five tappings.
Principal C. W. Twiford adminis
tered the pledge of allegiance and
i^^,r. E. L Roberts, of the faculty,!
pi'onounced the benedicuoc’'
i
Pictured above are the SA officers for the next year at GHS.
Left to right they are: Janie Bartlett, corresponding secretary; Bil
ly Winslow, treasurer; Lillian Overman, recording secretary; Don
ald Pike, president; Polly Edgerton, vice-president, and Herman
Vinson, head cheerleader.
New SA Officers
Planning for Work
New Officers
Take Oaths
In Assembly
raduates
Give Bench
A maple bench for the of
fice will be the class of ’47’s
gift to the high school. A com
mittee headed by Ida Lewis
Langston and composed of
Paul Edmundson, Bobby Mal-
pass, Ruth Caudill, and Eliza
beth Ann Kornegay made the
choice of the gift which was
recent class meeting.
Spanish Club
Gets Started
For Students
Marilyn Tolochko, rising senior,
heads a Spanish club formed re
cently by some of the members of
the two first year Spanish classes
of GHS.
Officers to serve with Marilyn
Tolochko, president, are: Mary
Olive Grady, vice president; Jane
Parker, secretary; Archie Hamil,
treasurer. Chairmen of several
committees have also been named,
and they are: Janie Bartlette and
Lillian Overman, program com
mittee; Eleanor Brown and Erline
Griffin, social activities committee;
Fred Tyndall, advertising commit
tee; Eloise Balkcum and Polly Ed
gerton, music committee; Eunice
Bizzell, special studies committee.
The purpose of the club is to
promote a greater interest in the
Spanish language, and to under
stand more fully the customs of
the Spanish-speaking countries.
Although officers have been
elected and a constitution drawn
up, the- organization will not begin
functioning until the next school
year.
New SA officers were adminis
tered the oath of office in a recent
assembly.
The outgoing officers made
speeches thanking the student body
for their cooperation during the
past year, and the incoming offi
cers made talks accepting their re-
siponsibility.
Eobl^y Malpass, outgoing head
cheerleadei-, handed I'-is letter over
to Herman Vinson, the incoming
head cheerleader. John Thompson
turned his treasury books over to
Billy Winslow. Susan Smith pre
sented her books to Lillian Over
man, new recording secretary.
Jayne Grant gave her books to
Janie Bartlette, corresponding sec
retary.
Carlton Fredericks made a wel
coming talk to Polly Edgerton, in
coming vice president. Herbert
Howell made a farewell speech to
the students and wished them luck
with the SA for the coming year,
Donald Pike, the new president,
told the students he would try to
make the SA grow.
Donald Pike, rising Senior,^,
automatically elected SA Presi
dent during the recent election.
Janie Bartlette was also automat
ically elected to the office of cor
responding secretary, and Billy
Winslow, treasurer. Lillian Over
man defeated Evelyn Barbee for
the office of recording secretary;
Eunice Bizzell, candidate for head
cheerleader, was defeated by Her
man Vinson.
No revote was required since no
more than two people were run
ning for the same office.
The Board of Elections headed
by Leah Lloyd Riggsbee, and com
posed of Marilyn Tolochko, Laura
Lynch, Bryan Sutton, Martha Ann
Ro^>e, and Ji;nmy Ellis, was in
charge of the elections. Miss Caro
lyn Langston and Miss Ruby Ross
er are advisors to the committee.
Students Make
Paper Tour
Seniors Enjoy
Picnic Outing
The annual senior picnic was
held on May 28th at Camp Tusca-
rora.
picnic was held following
the Class Day Exercises.
Almost all the senior class at
tended this outing. The class was
transported out to Camp Tusca-
rora by individual cars and the
school bus. Barbecue and carbon
ated drinks were served.
Elizabeth Ann Kornegay and
Leonard Fulghum were in charge
of the senior picnic.
Sixteen members of the Jour
nalism class and two other stu
dents recently made a trip to Zeb-
ulon. Wake Forest, and Raleigh.
The purpose of the trip was to
enable the students to see the
printers of the Hi News at work at
their shop in Zebulon.
After leaving Zebulon, the stu
dents journeyed to Wake Forest,
and toured the campus there. Then
they went to Raleigh and were
taken on a complete tour through
the News and Observer plant and
offices.
The students who went on the
trip were: Edna Davis, Charles El
lis, Pinky Gainey, Herbert Howell,
Connie Johnson, Donald King,
Margie Perry, Nance Potts, Albert
Pate, Leah Lloyd Rigsbee, Jane
Shaver, Susan Smith, William
Smith, F. W. Stanley, Marilyn To
lochko, Billy Winslow, and Mar
tha Winslow.
Mr. E. L Roberts, advisor to the
Hi News, accompanied the group
■and drove the school bus.
103 Seniors Get Diplomas Tonight
Tonight, 103 members of the! Gainey, Jarvis Garris,
Senior Class will receive their di-1 Gates, Jayne Grant,
plomas. They are as follows: Wal
lace Allen, David Anderson, Rob'
ert Andrews, Oscar Bagley, Jackie
Barfield, Donald Barnes, Sarah
Sue Bartlette, Dan Bernstein, Ger
trude Blow, Joyce Boykin, John
Braswell, Catherine Bridgers, Jane
Brown, Rufus Brown, E. B. Butts.
Ruth Caudill, Ned Champion,
Eunice Coley, Annie Ruth Grump
ier, Edna Davis, Gordon Davis,
John Davis, Paula Davis, William
Roy Davis, Jr., John Duke.
Paul Edmundson, Charles Ellis,
Jim Evans, George Parfour, Hazel
Fields, John Fields, Mary Elizabeth
Fisher, Leonard Fulghum, Barbara
Edwina Hallman, Sally Hood,
Maurice Hamm, Johnnie Hinton,
Sally Hood, Herbert Howell, Wil
liam Smith Howell, Jack Hauser.
Joyce James, Mary Ann Jeffreys,
Irene Jeffreys, Dora Lee Jinnette,
Constance Johnson, R. W. Jordon,
Marilyn Johnson, Margaret Jones,
Graham Justice, Donald King,
Elizabeth Ann Kornegay,
Curtis Lancaster, Ida Lewis
Langston, Carolyn Lassiter, Claud-
ine Lewis, Frank Lisenby,
Bobby Malpass, Donald Meyers,
Virginia McFarland, Sadie McCar
ter, Bett McLawhorn, Clifton No
ble,
Frank Jewel Orton, Easter Rose Park
er, Mary Frances Paschall, Adolph
Peggy Ann Pierce, Mildred Pitt-
Pate, Marjorie Pate, Sarah Jane
Pate, Lois Pearce, Margie Perry,
man, Linicord Plyer, Nance Potts,
Chesley Price.
Russell Radford, Elwood Reaves,
Edward Reeves, John Renn, Leah
Lloyd RigsBfee, Catherine Robin
son, Ruth Rosser.
Eva Mae Sauls, Gaynelle Sauls,
Mamie Ruth Savage, Julia Scott,
Jane Shaver, Susan Smith, Wil
liam Earl Smith, Dorothy Speai's,
Durwood Stafford, F. W. Stanley.
Daron Ward, Reba Wester, Shir
ley White, Jean Wiggins, Charles
Wiggs, Frances Wiggs, Martha
Winslow, Harold Worrell.