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Goldsboro Hi News
February 27, 1948
THANKS FOR PATIENCE
The staff of the Hi News would like to
thank you students for being so patient
in waiting for the issue of the paper of
January 20. Due to a d§ath in the firm that
formerly printed the paper, they were
forced to give up printing our paper. We
had to secure a new printer, which is
quite a difficult task. Besides not being
able to get out a paper for Christmas, the
cost of printing was hiked up fifty per
cent. This puts quite a burden on the Hi
News staff, but we will do our best to sei’ve
you and put out better papers. U you
have any suggestions on how to improve'
the paper, they would be carefully con
sidered. Thank you.
J. T.
A SECOND FROM ETERNITY
Not often regarded, perhaps, are the
emotions of the railroad engineers before
whose locomotive an automobile suddenly
appears at a crossing. One of them, how
ever, has put down on paper the feelings
he had one Sunday evening recently when
his train nearly crashed into a car carry
ing a young man and a girl.
Writing an open letter to the Omaha
World Herald on Tuesday, December 23,
the engineer, a Union Pacific employe
with a perfect accident record, put it as
follows;
“I don’t know who you are, it’s true, but
I do know you were scared to death Sun
day evening near 9 o’clock when you
drove your car across directly in froni; of
a speeding passenger train. It was so
close that I, in the cab, could see the
young girl (your sweetheart, I presume)
throw her hands up in front of her face
and cringe up against you in stark horror.
“If I were that young girl I’d pull away
from you, fast. You don’t have good sense,
son. You probably say you love her. I
wonder. Those we love we try to protect.
But not you.
“Wouldn’t that have been a nice Christ
mas present to hand your mother—a
broken and battered body? And'how da
you think that we in the cab of that en
gine would feel? We are human beings,
too. We have young ones waiting home
for us to return. We, too, could have been
killed.
“You and your girl were one second
from eternity Sunday, son.
“I hope you read this and know it means
you, and that your girl will, too. Next
time yo\i go driving around, stop and look.
We don’t want to hit you, but we are help
less, as we cannot swerve away from our
given i-ail.
“If I were you, son, and you too, sis,
I’d thank God for that split second He
granted you Sunday evening.
“I said a prayer for all when I realized
you were going across. Perhaps that’s
what saved us all.
Now think it over, both of you. And
I’ll bet you are both still shaking in your
shoes.
“And please, for God’s sake, don’t try
it again.”
The man who wrote the foregoing is
named Chester E. Beltz. He is a young
man with a wife and two youngsters t(
whom he is devoted. He has made a not
able contribution to the cause of safety
and accident prevention if only people
who drive cars and trucks have eyes to
see and minds to grasp the points he
makes.
“Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tenn.
Published eight times a year hy the jourmO-
isin class of Goldsboro High School, Golrls-
boro, N. C-, Members of the International
Quill and Scroll Society and Columbia Schol
astic Press Association.
INTEPHATIONAl^
Volume XXI.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor ; Marilyn Tolochko
Sports editors Ed Strickland and
Gene Roberts, Jr.
Feature editors Henry Edwards and
Lou York
Exchange editors Dana James Gulley and
Betty Barbed
Alumni editors Bill Taylor and
Virginia Keen
Hi Lights editors Mary Ann Ward and
Barbara Russell
Photographer Albert^ Pate
Reporters Gene Anderson, Graham
Best, Doris Page, Faye Parnell, James
Rountree.
BUSINESS STAFF
Business manager John Thompson
Circulation managers Ruth Forehand and
Elton Warricfe
Advertising manager Bill Winslow
Assistant advertising managers i Howard
Caudill and Christine Byrd
Manager Hi News shop . Ed Strickland
Adviser Eugene L. Roberts
Entered as second-class matter October 26,
1931, at the postoffice at Goldsboro, N. C.,
under the act of March 3, 1879.
WHERE’S OUR SPIRIT
The students of Goldgboro High School
have a number of things of which to be
proud. Several of the departments have
made quite a name for themselves by the
things they have accomplished.
It would seem that with a school such
as this, we would not only be proud, but
have a lot of school spirit. When school
spirit is first mentioned, it brings to mind
yelling at ball games. This does need a
great deal of improvement in our school,
but school spirit also covers loyalty to all
school activities.
We know that you have heard this same
thing reapeatedly, but we feel that it can
not be stressed too often. Lf(tely the high
school students’ spirit has waned consid
erably, and we think ' that something
should be done about it right away.
We are sure that every student is proud
of his school and the organizations in it,
and would be quite indignant if his loyalty
were questioned. Yet instead of being
close and working together, they don’t
even seem to know the meaning of the
word “cooperate”.
We hope that the GHS students will
consider this problem, and do their best
to keep alive the spirit and cooperativeness
of the school!
M. T.
Birthdays
By Danna James Gulley
There are 3 9 students who have
birthdays during the month of
March, and we would like to wish
each of them a very happy one.
NEW START
A new semester has recently started.
Regardless of past grades or marks that
were made, now is the time to look for
ward to something new and better.
We were one of those numerous per
sons who took advantage of the recent
snow and went coasting on sleds. We
noticed that the straighter the path of
the sled, the better we coasted. Our path
this semester should be straight and clear
in our minds. If it is, then we can also
do better in our work.
We like to remember the words of Em
erson; ‘‘Make the most of yourself, for
that is all there is of you.”
B. W.
MORE “PEP” NEEDED
What has happened to the school spirit
we had during the football season? Dur
ing that time the yelling and cheering was
much better and louder than now.
Basketball is equally as important as
any other sport and the team needs all
the support we can give it.
What more could We ask for? We have
got something to cheer for and good cheer
leaders to lead us, and we get fifteen
minutes , of school time to have a pep
meeting. If we don’t start taking ad
vantage of these meetings, we may not
have any more.
Next time we go to a pep meeting, let’s
cheer with all our might!!
B. R.
BE YOURSELF
When your teacher asks you why you
threw the spitball, do you answer, “Jim
my threw one at me first”?
Yes, you did something just because
the other fellow did it. An example used
by everyone for such cases as this, is “If
Joe Jumped into a fire would you follow?.”
Of course you wouldn’t. Everyone was
given a mind for a certain reason, this
reason being to use. Oftimes, we let the
other fellow do the thinking for us and,
therefore, we sometimes subconsciously
allow this person to make our decisions.
We should be independent and do what
we think is right.
If you are out with a gang and they do
some things that you disapprove of, would
yOu dc the same thing in order not to be
a kill joy? Would you lay aside your
own ideals and standards and fall in with
them? If you would, then you have no
mind of your own. Y’ou need someone
to depend on. If your ideals are at all
worthwhile, you will stick to them and not
be ashamed to display them.
Let Joe jump in the fire if he wants to.
That’s his red wagon. After all, you’ve
got a mind of your own. Use it!
B. J. B.
Frances Malpass
Martha Rose
Peggy Strickland
Ruby Kennedy
Bobby Darden
Betty Bedford
D. J. Rose
Betty Hollowell
John Pearnian
Lucy Jeffreys
Philip Kannan
Anne Aycock
Henry Edwards
Eliabeth Best
Mavis Page
Jane Parker
Vallie Faircloth
Frances Fulghum
Julian Hill
Leslie Langston
Lucille Williams
Helen Nelson
Peggy Malpass
Juanita Jones
Fred Tyndall
Jesse Ray Mitchell
EJrline Griffin
Dorothy Lahr
Ila Lee Holland
Judy Adams
Jack Wilson
Jewel Thomas
Ann Houser
Jane Buie
Lillian Haynes
Alfred Buck
Frances Myers
Merle Best
Bobby Anderson
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TO EACH HIS OWN
What does “to each his own” bring to
your mind? Oh, ,of course you think of
the song, but even the song has some
special meaning, if you stop to think about
it.
When someone puts something iji his
loclfer, evidently this thing belongs to
him, not to anyone who happens along
and decided he would like to own it. Some
people give everyone the benefit of a
doubt and never lock their lockers, expect
ing to find what they leave in them when
they look for it.
Taking things from lockers not belong
ing to you may result in trouble for some
one. What is in your locker is yours.
What is in the other fellow’s is his prop
erty. To each his own!
E. F. P.
Dating I. Q.
By Ed Strickland
Last night was “the” night,
the first date with that special
someone you’ve been moon-eyed
about since last quarter—but—
things didn’t turn out right. She
gave you a quick brush-eroo in
the corridor this morning. “Why?”
you ask yourself; you did every
thing.
Flowers, dancing, cokes, a car,
you really gave her the works—
even to a goodnight peck at her
door. You can’t understand wo
men, and you’re such a popular
guy, too.
Stop right ther.^ mister, some
where along'the fine you pulled
a faux pas, a boner. Lads, in this
day and time you gotta be on
your toes in the highly compet
itive field of women.
Here are some questions, which,
if you bone-up on and get the
right answers to, may help to
make a comeback and win the lass
in spite of last night.
1. About the flowers.
a. Did you ask her the color
of her dress and favorite flower,
then pick something suitable?
b. Wait till the last minute
and send whatever the florist had
left?
c. Pick a kind of flower that
you liked?
2. When Bob and Betty joined
at intermission, did you—
a. Go- with them for a glass
of punch from the bowl?
b. Suggest a place a few miles
down the road?
c. Duck Bob and Betty to
sneak out to your car for a petting
party?
3. In paying your respects to
the chaperones, did you—
a. Discuss the atomic bomb?
b. Ask the professor’s wife for
a dance while the girftriend
spread goodwill to the professor?
c. Punch your date and say,
“Let’s blow; he gives me a pain.”?
4. When the orchestra played a
tango did you—
a. Explain that you didn’t
know how and sit it out?
b. Fox trot real fast?
c. Leave the date alone to tell
a joke to Joe, whom you had just
seen?
5. When the class bore cut in,
did you—
a. Refuse?
b. Retire tactfully to plan a
strategic rescue with a friend?
c. Give in and bounce off to
dance with someone else?
6. At the midnight snack party
did you—
a. Appear sullen because you
didn’t like the idea?
b. Join in the fun and try to
make your girlfriend enjoy her
self?
c. Leave the date to join the
boys in another room for a bull
session.
If your Dream Girl gave you
a brushoff this morning, chances
are you pulled a boner; so bone
up on your dating manners and
try again.
Answers: 1-a; 2-a; 3-b; 4-a;
5-b; 6-b.
WE HONOR
‘Thisk match won’t light.”
"Whask matter with it?”
"Donknow, it lit alright a min
ute ago.”
CKristine ‘^yrd
Our honoree for this month is
none other than that friendly
green-eyed Thelma Christine Byrd.
“Chrit,” as she is better known
to her friends, was born in Golds
boro on January 16, 1930.
“Chrit” has proven to be an
active student in GHS as she was
the vice president of the French
Club in her junior year, and now
is president. She was the secre
tary of the FHA in her sophomore
year. She is now historian of the
FHS and also of the senior class.
She was a Goldmasquer and work
ed on makeup for the play,
“Janie”, in her sophomore year.
“Chrit” has the high honor of
being a marshal in her senior
class and she is also assistant
advertising manager of the Hi
News.
June Allyson is her favorite
actress. She has no favorites
among the men—she likes them
all. Any kind of food is her fav
orite, but she particularly likes
spaghetti and meat balls and
strawberry ice cream for her des
sert. Her favorite pastime is
basketball.
Her ambition is to become a
nurse. We’re sure that she will
be successful because of her splen
did record.
Here’s wishing her the best of
luck!!!
A Fable With
Two Morals
By Albert Pat«
Brute force, backed by^ form
erly repressed homicidal urge, is
being used as a horrifying med
ium in an evergrowing reign of
terror. Bongo the Beast! Thrust
ing his blade of fear deep into
the hearts of the village folk,
terrorizing the whole countryside,
causing the people to live in dread,
or rather, to live a constant pray
er that the setting sun will not
catch them far from home.
Bongo, a name which is now a
synonym for sheer horror and
unadulterated terror, was not al
ways so. No, definitely not. Bon
go was ohce as docile as a lamb.
That was probably the basis, the
cause for the slow, barely per
ceptible warping of his mind. This
transformation was due to kidding
and teasing about his weak, poor
ly developed, skinny body.
Bongo was not always Bongo;
I won’t divulge his real name, but
I do want the reader to under
stand that Bongo the Terrible was
once the same as any other scraw
ny, 98 lb. weakling. He seemed
to be content with his lot, always
ready with a joke, taking re
marks about his puny body jovial
ly, apparently taking no offense.
No one realized that these
taunts were actually driving his
tiny ego to take desperate meas
ures to become strong and phy
sically powerful. He began a
slow, methodical but desperate,
search through the manuscripts
of the alchemists and sorcerers.
(Popular Mechanics magazine).
Suddenly he saw it, realizing that
at last his dream was about to
be fulfilled! There, under the
picture of the gleaming, greasy,
wonderfully musclebound John
Hercules, was the answer! Grab
bing his quill from his inkpot,
he breathlessly filled out the
coupon, his one-way ticket on the
fast express to “Muscle Beach.”
Soon, he too, could be hopelessly
bound by bulging biceps, etc.
Now the bruised and battered
bodies of his former buddies stand
as mute testimonials to the fact
that pointed remarks can goad a
kitten into a raging lion.
“TBill Taylor
On February 25, 1931, William
Robert Taylor, better known as
Bill, was born here in Goldsborp.
As a boy scout he made a fine
record. He obtained the Eagle
Award, which is a highlight in
any boy’s life. Bill is a member
of the Order of the Arrow, a
National Honor Camper fratern
ity for Boy Scouts who, in the
opinion of their fellow scouts, is
a Scout worthy of that honor.
When Bill reached high school
he did not quit the good work,
but kept on obtaining the honors
of his class.
As a freshman he served on the
reception committee. He also took
an active part on the Junior foot
ball team for two years.
When a sophomore and better
known by his fellow classmates,
he was elected class treasurer.
He worked back stage on the
plays, “Men Folk”, “Gold Is
Where You Don’t Find It,”
“Janie”, the contest plays, and
had a speaking part in “Cinder
ella”.
Bill’s junior year, like most
other juniors’, was well tied up
with books, but he managed to
serve on a Junior-Senior com
mittee, the social committee, and
took part in the Junior play, “Our
Town.”
Then came the senior year.
Bill, at the threshold of a new
year, was elected by his fellow
students to represent them in the
Youth Day during Centennial
Week as an alderman. He is also
a member of the cheering squad,
and co-Alumni Editor of the Hi
News. '
After graduation Bill plans to
attend Carolina and study law.
We are sure he will keep up the
good work and establish equally
as good a record there as he has
at GHS.
We wish you luck, Bill!
Rest Is Disturbed
By Recent Snow
By Mary Ann Ward
My home is in Goldsboro, so
naturally I didn’t expect to be
used this year. For the past
twelve years I’d lain peacefully on
my sack in the attic. My master
hadn’t used me for so long that
I felt as if I were dead. What
good was I if I couldn’t go spin
ning and skidding? Then one
day I happened to look out the
crack in the roof and there they
came—flocks of tiny snow flakes!
I began to feel excited and then
nervous—what if I had rusted?
Very soon I heard footsteps and
then felt myself being picked up.
Out to the garage we went and
then—pronto—I was snugly fit
ted around the tire—then oom;
out the drive we went! I was
so happy to help my master’s car
go over the ice and snow! Be
it ever so humble there’s no place
like a tire for a tire chain to be
in a snow storm.
I Here goes, friend, so battle
down that temper and see if you
like o^ dislike what’s being told
you.
Well, to start things rolling,
iiere’s a bit of gossip that is slight
ly old, but still interesting, u
seems that Dana James G. has a
steady beau now. They have been
seen together at a number of ball
games and also at the “Surf
Room”, dancing. We don’t know
this fellow’s name, but some say
he goes by the name of Tom P.
We see that Carlton F. still
makes that daily trip (well, al
most daily) to 400 Park Ave.
Jo seems satisfied, too!!!!
It looks as if the best “Best”
won, or at any rate, for the time
being. Come, come, Graham, just
because “Moe” got the jump on
you is no sign that Joy’s mind
is made up. Luck to you!
Elwina M! What’s this we
hear about your doing down at
the train station? And with his
mother there, too! We will have
no more to say about the matter
because it is not discussable, only
disgust-able . . .
Jack B. jumped when Arden N.
came here, but from the looks of
things now, he was a bit fast.
Sorry this happened because you
made a nice couple.
Seems that Greene H. and Car
olyn M. really have found a place
in each other’s heart. This we
classify as “delightful.”
Well, we are glad to see Libby
Lou S. and Kenneth F. back to
gether. What was the fussing and
feuding about anyway?
We saw Erline G. dating Travis
R. the other night and it must
have run in the family, for the
same night Ashton G. was dating
Ruth S. Good or bad? We don’t
know, so you’d better ask Miller
E. and Emma Jean W.
Yes, if anyone would like to
know who is the most changeable
boy in the Senior class, read on.
Charles D. broke up with Emma
Jean W. not long ago and he
seems to be bouncing around
more than anyone else. As best
we can count, he has a grand
total of seven flames, and to go
a little further we might say he
is at a loss as to which six to put
out. Come, come, boy, have a
seat and take it easy!
Seems to us most of you folks
thought Nancy H. had Charles
C. and William H. ghting over
her, but here’s the right angle.
The hero, none other than “Seay”
himself, has the matter well in
hand. You two make a nice couple.
Here’s luck!
Hey, girls! Wake up! Annette
E. is on the move and you sure
won’t stop her unless you change
your charms. The boys won't
even give her one night a week
end free. Gee, it must be great
to be popular!!
Wanted: An invitation to ride
with anyone going to Hillsboro.
See Annie Ruth S.
Also wanted: A large hat rack
in the locker rooms. Wanted by
the boys of GHS. -
Well my dear friends, there
was only a little dust and this is
all the dirt it made. If you should
like to have something in this
column or would like to tell us
anything from lint to dirt, simply
write to Sally’s Ears, Goldsboro
Hi News, and drop it in Mr. Rob
erts' box in the office. We really
would like to know what you
think of us! Be seeing you!!
Joy cNotes
By Graham Best
Thanks:
To the basketball team for the
fine game they played against
Raleigh.
To the Radio Workshop for
the very good weekly programs.
To the assembly committee for
the Utah Centennial quartet’s
program.
For the Interesting and inform
ative talk on American and Brit
ish Politics, given by Mr. Rhys
Daves.
Women Do Chasing
During Leap Year
By Marilyn Tolclilco
The sales of the balls and
chains have gone up at the stores
since January 1. he reason? Oh,
everybody knows the reason for
that. For .366 days the tables
will be turned and the gals will do
the chasing. They’re using the
balls and chains to make sure
those males don’t escape once
they’re caught.
But did I say the. gals are do
ing the chasing these 366 days
of 1948? On second thought,
there are some members of the
supposedly weaker sex that do the
chasing every day of every year.
But since this year bears the name
of “Leap Year”, even some of the
less aggressive girls are putting
on their thinking caps and figur
ing out ways to catch their men.
And incidentally, to the boys
and men, you'd better wipe those
smug, carefree, unworried looks
off your faces. Girls aren’t quite
as dumb as you may think. They
’ve got a lot of little tricks up'
their sleeves, and will no doubt
use them all if necessary.
Well, I’ve tried to show both
the lads and lasses exactly where
the other stands. I’ll take a spec
tator’s seat now and watch the
race. And may the best sex win!!