THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Number 7
volume AAxii ^
Martha Kornegay Is Named Chief Marshall
—— — — ♦ Maxlha Kornegay will serve
Newly-elected members 'the^N'.nta're shown above They McAr'hur. Seate
are left to right: Betty Barbee, Peggy Pittman, Sam Johnson, Jim
my Frazier, K. D. Pyatt, Hugh Shine, Jimmy Shumate, Jack Bor
den, Martha Kornegay, June Handley, Dawson Thompson, Callie
are Mela Royall, Sally Edgerton, Nancy Parker, Louise Wooten
and Ann Marlowe. (News-Argus photo)
Marlha Kornegay will serve
as chief marshal fox ihe com
ing year and she will be as
sisted by June Handley, ac
cording lo Ihe announcement
of incoming marshals made by
Miss Janie Ipock, advisor, made
this week.
On the list are 16 girls and
nine boys, all members of the
present junior class.
Marshals are selected accord
ing to their scholastic standing,
and the chief and assistant chief
had the highest averages and
thus merited their places.
Named to serve with the chief '
and her assistant are the follow
ing, not named in scholastic or
der:
Christine Bartlette, Keith
Goodson, Betty Best, Dawson
Thompson, David Lane, John
Parker, Lucille Williams, Hilda
Toler, Gale Griffin, Charles Der-
ring,
Bobby Noble, Dorothy Hill,
Harold Kadis, Veryl Trueblood,
Clara Savage, Joyce Pate, John
Pearman, Sam Johnson, Callie
McArthur, K. D. Pyatt, Lillian
Haynes, Faye Smith and Edith
Long.
“John Loves Mary”
Plays To Capacity
“John Loves Mary”, a three-
act comedy by Norman Krasna,
was witnessed by a near capaci
ty house on Saturday and Mon
day nights, February 25 and 27,
in the high school auditorium.
Words of praise from former
Goldmasquers and patrons were
heard among the roaring ap
plause and laughter,
“John Loves Mary” was pre
sented by the Senior Class in
collaboration with the Goldmas
quers, and was under the direc
tion of Clifton Britton, dramatic
teacher.
Following the performance on
Saturday night a reception was
held in the school cafeteria hon
oring the Goldmasquers on their
seventh birthday anniversary.
All Goldmasquer members, past
and present, were invited to at
tend.
Immediately after the second
performance on Monday night,
the seniors entertained their par
ents at a reception, also held in
the school cafeteria.
Seniors and their parents were
greeted by the reception commit
tee, composed of Bobby Watson,
Ann Butler, Adaline Vann, Peg
gy Pittman, Elizabeth Smith,
Barbara Anderson, Libby Lou
Stuart, Paul Pittman, Joyce Gur
ley, Betty Barbee, Jack Borden,
Alyene Rollins, Etheline Coley,
Peggy Strickland, Colleen Fair-
cloth and Jimmy Shumate.
Class colors of lavender and
white were predominant in the
decorations. White and laven
der flowers, greenery and can
dle arrangements showed the
simple but unique dignity of the
occasion. Refreshments consist
ed of lavender and white mints,
iced cakes with ’50 written on
top, grape punch and peanuts.
Swedish VioGnist
Appears At G.H.S.
Paul Makovsky, a Swedish vi
olinist, appeared in Goldsboro
recently to present the fourth
Community Concert of the sea
son.
He was born in Stockholm,
Sweden. When he was very
young, his parents, who were
Russian, moved with him to
Paris. There he studied with
the internationally known viol-
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Hi News And Gohisca Send Delegates
To “CSPA” Meeting In New York
Good Attendance
At Band Concert
Goldsboro came to the support
of its high school band at its first
concert.
The band members, under the
direction of John Thompson,
presented a program of difficult
numbers including; “Chorale” by
Bach; “Guard Du Corps” by R.
B. Hall; “The Voyager” by K. L.
King; “The Foot Lifter” by Hen
ry Fillmore; “Little Norwegian
Suite” by Erik Hansen; “Robin
son’s” Grand Entry March” by
K. L. King; “Two Moods” by
Clare Grundman; “Marching
Along Together”, Edward Pol a
and Franz Steinger; ‘'Hair of
Gold, Eyes of Blue”; K. L. King’s
“Trombone King”; Shumate’s
“Serenade”; “Entry of the Glad
iators?’ by Fucik Laurendeau;
“March Slav, Allegro Finale” by
Peter Tchaikowsky.
Eleven students representing Goldsboro High School's two pub
lication will take a four-day trip to the annual Columbia Scholastic
Press Convention in New York City from March 9 until the 11th.
This is the second consecutive year that these publications have tak
en part in a convention of this kind.
There will be six students* arrive in
from the .staff of the Hi News
who will make the trip. Includ
ed in this number are: Peggy
Malpass, Ad:>Une Vann, Sara
Cobb, Ruth EdmundlSon, Elton
Warrick and Gene Roberts; Eliz
abeth Smith, Sally Edgerton, Sa
ra Hunt, G. F. Seymour, Libby
Lou Stuart and Emily Warrick
will represent the Annual Staff.
In addition to the convention
itself there will be a high school
publication contest in which the
Hi News will particpate. This
contest will classify the papers
in order of their school enroll
ment and will grade according
to make-up, typography, news
contents and other things. The
highest rating that can be ob
tained is an all-American rating.
The students who are to at
tend the convention will leave
New
York Wednesday morning.
Convention sessions will be
gin on Thursday and will end
with the noon day banquet at the
Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday.
Following the meeting the stu
dents will have one more night
in New York and will board the
train for home on Sunday morn-
ing.
Two of the members of the
Hi News staff who attended the
convention last spring and will
attend the coming session are
Elton Warrick and Gene Roberts.
Other members of the Hi News
Staff who attended the meet last
year are: Ruth Forehand, Betty
Barbee, Dana Gulley, Billy Wins
low, Dawson Thompson, Dot
Crawford, Martha Kornegay and
Ted Montague.
Advisor to the Hi News, Mr. E
Twelve Students
Receive G.H.S. s
Highest Honor
from Wilson on Tuesday after- L. Roberts, will go as chaperone
Twelve new members were
tapped into the National Honor
Society at a recent meeting.
Students from the Senior and
Junior classes were eligible for
admittance at this tapping.
The seniors who were recog
nized by members of the faculty
as possessing the qualities ne
cessary for membership in the
N.H.S. were Betty Barbee, Hugh
Shine, Jack Borden, Jimmy Shu
mate, and Peggy Pittman.
Martha Kornegay, Jimmy Fra
zier, June Handley, K. D. Pyatt,
Dawson Thompson, Callie Mc
Arthur and Sam Johnson from
the junior class were also tapped
into the N.H.S.
Before the tapping ceremony
a program defining Leadership,
Scholarship, Service and Char
acter, which are the outstanding
Jraits required in those gaining
society, was presented. Sally
society, was presented. Sallye
Edgerton, Mela Royal, Louise
Wooten, Ann Marlowe, and Natn-
cy Parker, all sophomores, were
dressed in white, representing
these traits.
The membership oath was is
sued to the new members by Mr.
C. W. Twiford. Mr. E. L. Rob
erts pronounced the benediction.
Pictured above are the GHS students who leave Edgerton, Sara Dewey Hunt, Emily Warrick, all
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next Tuesday afternoon for New York City to
attend the Columbia Scholastic Press Associa
tion held at Columbia University. Left to right
they are: Lib Smith, Ruth Edmundson, Peggy
. Malpass, Sara Cobb, Libby Lou Stewart, Sally
sitting; and L. E. Warrick, Jr., Adviser Eugene
L. Roberts, and Gene Roberts. G. F. Seymour
and Adaline Vann were not present when the
picture was .made.
Chest X-Rays
Are Given To
All G.H.S. Students
“Take a deep breath, now hold
it.”
Those were the words used by
a Wayne County nurse at the lo
cal health department as GHS
students were given their annual
chest X-ray for the check of pos
sible tuberculosis.
Every student in Goldsboro
High School was required to
take this tuberculosis test. Stu
dents were given a special rate
for the X-ray of one dollar with
the exception that individuals
who were unable to afford an
X-ray were given on6 at no ex
pense to themselves.
Each class in school made the
trip to the health department on
different days, with the fresh
men going first and the seniors
came last to end the campaign.
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