National Honor Society
Sponsors Stunt Program
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XXIV
GOLDSBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1951
Number 7
Goldmasquers, Seniors
Present 'Distant Drums’
Dramatic Group ^
Celebrates Eighth
Birthday With Play
Cast of the Senior-Goldraasquer play, “Distant Lydia Alexander, and Veryl Trueblood; third row
Drums , to be given here February 17 and 19, are Bobby Tyndall, George Langston, Cecil West, Cari
shown above. First row, left to right, Lucille Wjl- Kassell, and Ronnie Rose: fourth row. K. D Pyatt,
liams, Carolyn Malpass, and Marilyn Best; second Aiuold Stanton and Harry Coleman. (Ed Williams'
row, Kenneth Allen, Arden Xewbold, Joy Creech, photographer.) *
Missionary Of
Former Years
Speaks At6.H.S.
Baptist Pastor
Speaks To School
“A person may be sucessful and
happy if he will find the will of
God for his life and do it,” stated
Rev. Ed Ulrich in a talk at a de
votional Friday, January 26.
Mr. Ulrich, who is pastor of the
Falling Creek Baptist Church in
Grantham and the Second Baptist
Church in Goldsboro, gave a talk
about what success means to us.
“Preacher Ed,” the title Mr. Ul
rich is better known by, was intro
duced by Billy Ray West. Delores
Reaves lead the student body in
several hymns and Billy Register
offered prayer.
The legendary, fabulous adven
ture of the old west’s mighty Ore
gon Trail lives again in the Gold-
masquer and Senior Class produc
tion of the famed theatrical adven
ture of our time, “Distant Drums”.
The play chosen to commemor
ate the Goldmasquers’ eighth birth
day celebration will be presented
February 17 and 19 as the main
feature of the birthday festivities.
The cast, under the direction of
Mr. Clifton Britton, will be headed
by Arden Newbould as the tragic,
fascinating Eunice Wolfhill. Arden
has previously appeared as Jo
March in “Little Women”, as the
romantic lead in “Ramshackle
Inn” and most recently gave a spir
itually beautiful performance as
Gabriel in “The Shepherd’s Song”.
Cecil West Is Lead
Opposite her, will be seen Cecil
West as Jason Allenby. Cecil has
appeared quite frequently this sea
son beMnd the footlights in such
hits as “Best Foot Forward”,
“Trail Of Tears” and “The Shep
herd’s Song”.
The veteran-studded cast also
boasts Carolyn Malpass as the
amusing, winning Mrs. Sawyer.
Carolyn has appeared in “Little
Women” and “Best Foot Forward”
featured her smooth, engaging
handling of the young heroine, Hel
en.
Old favorites to be seen again
include: Marilyn Best, versatile
Mary of “The Shepherd’s Song”,
also seen in “Little Women” and
as the creepy old lady of “Will 0’
The Wisp” as Molly l*ike. George
Langston will appear for the third
time this season as T^athan Pike
and K. D. Tyatt again plays as
Quincy Briddleman. Harry Cole
man, unsurpassed Herod of “The
Shepherd’s Song”, is the school
teacher Philip Allen in a new, un-
(Cbntinued on Page Eight)
E.C.T.C. Proves Favorite
In Survey Among Seniors
Plans for the annual Stunt Night,
which will be held February 24,
have been completed and the class
es are now at work competing
against each other.
Five dollars has been given to
each class to help cover expenses
and a prize of fifteen dollars will
be awarded to 'the class scoring the
most points.
The program is sponsored by the
National Honor Society to secure
friends for a college scholarship.
The four phases of the contest
that will be graded by points are:
the class selling the most tickets
will get the front seats for stunt
night and 25 points; the class sing
ing their class song and the best
original song, 10 points; the class
from which the king and queen
are chosen, 25 points, and the class
who wins the stunt, 40 points.
King and Queen Voting
To be a candidate for the queen
and king contest one must start off
Parent-Teacher
Council Plans
To Raise Money
The Parent-Teacher Council of
the Goldsboro High School will
raise money to finance its activi
ties, according to a decision reach
ed at a meeting in the high school
auditorium on Wednesday night,
January 31. The president, J. S.
Askins presided.
The treasurer, L. E. Warrick, re
ported $68.00 in the treasury, not
a sufficient amount to provide for
the after-game socials. Miss Ina
Mixon, chairman of the member
ship committee, and K. C. Mar
shall, chairman of finance, will
raise $200 to finance the P.-T.C.
For the program, Mrs. Owen
Dail presented a movie called “Pop
Rings the Bell”, followed by a film
strip “The United Forces Legisla
tive Program for 1951,” narrated
by Miss Emma Lou Garner, presi
dent of the Goldsboro Unit of the
NCEA.
Immediately following the pro
gram, a social period was enjoyed
in the Home Ec room. Mrs. John
Pate and Miss Mary Hudson serv
ed punch and cookies, assisted by
several Home Ec students.
First S.A. Social
Held Friday Night
The first S.A. social of the year
was held last Saturday night from
8:00 to 1:00.
It was informal and had the Val
entine theme of “your sweetheart.”
Punch and cupcakes were serv
ed. Music for dancing was by rec
ords, and various games were lead
by Mr. Dick Stamey.
Fifty-three occupational classes
and thirty-one college classes will
be held on Career Day, February
21, which is sponsored by the Stu
dent Association.
Students will attend one college
class and three of the various oc
cupational classes of their own
choosing.
The schedule has been announced
by Jimmy Frazier, president of the
Student Association, as follows:
8:55—Homeroom Period
9:10—Assembly; Blueprint for
a Career, Speaker.
10:00—First Occupation Class
10:35—Second Occupational
Class
11:10—Third Occupational Class
11:45—Movie
12:15—Freshmen and Sopho
mores go to lunch, Ju
niors and Seniors have
an assembly with the
speaker’s topic as “Mar
riage and Family Rela
tions
1:00—Reverse Procedure of as
sembly and lunch
l;40_Talent show
2:10—Assembly; Blueprint for
with 50 points at one cent per vote.
Each homeroom has been urged
to put up two candidates, one boy
and one girl. The contest of all
these candidates will run until
Thursday, the 22nd, at 3:30. Then
the boy and the girl of each of the
four classes with the most votes
will be in the run-off for the Queen
and King. ,
Voting polls for these eight will
be open through intermission at
Stunt night. The votes will be
counted and the boy and girl top
ping the list will become Stunt
Night King and Queen, with the
six other contestants in the court.
Also a new feature of Stunt
Night will be the faculty stunt di
rected by Clifton Britton. They will
not compete for a prize of points.
F.B.I. Inspector
Talks To Students
Mr. W. H. Gibson of the Char
lotte division of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation, spoke on fin
gerprinting, handling of evidence
in law enfarcement work, crime
detection, espionage work, what
the requirements are to be an FBI
agent, and document examinations
in a speech to the biology students
January 25.
Mr. Gibson spoke for thirty min
utes in the auditorium arid an
swered questions from the students
in room three. He told of many of
his experiences as an FBI agent.
A Career, Speaker
2:35—College Class
3:15—Homeroom
At the close of the day Juniors
and Seniors will have the oppor
tunity to remain at school and dis
cuss the Colleges which they are
interested in further.
Sixty-one students made the
honor roll the second quarter end
ing January 31.
The freshmen led with twenty-
three.
Fourteen seniors made their
class rank second.
Juniors came third with thirteen
and the sophomores ranked fourth
with eleven.
This is an increase over the first
quarter’s fifty-nine.
The freshmen led the first quar
ter with seventeen; seniors, fif
teen; juniors, fourteen; sopho
mores, thirteen.
These students met the scholas
tic requirements of not more than
What life is like in India was
portrayed by both word and pic
ture in a recent S.A. assembly.
Brinkley S. Snowden, a former
agriculture missionary to India,
told of the life and habits of the
Indians and then showed three pic
tures which portrayed their man
ner of life.
Mr. Snowden, a member of the
speakers bureau of the national
council of the Protestant Episco
pal Church, spoke of the religions
of India and of how those religions
shaped the lives of the people.
T^vo of the pictures showed Hin
du and Moslem worshippers and
the third was a color film of India
today.
Mr. Snowden is a native of Mem
phis, Tenessee. He graduated from
Hill School, Pennsylvania, and the
University of Tennessee. He makes
his home in West Hampton Beach,
Long Island, New York, with his
wife and four children.
two 2’s and the remainder were
I’s.
Those making the honor roll
are listed below by classes.
Freshmen; Fred Ginn, Jimmy
Askins, George Culbreth, Lee Free
man, Shirley Cook, Susanna Mil
ler, Betty Mixon, Patsy McLamb,
Edith Pate, Hazel Watson. Mary
Deane Weeks, Margie Whaley, Ed
ith Hudson, Ruby Handley, Peggy
Wiggs, Carolyn Baldwin, Bobby
Kadis, Ann Spencer, Ann Toler,
Barbara Burton, Lib Davis, Lois
Unden^’ood, Mary Evelyn Walters.
Sophomores: Sherry Noble, Shir
ley Shrago, Betty Jinnette, Snyder
Pate, Bill Porterfield, Steven Good-
Eastern Carolina Teacher’s Col
lege is the favorite college among
the seniors.
In a recent survey made through
the principal’s office, it was found
that seventeen seniors are plan
ning to enter ECTC next fall.
Roll Group
ing, Carolyn Harrell, Betty Ann
Lewis, Lora Wiggins, Laurence
Gurley, LaVerne Klienert.
Juniors: Robert Bedford, Jimmy
Cavenaugh, Mary Buckalew, Nan
cy Parker, Dixie Pearce, Morris
Gurley, Sally Edgerton, Pat Mar
shall, Mela Royall, Bobby Martin,
Faye Daniels, Nell Scott, Susan
McLamb.
Seniors: Christine Bartlette, Cla
ra Savage, Mary Lou Raper, Veryl
Trueblood, Callie McArthur, K. D.
Pyatt, Bud Davis, John Parker,
John Pearman, Jack Scott, Martha
Kornegay, Edith Long, Joyce Pate.
June Handley.
The University of North Caro
lina ranks second with twelve plan
ning to go there.
Number of seniors planning to
go to different colleges are as fol
lows: State—8; Meredith—1; Bob
Jones—1; Presbyterian Nursing
School—2; Fairfax Hall—1; King’s
Business — 1; Baptist Hospital,
Winston-Salem—1; Converse — 1;
Guilford—7; Wilson Beauty School
—1; Campbell—1; Louisburg—1;
Mary Larr Vocational School—1;
Rex Hospital—2; Watts—1; Wom
an’s College—1; Atlantic Christian
—1; Agnes Scott—1; Duke — 6;
Spartanburg Junior College — 1;
Georgia Tech—1; Wake Forest—2;
Oak Ridge—1; Marjorie Webster
Junior College—1; William anli
Mary—1.
WHITE ROSE SELECTED
The white rose has been adopted
as the Freshman Class flower. The
flower was selected by the mem
bers at a class meeting January 24.
They selected their motto and class
song at a previous meeting.
Varied Program Outlined
For Career Day Soon
Freshmen Lead Honor