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THE GRYPHON
SEPTEMBER 30. 1974
Leadership Conference In
Sight For DECA Students
In the elections held this
month Marvin Thorne was
elected president of DECA,
and Blaine Todd was elected
vice-president. The other
officers are: Gail Phillips,
secretary; Libby Turner,
treasurer; Beverly Powell,
parliamentarian; Dawn
Gindrup, historian; and Linda
Battle and W.C. Allen,
Sergeant-At-Arms.
DECA has a lot of ac
tivities planned for the near
future. The DECA officers are
looking forward to a
leadership training con
ference to be held in Tarboro
in October. The conference
will include officers from all
the 3-B district schools and
will be held at Tarboro High
School. The Miss DECA and
Job Interview competitive
events will be held at Nor
thern Nash High School for the
District 3-B Leadership
Conference to be held there.
DECA started the year off
with its District 3-B Fall
Social. The social was held at
RMSH and included a “Sock
Hop” among other activities.
The thirteen schools included
in District 3-B were
represented by 450 students
who attended the affair. Only
DECA students were allowed
to attend.
Pictured above are the new teachers, Mrs. Carpoiter, Miss Hargrove, Mrs. Barbour, Mr. Gimton,
Mrs.Worrell, Mrs. Brown, and Miss Wentz.
RMSH Welcomes New Teachers
This year RMSH is
“blessed” with eight new
arrivals. Of course it’s not the
sophomores, but instead the
backbone of the school. What
are we talking about? It could
only be our new teachers.
First rf all, we have Mrs.
Mary Worrdl. She graduated
from RMSH and East Carolina
University and is now
teaching home economics.
She expresses an informal
manner in teaching so as to
encourage student thought
and discussion. Some of her
favorite hobbies are sewing,
cooking, collecting recipes
and decorating.
Mrs. Sara Brown, who
teaches world cultures is a
graduate of Wesleyan College .
and is originally from Fair
mont, N.C. She enjoys
working with ceramics,
decoupage, and needlecrafts,
and finds RMSH “most en
joyable”.
Another graduate of
Wesleyan College, Miss Verna
Wentz, is not exactly new to
RMSH, as she was a student
teacher here last year. She
teaches tenth grade English
Working Students
Involved In VICA
and proclaims that RMSH is
the best school she’s ever
taught in, especially since it’s
the only S(±ool she’s ever
taught in. She spends some of
her spare time reading,
camping, doing embroidery,
and at the beach.
The GRYPHON STAFF’S
own, Mrs. Henrietta Barbour,
is a graduate of UNCG. She
teaches eleventh grade
English and of course,
newspaper journalism. Mrs.
Barbour enjoys reading and
refinishing an older home
where she and her family
reside. She is originally from
Dunn, N.C.
One of two new men
teachers. Mr. Harold Dearing,
is a graduate of Piedmont
Bible College and is now
teaching ICT and technical
drafting. He says that RMSH
is the best school he has ever
worked in. Originally from
Bluefield, West Virginia, he is
married and enjoys painting,
hunting, and tinkering.
A native of Rocky Mount,
Mr. Lawrence Gupton was a
member of the first
graduating class when RMSH
was a new institution. He
attended Westminister Choir
College in Princeton, New
Jersey, and now teaches
chorus and English. He’s
married and has three
children-
Welcome also to our new
speed reading and English
teacher, Mrs. Carol Car
penter. Mrs. Carpenter at
tended high school in Park
Ridge, Illinois. She attended
the University of Illinois,
Richard Bland College and
received her degrees from
William and Mary.
Another former graduate.
Miss Linda Hargrove, has
taught morning classes here
for the last two years, with
afternoon classes at R.M.
Wilson. Now a full-time RMSH
teacher, she teaches Spanish I
and tenth grade English.
VICA the Vocational and
Industrial Clubs of America,
has begun another year of
helping the working students
at RMSH, by providing them
with experience, job training,
and self confidence.
David Thompson, a
second year student at Senior
High, has given presentations
to ICT classes concerning the
advantages of VICA. A tape,
“The VICA Stoiy”, was used
to help explain the club’s
purpose: To help working
students grow through
organization and experience,
and to let them be recognized
by participating in an
organized institution.
VICA students engage in
contests that involve com
petition in work skills and
oratory public speaking.
Student participation in
elections is advocated. Any
student can run for district,
state, and even national of
fices. VICA student in
volvement is seen in their
entry in the Homecoming
Parade, and ear the
dedication of the Victory Bell
to the school. It symbolizes
school spirit and is sometimes
rung before RMSH footbaU
games.
Thompson used slides in
his presentations showing
involved VICA students of
past years and their projects.
Future VICA projects were
also discussed.
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