PHON
Vol. 2, No. 6
Rocky Mount Senior High Rocky Mount, N.C. 27801
March 4, 1976
Northwest High School in
Littleton, hosted the Dis
trict Contest Meeting for the
Distributive Education Clubs in
the eastern part of the state.
Fourteen DECA chapters at
tended the conference. Besides
Rocky Mount two other local
schools, Northern Nash and
Wilson Fike, were at the
meeting. Rocky Mount had a
winner in two of the categories.
Competing from Senior High
in the Sales Demonstration
Contest were Paul McRoy
and Lenay Freeman. According
to Paul, sales demonstration is a
situation where students are
given an item to sell to a
particular customer.
Sarah Wheeler and Phillip
Page grabbed all the attention
in the Public Speaking contest.
Phillip orated himself into first
place while Sarah talked her
way into second. Both did
speeches on the un
announced topic “Faith — The
Most Important Ingredient
In Our Success.” In a discussion
between Sarah and Gevonda
Braswell Sarah was heard
saying, ‘ ‘Yes, 1 was
pleased with my speech, but
Lord knows those judges were
bored to death listening to all
those speeches about the same
thing!”
Valerie Smith and Lucille
Bynum entered the ad
vertising contest. In this
competition where one has
to prepare ads for many types of
the media c6ncerning a pre
viously undiscussed product,
Lucille gained third place.
DECA MEMBERS COMPETE: The following DE members
won honors in the District meeting. Bottom row: Lucille
Bynum, Lenay Freeman, and Sarah Wheeler. Top row: Phillip
Page and Paul McRoy.
H^d
Issac Grey, who in previous
competition won the job
interview category, and
Phillip Page will represent
Senior High as partici
pants at the State DECA
convention on March 25
through 27.
Show Held
Singing, dancing, and guitar
playing sounded through the
walls of the RMSH auditorium
at 8:00 p.m. on February 24, as
the American Field Service held
its second annual fund raising
project “An Evening With
A.F.S.”
Entertainment for the even
ing featured a talent show
produced by students at
Rocky Mount Senior High and
also by the community. Both
individuals and groups partici
pated in the production. The
Rocky Mount Chord Cleaners
brought harmonious barbershop
music designed especially for
adults while the Now Genera
tion Singers sang to both young
and old changing to a more
religious attitude.
Throughout the show Mr.
Lawrence Gupton continued to
bring laughter to everyone
performing as master of
ceremonies. Heloisa Helena
Toledo Martins, 1975-76
foreign student from Brazil,
spoke to the audience of
her experience at Senior High
and what the American Field
Service means to her.
Tickets were sold during the
week prior to the show and also
at the gate, all proceeds going to
the American Field Service.
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STUDENTS NOMINATED FOR NHS SCHOI.ARSHiP:
Jerome Gardner and John Wells have been seloilcd loi il
semi-finalists for the NHS Scholarship Award.
Gardner, Wells Named
For NHS Scholarship
Jerome Gardner and John
Wells have been selected local
semi-finalists for the National
Honor Society Scholarship
Award. Two-hundred and
twenty-five other students have
been selected. The finalists are
chosen on the students’ SAT
scores and their school activi
ties.
Jerome Gardner is on the
Hi-Noc-Ar staff, and John Wells
is an active member of the jazz
band.
Senior High has not had a
finalist selected in the last seven
years. However the winner will
be announced in the late spring,
and the local advisors hope
these boys will be among them.
outstani5ing seniors
ELECTED — These 20
seniors have been chosen by
the class of ’76. They are as
follows: 1st row; William
Battle, Reginald Sumner,
Susan Fountain, Boon
McGee, Mark Smith, Patti
Hutchison, and Neil
Gagnon. 2nd row: Wanda
Joyner, Tonya Knight, Terri
Gardner, Sandy Wilgus,
Teresa Mosley, Corbi
Bulluck, Ken Bulluck, and
Mary Jo Best. Standing:
Jerome Gardner, Gill
Fountain, and Jeff Joyner.
Not pictured are Laura
Davenport and Linda
Williams.
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