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Hearty Greetings Voiced by Cheerleaders, Nancy Boone, Carole Simeon, Tam Clary, Kay Kearns, Carolyn Tyson, Drema Woollard, Libby Greenberg, Linda V eisner, Joyce Groime. Miss Minton’s Room Adjudged the Best In Bulletin Boards Jon Cox Miss Lucille Minton’s home room 218 won the Christmas bul letin board contest sponsored by the Student Council. The eye catching display consisted of three Christmas scenes, each on a blue background. The three main stu dents working on the scenes were Jimmie Hughey, Carol Hall and Reita Walker. 2 - 109 Mrs. Mary Sue Brown’s room 109 won second place. Their bul letin board had a variety of ideas and portrayed the Christmas story very well. The main students work ing on it were Sharon Frazier, Mary James and Alice Marie Ellis. 3 - 117 The boys and girls of Mrs. Ruth Hornaday’s 117 won third place. Their display was on the Christ mas story and their characters were represented very well. Shelby C’dUon, Lin.’ii Evans and iv/Ta^-Uyv Walters did most of the work on the display. 4 - 208 Miss Virginia Calhoun’s 208 won fourth place. Their theme was “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Almost everyone in the room wor ked on the home-made figures. The three main ones working on them were Judy Robbins, Nancy Culler and Linda Culler. 5 - 114 Miss Shandy Leigh’s home room 114 won fifth place. Their three ■dimensional display was based on the song, “White Christmas”. Kathy Jowett, Kenneth Lackey and Judy Culp did most of the work. Junior Pointer FOL. 28, NO. 3 Junior High School, High Point, N. C. December 15, 1955 Nancy Culler Mrs. Rogers’ 108 English class promoted a new idea in diagraming sentences recently. They diagramed the sentences in color so that the elements could be identified and learned more easily. They did the nouns in blue, pronouns in purple, and the verbs in red. Adjectives were yellow and adverbs were green. The work of each student illustrated a different point in grammar. The bulletin board attractively displayed the work of each stu dent. To make the work more colorful, ..each .diagram ..was mounted on blue construction paper. Another project carried on re- Cciifclj wan in ili'B. Eiizabbiii Bea mon’s 102 reading class. Each stu dent made a notebook on the unit, “They Made America”. Students had three weeks in which to finish the notebooks. Contents included special reports, summaries, pic tures and vocabulary lists. Bill Davis and Pat Pope wrote original poems. Some of the books with attractive covers were made by Jerry Beck, and Glenda Aiken. Glenda carried out the red, white and blue idea throughout. Danny Poteat used a picture of the torch of liberty and Josephine Dunbar had the liberty bell. Other outstanding books were turned in by Mary Garrett, Elizabeth Harmon, Har riet Austin and Nancy Clinard. Jewish Festival of Chanukak Celebrated Also at Christmas Skipper Gates and (Note: Skipper Gates, homeroom reporter of room 101, is a member of High Point Friends Meeting. He wondered if students of other religious faiths have observances similar to Christmas. He didn’t have to look far for an answer be cause his classmate, Barry Hyman, is a member of B’nai Isral Syna gogue. Skipper and Barry thought others might be interested.) At the same time of the year that the Christians are celebrating Christmas, the Jews are celebrat ing a joyous festival of Chanukak. Many years ago, about 165 B. C., when Antiochus IV became ruler ■of Syria, the Jews were forced to betray their religion and bow down to idols but most of them suffered -martyrdom and death rather than forsake their faith. Led by a brave Jew called Mat thias and his five brave sons, the Jews revolted and won back the Barry Hyman right to worship God in their own temple. This holiday is sometimes called the Festival of Dedication, com memorating the return to the Temple of God. It is celebrated for eight days. The Jews light candles on the eight days of Chanukak and it is sometimes called the Festival of Lights. When the Jews went back to the Temple to light the Menorah, or eight branch candelabra they only had enough pure oil to last one day, and it was supposed to last for eight days, but by some miracle the oil did last for eight days, just long enough for them to prepare more pure olive oil. In memory of this miracle, they now light can dles on the eight nights of Chan ukah. They also exchange gifts, play special games, and sing special songs. Leon 'taper Leon Rape^ Selected New Concert Master Libby Greenberg Leonidas Raper was appointed the new concert master of the High Point Junior High orchestra. Tryouts have been in progress to select the student who would best fill this important position. Mr. Van der Steur, conductor, of the orchestra, announced the 1 o n g- awaited news on Friday, December 2. Leon Raper, who is a homeroom student of 102, has studied the violin for four years. He has taken private lessons from his sister-in- law, Mrs. William Raper, Jr., for the past three years. Leon is now a member of the High Point sym phony orchestra. Mr. Van der Steur said “Leon has an outstanding ability for music and works well with the orchestra. He is an all-around, well-liked boy.” Josephine Dunbar, John Kirk- man and Phyllis Krieger are three other members of the orchestra who were seriously considered for the appointment. These three stu dents earned the next three im portant seats. Tryouts are still being held to select the student who will occupy the first chair in the other sections of the group. These pupils will be announced soon. From Mrs. Eisenhower Glenda Aiken of 102 sent a “get well” card to the President. She received the following reply: The President and I am deeply grateful for your expression of good wishes and prayerful con cern in his illness. I assure you your message has been helpful to him. Mamie Doud Eisenhower Glenda says that this card will always be one of her most treas ured possessions. She brought it to school for her classmates to see. Q^i4ietide Qioitu^ Betty Snyder Some of the Yuletide projects around the school this year are the filling of Junior Red Cross boxes, collecting clothes and other articles for needy families, and the filling of baskets for maids and janitors. The filling of Junior Red Cross boxes is a project carried on in the schools each year. This year under the leadership of Mrs. Sue Brown, seventh grade teacher, students filled 62 boxes. These boxes are sent overseas to less fortunate countries. Such items as toothbrushes, combs, school sup plies and small toys are included. Clothes, food and other articles were collected by the Student Co”nc'' foi' ■’leedv families, 'f'hese articles were given to needy child ren in the city schools. What was left went to the Salvation Army for further distribution. Baskets for the maids and jan itors were, as usual, filled by all homerooms. Mr. Robert McGowan, eighth grade science teacher, was chairman of this activity. Some rooms sent specific gifts for par ticular members of the custodial staff.. Others just sent contri butions to the general pool in 206, Mr. McGowan’s home room. The janitor is Mr. Fred Ingram. He is assisted by Mr. Wallace Beauchamp. The maids are Mrs. Ethel Jackson, Mrs. Edith Sher rill and Mrs. Sophia Simmons. It has always been the custom at Junior High to do a little something special at Christmas for those who serve the school. Shop Teacher To Arrive January 2 Richard Hayes Come January 2 and eighth graders will have a regular indus trial arts teacher. He is Mr. Weeks Delaney Eggers who gradutes from East Tennessee State College at the end of this semester. Mr. Weeks formerly lived in Bristol, Virginia. Mr. Fred Mills, seventh grade science teacher, has been filling this post since the resignation of Mr. Neil Russell early in Septem ber. Mrs. Dorothy Johnson has been substituting for Mr. Mills in room 118. After Christmas Mr. Mills will go back to his regular work in that room. Work on Display A visitor in the industrial arts department would see a lot to show for the work that has been going on down there. Shelves display Christmas gifts and regular pro jects fashioned by eighth and ninth Gifts for Family Eighth graders have made a variety of gifts for members of their families. Boys making gifts for their mothers include Kenneth Shean, Charles Mendenhall, and Billy Linville. These gifts, made of wood, include pot holders, book- ends and lamps. Especially for Sister Jon Cox has spent his shop period making what-not shelves and wall shelves for his sister at W. C. because of her need for ex tra space. Jerry Newton fashioned for his sister a cradle that rocks. Other boys have made knife racks for their mothers. David Tucker has made labels to mark the different areas of ninth grade shop activity. The areas include woodwork, Keene cement craft. School Monitors Appointed For Better Order On Buses Tony DeMarvo There are two types of buses. The first is the state bus in which the school has supervision over the driver. The second is the public bus in which the bus company has supervision. There have been some boys and girls on some of these buses who push and shove one another into the buses. The school has been try ing to prevent this by seeing that the students get on the bus in an orderly fashion and act like young ladies and gentlemen. Monitors have also been nom inated by the students who ride the buses and selected by the fac ulty. The monitor selected are regular monitors. They ride the bus every day or at least three days a week. The duties of these monitors is to, first of all, be a good citizen, They report any mis conduct or behavior that is not in the interest of their well-being. Monitors of the different buses are given below. Bus 61—Linda Weisner, Dickie Springer Bus 153—Linda Turner, Dale Thompson Bus 63—Judy Byrd, Percil Shep hard Highland Mill—Carolyn Gibson, Roger Jones W. Green and Prospect— Ken neth Frazier, Gerry Hutchison E. Green—Diane Chappell, La mar Head Johnson Transit—Elaine Freeze, Jimmy Kennedy
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