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Junior Pointer VOL. 28, NO. 4 Junior High School, High Point, N. C. February 29, 1956 Leap Year Dance Crowns Sandra Ridge, Sweetheart We’re Tops I Sandra Mullis With the sound of soft music in the air and the atmosphere fill- •ed with the smell of spring flowers, the Leap Year Dance took place ^February 24 in the gym of High Point Junior High. Due to the fact that this year is Leap Year, the girls got to invite the boys to the ■dance. In a small ceremony during the intermission Sandra Ridge was ■crowned the Sweetheart of Junior High. She was chosen by nomina tions sent in by the different home rooms in the school. Carrying out the theme of spring, the gym was decorated with a spring motif. Flowers and green ery were distributed about the gym. Artificial ducks, chickens, and other animals were also used for decorations. Refreshments were made by the home economics de partment. Shuford Resigns Sandra Ridge Replacing Teaching Personnel Getting To Be Full-Time Job Joyce Mr. R. T. Shuford, who for the past semester served as the boys’ counselor and as a social studies teacher, resigned his position at this school February 14, to work with the city department in Thom- asville. Mr. Lloyd Y. Thayer said, us of yet, no one has been secured to replace him. Because of the shortage in teach- •ers, it’s really a difficult task to keep the supply of teachers filled in a school as large as this one. The replacement of teachers, such as in Mr. Shuford’s case, is noth ing new to Mr. Thayer. Since last year 14 changes have been made in the faculty personel. Mr. Shuford was not the only teacher that left Jr. High this year. Mrs. Childress, who was an 8th grade English teacher, moved to Vienna, Va., which left a vacancy in 216. Coming to the rescue "was Mrs. Alisha Saboid, originally from N. C. A graduate of W. C., she taught three years in Florida, be fore joining the faculty here. When Mrs. McDaniels left Junior High during the first semester, Mrs. Rives and Miss Turner took her place. However, Mrs. Rives taught only temporarily and after Groome Mrs. Rives left Miss Turner took the job as being the regular girls’ nhvsical education teacher. Other changes in the faculty during the summer included the leaving of Mrs. H. P. Hardin, who was replaced by Mrs. Don Padgett as the student council adviser and the leaving of Mrs. J. D. Ross, whose job Mr. Shuford took over. Besides those two changes in the office, 8 new teachers were added and 6 previous Jr. High teachers took jobs elsewhere. Sports Editor Chooses Basketball All-Stars Diane Schmidley, sports editor of the JUNIOR POINTER has selected an all star basketball team. Diane saw most of the games and she submitted her list to Miss Tur ner, physical education teacher, for approval. Here are the Stella players; Center forward—Nancy Culler Right forward—Lyndia Williard Left forward—Carole Spinnet Center guard—Toni Di Marvo Right guard—Fern Carter Left guard—Linda Culler Tam Clary Tops in junior high schools for eleven southern states is High Point Junior High. Believe it? Well, this school was one of three selected to participate in a study conducted by the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary ■Schools. Mr. Lloyd Thayer, Junior High Principal, will meet with principals from Mississippi and Florida to set up standards for a good junior high. Although the main purpose is to set up standards, these principals will also discuss status, trends and current effectiveness in junior high school. Even though the study is limited to the eleven southern states, it will help the entire nation. Mr. Thayer is the co-author of the booklet which is to be the guide. He is writing a chapter on the characteristics of junior high students. Room 108 To Give Assembly Program On Poetry Study Tom McConnell Mrs. Martha Roger’s eighth grade homeroom 108 will bring their six weeks’ unit on poetry to a close with an assembly program today. Consisting of two halves, the first half will be announced by Mary Martha Hutchens, Becky Cadcll will hi jnce the second half. Becky Cadell and Larry Kilby will recite the poem, “Miracles” by Walt Whitman as part of the devotionals. David Fisher, Billy Auman, Jon Cox, Mary Womack, John Conrad and Gary W^lkjer will act out Mother Goose rhymes. Serious poems will follow the Mother Goose rhymes. Among them is “Casey at the Bat” writ ten by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Ellis Baker will play Casey. The people in the grandstand will merit special watching. They have spent many hours of drill on their act ing. The program developed from notebooks that students in room 108 made in English class. The notebooks contained the character istics of poetry, favorite poems and original poems. Mary Womack wrote an original poem entitled “Adventuring.” It is about pioneers. Nancy Grimsley chose “Little Boy Blue” as her favorite poem. Jack Neil did his notebook in a striking contrast of black and white. *Make Second Chance Pay OfP Says Newly Elected President “Let’s make the most of our second chance,” said Libby Greenberg accepting the president’s gavel of the High Point Junior High Student Association in the tradition formal in stallation service. She went on to say in her inaugural address that it is time for us to buckle down and finish the unaccomp lished plans not done the first semester. Others taking the oath of office for the second semester were, Wayne Harrison, vice-president; Maureen Zimmerman, secretary-trea surer; and over 140 monitors, mayors, and councilmen. Sandra Ridge, past president, and Mr. Lloyd Thayer, principal, officiated during the ceremony. Mrs. Lena Hedrick’s seventh grade chorus gave the devotions. They sang “My Creed” and “Legend”. Libby, under the direction of the Student Council adviser, Mrs. Don Padgett, set up her new commit tees. The committee chairmen are: Knothole Gang To Receive Hi-Tom Passes Richard Hayes Promoting and recognizing faith ful school and Sunday School at tendance, good deportment and good sportsmanship go into the making of one reason for having the Knothole Gang. To stimulate interest in baseball and to serve as a means through which boys may learn to co-operate and plan together in a Christian way are the remaining two purposes. All boys from 12 to 15 years of age as of May 15, 1956 who wished to join the Knothole Gang have now registered. Eligibility rules stated that only boys could join this club. Ninety-eight percent attendance at school, satisfactory conduct at school and regular at tendance at Sunday School com prise the remaining eligibility rules All these rules went into ef fect Feb. 13, 1956. Qualifications Each qualifying member will receive a Knothole Gang member ship card before the opening of Knothole night at Finch Field. The card will enable each member to attend, free of charge, all home games of the Hi-Toms. These tickets may not be used for games played on Sundays and holidays. Boys may get into Finch Field with this membership card start ing Monday, June 4. Each boy will also become a member of an “honor organization” where good charac ter and fair play rule. Violations Membership cards will be lifted if boys fail to live up to the rules and code of the Knothole Gang. Five of the most common acts for W'hich tickets will be lifted are: breaking soft drink bottle, lending tickets to other boys, running and climbing on bleachers, climbing over fence at the end of the game. Credo “As a member of the Hi-Toms Knothole Gang, I will try to live so that all those whom I meet will try to live cleaner, more helpful lives.” This is the code each boy must follow to remain a member of the Knothole Gang. Auditorium—Wayne Aycock. Bulletin Board—Martha Bryan Richard Hayes Cafeteria—June Collins, Phyllis Krieger Campus—Garry Snipes. Civic Affairs—Nancy Boone, Tom McConnell. Devotions—^Linda Lloyd. House—Wayne Harrison. Office, Lost & Found—Zella Moore, Renee Weiss. Junior Red Cross—Daphne Gentry. Social—^^Sandra Ridge, R’on aid Bundy. The Junior High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Dun can, played marches for the pro cessional and recessional of the monitors, mayors, and councilmen. Original Programs Grow From Variety Of Class Projects Nancy Culler With a medieval air as the set ting, six students of Miss Margaret Wilson’s homeroom 6 presented a play on Columbus for their class room program. This play was one of the many history projects in which the students of rooms 6 and 119 participated. Eye-catching displays filled the room. Attractive soap carvings of Indians; relief maps; maps made of paper mache and a redival castle created by Charlie McAnnaly and Leon Chidester were some of the main projects. Larry Peters also took part by supervising the chalk and crayon drawings on the bulletin board. Costumes were designed and drawn in notebook form by some of the pupils. 140 Mayors^ Councilmen and Monitors Begin New Semester Duties The second semester is fully underway with the new mayors, councilmen, and monitors. Each homeroom elected a new mayor and councilman for the second part of the school year. Many monitors were replaced and all of them have their new jobs around the school. Mrs. Padgett said, “The monitor’s job is a hard one and often a thankless one. He gives up his activity periods, misses pro grams and receives verbal abuse from unthinking students, but he is still accomplishing a great deal as the most important part in our student associations. Help him! Be proud of him! The seventh grade mayors are: Stan Russell, Sandra Spell, Eliza beth Reavis, Jnhihy'Davis, John Bellamy, Nancy Sl^wter, Susan Elliott, Fonda Asbury, PhillijT Owens, Wayne Snider, Ann Joy-^ ner. Sonny Dowdy, Ellen Eaves, Terry Dickey, Harold TIarFaidt, Sue Latimer, Connie Newman, Beverly Wagner. The councilmen are: Billy Okey, Audrey Slate, Patricia Kidd, Jean Harrison, Terry Dawson, Harriet Camp, Ann Patterson, Rickey Greeson, Mary Muckenfuss, Melaine Miller, Diane Hilliard, Jimmy O’Quinn, Dana Gibson, Carolyn Helmstetler, Rickey Eller, Michael Pierce, Beth Parks, Bill Michael. The eighth grade mayors are: Libby Tucker, Becky Oakley, Danny Poteat, Anne Ellington, Jere Ayers, Jimmy White, Roger Strickland, Barbara Stoker, Phillip Dennis, Jeanette Scott, Shirley Wood, Becky Wagner, Joyce Prather, Don Schort, Ronnie Walker, Jimmy Purr, Bill Mickey. The councilmen are: Carlton Hill, Brenda Blackwell, Larry Helm stetler, Jean Hartle, Clifford Peele, Jerry Tallery, Nancy Grimsley, Brenda Dillon, Judy Ussery, Nancy Luck, Allen Morgan, Johnny Gard ner, Barbara Hicks, Linda Turner, Leroy Reece, Bonnie Rising, Pris cilla Kidd. The ninth grade mayors are: Diane Wagner, Jim Pell, Carroll Pope, Tommy Upchurch. The coun cilmen are: Geraldine Lawson, Ronnie Pernell, Richard Hayes, Merele Howard. Monitors for the 5th period are: Gorden Betenbough, Jerry Beck, Prank DeSaix, Kendall Farlow, David Howard, Larry Stroud, Charles Robbins, Douglas Owens, Johnny Corpening, Kay Clinard, Johnny Branch, Gary Dennis, Bob by Lee Mabe, Billy Copley, Leroy Reece, Butch Nifong, Larry Hughes, Robwt Welsh, Julia Drake, Eleanor Wood, Edward Ellington. 6th period monitors are: Larry Hedrick, John Kirkman, Tom Mc Connell, Kenny Kearns, Jimi^. Frazier, Jere Ayers, Carroll'Pop^ Jack Neal, Mickey Adams, Darrell McDonald, Dale Thompson, Gerald Wright, Barry Osborne, Clifford Peele, Prank Roberts, Gary Walker, Stanley Kinney, Nancy Culler, Toni DeMarvo, Diane Wagner, Claude Cline. 7th period monitors are: Don Brewer, Jim Pell, Harvey Lewis, Lai-ry Beck, Roger Strickland, Bill Petree, David Williams, Wayne Marley, Bill Davis, Larry Helm stetler, Jimmy White, Harry Gekas, Clifton Cox, Percil Sheperd, Rich ard Rackley, Nancy Grimsley, Jane Ripley, Billy Love, Toby Adams.
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