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JUNIOR POINTER
Wednesday, February 13, 1957
Set ajj 0^lcen>l
cMaif^ Se^aed
Myra Bullock, Johnny Corpening and Becky Caddell
were the fifty-sixth set of Student Council officers to count
their accomplishments proudly and step aside for another
regime. They deserve the thanks of the whole school for
carrying on the work of the Student Association with dignity
and poise.
In looking hack over the fir.^t is.'^ues of the “Junior-
Pointer”, one finds that the Student Council was organized
in Apiil 1929. The first goal of those first officers was “to
handle cases of discipline which are too grave to be handled
otherwise.”
Goals toward which student leaders have worked have
changed immen=^ely since those days. Todav Council officers
do not concern themselves with handling discipline cases at
all. Their goals are concerned with .‘service to the school.
While monitors may report violations of the rules of hall con
duct, they do not “handle” the violatois.
What are the projects of service that kTyra. Johnny and
Becky may proudly enumerate as accomplishments? $2500
worth of government stamps have been sold under their di
rection. They put on the Christmas dance which, in the opin
ion of some, was the be.‘'t the school has ever had. They super
vised the collection of food, clothing and money for a Good
Neighbor program. And they have helped with ten assembly
programs this year.
These achievements, of course, would not have been pos
sible without the support of the student body. So, congratu
lations are due all the way around for a fruitful first semester.
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On Leaving The Presidency .. .
... of fh is, our school, I feel thet I have been helped even though
the term has seemed so short. I’ve enjoyed every minute of the ex
perience and it is one I’ll never forget. As I have been leader of this
big school, I have grown to love it more and more. Although I knew
the office carried a large i-esponsibility with it, I was willing to try it
and it’s my prayer I haven’t failed.
Myra llullock
On doing Into the Presidency . . .
... 1 think a lot about what the office means. I expect this to be
one of the must important things ever to happen to me. I am held
somewhat in awe by the fact a majority of the students respected me
enough to vote for me as their leader. I know that I have work to d'j
and that I must be on my best behaviour at all times.
Fashion Review
The most outstanding thing
1300. Why me?
Monitor Badges Go Downward
Latest fashions seen on Junior
High boys and girls include lovely
bow ties. They are styled from
mud spattered mustard designs to
lovely blood red.
In years gone by monitors wore
oheir t ’gos on hheir shirts. But
as time rc' , on, L.dges have gone
down. First they were lowered to
the hips, then to the knees,
age to come, badges wil be worn
on .=hoes as our anceistors wore
Luckies in pioneer days.
Wide imetal “wedding” lings
adern the fingers of Stanley Kin
ney, Charles Schoenfeldt, Danny
Rowe, I'hank Roberts, Johnnie
B anch, Jim Loephenson and Jon
Cox. The ri.igs don’t mean thvt the
gentlemen aia 'married, however,
'they just mean that the boys found
Seventh Graders
by Fred Jones
a lead pipe in the shop and got
an idea for jewelry. When sanded
and polished this rings look store-
bought.
Some students are really going
all out for Presley these days.
They clad themselves entirely in
Elvis wearing apparel. While
strolling down the hall one may
see hats with hound dogs, skirts,
blouses, sweaters and even jewelry
smeared with Presley signatures,
favorite sayings and latest hit
records.
Even the age-old custom of
“hats off in the house” has been
forfeited in oitier that the rock
and roll outfit may be complete.
Pans seen wearing the Presley en
semble are: Elizabeth Reavis, Jer
ry Robertson, Joyce Davis, Brenda
Royals, Judy Combs, Wesley
Myers and Drem'a Woolard.
Robbie, the Dancing Dog
with Scottish Ancestry May
Become Famous.
Who Knows?
By
Linda Slate
Grace Reitzel
Sally Drake of homeroom 110 has a very unusual dog. The name
of this almost human beast is Elmerow Highland Moray. The Drakes
call him Robbie for short. Robbie’s not just
an ordinary hound dog, but a Highland White
terrier.
Robbie is very ambitious to start a danc
ing career. No doubt he got his dancing spirit
from his Scottish ancestors. His mistress
said he just started dancing one day when he
was nine months old. At meal time he gets up
and dances on his hind legs until he is fed.
Robbie’s an old sharpie at bicycle riding.
He learned that last summer. He stands on
Sally’s legs and puts his paws on the handle
bars.
Robbie
to me is that I was chosen out of
Bill Petree
On Absenteeism . . .
... I leel that every student has a responsibility. The enthusiasm
displayed by the students for their school is one of the determining fac
tors in absenteeism. Develop pride in your school and its accomplish
ments. Each of us can do his part by working to become good citizens
who will n_turally convey that feeling to others.
Mr. Charles Weaver
There’s a great big list of things
Robbie likes, but there’s one little
thing he doesn’t like. That’s going
to bed. When it’s time for him ti
go to bed, he runs out of the
house and hides in the bushes. It
takes half a weiner to get him back
in the house and to bed.
If you want a good second base-
man, just call on Robbie. No mat
ter where you throw the ball, he
will catch it in his mouth.
103? In case you have not, I’ll
tell you about it. All homeroom
students must pay one cent a
day. On election day the pay
five cents to nominate and one
cent to vote. One day they took
in S2.00.
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Jane Ripley
She wasn’t a tomboy even though
ithis picture seems to say that she
might have einjoyed lihe rugged
life. Born in Statesville, she re
members that, as la child, she liked
to go to her grandmother’s more
than anything else. She attended!
Meredith College in Raleigh and
taught at Gastonia, N. C. She then
came to High Point and began
teaching here. At present she is
dtlng graduate work at Woman’s
Ciollege in Greensboro.
Her main interests are playing
bridge and doing work at the
Y.W.C.A. Described as being the
life of the party by another teach
er, this person says she really does
like to get together with the girls.
Who is she ? (Miss Madeline
Kivett, seventh grade teac.'.er here
at Junior High.
Have you heard of the treas
ury in Miss Abernathy’s room
Miss Wilson’s room 3 must have
had some of the Christmas spiidt
left over. They had a toy auction.
They brought toys and things thoy
didn’t enjoy any more. The money
they received went to help refugee
children.
Salk Shots, Anyone?
Over 400,000 Americans have
bean hit by polio since 1938. Now,
for the first >hma in history, an
effective vaccine is available.
Start protecting yourself today.
Folio Still A Threat
Polio is not baatem yet. The Salk
vaccine has sharply cut the inci
dence of the disease, but thousands
of Americans have been stricken
with polio so far this year. Start
getting yc’.’.r Salk vaccine no'w.
New Janitor Has Many Friends Here ....
James Scott
James Scott came to Junior High
as janitor this year after being at
Ray Street School for 36 years, fie
says he’s not too homesick, though,
because “A lot of Ray Street stu
dents are now here. They speak to
me and that’s real nice. And Mr.
Thayer — he’s one of the finest
men there is. He’s always been one
of my best friends.”
Although this is a new place to
James, he is still working at the
job he loves — keeping a school
home clean. “Many folks”, he says,
“think that firing the furnace is
the janitors main job. That’s the
easiest thing I have to do. This
is a place where many dhildren
live. I like to see it bright and
clean.” He found one place in the
building, he said, that hadn’t been
cleaned since the school was erect
ed in 1931.
When students are still in deep
slumber, James is leaving his home
on Hilltop Street for the 30 minute
w'alk to school. He arrives here at
6:30 A.M. “If you schedule your
work, says James, you can get a
lot more done. I plan the hours of
my day and the hours of the four
who work under my direction. In
this way, no one ever just sits
around.” Mouldings are regularly
dusted; windows and walls are
washed. James even scheduled his
Christmas time to take care of the
need here. When students returned
to school from their holiday frol-
licking, they found freshly waxed
floors.
James met his wife, Minnie, at
Ray Street School. They have been
married 12 years. Minnie is his
second wife. He has, by a former
marriage, a son who is doing con-.
structi:n work in Washington, D.
C.
“Ray Street teachers are always
after me to come back, says James.
“I enjoyed seeing them comfort
able in their rooms and I didn’t
mind doing the extra things they
called on me for. However, James
has made friends of the teachers
in his new home, too. And his long
time friend, Mr. Lloyd Thayer,
principal of Junior High says,
“We could not go out and take a
janitor from another school; but
when J„mes asked to come to
Junior High, we were delighted.
He is doing an excellent job and
works so faithfully that the rest
of us are thereby encouraged to do
a better job.”
JUNIOR POINTER
Published every six weeks by eighth and ninth grade students of
Junior High School, Ferndale Drive, High Point, N. C.
Principal - Lloyd Y. Thayer
Editor Jon Cox
Associate Editor Batty Ring
iSports T:ni DeMarvo, Jim
Fuller, Jim Stsphenson
Music Reviews Sue Latimer
Departmental News Jane Ripley, Judy Rebbins
Home Room News Carolyn Martin
Reporters: Bill Abernethy, Terry Dicky, Fred Jones, Scotty Parker,
Elis Rouse, Starlet Carter, Toni DeMarvo, Ellen Evans,
Becky Fowler, Mary Garrett, Mary Macken-Uss, Connie New
man, Brenda Prince, Jane Ripley, Judy Robins, Sandy Smith.
Homeroom Reporters: .Tody Cox, Carolyn Koontz, Caro’.yn McDowell, Nancy
Slawter, Linda Seism, Frances Green, Bob Cecil, Elizabeth Hayworth, Skipper
Gates, Ruth Folger, Anne Stalder, Benny Yow, Jimmy Stewart, Church Ritchie,
Ronald Brown, Sharon Frazier, Barbara Paney, Penny Collins, Kim Marsden,
Susan Holmes, Gloria Pirthe, Kenneth Barnes, Linda Slate, Judy Johnson,
Anita Hauser, Brenda Wood, Betty Lewis, Nancy Schort, Glenda McQuais'e,
Hope Knight, Ernest Green.
Editorial Adviser Mrs. Thelma Briggs
Business .^.dviser Mrs. Bertha Frost