March 25, 1957
JUNIOR POINTER
Page Three
Key Members of Boys’ Basketball champs: Front row, Bobby Cecil,
Harold Moose, Wayne Snider; Back row, Harold Earnhardt, Larry Mabe,
Leo Chappell, Mike Dunlap.
Boys of 214 Squeeze Past 210
For Basketball Championship
Jim Stephenson
Homeroom 214 downed 210
for the school basketball
championship. Harold Moose
led 214 in all departments as
the ninth graders were de
feated by the score of 12-9.
Moose scored eight points
while leading his team to vic
tory and also made good pass
es and rebounded well. Moose
was aided in rebounding by
Mike Dunlap and in scoring
by Wayne Snider.
214 earned the right to meet the
ninth graders by trouncing the
.seventh grade champs of 116 by
the score of 41-7. Again Moo'se
was the standout as he scored 18
points. Mike Dunlap and tVayne
Snider again helped out.
The seventh grade championship
was won by 116 over 109 in a
closely fought and high scoring
conetst. The scoring changed hands
many times but 116 finally ended
on top winning by the score of
25-21.
Raymond Rogers led 116 with 8
points while the outstanding play
er of the game was Edgar Banks
of 109. Banks scored all 21 points
for 109 in a losing cause.
The eighth grade championship
was practically no contest as 214
completely whitewashed 206. When
the slaughter was finally over, the
score was 41-0 in favor of 214.
As usual, Harold Moose was the
key player for 214 as he scored 27
points.
Room 210 defeated 211 for the
ninth grade championshpi by the
score of 16-13. An effective last
minute freeze of the ball by 210
was enough for the win. Jim Ful
ler led 210 with 6 points, but the
higher man oif the game was
Johnnie Branch of 211 with 7
points.
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LindaWeisner
“Hey, Linda, did you know that
there’s a game today?”
“A g-a-m-e?”
“Yes, a game.”
“Thanks a lot for telling us.”
Then follows a morning of
frantically trying to tell all the
cheerleaders about our game, call
ing home, madly getting our uni
forms to school. Half of us have
blouses, skirts, sweaters, and other
small items at home.
By 3:00 every cheerleader has
again called home three or four
times, pleading with a parent,
neighbor, maid or chauffeur to
take a car load of screaming cheer
leaders to the game. (Wonder why
each had a good excuse such as--
“Fm sorry dear, but the cars
locked up in the garage.”) We
can’t go and it looks as if bad has
turned to worse, because it will be
awfully hard for the boys to win
without the cheerleaders!
Eight cheerleaders with eight
broken hearts are suddenly start
led at 3:15 to hear their names
called over the P.A. system. What s
more they are excused at that very
minute to go to the game!
By 3:30 all 11 of us including
Mrs. Padgett, Mrs. Erath. and
Miss Turner, are speeding along
Memories
the super-highway when Beth and
Lyndia in their soft, sweet, in
nocent little voices say, “Mrs.
Padgett, there’s a little man in a
gray and black car following us.”
Mrs. Padgett immediately advises
three of us, Carolyn, Martha, and
me to lie flat on the floor board
and to stay there until danger has
passed, (there’s some kind of law
against over crowding a vehicle.)
After the long fifteen miles have
been traveled, Dinah and Mary
Frances argue violently whether
it’s the school on the right or the
school on the left. Miss Turner at
this point explains that the school
is neither. It’s the school two
blocks up the street.
Upon entering the gym (during
the second quarter) a beloved
cheer comes from the team. Every
thing seems perfect until the score
is announced. We are losing by
ten points; but at the beginning of
the third quarter, the score stands
26-26, wonder why?
After two more quarters of
screaming, yelling, clapping, and
cheering (I won’t mention wheth
er the cheering was good or bad)
the score stands 42-33. The victory
is ours! Well, maybe we did some
good after all! Anyway we like to
think so.
Of the Dance
Jim Fuller
Crepe paper frosting? foil can
dy kisses ? gingerbread men ?
cotton candy cones ? and a small
village of pastry? Although it
sounds like a bakery, it was really
the Junior High gym on Friday,
March 8, w^hen Junior High, held
its second dance of the year. The
theme of the dance was Candy
Land. The village, wiMch had gum-
droip trees in the yard, lemon-drop
pavements, and a mobile of Gretel
in the front, was at the lower end
of the gym along with the frost
ing. Canldy cones, kisses, pepper
mint cones and gingerbread men
decorated the backboards.
Sudh records as “Little Darling”
“Gone,” “Moonlig^ht Gamibler,”
“Come Go With Me,” “Butterfly,”
and “Teenage Crusih” supplied the
music for dancing.
The rhythm of a coimbo featur
ing J. R. Maners, Bob Zimmer
man, and Jerry Long kept the in
termission lively. Introduced lat
er were the new student council
officers along with Yvonne Wom-
ble, wiho received a bouquet of
oarnatioos for being chosen school
sweetheart. Warner Stell won the
prize for guessing the closest to
the number of pieces of candy in
the jar. He guessed 777 and there
were 733. Warner took a teddy
bear home for his efforts.
Mias Patsy Har-relson’s art class
es and Mr. H. C. Winnigers shop
classes along with the social com
mittees and a special group chos
en by Mr. Padgett decorated the
gym. The ho>me eocnOmics de-
of cookies, potato chips, and punch
ait intermission.
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All Star Team
Basketball
Miss Barbara Turner, girls
physical education teacher, chose
the following girls to be on the
all-star team in girls basketball.
These girls were chosen on the
basis of being outstanding in
basketball and showing good
sportsmanship.
Forwards
Girls homeroom
Mildred Stronach 207
Jeanette Shirley 204
Linda Cabot 105
Guards
Toni De Marvo 210
Becky Smith 4
Linda Hodgin 4
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These girls are the key members of the championship 297 team; front
row, Eugenia Jones, Mildred Stronach, Marlene Cox. Back row, Delores
Staton, Adrene Yates.
207, Led by MildredfStronach,
Defeats 103 by Runaway 27-0
Toni DeMarvo
Homeroom 207 took the basket
ball crown when they defeated
room 103 for the school champion
ship in girls’ basketball. In a won
derful display of good teamwork,
207 defeated the seventh grade
champs by a score of 27 to 0. Mild
red Stronach, the star player of
room 207, handled the ball with
skill and ease as she scored 14.
Jones was next in high scoring
with 10 points.
To gain the eighth and ninth
grade championship room 207 won
over the eighth grade champions
of room 205 by a score of 17 to
12. Altbougb 205 lost tbe lead in
tbe second half of the game, tihey
put up a good match throughout
the game. Annette Chamblee led
room 206 with 11 points.
In a close match with room 210,
207 came out on top to win the
ninth grade championship. They
defeated 210 by a score of 13 to
10. Mildred Stronacb scored a
basket to put ber team ahead at
balf time and tbey beld tbe lead
tbe rest of tbe game. 16 to 14 was
tbe score when 104 lost to 205 for
tbe eigbtb grade ebampionsbip.
Linda Cabot of 205 and Doris
Lambetb of 104 kept tbe lead go
ing back and forth from one team
to the other. 103 won over room
10 for the seventh grade champion
ship. Two games were played to
decide the seventh grade champ
ions The first game was a tie and
Dolly Samet led her team to vic
tory in the second.
Mildred Stronach of room 207
was the high scorer in girls bas
ketball with a total of 35 points.
2>ea^ £dito^
Why aren’t drink macihiines put
in the building for the students ?
The teachers have one in the
teachers’ lounge. Pepsi seems to
be the favorite drink of the stu
dents and coffee and cokes are the
drinks the teachers like. Students
jusit aren’t satisfied with water
and milk. Milk is good for you but
P'epsi puts more bounce to the
ounce.
Very sincerely,
Doris Missinger
This is out by a School Board
rule prohibiting sale of carbo
nated drinks to students.
There should be a few things
left to adults (even teachers)
which development of age would
restrict.
Pat Thompson^ of203, Exhibits Fine Show Horse
By Sue Latimer
Pat Thompson of room 203 re
cently rode a fine pony in a horse
auction sale at the coliseum in
Raleigh, N. C. The owner of the
pony, James Eaves of Charlotte,
N. C. has set a price of $5,000 on
tbe pony. Since only $3,000 wias
bid, there was no sale. But Pat
came back with a five-gaited pony
of her own which she is going to
call Mutual Admiration.
Pat, who is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Thompson and re
sides at 405 East Farriss, has two
other show horses, also. One of
them is a pony named Most Es
sential. Most Essential used to be
World’s Champion. The other
horse is a roan mare named High
land Rosalee. About Highland
Rosalee, Pat commented, “She has
won most of the ti-ophies that I
have.” The difference between a
pleasure horse and a show horse
is that a show horse is usually
gaited, costs more, and is usually
beitter cared for. Also the differ
ence between a horse and a pony is
that a pony is 14 hands 2 inches or
smaller from hoof to shoulder and
a horse is taller than that.
Pat has ridden in 40 or 50 horse
shows and has won approximately
150 ribbons, about 30 of which are
first place. The trouble with win
ning money at a horse show is, she
says, that “My father usually gets
all the money.” The most money
Pat has ever won is $86.
She has liked horses a lot all
her life and of her early life, she
says, “I think that the first time
I ever got on a horse was when
I Was four years old. I always
used to worry about what happen
ed in cowboy movies to the cow
boy’s horse when the rider got shot
off.” Pat also took riding lessons
from Claire Boyce at Sedgefield
for three years.
This is a better picture of the
horse than the rider, Pat ’I'Viomp-
son. But this suits Pat as she is
very fond of the horse.