Welcome
to
Fern dale's
New
Principal!
Mr. Gaither Frye
Ken Rhyne Takes Over Reins
Of Student Body Presidency
Tommy
Ken Rhyne received his oath of
office and gavel, and took on the
responsibility of leadership to 1316
students as the 64th president of
Ferndale Jr. High. His acceptance
speech was centered around equality
of rights among all students and
people. Ray Jennings, vice presi
dent, and Lucy Latimer, secretary-
treasurer, received their oaths from
Mr. McGowan, boys’ counselor. Mr.
Gaither Frye, who presented Ken,
is also taking on a new office. He
is now the principal of Ferndale
Jr. High after being principal at
Johnson Street Elementary School.
David Mitchell, last year’s presi-
FerndaJe Greets 7 New Faces
On Faculty for This Year
Beverly Bullin
Ferndale Junior High School add
ed seven new teachers to the faculty
this year.
Miss Elizabeth Pate Adams, an
M. A. T. seventh grade teacher, was
born near Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina, but now resides in Row
land, North Carolina. She attended
Presbyterian Junior College, Me
redith College, and Duke Univesity.
Horseback riding heads the list of
her favorite sports. After this, fol
lows golf, swimming, water skiing,
and tennis. Miss Adams has an elder
brother and two younger brothers.
Her father is a merchant. The first
impression of Ferndale received by
Miss Adams was that it was large.
After holding the position of
secretary in the school office for
the past three years, Mrs. Katherine
Cecil decided to teach typing this
year. She was bom in High Point,
and now resides at 721 Forrest
Avenue with her husband and
daughter Julia. Mrs. Cecil enjoys
boating and water skiing at High
Rock Lake during her vacation.
Until this year, she has been a
leader of the Girl Scout Troop, 85.
Being stopped by hall monitors
and being asked for hall permits
was an unusual compliment given
to Miss Courtney Roane, the seventh
and eighth grade girls’ physical
education teacher, during her first
few days at Ferndale. Although
she was born in Richmond, Virginia,
Miss Roane resides with her family
in Greensboro, North Carolina. She
received some of her education in
Lynchburg, Virginia and then at
tended Woman’s College in Greens
boro for three years. Miss Roane
loves to teach, but in her spare time
she enjoys modem dancing.
Miss Linda Emery, originally
from Des Moines, Iowa, attends
Mr. Frye Becomes School’s New Head
Ferndale Junior High School’s
sixth principal joined the staff this
September. Mr. Gaither C. Frye
came to Ferndale from Johnson
Street Elementary School where he
was principal for ten years.
Mr. Frye has been in educational
work since January of 1947. He
studied at Guilford College, Wom
an’s College in Greensboro, the
University of North Carolina and
now has his Master of Arts degree
and almost enough credits for a
doctorate.
In the past fifteen years Mr.
Frye has taught ninth grade Eng-
Susan Hoskins
lish. He has done vocation work for
four years in Greenville, served
four years in the Armed Forces,
and was principal at Johnson Street
School.
People, fishing, and reading are
among Mr. Frye’s many hobbies.
Sports such as baseball, football,
basketball, and golf are his favor
ites. He enjoys discussions on
history, politics, and religion.
Mr. Frye is originally from
High Shoals, North Carolina, where
he spent his years as a child. He
met his wife in Greensboro where
she was teaching school. The Fryes
are now residing at 1209 Terrell
Drive with their two children
Gaither-9 and John-7.
Proceeding Mr. Frye, the principal-
ship of Ferndale has been filled by
Mrs. R. E. Ranson, deceased, Mr.
M. L. Lambeth, Superintendent of
the Methodist Children’s Home in
Winston-Salem, Dr. Dean B. Pmette,
Superintendent of the High Point
City Schools, Dr. Lloyd Y. Thayer,
Assistant Superintendent of the
High Point City Schools, and Dr.
Charles H. Weaver, Assistant Super
intendent of the Asheboro City
Schools.
Junior Pointer
Vol. 35, No. 1
Ferndale Junior High School, High Point, N. C.
November 20, 1962
Rawleigh
dent, gave his final speech in turn
ing the office over to Ken, and
installed the new councdlmen and
monitors. Ken presented the new
committee heads which are; Audi
torium ■— Ricky Burge, Bulletin
Board — Barbara Stone, Charles
Bowers, Cafeteria — Brenda West,
Campus — Liba Rogers, Civic Af
fairs — Dixie Chiles, Devotions —•
Rickey Coffee, Sandra Horlick,
House Committee — Randy Bernard,
Office, Lost and Found — Nancy
Perov, Junior Red Cross — Jean
Norman, Social — Bill Bradner,
Vickie Allen, Visual Aids — Donnie
Turner, and Sam Davis.
Duke University at Durham, North
Carolina, and is an M. A. T. teach
er at Ferndale this year. Her father
is a lawyer and her brother attends
the University of Virginia. Miss
Emery has an interest for theatre
and art work. The things that im
pressed her most about Ferndale
were its size, faculty, and students.
Being the only new male teacher
this year, Mr. John Townsend, Jr.
teaches math and social studies to
eighth graders. Mr. Townsend is
originally from Atlanta, Georgia.
He received his education at Wil
liam A. Bass College, Emery Col
lege, and Duke University. Mr.
Townsend’s brother, a Specialist
Fourth Class, is stationed in Korea.
Besides enjoying the presentation
of plays, Mr. Townsend has an
interest in music. He describes
Ferndale as an active and enthusi
astic school.
Miss Janice Jenson, speech and
English teacher, was bom in
Chicago, Illinois, but now lives in
Greensboro, North Carolina. She
attended Wheton College in Chicago.
Swimming, horseback riding, and
drama hold some of the engaged
teacher’s interests. Miss Jenson’s
first impression of Ferndale was
that it was “bursting and bubbling
over with kids.”
A well-gifted family is the one
of which Miss Linda Sue Little,
teacher, is a member. Teaching is
her mother and sister’s profession,
also. Miss Little makes daily trips
from Winston-Salem, North Caro
lina, where she lives, to Ferndale.
She attended Appalachian State
Teachers’ College in 1961. Miss
IJttle occupies her spare time with
swimming and traveling. She loves
Ferndale and intends to continue
teaching.
Magazine Sales
Bring In Total
Of $7,526
Claudia Scott
The annual magazine sale proved
once again that students of Fern
dale Junior High School are master
salesmen, although this year’s total
of 87,526.16 fell just short of last
year’s total of §7,989.60.
Ed Price of room 117 topped the
high salesman list this year with a
whopping $117.82, followed by Bill
McKenzie—109.32, David Homey—
$106.92, Tommy Rawleigh—$89.50,
Mary Lipscomb—$86.46 and Mark
Poole—§80.92. Hats off to Tommy
Rawleigh who made the top—five
list for the third straight year.
The rooms that were top in the
three grades were Miss Faye Coley,
room 113, in the seventh grade; Mrs.
Elizabeth Beamon, room 206, in the
eighth grade; and Mrs. Thelma
Briggs, room 210, in the ninth
grade. T’nis is the second consecu
tive year that Mrs. Beamon’s room
has led the school in sales. When
asked to comment on the success
of room 205 she said, “I have found
that the key to success is in 100 per
cent participation.” For being the
high room in the school Mrs.
Beamon’s room will receive a movie
party.
The seventh graders proved once
again that they have more enthusi
asm in the magazine sales than the
eighth and ninth graders. They
proved this by bringing in a gTand
total of 82,966.46. But though the
sale ended in defeat for the eighth
graders, they worked hard up until
the final days of the sale bring
ing in a grand total of $2,886.19.
The ninth graders lagged far be
hind with a grand total of $1,684.87.
Roma Bowen, Brenda Sechrest,
Bill Bradner, and Bob Wilder as
sisted Mrs. Collins, student council
adviser, in counting the money.
Stephanie Thomas and Kitty Wood
ruff assisted Mrs. Beamon.
The money Ferndale receives
from the magazine sale goes to the
general activity fund. Water coolers,
record players, projectors, and many
other things which students enjoy
are brought with this fund.
Mrs. Julia Sherrill
Little Theatre
First Production
Sounds Exciting
Mary Lee Cook
The house lights fall. The last
eerie notes of the orchestra over
ture fade — and the curtains slowly
open.
Here is the dim interior of the
old home — rich with years of liv
ing, filled with ghost and memories
of by gone days — and now —
stepped in bitterness, grief and
hatred.
An aged woman sits quietly knitt
ing by an open fire, the wind blows
furiously about, beating dead
branches against window panes and
—well, nothing more can be told—
now.
Such describes the beginning of
“The Opening of a Door”, the first
Little Theatre production to be
given November 19, 20, 21, at activi
ty periods.
The Little Theatre group consists
of 113 ninth grade students direct
ed by Mr. Hugh Whitley, ninth
grade English teacher, and Charles
Bowers as President. Other officers
are as follows:
Stage managers — Allen Todd,
Roland Andrews.
Wardrobe — Toni Oakley.
James Scott Returns After Injury
Toni Pope
James Scott who heads the cus
todial staff is back after a injury
to a ligament in his hip.
James has worked as a custodian
in the public school system for forty-
one years. During these years he
has become attached to the children
of the schools he has worked in.
He refers to them as his “chillins”.
For example, last year he stopped
Pam Covington in the hall and ask
ed her if she was the daughter of
Helen Millis. He had remembered
the former Miss Millis from Ray
Street School, and he noticed the
resemblence of her in Pam.
James and his wife, Minnie re
side at 828 Hilltop Street.
The custodial staff consists of
three maids, Sophie Simpson, Daisy
Mobley, and Edith Sherrill and two
janitors, James and Isaiah Fields.
Mrs. Julia Sherrill
Succeeds Mrs. Cecil
As School Secretary
Karen Love
Mrs. Julia Lee Sherrill is taking
over the job of secretary of Fern-
dale for Mrs. Katherine Cecil, who
is the new typing teacher for Fern-
dale. Mrs. Sherrill says she has
enjoyed her job so far this year.
She resides with her husband and
three sons; John, a senior at Caro
lina, Lee, a freshman at Carolina,
and David, a junior at High Point
Central Pligh, at 702 Westwood.
When asked what sports or hob
bies she likes best, her reply was,
“Since all my sons participate in
all kinds of sports, I guess I enjoy
them all”. Bridge is a great interest
of Mrs. Sherrill.
One of the highlights of the of
fice is the questions asked by stu
dents. The three questions most
asked to Mrs. Sherrill are, “May I
go home?”, “Has anyone turned in
my book ?”, and “May I have a band-
aid ?”
Msss Litaker Is
Again Consultant
For M.A.T. Teachers
Libby Edmonds
Miss Estelle Litaker, who teaches
English for the eighth grade at
Fei’ndale, also serves as teacher
consultant for the eight Masters
of Arts in Teaching teachers in
High Point, three of whom are at
Ferndale.
The three M. A. T. teachers at
Ferndale are Miss Elizabeth Pate
Adams, Miss Linda Emery and Mr.
John Townsend.
The teachers take two summer
sessions and a year of internship
as salaried teachers with night clas
ses at Duke University once a
week.
Of the five other M. A. T. teach
ers in High Point, four are at High
Point Central High and one is at
Northeast Jr. High.
Some of the persons who were
once in the Masters of Arts in
Teaching program in High Point
with Miss Litaker have gone on to
achieve things. For instance, Mr.
Robert Butler, who is now teaching
at Louisburg College, has written
a book entitled A Student’s Hand
book of Grammar and Punctuation.
His book has been written since he
taught at Ferndale, two years ago.
Pictures for this issue of the
Junior Pointer were made by
Ben Armfield of homeroom 210
with the assistance of Mr. Lane
Greene, science teacher.