Volume LVl, No. 2
Grimsiey High School, Greenoboro, N.C. 27408
October 29, 1976
Lil’ Abner
To Be
Presented
“Lil Abner”, a musical
comedy, will be playing Nov. 11,
12 and 13 in the main auditorium.
Presented by the drama depart
ment, this spectacle will include
fifty cast members with twenty
persons on work crews. The cost
is $1.50 for students (including
college students) and $2.00 for
adults.
“It’s a tremendous task,” Mr.
Parrish states, adding that “it’s
the , most complex project
attempted to date.” Costing
roughly $2,000 to produce, the
play has been in the making since
the first of school.
The play is a rendition of the
broadway musical, which was
based on the A1 Capp comic strip
of the same name.
The cast is made up of: Tim
Basin, Steve Gabriel, Billy
Hoenwharter, Raymond Tucker,
Mike Abe, Brian Teeter, Janis
Eberhart, Bobby Knowles, Dottie
Fulp, Tony Luper, Terry Morgan,
Mark McCracken, Dale Johnson,
David O’Connel, Paul Glenn,
Marlen Stout, Davjd Oconnel,
David Wilson, Lynn Stevens,
Corrie Powell, Michelle Sealy,
Sharon Dion, Ronald Tucker, Tim
Bason, Jeff Kirkman, Rachel
Purpel, Ricky Bicknell, Rona
Marco, Margaret Thomas, Jo-
Anne Engle, Ginger Goddard,
Susan Greene, Julie Watts, Paul
Turpin, Robbie Taylor, Barry
Bullock, Don Crowder, Elena
Bates, Cornelious Clark, Wanda
Harkins, Lori Fields, Connye
Florance, Celia Nixon, Allana
Leichman, Kelly Price, Ellen
McAdams, Lisa Morton, and
Stage Manager Starree Mark
ham, and Asst. Stage Manager
Missy Neal.
Sophomores Added
GYC
Slates
Activities
Presently the Greensboro
Youth Council is planning a slate
of activities that include the
Halloween Flea Market, Miss
Christmas Seal, and the 1976
Christmas Toys Project.
Lisa Wainer, chairperson of the
Halloween Flea Market, is
completing arrangements for the
sale which will take place
tomorrow near the rose garden in
the Friendly Shopping Center
from 9 a,m. to 4 p.m. Service
clubs from local high schools will
be participating in the sale. Along
with the usual items found at a
rummage sale, there will be a
bake sale and a “Great Pumpkin”
sale. The Greensboro Youth
Council hopes to be able to offer
at least one car in an auction at
the Market.
The service clubs will be
participating in a competition for
the Best Sales Area Award. The
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Council Begins Work
New sophomores have been
elected to the executive Council
preparing its total membership
for a busy year serving the
Grimsiey student body.
The sophomore, junior, and
senior class chairpersons, Diane
Clark, Kendall Suh, and Tom
Essa respectively, have to be in
consideration for the upcoming
class projects. Through meetings
with homeroom presidents, the
chairpersons have and will
continue to maintain open lines of
communication with the entire
student body.
Leading the whole Executive
Council in all of its activities this
year, is chairperson John Hepler.
He also welcomes ideas and
assistance from ail students.
Pep Board, with sophomore,
junior and senior chairpersons
Linda Byrd, Amanda Stephens,
and Caroline Johnson respective
ly, has been actively promoting
school spirit for the football
games. They have held pep rallies
and created signs and posters to
affirm positive feelings among
the Whirlies. Pep Board has sold
ribbons proclaiming the Whirlie
desire to emerge victorious from
each of its football games also.
The revenue received from ribboi.
sales will be held by the
Executive Council to be used to
finance worthwhile Pep Board
projects.
Pep Board chairperson Aman
da Stephens is launching the
School Beautiful Program to clean
the Grimsiey campus now and
will continue to support the
program throughout the year.
April McNeil, secretary of the
Executive Council, will have a
Caroline Tops Off Court
Football fans at Friday night’s
Grimsley-Dudiey game, celebrat
ing the 47th annual GHS
homecoming, cheered the Whir-
lies on to another victory while
chill wintry winds invaded
Jamieson Stadium.
The traditional event proved to
be successful as the stadium was
nearly filled with Grimsiey
students and returning graduates
their families and friends. The
success of the affair was further
reinforced with the halftime
activities which brought on the
revealing of a huge multi-colored,
pastel-toned rainbow prop, under
which passed the 1976-77
Grimsiey homecoming court with
their escorts. Each couple was
announced and given tokens of
homecoming while the marching
band played “Somewhere Over
the Rainbow.” In addition each
“prospective” homecoming
queen was given a kiss by a little
boy on one side of the rainbow as
her escort was kissed on the other
cheek by a little girl on the
opposite end of the colorful prop.
The announcement of the
winners of the homecoming
projects as the Y-teens with the
Civinettes and O. Henry Juniors
named as runners-up, the name
of the 1976-77 GHS Homecoming ,
Queen was revealed. The honor
this year went to Caroline
Johnson, escorted by John
Miss Johnson before the Homecoming crowd after being crowned.
Hepler; while her maids of honor
were presented as Patti Jordan
escorted by Clarence Mitchell,
and Linda Simon with Gene
Sanders. Yvonne Cherry, escort
ed by Mark Harris; Paula
Christian, by Joe Freeman;
Stephanie Decker with John
Allgood; and Penny Ellis,
accompanied by Anthony Long;
were also members of this year’s
court. Other members of the court
included Pam Johnson, escorted
by Rusty Moffitt; Kathy Gilbert
with Gary Sue; Sandra Lisa
Howard, escorted by Glen Eure;
Emmy Neese, by Joe Crawford;
and Terry McGuinn with Brooks
Tilley. In addition, Iasi year’s
homecoming queen. Candy Clapp
and her escort. Brad Osborne,
appeared along with a former
GHS homecoming queen, Mrs.
Gaines.
Behind the scenes, a traditional
banquet was held at Le Chateau,
during third and fourth periods,
Friday October 22 for the purpose
of the court being formally
introduced to each other over
lunch. Escorts and some faculty
members involved in homecom
ing also attended.
Other festivities of homecom
ing continued after the Whirlies’
victorious match with the
Panthers, in the Kiser Junior
High School Gym, where a dance
rocked to the best of Erenrsion
until after midnight.
The 1976-77 Executive
Council [L to R] front row:
Scott Toben, Diane Clark,
Linda Byrd, Kemp Clendin,
and Richard Spurlin. Se
cond row: Amanda Ste
phens, Kendall Sub, April
McNeill, and Beverly
Waddell. Back row: Tom
Essa, Linda, Gene Sanders,
Caroline Johnson, and John
Hepter
comprehensive review of all
Council activities as recorded in
the Council minutes this year.
Treasurer Richard Spurlin shall
maintain an accurate record of
Council expenditures throughout
the year.
Among other activities, the
Student Affairs Council assisted
in preparations for the 1976
Student Leadership Recognition
Day which all Executive Council
members and homeroom presi
dents attended at Page on
October 14. The day was
designed to teach and honor
student leaders. Scott Toben,
Beverly Waddell, and Chakelia
Lewis are sophomore, junior, and
senior class student affairs
chairpersons respectively.
Kemp Clendenin, Ruth Katzen-
stein, and Linda Simon as
sophomore, junior and senior
class Youth Recreation Councils
respectively, are endeavoring to
carry out the intramural program
.It Grimsiey. Other duties of the
Youth Recreation Council are the
planning of dances and assem
blies. The administration has not
allowed assemblies to be planned
thus far.
News Briefs
Spencer Gwynn
Assistant Principal for Student
Affairs Spencer Gwynn attended
a convention for the National
Academy for High School
Executives. He was asked to be
an Academy Professor in order to
instruct other school executives
about activities that promote
better student-administrator re
lations.
Last year a nation-wide
publication printed several arti-
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