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‘The Loft” Tonight
VOLUME XXIV
SENIOR mCH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 3, 1947
NUMBER 2
[Steve Agapion Is Chosen Sophomore Class President
IHome-Room Officers
Ichosen by Seniors,
[Juniors and Sophs
Elected officers of their senior
|home rooms are: room 12—^president,
Bob McPheeters; vice-president, Jim
^Murray; secretary, Frances McFad-
den; and treasurer Julian McGee;
[room 14—president, Zack Piephoff;
vice-president, Brown Patterson:
Jeecretary, Fran Pearman; treasurer,
■Loyce Nance; room 16—president,
Isobbie Jean Shaw; vice-president,
■Nancy Smith; secretary, Ruenell
iRush, treasurer, George A. Seay;
room 200—^president, Rick Kidd;
Ivic'e-president, Joe Johnson; isecre-
Itary, Charles Keeley; treasurer,
§Paul Kersey;
Room 202—president, Carl Bax-
■fter; vice-president, Ray Bond;
Isecretary-treasurer, Becky Breedon;
■room 203—president, Bobby Holt,
■vice-president, Billy Hogshead;
■secretary, Lynn Goodman; treas-
lurer, L^nard Guy^; room 204—
■president, Chuck Whitcomb; vice-
Ipresident, Phi Wade; secretary-
Itreasurer, Margenelle Welker; room
IsOO-npresident, Carrie Chamberlain;
Ivice-president, Clyde Collins; secre-
Itary Bobby Crews; treasurer, Jerry
lOraT^ord; room 207—'president,
■ Buddy Flynn; vice-president, Doris
■ Duke; secretary-treasurer, Peggy
■ Ann Fields.
I Juniors
Junior homeroom officers are:
■ room 3—president, Richard Clem-
I mons; vice-president, Bob Carlson;
■ secretary, Beverly Cebaile; treas-
■ urer, Ann Collson; room 4—presi-
Ident, Jerry Fletcher; vice-president,
■Jim Finison; secretary, Emily Ann
I Dees; treasurer, Irwin Edwards;
■room 7—president, Nancy Lowder;
Ivice-president, Dick McCuiston;
■secretary, Maryilyn Mateer; treas-
lurer, Jimmy Lindlay; room 8—presi-
Ident, Mike Meyers; vice-president.
■ Dick Painter; secretary-treasurer,
I Theona Pearce;
Room 10—^president, A1 Stewart;
I vice-president, .1. B. Smithbrnian:
Isecretary-treasurer, Charles Taylor:
■ room 15^—president, Charles Irwin;
Ivice-president Margaret Hilton:!
Isecretary, Ann Griss; terasurer, 1
I Camellia Greetson ; room 24—^presi-j
■ dent Tommy Ward; vice-president,
■ Bobby Watson; secretary-itreasurer,
■ Dolores Whisonant; room 100—
■president, Betty Jean Pope; vice-
■president; Yvonne Schweistris;
■secretary, Fred Price: treasurer.
■ Pat Raiford ; room 201—president,
■ Emogene Apple; vice-president. Bill
iBeaslay; secretary-treasurer, Anna
■ Beeson.
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Jimmy Robertson^ defeated in Wednesday’s mn-off, congratulates
Steve Agapion on winning the presidency of the sophomore class.
(Photo by Lowell Dryzer)
Lambeth Chosen President
Of G.H.S. Dramatic Club
First meeting of the dramatic [ A play reading will be held in the
club, under the direction of Mrs. near futpre to select characters for
Grace Wilson, has been held. The one ithree-aet play and two one-act
meeting was called in order to or-1 plays. Only members of the drama-
[New Cafeteria Head
|ls Mrs. J. T. Hester
Mrs. J. T. Hester has been
appointed new Cafeteria head, re
placing Mrs. Hortense Forster.
Mrs. Hester, who before taking
her new position was a nurse at
Wesley Long Hospital, asks the stu
dents to please co-operate with her
by standing In line as they should.
Working in the cafeteria preparing
food at present are two colored men
and four colored women. Mrs. Hester
is planning to put on one more in
the near future.
During the first lunch period,
Ernest Shelton and Tommy Simmons
work at the windows; while Doug
Gallyon cleans off tables between
Iperiods. Mr. Herman Smith and
iCoach Bob Jamieson are cashiers.
Mr. Charlie Baker and Mr. G. 0.
[Mann work at the ice cream counter.
At the second lunch period Karr-
low Farrell and Eddie Finch work
jUt the window. Miss Fisher, Miss
Brown and Mrs. Finch are the
cashiers, while Mrs. Wilson, Mr.
"ouck and June Blumenthal work
'at the ice cream counter.
Asked if she likes her new work,
Mrs. Hester replied, *T like my job
and wish I could get better acquaint
ed with the students. If there are
any helpful suggestions about the
afeterla anyone would like to ihake,
I would be more than glad to get
them.”
ganize the club.
Mr. Ted Austin and Mr. Jack
Russell of the new radio station
WFMY in Greensboro attended the
meeting. With them, they brought
a wire recorder and recorded the
voices of all the people who attend
ed the meeting. After making the
recordings, they played them back
to the group.
Club has a membership of 55, the
largest number interested in drama
tics in several years. Regular meel
ings will be held each Monday after
noon after school for one hour, with
Mr. Austin holding a class each week
of speech, diction, and dramatic
techniques for tlf& members.
Huffman's Hut
There’s No Place Like Home
Have you been wondering how
that big deep hole suddenly appear
ed in the lot on the corner across
from the science building? Or what
happened to the For Sale sign that
was tacked on one of the trees? Or
has the roaring of a bulldozer kept
you awake during chemistry? Dear
reader, that is no bulldozer, that is
Huffman.
Yes, Weddie (we spelled it right
this time. Coach) is building a
house. Out of ithe concrete bolcks,
no less. Six whole rooms plus a
den. It is the basement he has been
digging lately, with the help of a few
industrious “volunteers” from the
high school.
“Help, help, help!” screamed
Coach, now Director Huffman, when
asked how things were going. “I
need help. I can’t pile all those
cement blocks myself.” (Some of
those be coached on last year’s
wrestling team here at Senior could
give him some argument on that
point.) He promised to throw a
housewarming if it is finished by
Thankisgiving. '
For the past weeks he has been
driving that (1836) Chevy of his all
the way to Thomasville after he
closes up the Loft each night, and
Mrs. Coach says that she just can’t
keep up.
All who watched how he put to-
ether the Youth Center, and who
know what a good job he is doing
as director, have no doubt but that
it will be a good house. So all guys
with an extra hammer and nail
around the house, hoof it over there
and see if you can’t help get the
place ready for Mm.
And for you unsung heroes of the
Whirlie swimming team, you can
'take your workout iu Coach’s newly-
dug basement without going all the
way up to the “Y.” After last week’s:
rain, he stood in water clean up to!
there.' |
tics club will he allowed to try out
for these parts.
The club has postponed their
scheduled production of a three-act
play until February.
Among the projects planned for
this 5'ear aside from the draiiiati'
classes are the building of model
stages and .the annual trip to Chapel
Hill for the dramatic contest for
club members.
Officers of the club were elected
at the first meeting. Thy are: Presi
dent, Larry Lambeth; Treasurer,
Jimmy Richards; and Secretary,
Becky Breedon.
Survey Taken in
History Classes
A survey to determine if youth
thinks about vital issues was
conducted last Thursday in the
second and sixth period History
5 classes of Mr. Smith and the
third and 'sixth History 7
classes of Miss Blackmon. This
represented both Junior and
Senior boys and girls.
The first question dealt with
compulsory military conscriptou
for all youth. The majority
favored it at two to one in both
Senior classes. In one of >l;he
Junior classes the vote was 23
to 7 in favor while the sixth,
period class opposed the meas
ure 27 to 17.
Sunday Movies
Sunday movies and sports
again brought a definite affirma
tive from the Senior class with
the Juniors agreeing. In all
classes the total number of stu
dents atending Sunday school
regularly is 107. 33 do not.
20 Juniors and Seniors
thought we should share our
atomic knowledge with Russia
and other countries leaving 120
to the negative. Five had no
opinion.
Most of the students are in
favor of the Government rein
stating price control. 29 dis
agreed and six had no opinion.
Nine Seniors thought that 55
miles per hour is to‘o high as
did four Juniors. The Demo
crats would win any presiden
tial election held now say 74.
63 stands for the Republicans
and five are undecided. A slight
majority favor the Taft-Hart-
ly Bill and only 18 thinks that
the Marshall plan is unsound.
Dewey and Truman, both class
es believe, will be the Republi
can and Democratic presiden
tial nominees, respectively, in
1948.
Sophomore Elections Completed;
HighFill Is Named Vice-President
In a run-off Tuesday morning, Steve Agapion defeated James
Robertson for the office of president of the sophomore class. Other
winners in the run-off are Bobby Highfill, who defeated Rebecca
^Frazier for vice-president, and
Mabel Ruth Nease, who defeated
Torchlight Members
Elect New Officers
At their first meeting of the
year, the four members of
Torchlight, National Honor Soc
iety, elected officers for the past
year and made plans for the
first tapping, *
The date of the tapping was
not disclosed, but Miss Mims,
advisor to the group, announced
that only seniors would be tapp
ed and onlj’ senior home rooms
allowed to vote on the new mem
bers.
The officers are Zack Piephoff,
president; Nancy Paige Snuth,
vice-president; and Marcia Fur
nas, secretary. It was decided to
elect treasurer from the new
members.
During the summer Torchlight
subsribed to “Student tife,”
newspaper of the Society, and
purchased the new edition of the
handbook and by-laws;
Peggy Louise Coble for secre
tary.
Jimmy Alspaugb, senior class
president in charge of the sopho
more elections, announced that in
the regular elections last Friday
Ronald Britt was elected treasurer,
and the representatives chosen are
Nancy Beale, Betsy Bishop, David
Bradley, Sue Bull, Peggy Everitt,
Jackie Fruitt, Ashley Holland, and
Eddie Lovinars.
Other candidates were; for presi
dent, Gordon Battle, Jarvis McMil
lan, and Jean Touchstone; for vice-
president, Alex Panas, Chic Ramm,
and Nancy Foust; for secretary,
Carolyn Allred and Joan Huggins;
for treasurer, Maitland Freed and
Clarence Taylor; and for represen
tative, Jean Ayers, Phyllis Bell,
Beverly Bostian, Hope Birown, John.
Colson, Ann Edwards, Marion Fai
son, Doris Hill, Barbara Kearns,
Sara Nell Maness, Peggy Montgom
ery, Mamie Polk, Sue Purdom,
Clyde Ritoh, Bob Sample, Betty Sel
lars, Suzanne Sparling, Betty Stan-
l.v, Editha Stone, Austin Strand,
Carolyn Turner, Fred Upchurch,
June VanHom, Jimmy Vance, Anne
Wofford, and Elinor Wrenn.
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Cutting the ribbon to officially open( the doors of the “Loft” is W. H.
Sullivan, president of the Community Chest. Behind* the ribbon is a
gi-oup of high school students waiting to enter, beaded by Andy Bell,
president of the G.H.S. student body, Betty Lou Moore, vice-president
of the Youth Center, and Jim Finch, president.
(Photo by Martin Studios)
Youth (enter Is Officially Opened Sept. 20
By DAVID BREEDON
Official opening of tthe Greensboro
Youth Center occurred Saturday
night, September 20. There were
brief opening ceremoMes, which in
cluded the cutting of a ribbon offi
cially opening the doors by W. H.
Sullivan, Sr., president of the Com-
munit.v Chest, an expre.ssion of ap
preciation by Sydney B. Cone. Sr...
chairman of the Board of Manage
ment, to all who contributed to the
organization of the center, especially
R. Norris Hadaway and Senior’s
own Mrs. LeGwin, the many who
took part in Teen-Time Review, a
radio show which raised^money for
the project, and the various civic
clubs who were so generous. Jim
Finch, president of the Youth poun-
cil. when accepting the presentation
of the building from Mayor Fielding
L. Fry, echoed Mr. Cone and added
the thanks of all the members to tbe
Community Chest and to the City,
who are jointly sponsoring the pro
ject.
After the ceremonies there was a
semi-formal dance with the music
of Michael Brooks and his orchestra.
The dance began with a grand
march, and everybody joined in.
At intermission, Fran Pearman was
announced winner of the nickname
contest. Her suggestion, tbe “Loft,”
won her an annual membership card.
Around 4(X> attended the opening,
according to Katherine Monsees,
program director, including many
parents and members of the board
of management.
Fall program at the loft includes
many special clubs, such as a hunt
ing club (already under way), model
building clubs, a baby sitters’
bureau, pet clubs, stamp clubs, etc.
Begun last Saturday, a half hour
radio show will be broadcast from
the Loft every Saturday morning.
A variety show, it will be similar
to Teen Time Review broadcast
last Winter from the istage of the
Carolina Theater. Unlike other acti
vities at the Center, the program
will be open to any teen-ager of
Greensboro, regardless of whether or
not he is a member.
Director Huffman states that
cooperation has been excellent from
the members, but that some are
being a little careless about equip
ment. He stresses the point that
when equipment is not being used
it should be put away in the proper
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