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March 23, 1956 High Life Page Three Clubs Plan Activities For Easter Projects BY UNDA HARRISON Two projects have been under taken by the BELLETTES. They have contributed $10 toward an artificial limb for a girl of 15. Kathryn Ozment headed this proj ect. The girls are going to the polio Hospital March 31 to put on a talent show directed by Kath leen Satterfield. Elayne Battle is in charge of refreshments. On March 26 the ESA’s are go ing to sing Easter music at the Masonic Home. Paula Sain will accompany the girls on the piano. The SIGNETS are preparing an Easter basket composed of fruit, vegetables, sweets and dyed Eas ter eggs for a family with four small children. Heading this proj- est is Peggy Harvell. Programs for the basketball tournament were sold by the EES amis HI-Y Club. Coach Jamie son and the members of the club were pleased with the sales which totaled $39.20. The money will go to World Service and from there toward the building of a YMCA camp in Palestine on the borders of the Dead Sea. The club has al ready donated $75 and they plan to donate at least $45 more. Rev. Mr. McSween of the Starmount Presbyterian Church gave a talk to the Les Amis Monday night, March 12 on "Planning Your Vo cation." For the second' week-end in May. the DDT’s are planning a beach trio. They are going to Cresent Beach and will .stay at Sea Cre.st Hotel. Mrs. Warren, their adviser, will chaperon. Bible Members Help With Needy Children Mrs. Edna Earle Randolph, ad viser, and the Bible Club, together with the Bible classes, are out fitting several needy families at the Momingside housing develop ment. Each Bible class has a family . to which it takes clothing and toys for the children. There are several committees each consisting of from two to six students, de pending on the age of the chil dren they are aiding. For Easter the Bible students are going to take Easter baskets to the chil dren of the needy families. The project, which began about three or four weeks ago, will He continued after this semester, if it is at all possible. The idea for the project origi nated when Mrs. Randolph talked to the man owning the housing project. He gave her the names of several needy families in the new development, and Mrs. Ran dolph turned the names over to Bobbie Tice, projects chairman. The students were then divided into committees, the aid being purely voluntary. The next meeting of the Bible Club will be March 27, when the film. “King of Kings,” will be shown. Harriman, Fredrickson To Conduct Orchestra In School Concert Apr. 5 These are the Senior High DO students who are members of the newly organized Greensboro Chapter of the North Carolina Vocational Industrial Club. On the first row, left to right are Ann Tippett, Sara Sholar. Norma Hemphill, and Shirley Dowd. Charle Wall and Jimmy Andrews are pictured on the second row. On the third row, left to right arc Gerald Trogdon, Jeanne Farrington, Ann Collins, Ed Wright, Floyd Brookbank, and A. B. Racster, ad viser. Behind them are Gla^s Faye Harris on the fourth row and Jimmy Cummings in the rear. Drivers^ Training Course Instructs 18 GHS Students Monday, March 12 started the new driving training course for 18 students, instructed by Cor poral Ernest Sewell of the Greens boro Police Department. The driving-training course con sists of 30 hours in the classroom, with 10 hours spent in studying highway safety and traffic laws, and 18 hours of Deft Driving. Also in the classroom the students get eye tests, reaction tests, steadiness tests, and distant judgment tests. Thirty hours are spent in the car and 10 hours under the wheel learning all the maneuvers for highway and city. The students taking the course at the present time are Mary El len Sharpe, Phala Jones, and Mary Wheeler, seniors; Elva Wood, Shir ley Dowd, Merry Wrye, Joyce Win ters, Maranell Pearsall, Jean Og- burn; Jackie Jessup, Elva Howard, and Richard Bryson, junior; and Barbara Ann Edwards, Martha Kiser, Nancy Woodlp, David Spaulding, Leah Tucker, and Mac Hall, sophomores. The Greensboro Police Depart ment started this course to try to make better drivers out of teen- j agers. Ingram Motor Company, sponsoring the program, pays for up keep ot the car while the city of Greensboro pays the in- tIDfie poar anb Casitle Greensboro’s Most Popular Sandwich Shop Spacious Parking Ground West Market Street Ext. BALLARD MUSIC COMPANY 319 N. AYCOCK ST. Phone 4-7889 BAND and ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS MUSIC — PIANOS STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT FRANKLIN DRUG STORES 401 TATE STREET 2140 LAWNDALE DRIVE m structor’s salary and pays for the gas and oil for the car. A student cannot take the driving training course unless he is 16 or will be 16 six weeks after the course has started. AH stu dents must sign through the of fice to take the course. For a girl, the liability insurance is the same whether she takes the course or not. For a boy, if he doesn’t take the course his liability insurance rate is 17 to 25 dollars higher because of the driving record of boys. This rule applies only in North Carolina. Beginning September 7,1954 un til March 9, 1956, 207 Senior High students have taken the course; 10 out of the 207 have failed. Corporal Sewell states this year there will be one more course; summer courses wiU not be ap proved until May. Senior High School’s orchestra, under the direction of J. Kimball Harriman, and Robert A. Fred rickson, assistant director, will present a concert April 5 at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium to help raise funds for the mid-April trip to St. Louis. Another purpose of the program is that of giving the orchestra an opportunity to perform publicly their program before they present it l>efore the National Music Gov ernors’ Convention in St. Louis. Some of the music the orches tra will include in their concert Lawrence Lacour Is GuestChapel Speaker Lawrence Lacour, Methodist missionary to Japan, was the guest speaker for the March 3 assem bly program, using as his topic “What Constitutes Good Sports manship.” Mr, Lacour’s talk involved the many phases of good sportsman ship, including being fair and honest, and being a good loser as weU as a good winner. Zade Turner, senior, presented the devotional. Bill Williamson, council member, gave a report from the Student Council concern ing the dates of oncoming events. Dates for the presentation of candidates, convention, and school elections were announced by Bill. May Day has been set for Wed nesday, May 2. Lody Glenn, coach of GHS’s wrestling team which won the state championship crown, pre sented the members of the team and announced the winners of the individual championships. Bert Wilder, Sammy Bright, Char lie Whedbee, and Benny McKee were singled out as the winners of the individual titles. I will be “The Italian in Algiers” I Overture, by Rossbii; Thf: Second \ Movement from the “Nordic” (Symphony; Bacchana Le from ‘ Samson and Deliliah,” by Saen- Saens; “La Folia,” by Corelli- Sopkin, and various selections from “Carousel.” by Rodgers. Several members of the touring Houston Symphony Orchestra from Texas visited Senior High’s Orchestra March 9, listened to the group play, and then compliment ed them on the unusually fine work they were doing. They told the students that never before had they heard a high school orchestra of such caliber and balance of strings. Each risiting Houston man spoke and commented on the quality of music being presented by the Senior High Orchestra. The Symphony Orchestra men also urged private lessons for Sen ior’s orchestra students, whenever possible. The previous day Maurice Bon- ney. conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra,-had express ed high praise fOr the student response and courtesy given the afternoon Junior Civic program concert. ‘ MEYER’S Ol^E-’^TER GRE ENSBORO’S .• GREATEST STORE CLOTHCRAFT SUITS in the Authentic f9 model trousers ere pleatless and slightly narrower at knees and cuffs This is the suit that should be basic to your ■wardrobe. In fabric, color and model, it measures up to every man’s idea of good taste and relaxed comfort. CHAR-GREY TROPICAL rrn nn CHAR-BROWN $bU.UU TROPICAL Johnson s Avibert CLOT-HING CO/V\PANY 120 N. Elm Street pretty pastels for the big dance' 22.95 or $25 Delight the stag line in one of these waltz length gowns from a glorious collection of night blooming beauties at Meyer’s. Nylon marquisette over net and taffeta, ombre shadings, organ- zas, taffetas in fresh spring pastels. 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