THE LINCOLN ECHO
CHAPEL HILL, N. ' c, May 1950'
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Lincoln High School May Queen and her court. Seated left to right are: Georgia Edwards,
Peggy Hogan. Peggy Lindsay, Peggy Sue Sanford, Jean Johnson, Eunice Atwater, and Laura
Caldwell. Standing left to right are: Bertha Hargraves, Emma Jean Hairston, Barbara Burnette,
Elsie Geer, Alice Bynum, Johnnie Mae Jones, May Queen. Georgia McCoy, Ernestine Powell,
Dorothy Suitt, Shirley Reavis, Marion Galashaw and Gwendolyn Snipes.
Johnnie Mae Jones Featured 'May Queen'
Seniors Make Final Plans
For Graduation On June 6
Plans Include Sight-Seeing
: Tour To Washington, D. C.
And Gift To The School
By Polly Anna Purefoy, '50
Final plans for the gradua-
^^The Hill Befween
Presented By
Senior Class
tion of the class of 1950 are
now being made by the Seniors
under the supervision of Mrs,
M. D. Turner, home-room teach-
er.
On April 28, 1950, the Senior ' The plan includes a sight-see-
r
May 5 marked the ending of
•‘hustle and bustle” of the prep
aration for the annual May Da}^
Festival here at Lincoln High
School.
Miss Johnnie Mae Jones, a
member of the 11-A class won
the title of May Queen as a re
sult of the May Day Contest in
the high school department.
The May Day activities be- i
gan at eleven o’clock with ■
games, races and relays in the '
thr ^ departments of the scbj?*'. !
major May Day festiv- ^ i j
at one o’clock with ^ran
—endants. The Queen was
d by her Maid of Honor,
Alice Bynum of the 11-A
class. A beautiful compact .was
presented to the Queen by
George Jones, president of the
Student Council from the stu
dent body.
A variety of dances portray
ing the theme “May Day Around
the World” were performed by
students from grades 1 through
12.
The traditional May Pole
dances were performed by girls
from the grammar grades.
The day was ended with a
softball game between Lincoln
High School and Mill Grove.
A large number of parents
and friends were present to wit
ness the festival.
By Vivian Swain
Band Members
And Majoreti'es
To Receive Awards
Band members and majorettes
were awarded “lyres” for partici
pating in the band this. The
.-ward'’ will be given according
• Ifng.ii of service raiiier
dbi'.ity and excellence of
Fiormar.ee. Those persons who
jpll receive awards are as fol
lows:
Edwin Caldwell, Delores Ho
gan, Robert Winston, Georgia
pMcCoy, Bessyne Ward, John
-lark, Cynthia Booth, Samuel
^water, Mathew Mason, Alfred
Vivian Swain, George
Thomas Purefoy, Willis
JpQ, Alfred Barbee, Nelson
l^sbee, Alice Barnett, William
-auley, Mary Norwood^ Alice
pge, Herbert A twater, William
Targraves, Elizabeth Rogers,
^eima Bell, Elsie Geer, Florine
^illiams, Faye Brc )oks and Hilda
Tendergraft.
Mary Norwood w ill receive the
/'horus award for faithful and
floyal service.
P. T. A. NEWS
The P.-T. A. feels very proud
of its record for the year. The
organization has done many
things to promote the growth
and success of the school.
The last meeting was high
lighted by the installation of of
ficers for 1950-51 and a party
for the teachers.
The offLers for 1950-51 are as
follows:
P-eside'it—Mr. Morris Mason^,
Vice-Pi esifient—Mrs. Hattie
F oster.
2nd Vice-president—Miss Sara
Caldwell-
Secretary—Mrs. T. K. Burthey.
Assistant Secretary — Miss
Mary Hargraves.
Treasurer—Hubert Robinson.
The annual P.-T. A. Award of
$20.00 will be given this year.
This award will be divided into
20 individual awards of $1.00
1 each to be giv:n to the child or
‘ children in ea.h homeroom ex-
! celling in qu.-lities of Citizen-
; ship, Scholarslip and Attend-
, ance. The folbwing pupils won
! the P.-T. A. .Awards for 1949-
I 50: IB—Peggi: L. Hogan, lA—
I Betty Bumphis, 2B—Clarence
j Merritt, Jr., 2A—Larry Lloyd,
I 3A—Faye Brioks, 3B and 4A—
' Lucille Sug:s and Lillie Perry,
,4B—Markeinta Ballwin, 5A and
,.C-Shirleyi^ rue v.
Mason^ OPj-TT^seph Burnett, 6B—
^ laa Battle, 6A—Mallssia Fear-
■ rington, 6C and 7A—Gloria Vick-
j ers, 7B and 8A—Ernestine Cole
and Barbara Burr.ett, 8A—Ern
estine Powell, 9A—Ernestine
King, 9B—Dorothy Weaver, 10th
Grade—Gloria Mason, 1 IB—Wil
lie Burnett, llA—Johnnie Mae
Jones. 12th Grade—Alice Bar-
i nett.
j Class presented a very stirring
drama, “The Hill Between.” Un
der the direction of Mrs. M. D.
Turner, the play proved to be
a great success.
A very striking moral was
■ brought out in the play.
Brent Saunders, born in the
mountains, leaves his mountain
home while a young man and
gees to New York, where he
studies medicine and makes a
success as a doctor through the
aid of the father of Anna, whom
he marries and brings back to
the mountains to visit. He and
Anna visit in the home in which
he and his sister Ellen had been
reared after ther parents died—
the home of Julie who had lov
ed him through the years, yet
is strong enough to let him go
out and study to be a doctor, so
ing tour to Washington, D. C.,
for which they will leave on
Sunday, May 28 about one o’
clock to return on the evening
of May 30.
The tour will make possible
such sights as the campus of
Virginia State College, Peters
burg, Virginia, and in Washing
ton, the Capitol, the Library of
Congress, the Folger Shakes
peare Library, Lincoln Memorial,
the National Museum, the Pen
tagon Building, the Supreme
Court, the Treasury Department,
Washington Monument, and the
White House. In returning the
route will be by the way of
Monticello and the Blue Sky
line of Virginia.
Friday, June 2, at 2:30 p. m.,
the Senior Class Day will be
held. This program will feature
the Valedictory by George Jones
he can come back and settle |
and be “towering” above the j and the Salutatory address by
people ol tne * un.ains. iri f’ - -f-
love of the mountains and all
that goes with them so over
power Brent that he remains
there to “tend” the sick, letting
Anna return to New York alone.
The list of characters were
as follows:
Julie Robbins—Maurice Cole
Anna Sanders—Rosalie Regis
ter
Ellen Saunders—Elsie Geer
Breni Saunders—James At
water (guest performer)
-Ce ilUL.I xJai lie:.!.. xjUL i ti' xlUw V-
ney will present the key to the
Juniors, which will be received
by Samuel Atwater, president
of the class. The giftatory ad
dress will be made by Seabrew
Ford, president of the Senior
Class.
The annual Senior Vesper
will be held Sunday, June 4, at
4:00 o’clock in the afternoon,
with the Reverend Miles Mark
Fisher, pastor of White Rock
I Baptist Church, Durham, preach-
Paw Robbins—Thomas Pure- ■
foy
Larz Higgins—Harold Robin- I sermon to the graduates.
“The Challenge to Negro
Youth” is the subject of the
; Commencement program to be
TT , T 'presented by the graduating
Hank Allen—Joe Hargraves j , , o tnen ^ ,
® I class on June 6, 1950 at 8:15 o -
By Rosalie Register I clock.
GEORGE JONES
Valedictorian and presidexil of
the Student Council
ALICE BARNEYI
Salutatorian
Senior Outlook
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC
Forty little youngsters who will
observe their sixth birthday by
October 1, 1950, spent their first
half-day in school April 25th.
The doctor, nurses, and first
grade teachers welcomed these
little folks and their mothers to
the Pre-School Clinic.
The youngsters experienced a
routine health check. Parents
were given pamphlets concern
ing child oare and childhood dis
eases. Each parent was given
an opportunity to discuss her
child’s physical condition and the
needed correction.
The children spent a few hours
in the first grade classes. The
tenth grade Home Economics
class served lunch for theni. Col
or books and balloons were given
for souvenirs.
Indications show that thp'- 'ill
be about 75 first graders d Hign
ing school next term. vts, boys
By Mary Louise Strt^^^
This question was posed to
some Seniors recently after they
had had a year’s course in oc
cupational guidance: What is your
plan for life after graduation from
high school? Summaries of their
replies follow:
Goldie Atwater plans to be
come a registered nurse.
Ruby Atwatsrs’ greatest ambi
tion is to become a famous singer.
Willis Barbee wants to study
music at North Carolina College.
Alice Barnett plans to attend
Paine’s Business School in Ra
leigh, N. C.
Maurice Cole would like to be
come a nurse.
Moses Davis wants to take up
a trade.
Lessie and Jessie Dorsett are
planning to be social workers.
Doretha Edwards desires to be
come a teacher.
Hazel Foushee plans to enter
Eastern Commercial College in
Asheville, N. C.
Elsie Geer desires to be a dress-
iker.
Laura Hackney plans to become
’egistered nurse.
Marie Gattis’ ambition is to help
her mother.
Joe Hargraves is going to col
lege.
George Jones hopes for out
standing achievements.
Samuel Jones wants to go into
business after completing college.
Frank Merrit is going i^ito |
farming. j
Nancy Minor i.s g.nng to
up a sewing shop.
Marvin Norwood plans to be a
plasterer.
George Paylor wants to go into
social work.
Leonard Powell wants to at
tend a trade school.
Polly Ann Purefoy’s ambition
is to go to a secretarial school.
Thomas Purefoy will be found
in the U. S. Air Force if his
dream comes true.
Rosalie Register will go far
in the field of science.
Harold Robinson’s outlook is
to study cabinet making and in
terior decorating.
Lattice Vickers wants to help
people who are in need.
Seabrew Ford plans to go to
college.