was selected as the winner of the Para
mount Theatre sportsmanship award.
The basketball squad was made up
of Ed Herring, Russell -Nickens, Billy
Charlton, Joe Invernizzi, Cubby Culbert
son, Clyde King, Bud Pate, Lee Adams,
and Bobby Heyward. Though the boys
lost the conference title game, they won
the ACC Invitational Tournament.
Swimming for GHS were Ben Ward,
Gordon Hunt, David Bradshaw and
Bobby Heyward. Ben broke two re
cords, one his own, when he helped to
pile up the score that won GHS swim
mers the state championship title for
the fifth consecutive year.
Seniors answering the call for base
ball candidates were: Clyde King, Dees
Pollock, Billy Simmons, Marvin Cowell,
Russel Nickens, and Linwood Harrell.
The team entered the final three-game
series to determine' the Northeastern
Conference Championship and won the
championship.
Senior cindermen were: Albert Hand
ley, Bob Kemp, Bud Pate, Billy Charl
ton, Tom York, William Westmoreland,
Steve Simmons, John Holmes, Lee
Adams and Brinkley Taylor.
Senior Lady Quakes were: “Snag”
Hallow, Fanny Lou Parker, Margaret
Handley, Carolyn Hollingsworth, Helen
Bissette, Barbara Edwards, Margaret
Jean Thornton, and Mary Emma Rouse.
In time of war all must share in the
victories and losses of their country.
Preferring victory, GHS formed a six-
member defense board with J. D. Pike
as its chairman. Seniors serving as com
mittee chairmen were: Helen Denning
(waste paper); Gertrude Edgerton (sale
of stamps); Dickie Weatherly (scrap
metal); Fanny Lou Parker, (Junior Red
Cross).
The Seniors planned a Salvage Day
campaign for March 7. With Dickie
Weatherly and Bob Powell as co-chair
men, a total of $94.99 was made from
the scrap metal and waste paper collec
tions from all over the city. The senior
girls had canvassed the town on Thurs
day and Friday afternoons, getting pro
mises of waste paper and scrap metal,
and on Saturday the boys collected the
waste material. The district captains
were William Westmoreland, Keith Mc-
Klenny, H. F. Ferguson, Lyndon Hart,
J. D. Pike, Albert Handley, Billy Wynn,
Dick Borden, Clifton Daniel, Philmon
Ham, Bill Stafford, and Lee Adams. One-
third of the profit was given the Hi News
staff, since the staff needed the money
and had joined with the Seniors in mak
ing the drive successful. The money
made from Salvage Day made it possi
ble for the class to allocate one hundred
dollars for a class gift to be presented
commencement night.
On October the third and fourth the
SA Council sent three delegates to Char
lotte to the North Carolina Student
Council Congress. The delegates were
Effie Ruth Maxwell, Edwin Lee, and
Bob Kemp. April 10th, the SA Council
sent to a district meeting of the NCSCC
at Kinston two official delegates from the
Senior Class, Edwin Lee and Bob Kemp.
Quite a number of honors were re
ceived by seniors during the year. In
the fall Hilda Bell was selected by the
faculty and class to receive the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution Citizen
ship Award for being the good citizen of
GHS. In March, Alice Graham, business
manager of the Hi News, was one of
ten national winners in a defense ad
contest conducted by Quill and Scroll.
Alice had planned the layout of a special
ad page, in the Defense Issue of the
Hi News published early in Februarj".
For the ninth consecutive year the Hi
News sponsored the most representative
boy and girl contest in March. Winners
were Bob Kemp and Hilda Bell.
Early in March, Mr. Gaddy brought an
invitation from the Rotary Club to
Seniors to elect boys who most nearly
represented Rotary’s principle of ser
vice to attend the weekly Rotary Club
meetings. These boys were selected by
ballot from the class each Friday morn
ing. Those who attended the meetings
were: Bob Kemp, Billy Charlton, Bob
Powell, Roy Epps, Albert Handley, Lee
Adams, John Holmes, Dick Borden,
James Crow, and Clyde King.
Remember March third when every
body filed into the auditorium, not know
ing what to expect? The curtain rose
upon that familiar scene which made us
realize that the National Honor Society
students were to be tapped. The Seniors
tapped were Billy Charlton, James
Crow, Bob Kemp, Helen Denning, Ger
trude Edgerton, Effie Ruth Maxwell, and
Ruth Weil. Edwin Lee, a twelfth grader
who had been tapped the year before,
was in charge of the program. Miss Lena
Taylor was the adviser to the society.
In March, Lois Smith was elected pro- ■
phet of the class and Carolyn Hollings
worth, testator. They, together with me,
the historian, formed the Class Day com
mittee.
The Class Day exercises were held at
11 o’clock on May 22, and then all Sen
iors were dismissed for a half-holiday.
That night they were guests at the pic
ture show. Due to the shortage of gas
and tires on account of the war, the
Seniors did not have a senior picnic.
Early in the spring other committees
began working toward commencement
exercises. John Holmes was chairman
of the commencement committee, a
group of volunteers, who after several
discussions to decide on a topic, turned
the actual drafting of the program over
to a sub-committee composed of Betsy
Cade, chairman, Margaret Scott, Edwin
Lee, James Crow, Nancy Paige Swift,
Ruth Minton, and John, ex-officio. The
committee decided to use a pageant type
of program which had been given suc
cessfully for several years and selected
a patriotic theme—the meaning of the
American Flag. The chairmen of other
committees which were in charge of
graduation plans and activities were:
J. C. Harrell, gift; Margaret Scott, bacca
laureate; Gertrude Edgerton, invitation;
Edwin Lee, music; Alice Graham, pic
tures in the supplement; Effie Ruth
Maxwell and Carolyn Hollingsworth,
supplement; Albert Handley, ring.
With great pride I have recorded tne
activities of the class of ’42. We’re leav
ing you, ’ole GHS, but we are carrying
with us many treasured memories. GHS
is a swell school; it stands for high ideals.
We hope that the Class of ’42 has helped
in maintaining these high standards.
And as we say “so long” and take our
different walks in life, we’d like to say—
“We’ll always be true to you, ’42”.
★
Prophet Foretells
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Ordery Moore’s huge department store
except Ruth. She’s working for the
Edward Strickland Department Store.”
“For goodness’ sake, Ruth, how on
earth do you know all this? Don’t tell
me you’ve kept up a correspondence with
all our old classmates,” said Hilda.
“Gracious, no,” laughed Ruth. “You
know how I like to talk, so everytime
I see one of my old friends, I just
inquire about everyone. And do you
know, so many of the boys are still in
the service. John Ellis, William Wil-
liayyis, and Speros Nasekos, are in the
Navy, and Dees Pollock, John Lee, A. J.
Pate and David Simmons are in the
Navy Air Corps.”
“Billy Charlton’s in the Marine Corps,
and Billy Wynn and Marvin Crumpler
are in the Army,” said Mary, “and Leon
ard Kornegay was in the Navy but now
he’s a mail carrier.”
“Not only are a lot of our boy friends
in the service, but our girl friends as
well. Virginia Mercer, Jewel Keen and
Pearl Lee are Navy nurses, and Esther
Tilton works for the USO,” replied
Ruth.
“While I was shopping around on the
coast last week,” went on Hilda, “I saw
several classmates working there. Grace
Justice was working in the huge State
Drug Store, and Jack Dail is a laundry
business manager. Oh, and let me tell
you the most exciting news! I went to
Bill Stafford’s Theatre, and guess whom
I saw! None other than Carl Wilson, the
Metropolitan Opera star, and on the
screen was Betty Ward with all her all
girl orchestra, her vocalist, Jean McLean
and her popular trumpet player, Eunice
Highsmith.”
“Gee,” I sighed, “isn’t it fun to sit
around and talk of the good old days.
By the way, whatever became of our
former football star. Bud Pate?”
“Didn’t you know?” asked Margaret.
“Why, he’s the best dentist in this state.
I saw him the other day talking to Helen
Lancaster, the dairy supervisor, and D.
B. Burns, dairyman.”
“And James Lee?” I asked. “Oh, he’s
a pharmacist,” answered Ruth. “And
do you remember Bob Kemp? Well,
he’s a surgeon, now. I was talking to
Roy Parker, the civil engineer, last
week and he told me. We were talking
in Woolworth’s when Emmette Daugh
try, the manager, joined us. He was
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