THE NEWSPAPER OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
Volume XXIII
GOLDSBORO, N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950
Number 5
Citizens Rally To Support Of GHS Band
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Captain Billy Rouse of the Goldsboro High
School Band enlists Governor Kerr Scott as a
member of the Band Patron’s Club. At the Cap
itol Monday afternoon, a delegation from the
band visited the Governor to make him an hon
orary member of the Club. Those who were
present were Martha Ann Rose, chief majorette,
at left; the Governor, Billy Rouse, Dorothy Dail,
clarinetist in the band; Roland Dail, chairman of
public relations for the Club; and seated in the
Governor’s chair, young Billy Dail who accom
panied the group to Raleigh. The CJub is spon
soring a drive to enlist 2500 members at $1 per
member. (News-Argus photo and engraving.)
Ten GHS Students Make
High School Register
Sponsors Stunts
Herman Street Gets
Needed Face-lifting
In City Street Work
Goldsboro’s own facsimile of
the Chisholm Trail is at long last
getting a face-lifting that it has
sorely needed for years. The
above line is pertaining, of
course, to the path, oi> Herman
street, as it is commonly called,
located to the west side of Golds
boro High.
In past years it has been quite
an amusing scene to see the cars
of teachers and students bounce
up and down on the street like
a pea pod in the Atlantic. Al
though amusing to bystanders it
has been anything but humorous
to the passengers of the various
cars. That small strip of terra
firma has been cussed more than
any single piece of land in the
state of North Carolina, in all
probability.
Then, a few short weeks ago
the miracle happened. City con
struction crews began to clear
away the various obstacles and
for the first time in something
just short of a century the street
began to resemble a street. Curbs
were constructed, and trees were
pulled down near the street and
also near the school, so that the
site of the new high school gym
might also be clear.
As yet the pavement has not
been poured but all arrange
ments have been made so that
the actual paving of the street
might get underway some time
in the very near future. There
is, as has been stated above, al
ready a marked improvement in
the street and even though it is
incomplete it is still an asset to
the students and members of the
faculty who ride to school.
Foreign Schools
Send Packs Here
Students of Goldsboro High
School received two Christmas
packages from their adopted
school in Stuttgart, Germany.
The packages were from the
fourteen-year-old girls of the
school.
In the packages were foods,
Christmas decorations, a. n d
Christmas cards made by the
students. One of the packages
was opened before the S. A.
Council. Both packages are on
display in the Trophy case next
to the office.
Included in the decorated I
packages was a scrap book of
the school and water colored pic
tures drawn by the students.
SEVEN NEW STUDENTS
ENROLL FOR SPRING
G.H.S. enrollment has been
increased by seven since Ihe
Christmas holidays.
Those who have recently be
come members of the G.H.S.
student association are: Keith
Register and Harold Davis
from Rosewood; Donald Hamm
and John Moore, Pikeville;
Bernice and Eleanor Norris,
Ahoskie; and Danny White
from Kentucky.
Vocational Talk Is
Heard By Seniors
Mrs. Ann Freeman recently
addressed the senior class on the
matter of selecting a vocation.
She is a representative of the
local Employment Agency.
, Ten students from Goldsboro
High School have been nomin
ated and accepted as outstanding
students to be included in the
1949-1950 edition of the High
School Register.
The following people received
biography forms: Karl Albert,
Ashton Griffin, Eddie Mitchell,
Jimmy Ellis, Bob Mitchell, Flor
ence Bowden, Peggy Britt, Ruth
Forehand, Ann Butler, and Sara
Hunt. Thfey were nominated on
the basis of scholarship, leader
ship, service to school and com-
able usefulness to society.
The High School Register gives
public recognition of more than
local significance, provides an
incentive for younger students
and establishes an available and
permanent record and source of
reference for those included.
A biography blank was receiv
ed by each student to cover all
school honors and activities.
The edition in which these bi
ographies is scheduled for re
lease in June 1950.
The members of the National
Honor Society are planning to
sponsor a “stunt night” in the
near future.
It will be held in the High
School auditorium and will be
open to the public. A small ad
mission will be charged at the
door.
Each class will toe responsible
for giving a stunt and a prize
will be given on a point basis.
A “Mr. and Miss G.H.S.” contest
will be the highlight of the event.
The purpose of “stunt night”
is to raise money for the N.H.S.
and also to stir up more interest
in school spirit.
Band Patrons Club
Seeks Memberships
To Provide Funds
For the second time within the
past few months the citizens of
this area have rallied to the sup
port of the Goldsboro High
School in such a way as to warm
the cockles of one’s heart.
It was only a few months ago
that a Touchdown Club was or
ganized with the result that the
school now has a new stadium
and the citizens of the communi
ty are behind the athletic pro
gram here as never, before.'
And now it is the Band Pa
trons Club which is at this time
busily engaged in signing mem
bers of the organization to sup
port the high school band, which
for the past two years has been
under the direction of Mr. John
ny Thompson.
Patrons of the school and citi
zens of the community are de
termined that the school shall
have a fine band to go along
with a fine athletic program —
and a fine dramatics department,
which has received nation-wide
recognition—and in keeping with
this determination they are
seeking a minimum of 2,500
members of the Band Patrons
Club who will pay membership
dues of $1 each.
The drive is now on. Dr. G. L.
Overman offered to buy 100
memberships at one dollar each,
provided 49 others would do
likewise. Ernest McLamb said
that he would do the same. All
civic clubs of the city are sup
porting the drive.
Roland Dail took part of the
band to Raleigh on Monday aft
ernoon to enroll Governor Kerr
Scott as one of the Patrons.
Official opening of the drive
came Tuesday afternoon, Janu
ary 10th, when the band led a
parade of students to Center
and Walnut Streets. The Band,
under the direction of Mr.
Thompson, gave a short program.
Each membership entitles the
supporter to attend the concerts',
whichare planned. The first one
is scheduled for February 10th.
Two others are planned.
Funds coming from this cam
paign will be used to meet pass
ing needs of the band.
Students Do Work
During Holidays
During the Christmas holidays
many of the high school students
worked at various places. Most
of the jobs were secured through
Miss Francis Bayne, D.E. teach
er. V
The following is a list of the
people who worked: Barbara
Anderson, Jewel Best, Ruth Ed-
mundson, Joyce Gurley, Ann Mc
Kenzie, Ann Butler, Betty Bar
bee, Ronald Percise, Donald Per-
cise, Sara Markam, Sally Edger-
ton, Sara Cobb, Adaline Vann,
Libby Lou Stuart, Lib Smith,
Peggy Malpass, Clara Hollowell,
Hugh Shine, Jimmy Frazier, Pat
Marshall, Bob Mitchell, Lucille
Williams, Nancy Bridgers, Peg
gy Pittman, Janet Cook, Gayle
Griffin, Metz Bizzell, Jim
my Campbell, Hilda Westbrook,
Caleb Maddox, Walter Culbreth,
Ann Lee, Dawson Thompson,
Junior McRoy, Sonny Gainey,
Lovelace Bell, Jane Elliott, Ann
Nelson, Gracie Batten, Faye Par
nell, Elma Worrell, and Sara
Thompson.
This is the greatest number of
students from Goldsboro High
School to work in a number of
years.
The Band Patron Club membership drive gets
the go ahead sign as Band Director John Thomp
son distributes membership cards to members of
the band. Pictured above receiving the cards
from Mr. Thompson are, from left to right; Bob
by Kadis, Barbara Anderson, Mr. Thompson, Ann
Smith, Billy Rouse, Frances Hollowell, Dawson
Thompson. The goal for membership in the Pa
tron’s Club is 2,500. (News-Argus Staff Photo).