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THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1951
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Who Are The Thieves?
Give me your attention for some announcements,
please. Twice in the past’ two days wallets containiiig
money and other valuables have been stolen from two of
our girl students. It is alarming to know that we have a
a thief in our midst! All students and teachers are re
quested not to leave valuables of any kind lying around
where they might ba stolen.- The office would appreciate
any information that might help put a stop to the stealing
that has occurred recently.”
This announcement came as a great shock to
majority of the students of Rocky Mount high school. This
offense right in the walls of our school is cause enough for
alarm on the part of both students and teachers. To know
that a thief or thieves are on the loose right under our very
noses IS alaiming. It makes everyone scared to leave any
thing of the least bit of value lying around. No one knows
whether or not he will return to find his books, coats, or
other valuables m the same place or to even find them at all
It they are left for two or three minutes.
j ^0 this lies in the hands of the stu
dents of Rocky Mount high school. They are the only peo
ple who will be able to find out and punish this thief or
band of ihieves.
Lease On Peace
This is the story of two people I know. You mieht
know them too. Their names? Miss World Peace and Mr
Communism.
These two folks ought to be pretty well-known bv
now. Even though Miss World Peace is very shy (so it seems
right now) Mr. Communism is not afraid of anything (o”
so it seems right now).
Maybe I’d better explain their case. Miss World Peace
has a very cozy apartment in one of the few good sections
of our world, but her landlord, Mr. Communism, wants
her to move so he can remodel for a new tenant, Mr. Rus
sia. Miss World Peace has some good friends who are try-
ing to help her out but she needs more than a few friends
now. Mr. Communism has also raised the rent so she will
have to ^ve in and move. Everything seems to be pressing
down rather hard on Miss Peace’s head right now. She
to his whim without making miserable the
lives of others. You see Miss Peace is not the only one in
™ family, American People, are living
with her.
to a neighborhood
where she will have to give up her moral standards, her
^ schools, her business, and her democratic way
of life. She would have to move into a concentration camp,
be an atheist, have no way of supporting her family, and
will have no way to educate her young people in her home
Some of you might be asking„“‘Well, why give us this
^b story. It isn t up to us to help her out” ISN’T IT?
THINK HARD, YOU, MR. FUTURE LEADER.
What do you say? Does Miss World Peace get a new
lease on her apartment or does Mr. Communism succeed in
five?"^ ^ larger place to
My Lady’s Hat Speaks
Being a lady’s hat can be pretty |
av.’ful. I’eople laugh at me a lot but ■'
I never see what is funny. I think
I jam a very attractive hat. I have
several flowers on me and blue bird
sitting among them.
I go out oiice or twice a week
b.cause I’m quite new. I go to
el urch, teas, dinners, etc. The rest
of the time I sit in a stuffy old
boy on a stuffier closet shelf.
Mrs. Bingle’s hu;;band got quite
mad when she bought me. He al
most- had convulsions from laugh
ing at me. But when she told him
how much I cost, he turned a beaj-
iiful shade of blue. Then he told
A'i's, Bingle what he thought of i le,
and he hurt my feelings just a bit.
rersonally I think Fm worth eveiy
^ent of the thirty-five dollar . plus
!he five she didn’t tell him about,
ioo.
He tried to make a hat like me so
Mrs. Bingle would return me and
wear his creation. It didn't turn »ut
so well. He got glue on flowers and
the brim, and the bird hung over
the edge so it seemed to be looking
in Mr. Bin^le’s ear.
When I go to church, people tell
Mrs, Bingle how pretty I am; then
V hen they think I’m not listening
they talk about me. But Mrs.
Bingle talks about their hats, so I
ouppose it’s all right.
I often wonder if, when I get
old, I’ll have to stay on that old
cloLet shelf like those other hats.
They never go anywhere. Just two
other hats and I ever go out. I
won’t woryy about it however, be
cause I’m so pretty I doubt if Mrs.
Bingle will ever get tired of me.
Th^TrAAcf TheTi^bv9
Fire — No Respecter Of Place Or Person
I Wonder Why!
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FACULTY ADVISER MRS. T D YOUNG
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I’d been in the window of a furni-
ti're store for a long time but no
one seemed to want me. Why this
v'as, I didn’t know,' for everyone
seemed to look at me.
An old lady came up and grinned
at me, a big man made faces at
me, a little boy stuck out his ton-
Sue at me, and even an old pooch
stood out front and barked at me.
Last week I found out why
everyone had been looking at me.
It is not because I am pretty and
shiny, not becatuse I am different
from others of my kind, but be-
ctose through me, they could see
the image of themselves. They
ccL'ld see themselves as they really
were and wish to become different,
in mosit cases.
A perfect picture of the world
can be seen through me. But in me
the world is peaceful and silent. I
just wonder if the world is peace
ful and silent outside as it is in me.
What can I do about'it if it isn’t?
Slop reflecting? No, sir! ! ! That’s
rr;y job! I can’t change this world.
After all, what could a mjrror do?
“Fi-rhting fire is the job of fire
men. Why should we try to stop
fires? “This is a statement made
by many, but those who believe this
hp.ve a lot to learn.
liocky Mount is lueky to have two
fire stations and a group of good
firemen. Yet, if too many people
get careless, fires may be started
that can cause much damage be
fore fire trucks and volunteer
fighters can stop them.
“Plre Prevention Week” began
ye.'terday and will last through
this week. George ' Patseavouras,
chairman of the fire drill commit
tee, and his committee have plan
ned a program of fire drills this
veek climaxed by an assembly on
“Fire Prevention.”
The purpose of this week is to
help the people of Rocky Mount,
school students mainly, to know how
to prevent fires, wh^t to do in case
of fires, and to have a “know how”
or' anything else which might come
up during or after a fire. In school
tf.eie will be fire drills, the pur
pose of which is to teach each stu
dent which way to leave the build
ing if fire occurs and how to act
 don’t talk, don’t run, but walk
sjteedily, keep in line behind your
iearier).
School is not only the place
where fires must be stopped. Care
less persons have caused many
other tragedies. Millions of dollars
worth of timber has burned, and
unless the careless become caceful,
much more wiirburn. Homes, fac'-'
tories, hotels, banks, stores, ware
houses! All of these are subject to
that which will destroy almost any
thing in its path. Lifer is no excep
tion!
Life would be a much more won
derful thing if everyone would be
csveful and HELP PREVENT
FiRE. , j3
Teeth’
Tam Holliday
Donald Bryan
Marilyn Ezzelle
—- Sonny Hallford
Claranda Mangum
Jane Edwards
Freshman Program
(Continued from Page 1)
duced. Miss Dorothy Craighill’s
homeroom was in charge of the de
votion. Miss Rubie Vause’s home
room conducted the devotional at
the previous meeting.
Although the orientation program
is officially over at the end of the
eight weeks period, guidance for
the freshmen will continue through
the rest of the school year, say the
leaders.
Production of the preferred types
of pesticides was increased appro
ximately 60 per cent In 19Bl above
the IC.O
My teacher asked me to write an
essay.
Teeth is my subject.
leeth is a noble animal.
Teeth is hatched in the mouth.
Most every man has teeth ‘cep-
tirig a hen, she ain’t got any—she
sv.allows her vittles whole and
C'htws them with her gizzard.
My grandmother has false teeth;
she puts them in a glass of water.
I told her she ought to buy her a
"■izzard. *
A man has one mouth, one knows
and two years and two eyes. His
mcuth is to hatch teeth in; his nose
is to sniffle air with; his eyes are
to catch dust in and his ears is to
keep his hate from falling down
over, his face.
Man has one skeleton. A skeleton
is W'hat’s left when the insides are
tiiken out and the outsides are
taken off.
Man has one spinal colm.
Fis head sits on one end and he sits
on the other.
Man has one skull.
Kis brains are on the inside if’n he’s
i’ot any.
Woman’s has ankles. Ankles are
to keep the calves from coming
down and eating up the corns.
And that’s all I know about
teeth.
Author Unknown
The South Rises ‘Agm’
A sea of flags and caps was seen
in the Halls of R. M. High
And a cry was heard from the
senior steps and the girls ex
pressed a sigh.
For the hero of the day appeared in
a pair of old blue jeans,
And in his hand and on his head
confederate signs were seen
He called his troops into battle line
and their voices carried on
the wind—
All blended into harmony—The
South (oh, goodness) has risen
‘agin’.
Marcia Milne
The Ladder Of Success
100%-I did
90%-I will
80%-I can
70%-I think I can
60%-I might
50%-I think I might
40%-I think I might
30%-I would
20%-I don’t know how
10%-I can’t
0%-I won’t
Mr. Han.'ien: Quick! the formula’
for water.
Aiiey: H I J K, L M N 0.
Mr. Hansen! What’* that?