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Spare‘ TitPops:
Jet Planes Zoom!!
Have yoL' ever c^ianged a tire by
using the contents of a pop bottle
for your Epare, or fried an egg on
a cold stove? Genera] Motor’s Sci
ence demonstration in an assembly
r>2cember 8 proved that these
things are not so fantastic as they
sound, even if such aren’t probable
now.
During a special assembly Gen
eral Motors representatives pre-
f^ented q prcgrnm called “Previews
of Progress”, in which synthetic
rubber was made in a pop bottle
!’nd miniature jet planes were shot
across the stage, demonstrating
what happens when two certain
chemicals are mixed.
To the shock of many, a small
jet motor was started and the
n’r'ise it made was terrifically loud,
nie veni .surprise came when an
epfr y,-3c; fr-:ed on a cold .stove with
f-P r.nn on a pa^er napkin. The
r 'l'kir didn’t even get signed and
the stayed cold after the ege
was r ooked.
A rhono.graph'record was played
into me tran.'^mitter and sent b?
air '.vT’es into nnother at the other
end of the stpge. Students heard
t'-'' ’pcord rom-n? from the oppo-
.■-•itp side tb’’oi>rrh loud .speakers.
Wh°n ti'e renre'^entativp put 0”t
his htind or stood in front of the
transm'tter, the mu.'ic ,stopn“d.
Such a pro.gram stfmulates in
terest in research the representa-
t’ve said.
fHE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
^ _ . ' •
TUESDAY, DE,CEMB)ER 15, 1,953
Tony Lands Runaway
An ambulance, which had rush
ed to the airport at an urgent call,
I drove away empty after Tony
I Hammond, an aspiring young pilot,
had safely landed a runaway
i’lper Cub.
Thirteen-year-old Tony, who
pends much time around the field,
has wanted to become a pilot for
.sometime, but before last Saturday
had never even been at the con
trols of a plane. He got his chance
much sooner than he expected.
Youngster At Controls
While holding the brakes for the
pilot, William Gaither, to turn the
propeller to start the engine, Tony
Pictured above are the members of the machine shop class at work.
From left to right Milton Dickepis, Buck Ayscue, Jimmy Mears
Graham Adams Eddie Bootli and Glen Williams are recognized as
they clean the machinery.
Stork Visits 110,
Presents Twins
Shop Boasts Many Machines
( DKUMMOND’S
FLORIST
119 N. \tain St.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
WOR&LEY-BROOKS
J25 South Main St.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Men’s Furnishings
And Clothing
Boys in this school are fortunate
to have access to excellent and
and modern manual arts depart
ment.
The school shop is as well
"Qiiipved with the various kinds of
macnines as any machine shop in
tlie city. This in itself offers boys
the opportunity for excellent
training, because they can here
learn how to operate all the dif
ferent kinds of machines found in
the Rocky Mount shops.
H. L HICKS
Drug Company
—FOR—
All Your
Drug Needs
Harris Conservatory
Of Music
269 Tarboro St, Phone 6-5667
Fiajio - Voice - Organ
Private or Class
Begiimer or Advanced
Full 2 year college course
Free Scholarship
In the mechanical drawing
courses offered, ^ those students in
terested in engineering and archi
tecture are gi\'en a chance to learn
something about their chosen field.
During the- fii'st semester they
learn about f'’’afting and how to
draw plam, and in the second
serfie.sler they put their knowledge
to u.'^e and take a;; a project the
drawing of a .set of plans.
At the present the shop boys
are busy fixing, setting up, and
painting machinery as depicted in
the above pictm'c. Whenever there
is somethine in, tha school that
needs repairing and which the
boys in tiie shop are capable of
handling, they efficiently do so.
Later in the year each student
will pick a special project to work
on individually, .such as making a
bookcase, a stool, or a table.
LEE'S
FOOD STORE
UNDERWOOD
E. S. BULLUCK
JEWELER
Watch, Clock, Jewelry
Repairing
Dial 6-7561
111 S. Washington St.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
WALKER-ROSS
Printing Co.
‘Where Quality Printing Is A
Habit”
Rocky Mount, N. C.
PENNEY'S
Saves You Money
On Style
And Quality
What’s that? You say the staff
members are passing out cigars!
The occasion? Oh, the stork has
visited The Blackbird and pre
sented it with a set of twins? Well,
that is news! Congratulations, but,
but, but !!
Yes, it is true that The Black-
Bird has twins but not in the
sense you may think. The Baby-
jbird and The Blackbird, Junior
are newspapers made by Mrs.
Young’s second and third period
junior English classes.
These two classes, after com
pleting a unit on journalism, de
cided th£tt they wanted to make
their own newspapers. Instead of
each person’s making a paper, they
made it a co-operative class proj
ect., with organized editorial and
business staffs.
After • the papers had been
Planned, layouts made, articles
written and typed, stencils were
cut and papers ’A^ere mimeo
graphed so that every student in
the two classes could have two
papers.
^ Students who worked on this
project, in their evaluations, stated
' ‘ ^ hard work went into
it but also that a lot of pleasure
and immediate as well as long-
range, useful information was
i'ained from the unit.
and another passenger, Richard
Ployd, felt the plane move and
suudeniy they were airborne. Since
the older Ployd knew less about
flying than Toney, it was left up to
the youngster to handle the con
trols during the ten or fifteen-
minute flight.
L. P. Broadfield, manager of the
airpcrt, reported that the landing
vouki have been .successful had
mt the wing-tip struck a landing
hght, causing the plane to nose
over.
Damage Slight
Damage included a broken pro
peller, a torn wing, broken landing
gear, and shattered nerves for the
adventurers and spectators.
Tony’s enthusiasm was not
drm ened by the escapade; he still
wants to learn to fly when he is
oJd enough. Perhaps some of his
a ib’.t on and knowledge comes
from his older brother, Playe.
P’aye is a junior at senior higli
and already has his pilot’s license
DECORATIVE
FABRICS
Phone 6-5920
Mary A. Proctor
Leila D. Steadman
Interior Decorators
701 North Church Street
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Dream Comes True
No longer is the gymnasium of
t.' e new senior high school a
a earn or a hope for the future. It
is more of a reality since con-
' Tct- havs been awarded and
ground has been broken.
Ge ^eral contractor is Davis and
S.ifrcn and the electrical contrac
tor is Thompson Electric and heat-
1 ?, contractor is Pemberton, Inc.
of Rocky Mount.
Mr. H. Raymond
Weeks of Durham, states that he
expects the gymnasium to be ready
for use next fall.
Tops In Reading
Frequent requests for Romantic
Rebel aiTid Rice and Men indicate
that these two booKs are the most
pppular non-fiction books in the
library.
The girls seem to prefer Roman
tic Rebel by Hildegarde Haw-
thoine, told in a “folksy’ kind ot
way.
1-1 boys, however, appear to
like Rice and Men by Bob Rey
nolds. Kis book deals with tne
famous Bataan death march and
all the horrible experiences the
soldiers had to go through.
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S«e all Uao'erwood Portables alt
Carolina Office
Equipment Co.
Vogue Dress Shop
Phone 6-4108 - 312 Main St.
“Always Something New”
Rocky Mount, N. C.
NEWELL’S
JEWELERS
700 Branch St.
‘"Your Authorized Elgin Watch
Dealer”
fiLMilJID'S
Exc'ulsvs Cui-Rate
DRL'G STOBE
SODA FOIJNTAIX
V
LUNCHED N'ETTE
RADIO HOSPITAL
TELEVISION
144 South Washington St.
Phone 2-2972
Capps' Grocery
847 FaUs Road
Center Soda Shop
Sandwiches & Milk Shakes
Homemade Peanuts
_ Frances & .fanir
James M. Fox W. L. Watson
JAMES M. FOX
JEWELER
126 S. Main Street
rocky mount. N. C.
EDGEMONT
SODA SHOP
Ask For
GARDNER'S DAIRY PRODUCTS
Velvet Ice Cream
♦Homogenized Milk