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Published by Journalism Class of Rocky Mount Senior High School
VOLUME XXIX
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. TUtSUAY, OCTOBER 29, 1957
NUMBER 2
Adviser, 4 Delegates T o Return
From NCSC Congress Today
Expected to return from the an
nual North Carolina Student
Council Congress in Hickory, to
night are Annie Lechevalier, Reed
Nelson, Blount Taylor and Carol
Threatt and the adviser: Miss
Kate Parks Kitchen.
Student council members elect
ed Blount, stwdent organization
president; Reed, last year’s sop
homore class president: and Carol,
editor of THE BLACKBIRD to
represent Senior High as its of
ficial delegates.
Miss Kate Parks Kitchen, stu
dent organization adviser, and
Annie Lechevalier, foreign exhange
NEWSEES
Winners of the “What Freedom
of the Press Means to America”
contest sponsored by the Elks Club
through the journalism class were
Bill Stancil, first place $15; San
dra Hedgepeth, second place $10;
and Alvin Daughtridge, third $5.
Member of the journalism class
and their teacher were dinner
guests of the Elks and at that
time winners were announced.
Football sponsors selected by the
social committcc for the Fayette
ville game, October 5, were Celia
Bi-ake escorted by Pat Thurman
and Janet Bulluck by John Hines.
Those elected for the Gamer
High game were Kay Beach with
Charles Edwards and Nancy Cog
gins with Tommy Colman.
Don Harris, 1957 graduate, is
in advance classes In all his
courses at the Universityi of North
Carolina this year.
student from Prance, receivedr^j
special invitations to attend the
Convention.
Officially the meeting started
Sunday afternoon at 4:00 in the
Claremont Central High School.
After supper was served, an in
formal get-acquainted hour for
the delegates was resumed and
meetings were attended by the
delegates in the afternoon. Mon
day night a dance and banquet
helped to make the da-i complete.
Officers of this year’s North
Carolina Student Council Congress
were president, Norman Pike, East
Mecklenburg High, Charlotte,
vice president. Bob Bibbo, Green
ville High; executive secretary.
Nan Abell, Central High, Char
lotte; secretary, Sandra Holder-
ness, Greensboro High, Greens
boro; treasurer, John Frye. Clare
mont High, Hickory.
Circulation Lags
Although The Blackbird staff
fell far short of its goal and
though no homeroom went 100%
the 310 subscribers represent
approximately 50% of the
families in school.
ixlgli salu^sxnaii zyx the
are Jim Batten with 26 sub
scriptions and Russell Clack
with 25. Each will receive a
silver dollar from the class ad
viser, Mrs. T. D. Young.
Nineteen mail copies of THE
BLACKBIRD go as far away as
France and as close ajs here in
Rocky Mount. A number of al
umni in college receive the
paper.
School Authorities Take Census
Including Ages 1 day to 18 Yrs.
UNDERSTAND? says Mr. C. M. Edson, principal, as he explains
just how to go about taking the school census to Miss Annie
Hlay, Plioto by Killebrew
‘Miss Print’ Contest Begins;
10 Candidates in.Competition
Who Vvfill be Miss Print?
That is the question many stu
dents are pondering over as the
Miss Print campaign starts of
ficially today for two weeks, Oc
tober 29 - November 12.
Ten eager school-spirited, ser
vice-minded girls, nominated by
the student bodyi, have accepted
nomination and have secured
managers.
They are as follows: seniors —
Oh, Promise /He' Practice Underway;
Scheduled Presentation, December 6
“OH PROMISE ME” might well be the theme song of stage crew
members Tommy Reese, Joe Capel, Ronald Perry and George
Putnam as they busy themselves preparing scenes for this produc
tion. Photo biy Killebrew
Practice sessions for the comedy
“Oh Promise Me,” scheduled f^r
presentation December C, are in
full swing under the direction of
Mrs. Ada Hobbs, dramatics teach
er.
“Oh, Promise Me” is a delight
fully funny play about Barry Hol
lis, one-t;me playboy who decides
to settle dcwn. He meets and falls
in love with Gladys Vance, after
ward he persuades his aunt to
write two notes, one to Gladys in
viting her to visit, another to an
old flame asking for his fraternity
pin. The notes get mixed and
Barry's troubles bogin.
What Barr;i dees when he finds
the letters were sent to tli3 worng
girls is confusing, and laugh pro
voking situations are plentiful in
his attempts to convince his old
flame, Patsie Linden, that he is
married and has a family, while
at the same time he tries to con
vince Gladys that he is not mar
ried.
(See Dramatics, page 6)
Molly Arnold, Kenneth Tarleton;
Judy Brown, Cecil Marks; IJnda
Carol Kelly, A1 Wordsworth; Linda
Gail Pridgen, Tommy Reese; Anna
Spruill, Allen Cronenburg; juniors
— Bonnie Baker, Bill Stancil;
Gloria Nelson, Reed Nelson; Jane
Sutton. Johnny Williams; and
sophomores — Dottie I.ou Thorpe,
Sammy Way; Sandra Weller, Rob
ert Page.
Each contestant has a manager
and three other helpers who will
plan and carry out her campaign
to solicit funds for the school
paper. Each penny collected counts
one vote for the candidates.
At the close of the campaign
the winner of the contest (the one
with the most penny votes) will
be honored at a special assembly
and also her picture w'ill appeal-
in the feature section of the Hi-
Noc-Ar.
THE BLACKBIRD staff origin
ated the MIfs Print contest nine
;isars ago to raise money to help
finance the publication.
Past winners of the contest are
Norma Hunley, Donna Capps,
Joyce Proctor, Norma Pittmnn,
Lillian Daughtridge, Jean Thorpe,
El win Rotbins, Norma Bulluck and
Kitty Thruman.
Find Luck in Ads!
Read and find out if you arc
one of the lucky ones whose
names appear in the ad seclions,
thus winning a free pass to the
Center Tlie.iter.
After finding your name,
come by THE BLACKBIRD of
fice to get your ticket donated by
Mr. M. L. Street, manager cf the
Center Theater.
Plans now are to carry this
feature each issue. Keep reading
your ads. You may be (lie lucky
one next time.
Questions pertaining to the num
ber cf children in ages ranging
fr: m ] day to 18 years will ba
included in the school census con-
di cted by teachers and PTA re
presentatives starting at 1 p. m.
tcda.'.
Purposes of the census are to
find the number of stud-cnts of
school age in the city school in
Reeky Mount ana attend school in
other systems or in college, and
tile r.'..mber of students who will
be entering school during the next
six years.
This estimation must ba known
.n order to make prjvisions for ad
ditional school facilities to ac
comodate the growing school po
pulation.
“This is the first time a school
census hae bsen taken since I've
been in tlie system,” statos Mr. C.
M. Edson, principal, “and I’ve
been liere a pretty long time.”
That a census is badlj, needed
i.s the sentiment of those concern
ed with this project, because there
has not bee none in at least 30
years, if one hae ever been con
ducted in the city at all, according
to educators who have been in the
system fur a number of yuars®
Faculty members are handling
the census inside the city school
district while PTA representatives
take over in immediate sections
outside the city.
School will be dismissed at 12.00
today so that the teachers may
begin and complete the census as
soon as possible.
Carol Heck Chosen
For Fashion Board
Carol Heck, a senior homemak-
ing student, is a member of Mc
Call’s 1957-’58 Teen Fashion
Board, according to Miss Josephine
Grant, economics teacher.
Having an interest in this phase
of homemaking is only one of the
requirements. Otliers are having
a good scholastic average and a
good fashion sense, being a high
school senior and a good sewing
student, and having leadershij)
qualities.
Carol has proved her interest and
ability along this line through her
successful participation in the
Singer Sewing contest and her
abilityi to make many of her
clothes.
As a member of the Teenage
Fashion Board, Carol will have a
part in making suggestions con
cerning fashions and other things
of interest to teenagers.
Carol will receive a membership
pin and a certificate, a personal
subscripticn to “Today’s Teens”,
teenage magazine, and a free Mc
Call’s pattern of her own choice.
Carol was nominated for the
board position by the home econo
mics teacher on the basis of her
interest in this work.