THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1958
News
Those
by Anna Spruill
i
Does it seem strange to hear
from a new reporter and see her
face in the head? It’s not that
Regina Harles, Annie Lechevalier,
and iSandra Hedgepeth have been
impeached but just temporarily-
excused. You see, the seniors,
alas, must put cut this issue
for exams “all by their little
lonesome”.
Parties, Parties, and More Parties
For the record I’ll tell you of
some of the Christmas celebra
tions that local teenagers had.
Junior and senior girls planned
a progressive supper party Dec
ember 31 and it- - - -
turned out suc
cessfully. First
course was a t
Kay Beach’s,
Where appetizers I
were served. Mr.
Jesse Dowdy’s
house was next stop. There every-
ate salads. From there everyone
went to Josh Bulluck’s to a “sit
down dinner”, after which they
drifted to Carol Thrcatt’s for des
sert of lime punch and cake.
After the progressive dinner,
the group went to an “after
party” at the Caromount Mill cab
in to watch the old year out and
to wish the new year in.
Dancing was also enjoyed when
’ Mark D a 1 e,y
> Jane Fountain,
J Chuck Haggarty,
Wickie Thorpe,
' and Mary Will
^ I Woodard enter-
tained January
Walter Plum
mer furnished “hot” jazz music
for approximately 300 people who
were invited.
Ed Vann had a “blast” at his
house January 4 and invited
evei'yone. (Many showed up too!)
French Students Celebrate
Celebrating “Le Jour Des Rois”,
the Day of Kings, in French clas
ses January 6, the first and se
cond year students had a cake
(per class) with a tiny prize in it.
The person who received the slice
with the prize was king or queen
of the day. Rulers turned out to
be George Staton, Gail Wald,
Jimmy Land, Gloria Farris, and
Jane Fountain.
First Exams!
a senior high
Taking exams on
level was a new
experience for
the sophomores
and for seniors /
who previously
had been exempt
in all of their
courses. How-^^i
ever, everyone lived through them
and are looking forward (?) to
those at the end of school.
ORCHIDS TO — new class of
ficers — students who support
games — those who passed thsir
exams — good start in the new
year . . .
BRICKBATS TO — students
who embarrass cur school by
making unnecessary noises at
basketball games — gum chewers
— furniture abusers—
THE BLACKBmi), ROCKY MOUNT SfSNlOR HiGB SCfiOOt
New Math Teacher
Finds School ‘Nice’
“I find Senior High to be very
nice and beautiful and the stu
dents most pohte,” says iVIrs.
Janis Williams, new mathematics
teacher.
Mrs. Wiliams replaced Mrs.
Herbert Knight at the close of
Christmas holidays. She will teach
Algebra II, trigono^metry, and
solid geometry and is adviser to
sophomore homeroom 208.
Mrs. Williams graduated from
Winthrop College in South Caro
lina, wliere she majored in mathe
matics, and did her practice tea
ching at Rock Hill Training
School. She did post-graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina.
So well did she like Chapel Hill
that she stayed on to teach. She
came to Rocky Mount from High
Point where she taught for a
while.
At the present Mrs. Williams is
living in Nashville and travels the
10 miles each morning to work.
PAGB THBEB
The Blackbird staff extends its
welcome to her and hopes she will
enjoy teaching here and will con
tinue to have a favorable impres
sion of the school.
Sr. High Gets Youth Council
After Editorial of Protest
Senior High has become ac
quainted with the Youth Coun
cil, a newly foi-med organization
resulting from an editorial of pro
test on youth activities written by
Larry Warner.
Larry stated in his letter to
the editor of The Evening Tele
gram that the teenagers in Rocky
Mount did not have good teenage
facilities and that he thought
something should be done about
it.
New Cars — Used Cars
Allan Mims Inc
Tour FORD Dealer
LEE’S
Food Store
821 Hammond St.
Threatt Plumbing
& Heating Co.
Old Wilson Road
Dial 6-4631
Soon after that, Sandra Melton,
Carol Threatt, David Harper,
Norma Bulluck, Bettie Ann White
hurst, Gene Arnold, and Larry
met and organized the council.
(Not only, high school students
were interested but graduates
also.) This organization works
with Mrs. Fairy Bandy, head of
the city recreation department,
and Mrs. Benton Thorpe, organi
zer of the Sub Deb Club.
A project of the Council is the
dances sponsor. Among the out
standing ones this year are the
back - to - school, Hallowe’en,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New
Year’s Eve dances. According to
the teenagers they were a big
success.
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Booklets-School Directories
Programs-Year Books
Duplicating-Complete
Mailing Service
Robotyping
234 Tarboro St. - Second Floor
Phone 6-7095
Rose-Buick Co.
Sales and Service
600 S. Washington St.
Dial: 6-6215
Billie — Hair Stylist
‘Where Beauty Is Created
Not Imitated’
Another example of the effort
put forth by this club is the new
pavillion built on the basketball
court at the river park. The Coun
cil met with the Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club and ask
ed them to build a cement dance
floor for use in good weather. The
juke box was furnished by Thoipe
Music Company. During the past
summer it was the scene of many
dances and enjoyable times.
Members of the Youth Council
are now trying to obtain a better
teenage club for Senior High since
Junior High uses the one in the
Masonic Temple. In getting this
club much depends upon the sup
port the teenagers give these
other projects.
Officers of the club are Hay
wood Edmundson, chairman; Judy
Brown, co-chairman; Janet Bul
luck, secretary; and Sandra Mel
ton, treasurer.
Esther Joyner, Mary E. Kicks, Linda Lewis, Nancy Ricks, Peggy
Reams, and Barbara Gardner rejoice over the snow as it settles
in the school parking lot. Here they prepare to throw snowballs.
Photo by Killebrew
Low 32F Temperature Brings
Tabular Crystals-Yes, Snow!
Anita’s Beauty
Shoppe
Hair Styling Center
Phone 6-5964
What is snow? To the common
people snow is a white, cold sub
stance that falls in the winter;
but accoi'ding to scientists, snoiw
is small tabular and co-lumnar
crystals of frozen water formed
directly from the water vapor of
the air when its temperature at
the time of condensation is lower
,than 32 degrees Farenheit.
A white wonderland prevailed
over the eastern part of North
Carolina January 1, and people
had the opportunity to see what
snow was like even though it was
not too deep. Snow clouds hung
low and the temperature slowly
dropped. Sheets of white flakes
fell through the sky and excited
students longed to get out and
throw snowballs.
Snowmen sprang up all over
town; people dragged sleds out of
the attic. Still the shower of cry
stals came in an even downpour.
Late that afternoon the skies
cleared. Snow had piled upon the
window sills. There was a fresh-
nes in the air. The snow stopped
and it began to freeze.
Icicles hung frozen to tree limbs
and a settled snow bank found
brown earth beneath the white.
By the next day, January 8,
the roads were slushy. Mud and
snow tracks had ruined the beau
tiful effect of the snow, and old
man Sun shone brightly, melting
the cold, wet blanket of tabular
and co-lumnar crystals.
Works Warehouses
“Works Leads Them All”
1441 S. Church Street
Phone 6-5225
I. W. Rose
Drug Co.
Phone 6-7111
Rocky Mount
Complete Prescription Service
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Better Fishing’
NICK’S FLIES, INC.
Manufacturers of
A Complete Line of Fly Rod
and Spinning Lures and
Furnished Lines
REIDS...
Whenever you think
of Music
Bobbie Shreves
E. S. Bulluck,
Jeweler
111 s. Washington St.
6-7561
David Hill's
Super Market
Cokey Road Ext.
Davenport
Motor Co.
YOUR
Cadillac — Pontiac
Dealer
Jenny Fields
GEHNAN'S
JEWELERS
FOR
better dry cleaning and
expert finishing:
WALKER.
CARTER
Special attention given to
Sweaters And Suede Jackets
235 South Main Street
The Store of Ivy Styles
clothing* CO