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PAGE SIX
THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Takes Oath
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1958
Rena Vasdakou. Becomes CitLzen
April 8
Newsees
Ever thought what your Am
erican citizenship really is? Never
thought of having to take tests to
become an American citizen, have
you?
To a na-tural-born citizen of the
United States this never crosses
the mind, but Rena Vasilakou, a
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E. S. Bulluck,
Jeweler
111 s. Washington St.
6-7561
Works Warehouses
“Works Leads Them All”
1441 S. Church Street
Phone 6-5225
REIDS...
Whenever you think
of Music
It’s
Hoggard-Vann
For Oldsmobile
LEE’S
Food Store
821 Hammond St.
Draines Barber
Shop
Across From The
Senior High School
CITIZENS COAL
SUPPLY CO.
Phone: 6-8116
MARIGOLD
Service Station
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2283 H. C. WorreU
203 Marigold Street
Rena Vasilakou smiles as she
thinks “I am an American
citizen!”
Rena Answers Questions
Were the tests hard? Rena
stated that they were not difficult.
What are the citizenship papers?
She said theyi were like diplomas.
Comparing the life of teenagers
in Greece and America, Rena says
that teenagers have less freedom
in Greece and that a girl cannot
date until she is 20 years old. The
standard of living is also different.
In Greece there are no conven
iences as in America—no TV and no
as in America — no TV and no
electricity, and the average family
cannot afford a car.
young Greek girl, haa thought of
it and she took tests for her citi
zenship papers in Raleigh, March
4, and will return to take the Oath
of Allegiance, April 8.
Lives With Aunt, Uncle
Rena’s naturalized American
aunt and uncle, who had no chil
dren, wanted to adopt her, since
her parents were living and she was
not an orphan, she had to come to
America as a displaced person. Be
fore coming here she had to pass
through tile American Embassy in
Athens, Greece. Rena is not legal
ly adopted now, but lives with Mr.
and Mrs. John Surlis, her aunt
and uncle.
DE Convention
Eight local Distribute Educa
tion students attended the state
DE convention in Greensboro,
North Carolina last weekend.
Palsy Taylor represented the
Rocky Mount club by running
for delegate to the national con
vention.
DE members attending were
Joe Capel, Dickie Forbes, Ken
neth Tucker, Bobby Daniels,
“Puddle” Gold, Patsy Tajylor,
Ray Bryant, and Chips Wood.
The members were accompanied
by Mrs. Bettisue Hunt, club ad
viser.
5 ECC Students Try Teaching
In Art, Commercial Classes
Is it possible to be a student
and a teacher at the same time?
Five East Carolina College seniors
are living proof to Rocky Mount
students that suoh is tried any
way.
Under the supervision of Mrs.
Nellie Winstead, commercial
teadier, two of the students maj
oring in business education at ECC
are under actual circaimstances,
“learning the ropes” of teaching
typing, shorthand and bookkeep
ing, the profession they plan to
enter after graduating this year.
Three students, under the gui
dance of Miss Laura Boice, art
teacher, practice art instruction
here during fifth period of each
day. These students also observe
tlie teaching of art in the gram
mar schools. Before they can grad
uate, the five students must pass
the ECC requirements for eight
weeks of practice teaching.
Miss Janice Ethridge from Red
Oak, teaching in Shorthand II and
Tiiping I classes, is not too cer
tain about her plans. “I hope to
get married,” states the young
Miss Ethridge, “and the hours of
a teacher would fit with the hours
of a housewife.”
Asked why she chose to attend
ECC, Miss Ethridge, who prefers
junior and senior classes, replied
tliat ECC has one of the highest
rated business departments in the
South.
Mr. Edwin Lanier of Chinquapin
is teaching Typing I and bookkeep
ing. Mr. Lanier, who has always
wanted to teach, prefers ninth and
tenth graders as students. He and
his wife, an English teacher, would
like to go to Alaska to teach
eventually, although he wants to
remain in North Carolina for a
while.
Miss Letty De Loatch, Conway;
Mr. David Wheeler, Scotland
Neck; and Mr. Joe Stell, Green
ville, are the art majors teaching
in the art department.
Half holiday for students! Hur
rah! School is dismissed at 2:15
today because of the PTA Work
shop which will meet in this build
ing.
* * ♦ *
Pottery Glazing! Art Students
have been making and glazing pot
tery for the past few weeks under
the supervision of their teacher,
Miss Laura Boice, and ECC prac-
ltik;e teacher, Miss Janet Hill.
Their new project is interior de
corating and while working on this
each student will take one room
of a house, draw the plans, and
completely decorate it.
* * * *
“Stunt night of 1958” will be
sponsored by the senior class, who
planned to give a play; but since
they were unable to secure a direc
tor, they decided to have a stunt
night instead. Anyone who can
perform any stunt (no talent ne
cessary) is asked to contact AI
Wordsworth, chairman of the
Stunt Night Committee.
* * * *
Alumni. Rockyr Mount Senior
High alumni are doing it again!
Judy Barnes, ’56 graduate, is con
stantly making the Dean’s List at
Sweet Briar College. So is Luanne
Hobbs at St. Mary’s College. By
the way Luanne also played the
leading role of an heiress in “The
Heiress” presented by the college
March 6.
Bunting Hardy
& Minges
Complete Formal Wear
Rental Service After Six
Tuxedos and Dinner Jackets
James M. Fox W. L. Watson
James M. Fox
Jeweler
126 S. Main St.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
IMPERIAL CLEANERS
573 N. Raleigh iSt.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Kay Toler
MODLIN
PRINTING COMPANY
Printers and Lithographers
Personal and Social Stationery
220 Bryant St. Phone 6-5989
Quick Service
Fergusson’s
Laundary
You Bring It . . ,
We Wash It . . .
PTA Covers Much
At Mon th ly Meeting
Even with poor attendance —
which increases with each meeting
because of lack of interest — the
PTSA covered much territory dis
cussing scholarships, cafeteria, and
Junior-Senior at the monthly
meeting Thursday night, February
27.
Since three has been criticism
of the food in the cafeteria, a com
mittee was formed to investig?,te
the situation and make sugges
tions.
For several years it ha^ been
some students’ desire to have the
Junior-Senior open; but after dis-
ouBsing both pros and cons of the
problem, the PTSA decided it best
to remain a closed affair.
At the beginning of the meet
ing, the question of more em
phasis on scholarship was brought
up and in the discussion it was
stated that there was a feeling
that too many extra activities had
taken the students’ interest from
studies.
After the open discussion, Mr.
D. S. Johnson, superintendent of
city schools, spoke on “The Criti
cisms of Public Education in the
Nation and State of North Caro
lina.”
Sunset Pharmacy
PRESCRIPTIONS
Tel. 6-533i, IBOI W. Thomas St,
Rock Mount
John Bandy
JEAN’S
Beauty Salon
“The Smartest Thing You
Wear Is Your Hair”
134 Sunset Ave. Phone 6-6716
DANIEL’S INC.
Fashion Center
For Jr. Misses
New Cars — Used Cars
Allan Mims Inc
Your FORD Dealer
Buck Overton
“A Good Place To Dine’
Sandra Shaw
0m.
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