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ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1S59
Nl^BER 3
DAR, Typical Youth Chosen;
Honorees Represent School
P atsy W arren Crowned
Charlotte McIntyre, a senior and
Ronnie Jackson, a junior will re
present Rocky Mount Senior High
School as Daughter of t/he Ameri
can Revolution Citizenship Pilgrim
and Typical Youth respectfully.
Holding offices has been the ma
jor part of Charlotte’s past. She
served as secretary of the sopho
more class and has held many
homeroo'm offices.
She won the coveted Padereski
music award for being able to play
ten different pieces in ten conse
cutive years in the national audi
tions, which was presented to her
last year at the annual awards
day. National Honor Society men-
ber, .editor of the H'i-Noc-Ar, and
cabinet member are just a few
rr.ore of her many actvities.
Qharlotte showed ability in state,
national, and county affairs by
going and representing her school
and town at Girls’ State in Greens
boro this past summer where she
ran for nomination of governor in
the Nationalist party.
or of the junior class, vice-president
of liis homeroom and representa
tive to the ■ Student Organization
have been just a few of t,he many
jobs he has dons.
Ho too has been interested in
sports and the school’s extra-cur
ricular activities. —e serves as full
back on the varsity football team
and ihas been a great help in send
ing his team off to victory. Another
ol his duties at Senior High has
been as an active member of the
Monogi'am club.
Her interest in the scJiool’s sports
a and activites was shown agajin
when she was elected as a sponsor
_^by the senor class.
’ Bonnie has served his school In.
many offices. In Junior High he
served as treasurer of the Student
Legislature and was chosen as
Typical Youth by fellow students.
Since he entered Senior Higih,
his interest in school affairs has
not been lost. Serving as chairman
of the House and Grounds, treasur-
Americaii Ed. Wk.
Parents, students and teachers all
over America joined together in
observing Education Week, with
“Praise and Appraise Your Schools”
as its main theme, during the week
of November 8-14.
Each day during American Edu
cation Week, articles pertaining to
topics essential to school life were
WTitten by various teacjiers from
the Rocky Mount City Schools and
printed in the local newspaper. Top
ics included: The Child, The Peo
ple Next Door, The School Board
Thf* Adult- nHJ^pno and
The Voter. Mrs. Nancy Gorham,
an English and World history teach
er at Senior High’s Night School,
wrote an article on “The Adult
Citizens: How Can The Schools
Serve Them?” as Senior High’s
contribution.
Posters were placed throughout
Senior H'igh and Rocky Mount hon
oring American Education Week.
Patsy Warren smiles happily after she Is crowned Campus
Sweetheart with runners-up Margaret Carmichael (left) and
Jenny Tyner (right).
^ Photo by Barringer
At District Meeting
DE Students Win Honors
From Twenty AFS Applicants
students from Rocky Mount Senior
High School and their advisor,
Mrs. Beltisue Hunt, attended the
Eastern District Meeting of the
D. E. C. A. in Goldsboro, N. C. on
Wednesday, November 4.
Following a greeting given by
the Goldsboro Chamber of Com
merce, Cliri.s Gillars, president of
the Rocky Mount Disti'ibutive Edu-
Six Semi-finalists Chosen
Nannie Hussey, Bill Parker, Gar
ry Garris, Mayo Stancil, Tommy
Baysden, and Alice Kovarco have
been chosen as semi-finalists out
of 20 applicants for tihe American
Field Service summer program from
Rocky Mount.
Susan Harris, chairman of the
Foreign Exchange Committee, talk
ed to the junior class about apply
ing for the opportunity to go abroad
this summer as a foreign exchange
student under the American Field
Service program. Any junior wish-
Semi-finalists in the Foreign Exchange program are (L-R) Mayo
Stancil, Garry Garris, Bill Parker, Alice Kovarco, and Tommy
Baysden are discussing where they would like to go if chosen for
this honor. Photo by Bugs Barringer
mg to apply had to v/rite an essay
on “Wihy they would Kke to be the
exchange student during the sum
mer of the current year.” After
the students had applied, they met
in Miss Kate Parks Kitchin’s of-
fice to be interviewed. Mrs. H. L.
Faulkner, past president of the
Foreign Exchange Committee of
Rocky Mount, Mr. Dudley Harper
head of Foreign Field Service, Mr’
C. M. Edson, Miss Dorothy Craighll,
Ralph Williams, Frannie Harrison,
and Susan Harris were all present
to interview the students. Soon
r.fter the interview with tlie twenty
npplicants, six semi-finalists were
chosen, Eva Berg, this year’s ex
change student from Sweden, tlien
interviewed the six students.
Ti.iese semi-finalists are now com
peting for the final selection. They
aj-e writing a description of the
most memorable moment n their
lives, a typical school day, and
summer day, and a complete des
cription of their family and home.
This is turned in and sent to New
York to an AFS screening commit
tee. These results will be sent some
times after Christmas wihen the
exchange student for 1960 will be
announced.
gave the response tM
the students.
Senior Klgh was represented in
the finals of both contests held at
the gathering. Using the topic
What Makes a Star Salesman
Click?’, Jerry Smith placed second
in a public speaking contest. In a
jol> application contest, Jerry
Wayne Blankenship placed second
witdi his demonstration of a job in
terview.
Representing the Senior High D.
E. Club at the meeting were Roger
Barnes, Curtis Pelt, Micky RobWns,
Woody Herrington, jerry Wayne
Blankenship, jerry Smith, MotUs
Reams, Billy Fuller, Chris GiUars,
Belva Johnson, Betty Jean Maley,
Alvanell Martin, Russell Carroll,
Billy Hunt, Bobby Perkins, Jerry
Parker, Mike Howell, and Mrs.
K'unt.
Senior Girl Reigns
Over Homecoming
On Unlucky Day
Patsy Warren, Campus Sweet
heart, Homeroom lie’s float, and
THE BLACKBIRD staff all receiv
ed honors Friday, November 13th.,
Kn unlucky day for most people.
Patsy was crowned Campus
Sweetheart at the halftime by Wil
ma Shearin, head majorette. Pat
sy who is head cheerleader, had aa
her runners-up, Margaret Carmi
chael and Jenny Tyner. At the
dance Patsy was crowned again
by Double Snow and Mike Lundy,
co-captains of the varsity football
team.
In the homecoming parade there
were six winners in the two ca-
tagories of originality and beauty
from wihich the floats and cars
were judged. The first place win
ner for originality was Miss Doro
thy Craighill’s homeroom, 116, with
the theme, “There’ll be a hot time
in the old town tonigiht.” Wildlife
Ciub place second and honorable
mention went to the HI-NOC-AR
staff. The winner in beauty was
THE BLACKBIRD with the theme
‘THE BLACKBIRD — A tribute
to the school.” Second place was
awarded to tihe Good Sports chib
with honorable mention going to
the Cheerleaders’ car. Prizes of
fered were $5.00 and $2.50 given by
the Service club which sponsored
the pai-ade.
Journalism Class Participates
In Tuberculosis Essay Contest
Members of the journalism class
have been working on essays, edi
torials, and poems about T. B. for
tl'.e Twenty-Thhd Annual Press
Project whicih is sponsored by the
National Tuberculosis Association
and the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association.
Subjects under which the articles
coiiUl be written are ‘Our School
in the Fight Against T. B.’ and
‘K'ealth in Our Own Community.’
Students had a choice of either of
tlies€ subjects for their project.
Aims of the project were to make
the student aware of his respon
sibilities to health and his neigh
bors, to encourage responsible citi
zenship, and to raise the standard
of school journalism.
Rules for this project are that
only student-staffed and edited
publications for senior high schools
are eligible, entries shall consist
of one or more issues of a duplica
ted publication issued at regular
intervals during the school year,
and entries shall contain articles
cn one of the assigned subjects.
These entries are sent to the local
tuberculosis association.
These articles will be judged by
a member of the Tuberculosis As
sociation. Judging will be based on
accuracy, originality, journalistic
style, evidence of researcih, ant^ un
derstanding of the subject ir
Certificates of Honor are
to the publications wh‘
the aims of the project
articles will go on t-
the state contest.