WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1962
THE BLACKBIRD, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Five Senior High Students Attempt
Trip To Washington By Tar River
PAGE—FIVE
Edwin Arrington, Jerry
I'»yar, Tom McAuley-, Bob
Sides, and Skipptr 'luitle de-
partLd at nine o’clock one sum
mer morning a while back for
Washington, North Carolina.
They planned to travel by way
cl Tar River.
They journeyed in three
small boats, with two having
motors. Edwin and Jerry were
in the heaviest boat and also
had the bigger motor. Tom and
Bob were in a lighter boat and
Skipper was in a canoe with
no motor.
Running into rapids about a
quari.r of a mile from Rocky
Mount, the boys had a minor
accident. Tom and Bob were in
iront I'ollowed by Edwin and
j'erry, who were pulling Skip-
Oi the river there was a large
rock and between it and the
snore there was a smaller one.
'iVm and Bob made it between
the two rocks but no such luck
lor Edwin and Jerry in the
larger boat. They tried to
squeeze between the bank and
the small rock and in the pro
cess, the canoe and Skipper
Were smashed into the rock.
Edwin swam to the rock and
found that the canoe was un
damaged.
Darkness descended upon
the five shortly after 7:30 and
the motors had to be cut off.
Skipper got in a fast stream
cf water, broke loose from the
other boats, and was soon out
of sight around a bend. After
a few frightful moments, he
per in the canoe. In the middle could be heard shouting, “I’ve
Cheerleaders, Majorettes Endeavor
Throughout Summer And School Year
This year at all the football
and basketball games of Rocky
Mount Senior High School,
there will be eleven girls lead
ing cheers, and at all home
football games the six major
ettes will be performing in
front of the band.
The cheerleaders are led by
Caroletta Jordon. Her squad
consists of Bryan DaJey,Mooney
Stotesbury, Lee Cuthrell, Caro
lyn Swaim, Judi Felton, Pat
Forbes, Shelley Stallings, Gin
ger Ryals, Kathy McDiarmid,
Betty Jonesi, and substitutes
Gerry Dowdy and Dawana
Gay. The girls will lead the
students in all the old cheers
plus four naw ones. Rhythm,
Dynamo, Hey All You People,
and Blackbird Special and sev
eral new chants.
The majorettes are also an
important part of the colorful
festivities of fall athletics at
Senior High. Serving as head
majorette is Stephanie Mat
thews. The other majorettes
are Jackie Redding, Katrina
Kobylarz, Miary Bruce Hag
gerty, Mimi Munden, and
Sandra Stone. These girls have
worked up five new routines,
the most noticeable of which
is the one they do just preced
ing The Star Spangled Banner,
and also have some routines
which have been used in the
past.
Each of these girls has en
deavored to make horself
better at the position she holds,
and each does a highly com
mendable job.
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found a bridge. I’ve found a
bridge.”
Eventually reaching the
bridge, the boats were pulled
under it onto dry land.
After eating and resting for
a few minutes, they walked
down the road and soon saw a
light in the distance. Clad only
in bathing trunks, the five
Senior High students walked
up to the Hollywood Drive-In
Restaurant in Tarboro, went
in (despite the noise caused
by the horns of a crowd of
Tarboro teen-agers), and got
themselves something to eat.
By this time, it was alter nine
o’clock.
Scared that they might be
robbed, they returned to the
boats at two o’clock. Shortly
after settling down to try to
get some sleep, they were
startled by two men who
drove up in a car, got out,
and began walking around.
Because they couldn’t seem to
get around too well and were
out so late the boys deduced
that they were drunk. Also
they had to duck a few bottles
and cans, which firmly con
vinced them that they should
remain out of sight, although
the odds were five to two for
them.
After what seemed like hours
and hours, the two men left
and the boys relaxed. At last
they settled off to a long-
awaited sleep.
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Although his life ambition is to advance in the coachiti:;
ranks, Dudley Whitley does a fine job in the classroom. (Phot;j
by Killebrew)
Students Vote Coach Dudley Whitley
Senior Higli's Teacher Of The Week
Teacher of the Week is none from 1957 to 1959.
Other than our own, Coach After leaving Milwaukee he
Dudley Whitley, a very popu- came back to Rocky Mount and
lar teacher at Senior High. He became head coach at R. M.
is married to the former Sheila Wilson Junior High. Besides
Robbins and they reside at 237 coaching he taught physical
Brarcliff Road. They have two education at Junior High for
lovely children, Beth, 4, and three years. Coach Whitley’s
Dee, 2. life ambition is to advance up
Born in Pinetops, Coach the coaching ladder as far as
Whitley later moved to Rocky he can.
Mount where he attended Coach Whitley came to Sen-
Rocky Mount Senior High un- ior High this year to serve as
til his graduation in 1952. De- Junior Varsity coach in foot-
siring to further his education, ball and to serve as scout for
he entered North Carolina the Blackbird varsity. Whitley
State College where he played is known all over the state as
baseball and was graduated in an excelent scout and his ser-
1956 with a major in recreation vice to our football squad in
and a minor in social studies. field has been truly in-
After graduating from State, valuable. Coach Whitley also
he then signed with Milwaukee coaches the JV basketball team
to play professional baseball ®nd this will be his second year
and played with them until head baseball coach.
1959. While playing with Mil- Along with coaching at Sen-
waukee Coach Whitley played High he has a sophomore
in Corpus Christi, Texas in homeroom and teaches world
1956 and Jacksonville, Florida history.
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