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BLACKBIRD
Published by the Joanialism Class of Rocky Mount Senior High School
VOL. XXXVI—No. 1
rocky mount, N. C.
FRIDAY, SKPT. 17, 1065
James Bond Featured In Kickoff
with the fouTth Jamas Bond all ov®r ,the world with g,la-lhas not bln w
w»k. i. hMaej;
PRINCIPAL V. J. COLOMBO
New RM Principal Is
Not New To His Job
. - — ^..WHICH uiiu uluiuigorous
it is .the custom of ,the Black- spies and ne^s a change of
Mird to present an assemibly pace from ihls daring life so
I program ito boost its saJes. he enjoys .readin^r the Bteck-
Xnis fe the story. bird.
James Bond, renouned agent Smersh iUi-st discovered the
UU7, b^aji a desipeirate seaa-oh niyisterious secret when they
Rocky Mount Se.niior High
School’s ip.rinc4pal Is new, tout
'he does not find has work mew
to him. Vincent J. Colombo, ori
ginally of Brockton, Mass., 'has
spenit fifiteen of to is eighteen
years in the 'educational pro
fession as a iprincipal.
He began Inis 'teaching career
in Bladsnboro Higih School
where he taught Emglfeh amd
Rocky Mounit from Plymouth
High Sichooil where he served
as ipriinciipial for fou'r years.
Mr. Colombo was ed'Ucated
at Aitlanitlc Christiian College
v/here he received ,his AB de
today for tih© last Blackbird.
S M E R S H, aji initernational
crime syndioaite, almost suc
ceeded in a pdot to desitroy
'tihi Initernational law agent.
Destroying aOl the Black
birds 'they could find, the
memibers of ith© organizaitlon
hop'ed to keep Bond, ■por'trayed
by Vanc« Grady, from fig,hit-
broke into an lapaaitment pre-
vdousily occupied by agent 007.
Hore they found boxes of the
tabloid newspaper whioh had
been read several times. They
began an ail out plot to
desitroy all the Blackbirds
they could find. Al.l SMERSH
agents, portrayed by jouimal-
'ism students destroyed them
somewhere In Rocky Mounit
Semoir High School.
If a student fin.ds the last
Mackbird he may save James
Bond, and win for himself a
free subscription to the Black
bird
A olue will be given each
day to the entire student body
as to where the la«t Black
bird is. When it is foumd and
returned to .room 110 the stu
dent will receive a refund if
he has already purchased a
subscription or he will be
given a free subscription.
Motorbike Fad Comes To RMSH
gree. He later studied at Duke
University and East Cairolina
v.'here he received his Mas
ters degree.
Mr. Oolomix)' is replacinig C.
irS ^h‘;e;‘';ea;;:|JLs"'''w,ho anothl^
X 'his I city school posit in July Sepa-
ent^lre career :u. North Caro- r^te features on h«th"'EZ^.
Colombo to :been l>rin-1 SoTl^d SpeS^^Sl^'vk by' college
HliSl 'I’owjiialiip I Ml-. Ooioiiibo, j^riiu^ipai of •'* students all
sss Trr„r—:lr?Lrs,r» -
Mrs. W illiams Returns
As Blackbird Advisor
returned to Rocky Mount Sen- 400 Oakdale Rd w'h®®
Mrs. iWlilliajns le£t in 1963
before the .arrival of her
daughter, Maiigo Louise, now
two years old.
Mriss Diane Disney, advlsoir
in her absence received a
teaching jjosit in New York
thiis summer.
V, Williams has taught
English for twelve years, and
has been 'advisior to .news
papers an annuals for eleven
years. A native of Greenville,
she has 'taught in Ohatliam’
County, Nashville, R, M. Wil
son Jr. Hig!h and Senior Hig>h
for four years.
She wias leducated at U. C.
L. A., U. N. C. and B. C. C.
where she received her Mas
ter’s degree She has 'done
summer work ait Du Ice Uni-
vemity, the Uaiversity of Lon
don, Engiland and four years
ago was awarded a fellowshdj)
from the Wall Street Journal
to study Journalism 'at ithe
Williiani'S.
I 'together is dangerous He also
strange nol^ were heard j in popularity because of its surmised th^ a moto^rtt^
om 'the schools parking lot, thi-ift and wide range of small could fall and danmen
Ranging fivm the small. S thfltoi^^^^^^
first day. Th^ noises, sounds! 5Occ motorcycle to 'the power-1 cjfp™ ,
of a new naUonal craze, were j ful 305 Super Hawk Honda' v, Horne, a senior, who
coming from the exhausits of ' now has. a motorcycle for most' motorcycles,
many .motor scootens and imo-1 every meod. Harley-Davldson I » . moitorcycJe a means
torcyclesi .new being driven. I made both .in Italy and the h ti-ansporta-
The motorcycles craze, United Staibes, does not have - ®0Mnd Honda, a 160
I sitantied anew by college and | mo^ny smaller sizes of mo-
^ high »chovl studeints all over 'torcycles as Honda do«s, but
ithe nation. Is now sweeping faster and bigger motor-
from coasit to coasit. Young cycles om the market,
people, iMking means of Principal Comments
I ansportation for school, Colombo recently stated that
Senior High need's two park
ing lots, one .for cars and
a'nother for motorcyoles. Co
lombo said that iwwking both
automobiles and motorcycles
work, and fun, began to buy
these smaller motorcycles
when tihiey realized (the moitor-
cycles were cheap to main
tain 'and the coat of ipurchase
was fainly inexpensive.
Two Popular Maikes
Students of Senior High
have sihown preference to two
^ makes 'of imotorcycles, Honda
' and Harley-Davldson. The Hon-
cc model, Is capable to top
speeds of 80 m.p.h. Horne is
no\/ pkuiinlivg « .trip to Ten
nessee on his Honda at the
beginning of next summer.
David Williamson, ed.itor of
the Blackbird, stated, "I bought
nay Harley-Davidson primari
ly for am inexpensive wiy of
trabel and to use on tri)s to
Nashville for ithe BlackUrd.”
(Continued on page 8.
Old And New Teachers
Arrive At RMSHS
School Calendar
Oct. 22—Holiday for NCBA
dtstriot mieieting
Oot. 29—Holiday for NCTA
■diatriot meeting
Nov. 25-28—Thanksgiving
holidays
Dec. 18-29—Christmas
holidays
Ap^rll S-12—Easteir holidays
June 1—Last day of school
Nine of the city’s ithirty-
four new teachers ane teach-
inc at Rocky Mount Senior
High. In addiiition to the Jlat
of new teachers at RMSH is
Principal V. j. Colombo of
Ply mo util.
New toaohors are Mrs. Eliza-
botli Hardy of Benvenue, Mrs
Onedda Price of Henderson,'
Mrs. Phyllis Marcom of Bunn
Mr. Wialt Wiggins fo Newton-
^nover High School, Mr.
Cecil Long, a former proba
tion officer In Dunn, and Mr.
• D. Langley, a used car
dealer.
Teachers returning ithis yeaa-
who have taught here before
are Mrs. Nellie Winstead, who
taught at Nashville, and Mrs.
Re'tty Rogers and Mrs. Mar
garet W'illiams who were out
children.
Two teacheris who taught
here last yieaa-, Mis® Judy Sor^
rell and Miss Huildah Peirgu-
son, were married .this sum
mer and will not .teaoh this
year.
Other teachers Who are not
here this year are Miss Di
anne Disney, now in New
York, Mr. B. T. Norris, who
is working in an industrial
chemioal plant in South Caro
lina, Mir. Holton Hamision,
now 'principal at R. M. Wil
son Jr. Hlg'h, Mr. James Can
non, director of Admissions
at a South Carolina junior
co'll'ege aai'd Dr. Eduardo Ochoa,
who has moved to Miami to be
with hds family,
IN THE BLACKBIRD
scene—Motorcycles in the school parking lot.
(Photo by Killebi’ew)
Blackbird Sales Begin Monday
Subsoplptlon salee for the i and subscriptions. Wiithout
Blackbird will begin Monday | both It cannot .survive as a
homeroom iperiod. The student paper.
Blackbird staff will have a
member in every room every
morning to sell subscriptions
in the two week campaign.
The Bliaokblrd will sell for
Promissory notes will be
sold for those who forgot to
bring money or who like to
pay-as-they-go. However, all
promissory note subscribers
arrived here ^^‘'hange student, y - nace suDsoribers
nLrf e other foreign i f,® entire year, are reminded that all money
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The Blackbird features new Princioal rnlnmV>r>
and his family on page five of this issue.
A review of the Blackbird football game and
news concerning junior varsity football may be
found in the sports section, pages six and seven
Mailing subscriptions are be
ing sold for $2. Eleven Issues
v/ill be published.
must be paid by April 1.
A free subscription will be
given to the homeroom that
Q. , wv/- AiA/uiCTii>uni 'uQiat
Students are reminded to has all students subscribing or
bring ithei^ money to school I to the homeroom that after
Monday. The Blackbird is a I two weeks has the largest
TOlf-9u.pporting student paper i number to suhscribe according
fdna®ced only by advertising! to the percentage of memberfi