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Pare 8 THE BLACKBIRD Friday, Jan. 27, 1967 English Travelers And “The Spurrlows” Entertam RMSH Students In Two Recent Assembly Programs V V® & XiStt / ■■ SPURRLOWS PERFORM AT SAFE DRIVING ASSEMBLY Safety Is Featured Bv Touring Singers The Q'rality of the assemblies at RMSH has recently hit an ail time high. They have proved interesting as well as educa tional. The two most recent of these assemblies were put on by a group of students who traveled to England arJd by the- Spurrlows. Student comments for the programs range from “great” to “e»trao>rdinary.” English Travelers A group of Rocky Mount Sen ior High students who traveled to England this summer with their advisor. Miss Alma Mur chison, presented an assembly on their trip Fi’iday, Jan. 6. The group studied at the Uni versity of Durham for four weeks along with 300 other American students under a pro gram of the American Institute for Foreign Study. Four of the nine students making the journey gave brief talks on the various aspects of English life which they had observed during their stay. Cur tis Andrews gave a talk on the city of Durham where they stayed most of the time. Homer Vemon discussed the college they had attended and the cour ses in which they had enrolled. The tours were covered by Mar garet Tharington. Judy Jordan told of the people anid customs of the people of England. George Qack and Joanne Alston who also itook the trip did not take part in the assembly. Slides taken by the members of the group were shown and explained. They showed Dur ham University and the town of Durham. Others gave a view of the coimtry of England with its Old ca&tles and ancient wall of Roman times. Of the six weeks abroad two were \taken up with tours of England, Firance and Scotland. Miss Murchison was delighted to find her family tartan while on an excursion in Scotland. The girls thought the casmere sweaters which were very in MARIE'S BEAUTY SHOP ENGLEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER GI 6-8508 DURANGO BOOTS BONE’S SADDLE SHOP HWY. 43 EAST OF ROCKY MOUNT expensive looked beautiful. Af ter leaving Paris enroute for home they made a scheduled stopover in Iceland. Greenland thrilled the group as the air plane heiaded for New York, Stm they think back ito the horrors of the takeoff. The flight was late, due to mechanical difficulty. After the extended wait the plane took off amid a thunderstorm. Everyone agreed that if given the chance, they would all return to Eng land. Spurrlows Sing “Music for Modern Ameri cans” featuring the touring “Thurlow Spurr and the Spur- lows” proved to be a rocking, swinging hour of entertainment. The much publicized perfor mers presented la musical pro gram enphasizing safe driving. The group, which has covered over 65,000 miles touring the country, is sponsored by the Clirysler Motor Corporation. Local dealers, Ray Bandy’s Plymouth and Dodge and Cad- deU Motors, paid the expenses of bringing the group to Rocky Mount. With lively music and light hearted comedy the Spurrlows reminded everyone of highway safety awareness and respon sible driving attitudes Some of Ihe songs enjoyed by the stu dents included “That’s Life,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Sw>eiet- heart Tree,” “Driving’ Along,” “Party Song,” and “A Taste of Honey.” In one portion of the show Jose Weaver of the Spurrlows brought out a sign reading S.D.A. while another attractive girl of the group informed the students that S.D.A; meant Safe Driver Appeal. On the programs there was a S.D.A. personal rating test. If a driver did not burn rubber, jump lights, and drink while driving he could probably pass the test. Thur low Spurr told of several per sonal experiences emplhaisizing that many times it might take courage not to race. Spurr gave the basic principles of the safe driver’s attitude: discipline, freedom, and responsibility. These are the qualities of the good driver who promotes safety by his driving skills and atti tude. In recognition of the driver education teachers who instruct the course in summer and fall sessions ten insitruotors were presented with framed certifi cates. Thurrlow Spurr asked the group to come to the stage to receive their awards. S. L. Chapman, Dale Thompkins, Ray Durham, Dudley Whitley, Neil Adkins, Jimmy Armstrong Charlie Martin, Harold Dearing, J. E, Oxendine, Ralph Gorham, and John Langley were the in structors to receive the certi ficates. The inscription on the certifi cates read: “Having clearly evidenced sincere interest in the education of American Youth in highway safety through dedi cation in driver education. . BULLETIN The Music Committee of the Junior Class, under the leadership of Harry Harles and Bobby Thompson, has secured the Tropics and the Robinson Brothers for the Junior-Senior to be held May ^ ILMSU . Happenings | The Scholastic Aptitude Test results were received by RMSH students on January 13. The test was administered on December 3 at various locations in the greater Rocky Mount metropo- litan area. Test results were generally iiigh with four people making over 700 either on the verbal or math portion of the test. One hundred forty-ithree seniors took ithe test. ★ ★ ★ Last week RMSH was ves ted by Roberto Sergio Steren o£ Salta, Argentina. Roberto is in the US under the International Fellowship exchange student program. He has been staying with Steve Butler of Roseboro, N. C. of Roseboiro-Salemburg High Sdhiool. He stopped over in Rocky Mount after visiting New York, Washington, D. C., Niagara FlaUs, and other points of inter est in the nortlh. While there he lived with Dan Ballance. While at RMSH he visited several Spanish classes and gave a shont talk about Argen tina, in Spanish, answered ques tions, and showed some inter esting slides of his home in Roseboro and of his northern trip. BUCK OVERTON’S BARBECUE Barbecue Chicken Fried Chicken Brunswick Stew Barbecue Pig Charcoal or Sizzlinjr Steaks TAKE-OUT ORDERS TELEPHONE GI 6-7369 Nashville Higrhway At Englewood FOR THE FINEST IN MUSIC W. C. REID & COMPANY ROCKY MOUNT Fountain Radio And TV Service 309 Tarboro St. — GI 2-6815 Bradley's Grocery 230 S. TILLERY STREET Across From Senior High DAUGHTRIDGE PAINT AND WALLPAPER GO. GI 2-2931 2309 Sunset Avenue DANIEL'S, INC. Fashion Center For Junior Misses SEE MR. CO-E-GO FOR THE BEST IN SCHOOL SUPPLIES funnuLiim~7 / OFFICE [QUIPMEHT C(t. / I SINCE 192J 147 S. AIN’ ; T ROCKY MOL^ I 12. Roscoe Griffin Shoe Co. 218 s. MAIN ST. — ROCKY MOUNT Let's talk about COLLEGE EDUCATION It’s going to cost a lot of nioney. 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