THE GRYPHON — Page Five
Pictured above is Robert Henry Powell, parking lot attendant at
RMSH.
(Photo by Bryant)
Parking Lot Attendant
Becomes Helpful Hero
Social Bits
By Phyllis Goffney
“Faster than a speeding
bullet; more powerful than a
locamotive. . . it’s a bird, it’s a
plane, it’s superman.” Nope it’s
Mr. Powell!
Unknown to many, Mr.
Robert Henry Powell, RMSH’s
mild-mannered parking lot
attendant, is really a very super
hero! Of course, students only
see him directing cars in and
out of the parking lot or
checking an occasional, lunch
permit! But who knows what
evil lerks in the parking lot
while students are in class? It
mnjr npp^ar that Mr. Powell is
seldom very busy; yet there are
many times when he must
transform into the man students
seldom see!
Many RMSH students leave
their cars unlocked and
headlights on, unaware that Mr.
Powell is protecting the cars as
if they were his own. At the first
sign of trouble, he jimps into the
back of his super black-mobile
and becomes Super Powell!
Often he has chased many
would-be thieves from the
parking lot. And his stem voice
and firm hand have kept
possible tire-slicers from
vandalising the parking lot.
Now that the identity of Mr.
Powell is known, many wiU
doubt the facts. How can an 80
year old man, retired for 13
years, who is often seen hugging
RMSH girls, possibly work five
hours a day guarding and
protecting the cars without
collapsing? Well, there are
those students who help him by
locking their cars and making
sure no valuables are left to
tempt anyone. They know that
no super hero can battle crime
by himself! So far there has
been no trouble this year and
Mr. Powell doesn’t expect a lot.
“If everyone will lock their cars
and realize you can’t trust
nobody, I won’t have to work so
hard,” is Mr. Powell’s solution.
Of course no one wants to put
Su])er Powell out of a job. He
does such an excellent job and
gets along well with the
students. Mr. Powell was
assured, though, that even if
students todc a more respon
sible attitude resulting in the
loss of his job, there would
definitely be a place for him on
the Saturday morning line-up
. . . along with the other super
heros!
Social Club Activities
The Elegants, Betheletes
Society, and the YLS Clubs
sponsored buses to the Durham
Hillside-Rocky Mount Senior
High football game on October
4.
The TAG Club held a social at
People’s Restaurant on October
5 from 9:30 until 1:30. They also
entered into the Homecoming
Mini-Parade and were spon
sored by Homeroom 120. The
club won the third place trophy
for their entry. On October 11,
the club gave a Homecoming
Dance at the Commimity Center
on Albemarle Avenue from 9:30
until 1:00. The main attraction
at the dance was The Rhythm
Express Band. A local band,
The Soul Drivers, also per
formed. The TAC Club is
sponsoring another social at
People’s Restaurant on Friday,
Nov. 1. Admission will be 50
and all proceeds will be placed
in a fund to be donated to the
Rocky Mount Senior High Band.
Miss Rocky Mount Pageant
Beverly Powell, a senior at
RMSH, will be participating in
the Miss Rocky Mount Pageant
to be held November 2 in the
Rocky Mount Senior High
Auditorium.
Sub Debs
The Sub Debs sold balloons
for the Heart Fund on October
12. They are also selling tickets
to the Miss Rocky Mount
Pageant.
Movie Festival
The Old Time Movie Festival
will be held November 9 at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help in
Parrish Hall from 7:30 until
10:00 p.m. The movies will
feature Charlie Chaplan and W.
C. Fields. Cartoons will also be
shown. Admission is free but
refreshments will be sold.
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Custom Picture Framing
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Phone (919) 442-2145
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Radio WEED’S Top Ten
1. Never My Love — Blue
Swede
2. You Haven’t Done Nothing
— Stevie Wonder
3. Jazz Man — Carol King
4. Stepping Out — Tony
Orlando and Dawn
5. Then Came You — Dionne
Warwick and the Spinners
Mrs. Peggy Murray, English
and Latin teacher at RMSH, is
now investigating the
possibility of taking interested
persons on a six-week trip to
Europe. The trip will last from
July 3 to August 12 of 1975.
While in Europe, the group
will spend two weeks in Rome,
Italy; two weeks in Athens,
Greece; five days on a cruise
visiting Mykonos, Ephesus,
Patmos, Rhodes, Crete, and
Santorini; and eight days
touring London, Amsterdam,
and Paris. In Rome, the
students will study such courses
as “Ancient Rome: It’s History
and Civilization,” and “Con
temporary Italy,” and “The
Spiritof the Renaissance.” They
6. Love Me For A Reason —
The Osmonds
7. Do It Baby — The Miracles
8. Tin Man — America
8. You Haven’t Seen Nothing
Yet — Bachman-Turner
Overdrive
10. Whatever Gets You
Through the Night — John
Lennon
will learn about ancient Greek
history and institutions, Greek
art and architecture, classical
theater, and folk music and
dance while in Athens.
The trip will cost ap
proximately $1650. This amount
includes aU except optional
weekend cruises. These op
tional cruises include visits to
Delphi, Mycenae, Pompeii, and
the Isle of Carpi. Some of the
major places students will visit
in Itlay will be the Caracalla
Baths, the Roman Forum, Port
Ostia Antica, and Vatican City.
The height of the tour will in
clude the Acropolis, the
Marathon Battlefield, and a
monastery.
Speed Reading Class Helps Students
Subjects, easy? How? Hie Skill Developmental Reading Class can
improve any student’s reading and thus his performance In other
subjects.
Develt^mental Reading might be called Speeding Reading. This
course is exactly what it says it is — reading. Students often
practice with films and books of their choice. In fact, many of the
methods are self-teaching, but Miss Genia Carpenter does guide
too. Hie books, films, and machines help the students with
vocabulary, comprehension, and reading rate or speed. If reading
can do all this then all subjects could get easier.
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