Vol. 1, No. 9
Rocky Mount Senior High School
June 6, 197.5
NHS Inducts Members
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The Wita A. Bond Chapter of
the National Honor Society
inducted 27 new members
Thursday, May 15, in the school
auditorium.
After a devotional by
Stephanie Branch, Hugh
Worley, president of the
National Honor Society,
welcomed the guests and
delivered the traditional torch
light speech.
Walter Ricks explained the
criteria for qualification into
the society. Kim Nelson spoke
on character, Amy Johnson on
Scholarship, Mike Knowles on
leadership, and Phyllis Goffney
on service.
Present members presented a
traditional scroll and candle to
the new members, signifying
induction into the society. Amy
Rodwell, guest pianist,
provided the music for the
ceremony.
Senior Members
The three seniors tapped were
Dawn Lynnette Gindrup, Cheryl
May Leonard, and Vickie Lynn
Taylor.
Junior Members
Junior members tapped were
Vernon Thomas Banks, Ben
jamin John Biller, Phillip
Dalton Braswell, Calvin An
derson Bryant Jr., Kenneth
Eric Bulluck, Martha Corbi
Bulluck, Laura Anne Daven
port, Gaius Gillman Fountain
Jr., Jerome Batchelor Gardner,
Teresa Anne Gardner, Ann
Holladay Harris, Elizabeth
Marie Hodge.
Jeffrey Dean Joyner, Linda
Ann Layton, Cynthia Faye
Parrish, Stephanie Diane
Pickett, Mary Susan Powell,
Larry Randolph Roberson, Paul
Bryant Snead, Regionald An
thony Sumner, Paul Deward
Thomas, Julie Leigh Ward,
Jane Denise Watson, and Mary
Elizabeth White were also in
ducted.
The president then ad-
ministerc-d the oath of office.
The old and new members
attended a dinner, May 19, at
the YMCA Banquet room, under
the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth
Hardy and Mrs. Suzanne Sif-
ford, advisors of the NHS
Chapter at Rocky Mount Senior
High.
National Honor Society
members are voted for in
duction by the school faculty.
Members must maintain a high
scholastic average, be active in
school service, have
unquestionable character, and
be outstanding in leadership.
Members represent five per
cent of each class enrollment.
RMSH Hosts Brazilian Student
Heloisa Helena Toledo
Martins from Brazil will be the
Foreign Exchange Student for
Rocky Mount Senior High next
year.
Heloisa is 16 years old and will
be a senior next year. Dracena,
her hometown, has a population
of about 40,000 people, most of
them earnir^ a living from
agriculture and small in
dustries. Heloisa enjoys playing
basketball and volleyball,
listening to music, reading,
watching television, going to
movies, making trips, and
meeting people. Usually when
alone she loves listening to a
Brazilian samba or an
American song that she likes.
The Brazilian Educational
System is somewhat different
from this system. Heloisa is
presently in the second level of
the system. In Brazil there are
only two levels adding up to a
total of 12 years of studying. The
first level is called lo GRAU
and has eight grades. It may be
preceded by kindergarten. The
level Heloisa is now in, 2o
GRAU, has three or four sub-
levels. A three year course on
this level can enable a student
to go on to college while a four
year course may be considered
as a part of the college
curriculum. This year Heloisa
will be completing her third
year on the second level. Her
courses include Portuguese,
English, Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, and
Brazilian Government.
Heloisa summed up how she
felt about America and her role
as a Foreign Exchange Student
when she remarked about her
dreams, “My hope is someday
to gel lo the USA, live with its
people, customs, and especially
lo take lo a broad country
everything I know about
Brazil!” She will reside 3612
Mansfield Drive with the family
of Beth Whitley and Senior High
Athletic Director Dudley
Whitley.
Heloisa Martins
Graduation
Exercises
Scheduled
Graduation ceremonies will
be Friday, June 6, at 8 p.m. at
Municipal L^adium, The guest
speaker vill be Mayor Howard
Lee of Chapel Hill. Lee attended
Clark College and later
graduated from Fort Valley
State College in Georgia with .
honors. - He received his
master’s degree in social work
from Ihe University of NorUr-
Carolina in 1%6. Active iff
politics for many years, LetiSi
the first black mayor in ChapeT*
Hill, elected to that position in
1%9. He is a former vice
chairman of the North Carolina
Democratic Party and is
currently a Democratic
Committeeman from North
Carolina.
Lee has also served on other
boards and committees, in
cluding currently serving as a
trustee of Wake F'oresl
University, a member of the
Southern Regional Council,
National Association of Social
Workers, North Carolina Heart
Association, and the National
Conference of Social Welfare.
He has received many awards
and has written and published
widely on several subjects. For
his work he has been awarded
the Doctor of Laws degree by
Shaw University in Raleigh.
Mayor Lee is married lo the
former Lillian Wesley of
Savannah, Ga., and they have
three children.
The Baccalaureate Sermon
for the graduating class of 1975
was held on Sunday, June 1, at 8
p.m. at the Rocky Mount Senior
High Gymnasium. The in
vocation was given by Doctor
Gaylord Lehman of Lakeside
Baptist Church. The Rev. Lloyd
Morris of Mount Pisgah United
Presbyterian Church of Rocky
Mount delivered the sermon.
The RMSH Chorus also par
ticipated in the graduation
activities, under the direction of
Mr. Larry Gupton.
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HI-NOC-AR AND GRYPHON OFFICERS CHOSEN —
Seated is Mark Smith, editor-in-chief of Hi-Noc-Ar,
Lisa Durham, assistant advertising manager, Pam
Dickerson, business manager, Beth Whitley, cir
culation manager, Kenny Braswell, Paul Thomas, and
Jerome Gardner, assistant editors, Linda Williams.
circulation manager, and Reginald Sumner, ad
vertising manager. GRYPHON officers are Teresa
Mosley, chief managing editor, Terri Gardner, editor.
Biff White, advertising manager, and Boon McGee,
business and circulation manager.
SR.\ OF PIC Kits ELECTED — Paul Brantley, vice
president, Corbi Bulluck, president. Sally Davis,
secretary, and Boon McGee, treasurer, discuss plans
for next year.