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'^C\:. // >' J ~i'-' ! Will Success Spoil Linda Gilliam? See Page 3 THE BARffiR Thanksgiving HoIW^s November 28-29 VOLUME XXVIII WALTER M. WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL NO. 3, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957 Copland Wins 1957 Oratory Jim Copland won the annual voice of r3ei.i ,^r. /” ,\,ntest ne'd at Williams High School November 3 under the direction of Mrs. Lucille Dula. All speeches were taped on a re cording from which they were judged The speeches were judged by Mrs Dula, Mrs. Betty Gerow. Mr. L. G Guthrie, Mr. Fred Miller, and Mr Jack Starnes from radio station WF NS. There were 37 contestants in the contest with Mrs. Dula’s fifth period speech class making up the majority of the participants. The school win ner, Jim Copland, will represent Wal ter Williams in the county contest to be held at radio station WFNS. Participants in the county contest will include first place winners from Walter Williams, Graham, E. M. Holt, Elon, Gibsonville, Mebane, Haw River, Altamahaw-Ossipee, Alexander Wilson, Pleasant Grove, and Jordan Sellars High Schools. The winners of the school contest were named as follows: Jim Cop land^ first place; MiJe.d Hadley, sec ond; David Mc'-'orA/e ■’^ird; and .'T.tiUTni.-*'' J Four honorable awards went to Linda Gilliam, Vlanny Um- berger, William Bane, and Dale Whitted. Others competing in the semi-final round were: Betty Finley, Adelaide Goodman, Judy Wright, Sal ly Wright, Jimmy Gerow, Dale John son, Douglas Moss, Susan Lilly, Tom my Neal, and Brenda Butler. Senior Class Selects 41 Superlatives For A nnual Superlatives for I9‘=8 chosen recently by popular vote of the senior cla.ss were announced today. Judy Wright, editor of the Doe-Wah-Jack, released the list of superlatives which will be published in the Williams High School annual in May. Among those honored are: Eliza- ^ beth Loy and .Jimmy Barnwell, Best Juniors Prepare For Presentation Of Class Play Members of the Safety Council participating in the P. T. S. A. program tonight are shown above. Pictured left to right are ,1. L. Wagoner, Melinda Messer, Roland Hodge, Brenda Hay and Clyde Gordon. Safety Council Will Appear In PTSA Program Tonight Tonight a panel discussion will be presented by members of the Williams High Safety Council during the second Parent Teacher Student Association meeting of the year at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Barker Staff Will Show Movie As a feature of the observance of American Education Week, The Bar ker staff will present a movie, “The Silver Chalice” tomorrow, November 15 in the school auditorium. The technicolor film, starring Robert Taylor, will be shown during the first and second periods and will take the place of the weekly chapel program. An admission fee of 25 cents per person will be charged and tickets will be sold during homeroom period tomorrow. The proceeds will be used in financing The Barker in its in creased number of publications. “For the Future We Build Through a Program of Safety" is being plan ned by Mr. George Best, chairman of the P. T, S. A. Safety Committee; Mi tiajLiy iJitcmttc, ,A..r, ..tav, cipal; and Mr. Bill Hight, English teacher. The main purpose of the discussion is to acquaint parents and students with the reasons the Safety Council was originated and its basic purposes. Also, the activities it has accom plished in the past, what it is doing at the present, and its future plans will be discussed. The moderator for the program will be Brenda Hay. Roland Hodge, president of the council, Melinda Messer, J, I,. Wagoner, and Clyde Gordon will compose the panel. After the discussion, the panel will answer questions of the audience. Membership Drive The P. T. S. A. membership drive closed Friday, November 1, with a total membership of 1,652, a 24 per cent increase over last year. Nine homerooms were awarded theater, tickets for attaining a 200 per cent M>d six homc'ccms v/rrt given ice cream for their 100 per cent membership. Loyalty Day Tuesday, November 19 has been selected as the annual P. T. S. A. Loyalty Day. A quota was designated of $20.00 per homeroom. The funds will be u.sed to install a fire alarm system in the school. Donation In a recent meeting of the Execu tive Council, P.T.S.A. members voted to contribute $50 to The Barker fund. The newspaper staff will pub lish monthly a front page article concerning P.T.S.A. activities. This ar ticle will replace Hi-Lites, a mimeo graphed letter published monthly for parents and students. Freshmen Name Class Officers Freshman class officers for 1957-58, elected in homeroom balloting No- veber 2. are Tommy Newsome, presi dent; Betty Ford, vice president; Bonnie McEvoy, secretary; and Ward May, treasurer. Broadway Comes To City WHS’ers Perform In Play Nine Williams High students will appear in tonight's production of “Junior Miss", a three-act comedy, which will be presented at the Hill- crest School at 8:00 p.m. Those appearing are: Holt Brown, Billy Durham, Wesley Batten^ Chris Fayle, Rosanna Gant, Frankie Mans field, Ben Rushin, David McCorkle, and Richard l.innemann. Members of the Burlington Play- makers, a newly formed organization, 4re producing the comedy which was on Broadway. It has also been made into a movie and is going to be re done as a musical. Tickets are on sale now for “Jun ior Miss” at $1.50. The play is directed by Olin and Fran Campbell, well-known for their work with the Children’s Theater. The purpose of the Playmakers is to bring live drama to Burlington. “Dark Victory" and “Buy Me Blue Ribbons" will also be presented this season. The officers were chosen from a field of 16 candidates. Those com peting for the offices were Peggy Carrol, Paul Ellis, Tommy Newsome, and Judy Thompson, for president; Fay Allred. Betty Ford, Carlton Prickett, and Bernie Ephland, for vice president; Molly Wrape, Bonnie McEvoy, Nina Stanfield, and Harold Kernodle, for secretary; and Jenny Bivens, Russell Cooper, Ward May, and Becky Robertson, for treasurer. Tommy Newsome is on the fresh man football team, a member of the Booster's Club, and vice president of his homeroom. Being a Red Cross representative, playing flute in the band, and belonging to the Booster's Club are among Betty Ford’s activi ties. Bonnie McEvoy is in the Boos ter's Club and treasurer of her home room. Among Ward May's activities are membership in the Booster’s Club and drummer in the band. Final preparations are being com pleted this week for the presentation of the junior class play, “You Can’t Take It with You,” a three-act com edy which will be given November 26 in the Williams High School au ditorium at 8:00 p.m. Cast members who have been re hearsing the play for a month include Penelope Sycamore, portrayed by Ann Porterfield: Essie, Noel Lane Smith; Rheba, Pollyanna White; Paul Sycamore, Tommy Lynch: Mr. De Pinna, Marvin Coble; Ed, John Rud der; Donald, William Bane; Grandpa Vanderhof, David McCorkle. Alice will be played by Kathryn Boone: Henderson. Dale Johnson; Tony Kirby, Henry Johnson; Boris Kolenhov, Mike McManus; Gay Wei- lirKitOTi r'^^roly?? Srpith; Mr. Fred Kirby. Mike Henderson; Mrs. Kirby, Betty Barbee: Olga, Dee Brown; and three men, played by Reade Allen. Barry Shaw and Malcolm Kilpatrick. Mr. William Hight, English and drama instructor^ is directing the comedy. Students heading various commit tees for the production of the play are: stage manager, Ben Rushin; assistant stage manager, Chris Fayle; Publicity, Gail Elkins, Malcolm Kil patrick; Make-up, Pat White, Ida Edwards; Lighting. Barry Shaw; properties, Ruth Coble, Kathy Clark; costumes. Pat Patterson; and business manager, Phil Deaton. Tickets for the play may be obtain ed from any junior or may be pur chased at the box office the night of the play. Looking; Sally Wright and Mac Gar rison, Most Popular: Mary Thomp son and Calvin Linnemann, Most Intellectual; and Michael Holt and Sammy Pickard, Be.st School Spirit. Most Likely To Succeed Judy Wright and Alvis Rich were selected Most Likely to Succeed. Also chosen were: Melinda Messer and Mike Avent, Best Dressed; Brenda Wilson and Johnny Weeks, Most Per sonality; Wanda Ware and Mike Lit tlejohn, Most Congenial; Edith Baker and Roland Hodge, Most Musical; Dennie Harvey and David Guyer, Happiest. , Best All Around Voted Best All Around were Joan Holt and Don Newlin. Others se lected as superlatives were Wanda Anderson and Billy Newsome, Cutest; Joanne Moff and Mike Lassiter, Big gest Flirts; Betty Finley and Jimmy Suggs, Most Talkative; Irma Jean Sawyer and Eugcnc-Craoford, Quist est; Linda Gilliam and DeWitt Jones, Most Original: Betty Spicer and Jer ry Hollifield, Most Athletic; Becky Carlyle and Jim Copland, Most Ef ficient. Five Others Honored Five other seniors were elected to serve as Testator, Historian. Prophet, and Giftorians. Thelma Brown will assume the duties of Testator by writ ing the “Last Will and Testament” of the senior class. Ruth Lemmons, Historian, will be responsible for writing the history of the senior class, and Ben Rushin, as Prophet, will foretell the future of members of the class. The giftorians, Nancy Haskins and Jack Newman will pur chase gifts to be presented to the seniors on class day. literature from the University of North Carolina. At present she is advisor to the junior class. Key Club Honors Mrs. Gerow With Directory Dedication Mrs. James A. Gerow, English and Latin instructor at Williams High School, received the dedication to the Williams' Key Club Directory in a presentation ceremony at a student assembly program in the school auditorium November 1. Tommy Neal, president of the Key Club, made the presentation for the club. The dedication reads: “For her will ingness always to help, for her help ful advice in times of crisis, for the many hours she has spent for the betterment of Burlington youths, for the girl whose face brightens any oc casion, for these and numerous un told qualities, we the members of the Key Club dedicate this 1957-58 .Student Faculty Directory to its own personal girl—Mrs. Betty Gerow.” A member of the Williams faculty for eight years, Mrs. Gerow has been advisor to the Keyettes for five years. She has been closely affiliated with the Key Club during this time. Mrs. Gerow received an A. B. degree in Latin from Meredith Col lege and her M. A. degree in English MRS. BETTY GEROW
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