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From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of O. Henry
VOL. xxin
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., MAY %, 194^
NUMBER 13
Moore To Reisn Over May Day Program
Coronation May 7;
Queen's Gown To Be
Traditional White
Poll of Registered
Voters Taken by GHS
Students for Jaycees
In an effort to ascertain the
number of parents of G.H.S. stu
dents who are registered for the
coming city council election, the
Junior Chamber of Commerce spon
sored a poll on Tuesday, April 22.
Questionnaires and city maps show
ing the various precincts of Greens
boro, the registrars, and their ad-
dreses were distributed through the
home room teachers to all pupils
with instructions to have them filled
in and signed by their parents.
Senior home room 304, with Mrs.
Blanche Smith, as adviser, returned
thirty-one completed cards of the
thirty-two issued and thus won the
prize offered by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce. Through the coopera
tion of Mr. Norris Hadaway and
the Carolina Theater, Mrs. Smith’s
room will be the recipient of com
plimentary tickets to the Carolina
Theater’s “Teen-Time Revue” on
Saturday morning May 10.
As was emphasized on each card,
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
was not interested in any particular
candidates, hut its members earnest
ly urged the citizens of Greensboro
to be properly registered during the
registration period from Saturday,
April 19 through Saturday, April
26, so that they may vote in the
city primary April and in the
general election. May 6.
Smith Announces
New Honor Roll
Mrs. Blanche Smith released re
cently the names of 18.3 students
whose high quality of scholarship
placed them on the Honor Roll for
the second six weeks report period.
An additional 24 students made
Special Honor Roll.
SENIORS
Seniors on the reguar Honor Roll
are as follows: from Room 300,
Pat Aldridge, Margaret Alston,
Peggy Arnold, Sam Baker, Rachel
Barham, Peggy Bentley, Earl Betts,
Irvin Apple, Betty Jane Beauford,
.Tack Bullard, Bettie Jo Atwood,
and Ed Browm; from Room 203,
Charles Strong, Bill Smith, Martha
Trulove, Gerald Thomas, and Frank
Tutzauer; from Room 206, Carolyn
Groce, John Haesloop, Hois Hall.
Glenn Hodgin, Jean Hoffner, Jean
Hogshead, Betty Ann Harrell, and
Charles Griffin; from Room 302,
Martha Graves, Lora Lou Gallagher,
Ann Ellington, Ruth Faser, Scott
Eubanks, Kathleen Deens, Ann For-
low, Helen Farrell, and Louise
Frederick.
Seniors from Room 303 who
deemed scholarship important are:
Nancy Burton, Carol Byrd, Raynell
Campbell, Frank Clark, Sara Sue
Clark, Roy Clemmons, Beverly Con-
nqll, Doris Cooper, Dorothy Cope
land, Frances Davis, Doris Cox, and
Morris Curry; from Room 304, Anne
Van Horn, Mary Ann Walser, Buddy
Webb, Carolyn Wilkinson, and Lii-
lian York; from Room 306, Betty
* Lou Moore, Elouise Murphy, Jean-
nine Moore, Barvara Nance, Jean
Pugh, Dorothy Noell, Bobby Price,
Richard Morris, and Dot Norfleet,
Honor Roll students from Room
313 are Mary Lou Ray, .Joyce
Ritchie, Helen Mae Sarles, Betty
Lee Simpson, Katherine Routh, Pal
mer Shelburne, Dorothy Sigmund,
and Bessie Simmons; from Room
315, Bobbie Lowder, Elizabeth Lowe,
Prances Sue Marquis, Barbara Mil
ler, Mary Lou Monnett, Christine
Moutafls, Dottle Little, and Naida
Lyon; from Room 317, Abe Jones,
Betty Marie Jones, Martha Nell
Keith, Dick Kelly, Ann King, Curtis
Laughlin, and Mildred Irving.
JUNIORS
Honor Roll students from Room 4
are Martha .Tones, Betty Kirkman,
.Joyce Lemons, Jane Long, J.,acy
Lucas, Thelipa Laws, and Zane
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Shown above midst spring setting of dainty rosebuds are: center, Betty Lou Moore who will reign as May
Queen; upper left hand corner, Naida Lyon, senior attendant; upper right, Laura White, senior attendant;
lower left, Theona Pierce, sophomore maid of honor; lower right, Doris Cooper, senior attendant. Lois Bow
man, remaining senior attendant, and Fran Pearman, junior maid of honor, were not available when the
picture was taken.
Holland Announces Staff Positions
For Next Year; Buckner Is Editor
Replacing Bobby Jean Shaw and
Ed Brown as Editor of High Life
next year will be David Buckner,
rising senior and member of the
Journalism class for the last two
.vears, Mrs. Jean L. Holland; adviser,
announced recently. To assist him
as associate editors will be Frances
Newton and James Frye, up-and-
coming firist year Journalism stu
dents.
Gale City Host to
28th Music Contest
From Tuesday, April 22, througn
Friday, April 24, Greensboro be
came the scene of the 28th annual
state high school music contest with
groups from Senior High taking part
in all events.
Competing the first day were solo
pianists and single and groups in-
stumentalists in the morning, and
in the afternoon seven fuli orches
tras. The Senior High orchestra
received a rating of one, while in
the individual competition, Dick
Conrad was given a one for his
clarinet playing and Charles Strong
a two on the basson.
Wednesday provided the most
colorful event of th.e contest, the
annual Band Day. Participating in
the sight-reading and playing of
special numbers were thirty-two
i’.ands, six of which received rating
of 'one, signifying excellence. The
Green.sboro Senior Hi,gh band, un
der the direction of Herbert Hazel-
man, as well as the JJndley Junior
High liand were in this group.
That night the annual parade of
the bands took place in Memorial
Stadium with twenty-five schools
represented in a preliminary parade
of bands on the field followed by a
mass concert. Then seven drum
majors and majorettes took part in
a twirling contest; in which Senior
High was represented by Theona
Pierce. Carrying out intricate march-
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New Staff
Moving from the position of busi
ness manager to news editor is
Glenna DeWitt. Because of her out
standing feature articles, Betty Jean
Pope will assume the position of
feature editor. Veteran Sports Edi
tor Gail Schaffert will return to her
former position.
George Seay, who has assisted
Charles Melvin in the sports field
for the past year, will move to the
position of Boys Sjjorts Editor.
Jenny Lee Mason will retain her
position, of Exchange Editor.
Business Staff
Don Prago, industrious first year
journalism student, will become
business manager. To replace Peggy
Bentle.v as advertising manager is
Bill Leaford.
'It'S All Over Now'
Is Theme lor Prom
“Its All Over Now” is to be
the keynote of the Commen
cement Prom which is to be held
Friday May 23rd in the Girls
Gym. The theme will be further
carried out by a figure com-
jvosed of Senior class or school
officers also one girl from each
Senior home room and their
escort. They are as follows;
.Jim Finch, Buddy Webb, I..ora
Gallagher, Ed Coble, Ted Jjeon-
ard, Julian Culton, Carolyn Wil
kinson, Doris Cooper, Betty Lou
Moore, Helen Mae Sarles, .Jean
ette Christian, Kathleen Deans,
and Sara Sue Clark.
Paul Bell and his orchestra
will probably furnish the music
for the Prom.
Mr. Thomas, Miss Barger, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Bogart, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Mabry. Mr. and Mrs.
■ .Jamieson, Mr. and Mrs. Huff
man, Mr. arid Mrs. JJiamont
will chaperone this event.
Refreshments will be served
free of charge. Clyde Collins
is in charge of the decorations.
Mrs. John L. Holland and Mr.
A. P. Routh will a.galn be the class’s
Adviser and' Financial Adviser
respectivel.v.
Under the joint Editorship of
Brown and Shaw, High Life was
awarded a first place rating at both
The Columbia Scholastic Press Con
vention and the Southern Inter-
scholastic Pre.ss Convention.
Torchlight Talent
Show Is Big Success
The annual Torchlight talent
show, given to provide money for
the Torchlight .club’s scholarship,
was received with deafening ap
plause from an almost packed audi
torium here at G. H. S. Tuesday.
With Merlin Bynum' acting as
master of ceremonies, the audidnce
was presented with a great array
of talent of all kinds. Heading the
popularity list and winning first
prize were the Curtiss brothers with
their magic act. The first prize
was ten dollars.
The second prize was awarded to
the barber shop quartet, composed
of Wayne Jarvis, Erwin Glasgow,
Jimmy Richards, and — Slgmond.
Their song, “My Kentucky Babe,”
netted them five dollars prize money.
Honorable mention was won by
a brass quartet composed of Carl
Ba.xter, Charles Straughn, Bill Oden
and .
Received with what was certainly
the best applause was a piano duet
b,v Bradley Faircloth and Douglas
Kincaid. The song, “Stiff Move
ment From Itigor Mortis,” was well
liked as the audience tried in vain
to get an encore, but this was nixed
by Bynum.
The other acts, all of which were
well received by the audience, con
sisted of a song “The Man I Love,”
by Mabel Page Byron; Martha Nell
Keith's reading of her own “Insur
ance” ; Dick Conrad’s clarinet solo,
“Concertina”; Julian Culton’s three
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Amid a spring setting next Wed
nesday, Betty Lou Moore, popular
G.H.S. senior will be crowned 1947
May Queen by Jim Finch, president
of the student body, as the tradi
tional coronation ceremony takes
place.
Gathering on the shady front
lawn, the regal queen will be adorn
ed in white and accompanied by a
pastel-gowned court. The stately
queen will proceed to the traditional
throne along with her two honor
attendants, Fran Pearman, from the
junior class, escorted by Jim Hock
and Theona Pierce, from the sopho
more class, escorted by Don Lanford.
Court Members
A bevy of girls in gay spring
colors will follow the maids of honor
up the lawn to take their respective
places. Among the attendants from
the senior class are Lois Bowman,
escorted by Charlie Adams; Doris
Cooper, escorted by Fit Mabry;
Naida Ljmn, escorted by Bobby
Clemmons; and Laura White with
Zander Sherrill. Junior attendans
are to be Marie Carter, escorted by
Rick Kidd; Carrie Chamberlain,
escorted by Larry Crawford and
Jean Irving, escorted by Joe Bree-
don. Sophomore attendants include
Bonnie Jean Crawford escorted by
Andy Bell; Chippy Johnson escort
ed by Bobby Crews; and Muriel
Register escorted y Buddy Wilson.
Girls physical educational classes
will supply the stunts and the band
will furnish music for this gala
affair. The theme of the May Day
will be in the form of a legend. Rip
Van Winkle being the comical legen
dary character.
Citizenship Honor Roll
For Period Announced
The Citizenship Honor Roli for
the second six-weeks period is as •
follows:
From the sophomore class the girl
is Nancy Lowder, and the boy is
Bobby Michaei.
From the junior class, the girl is
Pat Wagoner, and the boy is Lyn
don Sykes.
Prom the senior class, the girl is
Anne Van Horn, and the boy is Ted
Jjconard.
These citizens are elected by the
faculty from a list of two candi
dates, a boy and a girl, from each
home room, every six-weeks period.
In the home rooms, these candidates
are elected by members of the class.
Miss Sweatshirt
Returns on May Day
The coming May Day celeJjration
will feature not onl.v the most beau
tiful girls of G.H.S., but also the
return of a famous former May
Queen, Selma Mae Sweatshirt. Miss
Sweatshirt, although now retired
from the theater, received her start
hei*e in Greensboro.
in 1919, Selma was elected May
Queen by popular vote. At that time,
as now, she was a striking peroxid-
ed gre.y beaut.v, standing six feet
eight inches in her stocking feet
and weighing a modest 247.5 pounds.
From this flying start, she received
the honor of appearing on the covers
of “J.ook,” “Our Dumb Animals,'’
and “Southern Illinois Swine Raisers
Quarterly” simultaneously.
From the field of pictorial photog
raphy, she went into commercial
radio work where she starred in
“Jonathan’s First Spoxise.”
Her striking beauty did not keep
her from extracurricular activities.
Each afternoon after school, ^elma
hoisted bricks in the construction of
the Jefferson Building.
Therefore, G.H.S. welcomes Selma
Mae Sweatshirt, an all round good
hoister.