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VOLUME XXIV
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO. N. C., MAY 7, 1948
NUMBER 15
Carlson DeFeatstMichaels For Presidency
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Queen of the May, Carrie Chamberlain and her maids of honor and attendents are shown while pi*acticing
he pageant. They are, from left to right, Peggy Everitt, Ashley Holland, Chippy Johnson, Bonnie Jean Craw-
ord, Betty Hendrix, Theona Pierce, Elinor Wrenn, Junior attendent Yvonne Sehweitris, Sally Gray Hicks,
^ueen Carrie Chamberlaiit. Seated in front of the Queen are Bonnie Carol Wagoner, Sammy McNairj’, Mary
Dlizabeth McNairy; others are Marcia Furnas, sophomore attendent Nancy Beale, Marie Carter, Helen La-
ham, Pat Wagoner, and Louise Walker. (Photo by Lowell Dryzer)
Annual May Day Program Presented;
Carrie Chamberlain Crowned Queen
Traditional Senior high school
May day was presented Wednesday
afternoon at 5 ;00 on the front lawm
of Senior high campus. Carrie
Chamberlain, the 1048 May Queen,
attended by the junior and sopho
more maids ' of honor, Yvonne
Ichweistris and Nancy Beale. px*esid-
!d over the court consisting of
'ourteen attendants and dancers.
Leading the procession were the
ovely attendants who wore old-
fashioned dresses and carried nose
gay bouquets. Dressed in blue were
Setty Hendrix and Helen Latham,
escorted by Rick Hornady and Carl
Baxter; in yellow, Bonnie Jean
Crawford and Jackie Miles, escort
ed by “Tiny” Burtner and Mike
Meyers; Marie Carter and Ashley
Holland wore dresses of aqua and
were escorted by Rick Kidd and
Paul Patton; Louise Walker and
Peggy Everitte, in pink, were es
corted by Bobby Watson and Johnny
Scott: in orchid were Elinor
Wrenn and Chippy Johnson, escort
ed by Charles Keeley and Bobby
Crews: in yellow were Pat Wagoner
and Theona Pierce, escorted by
Josh Chamberlain and Clyde Col
lins : Marcia Furnas and Sally Gray
Hicks, in dresses of blue, were escort
ed by Clyde Taylor and Bobby Holt.
195 Attain Places on Honor Roll;
32 Students TaUe Special Honors
Having announced the fifth sixth
w'eeks grading period of the 1947-48
school year, Mrs. Blanche Smith
found 195 people making honor roll.
Included in this number were B2
tiaking special honor roll.
SPECIAL HONOR BOLL
Seniors—Room 12, Lacy Lucas.
Hoorn 14, Betty Pearl. Zat-k Piephoff,
Volan Presnell. Room 16, Bobbie
Jean Shaw. Room 200, Betty Kirk-
man. Room 202, Isabel Armstrong.
Timmy Alspaugh, Andy Bell, Room
204, Lois Williams.
Juniors—Room 4, Julia Ann Dog-
gett, Emily Ann Dee.s. Room 5,
Mildred Hedrick. Room 7, Bobby
Michael, Hope Leonard. Room 8,
Tackle Miles, Dick Painter, Tommy
Payne. Room 10, Sidney Smith,
Tackle Stafford, Sarah Swain. Room
KH). Delores Whisonant.
Sophomores—Room 2. Carole Wil
liams. Room 6. Jeanne Mariiu. Room
28, Edith Trosper. Room 82. David
Bradley. Room 805, Sue Pardon.
Room 811. Alex Panas. Margaret
Pearce. Room 818, J''rank Hough.
Joan Higgins. Room 315, Nancy
Lou Foust.
REGULAR HONOR ROLL
Plans Are Announced
For Close of Library
Senior High School librarj'
will close for this school year
May 25, 1948, at 4 pjn.
All library books must be re
turned on or before the above
d^e. A fine of 25 cents per day
will be charged for books not
returned on time.
Make plans now to complete
all required reading before the
dead line date—May 25, 1948.
This announcement comes
from Miss Mildred C. Herring,
librarian.
SENIORS
Room 12—Jane Long. Tommy Ma
guire, Mary Mooneyham, Ann Mur
phy, M. H. Moore, Warren Mat
thews, Sylvia May.
Room 14—Dickie Neal, Frances
Newton. Mary Ellen Parker, Brown
Patterson, Coleen Peele. Peggy
Reves.
Room 16—Mary Durland Sapp,
Nancy Smith, Clyde Taylor, Sara
Thompson. Louise Tiiacker.
Room 200—Jean Irving, Martha
Jones. Anne King, Bill Ledford,
Joyce Lemons.
Room 202—Lawrence Alspaugh.
Dorothy Ballinger, Spencer Blay
lock, June Blumentbal, Joan Boyd.
Betty Brown, David Buckner.
Room 203—Roger Gibbs, Rita
Goldstein. Doris Gordon, Betty Gun
ter, Annie Maude Harrington, Betty
Hendrix, Gilda Hinshaw. Bill
Hooke, T>ynne Goodman, Don Hardi-
Room .204—Gwen Truitt, Mar-
ginelle Welker, Betty .To Wall. Betty
Lou VanHook, Jean Wilkinson.
Boom 300—Dot Burton,^ Carrie
Chamberlain, Glenna DeWitt, John-
sie Cranford, Jerry Crawford.
Room 307—Doris Duke, Barbai*a
Dunivant, Mildred Fargis, Betty
Ferguson, Jack Fields, Maxine
Fields. Peggy Anne Fields, Betty
French, Marcia Ann Furnas, Billie
Gallimore, Margaret Galloway, Elsa
Garrity, Parker Gay.
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The little girls, in short blue, ruffled
organdj' dresses, were Bonnie Carol
Wagoner and Mary Elizabeth
McNaii’y. The tiny crown bearer,
Sammy McNairy. carried the royal
crown on a pillow of white satin.
•Toe Johnson and Larry Crawford
escorted the maids of honor in
white dresses, who preceded the
Queen of May. The Queen’s gown,
of white satin, was a combination
of fashions from various period.
After the crowning of the queen
by Andy Bell, president of the stu
dent body, the IMay day exercises
were begun for the entertainment
of the Queen. The glee club, under
the direction of Miss Eula Mae
Tuttle, sang two old English folk
songs. Dances were put on by vari
ous groups: a special dance by "the
liustics,” a folk dance, the “Arkan
sas Traveler", by “the villagers”
and tumbling and stunts by boys
and girls of the physical education
cla.sses. The ladies of the court
presented the Minuet, and rhe en
tertainment concluiled with the May
Pole Dance.
Exemptions Granted
To Honor Students
Mrs. Blanche J^mith has an-
noum^ed the list of students who,
by making honor roil ever.v time fcr
two or three years, are able to
exempt an exam. .Joyce r^emons is
the only one of these students who
can exeifipt two exams, said Mrs.
Smith.
English exam was the one most
exempted, 12 students ch osing to
miss it. History was next with six
exemptions, while mathematics and
Spanish tied for third place with
five each.
Of the seven seniors who are gold
star wearers, four can miss one
exam, Nancy Smith, Clyde Taylor.
Andy Bell, and Marcia Ann Furnas.
The two students who have made
honor roll every time but cannot
■omit any exams as they are taking
only three majors are Annie Maude
Harrington and Dot Burton.
Silver star wearers who can
exempt one major each are Jane
Long, Tjjicy T.ucas, Zack Piephoff.
Hill Patterson, Frances Newton,
Betty Pearl, Betty Kirkman, Jimmy
Alspaugh, Isabel Armstrong, Kill
Hooke. Betty Ix;u Van Hook, Glen
na Dewitt, Jack Fields. ELsa Gar
rity, Bob Carlson, Pat Carson, Bev
erly Chalk, Emily Ann Dees, Julia
Ann Doggett, Hope Leonard, Jimmy
Meletiou, Bobby Michael, Oscar Par
is, Tommy Payne, Dick Painter,
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Faculty Selects
Six Best Citizens
Be.st citizens elected by the
faculty for the fifth six weeks
citizenship honor roll are: sen
iors, Zack Piephoff and Nancy
Smith; juniors, Richard Clem
mons and Einogene Apple; and
the sophomores, Billy Ferguson
and Sue Purdoin,
Two students were elected
from each homeroom as being
outstanding citizens and having
good qualities. Of these stu
dents, six were selected by the
teachei's.
These outstanding students
were announced by Mrs. Blanche
Smith Monday.
Senior Exercises
Include Sermon,
Class Day, Prom
Last week’s Washington trip, by
which 165 seni’Ors saw the White
House, the and other points
of interest, began a month of special
activities centering around the sen
ior class: the seniors’ trip to the
capital; May day, at which the
Queen of May, a senior, is crowned;
Senior day, including the annual
Class day program and senior lunch
eon ; final exams; the Commence
ment prom, given in honor of the
graduating class; the Baccalaureate
sermon; and finally, the Commence
ment exercises on Wednesday eve
ning, June 2.
Senior Carrie Chamberlain pre
sided over May day festivities on
the G.H.S. front campus Wednesday
afternoon. Her honor attendants
were seven other seniors and their
escorts, with four junior and four
sophomore attendants and their
escorts.
Senior Hay
Senior day is just what the name
implies, being a day set aside espe-
cialy for the members of the gradu
ating class. At 9 o’clock Tuesday
morning. May 25. the seniors who
are not on the stage file into the
auditorium in their caps and gowns
to see the Class day program. The
plans for this program are a closely
guarded secret; however, Mrs. Le-
Gwin, faculty adviser with Miss
(.’ausey, said that it was “full of
thrills.” Student chairmen are: .Tim
my Alspijingh, general chairman;
Barry Farber, script: Betty Pearl,
T.;ast Will and Testament: Betty
Eller, Superlatives: Lynn Goodman,
Prophecy: Peggy Fields, costuming;
and Andy Bell, staging. The pro
duction takes place in four scenes
and Ij; rumored to be very unusual.
The Class day progi-am is fol
lowed by a luncheon at the Masonic
temple. Mi.ss Worthingbnn, faculty
adviser, and Peggy Fields, student
chairman, are currently planning
this feature of Senior day with the
two representatives that were elect
ed from each senior homeroom. Tick-
ets will be $1.25.
Wednesday, May 26, marks the be
ginning of exams for seniors; first
and second period exams come -on
that day; third, and fourth or fifth
period exams'are Thursday: and
Friday brings the last two, sixth
and seventh period.
(Contmued on Page Seven)
Doggett Triumphant;
Wrenn Victorious
For New Secretary
Climax of two weeks of feverish
campaigning came yesterday after
noon at 5 o’clock when the names of
15 1948-49 school officers were re
vealed as a result of voting in the
halls. Ballots were counted by Jim
my Alspaugh and his committee.
President of School
Bob Carlson was triumphant in
the race for the office of president
of Greensboro Senior high school
student body. Running a close sec
ond was his opponent, Bobby
Michaels.
For office of vice-president, Julia
Ann Doggett was elected over Dickie
Sharpe, while Eleanor Wrenn was
triumphant for the office of secre
tary of the school over her gracious
opponent, Ashley Holland.
Don McClown led in the race for
treasurer, while Gordon Battle ran
a close second; and Eddie Finch
received the majority of votes for
traffic chief, while Jimmy Lindley
was runner-up.
Minor Class Officers
Newly-elected president of senior
class is Richard Clemmons, trium
phant over Pat Raiford.
Harry Bryant was favored over
Carolyn Gibson for vice-president,
and Mervine Squier bested Pat
Sharpe for secretary of the senior
class.
The new treasurer of the senior
class is Margaret Osborne, winner
over Hal Sigmond.
Representing the senior class in
council next year will be Yvonne
Schweistris, Anna Beason, Ana
Rudd, and Jackie* Miles.
President of the rising junior
class is Steve Agapion, who defeated
James Robertson, while Sally Gray
Hicks is the vice-president, receiv
ing the majority of votes over her
opposing candidate, Earl Malloy.
Newly-elected secretary of the
junior class is Ann Allred, favored
over Ann Wofford; and Eddie Lov-
ings led in the race for the office of
treasurer, while Barbara Holloway
ran a close second.
The new representatives of the
junior class are Nancy Beale, Caro
lyn Birgel. Betsy Bishop, David
Bradley, Linning Burnett. Kemp
Clendenin, Betty Lane, and Hutson
Moody.
Senior Hi-Y Clubs Planning
For Nawakwa Social EvenI;
New Members Admitted
I’lans are in the making by the
sophomore and junior-senior Hi-Y
clubs for their third annual social
trip to Camp Nawakwa next week
end.
With their dates, members of the
club will leave from the Y. M. C. A.
some tipie Saturday, May 15, and
will return Sunday afternoon. May
16. Events planned for the trip
include a weiner roast, a dance in
Creedman Ivodge, boating and other
sport.s, Sunday morning worship ser
vice, and the initiation of new mem
bers admitted into the club since
tlie beginning of school in Septem
ber.
Kay Monsees Resigns Loft Position
From the Youth Center comes
news of the resignation of Miss Kay
Monsees because of her approaching
marriage to Norman Block. Miss
Monsees has been program director
of the Loft .since its opening early
last fall.
Now the program and activities
of the center will depend mainly
upon the cooperation of its mem
bers. At a joint meeting of the old
and new councils last Tuesda.v, May
4, plans were made as to how the
members can plan and participate
in the programs.
Last Saturday night, May 1, at
the Loft, Carmine Gagliardi sang,
acompanied by Philip Morgan, from
Woman’s college. Since there Ls to
be a square dance at the school
gym tonight, the Loft will be open
to junior high school students.
For the month of May a big
dance, a hayride, movie.s, talent
shows, and jam sessions are plan
ned. Mr. Huffman announced that
the dance at which Larry Clinton
and his orchestra are to play has
been i>ostponed until June 19 be
cause of their engagement at the,
Pennsylvania Hotel in New York
City this month.
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