November 21, 1952
High Life
Page Three
I
Soph Disc Jockey
Has Velvet Voice
Far below the bustling activity of
G.H.S. in the dusky depths buried
beneath the stage, a slender black-
haired boy clutched a microphone
and bending over it, huskily whis
pered these desperate words, “This
is WGPS, the Voice of the Greens
boro Public Schools.”
This is the famous Velvet Voice
of Bill Mauldin, Greensboro’s
youngest disc jockey.
Bill got his first disc jockeying
job because he was interested in
architecture. He made a drawing
of the WCOG studio and offered it
to Red Munroe, a prominent disc
jockey as every ubangi knows. Be
fore he left the same studio on
July 29, 1951, his voice went over
the air waves in his first impromptu
program. The officials just shoved a
stack of records in his hands and
gave Bill an hour to exercise his
velvet vocal cords. So his career
began.
After such a whirlwind begin
ning, he settled down to broadcast
ing every week-day afternoon. He
has also done announcing for an
other local station, WGBG. Cur
rently he is a staff announcer on
WGPS and does spot announce
ments for WFMY-TV.
In speaking about his work, Bill
said, “The first time’s the worst as
far as being scared goes. The first
time I broadcasted over here at
WGPS, I was shaking all over, but
now it’s not bad. The tough thing
is not getting any pay. It’s against
the law to earn the regular wages
until you’re sixteen, so I haven’t
made all the money everyone seems
to think I have. In fact, I haven’t
made anything; it’s practically a
hobby.”
Bill will again find time to have a
regular record program and his
audience will be hearing the Voice
with the Built-in-Thrill saying,
■“This is your announcer. Bill Maul
din.”
Smith and Weaver Both Duke Alumni,
Sports Fans, Leaders in Education
He: I wish I had a nickel for
every girl I’ve kissed.
She: What would you do, buy
a pack of gum?
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The greatest joy in his work, ac
cording to Ben L. Smith, is “first
of all working with students and
seeeing their progress, and sec
ondly, working with the teachers.”
Mr. Smith, superintendent of the
city schools, is an outstanding mem
ber of this community. A present
member of the board of stewards
of West Market Street Methodist
Church, he has been a delegate
to the jurisdictional conference of
Metthodist Churches, and his name
has appeared in “Who’s Who in
Methodism.” Other community
projects as the Red Cross claim
much of Mr. Smith’s valuable time,
and he has recently received the
Silver Beaver award for distin
guished service to the Boy Scouts.
Born in Granite Falls, N. C., he
received early training there and
then went to Trinity College and to
Duke University for an A.B. degree,
did graduate work at the University
of North Carolina, and returned
to Duke to study for his Master’s
degree. From the beginning of his
ci-llege career, Mr. Smith knew
that he v/anted to ilevote his life
to education, and thu.s far has
lived up to tlvs ambir'on.
At college Mr. Smith’s main in
terest in extra-curricular activities
was centered in the literary field.
He was a member of the Columbia
Literary Society and the Wiley
Gray Oratorical Society. He also
earned the coveted Phi Beta Kappa,
key. Before beginning his work in
Greensboro, Mr. Smith was prin
cipal of the Catawba County Farm
Life School, superintendent of
schools at Rutherfordton-Spindale,
Forest City, and Shelby, N. C.
Mr. Smith has been elected a
member of the National Education
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In a typical cooperative spirit
Mr. Ben L. Smith and Mr. Phillip
Weaver, Superintendent of City
Schools and Superintendent of
Public Instruction, respectively,
discuss plans for further activities.
Association and the Horace Mann
League. His name is listed in
“Who’s Who in Education,” and
“Leaders in Education.”
In his spare time (doesn’t sound
as though he has an abundance
of that particular commodity) he
indulges in quail hunting, horse
back riding, and mountain climb
ing, and does a consldarble amount
of reading. All this plus the prin
cipals’ meetings and other duties
connected with his job? There must
be more than 24 hours in his day!
The Ben L. Smiths have two chil
dren. Their daughter is a Junior
at Duke and Ben, Jr., a Duke grad,
is married and has two boys and a
girl.
To quote the superintendent, “If
I had my life to live over, I really
believe I would be a superintend
ent again. There is something ex
tremely satisfying in learning of
the success of your former stu
dents in world affairs.”
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Mr. Philip W. Weaver, Superin
tendent of Instruction of the
Greensboro City Schools, is a well-
known figure at G.H.S., not so
much in that capacity as in the role
of a popular assembly speaker—
a rare specimen in this neck of the
woods. Before coming to our fair
city he was superintendent of
Schools St Southern Pines; and in
Kannapolis, N. C.
Little Philip made his debut a
number of years ago in Emory, Va.,
where his father was president
of Emory University. His school
career began there and extended
through high school at Winston-
Salem Reynolds and higher learn
ing at Duke University. (No, not
exactly a traitor, because his father
had left Emory to enter the min
istry some years before.)
At Duke, Mr. Weaver received
his A.B. degree and went on to
Carolina (Hurray) and his Master’s.
Mr. Weaver serves as presi
dent of the Mental Hygiene Society
of Guilford County; Chairman of
the Public Relations Committee,
the General Greene Council, Boy
Scouts of America (it must take
time just to carry that title); a
prominent member of the Rotary
prominent member of the Rotary
Club and West Market Street
Methodist Church where, incident-
ly has taught several lesson series
in the senior Sunday School and
appears frequently on discussion
panels of the M.Y.F. Sunday Eve
ning club. Besides these activities,
he finds time to do a marevlous
job as assistant superintendent.
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Choir-Orchestra Variety
Planned for December
Senior High School annual choir
and orchestra variety show will be
presented to the public December
4 and 5. Titled for a Fred Waring
arrangement, the production will
feature local students in scenes
portraying the American way of
life, both the happy and sad.
Tickets for the matinee and eve
ning performances will be sold by
members of the choir, orchestra,
girls’ glee clubs. Proceeds from the
sale will be used for contest trips
and other expenses of the two
music organizations.
Centered around flashbacks of
a soldier fighting in Korea as he
recalls the various aspects of
American life; from the sad and
happy pictures which are portray
ed by the members of the choir
and orchestra, he realizes that the
only difference between democ
racy and communism is religion.
Prices for the matinee perform
ance for students andv the public’s
presentation are 25 and 50 cents.
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