Page Six
High Life
March 25, 1955
American History Classes
Plan Civil Defense Drills
Mr. Claude Manzi and Mr. Rob
ert Frederickson have combined
their first period History 6 classes
and are studying civil defense.
The main concern of the classes,
at this time, is preparation of the
special Civil Defense Assembly
April 26. The purpose of this as
sembly is to put the idea of civil
defense before the students of
Senior. The idea of practice drills
will be stressed in preparation for
the school-wide defense drill which
wil Itake place shortly after the
assembly.
While studying civil defense, the
students have looked upon the as
pects of an attack from the enemy.
The first weeks of study were
spent is discussing the work and
aspects of civil defense. Reports
were made by individuals, movies
were seen, committees were plan
ned, and demonstrations were
made.
• Three stages of civil defense
were formed. The first stage had
to do with getting the information
On enemy attacks, first aid, and
essential facts about civil defense.
The second stage stressed sur
vival techniques, drill control, and
publication.
Test drills and plans for the
assembly program were the main
phases of the third stage.
The classes have also evaluated
their work and discussed the ef
fects of an atomic attack. The
main purpose of this was to de
termine exactly what they have
learned. They stressed the fact
that the possibility of enemy at
tacks is not imaginary.
More information about civil de
fense drills will be given in the
assembly April 26.
Joe Has W/onderful Time
WhileContractingHouse
Daily
Doubles
By Wanda Slade
30-Watt Ham Radio Station
Hobby Of Lupton and Father
Once in a lifetime, if a person
is lucky, he will have the oppor
tunity to build a house. If he is
very lucky, his parents will be
the people that build the house,
and he will have the ringside seat
to a very interesting process. In
such an enviable position is Joe,
who will give a few pointers on
building a dream house . . .
The first thing my parents did
was hire an architect. They thought
this was a step in the right direc
tion, but they decided that those
little rooms he drew were much
too small for us. And besides, who
wants all his rooms to be blue?
After a long time the first trees
on our supposedly excellent lot
were chopped down. Well, they
weren’t exactly chopped . . . the
supervisor just leaned on one and
plastering: Never have I enjoyed
being plastered so much as then.
One day I really got a seat in the
lap of luxuray: I fell into a barrel
of wet plaster, the barrel rolled
into a wall, and there I remained
until the next day. Fortunately I
was in the kitchen at the time.
(This is really irrelevant, but if
it makes you laugh . . . .okay!)
The last thing to be done in the
house was the bricking. Now in
most houses, this is done much
earlier, but we (my mother and
father) had decided to use antique
brick, and we just wanted it to
age as long as possible. To me the
bricks seemed rather on the crum
by side, but who was I to say any
thing? Well, the fact is, I couldn’t;
I was still plastered. Slowly, crumb
by crumb, I saw our new home
they both came sagging down. I shape up. But wait! The house .
Come to think ofit, they weren’t
exactly trees either; they were
more like tooth picks.
One day my mother came home
almost frantic. It seems she
thought some boards were for the
ceiling, but one of the men in
formed her that that was our fu
ture floor. That night we three
sneaked out there and hammered
each stake down to normal height.
That taught us our first lesson:
builders do things like that just
to see if we are intelligent enough
to know which end is up.
The day the roof went on was a
day for celebration for all. The
color, a delightful modernistic
shade of fuschia, brought admiring
crowds from all over. However, we
with our smoked glasses were the
only ones who could safely get
near the place. Soon came the
electric works. However, after
viewing the elaborate mechanics
involved in installing all those
hundreds of feet of wire, we de
cided to dispense with electricity
entirely. (It must be understood
that my folks have always been
great admirers of Abe Lincoln,
and they figure that if he could
become President in the dark, so
could I).
Then the real fun started: the
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went our house. The builder had
not told us that with antique brick
it is necessary to have a facing of
regular bricks. This taught us les
son No. two: don’t hammer down
the stakes, because then the build
er will,think that you are mofe
intelligent than he is and that you
will know how to put up a facing
of regular bricks yourself.
SHIRLEY SMITH, JUNIOR,
was elected by the Future Teach
ers of America to represent Sen
ior High at a state convention in
Asheville.
Shirley left for the convention
yesterday and will return tomor
row. The program for the event
will consist of several meetings
On the profession of teaching.
These two actors have been prac
ticing for the senior play, THE
STORM. They took time off from
rehearsing the senior’s spring pro
duction to portray a more interest
ing scene in. the fall production
of the Playma^ters in which he pro
poses.
Coming from Aycock, gray-eyed
Miss X is a member of the Play-
masters and Rainbows, Our 5 foot
5 inch senior has light brown hair.
Horseback riding is her favorite
sport and dramatics is her choice
of hobbies. To go to Europe and
to be a dramatics teacher are our
lady actress’ ambitions. Her college
hopes are set for Breneau College
in Gainsville, Georgia, where she
plans to major in speech. She at
tends the Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant.
“Having to wait on my date to
get dressed before we go out,” is
this senior boy’s pet peeve. Blond
hair tops this blue-eyed 5 foot 8
inch actor. He is a member of the
Playmasters, Wheel Club, and De-
Molay. Driving school bus 137
takes up a lot of his time, but he
still manages to devote much of
his time to “Crazy”, his horse. He
attends College Place Methodist
Church. After graduation this
spring he plans to go to Carolina,
where he will major in journalism
or study to be a veterinarian.
The mystery couple met in a
speech class last year, and they
started dating soon afterwards . . .
They began going steady January
28. “Why Do I Love You” is their
favorite song.
You’ll find their names in a pop
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W4DCM—Those letters and nu
merals may not mean much to the
run-of-the-mill Senior High stu
dent, but to Carroll Lupton, a mem
ber of the Junior Class, they rep
resent his hobby into which has
gone much of his time, thought,
and talents. For the information
of the unversed, W4DCM are the
[ call letters of Carroll’s amateur
radio station of which he is a
“ham” operator. The W4 in the
sequence shows the district in
which that particular station is in,
the United States being divided
into several districts with corre
sponding call letters.
Carroll built his 30 watt station
himself and reports that he soon
hopes to raise his power.
When asked how far his station
could reach, he boldly stated, “All
over the world,” and went on to
say that Hawaii was one of the
more interesting places which he
had contacted. W4DCM is located
at Carroll’s home in a room es
pecially set aside for the purpose
of “hamming.”
The history of Carroll’s radio
operating began last year in Mr.
Stanley Johnson’s radio class.
There Carroll worked and' earned
his novice license, necessary for
all amateur operators. For this
Carroll had to send and receivg
code at five words a minute and
pass a novice theory test. This year
he has moved up to the general li
cense classification for which he
had to be able to send and receive
code at 13 words a minute. This
new rating will allow Carroll to
build up his station’s power to a
limit of 1,000 watts.
While talking of his radio class
of last year, Carroll mentioned
that “Mr. Johnson can translate
code just as soon as it is tapped
out without writing. it down and
has been a “ham” operator for
over 20 years.” He added that from
experience he knew" what a feat
it was to translate code so quickly.
Radio operating seemingly runs
in the Lupton family, for there it’s
a father-son affair. His father has
another station of his own with
a strength of 1,000 watts and the
two enjoy seeing who can get what
foreign stations.
-Adv.—
By Mary Wheeler
Hi, folks! I trust that everyone
was satisfied with his report card,
and if not, that he is studying hard
to make the next one satisfactory.
Well, fellow slave-workers, let me
suggest a relaxing interruption.
Take time out to enjoy a good
movie at the CAROLINA THEA
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Playing Sunday through Wednes
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MGM’s latest CinemaScope pro
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Eleanor Parker and Robert Tay
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girl and the trapper is very amus
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to land Taylor prove unavailing
until she finagles him into a shot
gun wedding. All through the
movie a beautiful theme song is
played. Be sure to take time out
to mee MANY RIVERS TO CROSS,
and listen for the theme song.
Starting Thursday, Paramount
presents THE COUNTRY GIRL.
Starring Bing Crosby, William Hol
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recommended film is based on the
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