Allan Cheek
Gives
Views On Girls
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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXVI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREEN SBORO, N. C., OCTOBER 30, 1939
GO WHIRLIESI!
Beat
Salisbury!
We're No. 1
NUMBER 4
Bowen Leads Discussion
During State Convention
Dickie Bowen led a group dis
cussion while attending the State
Council Convention held in Dur
ham October 25, 26, and 27.
Dickie was asked by the current
District president,. David Williams,
to lead three 1-hour discussion
periods on the topic, “Responsi
bility of Student Council Mem
bers to the Council and to the
School,” which dealt with the ways
in which the Council members
could most effectively represent
the student body as a whole in
the council.
Dickie was accompanied by
Carol Smith and Brenda Meadows,
also Council members from Senior.
He went to Durham with Rusty
Taylor, a presidential candidate
from Page High School.
During the convention, films
from the National Convention,
which Dickie also attended in
Pittsburgh last June, were shown.
Speak For Democracy
Contest To Be Judged
“I Speak for Democracy speech
contest wil be judged at the WBIG
radio station November 11 at 7:30
p.m., and anyone who is interested
may enter.
Each speaker is allotted 3 to .5
minutes. At WBIG all speeches
will be taped and judged. From
the winner of each school, a city
winner will be chosen to go on to
the state and possibly the national
contest.
Faculty Chooses Members
Of Citizenship Honor Roll
Members of the Citizenship
Honor Roll have been chosen for
the first six weeks grading period
by the Senior High School Faculty.
Representing the senior class are
Bob Jamieson and Penny Talia
ferro. Bob is quarterback on the
Whirlie football team and a mem
ber of Torchlight and the Key
Club. Penny is head cheerleader,
a member of Civinettes, and has
been on the student council two
years.
Junior Representatives
Junior class representatives are
Ann Winchester and Tommy
Whiteside .Ann is Civinette treas
urer, home room secretary, and
a member of FTA. In her sopho
more year Ann was class secretary.
Tommy is on the student council,
home room president and is sec
ond vice-president of the Junior
Civitan Club. Last year he was
home room president and presi
dent of the sophomore class.
The sophomore best citizens for
the first six-weeks period are Ann
Tate and Spencer Sullivan, both
of whom hail from Bindley Junior
High. Ann is a sophomore repre
sentative on the student council.
Pins Awarded
The six good citizens were rec
ognized and awarded Citizenship
Honor Roll pins in assembly this
week. They will get to keep the
pins until the best citizens for the
second six weeks are chosen.
Members for the Citizenship
Honor Roll are nominated from
each home room and then voted
on by the faculty. To be eligible
for the award a student must pass
three major subjects and have no
lower than B in deportment.
Penny Taliaferro and Bob Jam
dampened by the wet weather. Bot
ieson’s g-ood citizenship is not
h are seniors.
H
onor
Roll
List Topped By Seniors;
Followed By Juniors and Sophomores
Seniors lead the regular honor
roll with 139; juniors and sopho
mores follow with 103 and 61
respectively.
Miss Causey’s home room is
represented by Page Acree, Mar
tha Anderson, Sandy Ball, Becky
Barham, Bill Barrier, Geanie
Black, and Sally Black. Amanda
Bullock leads home room 202.
Others from this room are Doris
Cagle, Jo Ann Cannon, Linda Car-
rigan, and Toni Carter. The twelve
students from home room 204 are
Kay Chandler, Elaine Chappell,
Diana Charles, Sondra Childress,
Carol Clapp, Lucinda Clark, Mi-
nette Clark, Fred Cleaves, Phyllis
Cline, Cricket Conner, Libby
Cooke, and Barbara Jean Cope.
Mary Ann Crocker, Linda
Crouse, Carolyn Crutchfield, Dan
Derby, Susan DeSantis, Preston
Earle, and Judy Edwards made
honor roll from home room 2;
while Ruth Ennis, Betsy Eubanks,
Nancy Faulconer, Lenny Feiner,
Lynn Fifield, and Anne Foster rep
resent home room 307. Those from
Miss Lambert’s home room are
Robert Foster, Polly Friend, Bea
Garton, Barbara George, Martha
Gibbs, Judy Greene, Rachel Gree-
son, and Gene Grubbs. Mrs. Lith-
go’s representatives are Tommy
Gruehn, Jane Hanling, Lou Ellen
Hart, Judith Hicks, Martha Jo
Hoover, and Pete Homey. Johnny
Hoyle, Harold Hunt, Gloria In
gold, Carroll Inman, Jeff Inman,
Bob Jamieson, Janet Jensen,
Charles Jernigan, Patricia John
son, Jean Ellen Jones, and Leonna
Jones are from home room 303.
Room V-60
Skip Jones, Patsy Jones, Bob
Fifty - Five Students
Have '95’ Average
Pat Adams leads the list of 55
students who made special honor
'Oil for the first reporting period.
She is from home room 106.
Judy Blackmon, Lynn Bowles,
Priscilla Caudle, home room 202;
Peggy Colmer, Brenda Coltrane,
lome room 204; Thomas Cribbin,
rara Dinkel, Robert Dixon, home
room 2; Ann Haralson, Jane Hin
ton, home room 304; Jean Little-
iohn ,Chuck McDonald, home room
303; Sammy McNairy, Gail Mc
Neill, Susan Moffitt, home room
21; Marty Palmer, home room 306;
Sherry Rottman, Beverly Settan,
home room 61, Helen Stanfield,
home room 4; Judy Stone, Ann
Thayer, home room 9; Peter Welt-
ner, home room 302 are the rest
of the special honor roll mem
bers from the senior class.
Juniors
Home rooms 10, 103, 305, and
17 are represented by one person
each. The representatives respec
tively from each room are Bob
Continued on Page Seven
Jones, Sharon Kellam, Nina Ken
nedy, Yvonne Kincaid, Burnley
Kinney, Curry Anne Kirk, Lind
Kirksey, Shannon Lambeth, and
Sue Latham. From room 300, Vera
LeCraw, Percy Leonard, Kay Bind
ley, Don Long, Marshall Lowe,
Sylvia McClellan, Carolyn McCur
dy, Carolyn McMasters ,are on the
honor roll. On the list from room
21 are Frances McNairy, Meredith
McNeill, Rebecca Markham, Sallie
Marsh, Sally Martin, Carol Mills,
Kenny Mills, Howard Montgom
ery. Room 306 has Susan Moore,
Linda Moser, Sherry Mullins, June
Mullins, Sharon Oates, Sally Og-
burn, Rita Overby, Fredda Oz-
ment. Room 3 is represented by
Patsy Parker, Joyce Payne, Joyce
Peeples, Wilma Kay Pegg, Jim
Perry, Julie Pinson, Jerrie Pittard,
Carolyn Ponzer, Diane Rainey, and
Linda Robbins. Those in room 61
are Linda Robinson, Vickie Rob
inson, Martha Rogers, Corby
Rouse, Joe Rubin, Charles Sartin,
Jerry Sawers, Larry Sawers, Ann
Simpson, and John Sink. Robert
Skees, Frank Sloan, Carol Smith,
Jerry Smith, Judy Smith, Joyce
Snyder, Arthur Springer, Ronald
Steed, Christina Stewart, and
Montford Stokes are from room 4.
In room 9 are Penny Taliaferro,
Boyd Taylor, Diane Taylor, Sue
Thomas, Harriet Thompson, Mike
Thompson, Laura Tomlinson, and
Scottie Troxler. Those in room 302
are Pat Underwood, Suzan Wade,
Bill Walters, Ann Waters, Jack
Watson, Mary Ann Weber, Lynn
Westmoreland, Helen Wilhoit, An
nette Willett, Jewel Williams,
Lynda Williams, Susan Williams,
Joan Zackary, and Marianne Zim-
Continned on Page Tbree
Executive Library Board
Meets At GHS October 24
Senior High will be host to the
Executive Board of N.C.H.S.L.A.
on Saturday, October 24, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Delegates from Asheville, Ral
eigh, Pleasant Garden, Burlington,
and Roseborough will attend this
meeting. Miss Pat Adams, presi
dent, will preside. The main issue
of this meeting will be to decide
on a place for the state meeting
to be conducted next spring.
The Northwestern District will
meet at the new Lucy Ragsdale
High School at Jamestown, North
Carolina, on October 31. The ac
tivities of the day will include a
morning meeting and a luncheon.
A large delegation from Senior
High, including officers, will at
tend.
During National Library Week
the local library club will have
its annual Book Week Dinner at
the Mayfair Cafeteria on Novem
ber 5. The guest speaker will be
Miss Mary F. Kennon, assistant
school library advisor for North
Carolina.
The library at Senior High has
received more new books' which
will be placed at the disposal of
the student body as soon as possi
ble.
Garner Shows Slides
To Spanish Society
Miss Pat Garner, student af
Guilford College and student
teacher for Miss Maunida Wales,
Spanish teacher and Spanish club
advisor, was the featured guest at
this year’s first meeting of the
Spanish National. Honor Society
last Thursday, October 15.
Miss Garner narrated slides
which were taken by her during
a tour of Cuba this summer. Bob
Skees, club president, also made
his vacation a trip to Cuba, and
showed slides taken there.
The meeting was held at the
home of Bob Skees, 804 Notting
ham Drive, and the new slate of
officers, which were elected last
spring at the annual Spanish club
picnic took over for the first time.
They are as follows: Bob Skees,
president; Martha Gibbs, vice-
president; Meredith McNeill, sec
retary; and Bayard von Herrmann,
treasurer.
The club members have begun
their annual sale of Kleenex. The
cost will be 25c per box; this will
help pay for the $25.00 bond
awarded to the student with the
highest Spanish yearly average.
Last year’s winner was Miss Jane
Golden.
At the close of the meeting re
freshments were served.
o
PTSA Exceeds Goal
OM735 By 89 People
The PTSA had their annual
membership drive October 6-19
and received a total of 1824 mem
bers.
The cost per person was $.25
and the drive wanted to receive
at least one member per student
at Senior. That would make their
goal 1735 members. The envelopes
were given out in homeroom on
October 5. By the end of the next
day 501 members had paid their
dues.
The most collected on any one
day were the 532 that were col
lected on October 7, and the top
three homerooms were Mrs. Alton
with 61, Miss Tuttle with 53, and
Mrs. Newman with 48.
Erasing the blackboard above are junior and sophomore winners
of the Citizenship Honor Roll. Left to right they are Tommy White-
side, Ann Winchester, juniors; and Anne Tate, Spencer Sullivan,
sophomores.