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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
Amor Yincit
Omnia
Happy Valentine's
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEB. 15, 1959
NUMBER 8
The flag of North Carolina means much to these sophomores and juniors who were selected as
best citizens for the third six weeks. They are left to right Sherrill Newman, Carol Roberts, soph
omores; Pam Pfaff, and Don Grimes, juniors. Senior winners pictured on page 8.
Students On Special Honor Roll
Total 66 For Third Grade Period
Newnam,Pfaff,iVlcNalry
Win Citizen Honor Again
The senior class led the list
with 36 students on the special
honor roll for the past six weeks;
the juniors numbered 16 and the
sophomores trailed with 14.
Page Acree was the sole repre
sentative from homeroom 106,
while from room 202 came Judy
Blackmon, Lynn Bowles, and Pris
cilla Caudle. Diana Charles, Peggy
Colmer, and Brenda Coltrane are
from 204.
Boosting the morale of room 2
are Thomas Cribbin, Tara Dinkle,
and Bobby Dixon. Pairing up to
represent 304 were Jane Hinton
and Martha Jo Hoover. Patricia
Johnson was the lone special from
303 as was Burnley Kinney from
room 60. Room 300 had the most
students on special with Vera Le-
Craw, Kay Lindley, Jean Little
john, and Chuck McDonald.
Room 21 contributed Sammy
McNairy, Meredith McNeill, and
Susan Moffit to the list. Linda
Moser, Sharon Oates, and Marty
Palmer from 306 and Sherry Rott-
man and Beverly Settan from 61
also “made the scene.”
Representing room 4 were Carol
Smith, Arthur Springer, and Helen
Stanfield, along with Judy Stone,
Ann Thayer and Harriet Thomp-
All'State Orchestra Has
Participants From Senior
Greensboro Senior High School
had twenty-five participators in
the 1960 N. C. all-state High
School Orchestra concert, given in
Broughton High School Auditor
ium, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January
31.
The naming of an All-State Or
chestra and All-State Worksho
Orchestra and their concerts are
an annual affair in North Caro
lina. Aspiring orchestra members
in the various school were audi
tioned last November. The pro
gram, free of charge, was given
after two days of rehearsal. Last
year the concert was held in
Greensboro.
String and Woodwinds
GHS was represented in the All-
State Orchestra’s 1st violin section
by Dan Richman, a sophomore.
Brenda Coltrane, Anne Starr Min
ton, and Vera Leonard, a senior,
junior and sophomore respectively
played 2nd violin. Brenda held a
first chair in this section. The viola
section was represented by Arthur
Springer, and Percy Leonard, sen
iors and Annette Anderson, a jun
ior. Anne Foster, Chris Cardwell,
Phil Pearsall, Nancy Frich, and
John Monroe played cellos. The
bass section was handled by two
seniors, Diana Charles, and Linda
Mann. In the woodwind section
were Jeannie Littlejohn, who oc
cupied first chair in the flutes,
and Cricket Conner, who also play
ed a flute. Martha Watson ,on the
bassoon John Sink, on the French
Horn, and Frank Salon, on the
tuba, rounded out this section.
The All-State workshop Orches
tra personnel from Senior was
composed of Taylor Ovyens, and
Lilia Culpepper, seniors; Judy Ba
ber ,and Betty Jo Smith, juniors;
and Jane Taylor and Lin Gerrin-
ger, sophomores. Accompanying
the group on the trip were,Mr. J.
Kimball Harriman, and Mr. Robert
Fredrickson.
Capital Crowded
The 120 members of the orches
tras arrived in Raleigh last Fri
day afternoon, at which time they
registered and rehearsed until 9:30
p.m. The following day, two prac
tice sessions were held, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
That night all members were in
vited to a banquet and, afterward,
to a dance and social hour. The
next morning an interdenomina
tional church service was held,
and, that afternoon, the concert
was given. During the 3-day stay,
all out-of-town orchestra members
were guests at homes of interested
townsmen.
The program was made up of
two parts. The workshop Orches
tra performed first. The numbers
played are as follows: Fugue in
G. Minor, Merry Mount Suite,
Short Overture to an Unwritten
Opera, Symphony No. 2 — fir.st
movement, and the Russian Sailors
Dance from “The Red Poppy.”
After a fifteen minute inter
mission, the All-State Orchestra
played Lenore Overture No. 3,
Interludium in Modo Antico, Peter
and the Wolf, and Great Gateat
Kiev. Directing the concert were
Richard Duncan conductor of the
All-State Orchestra, and Donald
Hayes, Conductor of the Workshop
Orchestra.
son from 9. Jack Watson, Mary
Ann Weber, and Peter Weltner
from 302 and Jewel Williams from
M-204 conclude the list of seniors.
Juniors Follow
Bob Buchanan from room 10
and Joel Drinkard from 103 head
the list of juniors on the special
honor roll. They are followed by
Harriette Eiler and Adele Freed
man of 206 and Donald Grimes
and Irene Gulledge from 8.
Jess MacFarland alone repre
sents room 14, as does Ann Starr
Minton from 309. From 203-A
comes Michael Patterson and Mae
Murray, while 317 offers Pam
Pfaff and Mary Radcliffe.
Terry Stewart hails from 305
and 203-B finishes the list of 16
juniors with Charles Thompson,
Jean Waters, and Merritt Wayt.
Sophomores Trail
From sophomore homeroom 65
come Pete Bondanella and Cede
Boren, and from 25 Joe Harmon
Eddie Jennings, and Rhea Jacobs
represent room 6. M-202's special
student is Sherry Kellett as is
Roger Lewis from 315. Room 301
and 5 offer Sandra Neal and San
dra Parker, respectively. Diane
Smither is the only one from
V-100 to make special.
Dale Stansbury and Cherry
Swaringen claim 102, and H.E.-
100 is the homeroom of Jean
Whitaker. Nora Wilson from 100
concludes the list of those stu
dents making the special honor
roll.
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Playmaslers To Give
Dracula' Production
Nine seniors and six juniors
will make up the cast of the Play-
master’s production of “Teenage
Dracula”, which is to be presented
February 25.
The members of the cast in or
der of appearance are Carol Clapp
as Sue Marshall, a teenager; Jim
Lowe as Pete, her brother; Sally
Sink and Charles Jones as Mrs.
and Mr. Clyde Purdy, Site’s aunt
and uncle; Martha McKee as Au
drey, a teenager; Carolyn McMas-
ters as Marlene, the maid; Robert
Jones as Steve, a teenager; Jimmy
Von Cannon as Dr. Cole, a physic
ian; Lind Holloman as Termite, a
teenager; Mary Radcliffe as Mrs.
Erskine; Rick Elliot as Steinbeck,
a policeman; Darla Day as Dodo;
Sue Anne Wrenn as Jackie; Gloria
Griffin as Lola; and Virginia Feus-
tal as Betty.
Sherrill Newnam, sophomore,
Pam Pfaff, junior, and Walton
McNairy, senior, all members of
the Citizenship Honor Roll the
second six weeks period ,have won
again.
Carol Roberts sophomore junior
varsity cheerleader was chosen
with Sherrill to represent the
sophomore class. Carol and Sher
rill are both president of their
homeroom. Sherrill ran for presi
dent of the sophomore class and
is a Junior Civitan.
Never Missed Honor Roll
Don Grimes and Pam Pfaff, jun
ior members of the Citizenship
Honor Roll, have not missed honor
roll since they have been at Sen
ior. Pam ,who is J.C.L. president
and a member of the student coun
cil and Civinettes, likes to spend
her spare time reading. Swimming
and waterskiing are great favorites
with Don.
High Life Editor, Geanie Black
and Walton McNairy, president of
the Key Club, are best citizens
from the senior class. Geanie is
also active in Quill and Scroll and
Walton, in varsity football and
wrestling.
Selected, by Faculty
Selection of students to the Citi
zenship Honor Roll every grading
period is done by the faculty.
Chosen by their home room or
their home room teacher, candi
dates are elected on the basis of
service and citizenship in general.
To be eligible, a student must not
have less than a B on deportment
and must pass three major sub
jects.
Candidates from senior home
rooms are A1 Bennett, Geanie
Black, E^idie Burton, Judy Black
mon, Cricket Connor, Peggy Col
mer Dan Derby, Sandra Dobson,
Billy Flynt, Elaine Ellis, Robert
Poster, Bea Garton, Dick Haskell,
Ann Haralson, Charles Jones, Jean
Ellen Jones, Skip Jones, and Nina
Kennedy. Frank McComb, Kay
Lindley. Walton McNairy, Anne
McMinn, Jim Parker, Linda Moser,
Keith Robbins, Florence Robert
son, George Rosenthal, Majorie
Rubin, Frank Sloetn, Helen Stan
field, John Tasker, Harriet Thomp
son, Jack Watson, Cameron Wes-
selhoft, Dave Williams, and Susan
Williams.
Juniors
Juniors Larry Banks, Jeannie
Anderson, Gary Brittenham, Pat
Boone, Jerry Craig, Joan Clark,
Sam Garren, Sharon Eldridge, Don
Grimes, Karen Gill, Dale Keller,
Peggy King, Jim Latham, Martha
McKee, Kent Morgan, Cherrie Mil
ler, Don Myrick, Mary Glyde
Overman, Boyd Perry, Pam Pfaff,
Phil Shu, Becky Sharpe, Brent
Simpson, Emily Skenes, Alan Tur
ner, Andrea Teague, Sam White,
and Sue Wright were candidates
for the citizenship award.
The forty-four sophomore cand
idates selected are Bunny Adams,
Pan Angel, Pete Bondanella, Linda
Blair, Jerry Brady, Mary Stowe
Boyd, Sam Coble, Chris Coble,
Don Cunningham, Jenny Cooper,
Charles Ephland, Connie Farmer,
PaulGardiner, Margie Punch, Ed
ward Hinshaw, Mary Hartman, Bill
Hudson, Rhea Jacobs, Bob Keller,
Scottie Kellam, Mike Lawrence,
Jeannie Lambert, Bob McGowan,
Barbara Massell, Sherrill New
nam, and Pam Muney. Joey Nuc
kolls, Sandra Parker, Sammy Pe-
gram, Elaine Pelkey, Dan Richman,
Carol Roberts, Richard Sain,
Georgianna Sartin, Dale Smith,
Carol Sheets, Bob Spaulding,
Cherry Swaringer, Dick Tontz,
Jane Taylor, Sam West, Jean
Whitaker, Craig Wilson ,and Nora
Wilson complete the list of sopho
mores on the citizenship ballot.
Janet Rankin junior class presi
dent, and Miss Lottie Burnside of
the math department are in charge
of the Citizenship Honor Roll elec
tions.
Pat Adams Places First
T 0 W in H omema\erT itle
Pat Adams, senior, earned the
title of Betty Crocker Homemaker
of Tomorrow at Senior High by
placing first in a fifty minute
written examination of homemak
ing skills and knowledge, taken
by senior girls in December.
Pat’s paper will now be sub
mitted as the GHS entry in the
state contest. The winner of the
state contest will receive a $1,500
scholarship and a trip to New
York City and colonial Williams
burg with a school adviser, April
23-29. The high point of the trip
will be the American Table Ban
quet in Washington, D. C., on
April 28, where the nation-wide
Bomb Scare Creates
Emergency Assembly
Senior High students were
called to an “emergency assem
bly” third period Monday by Mr.
A. P. Routh.
The students were entertained
in the boys’ gymnasium while
members of the Greensboro Po
lice Department searched the
campus for any threat of a bomb.
It seems a girl had called the
police station and threatened
such a bomb.
All students returned to their
classes within forty minutes.
winner will be announced. Run
ners-up in the state contest will
Winn scholarships of $500. The
nation-wide winner will receive a
scholarship of $5,000. The second,
third, and fourth place Home
maker of Tomorrow in the country
will obtain scholarships of $4,000,
PAT ADAMS
$3,000, and $2,000, respetively. Pat
has already received an award pin,
bearing the slogan “Home is where
the heart is”, presented to her in
assembly Thursday, January 28.
Pat is a special honor roll stu
dent and a member of the orches
tra. She has also won several hon
ors for her work in the school
library and is a member of Torch
light.