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Blast Fayetteville, Whirlies! HIGH LIFE From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of ©. Henry First HIGH LIFE Free To Everyone I VOLUME XXXVII SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., SEPT., 23, 1960 NUMBER 1 Brenda Meadows, DAR represe native from GHS is pictured abov e in the Whirligrig: room fitting pictures in the dummy of the 19 60-61 WHIRLIGIG. LocalDARGroupJ\[ames Meadows As Best Citizen Home Rooms Elect Leaders To Serve During 1960-61 School Year At Senior Brenda Meadows, senior, was selected “best citizen” for the Guilford Battle Chapter of the DAR. Brenda was chosen last spring, along with two other girls, in a vote by the girls of the Junior Class. The Senior High faculty then made the final decision. All DAR citizens are selected ac cording to these qualities: 1. De pendability, which includes truth fulness, loyalty, and punctuality. 2. Service, including co-operation, courtesy, consideration of others. 3. Leadership, which means they must have personality, self-con trol, ability to, assume responsi bility. 4. Patriotism, including un selfish interest in family, school, community, and nation. Brenda will receive a pin and certificate of award, and will be asked to answer a questionnaire given to all DAR representatives in this district. There will be a District Award of $10 for the This year’s homeroom officers have been elected by 40 of Sen ior’s homerooms. Representing senior homeroom H.E. 202 are Sam Garren, presi dent; Gloria Griffin, vice-presi dent; Debbie Gunter, secretary; Robert Hancock, treasurer. Jimmy Bullock, president; Bob Buchanan, vice-president; Pat Boone, secre tary; and Becky Byerly, treasurer; are from roqm 103. Room 17 has for its officers the following: Rea Ferrell, president; Sharon Eld- ridge, vice-president; Sue Foster, secretary; and Harriet Eiler, treas urer. Coming from 317 are Jack Mil- ton, president; Luke Medlin, vice- president; Anne Starr Minton, sec retary; and Brenda Meadows, treasurer. Bill Robinson, presi dent; Becky Rountree, vice-presi dent; Terry Quincannon, secretary; and Skipper Quinn, treasurer, are officers for homeroom 305. Rudy Cox, president, Jerry Craig, vice- president; Richard Cox, treasurer; and John Clark, secretary, repre sent room 206. Homeroom 23 has Joddy Peer, president; vice-president; Pam Pfaff, secretary; Kay Permar, bulletin boards; and treasurer. Other Senior Officers From 63 are Dale Keller, presi dent; Sheila Johnson, vice-presi dent; Peggy King, secretary; and Nancy Lambeth, treasurer. Charles Thompson, president: Lew- anna Stewart, vice-president; An drea Teauge, secretary; and Charles Tate, treasurer; come from homeroom H.E. 200. Officers from room 11 are Franklin Patrick, president; Mary Clyde Overman, vice-president; Pat Newton, sec retary; and James Pardue, treas urer.. Alice Hubner, president; Stuart Ingham, vice-president; Nancy Helton, secretary: and Martha Hutson, treasurer, represent room 315. Room M-202 has Douglas Lester, president; Martha McKee, vice-president; John McCoy, sec- retarv: and Laura Lyon, treasurer. Sam White, president; Sue Wrjght, vice-president; and Richard Wil son, secretary-treasurer; represent room 16. M-204 has Alan Turner, president; Diana Wellons, vice- president; Jean Waters, secretary; and Sara Welch, treasurer. Room 7 has Linda Ball, presi dent; Suzanne Anderson, vice- president; Dixie Andrew, secre tary; and Annette Anderson, treas urer as its officers. Junior Officers Juniors representing homeroom 301 are Bones O’Briant, president; Barbara Massel, vice-president; Nancy Martin, treasurer; and San dra Neal, treasurer. Homeroom 22 has Dale Smith, president; Sylvia Simpson, vice-president; Judy Stewart, secretary; Becky Sholer, treasurer. Officers for room 13 are Don Cunningham, president; Sam Coble, vice-president; June Carter, secretary-treasurer. H.E. 100 has Ed White, president; Ken neth Williams, vice-president; Joyce Weinrick, secretary. Room 200 has the following as officers; Charles Bennett, presi dent; Barbara Beeson, vice-presi dent; Elizabeth Banner, secretary; Patsy Allison, treasurer; and Rick Arhart, traffic chief. From room 24 come Paul Gard iner, president; James Freedman, vice-president; and Sandy Fried man, secretcu-y-treasurer. Carl Sawyer, president; Edwin Sapp, vjce-president; Carol Sheets, sec retary; and Georgianna Sartin, treasurer; represent junior home room 313. From room 311 come Terry Jones, president; Sherry Kellett, vice-president; Linda Lael, secretary; and Barton Jones, treasurer. Representing 65 are Linda Blair, j president; Cecie Boren, vice-presi- ' dent; Mary Stowe Boyd, secretary; Ann Bull, treasurer; and Elaine I Boyle, devotion chairman. Room 5 j has Sandra Parker, president; j Sammy Pegram, vice-president; I Elaine Pelkey, secretary-treasurer; ' and Cam Penfield, fire patrol. Steve Dunn, president; Carole Dodson, vice-president; Susan Dix- ey, secretary; Charles Ephland, treasurer;; come from room 1. Representing room 6 as officers are the following: Mike Lawrence, president; Vera Leonard, vice- president; Libby McComb, secre- I tary; and Martha McMakin, treas urer. Dick Tonz, president; Jane Taylor, vice-president; Katherine i Tucker, secretary; and Cherry I Swarringer, treasurer; are from room 102. Sophomores Harry Goldburg, president; Dav id Gray, vice-president; Ludwig Glanchopf, secretary; and Ed Good, treasurer; represent home room 2, Officers from homeroom 303 are Clyde .4iken, president; George .4,)a]a, vice-president: Ken Austin, segretary; Mickey An drews, treasurer. Representatives f''on 106 are as follows: .4,nn Cantrell, president; Continued on Page Three girl who submits the best answers in her district, and a State Award of $100 for the best state contest ant. Besides being the DAR “best citizen” her senior year, Brenda is editor of the Whirligig, Senior’s yearbook. She became a member of the Whirligig staff the second semester of her sophomore year, as a copy writer, and was pro moted to index editor her junior year. Brenda served on the student council her sophomore and junior years, and has been a member of F.T.A. since her sophomore year. She joined the Junior Civinettes last spring, and has the distinction of being a homeroom officer all three years at Senior: vice-presi dent, secretary, and treasurer, re spectively. She was first notified of her honor last spring. o Two Seniors Of FT& i EnrolimenlDecreases Attend State Meeting; By 67 tn New Term Honor Society Members Select Pam Pfaff Leader Pam Pfaff, senior, was selected by the members of Torchlight, the scholastic honor society at GHS, to serve as the 1960-1961 presi- ' dent. I Other officers selected were I Charles Thompson, vice president; I Anne Starr Minton, secretary; and Virginia Harmon, treasurer. All of I these officers are seniors. I Pam was inducted into Torch- : light last spring as were the other I officers. Besides Torchlight, Pam is active in many other school activities. She is first vice presi- j dent of Civinettes, was a member' j of student council, was a Girls’ I State representative, is a member of FTA, and is continually on the I special honor roll. I Other activities in which Charles j Thompson participates are the Key I Club, the library staff, and the I Spanish Honor Society of which he is president. Last year Charles served as chief marshal and he also won the French contest in his junior year. Other Officers Anne Starr is a member of the j Civinettes. Lakt year she served I on the student council and the : year before she was a member of j the youth council. She serves as j president of the orchestra this j year, and she is also a member of Euterpe—Symphonia. Civinettes, FTA president, busi ness manager of WHIRLIGIG— these are some of the extra-cur ricular activities Virginia Harmon claims. Last year she served as treasurer of the school. Mrs. Mary Madlin, Latip teach er, serves as the group’s adviser. Annette Anderson and Jess Mac- Farland, seniors, will attend the state FTA meeting, November 19 on a college campus. The new officers of FTA are president, Virginia Harmon; vice president, Pam Pfaff; secretary, Annette Anderson; treasurer, Con nie Waynick; all seniors, and his torian, Libby McComb, junior. This year the meetings will be varied. There will be business meetings, inspirational speakers, panels, college programs, and a tea or dinner. The main project will be the recognition of teach ers during American Education Week. The skit, “What Is a Teacher?’’, was presented August 29 at a dinner given for the new teachers of the city. This skit was given last May for the Delta Kappa Gamma program when the Future Teachers were honored by the group. All members taking part in the skit are as follows: Jess MacFar- land, Martha McKee, Suzanne An derson, Pam Pfaff, Diana Wel lons, Libby Pratt, Virginia Har mon, Brenda Meadows, Susan Stentz, Libby McComb, Sue Al bright, Linda Pearman, Mary Brennan, Judy Brady, and Con nie Waynick. Miss Mozelle Causey and Miss Estelle Mtichell are co-sponsors for the FTA group. j Beginning the school year with I 1686 studuents. Senior’s student I body has suffered a decrease of I 67 from the previous year. \ Sophomores outnumber the jun- ; iors and seniors with an enroll- I ment of 717. The senior class fol- ] lows with 508, while the juniors I trail with 461. Compared to last I year the number of sophomores 1 has increased while the seniors and juniors have decreased. Boys outnumber the girls in all but the junior class. The total number of boys is 879 with 377 in the sophomope class, 227 in the junior class, ar^d 275 in the senior class. The sophomore class of girls with 340 outnumbers the junior and senior classes with 234 and 233 respectively. In ’59 there were 850 girls in Senior (43 more than there are now) and 903 boys. If Senior’s enrollment is com pared to forty years ago, a son- siderable increase is noted in the number of studuents. In 1920 there were 712 studuents in Sen ior, the largest enrollment on record up to that time. Out of the 712 students, 125 were junior high pupils, 272 were freshmen, 167 were sophomores, 108 were jun iors, and only 60 were seniors. The faculty at this time consisted of 38 teachers. Senior’s present em-ollment shows an increase of 974 over the enrollment of 1920. If the i .junior high and freshman classes j of old Senior are ignored. Senior’s i increase climbs to 1351. Pictured above are the new T orchlight Honor Society officers for the school year 1960-61. The y are left to right: Virginia Har mon, treasurer; Pam Pfaff, presi dent; Ann Starr Minton, secretary; and Charles Thompson, vice-pre sident. (In the back)
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