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HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
To Attend
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VOLUME XXXVIII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREEN SBORO, N. C., MARCH 2, 1962
NUMBER 9
Libby McComb To Reign Over May Day
18 Girls Elected Members
Of 1962 GHS May Court
Attendants of the May Court are pictured above. They are, front row, left to right,
Deanna Huckabee; Gail Pfaff, sophomore maid-of-honor; Ann Huckabee; 2nd row: Caro
le Lineberry; Babs Andrews; Donna Lane, junior maid-of-honor; Candy Benard, Mary
Earle; 3rd row: Patsy Allison, Carol Sheets, Camilla Walters, Linda Blair, senior maid-
of-honor; Anne Tate, Becky Cain, and Georgianna Sartin. May Queen Libby McComb is
pictured above.
SixteenSeniorHighStudentsNamed
Semifinalists For Scholarships
Ten seniors, five juniors, and
three sophomores vs^ere recently
chosen at GHS’s May Court of
1962.
From the 10 senior attendants,
Libby McComb was elected May
Queen. In past years Libby has
been the junior maid of honor
and secretary of the school. As a
senior she is president of her
home room, a member of JCL,
chairman of Youth Speaks, and
also an attendant in the Home
coming Court. She also received
the superlative “Best-Looking.”
Linda Blair, senior maid of
honor, is secretary of Youth Coun
cil, president of her home room
and a member of the choir. She
was a junior attendant in the May
Court last year and received the
superlative of “Best Dressed” this
year. She will be escorted by
Edwin Sapp.
The other 8 senior attendants
in the court are Paty Allison, es
corted by Sherill Newnam; Becky
Cain, escorted by Kenneth Gib
bons; Carol Gordon, escorted by
Richard Sain; Carol Sheets, es
corted by Ed White; Georgianna
Sartin, escorted by Mike Lawr
ence; Anne Tate, escorted by Miles
Brown; Camilla Walters, escorted
by Sam West; and Gloria Cox.
Sixteen students at Greensboro
Senior High hold 21 positions as
semi-finalists and finalists for four
national or state scholarships.
Out of 12 semi-finalists from
GHS, the National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation chose 11 of these
students to continue in the com
petition as finalists. They are Cyn
thia Brown, Jane Cannon, Rhea
Jacobs, Sherry Kellett, Linda Lael,
Pete Bondanella, Henry Deal,
Roger Lewis, Tom Martin, Rae-
mond Polk, and Dale Smith. Jane
has since transferred to Decatur,
Georgia. To qualify as finalists,
the students had to fill out a
lengthy form and take the SAT
on December 2. Their test scores
were then compared with previ
ous information sent to the Cor
poration, and the contestants were
rated accordingly. Kaye Riley, the
twelfth semi-finalist, was disqual
ified for further competition be
cause of illness on the day of the
College Boards. The winner of
these scholarships will be notified
on or after March 26. These grants
range from an honorary minimum
of $100 to the maximum, $5100,
and may be used at any accredited
college in the United States.
Pete Named Finalist
Pete Bondanella is also a final
ist for a John Motley Morehead
scholarship. This 4-year scholar
ship is available only to boys and
must be taken at the University
of North Carolina. Pete will go
lo Chapel Hill soon to take fur
ther tests.
Seven students at Senior were
semi-finalists for the Angier B.
Duke scholarship. They are Rhea
Jacobs, Sherry Kellett, Dale Stans-
bury. Cherry Swaringen, Pete
Bondanella, Bob Groat, and Rae-
mond Polk. These seven went to
High Point February 21 for per
sonal interviews. They were no
tified last Friday as to the win
ners and the amounts of these
grants, to be used only at Duke
University. The finalists from the
group are Dale, Cherry, and Pete.
Two For Brooks
Nora Wilson and Hobart Kellam
are in the competition for the Au
brey Lee Brooks scholarship. Since
Mr. Brooks made his money in
11 counties in the state of North
Carolina, each of these counties
receives one of these grants, and
Guilford County is one of the
recipients. Hobart is one of the
top three nominees in the county,
while Nora is an alternate. This
scholarship, to be given either a
boy or a girl, must be used at
Woman’s College, the University
of North Carolina, or North Caro
lina State College.
Marvin B. Smith and Herbert
Worth Jackson are two other
scholarships to be used only at
Carolina.
The O. Henry and Greensboro
chapters may each nominate one
girl for the Junior Woman’s Club
scholarship, amounting to $750 or
$1000, which may be taken any
where.
Medical Grant
The Greensboro branch of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Guilford
County Medical Society is offering
a scholarship in the amount of
$100 a year for three years toward
the training of a Greensboro girl
in the profession of nursing or an
allied medical field. This scholar
ship is being offered to a graduate
of one of the high schools in
Greensboro, with the specification
that she study at an accredited
school of nursing in the state of
North Carolina. The sum must be
repaid only if the recipient should
leave to be married or for any
other personnel reason, or if she
be expelled from the school.
Blanks will be available later
in the guidance office for the
scholarships to be given by Sears
Roebuck and Company, Torch
light, and the Junior Jaycees.
Pictured above are Nora Wilson and Hobart Kellam,
finalists in the Aubrey Lee Brooks scholarship competi
tion.
Senior Hi-Y Club Wins
March Of Dimes Contest
Senior’s Hi-Y Club recently col
lected $119.82 in March of Dimes
campaign, topping the collections
of all other single organizations.
As winners of the contest spon
sored by the March of Dimes
committee, the members of the
club won a theatre party.
The club also participated in
the recent Heart Fund drive, be
ing the only GHS service club to
do so. Their entire collections to
taled $236.23.
Two recent meetings included a
tour of Guilford College and a
dinner meeting at the Mayfair
Cafeteria, where Mr. Terry Walser,
a Duke graduate, spoke about fra
ternity life.
Hi-Y members are now working
on several projects, including the
formation of a basketball team
and a carwash in the near future.
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Harriman Announces
Orchestra Schedule
Greensboro Senior High’s or
chestra instructor, Mr. J. Kimball
Harriman, has announced the
schedule for the members of this
music group.
March 3 is the date that the
Singing Strings will play for a
dinner at the Sedgefield Country
Club. The entire orchestra will
play for a Senior High assembly
March 13.
Lindley Junior High, Kiser Jun
ior High, and Jackson Junior High
orchestras will play with the GHS
group in a Festival of Music
scheduled for March 22.
Several students from Senior
are to play in the Greensboro
Symphony Orchestra March 25.
On April 1, the Senior High
orchestra will go to Chapel Hill
to play at the Chapel Hill Music
Hall for the Phi Mu Alpha fra
ternity of America. The Alpha
Rho chapter will sponsor the per
formance.
Patsy was an attendant in the
Homecoming Court. Becky receiv
ed the superlative for the “Sweet
est”. Gloria sings in the choir and
was a sophomore attendant in the
May Court two years ago. She
belongs to FTA. Carol Gordon is
a member of FTA. Georgianna,
GHS’s hear cheerleader was voted
the “Most Popular” student and
also Homecoming Queen. Carol
Sheets, cheerleader, is a member
of the Civinettes, and Student
Council. Anne Tate sings in the
chorus, and heads her committee
in Student Council. Camilla Wal
ters is treasurer of the Senior
Class. She belongs to the Medical
Club, History Honor Society, and
was also an attendant in the Home
coming court.
From five junior attendants,
Donna Lane was elected the jun
ior maid of honor. She was also
maid of honor in her first year at
Senior. She is a majorette, and a
member of the band.
Babs Andrews, escorted by Joe
Parks; Candy Bernard, escorted
by Ed Goods; Mary Earle, escort
ed by Bob Powell; Carole Line-
berry, escorted by Bill James are
the junior May Court attendants.
Babs, cheerleader, is a member
of FTA. Candy is active in Stu
dent Council and Civinettes, FTA
and Choir. Mary, secretary of the
Student Council, is a junior mar
shal and a majorette. Carole Line-
berry, is in the Student Council,
Civinettes and Choir.
Gail Pfaff was selected as soph
omore maid of honor. She is one
of the two sophomore cheerleaders,
a member of the Student Council
and a Junior Civinette. She will
be escorted by Chip Crumley.
The other two sophomores in
the May Court are Anne Hucka
bee escorted by John Marshall,
and Deanna Huckabee, escorted by
Charles Bennett. Both are mem
bers of the Youth Council.
Libby Yarber Named
Student-of-the-Year
Libby Yarber, a Senior High
distributive education student, is
a local contestant for the Central
District DE Student-of-the-Year
Award.
Each DE district will pick its
Student-of-the-Year to run in the
state contest, to be held during
the state convention in March.
The contestants are judged on
scholastic standing, which includes
school attendance, character, abili
ty to get along with others, class
participation, extra-curricular ac
tivities, and honors and awards
received; overall school record;
vocational standing, including job
and class training and job ob
jective; promotion of Distributive
Clubs of America, offices held
and contests entered; and a per
sonal interview. Out of a possible
230 points, Libby received 220.
The local contest (for Greens
boro) was held recently in the
Chamber of Commerce Building.
The judges were Miss Jeanette
Sievers, instructor in the Business
Education Department at Woman’s
College; Mrs. Elizabeth Mann,
Personnel Director at Ellis Stone;
and Mr. William E. Mclver, Per
sonnel Director at Sears Mail Or
der Plant.
The DE club toured the
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plant on a recent field trip.