HIGH LIFE
From the Gate City of the South and the Birthplace of 0. Henry
VOLUME XXXIX
GRIMSLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N.C., NOV. 16, 1962
NUMBER 5
Torchlight Society
Holds First Tapping
17 Seniors Inducted
Torchlight National Honor So
ciety tapped in seventeen new
members in the assembly of Oc
tober 6.
These new members are Johnny
Bercaw, president of the Science
Club; Pam Burkholder, member of
Pep Board, Student Council, and
Homecoming Court; Sherry Bun
dy, editor of “High Life” and
president of Playmasters; and
Nunn, member of Civinettes; Don
na Paoli, treasurer of F. T. A. and
a member of Civinettes and Span
ish Honor Society; Nancy Mc-
Nairy, vice president of Civinettes,
Girls State representative. Student
Council representative, and His
tory Honor Society; and Alan
Robinson, member of Junior Jay-
cees. Also inducted were Larry
Ross, Key Club member; Louise
Rufty, president of F.T.A. and a
Dave Fesperman, member of Sci- member of Civinettes and Spanish
ence Club; Kelly Hunter works on | Honor Society; Monette Weaver,
Whirligig” and is a member of i orchestra and G.T.A. members;
Torchlight inducted 17 seniors ot its first induction of the year.
(areer Material Filed
At CHS Guidance (enter
Many students are unaware of
the career material that comes to
the Guidance Center every month.
This material consists of fold
ers, pamphlets, leaflets, and book
lets about every career. Each is
filed for future use by a special
number system. An index gives
the key to this number system so
that the information on all the
occupations is readily available.
Information in these catalogs
includes the courses and schooling
necessary for the job, the wages
it brings, and other related pro
fessions.
The Guidance Center welcomes
all students to come to the office
at any time to use the materials.
Counselors are there to give any
needed help.
Central DE Convention
Held A Bessemer High
North Carolina’s Central Dis
trict Convention of the Distribu
tive Education Clubs met at Bes
semer Senior High School on No
vember 7.
The convention began at 3:15
in the school cafeteria with regis
tration and refreshments.
Tommy Smith, who graduated
from Greensboro Senior High
School last year, presided over
the General Session. After the in
vocation by Dianne Williams from
Page, a welcome was given by Mr.
Robert R. Clendenin, principal of
Bessemer Senior High School, Mr.
E. P. Pearce, Jr., superintendent
of Guilford County Schools, and
Mayor David Schenck.
GHS*s Seven Clubs
Amid Yearly Projects
Civinettes, Jr. Civitans, Junior
Jaycees, Junior Exchange, Key
Club, Senior Hi-Y, and Demolay
have completed several projects
since the opening of school.
Grimsley Senior High Schooi’s
CIVINETTES sold shakers at the
Whirlie-Reynolds football game
last Friday night. With the JUN
IOR CIVITANS, they are selling
fruitcakes and working with their
parent clubs in collecting material
for the Mentally Retarded Home
at Bunter. Civinettes are collect
ing scout uniforms and small toys,
while Civitans are assembling Boy-
Scout and atheltic equipment.
The Civitans, who have been
ushering at football games, are re
sponsible for the canvas goal post
banner at the south end of the
field.
JAYCEES
Today the JAYCEES will sell
barbecue at Friendly Shopping
Center. Recently they have had a
combo at the Shrine Club with
the “Delacardoes.” They also
awarded a $50 gift certificate to
Reggie Foster for correctly nam
ing the Whirlibird, Pat Brugh, at
the Homecoming game.
KEY CLUB is selling blue and
white Whirlie license plates for
$1. They are “fostering,” or spon
soring, a 12-year-old girl in Hong
Kong by contributing a certain
amount of money a month. The
Key Club Directory was distrib
uted early this week.
HI-Y
The SENIOR HI-Y will collect
money downtown and at Friendly
Shopping Center tomorrow for the
Greensboro Chapter of the Mus
cular Dystrophy Association of
America. They also are making
plans to help the Greensboro Fos
ter Homes on Saturday after
noons.
Last Saturday the DEMOLAY’S
Statewide Grand Master’s Class
was held here in Greensboro in
honor of the Grand Master of
Masons, Charles C. Ricker. Two
hundred and fifty boys from all
over the state attended the ban
quet and dance. At Thanksgiving
the Demolays will give food to
needy families.
JR. EXCHANGE
The officers of GHS’s newest
club, JUNIOR EXCHANGE, are
Vestal Palmer, president; Keith
Gulledge, vice president; David
Conrad, secretary; Wayne Brady,
treasurer; and Randy Miller, chap
lain. The advisor for the club is
Mr. A. M. Snyder.
The Junior Exchange presented
a plaque to Miss Burnside’s home
room 206 for having the largest
percentage of students at the
Page-Senior football game. At the
Whirlie - Salisbury game, they
passed out some 500 bags of con
fetti which the Key Club picked
up afterwards.
The club is planning to con
struct cement steps leading to the
lower teachers parking lot behind
the Science Building.
Each of the ten clubs and their
co-ordinators were introduced, and
announcements were made. The
candidates for offices of the
state’s Central District D.E. Con
vention were presented before the
screening and nominating com
mittee convened.
After secretary and treasurer re
ports and a summary of the na
tional D.E. convention, the nom
inating committee made its report,
and the officers were elected.
Dinner was served in the school
cafeteria and was followed by the
final speeches in the auditorium.
At the convention there were
three contests. Pat Dean, a GHS
student, placed first in the job
application contest, with Mrs.
Elizabeth Mann from Ellis tSone
and Miss Jeanette Sievers from
the Business Education Depart
ment at Woman’s College as
judges. Judy Mayberry placed
second in sales demonstration; and
Carol Shepherd, in the speech
contest. Judges for the sales dem
onstration were Mr. Bill Cooke,
personnel director at Belk’s; Miss
Helen Doyle, personnel director at
Burlington Industries; and Mrs.
Virginia Heard, owner and man
ager of Brides and Formats. Miss
Lucille Browne of the Greensboro
City Schools, Mr. J. D. Dawson
from Southeast High School, and
Miss Dixie Guill from Bessemer
judged the speech contest.
After the election results were
announced and the officers were
installed, the meeting was ad
journed. A sock hop concluded
the convention.
At present GHS’s D.E. Club is
planning a field trip to Cone Mills.
0
Spanish Society
Inducts Members
Spanish Honor Society recently
initiated its new members. A re
fined ceremony took place in
which each new member came for
ward to light a candle, and when
all had come forward they repeat
ed the creed of the Spanish Honor
Society. Following the ceremony
there was a brief discussion per
taining to the club’s selling proj
ect.
Playmasters; Dave Layton is on
the football team and vice presi
dent of Senior HI-Y; Janet La
tham is corresponding secretary of
Future Teachers of America and
is in the History Honor Society;
and Bobby Nuckolls is a football
player, member of Spanish Honor
Society, and president of Key
Club.
New Members
Other members include Linda
Book Week Observed
By Grimsley Library
Grimsley Senior High’s Library
participated in Book Week, held
November 11-17.
New books were on display in
the library, a special mobile was
exhibited, and bookmarks were
distributed. These were only a
few examples of 1962 Book Week
materials created by well-known
authors.
Book Week was first created in
1919 by Franklin K. Mathiews, Li
brarian for the Boy Scouts of
America and a writer of books for
boys, and Frederick G. Melcher,
a publisher and editor. Inexpen
sive editions of standard boys’
books were made available, com
bining the dime store novels and
the “penny dreadful.”
The American Bookselle Asso
ciation helped to expand this idea,
and the Children’s Association of
the American Library Association
also aided the cause. Various pub-
Itshers’s and children’s editors
contributed their help to this pro
gram.
Since that time, many librari
ans—both public, school, and col
lege book stores, and radio and
television programs have come to
accept Book Week as a part of 1JCL.
their customary activities.
John Weisner, member of Hi-Y
and vice president of the Science
Club; and Carol Zimmerman,
member of choir. Medical Club
and secretary of the Senior Class.
Presentation
Mike Andrew presided over the
candle-light ceremony which fol
lowed the devotions given by Lin
da Carter and Jim Burwell. Phyl
lis Winston, Mary Earle, Mike
Ephland, and Cindy Hickerson
spoke on scholarship, leadership,
service, and character—the four
requirements for admission to
Torchlight. To the music of “Ava
Maria” the seven members of the
Honor Society went out into the
audience to tap those 17 students
to be inducted.
Old Members
Old members of Torchlight are
Mike Andrew, Mary Earle, Mike
Ephland, Jim Burwell, Cindy
Hickerson, Phyllis Winston, and
Linda Carter.
0
JCL Visils
Future Members
Carol Marvin, Candy Sauer, and
Cynthia Wharton presented a pro
gram for the JCL’ers from Lind-
ley, Jackson, Central, and Aycock
Junior High Schools at Lindley
Auditorium on November 1.
Carol Marvin narrated and re
lated humtrous anecdotes, while
slides were shown of the national
convention trip last summer.
Pamphlets and folders from some
of the favorite places visited were
on display. The meeting was held
to stimulate interest in the future
members of the GHS Junior Class
ical eLague. Mrs. Madlin, who
appeared unexpectedly, stated her
wish for the junior high students
to continue their membership in.
The National headquarters for
Book Week information is at the
Children’s Book Council, New
York City.
Mrs. Madlin hopes that next
year the GHS chapter of the Jun
ior Classical League will top its
present membership of 112 stu
dents.
JUNIORS PRESENT ‘THE WHOLE TRUTH”
(See Page 6 For Story)