Lack of Grimsiey Support
Hurts Friends of The Court
3LUME XLII GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., FEB. 9, 1965
NUMBER 13
jHS Symphony Orchestra, Band Sweep
eleven First Places In All-State Groups
’ By HalUe Austin
North Carolina 1966 All-State Orchestra and Band competition results were recently an-
lunced, and the GHS Symphony Orchestra and GHS bands dominated both.
Grimsiey’s: Symphony Orchestra, top standard-bearer in the North Carolina All-State Orches-
■a competiton for many years, carried this note of confidence into battle recently and
merged with top honors.
One outstandng feat was the achievement of six first chairs, more than any other school,
he outstanding Whirlie musicians holding six top positions were: Craig Pyron, first violin
action; Barbara Homey, second violin section; Kathy Lilburn, cello; Lari Powell, bass; Steve
Ldair, oboe; and Huttie Kent, flute.
Is one of the Youth Council
on Civic Affairs’ projects to be
a short-lived success turned fail
ure? Worried Grimsiey Y.C.C.A.
members would like to ignore
the signs which are pointing to
this fact, hut they indeed have to
reluctantly admit that GHS has
helped precipitate the decline of
the Friends of the Court.
Friends of the Court coordinat
ors have asked each high school
for 25 applications per month.
The Whirlie student body, al
though it is one of the largest
in the city, has fallen below its
quota. Furthermore, the majority
of the Blue and White fans are
age 16 and over, and these are
the students who are qualified
for F.O.T.C.
As is generally known, a sim
ilar program in Jacksonville, Flor
ida slashed teen-age crime by
50 per cent in 18 months. Al-
Another honor was that GHS
;nt twenty-three members of its
vmphony Orchestra to the All-
tate music conference. This was
lore than any other school and
lay be compared to another
ical school’s total of six (Page).
Sixteen of these twenty-three
ere in the All-State Orchestra,
lore than any other school. The
ther seven were in the Work-
hop Orchestra.
Of the twenty-three Whirlies,
le eighteen who did not get
rst chairs were always in the
)p halves of their sections. Stu-
ents competed from 34 different
jhools across the state.
.-Grimsiey All-Staters were: Bar-
!ara Homey, Lyn Lablel, Bar-
ara Long, Ken McArthur, Vickie
IcKinney, Charleen Pyron, Craig
’yron, and G. H. Sharp, violins.
lUzzane McFadyer, Marion Scott,
iolas: Larry Fisherman, Ann
'redrickson, Gail Knieriem, Ka-
hy Lilburn, Larry Reid, Sue
iwart, cellos.
Dick McCaskill, Lari Powell,
!ill ’Troxler, bass; Huttie Kent,
lute; Steve Adair, oboe; Kathy
lowe, French Horn; and Dave
’etty, trombone complete the list.
ALL-STATE BAND
Grimsiey’s bands picked up the
lb for furnishing tse N. C. All-
.tate Band with members, and
aen left quite a tip by supply-
ig 36 musicians for the 80 piece
and.
Second highest total was H
rom Durham.
Besides Whirlies accounting for
Imost half of the Band, they
arned some other honors, also.
They clutched five first chairs,
lore than any other school. The
Whirlies with the top posi-
ions were: Bob Freedman, oboe;
ohnny Sparrow, clarinet; Dan
Daniels, Bass Clarinelt; Hardin
latthews, saxaphone; and Becky
learns, bells.
A second honor was that GHS
lade up the whole oboe section,
eside Freedman, the other Whirl
's were Steve Adair and Robert
lussell.
Although GHS did not get a
irst chair in the flute section,
did obtain the next four chairs
that section. Grimsiey’s tai
nted flutes, Chris Efland, Hut-
ie Kent, Mary Ellen Dunn, and
inn Herman pulled in second,
Urd, fourth, and fifth chairs, re-
pectively.
Besides the flutes and oboes,
ther Whirlie All-Staters are as
allows: John Sparrow, Randy
oy, Jackie Crawford, Martha
enn, Steve Dair, Steve Brooks,
■arbi Jacobs, Beth Giles, Rig
tees, Alan Gibbs, Jody Turner,
larinets.
! Also Reeta Lewis, Sherry Al
in, Diane Byrd, alto clarinets;
tan Daniels, Mike Stang, Diane
(ildebrand, bass Clarinets; Sharon
Camenete, Bob Hood, Bonnie
Cnedlik, comets; Linda Pearson,
lassoon; Charles Dikes, bass;
lathy Howe, Bob McMillan,
orns; and Becky Kearns, bells.
: C. L. Cheshire, David Brooks,
'ombones; and Hardin Matthews,
'eil Clegg, saxaphones complete
le list.
■
though Grimsiey does not share
in solving Greensboro’s teen-age
delinquency problem to a large
extent, as do Smith and the county
schools, there are other reasons
for serving on F.O.T.C.
Two of them, according to Aus
tin Lybrand, GHS F.O.T.C. co
ordinator, are the “. . . aid to the
judge and the opportunity to gain
knowledge about judicial process
Other Whirlies who have serv
ed on the Court have expressed
their opinions about Friends of
the Court. Barbara Homey, Whirl
ie senior, said, “I am really glad
that I got the opportunity to serve
on F.O.T.C. Perhaps I should
have looked at it in the light of
doing my duty as a citizen, but
frankly, when I look back upon
the experience, what I remember
most is how enjoyable and in
teresting it was. I was sorry
when my time was over.”
A postcard is used to secure
excused absences from the last
period of the school day. Each
student serves from 3 until 5
p.m. on Monday and Wednesday
of his assigned week.
The Friends of the Court issue
beneficial sentences and recom
mendations.
Grimsiey’s musically-talented Whirlies recently swept eleven first places in the North
Carolina All-State groups, the GHS Orchestra accounting for six and the Band for five.
First row left to right, are All-State Orchestra’s first chair members: Steve Adair, Barbara
Horney, Huttie Kent, Craig Pyron, Kathy Lilburn, and Lari Powell. Second row, All-State
Band first placers: Dan Daniel, Bob Freedman, Johnny Sparrow, Randy Foy and Hardin
Matthews.
Coach Bob and Students Take Awards
From Hall of Fame To Youth of Month
By Jan Petrehn
This month’s HIGH LIFE Spot
light focuses on three individuals
who have recently been deemed
worthy n't recognition in several
various fields. This collective arti
cle, the second of its kind, serves
to recognize the achievements of
GHS Whirlies.
Youth of the Month
Tim Weikel was recently named
a January Youth of the Month,
and becomes the third GHS stu
dent to receive such an honor.
(Judy Ellstrom and Steve Cumbie
were named during September
and October, respectively.)
Tim, who was selected for his
service to the community, service
to his school, and personal
achievements, has had a big taste
of responsibility in recent years.
He was business manager of last
year’s WHIRLIGIG, and repre
sented GHS at Boys’ State last
summer.
As an Eagle Scout, he is also
the recipient of the God and
Country award. This year, while
acting as vice-president of the
student body, Tim is co-chairman
for May Day, and an active mem
ber in Torchlight.
City-Contest Winner
“Democracy will live only so
long as there are people who be
lieve in it,” concludes Linda Mc
Kee, sophomore, who was recent
ly named first place winner in
the city’s annual Voice of De
mocracy speech contest.
Selected from 15 finalists who
spoke in the studio of a local
radio station, Linda was awarded
a $50 bond. Other GHS students
participating in the contest were
Janice Younts, senior, and Matt
Gibson, junior.
“Bbst Coach . .
A familiar name was found
among those coaches recently
named as nominees for the North
Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
The name? Coach Bob Jamieson,
deemed “best” long ago by sports
men across the state, and Whirlie
students, teams, and fans.
One coach has said of him, “He
is the greatest! Every coach in
North Carolina dreams of beating
Coach Jamieson.” Jamieson, who
has been coaching for 32 years,
turns out “only the best,” as is
obvious when one looks at the
numerous state championships.
Pep Band Adds Touch
Of Dixieland To Games
By Becky Ball
Grimsiey’s Pep Band was orig
inally composed of several mem
bers of the marching band, under
the direction of the Student Di
rector, who took turns playing at
the football games. Several years
ago, a few boys from the band got
together, appointed their own di
rector, and began playing at bas
ketball games.
Now the Pep Band is composed
of about 12 members, many of
which do not belong to the band.
Dick McCaskill acts as Student
Director. The boys practice two
or three afternoons after school
on their own and sometimes with
the cheerleaders.
Plans are being made to acquire
uniforms for the band. New mem
bers are welcome. Anyone who is
interested in joining should see
Dick McCaskill.
This year’s Pep Band promises
to be the best yet (as you can
probably tell from the National
Anthem). These boys do a lot to
promote school spirit, but they
need the support and the appreci
ation of the student body.
These are the boys who supply
the pep and the noise: Bob Hood,
Ed Salem, Rich Hall, Bill Deal,
Neal Clegg, Ronnie Knedlik, Bob
Lufty, Dick McCaskill, Chuck
Voight, Charlie McBrayer, Will
Garvin, Rig Dees and Ed Alton.
Pep Board Active; School Beautiful,
Student and Youth Councils Not Behind
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pep Board,
School Beautiful, Student and
Youth Councils, and service clubs
spend much time and money for
which they are not recognized.
This article covers the Septem
ber to January activities of the
first four—Grimsiey’s Executive
organizations, which spent $910
first semester.
PEP BOARD
Pep Board was one of the most
active groups around GHS, as,
headed by Martha Smith with a
bundle of new, exciting ideas,
school spirit became the fun
thing to do.
Posters were plastered every
where. The stadium was decorat
ed for all home football games.
There were shakers and a card
section at one game. Skits, very
clever and effective, were pre
sented at assemblies and pep
rallies.
One sharp deal was cars paint
ed with G’s. The caravan to Page
went with a bang. The “Whirlie
Booster of the Week” has become
a coveted award. There were
“Pound Page” days and Blue and
White nights.
Pep Board also had a Home
coming Display, sold season tick
ets, and gave publicity to school
events such as Midwinters.
SCHOOL BEAUTIFUL
Although School Beautiful does
more work in the spring, the
Committee, headed by tri-chair
men Mary Amend, Tom Long, and
Craig Souza, accomplished much
first semester.
Besides planting 75 azaleas and
holly. School Beautiful mapped
areas of improvement and beauti
fication. Many of these areas will
be assumed as the responsibilities
of clubs in addtion to their
gardens.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council put their phys
ical and mental ability to work
and came up with an impressive
bill of sale for Whirlies.
Transfer students found a help
ful Transfer Party awaiting them
at the first of the year. Sympathy
cards and flowers and “get well”
cards were other good will ges
tures.
A very impressive Homecoming
ceremony, the equal of which few
high schools can boast, was ano
ther feature in the Council’s cap.
Student Council and Ellen ’Tay
lor scored big on a Honor Code
Observance was changed for bet
ter reception by the student body.
Council wohnd hp first semester
activities with the Midwinter’s
Dance.
YOUTH COUNCIL
Youth Council sponsored six
open houses first semester, be
sides a Homecoming Dance. YRC
also solicited Homecoming Dis
plays, much admired additions to
Homecoming festivities.
Mary Nelle Smith and company
also won second prize for their
Christmas float.