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VOLUME XLH
GRIMSLEY high school, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27410, NOVEMBER 14, 1966
NUMBER 9
JA Teaches About Business;
'Not As Easy As It Looks’
“Junior Achievement (JA) has
taught me that making a product
isn’t as easy as it looks, and that
you don’t’ make very much mon
ey,’’’ commented Eric Cohen, jun
ior, wrhen he was asked wwhat he
had learned from JA.
JA isi a way of producing goods,
but by students alone. It is a way
to learn about the business world
and see how ti really operates.
Students who applied for JA
were given personal interviews
with associates of JA before com
ing into the program.
At the first meeting of the
groups, companies were organized
and named. A product was decid
ed for manufacture after this.
Then production began.
Each JA company, which is
sponsored by a business organiza
tion, has) three advisors, who work
for the sponsor. “At first they
told us how to organize, but as
the weeks have gone by, they
have dropped into the background.
We, the students, do the work,”
remarked Eric.
Officers were also elected for
each company. A capitalization
was decided ui)on. Then shares
of stock, which were sold for $1
per share, to reach the goal of
capitalization.
Each worker of a company re
ceives a pay check monthly. Of
ficers, :as in the real business
world have higher wages.
After products are made, they
will be put on the market for
sale. One company plans to sell
their product at shopping cen
ters. Others will sell their goods
wholesale to stores. All the com
panies will peddle their products
door to door.
After sales are completed and
expenses are tallied, stockholders
will receice dividends if the com
pany, which they have invented
in, is successful.
Each Junior Achiever works
two hours weekly in his company.
JA waife first puresented to
Greensboro last year. But al
though it was a, new program,
one of its companies and a Junior
Achiever from Grimsley won na
tional honors at the National JA
Conference which occurred at the
University of Indiana in Bloom
ington
Choral Group Formed;
Advised By Directors
Grimsley’s choir has formed a
new group of singers which will
be advised by Ronald Hill and
Jeanne Meredith, directors of the
choir.
This “Advanced Ensemble’’
which consists of eight boys and
eight girls was formed to enter
tain at many different places. It
may entertain where the entire
chorus will not be able to go.
It may also travel to different
schools and churches.
According to Linda Grimes, a
member of this group, the en
semble will “help those who are
in it to progress further in mu
sic.”
Tryouts for these singing min
strels occurred several weeks ago.
Groups of about 20 students au
ditioned together. Then the group
itself was selected. The object
of this was ‘to get the voices to
blend well together.”
QUEEN’S MEN
Tommy Adams—Bass
Jack Carpenter—Baritone
Charles Clayton—Second
Tenor
Larry Young—First Tenor and
Guitarist
Seniors Inducted Into Torchlight
Picture Credit: Terry McMahon
NEW SENIOR TORCHLIGHT MEMBERS
The fall induction ceremony for the GHS chapter of Torchlight, the National Honor
Society, was Tuesday, November 8. Last year’s members, wearing long white robes and
carrying flickering lights, tapped the new members.
Nineteen students were tapped but all of these were seniors. In the spring, both seniors
and juniors will be tapped. The new members are: (first row, left to right) Nancy Rich-
bourg, Mary Jane Hickerson, Sarah Ruffing, Anne Landsperger, Karen Rubin, Nancy
Alexander, Nancy Lynch, Susan Odenwald, Elna Thompson, (second row, left to right)
Nancy Stevenson, Martha Early, Wanda Baxter, Bob Freedman, Ann Rubin, Tommy Mitch
ell, Bruce Hartgrove, Johnny Sparrow, Larry Allen, and Maleta Wilkinson.
Peace Essay Contest Sponsored;
Golden Anniversary Celebrated
How would you like to win $25,000, In connection with the Lions Clubs 50-year Anniver
sary, an international essay contest for young people between the ages of 14 and 21 will be
sponsored.
“Peace is Attainable,” will be the subject of this contest, and the grand prize will be $25,000.
Eight finalists who are world geographical regional winners will be awarded a $1,000 cash
prize plus travel expenses from their homes to the Golden Anniversary Convention in Chica
go, Illinois, in July, 1967 From these eight finalists the top winner will be chosen.
The objectives of the essay com
petition on the part of the world’s
youth about the challenge of
world pleace, and to stimulate
world dialogue about world peace.
Boys and girls from the 135
countries where there are Lions
Clubs will be participating.
Students entering the contest
must submit a written essay no
longer than 5,000 words to their
local Lions Club by December
10, 1966. The club winners will
compete at a district and multiple
district level and then within
one of eight geographical divi
sions
The world winner will be chos
en by a panel of five interna
tionally renowned leaders General
Dwight D. Eisenhower will head
the panel as honorary chairman.
The panel will include His
Royal Highness Prince Bernhard,
Prince of the Netherlands; Jose
Figueres, former President of
Costa Rica; General Carlos Ro-
mulo of the Philippines, former
president of the tjN General As
sembly; Dean Rusk, U.S. Secre
tary of State; and Hideki Yukawa,
physicist from Japan and Nobel
Science Prize winner.
The subject of the contest is a
positive affirmation of man’s age
long quest for peace. The Lions
hope that from this contest some
worthwhile new ideas may be
used for the purpose of promot
ing harmony and lasting peace
among the nations of the world.
Approximately 75 per-cent of
the students who were tapped in
the Torchlight ceremony, on Tues
day, November 8, were girls.
Those who were tapped were:
Nancy Alexander, Larry Allen,
Wanda Baxter, Martha Early, Bob
Freedman, Bruce Hartgrove, Mary
Jane Hickerson, Anne Landsper
ger, Nancy Lynch, Tommy Mitch
ell, Susan Odenwald, Nancy Rich-
bourg, Ann Rubin, Karen Rubin,
Sarah Ruffing, Johnny Sparrow,
Nancy Stevenson, Elna Thompson,
and Maleta Wilkinson.
“It is our aim of this honor
society to develop a unified per
sonality,” commented Carol Crock
er, the Torchlight Honor Society’s
president. Carol further explained
that the personality includes: the
four basic ideals on which the
students are judged—scholarship,
leadership, service, and character.
After the foiu- ideals were ex
plained, the old Torchlight mem
bers were challenged by their
president to go forth and seek
those worthy of this honor.
New Members Sought
With a flickering light in hand,
the white-robed members of
Torchlight sought the new mem
bers. Those who were tapped were
led to the stage to take their
oath of membership. Then Mrs.
Mary B. Madlin, faculty advisor
for the honor society gave the
faculty’s approval of these stu
dents.
Besides the students being
judged on the four ideas, they
were also required to have a 3.5
academic average and no less
than a B average in conduct. The
names of those considered for
this honor were submitted earlier
in the year. The faculty members
then voted on those who were
■chosen.
Parents Invited
Parents of those who were tap
ped were contacted. in the morn
ing after their child had already
left for school. They were in
vited to attend the assembly, but
were carefully concealed from
their child during the ceremony.
Only seniors were tapped aj
this assembly. However, in tbe
spring both juniors and seniois
will be tapped. Also in the spring
is the annual Torchlight Talent
Show. The proceeds from this
program will furnish the money
for a scholarship for some stu
dent.
0
Grimsley Competes
For School Award
Grimsley has won the School
Beautiful Award for the past
three years. Because of this, this
year’s competition for the cup
will be greater than ever, for the
other schools are trying hard to
take this honor away from GHS.
Tom Boone, Gail Knieriem, and
Jody Turner are the tri-chairmen
for the committee this year. They
will be aided by approximately
125 GHS students who are on the
School Beautiful Committee, but
these people alone cannot do all
the work that must be done.
The committee is sponsoring
an Anti-Litter campaign for much
work is needed to be done on
the campus.
On Saturday, November 5, the
first official work day was spoas.
sored. Committee members, cluls
members, and school-spirited stu
dents participated in the activity.
Leaves were raked and cleared
over the entire campus. Flowers
were also planted. The surrotmd-
ing areas of shrubs were culti
vated, and fresh pine needles
were spread around the plants.
Papers and other trash were also
collected.
Other work-days during the
year will occur to try to keep
the school grounds clean.
Service clubs will also help by
keeping their designated plots
clean and well-kept.
Young Life Open To Students
Komarnicki Becomes Highlight
BY DEBBIE TAYLOR
The grabbing at pillows, the
racing for couches, the squeezing
into - inadequate spaces, and
screams here and there are the
usual preparations for regular
Tuesday night meetings for Young
Life.
This Christian organization is
open for anyone in the Grimsley
student body. It meets every
Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in
the homes of the Young-lifers.
Along with the fun and spiritual
guidance, it offers Dan Komar
nicki, an experienced and sincere
young man, \yho is always ready
to help those who are ready to
help themselves.
Euthnsiaam Reaches Everyone
Beginning with Johnny Spar
row (Young Life president) and
Rig Dees (Young Life vice-presi
dent), the weekly jokes are told
over and over, possibly with a
different dialect, but always with
an enthusiasm that reaches ev
eryone.
Komarnicki Is Highlight
After a few commercials, sta
tion identifications, and some type
of skit presented by those who
attend Young Life meetings, ev
eryone settles down for the high
light of the evening, Dan Komar
nicki.
If an observer was sent to
Young Life, he would wonder
how pan can simply stand be
fore the excited Grimsley stu
dents and calm them as, he does.
Dan has an outstanding charac
teristic which many lack. He has
faith.
Dan has faith in everything
and everybody. Everyone particii-
pating in Young Life agrees thait
Dan is a very exceptional person.
Breakfast Club Formed
Sarah Moores is a woman who
works with Dan. She is always
ready to form other organizations
running paraUel to Young Life.
One example of this is the Break
fast Club. This is a branch of
Young Life for girls who are
“early birds.”
It is similar to Young Life eas-
cept that the girls get together
early in the morning to have
breakfast, devotions, and then
they hurry off to school
There are also special meetings
and events such as the Halloween
party held in the girls gym on
Monday, October 31 for Grimsley
and Page students combined.
DATES TO remember
Sunday-Tuesday, November
13-15
State Student Council Con
vention