OLUME XLn
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, FEBRUARY 27, 1967
NUMBER 16
GHS Litter Bags Become
Nation Beautification Act
Photo Credit by Bruce Hiatt
Three-fourths of the city of Greensboro was left with no power Friday, Saturday, and
unday, February 17-19, as a result of a severe ice storm. The ice-covered limbs and branches
ell on many of the power lines throughout the city causing them to snap.
Crews from Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina came to Greensboro and sev-
ml surrounding areas to help restore the power.
Above is pictured the front of the main building at GHS. Several trees on campus
ere injured because of the ice.
History Teachers Attend Conference;
Six Related Lectures Presented
Four Grimsley history teachers
scently attended the Thirteenth
onference on Teachin^r the Social
^ies on Friday and Saturday,
Bbruary 17 and 18.
The teachers were Mr. Jay M.
rena, Mr. Robert G. Fredrickson,
rs. Mary P. Gamble, and Mrs,
ina G. Hutton.
The conference was sponsored
’ the departments of education
id the social studies at Duke
diversity and assisted by the
>rth Carolina' Council for the
icial Studies and the Virginia
>uncil for the Social Studies. It
IS also held at Duke University.
The conference was “for ele-
intary and secondary school
ichers of social studies, school
pervisors and administrators,
d other interested persons, em-
asizing the nature of the social
ences and recent developments
their relation to the social
idles.”
Registration occurred on Friday
bemoon. Later, general sessions
re held in which the teachers
Te able to attend three lectures,
.ch lecture had a presiding of-
er, a speaker, and two respond-
ts and lasted approximately 50
nutes.
The lectures were entitled “Uses
Other Disciplines in History,”
nthropology,” and “Economics.”
rold T. Parker, a member of
History Department at Duke,
re the first lecture. The second
ture was given by F. T. Cloak,
a member of the Anthropology
partment at the University of
rth Carolina at Chapel Hill,
lliam H. Wallace, a member of
Economics Department at
ke presented the third lecture.
During the “Anthropology” lec-
•e, Mrs. Gamble was the pre-
ing officer and Mr. Fredrick-
I was a respondent,
friday night the teachers at
tended a banquet and heard an ad
dress entitled “What is Social
Psychology Up To?” It was given
by Edward T. Jones, a member of
the History Department at Duke.
Saturday, three talks were
given. They were “Geography,”
“Political Science,” and “Sociol
ogy.” Speakers were Wallace Reed
Symphony Orchestra
Presents 'Pop' Music
“Me and My Shadow”, a tradi
tional song of the Grimsley or
chestra, was the first selection
played by the “Singing Strings”
in last Tuesdays assembly as the
orchestra presented a “Pops Con
cert.”
Ken McArthur and Nancy Ste
venson, who played violins, Alan
Rauch, president of the orchestra
who played the piano; Mary Jeane
Hildebrandt, who played the cello;
Suzanne McFaden, who played the
violo; and Dick McCaskill string
bass, were the musicians in the
“singing Strings”. The group also
played “Dotted Swiss”. It was
explained that this group is a se
lected one from the string sec
tion.
Miss Martha Leonard, the or
chestra director, also played with
the group, and commented that it
plays at banquet and special oc
casions.
The string orchestra also pre
sented a number, the “Concerto
Grosso”, which they plan to per
form at the Spring Concert in
Cincinnatti, Ohio in April. Only
the first movement of this was
played.
The mood was changed when
the entire string section present
ed three selections including “Au
tumn Leaves” and “Fascination.”
Completing the program, the
entire orchestra, which includes
part of the band, presented sev
eral selections from the Broadway
play “Brigadoon”.
of the Economics Department at
Duke, John H. Strange of the Po
litical Science Department at
Duke, and John C. McKinney,
Chairman, of the Sociology and
Anthroimlogy Department at Duke.
During the closing luncheon,
Paul Kellj^, a faculty member of
the Univel-sity of Virginia, was
the speaker. He ■ talked about
“What is Going Oh In The Social
Studies?”
The Conference Advisory Com
mittee “ was concerned that large
numbers of teachers of the social
studies are not familiar with the
newer social sciences nor with the
newer developments in the older
ones. It set this conference with
the hope that teachers, super-
vteorjs, and administrators may
be motivated to seek further un
derstanding of developments in
the social studies and in the so
cial sciences on which they are
based.”
Grimsley litter bags are becom
ing known nationally as beautifi
cation organizations use them in
their projects.
“I started it at GHS.' My gar
den club wanted to work on an
anti-litter campaign with the
school,” remarked Mrs. W. C.
Wagoner, who is the state Anti-
Litter Chairman, as she explained
the beginning of the litter bags.
600 for GHS
Approximately 600 blue denim
bags were made for the students
of GHS. Students who drove as
frequently as one day a week to
school were given a bag.
Six garden clubs in the GHS
area participated in the making
and ironing of these bags. The
personalized litter bags were
decorated with school colors so
that more students would use
them, Mrs. Wagoner explained.
After finishing the GHS pro
ject, Mrs. Wagoner contacted the
Martin Provides
Assembly Music
If you think the organ music
at the February 2 assembly sound
ed a little different . . . you’re
right. At the keyboard was GHS
senior, Billie Carol Martin . ;
the kids rail me B.C.”).
Billie Carol, who has been play
ing the organ for three years and
the piano for six, will entertain
again on February 28 at the next
assembly. She names dinner music
and motion picture theme songs
as her favorite piano and organ
pieces, but otherwise she likes
“Just the stuff that’s on the radio,
and pop classics.”
Now with all this musical abil
ity, one would think she aspires
to the field of entertainment. “I
always wanted to be in a combo
... but things just happened to
keep me out.” But when the ques
tion of the future arises, she
smiles and says without hesitation,
“I want to go into data process
ing. I’m really very interested in
it.”
DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesday, February 28—
Assembly—3rd period
Student Council
Thursday, March 2—
Student Council Reports
Preliminaries of I. Q. Bowl
Entered By Four Seniors
Four Grimsley High School
seniors recently participated in
the preliminary rounds of the
High I. Q. Bowl Competition,
sponsored by WFMY-TV.
The students were Jim Black
wood, Carol Crocker, Bob Freed
man, and Austin Lybrand. The
preliminary rounds occurred on
Saturday, February 18.
This event has been held an
nually since 1965 and is open to
all high school students within
the WFMY-TV broadcasting range.
Approximately 28 schools from
the area entered the competition.
However, all were not able to at
tend the competition because of
bad weather conditions.
The contest itself is similar to
the GE College Bowl. It is con
ducted on a double-elimination
basis, which means that each
team may lose twice before it
is out of the contest.
The game begins with a toss-
up and a bonus question for thq
team which wins the toss-up. Each
round lasts 20 minutes.
Students are tested in the
fields of English, literature, his
tory, geography, humanities, cur
rent events, math, and science.
The winning two teams of the
competition will now advance to
the finals which will soon be
televised.
This year’s team has been
coached by Mr. Robert Fredrick
son, a history teacher, and Mr.
A. Monroe Snider, a chemistry
teacher. These coaches last year
led the Grimsley team to second
place.
state president and sent her a
litter bag. Because she thought
this was such a good idea, the
president arranged for an article
and a picture to appear in the
“North Carolina Gardener”, a state
gardening magazine, showing and
explaining the personalized bags.
The article will appear in the
March issue of the magazine.
A sample litter bag was also
sent to the National Chairman of
the Anti-Litter campaign. The
bags again gained recognition and
a picture of the bags will be
shown in the May issue of the
“National Gardener.”
Sears and Roebuck Company,
which sponsors beautification,
has ordered litter bags for all
state presidents of the committee
in the Southern states
Bags Waved at Games
The bags have already become
popular in Mississippi. Npt only
are they used for the disposal of
litter, but because of their school
colors, they are waved at football
games.
Considered “A Little Different”
Joe Hunt, chairman of the
State Highway Commission in
Raleigh has had bags made for
cars in Raleigh. A landscape crit
ic in Raleigh thinks that “This
idea is of something a little dif
ferent.”
After the GHS bags became
such a success, the garden clubs
wanted to do something for the
other schools in Greensboro. Now,
approximately 600 bags are being
prepared for Page and 400 for
Smith. Bags are also being made
for Dudley. »
Hopes for Campaign Study
Eventually, Mrs. Wagoner hopes
that schools may present the lit
ter bags to students when they
have satisfactorily completed the
Drivers Training Course.
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Dramatics Members.
Attend District Festival
Several Grimsley students, wh©
are members of the Dramatics
Club, competed in the District
Festival on Friday and Saturday,
February 24 and 25.
The two plays which were pre
sented by the GHS students were
“Aria Da Capo” and “Here We
Are.”
Five characters were included
in the cast of “Aria Da Capo.”
They were Pierrot (Matt Gibson;),,
Columbine (Linda McKee), Co-
thurmus (Paul Allen), Corydon
(Tom McCrory), and Thyrsis
(Randy Mims).
Two characters were included
in “Here We Are.” They were
He (Matt Gibson) and She
(Cheryl Jones).
These plays were presented at
Catawba College in Salisbury
during the festival. They were
in competition with 15 other
schools. Those receiving a Dis
tinguished Rating will attend the
State Festival Thursday through
Saturday, March 16-18.
The local group lyill be given
a chance to see the plays on
Thursday, March 9. At this time,
the two plays plus a third one
will be presented.
“Sunday Costs Five Pesos” will
be the third play. It includes
five characters. They are Fidel
(William Herndon), Berta (Kathy
Landrum), Salome (Ramona Cur
tis), Tonia (Beverly Knight), and
Celestina (Cede Gorrell).
The Dramatics Club is coached
by Miss Mozelle Causey.