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WILL AND TESTAMENT PAGE 4 VOLUME XLH GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C. 27 410, MAY 22, 1967 NUMBER 24 'Days of Wine^ Roses' Fo Be Prom Theme “Days of Wine and Roses” is the theme for the 1967 Junior- Senior Prom, Saturday night, May 27. Music for this formal dance will be provided by Dick Wells and his orchestra from 8 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Favorite selec tions may be requested by the students for the orchestra to play. Bleachers Covered The bleachers will be covered by art work and the name of Days of Wine and Roses.” In front of the gym, over the trophy case, a mural by Julie Foard, junior, will be placed to help carry out the theme. A garden will serve as the cen tral figure for the dance. Home room presidents and their dates and senior members of Student Council with their dates will form the figure dance during inter mission . Decorating for the dance will begin Friday, May 26, and will continue Saturday. Rig Dees, chairman for this year’s Prom, urged all interested students, sophomore, junior, or senior, to help with the decorating. Tickets On Sale Tickets for the dance, which will be in the boys’ gym, will be on sale for $3 a couple. The Prom committee was select ed at the beginning of the year. Rig, who was appointed as chair man, then divided the committee into sub-committees. The main groups formed were the ticket committee, the figure committee, and the publicity com mittee, which is traditionally headed by the Pep Board. Varsity Cheerleaders for the 1967-68 Whirlie athletic season are Cathy Huff, Laura Jeans, Margaret Shelton, Debbie Clemons, Sherry Norris, Pam Silkworth, Patti Seuss, Debbie Owenby, Bunny Oivnby, Sue Wyatt, and Barbara Israel. This scene of tearful joy followed the announcement by Connie Giles, retiring head cheerleader, that Barbara Is rael had been elected next yearns had cheerleader. $4,000 Earned By Service Clubs Money-making Projects Initiated Approximately $4000 was made this year by the 13 Grimsley service clubs. Each year, the different service clubs decide upon money-making projects, in which they may pro fit the most. After gains have been made, the clubs donate and Citizenship Honor Roll 1966-1967 During the year, each homeroom has selected a boy and a girl who has been the best citizen that six weeks; First 6 Weeks John Perry 317 Nancy Stevenson 522 Jim Powell 406 Cathy Lewis 306 Scott Adair 402 Lynn Moore 627 Second 6 Weeks Mike Hipps 403 Sally English 862 David Labell 408 Rowena Lloyd 306 Tye Hunter 520 Kathy Glenn 861 Third 6 Weeks Randy Mims 714 ' Susan Odenwald 714 Ricky Price 406 Barbara Israel 414 Ronny Dick 521 Gerri Allgood 402 Fourth 6 Weeks Bruce Hartgrove 403 Mary Amend 311 Robbie Wilson 410 Diane Barth 625 Lindsay Cook 303 Margaret Shelton 405 Fifth 6 Weeks Johnny Sparrow 522 Connie Giles 403 Jerry Hornig 414 Pamela Silkworth 415 George Sharp 405 Patti Harris 409 undertake many projects around the campus to help improve GHS. The Charioteers have made $300 this year from their annual Fashion Show and an additional $64 from the Teen-Age Carnival. The club is spending $100 for School Beautiful by re-landscap ing their plot in the grove. A fruit cake sale financed the Civinette Club as profits totaled $600. For School Beautiful, $150 was spent in their rose garden. Hand Book Given The Civitans also sold fruit cake, making $400. For their handbook, which is given to the sophomores, $250 was spent and $100 was also devoted to School Beautiful. Approximately $425 was made by the Exchangettes when they sold the Whirlie Booster buttons this year. They also made about $80 from the Teen-Age carnival. During the year, their main serv ice project was building the side walk at the Science Building. This project and working in their garden cost the club $300. The Exchange Club has earned about $300 this year, $90 of which was from the Teen-Age carnival. They spent $150 for their school beautiful patio and improving the football bleachers. Birkbeck Sponsored From the Teen-Age carnival and raking leaves, the Inter-Act Club has received proceeds of $275. This money has helped the club to sponsor Ken Birkbeck, the exchange student from Aus tralia and aided them in hosting the Inter-Act District Convention. The Junior Jaycettes have made approximately $295 this year. $200 was made when the club sold GHS stationery, and $95 was rnade from their booth at the Teen-Age carnival. $93 was spent for School Beautiful, and approx imately $100 was spent for the Buddy System. Whirling Boots Financed The O. Henry Juniors totaled $550 this year. This was made from their sale of the GHS pens. They also financed the Whirling Boots and contributed $100 to School Beautiful. Profits totaling $425 have been earned by the Philomathian Hi-Y this year. The club sold flares and received $200. Dinner meet ings and car washes financed oth er needs. For World Service, the club contributed $110, and for the YMCA $50 was given. The Seniorettes made $116 from the Teen-Age' carnival. Another $150 was earned from selling eandy. The club has helped with School Beautiful this year. Fixing a plot in the teachers’ parking lot was the main project of the Sub-Juniors this year. Thk undertaking cost the club $130. Their money-making project for the year was selling eandy, and they made $175. Jaycee Auto Road-E-0 Sponsored By Division Lincoln Mercury Division re cently sponsored the Sixteenth Annual Jaycee Safe-Driving Auto Road-E-O. “The Auto Road-E-O is the na tion’s top youth safe driving con test and the place to demonstrate all-around driving and knowledge in competition with other stu dents.” Behind the wheel, the student had the chance to demonstrate how well he could handle a car in traffic, maneuver and park. He also took a written test to measure his driving knowledge. Local Jaycees selected the course, judges and conducted the entire event. Winners of the local contest will advance to the state finals. Winners of the state cham pionship—^both a boy and a girl— will attend the National Auto Road-E-O at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. To be eligible for the contest, a student bad to be a licensed driver currently enrolled in either a public or parochial high school and must not have turned 19 be fore August 1, 1967. Also, he must have not married until after the national finals, must not have had a pending charge or a, moving violation, and must “not have been convicted of such violation in the six months prior to the national finals.” The first round of the compe tition began with the local con test. The local contest was Sat urday, May 20, at the Sears Mail Order House. DATES TO REMEMBER Tuesday, May 23 Student Council Thursday, May 25 Council reports Friday, May 26 Assembly—Class Day, Third period .Saturday, May 27 Junior-Senior Prom; 8 p.m.; Boys’ gym Sunday, May 28 Vespers 4 p.m. Saturday, June 3 Graduation 8 p.m. Boys’ gym Plans For Vacation Made; Ponder To Visit Europe Plans for summer vacations have previously been made for many Grimsley students, and one of the vacation lands is Europe. Aileen Ponder, senior, is going to study in Europe this summer for six weeks. Her studies are in cooperation with the Foreign Language League, an organization which functions both here and abroad. Aileen is the only student from GHS who will travel with 17 other students to Europe on July 20. Students who are participating in this program range from ages 15 to 19 and must either be at tending a secondary school or college. The main places visited will be Paris, France; Florence, Italy; and Rome, Italy. Side stops have also been planned for Naples, Italy; and Pompeii. The main courses which the students may study are French, Spanish, comparative governments, English literature, and art his tory, which Aileen will study. In order to study a specific course, the student has to have studied that subject this year. The travelers will be staying in different universities throughout Europe. Mornings will be set aside for their studies while the after noons will be spent sightseeing. Aileen first considered this pro gram when Miss Ruth Scarbor ough, art instructor, introduced the idea. Before Christmas, Aileen filled out an application for the trip and was finally accepted two months ago. Aileen stated that the main re quirement was having a B average or better in all subjects. Mrs. Austin, a teacher from Page, will accompany the 18 stu dents to Europe.
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