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;^OLUME XLIV
Students Honored At Assembly
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GREENSBORO, N. C., 27410 MAY 27, 1969
NUMER 21
The annual Grimsley Awards
iay assembly was held on Tues-
ay. May 21 to honor over one
undred students for outstanding
:complishments at Grimsley. In
ddition to the numerous and
aried awards, the assembly was
ighlighted by a special presen-
(tion by representatives of Whirl-
!ig of the first and second copies
E this year’s annual to Mr. A.
Routh and Miss Ida Belle
[oore. This year’s volume has
een dedicated to them.
Those receiving awards at the
ssembly were: Jim Walters (Civ-
HIGH LIFE
Wishes All
Graduating Seniors
THE BEST
OF LUCK!
itan Best Citizen Award), Rick
West (Civitan Essay Contest, 1st
place). Bob Jones (Civitan Essey
Contest, 2nd place), Linda Rol
lings (Betty rocker Homemaking
Award), Virginia Cox Francis
Jenkins Award), Trish Kellet (D.
A. R. Award), Donna Hart and
Marilyn Pitts (Silver Bowl for
Outstanding Business Education
achievement), Donna Hart, Mari
lyn Pitts and Joan Shaffer (Out
standing Typist Awards), Eric
Mortensen, (P.T.S.A. Award for
the junior with the highest aca
demic average), Laura Bridges
(Distributive Education Outstand
ing Achievement Award), Sam
Scott (DECCA “Why” Award),
Donna Nance (WHIRLIGIG
Award), Jim Hinck and Sue
Tucker (HIGH LIFE “Most Val
uable to Staff” Award), Elyse
Topkins (HIGH LIFE “Best Crit
ical Article” Award), Patty
Bridges (Pilot Club Award), Cin
dy Johnson (Jernigan Latin
Award), Martha Gabriel and Rie
Davis (Junior Classical League
Award), Paul Nunis World Peace
Prize), Paul Nunis (Voice of De
mocracy), Laura Jeanes and Liz
Rebecca Daniel
Performs At Festival
Miss Rebecca Daniel, a rising
enior here at Grimsley gave a
iano program Wednesday morn-
ag. May 14th, at the final meet-
ag of the year of the Eastern
luslc Festival Auxiliary. Rebecca
fas the recipient of the auxiliary’
cholarship to the festival.
Rebecca played the following
umbers for the group: Bethoven’s
Sonata in F Minor”; Chopin’s
Nocturne in E,” “Humoreske,”
VS,,--'.
Debussy’ “Delphic Dancers”; and
MacDowelTs “Polonaise in E Min
or”.
Rebecca studies piano with
Geiroge A. Kiropes and also
studies clarinet with Jame R.
Dicker. She is also a. member of
the Euterpe Symphonia, the or
chestra and the Symphony Band.
She is president of the FTA and
a member of the district federa
tion of music clubs.
Young (Playmasters Cup), Susan
Gibson (Leslie Garsett Award),
Debra Joan Dolin (Junior Jaycee
Award), Ralph Voight and Mar
garet Shelton (“I Dare You”),
Lynn Smith (Moses Cone Auxil
iary), Jane Creech and Marie
Busch (Weslye Long Hospital
Auxiliary), Eric Morgenstern
^Rennesiear Polytechnical Insti
tute Mathematics and Science),
New High Life
Staff Selected
A tentative HIGH LIFE staff
for the year 1969-70 has been
chosen by Miss Sarah Lovett, the
advisor to the staff.
Serving as Editor-in-Chief will
be Steve Grossman. Managing
Editor will be Don Vaughan. On
the Editorial staff will be Vickie
Topkin, Meredith Foltz and Steve
Settle.
The News Editor will be David
Gaynor. Serving under him as
news reporters will be Cindy Mes-
sick, Rodney Holland, Martha
Sparrow, and Susan Hardee. The
Sports Staff will include Walt
Deal, Alan Riley, and Larry Sta
ples.
Feature Editor will be Susan
Michaels. Serving on the Feature
Staff will be Sharon Mock, Beth
Johnson, Tom Dawson, and Betty
Black. The Photographer will be
Lowell Rauch. Cartoonists will be
Chuck Steacy and A1 Wheeler.
The Exchange Editor will be
Carol Groover.
These positions are tentative
right now and will be subject to
change next year. If the change
ig needed, people will be moved
around to find the best position
for their talents. Those wishing
to serve on HIGH LIFE should
contact Miss Lovett in room 410.
H
Cindy Johnson (1st place Latin
State Academic Contest), Peter
Michalove (2nd place French),
Lane Willson (Naval Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps Candidate
—Auburn University), and all the
seniors received tickets to the
Carolina Theatre.
Receiving special awards for
work in VICA club were: Elaine
McIntosh (Business Education),
James Micheal Reed (Woodwork
ing), Jerry Durham (Machine
Shop), Bob Meachem (Electron
ics) and Chrig Coltrane (Draft
ing). Music award recipients in
cluded Rie Davig (H. Grady Mil
ler Cup for Band), Lynn Moore
(Brietz-Hazelman Cup for Glee
Club), and Elaine Frye (Orches
tra Cup). O’Henry Short Story
Awards went to Pete Beck (1st),
Julia Whitley (2nd) and Laura
Truit and Lynn Southworth (tied
for third). Jimmy Palmer and
Don Debragga were mentioned as
delegateg to Boy’s State as was
Cyd Payne who will attend Girl’s
State.
Continaed on Page Six
ROTC Salutes
Mr. Routh
On Friday, May 16th, the
Grimsley ROTC held a special
assembly to honor our retiring
principal, Mr. A. P. Routh.
The assembly was held in the
stadium. The ROTC was assisted
in their drills by the Grimsley
Marching Band who appeared in
their unifprms. Special formations
were formed to honor Mr. Routh
the same way the regular armed
services hold their reviews when
they have special guests or on
a special occasion. Both Colonel
Jessee Booker and Mr. Routh
gave short addresscg pertaining
to the assembly. Then the troops
passed by the reviewing tand
where Colonel Booker and Mr.,
Routh stood at attention to re
view the troops passing by. At
this time, the Marching Band
played a march as the cadets
marched by at attention. They
also played the Marine Hymn. .
A .small force cf policemen wag
on hand to prevent the outbreak
of rumored protests at the as
sembly. The assembly, however,,
went without incident.
G.y.C. Officers Elected
i These are the Varsity Cheerleaders for 1919-70 school year. They were chosen some-
hue last week. Seated from left to right are Cindy Ruffling, Ginny Silkworth, Cam
'rown, and Debbie Clendenin. Standing from left to right are April Strickland, Betty
'nowles, Sherron Westmoreland, Alice Levy, and Karen Culbreth. Standing at the top is
he new Head Cheerleader, Cindy Heard.
On Thursday night. May 15,
the Greensboro Youth Council
held its spring election. At the
First Presbyterian Church, the
youth council made their selec
tions for chairman, vice chairman,
secretary, clerk, and Youth Coun
cil of North Carolina delegates.
Elected chairman wag Dewitt
McCarley of Grimsley., On GYC
Dewitt worked for a total of 691'
hours. He served on the law com
mittee and was very instrumental
in the marijuana project. Dewitt
was also on the Teen-Age Cam-
G.H.S. Alumni
Present Books
To The Library
On Saturday, May 10, the class
of 1944 held a special reunion
with a banquet and dance on
campus. At this reunion they pre
sented the library with seven
books in honor of retiring Grims
ley principal A. P. Routh. Presi
dent of the class of 1944 was
Mrs. W. Ervin Small and serving
as chairman of the reunion was
Mrs. Horace Kornegay. The books
presented were: The Complete
Poems of Randall Jarrell, The
Horizon B^ok of Great Cathedral.s,
The Horizon Book of the Middle
AgCs, The American Hertige Book
of Natural Wonders, The Ameri
can Heritage History of the Thir
teen Colonies, The Dictionary of
Quotations by Bergen Evans, and
the Random House Dictionary.
Last summer, the class of 1948
also held a reunion and presented
to the GHS library the compelte
ten volume series of Gateway to
the Great Books, a series which
includes 225 selections from the
works of 135 great authors. These
books were given in honor of:
Andy Bell, Horace Muse, David
Bueckner, Paul Patton, Nancy
Thomas, Dola Collins, and John
Laubenheimer. The chairman of
the Class of 1948 was Dr. Lawr
ence Alspaugh.
ival staff and helped tremendously
in a lot of other projects.
■ Others elected were Stamps Dil
lard from Page as vice-chairman.
Carrie Lewis as secretary from
Dudley and Consuelk Gibson
from Dudley was elected clerk.
The Y.C.N.C. delegates were
elected from all schools. Two
from Grimsley were voted to It
by GYC, they 'are Jack Hunneman
'and Bill Glass. Jack and Bill who
are rising seniors will represent
our youth council on the state
level along with Susy Levy who
is vice-chairman of Y.C.N.C.
Monday night. May 19, the nine
nominations for Chairman of Com-
mitteeg were held and Thursday
night. May 22, elections were held.
New GYC members will make
the choice on which committee
they wish to work. When this is
completed, work will begin its
new year for GYC.
0
G.Y.C. Holds
Awards Banquet
At the Holiday Inn South, May
15th, the Greensboro Youth Coun
cil held its award banquet. W-’’-
liam Herbert, 1968-69 chairm'an
presided over the annual affair.
Awards given to Grimsley peo
ple included: Best Associate Mem
ber, Jack Knight; Best Junior
Member, Dewitt McCarley; Best
Senior Member, May Hunneman;
Merit Awards; Dewitt McCarley,
Mary Hunneman and Bonnie
Boyes; Achievement Awards, Lane
Afriek, and Dawn Weaver.
Guestg 'at the dinner included,
Dave Simes, chairman of G.Y.C.,
1967-68, advisors to the commit-
tiees, member ofs of the Greens-^
boro Recreation Department and
members of the Grensboro City
Council. Addrsses were made by
William Herbert, chairm'an, 1968-
69; Dewitt McCarley, chairman,
1969-70; Richard Williams, vice-
chairman, 1968-69; Stella Stevens,
vice-chairman, 1969-70, and Jim-
Melvin, Mayor Pro Tem of Greens
boro and Jack Elam, Mayor of
Greensboro.