LUME XLVII
jrimsiey Band Greets Nixon At Airport
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Happy
Thanksgiving
From
High Life Staff
GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL GREENSBORO, N.C. 27410 NOV. 22, 1972
NUMBER 6
[ would like to thank all the
ng people here, especially
5e from Grimsley High School,
the other bands.”
rrimsley’s marching band, along
h some members of other
S bands, played at the recep-
1 of the President, Richard
on, in bis November appear-
e at the Greensboro Regional
Airport.
Mr. Glenn, along with other
faculty members, stressed that
“we played for the President of
the United States, not a political
party. Playing for the President
was an honor to Grimsley band
students which is not usually
given to high school students.”
Mr. Rooker directed the band
lakley Chalks Up
fet Another Award
[iss Katherine Kirkland Oak-
of Grimsley Senior High
ool has been cited as one of
outstanding high school stu-
ts of English in the country.
! National Council of Teachers
English has named her a 1972
ner-up in its annual Achieve-
it Awards competition.
,ast spring, the English de-
tment of the high school nom^
ted Miss Oakley to represent
msley Senior High School in
competition. The school was
itted one entry from the jun-,
class for every 500 students
the total school enrollment,
ording to Mrs. Mary Tom C.
ffler, the English department;
chairman, and Miss Oakley’s
glish teacher, who submitted
■ writing.
^ter nomination, each student
imitted samples of his best
ting, including an autobiogra-
cal sketch, and wrote a one-
ir impromptu essay. These ma-
ials were evaluated by state
Iging teams of highly qualified
lege and high school English
chers directed by state coordi-
ers.
fhe nation’s schools participat
ing in the program nominated
approximately 7200 juniors for
the NOTE citations. Of that num
ber, only about 870 finalists were
chosen. They represent schoolsi
from 50 states, the District ofj
Columbia, and American prepa
ratory schools abroad.
The NCTE sends to all winners
and runners-up certificate of rec
ognition and also honors their
high school English departments
with certificates of merit, reports
Mr. R. L. Glenn, principal.
Mr. Jaimes Ballance, Mrs.
Daphne Stanton, and Mrs. Mary
Tom Hoffler' have been Kathe
rine’s English instructors at
Grimsley Senior High School.
Katherine’s parents are Mr. and
Mrs. John Oakley at 803 North
Elam Avenue. Mrs. Oakley is a
foreign language teacher here at
Grimsley.
which is normally under the
“jurisdiction” of Mr. Booth. Ac
cording to Mr. Rooker, “We play
ed mostly patriotic music—‘Hail
to the Chief,’ ‘You’re a Grand
Old Flag,’ and ‘This Land Is Your
Land’ to name a few.
^ “We also played our fight
songs. Mr. Nixon was thrilled to
hear them.”
He continued to say, “After we
played, the Master of Ceremonies,
Roy Acuff, invited us to play at
the Grand Ole Oprey. We played
off and on for an hour and a
half from our position on the
Observation Deck. It was an ideal
place. We could see everything,
while the other two bands played
from a position -behind the band
stand. When we arrived someone
had taken our place, so we asked
if we could play from the ob
servation deck.
The Grimsley band will receive
a certificate from the White
House saying, “We Played for the
President of the United States.”
The 75 members of the bands
from Grimsley were treated to
hamburgrs, french fries, and co^es
from MacDonald’s. Refreshments-
for the players were provided
by the Republican County Com
missioners.
Band members were transport
ed from GHS to the airport by
chartered bus. Going home took
one hour and twenty minutes
from the airport to Guilford Col
lege.
Continued on Page Eight
Jarrett Conducts NCMEA
Concert At Wilmington
Dr. Jack Jarrett, composer and ton performance of a choral sym-
professor at UNC-G, conducted a phony of American poems on
110-voice choir at the Wilming- ' Saturday, November 11.
feef Me In St Louis
Jr. Class Success
zt Me In St. Louis, classified
jomedy, down to earth, fami-
le play, was produced re-
.ngly by the GHS Jr. Class
L'Ursday, Nov. 16. Miss Mozelie
ly coached the stedents in the
1.
et Me In St. Locis, a story
a typical American family
LECTION RESULTS
n though the election is
md aU the races have been
;d, we thought it would
teresting to let you know
some senior homerooms
in a poll taken by Mrs.
,ms’ third and sixth period.
cal PoUtical Action clas
ses.
President: Governor:
Nixon—219 Bowles—156
McGovern—99 Holshouser 140
-Schmitz—6 Pettyjohn—5
:Undecided—9 Undecided—12
around the early 1900’s, revolved
around the opening of the World’s
Fair in St. Louis.
The Smith family is about to be
transferred to New York, dispite
objections from all members of
the family.
The two youngest children,
Tottie portrayed by Robin Star-
olitz, and Agnes, played by Kathi
Garrett, try to ruin their father’s
transfer to N. Y.
They try to convince Mr. Smith’s
boss, Mr. Dodge (BiU Marvin),
that Mr. Smith (Rich Lewellyn)
cannot possibly handle a family.
The other members of the family
include Esther (Denise Descou-
zis). Rose (Kasey Klemmer), and
Lon (Peter Byrd), aU of which
are extremely attracted to the
opposite sex.
All try to discourage the trans
fer to N. Y., but ironically in do
ing so get their father ifred.
Finally everything and everyone
put the pieces together and as the
story enls, “they lived happily
ever after.”
“This is the first time all four
major high schools have been
working together toward a com
mon goal,” asserts Mr. Ron Hill,
GHS choir director. “We hope to
continue to promote better inter
school relations.”
The concert, for the North Car
olina Music Educators’ Associa
tion, included approximately 20
singers from each city high school.
Accompanying the choir was an
orchestra composed mostly of
Grimsley students with several
.instructors playing in vacant
areas.
Choir members from GHS se
lected to attend the Wilmington
performance were Brenda Tagert,
Carolyn Jack, sopranos; Mary
Jean Riggsbee, Anne Bell, Karen
Williams, second sopranos; Donna
Summers, Laura Jackson, Brenda
Ennis, Jane Ingram, Jackie Thom
as, first altos; Lois Lann, Karen
Gipple, Katy Friggle, second altos;
Sam Lewis, John Coble, Don
Wimbs, Rich Llewellyn, first ten
ors; Tom Ralls, Jim Coble, second
tenors; Peter Byrd, Greg Shoff-
ner, baritones; Zane Leake, David
Watson, basses.
Tuesday, Decepiber 5 is the
date set for the departmental
Christmas concert. Tickets are
now on sale for students and
adults. The choir vnll sing many
famous Christmas selections.
Whitcomb^ Council
Plan For Active Year
student Councli Activities, un
der the strong direction- of Student
Council President Kathy Whit
comb and other dedicated mem
bers, have concluded a majority
of -their planning sessions, and an
active year is projected.
The Student Council wrapped up
the selection of Student Council
Representatives by choosing six
sophomores. Thep are Edwina
Brown, Debbie Hughes, Bob How
erton, Rick Stafford, Jerry Swartz-
berg, and Nancy Wagoner. These
six people were chosen to fill va
cant positions left from an in
complete sophomore ballot.
Plans include a carnival to be
held on Saturday, December 9.
'The Carnival, lasting from 12 un
til 4, is being staged in order to
boost school spirit and to provide
a ilttle fun to the students Leigh
Sails and Ruth Kabat plan to have
service clubs and einy other groups
of students to set up booths in an
effort to provide fun gam-es. Re
freshments will be propided by
the Student Council and all money
made will go to the sponsoring
group.
Also, the Student Council will
again support the annual Thanks
giving Project. Student Cotmcil
members will visit homerooms to
raise money to pay for a ’Thanks
giving Dinner for the Custodial
Staff.
In addition to these projects,
the Student Council will initiate
a program used two years ago.
Juanita Gladney -will be in charge
of a program dealing with show
ing movies after school. These
movies, the type shown at local
theatres, will cost around $.50 per
person. Refreshments will be
served with profits helping to pay
for the movie. This movie pro
gram was not used last year be
cause of the reconstruction of the
auditorium. As in the past, con
duct at the movies will decide
Continued on Page Eight
GYC Prepares Annual
Christmas Project
The Greensboro Youth Council
is preparing for Christmas vnth
ecology. Chris Evergreen Is an an
nual project to promote the sale
of live Crristmas trees.
This project started three years
ago, and has spread city wide
The sale of live Christmas trees
has grown from 200 to 2000 in
the three years since its concep
tion.
This year, for the first time,
this Christmas project will have a
kickoff day- It is scheduled for
November 28.
The kickoff will take place
downtown in the plot that houses
the first live Christmas tree\sold
when the project first began.
To help influence people to buy
the trees, there are fliers being
handed out in local grocery stores.
Also, there will be advertisements
on the radio and on T. V. and a
float in the Christmas parade.
All of the Christmas tree lots
are participating in this project.
After the people have purchased
a live tree, they wiU sign a list
that will be handed over to the
National Park Service.
“The National Park Service wiU
then, on January 2, pick up all
live trees from the homes of the
people who bought them, and
plant -them where they’re need
ed” said Mary BUtchington, tree
chairman.
“AU the people have to do is
pick the trees up at the lot and
take them home. Then they will be
picked up after Christmas so there
is no worry or hassel about the
disposal of these trees,” stated
Mary.
“We just hope that this year is
very successful and the sale goes
over 2,000 trees,” said Mary.