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VOLUME XLVII
OKIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL GREENSBORO, N.C. 37410 APRIL 26, 1973
NUMBER 12
GYC Teenage Carnival
Slated For April 25-29;
Booths, Rides, Contests
Exciting days and good times
are here again as the final prep
arations for the annual Teenage
Carnival are being completed.
April 25-29 are the dates set
for the Carnival at K-Mart park
ing lot No. 2. Auctions, contests,
Kiddie Days, and rides will high
light the spectacular Carnival
veek.
Booths of all kinds—^Dunking,
ivheel of fortune, egg, pie, ring,
ball, and dart throwing, pick a
duck, and many other booths will
draw thousands to the Midway.
Every game gives a prize to every
player—win or lose. All 40 booths
are sponsored by religious, aca-
iemic, and service groups.
Contests to be held at the carn
ival will include such events as
pie eating, greasy pole climbing,
and the battle of the bands, Fri
day night. Announcements will
be made in the local radio sta-
iions concerning times of contests.
Auctions will be held Saturday.
Used and slightly damaged arti
cles will be sold at terrific re
ductions for the public.
A colorful part of any carnival
Is the clowns and this year GYC’s
clowns will add to the whole carn
ival. They have prepared to work
in the carnival by attending a
Saturday workshop where they
earned the “tricks of the trade.”
The clowns will entertain with
pne minute skits and tricks. Also,
;he traditional barkers will col-
ect tickets at the gates, which is
1 new policy.
Helium balloon, and refresh-
nents will be sold. Professional
cides will also be located on the
iot. Come and have a great time
it the Carnival — SEE YOU
rHERE.
The Grimsley orchestra, under
the direction of Charles Jones
received an excellent rating in
;he State F Contest at Burlington.
Watch for the students to take
pver the school! The first of May
ivill mark the first annual Stu
dent-Faculty Relations week, the
lighlight of which will be Student
leadership Day.
GHS Marine Corps ROTC drill-
bd their way to a strong second
place out of 27 teams in state
iROTC drill competition at Ra
leigh, March 24.
ICC Students Triumph^
Win District Trophies
Shown proudly displaying their trophies from District VICA
Leadership competition are Allen Odom, Laura Fry, Teresa
Williams and Steve Rogers. In the background is Grimsley
VICA's priiEe-winning Chapter dispayl.
GYC Posts Busy
Spring Schedule
News Briefs
According to YRC co-chairmen
Angie Dixon and Ann McDaniel,
the TWIRP dance held March 31
was a big success with over 100
people attending it. ’’Quagmyre”
provided the music.
In the State Drama Festival
held at Catawba College, Debbie
Michaels and Susan Pearce cap
tured acting awards for their per
formances. The play “Gloria
Mundi” received a Distinguished
rating and went into further com
petition in Charlotte where it
received an Excellent rating and
Debbie got another award.
Many of the biggest Youth
Council projects of the year occur
this spring. The spring projects
include the annual Teen-Age Car
nival, High I.Q. Bowl, Junior
City Council, Who’s Who Among
Greeensboro Youth, Call-In, and
the spring elections and awards.
The Teen-Age Carnival, under
the direction of GHS junior Ber
nard Carroll and Glenn Trent
of Dudley is scheduled for April
26-29.
Grimsley’s High I.Q. Bowl team
remains undefeated after crush
ing cross-town rival Page.
Junior City Council held its
government seminar April 14.
Over 200 students from the four
city high schools participated in
the project. Candidates were
elected from history classes and
attended a workshop in which
they learned about all facets of
city government from government
officials and experts in the polit
ical science field.
Following the workshop, candi
dates still interested in pursuing
an office post took the Junior
City Council Quiz which was
based on workshop material and
problem-solving sheets that served
as tie-breakers. Highest scorers
got their choice of municiple gov
ernment positions.
A City Hall tour, recognition
banquet, and the actual Junior
City Council meeting are sched
uled for early May. Special con
tests in the speech and essay cate
gories were held in conjunction
with the government workshop.
Spring elections for councilmen
for 1973-74 are underway. Ap-
Continued on Page Five
Grimsley Industrial Cooperative
Training students brought home
four trophies through participa
tion in the District 5 Vocational
Industrial Clubs of America Con
test Meeting at Northwest Guil
ford High School on April 10.
Students in the contests repre
sented schools throughout the
district which is composed of 10
Piedmont counties. Grimsley
VICA members captured more
trophies in this contest than an^
of the other schools represented.
This was also the most trophies
that Grimsley VICA members had
ever won in a previous year of
competition..
Allen Odom, won first place in
the Job Interview Contest, which
had more contestants than any
other contest. During the simulat
ed job interview, Allen filled out
a job application, was screened
by a receptionist, and was inter
viewed by a professional inter
viewer. He was asked questions
about his present work in a local
orthodontist’s laboratory and his
plans to enter the field of dent
istry after his college education.
Another 1st place trophy went
to the Grimsley ICT students in
the VICA Opening and Closing
Ceremonies Team. Team mem
bers were as follows: Steve Rog
ers, president; Kim Freeman,
vice-president; Laura Fry, secre
tary; Rebecca Reavis, treasurer;
Teresa Williams, parliamentarian;
Jimmy Brinsfield, editor and Litsa
Varsamis, advisor. These students
placed 1st out of five teams in
competition.
Grimsley placed 2nd in the
Chapter Display Contest, Many
long hours of work went into
this project which is shown in
the picture above. The display
was an original design featuring
five gears moving simultaneously.
The title of the Display was
“VICA Is Geared to Youth” and
illustrations depicting the pur
poses of the organization sur
rounded the moving gears.
Teresa Williams placed third in
the Extemporaneous Speaking
Contest Frank Hassall was a con
testant in the Prepared Speech
Contest.
Laura Fry and Jimmy Brins
field were presented gifts of ap
preciation for serving as District
5 VICA officers this year. Kim
Freeman, a rising senior ICT
student was elected Secretary of
the District for the ’73-’74 year.
Mr. Charles R. Hill, advisor of
the local organization, will serve
as District Advisor next year
also.
The Opening and Closing Cere
monies Team, The Job Interview
Winner, and the Chapter Display
will advance to the State Compe
tition which will be held at the
North Carolina VICA Convention
at Wilmington on April 26-29.
These students have high hopes
of placing in this state-wide com
petition.
Torchlight Inducts 34 New Memhers
Spring inductions for the Grims
ley chapter of the National Honor
Society were chosen in a special
tions Wednesday, April 11 in our
library.
Thirty four juniors and seniors
were invited to become a mem
ber of Torchlight. These students
were tapped during homeroom
Monday. Members of the Honor
Society are chosen in a special
faculty meeting Friday. The teach
ers voted on the students, focus
ing their attention on a student’s
leadership abilities, academic
achievement, character, service.
New senior members of Torch
light are Martha Allgood, Susan
Barrier, Carol Burgess, Rodney
Coleman, Randy Craven, Buffi
Dame, Debbie Dawson, Carolyn
Dealing, Laura Evans. Pam Fos
ter and Patti Jacobs. Other sen
iors tapped this spring are Jane
Johnson, Sharon Kronenfield,
Stephanie Lanier, Gail Ledbetter,
Barbara Loester, Kenneth Ries,
Rick Spencer, Tesa Truitt, Jill
Vanderfleet, and Rachel Watson.
Thirteen juniors were inducted
into Torchlight: Joe Albright,
Peter Byrd, Laura Clendenin, De
nise Descouzis, Claudia Earle,
Donna Gutterman and Alan Irvin.
Also invited into membership
"'ere Susan Kellenberger, Edwina
Ledwell, Glenn MacDonald, Steve
Toben, and Wilhlemina Young.
This was one of the largest
groups to be inducted into the
National Honor Society.
The traditional induction cere
mony is divided into sectors ac
cording to the qualities of a
Torchlight member. The introduc
tion was given by David Morrow,
the President of the organization.
Other portions of the ceremony
were presented by Debby Seveis,
in the area of service; John Rus
sell in the area of scholarship,
John Glass spoke about leader
ship, and Katherine Oakley ad
dressed the inductees concerning
character.
The other Torchlight members
clad in their traditional white
gowns escorted the new members
down the isle to receive tbeii*
membership, corsage, and congrat
ulations.
Following the induction cere
mony refreshments were served to
guests. The faculty advisers for
Torchlight are Miss Amy Moore-
and Mrs. Gail Manahan.
New Torchlight Members Inducted- In Spring Ceremony