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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961 THE MARY POTTER GAZETTE ■ ' ^ PAGE THREE 1 K " " TIL-T Glass iMews Club News 12-L (Mrs. Lucas) Maggie Thomas, Carolyn Bibby and Robert Davis receive Aca demic Scholarships Several students of IZ-L took the CIEP Test at Henderson In stitute during the month of No vember. As a result of the test, Maggie Thomas, Carolyn Bibby, and Robert Davis scored very high and have been awarded scholarships to various academic colleges. Maggie Thomas and Carolyn Bibby have received scholarships to Bennett College in the amount of $250. Robert Davis received a full-tuition — Morehouse Col- l - scholarship to have leaVVy itvaUti seemed to have been the most interesting as it was concerned with any group of stars named for its resemblance to an actual object. Barnetta Parker Reporter (Mrs. Hamme) During our weekly story telling period, members of our class give oral reportings of va rious books or selected stories which they have read from our school library. We have found this unit of work very exciting as each week we hear different reports. This enables us to give summaries of a variety of books. Our president, X-ViemseWesi and our teacher, Mrs. Li. Q bers of our class: Selena Harris, Maxzina Glover, Thomas Mc- Ghimpsey, James McDougle, and Arcelia Taylor. Recently we surprised ouij homeroom teacher with a din ner and presents celebrating her birthday. These are just some of the many things that the stu dents of 11-B. homeroom have completed this semester. Joan Moore, Reporter periences while working with us. Julia Green, Reporter known here on the campus be cause of the many activities in which they have been a part. Pearl Webb was elected Miss yly Home-Coming, and Kathleen ■ Cheatham was crowned Miss Mary Potter. Three student's from our class accompanied by the guidance counselor, Mrs. M. W. Gant, at tended the Golden Anniversary Celebration at North Carolina College in November. These stu dents were Carolyn Bibby, Eva Strater, and Evelyn Taborn. A1 Lewis, president and a competent bus driver, was com mended for practicing courtesy while driving the school bus. Because he was slowing down traffic, A1 pulled to the side of the highway and permitted the traffic to pass. Maggie Thomas and Carolyn, Bibby, two of our home-room, students, made all A’s during Hamme, were very proud of the cooperation of every member of our class with the March of Dimes. Emma Overby, Reporter (Mrs. Redding) The members of Class 7-R un der the leadership of Mrs. B. B. Redding, teacher, Gerney An derson, Otis Thornton, Charlie Thornton, and Thornton John son, co-chairmen, prepared a 3-d frieze that was displayed in the cafeteria during the Thanksgiv ing season. This display re ceived many favorable com ments. 6-6 (Mrs. Baptiste) Hello, We the members of 6-B are happy to greet you. We are en joying our work, and we love OUT sehooY deaxty. The two new students who have transferred to our school from Toler and Hawley High School have adjusted very well to their new school environment,. Charlie Harris attended Hawley High and Willie Mae Sidney at tended Toler High. Our class officers are; presi dent, Brenda Field; vice-presi dent, Minnie Yancey; secretary. 11-S (Mrs. Solomon) Our homeroom periods on Mondays and Fridays afford us with a variety of activities. Members of our class, along with our advisor, participate in dis cussions concerning cleanliness, co-operation, and other topics essential to the development of good citizenship. During the home-coming com petitive contest, which was quite a popular activity at our school, Dorothy kurier, with the ener- gbUc eo-opevaViou Physics Class Gives sored a social-party to introduce I high-school building During the month of January the Physics class under the leadership of Mr. R. L. Bass presented a scientific assembly program. The program was based on the study of radioactivity and the use of radiological instruments. Robert Davis, Frank Paige Scott, Maggie Thomas, and Ella Mallory, members of the class demonstrated our radiological instruments, Maggie also gave a very interesting report on the uses )f radiation and the harm done by radiation. managed to be ^ third place winner in the high-school de partment. OUD dis- Belinda Rice; treasurer, James; Smith; assistant Timpia Bullock. Editli' Burt, Reporter treasurer. I-M (Mrs. McNeill) On Monday, March 20, class plans to have a panel cussion during our home-room period. The topic for discussion will be “Fifty Job Opportuni ties.” The discussion will entail qualifications the boss will looh for; things one will be called on to do, and where would one look for the job. Gloria Bullock, a member of our class and president of the Junior class, along with the Junior Class Steering Commit tee, have made unique plans for the annual Junior-Senior Prom to be held in May. Gloria Bullock Reporter Gazelle Stages Social-Party For Coatestants ;i i\ On Wednesday night Febru- 15, the Gazette Staff spon- Hid (Mrs. Dimn) The 8-D class under the direc the contestants for Miss Sweet heart for the school year 1960- 61. Two 'students were chosen rom each home-room to parti cipate in the contest. They are as follows: 2 Lucas—Grace Chavis, Cathe rine Hawkins 12 Scott—Mamie Hunt, Annie McMannen 11 Solomon—Mary Davis, Sa-. rah Evans 11 Boston—Doris McGhee, Mary Hester 11 Bass—^Violet Dawney, Vi vian Gotten 10 McNeill—LaVerne Johnson, Willie Thorpe 10 Drew—^klary Lyons, Francis Colbert 10 Hampton—Martha Hawkins, Mary Evans 9 Bullock—Carol Payton, Ver- tie Bagby 9 Cox—Betty Marable 9 Hall—Carolyn McGhee, Ada Brown 9 Hunt—Carolyn Shell, Carrie Harris On March 15, one of these young ladies will be crowned Miss Sweetheart of the Mary Potter Gazette. Our library club is a member of the North Carolina Higl'^ School Library Association. La> ter this year the members of the club will journey to North Carolina College at Durham and join with club members of the other schools of the state and share experiences. Barbara Jones, Reporter We have discussed and tried Ito solve many problems which Class officers are president,! are important to boys and girls Gloria Brown; vice-president, 1 of our age. Our teacher, Mrs. M. . . , . iGernev Anderson; secretary, U-McNeill, discovered our prob- thefirs semes er. Ulla Terry; assistant secretary, lems hy aski g ,^ great should and would be the study of our go- Crews; treasurer. As a class project in we have found many ways of \ Jacqueline understanding and enjoying the 1 Clifton Bass; parliamentarian drama, Macbeth. Once you get Clyde Thorpe; student council to know Macbeth as a husband, representative, Gloria Brown you will find that the men of to- and Gerney Anderson; safety pa day are the same. Many of the Urol monitors, Jacqueline Crews seniors have written research and Charlie Thornton; reporter papers. We didn’t expect such Talmadge Brandon. Talmodge Brandon, Reporter 9-B (Miss Bullock) fine results, but most of them were well put together. Some of the research paper topics and the person's who wrote them are as follows: “Cancer,” Ella Mal lory; “Napoleon Bonaparte,” Robert Davis; “The Causes and the Effects of the Sit-In Demon strations ” Evelyn Taborn; “Sur- gery ” Eva prater; “Rafer Class 9-B is advised by Miss Johnson,” Frank Scott; “Delin- Bernice Bullock, a new teacher quency in 'Schools,” Clifford at Mary Potter High School, Gregory “Alcoholism and thq who recently visited France and AlcSiolic,” Maggie Thomas; and England and has many interes^ Granville County,” Vivian Hun- ting ideas and experiences share with her class. In the recent East-Piedmont 1 Our class officers are: presi District Typewriting Contest, dent, Joseph Colson; vice-presi Evelyn Taborn won a third place dent, Robert Hester; secretary, rating in the Three Semesters Janet Baptiste; assistant secre Division and Maggie Thomag tary, Vertie Bagby; treasurer, won a third place rating in the Cheryl Lucas, and student coun One Semester Division. cil representatives Joseph Col- Committees have been formed son and Annette Anderson, nians are being made for Our class has been coopera- “ arC of senlr Events. five with all of the activiUes which have been sponsored by the school Having looked forward for a number of years to entering the things that bothered us most. The replies from our class show ed that most of us worry about the same things in life. The problems that we to be important to mos; were as follows: 1. G.^ with other people; ding our personaDf' Solvl- ter. M problems; 3. problems at home;^" along in school and our study habits at If you too would Drove your study hab: lome, you should try the f ing suggestions: 1. Find a go place to study, a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed; 2. Collect all material you will need before you sit down to work; 3. Know what you are go ing to do before you begin; 4. Take notes on important points because writing down helps the information to sink in; 5. Have a regular time for studying, and try to keep to your schedule. Lois McAlli.ster Secretary 1-^ (Mrs.H.T.Wson) Our class has been in a number of different activi ties during this school year, of the activities have in- ■ ^iaying of indoor games, selected music, sing- ^joying class parties, m our social activi- e progressed in our take a great d. school and we are ■khat we can to take ’t sie Cooper, 'eporter of our teacher, Mrs. Dunn, decided emphasis , placed on vernment. ^ result, we se lected tne following units: The National Government, The North Carolina Government, and The Local Government. Booklets were made by seve- •^ged'^-^ students which included pic tures of the many officers tak ing oaths and written expres sions about various things. Tonya Redding, a member of our clas.s. was crowned Miss Princess of Mary Potter School. Annie Ruth Terry, another member of our class, was elected President of the Junior-Student -iCo.!--!- ■ ’c'.ie represented the -iiement. • y Department at the ‘Get Acquainted Day Program”, sponsored by the Student Coun-1 s cil. Evelyn Hall was also elected s trail' Potter NFA Holds Leadership Meet The Mary Potter Chapter of Le Cercle Francais Le Cercle Francias wa's orga nized early in the year by Miss Bernice Bullock, sponsor. Club officers are as follows; president, Vertie Bagby; vice- president, Katrina Carroll; sec retary, Ramona Tyler; assistant secretary, Ernest Bibby; and treasurer, Joseph Colson. Our main project for the yeai; is corresponding with students in France. We ordered a list of names and addresses of French students and have begun corres ponding with them. This pro? ject has proved to be very in teresting. B. E. iNew Farmers of America was Mary Potter Has Active Patrol host to the Cotton-Merrick Federation Leadership School during its fall meeting. The pur pose of the Leadership School was to study the duties and re sponsibilities of the officers. The Federation gave two awards. James Harris, a senior at Mary Potter and past presi dent of the Federation, received an award of $50.00 for a First Place State Dairy .was donated ers of There are twenty-two mem bers of the Mary Potter Safety Patrol. Maggie Thomas, a senior, is captain. Heart” by William D. Fisher and Bobby Sox” by Donald Payton, Robert Davis, a senior, was the leading character in “The True in Heart”, and Jean Cur- rin, also a senior, played the leading role in “Bobby Sox.” Other characters in this play were Reginald Leatherberry, Eva Strater, Kathleen Cheat ham, Lonnie Peace, Clifford Gregory, and Frank Scott. This play was about a war-> den who was faced with the dif ficult problem of passing sen tence upon his own son. He and his wife had been estranged for twenty years. His wife however came to him and pleaded for her husband to be lenient with her son. The warden never had, favorites; therefore, he wa? faced with the hardest problemf of his life. Other characters in the play, “Bobby Sox”, were Evelyn Ta born, Janet Baptiste, James Davis, McCoy Harris, Eugene Gee, and James McDougle. This play was about a four-- teen year old girl who was not satisfied with the boys of her own age. She became very in-t terested in a fellow much older than she who happened to be her oldest sister’s special boy friend. 1 So unknown to her sister, she invited three hopeful Romeos over to spend the evening with her sister. When they arrived, one by one, the fun really began. Mrs. M. S. Hall and Miss Ber nice Bullock directed the plays and are co-sponsors of the dra matics club. Con 6-G (Mr. Gregory) secretary. 1 River, Several students participated High School, along witli other eighth graders chapel H®‘'’Mary Potter High in a short skit for the P.T.A. en- Host School, itled “Our Objectives at Work.” | The officers of our local chap- (Mr. F. B. McNeill) The boys in our home room outnumber the girls by a ratio of 2 to 1. Everyone however has cooperated very well with the number of activities that fall to the responsibility of a home room. The boys have been very courteous and our home room teacher, Mr. F. D. McNeill, has encouraged us to work harmoni ously together. Our bulletin board displays have been eye-catching and we have kept them up to date with various current happenings. Our officers are president, Betty Cooper; vice-president, Betty Webber; secretary, Janie Overby; treasurer, Ella Smith, and student council representa tives, James Hester and LaVerne Johnson. Janice Chambers Reporter high school, we have enjoyed our work so far and hope to have a successful school year. 6-MG (Mrs. Goode) During this school year we have done a variety of things. Some of our activities have in cluded bulletin board displays and various educational charts. Recently -wc: oomDieted an arith metic chart of fractioiia and a health chart displaying the seven basic foods. Our motto for this year is “Do you best today that tomorrow will do its best for you.” Roy L. Bass, Jr. Reporter ll-A (Mrs. Anderson) Mrs. T. W. Anderson’s class has prepared a class project on the Solar System. This project included illustration of Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Mer cury, Pluto, Earth, Venus, and Uranus. Earlier in the school year, the class studied about the stars, meteors, and the telescope. This project was interesting and very educational. The study which dealt with the constellations 11-W-B (Mrs. Boston) The 11-B homeroom started at the beginning of the year with an enrollment of 38 pupils. Our class this year has participated in many activities in which we are very proud of. We’ve given two baskets to needy families and we have given whole-heart- ly to the March of Dimes. We are very proud of our candidate for Homecoming Queen, Miss Delaine Jeffers who won second place in the contest. The following new members of the Honor Society are mem m (Mr. Drew) Annie Daniels, Catherine Jordan and Demetrias Daniels,! members of 10-D homeroom, are the only probationary members of the National Honor Society for this year. We are very proud of these two students. Frances Colbert’s name has appeared on the the Honor Roll constantly and we hope she will be eligible for the National Honor Society next year. Our student council represen tatives are James Jackson and Frances Colbert. They have kept us up to date with the business of the council. We are supporting Frances Colbert and Mary Lyons, our two Gazette Sweetheart Contes tants, and hope that one will be crowned the Gazette Sweet- leart. Frances Colbert Reporter At the beginning of the year our class elected the following officers: president, Ozorn Mit chell; vice president, Betsy Green; secretary, Lee Roy Daniel; assistant secretary, Mary Ridley. Several other commit tees with chairmen were ap pointed. The committee chair men are library, Theresa John son; bulletin board, Lenare Ed wards; program, Mary Ridley and cleaning, Clarence Harris. One of our main projects was participating in the home-corn ing activities. Our representa tive was Robert Redding. We have enjoyed our class work and social activities. Our art committee has worked very hard to make our classroom and our studies more interesting. rtici- chool Ser- Cen- p^’^^errick ifittle The patrols work within the school and on the school buses. Their duties consist of directing the traffic in the halls during the exchanging of classes and keep ing order in the school cafeteria. The bus patrols keep order on he buses and also help guide Dassengers of the various buses safely across the roads and high ways. Each patrol must be dressed uniformally every Thursday. Dramatics Club News On March 7, The Mary Potter Thespians presented two one-, act plays entitled 'I ‘The True in Debating Club One of the new clubs we have here at Mary Potter this year is the Debating Club. Only Juniors and Seniors should seek membership. The subject of debate for this year is “How can the Security of the Free World Best be Maintain? ed?” Since this is our first year of organization, we expect great anticipation in this new experi ence of public speaking. Officers are president, Caro lyn Bibby; Vice President, Catherine Hawkins; secretary, Ella Mallory; asst, secretary, Grace Chavis; treasurer, Maggie Thomas; reporter. Pearl Webb. Mrs. Scott, one of our Social studies teachers, is the adviser. Mannye Fisher, Reporter -B (Mr. Bass) iter for the school year 1960-61 I are president, Theodore Bow den; vice-president, Roland Gee; i treasurer, Thurman Henderson; reporter, James L. Hester, and secretary, Franklin McGhee. The 11-B homeroom, the si^pervision of Mr. under R. L. NHA On TV 25, Sports News junior Varsity Compiles 8-4 Won-Loss Record H-S (Mrs. Shepard) Bass, has gotten off to a good I On Saturday, February start. Our class officers are the members of the N^ Home Rober' Stepps, Spokesman; makers of America of Mary Pot Irenda HawLns, Secretary; ter High School were guest on Bettye Wilson, Reporter; Calvin the Teenage Frolic program over, Hester and Annie Moore, Stu- Station WRAL in Raleigh, North Council Representatives. Carolina. Selena Harris, y The students in our class are Hawkins, Demetrias Daniel and vprv DCtive in the extra-curricu- Annie Daniels, members of the ^^is date, on the basketball lar activities. We have six boys club, presented a unique dance playing sport's, two cheerleaders, routine. pidgins F . nHA club members have "Vrhave''discussed the impor- made plans to attend the'Annual tance of scholarship, good State Meeting which character, report cards, and the 1 held at the Memonal Auditor!- 6-W (Mrs. S. R. Wilson) Concluding a recent discus sion in our class on Indian Corn, Mrs. Burroughs, our supervisor, gave us much additional infor mation about this unit of work. All of the members of our class welcome the three new stu dents, Mary Nell Johnson, Bettie Alston, and Sherman Allen. Mary and Bettie attended Haw ley High; Sherman attend Pub lic School in Patterson, New Jersey. We hope that they wil find new and interesting ex The Mary Potter Junior Var sity basketball team has com piled a 13-4 won-loss record, up The members of 8-S are proud of the progress that we have made this school year. Our class officers for this school term are: president, Barbara Cooper; vice president, Elijah Holman; secre ;ary, Grace Towns; assistant sec- j retary, Mary Williams; treasur- Danny Slaughter; student council representatives, Elijah Jolman and Grace Towns. The 'students in our class made quite a complimentary showing in the home-coming fes tivities. Helen Watkins repie- sented our class with the second highest amount in the Junior High Department and reigned as the Princess’ runner-up. Mrs. Marion Walter, an in structor in French at the Univer sity of North Carolina, has great-' ly stimulated our interest in French. We study with her Mon days, Wednesdays, and Fridays of each week from 11 o’clock to 11:30 over WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. French has really become more meaningful to us. Antoinette Brown, Reporter various community agencies, in cluding 11-.'' Red Cross, March of Dimes, Easter Seals, and the like. We have been working very hard to obtain good results. Bettye Wilson, Reporter um in April. Selena Harris, court. The H. R. Williams coached jayvees have claimed victories over Booker T. Washington of Reidsville, twice; E. E. Smith of Fayetteville, twice; Hawley Creedmoor, twice; T. Washington of RooUy rompTete details for other activi- jMonnt ‘-e, Henderson Insh- UesXh .e c.h wm sponsor,!.. = by j. MCDOUGLE 47.3 per cent accuracy. Leading the Mary Potter deadeyes in scoring is 6 3 senior Joe Taborn. Taborn is averaging 21.0 points per game. He possesses a total of 337 points. Second to Taborn is Captain George Lyons with 227 points and an average of 13.3 points per game. Other scorers and their aver ages are Thomas Parker, (who has moved out of town) 73 points, an average of 6.1 points per game; Allen Slaughter, 66 points, an average of 4.7 points; Danny Holloway, 75 points, an average 4.4 points; George Bai ley, 72 points, a 4.2 per game average; Elbert Taylor, 56 points, a 3.7 point average; Ralph Morgan, 55 points, an average of 3.4 points; John a 2.2 point 10-H (Miss Hampton) The members of 10-H help to arrange tho stage for assembly progiams which take place everv Tliursday. The three sec tions of the Tenth Grade are now working hard on plans for a combined program to be given near the end of this term. W" missed our homeroom teacher. Miss Hampton, very much when she was in the hos pital on account of illness and a fall on the ice. We are very glad that her illnesses were not^seri Thanks to Mrs. '' Library Club News Students of Mary Potter who are members of the Library Club enjoy a wholesome experi ence. The purpose of the club is to sponsor greater interest in li braries and library service, to stimulate reading interest, and to improve library services of the school. The club officers are: presi dent, Hazel Garrett; vice-presi- Toler High of Virgilina, twice. The juniors have suffered four defeats at the hands of Darden High, Atkins of Winston Salem, Ligon of Raleigh, and Hillside High School of Durham. This season is one of the most successful ones the jayvees have experienced. and 1 Fuller, 28 points, 'average; and Paige Scott with 16 points and an average of 1.6 points per game. Potter Shooting At 59 Point Pate Mary Potter Wins From Toler re- The Mary Potter varsity dint Maggie Thomas; secretary, I cagers are tossing the ba'sketbalt The Mary Potter Rams bounded from the loss to Dar den High in Wilson by handing the Toler High School Eagles a blistering 117 to 25 defeat in the Mary Potter gymnasium. Pacing the Mary Potter win big 6’3” senior, Joe Taborn ous. Grace Peace and Rev. Tyler, who were with us during her absences. A’l of our members are trying very hard to meet the require ments of our rapidly moving so ciety. Want you follow our ex ample and do the same? Mildred Norfleet, Reporter Barbara Jones; assistant secre tary, Frances Colbert; and trea surer, James E. Davis. Members of the club along with the adviser, Howell, have planned the fol lowing activities for this school year: planning for assembly pro- grams book reports, etc making and maintaining of a li- ■ brary scrapbook, and planning iof bulletin board exhibits and i displays in the library and the through the nets at a 59 -34 points. Taborn connect per game average and a total of ■ 1004 points. This average was compiled on the basis of 17 games played. The Rams have held their op ponents to 962 points, and average of 56.4 points per game. The Potter hardwooders have made 215 foul tosses out of a possible 377 for 57 per cent ac curacy while Ram opponents have made on 134 tries for ed with 13 field goals and 7 to 9 foul tosses. Four other Rams scored in double figures. They are: George Bailey, 11 points; Allen Slaugh ter, 14 points, George Lyons, 19 points, and Elbert Taylor, 14 points. High men for the Eagles were George Handy and Chester Cooper, each with 9 points.