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.