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tr V g f\ Vol. 1—No. 1 Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N. C. Thursday, October 5, 1944 New Equipment Donated to School Through the generosity of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and numerous townspeople, the Chapel Hill High School athletic teams are receiving this year more than $500 worth of new equipment. The drive to raise the money was started several weeks before school began when Mr. Honeycutt made a plea in behalf of the school tc the two organizations. Both re sponded eagerly and, after collect ing donations from within the clubs, canvassed the town for fur ther contributions. Football equipment such as shoulder pads, helmets, hip pads and pants, has already been pur chased at the cost of $500. According to Mr. Cannon, chair man of the donations committee, purchase of new equipment will not end with the football team but will be extended to the basketball and baseball squads. C. E. Buckner Dies In Duke Hospital Mr. C. E. Buckner, principal of Chapel Hill High School, 1942-44, died last Friday night in Duke Hospital from an internal hem orrhage. Mr. Buckner came to Chapel Hill from Brevard College, where he was dean of men. Prior to this he had been principal of Burling ton and East Durham High Schools. He was a graduate of Duke University, holding an A.B. and an M.A. degree. At the time of his death he was instructing in the V-12 Unit and doing graduate work at the University of North Carolina. Funeral services for the former principal were conducted at the family home Sunday afternoon. Surviving Mr. Buckner are his wife; two sons, Edward and Bobby; one daughter, Beth. •N . S . rtS TOW PICTURED ABOVE are Mrs. E. Graham Wall (left) and Miss Mary Jane Crenshaw, the two newcomers to the high school faculty. Cafeteria Reopens The school cafeteria is open again this year to high school stu dents. Mrs. Frank Morrow, the dietitian, was graduated from Lander College in Greenwich, S. C., took graduate work at the Bos ton Cooking school, and has served large cafeterias. She is assisted by high school students during study halls. Although hot soup, fruit, milk, crackers, and cakes are served during the lunch hour, nothing will be sold before or after that time. New Faculty Members The opening of school this year found two new additions to the fac ulty, Miss Mary Jane Crenshaw and Mrs. E. Graham Wall. Miss Crenshaw who replaces Miss King, is from Asheville. Mrs. Wall, a veteran of eight years teaching at Cary High School will Cheerleaders Cheerleaders for the 1944-45 High School were elected last Fri day morning during homeroom period. The following girls were selected from the sixteen nomi nated: Barbara Cashion, Jackie Merritt, Dorothy Hogan, Ellen Hogan, Jeanne Whitfield, and Re becca Huggins. Although no boys were nomi nated for cheerleaders, male mem bers are needed badly to round out the cheerleading squad. All boys interested should present their names to their home room repre sentatives. Alumni Return Several of the alumni who are now in the service are in town on furloughes. They are Mutt Thrift, Tubbs Sessoms, Ben Perry and Bill Kilpatrick. fill the vacancy left by Mrs. Reavis. Wildcats Drop Second Game The Chapel Hill High School Wildcats last Tuesday lost their second straight game of the season to Hillsboro High 28-0 as the con test that had twice been postponed was finally played on the Hillsboro gridiron. Chapel Hill took the opening kickoff but could not gain. Carroll kicked and Hillsboro took over on their own forty-five. Eight plays later they scored after driving fifty-five yards as Mincey and Raynor continually tore large holes in the Wildcat line. The -try for conversion was good and Hillsboro lead 7 to 0. Chapel Hill took the following kickoff and opened up with their new passing attack. Two long passes up the middle to Smith net ted the ’Cats twenty-five yards and a first down on the Hillsboro 45. Here, however, the Chapel Hill attack bogged down and Carroll See WILDCATS, page 3 Elections Held For Class Officers High point of the past school v eek was the holding of the first class meetings of the year for the purpose of electing class officers. With all returns now in, the re sults are as follows: Senior class: Bill Olsen, Presi dent; Harry Pendergraph, Vice- President; Bobby Ray, Secretary; and Bernard Lloyd, Treasurer. Junior class: Houston Teague, President; Rodney Waters, Vice- President; and Carlyle Markham, Secretary-Treasurer. Sophomore class: Frank Pitt man, President; Adrian Line- berger, Vice-President; and Meg Curry, Secretary-Treasurer. Freshman class: Robert Brooks, President; Sammy Ross, Vice- President; Ruth Sturdivant, Sec retary; and Ernest Butler, Treas urer.
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