Vol. XV—No. 19
Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Thursday, February 22, 1945
Senior Superlative Results Are Announced
The Facts
Beh ind The News
By Rodney Wafers
Disappearance of the German
Navy
As we follow the adventures of
the Scharnhorst we will see gen
erally what happened to the other
ships of the German Navy, even
though their history might not
have been as spectacular.
On October 3, 1936, a great
crowd was gathered in Germany’s
great navy yard at Wilhelm-
shaven to witness the launching
of the great battleship Scharn
horst which was the first German
battleship to be launched in two
decades and was the start of the
new navy of that country. Shortly
after this, her sister ship, Gneis-
enau was sent roaring into the
water.
In 1939 Germany attacked Po
land and Britain entered the war
as an ally of Poland, but there
were already German submarines
all around England and there
were several cruisers in the Eng
lish shipping lanes. The first ap
pearance of the Scharnhorst was
in the Skagerrak but this was
merely a trick to bring British
forces within range of German
based bombers and it failed. She
was next seen with two cruisers
escorting the troopship Bremen
from a port in North Russia. The
British submarine which first
sighted these ships thought she
was out of range but the two Ger
man cruisers swerved right into
range and by the time the sub
marine had finished her attack
the two ships were severely dam-
(See FACTS, page four)
SWIMMING TEAM WORKS OUT
Large Turnout Is Witnessed As
Tank Team Begins Daily Drills
BASKETBALL TOMORROW
The Chapel Hill High School
boys’ and girls’ basketball
teams will play a return en
gagement with Methodist Or
phanage tomorrow night at
the Women’s gym. The first
game will begin at 7.
This will be the last home
appearance for the Wildcats
this season.
In their first meeting earlier
in the season the Chapel Hill
teams split two games with the
Orphanage, the girls losing
by one point and the boys
winning, 21-16.
Alumni Notes
A C. H. H. S. graduate. Jack
Edney, has recently been promot
ed to lieutenant colonel. Only
twenty-six. Jack is the youngest Army
Last week the C.H.H.S. swim
ming team began practice under
the guidance of Willis Casey,
coach of the famous U.N.C. Blue
Dolphins, and Jack Zimmerman,
his assistant.
Twenty or more turned out for
the first practice to whom plans
for future meets with Goldsboro,
Raleigh, and perhaps Greensboro
and Durham, were presented.
The possibilities of having a
successful team are high, having
such accomplished swimmers as
Rodney Waters, Earl Bush, Bill
Browne, Bob Cornwell, Harold
Cheek, Stanley Cohen, Donald
Holloway, Robert Brooks, David
Sharpe and several others.
The practices are held every
weekday afternoon from 5:30 to
7 in the Bowman Gray Memorial
Pool in Woollen gym.
man of this rank in the U. S.
Returns Released
By Hillife Staff
At a class meeting last week
Seniors voted for their favorites
with much thought backing their
choices. The long-awaited results
of the Senior Superlatives are as
follows:
Most popular boy: Billy Car
michael.
Most popular girl: Barbara
Cushion.
Most likely to succeed: Harold
Cheek.
Most influential: Bill Car
michael.
Most talented: Harold Cannon.
Handsomest: Bernard Lloyd.
Best boy dancer: Jack Spar
row.
Best girl dancer: Pat Hole.
Wittiest: Billy Carmichael.
Best all-around boy: Bill Car
michael.
Best all-around girl: Barbara
Cushion.
Most athletic boy: Johnny Gob-
bel.
Most athletic girl: Barbara
Cushion.
Most studious: Harold Cheek.
Best sport: Johnny Gobbel.
Class baby: Bobby Ray.
Most original: Billy Car
michael.
Cutest: Wilda Andrews.
Best conversationalist: Billy
Carmichael.
Done most for the school: Billy
Carmichael.
Best dressed boy: Bobby Ray.
Best dressed girl: Wilda An
drews.
Most lovable: Barbara Cushion.
Most personality, boy: Billy
Carmichael.
Most personality, girl: Barbara
Cushion.
Most beautiful: Pat Hole.
Most ambitious: Harold Cheek.
Most naive: Billy Sorrell.
Most care-free: Billy Sorrell.