Vaiden Whitley High School - Shield Yearbook (Wendell, NC)

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Drivers, Glenn Medlin and Mike Honeycutt, stand by Whitley’s two gleaming blue and white activity buses. i Books in hand, students stride from trailer to trailer. Mobile units accommodate increased enrollment. Mrs. Leathers projects phrases for students who are working dili¬ gently to increase their reading speed. To accommodate a growing student body, it became necessary to supplement the new five-classroom wing constructed last year with the addition of five mobile units. In these trailers all social studies classes were con¬ ducted; and in a sixth, a remedial reading program oper¬ ated. 17 i

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Funds help purchase additional bus. Selling became fun as stu¬ dents, homerooms, and classes competed for the purpose of raising the funds needed for purchasing a new activity bus. Soliciting magazine subscrip¬ tions initiated the drive which netted approximately three thousand five hundred dollars. Fifteen hundred dollars of this amount was realized from a second project, the sale of chocolate. At the close of these campaigns, high sales¬ men were awarded valuable prizes. Students under the able di¬ rection of Mr. Murphy also assisted with the operation of a concession stand at home ballgames. Profits earned from this operation were used to help defray increasing athletic expenses. Mr. Murphy scans impatient concession stand customers. Senior Harry Hartman, high chocolate salesman, totals candy sales. Freshman Rose Benton, high scription form. magazine salesman, completes one more sub- 16

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Variety spices student life. Student life at Whitley was not all work and no play. Though study filled many hours of each day, there was often time between classes for a cheerful greeting to a special friend. Lunchtime, too, provided an opportunity for fellowship at the table or friendly banter while waiting in line. During football and basketball seasons, some days ended with stu¬ dents gathering in the gym or at the football field to spur the athletic teams to victory. One fall day was most outstanding, because prepara¬ tions were made for parents to come in the evening to see the school and to meet the teachers. Whitley Warriors exterminate Apex Yellow Jackets at spirited pep rally. Student Council member Pam Faison guides parents through Your Teacher Night. 18