Gray High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Before extending into the community, service often originated in the course of school life. Clerk- ing in the school store provided a job for students who wished to give of themselves. Anyone who was interested in meeting the community obtained an opportunity by volunteering assistance to the Ser- vice Association, which sponsored an annual candy sale. Another good relationship between the school and community developed when the Key Club of- fered a car wash. While sudsing and rinsing auto- mobiles, conversation involving customer and club member strengthened a close tie of understanding between the two. Lighting up sad faces with candy favors and little thoughtful deeds gave a sense of satisfaction to Y-Teens when they visited the hos- pital and nursing home. Since the church is an important element of community life, members of the youth organizations endeavored to help the church progress. They encouraged others to join and to palticipate My youth fellowship DoS ele) le Mrs. Jean Haigler, English teacher, supports a Service Club Sunday morning services. money-raising project by buying candy from Ted McClelland. time and efforts to help their school and to aid their community. Religious faith and church par- ticipation, a basic part of the life of Gray students, are exemplified by Martha Thompson as she reads scripture during a church worship service. As one of the many goals of the Key Club, members regularly serve on parking lot duty to aid systematic and organized park- ing. Judy Weir obtains directions from Ronnie Frye.

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Senior Y-Teen volunteer Mar- lene Smitherman enters a Baptist Hospital patient’s room to let him select a free gift from her sunshine cart. Students volunteer Karen Masten, office page, performs one of her many duties.

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BG Seniors Tim Newsom and Janice Beck reminisce about their past high school days as they look through an old annual. In pursuit of academic excellence, industrious students arrived in various classrooms promptly at eight-thirty. Puzzled scholars mulled over and fi- nally solved chemical formulas and algebraic equa- tions. Topics from world or contemporary history activated discussions while nearby classes dissected sentences and read from William Shakespeare. Try- ing to develop worthy social attitudes, students learned to work as part of a group and to nurture an individual personality. Congregating in the cafe- teria offered time to socialize with favorite com- panions. Physical exercise was a welcome change as boys and girls headed for separate gym classes. To those physically adept, gym period proved a stimulus for joining extra-curricular athletics. Some devoted classmates often held positions as manager or score-keeper of various teams. Others with a sense of duty offered their services as nurse’s pages, librarians, or office helpers. With demanding sched- ules to meet, students strove to fulfill their ultimate purpose of a meaningful school life. Straw ballot statistics substantiate As their responsibility each morning, custodians Ronnie Beane and Gary Lewis raise both flags in front of the school.