Rockingham High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockingham, NC)

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C4555 Mglg gg?-Cgoniinaeci In New York today, the HU. S. S. Tough Knightn was christened by .lose- phine Wentz, noted author of 'aThe Life of Sinclair Allen . Bruce Howell received his commission as Skipper .... An incident of interest at the christening happened when one of the spectators, Willie fones, fell in the Bay. However, he was immediately rescued by Herbert Whitley. Fire made considerable set-back early this morning to the work being done by the Archie McDonald Construction Company on the Umpire State Building. Fireman Forrest MCBfjfll8 is the hero of the day for his valiant rescue of the company's secretary, Clara Little, from her office on the forty-ninth floor of the burning building. Now let's have a little news from the sunny spots in the South .... Henry Rivers has announced the formal open- ing of his new resort, MDew Drop Innfl located on Boydis Lake. lMelton, that is.l One of the celebrities at the opening was George Little, famous coach at Notre Dame. At the ceremony by' the swimming pool, he was presented the latest type of pen for underwater writing. Renowned scientist Lenora Smith has discovered a new type of match. Co- worker Carroll Criscoe says this dis- covery is sure to Hset the world on firef' Dietitian Margaret Craft has perfected a new cheese without holes. One of her assistants is Dolores Prevatte, already famous for perfecting the doughnut with- out a hole .... Bruce Taylor reports that his rocket is ready to take off for the moon. He told Glenn Smith that his only obstacle is nwhere will I refuel?,' Smith commented that he is happy to remain on earth while Taylor is 'fout of this worldfi Test-pilot Autie Carter is ready to make the first test on the Wingless D. Phillips '41-8. When queried by reporter Mollie Colvin, his only comment was, L'One can,t lose his head in the gamef' One of the South's leading agricul- turists, Herbert Lane, has announced that he will this week take over the Hatcher Poultry farm. Mildred Flowers recently made her debut in music by playing in McDujie Hall, '4The Finished Symphonyf, which she composed. Construction on the Hudson Bridge has been retarded due to geological con- ditions which had been previously prophesied by Marvin Watts, publisher of Watts, Newsf' Washingtonis Foreign Department has announced that it will send Secretaries Georgia Wrape and Kathleen McDonald to the American Embassy in France. While on the foreign subject, I might add that Lydia McCroskey and lris llloore are sailing for South America early next month as good will ambas- sadors from the United States. It has been announced that the famous explorer, Conrad Peek, has discovered Capps, Peak, which he named after his assistant. Accompanying him on his pres- ent trip is Mary Sue King, noted deer hunter- The nationis most outstanding woman detective, Essie fSherlochj Dawkins, scored another triumph yesterday when she apprehended a shoplifter walking off with the safe. The shoplifter was sighted by floorwalker Wilma Sanford in the Gainey and Ganey Department Store here in Shangri-La. Folks, I had intended to have Mrs. Margaret Garrett and Miss Kay Cros- land, whom I see in the audience, come up and say a few words on behalf of the class of '4-85 but I see my time is up, so I'll sign off for now. This is your Station R-O-C-K-E-T broadcasting to you from our studios overlooking Finley Square.

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Kfddd prop ecy Good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. America! Here it is April 1, 1960 and you have with you again your on-the- spot commentator, Shirley Cowbarn, bringing you the high-spots in the news and speaking to you from Shangri- La. While glancing through the records today, 1 came across a portion of my files on graduating classes. My interest was immediately drawn to the achieve- ments of a certain high school class of Rockingham, North Carolina-a city of only 100,000 population. It will be inter- esting to our listeners to know that so many of our famous men and women of today are graduates of this class-the class of 19418. Washington, D. C. this morning proudly received new Congressman Robert Hutchinson, a graduate of this class. Upon his arrival he waved a greet- ing to his life-long friend, Neal Cadieu, who was seated in the press-box having just returned from watching John Moss successfully coach his team, HMoss' Lossesfl to victory through one of the seasonis toughest games against his old schoolmate, Wesley Smith, who coached the opposing team, Wesley's Wrecksf, Report has just come in that Mary fo Phillips, nationally known Dean of one of our foremost women's colleges, the Sadie Hawkins University, is vacationing in Cuba. She is accompanied by .laniee Covington and .lacqueline Harrison, who are her assistants. The Museum of Fine Arts has added to its collection another priceless portrait, 'aGeorgia Boyv, which was painted by the prominent artist, Martha Haywood. At the unveiling, such notables as Farrell Hardin, Clifton Andrews, and Bobby Melton were present. The famous woman doctor, Norma Gwen Baxley, and her assistant, Mildred Terry, last night performed a delicate spinal operation on Hal Currie, saving his life after a seemingly fatal accident in which the bus he was driving over- turned. Lewis Robertson administered vital first-aid on the way to the hospital in the ambulance driven by Ned Yates. Wealthy financiers, Leo McKay and Lester Adeoch, had previously donated funds which made experiments on this type of operation possible. They have done much toward furthering medical knowledge through their generous con- tributions for research. And now for Hollywood doings! It is rumored that Ida Hamer is in the lead for the Academy Reward for her out- standing performance in her latest picture, MSkyline Terrorsf' in which she co-starred with dashing Tommy Taylor. Marian Bullard is signed up to do the leading part in the forthcoming pro- duction of Charles Brown's School Days, co-starring Jimmy Ratliff, and produced byT. G. Long and Bruce Gailes. . . . Bobbie Sue Milliken has accepted a position as model for the Glenn White Photographic Agency . . . Entertainer Geraldine Brand is now making a person- al disappearance tour of the country, accompanied by her secretary, Carleen Wadlcins. After many years, Rockingham, North Carolina has completed its Dorothea Andrews Memorial Hospital, and the city takes pride in announcing that the medical staff is headed by Drs. Daniel Robinson and Adele fones, both dis- tinguished in the Held of surgery. Head nurse will be Mary Elizabeth Irvin and her assistant, Carolyn Horne- Isabelle Williams, Virginia Watts, and .loyce Sanford of the Medical Society were present at the dedication, and a speech of appreciation was made by Alta Clem- mons, mayor of the city- Now for a word from our Sponsor: 4'At this time we should like to pause to inform you that it is the Elbert Penegar Wrecker Company that makes this program possible. Remember our motto, 'You wreck and we rescue.'

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