The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08


Flat tires are not too unusual but
they always seem to occur at
exactly the wrong time. That most
inconvenient hiss can really mess
a person up sometimes and that's
just wha. happened to me. Way
out in the middle of nowhere, the
never-failing spot for a tire to go
flat, I found myself under such a
circumstance. . with a deadline to
meet. So here you are, reading this
column a day late cause, as you
know, the presses must role on,
with or without me and my tattle.
But now for a little about some
of the latest happenings.
Wild with excitement and with
g~loriously singing hearts, Whining
ton fans trouped from the Rocky
Mount stadium Friday night after
seeing the Wheat team push over
for the only score in our first con-
ference encounter. For the first
time in quite a number of years
the Wildcast beat Rocky Mount
with a score of 60. We have tied
them but this was our first win
over them in something like eleven
or twelve years. That team is real
ly a bunch of boys we can be
proud of, and of course, those
mighty swell coaches we have too,
also deserve a whole lot of credit.
This game really proved that our
school spirit can't be beat any
where; an unusually large crowd
overflowed the bleacher section on
the Wilmington side Friday night,
During the half the two Rocky
Mount sponsors met the two Will
mington sponsors in the center of
the field where each was given a
dahlia corsage with streaming
black and orange ribbon. Betty
Walter and Flora McIver, elected
by the Wildcat football team to
represent them, were escorted on
the field by Rex Willis and Allen
Lanier, respectively. "A very.
luscious blue convertible came out
onto the field in which rode the
sponsors and then they were taken
to the center Of the large cir
Gle formed on the field by the
Mount High School band. An
presentation Of both the
Wilmington and Rocky Mount spon-
sors then followed; also the Rocky
Campus Sweetheart, Boo
Pearsall, was presented. The out
come of an election held for cam
pus sweetheart was kept secret I'M
til Friday night, when she was pre-
scented with the sponsors from both
teams.
Craving to see first confer
ence game was Hampton Frady,
who came in from Duke univer-
sity. Betty Davis was glowing all
night cause Billy Stewart had just
come in from overseas, and they
both took in the game. Billy Moore,
who is in the army and on leave
now, was another Wilmington fan
who journeyed to Rocky Mount.
A dance was held at the Teen
Age club after the game and it
looked to me as if the Whining
ton Crowd overran the Rocky
Mount crowd there. Out on the
dance floor I saw Betty Walter
and Billy Quarles, Flora McIver
and Allen Lanier. The girls were
all twitterpated because of the
thrill Of being elected sponsors,
and incidentally they both really
deserve that honor. Betty wore an
attractive wool suit with a black
checked skirt and black jacket,
trimmed in matching black check
ed wool in blazer style. The orange
and black of her corsage merged
with her colors. Flora's corsage
looked mighty good on her suit of
sea-green gabardine. Her white tie
at-the-neck blouse formed a very
suitable neckline.
I couldn't begin to tell you about
all those Wilmington people there
or I'd be going on forever. 1t was
noticed, though, that adults turned
out for the game as much as the
students did, so again my point is
proved that other cities will have
to 60 some to beat the support
given the Wildcat team. Yessir,
Rocky Mount really had its fill of
Wilmington Friday night.
Early Friday morning a special
bus loaded with speech arts stu
dents, headed towards Goldsboro to
spend the day in the dramatic de-
partment of the G%oldsboro High
School upon the invitation of MI.
Clifton Britton. Accompanying the
classes were Miss Mildrd John
son., speech arts teacher, and Miss
Virginia Ward, faculty member.
Mr.. Britton, who is nationally fam
Gus for his superior work
with dramatic art, showed the stu
dents all around the high school
and the work done there by those
G%oldsboro boys and girls inspired
the classes here greatly. We hope
to do some of the fine work that
they have proved themselves cap
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