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THE EAGLE

VOL. 1-NO 1 TAYLORS HIGH SCHOOL, TAYLORS, S.C. Friday, October 10, 1958

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FFA Chapter
Members Win
Number Prizes

Taylors High School was well
represented at thGreenville
American Legion County Fair this
year in the agriculture field.

Not only did many of the boys
from the agriculture class and
FFA Chapter attend, but numerous
prizes were accumulated by the
local participants.

The Taylors FFA Chapter placed
first in competition with 18 other
groups, Hillcrest No.1 was second,
Hillcrest No.2 was third, and
Greer was fourth.

Mack Cochran reaped the fruits
of his labor as he showed the
Grand Champion Berkshire Boar,
the Berkshire Sow of the entire
Legion Fair; plus winning $142 in
prize money.

In the Sears Pig Chain, Charles
Coleman showed the grand cham-
pion gilt and Donny Dempsey
showed the reserve champion boar.

Charles also won top prizes in
fitting and showmanship of gilts
with Donny receiving, in the board
exhibitors, a second place award
in the fitting and showmanship of
his boars.

Venturing over to the Commer-
cial and Agriculture Buildings, one
finds a collection of prizes were
obtained here also. Carlos Ward
won first, second and third places
for his peppers and second and
third for his okra. Richard Ross
won first prize for his hot pepper

Bucky Lollis and Danny Bull,
representing the 4-H Club, obtained
with their dairy calves five red rib-
bons and two blue ribbons respec-
tively, in the livestock barn.

The FFA Chapter had 73 boys
attending the fair last Tuesday
morning and hopes to have as many
or more attending the State Fair
on Tuesday, October 21.

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Eagle Staff Has
First Meeting At
Home Of Editor

The Eagle staff had its first
meeting at the home of the Editor,
Pat Crain, on September 16. The
meeting was called to order by
Pat and the roll was checked.

Duties were assigned to the var-
ious committees and plans for the
year were made. Prices for pub-
lishing the paper, the type and size
of the paper were all discussed.

Managers of individual commit-
ies were appointed and circula
tion ideas were suggested. A re
port was given by Ann Taylor as
to the progress of the Business
Staff on the amount of money made
through the selling of advertise-
ments.

Afterwards, refreshments were
served by Mrs Crain and several
of the girls on the staff.

Mrs. Cecil J. Maxwell is faculty
advisor for The Eagle this year and
the paper will be printed by The
Greer Citizen on newsprint. It will
be tabloid size which is standard
for school papers, five columns
wide and 16 inches long. Each pap-
er will consist of four pages and
a section will be used for the re
porting of elementary school news.

Comments, helpful suggestions
and constructive criticisms on the
paper will be appreciated by the
staff.

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Betty Boling
Named Taylors'
Miss Hi Miss

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Betty Boling, Student Body Pres-
ident, was selected by members of
the senior class and the faculty as
"Miss High Miss" of Taylors High
School.

This student is selected on the
basis of leadership, cooperation, de-
pendability and scholarship.

Betty will represent Taylors at
the annual "Miss HIgh Miss" week-
end at Winthrop College next
Spring.

She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J.R. Boling of Route 4, Tay-
lors.

At Taylors High, Betty has been
a member of the JHA Glee Club,
Eagle Staff, Bi-Phy-Chem Club,
Block "T" Club, Student Council
and basketball team. She repre-
sented Taylors at Girls' State in
Columbia this summer.

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New Assistant
Principal, Teacher
Comes To Taylors.

Taylors High School has as a
new assistant principal and science
teacher, Mr. Dewey Huggins of
Greer.

Mr. Huggins is a graduate of
Spartanburg Junior College and
holds an A.B. degree from Wofford
College. He has also done graduate
work at Furman University.

Before coming to Taylors, Mr.
Huggins taught mathematics and
science at Roebuck High School in
Spartanburg for four years, and
was teacher and guidance counse-
lor at Davenport Junior High in
Greer for three years.

He resides on Ashmore Street in
Greer. In his own words, he is "un-
married but hopeful".

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Enrollment High

The opening day of school re-
vealed the largest number of stu-
dents ever enrolled at Taylors
High and Elementary Schools.

The freshman class, with a total
of 120 students, led the list. The
sophomores have 86 and the jun-
iors number 74. The senior class
has the lowest number with only
55.

In the elementary school, there
are a total of 703 pupils registered,
bringing the total number of stu-
dents in attendance at Taylors to
1,036, which is an increase of 71
over the previous year. Most of the
increase is in the elementary level,
but the high school shows an in-
crease of 15 students over the 1957-
58 school year.

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New Club Formed;
Officers Named

The idea of forming a club came
to a group of girls while visiting
at the Lake Greenwood home of
Sally Henderson on June 21, 1958.
The officers:President, Beth
Boling; Vice President, Ruth
Greenwood; Secretary, Rose Hud-
gens; and Treasurer, Jinky Thom-
ason, were elected immediately.

The purpose of the club is: "To
develop our lives spiritually, men-
tally, and physically and to have
well - rounded personalities". Blue
and white became the official club
colors.

Julia Boling, Elizabeth Davis,
Royce Steele, Evelyn Rosamond,
Sandra Stewart and Carolyn South-
ern ( of Paris ) with Sally Hender-
son ( an honorary member ) com-
plete the membership. Mrs. S.V.
Thomason is the chosen sponsor.

The permanent meeting place is
at the home of Evelyn Rosamond.

The original name for the club
was the "Flappers Club", but with
the help of Miss Mary Lee Welborn
it was later changed to "Les Fil-
les", meaning "The Girls".

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Yearbook Staff
Begin work On
"58-'59 Annual

On September 16, the yearbook
staff met at the home of Miss Grace
Greer and began work on the 1958-
59 "Les Memoirs". Many things
were discussed that will make a
larger and better annual for the
coming year. The price, until after
Christmas will be $3.50, after which
it will be $4. Two free annuals will
be given before Christmas to lucky
subscribers. These two names will
be drawn from subscriber slips
Only $1 down is charged to reserve
you annual.

On September 30, the photogra-
pher made individual pictures of
grades 9-11. Seniors went to the
studio for individual re-touched
pictures.

Football players' and cheerlead-
ers' pictures will be made soon.
Pictures of clubs will be made at
a later date.

October 8 is "Anuual Day" at
Lander College. "Les Memoirs" will
be represented by Jenny Moon, ed-
itor, Linda Painter, business man-
ager; Johnny Carlisle, photogra-
pher; and Billy Batson of the ad-
vertising staff.

Guest Studio, at present, shines
with Taylors girls as beauty sec-
tion pictures are on display. Be-
hind the scenes others are being
developed, and as soon as possible
these must be sent to the secret
judge for his selection of class
beauties.

Flash cards will be out soon say-
ing, "Subscribe today", and that's
what the staff wants you to do to
help the school have a good an-
nual. If you have a good snap of
a campus scene, give it to Carlisle
- your photographer!

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B.T. Gault Is New Principal
Taylors Hi and Elementary

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Taylors High School is proud to have as its new principal,
Mr B.T. Gault of Greer. Mr. Gault comes to us from Daven-
port Junior High School in Greer where he served as princi-
pal for six years. In his new position, Mr Gault will serve
as principal for both Taylors High and Elementary schools.

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Mr.Gault

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Prior to going to Davenport Jun-
ior HIgh School, Mr. Gault served
as principal of the Anniston, Ala.
Junior High School. He is also a
former teacher and principal of
the Greenville City Schools, having
been principal at one time of the
Augusta Circle Elementary School.

Prior to his principalship at the
Greenville City School, he served
temporarily as Locality Expeditor
for the National Housing Agency.

Mr. Gault served in the military
service during World War II, en-
tering as a first lieutenant and be-
ing discharged as a lieutenant
colonel, a rank he now holds in
the Army Reserves.

Mr.Gault is a native of Fountain
Inn in lower Greenville County and
a graduate of the public schools
in that city and Wofford College
at Spartanburg.

At Wofford, Mr Gault was on
the athletic advisory board and bus-
iness manager of the college an-
nual. He has an athletic record
anyone would be proud to have.
He was captain of the football team
at Wofford and was chosen for the
All-State Football Team. His hob-
by is sports.

Mr. Gault has been active in the
educational field for many years
and is a member of a number of
educational and scholastical asso-
ciations. He is a past president of
the Greenville County Education
Association and for the year 1955-
56 was named in "Who's Who in
American Education".

Mr. Gault is married to the for-
mer Miss Pearl Littlejohn of Spar-
tanburg and they have two teen-
age daughters, Sharon and Carol.
The Gaults are living in Greer.

Let's all work together this year
to help Mr. Gault make Taylors a
better school for everyone.

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Student Council
Holds Meeting
With Miss Rankin

Members of the Student Council
met on September 19 with the new
sponsor, Miss Rankin. The officers
and sponsor discussed several prob-
lems - one of which received the
"Thought for the Day" to be used
in the daily bulletin.

The council decided to list eight
monthly themes for the year. Each
homeroom will be asked to submit
three thoughts for each month, re-
lating to the theme selected. It
will be announced the last week
of each month so every person will
have time to think of some mean-
ingful thoughts.
Sportsmanship was discussed as
a possible theme for the month of
October.

Mr. Gault suggested that the
Student Council sponsor a "Student
of the Month". There will be a boy
and a girl chosen each month from
grades 9-12. This outstanding stu-
dent will be chosen on scholarship,
leadership, initiative, courtesy, co-
operation, dependability, Sunday
School attendance and service to
the school and community.

Each homeroom will elect a boy
and girl and submit the names
to a teachers' committee who, in
turn, will select the boy and girl
student of the month.

New members will be added to
the council as soon as a list of
qualifications can be established.

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Friendship Rings

Fellas, have you been thinking
of something for your girl? Here's
the perfect thing, a friendship
ring. She will think you are the
greatest.

The rings are sterling silver with
red and white hearts and the words
"HIgh School" written on them.

Mrs. Long has sent off the first
order, but see her so that you can
get yours with the next order.

The rings are two dollars, so,
see Mrs. Long soon.

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Rev. J.L. Nanney
Is First Chapel
Speaker of Year

The sounding of the president's
gavel at the beginning of sixth
period, September 26, marked the
opening of the first high school
chapel program of the year. After
the announcements and the intro-
duction of the new Student Body
officers, the speaker of the day,
the Rev. Jack L. Nanney, pastor
of the Taylors First Baptist Church,
was presented to the students.

Mr. Nanney is one of those rare
speakers who can mix humor, a
serious thought, and brevity, and
come up with a talk both interest-
ing and inspiring.

for the first few minutes, he
kept everyone in stitches with his
jokes, which surprising enough
were both new and funny. But
when he was serious, an air of
reverence pervaded the entire
group.

It is hoped that all of our speak-
ers for coming assemblies, will be
as interesting and easy to listen
to as Mr. Nanney.