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ALBEMARLE, N. C., FEBRUARY 5, 1943
Here and There
, COACH DE LOTTO came into
the physical ed. class.
?i “Choose for basketball. Since
you’re not in training we’ll play
anly four minute quarters. Frank
Patterson, take the time watch and
iieep time.”
' The whistle blew. The playmg
itarted. Up and down the court
the boys raced. Everyone was play
ing hard.
First one side was ahead, then
the other. The place was furious.
• Suddenly Coach, realizing the
play was slowing down and that
ie himself was fagged out, yelled:
?Say, Frank, isn’t the time up
“Yes, sir,” grinned Frank,
Height minutes ago.”
THE POLICE CAR was gain-
kg. Laura Rose gritted her teeth
id pulled over.
“Where ya started?” queried the
h To church!” replied Laura
lose, thinking rapidly.
[ “What for?”
J “To er-er-ah-practice.”
J “Practice for what?”
‘ “Prayer meeting!”
i “THE UNIQUE THING is the
jnly one of its kind,” Mrs. Fry
Wd her senior English class.
-T^ Furr: “Yeah—Ford!”
I IT HAPPENED IN Miss Bare-
,Soot’s English class.
After days spent in studying
jjurals, the teacher thought the
Jass knew all about them. So—
( Miss Barefoot: “What is the
®Bural of radio?”
Betty Jane Hatley: “Radii!”
IIkITTY WALLACE; (to Miss
^use) “May I use my head on
his problem?”
|. Miss Rouse: “No, you might
lurt it.”
I Mrs. Fry, going down the list of
Ijames to ask who had certain
eachers to get news from, coming
pe Miss Rouse’s name, said, “Who
tias Miss Rouse?”
One of the bright pupils from
he back of the room answered,
Mr. Wilson has now.”
OVERHEARD: “A girl to Bob-
y Redwine, “You sounded just
"ie Grady Cole on the program.”
-Bobby Redwine: “I just won’t
■■fJk any more in public over the
j^crophone.”
“It’s true that one can sing
luch better at night than in the
wrning,” Mr. Fry was telling his
2^orus class.
, “That’s right, Mr. I^ry,” Bob
Jurleson agreed, “but what makes
""ne feel so droozily in the morn-
S’ MISS BAREFOOT has started
fjiew book that will be of interest
f i the students of this school. The
jflilme of this book is “Scrap,” so
■'Cndents hang on to your pictures.
She can’t tell scrap when she sees
The book includes snapshots
'hich are taken round-and-about
le school and posters which have
sen made in order to get the stu-
|nts to help more in the war ef-
)rt.
Wt' all wonder how she will tac-
\e tliat big Uncle Sam in the lob-
f? She might tackle any othei
an, but Uncle Sam is different.
■Every snapshot and poster is
aictlv connefted with the school,
fftss si.ys, “I want to tx 1
I ’picture of the one vvl... . ..ntviliul-
i thf J- t- pcrap to the wai need.”
Cursing Is Taught
By Mrs. Ned Gibbs
All girls in the fourth and fifth
..asses in the Home Ec. depart
ment are taking a Red Cross Home
^sing course, which is taught by
.re. Ned Gibbs, registered nurse.
1) course started Monday and
111 continue for six weeks.
•.I ^‘bbs is not a state paid
Wlirse, but is a volunteer helper in
;D le war effort.
Twelfth Grade
Heads Honor Roll
Fifty-three per cent of twelfth
grade made honor roll this term,
and they have the greatest number
on highest honor roll.
The list of honor students in
cludes :
Eighth grade: highest honor—
Helen Lisk. Honor—Leonard Gib
son, Jack Harris, Ellen Bigler,
Max Bogle, Daphene Poplin, Faye
Carlton, Betty Coble, Charlotte
Hewitt, Billy Bremer, Gerald
Chandler, Anne Powell, Sue Culp,
Evelyn Whitley, Bobbie Jo Kiser,
Betty Bivens, and Carolyn Holt.
Ninth grade: honor — Mabeline
Dry, Colleen Glover, Calvin Wal
lace, Fritz Luther, Kent Outlaw,
Ellen Dennis, Helen Brown, Betsy
Bremer, Geraldine Boone, Frances
Biles, Mary Elizabeth Archer,
Reece Cranford, Jean Lizinby, and
Madge Kennedy.
Tenth grade: highest honor —
Hazel Whitley, Dick Morrow, Pat
sy Ingram, and Doris Tucker.
Honor—Edward Lowder, Bill Mor
ton, Bill Parker, Jim Sifford,
Jeanne Palmer, Rhoda Russell,
Ruby Mae Hatley, Wayne Ander
son, Bobby Easley, Louise Efird,
Jahala Crotts, Hazel Ragsdale, Ve-
ronia Smith, and Claudine Dennis.
Eleventh grade: highest honor
Frances Mann, Marian Watkins,
Carolyn Biles and Dottle Whitley.
Honor—Doris Dulin, Martha Ivey,
Hazel McDowell, Carolyn Mills,
Mary Ellen Milton, Jo Morton,
Leola Poplin, Elsovene Snuggs,
Genevieve Ewing, Mary Catherine
Wallace, Everett Ford, George
Watson, Pearl Fesperman, Jean
Griffith, Marie Hurlocker, Adelaide
Moose, Rose Morton, Betty Wolfe,
Margaret Skidmore, and Ticka
Senter.
Twelfth grade: highest honor—
Jeanne Lentz, Rosa Parker, Caro
lyn Stone, Eulalia Tucker, and Er
nest Knotts. Honor—Bill Hart-
sell, Bill Kennedy, Tom Rabe,
Imeldia Blackwell, Novaleen Bul
lock, Estelle Carpenter Eris Crisco,
Emmallee Morton, Ann Parker,
and Eunice Smith.
Wilson Enters Army
Ellie Franklin Wilson, popular
Indastrial Arts teacher of A.H.S.,
reported to Fort Jackson January
3, where he said he would prob
ably take up duties as an instruct
or or clerical duties, since he has
been given limited service.
“Doc,” as he is called in school,
thinks there’s a chance of his get
ting a lieutenant’s rating, but says,
“I don’t know whether I want it
He was company clerk of the
N. C. State Guard for one and one-
half years, and took R. 0. T. C.
for four years at Clemson.
Mr. J. C. Mor
:al D!r(
ary 14, 1943
Model Aircraft Project
Albemarle High High School, Albemarle. N. C.
Dear Mr. Morris:
EXTRA!! EXTRA!! SPECIAL!!
Army officer, are pleading for model plane.. 1 wi.h I could in
some way convey to you ju.t how important the.e officer, feel
that it i. to have the.e model plane.. Major General E. P. Parker,
Jr., Commanding Officer at Camp Butner, i. urging me to try to
get .ome model* of U. S. Army and Navy models built for him.
I believe if we could get boys to feel the importance of thi. project
they would be willing to put in some extra time to get these model,
completed for our .oldier..
They would like to have just as soon as possible twenty-five each
of the twenty model, listed.
This request is in addition to the quota assigned you. 1 am going
to suggest that we try this plan. I am going to ask -schools to
volunteer to make twenty-five plant
diately. Discuss thi " '
willing to lay aside re
nd all work together on thi. pr
lII alike are completed. I belie,
WARREN SMITH, Stat
Vocational Training for
War Production Worker.
of one of the
!. to determine whethe
until twenty-five good model.
r they
Victory Clubs Demonstrate
Work For Chapel Friday
Bear Knotts Wins
Duke Scholarship
Ernest “Bear” Knotts, Albe
marle High School Honor Society
president and football hero, left
January 24 for Durham to enter
Duke University, having won a
four-year, $700 McAllister scholar
ship to that school.
“Bear” was one of the best liked
boys in Albemarle High School,
’ is one of the best athletes that
ever been to the High School.
He has played football ever since
he entered high school, and has
made very high honors during this
When asked about his getting
this scholarship he said, “I was
just lucky.”
But if you look up his grades
and honors on file, you can under
stand it very easily.
“Bear” is one of the only three
boys in the Honor Society, and
^resident of it. Some of the many
.lonors he Won are National Honor
Society, Who’s Who of the “Full
Moon,” twelfth grade representa
tive to student council, football
team for five years, All-Conference
three years, All-State team two
years. Shrine team one year, and
All-Dixie one year.
Program Concludes
Eight Weeks’ Period
Victory clubs, during chapel pe
riod Friday, gave a demonstration
of the work they have been doing
during the past eight weeks.
Participating in this program
were the knitting club, the meteor
ology club, radio club, work club,
code club, aircraft identification
club, and first aid.
The knitting club displayed
sweaters, modeled by Elizabeth
Harris, Marian Watkins, Harriet
Drye, Claudine Dennis, Eris Cris
co, and Willie M. Blalock. A doll
sweater was shown by Kitty Wal-
The more advanced class model
ed scarfs, sweaters and helmets,
which were knitted for the Red
Cross. Taking part were Jo Earp,
Hazel McDowell, Rose K. Morton,
Bobby Easley, Alma Jewell Curlee,
Frances Mann, and Martha Ivey.
Louis Shankle spoke for the me
teorology club and gave an expla
nation of the different kinds of
clouds.
Mr. Hatley explained what was
in the “firecrackers” found in a ra
dio. He also explained condensers,
the composition of tubes, and show
ed how to check tubes.
Bandages were demonstrated by
the first aid group. Miss Holt and
(Continued on page three.)
BUYING STAMPS
s frc
n the homeroom, which have pu
nee the beginning of the .ale bu
committee: Miss Caughman, .
Efird, Hazel Ragsdale, Geraldir
the
Students Buy $684
In Stamps, Bonds
At Honor Day Sale
Six hundred eighty-four dollars
and thirty-four cents in bonds and
stamps were bought by A. H. S.
students at the Honor Day sale
held Friday in the high school au
ditorium.
The sale was opened with the en
tire audience singing “God Bless
America.” Afterwards members
of each homeroom were asked to
come to the stage, where bonds and
stamps were on sale to buy their
bonds or stamps and either tell
Bob Redwine, the master of cere
monies, whom they were buying
them in honor ‘ of, or announce it
emselves.
The majority of the honorees
ere students’ brothers, cousins or
uncles in the armed forces; or ex
students now in service, but sever
al people bought their stamps or
bonds in honor of some teacher’s
friend—or someone’s “brother,”
such as “Gene Hatley’s brother,
Robert Medlin”; “Charles Poplin’s
Ford.”
One student, who for obvious
reasons wishes to remain anony-
nous, dedicated his stamps to a
‘soldier in the air corps that Miss
Rouse ditched.”
Mr. Fry and Marie Hurlocker
provided music for the sale.
Miss McBride’s homeroom, with
_ total of $768.35, put into War
Bonds and Stamps, has copped top
prize (tickets to the Stanly thea
tre) in the last five weeks period
of the War Bond and Stamp con
test.
Four thousand, nine hundred and
twenty-eight dollars and seventy-
five cents have been put in bonds
and stamps by students during the
eight-weeks period since the sale
began the last of November.
Miss Berrier Added
To School Faculty
Miss Ophelia Berrier, who grad
uated cum laude from Catawba
January 22, took up her duties as
eighth grade teacher here Jan
uary 25.
One of, if not the, shortest teach-
s in A.H.S., Miss Berrier is 5
feet tall exactly, and fits the de
scription of “Nut Brown Maiden,”
having dark hair and smiling
brown eyes (no false teeth, of
course).
Her favorite sports are football
and basketball, in that order, and
blue is her favorite color. (Could
t be Navy blue?)
She is especially fond of music,
‘sort of a mixture—classical and
popular.”
By Their Words
“Graduation is one thing that
ever happens but once in High
School.”—Mrs. Jennings.
‘I’ll try to get back early at
lunch, but I’ll have to miss ‘Big
Sister’.” — Ken Ritchie.
‘When are they going to pay us
our ha-da scrap?”—A'. H. S.
Students.
‘Take a little time and save a
finger.”—Earl Taylor.
‘These gas rationers may know
what they’re doing, but I can still
' " ’em something.” -Mr. Hatley.
liss Laws, what does a ‘mute^
h’ look like?—Cabot Carlton.
’m so hard on my head.” —
Martha Ivey.
“There’s one exam I hope Mr.
Wilson flunks, and that is the army
exam.”—Miss Rouse.
The exams have passed, but I
have not.”—Leola Poplin.
“Robert, you don’t know any
thing I want to know.”—Miss Pol-
ston to Robert Medlin.
Mr. Fry rolled up his sleeves,
_ _ J we all worked.”—Ruby Mae
Hatley.
‘If you’re getting hit in the face,
n your back, but get your back
to moving.”—Mr. Hatley. ,