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Page 2 X H E F*U L L MOON November The Full Moon Published monthly by members of Mrs. Fry’s second period Junior English class. News Editors C. B. Smith, Sue Culp, Helen Boone, Faye Carlton, Colleen Hinson, Bobbie Jo Kiser, Helen Lisk, Lucille Mabry, Mary Moss, Jean Russell, W. C. Rummage. Feature Editors Anne Powell, Betty Bivens, Marcus Mills, Bobby Gene Owens, Joel Thompson, Tommy Wolfe, Mary Elizabeth Bowers, Bessie Lee Bradley, Betty Coble, Barbara Green, Rose Hartsell, Margaret Hurlocker, Madeline Mor gan, Peggy Morris, Mike Efird. Sports Editors Jack Harris, Don Knotts, George Turner, Charles Morris. Business Managers Joel Mauldin, David Lowder Adviser Mrs. Paul B. Fry Little-Known People Hats Off “Come on, boy, let’s go to the show.” “If I go this afternoon, my class’ll mob me. See ya tonight.” Yes, sir, that’s the voice of the converted students of A. H. S. Most people admit that people who really care don’t do things the wrong way if there is a right way. Since the council is sponsoring a contest to increase attendance and cut down names on the tardy list, people are planning that after noon movie for the day they reap the reward of one-half day holiday if their average reaches 97%. For the first time in years students are noticing the facts. They have begun realizing the harm illegal absences do themselves, from the standpoint of grades, and the possibility of being short a teacher if the percentage isn’t what it ought to be. When students like those of A. H. S. see these mistakes, they make short order of clearing them up. Here’s hats off to a swell job well begun! Another Shortage One towel for about twenty-five boys has to absorb a lot of water for a piece of cloth 36” by 18”. That’s what is happening in the dressing room of A. H. S. One boy brings a towel and some times it has been used by another person before he gets it. When this towel is taken home, it is wet and dirty—very dirty—and some times it doesn’t get home. Mothers aren’t going to let their boys carry a towel to school very often. Something should be done and could be done. We think it would be a justifiable expense for the school to spend a little money supplying towels. The City Laundry has offered to furnish the towels if the high school would pay for having them laundered, but an understanding could not be reached. We believe that a group of boys that practice hard four days a week and play on Friday night deserve a towel to dry off with. Give a Cheer Let’s give three big cheers to the newly-elected eighth grade cheerleaders, and every member of the student body and every foot ball fan who gave these girls their support in their first appearance at the Bullpup-Mount Gilead game Halloween night. Although these girls haven’t had the experience and training of the older cheerleaders, they can get just as much noise out of the fans as the “old timers”. Having been at A. H. S. only eight weeks, the eighth grade cheerleaders have, by close observation, learned the yells and the motions, and even have made some new ones which are strictly on the beam.. The fans who supported them should also be commended, since it takes enthusiasm and support to get the best out of any cheering section. It seems as though the future cheerleaders of Albemarle high school have already gotten off to a fine beginning. Why Don’t We Have One? A. H. S. has . played seven football games this year and so far there has been>|i band playing at each game, but none of them ■Were from Albemarle. There has been a lot of talk around school and around town about this, but there is still no band. One of the hard problems about getting up a band would be to find a leader. But if enough students who have the talent to make music would get together, a leader could probably be found. Well, students, why don’t we have one? Race, Race Race is a word used by many boys who are under the steering wheel of an automobile. Some of these boys are in our high school, some will not be very long if they continue to drive as has been common for the last few months. The word race that we are speaking of is used in connection with a contest of speed, sometimes a contest of death. Two boys have cars, maybe theirs or their fathers’, it doesn’t seem to make much difference. In making conversation they both take pride in the cars they are driving. Then comes the question which is the better, and by this they mean which is the faster not the better make. ’ Coming to no understanding they head for the highway to prove their points and there is no one to stop them from the tragedy that is to follow. Nearing a curve side by side they give no thought to what may be coming. An innocent man and his family are met by this flying mass of machinery. You can guess the rest of this story. A couple of funerals a happy family broken up by two thoughtless boys or young men who insist on drinking and driving. We have none of these in our hieh school, it is to be hoped. This brings about another discussion. Even though we drive slowly and carefully, we are liable to be hit by one of the above mentioned drivers. Our only guard against this is for the state to get a more efficient state police force, already in the making. If you have noticed the papers lately, you have seen the numbers killd in WTecks. In the two Carolinas for the last several week ends it has been well in the teens. This must stop, and we as stu dents, as drivers, can help. THE LIBRARY STAFF: Seated (left to right)—Helen Boone, re porter; Betty Anderson, president; Dorothy Huneycutt, vice-presi dent; Peggy Moorehead, secretary and treasurer. Standing Rachel Gilbert, Mary Leen Efird, Carolyn Hughes, Sara Frances Drye. Back row—Miss Holbrook, Betty Coble, Madge Harris, Lorna Del Swaringen, Most people come out of the library with a refreshed feeling these days. Besides getting a good book and exchanging bits of gos sip with friends, they’ve seen gay bulletin boards displaying news of the latest books; sometimes poetry in regard to holidays is on the boards; and just recently there was a big display of souvenirs from the two World wars set up on library tables. You admit such things help the looks of the library and add to your morale, but do you stop to think someone had to plan it all and then carry out the plans? The work is done by the student assist ants with Miss Holbrook’s help and supervision. In addition to making displays, other duties of the staff are: work ing at the circulation deskiprocess- ing the mail, which includes check ing in the magazines, stamping the ownership, reinforcing the covers, placing them on the rack and filing the old ones; dusting the shelves and furniture and straightening the books; keeping a record of each student’s reading and the daily cir culation records; typing cards for the books, and clipping articles for filing from magazines which are not filed. All magazines indexed in the Abridged Reader’s Guide are filed. This is the reason for asking the librarian’s permission before taking an article. For this work in Library Science the girls are given a unit. Once a week they change work so that each one may learn how to do all the jobs. Helen Boone and Frances Hud son work in the library first period. Betty Anderson, Carolyn Hughes, Peggy Moorehead, and Lorna Swaringen are there second period. Betty Coble helps at activity pe riod, and Madge Harris works third period. After lunch Mary Leen Efird and Rachel Gilbert are in the library, and Dorothy Honeycutt and Sara Frances Drye help fifth period. Aside from this library staff each home room of the eighth and ninth grades has a junior library repre sentative. These students keep the librarian in contact with their grades, report overdue books, help with grade displays, and take ma terial to their classes. Eighth grade representatives are Barbara Setzler, Ellene Holbrook, Larry Lowder, Peggy Almond, and Martha Moore. Ninth representatives are Jimmy Allen, Elizabeth Sides, Lula Morris, Violet Melton, Nancy Priester, and David Gaddy. The student library assistants and the library representatives have formed a library club, which has a social once a month and hon ors birthdays of the members. At the Book Week social, books were featured in the games and contests. Birthdays December 1 - December 2 - December 3 - December December December December December 4- 6- 7 - 8 - 9 — December 11 — December 13 - December 14 * December 15 — December 16 - December 17 - December 19 - December 20 - December 21 — December 22 - December 23 - December 25 - December 26 - December 27 - December 28 - December 31 - Betty Criscoe J. V. Eudy Bobby Russell Audrey Holt Edwin Snuggs Gaynelle Chandler James Hunsucker Richard Vanhoy Helen Lisk Johnny Knight Connie McLain Lorna Del Swaringen Jeanette Williford Jeannine Boysworth Marie Roscoe Susie Morgan Betty Shepherd Henry Efird Bobby Beal Rachel Russell Annie Bell Vera Burris Dorothy Ragsdale Avalyne Thomas Bobby Thompson Betty Taylor Louise Burgess Raymond Lowder Shirley Lineberry Lester Starnes Doris Thomas - Rachel Gilbert • Norma Bogle - Merle Hunsucker Sam McManus Ramelle Plyler Bobby Presnell Attrice Rich - Bessie Lee Bradley • C. B. Cranford, Jr Bobby Smith - Tommy Lilly Gilbert Pickier ■ Harry Shoe Elsie Ray Tucker WHAT IS A BOOK’ A series of little printed signs— Sr Itisffrthe J ,®’^PP'y himself the whiJh sentiments to wh ch these signs correspond. It h 1, whether the book be dull or brilliant, hot with passion or cold as ice. Or. if^ou Featuring Faculty Smiling all the while!! That’s the librarian. Miss Holbrook, all right. This is Miss Holbrook’s first year at A. H. S., but already she has made a number of improvements in the library and its organization. She’s little, but there’s power be hind her. Woman’s College is where she graduated, but she has studied dur ing the summers at Appalachian State Teachers College and the University of North Carolina. Outside of reading. Miss Hol brook has many hobbies, one of which is collecting material for the school information file. She likes to travel, although during the war she co-operated by staying at home. She especially likes to go to the mountains because climbing moun tains is quite a hobby of hers, espe cially during the late summer or autumn. People who carelessly handle books by putting pencils in them or turning down the comers are her pet peeves. During,her spare time Miss Hol brook plays the piano or violin, using her favorite semi-classical music. She loves to do oil paint ing and sketching. Last Christ mas she sketched her own Christ mas cards. Miss Holbrook asks that the Full Moon express her sincere'apprecia- f the student body and the teachers for being so co-operative and helping her as they have thus prefer to put it otherwise, each word in a book is a magic finger that sets a fibre of our brain vi- orating like a harpstring, and so evolves a note from the sounding- board of our soul. —Anatole France. Ond„ tte Sit a bunch of hie-li , These goofs, a lazy lot t No time for work, it’sairf.^^^ Yet they find time tn , A. ft. J He walked beij^^he mo™, He slept beneath the sm He ived the life of a “goinptu.. And died with nothing JUST IMAGINE' Philip’s pants. tor Bradley wift a,, ^^Mrs. Fry or Miss Peebles g Johnny Andrewnot e thing funny. foot^all^°“® A. H. S. when itgetsnewblealL ers. Billfolds with no pictures (Si money is a common thing). ^ Hanky Skidmore with strai^ Mr. Fry with no piano. SEEN AROUND; Dot Ragsdale and Fay Johisot sporting diamonds ... Don ami “Red”; Gene and Jeanette-tlein. separables . . . Seems that Pern W. swapped a sailor for Georgt., Could you believe it?! Eigili graders this year are having non love aifairs than seniors! It happened at the Alkri Drug— Johnny G.: “Lend me a qiala, Sonny.” “Okay.” Johnny buys a sandwich anj ia cream and gives Sonny fiftm cents change. Later he asks for a dime. IV able to find what he wants, he give Sonny back the dime and sap, “We’re even.” CAUGHT UNAWARES; Betty Lee telling friends tte she studied her algebra rale “Cause Miss Caughman threatail us, and she was looking straifk at me” . . . Betty Vaugto an! Charles going steady . . . .'lars* L., do you have time to answer il that fan mail ? . . . Gerald aii Carolyn going everywhere togeli- er . . . Thirteen cars in Fors Hills Sunday night. Miriam skoM put a drink stand in her back jaii . . . Sam Andrew on a visit » ing wonderful music. Guess what happened to Claite Morris on the bus coming from the Duke-State game.,.." Carol R. calling Betty Vaughn« distance to give her the results« the game with Monroe, W,* all the rush, Carol?—as if wed* know! ... Sue Culp givingfne» a quick peek at her latest pirt picture . . . What is that new slojP of yours, Betty Anderson, Douglas Cranford’s cricket—a goofy kind of ba* A. H. S. will have a wondrf basketball team if the number girls going out jis thing. Some say warming up for next y™'.V j school is beginning times with all the all'll vice coming for a visit. Cair was one of the latest There are many things. ways of diiX Llllllgo. ^ A casual glance j Some folks turn up their siee And some'tir^heirnose^^ Boys getting More dating goi^ ; SoiU What’s this we hear “ B. dating Mary Anna Vi like a grand match. Lots of girls around wearing Susie lets. How about that, Mirian? The new probably always be) sur students in small start^j! where most go®®'P. ^^hool. its journey around , where most of tni lis came f»“' j
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