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THE FULL MOON
October 3, 1952
THE FULL MOON
Published Monthly by Members of Mrs. Fry’s First Period
Senior English Class
STAFF.
Editor Martha Rae Harris
Business Manager Charles McManus
Staff Members—J. C. Boone, Larry Bowers, Frank Burrell, James
Gibson, Dalton Hathcock, Larry Holt,, Bill Huckabee, Robert
Shaver, Sally Ausband, Peggy Cathey, Marie Clayton, Ruth Ann
Copley, Mona Rae Crotts, Sandra Davis, Bettie Gantt, Marilyn
Greene, Mary Louise Helms, Barbara Lowder, Carolyn Miller,
Peggy Morris, Aveline Morton, Patsy Page, Julie Ussery, Ann
Walter, Judith Whitley, Ann Whitlock, Patsy Wilhelm, Caro
lyn Williams.
Advisor Mrs. Paul B. Fry
I Like Ike
Inquiring Reporter
Question: 'Qu'est-ceque vous voulez le meaux'
(What do you like best about school?)
Bugle Call For Rebels
Many students besides me have
been longing for a brief idea of
just what’s going on up in Wash
ington. I offer you one side of
the story — Adlai E. Stevenson,
my man for president.
Mr. Stevenson won the elect
ion for governor of Illinois by the
largest margin in that state’s
history—by a margin of 576,-
067 votes in a normally Repub
lican state. At the astounding
news, “Time” reported “Veteran
Chicago newsmen know that a
dazzling new political star has
been born.”
Adlai is the grandson of a
Democrat who was vice presi
dent of the U. S. He is named for
him. He is also the great, grand
son of a Republican who was a
personal friend of Abraham
Lincoln’s.
Widely experienced in nation
al affairs. Gov. Stevenson has
served as special advisor to two
secretaries of State, and in the
capacity of Secretary of the
Navy. The U. N. has a great
deal of his thoughts and action
in it, as he helped frame its
charter—has acted both as an
advisor to and a member of the
U. S. delegation.
Now to Stevenson as a presi
dent: Incidentally, he is glad
that President Truman’s name
was not involved in his nomi
nation. The two men are dif
ferent in almost every respect
Under Stevenson, intellect in
stead of political background
will be stressed. The days of
snap decisions will be gone for
ever.
Government spending would
be sharply cut — the Illinois
governor is known as a “tight
man with a dollar.” He is op
posed to waste and extrava
gance as well as excessive gov
ernment payrolls.
Governor Stevenson will lend
an ear to business men as a
result of his connection with a
large law firm. He has close ties
to big men of finance in the
West and understands profits
and their use. They are not re
garded as merely “something to
squeeze.”
Labor will have a voice also,
but not so powerful as under
Truman. Farmers will be look
ed after for 'Stevenson’s family
has been a big owner of farm
land in Illinois, and he is well
acquainted with farm problems.
An attempt may be expected to
reduce taxes if Stevenson is
elected. He regards present
taxes as much too heavy to do
any permanent good.
Stevenson does not care for
government controls and uses no
more than absolutely necessary.
When in Illinois he made a rec
ord by vetoing any controls the
state would be as well off with
out, and he tends to give more
power to city and county gov
ernments.
If elected, he will probably
build up our armed strength for
protection against attack as he
is a great man for protective
measures instead of remedies.
We may expect a complete
change in all top offices of
Washington—about as complete
as the Republicans would make
it.
On the other side of the fence,
Eisenhower seems to be basing
his campaign on what’s wrong
To me General Dwight David
Eisenhower is the best man for
the next president of the United
States. I feel that if Ike is elect
ed in November, he can put an
end to the war we are in if there
is any way possible.
Eisenhower has been in the
war; he knows the danger we
face. Since he has so much
knowledge of this subject, he is
more able^ than his opponent
Governor Stevenson. His high
position he held in Columbia
university has proved that he is
able to do various jobs.
Ike didn’t have a life of ease.
He didn’t inherit a fortune from
his father to live easy on as
Governor Stevenson has. Work
was the only way for Ike. He
can understand how the common
people feel. Being an Army of
ficer was far from what Ike
ever expected to be, but he set
his mind to it and ended up a
five-star general. That is what
we need for the next president, a
man with , the will-power that
Ike has:
I want Ike for president be
cause he is an honest, trust
worthy man who will do his best
to get all our problems straight
ened out. All the explanation
needed is that Ike is the best man
because his platform is directly
opposite to Stevenson’s.
If today the driver of a school
bus runs into a truck and the
next day hits a lamp post, you
get another driver. For seven
years Truman and his party
made one mistake after another,
so it is time to change. The
Truman policy hasn’t done the
U. S. or the world much good.
Sixty million people have been
lost to Communism; seventeen
million casualties have been
lost in the wars.
Not only Republicans are
voting for Ike; some very prom
inent Democrats are also voting
for him. The most recent an
nouncement was made by Gov
ernor Jimmie Byrnes, a leading
Democrat of S. C. He can see the
mess that the Truman policy
has led the United States into.
There is bound to be something
wrong when a leading Demo
crat deserts his party to vote
for a Republican candidate.
Governor Byrnes along with'
millions of other people knows
that Stevenson can’t clean up the
mess in Washington as long as
he is bound by such ties to the
gang that made it. He may
have good intentions, but after
putting himself in the hands of
that crowd he can have little
hope of doing any cleaning up.
November 4 will be a very im
portant date for the Republican
party. Ike and the Republicans
can clean up this mess that has
been made. It will take a great
man and a greater party to do
this, but the people of the
United States will win with the
Republican party and General
Dwight David Eisenhower.
Patsy Page
with Democrats. So far, it’s
anybody’s guess as to just what
he does stand for — besides
Republicans!
The Democratic party offers
you Adlai Stevenson —the man
with experience — the man who
“cleaned up”' government in
Illinois.—Ann Whitlock.
Library News
A. H. S. has a new librarian.
Miss Pearle Michael, who is loved
by everyone who has ever been in
one of her math classes, has left
the field of triangles, protractors,
and figures for one of books, over
due slips, and the Dewey decimal
system.
Library work is not new to her,
however; She was librarian in the
Troy High School before she came
to A. H. S. and this summer she
spent six weeks at the University
of N. C. studying library work.
Her willingness to help and her in
terest in the students combined
with her knowledge of the library
will, we are sure, make her one
of the finest librarians to be found
anywhere.
Library Club
The Library Club held its first
meeting in the high school library
on September 16 to become or
ganized and to select a project
for the year.
Officers elected are as follows:
Shirley Medlin, president; Kay
Thomas, vice president; Betty
Jean Vanhoy, secretary; and
Claude Lawhon, treasurer.
The club now consists of ten
members, all of whom belong to
the North Carolina Library As
sociation.
The two main projects of the
year are making posters to be
entered in the state contest, and
helping the faculty and students
receive the most benefit possible
from the use of books and mater
ials in the library.
Visual Aids
The librarian is again in charge
of providing visual aids for the
classes. Orders are being sent off
at regular intervals for movies re
quested by the teachers.
“The Importance of Making
Notes,” “How to Read a Book,”
and “It’s All Yours’” are short
movies which are being ‘shown to
the students in the projection
room this week.
These movies teach the stu
dents the correct and easiest way
of taking notes, and gives instruct
ions on finding books and adjust
ing reading habits.
Library Assistants
Library assistants for the year
are as follows: First period,
Shirley Deese and Shirley Lisk;
home room period, Kay Thomas
and Betty Jean Vanhoy; third
period, Jo Ann Ward and Shirley
Medlin; fourth period, Betty Jean
Vanhoy and Claude Lawhon;
fifth, period. Buddy Boone and
Douglas Davis. Assistants for
second period will be chosen
later.
Library Lessons
Miss Michael has started
teaching lessons on the use of
the library to the eighth and
ninth grade English classes.
Discussions will include The Li
brary and Its Arrangement, Parts
of a Book, Dewey Decimal Class
ification, Card Catalogue, Ref
erence Books, and so on.
. “These are taught to the
eighth and ninth graders so that
they may make better use of
the library during their high
school careers,” Miss Michael ex
plains.
Library Citizenship
These three rules stress good
citizenship and behavior in the
library:
1. Be quiet and considerate of
others.
2. Avoid taking out more books
than you can use.
3. Return books before they are
due. Don’t keep them after you
have finished with them.
No other road to culture is so
rich and so inviting as the book,
and no other way of learning is
so inexpensive and readily
available.
Jerry: “You know the doctor
told me . to take a milk bath the
other day.”
Bill: “Well, did you?”
Jerry: “No, that was too expen
sive, so I hung a cow from the
ceiling and took a shower.”
An intelligent moron writing a
letter to his mother:
“Dear Mom:
I know you can’t read fast so
I’m writing slow.”
There aren’t any doctors in
their offices these days. They’re
all out testing cigarettes.
Girls
Made McLester—^What are you
doing tonite?
Barbara Copley — Not much of
nothing.
Pat Allan—Sounds like Voo-
Doo from the jungle.
Betty Russell — When is Mr.
Robinette going to get married?
Ellen Palmer — Sounds like
Mrs. Deese to me.
Shirley Boone—I like it!
Suzie Culp—Pick me up at
7:00.
Joan Renger —Ugh!
Shelia Scarboro—I don’t know.
Linda Moose — Did you say
“Boys”?
Sylvia Rogers—Whose car are
you driving?
Sylvia Whitley—I'd think you
were talking about the “Hooch
Show.”
Peggy Morris—Go walking.
Peggy Cathey—Put it up and
keep it.
Bobbie Lowder — I’d think
something had happened to
“Bow-Wow’s” car.
Delores Prince—I’d think they
were calling me a monkey.
Linda Duke — Jump in the
river.
Jean Furr — Sounds like
Creed Me.
Pat Page—I’ll never tell.
Helen Starr — An overgrown
elephant.
Boys
Otty Lynn—Either oui or non.
Gene Snuggs — I’ll have to
know what it says before I can
answer.
George Barringer—It suits me!
Jimmy Millican—I’ll be there
at 8:00.
Junior Dennis—I’d hit them be
cause I would think they were
cussing me. •
Bobby Josey—I didn’t do it.
Jimmy Morton — Yes, I love
you!
Dickie Cash well — I think so
too.
Healthy Pennington — It must
be love. , ,
Wayne Page—My name is Tom
Smith.
Dalton Hathcock—When do we
leave?
Jimmy Page—The teachers.
Craig Smith—I believe there
is something fishy about it.
Frank Burrell — I just don’t
know what to tell yoii.
Sonny Bowers—I had rather go
home than anything.
Bill Huckabee—I’d run.
Bob Shaver—Girls!
Charles McManus—Your room
or min6?
T-Boe McLendon—How much?
Ray Gene Smith—25c or 50c?
J. C. Boone—Speak English.
Claude Lawhon — Don’t cuss
Campus Chatter
Well, here we are again—all ready for another year of fun
and study (believe it or not, teachers), and for many of us it
will be our last here at A. H. S.
Things haven’t changed much. A few new teachers have
been added, a few new coats of paint, and a whole crop of
“green” eighth graders.
The class of ’52 may be gone but not forgotten—right, Ruth
Ann, Georgia?,, and Ellen? And we still see Carolyn Williams,
Carolyn Miller, and Helen Starr making daily trips to the Post
Office. Claud Grigg has recently become a new member of the
letter writing club. ^
Although there are some “lonely hearts” here, any of our
steady couples, such as, T-Boe and Judy W., Avaline Morton and
Pat Haire, Clayton Mauldin, and Evelyn Kimrey, Edward Hatley
and Dot Ellis, and Mona and Jimmy, will tell you things are fine
right here at home.
Mary Louise, whose new green Plymouth did we see you in
Friday night? Claud Law horn and Ann Ivey, what does Badin
have that Albemarle doesn’t have?
The new majorettes and cheerleaders really add color to our
games, and we’re all proud of our fine team, so let’s stay behind
them and give them all the support they deserve.
The sounds coming from Mr. Fry’s room fifth period make us
think we’re going to have a fine mixed chorus again this year.
We have been told that a certain show at the fair has.lost
its appeal for the high school crowd. Wonder why?
The dances after the football games have been enjoyed by
all, especially Martha Rae and Bill, Cread McManus and Jean
Furr, Margaret B. and Jerry T., Avanelle Osborn and James Gib
son, Kathryn Groves and Howard Plyler, Elaine Lowder and Larry
Tucker, and last but not least. MR. ROBINETTE!
A familiar cry among some of our senior girls is, “Anyone for
bridge?”, which always results in a mad scramble to see who
will get to play first.
If a lot of the cars parked around A. H. S. always seem to be on
fire, blame it on the new law No smoking in the restrooms.
French II seems to be getting a lot of people down, according
to Ann Whitlock, Robert Shaver, and Betty Gantt. If we had time
and space we could mention quite a few more who are in the
same boat. '
Ellen Cook has a mighty happy grin on her face these days—
ever since a certain Miami soldier came home from Japan.
Mr. Robinette, what will your Catawba majorette say wh^n
she finds out you’re trying to get a date here and “not a student”,
as you say!/
W^ell, since Ilarmanco’s has had its face lifted, what brave
girl is going to be the first to go inside—don’t all run at once,
please! By the way, Joan Renger, didn’t we see you with a State
College boy out there Sunday night? Maybe a new romance is
coming into bloom—hmmm?
■ The girls in A. H. S. want to know why so many of the boys
insist on being bachelors. What’s the matter, Keith Sikes, Lanny
Ellis, Charles McManus, and Bill Huckabee?
Well, looks like that’s about all the news for now—but we’ll
be back next time with more chatter for all you lucky people.
So long and happy studying (?)
“THE SHARP C’s”.