The Full Moon
Vol. 18, No. 4
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
February 13, 1953
WORLD HISTORY STUDENTS
oon’t seem to be learning too
niuch history thes^ days. A week
?go this conversation was heard
in Mr. Robinette’s room.
Charlotte Pope: “Bobby, who
'vas Joan of Arc?”
Bobby Josey: “Oh, she was
the girl who got french-fried.”
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“Mrs. fry, you counted it
Wrong because I wrote algebra
With a capital letter,” said Ben
ny Watts in ninth grade English.
You capitalize only the titles
01 languages,” Mrs. Fry remind
ed him.
„ “Well,” argued Ross Mason,
algebra is Greek to me.”
* * *
Mr. fry to his Mixed Chorus
Class: “I have just received a
interesting note.” ,
Delores Waisner: “What did
say, Mr. Fry?”
Mr. Fry: “I’ll read it. ‘Please
excuse Gene Snuggs from cho-
today. I need his voice for
the army. Signed, ‘Ike’.”
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, Mr. r. c. HATLEY: “We’d
better put this .test off until
Tuesday.”
T,Otty Lynn: “Why wait until
luesday?”
Mr. Hatley: “1 always did hate
papers with nothing on
* * *
, A FAMILIAR SIGHT around
?®re these days is green hair.
« seems that a lot of girls with
blond hair are getting the
yen for wavy green hair.
“T boy was heard to remark,
; don’t feel well. These green
aves are making me seasick.
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. Someone hid patsy wii-
shoe on the speaker m
^r. Fry’s room. As she made a
try to get it down, Pat-
you may kill someone.”
* * *
ONE DAY MRS. Deese was
an a hard time getting the
Jttention of French II class. Fi-
J^lly she said, “Bill, you’re dl-
talking.” . „
just When you’re talking,
plied Bill Huckabee.
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BOONE WAS collect-
safL^pnor rolls one day, and he
“Wni ^be new French teacher,
roll send down your honor
thf^V 1- "^fter a minute he added
Va^^Shtfully, “You are Miss
anderbuilt, aren’t you?”
CERTAINLY WOULD
oev K cheating in sociol-
but Mr. Robinette wants to
thft^^.^tious just the same. As
P^ass began a test, he re-
“Cover your hand with
paper.” -
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IS NOT in the past
is ftUu ^s y®t, and everyone
trvS guarding against it or
sevp/.to get well of it. One day
stafp } in embers of the annual
thp c ^ coughing spell at
time. ,
ray, ^ Huckabee jumped up and
as f^ar of catching it
tako ^^lled behind him, “I gotta
cold pill in twenty i^ii''
alp^® DAY ROBERT Shaver was
and up in a suit, shirt
initial
b” on it.
you like my tie?” he
StiS^t does the “S” stand for?
came Bettie Gantts
^^estioning reply. ^
HATLEY HAS a new
he ®y® glasses. When
he ^ P^ii" the other day
them off with a
the “These glasses give me
stomach ache!” '
Whn^,FOUR HUNGRY Seniors,
the skipped lunch to see
ert .L, ^augural exercises, watcn-
ouicKs, out
are ^ton suddenly said, They
'^ery patriotic, aren't they?
C.Grigg, R.Setzler
Chosen To Head
Full Moon, Annual
Claud Grigg ^nd Ralph Setzler
were chosen to edit next year s
Full Moon and Crossroads, re-
soectively, at a recent meetmg
of the Junior class. Victor Dry
was elected business manager of
the high school newspaper, while
Larry Talbert was given the 30b
of business manager 01 tne
annual.
At the class meetmg this
year’s editors and business man
agers spoke to the students of
the duties and responsibilities of
tbpir iobs, and urged the ciass
to elect dependable and capable
daSmatesV the off.ces
These elections were held this
vpar so that the newly elected
Sftorf and business managers
LI It,?
yelr as more efficient and self-
assured officers.
Six Are Entering
Speaking Contest
Planning to enter the oratori-
1 ^nntpl; to be held here at
msSiTSB
„ Harriiwalked off with the
mtae lrom both county and dis-
trict contests.
New Teacher Fijls
French Position
V “f?sh®teachTresSned’‘ after
English teaser,
^Iced^y Miss Mabel Vendrick,
Miss Vendrick prench. Al-
Slh-^sh^Sed^
irfypS'^of spirts as a
ers here to be y ^
There i’^tL^^past^^four
S-eeki
to colds and_m^
1
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Above are pictured the noses of 12 students in A. H. S. If you
think that you know most of them, write the names opposite
the number on a piece of paper and hand it in to Mrs. Fry's
room as soon as possible. The student who picks the most cor
rectly will receive a prize. HINT: All of these noses belong
to the faces of BOYS in high school.
luniors To Present Play
'Oh, Promise Me'
Cast Is Released
By Miss Bankett
Casting has been completed,
and rehearsals are now in prog
ress for the Junior class play,
“Oh, Promise Me!” a 3-act farce,
to be given February 19.
The story is about Barry Hol
lis, a young boy who has just
graduated from Princeton and
has been left a fortune from his
late father’s will. On the train
home from Princeton he meets
and falls in love with Gladys
Vance. He persuades his aunt,
with whom he makes his home,
to send Gladys a note inviting
her for a visit. Another note is
sent to PatsieV Linden, a hard-
boiled little dancer and old
flame of Barry’s, asking her to
send back his frat pin. When
the letters get mixed, the fun
really begins.
Featured in the cast are as
follows: Seth Miller, a lawyer,
Jimmy Griffin; Furber, a but
ler, Larry Tucker; Barry Hollis,
a young millionaire, Claud
Grigg; Mrs. Hollis, his aunt,
Georgia Beaver; June Hollis, his
young sister, Bobbie Eudy; Kath
leen, the cook, Dixie Schadt;
Ann Furber, a young actress,
Kathryn Groves; Patsie Linden,
her mother, Sylvia Whitley;
Gladys Vance, a dreamgirl, Ann
Ivey; Ralph Saunders, a man
with a purpose, Larry Yow; Mrs.
Jones, a young mother, Joyce
Simpson.
Proceeds from this play will
go for the Junior-Senior prom.
NEWS BRIEFS
The Briarhoppers and Carl
Story, of TV fame, will present
a musical program tonight at 8
o’clock in the high school audi
torium. This program is spon
sored by the D. O. class.
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John Robert Taylor, an eighth
grader, won the popularity
award at the Arthur Smith Tal
ent Show presente'd here on Jan
uary 31. This was determined
by audience applause. John
Robert received a cash award.
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The Seniors have chosen their
Senior play, to be given March
20. It is a mystery drama en
titled “Ramshackle Inn.”
Heads! Ears! Body! Where Did They Go?
cihflver’s head? Kill
Where’s Shaver a ^
it. There’s not eno g j^eads
all ot say
are m>ssmg-a yo„
measure that cux.
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teacher to see each month. Too,
the members of this class must
keep their ears open at all times
for news or the funny things
that go in “Here and There” and
‘By Their Words.”
There are three staffs on the
Full Moon—Feature, News, and
Sports — with editors for each
staff. In case no one of you
has ever known who the mem
bers and editors of the class are,
the list appears on the first col
umn of the second page.
A feature is an article written
mostly for entertainment. Some
features appear in every issue,
while some are seasonal. “Camp
us Chatter” is a good example
of a feature. . , ^ ,
After the articles have been
assigned, a deadline is set. The
Press Printing Co., which prints
the paper, is notified by the busi
ness manager that the dummy
will be sent in by that time.
The dummy is all the articles,
tvped with a headline printed at
the top. Then on eight pieces of
paper the eight pages of the
paper are marked off.
You propably think the class
is through now because the pa
per has gone to press. Wron^!
One day a copy of the paper is
sent to school for the class to
proofread. After this is correct
ed and sent back we go on with
verbs and participles until one
morning the class arrives to find
big piles of Full Moon on all the
desks. These sheets are not
folded, so the class goes to work.
They get the papers folded, then
count out the number for each
homeroom.
Soon the papers are delivered
and the class sits down to en
joy their handiwork . . . that is,
all but one person, who has one
of the biggest jobs on the paper.
He is circulation manager —
Larry Holt. He takes care of the
subscription. He folds the pa
pers into envelopes, types the
addresses to some 75 papers and
sees that they are mailed. This
is one of the most tedious jobs
on the whole paper.
Well, the paper is written,
printed, folded, and delivered,
and boy, is everyone bushed!
You probably are, too, if you’ve
read to the end of this article.
Need For Senior
High Is Declared
By School Board
A statement' has been released
by the Stanly County Board of
Commissioners and the Albe
marle School Board that Albe
marle High School needs to di
vide into two separate schools,
a senior and a junior division.
R. L. Brown, chairman of the
School Board, said that a new
senior high school should be
built consisting of the tenth,
eleventh, and twelfth grades.
The present high school would
contain the seventh, eighth, and
ninth junior grades of the en
tire system. This would relieve
the pressure of such crowded
conditions in the grammar
schools and in the high schools.
Albemarle schools do not own
any land at the present time,
and so this will entail buying a
lot for the Senior High School.
It has been tried and proven
that this is the best possible so
lution for this problem, and it
is also in keeping with the ap
proved school standards.
Contestants Try
For Debate Team
“Resolved: That the Atlantic
Pact nations should form a fed
eral union.” These solemn words
will ring out over the auditorium
on February 27 as the prelimi
nary try-outs for the negative
and affirmative debating teams
are held.
Four persons will be chosen to
represent AHS in both this and
other schools where the debates
are to be held. In the running
are Jimmie Millican, Frances
Litaker, Pat Allan, Jimmie Grif
fin, Claud Grigg, Ann Ivey,
Joyce Simpson, and Georgia
Beaver.
After the two teams are chos
en, they enter into the “triangu
lar debates.” That is, the AHS
affirmative team will compete
against Lexington’s negative
team here, while the negative
team goes to Charlotte to com
pete against Harding’s affirma
tive team. These will take place
on March 27.
By Their Words
“A good person didn’t go
wrong; another bad person has
been found out.”—Rev. Jordan.
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“Doris Day is the top male
star,”—Robert Shaver.
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“My students didn’t know
enough this time to be funny
and make boners on exams.”—
Mrs. Westerlund.
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“Some of these people that
drive a car should have a sign
on the back that says: ‘Watch
out! I don’t know where I’m
going, and nobody else does’.”
—Mr. R. C. Hatley.
# * *
“Some people have to act like
fools to make people look at
them.”—Chief Furr.
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“They’ll have to build a road
across that ocean before I cross
it,”—Mrs. Deese.
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“With brains like mine you
have to take study hall and cho
rus.”—Shirley Deese.
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“Oh, I made a D! Now I
won’t be eligible for Honor So
ciety.”—Gene Snuggs.
* * *
“The University of Ignorance
is a funny institution; you never
graduate; you never get a di
ploma; but you pay tuition all
your life.”—Mr. R. C. Hatley,
♦ * ♦
“Do you want this side on
that side, and that side on this
side?”—Otty Lynn.
* * *
“A cigarette is a bunch of to
bacco wrapped up in some
paper; a fool at one end and a
fire at the other.” — Mr. R. C.
Hatley.