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Vol. 20 —No. 4
Here and There
“MISS WILSON, Do you have
any comment on the Duke-Caro
lina game?”
“Well,” she replied after some
thought, “Duke couldn’t do any
thing w'rong and Carolina
couldn’t do anything right.”
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT Skip
per, teasing Myra, said, “Would
you like to go see “Apache Pass”
at the Stanly?”
“With Roy Rogers and Trig
ger?”.' Myra quickly asked.
“No, w^ith me,” Skipper smartly
said.
“MY JAWS ARE so swollen and
hurt so bad that I w^on’t be able
to open my mouth all day!” ex
claimed Elaine Mills.
“But you’ll sure die trying,”
piped up John McLaughlin.
ELAINE MILLS: “WHAT’S the
difference between eleven-man
football and six-man?”
Dickie Cashwell: “FIVE men.”
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
“What DID YOU get for the
answer to that question?” asked
Lendell Smith.
“Which one?” asked Frances
Ross.
“Any of them,” Lendell replied.
COACH WEBB CAME into solid
geometry class one day and ask
ed, “Can I have Charlie James?”
“I don’t know; you’ll have to
ask his mother,” replied Miss
Tucker.
“DWAYNE, WHY DIDN’T you
skate last night?” Janice Parker
questioned Dwayne Harrington.
“It’s like this, they don’t make
skates to wear where I’d need
them,” Dwayne solemnly replied.
DICKIE CASHWELL: “Do you
know why a squirrel looks around
a tree at you?’
Bobby Peck: “No. Why?”
Dickie: “Because he can’t see
through it.”
ED HATLEY ASKED. Mrs. Fry
if the English class was going to
get their test papers before the
Christmas holidays. ^
Mrs. Fry replied,/“Yes, so I
will be able to enjoy the holi
days.”
Dickie Cashwell thought a
minute and requested, “Wait
’till after Christmas so WE can
enjoy the holidays.”
MR. PENDERGRAFT: “Dickie
is a boy with a million faces.’’
Bill Beeker: “Yea, and all of
them are bad.”
MR. ROBINETTE CAME into
Miss Caughman’s Algebra II
class to tell her the circumference
of a basketball.
“Did you measure the di
ameter?” Miss Caughman asked.
“No,” came the blank reply,
“I measured the ball.”
. ZALLOTTA HARRIS WAS hav
ing difficulty with the solution to
a problem in Algebra II. “Miss
Caughman, I have even tried tak-
glasses of water to work that
problem. I poured a little water
here and a little water there, but
heck, all I got was a m-ess.”
. IN CHANGING JOE KLUTTZ
from the tenor position to the
pass, Mr. Fry explained, “He’s
in offense there, and in defense
here.”
“Which is he better at?” asked
a chorus member.
“The bench,” somebody replied.
“I'WANT ALL the members of
the class to ride on the float and
|jng in the parade tonight,” Mr.
told the chorus.
“Heck, who’s going to sing?
retorted Edshay Brunson, “I’m
just going along for the ride.”
. the DAY AFTER Kingville’s
tootball team played for the
state championship Dickie ask
ed: “Does anybody know how the
colored game came out last
flight?” ;
Edshay promptly replied: “It
^arne out colored.”
The Mixed Chorus began practicing early in the fall for their performance of "The Messiah".
In the picture above they are shown with their director, Mr. Fry, and their accompanist, Joan Mel
ton (far left) in one of these practice sessions.
Student Teachers
Practicing Here
Roaming the, halls of AHS are
two chic looking practice teach
ers from the University of North
Carolina, Miss Barbara Strick
land and Miss Jo Wilson.
Miss Wilson, who is doing her
practice teaching under Coach
Webb, was born in Rocky Point,
N. C., and attended Long Creek
grammar and high school. After
two years at Campbell Jr. College
she entered the University. She
is a major in education and so
cial studies. After graduation
she plans to get married and go
into teaching. She would like
to settle in a town like Albe
marle, as she thinks the town’s
support of the school is amazing.
Miss Strickland was born in
Cerro Gordo, N. C., and went to
school there. She attended Mars
Hill for two years and then trans
ferred to the “only college in
the nation,” the University of
N. C. She, like Miss Wilson, is
an education and social studies
major. Practicing under Mrs.
Westerlund here, she likes the
people and students, but would
like a larger place to settle down.
She plans to teach “until I get
married.” Her nickname is
“Rebel” and she feels forty years
old when called “Miss” Strick
land. ^ , ov
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Mixed Chorus Presented
HandeVs Messiah Dec. 5
9th Grade Chorus
Joins Drama Club
In Presentation
Ninth Grade Chorus assisted by
the Black Masque Club present
ed a Cantata in assembly Friday.
The chorus presented “The First
Christmas Night” by Hayden.
Assisting the chorus, the Black
Masque Club gave a pantomine
“Tableaux.” The characters were
Joseph — Myra Efird; Mary
—Phvllis Greer; Wise Men—
Maxine Harwood, Pat Allen, Za-
lotta Harris; Shepherds — Arch
Rose Rich, Dorothy Ellis, and
Elaine Mills.
Soloists for the chorus were
Larry Mullis, Tommy Murrell,
Eddie Burleson, Eldon Earnhardt,
Peggy Lisk, and Gay Crowell.
Among the numbers sung were
“O Holy Night,” “While Shep
herds Through the Quiet Night,”
“The Hay is Deep and Softly
Warm,” “Rejoice! tlejoice! Re
joice!” and Joy to the World.”
Mixed Chorus will join with
Boys Chorus and Girls Chorus
for assembly this Friday.
The Mixed Chorus presented
Handel’s “Messiah” Sunday, De
cember 5, at 4 p. m. in the high
school auditorium to a very re
ceptive and appreciative audi
ence.
This was the second consective
year that the high school chorus,
under the direction of Paul B.
Fry, has presented the Christ
mas section, which contains the
prophecy and the Christmas
story.
The group, composed of sixty
voices, was assisted in the pre
sentation by four well known
soloists: Miss Marilyn Greene,
soprano; Mrs. J. W. Almond, alto;
W. J. Page, tenor; and Merwin
Foard of Charlotte, baritone. Ac
companist was Joan Melton.
Immediately following the pre
sentation each of the soloists
was given a poinsetta by Edward
Hatley, president of the Mixed
Chorus.
Numbers sung by the soprano
were “There Were Shepherds
Abiding in the Field,” “And the
Angel Said Unto Them,” “And
Suddenly There Was With the
Angel,” and “Rejoice Greatly, O
Daughter of Zion.”
Alto solos included “Behold!
A Virgin Shall Conceive,” “O
Santa Claus, Holly, Glittering Trees,
Special Dates — All Mean Christinas
The Christmas season has of
ficially rolled in, and with it the
tingle of excitement, merry mak
ing and good will. Brightly dec
orated windows and shops greet
the wind-bitten customers as they
shop around to make this holiday
an unforgettable one.
Will this be an unforgettable
one for you, or is there one in the
past that stands out more vivid
ly in your mind, such as one of
Barbara Holt’s? She received a
note from Santa on Christmas
morning thanking her for the
cake. It was strangely like her
Daddy’s, handwriting. Or one
like Zalotta Harris’. Her dad
threw a doll down the chimney
to convince her there was a Santa
Clstis.
Mr. Fry, who certainly has
had a lot of memorable Christ
mases, acted very mysterious
when asked. “The Christmas of
’40, I won’t say what happened;
just put it down.”
Christmas ■ birthdays are very
rare in A.H.S., but for Gerry Saun
ders and Gareth Pendergraph,
December 25 was the big day.
Lots of romances bloomed dur
ing the holiday season. Joan
Melton hadn’t been allowed to
date Frank Wilhelm, but on
Christmas Eve her parents gave
her permission. Sandra Poplin
dated Wayne on Christmas for
the first time. These people cer
tainly will never forget this.
During some last minute Christ
mas shopping Susie Culp had a
serious accident; a heavy door
slammed on her finger. Around
midnight, feeling very sick, she
got up to get some water. Creep
ing very softly through the liv
ing room, she caught her dad
acting the part of Santa. To keep
Susie from seeing him he jumped
behind the decorated tree, but
the jump was fatal. The tree
tipped over, and when Susie
looked up, a smashed tree and a
very embarrassed dad met her
eyes.
Eat, drink, and be merry is
the motto of most. This is proved
at the Christmas and New Year’s
dances. This year when “Old
Lang Syne” chimes out to greet
the new year, the seniors will be
remembering all the past years
that have flown by, and maybe
thinking of the next year and
what it holds in store.
A wagon full of goodies met
Gay Crowell one Christmas morn
ing. This little girl considered
cokes her favorite dish and was
very happy when Santa left her
a red wagon full of them.
It seems that snow topped
houses and silver coated trees
have little appeal to Shirley Tin-
dal and Vivian Smith. Their spe
cial Christmases found them
way down south in Florida and
Mexico.
“I’ll never forget a blue cash-
mere Christmas,” came from Dot
Ellis. When asked what she
meant, she just smiled and shook
her head.
Some Christmases are happy;
some are sad. Which one do you
remember as the most outstand
ing?
December 17, 1954
Crossroads Stali
Busy With Plan
For '55 Annual
Bobby Peck, editor; Martha
Harward, assistant editor; Skip
per Gantt, business manager;
Joan Renger, assistant business
manager; and other members of
the annual staff have been work
ing hard, trying to get plans for
the “Crossroads” underway.
It has been announced that
the dummy for the annual has
been sent to Charlotte to be print
ed. It is expected back some
time around Christmas.
On December 6, members of
the business staff, Lendell Smith,
Shirley Lowder, Opal Eudy, Phyl
lis Greer, Sue Whitley, Elaine
Mills, Myra Melton, Leon Snuggs,
Elaine Swaringen, Miriam Davis,
Mary Jane Kirkpatrick, Martha
Morrow, and Lewis James, start
ed selling subscriptions for the
annual. This year the “Cross
roads” is again selling for three
dollars. Subscribers can pay a
dollar and a half now and an
other dollar and a half when the
annuals come. Subscriptions will
not be sold after Christmas holi
days.
Individual pictures taken by
the Delmar Company in October
were returned during the month
of November. Money was taken
for these pictures up to December
Also, during November the sen
iors turned in their activities for
their four years in high school,
and the senior superlatives were
voted on and announced.
The business staff completed
selling ads for the annual the
first of this month. It has been
announced that they sold thirty-
nine ads.
Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
to Zion,” and “Then Shall the
Eyes of the Blind Be Opened.”
The soprano and alto sang the
air “He Shall Feed His Flock
Like a Shepherd.”
The tenor sang “Comfort Ye
My People” and “Every Valley
Shall Be Exhalted.”
Bass numbers were “Thus Saith
the Lord,” “But Who May Abide
the Day of His Coming,” “For Be
hold, Darkness Shall Cover the
Earth,” and “The People That
Walked in Darkness.”
The sixty-voice chorus render
ed “And the Glory of the Lord,”
“For Unto Us a-Child Is Born,”
“Glory to God,” “Worthy Is the
Lamb,” and “Halleluiah Chorus.”
Joan Melton, the accompanist,
played the “Overture” and the
“Pastoral Symphony.”
By Their Words
“I don’t know what this young
er generation is coming to—
Ross Mason.
“He’s hateful and I wouldn’t
marry him for anything—unless
he asked me.”—Amorelle Tucker.
“Do the senior superlatives
have to come out of the senior
class?”—John McLaughlin.
“Heck, I don’t want to date
her. She’s so dumb, she doesn’t
even know when I say something
funny.”—Lendell Smith.
“Thinking is dangerous when
you’re not used to it, but I love to
live dengerously.”—Mr. Pender
graph.
“And he ran off with this other
woman’s wife.”—Pat Allan.
“He had half of a brother.” Mar
vin Clark, meaning a half-
brother.
“We’re going to set out Mrs.
Fern’s fries.”—Ken Chance, walk
ing toward Mrs. Fry’s room.
“What did the band sing at
the Lions Club?”—Joan Renger.
“I don’t like those new lights
on my street. They’re so bright
you can’t even tell a boy good
night.”—Miss Bankett.
“Oh well, another day, another
detention hall.”—Wayne Eudy.
“Drinking liquor to have less
sense than you normally do.”—
Mr. Hatley.
“I had to get up before break
fast this morning.”—Ed Hatley.