The Full Moon
Vol. 26 — No. 7
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
Friday, May 5, 1961
Underwood find Pegram Are Matched In Race For President
Martha Works Hard. Comes Up With National Contest Win
Motorcade Honors
Her Upon Return
From "Wonderland"
Martha Burleson is the Na
tional winner of the DECA Pub
lic Speaking Contest, it was an
nounced at the Awards Banquet
in Chicago, April 22.
Martha received an engraved
trophy, the title of “National
Winner of !the DECA Public
Speaking Contest,” a one-hun
dred dollar bond, and the trip to
Chicago for the National Contest.
Accompanying her on the trip
Was Miss Thomas, her D.E. in
structor.
When Martha returned victor
ious from Chicago, she was es
corted into Albemarle by the po
lice and a motorcade of thirty-
five or forty cars. There was a
ceremony honoring Martha at
the City Hall after her arrival.
While Martha was in Chicago
she stayed in the Conrad Hilton
Hotel, the largest hotel in the
World, which was an experience
in itself. Martha describes this
fabulous hotel as “a wonder
land.”
Thirty-two young people were
competing for this coveted title,
six of whom became fina,lists. In
the preliminaries each contestant
spoke on “Challenging Careers
m Distribution” and in the finals
the six most outstanding speak
ers spoke on “Value of Our Free
Competitive Society.” Each
speech was approximately seven
niinutes long.
Martha presented her speeches
Without notes. She stated that
she had thoroughly learned the
Outline for each speech, but had
not memorized the actual speech
Word for word.
14 Are Tapped
Into N.H.S.
Fourteen outstanding ASHS
students were tapped into the
National Honor Society during
^n impressive ceremony in the
School auditoriupi April 20.
Those who received the high
nonor were James Lisk, Johnny
Shelton, Don Walter, David Bla
lock, Barbara Doby, .Sherry Peg-
^am, Nancy Russell, Margaret
•Allred, June Whitley, Judy Wil-
^n, Harriet Reeves, Rowena
^lutz, Frances Sides, and Ed
ward Lowder.
.Robert Iddings, president, pre
sided over the service. The cere-
iftony was opened with the sing
ing of “Holy, Holy, Holy,” follow
ed by a short devotional given
oy Mary Hill Hatley. Nancy
l^angley sang the “Lord’s Pray
er,” accompanied at the piano
oy June Whitley.
, Speeches concerning the so-
ciety’s four basic qualifications
We given by four members,
^argaret Ann Furr spoke on
Character”; Susan Ausband on
.Leadership”; Pam Treece on
.Scholarship”; and Kenny Furr,
Service.”
, Before the tapping exercise,
Webb explained to the stu
dent body that four Seniors
^ould be tapped this year. Ait-
^rwards Mr. Webb administered
Jne oath to all the new members.
^I’yan Fox played the procession
al and recessional. ,
James Lisk is a member oi tn
Rooster’s Club and Monogram
^lub. In sports, he has
f^ember of the baseball and bas-
*^etball teams. James sings in nis
^«urch cKoir. .
^ Johnny Shelton, who is ^
Serving as treasurer of his -
^oom, has served as vice-p^ ■
^6nt of Hi-Y and as co-chairman
MARTHA BPRLESON
of the Student Safety Patrol. He
sings in the men’s double quartet
at his church.
Don Walter is a member of the
business staff of the Crossroads
and of the Monogram Club. He
is a Junior Deacon in DeMolay.
David is a Student Council rep
resentative as well as homeroom
chairman for the bulletin boards.
He participates in his church
training program.
Barbara will be editor of the
Crossroads next year. She has
taken an active part m Black
Masque, F.T.A., and Debate Club.
She is secretary of her Sunday
School Class.
Sherry’s activities have includ
ed being Junior class president,
a marshal, and Tri-Hi-Y secre
tary. Sherry is a member of the
M.Y.F. and the girls’ ensemble at
her church.
Nancy has been active in
Boosters’ Club and in choral ac-
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Reeves And Doby
To Head Staffs
Harriet Reeves as editor and
Edward Lowder as business man
ager will head the Full Moon staff
for next year. The editor for next
year’s Crossroads will be Barbara
Doby, with Mickey Mauldin as
business manager.
After careful recommendation
from the faculty, these four out
standing students were chosen
from among thqse applying for
the positions. The complete staffs
for these publications will be an
nounced at a later date.
Harriet was recently tapped in
to the National Honor Society.
She is a member of the Black
Masque Club and was a member
of the Junior play cast.
Edward is treasurer of his
homeroom and is in the National
Honor Society. He was a football
manager and is now participating
in baseball.
Barbara was a delegate to the
Junior Science Symposium and
chairman of the decoration com
mittee for the Junior-Senior Prom.
She is a member of the National
Honor Society.
Mickey is a^ member of the
Boosters Club and a Red Cross
representative. He is a participant
in intramural sports.
Harris And Hatley
Have Top Records
Judy Harris hos made the
top scholastic record during
her high school career and has
been designated Valedictorian
of the Class of 196L
Following close behind with
second highest record is Mary
Hill Hatley, who is therefore
Salutatorian.
. Both girls have been out
standing in all phases of
school life.
JAMES A HOWELL
Howell Awarded
$4,000 Scholarship
James Howell, an outstanding
member of the Senior class, is a
recipient of one of the Charles A.
Cannon, Jr., textile scholarships.
This highly esteemed award of
$1,000 a year for four years will
be used to send Jim to N. C. State
College, where he will study tex
tile management.
Jim was chosen as last month’s
“Who’s Who” because of his out
standing achievements. He has
served as a marshal for his class
and as the “Student Lion” in
February. Jim is an active mem
ber of the Grace Baptist Church
and is now serving as vice-presi-
dent of the Stanly County Ama
teur Radio Club.
In addition to his many activi
ties and high scholastic average.
Eight Candidates;
Choice Is Yours
Elections Friday
Elected at the first convention
held under the newly adopted
constitution, to run in the general
election to be held on May 5 were
the following candidates: Jeff
Underwood and Sherry Pegram,
president; Beverly Freeman and
Raymond Earnhardt, vice-presi
dent; Delores Morton and Susan
Kayler, secretary; and Sylvia
Wall and Rowena Klutz, treasur
er.
Since the convention on April
24, very vigorous campaigning
has been going on around all
parts of the school.
Candidates and their publicity
men were heard from during a
program on Monday. These hec
tic days will reach a grand clim
ax on Friday as the registered
voters of the student body elect
next year’s executive board of
Student Council.
As the paper goes to press, all
stages of campaigning can be ob
served from -the multi-colored
posters, right down to the hand
shaking. Charlie Brown, of “Pea
nuts”, and all his friends can be
seen singing praises for their
candidate.
This year marks the first time
elections have been held under a
constitution since moving to the
new building three years ago.
Due to this a few changes from
the traditional rules are being
tried and ironed out.
All students attende^d the same
convention, instead of two sep
arate ones, to elect candidates.
Only students who had secured
petitions could run, but the pe
titioners could run for more than
one office if defeated the first
time. , ,
President of the student body
Kenny J^rr, was in charge of the
convention. Co-chairmen of the
Elections Committee, Jann Bar
rier and Suzanne Swindell, were
m charge of the actual voting.
process was explained
by Mr. Webb; then the candidates
were elected.
TAPPED INTO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Front row, left to right: June Whitley, Sherry Pegram, Frances Sides, Margaret Allred, and Har
riet Reeves. Second row: Judy Wilson, Barbara Doby, Rowena Kluttz, and Nancy Russell Third
mw- David Blalock, James Lisk, Johnny Shelton, and Don Walter. The other new member of the
organization, Edward Lowder, was not present when the picture was made. —Staff Photo
Jim is a third shift foreman at
Wiscassett Mills.
little six-year-old girl
Tootle,” is the class mascot of
this year s class. His other chil
dren, Steve and Gina, are three
years old and three months old
respectively. ’
BY THEIR WORDS
“You should return evil for
good. ’ — Mrs. McClintock.
j^®t exactly not cheap!”
—Mr. Fry. ^
.. now be honest one
time. — Mrs. Deese.
rice and
mats for my snake?” — Bill Bur-
ba.gG rehGarsing thG Senior Play,
^ ^®y with a leg iust
Furr — Margaret Ann
“Human beings make more
mistakes than anybody else in
the world. — Mr. Hatley.
“Their team performed like a
?unting^ — a ’36 Ford.” — Jerrell
“The Juniors have done a fine
^®corating the auditorium.”
—^Mr. Webb.
to call the
Furr”^ Miss or Miz?” ~ Kenny