Congratulations,
Graduates!
The Full Moon
Good Luck,
Senion!
Vol. 29 — No. 7
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 29, 1963
Morton Ranks
Tops In Class;
Herlocker, Second
Having ranked the highest in
scholastic averages of 130 students
in the 1963 senior class, Delores
Morton has been named valedic
torian and Jane Herlocker, saluta-
torian.
Besides maintaining a high aca
demic record, Delores is editor of
the annual, a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, had the lead
in both junior and senior plays,
and has served as secretary of the
Student Council and as a marshal.
She has also proved herself an out
standing leader in club activities.
Delores’ plans are to attend Wom
an’s College and become a French
major.
Jane, too, has led an outstanding
high school career. Presently she
is news editor of the school news
paper and reporter for the county
paper. Also a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, Jane is ac
tive in other club activities which
include Modern Music Masters,
Math and Science clubs. Jane plans
to attend Wake Forest.
Herlocker, Holt
To Head Staffs
Heading the staffs of next year’s
publications will be Betty Herlocker
as editor of the Full Moon and
Sharron Holt as editor of the Cross
roads.
The Full Moon will again be pub
lished by a class composed of mem
bers of the Senior, Junior, and
Sophomore classes. Staff heads
will include the following: Anita
Taylor, News Editor; Judy Hesley,
Feature Editor; Eugene Coley,
Sports Editor; Jimmy Lowder, As
sistant Sports Editor; Kay Corne
lius, Business Manager; Gary Nich-
olds, Assistant Business Manager;
Brown Bivens, Circulation Manager;
and Suzanne Webster; Art Editor.
Willene Rice, Nancy Butler, and
Edith Johnson will also be page
editors. Mrs. Nancy Gamewell is
to be advisor to the class.
Mary Napier, Assistant Cross
roads Editor, will help the editor
in overall make-up. Ibba Wilson,
Business Manager; Tony Almond,
(See STAFFS, Page 10, Column 1)
MOONBEAMS
Marshals Elected
Marshals have been elected. to
serve at graduation and baccalau
reate exercises this year.
Those from the eleventh grade
are Andy Cook, chief; Pam Coop
er, Barbara Furr, Tony Almond and
Joe Frick. Elected from the tenth
grade are Jo Anne Lisk, Brenda
Peeler, and Lynn Calder.
Marshals are chosen by each
class from those students who made
the semester honor roll.
Music Awards
Three ASHS juniors, Frances
Trivette, Martha Gantt, and Pam
Cooper, received Paderewski Gold
Medal Awards in the National Pi
ano Auditions held at ASHS April
28 through May 4. They received
this award after having completed
ten years of participation on the
National Honor Roll.
Choir Sings for Rotarians
The Senior Choir provided the
program for the April meeting of
the Rotary Club held at Hotel Al
bemarle. A medley of numbers
from Carrousel, “Moon River,” and
“Fifty Nifty United States,” was
used by the group. Karen Hatley
presented a solo, “Love Is a Many
Splendored Thing,” as a special
feature.
Perfect Attendance
Sophomores took the lead in per
fect attendance this past six weeks
with a total of seventy-five. Juniors
followed with sixty-one and the
seniors trailed with fifty-four.
Class Of '63 To Receive
Diplomas At Grad Exercises
Iddings, Smith Present Main Talks
DELORES MORTON
. . . Valedictorian
JANE HERLOCKER
. . . Salutatorian
One hundred and thirty seniors—
sixty-seven girls and sixty-three boys
—will graduate at commencement ex
ercises Friday night in the ASHS
auditorium.
The graduation exercises began
with the Baccalaureate Sermon Sun
day, May 26, at 8:00 p.m. The ser
mon was delivered by the Reverend
J. White Iddings of the First Lutheran
Church.
The Reverend Harold Austin of the
First Street Methodist Church, offer
ed the Invocation. The scripture was
read by the Reverend R. S. Shelton
of Pilgrim Holiness Church and Rev
erend Austin gave the Benediction.
Music for both the Baccalaureate
ASHS To Have
Radio Program
A weekly radio program over
WZKY is being planned for next
year. A staff has been chosen and
Miss Becky Stasavich will serve as
advisor to the group.
The program will feature some
activity or department of the school
plus subjects of interest to stu
dents, faculty and citizens of Albe
marle. Extra-special features will
be highlighted from time to time.
Sports and general school news will
be emphasized.
According to Miss Stasavich, this
program does not belong to the
staff alone, but to each student in
Senior High. He is represented
just as his school is represented.
Each student, therefore, is at lib
erty to make suggestions to the
staff and to contribute any infor
mation that he feels is important.
“The staff will serve as an organiz
ing body for the material presented
to them,” added the advisor. “The
program is a good opportunity to
let the citizens of Albemarle know
what is taking place at Senior High,
thus encouraging more civic inter
est in our school events and depart
ments.”
The staff for next year is as fol
lows: News Department: Gwen
Sasser, editor; Matilda Boone, Ron
ald Lowder, James Keever; Sports
Department: Larry Thomas, editor;
(See ASHS TO HAVE RADIO,
Page 10, Col. 3)
Students Receive Honors
At Annual Awards Day
Presentation of scholarships, med
als, and trophies, recognition of cur
ricular and extra-curricular achieve
ments, and verbal recognition for
special services rendered to the
school characterized Awards Day,
Students, Profs
Honor Seniors
During Sr. Week
Underclassmen and faculty bow
ed to the soon-to-graduate Seniors
during the week of March 12-17.
The traditional Senior Day having
been expanded to a Senior Week
this year, each day the Seniors
were honored in some way.
Monday morning, each Senior re
ceived an apple from members of
the faculty. Sophomores Honor
Seniors Day was Tuesday; the
Sophomores presented “diplomas”
with a poem on them to the seniors.
A coffee and doughnut snack before
school Wednesday was given to
them by the Student Council. Gifts
of candy on Thursday were the
Juniors’ contribution to the Senior
Week honors. Juniors also perform-
(See SENIOR WEEK, Pg. 10, Col. 3)
May 21, in the ASHS auditorium.
Larry Mabry was presented a
scholarship by Mr. R. L. Thompson,
executive secretary of the Duke
University Scholarship Committee;
Raymond Earnhardt, the U.N.C. Es
cheats Scholarship by Mrs. Elizabeth
Caldwell, assistant director of the
Student Aide office. Chapel Hill; Joan
Walker, the Clyde A. Erwin Scholar
ship by Mr. Claud Grigg; Joyce Ter
ry, Belk’s Store Scholarship, and the
Pfeiffer College Trustee Scholarship;
and Susan Kayler, the FTA Scholar
ship by Mrs. Mary Little. John Boaz,
Larry Lisk, Dianne Stevens, and Vi
vian Blalock were presented Dick
son Foundation Scholarships by Mr.
H. W. Rogers, American Efird Mills.
Medals, trophies, or other awards
were presented to the following:
Steve Smith, Bonnie Benton, Betty
Herlocker and Neville Patterson, Stu
dent Council; Gail McSwain, girl ath
lete; Nelson Smith, boy athlete; Gary
Morton, most valuable athlete: Bill
Mauldin, sportsmanship; Betty Her
locker, Terry Lorch, and Jimmy Low
der, debate; Jo Anne Herrin, FBLA;
Joan Walker, DECCA; Paul Allred,
physics; Tony Clark, chemistry; Rob
bie Bost and Mark Stambaugh, biol
ogy; Jane Boaz, chorus; Gail Mc
Swain, band; Barbara Furr, major
ette; Jane Rogers and Jo Anne Her
rin, achievement; Delores Morton
(See AWARDS DAY, Page 7, Col. 5)
Seniors To Travel Separate Paths
Approximately seventy-five per
cent of the Class of ’63 have made
plans to continue their education
by entering school again next fall.
A large number of these students
will enter either Appalachian State
Teachers College, Wingate Junior
College, Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina, or N.
C. State College.
Appalachian will be the proud
recipient of twelve of the mem
bers of the Senior Class. They are
Joan McBryde, Steve Griffin, Gail
McSwain, Gary Morton, Bill Maul
din, Edith Harwood, Susan Kayler,
Joanna Morris, Mike Burleson, Jim
my Barbee, Doris Eudy, and Linda
Crisco.
Jimmy Lorch will be attending
Clemson College.
Judy Starnes and Virginia Ham
mond will enter Coker College.
Davidson College will claim Ne
ville Patterson.
Larry Mabry will enter Duke
University.
East Carolina will claim A1 Cal
der, Wanda Tucker, and Johnny
Vanhoy.
Greensboro College will become
the second home of Anne Edwards.
Lenoir Rhyne will be the recipient
of Rickie Furr, Nancy Harris, Bill
McKenzie, Rachel Lefler, and John
ny Whitley.
Susan Rogers and Nettie Earn
hardt will attend Meredith College.
Ellen Efird will enter Peace Col
lege.
Pfeiffer College will claim Jerry
Hager. Joyce Terry, Johnny Fes-
perman, Joan Walker, Wayne Dick,
and Janice Mauldin.
North Carolina State College will
claim Larry Lisk, Paul Allred, Joe
Haire, John Boaz, John DeWald,
Chuck Miller, Larry Hatley, and
Steve Smith.
The University of North Caro
lina will receive Raymond Earn
hardt, Bill Dobbs, Gene Snuggs, and
James Lowder.
Myron Lowder, Jane Herlocker,
and Beverly Freeman will attend
Wake Forest College.
Randy Plant will enter Washing
ton and Jefferson College in Wash
ington, Pennsylvania.
Mary Jo Pierce, Larry Shoe, Glea
son Barringer, Tommy Lander, and
Lynda Trimber will be up in the
mountains attending Western Caro
lina College.
Entering the halls of Wingate
College will be Gaynelle Deese,
Gene Williams, Jennings Solomon,
Jack Norton, Gary Swaringen, Di
ane Huneycutt, Butch VonCannon,
Kathy Still, Diane Greene, and Ju
dy Underwood.
Woman’s College of U.N.C. will
be the second home of Carrleeta
Redfern, Delores Morton, Sylvia
Griffin, Donna Allen, Nancy Ross,
Betty Morton, Jane Boaz, and Olivia
Hartsell.
Among the future nurses in the
senior class are Kaye Vickers and
Jane Stoker, who will attend Cabar
rus Memorial Hospital; Vivian
Blalock and Peggy Smith, who will
attend Charlotte Memorial Hospital;
and Diane Stephens, who will at
tend the Presbyterian School of
Nursing.
Janet Poplin, Jane Rogers, Sylvia
Hatley, and Gayzelle Smith will at
tend Arnold’s Business College.
King’s College will claim Jerry
Morris, JoAnne Tucker, Vickie Hud
son, JoAnne Herrin, and Bertha
Morton.
Ruth Lowder and Andrea Roche
will attend Morgan’s Business
School.
Central Industrial Education Cen
ter will claim Keith Swanner.
Reuben Huneycutt will attend
Charlotte Industrial School.
Brant Ussery and Tony Clark will
attend Massey Technical Institute.
Massey Technical School will
claim Hilton Butler and Jeff Tucker.
Several senior boys will enter the
armed services. Buddy Dunn, Tony
Thompson, and David Huneycutt
will go into the army. The Air
Force will claim Johnny Gaddy,
Larry Mauney, and George Carpen
ter. Jim Barrier will join the navy.
Sermon and Commencement Exer-
mises was under the direction of Mr.
Paul Fry. “Lift Thine Eyes” was
sung by the Senior Girls’ Ensemble
and the audience participated in the^
singing of two hymns. The program'
was closed with the “Sevenfold
Amen” which was sung by the Senior
Mixed Ensemble. Frances Trivette
was accompanist.
Commencement exercises will be
held Friday night at 8:00 p.m. Dr.
Budd E. Smith, president of Wingate
College, will present the graduation
address to the Seniors.
The Reverend James O. Walker,
Jr., Rector of Christ Episcopal
Church, will give the Invocation.
Mr. Richard L. Brown, Jr., chairman
of the Albemarle City Board of Edu
cation, will present the diplomas to
the graduating Seniors.
The Senior class will sing “Halls
of Ivy” and “Auld Lang Syne.”
Frances Trivette will accompany
these presentations on the piano. The
ASHS Band will play the traditional
processional and recessional.
The Senior class motto is “The
youth of today — the leaders of to
morrow.” The flower is the Red
Rose, and the colors are the school
colors, blue and white.
Senior class officers who have
served this year are Raymond Earn
hardt, president; Larry Shoe, vice-
president; Carrleeta Redfern, secre
tary; and John Boaz, treasurer. Miss
Chicora Caughman was class spon
sor.
FRANCES ANN MILLER
Miller To Study
Jazz Dancing
Frances Ann Miller was selected
to take a course in modern jazz
dancing at the Governor’s School
which is to be held on the campus
of Salem College June 10 through
August 2.
Frances’ audition took place on
April 27. Of the 250 who tried out
for this course, she was one of the
twenty-five who were accepted.
At the end of the eight-week pe
riod of study, the class will present
a Broadway musical, combining the
talents of all students participating
in music, drama, and dance.
Tuition, room, board, instruction
al supplies, and books will be furn
ished free of charge. The only
charge for the student to pay will
be his transportation.
For the approximately 400 high
ly gifted high school students who
will be juniors or seniors during
the school year 1963-1964, courses
in the areas of humanities, foreign
languages, mathematics, natural
science, social science, fine arts,
music (vocal and instrumental),
dance and drama will be offered.