New Leaders Elected
Rodney Lee, Crystal Waller, Chuck Gaskin, and Nona Pease relax in
the shade before a busy, upcoming year.
Lee Honors DECA
“I am very proud and happy
about this election,” states Mrs.
SybU Brown, DECA advisor, in
reference to the Student Council
election of Rodney Lee April 19.
Rodney is the only Distributive
Education student in North
Carolina who has been elected
president of any high school
student body.
“Rodney is the right person for
the office,” said Mrs. Brown, “he
is very serious and enthusiastic
about it, and, what is more im
portant, he wants to work and get
the things done.”
Rodney is working at J. P.
Mauldin, but Mrs. Brown feels
this will not interfere with his
activities as Student Council
president. Mrs. Brown states the
job will take a minimum of
Rodney’s time and it also wUl
give the vice-president more
possibilities to act.
Mrs. Brown states Itodney is a
good leader, very determined
and independent, who can give
ASHS the bit of energy it nee^.
He has assumed responsibility
in being vice-president of DECA
by acclamation, and district DE
Student of the Year.
“By Rodney’s election, we feel
that DE students have proved
^at they are indeed able to hold
offices and responsibilities in
school affairs.”
In elections, Wednesday, April
19, students selected leaders of
Student Council for next year.
Leading the school next year
are Rodney Lee, president;
Chuck Gaskin, vice-president;
Crystal Waller, secretary; and
Nona Pease, treasurer.
These four will preside over a
Student Council of precinct
representatives elected April 27.
The April 27 election was the
first time students had worked
together as a precinct.
Rodney is an active member of
the DE program. Rodney served
his DECA Club district as DE
Student of the Year. He has
worked with the Junior Council
this year.
Chuck is on the football team
and has worked as Student
Council representative this year.
He is a member of First Baptist
church choir and Youth Council.
In the Boy Scouts, Chuck is also
in the Aviation Explorers.
Crystal is active on the
basketball and tennis teams.
Treasurer of the Sophomore
Qass, Crystal is in the Boosters’
Qub, String Instruments groups
and is pianist for the Girl’s
Chorus. Qrystal is church pianist
and the president of her Acteens
group. Secretary for the Youth
Association for Retarded
Children, Crystal is in Junior
Leaders and Stanly County
Chorale. She has had the honor of
being on the girl’s All-County
Basketball Team and in the
Stanly Tennis Tournament.
Nona is a member of the
Boosters’ Club, FBLA, Modern
Music Masters, and Junior
Qvitans. She will serve as copy
editor next year on the Full Moon
staff. Nona worked with the
Foreign Language Evaluation
committee. Her church activities
include youth choir, Acteens, and
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the Combined Charities Drive.
Nona is interested in music and
reading. In college she plans to
major in music.
Seniors
Rank
Superior
Underclassmen honored the
Qass of ’72 April 24-28.
Seniors received beanies in
homerooms Monday morning. A
short meeting followed in the
auditorium.
Tuesday the sophomores gave
Seniors small gifts in
homerooms.
Seniors had an open lunch
period Wednesday. They enjoyed
soft drinks and played various
games.
Juniors presented gifts to the
Seniors Thursday.
A Senior Talent Show with skits
and music, and the Senior Picnic
at William Hill’s cabin on the
river climaxed the week.
The cafeteria staff provided a
special table and dessert for the
seniors during the week.
NH5 Gains 20 New Members
in twenty new
members Thur-
MOONBEAMS
Class Officers
Class elections are today in
stead of April 27 as previously
planned. The change in date is
due to the fact that precinct
student council elections were
April 27.
Concert Sprung
The Concert Band and the
Dance Band of ASHS will present
a Spring Concert Friday, May 19,
at 8 p.m. Tickets will be available
by May 1 at $1 for adult and 50
cents for students. Money from
ticket sales will be used to buy
music for the band.
Singers Slated
The choral concert for senior
choir, varsity singers, and 10th
grade chorus classes will be
Thursday, May 18, in the ASHS
auditorium.
Northern Accent
Miss Gail Moyer, a business
subjects teacher from Coming,
New York, observed in Mrs.
Chrisco’s short-hand class
Tuesday, April 25. She would like
to teach in the South, and came to
ASHS to see if accents would be a
problem.
A graduate of Bloomsbi^g
State College in Pennsylvania,
Miss Moyer is in her third year of
high school teaching. She is in the
South visiting her aunt. She had
applied to schools in Atlanta, and
hopes to be able to teach there in
a few years.
NHS tapped
Honor Society
sday, April 20.
These students were
recognized Thursday morning
over the public announcement
system, and tapped in a private
candlelight service in the
auditorium Thursday evening.
Invited parents and friends of
inductees and members attended
the ceremony.
The order of service was j;hat of
a regular formal induction. The
processional, “God of Our
Fathers,” was played by Bar
bara Johnson. A devotional,
given by Beth Smith, chaplain of
the Society, followed the singing
of “Holy, Holy, Holy.” Ann
Harris sang “I’ll Walk With
God,” accompanied by Susan
Blalock.
Selected members of the
Society presented speeches on
the four ideals of NHS:
Character, Scholarship,
Leadership, and Service. Susan
Andrew spoke on Character,
Phillip Whitehead, Scholarship;
Steve Hatley, Leadership; and
Susan Blalock, Service.
The twenty new junior mem
bers, in order of their tapping,
are Cathy Sinclair, Deborah
Kerr, Beverly Sanges, Susan
Wyatt, Bonnie Little, Debra
Bryson, Nona Pease, Sandra
Pollard, Patricia Hairyes, Kim
Woodruff, Brenda Burris, June
Fisher, Sammy Ferguson, Mary
Emmons, Susan Huneycutt,
Frances Long, Robert Rogers,
David Bryson, John Baugh, and
Susan Sanderson.
Cathy Sinclair’s school ac
tivities include Boosters Club,
Modern Music Masters, FHA,
Literary Leaders Listed
Full Moon
Mary Emmons, serving as next
year’s editor-in-chief will head 11
seniors and 14 juniors on The Full
Moon staff.
David Adams is business
manager and Monty Canon is
assistant business manager.
Jorge Moutous is next year’s
foreign correspondent.
Other editors are Susan San
derson, promotion and research;
Kerry Ross, editorial; Melita
Corriher, news; Marie Auten,
assistant news.
John Baugh and Roy Rogers,
co-feature; Myron Harrington,
sports; Frances Long, art; Nona
Pease, copy.
Junior staff members are Steve
Crowell, Darcel Daniels, Chuck
Gaskin, Jan Griffin, Allison
Harris, Cathy Harwood, Linda
Jane Hinson, Janet Lefler,
Sherry Morton, Chick Morris,
Mary Anne Ritchie, David
Sanges, Lynn Snuggs, and
Ronald Wall.
Crossroads
Beverly Sanges will lead the
1972-73 Crossroads staff as editor-
in-chief.
Other positions include Brenda
Burris, associate editor; Cathy
Sinclair, business manager;
Kathie Neel, advertising
manager.
Patty Hairyes, feature editor;
Sheila Barbee, class editor;
Bonnie Chandler, sports editor;
and Terry Colpitts, photography
editor.
Members of the staff are Jenell
Hudson, Crystal Waller, Bain
Jones, Carol Rabe, Eleanor
Gold, Eddie Furr, Melissa
Moose, Elaine Coble, Jeff
Burleson, Brad Perry, Patty
Oettinger, and Rosemary
Almond.
The staff has already started
planning next year’s yearbook.
Sound of Music
The Barber-Scotia College
Choir performed for the students
at ASHS during third period
Tuesday, April 25. The fifty
member chorus sang a three part
program with special selections
by the Women’s Ensemble.
Etta Newkirk was the student
accompanist for the Choir. Choir
Director was William S.
Crowder.
and Varsity Singers. She also
served on the curriculum
evaluation group for music.
Cathy will be Business Manager
for Crossroads next year. A
nominee for Governor’s School,
Cathy will be attending the Mars
Hill Choral Clinic this summer.
She is president of the Stanly
County Acteens, a Candy Stripe
volunteer, and very active in
church work.
A majorette, Deborah Kerr
plays piano for Varsity Singers
and is in Modern Music Masters.
She sings in her church choir and
holds a job at Purcell’s Drugs.
She plans to be a music major at
Covenant College in Tennessee.
A cheerleader and Marshall,
Beverly Sanges is a member of
the Boosters Club, FHA, and
Annual staff. She will be the
editor of the Crossroads next
year. Beverly is active in church
choir, handbell choir. Girl Scouts,
and Acteens. She is a volunteer
Candy Stripe worker.
Susan Wyatt is a member of
FHA, Health Careers Club, and
the Boosters Qub. A Candy
Fiddle About
Hundreds of people came to
Albemarle’s bluegrass festival,
the 10th Annual Fiddler’s Con
vention, April 22 at 7:01 p.m. in
the auditorium.
Snuffy Jenkins of Columbia, S.
C., famous for his three finger
roll on the banjo, was one of the
performers. Other groups in
cluded the Blue Ridge Partners,
Green Valley Ramblers,
Bluegrass Tarheels, the Little
Family, and the Stony Mountain
Boys.
Carey Washburn of Kinston, N.
C., won the grand door prize, a
1958 Chevrolet donated by
Confederate Motors.
Special awards presented were
the Nealson Russell Award, in
memory of the former master of
ceremonies, won by George
Whitley of Mt. Pleasant and the
Country Pals of Stanly County
won the Red Smiley Award,
presented by the N. C. Bluegrass
Association.
Stripe worker, Susan is in Youth
Choir and Acteens. She was a
Governor’s School nominee.
Bonnie Little is a member of
Boosters Club, Junior Council,
FBLA, Monogram Club, and the
basketball and tennis team. She
worked on the evaluation cl»m-
mittees for both Math and Social
Studies. She is working with Pat
Taylof’s campaign for Governor
in Stanly County.
Debra Bryson is a member of
the tennis team, Health Careers
club, Student Council, Monogram
Club, and Modern Music
Masters. She is a Candy Striper
and NCTE Achievement Award
nominee. Debra is active in Girl
Scouts, church choir, and YMCA
clubs.
Nona Pease is a member of the
Boosters Club, FBLA, Modern
Music Masters, Senior Choir, and
Jr. Civitans. She will serve as
copy editor next year on TTie
Full Moon. Nona worked with the
Foreign Language Evaluation
committee and she will be the
treasurer of the Student Council
next year. Her church activities
include Youth Choir and Acteens.
Sandra Pollard’s school ac
tivities include Student Council,
Varsity Singers, Boosters Club,
Drama Club, and the Tennis
team. She sings in her church
choir, and is in handbell choir. A
Candy Striper, Sandra was a
nominee for Governor’s School.
She is a member of Acteens and
YMCA clubs.
A cheerleader, Patti Kairyes is
active in the Boosters Club,
Tennis team. Junior Council, and
Annual staff. She is the Feature
Editor of the Crossroads next
year. In her church, Patti is
active in the Senior High MYF.
Kim Woodruff is a member of
the Boosters Club, Marching
Band, and basketball team. Her
church activities include choir.
Youth Council, Brass Ensemble,
and she was a NCTC
Achievement Award nominee.
A cheerleader, Brenda Burris,
is a member of the Boosters Club
and yearbook staff. She will
serve as Assistant Editor of the
Crossroads next year. On her
Church Service Committee, she
also works with the Youth Club.
Brenda is a member of the
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