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Memories
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Volume 45 — No. 1
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
Knowledge Filled Vacations
GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL
— SALEM
On July 1 through August 11
Kim Hughes and Ann Dennis at
tended Governor’s School at
Salem. Three different classes
were held: math, philosophy and
psychology. Ann and Kim said
they heard a lot of lectures and
concerts. There were also recrea
tional sports in which to par
ticipate. Both girls stated that
they learned a great deal. They
completed their visit to Gover
nor’s School with exciting and
educational experiences.
SPEC-CATAWBA
On June 17 through Friday,
June 29, Kim Hughes, Kathy
Wagoner, Lori Thomas, Shannon
Bowers and Mark Hawn attended
SPEC at Catawba College in
Salisbury. Their program offered
three courses: computer science,
biological science and history of
science. The program credited
the students with three hours of
college credit. There were plenty
of social activities such as gong
shows, disco’s and visiting other
colleges. The classes started at
8:30 a.m. and ended at 3:00 in the
afternoon. A get together for
those who attended SPEC at Ca
tawba was held on September 1 at
Catawba.
Student Council
Hard At Work
Albemarle Senior High has
many new changes this year and
one of them is the student council.
They are David Rush, president,
PaiQa Cox, vice president, Kathy
Wagoner, treasurer, and Eddie
Snuggs, secretary.
Student council began the year
with their first meeting, Friday,
August 31. They had a rough time
getting started because of not
having a set meeting place or
time. Now they have everything
together and are really working
hard toward making this a good
school year.
Their first goal is getting the
council representatives elected.
To get these representatives, stu
dents are divided into districts
according to where they live.
Each district will elect four rep
resentatives, one from each
grade. Once these representa
tives are elected the student
SPEC-PFEIFFER
Robert Farlow, Lori Hatcher,
Mitzi Morris and Jackie Kirby at
tended SPEC at Pfeiffer College
on June 17-29. Robert specialized
in chorus. After practicing, the
chorus went to Tennessee and
presented a concert. Lori concen
trated on drama. The drama par
ticipants put on a production of
Alice in Wonderland. Mitzi,
studying creative writing,
“mainly wrote,” as she puts it.
Their writing was displayed at a
banquet. Jackie specialized in in
strumental where she learned
music and played at the banquet.
The participants summed up
their two-week stay at Pfeiffer as
a “fun and enriching experi
ence.
SPEC-WINGATE
Four ASHS students attended
SPEC at Wingate College from
June 17-29. These students. Shan
non Bell, Tony Hinson, Matoka
Snuggs and Lisa Mercer, par
ticipated in courses dealing with
psychology, history, sociology
and economics.
Their activities consisted of go
ing to see movies and afterwards
discussing what they learned at
their professor’s house. They
were broken up into four groups
each consisting of an estimated
25 people. These four groups com
peted in such sports as softball,
bowling, ping pong and volleyball
after classes. Classes began at
8:30 a.m. and lasted until around
12:30. The students’ entire after
noons were free, leaving them to
participate in swimming, tennis
or going to the recreation room.
GIRLS’ STATE
Aza Mabry and Shannon
Bowers attended Girls’ State at
UNC-G from June 10-16. They
learned about the state govern
ment and the different aspects of
it. They were divided in cities
where they made up town char
ters, elected officers and city
nianagers. They were also
divided into parties and held elec
tions within their party. The big
election was held on Friday. They
listened to speeches by Governor
Jim Hunt and Attorney General
Rufus Edmisten. They also saw a
dramatization of a court trial.
Shannon Bowers enjoyed her
stay because “the counselors,
who were college students, were
nice and we got to meet a lot of
new people.”
BOYS’ STATE
Tony Hinson, Jeff Creech and
Frank Howard attended Boys’
State at Wake Forest from June
10-16. While there, they learned
all about the state government
and how it is run. They even set
These students attended various school sponsored programs.
up their own government and ran
it. This was the first Boys’ State
in history where a third party
was formed and carried a major
ity of offices. They had a Su
preme Court trial and had cases
where two counselors were ar
rested and put on trial by the
Boys’Staters.
The attendants had the
privilege of seeing and hearing
the Governor, Jim Hunt. He ar
rived by helicopter and spent
time making speeches. The
governor even found time to jok-
mgly acknowledge Jeff Creech’s
N. C. State shirt. Thad Eure, the
Secretary of State, came also.
Not only did the boys attend
classes and seminars, but they
played lots of frisbee and had
numerous water balloon fights. A
talent show given by the boys
ended their stay.
LAW, LEADERSHIP
AND GOVERNMENT
SEMINAR — CHAPEL HILL
Sonya Mabe traveled to Chapel
Hill July 29 through August 3 for a
seminar on law, leadership and
government. She went to work
shops, class, and listened to
speakers every day. One of the
guest speakers was Attorney
General Rufus Edmisten. Two
banquets and a dance were held
to complete the week.
New Squads For New Year
Kathy Wagoner, Treasurer; David Rush, President- Paula
Cox, Vice-President; Eddie Snuggs, Secretary.
council can get started with their
ideas.
Several ideas have been dis
cussed, such as a fund raising
project. This project has not been
decided on, but it will not be sell
ing spices.
Spirit week is another event be
ing planned which will involve all
homerooms. Some type of spirit
event will be scheduled for each
day that week. Each homeroom
will receive points for the event
they win. By the end of the week
the homeroom with the most
points will be given a surprise.
Judging from their plans the
student council seems willing to
work hard for their school. With
the leadership of the student
council and cooperation of the
students, this should prove to be a
good year for Albemarle Senior
High.
‘ ‘Go Bulldogs! ’’ This was one of
the familiar sounds at the 1979-80
cheerleading tryouts in which
twenty girls were selected to lead
the school in spirit. The Varsity
squad, which will be led by Linda
Neel, consists of Ann Dennis,
Kathy Wagoner, Geraldine Mc
Lendon, Lisa Mercer, Elisa
Dickens, Shari Robertson, Gwen
Blackwelder, Paula Cox, Lori
Thomas, and Janet Efird, alter
nate. The Junior Varsity squad
consists of Beth Efird, Robin
Efird, Penny Lambert, Lucy Mc-
Keithan, Karen Toomy, Carol
Harbers, Beth Talbert, Deana
Bates, and Irene Ward, alternate.
Band front groups have also
been chosen. Susie Harbers and
Mitzi Morris will lead the flag
corp which will be made up of
Kim Hughes, Leigh Ann Whitley,
Lynn Rivers, Kathy Terry, Erin
Bowers, Gay Kluttz, Lori Chand
ler and Tracy Asbury.
Karen Souther will lead the
rifle squad which consists of
Tammy Dwight, Karen Kimery,
Melissa Whitley, Patricia Whit
ley and Maxine Thomas.
Shannon Bowers, Kim Herrin,
Beverly Griffen, and Rita Poplin
were chosen to be majorettes and
will be led by Lisa Carlisle.
Rickey Burleson will lead the
band as drum major.
From
Different Placei
Many new faces have recently
been popping up this year at the
Senior High. The majority of
them are sophomores, teachers,
and the newly added ninth
graders. The new coaches intro
duced into the school system this
year are Miss Sandra Pollard,
teaching English and journalism,
and coaching the girls’ tennis
team, and Mr. Steve Bean, in
structing physical education, and
coaching football, wrestling, and
track. Also new to the faculty this
year is Mrs. Martha Cowan,
teaching Senior Choir, Varsity
Singers, and General Chorus.
Mrs. Cowan has also been very
active in various singing and
dancing productions abroad.
Other new members joining the
faculty are Mrs. Lucy Coleman,
who teaches Art I and Advanced
Art, while enjoying tennis, golf,
and jogging, and Mrs. Katy Mar
tin, who teaches Exceptional
Children, while having an avid in
terest in Real Estate.
Joining the faculty this year
from the Junior High are the fol
lowing teachers: Mrs. Della Fast
— English, Mrs. Bob Johnston —
Math, Mrs. Gina Talbert — Math,
Mr. Danny Blalock — Science,
One of the new teachers. Mr. Blalock, enjoys his first year at
Senior High.
Mr. Larry Fast — Physical
Education and Social Studies,
Mrs. Agnes Maske — Business
Education, and Mr. Jim Bogle —
Vocational Education.
The majority of the new teach
ers expressed excitement about
teaching at the school this up
coming year.
“Moonbeams"
Rolling Roars
The Student Lion for the
month of September is Tony
Hinson. Jeff Creech serves as
Student Rotarian.
Anticipation
College Night was held on
September 17 in the gym. Rep
resentatives from various col
leges were present to answer
questions and give informa
tion.
Sit for SAT
SAT will be given to seniors
on October 13, November 4,
and December 2 at Senior
High.
Students Get Stuck
Parking stickers are to be
issued to students who drive to
school. D.E. and LC.T. stu
dents are to park in the new
parking lot. Other students
are to use the former parking
area.
New Folks
School enrollment is up ap
proximately 720 compared to
last year’s approximate en
rollment of 510. The big
change is due to the rising of
the freshmen from Junior
High. The Full Moon Staff
would like to welcome all
freshmen and sophomores.