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Holidays March On
Saturday, November 17, the
holiday Spirit awakened as the
Christmas Parade got underway.
Many students from Senior High
participated in this gala event.
The Varsity and Jr. Varsity
Cheerleaders led the “Bulldog”
way, marching to the holiday
music of the ASHS band.
It was the first Christmas
Parade in the state of North
Carolina, and also the first to be
held on a Saturday. The weather
was beautiful for the festive
occasion with the temperatures
reaching the high fifties.
The various queens seen riding
in the parade were: Janet Brown,
Miss VICA; Donna Laton, Miss
FBLA; Pat Parker and Jeannie
Sides, Mr. and Miss DECA; and
Homecoming Queens, Geraldine
McLendon and Sonya Mabe.
Several spirited Jr. Civitans also
joined the parading fanfare.
Approximately 15,000 people
watched the Albemarle-Stanly
County Christmas Parade.
Marching Bands, floats,
cheerleaders and beauty queens
were the main attractions. One
out of town participant, the Qu-
Roo, created a lot of excitement.
This was a twelve foot kangaroo
sponsored by WROQ radio of
Charlotte. The 1979 Christmas
Parade was termed to be “the
biggest and best ever.”
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ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
Glancing Back
Over The 70's
Turn to Pages 4-5
December 18,1979
Girls
Make
Passes
On November 19 Albemarle
Senior High stadium was the site
of an unusual football game.
After missing last year, the
tradition of a “Powder Puff”
game returned to Albemarle. The
seniors came away with a 12-6
victory over the juniors.
Although the score does not
reflect it, the game was filled
with offensive fire works. Both
teams established good running
attacks early in the game. The
seniors got on the scoreboard
first on a pass from Pam Cox to
Linda Neel giving the seniors a 6-
0 lead. The two-point conversion
attempt failed. The juniors
roared back and tied the score at
6-6 on a quarterback keeper by
Tess Lambeth around the left
end. The seniors used the “huddle
play” to set up their next touch
down. Pam Cox tossed the ball
back to Connie Murrell who had
the entire senior team in front of
her. A spectacular play by junior
Nelena Russell saved the touch
down. Later in the drive
Rosemary Morton swept around
left end and scored the final
touchdown of the game.
The Victorious Seniors are Wanda Allen, Rosemary Morton —
Captain, Connie Murrell, Lisa Mercer, Leigh Ann Whitley, Teresa
Long, Karen Souther, Matoka Snuggs, and Mitzi Morris.
Standing: Tony Hinson — Head Coach, Anita Maske, Ann Den
nis, Pam Cox — Captain, Kathy Wagoner, Beth Mabry, Elisa
Dickens, Pam Wentz, Shannon Bell, Diane Brown, Carla Perry,
and Doug Faulkner — Coach. Not present are Linda Neel and
David Rush — Coach.
During halftime Powder Puff
homecoming was held. A boy
dressed as a girl sponsored each
member of both teams. After
several minutes of deliberation
the panel of judges handed down
the decision which declared Jeff
Hahn as “Powder Puff Queen”.
After the crowning, thoughts
turned back to the game. The
second half was a defensive
struggle with both teams bending
but never breaking. However,
late in the game the junior of
fense started to move and
penetrated as deep as the senior
seven yard line. With first and
Are You A Future Drop-Out?
Dropouts appear with the
regularity of cars rolling off the
assembly line. The idea of
working and spending money
freely appears very inviting. How
loes the dropout see himself?
Whom does he blame for his
failure? If he is unable to find
Work, how will he live in our
Society? These are questions
many counselors puzzle over and
young people rarely ask them
selves as they consider dropping
out of school.
To some young people quitting
school at 16 is as normal as
popping for a red light. Mr.
P'razier, assistant principal,
stated the three main causes
students quit school are simply
reaching 16 and not being a
success in school, parent apathy
or getting a job to keep up a car.
So far this year 33 students have
Quit school. With the school’s
population averaging 525, 6.2 per
^ent of the students in our school
have dropped out and only one-
third of the year has gone by.
To some youths dropping out is
not a problem itself, but a
symptom of serious underlying
problems with which a teenager
is dealing. Many factors in
fluence quitting school, such as
family apathy, peer pressure,
below average accomplishments
and lacking self-esteem.
Family background is an
important factor. The lower a
family’s socioeconomic status,
the more likely a student is to
become a dropout. Among both
psychologists and sociologists it
is accepted as a truism that the
personality established at home
is an important factor in deter
mining the relationships with
peers at school. Dropouts are
more frequent in large families
and broken homes where the
youth has no guidance and no one
to turn to. When a youth is self-
confident, communicative, and
accepted at home by an alert and
verbal environment he is, in turn,
self-confident, communicative
and accepted at school. The
dropout’s aspirations, ac
complishments and self-esteem
are below average. He has no one
to turn to, at home or at school, if
he has no family relationship and
if he is not a social success or a
goodgrade-maker; therefore, his
self-esteem and self-confidence is
destroyed. Two predictors of
dropping out are bad classroom
grades and being held back a
grade, which involves another
factor, the teacher. Should the
teacher refrain from giving
failing grades or holding back
students? One can say yes, but
the student then graduates and
receives his high school diploma
without even knowing how to
read and write correctly. One can
say no, but does this mean we are
not giving that student a chance
to prove himself? So he drops out
‘ ‘ Y’ ’ Basketball
Season Begins
goal to go for the juniors, the
senior defense led by Wanda
Allen toughened up and held. The
seniors took over the ball on
downs and ran out the clock to
secure the victory.
Mrs. Susan Hathcock, junior
class sponsor, said the “game
was a great success because we
raised a lot of money for the
Prom”. She would like to thank
all the students that participated,
and especially the senior coaches
Tony Hinson, David Rush and
Doug Faulkner and the junior
coaches Tim Thurston, Dave
Moose and Robert Farlow.
The Wiscassett Y.M.C.A. is
once again sponsoring inter-high
school boys and girls basketball.
The organizational meeting was
held on October 29, but the games
are at this point well underway.
All participants must be a “Y”
member by paying $12.50 per
year as well as paying a
basketball fee of $5.50. During a
banquet at the end of the season
in February, trophies will be
awarded to the girls and boys
“regular season” and “tour
nament” champions.
All of the county schools as well
as the senior High have teams
participating in the boys’ and
girls’ games. There is only one
girls’ team from each school, but
the boys have several of them. In
fact the boys are divided into two
divisions.
The membersrof the Albemarle
Senior High girls team are Liz
Coley, Kim Cook, Pam Cox,
Linda Neel and Kathy Wagoner.
In their first game the Albemarle
team defeated West on
November 12. The Aries
(Albemarle boys) has six par
ticipants. They are Brian Collins,
Jeff Hahn, Dave Moose, David
Rush, Jeff Stoker and Tim
Thurston. The Aries defeated Big
Lick, November 12, by a score of
45-27. The players on the Bulldogs
(Albemarle boys) are Jeff
Hamilton, Robert Farlow, Marty
Mauldin, Donnie Poplin and
Tommy Russell.
These games are played
beginning at 6:00 at the Y.M.C.A.
Girls play on Monday nights,
while the boys games are on
Mondays and Thursdays.
MOONBEAMS
Happy Holidays
Christmas vacation will be
gin on December 19. Students
are to return to school on
January 2.
“Smile, You Have a Library”
Members of the Media Club
attended the South Piedmont
District Conference at Win
gate College on December 7.
“O’ Christmas Tree”
The tin Christmas trees dec
orating the cafeteria tables
were constructed by the Art I
classes.
Civitan of the Month
Junior Civitan Club mem
bers voted Teresa Long “Jr.
Civitan of the Month” for No
vember, and the December
honor belongs to Doug Con
nell.
Lions and Rotarians
The Albemarle Lions Club
recognized David Russell as
the Student Lion for
November. Jody Mauldin is
the November Student
Rotarian.
of school feeling unimportant and
unattached. This is the problem.
However there are proposed
solutions. The major opportun
ities and growing professions de
mand more highly trained and
better educated people to fill
them. Therefore, the community
must be informed of the fact that
there is no longer any room at the
bottom. The community could
provide better educational pro
grams rather than paying a cer
tain sum each year for the unem
ployed.
Here in Albemarle, we have a
program at Stanly Technical
Institute called the GED or adult
high school program. A test,
similar to a high school
equivalency exam, is given which
takes four to five hours to com
plete. The test is divided into
secticKis and if a student scores 35
or above on each section the
score is passing, and he is
qualified to finish high school and
get a diploma. If you would like
any information concerning this
program call 982-0121 at Stanly
Tech.