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Volume 8
ALBEMARLE SENIOR HIGH NEWSPAPER
311 Palestine Road Albemarle, N.C. 28001 982-3711
November 1983
School Board Members Elected
On Tuesday, November 8, the
people of Albemarle elected two
new members to serve on the
Albemarle City School Board.
Markham “Mark” Mabry receiv
ed a great number of votes in the
seven-way race for two positions
on the Albemarle Board of
Education in Tuesday’s voting.
Mabry received 1,176 votes. Mr.
Mabry, who lives at 634 Yadkin
Street, is married to Chris
Mabry. He is a graduate of Wake
Forest University and is current
ly employed by Bear Insurance
Service as a property and casual
ty agent.
Mrs. Jeanette Napier was also
ASHS Students
Win Math Contest
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Mike Adams, Kevin Britt, Steven Snider, and Todd Dominik
won first place in the 1A-2A Division of the annual Pfeiffer Col
lege High School Mathematics Contest Saturday, November 19.
The ASHS squad competed with teams from North Stanly, East
Rowan, Mt. Pleasant, Charlotte Latin, and Mooresville High
Schools. The first place victory carries with it a $2000 scholar
ship ($500 per year for four years) for a student at Pfeiffer.
Adams also captured the first place individual award in the divi
sion, earning him a spot in the state mathematics contest next
year.
Club Corner
FHA
The FHA/Hero Organization held its district meeting at
Wingate College on Thursday, October 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m. at Laney Hall. Six students from ASHS attended: Monica
Britt, Sarah Pegues, Michelle Pankey, Sabrina Eury, Dexter
Townsend, and Donna Puckett.
The Future Homemakers of America is for students en
rolled in Home Economics courses. Their activities and pro
grams place emphasis on homemaking, family life education,
and consumer management combined with preparation for ca
reers in these areas.
The goal of the organization is to help youth assume their
roles in society through Home Economics Education in the
areas of personal growth, family life, vocational preparations,
and community involvement.
ICT-VICA
The ICT-VICA Club is currently involved in their fund rais
ing project for the year — selling M&M brand candy.
Contestants for the Mr. and Miss VICA competition were
Taffy Lowder, dental assistant with Dr. Bowen; Teresa Myers,
nursing assistant at Stanly Memorial Hospital; Vanessa Scott,
nursing assistant at Stanly Memorial Hospital; Ricky Hathcock,
tire maintenance at Southside Tire and Recapping; Joe Lam
beth, machine maintenance at Jefferies.
Mrs. Myra Lippard, assistant principal, conducted an inter
view based on selected criteria of the students’ knowledge of
VICA, their job training, and personal qualities. Mrs. Lippard
said “All the contestants were highly qualified. It was hard to
pick just one.”
Joe Lambeth and Teresa Myers were chosen Mr. and Miss
VICA.
Student Council
This year’s magazine sale ended Friday, November 4. The
total value of the magazines sold came to $4,000. This gives the
school a little over $1,000 to pay for student activities. The maga
zine sale was not as successful as last year’s, which came to
around $6,000 as the total value. The decrease in sales this year
was probably due to the fact that the Stanly County schools had
already completed their sales. The top selling homeroom was
Mrs. Carter. The top salesman will be released at a later date.
Next year the school is considering a different kind of fund-rais-
ing project. Suggestions can be made by anyone to Mr. Blalock.
elected on the Albemarle School
Board with 814 votes. Wife of ASH
teacher Jimmy Napier, Mrs.
Napier is a graduate of Morgan
Business College and has 27 years
of banking experience working
with First National and First
Union. She is also a member of
the Lioness Club and is a former
treasurer of the Stanly County
Unit of the American Cancer
Society.
The new members of the School
Board will begin their terms in
December. The term will extend
over a period of six years. Con
gratulations to both Mr. Mabry
and Mrs. Napier and good luck!
MOONBEAMS
27.
ByCHADBARBEE
The Student Optimist for November is Jill Burgess.
The Student Lion for November is David Christy.
The Student Rotarian for November is Susan Bramlett.
The McDonald’s Student of the Month is Steve Rankin.
Thanksgiving holidays will be from November 24-November
Christmas holidays will be from December 17-January 1.
Congratulations to Mrs. Carter’s homeroom for winning the
magazine sale!
A Day For
Giving Thanks
By CRISTI WILLIAMS
In the United States a day is set
aside each year as Thanksgiving
Day. People celebrate this day
with feasting and prayer for the
blessings they have received
throughout the year. The first
Thanksgiving Day took place in
Plymouth, Massachusetts. The
purpose was to thank God for a
plentiful harvest. Women spent
many days preparing for the
feast. Indians brought wild
turkeys, which are still a tradi
tional part of Thanksgiving to
day. In 1939 President Franklin
D. Roosevelt declared the fourth
Thursday of November as
Thanksgiving Day, a legal
federal holiday.
Today Thanksgiving is usually
a family day, celebrated with big
dinners and joyous reunions. To
most people, the mention of
Thanksgiving brings memories
of Grandma’s kitchen crowded
with lots of good things to eat.
People tend to forget that
Thanksgiving is also a time for
serious thinking, church ser
vices, and prayer.
Seniors Defeat Juniors In Powder Puff
By LEE ANN SIDES
Powder Puff, the annual clash
between the junior girls and the
senior girls, took place on Thurs
day, November 3.
The seniors took control early
in the game as Amanda Bowers
completed a touchdown pass to
Lasonya Clark. The extra point
conversion that followed was
good, and the seniors led 8-0. The
juniors, unable to score, were
forced to hand the ball back over
to the seniors. Lasonya Clark
scored another touchdown for the
seniors, and Amanda Bowers
charged across the line for the ex
tra points, making the score 16-0.
The juniors again made an unsuc
cessful attempt to score. When
the seniors regained possession
of the ball, Amanda Bowers com
pleted another touchdown pass to
Lasonya Clark. The score at half
was 22-0.
The second half revealed a
much stronger junior defense.
The seniors were able to score on
ly once in the second half.
Lasonya Clark scored her fourth
touchdown of the game, and upon
completion of the extra point con
version, the seniors held a domi
nating lead of 30-0.
With about three minutes left to
play, junior quarterback, Joy
Miller, completed a short touch
down pass to Maria Ridenhour,
while Amy Herlocker lay in pain
on the sidelines. The juniors gain
ed the extra points, making the
score 30 to 8. As the seconds tick
ed away, neither class was able
to score, and the Class of ’84 was
again victorious.
The homecoming festivities at
half time included many lovely
young “ladies”. The homecom
ing court consisted of Miss Alvin
Currie, Miss David Tucker, Miss
Jay Howard, and Miss David
Christy, who seemed to be the
chief cheerleader. The highlight
of the evening was the crowning
of the homecoming queen. Miss
Tony Russell, a very lovely blond
dressed in pink.
Congratulations, girls!
Taking A Trip Through Time
By SUSAN BRAMLETT
TIME: 6:00 a.m. Monday, Oct.
24,1983
PLACE: Parking lot at
Albemarle Senior High School
DESTINATION: Biltmore
House and Gardens, Asheville,
N.C.
Seventy-six students and two
teachers drowsily awaited the de
parture of the two charter buses
that were to transport them to a
place of the past. Departure time
— 6:15 a.m. — arrived, but due to
two sleepyheads (yes, you, Doug
and Sonya!) the buses didn’t be
gin the three and a half hour ride
until 6:30.
The buses pulled into Biltmore
Village a little before 11:00 a.m.
Mrs. Hampton and Mrs. Martin
obtained the tickets and the buses
started down the winding road
that goes through three and a half
miles of forests and meadows.
Once through the iron gates and
stone pillars, the front of the Bilt
more House was in full view.
To prepare the students for
what they were going to see, Mrs.
Hampton gave the French
classes background information
during French Club the week be
fore.
George Washington Vanderbilt
purchased 125,000 acres of land in
the Asheville, N. C. area. He com
missioned two of America’s most
famous designers to help plan his
estate. Richard Morris Hunt, the
first American to receive an
architectural degree from the
Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris,
designed the house after
chateaux of the sixteenth cen
tury, known as the Francois I
style. The Biltmore House is
fashioned after the French
Chateaux of Chambord,
Chenonceaux, and Blois.
Frederick Law Olmstead was
chosen to lay out the gardens and
parks on Vanderbilt’s estate. He
set up a Farm Department, a
Forestry Department, and a
Landscape Department.
Mr. Vanderbilt formally open
ed the House in 1895. He derived
the name Biltmore from “Bildt”,
the name of the Dutch town from
which the family’s forebears
came and “more”, an old English
word meaning rolling, upland
country.
Vanderbilt’s daughter Cornelia
and her husband John Francis
Amherst Cecil lived in the House
until 1930 when they opened the
Biltmore House and Gardens to
the public. Following Mr.
Vanderbilt’s death in 1914, much
of the Estate was deeded to the U.
S. Government for Pisgah Na
tional Forest, while some was
sold for the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The students were able to tour
the main floor and some of the up
stairs bedrooms. The bathrooms
seemed primitive compared to
the rest of the house, but at the
time the house was built, inside
plumbing and facilities were a
luxury. The recently opened
downstairs showed the contrast
in the way of life between the
family and guests and the ser
vants. The plush, elaborately
decorated family bedrooms were
very different from the plain,
closet-sized servants’ rooms.
The gardens were very well
planned and cultivated. The roses
were in full bloom and the other
brightly colored flowers were
breathtaking. The large green
houses contained many plants of
all shapes and sizes. Going
through the greenhouses was like
walking through a tropical rain
forest.
The students met back at the
Irage Rampe Douce which gives
access to bridle paths and glades.
Although the group wasn’t able to
stay at the Biltmore House for a
long time, they got a glimpse of
how wealthy aristocracy lived
during the late 1800’s and early
1900’s.
P. S. Rodney, I did some in
vestigative research and I found
out that the peacock just didn’t
want you and Dave in the pic
ture!