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Friday Night
The Full Moon
“Growing Pains”
January 24
Vol. 16
ALBEMARLE, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1939
MEMBERS OF CAST IN THREE-ACT COMEDY
—WITH ENGLISH 12
■ Here lie the bones of our A. B.
He died an old bachelor with a
capital B.
He liked us, we hope, of him we
: were fond,
But now he has gone to that Great
Beyond.
Dear Mr. Grigg lies ’neath this
stone:
' He had a bald head that fairly
shone.
He caught a cold and now he’s
dead,
' But he should have grown some
hair on his head.
' Another here, another there.
But here is one who had red hair.
Not a student in A. H. S. laughed,
For Mrs. Helms had their tests all
mimeographed.
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' And here lie the bones of Rosie
Laws:
She taught us French,
found no flaws.
She had blonde hair and lovely blue
eyes.
What does it matter now, for there
she lies. .
Here lies G. Watson, who passed
away one June,
After working on an extra ten-page
“Full Moon.”
■ She taught us seniors; we learned
quite a lot,
And all that poetry we’v
ir for
got.
Down deep into this cold,
ground
You’ll find remains of T. Carl
Brown.
Until his death he firmly stood
Teaching boys to mess up wood.
i Here lies the dust of Paul B. Fry:
He was kinda wide but not so high.
He couldn’t be beat at playing a
piano;
- Well, he shouldn’t have eaten that
last banana.
find Miss Mary
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1. Hugh as Profe.sor McIntyre. 2. Leroy
Lee, Brian. 6. Anne, Patty. 7. Menefee, El«
George McIntyre. 10. Pauline, Terry Mclntyr
son. 13. Polly, Mrs. McIntyre. 14. Janet, Mi
Sophie. 4. Sadie,
-ris, Traffic Officer,
h. 12. Jeanne, M
5, Student Dir.
Now, here we
Parks Bell.
How it happened no one can te
But we found her Chevrolet in
wreck,
Now we have no one to teach i
home ec.
And now Faye Holt’s grave you ap-
j(i proach.
She was the girls’ athletic coach.
She was big and strong, just like a
But the hearts of the strongest
sometimes fail.
^ Here’s Clyde Canipe, coach of the
He was always used to a lot of
Whoever finds where he has gone
Give him a cheer so he’ll feel at
^ home.
^ R. C. Hatley lies ’neath this tree.
We hope he’s happy as can be.
For out in Oakboro, his old home
His name in history will surely go
This one here taught shorthand and
bookkeeping,
Guy Propst, but now he’s quietly
sleeping.
He could sing too, and wore good-
looking clothes,
What he’s doing now, the Lord only
knows.
She slipped one day while in her
bath.
This lovely young teacher who
taught us math.
She lived and was charming to a
ripe old age.
But now she lies here. Miss Powell,
Jane Page.
(Continued on Page Two)
Occupation Survey
[s Being Conducted
Vocation Department and N.
C. Employment Service to
Compile Material.
The vocational department and
the N. C. State Employment ser
vice are conducting an occupational
survey of Albemarle to collect and
compile up-to-date information on
the number and kind of industries,
enterprises, agencies and profes
sional services in operation in the
community, the number of require
ments for employment in each.
Carl Brown states that the pur
pose of the survey is to assist the
employers in obtaining apprentices
and more efficient employees and
to provide a ready supply of young
workers trained to meet the em
ployers’ needs in the community;
to establish standards of training
and a more comprehensive counsel
ing and guidance program in help
ing high school students in choos
ing, receiving practical training,
and entering their vocations.
The Chamber of Commerce, the
Merchants association, the Lions
club and the Rotary club have en
dorsed the survey as a worthwhile
community project and have pledg
ed their cooperation.
Each employer has been sent a
questionnaire requesting informa
tion on his particular organization,
including data on products made,
services rendered, the number of
persons employed, seasonal varia
tions, and requirements as to ex
perience and educational qualifica
tions of new employees. Visits will
be made to each employer.
Information and data secured
through the survey will be com
piled and analyzed so as to present
readily a concise and complete pic
ture of the total employment op
portunities in Albemarle and a job
analysis of the various occupations.
Such an analysis will provide a
practical basis for broadening the
high school educational program so
as to train students to become more
efficient workers and to progress
in the available occupations which
they must eventually enter.
Of 210 students graduating in
the Albemarle high school during
the past two years, only 55 or 26%
have entered colleges. This means
that about 75 students each year
must be absorbed in industries *
Albemarle.
Vocational students will be regis-
A Quack Tragedy
A double tragedy befell the
Gulledge family a few days ago
when Peggy and Gladys were
killed between the hours of
9:30 and 11 o’clock.
At the inquest Coroner Lentz
pronounced the accident a case
of hit-and-run. The driver of
the car has not been appre
hended.
Just like all other ducks.
Peggy and Gladys didn’t give a
quack and just went to sleep in
the middle of the street, re
maining in their slumber for-
They are survived by their
drake, Mose, and their owners,
the whole Gulledge family.
Good Sport?
What is your idea of a good
sport? Here are a few definitions.
“My dea of true sportsman
ship, for player or spectator, is
shown by the person who does not
crow’ over his opponent when
winning and does not ‘boo’ the of
ficials’ decision or offer alibis when
losing,” is Coach Canipe’s defini-
Mr. Gibson’s definition is, “A
person who can lose without ali
biing, and win without bragging.”
Bill Mann, student body presi
dent, says, “A fellow who can play
hard and clean and be a good
loser.”
According to Miss Holt, “The
definition would include the atti
tude, knowledge, ability, personal
cleanliness, and moral fortifica
tion of the individual.”
Reed Gaskin, freshman, says,
‘A good sport is one who plays
fair in everything and cooperates.”
“A person who plays fair and
;quare is a good sport,” thinks
Jewel' Rogers, sophomore.
“To me,” sa; s Lee Copple, jun
ior, “one is a good sport when he
enters whaleheartedly into the
school activities.”
Virginia Gilliam, senior, says, “A
person who is kind and follows reg
ulations.”
“A good sport is a fellow who
can take a joke,” is the opinion
of Sidney Gulledge, Hi-Y presi
dent.
tered at the State Employment
vice office and will be available for
part time work while in school and
for permanent work upon gradua-
Gulledge Chosen
First Twelfth
Grade President
Sidney Gulledge was honored by
being chosen the first twelfth
grade president at special meeting
heJd in Miss Laws’s home room
January 11.
Other officers
elected were C.
Efird, vice
president; Iris
Almond, secre
tary ; and Sadie
Pickier, treasur-
These officers
ill serve for the
whole year. Two
of the main events at which
the president will preside will be the
Junior-Senior banquet and com
mencement exercises.
Sidney GuUedge, newly elected
president, is active in all student
affairs, holding the office of Hi-Y
president, being home room stu
dent council representative, busi-
ss manager of the Al-Hi-Script,
member of the football squad,
d an Eagle Scout.
I Growing Pains’
To Be Presented
Tuesday Evening
Pauline Beaver and Oron
Rogers Have Leads in
Three-Act Comedy.
Rehearsals for “Growing Pains,”
three-act comedy of adolescence,
re well under way, and the date
for presentation is set for Tuesday
evening, January 24. Members of
the Dramatics class have been
building scenery and making post-
s for display.
The parts in the play are taken
by the following students: Polly
Martin as Mrs. McIntyre, a charm
ing Jady who understands her two
children perfectly; Hugh Whitley
as Professor McIntyre, who can’t
understand them at all; Oron Rog
ers as George, just emerging from
the awkward age with a vocabu
lary several sizes too large for
him; Pauline Beaver as Terry, who
likes boys better than girls; Lo-
rene Melton as Sophie, the negro
maid; Bonnie McCubbins as Pru
dence Darling, who “can just look
at a boy and he becomes absolute
ly prostrated; “Patty, Ann Wine-
coff; “Dutch,” Patty’s one and
only, Claude Shankle; “Brian,’'
Lee Copple; Mrs. Patterson,
Jeanne Hurt: her daughter, Elsie,
Menefee Bennett,
Others in the cast are Leroy Ply-
ler, Kenneth Miller, Richard Fore
man, Janet East, Sadie Pickier,
Peggy Efird and Morris Elmore.
The scene is laid in a Cali
fornia home. The plot becomes
very complicated when George
takes off his white flannels to fix a
flat and the pants are stolen by
ne of his pals. What happens
'hen he comes home to a party
without his pants on creates an up
roar. Two high school students
with their friends and problems
present a realistic performance in
“Growing Pains.”
Uniforms Ordered
For Cheer Leaders
The Boosters club has, through
the funds received from the play,
'His First Girl,” been able to buy
iniforms for the cheer leaders.
In order to get the best quality,
the students are purchasing only
sweaters, on the front of which
will be a megaphone and the word
Albemarle. Some of the sweaters
will be blue on white, and the oth
ers white on blue. All of these
will be the property of the school.
The girls are planning to make
their own skirts.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Miss Worsham attended the Mu
sic Teachers National association
in Washington, D. C., December
28, 29, 30. Besides attending a
reception given at the White House
by Mrs. RooseveJt, Miss Worsham
enjoyed a concert by the National
Symphony Orchestra, with Evelyn
Swarthout, pianist, and Hans Kind-
ler, conductor; organ recitals at
the Washington Cathedral by Dr.
Palmer Christian and Mr. Skinner,
founder of the Skinner organs.
At a banquet at the Mayflower
Business Leaders
Invited By Council
To Address Students
A series of chapel programs per-
training to vocations is to be spon
sored by the Student Council, some
man or woman prominent in a
profession being asked to speak
each week.
Some of the vocations to be dis-
ssed are medicine, law, nursing,
beauty parlor, and mUl work.
Each speaker will try to make
ry definite the information re
garding the cost, time, and type of
training necessary for advance
ment in a profession.
After the address, students will
be allowed to ask questions. All
speakers are to be entertained by
members of the counciL
Hotel, Edward Johnson, manager
of the Metropolitan Opera Co., and
Dr. Walter Damrosch were the
principal speakers.
Questions For
The Month
1. Who is the world’s great-
5t writer of fables?
2. How did Nobel make his
5. Who were the three
icans to win Nobel prize
6. Who founded the
Academy?
7. Name two curreni
York coi
8. Wh
ter in the alphabet'
9. Who ■ ■■
10. Whi
War
used let-
is hell?”
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