Participate
In Field Day
The Full Moon
Easter Holidays
April 7-10
ALBEMARLE, N. C., APRIL 6, 1939
—WITH ENGLISH 12
p. SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
^‘THE SCHOOL as Miss Ellerbe’s
jj.unknown poets. She never knows
at what moment they will pop up,
.^'silently write their bit of verse on
'tier blackboard, and then fade into
.obscurity.
Several days ago, Miss Ellerbe
returned from lunch and discover-
,Bd that she had had a visitor-poet.
Upon her blackboard appeared
these lines:
1 be,
Miss Ellerbe surmised that the
It poet must be in her twelfth grade
tiEnglish class as she had assigned
a feature story to be written. But,
to her surprise, everyone appeared
Jn the dark too. No would-be poet
'IJilaimed the verse. Now what she
would like to know is: Who is
(g OVERHEARD:
= MRS. ROBERTSON ASKING
-MR. GIBSON for two charlie-
tiorses to play bingo on—Edythe
'Holt starting to New York on one
, loot—Bill Hough saying he would
^e absent to do his spring clean
ing—Buddy Roberts telling the so-
IfCial adaptation class not to shake
i napkin as if trying to flag down
tt{|i train. “Give it a dainty shake,”
, le said.—Hamp Talbert securing
nformation as to the method of
.jorrowing money on his farm—
lIlMiss Nye telling her study hall to
L|,‘Get tight!” instead of “Get
^•juiet!”—Kat Russell ordering can-
iy from the drug store to be deliv-
_jred at 1:30.
- “NOW, FOLKS, ALL YOU
SAVE TO DO is send fifteen box
»rtons along with your name and
iddress and you will receive free
me box of ‘Plunkett’s Pink Pills
or Pale People’.”
Yep—that is a commercial ad-
'ertisement put on by the twelfth
"rade. As head representative of
•^Plunkett’s Pink Pills for Pale
’eople”, Mary Katherine East
I nade a special offer on the broad-
iCast Tuesday.
For the benefit of those who did
ot tune in on Miss Laws’s home-
oom program Tuesday, March
^ wenty-first, again will be repeated
he various uses of these pills,
'hey are for the following ail-
lents: underweight, overweight,
i.alse teeth, ugly elbows, corns,
[Itlunions, etc. They can also be
-'lashed up in bird seed and sprin-
^^(led out for the birds.
So don’t forget!—Be sure to
end fifteen box cartons and re-
*^ive your free sample of “Plun-
2~I«tt’s Pink Pills for Pale People.”
. DILLAR, A DOLLAR, A TEN
O’CLOCK SCHOLAR,
ifhat makes you come so soon ?
used to come at nine o’clock
nd n
V you c
Mr. Brown said, “Did that slip
OOAy ‘Admit to class’? How can I
imit you to class when it is over?
o to your next class.”
In the next class Mrs. McFadyen
aimed, “What! You don’t have
3ur lesson today? Why are you
iking this subject?”
Meekly came the reply. “I’m
•king it because Mr. Gibson won’t
“Come by this afternoon and
)u and I will talk to Mr. Gibson.”
Ten-thirty! What a relief! Just
! I am beginning to enjoy the ac-
I vrity period. Miss Laws asks, “Ed,
I » you have to talk all the time?”
t ^ (Continued on Page Four)
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NED BETTS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
ctures of Ned Betts and the members of his orchestra.
; Bill Helms, trumpet: Bailey Gulledge, trumpet; Charles Beatty, trombone. Front
O. D. Shoe, guitar; Cron Rogers, saxophone; Ned Betts, saxophone, trumpet,
, clarinet; Wade Underwood, saxophone, clarinet.
Eleventh And
Tenth Grades
Elect Officers
Thomas Hatley and Bailey
Gulledge Made Presidents;
Two Banquets Planned.
After an open discussion of the
Junior-Senior banquet plans, Thom
as Hatley was chosen president of
the three eleventh grade sections.
Clara Lorch was elected vice-presi-
dent; Josephine, Whitley, secre
tary; and Kenneth Brooks, treasur-
Bailey Gulledge was elected pres
ident of the tenth grade at a joint
meeting of the four sections. Other
officers are J. P. Mauldin, vice-
president; Katherine Whiteley, sec
retary and treasurer.
At the meeting it was decided
that two banquets would be held
this year; one for the twelfth and
eleventh grades and one for the
tenth grade. Definite plans have
been made, and they will be given
sometime in the near future.
Local Chapter Of National
Honor Society Organized
Eleventh Grade
Leads Highest
Honor Students
For the second time the eleventh
grade leads in the number of high
est honor students. The twelfth and
tenth grades tied for second place
with five students each. The eighth
grade came in third with three, and
the ninth last with two.
From the eleventh grade
nia Crowell, and Margie Lipe.
From the twelfth were Iris Al
mond, Sue Coble, Geraldine Crisco,
Mary K. East, and Lorene Melton.
Tenth: Irma Lowder, Bob Lipe,
Hoyle Whitley, Josephine Beaver,
and Sunshine Underwood.
Eighth: Arwilla Jones, Juanita
Lawrence, and Eulalah Tucker.
Ninth: Alfred Morton, Rubye
Caldwell.
LOOK OUT, BROADWAY!
George S. Kaufman and Moss
Hart had better look to their
laurels because A. H. S. has a play-
wrright ready to step into his own!
Tommy Swanner presented his
original comedy, “The Corner Gro
cery,” in chapel recently with Nor
man Trexler and Rembert Rogers,
as impersonators of Oliver Hardy
and Stan Laurel, in the leading
roles. Other members of the cast
were Elbert Mullinix, Cornelia
Yeager, Margaret Bradley, Dwight
Morris, Max Ritchie, and Charles
Crawley.
Coming- Up
Society In
Clyde A. Milner,
iril 28—Senior Play: “Aunt
Tillie Goes to Town”
5—Field Day.
ly 28—Baccalaureate Sermon
Speaker: The Right
Reverend John A.
Wright.
Ly 31—Commencement,
Seniors Choose
Class Mascots
Royal Blue Caps and Gowns
for Twelfth and White for
Eleventh to Be Used.
Betty Lynn Crowell and Neil
Graham have been chosen as mas
cots for the senior class this year.
Betty Lynn is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Crowell, and Neil
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Graham.
Plans for commencement are
now being made. It has been de
cided that the twelfth grade seniors
wear royal blue caps and gowms
and the eleventh grade seniors,
white.
Royal blue and white will be
the class colors, and the American
beauty rose, the class flower.
Screen Bought As
Class Gift Of ’38
With the money left by last
has been purchased from the Bell
and Howell company at a cost of
$70. The nine-by-twelve screen
was first used April 3, when a film
of the Rose Bowl game was shown
in the auditorium.
Albemarle High school expects to
be approved by Paramount Studios
soon and, consequently, will be able
to show such moving pictures as
“The Plainsman,” “Ruggles of Red
Gap,” “Mississippi,” and “The Life
of a Bengal Lancer.”
22 Students of Eleventh and
Twelfth Grades Will Be
Tapped at Ceremony.
A local chapter of the National
Honor society has been organized,
and the twenty-two members chos
en by the selection committee will
be tapped at an official candlelight
ceremony to be held in the audito
rium soon after the Easter holi
days. Mrs. Clyde Milner, of Guil
ford College, will address the
dent body on that occasion.
Miss Milling, the sponsor, with
three other faculty members, drew
up the constitution, which was sub
mitted for approval to the secreta
ry of the National Honor society.
After the charter was granted, the
committee selected the honor stu
dents from the eleventh and twelfth
grades on the basis of these tenets:
scholarship, service, leadership,
and character.
The number of members chosen
each year will be limited by the
constitution. The committee has
submitted to the National society
for approval the name, Alpha,
which the local chapter will proba
bly be called .
The National Honor society was
started in 1921 and has grown
steadily until today there are more
than twenty-three hundred chap
ters in this country. It is directed
by a national council which is in
charge of activities and formulates
the poliies of the organization.
Chorus Class Makes
Several Appearances
Selected members from the Boys’
and Girls’ Glee clubs and the cho-
class, under the direction of
Miss Worsham and Mr. Fry, have
made several public appearances
recently, having sung for the Pa-
rent-Teachers’ association, the
Lions club, and the Rotarians.
The soloists in the boys’ chorus
■ent to Salisbury March 29, for an
audition with Mr. Fry’s music
teacher.
In chapel March 16, they gave
the following program: boys’ dou
ble quartet—“On the Sea” and
“Hob a Derry Danno;” mixed
quartet—“The Rosary;” girls’ cho
rus—“Just Singing Along,” “In
dian Love Call,” “The Stars Are
Brightly Shining.”
CONTESTS HELD
The typing, bookkeeping, and
shorthand students entered the na
tional contest March 29 and 30.
Results have not yet been obtain
ed.
Plans Begun For
Field Day Events
May 5 Is Date Set; Contest
for King and Queen
to Begin Soon.
Plans are underway for the sec
ond annual Field day, sponsored
by the student advisory council,
which is to be held May 5, on the
athletic field.
Miss Holt and Mr. Hatley are in
charge of all athletic contests.
This second annual Field day prom
ises to be quite exciting, having
many events, some similar to those
of last year, and also new ones.
The contest for the king and
queen will begin soon. The crown
ing of the two winners will be held
at the end of the various events.
Moving pictures will be made of
the entire program and shown soon
afterwards in the auditorium.
The silver cup, which was won
last year by the eleventh grade,
will again be awarded the winning
Practice has already been be
gun by both boys and girls who
are planning to participate, and
will be continued until May 4.
A.H.S. Eliminated
In Debate Friday
Neither of Three Teams In
Triangle with Albemarle
Won Affirmative.
In the annual triangular debate
sponsored by the University of
North Carolina, Albemarle’s nega
tive team, composed of Mary Kath
erine East and Howard Carter, de
feated Thomasville; and the af
firmative team, composed of Bur
ton Hultz and Lee Copple, lost to
Kannapolis.
The query for discussion this
year is: Resolved, that the United
States should establish an alliance
with Great Britain.
Since all three negative teams
in the triangle won, the triangle
will not be represented at Chapel
Hill this year, as it is necessary
for both teams of one school to
win in order to go.
This is the first time in the three
years that A. H. S. has been a
member of the debaters’ union
that the school has not been repre
sented in the Chapel Hill finals.
Both the affirmative and the
negative A. H. S. teams had a 2-1
In the debate held at A. H. S.
between Kannapolis and Thomas
ville, the latter won by a unan
imous decision. Judges for the de
bate were Miss Emma Milling, Mr.
Carl Brown, Mr. Hugh Page, Rev.
George B. Clemmer, and Mr. Blan
ton Little.
Questions For
The Month
1. Who was the father of Sol-
2. What is the most useful
up-to-date handbook of facts
found in our library?
3. What sport do you think
of when Pinehurst is mentioned?
4. Which is spelled incor
rectly: excellent, nickle, com-
7. What is the plural of
8. What men are at the top
of the list of prospective Re
publican and Democratic candi
dates for nomination for presi
dency in 1940?
9. Who calls a court to or
der?
10. Which is correct, “K 1
were he” or “If I was him”?
(See page 3 for answers.)