Here’s A Hand,
All-Star
THE FULL MOON
A Very Merry
Christmas!
ALBEMARLE, N. C., DECEMBEK 15, 1939
HIER&
aTHGRS
MR. GIBSON, WHEN ASSIGN-
'iNG a theme, story, sentence, or
What-have-you, often requests that
' ng to give thought and concen-
;ration to it before writing.
Not long ago, he asked Ned
Betts to give him a sentence, one
vith “meat” in it. After due time
ind serious consideration, Bettsy
=fave the virell known sign that he
was ready to talk. Upon Mr. Gib
ran’s permission, he spealed off one
ike this:
“The hunters, after devouring
luge slabs of vension for breakfast
ind packing their lunches, which
'ionsisted of meat sandwiches, set
*[jut with six blood-thirsty hounds
o hunt rabbits and other small
■ MOST EVERY DAY you can
’lear Keith Almond shout,
‘ “Want to go up town, boys?”
Then a flock of boys go rushing
10 the car.
“Just wait a minute, boys;
-'ou’ll have to push the car off,”
Ceith says.
j And with a push and a puff
~ “DO YOU HEAR THEM?”
“No, What?”
ff “Listen.”
“Well, what is it?”
“Don’t you hear them singing
Jhristmas carols? They are sing
ing all of those pretty Christmas
ongs.”
Every afternoon from 2:10 until
- :10 if you are near the east
:tairs, you can hear beautiful
ongs filling the air. They are
.oming from the girls’ chorus
I THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT is
trri the air, or at least people are
writing letters to good old Saint
ijlick. Freshmen are interested in
j kates, dolls, and games. Now for
he sophomore girls. Saint Nick
Jan just leave Kelly Jordan. As
•pr the senior boys who are getting
..tieir class rings, all they ask is
’ or Santa to leave them a pretty
irl to wear the rings.
■■ TO SOME. CHRISTMAS may
re a season of joy, but Ned Betts
as painted the other side of the
icture for us:
^hristmas comes but once a year.
Thank gosh,” ’says pop, who pays.
I play the role of Santa Claus
Jid pay for days and days.
The last installment just came
or Santa’s last year’s trip,
nd here it’s nearly time again
, or this year’s world-wide clip.
* [ hope it comes but once this year,
: it comes twice like Turkey Day,
m gonna run like—heck!”
VOCATIONAL CLASS HAD
OT YET started. A group of
iree or four were humming pop-
“For goodness’ sake! Sing for
•Jle ‘Scatterbrain’,” begged one girl.
U The group had just reached the
Vne “it’s such a pity you’re such
scatterbrain” when
coning.”
^SEEN HERE AND THERE:
'ade Denning losing his horn . . .
scar Speight, tiny freshman, fall-
g into the trash box and having
be rescued . . . Creel Lowder
ving his autograph to admiring
f 'phomore girls . . . Mr. Gehring
>ing run out of his homeroom by
itl>e band playing in the room be-
Castevcns Named
On All-South
Piedmont Eleven
Jack Castevens, sturdy 17L
pound guard and only Bulldog grid-
der to be named on the all-state
selections of North Carolina coach
es, was accorded another honor
Thursday night when he was nam
ed on the All-South Piedmont con
ference eleven by conference
coaches meeting at Barium
Springs.
Named by Jake Wade, Char
lotte Observer columnist, as “Al
bemarle’s best” in a recent column,
Jack was one of the main cogs in
the Bulldog offense and defense
Other players who were named
for all-conference honors were:
ends, Edwards—Lincolnton, and
Jones from Children’s Home and
Miller from Hickory tied for sec
ond; tackles, Williams of Concord
and McCrinnon from Barium
Springs; guards, Castevens from
Albemarle and Price from Lexing
ton; center, Von Link from Lex
ington.
In the backfield Shirt Allen of
Concord and Dobbins of Hickory
won clear titles to berths while
Carlton of Lexington, Templeton
of Children’s Home, and Myers of
Lexington tied for the other two
The conference champions, Lex
ington, placed four men on the
Home Ec Class
Models Dresses
Thirty-two girls of Mrs. Trox-
ler’s home economics class present
ed a fashion show in chapel Friday
morning. They wore the wool
dresses which they have just com
pleted, told the exact cost of them
and explained how they could be
worn for two different occasions.
Those taking part were: Ruby
Anderson, Mildred Chandler, Cor
nelia Doby, Illene Dry, Nell Fes-
perman, Jolene Fry, Lee Gilliam,
Betty Jo Groves, Rebecca Griffin,
Laura Vann Hathcock, Ruth Hill,
Lois Hitchcock, Clara Lorch, Sybil
Lowder, Evelyn Merrit, Lois Mel-
Estelle Morton, Patty Crowell,
Estelle Whitley, Betty Sue Under
wood, Helen Thorpe, Juanita
Thompson, Odessa Talbert, Hazel
Starnes, Alice Smith, Ruby Sides,
Mary Ella Shoe, Ruth Ridenhour,
Dorothy Parker, and Hazel Mor-
Dramatic and Music Departments Have
Combined To Present Christmas Pageant
Cathedral Scene
Creative Writing
Club Publishes
First Al-Hi-Script
The Christmas issue of the Al-
Hi-Script, published by the Crea
tive Writing club, will be distribut
ed this afternoon. This is the sec
ond year that through the coopera
tion of advertisers the magazine is
being given to students without
Miss Watson and Mr. Gibson,
advisors, have chosen the following
staff for the year:
Editor, Cozette Marshall; busi-
iss manager. Bob Lipe; associate
editors, Mary Helen Meigs, Laura
Prances Peck, Lee Copple,
Mary Alice Holt; circulation r..
ager, Polly Martin; assistant busi
ness manager, Ellen Heame; other
club contributors, Mary Ellen
Youngblood, Virginia Niven, and
Johnnie Lou Stevens.
The magazine will contain
short stories, poems, essays, short
short stories, figures of speech,
cinquains, couplets, and editorials,
the editor has Enounced.
The cover for the issue bears
picture of three English Carolers
and is printed in green on a white
background. This cover is in keep
ing with the Christmas theme of
the issue.
This is the second year that the
Al-Hi-Script has been published.
Two editions, fall and graduation
numbers, were published by the
Creative Writing class last year
under the direction of A. B. Gib-
Hl-Y To Present
Christmas Dance
The Albemarle Hi-Y club will
give its first dance of the year Fri
day night, December 22„ in the
National Guards Armory.
Wade Denning and his six-piece
orchestra will provide music for
dancing from 9 until 1-2. Elab
orate plans are being made to dec
orate the armory in a Christmas
color scheme.
Invitations have been mailed to
e hundred and fifty high school
students, college students home for
the holidays, and out-of-town high
school students. Several young
couples have been invited to chap
erone the dance.
Gigantic (Accurate, Too!) Poll Of
Students Reveals Amazing Facts
A poll of questions concerning
the nerve-wracking and boring
conditions and other situations in,
over and around what is left of
Europe revealed most astounding
facts as to how the minds of mod
ern youth are now running and
standing still!
The question and resulting an
swers of the 100 students who took
part in this thing, as well as a
whole lot of other stuff are found
below!
Question: Do you think the U.
S', will take any action toward the
present situation? 48 said they
might; 51 said “What situation?”
and one said he’d rather not be
quoted.
Question: Do you think an ar
mistice will be signed by the first
of the year? 48 said they thought
one had been signed in 1918; 50
said what was the use; one said
there were enough bills to sign at
the first of the month already; and
one said he wouldn’t sign anything
’til he had read it.
Question: Do you think the U.
S. will be drawn into war sooner
or later? 30 said, “Yes, sooner”;
28 said, “No, later”; 41 declared,
“Everybody’s too interested in the
third term to stop and carry on a
war”; and one didn’t know a war
was going on.
Question: Should the U. S. de
clare war, would you volunteer?
62 said “Yes, if the government
furnished free cigarettes”; 23 said
“No, we’re subject to acute home
sickness”; 14 said, “For what?”;
one said he was gonna wait
and see ‘Gone With The Wind’
first.
Question: Do you think Russia
will attack Russia? 44 said they
didn’t know; 39 said, “Probably”;
16 said, “They’re attacking every
body else, why not?” and one said,
“Definitely no, because Russians
are ‘scared of bears’.”
Question: Do you think Hitler
will shave his mustache? 58 said,
“Is he still living?” 41 said no,
because he was afraid the razor
would slip, and one said Stalin
would do it for him.
Question: Was Munich a bluff?
(Continued on Page Three)
Two Boys Meet
Winston Chief
Don’t jump to any con-
zlusions—but Rembert Rogert
ind Ray Letter were guests of
he chief of police while at-
lending the Hi-Y Conference in
ton-Salei '
How.
, thej
i and
body else that they spent the
Hi-Y Sends Four
To Convention In
Winston-Salem
The four members of the Albe
marle Hi-Y club who attended the
older boys’ conference in Winston-
Salem, Bob Lipe, Ray Lefler, Rem
bert Rogers, and Lamar Camp,
were particularly pleased and im
pressed by the outstanding speech
es of Dr. Samuel W. Grafflin, prin
cipal speaker.
Dr. Grafiiin’s outstanding talk
was given Saturday night at the
banquet. He spoke on “What I
did to make myself what I am to-
He said, “Don’t drink, because
it harms you physically and men
tally. Don’t curse, because it
harms your character. Don’t lie,
for every time you look into a mir
ror, you’ll see a liar. Be honest at
all times. Don’t take any thing
that doesn’t belong to you. And
lastly, be a gentleman. Always
be a gentleman whether you have
on rags or are in fancy clothes,
it doesn’t matter. If you are a
gentleman it will show through
anything you wear.”
This is the third consecutive
year that the Albemarle Hi-Y club
has been represented at this con
ference.
Photography Club
Lists Winners
In Picture Contest
The Photography club, sponsor
of the snapshot contest, has an
nounced the vrinners for both the
beginners and the advanced group.
A first and second place winner
was selected for each of the four
groups: Fall Landscapes, Archi
tecture, Animal Studies and
Sports.
The winners for the advanced
group are: A. Architecture: (1)
Beauty is only Skin Deep—Bascom
Jones; (2) A Home—Betsy Ivey.
B. Animals: (1) Incubator
Baby—Bascom Jones; (2) Animal
—Ted Furr.
C. Landscapes: (1) Contrast—
Bascom Jones; (2) Fall Scene —
Ted Furr.
D. Sports: (1) Snap!—Bascom
The winners for the beginners’
group are: A. Architecture: (1)
Mountain Lodge—Frances Mann;
(2) Monticello—Jean Lentz.
B. Animals: (1) Wild Life—■
Reed Gaskin.
C. Sports: (1) Water Babies—
Frances Mann.
D. Landscapes: (1) View from
Skyland Drive—Jean Lentz; (2)
In the Smokies—Frances Mann.
Miss Freeman, sponsor of the
club, reports that some excellent
pictures were taken by the group.
Some of the winning pictures will
be displayed on the bulletin board
near the office.
Is Reproduced For
Christmas Drama
A Christmas pageant, under the
joint direction of Miss Nye and
Mr. Fry, was presented in the au
ditorium by members of the dra
matics class and Mr. Fry’s mixed
choir this afternoon for the stu
dents and last night for the towns
people.
The pageant, written by Jane
Turner as a dramatics class proj
ect, was selected from those sub
mitted by class members for pro
duction, in collaboratioj) with the
mixed chorus group.
Presented in two acts, the pag
eant dealt with the contrasting
ideas and observations of Christ
mas and its customs in England
and here in the U. S. The first
scene was laid in an English home,
the second in a cathedral.
As the story unfolded, the voices
of carollers (members of the
chorus group) furnished an impos
ing musical background of Christ
mas songs and hymns, in keeping
with the season.
The second act consisted mainly
of Scripture and Christmas music
against an elaborate cathedral
background. An impressive stain
ed window, constructed by dra
matics class members, in the cen
ter of the stage provided the main
feature of the set. To one side a
vested choir of about twenty stu
dents sang throughout the scene.
The cast of characters was: Mrs.
Dale, the grandmother, Hazel Wil
liams; Iris, the young English girl,
Jane Austin Turner; Laura Webb,
Maxine Cashatt; Joe Webb, Bil}
Jordan; Tommy Webb, Bobby Red-
wine; Gordon Davis, Buck Mabry.
The music included: “O Holy
Night”, Adam; “Lo, How a Rose
E’er Blooming”, Praetorius;
“Sleep, Holy Babe”, J. B. Dykes;
“Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”,
Luther W. Goodhart; “The Sleep
of the Child Jesus”, P. A. Gevaert;
“Westminister Carol”, “Silent
Night”, “The First Noel”, Jingle
" " “Deck the Halls”.
» News Briefs «
ilississippi”, a musical .comedy
released by Paramount, and star
ring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett,
and W. C. Fields, was shown in
the auditorium Tuesday, December
Beautifully staged and costum-
, it was set in an antebellum
South, and featured the singing of
- 40-voice choir.
J. C. Morris, vocational co-ordi-
nator of the high school, has been
instrumental in placing several
students in various business hous
es for Christmas work.
An appeal for the sale of tubei-
culosis stamps was made in the
school this week.
The Davidson Glee club will ap
pear here in concert during the
month of January, sponsored by
the Albemarle Rotary club. Two
former A. H. S. students, C. B.
Efird and James Morgan, are mem
bers of the group.
Sometimes sassy, sometimes
sweet, that’s Wade Denning and
' 3 six-piece orchestra.
Conducted by one of our pig
skin heroes, this orchestra has two
distinct styles. Featuring sweet
swing in Eddie Dutchin’s style, and
hot rhythm to delight the heart
any jitterbug, the orchestra will
play at several dances during the
Christmas holidays.