The Full Moon
ALBEMARLE, N. C,, DECEMBER 20, 1940
WHILE STARVING A N1)
PENNILESS, Ruth Townsend
Kjtood by her locker waiting for the
^ person guilty of stealing her lunch
■ to return—as all criminals do—to
• the scene of the crime, the consci-
^Bnceless thief was enjoying chicken
sandwiches at the Efird school.
’ When the cast of “Junior’s Mus-
’■^;ache” went to the Efird school,
Miss Hooker was to get the lunch
from Bob Bass’s locker, 484. But
forgetting the number, Miss Hook-
-«er went to 474 and innocently walk-
Ied off with Ruth’s lunch.
Next day, after the mistake was
discovered. Miss Hooker was seen
walking the halls eating sandwich
es and cakes. That’s exactly right.
, She had gone, this time, to 484.
MISS ELLERBE—Jean Lentz,
you take the part of Grandma in
this play. You are supposed to be
a sweet old lady.
John Morrow—(unconcernedly)
“That’s Jean, all right.”
a THE NIGHT BEFORE the test
Eunice Smith spent in mulling
the story of MOBY DICK.
Next day Eulalia came up say
ing, “Hello, Eunice.”
M “Aw, keep quiet,” was the reply.
"“I’m so stuffed with WHITE
WHALE that I can’t speak with
out spouting.”
MISS WATSON DICTATING
sentences: “On the America the
dinner was served a-Uv-carte."
When the papers were handed in
“Mark Reid had written—“On the
America the dinner was served on
Home Ec. Classes
Decorate Lobby,
Distribute Baskets
“That makes it seem as much
like Christmas here as it does at
home, doesn’t it?”
This really did seem typical of
the comments overheard about the
Christmas decorations made for the
school by the combined classes of
the home economics department.
The girls brought and painted
about two hundred pine cones, ce
dar boughs and other greens, from
which they made the two attractive
wreaths which have been hanging
1 the doors of Mr. Grigg’s and
r. McFadyen’s offices.
Another attractive feature of the
scheme of decoration was the white
Christmas tree, lighted with blue
and white lights, which stood
the front lobby.
Each girl in the department
brought a gift from home and
tributed it to the supply which
used to fill the Christmas baskets
sent down to the welfare depart
ment for distribution among the
Miss Frances Hall
To Teach In A. H. S.
NEW HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS
Recently-chosen members of the National Honor Society
tha Sells, Alfred Morton, Ted Wallace, Cornelia Yeager, Margaret
Nisbet, Ann Henning, Hubert Hatley, Betty Hatley, Barbara Cro
well, and two members chosen last spring, Lucille Palmer and Sam
Andrew. ^ "
jjl Ellerbe received on a test paper.
QUOTES AND COMMENTS:
“Most speakers think by the inch,
JO talk by the yard, and should be
■ kicked out by the foot.”—Dr. Red-
J head.
“One advantage of physical ed.
is that students get a show'er every
1^ day.”—Mr. McFadyen.
jj: NOW THAT LEAP YEAR has
' come and nearly gone, the follow-
^ing people gave answers as to the
results of the year:
Margaret R.—Just another year.
Ramelle M.—Oh! I flirt all the
I time, but no results.
1 Margaret D. I caught a man at
last.
Patty C.—Many may be fun, but
=^a girl can love only one. (???)
I* Nell M.—I wouldn’t ask anybody
that.
Eunice S.—Practice every four
iKf years makes perfect.
Miss Hege—I’m losing faith
u Leap Years in spite of the fact
fViat T'irvfA+Viv
ItyS
Some men fawn and flatter
tlW Some men never notice you
And that clears up the matter.
“I’m almost in favor of abandon-
, ing such years, but I’m an optimis-
tic soul so I’ll wait until after
iNT Christmas before giving my real
n opinion."
Stacy Q.—I’ts all right—if girls
will take advantage.
Ted W.—What are you trying to
do? Put me on the spot?
Kelly J.—Girls don’t make use
of it.
,, Henry S.—It’s good for a bash-
boy.
Gerald W.—Mine has been very
unsuccessful. I haven’t been pro
posed to even once.
^ Several of the teachers also took
^ advantage of Leap Year, these be
ing Miss Ellerbe, Miss Freeman,
Miss Cockerh m. Miss Vester, and
,bo* Miss Pow^
Mi.ss Frances Hunt Hall of Zeb-
ulon, N. C., newly-elected teacher,
will after the Christmas holidays
take the classes now being taught
by Mrs. Blanton Little, plus one
history class.
Since the marriage of the for
mer home ec. teacher. Miss Mil
dred Freeman, Mrs. L. W. Trox-
ler has been transferred to the
Home Economics department, leav- This
ing the Sociology classes and one
math class unprovided for. This
vacancy has been filled tempor
arily by Mrs. Blanton Little.
Miss Hall, an honor student,
who majored in history, graduated
from Woman’s College Jast June.
Miss Hall has had experience in
teaching at the Curry High School,
Greensboro.
9 New Members
Are Inducted Into
Honor Society
WISCASSETT STUDENT
IS CONTEST WINNER
Olin Frick, 13, sixth grade stu
dent of Wiscassett scholo, won first
place in the National Contest in
cartoon drawing sponsored by
Paul Burchfield ,cartoonist for “My
Weekly Reader” of Columbus, 0.;
and Harry Hunsucker, 12, =
member of sixth grade, w
place.
Nine new members from the
eleventh and twelfth grades were
tapped in the auditorium for mem
bership in the National Honor So
ciety, Friday, November 29.
To obtain membership a high
standard of scholarship, character,
service and leadership is required.
■ ■ the highest honor a student
,n receive in high school.
Those tapped were: Gatha Sells,
Alfred Morton, Ted Wallace, Cor
nelia Yeager, Margaret Nisbet,
Ann Henning, Hubert Hatley, Bet
ty Hatley, and Barbara Crowell.
Gatha Sells has been vice-presi
dent of her home room in ’38-’39,
secretary of Physical Culture club
’38, and president of home r
1 fifth
All students of the nation who
■e subscribers to the paper v
allowed to enter the contest,
which they were to make onginal
drawings of Mr. Potts or Corky,
comic characters of the paper.
’40.
Alfred Morton was president of
home room ’38-’39; secretary of
home room ’40; and was a member
of the Journalism club ’38, the Dra
matic club in ’38-’40 and the Na
ture club ’39.
Ted Wallace has held the follow
ing honors: president of Student
Council ’40-’41, football varsity
’36-’37-’39-’39-’40, All-Star mention
’38, All-South Piedmont Conference
team ’38, baseball team ’36-’37,
marshall ’36-’38; vice-president
Glee club '38; treasurer Glee club
’37; vice-president Varsity club
’40; Who’s Who ’39; secretary Hi-
(Continued on Page Five)
Hocus-Pocus!
the “Full
,n will be
admission
, on Friday
Three-Act Play
Is Presented By
Dramatic Class
June Mad, a three-act comedy
concerning the many problems of
modern youth, was given by Miss
Fitzgerald’s Dramatic cljss last
!ght.
The story centers around Penny
Wood, played by Sara Jean Austin,
and Chuck Harris, the boy next
door, played by Gene Helms, as
they go about the frequently diffi
cult, but always amusing business
of growing up.
When Penny’s Uncle Merwyn,
only five years older than she,
brings Roger Van Vleck, a senior
and a killer-diller, home from col
lege, she forgets to be a manhater
and succumbs to an attack of calf
love. In her efforts to make her
self attractive to the fascinating
Roger, she almost disrupts two
families, but the discovery that
Roger is double-crossing Merwyn
by trying to steal his girl, brings
her back to normal, and inciden
tally, to Chuck.
Other characters of the play in
cluded: Jane Turner, Charles
Whiteley, Newell Almond, Polly
Martin, Betty Jo Glover, Bill
Gantt, Charles Lowder, Fred Shar
key, Annette Steele, Bob Morrow,
and Lucienne Whitlock.
The scenery for the play, which
takes place in the living room of
the Wood’s house in Lynbrook, a
small town in the Middle-West,
was made by Reuben Huneycutt
and other members of the dramatic
This is the second play that Miss
Fitzgerald’s class and club have
given this year. They plan to give
three more after Christmas.
Isley Asks Girls
To Be Majorettes
“Pretty girls can start twirling
during the holidays; we’ll be need
ing majorettes,” began Mr. Isley
School Organizations when he was asked about the fu-
To Receive Money I Efird and Wiscassett Schools are
having instruments reconditioned
At recent meetings the student
council has been deliberating the
several requests for money present
ed to them by various school orga
nizations.
Each year, through different en
tertainments and movies, the Coun
cil fund accumulates, and after ex
penses are defrayed, the rest is di
vided among the organizations
which need financial aid.
As soon as the Council reaches
a decision, it will be announced.
Ev©rything From Cornbread To Turksy
Is Students' Idea Of Christmas Dinner
What’s your idea of Christrnas
nner? Turkey and all the trim
mings? Or did you have too much
of that Thanksgiving and the week
afterwards?
Not so for some of the students,
according to a gigantic poll just
taken on the question of Christmas
menus.
Grace Cranford, watchful guard
on the basketball squad, wants her
turkey and trimmings in addition
to plenty of fruit cake, ice cream
and mince-meat pie.
“That’s all very fine,” said she
laughingly, “but think of my waist
line If I did get all that. I certainly
had better take it slowly, hadn’t
Speaking of waist lines, there’s
one person in this school who has
not one bit of regard for his. And
of course you’d never know who
it is just by looking at him!
“Yes, sir,” says Max Morton,
who is famous for his touchdowns,
“my waist line is no object when
comes to eating. Why, that’s
half the fun in life. And when
Christmas day comes. I’ve got to
have my quart of buttermilk and
cornbread, regardless of what else
‘Potato salad and onions are al
ways good with that, and of course,
if they want me to eat some turkey
and dressing, cranberry sauce, po
tatoes, and cake, I just couldn’t re
fuse it,” he added. “Why, it might
make the cook feel bad!”
Among those in the “Fowl class”
of eaters, is Ted Wallace, Student
Council President, who wants stuff
ed chicken for his Christmas din-
instead of the traditional tur
key.
“Other folks can have their tur
key,” said Ted emphatically, “but
I’ll stick to my friend, the chicken,
and all I want for dessert is an
other helping of that same chick-
Mr.
their Christmas meals that they de
cided the only way to have every
thing they wanted would be to flip
oin and both eat at one house.
'There’s no sense in both of us
cooking big turkey dinners,” says
Mr. McFadyen, “so we’ll just ee"
together!”
(Not that it concerns us, bv
■onder what Mrs. Grigg and Mr
McFadyen would have to say to
the above comment? Especially,
e us cooking the dinner!)
When Cornelia Yeager, new
member of the National Honor So-
’, was interviewed, she express-
desire for plenty of chocolate
cake, chocolate ice cream with
syrup and a big piece of chocolate
pie.
In fact, we gather “Corny” has
yen for chocolate, and wants a rich
and dark Christmas.
Since these folks opened their
hearts so willingly and told us all
their secret desires along the cul
inary line, let’s hope they’re happy
on Christmas day.
planning to organize bands
after Christmas.
As soon as possible, over a hun
dred members from the three
bands will be united into one
marching band.
'To get the members used to
appearing in public,” Mr. Isley
said, “we’ve been giving concerts.
These programs also help to ac
quaint the students with band in
struments.”
'MiJiary Band”—Yoder, “U. S.
Field Artillery March”—Sousa,
In A Monastery Garden”—Ket-
elby were some of the selections
played by the band last Wednes
day at the East Albemarle School.
“It seems that the first grad
ers—those we could see above the
-especially enjoyed it,” the
director said. Then he laughed,
‘No encores were played.”
News Briefs
School will close December 20
for Christmas holidays, which last
until January 6.
The school has just purchased a
mimeograph to replace the old one
in the book room. The new machine
is equipped with an electric motor,
which enables the office to turn out
more work in a shorter time. The
old hand mimeograph has been
placed in the commercial depart-
Midterm exams will be given on
January 20, 21, 22. The first exam
is scheduled for the afternoon of
January 20. Two exams will be
given on each of the other days,
one in the morning and one in the