No
Trespassing
Volume 20
The Full Moon
Stay Off
The Grass
ALBEMARLE, N. C., OCTOBER 3, 1941
here & THERE
A. H. S. VARSITY MEETS CONCORD TONIGHT
tommy s. and nokman t_
p arffuing about which one
copied the other one’s paper.
Norman: Tommy, how can you
sit tLre with a straight face and
sav that I copied your paper?
Tommy: How can you sit there
with that face?
MR HATLEY ASKED his
‘ Tihvsics class how much a pram of
qtiH no one knew.
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■water weighed and i--
(It weighs one gram.)
THIS announcement WAS
tjFCEIVED last week:
' Our baby’s coming fills our hearts
^ With happiness, it’s tr
' And we’rg so glad that w
111 The joy of telling you
Carol Freeaian Van Aken.
r^Xd-5:15 a.m. Sept. 20, 1941.
t Weieht—6 lbs. 1 % ozs
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Aken.
Mrs. Van Aken was Miss Mildred
■1 Freeman when she taught here.
JOHN L.: I lost my Journalism
■book.
Coolidge A.: I saw it walking
down the hall.
John: Whose arm was it under?
HAL P. WAS READING a book
about etiquette.
Jean L.: I know some etiquette,
(3 too. Pickles are supposed to be
■I eaten with the fingers.
Hal: I eat them with my mouth.
TTiere was an uproar of laughter.
Jean: I don’t get it.
Hal: I know you don’t if you
_ eat them with your fingers.
klf CECIL WENT WITH “HOOT-
'llCHIE” one afternoon to get his.
driver’s license. Coach De Lotto
-wanted to know why “Hootchie”
was late. He noticed that Cecil
t"' had returned and asked why
• “Hootchie” was later.
Gerald M.: “Cecil walked back
■I and ‘Hootchie’ rode.”
, “THE BELL HASN’T RUNG
yet. ‘^0 keep your feet and books
on the table until the bell rings.”
These were the words of Miss
" Ro?s in 1:10 study hall, as ever
-punil in the class was in suspenf
" waiting for the bell to ring.
As Miss Ross finished saying
this, to everyone’s surprise Norman
T. put his books down on the table
and carefully placed his feet beside
MISS HOOKER HAD JUST
-FINISHED telling her class why
she had never married.
, J. D. Coggins: Miss Hooker, I
know two good old bachelors.
THE BIOLOGY STUDENTS _ _
going Buggy Wuggy as the first
•semester begins.
Every morning there comes
group of sophomores trooping
•down the street with jars. In
the.'e jars are cotton, a piece of —
ink-blotter and bugs.
If you see a grasshopper hopping
around, you can make sure that
there’ll be a sophomore there, soon.
“TAKE IT EASY. Just a little
higher,” said Mr. Fry in chorus.
Standing beside him was “Hoot
chie,” singing his heart away. His
inouth wide open, a big frown on
nis face, the words of “My Coun
try ’Tis of Thee” came rolling out.
“I made it,” said big “Hootchie”
as he came walking back to his
First row—James McCarnes, Ernest (Bear) Knotts, Lewis (Hootchie) Morgan, John Little, Joe
Lowder, Jim Peavy. Second row—Max Thompson, Tommy Swanner, Tom Rabe, Rembert Rogers.
Glenn Ellis. Calvin Dennis, Gerald Mann. Third row—Max Ritchie, manager; Jerry Foreman, Dwight
Waller, Hoyle Boger, Bill Kennedy, Reed Gaskin. Fourth row—Dwight Morris, Joe Brooks, Buck
McAnulty, Cecil Hatley, Gene Helms, Caylor Hedden.
Indians Live Again
In A. H. S. Operetta
Dramatics and Music De
partment to Give Joint
Production.
Soon the halls and corridors of
A. H. S. will be resounding with
such weird, unearthly shrieks and
yells that your blood will curdle,
but just calm down. Indians aren’t
on the warpath again. It’s just
the chorus classes practicing for an
operetta.
“Lulawalla” is the name and it’s
a legend of the Niagara.
The Dramatics Department,
headed by Miss Fitzgerald, is com
bining with the Music Department,
headed by Mr. Fry,, in this produc-
The operetta, which is Indian in
character, offers four-star oppor
tunities to would-be actors and
singers of A. H. S., since there are
68 characters in the cast.
As we go to press, the cast has
not been completed and a definite
date for the operetta has not been
decided upon, but additional infor
mation will be given later.
681 Students In A.H.S.
* • students enrolled
in A. H. S. this year.
The eighth grade has the largest
Class, the total number being 215.
following is the tenth grade with
the ninth with 146, the elev
enth with 118, and the twelfth with
Officers Elected /
For Semester
Officers for the first semester
have been elected. They are as fol
lows:
Eight one: president, Elizabeth
Ledbetter; vice president, Bedford
Harris; secretary, Rex Howell;
treasurer, Betty Jane Hearne.
Eight two: president, Henry
Walker; vice president, Jane Mor
ton; secretary and treasurer, Jean
Lisenby.
Eight three: president, Ruth El
len Brooks; vice president, Francis
Biles; secretary and treasurer, Ed
ward Freeman.
Eight four: president, Edward
Beeker; secretary, Rachel Miller.
Eight five: president, Daniel
Talbert; vice president, Newell
Burleson; secretary and treasurer,
Alma Morris.
Eight six: president, Jim Peavy;
vice president, Mabelline Dry; sec
retary and treasurer, Geraldine
Boone.
Nine one: president, Mildred
(Continued on page four.)
Wiscassett Mills
Donates Uniforms
For School Band
The Wiscassett Mills, through
the courtesv fo Mr. J. A. Groves
and Mr. Wade Denning, has do
nated 36 uniforms to the Albemarle
school band.
These are tailor-made, blue and
white uniforms, averaging $40
apiece, which were bought for the
Wiscassett Band, but which have
been worn only two or three times.
Last year the Wiscassett Mills
donated a number of instruments
to the band.
« News Briefs »
The auditorium of the hig;h
school will be used by the Catholic
Priest of Albemarle to conduct
services for the soldiers during the
time of the maneuvers. Since a
good number of the soldiers are
from up north, they are Catholics.
Under the direction of Mr. Bar-
bera, the band is progressing rap
idly. There have been several new-
comers to the band since the first
enrollment. The immediate plans
—a marching band, with uniforms
for band members and majorettes.
According to Mr. McFadyen, sev
eral movies have already been se
lected for entertainment and edu
cational purposes. These pictures
will be shown at various intervals
during the year.
Calendar
The schedule for the year, ac
cording to Mr. McFadyen:
Sept. 3—A. H. S. opened.
Sept. 26—Teachers’ meeting.
Nov. 27 -28 — Thanksgiving
holidays.
Dec. 19-Jan. 5 — Christmas
holidays.
April 11-14—Easter holidays.
June 2—A. H. S. closes.
Displays Arranged
In Lobby by Faculty
One of the new attractions of
the school this year is the display
in the lobby prepared by the fac
ulty committee appointed by Mr.
McFadyen.
The first display consisted of
book jackets from the new books
recently purchased by the library,
and a table of canned fruits and
vegetables from t he Home Eco
nomics department.
Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Gehring,
■and Mrs. Troxler form the com
mittee responsible for this and will
continue to keep exhibits in the
lobby during the year.
They reque.st that anyone having
material suita])le for display let
them know about it.
Students Needed
For Band Classes
There are two classes of band
with a total of 47 members.
Mr. Barbera stated that the only
handicap at present was instrumen
tation. A French horn, flute, oboe,
and bassoon are needed to make
the band first class. Anyone who
wishes to play one of these horns is
asked to see him.
The band is planning to start
playing and marching for the foot
ball games. The instructor is hop
ing to have uniforms trimmed in
blue and white for the games and
for concerts during the year.
The main concert will be given
some time during April or May.
There will also be, later on in the
spring, open air concerts. In March
the band will enter the district
music contest in Salisbury.
Mr. Barbera is very much inter
ested in promoting music in the
schools. He is interested in teach
ing and is trying with the best of
his ability to put across the plans
for the year.
Thirteen Students
Placed For Work
Seven girls and six boys are
working in the vocational program
under the supervision of Mr. Mor
ris this year.
Seven of the students are being
trained in retail selling. They are:
Faye Almond and Betty Sue Un
derwood, Belk’s Department Store;
Betty Jo Glover and Stacy Quinn,
Efird’s Department Store; Jewell
Mauldin, Raylass Department
Store; Dewey Hudson, Morrow
Brothers and Heath Co.; Charles
Lowder. J. C. Penney Company;
Joel Huneycutt, Ketner’s, Incor
porated.
Grace Cranford is working at
the Stanly County Library under
Miss Evelyn Parks.
Mary Jackson Lefler is training
as bookkeeper at Efird’s Depart
ment Store under Mrs. Crawford
Story.
Hilda Honeycutt is reporting
school news for the Stanly News
and Press.
Robert McSwain is being trained
in textile dyeing at the Wiscassett
Mills Company.
Coleman Austin is being trained
in auto body work at Davis Motor
Company.
Barbara Crowell, Christine Maul
din and Marcelle Whitley have
been placed at the Stanly General
Hospital. They will get practical
experience in nursing, which will
enable them to determine whether
they desire to enter training.
A few places are still open for
boys having certain qualifications.
Students Will Enter
Work In County Fair
Nine boys of the Industrial Arts
department are entering their work
in the county fair next week.
Oscar Speight is entering a book
shelf, end table, corner what-not,
and table lamp.
John Hahn is entering a smoking
stand, bed, and a lamp.
Charles Lowder is entering a
reading table; Raymond Talbert,
end table; Lavonne Lowder, book
case; Frank Smith, chest of draw
ers; Joe Melton, end table; Billie
Simmons, cedar chest; and Glenn
Ellis, taborette.
Students from the tenth grade
home economics classes will enter
a number of jars of jelly and vege
tables which they have canned in
their regular class work. Most of
these have recently been on display
in the lobby.
In past years the high school has
won a number of awards for the
various entries.
Student Council
Representatives
Are Elected
Council representatives have
been chosen by the different home
rooms and are as follows:
Eight-one, Lonnie Akridge;
eight-two, Theresa Page; eight-
three, Eunice Safrit; eight-four,
Faye Burris; eight-five, Pete Clark;
eight-six, Jim Lamar.
Nine-one, Louise Efird; nine-
two, Ann Sargent; nine-three,
Jahala Crotts; nine-four, Donald
Whiteley; nine-five, Dick Morrow.
Ten-one, Bob Burleson; ten-two,
Marie Rogers; ten-three, Adelaide
Moose; ten-four. Bill Rogers; ten-
five, Kelly Jordan.
Eleven-one, Jeanne Lentz;
eleven-two, Arwilla Jones; eleven-
three, Eunice Smith; eleven-four,
Hoyle Boger.
Twelve, Max Ritchie.
The new student council officers
elected last spring to serve this
year are as follows:
President, Reed Gaskin; vice-
president, Frances Mann; secre
tary, Ann Sargent; and treasurer,
Frank Little.
Mr. McFadyen, former adviser,
will be adviser again this year.
No plans have been made yet for
Student Council activities; but
since homeroom representatives
have been chosen, a meeting will
be held soon to discuss this year’s
By Their Words
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asked to hand in to
marks, clever, wise,
that they overhear