STUDENT BODY OFFICERS
The Full Moon
ALBEMARLE, N. C., JUNE 2, 1942
Clyde Erwin To Address^eniors Tonight
t“" Speaker Is Head of Public
To Add New Type ^
Of Eighth Grade Instruction Or This State
Tommy Rabe, president; Frank Little, vice president; Nova-
. leen Bullock, secretary; and Sherrill Cranford, treasurer.
Rabe, Cranford, Bullock,
Little To Head Students
Tommy Rabe has been elected
president of the student body for
next year; Frank Little, vice-
president; Novalesn Bullock, sec
retary; and Sherrill Cranford,
treasurer.
' Several runoffs were necessary
for president because of the close
votes the other candidates received.
^ Tommy Rabe, rising twelfth
rader, has been outstanding in
igh school. He was a member of
the American Legion team of 1940
that won the Little World series.
He replaces Reed Gaskin, who is
■[graduating.
Frank Little, rising Junior, is
r-the new vice-president, replacing
Frances Mann. Frank was treas
urer of the student body this year.
' Novaleen Bullock will be a
twelfth grader next year. She re
places Eulalia Tucker as secre
tary.
Sherrill Cranford, the new
•treasurer, is an up-coming twelfth
(Wader replacing Frank Little,
^heiiill has been outstanding in
athletics in high school since he
■ entered and is equally well known
'for his singing in “Doc’s Medicat
ed Trio.”
'Pictures of Teams
Now Hang In Halls
Five group pictures of the high
school athletic teams grace the
walls of the building now.
These pictures, 12” x 15” photo-
jraphs taken during the last two
^ool years, were put up by Coach
ie Lotto. The Industrial Arts
:lass made the frames for the pic-
These pictures are likenesses of
he football teams for ’40 and ’41,
)f the basketball teams, ’40-’41,
and the baseball team
Pictures of each year’s teams
nil be added to these.
I Graduates May
Learn Defense
Work at A. H. S.
» N. C. Department of Public
iPnsti^ction in connection with
the Federal Department of Ed
ucation will continue its free
trammg program at Albemarle
nigh school this summer.
Ihe program will be under
the supervision of Mr. Wilson.
Ihis course is being offered to
ail men and women between the
ages of 18 and 55. No special
requirements with regard to
« or elementary edu-
cation have been made.
. Any one interested in this
Grigg at the high school or Mr.
Sharp at the local employment
Nd'PT are not
GO TO COL-
eligible to
^TAKE THE COURSE.
Vocational Students
Are Awarded Medals
Thre
avv’arde ^
bv Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Little, in
dustrial arts and home economics
teachers of A. H. S.
Grady Mac Drye, an advanced
student in industrial arts, and
Dick Morrow, a beginner, were
av.’arded medals because of their
dependability and skill in the
Caroline Biles was also awarded
a medal for her skill and citizen
ship in the home economics depart-
These medals were offered by the
L. G. Balfour Company, Battle-
boro, Mass. This is the first year
that medals of this kind have been
awarded in A. H. S.
The Albemarle City schools are
planning to add, with the help of
the State Department, a new and
more elaborate type of eighth
grade next fall.
It will be considered a part of
the grammar school, but will be
carried on in the high school be
cause of lack of space in gram
mar schools.
The program is to be based on
plans submitted by the State De
partment. Homeroom teachers
will have charge of teaching gen
eral subjects to the students half
! of the time.
The other half of the time the
students will take special training
under specialized teachers for the
type of work the student is most
interested in, such as science, mu
sic, literature, and the arts. It is
hoped that if time permits, special
training will be given in vocation
al t
ning.
News Briefs
Seventy-two eleventh graders
and thirty-six twelfth graders
graduate tonight.
Approximately 39 seniors are
returning for twelfth grade next
Sixty-eight dollars and eighty-
one cents has been collected in li
brary fines and dues this year.
“Seventeen,” the Paramount pic
ture starring Jackie Cooper and
Betty Field, was shown recently to
the sutdents.
Hilda Honeycutt, high school re
porter to the Stanly News and
Press, has had a total of 725 inch
es of news printed this year.
E. L. Gehring; has temporarily
accepted the position as coach for
the American Legion Juniors.
Recordings of the boy’s chorus,
boy’s quartet, and mixed quartet
were made last week by H. M.
Thompson of the Albemarle Radio
Company.
Scrapbook Shows
Year’s Activities
Upon the request of Mr. Grigg,
a scrapbook, featuring the various
activities of the school, has been
compiled and put together by two
members of the journalism class,
Pocahontas Meigs and Betty Sue
Bogle.
Newspaper clippings, programs,
booklets, and class work material
contributed by the teachers, were
u:ed in making this book. The va
rious departments included in this
bcok are: Music, French, Mathe
matics, Sports, History, and Mis
cellaneous.
The covers for this book are
made of wood, furnished by the
Industrial Arts department. Cool-
idge Almond, of the journalism
class, did the construction with the
help of Mr. Wilson.
Commencement
Program
Processional
Invocation....REV. G. H. Rhodes
Chorus—“Calm as the
Night” C. Bohm
Mixed Chorus
Address .-Dr. Clyde A. Erw'IN
Presentation of Diplom
as Mr. F. N. Patterson
Presentation of
Class Gift Sam Andrew
Accept
ance Mr. H. C. McFadyen
Valedictory..- Barbara Crowell
Chorus—“To Thee, 0
Country” Eichberg
Mixed Chorus
Crowell, Lawrence
Have Best Kecords
Barbara Crowell, having
nade the highest record among
the seniors for her five years of
work in high school, will serve
as valedictorian tonight.
Juanita Lawrence, second
highest, has been announced
salutatorian.
During her five years, Bar
bara has made approximately
120 A’s, 4 B’s, and 1 C. Juanita
has made about 100 A’s and
12 B’s.
Honorable mention for scho
lastic rating goes to Arwilla
K. J. Foreman Is
Sunday Speaker
Dr. Kenneth Foreman, professor
of Bible and philosophy at David
son, delivered the annual bacca
laureate sermon Sunday night
the high school auditorium.
An ordained minister of 1
Presbyterian church and a writer
of quarterly Sunday School litera
ture, Dr. Foreman is a brilliant
speaker. Because of his original
ity, sense of humor, and his ap
peal to young people. Dr. Fore
man is very much in demand. He
has conducted a great number of
Young People’s conferences.
After the processional of the
graduating class, the hymn, “Oh,
Worship the King,” was sung, af
ter which Rev. J. E. Yountz, pas
tor of Main Street Methodist
church, offered the invocation. The
mixed chorus, directed by Paul
Fry, sang “The Creation” by
Richter. Following the Scripture
reading by Rev. R. E. Watts, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church, the Mixed chorus sang
■‘Listen to the Lambs” by R. Na
thaniel Dett.
The boys’ quartet sang “The
Green Cathedral” by Carl Hahn.
After the hymn “Holy Ghost, With
Light Divine” Rev. Franklin
Board, pastor of Christ’s Episcopal
church, pronounced the benedic-
Mary Jackson Lefler and Ray
mond Talbert were the lucky sen
iors w'ho won the Parker watches
presented by W. C. Russell of
Mears Jewelry Store last Friday.
For being valedictorian Barbara
Crowell was given a birthstone
ring.
Students Have Their “Say” Concerning War
In these days of uncertainty, A.
H. S. students as well as other
peoplfe have their own way of ex
pressing their feelings toward the
Many will agree with Charles
L. when he says, “Looks like we
will have to go pig-sticking.”
Betty R. has a very mild way
of expressing it, “Blast the dern
Japs.” Ditto. Red B., without
hesitating for even a minute, “It’s
a mell of a hess.”
Pokey M., “Now, listen, I don’t
wanna be quoted on anything.”
Ha! What Mildred C. thinks isn’t
even suitable for a paper. Ann R.
can only worry about one thing at
a time, so if you want her opinion,
ask her June 2.
Maxine A. has a sudden desire
to become a Red Cross nurse. She
must have seen “To the Shores of
Tripoli.” Courageous Bob B.,
thinks the war will last ’til he gets
over there and that won’t be long.
Betty Sue B. says the war has
gone far enough. Many boys will
agree with Sarn B., “In one way,
it helps me, ’cause the girls don’t
n;ind walking to the show on a
date, or at least there is an ex-
Lucille M., “Well, I’ll tell you
one thing, I hope we beat the heck
out of ole Hitler.” Pete L. predict
ed that the war would be over in
a year.
It took Helen L. and Ann F. an
hour to think this one up: “The
war is so gunny, it isn’t even fun
ny-”
Maybe Coolidge A. should have
been a soldier. “No wonder sol
diers are such great lovers. They
know the proper use of arms.”
E. A. Bingham thinks the war is
serious because he’ll soon be twen
ty. Ann S. looked kind of serious
when she said, “We’re in a pretty
bad fix.”
Steve B. gave about the only
sensible answer, “The one thing
that U. S. needs to win the w'ar
is the realization that we must
make sacrifices of things that we
are used to having in abundance
and to take politics out of the
ai’my, getting rid of officers un
qualified for duty.”
We can all help by “Remember
ing Pearl Harbor,” “A Slip of the
Lip May Sink a Ship,” and “Keep
’Em Flying.”
100 Seniors Will
Receive Diplomas
Clyde A. Erwin, North Carolina
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, will give the com
mencement address tonight when
about 100 seniors receive their
diplomas in the graduating exer
cises at 8 o’clock in the high school
auditorium.
Following the processional of
36 twelfth graders wearing white
caps and gowns and 72 eleventh
graders wearing blue caps and
gowns. Rev. G. H. Rhodes, pastor
of the Lutheran church, will offer
the invocation. The mixed chorus
will sing “Calm as the Night” by
Brahms.
Claud Grigg, superintendent of
the city schools, will introduce Mr.
Erwin. F. N. Patterson, chairman
of the school board, will then pre-
•ent the diplomas.
The class gift will be presented
by Sam Andrew, president of the
senior class. H. C. McFadyen will
accept the gift on behalf of the
Barbara Crowell will give the
valedictory address. The Mixed
chorus singing “To Thee, 0 Coun
try,” by Eichberg will conclude the
program, followed by the reces-
Juanita Lawrence is salutatorian
of the class, and the Mascots are
Lynne De Lotto and Joe Kluttz, Jr.
Knotts Is Elected
To Head Marshals
Ernest Knotts, Eulalia Tucker,
Eunice Smith, Bill Hartsell, Bill
Rogers, Martha Ivey, Ticka Sen-
ter, Cabot Carlton, Jean Palmer,
Madge Kennedy and Jim Lamar
have been chosen as marshals to
represent the different grades in
the commencement exercises to be
held on May 31 and June 2.
These students are chosen, not
only for their scholastic ability,
but also for their attitude, good
conduct and reliability.
Ernest Knotts, the chief mar-
al, is chosen from the eleventh
grade. He has an outstanding scho
lastic record and very fine charac
ter. The duties of the chief mar
shal are to lead the processional
and recessional and also to marshal
the speakers to the stage.
Also representing eleventh grade
are Eulalia Tucker, Eunice Smith,
and Bill Hartsell.
The tenth graders are Bill Rog-
s, Martha Ivey, and Ticka Sen-
From ninth grade, Cabot Carl
ton and Jean Palmer; from eighth,
[vladge Kennedy and Jim Lamar.
By Their Words
Tom Rabe: I’m getting good
1 typing. I get thirty-five mis-
,akes now with five words a minute.
Red Bennett: When I was sev-
years old, something big hap
pened to me—I learned to speak.
Charles Poplin: What would
people know of General MacAr-
thur if he had died when he was a
little boy?
Gerald Mann: Women are bet-
r figures in money than men.
Sam Andrew: Kelly Jordan is
kind and understanding to little
children.
Caleb Lefler: He likes all sport
Mr. W. L. Mann: It’s better to
do something and live a short life
than to live a long time and barely
3Ut an existence.