Back the
Bulldogs
The Full Moon
Keep ’Em
Barking
Volume 22
ALBEMARLE, N. C., OCTOBER 29, 1943
Club Organization
Is Now Complete
■ Clubs organized in hi^ school
this year include ninth grMe
Girls Chorus, Electricity club, Bi
ble club. Mixed Chorus, Dramatics,
fitting, and School Maintenance
MIXED CHORUS
The Mixed chorus is directed by
Paul B. Fry. He states that the
plans for the year are not com
plete so far, but he "is sure there
will be a Christmas and an Easter
jjoncert. They may also visit oth
er nearby schools; sing at Rotary
and Lions clubs, different churches
in town, and at the P.-T. A.
The boys’ group has already
started making plans for a minstrel
show.
, The Mixed chorus has around
100 members. Officers are: presi
dent, Charles Poplin; vice presi-
Jient, Bill Rogers; secretaries. Ha
zel Poplin, Cherry Still, Lewis Low-
der, and Donald Whiteley; treas
urers, Jo Earp and Jerry Almond.
NINTH GIRLS’ CHORUS
Miss Berrier and Miss Holt
have charge of the ninth grade
Girls’ chorus. They are taking
fcreathing and warming up exer-
dses at present and practising two
fongs, using two different parts.
The club has 35 members.
DRAMATICS CLUBS
Ninth grade Dramatics club has
35 members, and is under the di-
fection of Miss Rankin. They are
♦sing all their time on a play,
“Billy’s First Day”, which they
hope to present to the student
tody some time before Christmas.
. The upper class Dramatics
directed by Miss Taylor. They
are working on a play, also, which
they are going to present soo
' ELECTRICITY CLUB
Mr. Hatley has the Electricity
riclub. Thi.= club is mostly the
study of how to repair and replace
Ihemical devices in the home. They
are making a scrapbook showinf
different electrical devices usei
the home. This club has around
\^2 members.
'i BIBLE CLUB
J Miss Peebles has charge of the
_Bible club. This group of 26
members read and discuss the
"Bible and Bible stories. They read
poems from Exodus in verse speak-
Hig, and they are now making
small cards for the Rotary and
l"Lions clubs. The cards have short
Bible verses on them. Miss Pee
bles states that they are also Work
ington a play that they will pre-
KNITTING CLUB
i There are two groups in
Mitting club, the beginners, and
fce advanced knitters. Miss Bare
foot has the beginners. She
leaches them how to do the fun-
fcmental stitches, and they prac-
■ce on sweaters, scarfs, socks, and
fcittens of their own.
^Miss Kirby has the advanced
Blitters. These practice on things
, Jf their own first, too, but then
illfhey plan to knit mufflers and oth-
IIP things for the Red Cross.
There are around forty mei
Jers in the two Knitting clubs.
iCHOOL MAINTENANCE CLUB
‘-School Maintenance club has the
lob of working around the school
II loing various jobs.
Under the direction of Mr. Mor-
this group of boys has repair-
|Q lockers, desks, clocks, pencil
prpeners, and anything else
lorted out of order.
L girls HELP RATION
iSeventeen senior girls are doing
I Plunteer work at the ration board
afternoons a week helping
gasoline books.
Ihey are Pat Ingram, Ruth Ken-
Jeanne Palmer, Rhoda Rus-
Wl, Jean Griffith, Rose Morton,
wris Tucker, Irma Burleson, Ja-
' 17 C^otts, Hazel Ragsdale,
Anderson, Mary Lou Byrd,
»bbie Easley, Louise Efird, Betty
eVi^'«y> Ruby Hatley, and Winona
' ^nions.
FOOTBALL VARSITY—Front row: Daniel Talbert, Henry Walker, Labe Little, James McCarr
Tommy Andrew, John Denning, Brian Harrington. Second row: Mr. Jeffrey., coach; Jack Har
Mahlon Hill, Jerry Earnhardt, Jimmy Knotts, Kelly Jordan, Ken Ritchie, Charles Wiles, Sheldon B
ey, Jimmy Sifford. Last row: Pete Peck, Dick Shiplett, E. W. Ridenhour, Winfred Dry, James 1
pier, Frank Little, Hinky Turner, Oscar Lackey, James Ledbetter, Fritz Luther.
102 Out of 616
On Honor Roll
When the first report cards
came out this year it was found
that 102 pupils had made the
honor roll with the 10th and 11th
grades topping the list. ^
Tenth grade had 80 pupils to
make honors, and the 11th grade
had one highest honor and 32 hon-
Pupils making highest honors
were Ellen Bigler and Faye Carl
ton, 9th grade; Doris Tucker, 11th
grade; Bill Rogers, Genevieve
Ewing, Rose Morton, and Dotty
Whitley, 12th graders.
The following made honors:
Betty Jo Hatley, Jane Gulledge,
Betty Bowers, Buddy Lowder, Lou
Merle Griffin, Louise McLeod, El
eanor Mullinix, Jane Redwine, Mir
iam Whitley, Alex Morehead,
Shirley Smith, Carol Rogers, Lil
lian Gaskin, Betty Jean Hatley,
for the eighth grade;
Merle Hunsucker, Ramelle Rum
mage, Harold Kirk, Tommy Wolfe,
Betty Bivens, Wanda Crisco,
Anne Powell, Colleen Solomon, Sue
Culp, Carolyn Hall, Helen Lisk,
for the ninth grade;
Edwin Boone, Johnnie Gaskin,
Calvin Wallace, Geraldine Boone,
Betsy Bremer, Colleen Glover,
Helen Brown, Madge Kennedy,
Ethel Lefler, Jean Lisenby, Betty
McAdams, Robbie Sharkey, Dor
othy Swaringen, Helen Boone, El
len Dennis, Mary Elizabeth Arch
er, Jane Morton, Ramelle Thomp-
.son, FVitz Luther, Dwight Wil
helm, Bobby Talbert, Jean Bru
ton, Frances Biles, Peggy Mann,
Evelyn Underwood, Gene Beeker,
Reece Cranford, Bill Mabry, Hen
ry Walker, Ruth Brooks, for the
tenth grade;
Louise Efird, Jo Earp, Bettye
Hatley, Ruth Kendall, Onis Shan-
kle, Dick Morrow, Bill Parker,
Gordon Schenck, Jimmy Sifford,
Ruby Hatley, Patsy Ingram, Clau-
(Continued on page five.)
Holidays
Announced
Mr. Grigg has announced the
holidays for this school year:
Thanksgiving—Nov. 25 and
26.
Christmas—Dec. 18 to Jan. 3.
Easter—Friday and Monday.
This is the schedule which
has always been followed until
Teachers Issuing
Ration Book No. 4
Teachers will complete the is
suing of War Ration Book 4 here
this afternoon between 1 and 5
Applications for the book were
carried home by the oldest mem
ber of the family this past Tues
day. There was room for the
names of eight people on each
application.
They were filled out by the fam
ily and on Wednesday or Thurs
day or Friday were brought back
with War Ration book 3 by the
student or by some other person
in the family. The school was di
vided into thirds; that is, part
were asked to come one day, a
part the next day, and the rest on
the last day.
Families who did not have chil
dren in school came any day pos
sible for them. They had to have
War Ration Book 3 before they
could get No. 4.
There were several teachers in
the Library who checked the ap
plications and Book No. 3. In the
study hall applicants were given
their new books.
Students were given a half-
holiday these three days.
Redwine, Sifford,
Palmer, Morton
To Head Seniors
Bob Redwine was elected presi
dent; Jimmie Sifford, vice presi
dent; Jeanne Palmer, secretary;
and Rose Catherine Morton, treas
urer of the senior class on Oc-
Opposing Bob was Ken Ritchie
who gave him a close race for the
The only other close election
was between Jeanne Palmer and
Rhoda Russell for secretary.
Bob is an outstanding twelfth
grader. While in high school he
has been cheer leader, in many
plays, in chorus classe.«, and busi
ness manager of the "Full Moon.’
Jimmie is one of the football
heroes of the school. He is c
cil representative this year and
has been before.
Jeanne was council representa
tive in the eighth grade and it
secretary of her home room this
year. She is secretary and treas
urer of the National Honor Soci-
Rose Catherine was president ol
her home room in the tenth grade
and is secretary this year. She it
a member of the National Honor
Society and was a marshal at the
commencement last year. She ha;
been in the dramatics clubs all
through high school and is presi
dent this year. She has been in
many plays. She w'as a member of
the staff of the winning contest
play last year.
MRS. LAWS DIES
Mrs. Don Laws, mother of Mri
Edwin Jennings, died Tuesday
morning at her home in Moravian
Falls.
Mrs. Laws had been in ill health
for the past year.
Funeral rites were held a
o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
P.-T A. to Sponsor
Halloween Frolic
Tomorrow Night
Numerous Prizes Offered For
Most Original Costumes,
Games and Contests.
Prizes for the most original cos
tumes and for many games and
contests will be offered at the Hal
loween parade and carnival spon
sored by the Central Elementary
school P.-T. A. at the Armory to-
The Carnival, which begins at
four o’clock, will have many games
and booths with generous prizes
of baskets of groceries, a turkey,
pound cakes, beads, bracelets, and
others too numerous to mention.
Admission will be ten cents for
adults and five cents for children,
with a grand prize given to the
lucky ticket holder, which last year
was a half ton of coal. Many re
freshment booths with hotdogs,
hamburgers, and cold drinks will
be at the convenience of those
wishing to eat supper there.
The parade will start promptly
at six o’clock at the Armory and
will proceed through town and
There will be two grand prizes
offered—one each for a boy and
girl with the most original cos-
Also a high prize of $2.50 in
war stamps will be given for the
best costume in each of the three
divisions: high school, grammar
school, and primary grades, with
the runner-ups receiving $1.00
each in war stamps.
The proceeds from this festival
will go to the Central Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Association.
A display of the many prizes to
be given may be seen in the win
dow of the Merchants’ Associa-
It Agrees With Some And Disagrees With
Others - - What? The New Time Schedule
“I want the 9:00 time!” “No,
I don’t like the 9:00 schedule, I
want the 8:30 time.” “I don’t
see why we have to get out of
school at 3:45!” “I like this
sleeping late.” You guessed it,
the same old debate arises. No
schedule has won out, though.
Opinions as to who preferred the
9:00 schedule and who preferred
the 8:30 schedule were so varied
that, it would be hard to say
which schedule was the more popu-
lar.
After scouting around in all the
grades and asking a great many
people what they thought, you can
get an idea of what makes prin
cipals’ hair turn gray.
Bob Redwine says, “Heck yes,
give me 9:00 any day. I get
home later and get out of a lot of
work.” Just opposite is Rhoda
Russell, “I don’t like getting out
so late. I can’t get anything done
in the afternoon.”
“I can smooch 30 minutes long
er at night now. Yes sir, I like
this 9:00 stuff,” replied Mahlon
Hill. But “Goon” Little says,
“Well, I like the 8:30 time, be
cause when you go at 9:00, that
means you stay up later at night
and the later you stay up, the
more money you spend!”
Jeanne Palmer and Miss Kirby
seem to agree, “I can get my mail
before coming to school with this
9:00 schedule.”
Deraleen Whitley, Jim Lamar,
and Joe Morton (and quite a few
others) say, “The mornings are
O. K., but hang the afternoons.’
“When we had the 8:30 time _
didn’t have to lay out of school
to go to the show, but now!” says
Alma Morris with enthusiasm.
Miss Barefoot agrees with the
others on getting out so lat^
the afternoons, “I like the m_
ings, but I despise the afternoons.”
“When we have this 9:00 time,
we get out of football practice
too late,” agree Marcus Mills and
Jack Harris.
“Well, at least you have time to
‘primp’ a little,” says Jahala
Crotts, and the other girls will
have to agree on that.
Peggy Mann says hopefully,
“My beauty sleep is a lot longer
now, maybe—”. Ann Lowder
says disgustedly, “I ain’t talking!
Stamps Are Sold
Every Thursday
A total of $147.75 in bonds and
stamps was sold last Thursday in
the high school.
Three $18.75 bonds were sold
and $91.50 in stamps.
Miss Caughman’s homeroom led
the school with $23.90; Miss Rog
ers’s homeroom was second with
$18.30; and third was Mrs. Jen
nings’s homeroom with $8.25.
Stamps and bonds will be sold
every Thursday hereafter in each
homeroom.
By Their Words
“You can’t give without lov
ing, and you can’t love without
giving.”—Miss Peebles.
“I can’t read music myself. I
just go up when the others go
up.”—Mr. McFadyen.
“Who’s the best looking boy on
the football team, and why am
I?”—James Ledbetter.
“If you can’t sit still, don’t
ever wear a new leather jacket
to a meeting. I did, and every
time I moved, it sounded like an
accordion.”—Patsy Ingram.
“You can’t leam to drive an
automobile by watching, and you
can’t learn geometry by watching
either. Get busy!”—Miss Caugh-
like Amer-
“Yes, French c
lady cats.”—Mrs. Harris.
“If you donate your blood to
the Red Cross, it might be that
your own brother would profit by
it.”—Evelyn Morton.
“If you fill soprano, sing up
over here.”—Mr. Fry talking ta
Mixed Chorus.