The Full Moon
ALBEMARLE, N. C., MARCH 7, 1944
4HERE
S^Siationoftheword trem-
as the group started the
J'S, he called out above the
ise of the song,
«Now remember to put the bee
on the bull.”
Needless to say, that ended the
linging for that time.
WORGE WINECOFF, HAV
ING CUT his hand in the shop,
lid Miss Holt m the gym and
uked for first aid.
Miss Berrier walked over to see
if she could help and teasingly
Bid, “If he faints. I’ll catch him.
Just then there was a thud. But
H wasn’t George. It was Miss
Berrier who had fainted.
everyone has a favor
ite POEM. Here is one that Lou
ise Efird claims;
I wish I was a writtle egg.
An’ wotten as could be.
i'd set myself up on a limb
Away up in a twee.
And when some bone-headed ser
geant
would start to shout at me.
I’d frow my wrotten writtle self
nd splatter down on he!
IN MRS. FRY’S ENGLISH
CLASS while studying poetry she
aslsed for the definition of a trip-
't
This quick reply came from Bob
bie Easley; “A triplet is three
children.”
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ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL BULLDOGS—Here i. the 1944 editio
team. Front row, left to right, are Jimmy Sifford, Tommy Andrew,
and Charlie Wiles. Back row, left to right, are Coach R. C. Hatley, Pet
Hill, O.car Lackey, Frank Little, Cyril Winecoff, and Fritz Luther, ma
i of the high school basketball
lim Ledbetter, Johnny Lowder,
Clark, Dwight Lowder, Mahlon
Dances Are To Be Held In Cafeteria
MISS GILCHRIST GAVE HER
CHEMISTRY class a completion
test in which was the statement:
“Water is slightly—”.
The answer, of course, is “solu
ble,” but Jane Priester’s version
read, “Water is slightly wet.”
IT SEEMS THERE is a new
way to compare the adverb well,
or at least Wayne Anderson thinks
Mrs. Jennings in French class
aplaining English words and
re ating them to French ones. She
^or the comparison of
Well, and without any hesitation
Wayne spoke up;
“Well, Weller, wellest.”
STUDENTS WERE
talking ABOUT the Senior
Muet and one of them asked
Jane^Pnester whom she was going
Jane replied, “Bo said he would
■i,L 'i providing I fur-
S give him a gas stamp,
™ send him an orchid ”
pre-flight
tendTrSf
l^ySere, R. C., have a Mr. Hat-
: CT"*
I mean Mr. Hatley, have a
CLASS in study-
“Crossine th poem
TOing the Bar.” Mrs Frv
in or-
Choral Concert
Well Attended
The All-Stanly high school mix
ed chorus gave a toncert to a pack
ed house at the auditorium here
the night of February 17. This
was the climax of an afternoon
clinic with seven out of the ten
county schools participating and
the Albemarle High School Chorus
serving as host.
At the beginning of the after
noon the directors and principals
of the different schools were intro
duced, and welcome speeches were
made by Bill Rogers, president of
the Student Council and acting
president of the mixed chorus; Bob
Redwine, president of the senior
class; and Ruby Hatley, chairman
of the social committee and chief
hostess for the day.
On the committee for serving
supper in the cafeteria was Lonnie
Akridge,' Frank Sides, and Jerry
Almond.
Paul B. Fry, director of the All-
Stanly mixed chorus states, “This
was the largest chorus I have i
directed and I was very much
pressed by their enthusiasm and
willingness to co-operate. There
were many fine voices and I could
tell that they loved to sing. The
clinic was an outstanding success
and I’m sure the schools of the
county enjoyed spending the day
■'h us and singing.
This is the first program of i1
kind in Stanly county. We hope
this is the beginning of something
big in the future.”
News Briefs
_ ueain.
« was another poem
but wa i:: anothei
“®Plaint “M serious
Die tn .1.T "W. Aren’t —
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s » study that’
t hotnew" * students sleep
Mr. McFadyen has announced
that the date for the Senior play
will be April 14 and the date for
the Senior Banquet, April 28.
The students have bought $7,-
440.90 worth of stamps and bonds
during the five weeks since the
Sending-Ships-Across -the - Pacific
contest has been running.
Everett Ford, former editor of
the Full Moon, left March 1 for
Chapel Hill to begin training un
der the Navy V-12 program.
Tommy Swanner, Sherrill Cran
ford, Bill Long, and Craig Eury,
have written expressing their
thanks for copies of the Full
Moon.
Among the recent visitors to the
high school have been John Wil-
hoit. Lane Hearne, Sam Lamar,
Wayne Hall, Joe Brooks, James
Napier, Kelly Jordan, Bailey Gul-
iedge, “Bear” Knotts, Grady Max
Drye, and Kenneth Brooks.
A. H. S. HAS VISITORS
Mr. J. G. Hagaman, superinten
dent of Shelby schools, and Mr. C,
M. King, principal of Shelby high
school, spent Thursday, February
24, at A.H.S. looking over
school, seeing how the work is (
ried on and how the students
operate.
Both men complimented the
school highly^
Student Council
Is Making Plans
For First Dance
Plans are underway for several
dances to be held in the school
cafeteria during the spring term.
Definite dates and times have
not been decided upon.
Plans originated in the Student
Council, and have been discussed
by the Council and by the faculty,
but as yet, are incomplete.
A number of parents will be
asked to serve on a committee to
help sponsor the dances and to de
cide the dates and hours for each
dance.
The Student Council will spon
sor the first dance, and other danc
es will be sponsored by different
clubs of the school.
A small admission fee will
be charged for each couple. Music
will be furnished by a piccolo. Soft
drinks will be sold as refresh-
Chorus Invited
To Sing at Meet
Will Appear at First General
Session of N. C. E. A.
The A. H. S. Mixed Chorus has
been extended an invitation to go
Raleigh on March 22 to sing for
the assembled delegates to the an
nual convention of the North Car
olina Education Association at the
first General Meeting in the audi
torium of the Hugh Morson high
school at 7:30 P.M.
Also, at 6 P.M. the Mixed Chor-
, j has been invited to sing at the
dinner meeting of the Department
of School Superintendents at the
Sir Walter Hotel.
In addition to these two engage
ments an effort is being made to
secure a broadcast period over Ra
dio Station W. P. T. F. during the
afternoon.
Paul Fry, choral director, says
‘The trip to Raleigh, it seems to
.ne, presents the finest sort of op
portunity for service and advance
ment that any choral group in any
high school within the state could
wish for. ,
“To have been selected to fill
these engagements is a distinctive
honor for our boys and girls, and
through it, they have an enviable
opportunity to render valuable
service to their school and to
themselves, and to win recognition
throughout the state as a whole.’*
Bible Class Gives
Chapel Program
A program on the Lord’s Prayer
as given in chapel by the Bible
ass last Friday.
E. W. Ridenhour presided and
answered many questions asked
him about this model prayer. Sev
eral parts were explained by vari-
is members of the class.
During the program the mixed
chorus sang “The Lord’s Prayer,”
and the whole school sang “The
Hymn of Intercession,” which was
dedicated to the boys who left the
school to go into the armed forces.
The stage was centered with an
altar, on which was an open Bible,
lighted by burning tapers, and
bowls of yellow daffodils.
At the conclusion of the program
the Bible class marched out in
procession.
MRS. GEHRING RESIGNS
Mrs. Staton Williams has r
placed Mrs. Eddie Gehring and
teaching half day as a commercial
teacher in the high school.
Mrs. Gehring has resigned from
the faculty to go and live with
her parents in Mount Airy while
her husband is in the Navy.
She taught typing, bookkeeping,
and math for a half day.
Mrs. Gehring was a member of
the faculty for five and
years.
half
Canteen? Yes We Need And Want One!
A canteen? Sure we need and
ant one. Where? We aren’t par
ticular, just so it’s a place to have
fun and recreation. When? All
the time, but just the week-ends
would be wonderful. What would
you like in it? Music, and more
music, dancing, ping pong, and
just about anything for fun.
These questions were asked a
number of students and here’s the
results: , _
“Ah, why ask me?” said Don
Knotts. “But we need some place
to dance, and drink (soft drinks of
course).” , ^ ,
Miss Taylor; “The High School
students need a canteen patterned
after the one now sponsored for
the soldiers. The place or its dec
orations wouldn’t be important just
as long as the students were able
to go there after school or basket
ball games, get a coke, and hear
their favorite records. The stu
dents, like many soldiers today,
need some form of amusement oth
er than movies. Personally, Im
all for a student canteen.”
‘More places like telegraph,
was the very quick reply of John-
ny Andrew. (Now, why should he
ant that??)
Musician Bill Parker wants mu
sic, music and more music.
“Boys, plus more boys, shouted
Betty Hearne to the top of her
‘‘A" lot of good-looking soldiers
will do,” was Evelyn Underwood s
reply (and was she blushing when
^'^Ke^n’Ritchie, as usual, would be
satisfied with Betty Grable stand
ing there—“Just a place to go,
’cause I hate to sit home on dates,
Joyce Boone (don’t we all?). .
“Shucks, I’m not choosey; just
have a juke box, girls, eats, pool
table, and cards,” was the prompt
reply of Howard Wentz.
“Griff” thinks we need s
where to go and something to do
on Sundays—“Just a place to be
with the crowd,” Hazel Poplin—
Cyril Winecoff as usual wants a
place with plenty to eat—that s all
—“I’d be content with just a ci
teen,” was Pete Clark’s direct i
swer.—“A place for the gang
go any time—Just a place to meet
the gang, plenty of floor space for
dancing and games plus comfort
able chairs and SOFAS, and I hope
you get it,” Miss Barefoot.
Jim Lamar, Kent Outlaw, “But
ter” Furr, Jane Gulledge, and
Faye Carlton, all want dancing,
games, music, and plenty of eats.
Do we really want a canteen?
You bet we do—so let’s get it—
what’cha say?
By Their Words
‘Man, the Lord sure was with
_ in that Concord game”—Cherry
Still.
If there were only one pair of
shoes in the world, they would be
a museum.”—Mrs. Troxler.
‘That Wave I saw was the
waviest Wave I ever did wave at!”
•Bob Redwine.
“Every time I open my mouth I
stick my foot in it.”—Betty Hat
ley.
“People should use their lips
more.”—Mr. Fry.
“As long as we hate the Japa
nese and Germans we are not at
peace with God.”—E. W. Riden
hour.
“I’m going to take chorus twice
a day so I can sing twice as good’'
—Labe Little.