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The Full Moon ALBEMARLE, N. C., FEBRUARY 14, 1945 No. 4 IT SEEMS THAT not all girls r l. wolves, for when Charles tasked: “Are you bothered by Ssj" Helen S. replied: No, *ev never chase me—darn it. # * * nv the school grounds we wri Madge Kennedy ask; Do l^ knowwhaUhey call toothpicks “fettj-rHearne: “No, what?” Madge K.: “Toothpicks.” * * * HAS ANYONE SEEN James’s Ur’ He must have lost it. Ike other day when Mr. Fry was teking the roll in Chorus class i( asked, “Has anyone seen James YuthieBrooks replied; “Oh! Has ie lost it?” * # * II SEEMS THAT Miss Berrier lis some radio fans in her sociol- ojy class. ike other day when she asked, Kkoisthe Secretary of Labor?” one of her bright students replied, •Ma Perkins.” (The answer is Irs, Perkins). * * * m YOU KNOW THAT: THE MOST COMMON sur- mes in A. H. S. are Lowder, Horton, and Burris? There are Lowders, 11 Mortons, and 11 Burrises? THE TALLEST COUPLE in «lool are Bill Bradley, who is 6 fat 4 inches tall, and Maggie Jean lissell, who is 5 feet 9 inches tall? THE SMALLEST COUPLE lit Charlotte Chrisco, 4 feet 8 % iidies, and Samuel Lunsford, 4 fat, 6I7 inches? WE HAVE 22 teachers on our Wty? ODl^ OF 22 teachers only 9 are Brried? EVERY NEW MEMBER tap- ptJ into the Honor Society was in fa Caughman’s homeroom last pr! WEN MRS. FESPERMAN itr^es mashed potatoes for lunch ® tke cafeteria she uses 5 pecks “ potatoes? there are 125 members of “SMixed Chorus this year? * * « IN THE FOURTH period his- .5 ™® Taylor asked; “t did the Monroe Doctrine »y, Enfus?” inrti”* "hitley: “It didn’t say gking; I read it out of the * * * rtli DIFFERENT i» subjects, for Irs ir ir Love asked ^tes and their positions on the replied that she 4e " j when in aid ^ serious '■i’rdiS?*•” ADMITS she -k particularly hard, have a girls, natur- >«iies, repetition of Lonfso**^ period class slie has Bettes Marys, and two .’"i'er second period class the wa&b i,ne i^sii“”‘“Tt “ajority, there be- '^ises and ^iso two I» her Marthas. ‘kree Rctf class there I«th“Cr two Jeans. Mildreds^"‘°‘^ ^Ws. ^ class has two •, (telling the [n where f* they are) ' »'l kinnf f’’ in *1, ° electrical and that .“'"an will r and that ^rical PTio^ marry an Now^T things Vshe’s to know J- I “ S®t him. I’ll be an elec- I GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM—Front row: Ruth Kendalt, Cherry Still, Claudine Lowder, Coach Holt, Madge Kennedy, Ruby Talbert, Rubye Hatley; back row: Betty Coble, Bobby Jo Kiser, Desdy Lee Smith, Jolene Efird, Helen Chance, Maxine Gilliam, Mildred Mullis, Evelyn Whitley. 20% of Students Make Honor Roll For the six weeks period ending February 2, 133 students made the honor roll. This is slightly more than twenty per cent of the student body. The eighth grade is in the lead with 36 students, and the ninth grade next with 34 students. Eighth grade highest honor: Betty West, Joe Whitley, Billy Sanders, Lewis Gaskin, Page Huck- abee, Jeannine Boysworth, Jerry Lowder, Sally Beaver. Honor: Mary Louise Elder, Eliz abeth Miller, Marlene Lowder, Betty Jean Poplin, Nancy Hearne, Roy Holt, Alvin Holt, L. C. Caudle, Elmon Russell, Peggy Earp, Eliz abeth Sides, Marion Siiford, Broyce Snuggs, Frank Lowder, Willis Pence, Hanky Skidmore, Nancy Priester, Elizabeth Brown, Mayme Efird, Peggy Mae Snipes, Evelyn Aldridge, Evelyn Kimrey, Norma Jane Bogle, Vera Burris, Madeline Hathcock, Margaret Morris, Whit man Smith, Bobby Patterson. Ninth grade highest honor; Lil lian Gaskin, Betty Bowers, Jean Bowers, Lou Merle Griffin, Louise McLeod, Jeanette Sells, Miriam Whitley. Honor: Grady Lefler, Alex Moorehead, Maxine Burris, Betty Jean Hatley, Pansy Page, Jane Redwine, Ramelle Troutman, Betty Jo Hatley, Martha Hurlocker, Anita Ledbetter, Ann Johnson, Jeneece Lowder, Elnora Smith, Shirley Smith, Frank Winecoff, George Winecoff, Carol Rogers, Sally Senter, Jeanette Wilhelm, Edwin Snuggs, Buddy Lowder, Kathleen Cranford, Jane Gulledge, Betty Lou Still, Betty Lee Mc Queen, Betty Taylor, Audrey Thompson. Tenth grade highest honor: Helen Lisk, Ellen Bigler, Ramelle Rummage. Honor: Betty Bivens, Faye Carl ton, Carolyn Hughes, Mary Moss, Ann Powell, Paul Lowder, Brtty Anderson, Bobby Jo Kiser, Sue Culp, Jack Harris, Harold Kirk, C. B. Smith, Jr., Edith Hearne, Daphene Poplin, Juanita Regan. Eleventh grade highest honor. Frances Biles, Ellen Dennis, Doro thy Swaringen, Helen Smart. Honor; Betsy Bremer, Ruthie Brooks, Mildred Hathcock, Jaiie Morton, Theresa Page, Robbie Sharkey, Ramelle Thompson, Eve lyn Underwood, Ruby Cathey, Madge Kennedy, Helen Boone, Ethel Lefler, Kent Outlaw, Calvin Wallace, Kathleen Donahue, Desdy Lee Smith, Reece Cranford, Brian Harrington. Twelfth grade highest honor; Johnny Lowder, Jeanne Palmer, (Continued on Page Six) War Correspondent To Lecture Tonight Ned Calmer, under' the spon* sorship of the Albemarle Lions’ Club, will lecture in the Albe marle high school auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock. Mr. Calmer, returned war correspondent and news anal yst, has been on battlefronts in France and Italy for five months. His lecture will last about an hour; the subject, “The Real Story Behind the Battle of Germany.” Tickets are being sold by members of the Lions’ Club and by high school students. The price of the tickets is $1.20. Any profit will be used for improvements in the Youth Cen ter. Cleanest Rooms Get Free Tickets To keep cleaning up from being such a bore, Mr. McFadyen has devised a plan by which the stu dents clean up and like it. The room which is cleanest when a sur prise inspection is made by the clean-up committee gets free tickets for the next basketball game. The general plan is to encourage the students to keep paper out of different classes and out of the (Continued on Page Six) Representatives Meet At Concord Both the city and county units of N. C. E. A. sent representatives to the regional meeting of the North Carolina Education Associ ation held in Concord, January 17. Representatives from Albemarle were Paul B. Fry, J. C. Morris, Mesdames B. C. Parker, Alice Huckabee Crowell, Helen Harris; and Misses Chicora Caughman, Mary Stinson, Pauline Whitley, and Leo Hough. The afternoon session, held in the Concord Community Center, was conducted by Misses Alice Paul Lucas and Sarah Faust, field sec retaries of N. C. E. A. Reports on unit work done in local units were made at this meeting. The dinner address was delivered by a representative of the Nation al Education association in the Saint James Lutheran church. Oth er features were a verse speaking choir from Concord high school and a Negro sextet. In the night session following, various subjects of legislative na ture were discussed. Representatives were there from five counties: Stanly, Rowan, Ca barrus, Union, and Mecklenburg. In the February issue of ROTO is a picture of a group of Albe marle students which w’as sent in by the FULL MOON staff. Black Masquers Working On Play Henry Aldrich Comedy To Be Presented Next Month. What a Life, a Henry Aldrich comedy, will be presented by the Black Masque Dramatics club in the first part of March. Since play books did not arrive in time to give a 3-act play before Christmas, this will be the first 3-act play presented by the Dra matics Club this year. What a Life is the first story ever written about Henry Aldrich. Clifford Goldsmith, who write this play, still writes the Henry Al drich radio programs. From this play, produced on Broadway in 1939, grew the popular Henry Al drich radio programs and movies. The exact date the play is to be given here is dependent upon the outcome of the basketball series. Donald McLain plays the lead ing role as Henry AWrich; Betty Bivens, as Barbara Pearson, his sweetheart. Kent Outlaw is cast as principal of the school; and Johnnie Gaskin, as assistant prin cipal. Other members of the cast in clude; Helen Brown, Pete Clark, Betty McAdams, Charles Morris, Betsy Bremer, Harold Perry, Da phene Poplin, Jim Lamar, Betty Anderson, Ruby Mae Hatley, Jean Palmer, and Gene Beeker. School-Night Poll Finds Most Students Away From Home On Tuesday night between 8:30 and 9:00 o’clock different students of the Full Moon staff called a group of high school students to find out how they spent a school "‘o^ut of the 35 students that were called only 3-Mary Lou Byrd, Cherry Still, and Ouida Du- lin_were studying. They were working on Bible notebooks. It seems that Helen Smart and Sonny Boone were lost, when the reply came to the question, “vv^ere are they?”, for their home folks did not know. There must have been too niany meetings that night; only four s^Senfs were at the show while 7 were at different meetings. Peggy Mann and Bernice Austin were going to have clean hair the next day, for they were washing their hair. They probably got mad when they had to come to the phone. As ever, Jane Preister was in the kitchen—eating nuts, nutty fingers, and drinking coffee. Beaul Lefler likes exciting things like wrestling matches in Charlotte, while Tommy Staton prefers some thing quieter like reading. Jim Lamar was working, but if you have ever been to the Albe marle Drug Store, you will know just how hard he was working to get out of work. If the poll had been taken be tween 9:00 and 9; 30, there would have been more students at the drug, but at the time Charles Deese was the only one. David Gaddy, the ambitious type, was practicing on his trumpet; and Robert Honeycutt was doing noth ing, just messing around. As the conclusion of this poll more students will graduate know ing more about how to produce movies and how to run drug stores than history, English, or math! Cyclorama, Lights Have Been Bought With Senior Gifts New cyclorama has recently been added to the stage in the audito rium through gifts of Senior classes. The new cyclorama is lighter in color than the old, and has three movable wings on each side. Six new floodlights were ordered at the same time, but so far only the bulbs have arrived. The lights are expected at any time. The total cost of cyclorama and floodlights was $400, of which $305 came from Senior class gifts. The remainder was taken from the school fund. By Their Words “Oh! I forgot to call the roll in my last period class.”—Mrs. Har ris. “She was the well best-dressed person in Hollywood.”—Brian Har rington. “Who opened that back on my door?”—Betty Coble. “I resemble that remark.” — Dwight Wilhelm. “When George is twenty I’ll be twenty two (too).”—Frank Wine- coff. “Is a free male one who is not married?”—Joyce Boone. “Most people don’t like to learn much because they hate to die and leave it all.”—Mr. Hatley. “There are some good minds in here. There are no deformities in the brain.”—Miss Taylor. “Mrs. Fry, do we have to pun- shunate these sentences?”—Oscar Lackey. “I think girls should have a ca reer because they might get mar ried and their husband might not.” —Cular Soloman. “You can’t learn algebra by look ing at me. I may look like algebra but you’ve got to look at your pencil.”—Miss Caughman. PETE CLARK ENTERED French in triumphant mood and be gan his daily report to Mrs. Har ris about his sufferings in chem istry. Pete, usually making a grade ranging from 0 to 11, began: “Mrs. Harris, guess what I made bn my chemistry exam? I actually passed with a grade as high as a C!”