The Full Moon
April Fool
ALBEMARLE, N. C.. APRIT. 1, 1945
No. 5
'por Class Will Spend Last Term Touring U. S.
Many Spots of Unusual Historical Interest
lujics Students
fork Mr. Hatley
period physics students
y f congratula 10ns
jt, Hatley for their out-
experiments on forces
;i said,“I have never m my
L of teaching seen such
,1 of students so hard-work-
S interested in their work.
. brilliant students have m-
mrpassed my expectations
, .any times. Their driving
, is so strong that I, myself,
„rted down trying to give
proMems and experiments
to keep them busy."
■ Hatley continues, “Bill Love,
.. Endy, Hiram Saunders,
,r Mills, Oscar Lackey, Kent
and Harlan Napier (Ge-
nshident) are my best stu-
1' 1 fondly believe that they
ntsliiiic any college student.”
Ktt Endy and Bill Love have
Muiucted a series of experi-
I before the class with a com-
K set of pulleys, computing
talculating mechanical ad-
etc.
will be students from
oUege engineering classes
down here to watch some
original experiments by
,H.S. boys.
inly time this year that
tley has found a mistake
en Ruth Kendall made a
one of 1-10 of a gram.
1 almost banished from the
er that mistake,
ibeen rumored that Cabot
and Hiram Saunders will
to the Chrysler Corpora-
lelp solve some of the prob-
idents Tapped
By Honor Society
Edwards, Alan Mullinix,
^ Helms, Hiram Saunders,
Bradley, Harlan Napier, and
JeanBaucom, were the seven
Mnbers who were tapped into
w Society, in the audito-
^ Friday.
^students were selected for
[ugh scholastic grades, their
their character, and
-lervice.
lieing tapped these stu-
yere sworn in by Oscar
^,^0 holds the Highest
*^hip medal.
of these students has made
A since being in high school,
the highest av-
n A-plus all the way
Peebles Will Give
Reward to Pupils
To recompense them for the ex
cellent work which they have done
for her this year. Miss Peebles has
invited the members of her second
period Advanced Bible Class to
spend two weeks with her in July.
They are to go to her home in
Raleigh the third week in July
for a whole week of rest and fun.
A special bus has been ordered
and fares of the students are to
be paid by the board of trustees
and the faculty of Albemarle High
School.
Following the week of rest and
recreation in Raleigh, Miss Peebles
will take her guests to camp at
Ridgecrest for another week of
fun. Miss Peebles is paying the
students’ expenses while they are
!at Ridgecrest.
Horace Springer, Gerald Rum
mage, and James Haire have been
appointed chaperons for both
weeks. Florence Williams has off
ered her services as assistant cook
to Miss Peebles, since two of the
group must cook while at Ridge
crest. Arrangements have already
been made for the cabin, which is
located on the top of Lookout
Mountain.
Biology Class Has
Brighter Future
Students of the first, second,
third, and fifth biology classes will
have smooth sailing from here out.
Miss Gilchrist stated today that
she intended to change her method
of conducting her biology classes.
She said that instead of the usual
procedure of taking notes on a
problem and then having a test on
the work done, she will have
nothing but lectures and class dis
cussion.
Miss Gilchrist stated that she
was doing this to benefit her many
students like Monk McLain, Bill
Bremer, Oscar Lackey, Harry Hun-
sucker, and Butter Furr, who show
so much enthusiasm in their work
that she is afraid that they are
overworking.
She said that in her old age she
doesn’t want it bearing on her
conscience that she might have
been responsible for the ill health
and unhappiness of such conscien-
tions students.
A .v.hoe shine service is being con
ducted by Hoover Morgan and
Bobby Burleson in Mr. Grigg’s out
er office each day between third
and fourth periods. -
Special Drivers Have Been Selected
For Buses; Miss Kirby to Chaperone;
Return for Commencement Planned
News Briefs
The second period study hall
students and fourth period U. S.
History students pooled their pen
nies willingly and bought a can of
oil for Willis Pence’s and Kent
Outlaw’s shoes.
Mr. Hatley has consented to sit
in on the funny book class and
explain anything incomprehensible
to any student.
Classes on “How to Drive” are
being taught on the football field
at activity period by Geraldine
Boone, Jane Morton, Frances Biles,
and Dorothy Swaringen. Anyone
wishing to enroll will please see
Truett Eudy, supervisor.
A movie, “The Invention of the
Homework Getter-Upper,” will be
shown in the auditorium Friday.
Student, Teacher
Go to Hollywood
Because of their outstanding
performance in the play, “What
A Life,” Helen Brown and Donald
McLain have been given an eigh
teen-year contract with Warner
Brothers in Hollywood.
A scout from Warner Bros, stu
dio was making a tour of all high
schools trying to find two high
school students^ to play the leading
role in a new comedy, “High School
Puppy Love.”
The scout realized that the suc
cess of the play did not depend on
the acting but also on the direct
ing. Miss Taylor, who is known
throughout the state for her di
recting abilty, has also chosen to
work with Warner Bros, and her
first job will be to direct this new
comedy.
Plans have been made for them
to leave on April 1. A special
plane will carry them to Holly
wood, where they will be given a
formal reception by the studio.
Due to the good training by Miss
Taylor, it will not be necessary
for Helen or Donald to attend a
dramatics school.
Work on the picture will begin
immediately after their arrival,
because this is expected to be the
greatest hit of 1945. Thousands
of tickets have already been sold.
The senior class, due to an ex
cellent record in scholarship this
year, is to be permitted a tour of
the U. S. A. from the first of
April until the first of June.
This trip will include visits to
various historical spots all over
the U. S. A.
Since the war is on and such
a large part of the population is
in foreign countries and transpor
tation facilities are no longer
crowded, the chaperone. Miss
Kirby, has chartered five buses
which will be driven by five expert
drivers noted for their carefulness.
Lewis Morton, who is to lead the
caravan, is to drive bus 1; Don
Hill, bus 2; Gene Moore, bus 3;
Theresa Page, bus 4; and Rose
mary Borum, the most careful wo
man driver enrolled in A. H. S.,
bus 5.
The seniors are in favor of hav
ing ten chaperones, but Mr. Mc-
Fadyen would not he pushed
around, so the seniors will have
one chaperone. Miss Kirby.
Since Miss Kirby can’t be every
where at once, she has consented
to ride in each bus four hours and
twelve minutes a day.
A place of great interest to be
visited is the scene of Lewis Mor
ton’s smash into a hedge at Ba-
din, N. C.
The site of Bill Ridenhour’s
downfall, namely, at the bottom of
the Empire State Building, has
attracted the seniors and will be
one of the first places they will
visit.
The famed battlegrounds of the
wars between Shipplet and Josey
and Beeker and Hearne on Tele
graph Hill will without doubt be
viewed by the group of solemn sen
iors, the boys with jaws firmly set
and the girls with tears in their
beautiful eyes.
Now to more pleasant sites—
The oil well ’in which Labe Little
fell when he tripped over a Texas
tow as he was escaping from A.
H. S. with ail the stamp and bond
money last week will draw the
seniors as honey draws bears. Not
so much to see where Labe fell in
as to smell the oil—Ah! (Labe
was rescued by a cowboy and is
now milking cows to earn money
to pay back that which he lost).
The seniors will stop in Ken
tucky, where one of their number,
Margaret Pattersno, will ride Sil
ver. Everyone is betting on Marg!
The last of May )vill find the
weary travelers in California,
where they’re going, not to see
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