The Full Moon
Vol. 23
ALBEMARLE, N. C., MAY, 1945
No. 6
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PEGGY MANN AND HELEN
SMART had been talking steadily
for several minutes. Miss Taylor
remarked, “Small minds talk
about people.” .
Helen: “We weren’t gossiping.”
Peggy; “No, we were telling the
gossipal truth.”
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A GROUP OF BOYS were talk
ing about the chapel program
when Jim Lamar remarked, “I
didn’t see much of it, ’cause Mrs.
Harris came back there and sat
with us!”
Someone asked why, and he
said, “Why, she claimed we were
cutting up!”
MISS WILSON, WHILE MAK
ING A SPEECH in chapel Tues
day, was giving a description of
a birthday party the U. S. O. gave
a soldier in Hawaii. She wound
up: “An added attraction was the
Hawaiian moonlight.”
You should have heard the gals
swoon.
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MISS CAUGHMAN, “Pete, you
missed the seventh problem.”
Pete, “What part did I miss?”
Miss Caughman, “The answer!”
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IT SEEMS THAT Jim Lamar
had forgotten to bring the requir
ed amount of paper to furnish
Pete and Labe in French class.
Labe approached Mrs. Harris’s
desk and asked to borrow some
paper.
Mrs. Harris pulled out a large
tablet of yellow paper.
Not satisfied, Labe said, “We
like nice paper.”
Mrs. Harris replied, “You take
mine. It’s pre-war.”
Labe, “Which war?”
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DURING CHEMISTRY CLASS,
Tom Efird put on some sun glass
es. Miss Gilchrist asked very cool
ly, “What are you doing with
those glasses on?”
Tom, “Pretending I’m going to
night school.”
Council Officers
Will Be Elected
In Near Future
May is here and also the time
to elect officers for the student
body, though the exact date for
election has not yet been set.
The presi^nt for the next
school year will be chosen from the
rising eleventh grade; vice presi
dent, chosen from the rising tenth
grade; secretary, chosen from the
rising ninth grade; and treasurer,
chosen from any of the above nam
ed classes. All officers should be
students of good standing.
In order to nominate a candi
date, it is necessary to present to
the Council a petition containing
one hundred names of persons fav
oring that candidate. No student
may run for more than one office.
An election committee shall have
charge of elections. This commit
tee will make the arrangements for
the election, supervise the elec
tions, count ballots, and report re
sults.
Movie, Talk Given
On Tuberculosis
Miss Lula Belle' Highsmith, of
Raleigh, N. C., presented to the
high schaol this morning a pro
gram on the prevention and detec
tion of tuberculosis.
Accompanying a brief talk was
the showing of two movies on the
subect.
Miss Highsmith is a health edu
cator attached to the staff of the
state Tuberculosis association.
She has been this w.eek in the
Various schools of the county un
der the sponsorship of the Stanly
County Tuberculosis and Health
■^^sociation.
Seniors Choose
Mascots, Colors,
Flower, Motto
At a recent meeting, members
of the senior class chose their mas
cots, colors, flower and motto.
After a hot election, Sherill Low-
der and Sue Wynn were chosen as
the mascots. Sherrill is the son
of Rachel Lowder, a member of the
class.
The colors chosen were Red and
White.
A Red Rose was decided upon
as the class flower.
The motto selected is: “To
strive, to seek, to find, and not to
yield,” from Tennyson’s “Ulys
ses.”
Commencement exercises will be
held on June 12.
Memorial Service
Held By Students
Honors Roosevelt
Albemarle high school observed
a short memorial service for the
late President Roosevelt in the
auditorium, Friday, April 13th.
The student body solemnly came
into the auditorium during the last
per,iod of the day as Mr. Fry play
ed “Largo” by Dvorak from the
“New World Symphony.”
The program began with scrip
ture reading, the 23rd Psalm, and
prayer by Miss Peebles.
Helen Smart sang “Oh, Master,
Let Me Walk With Thee”, and
Mr. Grigg made a short talk.
“Crossing the Bar” by Tenny
son was read by Miss Fulcher, and
the program -was concluded with
Roosevelt’s favorite song, “Home
on the Range,” sung by Oscar
Lackey.
Senior Class Will Present
"The Whole Town's Talking
News Briefs
Ivey and McAdams
Join A.H.S. Faculty
Due to the resignations of Mrs.
Lynn and Miss Holt, A. H. S. has
two new teachers.
Mrs. Ivey, who has replaced Mrs.
Lynn, is teaching the following
subjects: N. C. History, spelling,
literature, science, and two study
halls.
Mrs. Ivey taught in the Wiscas-
sett Elementary School before her
marriage, but she says that she has
taught at New London longer than
at any other school. Mrs. Ivey has
also substituted at various schools
throughout the county.
Mrs. McAdams, taking the place
of Miss Holt, has the physical ed
ucation classes.
Members of the Honor Society
and their invited guests were en
tertained at a picnic on Morrow
Mountain Wednesday afternoon.
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The Mixed Chorus sang two se
lections at the First Baptist Church
service Sunday night.
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A. H. S. has the distinction of
having had two pictures published
in ROTO recently. The first was
of Mr. Hatley’s pre-flight class, and
the one appearing in this issue of
“Uncle Sam’s property”, boys who
were ready to leave for various
branches of the service.
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Shrubbery planted at the sides
of the school building and at the
back of the new gym has made a
great improvement in the appear
ance of the school.
Mr. Grigg gives a large measure
of credit to the cooperation of the
students.
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The Mixed Chorus sang the fol
lowing selections at the Rotary
club April ■ 19: “Sympathy”’—■
from “The Firefly”, Friml; “God
Is a Spirit”, Scholin; “The Lord is
My Light”, Speaks, soprano solo
ist, Helen Smart; and “The Lost
Chord,” Sullivan.
Boone, Wilhelm, Gaskin,
And Ruby Hatley
Head Cast.
Students Discuss
Dumbarton Oaks
The Dumbarton Oaks peace pro
posals were discussed in assembly
by senior English students April
6.
Since schools and clubs were ask
ed to discuss the Dumbarton Oaks
Peace Plans before the San Fran
cisco conference, Mrs. Fry’s 3rd
period class concluded a unit on
public speaking by discussing the
peace plans in assembly.
Oscar Lackey was chairman and
explained the importance of Dum
barton Oaks. Helen Smart spoke
on the Assembly. Jim Lamar told
about the Security Council; John-
ie Gaskin, the International Court
of Jistice; Jane Morton, the Eco
nomic and Social Councils; Dwight
Wilhelm, the Secretariat; and Kent
Outlaw explained the weak points
and the uncompleted work on the
plan for peace.
After this, Oscar Lackey asked
for questions from the audience
and referred them to the various
speakers.
The Senior class play. The Whole
Town’s Talking, will be presented
in the high school auditorium May
18 by the dramatics club, under
the direction of Miss Taylor.
The Whole Town’s Talking,
which ran an entire season in New
York and was called the most pop
ular play ever produced by ama
teurs, promises laughter from be
ginning to end.
Mr. Simmons wants to marry
his daughter to his junior partner
in business, but Chester Binney is
the kind of bachelor no woman
would want. So Mr. Simmons has
an idea that a girl wants a man
every other woman wants; and
when he starts inventing a few love
affairs for unromantic Chester, the
trouble really starts.
Dwight Wilhelm is cast as Hen
ry Simmons, a manufacturer; Hel
en Brown, as his wife; Geraldine
Boone, as Ethel Simmons, their
daughter; Johnie Gaskin, as Ches
ter Binney, Simmons’ partner;
Ruby Mae Hatley, as Letty La-
mour, a movie star; Oscar Lackey,
as Donald Swift, a movie direc
tor; Gene Beeker, as Roger
Shields, a young playboy; Joyce
Boone and Dorothy Swaringen as
Lila Wilson and Sally Otis, friends
of Ethel; Betty McAdams, as An
nie, a maid; Ruthie Brooks, as
Sadie Bloom; and Gordon Allan as
a taxidriver.
Prices for admission will be 20
and 35 cents. The proceeds will
be used for the Senior gift to the
school.
Salisbury Band
Plays In Chapel
The Boyden High School band
of Salisbury, under the direction
of Mr. Southwick, presented a pro
gram at Albemarle high school on
April 10.
The program began with every
body singing the “Star Spangled
Banner.”
The band played the “Nation
al Anthem March”; “Attila”, Hun
garian overture; “Cabins,” a Ne
gro spiritual; “Three Blind Mice
and a Night Club Floor Show”;
“Tea For Two”; “Midnight Sun”;
and, “The Hall of Fame March.”
The program was arranged by
Miss Vanda Lippert, public school
music teacher.
Broughton Will
Address Seniors
Former N. C. Governor Will
Speak Here On
June 12.
J. Melville Broughton, who was
governor of North Carolina before
Cherry, has been secured as the
speaker for commencement exer
cises to be held in the auditorium
on June 12.
Broughton is one of the out
standing speakers of the state and
is well knpwn as a friend of the
schools.
Broughton’s name was mention
ed at the Convention held at Chi
cago in the summer of 1944 as a
possible candidate for the vice
presidency of the United States.
The subject of Mr. Broughton’s
address has not yet been learned,
but it is certain to interest and
benefit the class.
The baccalaureate sermon is to
be preached on June 10 by Dr.
George Rhodes, pastor of the First
Lutheran Church of Albemarle.
The graduating class this year
includes 128 students, 108 eleventh
graders and nineteen twelfth grad
ers.
Officers of the class of 1945
are: Fritz Luther, president; Pete
Clark, vice president; Jeanne Pal
mer, secretary; Jane Morton, treas
urer.
No New Members
Will Be Tapped
Into Honor Group
Mr. McFadyen has announced
that there will be no tapping of
members into the National Honor
Society either this spring or next
fall.
This is due to the fact that there
are no more seniors eligible and
the present juniors are really only
sophomores, as the twelfth grade
is required now.
Next spring there will be a tap
ping, and if there aren’t enough
of the present members in school
then, some former members who
are in town will be asked to come
and help tap the new members.
By Their Words
“The U. S. O. has-pledged to
stand by as long as necessary, be
cause we know the American peo
ple will give to the war fund.”—
Miss Eleanor Wilson.
“I know if you have ever before
been to Charleston, you have prob
ably landed in St. Michael’s grave
yard.”-—Mrs. Fry.
Mr. McFadyen (introducing a
guest speaker): “The gentleman
on the stage—rather the other
gentleman on the stage—is Mr.
Wright.”
“Dwight, do you know you are
going to make about a D on con
duct—if you’re lucky?”—Miss Tay
lor.
“They will tell you to smile, and
when the smile begins to wear off
they snap your picture.”—Claudine
Lowder.
Ruby Hatley had just had her
senior picture made when Cherry
Still inquiringly asked, “Did it
hurt. Ruby?”
“Get your libs rifted.”—Mr.
Fry.
Betty Hearne, frantically looking
through her music in mixed chor
us, moaned: “The Lost Chord is
lost again.”
“Lackey’ll argue with anything
he knows is not so.”—Mr. Hatley.
“I fell and almost killed my
knee.”—Colleen Glover.
Miss Taylor (to 4th period his
tory class) “We’re going to have
a history lesson today if I have
to talk to the vaCant desks!”