THE FULL MOON
April
Fool
ALBEMARLE, N. G., APRIL 1, 1946
No. 7
icellent Work Leads To Holiday For Students;
orrow Mountain Park To Be Scene Of Picnic
Hlacs Bought
^H.S. Teams
of six Cadillac limousines
;,.rckased for the football
uietbal! teams of A. H. fe.
ii out-of-town games, it
jjj announced.
^',re the big custom-built
linger jobs, such as the
isjsnse. They will be blue
iBslldog emblem painted on
of the door. The interior
lJk leather seat covers with
k tnmmings. Powered by
ip,engines, they will cruise
35 with ease.
I the sports writers of the
|», will make the trip to
p to drive them back. Since
itkeboys play on the foot-
lilasketball teams, the dri
ll tie cars will be Jane Red-
,te Gulledge, Sally Senter,
tone, “Shotgun” Talbert,
riMiller. They were se-
h their exceptional skill
* wheel and their reputa-
^(sretnl drivers.
French Students
To Visit France
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ntsTo Take
erHigh School
itFadyen has announced
I Ajril 6 the students will
itbinceto take over A.H.S.
in Ussery will serve as
|i!. When asked what
Ble plans to make, he an-
Itkat he will let the students
»ie skip class and go to
nnthout getting permis-
tiyone.
imieiits who will substitute
t«a«liers are: Mrs. Harris,
“Cftald Chandler; Mrs.
li, liistory—Warren Drye;
5,dictionary work—DeBer-
Miss Michael, study
luiard Gibson; Mr. Fry
M Lefler; Mr. Hatley]
'-Jjtk Efird; Miss Caugh-
•itk-Bill Bremer; Miss
!TB-Joe Morton; Miss
library-Helen Boone;
«ood, home ec.—Lucille
'iSiss Fulcher, English—
“^ale; Miss Beaver, his-
««nl Wallace; Miss Rog-
Snuggs; Miss
We-Keith Drye; and
Pras, shop-w. C. Rum-
ijtors will be Joel Thomp.
Pa Uwder. The maids
'*y, Senter, Jane Red-
w Louise Poplin.
Mrs. Harris’s two French class
es will leave today for their long
awaited trip to France.
The trip is a gift from Mrs.
Harris to her students for their
perfect conduct and excellent work
during the past six months. She
is to pay all expenses for their two
months stay.
The students will leave by car
from Albemarle and travel to New
York, where they will spend sev
eral days at one of the leading
hotels. All reservations will be
rnade upon arriving there.
Some of the girls, including
Anne Powell, Carolyn Hughes, and
Betty Bivens, insisted on going by
train to see the sights (or the
soldiers), but “Diz” Ow'ens protest
ed that he wouldn’t go without his
car.
Three of the other careful dri
vers will be DeBernie Austin,
“Monk” McLain, and Paul Low-
der.
A luxury liner, equipped with
all the luxuries of a luxury liner,
will be boarded at Ne\T York and
the trip will be resumed.
All the students have their own
ideas about what they will see. A
few of the girls want to see the
latest hat fashions. Ottie Jane
Springer is particularly interest
ed in some of those shoes w'ith the
six-inch soles. The boys w'ant to
make a careful study of all the
latest style bathing suits (men’s,
of course).
A wonderful time is expected by
all, and everyone should improve
his knowledge of the French lan
guage, since /that is the only lan
guage to be spoken after leavipg
the United States. It remains to
be seen if Betty Anderson can keep
up her previous record of the big
gest talker.
News Briefs
Miss Michael, fifth period study
hall teacher, has announced that
only snakes that walk will be al
lowed in study hall after this.
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The Mixed Chorus is working on
a new group of songs: “E Bob 0
Lee, Bob”, “Caledonia”, “Dig You
Later”, “Waitin’ for the Train to
Come In”, and “All I Owe I Owe
low'a.”
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The lounging room is now ready
for use. Students are to use it
for relaxation during the day, be
ing allowed to leave class any time
that they feel bored or tired.
Committees of Students Are Planning For
Transportation, Refreshment and
Entertainment For All.
Faculty and students of the high school will be
granted a holiday on April 31, at which time they will
go on a picnic to Morrow Mountain Park, according to a
recent announcement.
The group will be carried to the park in the new
Cadillacs recently purchased by the school. In case ad
ditional vehicles are needed. Sonny Boone has offered
the use of a laundry truck and^ Winkie Plyler will drive
a Pepsi-Cola truck. (Lester Ragsdale regrets his scooter
will not be available).
A committee of students is now planning activities
to be used for entertainment while in the park. Equip
ment for softball and soccer is being gathered and Sarah
Lawhon has picked a suitable place to play post office.
Any other suggestions will be appreciated.
The pool will be opened for the
occasion, and charter members of
the Polar Bear club (Marion Sif-
ford and Jane Gulledge) will give
a swimming demonstration.
C. B. Cranford and Jack Harris,
who need no suggestions, have been
appointed to head the refreshment
committee.
The picnickers will leave from
the school early in the morning
and will return to their homes aft
er a late dance at the mountain
lodge, for which the Banana
Bunch will furnish music.
Members of the faculty will be
chaperones for the day and all re
ports indicate they will keep a good
eye on the fast «’rhth graders.
This vacation is being given be
cause of excellent work in past
weeks as shown by last report
cards. The faculty fears the stu
dents have been working too hard
and this day of relaxation will en
courage them to take other days
off when they feel the need to get
away from their books.
Hair Fixing Class
Offered For Boys
A home beauty course is being
offered by Mrs. Swicegood, home
economics teacher, to high school
boys who are too bashful to go to
the beauty parlors.
Classes will be held for 30 min
utes after school for six weeks.
Students will be taught many
things that a high school boy
should know about arranging his
hair more attractively.
A course in applying hair tonic
and dandruff remover, so that
when the boy stands in the sun
the lotion won’t run down his
neck, will be taught.
These boys are now working on
their first lesson, which is how to
peroxide the hair evenly. They
will be taught to arrange their hair
in the new “skunk lock” style, an
arrangement accomplished by
bleaching just one lock of hair.
Honor pupils of this unit are Diz
Owens, Charlie Morris, and How
ard Wentz.
Richard Crisco, Jack Miller, and
Steve Boyette all recommend this
course. They say it has helped
them immensely in arranging and
combing their hair — combing es
pecially.
The boys will also be taught how
to give a permanent and to set
their hair. Modeling for this unit
are W. C. Rummage and Lester
Ragsdale.
This is the first time such a
course has been offered at the
school, but it has long been needed
and will do much to improve the
appearance of the boys.
Hinson Is Hero
Young Riley Hinson of the gor
geous figure is in line for a reward
for saving Clyde Shaver in Sha- ’
ver’s Lake recently.
Young Riley was swimming in
the lake when he heard cries for
help. What he saw made his blood
run cold.
Clyde was in the clutches of a
great leech which was one of the
approximately two million that in
habit the lake. The leech was al
most two inches long, but for Riley
it held no fear.
Shaver of the Sloppy Joe man
aged to grasp the diving board al
most two feet above the water and
hoist himself on the holy soil of
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