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library staff y* FS f 5 lb TH N C tm f*!-!. SEST ^ OF Aii- mmm. The Full Moon Volume 25 ALBEMARLE, N. C., NOVEMBER 27, 1946 Number 3 Bulldogs Are Conference Champions Swted left to right: Mary Ann Williams, David Gaddy, Peggy nolle Madge Harris, Audine Barringer, Doris Jean Thomas, Hwleene Scarborough. Standing: Avalyne Thomas, Peggy mmond, Leon Underwood, Jimmy Allen, Lucille Mabry, Kathleen Aastin, Frances Austin. Blind Speaker Illustrates How Books Can Be Bridges In observance of Book Week, Plato Wood, a blind social worker to Kannapolis, illustrated the I tome for the week, “Books Are IHges," in an assembly pro- i jiam sponsored by the Library * dub. Mt, Wood said that the way to , Hge the space between the Jaikside of the river and the side jrtere there Is sunshine is I tough good books. I Aiter demonstrating a talking II Iwk, Mr. Wood told something :: li his life since he was eleven 1 years old. When he finally decided to get 1 Seeing-Eye dog, it was two years before he could obtain res- TOUons In the training school ai Hcrristown, N. J. Eighth grade members of the iibrarj- Club are Mary Ellen S»t,Pattie Belle Hinson, Col- ta Archer, Nell Wynn, Ralph ™icocl, Jimmy Groves, Henry Wnger, Johnny Boyette, Edward ratterson, Roger Gibson, Sidney TOis, Edith Wise, Nancy Poplin, TO Eeap, Frank Crisco, Mar- w Arey, Martha Belle Knight, »bt)y Simpson, Betty Joyce Sells, “'M Tucker, Charles McMan- K Salhe Neale Kluttz. Kenneth '"»n, Janice Thomas, Jane Lit- Lilhan Copley, Morris Hath- TBwdfey ■Sb school members of the 1 are Peggy Wolfe, Jimmy Al- “• David Gaddy, Violet Melton, hi r Austin, Peggy Almond, Austin, Lucille Mabry, ^rancine Howard, Uin Audine Barringer, wn Underwood, Maveleene tewss Chosen At AHS than ever be- *^tohow^-Who°s Whn'“'"‘'h ""P - are chosen in the each time WOWinrr names of full *ianded in to P"® teachers T^p f I’thers « around to all the '•’ifrits nr '■®®ch the senior «y«ay, with them in Sives a first, sec- Ss to the ^“'shecon^iri in t? ™°st out- To bo i?. class. •assing his work r^^^^Orilv ^ !*"'>>»? in be out- “P'3nd in leader >n characti "service to’the school. Dont w*”®' Dance! SdanceL^'-^v; Thanks- 5 bom 9'On^’S'' arm- Mudem; All ‘0 th^ m invited to Boxes, Money Go To Jr. Red Cross Junior Red Cross boxes, 35 of them, 21 skirts, 50 washcloths and $61.50 in 'money make up A. H. S.’s gifts in the current drive. The Junior Red Cross is the largest youth organization in the world, with over 20 million mem bers in the U. S. alone. The alms for this drive are a larger enrollment; the packing of boxes to send to Europe, and a quota of work done by each unit. These boxes are packed with certain essentials such as wash cloths, soap, toothbrushes, pen cils, and some small toys. In France pencils sometimes cost $1.00 to $1.50 on the black mar ket. The money goes in to funds for first aid supplies for high schools: to the Junior Red Cross journal; and food, clothes, etc., for needy children overseas. NEWS BRIEFS Fines payable for overdue books have been raised from one cent to two cents per day, an nounces Miss Holbrook. * * White caps and gowns will be worn in the graduating exercises this year according to a recent vote by the senior class, says Jack Harris, president of the senior class. » » 4i Max Bogle, president of the student body, is guest of the Ro tary club for the month of No vember. Essay Contest Is Open to Students In co-operation with the North Carolina Press association, the Stanly News and Press is again sponsoring an essay contest for students in the high schools of Albemarle and Stanly County. The contest is designed to fo cus the interest of the present generation on the place and im portance of newspapers as dis tributors of public information. The subject for the essay is “A Free Press: Voice of Freedom, Guardian of Liberty.” The Stanly News and Press is giving a $25 Savings Bond as a first prize and $10 in cash to the second prize winner of the county. The principal of each school will select a committee of three judges from among the members of the school faculty. The judg es will select the two best es says submitted by students of all the classes of the particular school. After two choices have been made, they will be sent to the office of Superintendent of Schools. Five judges for the county-wide contest then will se lect a first and second place win ner for the county. The prize-winning essays in the county-wide contest will be submitted to the state chairman of the North Carolina Press As sociation to be judged in compe tition with similar winners from other counties of the state. All essays should be neatly and legibly written. Though it is not required, it is preferably type written. Essays should not ex ceed 1,500 words, but should not be less than 800 words. The essays should be in to the county chairman of the Commit tee of Education or Education of the N. C. P. A. by December 7, 1946. By defeating Lexington 13-7 Friday night, the Albe marle Bulldogs became undisputed champions of the South Piedmont conference and recipients of a bid to play Rock Hill in the initial North Carolina-South Carolina bowl game to be played there December 14. Rock Hill has won twenty consecutive football games. Last year they were state champions of South Carolina; and if they win their game with Chester tomoiTOW, they will have the championship this year. Albemarle has been chosen as the outstanding North Carolina team to play against them. The game is spon sored by the Rock Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds go to charity. ^ The Bulldogs will take a week off and on December 2 start prac- HolidaysTo Begin On Decennber 20 Maxwell Sponsor Of Honor Society Members of the National Hoiior Society met recently to organize for the present year under the sponsorship of Miss Maxwell. Last spring the society elected as their president, C. B. Smith, Jr.; vice-president, Betty Bivens; sec retary, Faye Carlton, and treas urer, Max Bogle. Pins for the Honor Society members were or dered and received last year. It has been decided that the so ciety will meet one afternoon every other week after school and work will be begun on the fall tapping program. There are twelve members m the Honor Society now. After quite a bit of discus sion, December 20 through Jan uary 6 has been set for the Christmas holidays. The matter has been voted on twice by the faculty, both times with the same result. After the first vote, a few members of the Chamber of Commerce asked teachers to re consider, because some stu dents are needed to help out in stores during the Christmas rush. Several other questions arose and were taken into con sideration, and the vote re mained the same. There were four different holidays suggested to the teachers: December 20-Janu- ary 6; December 17- January 1, or December 18-January 2. As it stands now, December 20-January 6 will be the Christ mas holidays. tice for the bowl game. Coach DeLotto has announced that lettermen this year will be given blue coat sweaters with white A’s on them. This is the first time in history that the Bulldogs have gone through a season undefeated. They won the conference champ ionship in ’44, having lost only to Barium Springs. The Bulldogs played some ex citing ball this year, and the only close game was the 13-13 tie with Children’s Home of Win- ston-Salem. The Bulldogs open ed their season taking Wades- boro 20-6, and the following week they journeyed to Barium Springs to pull a 27-7 victory. They took the rest of their games in full stride by shellacking Salisbury 19-7, scoring 13-13 against the Or phans, 33-0 over Kannapolis, 37- 6 over Thomasville, 39-7 over Concord, 44-0 over Monroe, 20-0 over Statesville, and the final 13-7 victory over Lexington. Christnnas Play To Be Presented “Children of the Inn” a one- act Christmas play, will be giv en in assembly on Friday, Decem ber 13, by the Black Masque Dra matics club. This play features Charles Mor ris as Ethan, the shepherd boy; Jane Redwine as Miriam, the crippled daughter of the Inn keeper; and Claudine Crisco as Mary, the mother of Christ. Others in the cast include Tom my Wolfe as the Innkeeper; Ann Johnson as his wife; and Whee Perry as Joseph. It is the story of the family of the Innkeeper who refused Jo seph and Mary shelter in Beth lehem and of Miriam’s recovery after being a cripple for three years. On December 11 the play will be presented to various religious groups of Albemarle. Students Hail Republican Victory As SiQn of Awakened Public CDpinion The Republican victory in the county has caused a great discussion around A. H. S. with everyone having varied opm- ions. The different opinions were expressed by some stu dents when asked, “What ef fect do you trink the Repubn- can victory will have on the affairs of the county.” Gerald Chandler had the most definite idea as to what effect it would have. He said, “We will continue to progress. The county roads will be attended to. Peo ple will find that the officers will be co-operative and will work lor the good of the county and will forget selfish interests. The coun ty’! expenses will be lowered even more than in the last two years.” Mr. Hatley expressed similar ideas to those of Gerald s i officers are going to realize that they are the servants of the p • pie. It will mean that we will have a better government be cause the elected officials will be anxious to consider the wishes of the people,” he says. Rose Hartsell and Merle Hun- sucker think that the affairs of the county will be conducted honestly and for the good of the people. “Be the same as it has been for the last two years, the opinion of Mrs. Chnsco and Tom- my Wolfe. Bill Simmons and Dan "ralbert, both ex G. I.’s, have diffe^nt ideas from Tommy and Mrs^ Chrisco. Bill said. There 1 some changes made. Dan went on to complete change from the order of affairs whioh the new deal carried out and a new order of affairs in the county will be brought about. George Ray Turner and^ul T owder just seem to think tnai U woTmake the Republicans happy, especially Gerald Chand ler. Lloyd Hunsucker thinks that the Republicans will go in of fice at the wrong time, and that it will be just like after the other war. “It’s about time we were get ting a change,” is Jean Bowers' thought along this line. Jack Allen expresses similar views. He thinks it will help the county, because if one party stays in too long it will start abusing the rights of the people. “For smoother riding and bet ter directions ride the roads of the Republicans”, or so Jack Mor ton believes. , Peggy Morris says the eighth grade students are small now, but the future will be still smaller after they feel the ef fects of the election. What the future will hold is yet to come. Everyone will just have to wait and see. Christnnas Jobs Open to Students Plans are now being made for students who wish to work dur ing the Christmas holidays. This is being arranged by the Merchants Association, Chamber of Commerce and the Vocation department of the school. Students who will work are asked to register with Mr. Wil son stating their age, homeroom, and place of work. These stu dents will be permitted to leave school at 12:00 during the week of December 16 and will be ex cused from their school work. The Merchants are cooperating and will not hire any student unless he registers. Mr. Wilson states that there are still a number of jobs open and you shbuld contact him at once if you plan to work. By Their Words “I always hate to come to soci ology, because I feel so dumb in here.”—Oscar Lackey. * « * “Don’t quit! Sing on—no mat ter how bad it sounds.”—Mr. Fry. * * * “Oh, look! All of the Monroe boys are wearing pots on their heads.”—Betty Anderson. * * * “That football must have per fume on it—all the boys seem to want it.”—Lewis Hinson. • * • “People along now have more money than sense.”—Mr. Hatley. * * * “I’m not conceited; I don’t think I’m half as cute as I really am.” —Steve Boyett. * « * “No need to have a hat if you don’t have anything to put it on.” —Miss Peebles. * * * “You’re missing a big oppor tunity by not dating me tonight.” —Charles Morris. * * « “Wise is the man who having nothing to say does not give wordy evidence of the fact.”— Tvliss Peebles.