The Full Moon
ALBEMARLE, N. C„ FEBRUARY 12, 1947
Number 4
Eetty Taylor Is Winner
Es53y Contsst
Prizes Are Won
By AHS Student
Miss Betty Taylor, eleventh
«de student of A. H. S. and
Lner of the 1946 essay contest
mnsoredbythe News and Press,
to been named first place win-
,(r of the state contest sponsor
ed by the Education Committee
olthe N. C. Press Association.
Betty has received $100 from
I),. N C. Press association,
rtich added to the $25 already
presented her by the Nevv^s and
ites, brings her winnings to
E25,’
Essays were written by more
than 2,000 high school students
! tkis year on the topic “A Free
I Press- Voice of Freedom—Guar-
' Jan of Liberty.” Students in six
i scliools of the county partici-
i«ted in the News and Press con-
itest. Winning essays from the
separate schools were judged by
tie editorial staff of the News
aid Press and Betty won first
j place.
Betty is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Taylor of 216
North Sixth Street. She is in the
English class of Miss Dorothy
Spears, a faculty sponsor for the
essay contest held at A. H. S.
Betty, a very surprised and
happy girl when told that she
had won the state contest, said
she plans to bank the prize mon-
' ej'for use in furthering her edu-
‘ eation. She is particularly in
terested in entering the nursing
' M medical profession.
BETTY TAYLOR
NEWS BRIEFS
Faye Carlton, Sue Culp, Betty
Bivens, Anne Powell, Max Bogle,
Paul Lowder, and 0. B. Smith
Jilltake a state-wide exam Fri
day for two four-year college
[diolarships offered in North
tolina by the Pepsi-Cola Bot-
tag company. A number of
minor scholarships will also be
Sven to those scoring in the up-
l*r bracket.
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Invitations to the Senior grad-
won exercises in June have
5 “dered by Peggy Moore-
S’ the Senior
» » »
kHl! Kodak company
^nsoring a photography con-
r. high school students.
»luii information see Miss
fs in room 92.
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itiv took her Photogra-
2 ® to Mor-
tettlv Tu’" afternoon re-
Krolnt visited the old
made a number
“Pictures along the way.
group met to
^—- pictures they had made.
Propose Memorial
For A.H.S. Alumni
Killed In Service
Students of Albemarle high
school are conducting a cam
paign to raise money for a hos
pital memorial in honor of A. H.
S. alumni who gave their lives in
World War II.
The program was outlined at a
recent meeting of the student
council. Donald McLain was
named as chairman of a special
committee to work out the final
details of the campaign. The
other members of the committee
are Ottie Jane Springer, Don
Knotts, Max Bogle, and C. B.
Cranford.
The campaign will run for two
weeks, ending February 21. A
goal of $1,000 has been set. If
the students attain this goal,
they will receive two half holi
days.
Donald McLain announced
that C. B. Cranford, chairman of
the assembly programs, is plan
ning to aid the drive by having
several special chapel programs.
Spot announcements will be fre
quently made over the public ad
dress system.
The memorial will be made in
honor of the veterans of Albe
marle high school who were kill
ed while in the service of their
country.
Plans are to furnish a room in
the proposed new Stanly County
hospital. Placed in the room will
be a plaque, engraved on which
will be the names of those who
died.
On page seven of this issue
there is a list of those whose
names have been so far collected
for the list. Anyone who knows
of others is asked to report them
to either C. B. Cranford or Mrs.
Fry.
Highest Honor Is
Averaged by 39
For First Term
There were 39 students in A. H.
S. that made highest honor for
the first half of the school year.
This means an average of 94 or
over on every subject.
Many others rated honor roll
for the semester, with an aver
age of 84 or above on every
thing.
Eighth grade highest honor:
Lucille Curlee, Nell Hatley, Rob
ert Scraggs, Phyllis Kluttz, Jo
Ann Burrell, Martha Bell Knight.
Eighth grade honor: Helen
Bowers, Elizabeth Elder, Dorothy
Gaskin, Helen Harwood, Birdie
Suggs, John Boyett, Jimmie
Groves, Sidney Helms, John Her
rin, Edward Patterson, George
Causby, Carlyn Griffin, Charles
Litaker, Charles Morris, Paul
Watkins, Christene Melton, Vir
ginia Brown, Angela Moncrief,
Jane Rogers, Nelle Winn, Helen
Efird, Mary Ellen Speight, Ezelle
Doby, Ardree Ferrell, Sallie Neal
Kluttz, Elsie Lowder, Vina Ruth
Lowder, Talmadge Moose, Betty
Sells, Charles Whitley, Joe Whit
ley, Lillian Copley, Martha Grif
fith, Eunice Kimrey, Frankie
Williams, Reggie Russell, Donald
Tucker, Douglas Mason, Tommy
Morris, Elbert Whitley, Jeweline
Holt, Lois Lowder, Della Rose
Mabry, Norma Jean Miller, Car
olyn Simpson.
Ninth grade highest honor:
William Grigg, Ellene Holbrook,
Martha Moore, Sarah Frances
Poplin, Sara Skidmore, Jane Bul
lock, Connie McLain.
Ninth grade honor: Bobby Bar
ringer, Larry Lowder, Elbert
Holt, John Bremer, Monzelle Tal
bert, Juanita Vanhoy, Henry For
rest, Douglas Archer, Bill Kluttz,
Johnny Knight, Jack Morton, Jean
Bullock, Gaynelle Chandler,
Kathlene Morris, Irene Peck, Lau
retta Plyler, Peggy Redfern, Car
olyn Russell, Barbara Setzler,
Elizabeth Starr, James Gul-
ledge, Anne Milton, Barbara
Smith, Norma Talbert, Hattie
Tucker.
Tenth grade highest honor:
(Continued on page two)
Grigg Nominated Pres.
^Albemarle City
CLAUD GRIGG
Poetry Contest
Open to Students
A poetry contest in which
any type of poem will be ac
cepted is being sponsored
among the students of A. H. S.
by Mr. Harold Burney of Ba-
din.
Any kind of poems—jingle,
limericks or sonnets — may be
entered in the contest.
Two prizes will be given. A
medal and a book of poems by
the winner's favorite author
will be given by Mr. Burney as
first prize. A Reynolds pen
will be given as second prize.
Honorable mention will be
awarded to the runners-up.
Mr. Burney has been inter
ested in writing poetry since
his high school days and this
is an effort to encourage others
to write poems.
The contest closes April 1.
1947.
Further information will be
given in the English classes.
Schools Supt. Is
NCEA Candidate
Claud Grigg, superintendent of
Albemarle city schools, has been
unanimously nomiated for the
presidency of the North Carolina
Education association by the Al
bemarle City unit of the N.C.E.A.
Mr. Grigg has served this past
year as vice president of the
N.C.E.A. and as chairman of its
legislative committee, a capacity
in which he has served before.
As chairman of the legislative
committee, Mr. Grigg has enlisted
the State Board of Education and
the Advisory Budget commission
on the side of the teachers of the
state. He is being backed in his
efforts by the Parent-Teacher as
sociation, the Woman's Club, the
Grange, the State School Board
association, and the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction in
presenting a six-point legislative
program.
For a number of years Mr,
Grigg has been active in the work
of the N.C.E.A. He is a past pres
ident of the South Piedmont dis
trict. He has been president of
the Department of Superinten
dents, and has served as chair
man of that department’s legisla
tive committee and a member of
its executive committee. His ef
forts in connection with the legis
lative program now before the
legislature are well known.
Mr. Grigg is well known
throughout the state, having serv
ed in several schools in the state
before coming to Albemarle. He
has been superintendent of Albe
marle City schools for the past
twelve years.
We School
97 Veterans
«iarte"hirt opening at Albe-
’'’ile scWi**^ ^ veterans
«nan by the
ServispH r^nistration and
[‘‘"raent of L vocational de-
lact school, were an-
V vocatE- F.
mstructor.
raK- ^ offered in brick
"taking, carp-
blue
metal work,
««rses wm Cost of the
Adm nil by the Vet-
"'s of tho under pro ■
> e‘h n^- I- Bill of Rig'hts.
S^bvnovf "’ay take the
^•00 rSir tuition charges
^ month.
Plans Made;
Are Enrolled
The registration of students
was held last Monday and Tues
day nights at the school, a total
of 97 signing for the classes.
Mr. J. C. Morris will teach car
pentry; Mr. Ed Burleson wi 1
teach sheet metal work; Mr. Wil
son, blue print reading. Instruc_
tors for auto mechanics ana
brick masonry have not yet been
^'^Mr^lseorge Stovall will
the clerical business of tne
^'^So°far the number of studOTts
who have registered in ajjto me
chanics is 35; carpentry 22; sheet
metal work 6; masonry Zi, ana
11 in blue print reading.
Gilles Guilbert
Renders Concert
Gilles Guilbert, noted European
virtuoso, gave a concert in the
high school auditorium Februap'
6, under the sponsorship of the
Music Department of the Albe
marle schools. tn
The French pianist came to
the U. S. after a tour of Central
and Southern Europe. He ha^
nlayed recently in Canada, New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, and
Washington. . .
During his American tour he
will be guest soloist with the Lo
Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.
Guilbert during the last year,
has been acclaimed by critics as
the foremost interpreter of Ravel
and Debussy.
Scholarships Are
Offered Seniors
S N^io^al
Honor Society to the ten students
in the nation who mane me
Sghest grades in competitive ex-
®'Befty°Bivens, Ann Powell, and
Pau^ Lowder are the three stu-
Lnts fom Albemarle high school
who will take the examination
^Xly 'thr'e^e students from A.
H S are allowed to take the
exsm and these students must
be members of the Honor Society.
Six Juniors Tapped Into
National Honor Society
Cardinal Principles Are
Discussed by Senior
Members.
Six members of the junior class
were tapped into the Albemarle
chapter of the National Honor so
ciety at their initiation ceremony
Friday morning.
Buddy Lowder, Betty Taylor,
Miriam Whitley, Lou Merle Grif
fin, Janeece Lowder, and Alex
Moorehead were the students who
were tapped on the basis of char
acter, scholarship, leadership, and
service.
Paul Lowder opened the pro
gram by reading the scripture
from the twenty-eighth chapter
of Job, the twelfth through the
twenty-eighth verses followed by
a prayer.
C. B. Smith, president of the
society, explained the keystone
shield, which is the emblem of the
Honor Society, and introduced the
speakers of the program.
Character, the first ideal of the
society, was discussed by Anne
Powell. “Character is the qual
ity in one man that distinguishes
him from others. It is the in
centive which gives a man the
will to have high ideals and to
maintain those ideals,” she said.
Sue Culp explained the mean
ing of scholarship. "That a stu
dent show himself willing to learn
and to advance himself is the pri
mary requisite for entrance into
our Honor Society.”
“Leadership is the art of di
recting others,” was part of Da-
(Continued on page seven)
By Their Words
"They (the football team) were
a good bunch of boys.”—Mr.
Peiffer.
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"Are you going to college? or
are you going to Duke?”-—How
ard Wentz.
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“All I can think of is corn.”—
Mrs. Stovall.
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"To drive our bus you need a
co-pilot, a master mechanfc, and
a navigator as well as a driver. ’
— Mr. DeLotto.
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"The standing army stood."—
C. B, Smith.
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"There is no place out in space
where there is no place.” — Mr.
Grigg.
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"You all were little children
cause I was quite young.” — Mrs.
Chrisco.
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“I used to be a candy salesman
in a furniture store. I sold
suites.”- “Monk” McLain.
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"God numbers the hairs of
one’s head—if he has any hair.”
—Mr. Grigg.
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"Promptness develops charac
ter.” Miss Gantt.
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"Today is our last day to meet
as friends.”- Mrs. Fry. (Day be
fore exams.)
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"One of the most important
things in your life is your atti
tude. Develop a kindly attitude
toward everybody, honestly wish
ing for all people those fine, de
sirable things that all your life
you have wanted for yourself.”—
Mr. Grigg.
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“I’m not really dumb, I just
don't want to wear out my
brains.”—Delmar Efird.
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“She had on a heavy coat of
lipstick tiecause it was cold
weather.”—Crawford Earnhardt.