The Full Moon
rtere and There
I Bill Bradley
1 homeroom a discussion
L’Jiigon concerning the
newspapers.
“ri McLain: “Mrs. Chrisco,
M now looking at the
champion paper
folder. I fold
them so fast
that when I
^ throw them they
gcome unfolded.”
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ALBEMARLE, N. C„ MARCH 14, 1947
Number 5
MISS PEE
If i.: ^ BLES’ BIBLE
^ class was dis
cussing Heaven
and the fact that
you must live
and do right in
to get there.
* Hudson: “If I don’t go
jiiaven, my mother will spank
* *
E, FEY: "Are you sure I
»ask you to write sen-
15-20 over the week-end?”
Ink McLain: "No, Mrs. Fry,
Bid us we could read Dick
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5 TENTH GRADE ENGLISH
were to write a theme on
life”. Being a lover of
a certain girl wanted to
U( some mention of them in
!me. She wrote, “I have
every year.”
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Em'LOU STILL was the last
a to enter chorus class one
iig and as she entered she
Ike door open.
t Fry: “Betty ‘Richard’,
door.”
kl}’ lj)u: “I forgot. I’m used
ping the door.”
♦ * *
raOR BLAKE WENT into
s class and opened a
itat. Mrs. Peiffer came along
r tietiind and closed it.
Wor (turning to the class)
K closed that window?”
k Peiffer: “I did. What
■*i it?”
*: “Oh! That’s perfect-
U right"
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® DRUGSTORE COWBOYS
*®ng about a fellow who
I into a jewelry store and
tlie watches.
* “I bet the judge gave
•tlie Works.”
“That might be
> iiut I wonder how much
- lie got?”
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boy from the
library
Red Miss Holbrook for the
* Home Journey.”
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, JOU FILE your nails?”
^ '"*"6 off and
away.”
I^B^CO’S TYPING class
letters for application
to use references.
; afford: “May I use
as a reference, Mrs.
" kavino S economics class
‘tailed out
succession.
instead
ye^ "a
"»f the nan front
f, the S'
!^'!*umed horrified
drew
‘'tide Smith handed
jt(, stating, “The boys’
''“w working on
and MRS. Rus-
y t thf stu°
CAST OF ESTHER—Reading from left to right: Seated—Jason Lee, King Ahasuerus; Shirley Led
better, Queen Esther; Standing—Bill Simmons, First Nobleman; Clarence Mabry, Servant; Jae
Whitley, Haman; Evelyn Howard, Woman of Court; Betty Coble, Reader; Nancy Hearne, First
Maid; Annie Laura Bell, Woman of Court; Miss Peebles, Director; Elizabeth Tucker, Second Maid;
Jerry Freeman, Mordecai; C. B. Smith, Jr., Second Nobleman; Hugh Smith, Captain of the Guard.
Seven AHS Choral
Groups Will Sing
Seven choral groups and four
soloists of Albemarle high school
w'ill participate in the district
high school music contest which
will be held at Catawba College
on March 21 and 22.
Contestants winning a first
rating in the Salisbury district
contest may enter the State High
School Music Contest Festival to
be held at Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina
from April 22 through 25.
Mr. Fry plans to enter a mixed
chorus of 60 voices, a boys cho
rus, girls chorus, girls trio, boys
quartet, mixed quartet and four
soloists.
The Salisbury district includes
the following counties: Stanly
Anson, Cabarrus, Davie, Ir^ell,
Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Row
an, and Union.
Peebles Resigns
Teaching Position
At a recent meeting the
Citizens’ committee on the teach
ing of Bible in high school ac
cepted the resignation of Miss
Mary Ann Peebles, Bible teacher.
Mr. R. L. Holbrook, chairman
of the committee, announced
that Miss Peebles’s resignation
will become effective at the close
of this school year.
For the past four years Miss
Peebles has taught Bible. Her
work has been regarded as high
ly effective. Mr. Holbrook ex
pressed the regret of the com-
Bible Students Drcanatize
Esther In Methodist Church
Memorial Honors
Boys In Service
As a memorial to the A. H. S.
boys who were killed in service,
$500 was raised by the students
and presented to Mr. R. L. Hol
brook, Sr., in a memorial service
held in chapel.
High room in the drive was
Miss Caughman’s, which pledged
$100 and raised $118.50. Mr.
Fry’s room was next with $30.
After the Scripture reading by
Paul Lowder, C. B. Smith read
the list of A. H. S. boys killed
during the war. A poem, “Spires
of Oxford”, was read by Betty
Jean Poplin, and “My Buddy’ was
sung by Jimmy Dry.
After this Mr. R. L. Holbrook,
Sr., president of the Hospital as
sociation, accepted a check for
$500 from C. B. Cranford, chair
man of the school drive.
Jack Allen read a poem, ‘Taps
at Twilight”, and Richard Perry
played taps.
mittee at the loss of such a
splendid teacher.
Miss Peebles’s plans for the
coming year are very inHefimte
at least not definite enough to
be announced.
A committee composed of Kev.
R. E. Watts, chairman; Rev. L. K.
Hinton, Dr. G. H. Rhodes, Claud
Grigg, andA. K. Winget was ap
pointed to secure a teacher for
this position^
High School Students
Are Participants
In Program
A large audience completely
filled the auditorium of Central
Methodist church Sunday night,
March 2, to see a dramatization
of the book of Esther produced
by Bible students and sponsor
ed by the Citizens committee on
the teaching of Bible in high
school.
The program was directed by
Miss Peebles, Bible teacher in the
high school for the past four
years.
R. L. Holbrook presided and
Betty Boone played the organ
prelude, after which the congre
gation sang “My Faith Looks Up
To Thee”. This was followed by
a prayer by Johnny Boyette. Mar
garet Ward read the Scripture, a
portion of the book of Esther.
The treasurer of the commit
tee, John U. Whitlock, submitted
his report for this year, and Lar
ry Lowder related “The Fearless
Face—A Cinderella Story”.
E. L. Gehring spoke on “The
Expectant Face”, telling of the
influence Bible has on growing
boys and girls. In closing, Mr.
Gehring pointed out that chil
dren are taught language, his
tory, etc., in school. Why should
not they be taught Bible?
(Continued on page three)
A Cup of Coffee, An Egg. Bacon. Toast
Are What Students Eat For Breakfast
Of all the meals of the day
breakfast seems to be the most
rushed one for the Albemarle
high school students. When ttie
question, "What did you have
for breakfast?” was asked, most
of the students came
the same reply. Their meal con
sisted of toast, coffee, eggs, and
some kind of meat.
One of the basketball
players, Bobbie Jo Kise^ seem
to live until lunch on coffee. An
other girl, one of Mr. Fry s s ■
pranos, Anita Ledbetter, g
through the morning, also, wun
just coffee; however, she aoes
eat a piece of toast.
Everyone knows how "Bones’’
Burleson got her nickname, o
from the looks of her breakfast
it does not have anyt^ng to do
with her size. She starts off with
^raoefruit juice, then comes a
hie nlaTe of soft scrambled eggs,
siusage and biscuits. She tops
this all off with a steaming cup
of coffee with cream and suga .
r B “the giant” Cranford and
T pwis “the midget” Hinson rnay
KlXs.™ca.ego„wK„
it romes to size, but tney cei
fain?y are one of a kind when i
fomes to breakfast. C. B. put!>
away two eggs, cereal, two gla^s^
nf milk, orange juice, iwu
slices of bacon, cake, and when
he is hungry, three or four bis-
Lewii put it?”
The students who eat a rne-
dium size breakfast consisting
of coffee, toast, an egg, and bacon
or sausage are Betty Lou Still,
Jane Little, Bill Bradley, Bar
bara Brown, Nancy Priester,
Bobby Donaldson, and Stancil
^Laree^ breakfast eaters other
than “Bones,” C. B., and Lewis,
areJack Harris, Evelyn Whitley,
Mary Anna Peck, Ann Hopkins,
Jim I vey, Geneva Thompson,
Jimmy Napier, Catherine Taylor
and Wanda Cranford. Their
breakfast is made up of eggs,
toast, meat, coffee, a fruit ]uice,
grapefruit, and sometimes a
tweet like jelly or preserves.
After all this, the questions are
“Where do they put it?” and How
do they live on so little.
I Voters of County
Will Decide Bond
Issuance In April
Voters of Stanly county will
have an opportunity in April to
decide whether or not they want
additional money to be used for
a county-wide school improve
ment program.
Upon recommendation of the
county school board, the Stanly
county commissioners have
agreed to call a special election
on the matter of issuing an ad
ditional $400,000 in bonds to be
added to the $200,000 which they
are permitted to issue without a
vote from the public.
Albemarle high school is bad
ly overcrowded. Eight hundred
students are enrolled in a build
ing which was built to accom
modate 600 students. Every avail
able space is being used. Classes
are being held in the dining
room of the Home Economics lab
and in the auditorium. One
home room is accommodated in
the library. It is necessary for
many students to double-up on
the locker space.
Wiscassett school burned a few
years ago and due to material
and labor shortages has not been
rebuilt. During this time Wis-
cassett’s students have been di
vided between the Efird and Cen
tral schools. It this proposed
program is carried out, part of
the money allotted to Albemarle
will be used to combine Efird and
Wiscassett into one big grammar
school.
Practically every school in Al
bemarle is in need of repairs and
additions to take care of the in
creasing number of students.
If the voters of the county
vote for the bond issue, these
crowded conditions will be im
proved.
Little Symphony
To Be Heard Here
The Little Symphony, compos
ed of 23 members of the North
Carolina Symphony orchestra,
will be heard in three concerts in
Albemarle on the afternoon and
evening of April 1.
Two concerts for school chil
dren will be held at 1:15 and
2:30 o’clock in the high school
auditorium. The regular concert
for members of the society will
be held in the high school at
8:15 o’clock.
Miss Joan Melton, a student of
Miss Worsham’s who made a big
hit with the orchestra at its con
cert in Hickory last year, will be
guest pianist for the children’s
concert here this year.
By Their Words
“This contribution from the
students of Albemarle high
school shall long be remembered
and cherished.”—Mr. R. L. Hol
brook.
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“I’ll give you fifteen minutes
to get whatever ducks you have
in a row.”—Mr. Fry.
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“Everytime I say something
they take it the wrong way.”—
Jack Harris.
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“The French have New Year’s
Day the first day of the new
year.”—Miss Maxwell.
"Aw, teacher, come on tell us
a story.”—Johnny Andrew.
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“I have two pencils, a foun
tain pen and a safety pin.”—
“Monk” McLain.
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“Put the beans back in the
can. Maw; we’re having corn for
supper.”—“Bones” Burleson.
“I’ve got a notice I can get a
Hopalong Cassidy film for $7.00
but you’d have to pay me that to
sit through it.”—Mrs. Peiffer.
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“When the word is used as a
verb, the book calls it a verb, and
I say it is a verb, believe me,
folks, it is a verb.”—Mrs. Peiffer.