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The Full Moon 25 ALBEMARLE, N. C., MAY 27, 1947 21 Is Dat© Set For Voting On $500,000 Bond Issug ^ ^ ★ ★ ★ ★ if if E Seniors Receive Diplomas In Monday Night's Exercises . .. /> i^TirS I A I __T_ xmiir . Dr, McNutt of W.C.II X,C. Will Deliver Main Address Graduation exercises for the members of the 1947 Senior “y^ivill be held June 2, m the leh school auditorium, ne graduation program will fflinvhen the seniors enter the iidilorium to the accompaniment Pi "Prelude,” the processional, ^■erend C. D. Whiteley will of- ;-tlic invocation. Dr, Franklin H. McNutt, asso- rjie Dean of graduate students jd the Woman's College of the 'aiversity of North Carolina, will Mver tiie main address of the :vening. Mr. F. N. Patterson, e.x-chair- jnof the City school board, will present the diplomas, and Jack Barris, president of the senior ilass, will present the gift to the tliool, Faye Carlton will deliver the ileiiictory address. Anne Pow- ilwill be salutatorian. ".Imerica” and “Auld Lang Ne" will be rendered by the enior class. Mascots are Pam Truett, and iddyMcKenzie. The class mot- !«is "Here endeth; here begin- A" Blue and white are the dass colors, and the white car- ,aion is the class flower. Senior officers are Jack Harris, iitsident; Don Knotts, vice-presi- ni; Helen Lisk, secretary; and to Moorehead, treasurer, toe are 110 seniors in the paduation class. They will wear '3e gowns and caps. Dr. J. A. Jones To Deliver Sermon Dr. James A. Jones, pastor of the Myers Park Presbyterian church of Charlotte, will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of 1947 in the | Albemarle high school audito rium at 8:00 o’clock, Sunday eve ning, June 1. There has been a practice for several years of rotating the dif- i ferent pastors of local churches.; This year it was Rev. Roy E. Watts’ year, but he was unable to accept the invitation due to a previous engagement. The invocation will be given by Rev. W. J. Bradley, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. W. B. Holmes, pastor of North Albemarle Baptist church will pronounce the benediction. The Scripture will be read by Rev. J. E. Yountz, pastor of the Main Street Methodist Church. Music, furnished by the Senior class, includes “The Doxology”, “The Lord Is My Shepherd”, and “For the Beauty of the Earth”, “Sevenfold Amen”, will be sung in response to the benediction. “Come Thou Almighty King” and “Now the Day Is Over” will be sung by the audience. “God of Our Fathers” will be played as the processional and “Creation’s Hymn”, as the reces sional. NEW COUNCIL OFFICERS y Lowder Is ToHead Marshals 8iiddy Lowder, student of the »enth grade, was chosen chief iirenal tor the commencement »rases by popular vote of the Kior class. jjther marshals chosen were as wws: eleventh grade, Anita Ledbetter, George Winecoff, Alex Moorehead, and Buddy Lowder; tenth grade, Mary Anna Peck, Betty Jean Poplin, Marion Sif- ford, and Bob Patterson; ninth grade. Bobby Barringer and Hen ry Forrest. Formerly the marshals were chosen by the teachers. This year each homeroom voted on their choice of marshals from the list of students making honor roll for the first semester. These marshals will serve at the Baccalaureate sermon Sun day night and at the commence ment exercises Monday night. Science Department Holds Open House For Patrons ifht 1 ■ ■ ■ fope. this lorn ® of those ftsinVl isn’t. J"l®;io*her of the Science i fcved which they | I««s at tt. c®-'’ unsuspecting N on t!' Exhibition * ' on Tuesday, May 13. Science j *'»as project. I W tether'^' ' ® technicol- '“"'the PiioL Modula- '‘'fliemiftri rnoved on into whpr Physics labor- "here various experi- iwi'tstterp® ''^"ous e He vacuum «(dtodeSi™P’ .which was ’*'’'*1 to hp pressure, greatest attrac- h S«e aVnf ■1 men n J* Mte didn’t }*!'Were . .'^'Snified when ^eburgte pull the ^'he air in apart :'*s»sted, " had been ^ thrill ^■'Statin^ which show- a thrill statir*';"'^ wnic' electricity is pro- was doing a engine the air- f Who li came * *P3rt and n f the put It back to- '■"■“We complained that peojjle wouldn’ tstay at his table, that when he tried explaining electrical transmission, the folks just shook their heads sadly and walked away. Another thing the people did not catch on to was the photo electric cell w'ith its infrared ray, which is invisible to the human eye. When this beam was brok en, the light would shine and a bell would ring. Some other physics demonstrations were lin ear expansion, density, and sound waves. That awful odor w'as nothing but the production of iodine crystals which the chemistry stu dents were using to produce mag ic colors. Glass was etched by covering glass with paraffin, cutting the design into the paraffin, and al lowing it to stand overnight while hydrofluoric acid fumes etched the glass. Most spectacular was the burn ing of magnesium ribbon in pure oxygen. Air pressure was demonstrated by General Science studerits by the siphon and the collapsing ot gallon cans. People always get a thrill out of toy engines and these w'ere no exception. A large audience gath ered around the steam and gas engines. . In the Biology lab, the visitors (Continued on page eleven) I •• .3ii ■ - 'd II Top left—George Winecoff, Treas.; Jimmy Miller, V.-Pres. Bottom left—Connie McLain, Sec.; Alex Moorehead, Pres. Moorehead, Miller. McLain Winecoff to Head Students Commencement Program Processional—"Prelude", Cho pin Invocation—Rev. C. D. White ley “America"—Bloch Senior Class Address—Dr. Franklin H. Mc Nutt Presentation of Diplomas F. N. Patterson Valedictory—Faye Carlton "Auld Lang Syne"—Scotch Air Senior Class Recessional—"Alma Mater Harris Is Elected Trustse Chairman Mr A P. Harris was elected chairman of the board of trustees, Mr E M. Henning vice chair man and Mr. J. H. Morrow treas urer' at their meeting last week^ Two new members, H. We s Rogers and R. L. Brown have recently been elected to six-year terms, replacing Mrs. W. a Ehr and Mr. F. N. Patterson, who are '^^Mrl Patterson has been a ber of the board for eighteen years. During ten of these years he has been chairman of 'he hoard Mrs. Efird has served as Aboard member for twelve years. Roth Mr. Brown and Mr. Kog ers are well qualified to serve as trustees. Will Be Installed In Sep tember As New Coun cil Officers. Alex Moorehead, Jimmy Miller, Connie McLain, and George Winecoff are the newly elected officers of the student body for next year as shown by the votes on May 21. Alex Moorehead won over Bob Gantt for the presidency of Al bemarle high school. Alex is a member of the National Honor society, Mixed chorus, double Mixed quartet, double quartet, a marshal this year and also in 1945, treasurer of the Junior cla.ss, vice president of the student body this year, secretary of his home room in 1944-45, and chair man of the Welcome committee in 1945-46. Bob has played football since 1943 and will be next year’s captain of the team. He also played basketball in 1945-46. Jimmy Miller won as vice pres ident over Marion Sifford. Jim my has been a council represen tative for two years, on the B (Contiri"ed o'l page eleven) Carlton, Powell Have Made Best Records of Class Need of (Mty Schools For More Space Is Acute June 21 has been sol by the county board of commissioners as the date for holding the S.50(1,- 000 school building and War Me morial bond elections in Stanly county. Of this amount S400.000 will he used to carry out the school building program in the city and and county, and S100,0(X) will be used for the War Memorial audi torium. There is an urgi-nt need for one new school building and ex tensions to the buildings now in Albemarle. Every available space is being used and there is no further room for exjiansion. The Wiscassett school building burned in the early years of the war and has not been rebuilt. To take care of the students who had been attending that school, the P’fird school for awhile had to hold two se.ssions, one in the morning and one in the after noon. One of their lunch rooms and the hand room have been converted into classrooms. In the high school the audi torium, dining room, and kitchen are being used for classrooms. New registrations will be re quired for the election. The reg istration books will be open May 17, 24, 31, and June 7. Discussing the small amount of the bonds, Mr. Grigg said, “W'e understand on good authority that after these bonds are voted the county’s indebtedness will still be less than it was at the outbreak of the war.” Mr. A. V. Thomas, clerk of the county board of commissioners, confirmed this fact by stating that after these bonds are voted upon the countv’s indebtedness will be over .?1.5(i.00() less than it was in December, 1941, the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Faye Carlton and Anne Powell, having made the highest record during their five years of high school, will serve as valedictorian DT IL Wine and salutatorian, respectively, for an Ta bert wins the commencement exercises. °^ , I Since her entrance into high In Poetrv Contest school, Faye ha^hown outstand^ ,„,.rded first ing qualities If®hip she was chosen council represen i tative, secretary of the Honor so- i ciety for two years, associate edi_ tor of the Full Moon, member of I the Dramatics club, member of the mixed chorus,^ and was fea- tured in “Who’s Who . , Anne also has an outstanding ! high school record. She has i been a member of the Dramatics club the mixed chorus, Full staff’. Honor Society, "W'ho s W ho and commencement marshal. nan Talbert was awarded first nrPzl in tire recent poetry contest sponsored by Mr. Burwy^ The prize was a book of P , by Dan’s favorite author Rud^ vard Kipling, and a title of his poem was Forget Me ^Second place winner ^as^Ra- '"lludem'Se Poems^eceived ^°^CMa?;1ia"er"An^n"p?weU, and Lillian Gaskin. By Their Words "Mr. Fry wants to see the cho rus girls.”—Peggy Wolfe. * * * “Put some coal on the fire, Miss Caughman; it's cold back here.” —George Turner. * * * “I’d like to live just far enough out of town so my wife could have a cow.”—Mr. McFadyen. * * * “I want to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed working with you. I’m telling you now because we will really start working next week.”—Mrs. Peiffer to play cast. * * « “When he got back home, his wife, his sweetheart, and three sisters had been killed.”—Lloyd Hunsucker. * * * “They don't have enough sense to think of anything crazy.”— Miss Maxwell. • * * “I don’t smoke, but I sure do inhale an awful lot.”—Mr. Hat ley. ♦ * * “I’d rather smoke on earth than after I’m dead.”—Elmo Hat- . . . “If you want me. I’ll be in the superintendent’s office on the sec retary’s knee.”—“Monk” McLain. » • • “This shirt picks up everything but women and money.”—George Turner. • * * “I remember when my grand father was a little fellow he said this about one of his boys.”—Mr. Hatley.