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2^1]^ Full Moon
liie and
^Tlie^e
^j(R WILSON’S room there
;‘niv two blondes, Idalene
*and Mildred Aldridge and
(5 time
Mr. Wilson leaves the
(B
they are always in trouble.
Jay Mr. Wilson caught them
Waving and observed, “Have
ever seen a blonde-headed
who's not always into
((thing!”
* ♦ *
dSS HARRISON’S CLASS
s discussing dating, and the
j'er of petting parties was be-
thoroughly denounced when
ijlightly puzzled voice of J. C.
asked, “Miss Harrison, ex-
nhat a petting party Is.”
♦ * *
:neece lowder, fuii
, reporter to the eighth
fc made her rounds and
given a series of the usual
answers to a test from which
lild her feature. Incidental-
liowever, upon entering the
irj' shortly before the dead-
kour, one might find Jeneece
tiiij up in all the references
is the answers to see “just
!l was wrong with them in
tist place!”
C„ NOVEMBER 26, 1947
members or HONOR SOCIETY
I.
Number 3
I
M members, front row, left to right-Jean Bowers', George Winecoff. Jeanette
Sells Mattie Barrmger, Frank Winecoff, Lillian Gaskin and Ann Johnson. Old members, back row.
eft to right Betty Taylor, Buddy Lowder, president; Jeneece Lowder, Miriam Whitley, Lon Merle
Griffm and Alex Moorehead.
OTHER DAY Madge Har
las trying to bring out the
t outstanding points of her
friend. She was minutely de
his hair and said, “Oh
sUacli too!” (His hair, that
PEIFFE R :
H a sentence with
“Buddy,
kindly in
Wy Lowder: “The man ran
t fast.”
ffiS. IVEY ASKED her eighth
ie class recently how many
k of graphs there are. The
w was quite simple, “line
bar graph, and picture
f- But one fellow came up
mew kind—"paragraph."
CONCORD WAS on
marle’s six-inch line, the Al-
cheerleaders were still
5; "Block that kick! Block
'kick!”
» * *
geometry Miss Caugh-
a problem
asaid, “If a man was trav-
an hour going and
an hour coming,
*’35 he gone?"
Winecoff asked;
Ending, a horse?”
how
“What
ferine TAYLOR WAS
»at was showing at the
. she answered that she
w It was "Grandma Wore
w“‘?he wasn’t sure. (For
Mftfk the picture
■"other Wore Tights.”)
* * «
some Eng-
l/’ Fry I'eturned
,pai^! ,®^'J'lents. Joyce Tuc-
idj p several mistakes
mowl punctuation,
She looked at Doris
'Does that
asked,'
Pfobiem child?’
^ ♦ :(c
SKIDMORE to Mr.
know Leroy
r« waringen?”
% inl I should. I
that v^y
s * * ♦
THE fol-
irin .^^sation between Mr.
® think
neeris „ to agree that
you re
Lou,
% , telephone.’
''Th*p up star-
^ you „'“’'“Phone? Wha—
■ _^hy, go into ^he of-
Pick
up the
receiver, of
Food for Europe
Being Collected
Have you brought your contri
bution yet?
Students are asked to bring a
can of milk apiece as their con
tribution to the carload of food
being collected now from Albe
marle for the starving people of
Europe.
The Lion’s Club, sponsors of
this drive, is making arrange-
jaients for a section of the Friend
ship Train to back down to Al
bemarle from Salisbury, when it
reaches that point, to pick up the
Albemarle car.
The train, starting on the west
coast, is touring the United
States collecting food to be sent
to Europe.
The local campaign ends De
cember first.
{Seven Seniors Tapped As
Honor Society Members
Marshall Plan Is
Topic of Evening
The Marshall Plan was the
topic of discussion in an open fo
rum held before the P. T. A.
of Central school last Thursday
night by several members of the
senior class of A. H. S.
Mr. McFadyen acted as master
of ceremonies, keeping the stu
dents from straying too far from
the assigned subject.
Those participating were Ann
Johnson, Jean Bowers, Miriam
Whitley, George Winecoff, Buddy
Lowder, and Alex Moorehead.
Some of the major questions
discussed were What is the Mar
shall Plan? What is its purpose?
Does Europe really need
and What has recently changed
the attitude of Congress toward
foreign aid?
This proved to be a very timely
topic, since it is one of the ma
jor issues before Congress
the public today.
Christmas Work
Available; Stores
Seeking Salesmen
Sales work is now open to
any student desiring work over
the Christmas holidays, an
nounced Mr. Wilson, D. O. in
structor, last week.
Any student, 16 years of age
or older, who desire such a job,
is asked to come to room 77
at any convenient time to reg
ister.
Some of the local stores of
fering this Christmas work are
Penney’s, R a y 1 a s s , Rose’s,
Efird’s, Belk’s, McLellan’s and
the United Stores. These part-
time jobs are made possible
through the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Up until this year students
have been excused from school
a half day to work, the week
directly before the Christmas
holiday began, but this year,
since the Christmas holiday be
gins on December 19, one week
earlier than last year, this
work will not interfere in any
way with school activities.
School will be closed November
27 and 28 to observe the All-
American holiday, Thanksgiving.
Two Boys, Five Girls
Are Pledged During
Special Program
Frank Winecoff, Lillian Gaskin,
Jean Bowers, George Winecoff,
Jeanette Sells, Ann Johnson, and
Mattie Barringer are the new
members of the National Honor
Society.
In a ceremony held Thursday
in the high school auditorium
new members were tapped into
the society by the old members—
Alex Moorehead, Miriam Whitley,
Jeneece Lowder, Betty Taylor,
Lou Merle GrifTin, and Buddy
Lowder.
Lou Merle Griffin opened the
program by reading the Scrip
ture.
Mr. Koestline, pastor of the
First Street Methodist church,
was guest speaker. His topic was
"What Life Holds for You.”
At the conclusion of Mr. Koest-
line’s speech Buddy Lowder ex
plained the aims of the Honor so
ciety and the requirements for
admission — scholarship, charac
ter, service, and leadership.
The seven new members, judg
ed by teachers and members of
the society as excelling in these
qualities, were tapped. Mr. Mc
Fadyen read the oath to the new
members.
The stage was decorated with
candles, ferns, and emblems of
the society.
Beauty Contest
Turns Masculine
Monogram Club Plan
ning Stunt Night For
December 5.
The curtain rises on a hushed
audience, then the crowd bursts
into rears of laughter as they
watch the “Miss America Beauty
Contest” which is being put on
by the boys third period physical
education class.
This is just a preview of the
“Stunt Night” which is being
sponsored by the Monogram Club.
It will be given Friday night, De
cember 5, at 7:30. The admission
will be 25 cents for students and
50 cents for adults.
Coach Webb’s physical educa
tion classes are undertaking the
stunts, with Coach Almond’s
physical education classes per
forming between scenes.
Stunts to be performed by the
boys are first period class - -■ "A
Typical Physical Education Class
at A. H. S.,” featuring Sidney
Helms; second period class “Hill
Billy Wedding,” featuring Henry
Efird and Don Earnhardt as bride
and groom witt Rev. Ken Willis
ofTiciating; fourth period class—
“Justice Always Triumphs,” fea
turing George Causby and John
Boyette; and last but not least
the fifth period class “Shooting
of Dan McGrew,” featuring Rob
ert Youngblood, Larry Lowder,
and Tom Lilly.
The proceeds will be used by
the Monogram Club to buy
sweaters for letter-earners.
County Librarian
Speaks On Books
Mrs. Allan Surratt, Stanly
County librarian, addressed the
student body in assembly Friday
morning on the topic, “Books for
the World of Tomorrow.”
This topic was the one chosen
for National Book Week and her
thoughts were principally con
cerned with the books which have
endured the passing of many
years and those which are being
written today and must face the
future. She reminded her audi
ence that if great books were
worth hearing in the past, they
are worth hearing today.
Mrs. Surratt left her listeners
with the words, “Live today and
remember that books can help
you prepare for that work of
your choice.”
and
NEWS BRIEFS
A soundmirror magnetic tape
recorder is now being used by t e
different groups in Albemarle
High School as a means of teach
ing. The recorder is automatic
and records either directly
from the radio.
or
Miriam Whitley’s winning en
try (Bubble Gum Was Never Like
This) in a contest sponsored bj
the Stanly News and Press was
judged best among a f o^
tries by members of the J'Uii
Moon class. Fpr the title and a
tie-in copy, which ^as pubhshed
in the Stanlv News and Press,
Miriam received a cash awara.
22' by 7', Parked Car, Collision!
Albemarle students and faculty
seem to agree that they do not
like parallel parking. The major
difficulty is that they haven t
mastered the art of being able to
nark in the small space, which is
22’ by 7’ on level streets and
on hills 24’ by 7’.
However, authorities seem to
think that it is relatively easy to
master this art. All you have to
do is just drive up parallel to
the car parked in front, allowing
a minimum of 6" between you
and that car, cut your wh^eels
sharply to the left, then
"straighten up and fly right .
^'R&mdle"'Troutman Betty Ann
Keply, and Richard Crisco think
^at parallel parking improves
the appearance of the town and
also helps to eliminate part of
the traffic confusion.
"I’m against it because I cant
do it ” was Miss Caughman s re
ply and Miss Matheson p^d, I
don’t like it.
Sometimes I get so
mad I just drive off and don’t
ever park.”
Mr.'McFadyen said, “It makes
the streets look better and I like
it because I can do it.”
“It’s the best thing that has
happened here in a long time per
taining to traffic,” answered Miss
Morton.
“Goo Goo” Gantt, Winkle Ply-
ler, and Harry Pawlik think it’s
awful to have to squeeze in be
tween two parked cars.
Pansy Page answered, “ Ithink
there’s going to be a lot of cars
bumped if no one can park in
them any better than I can.”
Gene Harrington said, “Don’t
think much of it because these
women drivers are liable to hit
you when they park.”
An authority on the question,
Mr. Hatley, thinks that it makes
the streets look wider and gives
people a chance to hook the rear
fender of the car parked in front
of them.
By Their Words
“I’ll now give my annual ad
dress on ferns,”—Mrs. Fry.
“Gotta pull up my socks.”—
Mattie Barringer.
“Hey, all the pretty come over
here.”- - Horace Lowder.
“I wouldn’t go to a school
where there are no girls.” Mr.
Hatley.
“Would you
Teague about
lunch?”—Coach
please see Miss
paying for my
Webb.
“Our good name is worth more
than any petty bills.” - Rev.
Ralph H. Taylor.
“We always want what we
don’t get, and always get what
we don't want.”—Sonny Boone.
“Girls basketball practice will
be held in room 52 immediately
after school.”—Alex Moorehead.
"I thought it was ‘as we pas
sioned in front of the cafe’ in
stead of "as we passed in front
of the cafe’."—Jim Ivey trans
lating French.
“Bow your heads and close
•your eyes.”—Cecil Milton, while
officers for the Science Club were
being elected.