Six
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Band
,0 Plus Two Equals Four;
Cannot Be Stretched to
By JEAN BOWERS
I MSS horn, $450; one baritone saxophone, $350; one
larinet, S350; one oboe, $337; one bassoon, $750—all
, «uo to the fact that Albemarle high school cannot
^ 0 band without help,
wncer Hatley, band director, has estimated that the
need $7,000 next year to get equipped and func-
operly. The band should have $6,000 worth of
instruments, which will include three bass horns, $450
; 0? properly.
. t«o baritones, $260 each; one bass clarinet, $350; one
t Fj]37, one baritone saxophone, $350; and various others.
■lit" someone howls, "what about all those instru-
;«S tlie school has fallen heir to?"
t not person might be interested to know that most of
instruments are 15 to 20 years old, worn out, and
' «t impossible to use, the average life of a good band
'ient being ten years, of a mediocre instrument less
a that. While as many as possible are in use, only a
L in good condition.
I Jijog with new instruments the band must have fifteen
•Ijiiiforms costing $58.50 each. The present ones are still
M but the four present members who do not have uniforms
•Ijlhe seventh graders coming up next year will need
drones.
1 Once the band is functioning normally, the depreciation
upiteep, along with the instructor's salary, will amount
f lound $4,000 yearly. This would include coal to heat
(ilffldball (they have used two tons already and "haven't
'•-■I too warm at that") and the school's share of the music.
'' ly the end of the year the band, as small and incomplete
is, will have spent $4,296.48 for inescapable expenses,
majority of this will go to the instructor, the rest for the
‘fetor's retirement, music, file, tests, repair of instruments,
'’-repair and music stands.
e He Junior Chamber of Commerce gave $634.00 in 1946-47
S500.00 in 1947-48, while tuition and books brought
am All this totals exactly $1,711.80, which, when placed
the $4,296.48 expenditures, looks not only small but
s^lening—there is a $2,584.68 deficit.
I- Ike band has done a wonderful job of getting started
•5 year with the equipment they have, but for the first-
«band that Albemarle demands, they must have more
d: better material to work with.
'■* It is easy to see that the school, which is forced to operate
®:«actly the same amount of money that it did in 1937
::;h prices have doubled, cannot support a band.
IIis up to the City of Albemarle!
'iellent Records
[ Made for Term
d
i^ximately two hundred
3 are listed on the honor
'*■1 the first half of this
year. This means that
fs on every subject taken
it;ot more.
making this record are:
a
o'il> grade highest honor:
tj;Morrow, Sue Redfern, Ja-
jijtt, Betty Brunson, Phyllis
It, Joe Gaskin, Sylvia Mor-
,^*tty Sue Rogers, Barbara
I Carol Jo Herrin, Ange-
jpkins, Nancy Jo Haynes,
f^gers, Patsy Pettit, Don-
'-itli, Ann Reeder Daniel,
Litaker.
■■ Billy Lisk, Catherine
Lewis Kluttz, Nancy Mea-
.“"'ell Moose, Jane Rus-
fmie Small, Ann Swarin-
‘Mette Troutman, Patsy
_™. Nancy Austin, Jimmy
" Margaret Griffin, Bruce
tomy Skidmore, Leslie
v' Genoal Carpenter, Car
ies, Hilda Poplin, Don
> Jim Hunsucker, Doug-
*'8. James Lisk, Hamilton
Harold Smith, Jane
Betty Davis, Virginia
;«rah Ruth Cooper, Emily
■ unasay Jones, Johnny
Lowder, O’Lema
Mane Barbee, Eleanor
^^Uura Mae Plyler, Hen-
%lor’ Carpenter,
highest honor:
John Boyett, Doro-
L ,"'Phyllis Kluttz, Jane
Curlee, Lois Low-
Jean Poplin,
Wagner, Ja-
U: Causby, Wil-
ry., Charles Litaker.
■ orris, Robert Scaggs,
^“»'Vn, Lucille Burr,
^tlfv Harwood,
Wer Kimrey, Vina
Fra„[- Smith, Birdie
, Williams, Angela
ksHk ^hitley, Mary
Vey Knight, Lil-
Jaiio Burrel, Jane
» V; Coggins, Carlyn
5 ■'“i'ce Scott, Elbert
tit highest honor:
Connie Mc-
I Barbara Setz-
American Legion,
Legion Auxiliary
.Sponsor Contests
Mr. McFadyen has announced
that an oratorical contest on the
constitution, sponsored by the
American Legion, will be held at
Albemarle high school on or be
fore March 6 and that an essay
contest on “Our American Herit
age: Liberty” sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary is be
ing offered.
The Oratorical contest involves
a'ten-minute prepared speech on
the constitution. The contest
ants will then be required to
draw the number of an amend
ment and make a four-minute iin-
promptu speech on the amend
ment drawn.
There will be two county piuzes
offered. The first prize offered by
the State will be one hundred
dollars, with a second pri^e ot
fifty dollars. The winner of the
national contest will receive a
four thousand dollar scholarship
to the college of his choice.
The essay contest will be a five
hundred word essay on uur
American Heritage: Liberty.
Prizes are being offered to the
local winners.
The contests are open to all
students between the ninth ana
twelfth grades. All those
ested in either contest are urged
to see Mr. McFadyen at the earli
est possible date.
ler, Elizabeth Starr, Sarah Fran-
ces Poplin, Sara Skitoore, Wil
Ham Grigg, Ellene Holbrook
Anne Milton, Martha Moore, Bob
Gulledge. '
Honor: Bobby Barringer Hen
ry Efird, Bill Kluttz, Mary La
mar Peggy Redfern, Jane
5^ck, Jeln Bullock Helen
Cooper, Cranford ^athcock
bara Mauldin, Kathlene Morr^^,
Dwight Cranford, Henry „
Elbert Holt, Tommy Sibley Betty
Boone. Bernice Crump, Ma"^
Page, Barbara Smith Monzeu
Talbert, Hattie Tu“®f’ jphn-
Swaringen, Gene ’ cath-
nie Knight ” plyler,
fCroweirNorma Tal-
Joyce Ann j „fi.y Low-
bert, Harry Pawlik. Larry x,
‘^^'’(Continued on page seven)
The Full Moon
^lume 26 ALBEMARLE, N. C„ FEBRUARY 13, 1948 Number
District Contest
Plans Announced
Mixed Chorus, Smaller
Groups Are Working
On Music.
Several high school choral
groups and talented students un
der the direction of Paul B. Fry
plan to enter the annual district
contest, which will be held in
Charlotte on March 19. Later a
state contest will take place in
Greensboro; however, no definite
plans have been made for this
competition.
Previous plans disclose that the
mixed chorus, which consists of
about 60 voices, will sing two of
the following selections: “Blessed
Redeemer” by Bach; "Fierce Was
the Wild Billow" by Noble; and
“Jamie’s on the Stormy Sea” by
Powell.
The boys’ chorus will sing the
"Hiking Song” by Krones and
“A-roving,” an English song. The
girls’ chorus will sing “Nightfall
in Granada” by Bueno, “The
Moon Behind the Cottonwood” by
Cadman and “Come to Me (First
Movement, Sonato, Op. 27, No.
2)” by Beethoven.
The boys' double quartet, which
consists of Alex Morehead, Rich
ard Crisco, Alton Broadway, Ed
win Snuggs, Eugene Earnhardt,
Sonny Boone, Max Aldridge, and
Kent Ballard, will sing these se
lections: "Mosquitoes” by Bliss,
“De Sandman” by Protheroe,
“Joshua Fought the Battle of
Jericho” arranged by Ryder, and
"Ezekial Saw de Wheel” arrang
ed by Burleigh.
The girls’ trio will also be rep
resented, although the choice of
these voices has not been made
yet. There will also be boys’
tenor and bass solos and girls’
alto and soprano solos. The de
cision as to who will sing the
solos will be made in assembly
by several judges selected by Mr.
Fry.
CENTER IS ACTIVE
In spite of the sleet and snow
the Youth Center,took in thir
teen dollars for the March of
Dimes at a dance given January
24- . ^
Recently, bingo parties have
been part of the Youth Center’s
activity. Prizes were given to
winners. First prize was free re
freshments for the whole evening
and for second prize, a free pass
to a movie. Attendance has been
large. .
Miss Jepson, Metropolitan
Star, Delights Audience
Band Will Enter
Music Contests
For the first time in years Al
bemarle high school will enter
a band in the district music con
tests to be held in Charlotte
March 18-20.
The contest for bands will be
on March 20. The A. H. S. group
will not compete against the
older, more experienced bands,
but in a class organized for be
ginners. However, the musicians
will have an opportunity to hear
the other bands and to see how
a large, well-organized band op
erates.
The Band will also give a per
formance in chapel on February
20.
Some of the numbers that will
be played on the program are
“Mutual March”, “Military Es
cort March”, and “Mister Joe
March,” all by Harold Bennett,
and “The Argonaut Overture” by
Carl Frangkiser.
Plans Completed
For New School
Plans have been drawn for
the construction of the Efird-Wis-
cassett elementary school build
ing and bids will be received on
February 27, according to Mr.
Grigg.
The building will be located on
a site adjacent to the Congrega
tional Church on the Old Salis
bury road. This property was
given to the school by Wiscassett
Mills company last summer.
Present plans call for the con
struction of a building housing
16 classrooms, an auditorium, and
lunchroom.
The addition of this 16-room
building to the city system will
relieve present congestion and
will provide adequate space for
the present. Although it was
first planned to construct a build
ing with 20 classrooms, the high
cost of the project led officials
to dispense with the idea, plan
ning the new building so that
the other four rooms could be
added at a later date.
Let It Freeze, Let It Snow:
Somebody Would Be Satisfied
Everybody talks about the
weather, but nobody does any
thing about it, according to Mark
Twain.
However, if the students of
AHS had their way, this situation
would be remedied.
Just what would happen if they
were given the chance of govern-
ine the weather for one day.
We’re afraid poor Albemarle
rs^hor^^hrwViii^erh- is
" The'^^Sorit^o^t the day wouW
Cog"Dona"d''Ea™hardt:B^^^^^^^
Toil Stevens, Billie Taylor Chris-
^r/ra"bee,' ElvJen Si’.
H Fcsip Kimrey are among
and bssie like the
E.”w»SrSon'„in| b»ngle»™
'^^Ceorge Corriher likes it just
a* .r,hfr™
;ri •” s'l..’”'
igr I «.«■•>■“
would more than UKeiy b
Miss Helen Jepson, lovely Met
ropolitan opera soprano, present
ed a beautiful program of music
in the high school auditorium
Wednesday night in the first of
the community concerts.
Miss Jepson, who has been
singing since she was thirteen,
displayed a beautiful voice as
well as personal charm.
Her program contained a va
riety of old English melodies,
French songs, American ballads,
and unpublished manuscripts of
American composers. For en
cores Miss Jepson delighted the
audience with lighter numbers
such as “Summertime,” “Mighty
Like a Rose,” and “Merry Widow
Waltz.”
After her performance the
lovely singer commented on her
appreciative audience.
The Community Concert Asso
ciation, which sponsored Miss
Jepson’s performance, was orga
nized in Stanly County a few
weeks ago and nearly 550 mem
bers are enrolled.
History Students
To Try For Medal
Woodmen of the World are
again offering a medal to the best
history student of A. H. S.
Each American history class
will pick one. student to take an
examination prepared by Wood
men of the World. The medal
will go to the one with the high
est score.
Last year’s winner was Bill
Bradley, who competed with Bud
dy Lowder, George Winecoff, and
Mattie Barringer.
tremely hot. This would be the
hot weather fiends taking over.
Among them you might find
Bryce Luther, Jean Coats, Norma
Bogle, Frances Gaddy, and Peggy
Earp. Their reason for increas
ing the heat is simple yet ade
quate; swimming—or, as Frances
Gaddy puts it, “I like summer
best, so I can try to swim.”
The remainder of the day
would go down in history as a
phenomenon of nature, for it
would suddenly turn from dazz
ling sunshine to blinding snow.
“Who,” you ask, "could be re
sponsible for so grave an of
fense?” , . . u
Among the guilty might be
found W. T. Thompson, Billy
Thomas, Billy Morris, Farrell Ri-
denhour, Madeline Hathcock,
Keith Dry, Christine Melton, and
Melvin Carpenter. They all en
joy winter sports—you know,
sleigh riding throwing snowballs,
and the like. Melvin’s chief de
light would be to snowball a cer
tain English teacher.
From somewhere might De
heard the faint voice of Marlene
Lowder protesting that there
should be windy weather and fogs
but the rest of the school’s clam
oring would soon drown it out.
Since we know that we will not
likely have a day to please every
body, we will have to be content
(Continued on page two)
By Their Words
"Who’s moving?” — Jimmy Na
pier as he picked up Idalene Low-
der’s pocketbook.
“Somebody was knocking at
the tomb trying to get in.”—Bill
Ridenhour giving a book report
on Romeo and Juliet.
“Please, if you see a teacher
in her room by herself, don’t go
in. She’s not lonesome; she’s
just desperately trying to get her
exam papers graded.” — Mrs.
Fry just before exams.
“I don’t like to talk about mon
ey. I don’t like money—I wish I
had plenty of it.” — Mr. James
Wolfe.
"Guess again!” — Miss Caugh-
man to second year algebra stu
dents.
"Wait, let me read you the
prices again.”—Buddy Lowder at
senior meeting about a proposed
trip.
"If you have your pilot’s li
cense, go out to the airport and
fly, but leave the airplanes out
of the auditorium.”—Mr. Mc
Fadyen.
“I think Jack Palmer would
really look good in a West Point
uniform.”—Ann Johnson.
“I went to Morganton this
summer.” — Idalene Lowder to
Mr. Wilson.
"If you fall down on me—I’m
likely to fall down on you.”—Mr.
Fry to Mixed Chorus just before
“Season’s Greetings.” '
“What’s a Hottentot? Sounds
like a new kind of dance!”—Shot
gun Talbert.
“I crack a lot of good jokes,
but the trouble is that nobody
catches on to them.” — Sidney
Efird.
“In building a new world or
der we must get rid of our pro
vincial ideas.” — Reverend J. S.
Gibbs.
“Miss Caughman, I think you
are shooting us a curve.”—Frank
Winecoff.
"When I say music, I don t
mean that — what’s his name —
Frank Sinatra.” — Mr. James
Wolfe.