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ALBEMARLE, N. C„ JUNE, 1948
tudent Participant Program Planned
leverend Ralph Taylor
Number 8
ieeman, Rhodes and
Seymore To Take
Part In Service.
,(erend Ralph Taylor, pastor
If Central Methodist Church,
” deliver the Baccalaureate
3on Sunday night, June 6,
-«rend U- N. Freeman, pas-
ot the First Pilgrim Holi-
Church, will give the invo-
and Reverend G. H.
Ifs, pastor of the Lutheran
'111 will pronounce the bene-
Reverend J. A. Seymore,
;,r of the Grace Baptist
:li, will read the Scripture,
jngsto be sung by the senior
are “Praise We Sing To
by J. Haydn; “Dear Lord
Father of Mankind”, by Ma-
land the “Sevenfold Amen’’,
Lutkin, in response to the
:(diction.
’ji\e Divine, All Loves Excel-
and “Seal Us, O Holy
pt" are to be sung by the
snce,
W of Our Fathers” will be
sed as the processional and
iicli Romaine” as the reces-
Work In Science
Is Demonstrated
At Annual Fair
Students of the General Sci
ence, Biology, Chemistry, and
Physics classes held a Science
Open House at A. H. S. Tuesday,
A.ay „5. The program was un
der the supervision of Mr. R. c
Hatley and Miss Warren.
Upon entering the building, the
parents vere asked to sign the
register, after which they were
conducted downstairs to the Gen
eral Science door, which was il-
lurninated by a large neon “S”.
Inside the darkened room pic
tures drawn by the pupils were
being flashed upon a screen and
explained.
nt’ni'.rd on pr.gj ITl
For Commencement
* * * * * *
Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon
NEW COUNCIL OFFiCERS
Bowers, Gnihn
Have Led Seniois
arshals Chosen
Jean Bowers and Lou Merle
Griffin are valedictorian and
j salutatorian respectively for the
! commencement exercises this
( year. They were chosen because
they have made the highest av-
„ ^ erages in the senior class during
fly Jean Poplin, of the elev- their four years in high school.
1 grade, was chosen chief Jean, besides holding her
stial for the commencement grades high, is very popular
tises by popular vote of the j around school. Her honors in-
! elude being a member of the
ler marshals chosen were Honor Society, editor of the Full
ollows: eleventh grade, Jerry Moon, president of the French ,
ier, Mary Anna Peck, and club, in the cast of the senior
liGaskin; tenth grade, Jane ■ play, “Who’s Who”, member of
the w'elcome committee, and
Marshal, and she was chosen'
Miss Merry Christmas to repre
sent A. H. S. in the Christmas pa
rade.
Lou Merle, also popular with
the student body, was chosen
class poet, is associate editor of;
the Full Moon, member of the
Honor Society, student council
member, chairman of the wel
come committee, and a member
of the Dramatic, Creative writing,
and Library clubs.
lusicians Are Presented
In Concert by Fry, Hatley
student Council officers, recently elected to serve for next year,
are, left to right, Jerry Lowder, president; Harry Pawlik, \?ice-
president; Dwight Cranford, treasurer; and Helen Bowers,
secretary.
Jerry Lowder To Be President
Of Student Body Next Year
*k, Jean Bullock, Bobby
iiger, and WMlliam Grigg;
-igrade, Elbert W'hitley and
’atterson.
E year the marshals were
tod by popular vote in their
live classes. Those eligible
students making honor roll
first semester. i
se marshals will serve at
Baccalaureate sermon on
iiy night and at the com
ment exercises Thursday I
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM
Processional "Pomp and
Circumstance'
Invocation Rev. R. E. Watts
"America, the Beautiful" Ward
Senior Class
Addresses Has the School
Met Our Needs?
Introduction Buddy Lowder
Guidance Ann Johnson
Preparation for
College Alex Moorehead
Vocational Prepara
tion Jeneece Lowder
Social Training Cecil Milton
Training for Mar
riage Lou Merle Griffin
Training for Life in a
Democracy Jean Bowers
Presentation of
Diplomas A. P. Harris
"Auld Lang Syne" Scotch Air
Senior Class
Recessional Alma Mater
Six Seniors To Speak;
113 Seniors To He
(iiven Diplomas.
"Has The School Mel Our
Needs?" will be the topic of the
commencement e.xerci.ses to lie
iield on June 10. Six seniors will
give the addresses in a student
partici[)ation program.
The seniors will marcii into the
auditorium to the tune of "I’omp
and Circumstance" played l\v
Mr. Fry, Betty Jean Poplin, chief
rnarshal, will head the proces
sion leading the mascots, Judy
Wilson and Wayne Huneycutt.
Reverend R. p;. Watts, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
will deliver the invocation.
The entire senior class, with the
exception of the six speakers, will
sing “America the Beautiful" by
Ward.
Unlike the traditional program
in which .some noted pi-ri^onage
speaks, the e.xercises this year
will he carried out almost en
tirely through student participa
tion.
The topic, “Has The School Met
Our Needs,” will he discussed by
six of the mo.st outstanding mem
bers of the senior cla.ss. They
were chosen by a committe> com
posed of Mr. McFadyen and .sev
eral seniors and were selected for
their writing and siieaking abil
ity. The program was written
with the idea of informing the
[)arents of Albemarle of exactly
what training A. H. S. is giving
her pupils and in what instruc
tion she is lacking.
The speakers will be introduc
ed by Buddy Lowder, president
In the elections of student body of the senior class. Ann John.son
Pawlik, Bowers, ( ran-
ford To Hold Other
Positions.
Concert, directed by , March” by Klein. Following se-
(”■ fry and Spencer Hatley, i lections w'ere: “Argonaut Over-
tesented by the high school | ture” by Frangkiser, “Landsight-
wpartment in the audi- i ing” by Greig, “Normal” (March)
1 on May 18. i by Bennett, “Spring Festival
Drst part of the program 1 Overture” by Johnson, “Idle
0 music by the Girls’! Fancy” (Serenade) by Bennett,
Koys’ Chorus, Girls’ En- ! “The Merry Widow” by Lehar,, Miss Michael are planning to
''Boys' quartet, and Mix-i and “Uncle Sam” (March) by enter summer school this sum-
Buchtel mer to renew their teaching cer-
Sue Herrin
Miss Maxw'ell, Miss Morton,
Miss Holbrook, Mr. Peiffer and
*1 the Girls’
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as accom- i
I Chorus sang ■
,i ^ Fisherman” by
iT’, ‘Always’’ by Berlin:
‘w Moon Behind the Cot-
z by Cadman.
Boys’ Quartet'
w bandman” by Prothero i Seniors have a variety of plans
♦Girls’ Ensemble render-j for the future as they .receive
“3rd a Forest Praying” bv I their diplomas Thursday night.
K y , Charlotte Memorial Hos-
Chorus, accompanied pital will be training Maryleen
7 Beaver, sang “A-rovin” I Efird and Joanne Cook while
®obertson, “Friendship’s ' Jeanette Sells and Betty Taylor
J lAlma Mater), and the are studying at the Presbyterian
of the Captain” by , Hospital School of Nursing. Rob^
bie Thompson, Betty Crisco, and
Betty Lou Hatley will be at Row
an Memorial in Salisbury, and
Anita Ledbetter will be at the
Asheville Mission Hospital.
Betty Lee McQueen, Jane Red-
wine, Betty Vaughn Rogers Carol
Rogers, Lillian Gaskin,
Whitley, and Ann Johnson will
know the life of a freshman
W C. U. N. C.
—Secretaries and
» brief intermission, the i will also be ™,^%t Jo-
Kn its portion of the Louise Poplin, Broadus Sc .
Playing “The Booster ! an Hinson, Margaret Harwood,
tificates.
officers held recently, the follow
ing officers were elected: Jerry
Lowder, president; Harry Pawlik,
vice-president: Helen Bowers, sec-
letary: and Dwight Cranford,
treasurer.
Jerry is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society and is in
the Mixed Chorus and the Boys
Chorus. Jerry’s opponent was
Marion Sifford.
Harry started coming to this
school at the first of .second se
mester. He won over Doug
Archer.
Helen was the captain of her
homeroom’s basketball and soft
ball teams last year. She was
also on the basketball team this
year. Virginia Brown was Hel
en’s opponent.
Dwight is president of his
homeroom this year. He is also
on the tumbling team and a
member of the Boosters and Mon
ogram clubs. He won over Ralph
Kimrey.
In this year's election five hun
dred and thirty out of seven hun
dred students registered and five
hundred and twenty voted.
di.scu.ss guidance for the
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fu-
Look Out World! Here They Come!
Voice to Heaven Sound-
0 v°Jto>ansky, “Bless the
“Thp IPPolitov-
lami5 City” by Ad-
Upll the Stormy Sea”
’ “Morning” by
selections ren-
Chorus, w'hich
‘^'^Panied by Sally Bea-
BAND
Madge Harris, and Sara Archer
going to business school.
Audrey Thompson will major
in Theology in God’s Bible Col
lege in Cincinnati, Ohio, while
Margaret Cole studies music.
Jean Bowers, Betty Bowers,
Jane Gulledge, Betty Jo Hatley,
and Charles Reap w'lll be at
tending Duke University.
Names that will be added to
Uncle Sam’s army are WiHiam
Haire A. L. Hudson, Walter
Simpson, Edwin Snuggs, Eugene
Speight, Clifford Harkey, and
Douglas Phillips.
An MRS degree is the amh>-
tion of Evelyn Hathcock Kath
leen Cranford, Idalene Lowder,
moeene Lowder, Mavaleen Scar
borough, and Mary Elizab^h
Lowder. Ramelle Troutman Sim^
mons will continue bemg a
housewife.
By Their Words
“No habit, no pleasure, no
amusement is good for you that
lessens your respect for your par
ents, for the church, for the law,
for that which is clean and de
cent.”—Nr. Neilson.
“Please be at school tomorrow
if you are to be in any of the
pictures—and come rea.sonably
dressed."—Jimmy Miller.
“Sonny, don’t climb up and
down the curtains.”—Mrs. Peiffer
to Sonny Boone at play practice.
“Dwight Cranford is a fine fel
low to run for treasurer, but
there’s no demand for fine fel
lows.”—Robert Thorpe making a
campaign speech.
“Horses? Did someone say
horses?—and there they go.”—
Jimmy Kelly,
“More people get killed by un
loaded guns than loaded ones.”—
Mr. Hatley.
“High school boy and high
school girl—neck and neck.”—
Rinso Gaskin.
"I’ve been stinking (meaning
thinking) steadily for the past
two weeks.”—Buddy Lowder.
“W'hen will we give that Eas
ter program?”—Jimmy Napier.
“Gosh! Imagine dating a girl
with a pool table.” — Sidney
Elnora Smith and Robert Beal
are going to Wake Forest, while
Ann Hopkins and Lou Merle Grif
fin are going to Mars Hill.
Bob Melton, Alex Moorehead,
Howard Page, Carol Poplin, Frank Lnrci. , , , . u,
Winecoff, George WUnecofT, Tom “I couldn t sleep all night
Hinson, Cecil Milton, J. C. Red- thinking about these roses I was
wine and Horace Lowder are going to get—and now I can’t
going to State College. make them .stay in the vase. —
Money looks good to Louise Miss Matheson.
McLeod, Mattie Sue Lucas, Lou- "i have a horror of getting out
ise Lambert, Maxine Burris, Bet- of school and having to work
ty Jean Hatley, Nancy Glover,
Rosa Belle Burris, Mattie Bar
ringer, Jean Sides, Avalyne
Thomas, June Thompson, Elsie
Tucker, Raymond Talbert, Hoyle
Talbert, Richard Perry, Joe Al
dridge, Ted Austin, Betty Pen
nington, Lloyd Barringer, Eugene
Burris, Kent Ballard, Gene Har
rington, Harold Holt, Halbert
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every day.”—Maryleen Efird.
“People can laugh you into
Hell, but they can’t laugh you
out of it."—Mr. Neil.son.
That’s just as nice as it can
be. It sounds like velvet."—Mr.
Fry to Mixed Chorus.
“He zagged when he ought to
have zigged.”—Coach Webb, talk
ing about a bicycle accident.