,„1 XIV. — No. 4
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the middle of class
; Patterson punched Page
•kabee.
paee didn’t you used to go
^Conrad?”
I'es.”
■Ijuess that makes you an ex-
,now, doesn’t it?” he asked.
♦ * *
VIEWING FOR CHORUS
'01, Mr. Fry said, “Now if
^ don’t understand something,
3 jie and let me straighten it
, (or you.”
larv Elder; ‘‘Can you straight-
i“ut of the treble cleff ?”
( * * *
McFADYEN WAS explain-
tthe term “ism” in his U. S.
lory class. He gave examples
1 as Communism, Buddhism,
fiiiddenly Earl Griffin raised
^hand. “ Mr. McFadyen,” he
“would that include
smatism?”
* ate *
ijISS MATHESON BEGAN her
sswith a question;
•What is a tax, Charlie?”
larlie Ross didn’t hesitate,
(jone of those things you sit
i he answered.
* * *
)l DISCUSSION OF FINANCES
li going on when Willis Pence
Epped that all that stood be-
ten him and being broke was
»cent and a bus token.
■At least you can ride the bus
jie poor house,” comforted Bill
tiders.
‘ « * «
^llE. HATLEY; “IF you were on
jake covered with perfectly
ijionless ice, how would you
ioff?”
teb Patterson:
ta off.”
“I reckon I’d
P HIS REPORT ON John J.
^ubon, Ed Underwood sum-
fa up two important phases in
i naturalist’s life by saying,
fhile in England, Audubon ex-
!imented on a few birds and
ally got married.”
* * *
ICLA MORRIS; The doughnuts
minly have improved lately
he Donut Dinette.
Srma Bogle; Sure! They’ve
tod using Crisco. (meaning
Sard).
« * 4:
?iNE PECK WAS TRYING to
tear interested in the con-
tsatlon of a college boy, who
t talking about his studies.
My he said, “I must go home
» I have to write an auto-
taphy.”
fBow interesting!” enthused
5e, “Who are you going to
le it on?”
* ♦ *
5S MICHAEL IN STUDY
“You two boys are mak-
Itoo much noise.”
M Whitley; “He’s helping me
»these cement nouns.”
& Michael: “What is a ce-
pt noun?”
Sides; “Oh, he means
Nte nouns. Miss Michael. He
Jte at Stanly Hardware and
rihis words mixed up.”
! * :ti *
^-^RLENE HARRINGTON ap-
flched Mrs. Fry with a troubl-
'Kpression. “Mrs. Fry,” she
f '‘all these articles in “Read-
T Digest” use ‘I’ all the way
®>igh. What do I do when I
pa report on them? Shall I
»T?”
^kat would be all right,” Mrs.
f_ answered.
Plj,” said Marlene, moving
W. “but this one sure is going
*>ind funny; ‘Why I Remain-
14 Negro’.”
* ♦ *
MAN WHO WROTE this
'®ust have been backward!”
, His mother was scared by a
m reverse,” replied Bill
hot that we haven’t seen
girls before; it’s just that
haven’t seen us!”—^Willis
talking about the Harding
%s.
j^emarle High School. Albemarle, N. C.
JVew Warehouse On Back Campus
Honor Roll Made
By 93 Students
With the horror of exams over,
the entire school breathed a sigh
of relief and prepared to plunge
into the second semester with re
newed vigor. Report cards of
193 students bore evidence of
hard work during the first se
mester, for they contained se
mester averages of all A’s
and B’s.
Those achieving this were;
Eighth Grade —
Highest honor; Marilyn Greene,
Bernice Roscoe, Marie Clayton,
Bill Huckabee, Frances Laughlen,
Carolyn Miller, Carolyn Terry,
Peggy Wilhelm, Ruth Ann Cop
ley, Carol Sue Hudson, Peggy Jo
Lowder, Barbara Lowder, Betty
Moyle, Janet Troutman, Shirley
Turner, Carolyn Williams, Rob
ert Shaver, Martha Rae Harris,
Jeanette Mabe.
Honor; Frank Burrell, Larry
Crisco, Benny Herrin, Donald
Morton, Evelyn Burris, Macie Mc-
Lester, Avanell Osborne, Helen
Starr, Julie Ussery, J. C. Boone,
Peggy Cathey, Sandra Davis,
Carolyn Doby, Mildred James,
Shirley Morton, Bob Boger, Bet
ty Gantt, Mary Louise Helms,
Shirley Deese, Peggy Jean Mor
ris, Don Thomas, Shirley Hin
son, Nelda Huneycutt, Janelle
Harrington, Sally Ausband, Mona
Rae Crotts, Trudie Weaver.
Ninth Grade —
Highest honor: Barbara Crow
ell, Nancy Jo Haynes, Jo Ann
(Continued on Page Seven)
Light Operetta To Be Given
News Bnels
The “Teachers’ News Letter”
has increased from two to seven
pages. It provides news for
teachers in the Albemarle city
schools and keeps.them inform
ed concerning the legislative
news from Raleigh.
* * *
New members of the National
Honor Society have received their
pins and guards.
* * *
Invitations have been ordered
by the seniors. Anyone who wish
es to order calling cards may see
Dick Hedden, and he will order
them.
* * *
Several students in high school
have taken the smallpox vac
cination. The county health doc
tor made a survey to find the
people who had not taken a
smallpox vaccination.
Plans Completed
For Broadcasts
Broadcasting plans have been
completed for radio programs ev-,
ery two weeks featuring some
part of the Albemarle high school
activities.
The veteran classes and Mr.
McFadyen’s U. S. history class
were among the first to appear on
the series of broadcasts. The pro-
(Continued on Page Five)
Ninth Grade Chorus Will
Present "King Koko"
In Late Spring.
“King Ko-Ko”, light operetta,
will be presented by the ninth
grade chorus class under the di
rection of Mr. Fry in the latter
part of the spring.
The setting of the operetta is
the South Sea island home of
Haha Ko-Ko Muku, chief of the
island tribe.
Characters in the presentation
are Haha Ko-Ko, played by John
ny Youngblood; La Goona, chief’s
daughter, Mickey Morton; Ono, a
young native, Clarence Griffith;
Johnny Darrell, a young avia
tion pilot, Randall Plyler; Sally
Harrison, school teacher, Nancy
Morrow; H. Finston Whizzle, Joe
Clayton; Bruz, a boy of fourteen,
Dickie Mauldin; Cissie, a girl of
twelve, Jane Russell; and Bird-
ena Throttlewaite, governess of
Bruz and Cissie, Marlene Har
rington.
Practices are being held now,
but it is not certain when the
operetta will be given. Definite
plans will be announced later.
OVERHEARD: “My folks think
I should pay less attention to
boys and more to algebra, but I
say which am I going to use the
most in life —algebra or boys?”
Spending Poll Reveals Amazing Results-
Frosh Are Misers; Seniors, Spendthrifts
According to a poll taken re
cently in a freshman and a sen
ior home room, the Full Moon
found out about how much a
student changes on his way
through the sophomore and ]un-
*°Here*is the poll as it was given:
How much money do
spend a week? How much do you
spend on movies, gum, candy,
soft drinks, clothes, gifts, savings
and miscellaneous items, ine
girls were asked how much they
qoend a week on cosmetics and
Jdfand ends. The boys were
asked an estimate of ‘he money
onpnt on eirls and on cigareiies>
lach week. There certainly were
• +Vi crrflrfp boys admitted
Three ninth grace 44
smoking. Two boys spend $1-44
I weS each and one spends 34
cents.
Another interesting fact is that
only seniors take out girls, and
that they spend only 75 cents a
week on them. Freshmen males
must not be interested—yet!
Seems like the seniors have a
better allowance—an average of
$4 37 as compared to the fresh
man’s $3.15 a week. The sen^
iors must spend more on odds and
ends too. , .
Clothes! Who buys his own
clothes? Nobody! Seniors spend
$2.00 a week—freshmen, 40 cents.
The freshmen girls spend an ab
solute nothing for clothes. As one
girl so aptly put it. My parents
buy my clothes, and I spend my
allowance.” . „
For movies the seniors are still,
ahead, with approximately two
movies a week to the ninth grad-
frt' one and one-half. Maybe
Lme can still get in at half-
^'Freshmen spend each week an
average of 12 cents and seniors
February, 1949
Veterans Finish
New Warehouse
Completion of the new ware
house on the lot adjacent to the
rear of the school house was
achieved recently by the vet
erans’ classes, announced Mr.
Morris.
The warehouse, which will pro
vide storage space for the schools,
is divided into three rooms. One
is Mr. Cranford's work room, one
is a storage room for the school
cafeteria supplies, and one large
room is for general storage and
housing space for a truck.
With this much-needed project
completed, it is hoped that it will
provide room in the high school
building for a badly-needed gen
eral projection room.
The warehouse, 25 ft. by 50 ft.,
is constructed of brick on the
outside wall, concrete blocks on
the inside wall, a cement floor,
a tin based roof, and is completed
with W'ood. Participating in the
construction were the masons,
carpenters, drafters, and sheet-
metal workers of the veterans’
classes.
Annual Reaches
Its Crossroads
“Crossroads” has been receiv
ed by the Dowd Press with fly
ing colors, and the annual staff
has been notified that the ma
terial was in perfect order. This
may all seem very simple to the
bystanders, but on the con
trary every step was like walking
on air.
Although labeling every pic
ture, getting every name in or
der, and typing all manuscript
was a fight, the real struggle
came when Charles Almond, Don
Kirkpatrick, and Bill Fesperman
undertook the job of wrapping
and packing the material.
At first was the problem of
what to put it in, which was
quickly solved by a donation of
one box by City Market. Next
came the cord and wrapping pa
per, which Mr. Wilson generously
supplied. After the box was neat
ly packed and wrapped, Mrs.
Helms did her part toward the
hectic puzzle by typing the ad
dresses.
At last, “Crossroads” w’as ready
to be put to bed! With a broad
grin and a sigh of relief, Mrs.
Fry walked wearily into the post
office w'ith the box, only to find
that it was necessary to express
the material. So finally, after
being insured for one thousand
dollars, “Crossroads” has hit the
road.
an average of 33 cents on each of
these items: gum, candy, and
drinks.
For miscellaneous items sen
iors spend $1.33 to the frosh’s 54
cents. Well! Apparently one
thing a student learns in school
is how to be spendthrift any
way. The frosh saves about two
times as much as the senior and
these old senior girls spend twice
as much on cosmetics.
Isn’t that interesting? May
be you distrust polls because of
what happened in the last elec
tion, but this one is based on the
average to show what happens to
the freshmen’s and to the sen
iors’ money.
Could be that life gets more
complicated as you grow up.
Could be that more demands are
made on seniors. Whatever it is,
everyone will agree that whether
a freshman or a senior, one needs
By Their Words
“My girl doesn’t drink any
thing stronger than pop, but
pop’ll drink anything.” — Bob
Youngblood.
“Charlotte’s coming over here
with heels.” (meaning high
heels).—Mr. Fry.
“Put your nose back on. Pence.”
—Bob Patterson after Willis gave
an enormous sneeze.
“The girls looked like amoebas
at Meiedith!” (meaning all dif
ferent shapes).—Mr. R. C. Hatley.
“Remember, you can’t take it
with you—and even if you did,
it would probably melt.”—Rev.
Akers
“Clauses? I’m sorry, but I only
know one—and that's Santa.”—
Edward Buie.
“W'hen you hand in a joke to
Frances Gaddy, write an explana
tion for her and then write the
joke for other people.”—David
Gaddy.
"I’m getting about as silly as
you are.” — Mr. Fry to Mixed
Chorus class.
“Sally, don’t lose your comb.
It's the only one I have.”—Mar
lene Lowder.
"Listen to me! I may say
something you want to hear.”—
Miss Caughman.
I’m going to pass these exams
rirrmonVtonV7rnlo^^^^^^ even UI have'to study!”-Bob
world. l^oungblood.