VOL. XV. \ ALBEMARLE, N. C. —NOVEMBER 4, 1949 No. 2
Mrs. J. A. Groves Gives Piano To High School
FULL MOON STAFF—Seated: Dwight Cranford, Harry Pawlik, Sara Skidmore, Roy Holt, Jane Bul
lock, Hattie Tucker, Mary Helen Cooper, Mary Lamar, and Gaynelle Chandler. Second row: Mrs.
Fry, Allen Tindall, Carroll Davis, Barbara Setzler, Ellene Holbrook, Jean Bullock, George Lee,
Marie Roscoe, Henry Forrest, Bernice Crump, Henry Efird, Conrad Crotts, John Helms, Bill Kluttz,
Stancil Aldridge, and Connie McLain. Third row: Bob Morton, Howard Plyler, Bob Youngblood,
Cranford Hathcock, Gene Laughter, Earl Griffin, and Boyd Furr.
Music Is Planned
For AHS-Harding
Concert Dec. 7
The joint Harding-Albemarle
Christmas concert will be held at
Harding high school this year on
December 7.
Mr. Cook, Harding director, and
Mr. Fry, Albemarle choral direct
or, have decided on the following
songs to be sung:
“Joy to the World”, arranged by
Ringwald and Shaw; “It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear”, arrang
ed by Ringwald and Shaw; “An
gels We Have Heard on High”,
arranged by Ringwald; “O Come
All Ye Faithful”, arranged by
Shaw; Luther’s Cradle Hymn” ar
ranged by Ringwald and Shaw; “O
Come, O Come Emmanuel”, a
plainsong melody arranged by
Shaw; “Silent Night”, arranged by
Gruber-Welzel; “O Little Town of
Bethlehem”, arranged by Shaw.
“We Three Kings”, arranged by
Shaw; “The First Noel”, arranged
by Ringwald; “Hark the Herald
Angels Sing”, arranged by Ring
wald and Shaw; “Lo How a Rose
E'er Blooming”, Praetorius; Wil
lie, Take Your Drum”, a Burgun-
dain folk song arranged by Strlck-
ling; “Carol of the Bells”, a Uk-
ranian carol written by Leonto-
vich and arranged by Wilhousky.
“Christmas Hymn”, a 17th cen
tury song arranged by Jungst;
“Deck the Halls”, Welch carol
arranged by Erickson; “Sleep of
the Child Jesus”, by Gevaert;
“Coventry Carol” arranged by
Scott; “I Wonder as I Wander,”
arranged by Niles and Horton;
and “Go Tell It on the Mountain,”
a Negro spiritual, arranged by
Work.
Other plans for the day will be
announced at a later date.
7 A.H.S. Students
Among Winners
In State Contest
Seven AHS students are among
the sixty who were chosen from
the western division of the state
to compete in the finals of the
safety contest being sponsored
by the American Mutual Liabil
ity Insurance company.
Winners ..are Hattie Tucker,
Sarah Frances Poplin, Barbara
Setzler, Martha Moore, Lib Starr,
Henry Forrest, and Jack Morton.
Half of the 30 alternates also
come from AHS: Bryant Stallings,
Joan Marbry, Marlene Page, Roy
Holt, Sara Skidmore, Janet Deese,
Bobbie Watson, Johnnie Knight,
Vernon Lisk, Gaynelle Chandler,
Reba Frick, Edith Mauldin, Mil
dred Kelly, Kathleen Hudson, and
Bob Youngblood.
The contest consisted of an
swers to questions on safety and
200-word essays on some phase
of safety in the home or on the
highway.
Winners are to compete further
in radio programs over WBT. In
10 such programs the 60 win
ners will be reduced to 10 con
testants, and that number will
be reduced in two more programs
Until, in the final broadcast,
there will be only one contestant
from each of the state’s three
districts.
The grand prize is a $1,000
scholarship to the college of the
dinner’s choice, and several oth-
prizes will be awarded.
There were approximately 8,-
000 contestants in the state and
2,500 in this district.
By Theii Wozds
“Make up your mind where you
to go and then go ahead.”
—Mrs Quids.
. “This is a terrible world, it’s
dominated by women.” —Bob Hat
ley.
“We’ve been solving our alge
bra problems by transporta-
^on (meaning transposition).”—
Henry Forrest.
^ “Mrs. Fry, may I go see Peggy
^edfern about the Bible?” —Bob
Youngblood.
“I can stop talking, believe it
or not!" Roy Holt.
' “When we vote for superlatives
should get ‘biggest all around’.”
Jane Little. •
‘.‘I thought Howard Plyler was
?oing to wait until we won a foot-
game before he cut his hair,
5^t I guess he got tired of paying
dog tax.”—Jean Bullock.
AnnualDedicated
To Class Sponsor
The 1950 Crossroads, A. H. S.
annual, will be dedicated to Miss
Chicora Caughman,' senior spon
sor, the Seniors voted at a recent
meeting in the auditorium.
Gaynelle Chandler, editor, pre
sented a possible list of super
latives which consisted of the
superlatives used last year and
several additional ones, a vote
was taken which showed the
seniors preferred the old super
latives. Copies were made and
distributed among the seniors
who voted for the senior boys
and girls they considered most
eligible for the superlatives.
The winners’ names will not
be revealed until the publicat
ion of the annual.
The question of what the seni
or girls preferred to wear in
their annual pictures was brou
ght up in the second meeting
held Wednesday. It seems that
many of the girls wi^h to be
sweater girls as they voted to
wear slipover sweaters with
pearls.
137 Girls, 47 Boys
Make Honor Roll;
Seniors Hold Lead
The senior class, according to
report cards ^received last Mon
day, is the honor class of the
school, placing 44 out of 184
students on the honor roll. In
the entire school, girls led the
list with 137, while the boys plac
ed only 47 on the roll.
Eighth Grade —
Highest Honor: Craig Smith,
Betty Burris, Carolyn Burris, Sal
ly Crook, Anne Russell, Kay
Snuggs, Sylvia Whitley, Mary
Foreman, Bettie Early, Eleanor
Ann Ivey, Carolyn Lyerly, Ral|)h
Setzler, Georgia ^Beaver, Jimmie
Griffin, Arthur Lynn.
Honor: C. B. Crook, Jr., Jimmy
Howelly Larry Yow, Patty Sue Al
mond, ■ Janet Glover, Yvonne
Sheppard, Jo Ann Atkins, Mar
garet Brunson, Kathryn Groves,
Barbara Holt, Jeanette Howard,
Bobby Reeves, Victor Dry, Lydia
Hall, Emily Morton, Shirley
Swaringen, Claud Grigg, Dan
Sibley, Larry Talbert, Vann Dorn
Camp, Claudelle Chandler, Sue
Hunsucker, Laura Doby, Doris
Hinson, Vann Lowder.
Ninth Grade —
Highest Honor: Ellen Crook,
Robert Shaver, Bernice Roscoe.
Honor: Marie Clayton, Marilyn
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NEWS BRIEFS
Students Enjoy Holiday
Students of Albemarle high
school were given a half holi
day October 21, when teachers
from the city and county schools
attended the NCEA meeting in
Charlotte.
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Full Moon Office Painted
The Full Moon office has re
cently been given a new coat of
paint. Now the dirt is covered
with a snazzy, but pleasing
shade of green.
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French Students Order Paper
Six second year French stu
dents have subscribed for a
French newspaper, Le Francois
a La Page. Those subscribing are
Mary Lamar, Kathleen Hudson,
Martha Moore, Mary Helen
Cooper, Ann Milton, and Attrice
Rich.
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Teachers to Greensboro
Three teachers of the city
schools, Mr. Fry, Miss Wor
sham, and Mrs. J. W. Almond,
attended the fall conference of
the North Carolina Congress of
Music Educators in Greensboro
October 24.
While there. Miss Worsham
was elected president of the N.
C. Piano Teachers association.
Members of the local FHA
chapter will welcome to AHS on
November 12, five hundred stu
dents from the surrounding
counties who will attend the
District FHA rally which is to
be held here.
The program of the rally
which was agreed upon promi
ses to be a very interesting one
with several local students ta
king part. Mr. McFayden and
Martha Rae Harris, who will also
act as recording secretary, will
extend the greeting. The high
school band will render special
music during the registration of
the guests, and group singing
will be presented. Jane Rogers
will accompany the singing.
The main feature of the pro
gram will be a talk given by
Mrs. Jane Renfrew Browne of
Charlotte, entitled “Fashion On
A Shoestring.”
The dresses made in the home
ec. classes will be displayed in
the home ec. department. Rich
field will set up the display
which they presented at the
Stanly County Fair, “Four Keys
to Sewing.” A bulletin board on
the FHA activities will be fea-
Full Moon Stail
Fully Organized
The Full Moon staff for- this
year has been appointed from
members of Mrs. Fry’s first
period Senior English class and
is now actively at work.
Assisting editor Roy Holt, who
was elected last spring are Jane
Bullock as managing editor;
Harry Pawlik, news editor; Jo
Fox, feature editor; H. H. Forrest,
Jr., Sports editor.
Sports writers are Stancil Al
dridge, John Helms, Bill Kluttz
and Carroll Davis.
Feature writers include Cran
ford Hathcock, Gene Laughter,
George Lee, Bob Morton, Connie
McLain Barbara Setzler, Mary
Helen Cooper, Bob Youngblood,
Gaynellfe Chandler, and Dwight
Cranford.
Reporters are Jean Bullock,
Attrice Rich, Marie Roscoe, Allen
Tindall, Ellen Holbrook, Bern
ice Crump, Boyd Furr, Henry
Efird, Hattie Tucker, and Conrad
Crotts.
Assisting business manager
Sara Skidmore are Earl Griffin,
and Howard Plyler.
Mary Lamar is handling the
circulation.
tured by Stanfield, and from
New London there will be a bul
letin board composed of pic
tures of the fair exhibits.
The Badin fair winner of 21
prizes will show her canning in
the kitchen.
The stage is to be decorated
with red roses, the flower of the
organization, by the Endy chap
ter. There will also be a plaque
of the the FHA placed on the
stage.
iUbemarle will be the host
ess for 500 girls representing 56
schools. The counties included
are Anson, Mecklenburg, Cata
wba, Montgomery, Union and
Stanly, The Albemarle chapter
will be responsible for parking
the cars, giving out programs,
acting as hostesses in the cafe
teria, and directing the girls
about the campus. Music and
dancing will also be directed at
lunch for the girls.
Plans for the rally were com
pleted at the last meeting held
in the high school auditorium,
during which time officers for
the year were installed, and
talks were presented by these
officers.
Baldwin Concert
Grand Dedicated;
Pianists Perform.
A Baldwin concert grand piano
was presented by Mrs. J. A.
Groves to Albemarle high school
in assembly this morning and
dedication ceremonies were held.
The piano, measuring seven
feet in length, was manufactured
by the Baldwin Piano Company
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was per
sonally and specifically selected
for the high school by Mr. Sand
er, tone expert of the Baldwin
company, along with some artists
of the Cincinnati Symphony or
chestra. This group of experts
chose this $3600 piano from' a
group of 40 concert grands which
came through the factory at the
same time.
The high school stage, which
had been completely refinished
for the occasion, was appropriate
ly decorated. Potted palms and
a variety of flowers graced the
front of the auditorium.
After the student body sang
“America”, Mr. Grigg brought a
brief message of appreciation for
this gift. Following this, Mrs.
Groves made the presentation.
Mr. A. P. Harris, chairman of the
school board, and Bobby Bar
ringer, president of the student
body, briefly responded, express
ing the appreciation of the school
board and of the students.
A special musical program,
furnished by Mr. Fry, Connie Mc
Lain, Gaynelle Chandler, Con
rad Crotts, and Tommy Sibley,
brought the dedication cere
monies to an end.
10 New Members
Are Tapped
Ten new members were tapped
into the National Honor Society
in a formal ceremony held during
the assembly period October 7.
Roy Holt, Ellene Holbrook,
Henry Forrest, Jean Bullock, Jane
Bullock, Bob Gulledge, Martha
Moore, Connie McLain, Lib Starr,
and Barbara Setzler were tapped
on the basis of their character,
scholarship, leadership and service
shown throughout their years at
high school.
The members of the National
Honor Society chosen last year,
walked down the aisle to the
processional. Prayer from Finlan
dia, played by Mr. Fry. The mem
bers were Elbert Holt, Bobby
Barringer, Bill Grigg, Gaynelle
Chandler, Sara Skidmore, and
Jack Morton.
After the student body had
sung “Fairest Lord Jesus,” Elbert
Holt gave a talk on the ideals of
the society, after which Bob Bar
ringer read the scripture and led
in prayer. Other talks were then
given by Bill Grigg, Character;
Gaynelle Chandler, Scholarship;
Sara Skidmore, Leadership; and
Jack Morton, Service.
Following these talks, the new
members were tapped into the
society and brought to the stage
by old members of the society.
Lib Star Chosen
Yuletide Queen
Lib Starr has been chosen
Miss Merry Christmas to repre
sent AHS at the annual Yule-
tide celebration and parade to
be held here late in November.
Miss Starr, a senior, was chosen
by the senior class at the meet
ing last Tuesday.
Other contestants were Mary
Helen Cooper and Hatie Tucker;
also members of the senior class.
Marshals will accompany Lib
in the parade and will also at
tend her at the banquet and
dance that is to be given in the
evening.
FHA Rally Will Be Held