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Vol. XV.
ALBEMARLE, N. C.MARCH 10, 1950
No. 5
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MARTHA MOORE WAS the
first student on the physics lab
oratory injury list for this year.
After an experiment, some
other physics students were
working with a house jack on
the lab table when it began to
fall. Standing by the table,
Martha saw the jack falling and
tried to catch it.
She caught it—^right on the
end of her toe.
Result: Martha on crutches.
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TOO OF THE SHORTEST 9th
graders—Douglas Simpson and
Larry Crisco — were discussing
the talk of Mr. Kovacs.
“He said his mother was a
German,” said Doug. “Wonder
what our families were.”
“My daddy’s people were Ger
man,” Larry declared.
“Yeah,” answered Doug, “but
where’s your long legs at?” N.B.
Mr. Kovacs had attributed his
height and long legs to the fact
that his mother was a German.
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THE LIFE OF A REPORTER
has its disadvantages.
“Earl, you haven’t handed in
any Here and There’s,” Mrs. Fry
reminded him.
“Mrs. Fry,” he protested, “I
couldn’t help it. I’ve been lis
tening and listening for some
body to say something funny,
and there ain’t nobody said
nothing yet.”
* * *
henry FORREST HAD his lit
tle brother at school recently
and took him into Mixed Chorus
class with him.
While Mr. Fry was talking to
hini, the little boy started whis
pering into his ear.
“It’s outside,” burst out Bob
Youngblood, “first door to the
left.”
* * *
IT IS INCIDENTS such as this
that brighten up the wait in
the cafeteria line:
Bob Barringer, at the back of
the line, called to Henry For
rest, near the front, “General
Washington, I have a message
from the men at the back of the
line.”
“What is it?” asked Henry.
“Change places!” commanded
Bob.
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. PREPARING FOR A LESSON
in bisecting in biology class,
Mrs. Lykes, who was busily put-
ting worms in a pan, asked Jimmy
Skidmore to serve the worms.
Jimmy began his task, but
suddenly turned to ask,
. “Mrs. Lykes, since I’m serv
ing, which is the proper way to
serve—to the left or to the
right?”
* * *
SERIOUSLY DISCUSSING THE
niatter of choosing a college for
next year, Barbara Brown turned
to Ellene Holbrook and asked,
.“Would you learn more at a
girls’ school or a co-educational
school?”
“Well,” replied Ellene, “it de
pends on what you want to
learn.”
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the director of “It’s a
Date” announced that for peo
ple over 12 the price of admis
sion would be $1.00.
Stansil Aldridge was heard
exclaiming, “Gee, wonder if I
can still get into my Cub Scout
suit!”
* * *
COB GRIFFIN COMING back
from a date with his girl in Kan
napolis joyfully exclaimed:
“Dick, she told me she loved me
at first sight!”
“Who did?” demanded Dick.
“That cross-eyed girl?”
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ONLY THIS MUCH OF the
conversation was overheard:
Bill Kluttz: “Henry, can you
stand on your head?”
Henry Efird: “No, it’s too
high!”
Convention Held
At Qoncord High
Chandler, Represent
ing AHS Honor Group
Gives Devotional.
Several members of the Na
tional Honor Society attended
the National Honor Society con
vention which was held at Con
cord high school March 3 and 4.
Gaynelle Chandler was chos
en, as the official delegate from
the Albemarle chapter and was
in charge of.the devotions Friday
morning. Others attending from
A.H.S. were Roy Holt, Bob Gul-
ledge, Martha Moore, and Bar
bara Setzler.
The main features Friday
morning were the discussions of
the Tapping Procedures, the
Four Cardinal Principals, Meth
ods of Elevating Standards of
Scholarship, and Worthy Pro
jects which Benefit Our School
and Community.
A play entitled “Ugly Duck
ling” was presented to the Hon
or Society delegates Friday aft
ernoon by the Concord chapter.
The big event of the conven
tion was Friday night when
Frank P. Graham addressed the
crowd in the Sauvain audito
rium. Following his talk, an in
formal dance was held for the
visitors at the Community Boys’
club.
The last session was held Sat
urday morning when the new
officers were elected for the
Honor Society State convention
in 1950 and ’51.
There were from 200 to 300
guests present. They stayed in
the homes of the Honor Society
members and the student body
during their visit.
The convention last year was
held at Lenoir, N. C., on April
8 and 9.
D. O. BASKETBALL TEAM
First row—Stancil Aldridge, Douglas Archer, Claude Hartsell.
Second row—Jimmy Austin, Tommy Lilly and Ed Whitley.
Sonbonnet Girl" to Feature
Romantic and Comedy Roles
News Bzie^s
Easter Holidays
A. H. S. will celebrate their
Easter holidays on April 7-10.
Homeroom Dance
Mrs Peiffer.’s homeroom en
joyed a party February 16. De
licious refreshments were served,
while those who desired danced.
Solution For World Unrest
Is Unity, Says Emre Kovacs
“I am a Kovacs by birth, a
Hungarian by compulsion, and
an American by choice,” said
Emre Kovacs, the brilliant Hun-
garian-born lecturer and student
of European and American so
cial problems, in an address to
the A. H. S. student body Febru
ary 21.
Mr. Kovacs attributed the
world’s unrest and disturbances
to Isaiah 55:8, “For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith
the Lord.”
“I am grateful that I can ad
dress American audiences, es
pecially the young people, whom
I ask, ‘What makes America
Great’?” was his statement be
fore he spoke of the serious
world problems.
In Mr. Kovacs opinion, Eur
ope, set so long in her ways,
has taught her children to build
social fences which tend to
cause disturbances and rumors
of war. Such' barriers as ex
treme nationalism, unfair prej
udices, religious denomination-
alism’ economic injustice, and
power politics were emphasized
by the Hungarian as the torch
lights of European unrest.
On the other hand, Mr. Ko
vacs compared America with a
flower garden, -an orchestra, or
a beautiful church window.
These combinations possess uni
ty and harmony, the speaker ex
plained before saying, “America
displays a great harmony for
democracy.”
America is great because of
its brotherhood, compassion, fair
play, and decency. Mr. Kovacs
suggested that in order for
America to remain great “We
must stay firmly united, permit
individual freedom, protect the
majority, not the minority, and
encourage competition. There is
no defense in the hydrogen
bomb since the user will be
wiped out in the process of de
stroying others. What we need
is a United States of the world.
We need to have a United Na
tions with teeth in it, with
strength, and with the hydrogen
bomb. Americans can help at
tain this desired United Nations
by prayer and paper bullets
(letters) to our congressmen let
ting them know this is what we
want.”
In closing, the ‘American by
choice’ advocated “As often as
we sing ‘God Bless America”,
let’s remember, America, to bless
God.’'
One-Act Play Is
To Be Given Soon
Rehearsals for the one-act
play entitled Boomerang are
now being held every afternoon
after school in order that the
play may be given soon.
Members of the Black Masque
who compose the cast are: Anne
Taylor, portraying. Penny Mc
Guire; Sidney Helms, Jay
Guire; Jane Rogers, Mrs.
Guire; and Don Wagner,
boomerange Silvester Pratt,
play is about a high school elec
tion featuring a gifl whose plans
for her chum’s winning the elec
tion go boomerang.
All rehearsals for the play
This play is under the direction
of Mrs. Don Peiffer.
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and designed by Keith Boyd of
Durham, to be used for the first
time in this issue of Full Moon,
Talent Group
Chosen To Take
Part In Operetta.
Characters have been chosen
by Mr. Fry, the director, for the
ninth grade operetta, “The Sun-
bonnet Girl,” to be presented
April 14.
The romantic leads were cap
tured by Marilyn Green as Su
san Clifton, the sunbonnet girl;
J. C. Boone as Bob Coleman;
Sally Ausband as Barbara Cole
man; and Bob Boger as Jerry
Jackson, Bob’s chum.
Featured in the comedy roles
are Robert Shaver as Ezra Mc-
Spavin, the village constable;
Bill Huckabee as Reuben Mc-
Spavin, the constable’s son;
Charles McManus and Jeanette
Mabe as Mr. and Mrs. Abijah
Scroggs, the sunbonnet girl’s
foster parents; and Betty Gantt
as Evalina, Mr. and Mrs.
Scroggs’ daughter.
Portraying character parts are
Ellen Cook as Mrs. Coleman, a
wealthy patron of music; Caro
lyn Williams as Mrs. Meadows,
president of the local music
club; Frank Burrell as Hiram
Meadows, a kindly farmer; Car-’
olyn Smith as Miranda, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mea
dows; Barbara Lowder as Luella
Lumpton, a village maiden; and
Shirley Medlin as Sadie Simp
kins, another village maiden.
Twenty eighth graders have
been selected to sing in the op
eretta chorus. They are: so
pranos, Doris Hinson, Sally
Crook, Betty Burris, Sylvia
Whitley, and Eleanor Ann Ivey;
tenors, Ralph Setzler, Neil Mor
ton, Larry Talbert, Larry Hart
sell and Ned Burris; altos, Mary
Foreman, Margaret Brunson,
Kathrine Groves, Bobby Eudy
and Yvonne Shepherd; basses,
Marvin Thompson, Victor Dry,
Ken Carpenter, Arthur Lynn and
Claud Grigg. Also nine flower
dancers will be chosen from the
eighth grade.
Mrs. Keith Almond is coach
ing the dancers and Mrs. Don
Peiffer is coaching the charac
ters who have speaking parts.
DAR Good Citizen
Attends Meeting
Mary Helen Cooper, recently
elected D. A. R. Good Citizen by
Yadkin Patriots Chapter of D. A.
R., attended the Good Citizens
convention on March 2 in Char
lotte.
Bond Issue Vote
Set For April II
Situation of Schools
Is Serious, Says
Supt. Grigg.
The building program bond
election date has been set by
the Board of County Commis
sioners for April 11.
A $631,000 building program
has been proposed to relieve
the critical situation which has
developed in the Albemarle city
school system because of a lack
of classroom space.
The Situation
Albemarle city schools are so
Qvercrowded due to the increase
of war births that every avail
able classroom is now in use.
Some schools are forced to al
ternate teaching in classrooms
in order to complete the necess
ary work. Rooms which have
previously served as storage
compartments have been con
verted into temporary class
rooms.
The auditorium of Albemarle
high school is being used every
period of the day because there
are not suficient classrooms. As
the enrollments increase, class
rooms are being filled to capa
city and the need for space be
comes more acute. For example,
at Central School there are four
first grades and two seventh
grades. This means there will
eventually not be enough class
rooms to hold the students.
This situation, which has been
developing for about twelve
years due to the birth of war
babies and also the lack of
buildings is not a temporary
problem but a permanent one.
Building Proposal
The building proposal for the
improvement of these conditions
has been outlined and presented
to the public. The following
proposal is for Albemarle city
schools.
An addition including a cafe
teria, library, and classrooms
is asked for West Albemarle
School.
For Central Elementary school
the proposal asks for additions
including a cafeteria, classrooms,
toilets, and remodeling of the
present plant to include an out-
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By Their Words
“If I tell the truth, I can al
ways expect the truth to protect
me; if I tell a lie, all I have to
lean on is the broken reed of a
lie.” — Mr. Kovacs.
“I wish that one time that sec
ond' bell would rir^ before the
first one.” — Wajme Barringer,
waiting to be dismissed at 3:13.
“A man is as good as the wo
man he’s with.” — Mr. Hatl;-jr,
“Here comes Mr. Mac., out don’t
run. He ain’t afraid of me,”
Hoyle Gilbert.
“Shirley, you will have scurvy.”
—Miss "ipeague, assigning reports.
“Young men and women — the
candidates for execution — must
start the move for peace.” — Mr.
Kovacs.
“I’ve got the Full Moon from
Kannapolis.” — Evelyn Burris,
picking up the Cannon Repo'rt.
“The only thing these boys
haven't done wrong is shoot a
basket for,the other team, and the
reason they haven’t done that is
that they can’t shoot one for
themsfelves.” — Coach Peiffer.
“All I ask is that the ‘termites'
leave the magazine covers alone.”
— Mr. Mac.
“Rich or poor, it’s nice to have
money.” — Betty Gantt.
“Betty Lou wasn’t with any
body. She was with us.” — Sue
Barringer.
“To me America is not a melt
ing pot. I prefer to think of Ameri
ca as a flower garden, a church
window, or an orchestra made
strong and beautiful by the blend
of many different groups.” — Mr.
Kovacs.