THE Full Moon
Vol. 18 —No. 5
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
March 13, 1953
Heie
. TAKING PICTURES IS a very
interesting job as well as a hard
one. One day J. C. Boone was
snapping a few for the annual
when he stopped and asked,
“Carolyn Miller, why are you ty
ing that string around the bottom
of your skirt?”
“You can’t fool me, bud; I
know that you see me upside
down in that camera,” replied
Carolyn.
* * *
SOMETIMES WE WONDER if
We should tell the truth, but it
pays dividends. Martha Rae
Harris asked Ralph Setzler if he
had ever kissed another girl.^
_ Ralph (after a short hesita
tion): “Y-yes.”
“Go ahead then,” approved
Martha; “I just didn’t want you
experimenting on me.”
ROBERT SHAVER: “Miss Ven-
drick, do you live on a farm in
Lumberton?”
Miss Vendrick: “Well, yes.”
Robert: “Well, I’m a hick, too.
* » *
STUDENTS OF MRS. Fry’s Eng-
hsh classes discovered this on
“Gr board the day of the Na-
Honor society tea:
The Honor Society tea will
honor Gene Snuggs for his great
'^ork in securing a passing grade
of five D’s.”
* * ♦
BETTY GANTT WAS curious
^boiit who paid for the basket-
pall uniforms, so one night dur-
game she asked Mr. Cash*
Wen, “Do you buy the basketball
^Piforms from the money made
basketball games?’'
Heavens, no!” exclaimed Mr.
'-ashwell, “They’d go naked if
did.”
* * *
MISS VENDRICK SEEMS to
^ave a boyfriend in the Navy who
f^ationed somewhere in the
Mediterranean.
T^ihe other day in French H
^arilyn Greene asked her if the
^oyfriend had been to France
.»“Yes,” Miss Vendrick replied,
rj?® spent Christmas in France,
inen she hurriedly added, I
as Worried too. I don’t want
p_\of those Frenchie girls to
®^ab him.”
* :fc
ONE DAY IN CHEMISTRY Ma-
^avis was having a tough
with a formula that she
at +u desperately to work
'“,‘he board.
with pretty blond
dn J ® yours should be able to
chemistry,” said Mr. Hatley.
e®».but there’s not anything
it,” came Marion’s quick
01^^ CHORALETTE PRACTICE
Pair afternoon Charlotte Pope be-
rjip f a bit worried. Two peo-
singing each of the re-
Whii three parts of a song
o;, ® she sang bass «alone.
she could stand it no
shft After glancing around
Of J^hined, “There’s not but one
and there’s two of every-
else.”
* He
PrJJ^JlLYN GREENE (READING
nch): “He was very hot.”
Vendrick; “No, Marilyn, IT
^ ’^ery hot.”
m^ilyn:, “Oh, I thought they
it hot for him.”,
DENNIS: “I’m no-
^y s fool!”
Lunsford: “Oh, an or-
jJUTh ANN COPLEY: “Betty
iTTie b _
the
dirt , j-. "r”*''
,hear about some boys
Myron Snotherly in
glace room?”
coai Gantt: “My, that was a
trick!”
one^?®^RT SHAVER: “Has any-
Or fingernail file, kn^^®
-LiiigCTnciii ixAcj,
RiV^y^hing resembling a knu
§ot i Huckabee (impishly):
^ shoulder blade."
?”
I’ve
«.nTiT>rn FOR national HONOR SOCIETY—Left to right: Cloud Grigg. Ralph Setzler,
JUNIORS and Bobbie Eudy, with Arthur Lynn, stcmding behind the girls. These six
Ann Ivey/ Lyma naii. nucleus of the society next fall as the group begins its senior
outstanding students w —Courtesy News and Press.
year.
DO Students Plan
Trip To Capital
T’hP D O. students this ye9.r
•Ti mike a trip to Washing^ton,
r r and to Philadelphia. They
D. C., a”® ^avs in Washing-
^Pronrdar^i Philadelphia
*s?eln“^hf mosi outstanding
P'S^students chaperoned jy
Mr. Wilson an ge, go-
"'‘“hWhe aenMndoah Valley
Lfdre".um1n?on Thursday. Apnl
30th. +Mvel by one of
Q ™n Sty;s ^^^°t^with^h"em
students on tours.^
^"^^IXtYy at Hotel Harring^
They will.visit all his
ton. They interest and will
fpSrSSnM one of the
modern mooniight boat
A four-hour „ ^qj^^c river
"Tof* the^Wghlights 01
cruise
will be ojie
the trip. f ^he students
The exp^feach per^ -The
will be $38 f Bankett, who
expenses of ^is by
”will be paid by the
the group
students
trI-HI-Y DANCE
^ Vri-Hi-Y club will
The Senior T j.^ise
give a dance • gurma. The
money for ^g^Xmore, and Jun-
Freshman, Soph not yet
ior clubs h their money.
ior clubs nave ^ ^heir money.
They Mve set their goal as $m
Six Tapped By Honor Group
.
Coming Events
March 20—Senior Ploy
March 27—Community Concert
April 2—Sophomore Hop
April 3-6—Easter Holidays
April 10—Band Concert
April 17—Jr.-Sr. Prom
April 23—Science Fair
April 24—Field Day
April 24—FHA Banquet
May 1—Choral Concert
May 8—Senior Banquet
May 12—Marilyn Greene's
Recital
May 27—Exams
May 31—Baccalaureate Sermon
June 1—Commencement
Chorus Will Sing
At District Meet
Members of the Mixed Chorus
and the Ninth Grade Chorus will
attend the North Carolina district
contest, March 13, at Catawba
college in Salisbury.
The schools entering will be
organized into nine districts,
which are then arranged into
classes. The Mixed Chorus is in
class three, and the Ninth Grade
Chorus is in class one.
The Mixed Chorus will sing two
of the following songs: “We Have
No Other Help”, “Wake With the
Dawn”, “Send Forth Thy Spirit”,
and “You Hear the Lambs A-
Crying”. The Ninth Grade Chorus
will choose two of the three list
ed here: “My Homeland”, “Fire
flies”, and “Away For Rio”.
3 Boys« 3 Girls
Of Junior Class
Chosen Members
In an impressive ceremony on
February 20, six prominent jun
iors were tapped into the Na
tional Honor Society. They are:
Claud Grigg, Ralph Setzler, Ann
Ivey, Arthur Lynn, Lydia Hall,
and Bobbie Eudy.
The ceremony began with the
processional to the stage by the
members of the Honor Society led
by Mr. Cashwell and Rev. Ben
Moore. The student body join
ed in singing “Holy, Holy, Holy”
to begin the program. Marilyn
Greene read the scripture and
Jeanette Dennis had the prayer.
The special music was “I Am
Joy” sung by Joan Renger.
The speaker for the tapping ex
ercises was Rev. Ben Moore, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church. He spoke on the four
ideals of the Honor Society, char
acter, scholarship, leadership,
and service. The greatest of
these. Rev. Moore stressed, are
character and service.
The tapping was next in the
order of the program. As each
new member was tapped he was
brought up on the stage to be
congratulated by the president,
Robert Shaver. The president
pinned a yellow carnation on
each new member and gave him
a scroll containing the oath. The
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RTflcfe Cats. Ladders-What Scares You?
know how this custom originated bride across the threshold? Not
Today is the
what Fov people
day THIRTEENm^^
a “lot®'They vW "^^^^(01
ful today, so as ” believe
bad luck. Many P. brings
that the nuniber
bad luck and fo^^ghip cabins,
hotel rooms, ^es ^^^etimes skip
fh"e number‘WS’ ^re you?
How supersti super-
Many that^ more, they
stitious, ^uoerstitions. A
have a cross section
P0“ H I*'students revealed many
inte«K”«/a"lofo( stud
ound a lot o^^rWood
say'heyf^rBSt twy '
for good lucK.
know how this custom originated
(and to be truthful, we didn’t
either, until we did a little re
search). Old legends tell us that
spirits live in trees, and people
believe that knocking on wood
will keep the bad spirits inside.
Do you know how to tell when
you are going to have visitors?
Well, here’s a sure-fire way (at
least that’s what superstitious
people say): if you see bubbles
in a teacup, get ready for com
pany. Or for the people who
don’t drink tea (they have a
right to know if they’re going to
have company too) if your skin
itches, scratch! Wait, I mean, if
yoi/r skin itches, it’s a sure sign
that you’re going to have com
pany.
Why does the groom carry his
bride across the threshold? Not
because he wants to prove how
strong he is, but because, accord
ing to some more old legends,
bad and evil spirits lurk on the
doorsills of all houses. So the
.groom carries his bride across
the threshold to protect her from
the bad spirits that may be sit
ting there (that’s a good way to
get stepped on).
Do your ears burn? Do you
have cold feet (I mean cold
chills). If you do, it’s a sure sign
of something. We don’t knpw just
what. Might be a lack of vitamin
B or a sign of bad liver. In
fact, it might be almost any
thing, but superstitious people
are sure that when your, ears
burn, someone is talking about
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Education Series
Is Being Planned
For AHS Seniors
A series of important guidance
programs for seniors on public
education will begin March 24
and continue through the next
four Tuesdays. The primary pur
pose of this series is better to in
form the future citizens of this
country with the public educa
tion system, past and present.
This will be discussed on three
levels: the United States system
as a whole, the North Carolina
school system, and also the Al
bemarle unit.
Many of the county school sen
iors have been invited to the
meetings, and seniors at A.H.S.
are planning to take part in the
programs also. Discussions pre
paring pupils for this series will
take place in all senior English
classes before the session is slat
ed to begin.
The first discussion period will
be led by Dr. Guy Phillips, head
of the education department at
the University of North Caro
lina. Mr. Claud Grigg, Mr. J. P.
Sifford, and Mt. Ed Holbert are
planning to take charge of some
of the other meetings.
0|i the final day of the series,
Dr. W. H. Cartwright of Duke uni
versity, will lead the discussion.
At this meeting there will be a
panel of students and adults to
discuss and evaluate the series.
It is felt that this is one of
the most important steps that Al
bemarle high school has taken
concerning the guidance of stu
dents. Many letters have been
received congratulating the
school on such a move.
By Their Words
“Get James Gibson; he’s the
senior of the president class!"—
Carolyn Williams.
“Will all you characters leave
the room so we can vote.”—James
Gibson.
“Put up a window; I’m freez
ing!”—Martha Rae Harris.
“If you don’t know a lot about
the opposite sex, you certainly
won’t know how to pick a good
mate.”—^Mrs. Cashwell.
“I see he’s shined his head to
night.”—Frank Burrell as his
daddy walked across the floof at
a basketball game.
“Sounds to me like you’re op
erating on a fifty per cent lay
off.”—Mr. Fry (to the basses).
“Marie, you’re absent, aren’t
you?”—Miss Vendrick.
“Would it be possible for you
to wear a belt with your blue
jeans?”—Mrs. Cashwell.
“So they sent him to the elec
tric chair for years.” — Carolyn
Williams.
“A fast driver has a personal
ity problem. Beware!” — Mrs.
Cashwell.
“Since kissing is a lost art,
maybe that’s a reason for so
many collectors.”—Mr. Fry,
“The moon was so pretty when
it was just coming over the twe-
trops.”—Carolyn Williams.
“I’m going to see the ‘Missouri
Rambler’.”—Bettie Gantt (mean
ing the “Mississippi Gambler”).
“I’ll straighten up and make
A’s if you’ll pass me.”—Neil Mor
ton.
“I could eat my weight in that
stuff.”—Jimmy Griffin.
“You’ve got more paper than
you’ve got head!”—Miss Caugh-
man.
"Wait! Where do 1 sing?”
Wayne Palmer.