The Full Moon
Vol. 18 —No. 7
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 1, 1953
talking about his trip to
tne beach after the prom. Gene
^nuggs had this to say, “If you
us and speak, don’t feel bad
we don’t speak back. We may
«ot know you.”
„AS VOICES GREW louder in
french II Miss Vendrick, in dis-
P^ir said, “Don’t everyone yell
once. Be quiet and raise
your hands.”
After a brief pause Bettie Gantt
raised her hand with this re-
quest, “May I yell now?”
SPEAKING OF THE machine
Mr. Holbert seems to have
Q, 5}^®rent angle on it. In the
^^.^itorium the other day he
said, “The only machine my dad
his farm was three boys
one mule.”
p IN SOCIOLOGY “HEALTHY”
^ennington was putting A’s
for what he thought he
get on his six weeks
Srade.
Robinette asked, “What do
^ou think we’re grading you on,
your looks?”
bettie GANTT WAS about to
p^ock the wall down hitting an
f.^’^^lope against it when Caro-
filler asked, “What in the
world are you doing?”
killing a black widow
Pi^r,” came Bettie’s reply.
hi-”OW do you know it was a
oiack widow?” inquired Carolyn.
WgII, I didn’t see its husband
ound,” Bettie answered.
SEEMS THAT the class
Gene Snuggs, is al-
fni, ^ work. This sample was
or!i the board in English
“,®*motning.
Ur summer comes
^ell look so neat,
pressed in brown
our head to our feet,
'^hen Army life is over and
T - done,
A nope to God I’ll be able to.
run.”
fonSi® OF MISS Bankett’s
Period typing class girls
Umn ''worried about their looks
Ivm Bankett said to Caro-
aVl Miller, “No need to worry
ypur skinny legs, Carolyn,
.V4,Personality is good.'', ,,
C^pl^^tll I worry about? said
Au2P^^ face,” quipped Sally
“isnf that enough to
'^orry about?”
MR. BULLOCK was
at the Y Focus Week
he made this state-
form group is true to
£in?+u Sirls are all
here»^ boys are—^well, they re
Gi^J^IRLEY BOONE AND Janet
j iover were talking when Shir-
to^g®^J^eamed, “I’ve bitten my
“How in the world did
■^ou catch it?”
MOST OF the stu-
halS A.H.S. didn’t know we
Schr. many “Nature Boys in
tion but this little conversa-
5^ Will prove the point. ,
I “James Dennis and
Jiiff . Soing on a hike. I’ni tak-
snlva u 3^Ss of whiskey for
bites.”
nir£t? Gibson:
leaking?”
snakes®.,
'‘What’s Den-
“Two rattle
pe^^^ILYN GREENE: “I think
tyrjff® make fewer erro^ ^
finger^ ,yhen they type with two
Miller: “I sure must
erg ® over-abundance of fing
Miss
BANKETT WAS over-
qup^. asking a sophomore this
Sjjestion the other day- "Are you
the Soph. Hoe
reply®'" ^ame Jimmy
Jordan Elected Next President Student ^uncil
ivir* j- otiiGr ciciy> **9^^
"vl ^,9 the Soph. Hop,
came Jimmy Johnsons
III
Cartwright Leads ^Panel
For Last Guidance Program
^^FTCERS Newly named officers of the Albemarle high school student body
student council sponsor, Mrs. Mazel Lyke, center. The new officers are, left to right—
are shown ‘^°^®p^esident; BoObby Peck, vice president; Larry HartseU, treasurer, and Wade Smith,
Richard Jord P
secretary.
Annual
Chosen For ISoi
The editor of ^he
roads, Ralph S ^ ’ Talbert,
jiess of Miss Mildred
Sr'Urc^nJext year-^
S?uil raemberg
Ralph ‘^hose a along with
editor, •’i“”'fiterarreditor Next
Ann Ivey will be Ar-
tS'Lyn“‘lnd Lydia Hall will
>>« b?s“ness end of the
On the chosen Geor-
annual, ^arry g^gtant business
i-eaaHtroWn-^^^
Applications w mter-
to *’'o„ ffie annual
ested in good staff. On
in order to I)ick , ? _i,g prefer-
the aPPlication^g^^ ^long
ences fo^^^xi^gy would be able
with when tney
to work. . _ ctaff now m-
Organizing jn simplify
stead of next year^.m^ as well
matters for ^ members a
as something of
the"job they have ahead of
The last of the guidance pro
grams on education in North
Carolina being held for seniors
in the city and county systems
was a panel discussion led by
Dr. William H. Cartwright, Pro
fessor of Education at Duke Uni
versity, in the high school audi
torium last Tuesday.
participating in the panel
were Mrs. E. P. Brunson; Mr. J.
M Dry, principal of Ridgecrest
School; Dr. Cartwright; Mr. Ed
Holbert; Mr. Claud Grigg; and
Mr. J. L. Cashwell.
Their talks were based on
questions asked by the seniors
concerning consolidation needs,
school’s responsibility to the
child ^nd parent, responsibility
of parents, finances, increase in
school population and future
building needs, and support of
schools.
Speakers for the previous
meetings were Dr. Guy B. Phil
lips, Mr. Holbert, Mr James P.
Sifford, Mr. Grigg, and Mr C. D.
Douglas, comptroller of the State
Board of Education m Raleigh.
Chorus Will Give
Annual Concert
The Mixed Chorus, under the
direction of Paul Fry, will pre
sent their annual Spring Con
cert tonight.
Since Christmas the chorus
has been learning new songs
and practicing diligently to pre
pare an enjoyable and varied
program. There will be a popu
lar group, a patriotic group, and
a group of folk songs.
The girls will be dressed in
pastel evening dresses, and the
boys will be attired in white din
ner jackets. Colored spots will
be used throughout the concert.
Special routines are being
planned for some of the popu
lar and folk numbers. These
will be carried out by members
of the chorus.
Science Fair Displays Many
Protects Made, Operated By Students
* r,f thP pffects of smoking to show the transfer of mom
ml ^rience Fair, spon-
The animal S ]y[rs.
sored by R- H^g\ Thursday
was held laM- ^ ,
Lvke, was „7tnient. The de-
f^e science ^/P.^en from 1 P-ip-
partment was P and again
Sntil school c o^ftj,at ^ight.
7 to y u oViomiS-
dance
Mi«s« how do you
asked. ^
sw^p|tly on the girls’ feet.
an-
“The'genera'
SVayS"U"iorK throughout
the year. . . .^ork on their
^ere used special
tific laws ana
vices. features ot
One of the ,„gg was a co-
chemistry class
o"‘al ^uSd irva^^'-
ors produced
“inother =h?”‘®,^‘7ur?ouTeffects
a/feCI ^"’aVay was
shown of the effects of smoking
regularly, and “king-size” ciga
rettes, and cigars.
Other displays by the chemis
try class showed phosphorescent
materials with an ultra-violet
light played on eight different
solutions. An exhibit in connec
tion with the composition of wa
ter was shown and the mystery
water spigot was used again.
Included in the physic display
was a fire prevention exhibit
showing how fires are caused
and how to prevent them.
A high voltage condenser
which was made up to 15 plates
of glass gave off an unusually
high electric discharge.
The mystery wheel was one
of the main attractions in this
group. It was turned by using
heat: Also the “peep box” where
now you see it and now you
don’t, attracted attention.
A group of billiards were used
momen
tum.
A conservation theme was car
ried out in the biology depart
ment. It showed a home which
had wisely used natural resourc
es and in contrast an area where
erosion caused trouble. Pat Al
len was chairman for this pro
ject.
A fish unit was shown by
Stephen Sasser and Yoder Whit
ley. Also Nature’s Novelty shop
showing items suitable for gifts,
jewelry and household items all
made from things in nature was
done by Miriam Davis and Mar
tha Hathcock.
Dwayne Harrington, Roger
Freeman and John David Moose
featured a bird life unit, while
Charles James and Skipper Gantt
showed plant growth in hydro
ponics. Bill Beeker showed a
unit in psych-biology. The eighth
grade science students display
ed garden units.
Peck, HartselL
Smith Are Chosen
To Other Offices
Richard Jordan was chosen
president of Albemarle High
School by the student body on
April 21. Those elected to serve
with him next year were Bobby
Peck, vice-president; Wade
Smith, secretary; Larry Hartsell,
treasurer.
Opposing Richard for the
presidency was Larry Talbert,
with Ottie Lynn as his cam
paign manager,
Bobby Peck had no opposition
for the office of ‘veep.’ The Cen
tral convention made no nomi
nation for this position, there
fore Bobby was elected unani
mously.
Barbara Holt, the only girl on
the slate of nominees, was de
feated for secretary by a very
narrow margin of five votes,
Claud Grigg, Larry Hartsell’s
campaign manager, put on an
entertaining skit for his candi
date. Joe Kluttz was Larry’s
opponent.
Richard Jordan transferred to
AHS this year from Thomasville.
During the past eight months he
has participated in all three ma
jor sports, and did a fine job for
the Juniors in Field Day. Rich
ard served as president of one
of his classes at his former
school.
Bobby Peck acted as com
mencement marshal last year
and also as vice-president of the
Freshman class. He has served
as treasurer of the Sophomore
class this year,
Wade Smith was also a com
mencement marshal last year
and is president of his class this
year,
Larry Hartsell has served as
vice-president of the band for
the past two years, and is well-
qualified for his difficult job as
school treasurer.
This year the nominating con
ventions were held in a different
way. A week before the conven
tions petitions were available
for students to pick a candidate
and back his nomination by get
ting at least one hundred stu
dents to sign it. Only the nom
inees with one hundred signa
tures on their petition were elig
ible for nomination.
Wilson To Leave
AHS; Accepts Job
With WIscassett
E, F, Wilson, head of the de
partment of vocational educa
tion, since 1941, has been named
superintendent of maintenance
of the Wiscassett Mills Company
and will begin his new duties
July 1.
Mr. Wilson has contributed
much to AHS. One of his first
jobs at school was planning the
stadium and warehouse. He su
pervised defense classes for war
production, related training
classes for veterans, and super
vised night classes in veteran
trade school.
For the past few years, Mr.
Wilson has been in charge of
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Lowder, Shaver
Have Best Record
Highest scholastic honors for
their four years in high school
go to Peggy Jo Lowder and Rob
ert Shaver, it has been announc
ed by Mr. Cashwell.
Peggy Jo has been declared
valedictorian and Robert saluta-
torian of the senior class.
Close contender was Bernice
Roscoe, who came third.
“These three students have
made straight A’s throughout
high school,” Mr. Cashwell stat
ed. “The only difference is in
the number of pluses attached.”