cSlThe Full Moon.
Vol. 19 —No. 4
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
December, 1953
Here and There
DURING THE ROLL CALL in
physics class, Mr. Hatley asked,
“Where is Bobby Reeves?”
“He’s gonna lie out this after
noon,” was Dan Sibley’s reply.
“Sibley, you don’t lie out of
school; you lay out,” Mr. Hatley
corrected.
“You don’t know Reeves!” Dan
remarked.
A. H. S. MIXED CHORUS
MR. PENDERGRAFT MADE a
mistake in French and calmly re
marked, “Oh, well, teachers have
a right to be absent minded
once in a while.”
“Pupils don’t!” piped up Ottie.
“Every time I'm absent minded,
I make a sixty.”
MRS. FRY’S FULL Moon Eng
lish class was getting ready to
check some of their homework
papers. ^ ,
“Will it help you to check
your own papers?” she asked.
“Yeah!” replied Ottie. It 11
help our grades.”
ONE DAY WHILE practicing
the Messiah, Kathryn asked Syl
via, “How do you know when
to come in on the different
parts?”
“Easy,” answered Sylvia, “I
just pat my foot twice and start
singing.”
IT WAS THE day after a test
in physics and the day before
Thanksgiving holidays. This is
the conversation that was heard.
“Mr. Hatley,” asked Craig
Smith, “are you going to pass
out pumpkin pie?”
“No, I’m just going to pass
out grades,” replied Mr. Hatley.
KAY SNUGGS WAS talking to
Larry Hartsell about the speech
he was to make the other week.
“Larry, do you know what it s
like to go before an audience-
“No,” he answered. “I spoke
before an audience once, but
most of it went before I did.
DONNIE SMITH WAS Pitting
some articles up on the “oard
in Miss Caughman’s second year
algebra class. Trying to oe
helpful. Miss Caughman saia
“Donnie, you going to put t^t
article up? Want some thumo
“Yeah,” replied Donnie. "I
can’t put it up with my imagina
tion.”
MISS CAUGHMAN WAS just
about at her wit’s end when sne
finally told her class: If you
can’t tell me the answer to that
problem. I'm going to choke you
to death.” ■
Bobbie Eudy popped up witn,
"Well, somebody start digging
my grave.”
DURING A DISCUSSION ^one
afternoon, Jimmy Griffin
the meaning of the phrase bon^a
fide.” Temporary silence en
sued and then Keith Sikes had
an idea. , „ ^
“Isn’t that what we had tne
night before homecoming.
LULA THOMAS WAS putting
on one of her shows in Mr. kodi
nette’s class. ,,
“Lula,” he finally said, if you
'vant to entertain the troops, g
overseas.”
National Honors
Come To Mr. FrV'
Choral Director
The National Association of
teachers of Singing has ^centiy
elected Paul B. Fry, A.H.S. ai-
fector of music, a member oi
this select national organization.
^ Professor Paul Peters of Salem
College and Paul
furman University nominatea
Pry
Besides being elected to tne
Rational Association of
Singing, Mr. Fry has been se
|ected to serve as
ffctor of the Modern Music Mas
Society, of which the A
J^arle chapter is one of the top
fourteen in the nation.
Visiting Finn Is
Guest Of Schools
The Albemarle city schools
have been chosen by the North
Carolina Department of Public
Instruction to be hosts to one
S 12 distinguished foreign edu
cators who will visit in the state
from January 4 through Febru
ary 5 for observation of schools
and classes.
Mr Lehto, Lauri Vilhelm, of
Finland who will arrive here
nn JaSuary 20, will be the guest
n? the local schools. He comes
North Carolina In the Inter-
States Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare.
The educators will visit the
classes of the public scho^s, at
tend P. T.A. meetings, and par-
tfc"pate in community school
Claud Grlgg, a^
the city schools, said he has ai
rpadv made arrangements for
T ehto Lauri Vilhelm, to ap-
^^ar^etee the local civic clubs
and other organizations.
Mr Lehto, Lauri Vilhelni, is
headmaster of a girls' secondary
school in Finland, and he teach
es commercial arithmetic, phys-
ics and chemistry in this school.
His field of specialization is in
the methods of teaching science
and mathematics in secondary
schools.
A.H.S. Music Masters Rated
Ninth Best In Entire Nation
Albemarle, Chapter 35 of the
Modern Music Masters Society,
has been recognized as ninth in
the top fourteen in the nation.
The chapters were picked for
their splendid record of accom
plishments during the past school
year.
The news, received in a letter
from Miss Frances M. Hartley,
national executive secretary, stat
ed that the list of the top fourteen
wo\ild be sent to music educators
interested in forming chapters
with the suggestion that they con
tact any of these clubs for their
personal opinion on the value of
having a chapter of the Modern
Music Masters Society in the
school. Albemarle was the only
school in North Carolina receiv
ing this honor.
Being very active in the school
and community, the local club has
accomplished much since it was
organized in 1952.
At the very beginning of the
year the club got the juke box
put into the student lounge as a
project of the club. The; money
received from this project has
bought record books and pictures
for the club.
Serving as ushers at various
concerts and other programs has
been another project of the club.
Members of the society also furn-
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 2)
Staff Announces
'54 Superlatives
The Crossroads staff has an
nounced superlatives of the sen
ior class. For the first year, the
superlatives are being armounced
before the annuals are received in
the spring.
Superlatives, as agreed upon by
the voting of the senior class, are
as follows: best looking, Ellen
Palmer and Wayne Palmer;
cutest, Lydia Hall and Larry Hart
sell; best dresed, Lydia Hall and
Jimmy Millican; most studious,
Sally Crook and Victor Dry; most
likely to succeed, Ann Ivey, Rich
ard Jordan and Claud Grigg; most
athletic, Doris Hinson, Evelyn
Kimrey and Otty Lynn.
Biggest talkers, Dixie Schadt
and Bryce Luther; most talented,
Dixie Schadt and Sherrill Ald
ridge; most influential, Margaret
Brunson and Claud Grigg; friend
liest, Ellen Palmer and Larry
Tucker; most dependable, Georgia
Beaver and Jimmy Griffin; most
original, Lydia Hall and Dwayne
Lowder; most popular, Margaret
Brunson and Ralph Setzler; best-
all-round, Margaret Brunson and
Richard Jordan; wittiest, Lula
Thomas and T-Boe McLendon.
Students Reveal Best Christmases
md Saint Nick is probably out
Old &ai«L reindeer now,
warming u?e down the
since he 11 , seven days. No
vou’ve all been counting
doubt, yoH wonderful event,
the soon be haul-
hung at ?:^%S®^hat A.H.S. stu-
You j many wonderful
StS. r
Lym Md Kdshay Brunson
undoubtedlj^ope this
S ThDecember
25 J^!jf"the™uture’’ seems to
ftat this will definitely
be her best, too. Could it be be
cause of a guy named Bill?
Miss Bankett claims the Christ
mas of 1950 as her most wonder
ful, because of a certain someone.
The mystery is, “who”?
Richard Jordan was in the
eighth grade when he enjoyed
Christmas most. He went on a
hunting trip and had a great deal
of luck.
When “Husky” Hearne was ask
ed about his best Christmas, he
replied, “When I Saw Mama Kiss
ing Santa Claus”. Bryce Luther
answered, “In 1950 When I Met
Fat Mama.” |
The Christmas of 1952 isn’t be
ing slighted at all. Elaine Mills
remembers a special phone call she
received last year on Christmas
Day which made it her best. It
seems he hasn’t quit calling yet.
Laura Doby, Jeffie Lee, Ralph
Setzler, and Jimmy Brown have
pleasant memories of last year.
Jeffie spent the holidays in Ala
bama, and Ralph, could you have
chosen last year because of a cer
tain M.R.H. you are going with?
Jimmy Brown says he had a great
time last year at all the dances.
Bobby Eudy definitely remarks,
“Last year was my best year.” It
seems that Frank gave her a
watch for the occasion.
Jimmy Griffin, Elaine Lowder,
and Gerald Johnson remember
their best Christmases as when
they believed in Santa Claus.
No doubt, you’ve all spent a lot
of wonderful Decembers in your
lifetime. We hope this one will
top them all! Let’s remember the
true meaning of the holiday and
enjoy it in the right way, A
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!
Chorus To Sing
Messiah Excerpts
With Symphony
The Mixed Chorus has been in
vited to sing selections from the
Messiah with the North Carolina
Little Symphony Orchestra at the
night concert here in the spring.
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, director
of the orchestra, extended the in
vitation while in Albemarle the
first of December for the Sym
phony membership drive. Mr. Fry
has announced that the chorus
will sing with the orchestra and
that he is pleased with the honor
bestowed upon the chorus with
the invitation.
The high school auditorium was
filled to capacity for the presen
tation of Handel’s Messiah the
afternoon of December 13.
Under the direction of Mr. Fry
and accompanied by Joan Melton,
the chorus gave a superb per
formance.
Choral arrangements, sung by
the chorus were “And the Glory of
the Lord," “For Unto Us a Child
Is Born”, “Glory to God”, “Worthy
Is the Lamb”, “O Thou That Tell-
est Good Tidings”, and "Halle-
luliah Chorus”.
Featured soloists were Mrs. Eu
gene Fink, soprano; Mrs. John Al
mond, mezzo-soptano; Miss Shelly
Millican, contralto; William J.
Page, tenor; and Pleas Norman,
bass.
By Their Words
“Well, I guess it’s about time
for the electrons to start making
music.”—Mr. Hatley, talking about
the P.A. system.
Otty, receiving a hexograph
machine in the annual room:
“What’s this thing, a sexograph?”
“I would appreciate it if the
tenors wouldn’t nurse my window
shade cords!”—Mr. Fry.
“I like to go deer hunting, but I
just can’t seem to catch any
‘dears’.”—Dwayne Lowder.
“If kissing is a language, an
awful lot of people like to talk
things over.”—Myron Snotherly.
“For that low grade, Dan Sib
ley, I’ll make you re-plant my
ferns.”—Mrs. Fry.
“This old school bus rides so
rough it jars you every time it
crosses the white line.”—Edshay
Brunson.
“I love to go to football games
because the boys are always mak
ing passes.”—Pat Allen.