The Full Moon
Vol. 21—No. 6
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
March, 1956
HERE AND IMRE
MISS CROSS HAD explained
to her 5th period class that there
was to be no more chewing gum
in class. Shortly afterwards, she
suddenly stated, “I hear someone
popping chewing gum and it’s got
to go.”
Elaine Davidson quipped, “Miss
Cross, that’s not chewing gum; it’s
pop beads.”
« * *
DURING SOCIOLOGY CLASS
one day, Ross Mason said, “Mrs.
Westerlund, there is a good movie
on tonight and I want you to be
sure to see it.”
Mrs. Westerlund replied, “I
don’t think I can make it tonight,
Ross.”
Ross sadly replied, “But all the
young people are going.”
♦ * *
ONE DAY IN Algebra II class.
Miss Caughman asked, “Who keeps
turning in these papers with no
name on them?”
“I do,” replied Pee Wee.
“What’s the matter?” asked
Miss Caughman. “Are you asham
ed of your name?”
WHILE A GROUP was discuss
ing a picture show, Wheaties, who
came in late, asked what kind of
picture.
Bill Fisher’s smart reply was,
“A motion picture.”
* * *
IN FRENCH, MRS. Deese told
Mickey Greene to please stop
Writing on his desk.
“Oh! I’m not writing,” Mickey
reassured her. “I’m printing.”
* * *
EVERYONE WAS BUSILY
studying in French class the oth
er day, when Bill Fisher raised
his hand and asked, “What is the
French word for intoxication, or
drunk?”
Edshay replied, “Hie!”
* * *
.everyone was VERY wor
ried the day the bus broke down
on the way to Catawba college,
'Yhere the Mixed Chorus was to
sing in a contest.
As each person was making sug
gestions as to what the group
should do, Larry Lisk came up
''^ith, “Let’s all go out into the
''^oods and become a lost colony.”
* * *
during the modern Music
Masters’ appearance on TV, Allen
Newcomb asked Linda Duke what
Semi-classical means.
Linda, not knowing the answer,
Suessed, “Not quite classical.”
* * *
Max LOWDER told the eco-
IJomics class the other day that
he was going to be a papa be-
^Q'Use his horse was going to have
^ pony.
“Good,” replied Edward Fitz-
Serald. “That means you’ll pass
out cigars.”
, “No,” said Max. “Just bales of
hay.”
* * *
IN ECONOMICS, IRIS McMa
nus and Pat Thompson were dis
cussing polishing shoes.
Pat, “My shoes haven’t been
Polished but twice since I bought
them.”
Wheaties interrupted, “You
^ean you haven’t polished your
but twice in seventeen years?”
* * *
Wayne EUDY was absent
from chemistry class one day and
Hatley commented that he
^as sorry he was out and hoped
that he would return soon.
Winfred Ford, who sits behind
'Vayne, disagreed. “Gosh, I’m
Slad he is out. This is the first
time I’ve been able to see the
*ront of the class all year.”
* * *
ONE DAY AS the Home Ec. II
^lass was working on their house
Plan projects Ozell Lowder re-
h^rked to Elaine Dayidson,
Elaine, your rooms are lying on
^he table.”
^. Elaine quickly stated, "Thanks.
^ go back and pick them up.
New Honor Society Members
Five new members were received into the Albemarle chapter of the National Honor society
during tapping exercises held Friday morning at the Albemarle high school. The new members
are, left to right — Janis Westerlund, Robert L. Smith, Jo Ellen Brooks, David Grigg and Linda
Moose. Scholastic attamment, character and leadership are some of the requirements for mem
bership in the society. —Staff Photo — Ivey.
9th Grade Chorus
Seen In Operetta,
‘Sunbonnet Girl'
“The Sunbonnet Girl,” a comic
operetta, in two acts, by Godfrey
Morgan and Frederick Johnson,
was presented by the Ninth Grade
Chorus in the high school audi
torium March 23.
The story centered around Sus
an Clifton, an orphaned child of
musical parents. Susan was left
in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Abijah
Scroggs, a skinflint couple who
starved and stinted her.
Jo Parks portrayed the lovable
Susan, with Sherrill Williams as
her lover. The other characters
were represented by Brenda Gantt,
Hunter Hearne, Sara Henderson,
Roger Smith, Ann Morgan, Eddie
Davis, Woody Durham, Judy Red-
fern Billy Jo Barrier, Mickey Law-
horn, Joyce Smith, Paul Carpen
ter, and Janice Morris.
Costumes for the production
were designed by Miss Mary Ann
Cross; Mrs. Charles Whitley was
in charge of the dances. Mr. Paul
Fry directed the music, and Ann
Smith accompanied the group.
ATTEND MEETING
Five AHS teachers attended the
NCEA teachers’ meeting held in
Asheville, N. C., this past week-
^^The teachers who made this
trip were Mr. Cashwell, Mr. Hat-
ley, Misses Bankett, Tucker, and
Abrahamsen.
Five Junior Members Are
Tapped By Honor Society
Smiih Selected
As All-American
By Prep Magazine
Wade Smith, A.H.S. football
star for the past' three seasons
and All-State for 1955, has been
selected for All-American Prep
honors by Pr&p Football Maga
zine, edited and published in Al
hambra, California.
The magazine notified Wade of
his high honor this month and is
due to go on sale about the first
of April.
Coach Webb will receive rec
ognition from the magazine also.
Coach Webb has long said that
Wade was one of the very best
players he has ever coached.
Wade started his football career
as a freshman and has lettered
every year, becoming co-captain
his senior year. Wade played a
leading role in the Bulldog Pied
mont championship.
He was recently honored by
receiving a Morehead scholarship
to U.N.C. He also was elected
governor of Boys’ State and was
chosen to play in the Shrine Bowl
last fall.
Five members of the junior class
were tapped into the National
Honor Society, February 24.
Linda Moose, David Grigg, Jo
Ellen Brooks, Robert L. Smith,
and Janis Westerlund were chosen
because of their outstanding traits
of character, scholarship, leader
ship, and service. These students
will be the frame-work of next
year’s Honor Society.
Led by Principal J. L. Cashwell,
Superintendent Claud Grigg, and
the speaker, Rev. Mr. Allred, the
senior members of the society
formed a processional. Edshay
Brunson, president, presided over
the entire program. Jo Stallings
read the scripture and Peggy Sue
Lisk sang a solo.
Rev. Mr. Allred spoke to the
students on the four ideals of the
Honor Society.
After a talk by Mr. Cashwell,
the tapping ceremony began with
each member being tapped, receiv
ing a corsage and a copy of the
oath. Each new member took the
oath administered by Mr. Grigg
and signed the register. Johnsie
Russell, secretary, called the roll,
and the service ended with the
recessional.
Students will enjoy a short va
cation from their studies, begin
ning Friday and ending Tuesday,
in observance of the Easter holi
days.
Campus Chatter Most Popular Article
Did you know that the Full
Moon is read by some student s
boy friend in California? Campus
Chatter is read more than any
other article in the
More seniors read the
Moon entirely than any other class
in high school. All of the seniors
think that the Full Moon is an
excellent school newspaper, but
they would like to see more con-
tests, more pictures, and more
about teachers added. They are al
so willing, if necessary, to pay as
much as ten cents a copy for their
school paper. All but just a few
take the Full Moon into their
homes, where their parents, broth
ers and sisters, friends, and mem
bers of other schools read it. The
information most wanted by the
senior class is the , history and
make-up of the Full Moon.
The junior class is willing to
nav as much as twe^ity cents an
issue for the Full Moon (more
than any other class). Everybody
in the junior class thinks that the
Full Moon is a very good paper.
They would like to see more jokes
and gossip in future editions. The
parents of students from this class
read the entire paper more than
the students themselves. When
the Full Moon is carried home,
brothers, sisters, and friends of
the juniors also read it. The in
formation most sought after con
cerning the paper is its beginning
and its organization.
The sophomores read and enjoy
Who’s Who more than any other
class. Their opinion of the Full
Moon is pretty good, but they
would like to see more sports and
interviews. If necessary, the sopho
mores would be glad to pay as
much as ten cents a month for the
Full Moon. All but a very few
take their school paper home and
an equal number of parents read
it. The sophomores would like to
be better ihformed on the history
of the paper and who writes Cam
pus Chatter.
The freshmen seem to live by
the column Campus Chatter, as
they read it more than anything
else. They like the paper very
much, but they would like to see
more jokes and gossip added in
the Full Moon. As much as fifteen
cents will be paid by the fresh
men if the situation calls for more
funds. The Full Moon is circu
lated very widely in the “plebe”
class because about all the
“freshies” take the paper home,
where their parents, family,
friends, and students from other
schools read it. The freshmen
would like to know a little his
tory of. the paper, but they would
like to know more about how to
get on the paper staff and who
writes Campus Chatter.
The questions that were ask
ed concerning the history of the
Full Moon could not be answered
in this issue. For further infor
mation about the Full Moon, come
by Mrs. Fry’s room and “sign up
for a fifty cent tour of- the paper.”
Ratings Given
To Choir Groups
Choral groups of Albemarle
high school, under the direction of
Mr. Paul Fry, have once again ob
tained superior and excellent rat
ings from various vocal contest
judges.
The first contest was held at
Davidson college, where more than
two hundred students from
twenty-one senior and junior high
schools entered the North Caro
lina Central Vocal Contests for
solos and ensembles.
Only seven superior ratings
were given in this group and Ted
Burleson received one of them.
Linda Duke, Kenneth Barbee, the
Girls’ Ensemble and the Boys’
Double Quartet all acquired an
excellent mark. The Girls’ En
semble and Boys’ Double Quartet
received two of the three excellent
ratings which were given — the
highest awarded.
The Ninth Grade and Mixed
Choruses competed with approxi
mately twenty-two hundred other
students at the Salisbury District
Choral Festival held at Catawba
college.
Landis and Albemarle were the
only senior high mixed choruses
to receive a superior rating in
their group.
The judges commended the AHS
Mixed Chorus on their Latin dic
tion of the song “Tenebrae Factae
Sunt,” their fine tempo and their
balance attained by the mixed
voices. Peggy Smith was also
commended by two of the three
judges on her accompaniment.
The songs “Fireflies” and “West
ern Wind” won for the Ninth
Grade Chorus an excellent double
plus.
UNC Names Wade
Morehead Scholar
Wade Smith, president of the
Albemarle High School Student
Council, won, after a series of
three interviews, the coveted
Morehead Scholarship to U.N.C.
on March 17.
His three days at Chapel Hill
included such activities as a ban
quet at which John Motley More
head and John L. Morehead were
present, watching the football
team in a spring practice session,
looking over the fraternities, play
ing golf, and a show at the More
head Planetarium.
At present, Wade is considering
studying some phase of art and
plans to stay in college as many
years as possible. He hopes to
gain an extension to the scholar
ship which will pay $1500 for
three years of graduate study.
BY THEIR WORDS
“This pencil won’t spell right.”—
Brenda Gantt.
‘Don’t stiff my collar too
starch.” — Lois Harwood.
‘Where’s the rest of every
body?” — Junior Dennis.
“Elizabeth Tucker has a new
parking technique. She parks by
ear.” — Billy Fitzgerald.
‘Please sit up Straight and put
your feet on the desk.” — Mr.
Fry.
“Let’s hear you sing ‘Tutti
Fruiti’ in shorthand.” — Darrell
Frick.
“My eyelashes are coming out.
Heavens, I’ll be bald-eyed.” —
Wheaties Richardson.
“My watch is having a new
watchband put on it.” — Celia
Griffin.
“Don’t study any tonight; you
might learn something.” — Mr.
Hatley.
“If anyone sees a French book
running around the school, please
catch it.” — Mrs. Deese.
“Let’s go to my light instead of
Starlight.” — Hazel Lawhon.
“Don’t bring all rock and roll
records for the tea. Bring some
that will rock and some that will
roll.” — Mrs. Westerlund.
“Mrs. Carter has to stand up to
put on brakes in her car.” — Jim
my Almond.
“That Cadillac has got ptower
cigarette lighters on it.” — Ross
Mason.
“I walked right in the car.” —
Elaine Holt.