The Full Moon
Vol. 21 — No.—7
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
April, 1956
HERE AND THERE
ROSS MASON WAS seen limp
ing down the hall one day so
Dotty asked, “What is the matter
with you?”
Ross replied, “Oh-I’ve got a
tommy pony in my leg — I mean
a Charlie horse.”
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ONE DAY IN sociology Mrs.
Westerlund was telling the class
that Janice, her daughter, wrote
^ theme on the subject of door
knobs.
“Why what’s wrong with that?”
replied Zalotta Harris. “Without
door knobs we would still be out
side.”
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IN HISTORY CLASS one day
^r. Gantt was explaining con
tinents and pointing them out on
the map. He pointed to Africa and
SQ-id, “And this is the largest con
tinent, Algebra.”
*
during a recent senior
^lass meeting Drag Kimrey,
President of the class, was having
trouble keeping some of the sen
ior boys quiet. Finally Drag yell
ed. “Sit your mouths down and
oe quiet!”
* * *
.WHEATIES AND WADE were
discussing big shots and big
''^heels in English class one day.
Wheaties said, “George is a
oig wheel.”
“Why?” asked Wade.
“If he lay down he could roll
lister than he could run,” replied
Wheaties.
* * *
ONE NIGHT AT the beach, Jim-
Almond was sittihg on the
®dge of the bed in his room.
''Umping up he exclaimed, “Good
Sosh, I’m losing my mind! There
spots before my eyes!”
Laughingly Mickey Harwood
replied, “You’re not losing your
^ind. That’s my new pajamas.”
* * *
, IN CHEMISTRY LAB Mr. Hat
ley Was producing salt in a small
®^aporating dish. Then several
jtudents tasted the salt from the
dish.
Mr. Hatley remarked: “You’re
^ nice, clean group — eating out
01 the same dish.
, Carolyn Helms replied: “Oh,
^^t We use different fingers!”
* * *
^/.‘RAT, how about going to
^ingate with some other stu
dents for a science fair there,”
^ai(j Hatley kiddingly.
. Yeh, I’ll go,” said Rat. “Whose
Project will I take?”
* * *
. ON THE WAY home from the
each Pat Thompson asked, “Are
® on the right road?”
, Sandra replied, “Yes, I remem-
^?r seeing that cow eating that
P^ecG of grass.”
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„ ^IRED AND WORN out from
aJong night’s ride to the beach
*ter the prom, Vicky Culp ask-
t,?’ aren’t you going to bed
tonight?”
T ^at answered, “No, I figure if
,ean walk in my sleep, I can
in my walk.”
Projects Honored
Science Fair
Mickey Greene's molecular nio-
machine won second prize
lit Robert L. Smith’s model so-
plant took third prize at the
tfio* Science Fair regional con-
An . at Davidson College
^Prii 7^
j^preene’s project, a wheel
^vP^hted on large rubber bands
running constantly from a
u^^ee of heat supplied by a heat
tha amazed many visitors to
Smith’s display, a model
plant, caught the eye of
Of ^y> due to the precise details
Jhe model,
bfti e two winning projects have
§ placed in the second state
Fair sponsored by the
Soi h Carolina Academy of
Of ??ce held at the University
^orth Carolina.
SCENE FROM SENIOR PLAY
Seniors Present
Mystery Comedy
“Tiger House”, a three-act
mystery farce, will be presented
by the senior class Thursday and
Friday, May 3 and 4.
The play is a mystery comedy
with a delightful thread of ro
mance. Although the mystery
element dominates tl^^ plot,
tji0r6 HrG no d63-d bodiGs, no
shots fired, and nothing really
gruesome happens.
The characters are Erma Low-
rie, a lovely girl in her early
twenties, Zalotta Harris, Aunt
Sophia, a cheerful, genial wom
an about fifty years old, Susie
Culp; The Mystery Woman, tall,
dark, and “Russian looking, Kay
Cauthen; Peggy Van Ess, a pret
ty, talkative girl. Dotty Walker,
Yami, a formal Hindu with an air
of mystery, Bill Fisher; Arthur
Hale, a good-looking, well groom
ed young man, Edshay Brunson;
Macintosh, a rugged, husky, and
handsome young man, Wade
Smith; Mrs. Murdock, a super
stitious and grim Scotch woman,
Betty Boone; Thompson, a very
sinister man, Mickey Harwood;
Oswald Kerins, a sissy, coward
ly man, Billy Fitzgerald.
There is a limited supply of
white typing paper for sale in the
annual room for five cents a
pack. This paper was left over
from the Student Council store.
Moose, Brooks Will Edit
1957 School Publications
SCHEDULE
April 26-27 State Choral Festival
29-30 Science Fair
May 3-4 Senior Play
4 Field Day
4-6 Bible Club Retreat
11 Spring Concert
18 Awards Day
18 Senior Banquet
25-29 Exams
27 Baccalaureate Sermon
29 Graduation.
Debating Twins
Keep Moving On
Patricia Starnes and Jo Parks,
Albemarle High negative debat
ing team, emerged victorious over
eight other negative teams at the
district triangular debating meet
at Catawba College on April 12
and are competing in the state
contest at Chapel Hill this week
end.
After two debates, the team,
coached by Mrs. Hiram Saunders,
finally defeated the strong
Mooresville negative team for
first place in the meet.
Debating the query, “Resolv
ed: That governmental,subsidies
should be granted according to
need to high school graduates
Linda Moose and Jo Ellen
Brooks were recently chosen as
editors of the school publications
and Wayne Eudy and Robert L.
Smith were chosen as the busi
ness managers.
Linda Moose will be editor of
the Full Moon. She was recently
tapped into'the National Honor
Society because of her high scho
lastic record and her many ac
tivities and services for the
school, such as majorette, varsity
basketball, class vice president
and secretary, and marshal.
Jo Ellen Brooks was chosen
editor of the Crossroads. Vice
president of the student body, Jo
Ellen was recently tapped into
the Honor Society and has served
the school in many ways, such
as Bible Club vice president,
Junior-Senior Prom committee,
and a member of the Junior play
cast.
Business manager of the Full
Moon is Wayne Eudy, chosen be
cause of his dependability and
willingness to work. He was on
the Junior-Senior Prom commit
tee and, as co-chairman for the
west wall, had a big part in de
corating for the Prom. Wayne is
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who qualify for additional train
ing,” Patricia and Jo beat Lex
ington’s affirmative team before
going to Catawba.
ScientiMc Extravaganza To Be OHered
Ladies and Gentlemen — come
right in and see our free show.
It’s the fabulous 1956 Science
Fair sponsored by the physics,
chemistry, general science, and
biology classes of Albemarle High
School. The directors are Mr. R. C.
Hatley, Mrs. Tommy Hauss, Mrs.
Hiram Saunders, and Mr. Rex
Benton.
There will be actions taking
place that will fascinate the eye
but there’s an explanation be
hind each action, which the stu
dents will be able to inform you
about. Ignorance costs you a tre
mendous price, but our admis
sion, giving you knowledge, w^-
dom, and intelligence of the
scientific world, is free for your
taking. What have you got to
lose’ Don’t miss lour Annual
Science Fair in Albemarle High
School gymnasium, April 29 and
30. . j +
Each of the science depart
ments will have projects they
have worked on throughout the
year as they studied each par
ticular unit. There will be models,
displays, experiments, and post
ers illustrating much knowledge
that the students have gained
throughout the year.
Have you ever seen a garden
grow without soil? Joyce Turner
will prove to you how plants may
grow in chemicals rather than
soil.
Have you ever seen a girl in a
fish bowl? Would you like to
know about chemicals used in
pest controls? These answers and
many other astonishing facts will
be revealed to you by Peggy Furr
and Johnny Richardson and other
science students. Aaron Lowder
will explain to you the electrolys
is of water, while Jo Stallings
will inform you on the Nitrogen
cycle.
Throughout the fair you will
see much of the work the stu
dents have done. Jeff Hartsell has
an oil painting on Wild Life.
Betty Holt will show you a model
of the digestive system, while
Virginia Huckabee will have on
display a model, made of plast
er, of a cut away view of an egg,
showing the main parts. Graham
Harwood has a collection of bird
feathers. He has also preserved
the birds and will show where
the different types of feathers on
birds come from.
The biology classes are incu
bating chicken eggs. They have
been taking one embryo out each
day to see how it has been de
veloping. At the end of twenty-
one days they will have a fully
developed chicken. James John
son and Larry Carter are in
charge of this project.
The geheral science classes
will have models, displays, and
posters dealing with air, water,
simple machines, electricity, and
magnetism.
Morrow Mountain
To Be Scene Of
Bible Club Rally
The Bible Club will sponsor
a local Bible Club Retreat at Mor
row Mountain May 4-5. This pro
ject is the biggest ever under
taken by the club and is the first
of its kind to be held in Albe
marle.
The retreat will begin at 4:00
Friday and will close at 5:30
Saturday. The theme for the re
treat is “God’s Plan for You by
Gaining—Salvation, Growing—In
Christian Life, and Going—^To
Serve the Lord.”
There will be guest speakers
conduction classes and meetings.
Two of the speakers are Miss
Phyllis Hornbuckle, president of
the Thomasville Bible Club, and
Miss Margaret Graham, Bible
teacher at Laurinburg. Miss Gra
ham will bring with her several
members of the Laurinburg club.
During Friday and Saturday
delegates going will attend
classes, meetings, take part in
recreation, go on hikes, and there
will be song fests. Peggy Smith
will have the devotional Saturday
morning and Libbie Hatley and
Gene Burris will give personal
testimonies Friday afternoon.
Thirty-six people will attend
the retreat, including nine guests.
The cost is $3.00 per person for
Friday and Saturday or $1.50 for
Saturday.
The planning committee for the
retreat is Johnsie Russell, Pat
Starnes, and Hazel Lawhon.
Johnsie Russell is chairman of
the recreation committee, with
Gene Burris and Myra Carpenter.
Food committee, is Pat Starnes;
Lulabelle Smith, and Ann Stone.
Pat Thompson is' chairman of
the program committee, with
Linda Doby and Sue Winn the
other members.
The publicity committee chair
man is Carolyn Helms and Kitty
Almond.
Seniors Playing
Double or Nothing
For the first time in remember
ed history, AHS has tying vale
dictorians and tying salutator-
ians this year.
The two valedictorians have
exactly the same average, while
the two tying salutatorians fall
only a fraction below them. This
makes it necessary to announce
double holders of each honor.
The valedictorians are Barbara
Holt and Bill Fisher, two out
standing members of the senior
class.
Pamela Hinson and Elizabeth
Medlin are the tying salutator
ians.
BY THEIR WORDS
“The dentist probably recog
nizes people by their teeth in
stead of their names.”—Ruth
Morris.
“Why don’t they increase
bloodbanks by draining blood
shot eyes?”—Edward Fitzgerald.
“Some of you juniors and
seniors think you’re going to do
some high flying tonight; well—
I’m here to ground you.”—Mr.
Cashwell.
“I’m going swimming in the
ocean so my hair will be wavy.”
—Pat Thompson.
“I’ve lost everything I brought
to wear except my toothbrush.”—
Joyce Turner.
“Please answer here if you’re
absent.”—Mrs. Saunders.
“Did you know that Uncle Sam
plays rock and roll too? He takes
your roll and leaves you on the
rocks.”—Bill Fisher.
“Love is a many splintered
thing.”—Kenneth Barbee.
“The week-end seemed like we
were just out for lunch.”—Zeke
Johnson.
“She just finished ironing the
Venetian blinds.”—Betty Holt.