Congratulations,
Seniors!
The Full Moon
Good Luck,
Class oi '56!
Vol. 21—No. 8
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May, 1956
HERE AND IHtRE
A MEMBER OF the Creative
Writing Club asked Georgia Palm
er to type a story that she had
written.
Georgia innocently asked, “May
I read it?”
ip * *
THE DAY BEFORE Crossroads
came, the students asked Mrs.
Westerlund when they could sign
annuals.
She replied to the question,
“You know I always give you time
to sign annuals.”
Peggy Furr not wanting to
study, interrupted, “Then why
don’t you give us today to figure
out what we’re going to put in
them?”
* * *
ONE SATURDAY NIGHT while
they were eating supper at John-
sie Russell’s Johnsie said to Ger
ald Johnson, “Let’s tpast.”
Gerald laughingly replied, “No,
let’s tea.”
* * *
DISCUSSING A WRECK one
day Dotty Walker asked, “What
caused it?”
Ross Mason replied, “Oh, he just
ran into nature.”
* * *
ONE NIGHT AS Jean and Jer
ry were riding around Jean got
her words all mixed up. After
trying several times to say the
sentence she just gave up.
“Every time I open my foot I
put my mouth in,” she said.
* * *
IN FOURTH PERIOD eco
nomics class one day Mrs. Wester
lund told the students that she
didn’t think she would ever learn
to drive.
Ross quickly gave her this sug
gestion', “Why don’t you learn how
to drive in Florida? They have
rubber trees down there.”
* * *
WHILE STUDYING MACBETH
Susie Culp said, “Dotty, what do
you think of Shakespeare?”
Dotty answered quickly, “If he
Were alive, I’d sure kill him.”
* * *
ONE DAY WHILE Miss Tuck
er was drawing a geometry figure
on the board Lane Lowder said,
“Hey, your figure is drawn all
wrong. Miss Tucker.” , ,
Miss Tucker replied, “I didn t
draw my figure.”
* * *
LOIS AND HER dad were talk
ing about their car when Mr.
Harwood said, “Lois, every time
you come home the gas seems to
leak out of the tank,”
Niiohg Presents
Sunday's Sermon
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday, May 27, at 8
o’clock m the high school audi
torium by Rev. D. Moody Nifong,
pastor of the Central Methodist
Church.
The seniors are fortunate this
year in having Rev. Nifong, who
is greatly interested in the young
people of this community. During
the time he has been at Central
Church, he has proved to be a
yery able and understanding min-
ister. .
This service is traditional for
graduating students and will leave
s lasting impression on the minds
&nd hearts of each 1956 senior.
Music for this service will be
furnished by the senior class un
der the direction of Mr. Fry. The
Songs will be: “Thanks Be To
God” and “The Sevenfold Amen.”
Senior Officers
Chosen By Class
. Groundwork for next year’s sen
ior class began with the selecting
of an all-boy slate of officers at
the last meeting of the junior
class.
- The officers are: president, Bu^
hie Miller; vice president, Garreth
^endergraft; secretary, Glenn Tal
bert; and treasurer, Wayne Eudy.
^iss Caughman was selected as
their sponsor.
Sheepskins To Be Given To Graduates In Final Rites
*** *** *** ***
Grigg Unanimous Choice Of Students For President
Peggy And Roger
Smith, Langley
Are Also Elected
David Grigg, recently elected
president of the AHS Student
Council, by a unanimous vote, was
the first person in the history of
tl;iis school to have been nominat
ed from both conventions to fill
this office.
The following people were also
elected: Peggy Smith, vice-presi
dent; Roger Smith, secretary; and
Gene Langley, treasurer.
The First Convention, which
elected Grigg as its candidate, al
so nominated two other winners.
David Grigg, the Junior Class’
popular president, was elected to
the office of president without
having an opponent. Grigg was
nominated by the First Conven
tion; however, the Second Conven
tion refused to nominate an op
ponent for him.
In the heated race for the of
fice of vice-president, the First
Convention took another victory,
with Peggy Smith winning over
Diane Watkins, the Second Con
vention’s nominee.
Another Smith was elected, this
one Roger, to the office of secre
tary. Roger, a popular freshman,
won over Judy Redfern.
The money position was also
filled, Gene Langley, First Con
vention nominee, winning over
Cary McSwain.
Campaign speeches, posters, and
“Hot literature off Ford’s press”
helped make the election a little
more interesting.
Campaign managers for the can
didates gave to the student body
the candidates’ views and plat
forms. Ross Mason and Luther
Kimrey forgot their political eth
ics and carried on their campaign
speeches in an unusual manner;
however, the students seemed to
enjoy them. Campaign managers
were: for David Grigg, Edshay
Brunson; for Peggy Smith, Jo El
len Brooks; for Diane Watkins,
Jimmy Almond; for Roger Smith,
Stanly Lawhon; for Judy Redfern,
Carolyn Helms; for Gene Lang
ley, Luther Kimrey; for Cary Mc
Swain, Ross Mason.
WHILE DISCUSSING alumi
num in economics one day Peggy
Edwards remarked, “The tin roofs
on barns—aren’t they made out of
aluminum?”
CO-VALEDICTORIANS AT ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL
REV. D. M. NIFONG . . .
AHS baccalaureate speaker.
DR. VOIGHT R. CROMER . . .
speaker for the graduation ex
ercises at AHS.
Smith Chosen Boy
Of Year By Club
Wade Smith was chosen “Stan
ly County Boy of the Year” by the
Optimist Club.
He received from the club an
Elgin wrist watch in recognition
of his many achievements.
Thirteen boys were candidates
for the honor, one from each high
school in the county. The other
boys each received a bronze medal.
Look Out! Here Comes Class of '56
Seniors are looking into the fu
ture and seeking themselves next
year in various colleges, business
schools or nursing schools, hold
ing jobs, in the armed services, or
settling down to become home
makers.
The University of . North Caro
lina seems to be the cho^e col
lege Those attending will be Jim
my Almond, Edshay Brunson, Bil-
Iv Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald,
Joe Kluttz, Aaron Lowder, Marv
in Morton, and Franchot Palmer.
Also attending Carolina are Sue
Rogers, Pat Atkins, and .Carolyn
Helms, who plan to take the
twelve-month course to be X-ray
technicians.
Five senior girls will attend
W C U.N.C.: Peggy Furr, Barbara
Holt, Susie Culp, Zalotta Harris,
and Joyce Turner.
Appalachian has quite a few on
roll. They are: George Lowder,
Pat Thompson, Vicky Culp, Kay
Cauthen, and Pamela Hinson. East
Carolina has enrolled Dotty Walk
er and Mickey Harwood.
Many seniors have chosen the
field of religious education or
music in some form. Gene Burris
and Johnsie Russell will tram at
Mars Hill, while Jo Stallings and
Hazel Lawhon will be at Wingate.
Music majors are Maxine Har
wood, Greensboro College, and
Folger Koontz, Lenoir Rhyne.
Bill Fisher and Johnny Richard
son will enter “R. C. Hatley’s
school,” Duke.
Some senior boys are making
plans to attend Pfeiffer College.
They are Benny Russell, Bobby
Baucom, and Paul Haire.
In other colleges you will find
Gary Miller, Bruce Curlee, and Al
len Bennett, State; Ross Mason
and Tommy Johnson, Lees Mc
Rae; Linda Barnes, Catawba;
Barbara Copley, Lenoir Rhyne;
Sybil Efird, Bob Jones; Paul Frick,
Ringlings School of Art; Max
Lowder, Western Carolina; and
Drag Kimery, Eddie Fenters and
Mickey Greene, Wake Forest.
Those that will take jobs around
Albemarle are: James Dennis,
Dwain Waisner, Joan Huneycutt,
Carol Price, Patsy Griggs, Wayne
Page, Larry Lisk, Marie Lambert,
Jerry Barrier, Kenneth Barbee,
Nancy McDuffy, Toby Furr, Billy
Stiller, Carolyn Smith, Beaupine
Crisco, Maurice Clark, and John
Ritchie.
Business schools, nursing schools,
beauty schools, and mechanic
schools attract the second largest
number. Enrolled in business
schools are: Sandra Poplin, Betty
Boone, Phyllis Treece, Georgia
Palmer, Shirley Owensby, and
Yvonne Hathcock. Entering nurs
ing schools are Elizabeth Medlin,
Lois Harwood, La Trelle Burleson,
Carolyn Whitley, Patsy Aldridge,
and Norma Jean Arey. Taking a
beauty course will be Sibley Ma
nus and Jahala Hudson. Interest
ed in mechanic schools are James
Speight and Hubert Rogers.
Some of the seniors are leaving
North Carolina to find their life
work. They are Jean Boggess,
Pittsburgh; Bobby Coggins and
Jimmy Coggins, Florida and Char
lie Smith, Chicago.
. Many marriages are to come out
of our class. Plans are being
made by Ruth Morris, Shirley
Eudy, Carol Lowder, Sylvia Da
vis, Kaye Haire, Margie Lee, and
Jean Morgan. Our married couple,
Cread and Iris McManus, plan to
work and keep house.
The Army, of course, gets some
of the boys. Several of these boys
plan to get an education out of
their hard work. They are: Jer
ry Cooper, aircraft engine me
chanics; Thomas Reeves, radio
work; and Bobby Kimery, mili
tary police. Jerry Springer, Jun
ior Dennis, Ralph Rummage, Jack
Faulkner, Bobby Almond, and Ted
Burleson are a little undecided
about their Army careers.
Yes, the future looks bright for
the class of ’56. If they become
doctors, dentists, nurses, secre
taries, mechanics, teachers, merch
ants, service men, or homemakers,
we know their future will be suc
cessful.
Cromer To Speak;
Brown To Award
Seniors Diplomas
Sixty boys, sixty-two girls, and
two mascots will, at the Com
mencement ceremony to be held
in the A.H.S. auditorium on May
29, receive their Albemarle High
School diplomas.
Dr. V. R. Cromer, the evening’s
speaker, will be introduced by R.
L. Brown, Jr., who will also pre
sent the diplomas. Dr. Cromer is
the president of Lenoir Rhyne Col
lege, which will claim several of
the A.H.S. seniors next fall.
The one hundred twenty-two
seniors, fifteen more than last
year, will sing, under the direc
tion of Mr. Paul B. Fry, several
selections.
Ties appear to be the vogue this
year. Bill Fisher and Barbara Holt
being co-valedictorians and Pame
la Hinson and Elizabeth Medlin,
co-salutatorians.
Luther Kimrey is class presi
dent; the other officers are Ed
shay Brunson, vice-president; Iris
McManus, secretary; and Jo Stal
lings, treasurer. As in past years.
Miss Chicora Caughman is serv
ing as the class faculty sponsor.
Linda Moose, who will lead the
processional, was chosen chief
marshal on May 16, while the
seniors elected as their mascots
Tommy Andrew and Janice Culp.
Commencement
Maishals Chosen
Marshals have been chosen to
serve at commencement exercises.
The ones from the eleventh
grade who will serve are: Linda
Moose, chief; David Grigg, Buddy
Stoker, Burnie Miller, and Jackie
Richardson.
Chosen from the tenth grade
were Peggy Smith, Sue Winn, Pat
Starnes, and Betty Holt.
Roger Smith, Linda Doby, Jo
Parks, and Johnny Almond will
serve as marshals from the fresh
man class.
Marshals are chosen by each
grade from those making semes
ter honor roll.
BY THEIR WORDS
“I have to buy a new tube of
lipstick every week.” — Shirley
Owensby.
“Remember, if you park, be sure
to have a car.” — Mickey Har
wood.
“Pat, move your arm so I can
talk.” — Jo Stallings.
“I got one of those race-horse
colds, always running.” — Billy
Fitzgerald.
“Another cold front is a plung
ing neckline.” — Bill Fisher.
“Look at that red-headed pony’s
tail.” —(Shirley Morton.
“Do you mind eating after my
hand?” — Jean Morgan.
“I wish I had been here when
I was born.”'— Johnsie Russell.
“Memorizing English is about
as bad as an elephant sleeping in
a bird cage.” — Charlie “Red”
Smith.
“I hear something crawling all
ovet me.” — Carolyn Helms.
“Oh, you closed that foot on my
door.” — Lois Harwood.
“I don’t know what it mdans,
but'it’s right.” — Sibley Manus.
“Maxine, is a zebra ,black with
white stripes or white with black
stripes?” — Benny Russell.
“This surely is a friendly road.
It waves all the time.” — Marvin
Morton.
“The sun wasn’t blowing too
hard.” — Barbara Copley.
“Celia, please remove' your
head so I can see.” — Elaine Holt.