Fast Train,
No Brake!
The Full Moon
Lazy Cow.
Beef Steak!
Vol. 23 —No. 6
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
March, 1958
HERE AND HIERE
GRAHAM WAS IMPRESSED
with the Coker College choir and
wondered how he could gain ad
mission.
“You have to win three beauty
contests somewhere,” replied Bet
ty.
“Where can I apply?” he de
manded.
* * *
DISCUSSING FEARS IN sociol
ogy, Coach Webb asked, “What
are you afraid of, Joe?”
Joe answered wryly, “Wim-
min’!”
* * *
“DO I HAVE any lipstick on?”
Barbara asked James as they
left the cafeteria.
“Yes,” James seriously replied.
“Do I?”
* * * ,
■ ROGER WHITLEY WAS having
trouble with his car when Chip
Cain came bouncing up and ask
ed, “Want me to adjust the car
buretor? I’m very good at that.
Once I adjusted the carburetor of
an airplane and it flew back
wards.”
* * #
IN ECONOMICS MRS. Wester-
lund was wondering why some
butter is yellower than other. She
asked the class if they had any
“It all depends on how long the
cow stands out in the sun,” re
plied Henry Efird.
* * *
AFTER THE ASSEMBLY pro
gram, presented by the Coker
College Glee Club in which one
of the pretty girls aimed her flir
tations at Tim Drye, he innocent
ly stated, “Fm going to Coker
next year.”
* * *
MR. HATLEY ASKED Eddie
Floyd during Chemistry one day,
“Floyd, what would you do it
your best friend shot you?”
“Die I guess,” Eddie quipped.
* * *
AS MR. FRY was discussing the
Coker College Chorus, he sam,
“You’ve probably heard of the
Coker family, Coker cottonseed,
and other products with Coker.
Larry Mullis offered, “I ve
heard of ‘Coker’ Colas!”
* * *
THE MIXED CHORUS was end
ing the song, “Surrey With the
Fringe on Top” while the boys
furnished “clip-clop” sounds with
their mouths. Listening closely,
Mr. Fry remarked, “One of these
horses needs a new pair oi
shoes.”
* * *
MARTHA ANN: “MY eyes are
bigger than my stomach.”
Kay Swindell: “I wouldn’t bet
on that.”
NHS Takes Project
Exchange Student
Definite plans have been made
for an American Field Service ex
change student to live in Albe
marle and attend Albemarle
High School during the 1958-£>y
School term. ,
The student, who is expected
to arrive in August, will li'^
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Den
nis Fox while in Albemarle.
The youth will be a h^n
School senior and will be ^bie
to speak English. The student
'''ill attend AHS for the
month term, after which he win
return to his own country in
^^urope and cannot come back to
the United States for three years.
While in his country he win
Serve as a good will ambassa
dor for the United States.
The National Honor Society has
Accepted the exchange studeni
'^or one of their projects. Money
is already being raised to pay
Jor the student’s school fees ana
Punches. A cake sale was spo^'
Sored by the ^ group Saturday
morning, March 1. Approximate y
^40 was raised towards the proj
ect.
SAFETY COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS
Holshouser Wins
First Two, Awards
For Safety Art
S^mmie Ilolshouser’s entries
won first and second place in the
poster contest featured during
the safe driving week sponsored
by the Student Council and the
Full Moon.
The first place poster winning
$2.50 was a charcoal drawing of a
blind man who is “100 percent
safer than most pedestrians”. A
cartoon portrayal of a wreck won
the second place prize, $1.50.
Marney Lowder, third place
winner, received $1 for his illus
tration of a driver’s responsibil
ity. Ivan Sibley and Ronnie
Purser received honorable men
tions.
Jingles were written on the
blackboards in all homerooms to
keep the idea of safe driving
constantly before the students.
The “Voice of Doom” echoed
warning rhymes over the loud
speaker every morning.
All the posters submitted for
the Safety Poster Contest were
displayed in the lobby, the halls,
or the cafeteria.
Hoey Recognized
In Merit Program
Barbara Hoey was named a
finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship Contest and was
awarded a certificate of merit
recognizing her superior perform
ance on the Merit tests admm-
istered early in the fall.
Kitty Almond, Cary McSwaln,
Peggy Smith, and Libbie Hatley
received letters of commendation
that can be sent to the colleges
which ttey wish to enter. Letters
oi commendation were sent to the
7 5M high school seniors who
scored in the top two percent of
the nation’s 22,000 most outstand-
ing seniors.
Barbara was classified as a
finalist for having placed iiv the
Ion one per cent nationally. Only
thrsenFors in the highest one-
half percent received schol^arships
from the National Merit Founda
tion.
Chorus Serenades
Asheville Group
Colorfully attired in evening
1^+vioc Senior Mixed Cnorus
Sbers sang -While We're
?oTng” and -one Kiss” among
nther selections, at tne
g~v’lS?io^‘’Tn"Siv«?h
Carolina.
“Some, Day”,
Fringe on Top”, and Oklahoma ^
Math Quiz
This month’s problem, which
deals with combinations, is as
follows:
From a penny, a nickel, a
dime, a quarter, and a half
dollar, how many different
sums of money can be formed?
Sophomores have led in con
tributing correct answers to the
mathematical puzzles. James
Renger, however, broke the ice for
the juniors with the first correct
answer to last month’s quiz ap
proximately three minutes after
the paper was given out.
James’ solution for determin
ing which of eight steel balls
differed in weight from the other
seven consisted, first, of placing
three of the balls on each end
of the balance scale, leaving two
balls in the hand. This weighing
eliminated either five or six,
leaving the heaviest balls as one
of the three or two. If three
balls remain, the heaviest is de
termined by placing one on each
end of the scale and retaining
one in the hand. If all but two
balls are eliminated by the first
weighing, the second consists of
placing one on each end of the
scale.
were just a few more of the well-
received numbers performed.
Traveling on two Power City
buses, the chorus arrived in Ashe
ville at 3:30 p. m. After prac
ticing for the remainder of the
afternoon, they ate supper at the
S & W Cafeteria. Their program
was presented at 7:30, after which
they returned to Albemarle.
Music Students
Ea rn High Ratings
AHS music students received
high ratings at the district con
tests recently.
Peggy Smith led the honors by
making a superior triple plus on
her performance of three piano
selections at Catawba College.
The singing of “Tenebrae Fact-
ae Sunt” and “Hallelujah” by the
Senior Mixed Chorus received a
superior rating in the District
Choral Contest at Catawba Col
lege, last Saturday, and the per
forming of “Fireflies” and “Pray
er from Hansel and Gretel” by
the Ninth Grade Chorus received
a rating of excellent plus.
Three weeks prior to this con
test the Girls’ Ensemble earned
a grade of superior and the Boys’
Double Quartet rated an excel
lent at the Solo and Ensemble
Contests at Davidson College.
Lynda Jordan received an excel
lent plus rating; Sammie Hols
houser, an excellent.
These groups are directed by
Paul B. Fry.
Other piano students earning
superior ratings who played at
Catawba are Susan Ausband,
Pam Treece, and JOsh Morton.
Nancy Aldridge received an ex
cellent.
News Briei
The Easter holidays will begin
for students and teachers on Fri
day, April 4, everyone resuming
classes on Tuesday, April 8.
What Scares Even Driving Instructors?
The car lurches to a stop in the
roId"w«h an oncom^ true.
rv”t?in"g°you"cal'off sit there
only i^pj. will hurry and
“fThe car sSted or by some
truck will miss you.
‘^’’mis is only one'of the frighten-
■„rincidents experienced by po
liceman Earl Greer, the student
‘’'}”%i‘te*ot''these experiences,
M^G^^er has the^ati^~
TdVnll Smost likely become
“ly courtesy, ‘hey are more
^Thfs ° »ursT‘’is behind-the-
Wheel dmmg tSdents
X a"« englble to get their li-
censes. Students go in groups of
four, driving for ‘a period of six
weeks. The car which they use
is furnished by Stovall-Wolfe
Motor Company.
As a rule, boys are quicker in
learning to drive than girls, but
after experience, girls are actual
ly better drivers because they are
more careful. This can be proved
by the fact that insurance rates
are considerably higher for boys.
Mr. Greer thinks it helpful to
teenagers in learning to drive if
they watch their parents driving
and if they can practice in a
suitable driveway. He, however,
thinks it wise for someone other
than the parents actually to
teach their teenagers the rules
and minor, but important, things
Mom and Dad might overlook.
Letting boys and girls drive
on highways before they are of
age is risky for' everyone involv
ed, and can cost the parents a
fine up to $50.
As a whole, most, of the stu
dents take drivers’ training ser
iously and seem anxious to learn
to become good drivers.
One day as Mr. Greer was
stressing the importance of sig
naling, one of the anxious-to-
please students gave a stop sig
nal to back up.
■ Perhaps it is the self-confi-
dence gained through this high
school training that sticks with
drivers and influences them even
after a number of years of driv
ing.
“Since I have been teaching
drivers’ training,” explained Mr.
Greer, “I am more conscious of
my driving than ever before.”
Student Council
Elections March 31
Election of student body offi
cers for next year will be held
March 31.
Students wishing to run foi
office had to turn in to the Stu
dent Council today petitions con
taining 50 signatures. One can
didate for each office will be
nominated by each of two con
ventions to be held at Central
School and in the AHS auditor
ium on Tuesday.
Registration for the elections
takes place Wednesday through
Friday in the auditorium and the
student lounge. Campaign
speeches are to be given next
Friday also, and elections are
then scheduled for the following
Monday.
The President of the Student
Council is urging all students to
support this organization by reg
istering, voting, and supporting
the best-qualified candidates.
BY THEIR WORDS
“I really haven’t got a big
thing about me.”—Kathryn Mor
ton.
“And now Nealson Russell of
WABZ . . . er WZKY.—Mr. Cash-
well.
“If the price of chicken keeps
going up, it’ll be cheaper to buy
an egg and raise it.—Tim Dry.
“There’s nothing I’d rather see
than a good-looking girl—unless
it’s a good-looking boy.”—Diane
Wfitkins.
“We’d like to have students like
Glenn Talbert hanging out our
windows.” — Mr. Dunlay from
State College.
“All three of them are twins.”
—Ronnie Millican.,
“My aunt is so skinny she does
not wear hose. She just wears the
seam.”—Susan Ausband.
“If I stepped on anyon^’s toes,
I hope it hurt.”—Mrs. Wester-
lund.
“If you had a friend you didn’t
like.”—Molly Holbrook.
“I can’t even draw a straight
circle.”—Stanley Lawhon.
“Music is no problem if you
know it.”—Mr. Fry.
“If you don’t'slow down, Gra
ham, I’m going to twist you
wrong.”—Mrs. Deese.
“Joyce, when did Coach Webb
Start wearing a hearing aid?” (It
was really a transistor radio.)—
Kitty Almond.