Congratulations,
Seniors!
The Full Moon
Good Luck.
Class ol '59
Vol. 23 —No. 8
Albemarle High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 28, 1958
69 Girls, 51 Boys Receive Long-Awaited Diplomas June 2
— — $>
Contract Signed, Staffs
Chosen For '59 Crossroads
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Frank Fleming met with the
new editor and business manager
of the Crossroads on Friday, to
sign a contract for next year.
Sue Tucker, editor; Jimmy
Kluttz, business manager; and
Mrs. Carter, faculty advisor, have
announced the annual staff for
i958-59.
Nancy Jo Ivester has been se
lected as assistant editor and
Sherrill Williams, assistant busi
ness manager.
There are 20 members on the
business staff. They are Janice
Harris, Tom Fatkins, Gaylene
Clark, Nancy Coggins, Ruby Mor
ton, Jane Chandler, Richard Kim-
rey, Nelson Kirk, Joyce Pickier,
Lewis Lowder, Gail Vanderburg,
Linda Barnes, Lane Brown, James
Renger, Jerry Kimrey, Eddie
Crutchfield, Brenda Honeycutt,
George Harwood, Sara Henderson
and Linda Doby.
Janice Morris is the new liter
ary editor. The staff consists of
Josh Morton, Roger Smith, Rebec
ca Thompson, Don Montgomery,
Hunter Hearne, Loretta Nowling,
Ann Smith, Woody Durham, Lin
da Curlee, Shelby Thomas, Glen
da Sue Honey, and Sandy Lefler.
Heading the photography staff
as editor is O. J. Sikes. Paul Car
penter, Pat Saunders, Genoal
Talbert, Myra Carpenter, Doug
Eury, Pat Little, Jo Parks, Mar
tha Smith, Millie Hatley, Lana
Byrd, Priscilla Burris, and Judy
Kluttz make up the staff.
Art editor is Georgette Lampsi.
This staff consists of Cynthia
Efird, Billie Rae Atkins, Jane Cot
ton, Wayne Spivey, Max Morgan,
Oaksie Eudy, Sylvia Tucker, Lin
da Efird, Brenda Tucker, Billie
Jo Barrier, Lois Shaver, Barbara
Hinson, Nancy Boger, Bettie Mc
Manus, Jimmy Miller and Judy
Redfern.
Jane Story is the typing editor
with a staff composed of Ellen
Rogers, Paula Hathcock, Judy
Fesperman, Joyce Lowder, Al-
dena Harrington, Kay Penning
ton and Suzanne Mauldin.
Marshals Chosen
For Graduation
Marshals who will serve at the
commencement exercises have
been chosen from the freshman,
sophomore, and junior classes.
The marshals were chosen by
their respective classes from the
list of students in the semester
honor roll.
Martha Ann Smith will serve
as chief. Others from the junior
class are Jo Parks, Sue Tucker,
Linda Efird, and Ann Smith.
Marshals from the sophomore
class are Mary Jo Winn, Neil
Efird, Jimmy Stonestreet, Bonnie
Lowder. Freshman marshals are
Suzanne Swindell, Margaret Ann
Furr, and Nancy Smith.
Summer School
To Begin June 5
Summer school will be held
this year June 5 through June 27.
All required subjects will be
taught by Mrs. Frank Wester-
lund and Mrs. Jim McLain.
School will run six days a
Week from 7 a. m. until 1 p. ni.
Three hours will be spent per
subject each day.
In order to enroll, the student
rnust have a recommendation
from the teacher whose subj^t
he failed. The cost will be $10
for each subject.
Band Presented
In Annual Concert
The AHS band, under the di
rection of Mr. Tommy Hauss,
held its spring concert last Fri
day in the high school auditor
ium. , j XV,
The selections played by the
members fell into four categories.
Classical numbers were “The
Crusaders Overture”, “American
Folk Rhapsody”, and “Panis An-
gelicus”.
Semi-Classical numbers were
“Four Episodes for Band”, “Night
Beat”, and “Vincent Youman’s
Fantasy”. , ,
Marches were March of
Youth”, “La Hora Pan Ameri
cana”, and “Air and March”.
popular numbers were I Could
Have Danced All Night ,
He’s Making Eyes at Me , Blue
Tail Fly”, and “The Glow Worm .
Girls were appareled in eve
ning dresses and boys wore regu
lar suits.
Marshals for the concert were
Martha Huckabee, Jo Parks, and
Katherine Montgomery.
Old Full Moons
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lobby of the Albemarle
sSiool June 3, between the hours
nf 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
You can purchase separate is-
suS^ or a file for a whole school
^ Pripp“? are as follows.
1937-1942 issues at 50 cente eac
1943-1949 issues at 25 cente eac
1950-1958 issues at 10 cents eacn
A two-year
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have facilities to store
the old issues, and rather tlian dis
card them, the class dwided to
gWe tormeV AHS students an op-
^rtunity to buy them
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PEGGY SMITH
LIBBIE HATLEY
Talented Co-Valedictorians
Present Graduation Recitals
Libbie Hatley and Peggy Smith,
CO-valedictorians of 1958, have
both presented graduation recit
als proving that they have talent
in more than one field.
Both girls will receive high
school diplomas , in music as
well as* a regular diploma during
the graduation exercises Mon
day night.
Libbie and Peggy have iden
tical high school records, both
making 11.5 out of a possible 12
points.
In her recital Libbie played
Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 10 No. 1,
Bach’s Prelude and Fugue No,
XII, Chopin’s Waltz No. II, The
Eagle by MacDowell, Sibelius’
Romance in D-flat Major, and
Chopin’s Polonaise in C-sharp
Minor.
The Pathetique Sonata by Bee
thoven was one of the highlights
of Peggy’s program. Also in
cluded were the Warsaw Concer
to, Chopin’s Waltz in E Minor,
Chopin’s Etude Op. 10 No. 3,
Paderewski’s Cracovienne Fan-
tastique, and Sabre Dance.
Co-salutatorians, Kitty Al
mond, Joyce Burris, Yvonne
Chandler, and Becky Coble |jad
high school records less than a
full point behind the valedictor
ians, theirs varying less than one-
tenth of a point.
Seniors Will Be Exploring New Worlds
The 1958 graduates of AHS
will be doing various things next
c;nme Dlan to attend col-
im” wTll go to business
fool «?nme will work or go in
aTd^some are undecide^
SEts. Those planning to at-
rnlina are Ronnie Milli-
SfSid Enrd. Reggie Cro-
we"i WaSe McSwain, and James
JfSL Those sure of thejr ma-
inrQ are Barbara Smitn, iJeiudi
Hveiene’ Cary McSwain, ^lence,
SiXd peck, Pharmacy; Tommy
Murrell, Pharniacy, and Norn
Teffrey, Pre-Medicine.
Roger .Whitley, Billy
and Kenneth Hunneycutt plan
?o attend State. Roger and Ken-
nPth are undecided as to majors,
ESf smy is planning to study
^"womaX College will be the
BetW Holt Kay Swindell, and
*^’Emmi'””Lym' Morton, Larry
MulUs, James. Johnson, and ^y
Wilhoit are going to Wake Fore •
Roy and James plan to study, re
y 1
ligion, and Larry, pre-med.
A number of students prefer to
be closer home. Eddie Burleson,
Peggie Sue Lisk, Judy Stoker,
Rita Morris, Janice Rogers, Sue
Winn, Saundra Burleson, Lynda
Jordon, Laura Lee, Yvonne
Chandler, and Billie Jane Eudy
will attend Pfeiffer College either
as day students or boarding stu
dents.
Judy Efird, Diane Watkins, Pat
Smith and Carolyn Nicholds are
going to Meredith College.
If you are ever sick, just call
on Martha Ann Setzler and Gail
Morris at Presbyterian Hospital,
Brenda Casper and Ann Stokes at
Rowan Memorial Hospital, or Car
olyn Butler at University of Vir
ginia, School of Nursing.
Libbie Hatley and Pat Starnes
will be the only girls attending
Salem College.
As Primary education majors,
Molly Holbrook will attend Coker
College, and Martha Huckabee,
Greensboro College. Virginia
Huckabee will also be at Greens
boro.
Only boys will go to Wingate:
Ralph Thompson, Dwight Mor
gan, Kenneth Hinson, and
Charles Morgan.
Kathryn Morton, A1 Fusonie,
and Kenneth Helderman will be
at Lenoir Rhyne.
Marney Lowder and ' Sammie
Holshouser wish to advance their
artistic ability. Sammie will be
in Florida and Marney in Min
nesota.
After prep school Graham Har
wood will attend Georgia Tech on
a football scholarship.
Those probably taking a beauty
course are Francis Poplin, Maxine
Sells, Peggy Page, and William
Roger Smith.
Janet Lunsford, Ruby Vanhoy,
and Agnes Lawhorn will go to
business school.
For a haircut be sure to see
Jennings Burris or Harold Lucas;
for a radio broadcast. Gale Whit
field; Airline Hostess, Nancy
Swaringen; a model, Aloma
Roache; and a clerk-typist, Shir
ley Parker.
At Citadel will be Jeff Hartsell;
at Mars Hill, Stanley Lawhorn;
at Georgia - Technician School,
Ronnie Morris; and at Gaston
Tech., Wayne McSwain.
' The students who will be work
ing are Gail Buck, Marcia Moses,
Pat Lowder, Barbara Lefler, Jer
ry Reid, Joyce Davis, Carol Mil-
Collie To Conduct
Sunday Service;
Phillips, Monday's
One hundred and twenty sen
iors, sixty-nine girls and fifty-
one boys, will receive diplomas
during the graduation exercises
to be held on Monday evening,
June 2.
Dr. Guy B. Phillips, director of
the summer session at the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
also a member of the State Board
of Education, will be the prin
cipal speaker for the commence
ment exercises on Monday night.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Eric D. Col
lie, pastor of the Christ Episco
pal Church, on Sunday evening,
June 1.
Music for the exercises will be
given by the senior class under
the direction of Mr. Paul B. Fry.
Wade McSwain is president of
the class. Other officers are Gra
ham Harwood, vice-president;
Sue Winn, secretary; Richard
Peck, treasurer. Miss Chicora
Caughman is the sponsor of the
class.
The class flower is the red rose.
Mascots are Kathie Leonard and
Dickie Eller.
Concert Features
Choruses, Solos,
Small Ensembles
Two Perry Como favorites,
“Catch a Falling Star” and
“Round and Round”, received en
thusiastic applause from a very
appreciative audience several
weeks ago, as Senior Mixed Cho
us members presented these
numbers for the first time in Al
bemarle at their annual Spring
Concert.
Featured in the concert was the
Senior Mixed Chorus, which was
assisted by the Ninth Grade and
Junior Mixed Choruses. All
groups were directed by Mr. Paul
Fry and accompanied on the pi
ano by Peggy Smith, O. J. Sikes
accompanied on the drums “Tea
for Two” and “Night and Day”,
sung by the ninth graders.
Variety was added to the pro-
gram' by soloists, Lynda Jordan,
Sammie Holshouser, Peggie Lisk,
and Eddie Burleson; a duet by
the latter two; and special groups,
the'Ninth Grade Girls’ Ensemble,
the Senior Girls’ Ensemble, the
Senior Boys’ Quartet and the
Boys’ Double Quartet.
Ushers for the program were
Linda Efird, Mary Jo Winn, Neil
Efird, Susanne Swindell, Mar
garet Ann Furr, Sue Tucker, Jim
my Miller, and Jimmy Kluttz,
After the concert a party was
held for Senior Mixed Chorus
members and their dates at Ken
neth Helderman’s home.
BY THEIR WORDS
“I’ve got more troubles than
Carter’s got liver pills.”—Coach
Webb.
“I’ll never forget—now what
in the world was his name?”—
Kathryn Morton.
“If the price of eggs keeps go
ing up, it will be cheaper to buy
a chicken and raise them.”—Tim
Drye.
ton, Sadie Miller, and Glenn
Sides.
Those still undecided are Glen
da Keever, Judy Montgomery,
Ellen Starnes, Mike Langford,
Charles Delk, Alex Furr, Diane
Morton, Jerry Harrington, Karen
Granville, Eddie Doby, Gary Pin
ion, Martha Barbee, and Tim Dry,