The Full Moon
Vol. 24 —No. 7
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 1, 1959
Chorus Concert
Will Be Presented
Tonight At ASHS
The Senior Mixed Chorus will
present its annual spring concert
tonight at 7:30 in the ASHS audi
torium.
This year the chorus has plan
ned the program a little different
ly. There will be a main theme
for the entire program. The
theme is “Magic Moments.”
The chorus will appear very
festive. The girls will have on
gayly colored formals and the
boys will add the finishing touch
with their white dinner jackets.
The Ninth Grade Chorus and
the Junior Mixed Chorus will
sing a few selections at the first
of the program.
The first songs sung by the
Senior MiJ^ed Chorus will be in
the sacred’ classification. Some
of the songs in this group will
be “Beautiful Saviour”, “Turn
Back, O Man”, and “Salvation Ip
Created”.
The next part of the program
will be such well-known folk
songs as “Turkey in the Straw”
and “Elijah Rock”.
The chorus has many new
pieces of music this year. Among
these are songs from “My , Fair
Lady”, “Summertime”, and '"Ma
gic Moments”.
Songs done by special groups
will also play an important part
in the concert.
The Girls’ Ensemble will sing
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and
the Boys’ Double Quartet will
sing “There’s Nothing Like a
Dame”.
There is to be a special attrac
tion also; Max Morgan and Ed
die Crutchfield will be singing
some of their special hillbilly mu
sic.
,Torger Hetland and Bryon Fox
will play a piano duet, “Spring
Magic”.
There will also be sieveral solos
and duets. Pam Treece will sing
“Serenade” and Jo Parks will be
singing “One Fine Day”. Charles
Brown and Pam Treece will sing
“My Hero”. Torger Hetland and
Jo Parks will sing “Silver Moon”.
“People Will Say We’re in Love”
will be sung by Sherill Williams
and Louise Furr.
To conclude the program, the
chorus will render a group of pa
triotic numbers. In this group
will be “America, the Beautiful”,
“Where in the World”, and “Bat-
Annual Science
Fair To Be Held
The Science department will
present their annual Science
Fair May 3, from 2 to 5 p.m. It
will be held in the student
lounge.
There will be many new pro;-
ects done on atomics and electri
city. Lane Brown and Ed Floyd
have a project on Radiation De
tection with a gieger counter.
By means of a P.A. system visit
ors will be able to hear the counts
of different radio active particles
Other interesting Physics proj
ects include a working model of
an X-ray machine by Ed Bivens
a heat conductor by O. J. Sikes,
a working model of atoms by
Brenda Huneycutt, a device for
measuring the depth of water in
a well by Suzanne Mauldin, pol
arization of light by Pat Little
science magic by Priscilla BurriSi
and an automatic telephone an
swering device by Wayland Mc
Kenzie,
The biology department will
have many very interesting proj
ects also. Some of them are a
study of internal parasites in the
human body by Bryan Fox, a
collection of African violets by
Mary Hill Hatley, a project on the
fruit fly by Judy Harris, a com
plete study of birds by Nancy
Smith, Karen Herndon, and Pam
Treece a model skeleton of the
human body by Suzanne Swin
dell, a display of radio active
plants by Louise Furr, the em
bryology of the chick by Stanley
Biggers, a display of wild flow
ers by Becky Smith, and a study
of butterflies from different coun
tries by Sue Long. 4.^. ^
The public is invited to attend
the Fair and view all the proj
ects and see the amount of work
being done by the science de
partment at ASHS.
6 Teach Course
Six members from the Bible
Classes were chosen by Mrs. Jim
Ivey to teach a study course re
cently at the Congregational
Christian Church.
Those participating were Lana
Byrd, Nancy Coggins, Jane Cot
ton, Aldena Harrington, Lois
Shaver, and William Roger Smith
tie Hymn of the Republic”.
Everyone is urged to attend
this year’s spring concert.
Norway Will Welcome Torger
Home After ASHS Graduation
On June 28 Albemarle Senior
High's Norwegian exchange stu
dent, Torger Hetland, will begin
his return trip to Norway.
Torger has been in Albemarle
since last September, when he
entered the senior class of ASHS
and made an outstanding record
among his fellow classmates. In
the Senior Mixed Chorus Torger
excelled as a member of the
Boy’s Ensemble. He was also
chosen Student Rotarian, is ac
tive in the First Lutheran Church
Choir, and reigned as king at the
March of Dimes dance.
The one thing which Torger
says has impressed him most
about America was the friendly
attitude among the people. The
most impressive thing about the
school was the differences in the
U. S. school system and that of
Norway. There the secondary
schools are more similar to a col
lege with different classes every
day.
There may be as many as 16
different subjects in a school
year, all of which are required,
and there are no elective courses.
There are very few of the extra
curricular activities which Ameri
can students thrive on, as the
main student organization is a
recreation club which sponsors
dances and other activities. ^
At the end of each two months
period there is an exam. If a
student fails this exam, he is au
tomatically placed in the class
below him. For example, a sen
ior would become a junior or a
junior a sophomore.
Contrary to the European belief
that all Americans are wealthy
and carefree, Torger had a more
realistic conception of what life
in America would be. However,
one idea of his which was chang
ed was that the U. S. schools
would be more difficult than
those in Norway. He says they
are really much easier.
As for his biggest surprise in
America, Torger believes that the
masses of people are not as ac
tive in world affairs as Europeans
The average European per-
much more informed about
are The average European per
son is much more informed abou
political situations than Ameri-
^ Torger was well-informed about
conditions and life in America
before he came. He had studied
Enelish for six years and had
seen several American films.
Therefore, he says he did not
have any particular disappoint
ments in the way things are
here in Albemarle or in the ac
tions of the people with whom he
f>ame in contact.
As advice for ASHS students in
receiving a new student next year
Torger says, “Treat him the same
friendly way you treated me!
Only thing that would be differ
ent is that, as far as I know, it
will be a girl!” ^ ^ ,
What will you hate leaving
^“Well, that must be the whole
America! But I’m coming back!”
Full Moon, Crossroads Heads Chosen
Morris, Lefler
Elected To Edit
ASHS Yearbook
Elaine Morris has been cho
sen editor and Eddie Lefler, busi
ness manager, for the 1959-60
edition of the “Crossroads”, ac
cording to ' a recent announce
ment.
Elaine, a member of the Honor
Society and Modern Music Mast
ers, has served as vice-president
of the Red Cross and treasurer of
the Bible Club, and is an active
member of the Booster’s Club and
Tri-Hi-Y.
Edtlie, an honor student, has
served on the Prom and Junior
play committees and is active in
the Hi-Y and in church. Eddie
also played varsity basketball
this year.
As her aide and assistant edi
tor, Elaine chose. Mary Jo Winn
whose job will be essentially the
same as the editor’s. She will
help supervise various phases of
the work which goes into the de
velopment of a successful year
book.
Since more money will have to
be raised to cover expenses in
1960, Eddie Lefler chose co-as
sistant business managers, Billy
Pickier and Mike Ross. These
boys will be the “Crossroads’ ”
treasurers and records keepers.
Their primary task will be rais
ing the approximately $3,000
necessary to publish an. annual.
Eunice Lee Haynesworth was
chosen as art editor. She will
be kept busy thinking up original
themes for the yearbook and see
ing that her staff sketches out the
necessary art work for the next
“Crossroads”.
Literary editor for next year is
Bonnie Lowder whose job is one
of the most exacting and essen
tial of the entire staff. Senior
quotations and activities, dedica
tion, foreword, and running head
lines will all be a product of her
staff’s efforts.
After all necessary material is
assembled and compiled, Linda
Heckard heading the typing staff
will see that all copy is typed
correctly on the copy sheets and
all errors are corrected.
Larry Shelton as photography
editor will be kept busy seeing
that all photographs are taken
and correctly labeled.
These staff heads along with
the editor, business manager,
and Mrs. Carter will lay all pre
liminary plans for the yearbook.
Coming Events
May 1—Spring Concert
May 3—Science Fair
May 12—Jo Park’s Recital
May 15—Awards Day
May 15—Band Concert
May 19—Josh Morton’s Recital
May 21—Shelby Thomas’ Recital
May 22—Senior Banquet
May 28—Exams Start
May 31—Baccalaureate Service
June 3—Graduation Exercises
Brown Will Take
Part In American
Service Program
Charles Brown has been noti
fied that he has been accepted
to take part in the “Americans
Abroad” program of the Ameri
can Field Service.
Charles will leave in June along
with 1,000 other American stu
dents for a three months’ stay in
a European country. He will
stay for about six weeks with a
European family and then will
attend a summer camp with the
other “American Abroad” stu
dents in this area.
The “Americans Abroad” trip
is being sponsored by the Albe
marle Optimist Club as a portion
of the American Field Service pro
gram. The club also sponsored
Torger Hetland, the exchange
student from Norway, who is a
senior at Albemarle Senior High
School this yean
Charles and the other “Ameri
cans Abroad” students will leave
by ship from' New York to Europe
in June. While on board they
will learn the customs of the
country that they will visit.
Top Records Made
By Parks, Brown
Jo Parks, having made the
highest record in the Senior
class during her four years of
high school, is Valedictorian,
Mr. Cashwell has announced.
Second highest record was
made by Lane Brown, who is
Salutatorian.
Both Jo and Lane are mem
bers of the Honor Society,* but
have been octive in other
phases of high school life.
Jo is editor of Full Moon and
has been active in the music
department.
Lane is well known for his
success on the debate team and
for his work in science.
DISTRICT BIBLl CLUB RALLY
WILL BE HELD HERE MAY 5
The Bible Club district rally
will be held at ASHS on Tuesday
afternoon, with Harry Whitley as
over-all chairman for the proj
ect.
This is the first year that Albe
marle has been able to have the
rally due to lack of space.
The meeting will begin at 4:30
and continue until 9:00 p.m.
Supper will be served in the
school cafeteria.
Some of the schools that will
be represented are Laurinburg,
Landis, China Grove, Kannapolis,
Salisbury, and Thomasville.
Around 250 visitors are expected.
Committee chairmen for the
rally have been appointed.
They are: Decorations, Nancy
Coggms; Recreation, Larry Shel
ton; Registration, Lana Byrd;
Touring, Gene Starnes; Skit, Jan
ice Morris. The pianist will be
Ann Smith.
Plans for this rally were begun
two weeks ago at the State Bible
Club Retreat, which was attended
by Annette Lowder and Harry
Whitley. The retreat was held
at Camp Vade Mecum near Win
ston-Salem.
Guest speakers were foreign
missionaries. Some of the places
represented were Singapore and
Costa Rica.
The theme of the retreat was
“Doing God’s Will”.
During the business session
state officers were elected and
two missionaries were chosen to
receive the offering of the re
treat to help further their work.
Burchette And
Whitley To Head
Newspaper Staff
John Burchette has been cho
sen editor of the Full Moon for
next year. Harry Whitley will
be serving as business manager.
These students were chosen by
a committee composed of the
present heads of the publications
and their sponsors, and the Jun
ior class officers and its sponsor.
John Burchette transferred
from Kernersville, N. C. last year.
Since then he has been an honor
student and a member of the Hi-
Y and Black Masque and is active
in church work. John is on the'
track team and was in the Junior
play, “Strange Boarders”.
Harry Whitley, recently tapped
into the Honor Society, has been
very active in the Bible Club,
where he has held several offi
ces. He has devoted much of
his time to F.T.A. and Senior
Mixed Chorus projects.
The newspaper will be pub
lished by the Full Moon class
chosen from the Juniors who have
signed up for this course.
Yearbook Proof
Is Read By Staff
Mr. Frank Fleming, a repre
sentative from. Delmar Studios
in Charlotte, returned the ASHS
“Crossroads” proof for reading by
the yearbook staff.
After having been prepared
since January 21, the proof was
ready and was checked by each
member of the annual staff of
editors alqng with Mrs. Carter
and Mr. Fleming. Next year’s
editors and business manager
Elaine Morris and Eddie Lefler,
weretillowed to join in the meet
ing. These two are the only per
sons outside the regular staff
who will see the annual before
the printed copies arrive.
Mr. Fleming said that ASHS
students could expect their an-
nuals about three or four weeks
after the proof is read or around
May 15 or 20.
This edition of the “Crossroads”
promises to be one of the best
Albemarle High has published.
After a great deal of hard work,
the staff of editors hopes all stu
dents will be both surprised and
pleased with the contents of the
now “Crossroads.”
Unpaid balances on, yearbook
orders are now being collected
by the business staff.
BY THEIR WORDS
“She said forty-eight states.
She forgot Alaska and Canada.”
■Max Morgan.
“Some of the nicest people be
come the meanest stinkers when
money is concerned.”—Mrs. West-
erlund.
“When your tongue is going
ninety miles an hour, your brain
IS probably in neutral.” — Mrs
Fry.
When Woody Durham inquir
ed if Sue Tucker had done her
Trig; Sue smartly replied, “No, I
was afraid I could do it.”—Woodv
Durham.
“You can say one thing for me,
I ye got the figure of a snake.”—
Billie Rae Atkins.
You can’t rent evening dresses
can you?”—David Stiller.
She gives us a test every week
m the day!”—Ann Smith.
“If you happen to meet a mil
lionaire s son, call me. I want
to niG0t his dcidcly/*-—Dggsp
“I used to think Halitosis was
some kind of Post Toasties.”—
Ji-unice Lee Haynesworth.
with J
with the gleam m her eye? Some
one pushed her while she was
brushing her teeth.”—Johnny Al
mond.