SPECIAL
SENIOR
EDITION
The
Moon it
Vol. 25 — No. 8
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
June 2, 1960
156 Seniors Will Receive High School Diplomas On Tune 7
Kenny Fun Chosen President Of Next Year's Student Council
Group Will Fa ce
Possible Revision
Of Constitution
President-elect of the student
body for next year is Kenny Furr.
Assisting him with the various
problems of student government
Will be vice-president Jeff Under
wood, secretary, Judy Starnes,
and treasure^, Susie Napier.
These students were chosen by
the student body over their op
position, Nancy Smith, Sherry
Pegram, Chuck Miller, and Lou
ise Furr.
One of the major problems con
fronting the newly elected offi
cers will be the completion and
placing into effect the new Con
stitution, which is in the process
of revision.
These students will succeed
president Charles Brown, vice-
president Kenny Furr, secretary
Janice Hearne, and co-treasurers
Jirnmy and Johnny Stonestreet.
Mrs. Young will again be the
sponsor.
Sweden Furnishes
Exchange Student
. The students of ASHS will en
joy again next year the presence
of a foreign exchange student—
Ihger Margareta Blomfelt of
^agra, Sweden.
Inger, who will arrive in New
York on August 20, will live with
Judy Harris and her family on
North Ninth Street. She is in
terested in chemistry and likes
all types of sports, especially
football, ice hockey, and hand
ball. She enjoys reading and
5^ovies, and has many pen pals.
She is currently corresponding
^ith a girl in Pittsburgh, three
ooys in Germany, and several
ooys and girls in other parts of
Sweden.
Inger’s father, Mr. Jonas Len-
|iart Blomfelt, is a contractor in
^agra. She has three brothers
■^Yngve, 13; Ellert, 11; and Ron-
^y, 4—and her family belongs to
a Protestant church.
School in Sweden begins at
°:00 a.m. and is over at 3:00
P-m. Inger’s favorite subject is
chemistry, but she likes her oth-
subjects too. She has been
studying English for five and
One-half years, and she also
speaks French and German.
Amoiig Inger’s extracurricular
activities are a sports club, a mu
sic club, and a club for young
People interested in farming. She
is also a member of the 4-H Club.
Inger will be the third foreign
exchange student to attend AbHb
for a year. She follows Torger
Wetland of Norway, who was
here last year, and Chiara Zoi-
foli of Italy, who is here this
year.
Brenda Furr Has
Story Published
A short story, "The Funeral,
Submitted by Brenda Furr, was se
lected as one of 30 articles to .
Published in the student edition
of the North Carolina Englisn
■i. ^n.oTi c>y*
Brenda’s story was one of
entries from North Carolina
Schools. She completed the story
the spring of her sophomore
J^ear. After reading the ?tor^
^rs. Fry encouraged Brenda
Submit it for publication.
, This is the second compositi
by an A.S.H.S. student to be
iected for publication. A poem
''written by Libbie Hatley
I^ublished in 1958, when she
^ senior.
jerry LOU HOLBERT
J. Robert Iddings
To Visit Germany
Robert Iddings will become the
second A.S.H.S. student to spend
the summer abroad under the
American Field Service program
as he goes to Germany in June.
Robert will live in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Fritz Rieger in
Schweinfurt, Germany, this sum
mer, and he will tour much of
the country. His trip will be
similar to Charles Browns trip
to Sweden last summer.
Robert is scheduled to le^e
Charlotte by bus on June 7. He
will ride the bus to Montreal,
Canada, where he will board the
M S. Seven Seas. His ship wi
sail on June 10 for Rotterdam,
Holland.
For his return trip, Robert will
leave Rotterdam on August 15 on
the M. S. Waterman, and arrive
in New York on August 24.
Among Robert’s many activ
ities at A.S.H.S are National Hon
or Society. Modern Music Mas^
ers. Boosters Club, Hi-Y. He is
president of the junior class and
is very active in Boy Scouts. He
sings in his church choir and is
treasurer of Luther League.
JIMMY STONESTREET
CHARLES BROWN
HARRY WHITLEY
ELAINE MORRIS
Summer Classes
Beg'n On June 13
Summer school classes will be
gin at ASHS on June 13 this
year.
Classes will begin each morn
ing at 7:00 a.m. There will be
two class periods each day last
ing two hours each.
One week will be taken off for
the fourth of July, and the sum
mer session will end on July 23.
As of now, no class assign
ments have been made.
Troublefield, Holt
Head '6! Seniors
New officers for the rising sen
ior class were elected in a class
meeting held May 17.
These new officers are as fol
lows: John Troublefield, presi
dent; Sandra Holt, vice-presi
dent; Brenda Furr, secretary; and
Mike Wolf, treasurer.
Miss Caughman will once
again serve as the senior class
sponsor.
Poll Company Releases Senior Plans
The McLanefird Poll, a nation
wide survey corporation, has just
rompferd tabulation of the
nlans tor each of this years
mduates Results of the survey
fevS a wide diversification of
‘"rjtfndingT'c' State will be
I'-|4?Toe^sfofer"^-"ar
by Harris, studying in the
textiles Wayland Mc-
school of textiles Joe In-
Kenzie, Larr^yjo ^teve
fv^”picS. Stanley Lambeth
narrell Lowder, and
Mike Ros^ will be studying
rthe ya“ou3 of the
'^"'fhrerAS^S girls—Susan Cash-
jlrw Lou Holbert, and Ann-
’^TOven'ing to distant Florida to
atwnd StetJon University will be
John Burchette and Harry Whit
ley.
Neil Efird will become a cadet
at the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point.
Choosing to study closer at
home are Claude Burleson, Pat
Clemmer, Kenneth Burr, and Jim
my Holt, who will be attending
Pfeiffer.
In the field of business Carolyn
Phifer, Reba Stamper, Annette
Staton, Judy Burleson, Gay Cris-
co, and Rebecca Haire will study
at Arnold Business College here
in Albemarle.
In Charlotte at King’s Business
College will be Linda Almond,
Jeanne Dennis, Edward Clark,
Frankie Fenters, Kay Kennedy,
Myra Whitley, and Michael Smith.
Studying at Southern Business
School will be Bill Tucker, while
Karen Davis will attend Char
lotte Comptometer School.
Tom Lapierre will journey to
Detroit to study at Detroit Busi
ness Institute, while Jeffrey
Brown will study at Carolina
Business College.
Making their homes at W. C.
will be Bonnie Lowder, Luray
Hatley, Gail Lowder, Elaine Mor
ris, Bobby Mullis, Sharon Smith
Ann Whitley, Sue Lowder, and
Mary Jo Winn.
Salem College will number
among its students Landis Mill
er and Pam Truette.
Frankie Hatley, Ronnie Arey,
Gayle Clark, and Nelson Smith
will be found at East Carolina
next fall.
Sylvia Smith and Judy Lowder
will be students at High Point
College.
Eight of this year’s seniors will
attend school at Lenoir Rhyne
(Continued on Page Eight)
Class Is Largest
Ever To Graduate
From City Schools
One hundred fifty-six seniors—
70 girls and 86 boys—will receive
diplomas Tuesday night in the
school auditorium during gradu
ation exercises.
This year’s class will be the
second to graduate from the new
Senior High and the largest ever
to graduate from the city school
system.
Commencement exercises be
gin Sunday with the baccalaure
ate sermon, which will be de
livered by Rev. N. C. Kirkland,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Under the direction of
Mr. Fry, the senior class will sing
“Sun of My Soul,” and Peggy
Jordan will render a solo.
At graduation Tuesday evening
Dr. Kenneth Howe, Dean of the
School of Education at W. C.,
will be the chief speaker. The
chairman of the school board, R.
L. Brown, Jr., will award the di
plomas to the members of the
senior class. The graduating
class will sing “Auld Lang Syne,”
“Halls of Ivy,” and “Born To Be
Free,” accompanied by the band.
Jimmy Stonestreet, Jerry Lou
Holbert and Charles Brown are
the valedictorians for the senior
class; Harry Whitley and Elaine
Morris, the salutatorians.
Class officers who have served
the class during its last year of
high school are Joe Stoker, presi
dent; Eddie Lefler, vice-presi
dent; Ann Taylor, secretary; and
Paul Welch, treasurer. Miss
Caughman has served as class
advisor.
Marshals Chosen
For Graduation
Marshals for commencement
exercises and school functions
next year have been chosen by
the rising junior and senior class
es.
The rising seniors voted for
Pam Treece (chief), Jim Howell,
John Shelton, Nancy Smith, and
Judy Harris,
Rowena Kluttz, June Whitley,
Sherry Pegram, and Sylvia Wall
will be the rising junior mar
shals.
The rising sophomores at Jun
ior High will elect three class
members to serve as marslials.
Marshals are chosen from stu
dents who make the first semes
ter honor roll.
BY THEIR WORDS
“David has got an intoeing-
grownail.”—Paul Welch.
“Out, out, out, exit, and leave.”
—Mr. Morris.
“Today we are pleased to have
with us selected scholarship sin
ners from the Senior High
School.”—Jack Wilson at the
Lions Club.
“Remeniber while you sleep
your National Guard is awal^e,
so pull down the shades.”—Eddie
Lefler.
“So far, so bad.”—Mr. Hatley.
“My mind’s made up; don’t
confuse me with the facts.”—Mrs.
Deese.
“Everytime I walk, intelligence
squashes out.” — Eunice Hayns-
worth.
“I get 12 gallons to a mile on
my car.”~Lindsay Harwood.
“I wonder if Miss Caughman
uses logarithms when she dials
the telephone.”—Ray Terry.
“I’m going to quit school and
be a dentist.” — Johnny Stone
street.