The Full Moon
Vol. 26 — No. 5
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
February 14, 1961
Come See! You Wont
Believ,e! Fair Set For Feb. 24
Mr. Hatley will once again
show off his student^ and their
science projects in the annual
Science Fair, Friday evening,
February 24, in the high school
science rooms.
A group of three judges will
carefully inspect the projects and
choose a winner in both the phy
sics and chemistry departments.
They will base their decisions on
the originality of the project; the
Work put into it; and, amorig
other things, the manner in
'vhich the projects are displayed.
The winners will be announced
on Awards Day later on this year.
Any person entering this Fair
niay, if Mr. Hatley thinks his
project is good enough, enter it
in the South Piedmont Science
Fair in Charlotte, March 25. Here
he may win a trip io the Na
tional Science Fair in Kansas
City, Missouri.
This year the Science Fair will
be held simultaneously with a
basketball game and a supper,
both of which will be in the high
School building.
The biology department, under
Mr. Tyson, will display a few
projects. Mr. 'Tyson says he will
have a few working demonstra
tions, a few models, and a more
elaborate project on the effects
of radiation biology.
In the past the Fair hks been
held on a Sunday afternoon. Due
to the lack of cooperation of stu
dents, parents, and teachers the
Fair is losing its original pur
pose. This year, in hopes of get
ting more people to attend, Mr.
Hatley plans to hold it on a bas
ketball night. He feels that if
the people would see these^proj
ects they would enjoy it and it
^ould be beneficial to them also.
Again this year there will be
niany worthwhile projects, which
take much time _and effort to
hiake.
Very few students have chosen
projects and even fewer have
Completed them. The following
9-re some of the students and
' their previously chosen projects;
Ronnie Herrin, Molecular Struc
ture of Liquids; Bryan Fox, P^ep-
Oration of Hydrocholoric Acid;
Johnny Shelton, Decomposi^on
' of Potassium Chlorate; and Don
i and Dan Walter, the ‘ Love
Meter.
; I
The majority of students are
’ l9oking through books, maga-
- zines, and files for projects.
Four Juniors Will
Attend Symposium
Four ASHS Juniors have been
selected by Mr, Hatley to attend
the Junior Science Symposium
March 15, 16, and 17, at State
College, Raleigh, at the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill and at Duke University, Dur
ham. Students chosen a^ Bar
bara Doby, Sylvia Wall, Edward
Lowder, and Tommy Little.
Those students attending will
view demonstrations in research
and listen to speeches by niany
outstanding men of science. Pro
fessor Jerrold R. Zacharias, ^he
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, will be the jnain speaker.
Professor Zacharias is an interna
tionally famous physicist.
The Symposium is a statewide
project and is concerned with a 1
phases of the physical, cheimcal
Ld biological sciences. A mam
objective of the Symposium is to
discover the North Carolina youth
who have scientific talents and to
help them to perfect their tai
^^The Symposium has chosen as
its theme this year
Soeress-Science in the Making .
In the past ASHS has been rep-
rP^?nted twice in the Symposium.
? there were five Albemarle
In 19oo tnere ^qc-q thpre
students attending, m 1959 tnere
were four. ^
Eight Musicians
Will So To Clinic
the North, Carolina H'f^
Rand Clinic to be heia
etteville the last week-end of
^^The^stiidents selected are Dan
Hunevcutt, Jackie Barbee, Jan
iSl Carolyn Varner, Wayne
BaL from Duke University.
ic^are "^xpeS 1o^ P%|iie
ttJy^wllf^be'^eSert^^^^^^^ at^ a
hanauet followed by a dance.
An Saturday night the com
bined members of the band clinic
will give a public concert.
Traffic Cominittee Joins
National Safety Program
^nmmunltv. Con
ASHS recently joined the Na
tional Student Traffic Safety Pro
gram in order to
ter program of safety to all aid
Ji^arle student drivers.
The Traffic Committee, whicn
is a branch of the Student Coun
cil, will handle this program,
is sure that this program .
a lot toward furthering saie^'
among student drivers in Ai
^arle. i.p
An extensive program wiii
Carried out by the rnernbws
the Traffic Committee. Some or
the future plans for a sai y
campaign are: cafetv
1. ^Conduct a vehicle saieiy
check of student and faculty
tor vehicles, as well as s y
checking motor vehicles S
|ng to residents of the com^
ity during after-school g
2. Student safety
or committees will fjPv,ool
of traffic violations around s
and discuss with violators y
to improve their driving. .
3. Write articles on safe y
School and local newspap
4. prepare POS^rs on
safety to be displayed on
bulletin boards and in stor
in the community. Conduct
safety poster contests ‘ij
S?junction with the school
"T^Patot’ guides for parking
^4fens"^a«rZ;’s‘of
parking *°
®‘6‘^“nAomce safety tips, and
weather news over school inter-
Maintain a bulletin board
devoted to safety news and ac-
ddent incidence in the commun-
Compare student traffic vio-
l.t^onn?d accidents with those
of the adults in the community.
instruct slogans and
limericks on traffic-safety topics
During the 1960-61 perwd there
« United States senior high
h ^mio?h^h schools and two
?o"r^i|nTn'es%^.rticipating^
""‘‘^VaWs hS partldpated
y^Yhis pro^aro and it is hoped
Lt t'LTnfire student body
earnes^e fn^?t°s efforts ?o”p®^
Sf”ty first mth ,its motto “Ac
tions For Safety.
STUDENTS ARE SELECTED
MARY HILL HATLEY
Mary Hill Hatley
Is Good Citizen
For District Four
Mary Hill Hatley has been
named DAR Good Citizen for
District 4 of North Carolina.
The announcement was made
January 21 in Winston-Salem at
the District 4 contest. Mary Hill,
along with the 27 other girls
competing for the title, toured
Old Salem and lunched at Sa
lem College. After lunch a busi
ness meeting was held at which
Mary Hill was announced the
winner. She also received an
award of $10.
All of the Good Citizens had
previously written an essay en
titled “To What Avail—If Free
dom Fail” and filled out a four
page questionnaire on-the his
tory of North Carolina without
reference to books. The judges’
decision was based 50% on each.
Mary Hill’s essay will go to the
State Contest, where she will
compete for the State DAR Good
Citizen. The winner will be
picked in the spring and will be
awarded $100.
Cancer Society
Sponsors Contest
An essay contest for high school
students is being sponsored by
the presidetnt of the Stanly Coun
ty Unit of the Cancer Society, Mr.
Jay Weemhoff.
The essay, designed better to
acquaint students with the facts
of cancer, must be entitled “The
History of Cancer,” and must con
tain at least five hundred words.
The winner of first prize will re
ceive $10 00; second prize, $5.00;
third prize, $2.50; and fourth
prize, $2.50.
All entries must be in not
later than March 15.
KENNY FURR
Furr Nominated To
Naval Academy
By Congressman
Kenny Furr has been nomi
nated by Congressman Hugh Q.
Alexander as a candidate for ap
pointment to the United States
Naval Academy.
Kenny is now serving as presi
dent of the Student Council and
CO-captain of the wrestling team.
He has taken an active part in
his church and community ac
tivities. Having maintained a
high scholastic average through
out high school, Kenny is a mem
ber of the Albemarle chapter of
the National Honoi; Society.
Congressman Alexander stated
that it was a pleasure to offer
Kenny the nomination to partici
pate in the examination for ap
pointment to the Naval Academy
and that he was very much im
pressed with Kenny’s high school
record.
Kenny will take his scholastic
examination here on March 18
and his physical exam in
Charleston, S. C., on March 22.
Debate Topic Is
Announced: Team
Has Been Chosen
“Resolved: That the United
Nations Should Be Significantly
Strengthened” is the topic on
which the ASHS debate team
will be debating this year.
The preliminary debates were
held during home room period
February 7. On March 10, the
ASHS negative will meet the
North Rowan affirmative, and
the ASHS affirmative will meet
the Lexington negative at North
Rowan and Lexington, respec
tively.
Those debating will be as fol
lows:
Affirmative—John Troublefield
and Beverly Freeman.
Negative—Jeff Underwood and
Harriet Reeves.
Seniors Lead Sophomores
And Juniors In Honor Rolls
The Seniors of ASHS get a re
ward for their hard work as they
led both the semester and six
weeks honor rolls.
Those on the semester honor
roll are:
Seniors—-Bob McCommons, Jan
Barrier, Carolyn Troublefield, Ro
berta Lampsi, Judy Morton, Nan
cy Smith, Diane Griffin, Judy
Harris, Mary Hill Hatley, Nancy
Finan, Jo Lynn Pickier, Jane
Arey, Susan Ausband, Margaret
Ann Furr, Pam Treece, and Trina
Holt.
Juniors—Becky Basinger, Bar
bara Doby, Rowena Kluttz, Sher
ry Pegram, Nancy Russell, Lana
Russell, Sylvia Wall, Margaret
Allred, Harriet Reeves, and Judy
Wilson.
Sophomores — Raymond Earn
hardt, Jr., Jane Herlocker, and
Delores Morton.
Making the six weeks honor
roll are:
Seniors—Bob McCommons, Di
ane Lefier, Ronald Hall, Jan Bar
rier, Roberta Lampsi, Judy Mor
ton, Nancy Smith, Johnny Gehr-
ing, Jim Howell, Diane Griffin,
Judy Harris, Mary Hill Hatley,
Craven Morton, Nancy Finan, Jo
Lynn Pickier, Jane Arey, Susan
ASHS Plays Host
To 1500 Singers In
Annual Contest
Albemarle Senior High School
played host last week to approxi
mately 1,500 students and teach
ers who were here to participate
in the District Choral Contest.
From this district, which in
cludes seven counties, 19 schools
were represented by 30 singing
groups. A panel of three judges
heard these groups and rated
them according to the quality of
their performance. These judges
were Paul Peterson, Department
of Music, Salem College; Charles
Isley, Department of Music, Ap
palachian State Teachers College;
and Mrs. Nancy Ferrell, Choral
Director, High Point Senior High
School.
This is the third year that the
contest has been conducted at
ASHS. Arrangements^ for the day
were made by Paul B. Fry, choral
director of Albemarle Senior and
Junior High Schools. Participate
ing in the contest from the Senior
High School were the Junior and
Senior Mixed Choruses.
Presiding at the registration
desk was Mrs. Jacob Carter, as
sisted by students. A committee
of 25 students served as judges’
assistants, ' messengers, guides,
parking lot attendants, stage at
tendants, and check-room attend
ants. ’ . .
Refreshments consisting of
sandwiches, drinks, potato chips,
and crackers were sold from 8:00-
5:00 to visitors by the Student
Council. The cafeteria workers
prepared the sandwiches and the
Coca-Cola Company installed the
drink fountain. Kenny Furr, Jeff
Underwood, and Susie Napier were
in charge of the booth. Mrs.
Young is the advisor of this group.
By Their Words
“I never forget it until some
body reminds me.”—Inger Blom-
felt. , „
“I just happened to thopight.”
Jann Barrier.
“I’m so hungry, I can even
small the holes in the dough
nuts.”—Roberta Lampsi.
“Lydia, we can go to the Rock
and Roll Show, if you take your
car and buy the tickets.”—Craig
“Pass me the goblet gravy,
please.”—Steve Isenhour.
“Did you hear about the one-
legged man who could do the
cha!!”—William Walker.
'“The first semester has gone so
fast I haven’t had time to study.”
•Edith Smith.
“Every time the phone would
answer, I would ring.”—Mr. Hat
ley.
“I make a motion that we have
an all male girls’ chorus.”—Bry
an Fox.
“I’m giving a test tomorrow.
It won’t be hard if you know the
answers.”—Mr. Nye.
“I’m a fugitive from a bean
pole.”—Marie Snuggs.
“Mrs. Deese, are you going to
write the I dictation on the
board?”—^Ted Snotherly.
“Did you hear what happened
in Mr. Biology’s third period Ty
son class?”--Joanna Morris.
“I forgot my robe — but it
doesn’t matter because we’re
singing at my house.” — Bobby
Richards.
“For refreshments we had
Cokes and potato flips.” — Inger
Blomfelt.
“Roll up your door before you
get out!”—Steve Surratt.
“Ronald Shoe is doing a book
let on sells.”—Miss Thomas.
Ausband, Jean Efird, Brenda
Furr, Pam Treece, Margaret Ann
Furr, Karen Herndon, and Trina
Holt.
Juniors — Sylvia Wall,' Frances
Sides, Lane Turner, Nancy Rus
sell. Sherry Pegram, Barbara Do
by, Rowena Kluttz, Becky Ba
singer, Judy Almond, Margare
Allred, Harriet Reeves, and Ed
ward Lowder.
Sophomores — Raymond Earn
hardt, Jr., Jane Herlocker, Delores
Morton, Edith Harwood, Larry
Mabry, and Susan Kaylor.