Congratulations,
Seniors!
The Full Moon
Eappy
Landmgs!
Vol. 26 — No. 8
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 26, 1961
157 ASHS Seniors To Receive Diplomas At Exercises June 6
Underwood Heads List Of Officers Elected For Next Year
Work Being Done
To Assure Smooth
Operation In Fall
Jeff Underwood slightly out-
margined Sherry Pegram in the
recent student government elec
tions for president of the student
body next year.
Others elected were Raymond
Earnhardt, jRowena Kluttz, and
Dink Morton for the offices of
vice-president, treasurer, and
secretary, respectively.
These officers and Mrs. Young,
advisor, will serve as the foun
dation of next year’s student
council. They will succeed Ken
ny Furr, president; Susie Napier,
treasurer; and Judy Starnes, sec
retary. Jeff moved up from- vice-
president to president.
The election capped two weeks
of very vigorous campaigning.
Much time and effort were spent
both on the part of the student
council’s election committee and
the part of the students them
selves.
Work thus far, by the officers of
the first class to go to the Jumor
High before coming to ASHS,
has been limited to the tentative
frame-work of next year’s stu
dent council.
The officers and Mrs. Young
have been compiling a list of
chairmen of the following stand
ing committees: Finance, Calen
dar, Assembly, Election, Publi
city, Social, Traffic, House and
Grounds, and Fire Drill. They
have also made provisions for
a Special Projects Committee.
Next year the new ASHS con
stitution will have its first full
year’s use. It will not be until
next year’s homeroom represen
tatives are elected that this new
student administration will be
gin to function.
French Student
Will Attend ASHS
ASHS will have a foreign stu
dent next year, but the report as
to her name and interests is not
available at this time. . ,
Dr. Carl Bowen has said that
her papers have been sent ana
have been approved by the
American Field Service and by
Dr. and Mrs. Ritchie Wall, who
will keep the exchange student
next year. The girl who will pro
bably be spending the next aca
demic year in Albemarle is
from Southern France.
ASHS has been very fortunate
in having had three outstanding
exchange students. Torger Het-
land from Norway, Chiara Zotoii,
from Italy, and this year Inger
Blomfelt from Sweden .
been the students who have livea
here.
Grading System
Will Be Changed
A.S.H.S. will undergo a series
of changes next year.
Full Moon English will not be
taught along with regular Eng
lish IV. The members of the staff
will be composed of Mrs. Fry’s
homeroom in order to combine
their regular English class with
advanced English. Advanced
English will be taught during ac
tivity period on Monday and
Wednesday.
The grading system will be
changed in order that the stu
dents will have a comparable
grade in college. The system will
be similar to the following: 93 to
100, A; 85 to 93, B; 77 to 85, C; 70
to 76, D; E, Failure.
One of the major changes will
be the putting into effect the
new constitution that was re
cently adopted by the student
body. Heretofore, A.S.H.S has not
had a constitution of its own.
The choruses of A.S.H.S. will
no longer be known as the Junior
Mixed and the Senior Mixed
Chorus. The names have been
changed so that the chorus con
sisting of Juniors and Seniors
will be the Senior Choir, and the
Sophomores taking chorus will
be called the Mixed Chorus.
Summer School
To Be Conducted
Advanced Summer School will
be held at ASHS from June 19—
July 22. The classes to be taught,
which are World History and Al-
bera II, will begin at 7:00 m the
morning and will be held six
days a week.
SENIORS IN THE NEWS
VALEDICTORIAN
JUDY HARRIS
SALUTATORIAN
MARY HILL HATLEY
JAMES LISK JOHNNY SHELTON
WINNERS or DIXON SCHOLARSHIPS
Seniors' Talents Flying Everywhere
Set Smart Quick!
Exam Time's Here
As the school year draws t^o
a close, students find the clos
ing event listed as final
exams. ^ j
The exams aie scheduled to
begin on June 1. On this dciy
the Seniors will take their
sixth period exam. Then June
2, all students will have their
first and second ex^s.
On June 5, third and fifth
period exams will be ^i^en.
During these days
dents will remain at school un
til one o'clock. The sixth
period exam will be given the
following day to all students,
except Seniors.
The news is out that members
of the Class of ’61 are scattering
their talents everywhere From, a
glance at their plans, they will
be doing good all over North
Carolina and a few other states.
A rather large bus will have to
po to UNC next fall since Johnny
Gehring, Dan and Don Walte^
Robert Iddings, Fred Stokes, BoId
McCommons, Stan Biggers, Bill
Burbage, and Bryan Fox will be
^"'lnhabfting^W^C?'will be Nancy
Finan, Nancy Smith, Susan Aus-
band, and Nancy Aldridge.
A few potential teachers from
A ciTTS are Margaret Furr, Edee
Smfh. Dia^ Lefler Ann Bell,
jX Morton, Pam Sells, Gary
Mauldin Mike Wolfe, Sara Tal-
S and Jan Russell. These stu-
dpnts will attend Appalachian
State Teachers College. _
Wingate College will receive
nnite a few talented students
from Albemarle. They are Nancy
T angley, Tommy Ward, Crai^g
Morgan, Brenda Thompson, Ed
die Wilson, Sandra Stone, Ron-
wnit Wayne Honeycutt,
Steve Isen’hour, and Jerrell Bunt-
'""Going to Pfeiffer are Miriam.
WHhoit, Ronnie Herrin, Roger
mnson, Brenda Smith, . Elwin
Lowder and Roger Morris
Tpan Efird, Brenda Furr, Peggy
Garrett Steve Surratt, Shelia Mc
Manus, Judy Chandler, Don Bur-
wss and Steve Watson, are all
loing to East Carolina.
Mary Sikes will attend Coker
College and Betsy Holbrook will
go to Limestone College, wjile
liVy Hill Hatley and Pam
Tr?ece will situate themselves at
Converse in South Carolina Scot-
tie Burleson, also going south,
plans to attend the University of
Florida.
On their way to Raleigh to at
tend State are Ronald Hall, Jam
es Lisk, Mike Fusonie, Craven
Morton, Johnny Shelton, and Jim
Howell. Just down the street will
be Karen Herndon at St. Mary’s.
Louise Furr and Diane Griffin
will be students at Meredith
while Diane Butler and Lydia
Hearne will attend Peace Col
lege.
Mike Caudle has made plans
to attend Abeline Christian Col
lege in Texas, and Linda Haynes
will head westward.
Headed for Lees-McRae is Roy
Wilson. Sylvia Barnes is plan
ning to study at Southern Pil
grim College and Trina Holt will
be on her way to Catawba Col
lege. Mitchell College will num
ber among its students Jimmy
Aldridge.
Bobbie Sue Honeycutt will at
tend De-Mar Beauty School to be
come a beautician.
The desire to be a nurse will
send Susie Napier and Mary
Frances Reynolds to Mercy Hos
pital, and Sharon Cranford to
Presbyterian. While these girls
are in Charlotte, Marie Snuggs
will be in Concord at Cabarrus
Hospital. Jo Lynn Pickler’s choice
is Baptist Hospital in Winston-
Salem. Delores Thompson and
Priscilla McSwain also plan to
study nursing.
Business students at Morgan’s
in Albemarle will be Brenda
Hopkins and Linda Eudy. Gwen
Williams will study at Arnold’s.
Connie Morgan, Diane Sells,
Phoebe Tucker, Barbara Ever
hart, Pat Lawhon, Betty Hudson,
Judy Blackwell, W. C. Talbert,
Marlene Burleson, and Norma
Delk are going to Kings Business
College in Charlotte.
Also interested in business are
Carolyn Lowder, Darlene Crow
ell, Brenda Gregson Howard, Ger
ald Holt, Linda Harwood, Carlene
Hinson, Hazel Grose, David Bla
lock, and Roddy Cotton.
Jann Barrier, Joyce Benton,
and Libby Sue Troublefield, all
sparkling big diamonds, have
plans to march down the aisle.
Many seniors have chosen
some field of service instead of
college. Jerry Shaver and Jerry
Holt will join the Navy. Johnny
Greene, Frank Casper, Aaron
Burris, William. Lefler, and Kent
Stoker prefer the Air Force while
Terry Still and Shanon Doby will
sport Marine uniforms. Jerry
Huneycutt is going to join the
Army and Lovell Burleson will
become a WAAC.
Many students will plunge
right into working! These in
clude Aaron Cooke, Mike Hath-
cock, Jane Arey, Joyce Huneycutt,
Dwight Cox, Carolyn Trouble
field, John Edwards, Sammy
Lowder, William Walker, Boyd
Treece, Richard Morton, Jimmy
Dunn, David Hatley, Martha Bur
leson, Linda Russell, Marie
Smith, and Gary Bell.
Lenoir Rhyne will claim Ro
berta Lampsi, Margaret Ann
Casper, and Florence Morton.
Judy Harris and Suzanne Swin
dell will attend Duke and High
Point, respectively.
John Troublefield plans to take
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Heckard, Stokes
Will Deliver Main
Talks To Grads
One hundred and fifty-seven
Seniors — 81 girls and 76 boys—
will graduate at commencement
exercises Tuesday night in the
ASHS auditorium.
The graduation exercises will
begin with the Baccalaureate
sermon Sunday night. The ser
mon will be delivered by the
Reverend Cecil Heckard of the
Central Methodist Church.
The Reverend Hoyle Allred of
the West Albemarle Baptist
Church will have the Invocation,
the Reverend C. R. Hinton of the
Grace Baptist Church will read
the Scripture, and the Reverend
David Morrow will give the
Benediction.
Music will be under the direc
tion of Paul B. Fry. The Girls’
Ensemble will sing “Now Abid-
eth Faith, Hope, and Love”. “The
Lord’s Prayer” and “Sevenfold
Amen” will be presented by the
Mixed Ensemble. Sherry Pegram
and June Whitley will accom
pany these groups.
Commencement exercises will
be Tuesday night at 8:00. Dr. J.
Lem Stokes, president of Pfeiffer
College, will be the graduation
speaker.
The Reverend James H. Mc-
Clintock of the Second Presby
terian Church will give the In
vocation, and Mr. Claud Grigg
will introduce the speaker. Mr.
R. L. Brown will present the di
plomas to the graduating Sen
iors.
The Senior class will sing
“Halls of Ivy” and “Auld Lang
Syne” under the direction of
Paul B. Fry. The AHS Band will
play the processional and the re
cessional.
The marshals elected for these
events from the rising Senior
class are Barbara Doby, chief,
Rowena Kluttz, Sherry Pegram,
Svlvia Wall, and Margaret All-
red. Raymond Earnhardt, De-
lores Morton, and Jane Herlocker
are the marshals from the ris
ing Junior class.
Senior class officers who have
served this year are John
Troublefield, president; Sandra
Holt, vice-president; Brenda
Furr, secretary; and Mike Wolfe,
treasurer. Miss Chicora Caugh-
man has been the class sponsor.
The valedictorian of the Sen
ior class is Judy Harris and the
salutatorian is Mary Hill Hatley.
BY THEIR V/ORDS
“Don’t bother me. I’m trying to
think.” — Margaret Barbee.
“I wish I were tiny like Jann.”
—Roberta Lampsi.
“I used to be a flower.”—Mar
garet Ann Casper.
“I rolled my nose on balloon
curlers.” Suzanne Swindell.
“Hey, cast, where’s Edith to
day?” — Marie Snuggs.
“I hit myself in the mouth
with my tooth.” — Judy Harris.
“I would have T. B. but my
cancer ate it up.” — Bo Burris.
“If anybody has any gripes,
keep them to yourself.” — Mr.
Nye.
“I put my nose up in the wea
ther.” (Meaning air) — Inger
Blomfelt.
“I haven’t been in the bottom
of my locker.” — Linda Haynes.
“Why don’t you grow up and
act like you’ve got some smart?”
— Judy Chandler.
“If you’d use your brains as
much as your tongue, you’d learn
more.” — Miss Caughman.