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Vol. 28 —No. 3
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
November 22, 1961
Membership Given
To I Boy, 9 Girls
By Honor Society
Ten ASHS Seniors were tapped
into the Albemarle chapter Ox
the National Honor Society on
November 3.
Those selected as members are
as follows: Sylvia Wall, Judy Al
mond, Gay Snuggs, Mickey Maul
din, Brenda Smith, Lana Turner,
Sylvia Fesperman, Becky Moss,
Loretta Holt, and honorary mem
ber, Marie Ruffat.
Sherry Pegram, president of the
local chapter, presided over the
induction ceremony. Following
a devotional given by Nancy
Russell, Jerry Thomas, a student
at Pfeiffer College, sang ‘‘On
Life’s Highway.” Mr. Thomas has
been a practice teacher at ASHS
for some time.
Reverend Leroy A. Calder, pas
tor of the North Albemarle Bap
tist Church, spoke to the student
body prior to the tapping cere
mony. Highlighted in his talk
were the four main ideals of the
National Honor Society, those of
leadership, scholarship, char
acter, and service.
After the new members were
inducted. Principal H. T. Webb
administered the oath of the or
ganization.
Sylvia is head cheerleader,
president of the Black Masque
Club, and a Student Council
chairman. Attending the Central
Methodist Church, she is a mem
ber of the choir and MYF.
Judy is currently serving as
the typing editor of the Full
Moon. Active in youth .activities
at the Friendship Methodist
Church, she is the Outreach
chairman and a past president
of the MYF.
Gay is the president of the
Bible Club and the vice-president
of her Tri-Hi-Y Club. At her
church, she is the vice-president
of both her Sunday school class
and Training Union.
Mickey was elected president
of the Senior Class and was
chosen as the business manager
of the Crossroads. He is also the
secretary of his Hi-Y Club.
Brenda is the Bible Club re
porter and treasurer of her home
room. She sings in the church
choir, is vice-president of her
Sunday School class, and is the
Training Union secretary.
Lana is winner of the DECA
Club district speech contest and
will rcpre.sent ASHS in the state
contest. She currently serves on
the DE Evaluation Committee.
While beiiig the pianist in her
Sunday School Class, Lana is the
MYF secretary.
Sylvia is one of the co-Art Edi
tors of the Crossroads. At the
Anderson Grove Baptist Church
she is president of the Training
Union, secretary of the YWA or
ganization, and secretary in Sun
day school.
Becky attended the District
Meeting of the Tri-Hi-Y Clubs
last year. She has also partici
pated in the Heart Fund and
March of Dimes Drives. Becky
is in the choir and MYF at the
Central Methodist Church. _
Loretta is a majorette in the
band and serves as' the feature
I editor of the Full Moon.. At the
.^irst Street Methodist Church she
is president of the Senior Youth
Division, and an officer of MYF.
Marie, the honorary member,
is an AFS exchange student from
Prance.
Mascots Elected
By Senior Class
Choosing Tanya Holt and Ke
vin Kearns as mascots for the
Senior Class was’ the first step
taken by the seniors in prepara
tion for graduation exercises.
Tanya is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Holt, and Kevin is
i:he son of Mrs. Yvonne Kearns.
The twelfth graders have just
recently begun to experience the
life of a senior. Calling cards
TAPPED INTO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Front row, left to right: Marie Ruffat, honorary, Loretta Holt, Lana Turner and Becky Basinger
Moss. Second row: Sylvia Wall, Brenda Kay Smith, Gay Snuggs, Mickey Mauldin, Judy Almond
and Sylvia Ann Fesperman. The Rev. Leroy A. Calder, pastor of North Albemarle Baptist
Church, presented the featured address of the installation ceremony.
Students Take District D.E. Honors
Bivens, Lowder
Vie For Award
Lester Bivens and Edward Low
der have been chosen to rep
resent Stanly County as candi
dates for the Morehead Scholar
ship.
Competing also for the scholar
ship were two boys from Stanly
County representing Norwood
High School.
In January, Lester and Edward
will go to Charlotte for an inter
view with the District Scholar
ship Committee to determine the
district finalist. The district
winner will go to Chapel Hill to
be interviewed. Final selection
of scholarship recipients is made
by the trustees of the Morehead
Foundation.
Mrs. Gantt Helps
Prepare Seniors
A review math class is being
offered by Mrs. Gantt to all Sen
iors as a review for the college
entrance exam to be held here
December 2.
These classes are being held
in the school auditorium from
3:15 to 3:45 p.m. on each of eight
designated days. The days set
for the classes are November 14,
15, 16, 21, 22, 28, 29, and 30.
About 85 Seniors are attending
these classes.
These classes will emphasize
the basic principles of mathe
matics in hopes that students will
recall the necessary rules when
confronted with the test.
Jrs. Choose 'Junior Miss';
New Actors To Debut Soon
“Junior Miss” is the title of the
play tentatively chosen by a spe
cial committee of the Black
Masque Club for the Juniors to
put on.
December 19 has been the date
set for the play. Only members
of the Black Masque may try
out for a part in it.
A committee appointed by Syl
via Wall, president, and Miss
Thomas has already written a
constitution for the Black Masque
Club. Besides the organizational
meeting there have been two out
side meetings of the club, at
which time extra committees
were selected.
Officers of the Black Masque
Club elected at the organization
al meeting are as follows: Sylvia
Wall, president; Steve Smith,
vice-president; Brenda Morris,
secretary; Chuck Miller, treas
urer.
Miss Thomas is serving as
were received and seniors were
seen exchanging them every
where.
During the weeks to come they
will make further preparations
for graduation. Orders for com
mencement announcements will
be made, and the seniors will be
gin the measuring and ordering
of caps and gowns.
sponsor of Black Masque this
year. During her high school
years, she was active in the Dra
matics Club and was a member of
the Dramatics Club at college too.
Corrections
Several errors inadvertently
appeared in articles in the last
issue of Full Moon. The staff
wishes to correct them at this
time.
Sharon Lane, instead of Sus
an Russell, helped Patsy Tur
ner write the poem for the dis
trict F.H.A. meeting.
Larry Mabry, Edith Har
wood, and Rachel Lefler have
been added to the list of those
making honor roll.
The _ Distributive Education
committee of the self-evalua
tion committee is made up of
Miss Sibyl Thomas, chairman#
Mr. Bob Gantt, Mr. Don Ben
nett, Mr. H. K. Holder, Mr. Bob
Mauney, Mrs. Les Feldman,
and Lana Turner.
The Business Education com
mittee is made up of Mrs. Jake
Carter, chairman, Mrs. Robert
Lee, Mrs. R. C. Hatley, Mrs
Doris Gehring, Mr. Bob Herter,
Mr. Carl M. Hill, JoAnn Her
rin, Diane Hotley, and Authur
Sells.
Lana Turner Wins
Speaking Contest
Lana Turner, local winner of
the D. E. speaking contest, took
top honors Nov. 8 at the North
western District Convention of
Distributive Education classes
held at A. L. Brown High School
in Kannapolis.
Ronald Sells, competing with
eight other contestants, took sec
ond place in the Job Interview
ing contest.
The topic of Lana’s speech was
“Developing Future Leaders in
the Field of Marketing and Dis
tribution.” Ronald was inter
viewed as if applying for a job,
without knowing anything be
forehand that was going to be
asked him. Both winners were
presented a trophy.
At the D. E. Convention in the
spring to be held at Durham,
Lana and Ronald will compete
with district winners. For this
contest Lana must learn three
new speeches.
Election of officers was held
during the general session of the
convention. Dianna Harris was
the candidate from ASHS who
ran for secretary - treasurer of
the district.
Nancy Elsen and Brenda Cris-
co were the two chosen from the
D. E. Class to serve as voting
delegates. Two were chosen from
each school in the district who
were allowed to vote for officers
of the District for 1961-62.
Jimmy Watson worked on the
nominating committee with eight
other persons. It was the duty of
this committee to interview each
one running for office. The com
mittee decided then whether or
not the candidate was allowed
to run for the office by the way
he answered the questions asked
him.
In the afternoon session Vonda
Cole gave the National Conven
tion report before the entire con
vention.
Miss Sibyl Thomas is head of
the Speech Contest of the Con
vention.
Following the general session,
a banquet was held at the YMCA
in Kannapolis at which approxi
mately 325 persons were pres
ent, including special guests and
speakers.
NHS To Sponsor
College Day Here
On November 27
College Day, sponsored by the
National Honor Society, will be
observed at ASHS on iNovember
27.
Representatives from various
institutions will be present in
the gymnasium from 9:30 until
2:00 o'clock. Juniors and Seniors
from Senior High may consult
the college representatives from
9:30 until 11:30. During the aft
ernoon, students from the Stan
ly and Montgomery high schools
will participate.
Parents of students are also
urged to attend along with their
ions or daughters.
About fifty-six institutions will
be represented on College Day.
Forty-tvi^o of these representa
tives are from colleges and uni
versities, while three are from
technical schools. Representa
tives from eight schools of nurs
ing will be present. Members of
the Coast Guard, the Army, and
the Navy will also participate.
In order to prepare students for
College Day, the Juniors and Sen
iors have been given a guidance
program on the subject. This
program, designed to assist stu
dents in getting the most bene
fit from College Day, suggested
various questions that a student
might want to ask a representa
tive.
Mernbers of the National Hon
or Society, the sponsoring group,
will serve as guides throughout
the day. They will also decorate
the gym and bulletin boards ap
propriately.
Appreciation Day
Features Youth
Youth was recognized during
Youth Appreciation Week, No
vember 13-19.
To recognize the youth of Al
bemarle and to extend to them
appreciation, the local Optimist
Club sponsored this observance.
Youth in Government Day was
held on Monday. A group of
boys was selected to tour the city
offices and spend a portion of
the day at the appointed desks.
Responsibilities and problems
facing the departments were dis
cussed with actual department
heads.
The following is a list of the
boys who participated and the
offices which they held: Mayor,
Jeff Underwood; Chief of PoLce,
Mickey Mauldin; Sheriff, Terry
Morgan; Policeman, Robert Scar-
boro; Judge, Neville Patterson;
Solicitor, Raymond Earnhart;
Police Lieutenant, James Caudle;
and Fire Chief, Steve Smith.
BY THEIR WORDS
“I used to have wavy hair, but
it waved good-bye.”—Mr. Calder.
“Are you going to the parking
lounge?”—Marie Ruffat.
“As he went out the birthday
he said happy door.” — Cecilia
Roache.
“P'old your ears up, Tony, so
I can see the board.” — Harriet
Reeves.
“Will you give my job a sum
mer son?”—Mr. Nye.
“One morning you’ll wake up
dead.”—Jerry Smith.
“I’ve got to go hang now.” —
Marie Ruffat, ending a phone
conversation.
“If I swore, I’d swear never to
give this class any more free
time.”—Miss Caughman.
“I love an old-fashioned hay
ride, with an old-fashioned wag
on, and an old-fashioned horse—
as long as I get to ride the
horse.”—Jane Greer.
“I’ve been racking my drain
trying to think of Senior Su
perlatives.”—Judy Almond.
“We would’ve won that game
if my stockings had been out
there. Oh boy, can they run!”—
Judy Underwood.