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The Full Moon
The End
Is Neai!
Vol. 31 — No. 9
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
May 26. 1965
ASMS To Graduate 221 Seniors May 31
Mark Stambaugh
Leads 1965 Class;
Lowder, Second
Mark Stambaugh, who has the
highest scholastic record in the
Senior Class for his three years
at ASHS, is Valedictorian of the
class, and Jimmy Lowder, who
ranks second, is Salutatorian.
Mark is a National Merit final
ist, a member of the National
Honor Society and of the Math
Club, and president of the
Science Club. He was selected
last summer for the Science
Training Program for High-Abil-
ity Secondary School Students at
UNC at Chapel Hill. Mark plans
to attend UNC next year and
probably specialize in science.
Jimmy is vice-president of the
National Honor Society, vice-
president of Modern Music Mas
ters, a member of the debating
team, the band, the Math Club,
and is sports editor of the Full
Moon. He has served as a rnar-
shal and was Student Rotarian.
Jimmy plans to attend Duke Uni
versity where he will major in
either chemistry or math.
Senter, Vick
Named Editors
Heading the staffs of next
years publications will be Tony
Senter as editor of the Full Moon
and Robbie Vick as editor and
Tom Webb as financial manager
of the Crossroads.
Leading the staff of the Full
Moon are Buck Snuggs, promo
tion manager: Sandy Kelley, busi
ness manager; Dane Perry, edi
torial editor; Allison Harris, news
editor; Ginny Rogers, feature edi
tor; Carolyn Eury, sports editor;
Debbie Weemhoff, art editor;
Randy Burton, photograph edi
tor; and Teresa Yow as copy edi
tor.
Other appointments are Billy
Sikes, cartoonist; Edwin Sides,
financial manager; Debbie Weem-
noff, advertising manager; Keith
Wolf, circulation manager; Joe
Beaman, exchange editor; Bill
Hartsell, assistant sports editor;
Linda Long, assistant news edi
tor; Cindy Hamilton, club editor;
®nd Betsy Patterson assistant
feature editor.
Other staff members will be
Warian Cranford, Grey Game-
jvell Elicia Harwood, Dianne Hill,
Wichal Medling, Oroon Palmer,
and Faye Vanhoy.
'Bajour' Finishes
Senior Week
Bajour, the '65 Senior Banquet
staged in the senior high gymna-
Sym climaxed the annual Senior
'''eek. May 3-7.
Honoring the seniors on Mon
day Was the faculty; Tuesday, the
?*ophomore Class, Wednesday,
^"e Student Council; and Thurs
day, the Junior Class. On Friday,
assembly was held.
..Johnny Morris, president of
,{je Senior Class, presided over
p® Senior Banquet. Mr. Claud
J^Sg, superintendent of city
'-nools, gave the invocation,
j featured on the program were
»^nne Lisk, historian; Frances
Way, superlatives: Debbie
^®et, prophesy: Carlton Hager,
f^t; and Steve Pinkston, testa-
Sally Efird, giftorian.
^tertainment for the occasion
presented by the Junior
Dr. Stokes To Deliver Address
In Commencement Exercises
MARK STAMBAUGH
. . . Valedictorian
JIMMY LOWDER
. . . Salutatorian
Diplomas will be awarded to
221 seniors in Commencement ex
ercises which will be held in the
Junior High Football stadium
Monday, May 31, at 8 p.m. Dr.
J. Lem Stokes, president of Pfeif
fer College, will deliver the main
address.
Mr. Charles Pickier, chairman
of the Albemarle Board of Edu
cation, will present the diplomas.
Other members of the Board will
be platform guests. The Reverend
Leroy A. Calder, pastor of North
Albemarle Baptist Church, will
give the invocation.
Dr. Elroy Lamb, pastor of First
Baptist Church, will deliver the
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday,
May 30, at 8 p.m. in the Senior
High auditorium. The Reverend
Anthony York, of Second Street
Morrow, Kelley
To Head Classes
For Next Year
Whit Morrow and Catherine
Kelley are the elected presidents
of the Senior and Junior Classes,
respectively, for the 1965-66
school year. The Senior Class
officers are Bobby Overcash,
vice-president; Teresa Yow, sec
retary: and Bill Trivette, treasur
er. Junior Class officers are
Mark Mabry, vice-president; Cin
dy Hamilton, secretary; and Faye
Vanhoy, treasurer.
Petitions were issued to those
rising seniors seeking office,
Tuesday, April 20. Voting was
carried out in homerooms the
next week. Those running were
Whit Morrow, president; Bobby
Overcash, vice-president; Teresa
Yow and Lorraine Davis, secre
tary; and Bill Trivette, treasurer.
Nominations for Junior Class
officers were held Monday, April
26. Those running were Cather
ine Kelley and Bill Hartsell,
president; Mark Mabry and Keith
Wolf vice-president; Cindy Ham
ilton and Betsy Miller, secretary;
Faye Vanhoy, treasurer. Elec
tion in homerooms followed on
Wednesday, April 28.
Students Receive Honors
In Annual Awards Day
Many students were accoded
honor at the annual Awards
Day, May 18. Mr. Webb began
the program with the recogni
tion of Alana Russell, David
Cranford, Jimmy McBryde, the
Student Council, Cheerleaders,
Boosters Club, Full Moon, Cross
roads, and Radio staffs, Bulletin
Board Committee, FBLA, FHA,
Assembly Committee, and Dra
matics Club.
Miss Stasavich presented the
Radio Staff Award to Matilda
Boone, and the cheerleader
Awards to Gayle Byrd, Brenda
Peeler, Fran Way, and Nancy
Butler, the senior cheerleaders.
Sandy Kelley presented the
Booster of the Year Award to
Roger Hartsell.
Linda Long received the Bi
ology Award from Mr. Tyson.
Mr. Smith presented the Chorus
Awards to Mary Thompson, and
J. W. Lisk, and Mr. Hauss pre
sented the Band Award to Butch
Lowder and Ronald Blalock, and
the Senior Majorette Trophies to
Sue Clark, Pam Lowder, Annette
Thomas, Brenda Russell, Diane
Saunders, Jahala Holt, Elaine
Efird, and Kitty Purser.
The Home Economics Awards
weer presented to Anne Gaddy
and Diane Barbee by Miss
Brooks: and Barbara Caudle re
ceived the Crisco Award. Li
brary Awards were given to
Roger Crisco and Wynell Gard
ner by Mrs. Harrison. Mrs.
Brown accorded the Dramatics
Awards to Emalynn Helms, Joe
Earnhardt, Fran Way, Rusty
Vick. Pearlie Rae Burris, and
Grey Gamewell. Pat Russell re
ceived the DECA Award.
Mrs. Carter presented the
FBLA Award and the Shorthand
Award to Betty Morton and
Laura Doby, respectively. The
Debating Awards were given to
Terry Lorch, Sara Mabry, Char
les Daniel, and Keith Wolf by
Mr. Altman.
Mrs. Young presented the Stu
dent Council Awards to Charles
Morton, Dane Perry, Joanne
Lisk, Ginny Rogers, and Tom
Webb an dthe Service Award
to Bobby Gene Lowder. Mr.
Webb gave the Attendance
Award to Bobby G. Lowder.
Allison Harris received the
Seniors Map Future Activities
Wineata Junior College, Cen*
tral Piedmont College, Kings
College East Carolina College,
Pfeiffer’College, and many other
schools and colleges will the
new homes of a large number of
ASHS seniors next year.
Moving to Wingate Junior Col
lege Tsiptember will beWajme
Harkey, Johnny Burleson, Edie
Lane, Alan Rothwell, Joe Mc
Manus Warren Simmons, Lee
Sungblood, Tony Wolfe, Mickey
Burieson, Gus H°Ibr»k, Tommy
Aliev Ann Hatley, Richard 01-
fen Tim Clark, Heath .Godfrey,
Jim’ Wilhelm, Terry Latch, Sue
Cooper, Jerry Talbert,
singer, Jim Bivens, Pnscilla Furr,
and Vemell Townsend.
Central Piedmont vnll claim
Matilda Boone, .J® ot
Ronald Parks, Lane Taylor, ui
Le Saunders, Ronald Thompson,
James Manning, ^aye
Mike Davis, Diane Morton^Mar
cell Hatley, Richard FncK, i.:onei
Rushing, and Buddy
Kings College m Charlotte
will welcome Carolyn ^aud e,
Linda Hatley, Janie Ragsdale,
T inHfl Dennis, Buckie Rogers,
Sue Callaway, Shelia Talbert,
Sherry Hunsucker, Eddie Dixon,
Jane Hartley, Darrell Harward,
Harold Efird, Terry Morris,
Gayle Byrd, Linda Griffin, John
Morton, Laura Doby, Carlotta
Taylor, Vicky Mesimer, Sue Culp,
and Linda Sells.
Greenville will be the home of
these new East Carolina stu
dents: Butch Lowder, Pam Low
der, Jan Claywell, Elaine Efird,
Ralph Mann, David Miller, Jerry
Beaver, Lynn Calder, Kay Car
penter, Mary Alice Lambeth, and
Shelia Hall.
In attendance at Pfeiffer Col
lege next fall will be Roddy Drye,
Steve Pinkston, Pearlie Rae Bur
ris, Billy Cotton, Sherry Fretina,
Sarah Anne Mann, Peggy Dick,
and Kathy Gamewell.
Nine seniors will enter the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill: Terry Lorch, John
ny Morris, Darrell Newton,
Charles Morton, Mark Stam
baugh, Joe Earnhardt, Eugene
Coley, Sally Efird, and Bobby
G. Lowder.
Attending State College in Ra
leigh will be Eddie Mauldin, Bob
Smith, Rusty Vick, J. W. Lisk,
Daniel Blalock, Kelly Jones,
Henry Fox, and David Boyer.
Debbie Sweet, Joanne Lisk,
and Edith Johnson will enter the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Linda Lewis and Jerry Ford
plan to attend the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.
Appalachian State Teachers
College at Boone will claim Emily
Lowder, Gwen Sasser, Jayne Har
ris, Joyce Russell. Linda Lorch.
Ronald Blalock, Robbie Bost, and
Nancy Butler.
Norton Pease and Tommy Tay
lor will be in the mountains at
Western Carolina College.
Brown Bivens and Brenda
Peeler will study at Wake Forest
College.
Sue Plyler will journey to Ra
leigh where she will attend Mere
dith College.
Jimmy Lowder will spend his
next four years at Duke Univer
sity.
Peace College in Raleigh will
claim Annette Thomas, and
Shelia Lowder will enter Sullins
College.
Larry Thomas will be in Salis
bury at Catawba College.
St. Mary’s Junior College will
receive Jane Austin, and Inez
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Presbyterian Church, will give the
invocation and benediction. Scrip
ture will be read by the Reverend
George Needham, pastor of Main
Street Methodist.
Tickets for both events will be
distributed to graduating seniors;
however, the tickets for the grad
uation will be needed only in the
event that the ceremony cannot
be held outside due to unfavorable
weather conditions.
Marshals for the two events are
as follows: Dane Perry, Chief;
Tom Webb. David Smith, Ronnie
Swanner, Bill Tucker, Edwin
Sides, Beth Moose, and Louise
Harrington.
Chris To Tour
United S+a+es
Christian Koepcke, German ex
change student, will leave Albe
marle June 29 to tour the United
States. Chris will attend the
World’s Fair in New York and
be a guest of the German Am
bassador in Washington, D. C.
July 23, Chris will leave New
York and be in Rotterdam, Hol
land, August 2. There he will at
tend a camp for all foreign ex
change students. There will be
approximately three thousand
students present. The President
of the United States will speak to
these students in Washington.
History Award from Mrs. Wes-
terlund, and Diane Morgan and
Gwen Sasser received the Girls
Physical Education Awards from
Mrs. Gamewell.
Mrs. Fry presented the Achieve
ment Award to Nancy Butler,
and the Danforth Foundation “I
Dare You” Awards to Joanne
Lisk and Joe Earnhardt. Mr.
Frazier and Dr. John S. Gaskin,
Jr. presented the Dr. John and
Drs. Madge Gaskin Athletic
Awards to Tony Wolfe and
Lynn Colder.
Jerry Wagoner delivered the
Wildacres Award to Grey Game-
well, and the Civitan Club Citi
zenship Award to Charles Mor
ton. Gene Dry and Sandy Kel
ly presented the Optimist Club
Safe Driving Awards to Robbie
Bost and Gus Holbrook.
Charlotte Gantt and David
Smith received the DAR Good
Citizenship Awards. Dr. Keith
Wolf recognized the students
who will attend Boys’ State.
Mrs. Fry recognized the students
who will attend Governor’s
School and the Science Sympos
ium, Betsy Patterson, Gwen
Boyd, and Dane Perry.
Mr. Webb presented the Salu
tatorian and Valedictorian
Awards to Jimmy Lowder and
Mark Stambaugh, respectively.
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Spring Concert
Goes 'Showboat'
‘Showboat” was the central
theme of the annual Spring Con
cert which was presented Fri
day evening. May 14 in the
ASHS auditorium.
Four choral groups: the Sen
ior Choir, the Varsity Singers,
the Sophomore Chorus, and the
Ninth Grade Chorus, a total of
more than 200 students, sang in
concert under the direction of
Mr. Paul Fry.
A variety of numbers for this
presentation featured selections
from “The Sound of Music,” “My
Fair Lady,” “Show Boat,” and
Mary Poppins.” A number of
selected soloists were also fea
tured on the program.