Studenf Council Convention
lane Lowder Is State Secretary
Jane Lowder presents her campaign speech as she runs for
secretary of the North Carolina Student Council Congress at Burl
ington, N. C. November 8.
Jane Lowder was elected secre
tary of the North Carolina Stu
dent Council Congress at Burling
ton, N. C. November 8. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cobum Lowder of W. Main St.
Jane attended the convention as
a voting member of the Albe
marle delegation from the ASHS
Student Council.
She was opposed by three other
candidates from various high
schools in North Carolina.
She is currently serving as sec
retary of the Western District of
the NCSCC, and she attended the
State Student Council Workshop
held at Mars Hill College last
summer.
As NCSCC secretary she will at
tend the National Student Council
Convention to be held in Tacoma,
Washington in the summer of
1966. She will also participate as
a Youth Senator assisting the
North Carolina Senators in Wash
ington in early Feburary. There
she will observe the workings of
the national government and meet
main leaders of Washington poli
tics including President and Mrs.
Johnson.
It will be at next year’s conven
tion, which will be held at Gran
ger High School in Kinston, N. C„
that Jane will fulfill her office
as secretary of that convention.
Her adviser is Mrs. Trailer
Young, adviser to the local Stu
dent Council. Mrs. Young will at
tend the National Convention with
Jane and will advise her through
out her term of office. Mrs.
Frances Bounds of A. L. Brown
High School in Kannapolis is the
adviser to the state officers.
The Full Moon
Vol. 32. No. 3
MOONBEAMS
Lion And Rotarian
Congratulations to Billy Tuck
er and Reed Furr who are serv
ing as Student Lion and Rotarian,
respectively, for the month of
November.
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C. November 24, 1965
Seniors Take Over City Gov't.
Crossroads Sale
Orders for the 1966 Cross
roads were placed on sale No
vember 15. The price was $5.50
for sophomores and juniors, and
$6.00 for seniors.
“Youth in Government Day”
was observed in Albemarle,
Thursday, November 11. Dane
Perry assumed the role of Mayor.
Tliis event highlighted the festivi
ties of “Youth Appreciation Week”
sponsored by the Albemarle Opti
mist Club.
Students composing the City
Council were Sandy Kelley, Wliit
Morrow, Bobby Overcash, Ron
Swanner, and Mike Waller.
The other respective offices
were filled by the following stu
dents: Steve Kendrick, City
Clerk; Tom Webb, City Manager;
Charles Daniel, City Attorney;
Bill Trivette, Building Inspector;
Tom Srnith, Director of Parks and
Recreation; Gwen Boyd and Ema-
lynn Helms, assistants; Bob Hall,
City Treasurer; Ginny Rogers,
Robbie Vick, and Grey Gamewell,
assistants; Mark Cook, Fire Chief;
Student Directories
Student Directories were sold
to students for fifty cents each
during a two-week period from
October 26 to November 10.
The selling of the directories is
a service of the Student Council
to provide a list of names, ad
dresses, and phone numbers of
students and faculty members.
They will be printed by Walter
Printing Company of Albemarle.
State S-C. Week Declared
GATB
The GATB (General Aptitude
Test Battery) was administered
to all seniors Thursday, Novem
ber 18, who have not definitely
decided to go to two or four
year colleges. Students were
screened for the test Monday,
November 15.
SAT
Scholastic Aptitude Tests will be
administered to students Satur
day, December 4. Students taking
the test should report to school
by 8:30 a. m.
Student Council Week was ob
served November 7-15 throughout
North Carolina.
Jill Bumgarner, WDNCSCC
President, appointed Jane Lowder
to be in charge of the publicity
for our area. Jane met with the
Student Council Presidents from
North and South Stanly High
Schools to discuss publicity for the
week. Assembly programs, radio
announcements, and posters were
used to call the importance of
Student Council work to the atten
tion of the public.
The following proclamation was
issued by Governor Dan Moore:
The training ground for future
civic, business and political lead
ers of our State and nation is, I
think, properly in the junior and
senior high schools.
In this connection, it is obvious
that the North Carolina Student
Council Congress, composed of
250 such schools throughout North
Carolina is doing a commendable
job in this field.
Designed to promote more ef
fective student participation in
school affairs, the Student Council
Congress is holding its annual
convention this year at Walter
Williams High School in Burling
ton November 7-9, inclusive.
I am pleased, therefore, to des
ignate the week of November 7-13,
1965 as
STUDENT COUNCIL WEEK
in North Carolina and urge that
every effort be made in coopera
tion with education officials, civic
organizations, the news media and
individual citizens to bring this
worthwhile endeavor to the atten
tion of everyone in North Carolina
to insure continuing leadership in
the years to come.
This year is the first year Stu
dent Council Week has been ob
served in North Carolina.
Reed Furr, Danny Lisk, Cynthia
Freeman, Alberta Doby, Allison
Harris, Julia Nicoloutsou, and
Nancy Walker, assistants; Bill
Tucker, Director of Public Works;
David Almond, and Charles Lef-
ler, assistants; and Tommy Mc-
Swain, Director of Electrical Util
ities; David Smith, Police Chief;
Lanny Lowder, Jim Stockton, Rog
er Lowder, Charlotte Gantt, and
Jean Ray, assistants.
ASHS seniors were chosen to fill
the offices of the city govern
ment. The teenagers accom
panied the city officials through
out the day to get an idea of the
duties and responsibilities of the
various branches of government.
The final event of “Youth Ap
preciation Week” was the presen
tation of a trophy to the out
standing ASHS band member dur
ing halftime at the Albemarle-
Asheboro football game Friday
night. Gwen Boyd received this
honor, and she was chosen by her
fellow band members.
An assembly held in the audi
torium Monday morning actually
put things under way for “Youth
Appreciation Week.” Five leading
citizens, including Mayor James
B. Garrison, expressed their opin
ions of the youth in our communi
ty. The other four men partici
pating were Bob Mauney, Bob
Crawford, Rev. J. S. Russell, and
Warren Coble.
NCSCC Meets
At Burlington
The North Carolina Student
Council Congress held its 39th An
nual Convention at Walter Willi
ams High School in Burlington,
North Carolina November 7-9.
Dane Perry, Sandy Kelley, and
Jane Lowder attend^ the conven
tion as voting delegates and Tom
Webb attended as a discussion
leader. Mrs. Trailer Young was
adviser to the group.
Students were registered upon
arrival and given folders contain
ing necessary and complimentary
information and material, then
students were taken to various
Burlington homes where they
would live for the duration of the
convention.
After a snack supper in the high
school cafeteria that evening the
First General Session was held.
Presiding was Alan Albright,
NCSCC President, Ashley High
School, Gastonia. Other NCSCC
officers were Tom Ressler, vice-
president, Lee H. Edwards High
School, Asheville; Judy Ellstrom,
secretary, Grimsley High School,
Greensboro; and John Napier,
treasurer, Walter Williams High
School, Burlington. Welcomes
were said by Dr. Frank Proffit,
Superintendent of Burlington City
Schools, Mr. Jesse Harrington,
Principal, Walter Williams High
School, and the Honorable W. L.
Beamon, Mayor of Burlington. An
inspiring keynote address was de
livered by the Rev. Bevel Jones,
Pastor, Saint Mark’s Methodist
Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
The following Monday morning
the Second General Session was
held to present the candidates and
their campaign managers. There
were three candidates for presi
dent, seven for vice-president, and
four for secretary. The introduc
tion of exchange students follow
ed. The president deviated from
the regular procedure of calling
out their names, which is ohen
a difficult task, by having them
announce their own names, their
school, and their country. Alan
Albright then presented the theme
of the convention “. . . even a
little upon a little . . The
session was then dismissed for
discussion group meetings.
These discussion groups were to
give student council leaders a
chance to exchange ideas
and projects to better everyone’s
student council. They were held
in two separate sessions in order
that everyone could attend two of
them. Albemarle had one discus
sion leader, Tom Webb, past vice-
president of the WDNCSCC who
headed the group on Orientation.
Lunch was held and followed by
a Group Dynamics period where
problems of different schools were
presented and discussed by a pan
el of experts.
A banquet and dance was held
the evening of November 8. This
social gathering provided a place
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Honor Society Taps Thirteen Seniors
Thirteen seniors were tapped
into the National Honor Society
in an impressive ceremony No
vember 5. The Reverend Shep
herd Russell of First Presby
terian Church spoke to the stu
dent body on the three S’s in
the word "success”—surrender,
sacrifice and service.
Tom Webb, president of the
local chapter, conducted the
service, and Grey Gamewell,
chaplain, presented the devotion
al. After they were tapped, the
new members were presented
With corsages and scrolls con
taining the Society’s oath. Mr.
Webb administered this oath to
the inductees.
The new members and their
activities in the order in which
they were tapped are as follows:
Ginny Rogers, feature editor
the Full Moon, a member or
Modem Music Masters, a former
S.O. secretary, and recipient of
the "most innuential” superla
tive;
Robbie Vick, this year’s Cross
roads editor, a member of
Modern Music Masters, a former
Radio Staff member, and "most
dependable”;
school store
Club officer
and committee chairman, and
"most studious”;
Patricia Snipes,
manager. Library _
Fredia
Modem
Senior
Plyler, a member of
Music Masters and
Senior Choir; serving on the
Crossroads staff, and a Candy
Striper;
Janis Clark, a member of var
ious school supported clubs, and
a helper at the summer day camp
for retarded children;
Jean Ray, a homeroom secre
tary and physical education as
sistant, a member of the Debate
Club and team and various other
clubs;
Alberta Doby, a member of
Modern Music Masters and the
Crossroads staff, hom^oom
treasurer, and president of Teen-
Dem club;
Billy Tucker, a Student Coun
cil representative, a marshal, a
member of the football team and
of the Teen Club steering com
mittee;
Ellen Wilson, a member of the
Crossroads staff. Modem Music
Masters, and Black Masque Club;
Vickie Alexander, who is serv
ing on the annual staff and is a
member of Modem Music Mas
ters, and a member of the Radio
Staff;
Sara Mabry, who is a mem
ber of the Debate Club and team
and of the Crossroads staff, and
of other school clubs;
Nancy Walker, a student Coun
cil representative, a member of
the girl’s basketball team. Mod
em Music Masters, Crossroads
staff, and this year’s Carrousel
princess;
Julia Nicoloutsou, who was
tapped as an honorary member,
is a foreign exchange student
from Greece.
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Hoiwr Society tapped thirteen outstanding seniors
into the orgwizatlon in an Impressive candleli^t ceremony Novem-
Der 5. Each new member was presented with a corsage and scroll.