The Full Moon
Vol. 33, No. 3 Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C. Nov. 23, 1966
Choral Groups To
Annual Christmas
Choral groups, composed of ap
proximately 175 students of Albe
marle Senior High School, under
the direction of Mr. Paul B. Fry
will present the 1966 Annual
Christmas Concert Friday, De
cember 9.
Featured on the program will
be the Varsity Singers, the Sen
ior Choir, Girls’ Chorus, and Boys’
Chorus I and II. Among songs to
be presented by Varsity Singers
include Fred Waring’s arrange
ment of “Twas’ the Night Before
Christmas,” “The Sleigh,” “Holy
Night, Peaceful Night,” and
“Carol of the Drum.” Among
songs selected by the Senior Choir
are Roy Ringwald’s cantata “The
Song of Christmas,” “Sleigh
Ride,” “Carol of the Bells,”
“There Shall a Star Come Out of
Jacob,” “Still, Still, Still,” and the
Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s
Messiah. The Girls’ Chorus and
Boys’ Chorus I and II will present
both secular and sacred Christmas
carols. In addition to these groups,
selected solos, duets, and small
ensembles will be featured.
New stage lights received dur
ing the Summer Fine Arts Pro
gram have been installed recently.
Through the use of these lights.
Present
Concert
bright color schemes will create
new and beautiful effects for this
festive occasion. Committees have
been organized by the Senior Choir
to handle production arrange
ments.
Tickets will be placed on ad
vance sale two or three weeks
prior to the concert and may be
purchased from any member of
the performing groups.
The Christmas Concert is a con
tribution by students of ASHS to
help create the spirit and atmo
sphere of the Christmas season.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall,” says the nine Class Beauty contestants.
Newman To Judge
Class Beauties
Nine class beauties were recent
ly selected to participate in a
contest being sponsored by the
Crossroads. Paul Newman, a well-
known actor of motion pictures,
has consented to serve as judge.
Senior Class Beauty contestants
are Nancy Almond, Linda Long,
and Joy Vanderburg.
Junior class girls who were
selected are the following: Mary
Ann Little, Myra Lawhon, and
Sandy Stegall.
The three girls running for
Sophomore Class Beauty are Rita
Blalock, Mary Kay Austin, and
Teresa Wagner.
All girls had their pictures taken
November 19, at the Portrait
Shop in Concord. Pictures were
sent to Mr. Newman.
A winner will be selected from
each class, each one having two
runners-up. Winners will be an
nounced in the Crossroads, where
winners and their opponents will
have their pictures.
Other girls nominated for the
titles were as follows: Penny Furr,
Senior Class; Betty Fesperman
and Mary Austin, Junior Class.
V^ATCH ASIA
ON TV
Asta Hrolfsdottir, is repre
senting ASHS in the twentieth
anniversary of the Carolinas’
Carrousel in Chariotte.
Today, Asta will participate
in the Knights of Carrousel
Coronation. Bill Hartsell, sen
ior, will act as her escort for
the event. TTie Carrousel fes
tivities will end tomorrow after
she and other Carrousel prin
cesses throughout North and
South Carolina ride in the
“Wonderful Wonderland” pag
eant parade.
Asta, who is residing with
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Moose,
states. “I’m glad the students
want me to be Princess. I’m
thrilled.”
Sides Advances Step
In Morehead Competition
Edwin Sides, senior, was nomi
nated November 3 to compete
from Stanly County for the John
M. Morehead Scholarship to the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Jerry McLester from
West Stanly High School was al
so chosen as a county nominee.
Edwin was selected from eight
high school nominees, and was in
terviewed by the Stanly County
Morehead Committee November 3.
Members of this committee are
Bain Jones, chairman; Samuel
Andrew, Jr., Dr. Carl Bowen, War
ren Coble, Charles P. Brown, and
T. R. Smith.
In the winter, Edwin will enter
district competition, and if he
should win in the district he will
travel to Chapel Hill for the final
interviews.
John M. Morehead established
the Morehead Scholarships to pro
vide all-expense scholarships in or
der that young men with the high
est leadership potential could at
tend the University of North Caro
lina.
Edwin is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Clyde Sides.
Delegates Attend NCSCC
Edwin Sides, Jane Lowder, Mark
Mabry, Louise Harrington, Asta
Hrolfsdottir, and Miss Gay Hol-
shouser attended the fortieth North
Carolina Student Council Con
gress, November 13-15, at Grain
ger High School in Kinston. Ap
proximately 601 high school stu
dents represented 138 schools from
all over the state. While at the
convention, the students were hous
ed with Kinstonian families and
were transported to the school by
Grainger students.
The keynote speaker Sunday
night was Dr. Leo Jenkins, Presi
dent of East Carolina College.
His topic was centered around the
theme of the convention, "PriS'
matic Perspective of Leadership,
Monday’s schedule included gen
eral sessions, discussion groups,
group dynamics, and campaign
speeches. The delegates were
treated to a boxed lunch inside
the football stadium. Monday was
highlighted by a banquet and
dance that night. Sam Bundy, prin-
Former Student
Heads Class
Gwen Boyd, a 1966 graduate of
ASHS, was elected President ot
the Freshman Class at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro, November 10.
In a spirited campaign and elec
tion, Gwen defeated six othe
from a cldss of 1200 students, sne
took the oath of office November
U.
Gwen, whose present
to major in physical edjicatiM,
stated. “The physical education
department at UNC-G is
•ous!” ,
Last year Gwen was chose
Band Student of the Year, and
this year she is participating
l»nd activities at the Univers y.
cipal of Farmville High School
was speaker for the banquet and
the “Entertainers” of Raleigh pro
vided music for the dance.
The convention ended Tuesday
morning after a general session
of business.
Albemarle Senior High was rep
resented with one of the largest
delegations. Jane Lowder served
as Secretary of the Congress and
speaker for the American Field
Service discussion group.
Blalock Named
Band Student
Of The Year
Tommy Blalock, a senior in the
Senior High marching band, has
been chosen the 1966 Band Student
of the Year.
Tommy has been taking band
for eight years and has been in
the marching band for six years.
For four years he played the
flute; for the past two years he
has been the drum major.
After graduation. Tommy hopes
to attend Appalachian State
Teachers’ College, where he plans
to major in music and to receive
a liberal arts degree. He also
hopes to be a member of the
marching band there.
The Band Student of the Year
is an award given by the local
chapter of the Optimist Club, dur
ing Youth Appreciation Week. The
recipient is chosen by the band
students on the basis of who has
done the most to help the march
ing band.
WARNING!
Have a happy Thanks
giving. Only six school
weeks until exams!
Actors Present
Stage Reading
Of Sandburg
The World of Carl Sandburg”
was presented by the Vagabond
Players to the student body and
to members of several women’s
organizations of the community
November 16.
“The World of Cari Sandburg ”
written by Norman Corwin, tour
ed the United States for a year
with Bette Davis and Gary Mer
rill. The program including ex
cerpts from Mr. Sandburg’s
f^ms stories, and a collection
of folk songs also enjoyed a
Broadway run with Miss Davis
and Leif Erickson.
Sixty performances by the Vaga
bond Players are scheduled for
selected Carolina schools by the
State Department of Public In
struction.
The Vagabond Players are the
state’s oldest professional acting
company and since 1952, have op
erated in the historic Flat Rock
Playhouse. The Vagabonds have
previously performed in schools in
western North Carolina, and have
toured into 10 Southeastern states.
Good Citizens
Make Pilgrimage
Nancy Turner of North Stanly,
Linda Tucker of West Stanly,
Josy Littie of South Stanly, and
Debbie Weemhoff of ASHS attend
ed the DAR Good Citizens Pil
grimage Saturday, November 5
in Charlotte.
Sixty-six school recipients from
Distncts 3 and 4 attended the
luncheon, a tour through the Mint
Museum, and a tea. At the lunch
eon in Barclay Cafeteria, the
speaker was Mrs. Abner M. Corn-
well’ N. C. State Regent. District
and 4 winners were announced
as teing Fenna Boon of North
Mecklenburg High School and
Carol Minor Aderholdt of High
Point, respectively.
Health Careers Club
Elects First President
Joe Beaman, senior, ha.s been
elected to serve as president of
the newly formed Health Careers
Club of ASHS. The organizational
meeting took place Tuesday. Oc
tober 11.
Other officers who were elected
at the meeting were Joy Vander
burg, vice president; Beverly Tarl-
ton, secretary; Peggy Schooley,
treasurer; and Janice McManus
historian.
The Health Careers Club is be
ing sponsored jointly by the Stan
ly County Hospital and the school.
Mrs. Wallace Ivey, Mrs. A. D.
McNiell. Mrs. Paul Fry, guidance
counselor, and Mrs. Johnson Mil
ler, hospital auxilary president,
are serving as adult sponsors for
the group. Mrs. Elaine A. Rum-
burg of Charlotte is the coordina-
tor for District III which includes
17 counties in North Carolina
The purpose of the club is to
bring together in high school,
young people interested in careers
in nursing and health, in order to
share these interests, to explore
opportunities and requirements in
these fields, to grow as individuals
Pfeiffer Gives
Second Concert
crowd was present in
the Senior High auditorium Tues
day, November I, for the second
in a series of Community Concerts
to be presented by the Commu
nity Concert Association.
was presented by
College Department
of M^sic under the direction of
Dr. Richard Brewer. Among the
selections presented were excerpts
from “The Marriage of Figaro,”
The Impressarir,” and “Car
men.”
A highlight of the prograni was
a duet by two Pfeiffer coeds, who
presented a selection from “Ma
dame Butterfly.”
Concluding the program, the
male chorus sang “The Testa
ment of Freedom” from the writ-
mgs of Thomas Jefferson.
by working together, and to learn
about community life in which
they soon will participate as in
formed citizens.
Membership is open to any stu
dent in grades 10, II. and 12
who has expressed an interest in
health careers. There are eighteen
charter members.
Standing committees and their
chairmen were announced at the
first regular meeting Tuesday, Oc
tober 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the cafe
teria of the Stanly County Hospit-
al. They are as follows: execu-
tive — club officers and Mrs
Fry; program — Mike Lanier and
Susan Blackwell, co-chairmen; Sal-
ly Lowder, Susie Hill; project
Mary Ellen Goforth, chairman;
Lynn Heriocker, Gail Lowder
Marvin Miller; fieldtrip—Beverly
Tariton, chairman; Susie Hill, Gail
Lowder, Lynn Heriocker, Janice
McManus; ways and means —
Peggy Schooley, chairman; John
ny Miller, Marian Cranford, Jan
ice McManus, Joy Vanderburg-
membership — Cathy Casper,
chairman; Susie Hill, Susan Black-
well, Marvin Miller, Mary Ellen
Goforth.
Prospective speakers and proj
ects are being planned by the stu
dents. Mrs. Miller, adult advisor
stated that she hopes the Health
Careers Club will be a successful
one and will serve a purpose to
the community.
Mr. J. Crenshaw Thompson, ad
ministrator of the local hospital,
helped to initiate the program.
MOONBEAMS
Lion And Rotarian
Congratulations to Keith Wolf
and Mac Morrow, Student Lion
and Student Rotarian, respective
ly , for the month of November,
College Day
On College Day, Wednesday, De
cember 7, representatives from the
various colleges will come to meet
and discuss college problems and
choices with the juniors and sen
iors.