Student Body Elects Leaders
Teresa, David, Neesie, and Beth gather in the office for a
trial run of future duties.
Hartsell Wins
Cannon Mills
Scholarship
Bill Hartsell, senior, has been
named as a recipient of the Can
non Textile Scholarship.
The scholarship is one of four
awarded each year by Cannon
Mills to high school seniors who
plan to study in the area of tex
tiles at North Carolina State
University in Raleigh.
It is given in the amount of
$1,000 per year for four years.
No obligations are placed on
the recipients of the scholarship.
Other applicants from the
school were Joe Crumpler, Ger
ald Hatley, and Steve Brown.
All of these were selected as
hnalists among the forty-eight
applicants.
The sixteen finalists were
given a tour of the mills March
27 and final interviews before
the scholarship committee April
4 and 5.
Whitley To Edit
'The Full Moon'
Marlene Whitley will serve as
editor-in-chief of the Full Moon
for the 1967-68 school year. She
is serving on the news staff this
year.
Other major appointments are
as follows: David Mills, busi
ness manager: Kitty Fisher, ad
vertising manager; Pat Burle
son, promotion manager; Jane
Lowder, editorial editor; Alice
Hinson, news editor; Sherry Lef-
ler, assistant news editor; Kay
Waddell and Jane Nicholds, co
feature editors; Ronnie Burris,
sports editor; and David Hall,
assistant sports editor.
The announcement of staff po
sitions was made by Mrs. Nancy
I. Gamewell Monday, April 3.
Lowder Runs
For District
Council Office
Jane Lowder, an outstanding
junior, ran for the office of pres
ident of the Western District of
North Carolina Student Council
Congress Friday and Saturday,
April 14 and 15. Shelby High
School served as host for the
delegates.
Other delegates to the conven
tion were Pam Medling and Fos-
sie Webb, and unofficial dele
gates were Edwin Sides and Da
vid Hall.
Jane’s campaign manager for
the election was Mike Hewat
from Hickory.
Jane served as leader of dis
cussion groups concerning for
eign exchange programs Fri
day afternoon and Saturday
morning.
Campaign speeches for the
elections took place Friday af
ternoon and voting, Saturday
morning. The students were hon
ored with a banquet and dance
Friday night.
Accompanying the group of
WDNCSCC delegates was Miss
Gay Holshousen
Senior Banquet
Tomorrow Night
Mark shows awards to Mrs.
Fry.
Mark Mabry
Chosen 'Boy
Of The Year'
Mark Mabry was selected as
the Albemarle Optimist Club’s
“Boy of the Year” at the tegular
Tuesday night dinner meeting,
. April 18, at the Central Metho
dist Church fellowship hall.
Mabry was chosen for the hon
or from a group of young men
representing each of the differ
ent schools in Stanly County.
The boys were judged in the
areas of athletics, scholarship,
civic activities, and religious ac
tivities, and were interviewed by
a committee headed by Mr. Bob
Morgan.
Dr. Charles M. Johnston of
Charlotte, Optimist Governor of
North Carolina, presented Mark
with a trophy and a wrist watch.
Mark has led an outstanding
career while at Senior High. He
has served as president of the
Junior Class, Senior Class presi
dent, marshal. Boy’s State dele
gate, member of the National
Honor Society, member of the
Youth for Democracy Club, and
Varsity Singers.
Much of Mark’s time is occu
pied with sports as a member
of the baseball and basketball
teams. This year he was select
ed All Conference in basketball
and was selected to play in the
Marion Civitan Classic.
As an active member of the
First Presbyterian Church, Mark
served this year as chairman of
the city-wide Youth Breakfasts.
David Hall, Teresa Wagoner,
Neesie Huneycutt, and Beth Bur
ris will serve as student council
officers for the 1967-68 school
year.
David, who participates on the
football, tennis, and track teams,
has been serving as Junior Class
Treasurer. He is a member of
various clubs in the school and
church.
A cheerleader and an active
member of the Boosters’ Club,
Teresa is president of her home
room. She will be a member of
the journalism staff next year.
Neesie, a member of the bas
ketball team, is secretary of
the Sophomore Class. She, too,
has been chosen for The Full
Moon staff.
An AFS candidate, Beth is act
ing as co-chairman for the prom
decorations committee. She
serves in the Senior Choir,
Boosters’ Club, and S. O. Social
Committee.
The Friday elections were pre
ceded by campaign speeches
Wednesday, March 29.
David Hall and Fossie Webb,
whose campaign managers were
Beth Eddins and Elicia Har
wood, respectively, sought the
office of president.
Running for vice-president
were Billy Freeman, whose
campaign manager was Randy
Burton; and Teresa Wagoner,
whose manager was Bill Hart
sell.
Linda Carpenter, managed by
Banks Garrison, and Neesie
Huneycutt, managed by Steve
Hicks, sought the position of sec
retary.
Beth Burris and Marlene
Whitley were opponents for the
office of treasurer. Beth Moose
and Joy Schreyer were their
campaign managers.
These students were selected
to run at the nominating con
ventions Tuesday, March 21.
Jane Lowder also sought the
office of president, and Betty
Fesperman ran for the trea
surer’s nomination.
Edwin Sides, S. O. president,
and Ann Underwood, chairman
of the elections committee, pre
sided over the assemblies.
MOONBEAMS |
SAT
College — bound juniors will
take the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT) Saturday morning, May
6.
The Achievement Tests and
the Writing Sample will be ad
ministered that afternoon.
The Full Moon
Vol. 33, No. 8 Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C. April 28, 1967
National Honor Society Taps 14
Lion And Rotarian
Student Lion and Rotarian for
the month of April are Gerald
Whitley and Oroon Palmer, re
spectively.
Congratulations, boys!
Fourteen juniors were tap
ped into the local chapter of
the National Honor Society in a
candlelight ceremony, April 13.
Mr. Brett Fenwick, assistant
Pastor of First Presbyterian
Church spoke to the student
body. He stressed the impor
tance of non-conformity in high
school years concluding that
“when men forsake their pri
vate conscience for public
opinion, they lead their country
to chaos.”
New members in the order in
which they were tapped and
their activities are as follows:
Marlene Whitley: homeroom
president. Biology Award, Gov
ernor’s School Nominee, junior
class talent show committee,
Junior-Senior Prom committee,
1967-1968 Full Moon Editor,
MYF treasurer, MYF Subdis
trict Outreach chairman, Stan
ly Subdistrict choir, and MYF
Subdistrict president;
Jane E. Lowder: Student
Council Western District North
Carolina Student Council Con
gress secretary. North Carolina
Student Council Congress secre
tary, discussion leader at Na
tional Student Council delegate
and junior counselor, Inter-Club
Council Committee chairman.
Student Council Executive
Board, Dramatics Club, Boost
ers’ Club, Homecoming Decora
tions Committee, Assistant
Promotions Manager of Full
Moon, senior Banquet waitress,
Junior-Senior Prom committee,
marshal, “World Peace” con
test winner and tour to New
York, American Field Service
finalist, MYF treasurer, MYF
Subdistrict corresponding secre
tary, MYF Subdistrict Newslet
ter secretary-editor, United Na
tions Seminar to New York, day
camp for retarded children, and
Tri-Hi-Y;
David Hall; 1967-1968 student
body president. Boosters’ Club,
Modern Music Masters, home
room president, vice president.
Junior Class treasurer, football
letterman, tennis, track, weight
lifting. Black Masque Club,
Monogram Club, Junior-Senior
Prom committee, Church Youth
Council, Sunday school class
president, secretary. Youth
Breakfast Committee, Youth
Choir, and Hi-Y;
David Mills-: Junior Class pres
ident, Student Council, Modern
Music Masters, tennis, Junior-
Senior Prom committee, junior
class talent show, marshal, con
cession stand, Demolay, Ameri
can Institute for Foreign Trav
el, and Hi-Y;
Jane Nicholds: Boosters’ Club,
Black Masque Club, Fine Arts
Program, Junior-Senior Prom
committee. Football Homecom
ing committee. Assembly Com
mittee, junior class talent show,
Traffic Committee, Senior Ban
quet waitress. Foreign Exchange
Committee, Sunday school sec
retary, Church Youth Council,
Youth Choir, day camp for re
tarded children, YMCA and Ex
periment in International Liv
ing to Italy;
Jimmy Harwood: Student
Council, basketball, track, band.
Modern Music Masters, mars
hal, Junior-Senior Prom com
mittee, homeroom officer. Mono
gram Club, MYF, Sunday school
class officer, and Hi-Y;
Kitty Fisher: Boosters’ Club,
Junior Class secretary. Gover
nor’s School nominee, Junior-
Senior Prom committee. Senior
Banquet waitress, Christmas
Dance committee, talent show.
Full Moon Exchange Editor, con
cession stand. Youth Fellowship
teacher, Church Committee, and
violin soloist;
Betty Fesperman: Student
Council, cheerleader. House and
Grounds Committee chairman,
Junior-Senior Prom committee.
Senior Banquet waitress, Boost
ers’ Club, talent show, Home
coming, Catholic Church choir,
Bible School teacher, Tri-Hi-Y
basketball and volleyball and
Tri-Hi-Y treasurer;
Fossie Webb: Sophomore Class
president. Student Council, bas
ketball, Black Masque, student
body vice-president, alternate
cheerleader, talent show, Jun
ior-Senior Prom Committee,
WDNCSCC delegate, and Tri-Hi-
Alice Hinson: Student Council,
Biology Award, homeroom trea
surer, 1967-1968 Full Moon News
Editor, talent show committee,
Junior-Senior Prom committee,
Sunday school class president.
Girls’ Auxiliary vice-president.
Baptist Training Union, Youth
Choir secretary. Adult Church
Choir, and Youth Week;
Pam Medling: Sophomore
Class vice-president, homeroom
president, cheerleader, student
body secretary, Junior-Senior
Banquet waitress. Assembly
Committee, talent show, Christ
mas Dance committee, publicity
committee for chocolate sale,
WDNCSCC delegate. Church
choir, Tri-Hi-Y basketball and
volleyball, and European Travel
Camp;
Beth Burris: 1967-1968 student
body treasurer. Boosters’ Club,
homeroom president. Social
Committee, Junior-Senior Prom
committee, concession stand,
SHF secretary, Youth Council,
Service Committee, Committee
of Twenty, American Field
Service finalist, Stanly County
Arts Guild and Tri-Hi-Y;
Johnny Little: Student Coun
cil, Junior Class vice-president,
basketball, baseball, homeroom
president. Monogram Club, chief
marshal for 1967-1968, and Hi-Y;
Cynthia Noah: Student Coun
cil, basketball letterman. Mono
gram Club, Sunday school class
president,, and vice-president.
Church Organization treasurer,
and Tri-Hi-Y president.
fourteen students from the Junior Class were tapped into the National Honor Society Thursday,