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Vol.'35 — No. 6
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C. 28001
March 3, 1969
Teachers
Undergo Basic
Training
Three student teachers, fresh
from the Pfeiffer assembly line,
are working in areas of math,
English, and biology.
Miss Virginia Phillips, Mrs.
Marillyn Remeta, and Miss
Betty Shue are evaluating their
ability to put their knowledge on
the level of the students, their
tact and diplomacy, and their
ability to cope with and under
stand the members of their
classes.
Faced with many textbook
situations, these future teachers
are realizing the classroom chal
lenges that no textbook ever
dreamed of printing.
Miss Phillips, a Biology ma
jor, is receiving her training un
der Mr. Kenneth Frazier.
Mrs. Jenece Smith is guiding
Mrs. Marillyn Remeta in her ef
forts in the field of English.
Miss Betty Shue is working
with Miss Caughman in the
mathematics department.
The student teachers are
learning the school and its rules,
becoming acquainted with the
faculty, meeting students, and
observing present classroom
procedures.
After a month of weekly
Wednesday visits, they begin
their full time teaching responsi
bilities.
'LISTEN, PEOPLE'
“Does it matter to you?” challenged Mr. Albert Long as he
conclude the 1969 Youth Breakfasts.
Steadies Steal Show
Band Sends 7
To All-State
Representing ASHS in the
southeastern District Senior
H'gh All-State Band Clinic were
Oeidra Clark, Kathleen Harbers,
Marion Andrew, Gail Fisher,
Ken Kiser, Wayne Lowder and
Andrea Lowder.
These seven band members
Ijtiraeyed to Elizabethtown,
N. C. February 7, to participate
in the two-day clinic which is
F°*^Ppsed of the most outstand
ing high school musicians in the
state.
Having already qualified for
Placement in the All-State Band
approximately 120 instrumental
ists practicecl vigorously for two
flays to prepare for the tradi-
^nal All-State Band Concert,
ihis event was presented Satur-
Qay night, February 8, at Eliza
bethtown High School.
Mr. Bill Curtin, who is the Di-
rector of Bands at Western Car-
°***}a directed the concert band
Commander Anthony Mit-
cnell, Conductor of the U. S.
Navy Band at Washington, D. C.,
“•reeled the symphonic band.
. While in Elizabethtown, visit-
'ng All-State Band members
Were quartered in private homes.
Homecoming Queen Karen
Lisk, sponsor of Mr. Kneecaps,
Robert Lewis was crowned by
Student Body President Teresa
Wagoner during half time pro
cedures February 7.
Sherry Howard, Brinn Knotts,
Susie Griffin and Shelia Russell
formed the Queen’s court.
Senior sponsors participating
were Judy Watts: Danny Dur
ham; Diane Atkinson: Dick
Loeb; Sherry Howard: David
Plyler; Karen Lisk: Robert
Lewis.
Junior sponsors were Anne
Burleson: Donnie Davis; Paula
Fesperman: Gene Heame; Deb
bie Barbee: Tom Wilson; Pat
Courtney: Steve Stokes; Susie
Griffin: Billy Freeman; Brinn
Knotts: Eddie Claywell; Karen
Cook: John Morrow, manager;
Carol Lander: Mike Jacobson,
trainer.
Who's Minding
The Stoie?
Mike Noah isn’t the only per
son to have a ball 4th period!
The operation of the school store
has changed and is now being
run by eight people instead of
two.
Students who volunteered to
work at the school store once
every four weeks for a full week
are Debbie Lowder, Barbara
Brooks, Rose Little, Pat Court
ney, Claudia Monroe, and Carrie
Davis. In addition to these six
students are Starr Still and Mike
Noah, who have been running
the school store all year.
The location of the school
store has also changed. It has
been moved from the student
lounge to the lobby.
Students Rise For Religion
“At Ipafit vnii nan J
Gail Waller, sponsoring Ron
nie Whitley; and Sheila Russell,
sponsoring Ronny Garber, were
sophomore participants.
Homecoming events were pre
sented by the Boosters Club.
Mary Ellen Hill and Brinn
Knotts headed the committee.
The Boosters Club was also in
charge of the Mr. Kneecaps con
test. Sixty-six dollars were
raised by the students’ “penny-
votes.”
After the games, the cafeteria
was found gaily decorated in
traditional Valentine hearts and
cupids for a combined celeljra-
tion of Homecoming and the ap
proaching holiday.
Holt Serves
As N.C. Page
“I really didn’t know how im
portant the government and leg
islative bills were here in North
Carolina. At first, I didn’t think
I would leam that much about
governmental procedures, but
it really helped me.”
Connie Holt made this com
ment when she returned home
from the North Carolina Senate.
She served as a page in Raleigh
for five days.
Appointed by Senator Frank
Patterson, Connie recently re
ceived a letter from Lieutenant
Governor Pat Taylor instructing
her to report to the principal
clerk of the Senate for her as
signments, Monday, February
10.
While serving as a page, Con
nie picked up the mail, took bills
that had been passed to the
press, delivered messages, and
ran many other additional er
rands for the senators to which
she was assigned.
“At least you can be sure you
got the truth. It’s been here in
black and white,” said Dr. Law
rence W. Bottoms, referring to
the Youth Breakfasts in which
senior high youth participated.
The 1969 Youth Breakfasts de
manded that everyone rise early
February 3-7 to arrive at the
new gymnasium of First Pres
byterian Church in time for
breakfast at 7:10 a.m.
A hot breakfast was served
each morning to approximately
400 young people. Five outstand
ing speakers addressed the high
school students. Each further
developed the theme “Listen,
People.”
Miss Alabama of 1968, Del-
lynne Catching, opened the
week-long activities Monday
morning. Miss Catching encour
aged the youth to stand up for
Christ now. She stressed the im
portance of taking pride in your
standards and beliefs.
Gayle Bomar, quarterback for
the University of North Carolina
football team, spoke Tuesday
morning. Bomar emphasized the
rewards of Christianity in col
lege activities. Now serving as
President of the U.N.C. Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes, Mr.
Bomar related definite exam
ples from his experiences which
made him realize the impor
tance of this.
Wednesday morning brought
speaker Dr. Lawrence W. Bot
toms, the first Negro ever to re
ceive the Distinguished Service
Award at Geneva College. He
elaborated on the desperate
need for brotherly love among
men of all races, creeds, and
nationalities.
Assistant dean of the Divinity
School of Duke University, Don
ald J. Welch was the guest
speaker Thursday. Welch ex
pressed his pride in young peo
ple who are concerned enough to
search for the right and stand
up to the challenge of acquiring
it for the world.
Mr. Albert Long, who was
chosen by the Durham Jaycees
as their “Young Man of the
Year” for 1967, addressed the
group the closing morning of the
week’s activities. Mr. Long
posed the question “Does it mat
ter to you?”, referring to the
importance Christ’s life and
death have meant to us today.
The Youth Breakfasts, staged
successfully now for 3 years, are
planned by a committee of
twenty representing the five
downtown churches which spon
sor the event. Mary Kay Austin
from Central United Methodist,
was elected to serve as Chair
man of the Committee of
Twenty. Mary Kay Hannell. Da
vid Plyler. Meg Anderson and
Mike Goforth represented First
Presbyterian; Doug Moose. Vic
Moose, who served as vice-chair
man, Hal Peck, and Libby
Adams. First Lutheran; Gib
Hammond. Beth Chivington. Pat
Courtney, and Neesie Huney-
cutt. Christ Episcopal; Mike
Manning, Lisa Lamb. David
Carpenter, and David Mauney.
First Baptist; and Mary Kay
Austin, Johnny Cotton, Nancy
Weydell, and Patricia Ray, Cen
tral United Methodist.
D. E. Students
Pocket Awards
Distributive Education stu
dents from ASHS competed
against twenty-one other schools.
Wednesday. February 12. in
Rockingham. N. C.
Students achieving honors
were' Kay Furr, third place in
public speaking; Arley Mitchell,
first place in sales demonstra
tion; Herman “Rocky” Funder-
burke, second place in Boy DE
Student of the Year; and Alice
Parks, first place Girl DE Stu
dent of the Year.
Arley Mitchell and Alice
Parks will join last fall’s dis
trict first place winners. Rita
Blalock as DECA Sweetheart
and “Rocky” Funderburke as
candidate for state vice presi
dent, in state competition at the
Raleigh convention to be held
March 14-15.
Mrs. Sibyl Brown is coordina
tor for the Albemarle chapter of
the Distributive Education Clubs
of America.
Manning Out-Smarts CEEB
One test on which nearly
. ^ryone can score one hundred
® the College Board Achieve
ment Tests; however, a perfect
dred^ happens to be eight hun-
•L^°st students are happy if
ney score five or six hundred
!* achievement tests, but Se
nior High has one student who
f^°*'ed perfectly on one of the
Manning, a senior,
tnr,^ ? eight hundrecf on his His-
Achievement Test.
Although Mike has long been
.^^lateur student of political
economics, psychology,
** philosophy, he feels that he
must give much of the credit for
e^'^eptional score to his last
vfjr/ It P- s. History teacher,
Mrs. Nell Westerlund. "She is,”
® ®.*Plaineci, "very—thorough! ”
Cat Achievement Test and
scorei recently paid off
with his selection as a finalist
for Duke University’s Angier B.
Duke Scholarship valued to $2,-
600.00 annually.
Mike has already been ac
cepted at Duke and has decided
to enter Trinity College, the lib
eral arts college of Duke. As
for a college major or career
choice, Mike has “no idea” what
he will do; however, he is con
sidering the areas of psychology
or political science.
Undoubtedly, whether or not
Mike gets the scholarship will
also depend upon his non-aca
demic interests and work. His
many extracurricular activities
include the Modern Music Mas
ters, the Honor Society, fhe Teen
Dems, Junior Civitans, *^nd the
Y.M.C.A. Mike is a past merr-
ber of the basketball and track
teams and is a member of First
Baptist Church.
Anticipating college days, Mlko and Harriet talk over plans for
the future.
COMING UP
Vocational Department Assembly Program March 4
Varsity Singers and Senior Choir attend
choral contest in Charlotte March 3
Juniors receive class rings March 13
FBLA Assembly Program featuring speaker
Voit Gilmore March 13
National Honor Society Tapping Marrh 9i
Region III vicA Meeting-ASHS March 22
Student Council Nominating Committee for
officers of 1969-1970 school year March 2'
Assembly Program on Highway Safety March 27
FBLA Convention March 28-29
Harriet Wraps
Up Alcoa Award
Harriet Emmons was awarded
the $3,000 Alcoa Foundation
Scholarship Friday, February
Since Harriet moved to Albe
marle from Pittsburg, Pennsyl
vania in August, she has be
come active in school activities.
She is parliamentarian of the
Stanly County Health Careers
Club, and a member of Junior
Civitan, Boosters’ Club, and the
band.
After graduation, Harriet
plans to enter the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte to
study nursing.
The committee composed of
Mr. H. T. Webb. Luther A.
Adams, and Rev. A. C. Winfield
made the selection after an in
terview with the three Alcoa
employees’ daughters, Mary
Kay Hannell. Mary Lou Wey
dell, and Harriet Emmons.