Pot Boils
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The Full Moon
Spirit Soars
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Vol. 36 —No. I
Albemarle Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C.
Sept. 23, 1970
S. C. Ready To Act
Mr. Hawkins installs the new Student Council officers as
Congressman Earl Ruth, installation speaker, looks on.
The Boosters Club would
like to thank the Nehi Bottling
Company and Beam
Distributing Company for
their donations of ^inks for
the football team.
Students served cold drinks
to the players in the student
lounge following the North
Stanly and Davie County
games.
College
Preview
Stimulates
College Day 1970-71 arrived
Tuesday, September 22,
Approximately 75-80
representatives from four-year
and junior colleges, nursing
schools, various business and
technical institutes, and bran
ches of the armed services
participated.
Seniors monopolized the gym
from 9:00 a.m.-10:15. Following a
thirty minute coffee break for the
delegates, the juniors talked with
representatives until 12:00.
National Honor Society and the
guidance department sponsored
the event.
Members of the Honor Society
and Senior Class officers served
as hosts and hostesses.
Moonbeams
CHEERLEADERS MEET
Five varsity cheerleaders,
accompanied by Mrs. Morgan,
adviser, attended a cheerleading
clinic August 21, in Statesville.
Approximately eight different
schools participated, with the
Statesville cheerleading squad
serving as hostess.
PICTURES SNAPPED
Monday, August 24, the Class of
1971 posed for school pictures for
the final time.
Senior boys dressed in coats
and ties. The girls chose between
red, royal blue, and gold drapes
for their attire.
LION AND ROTARIAN
David Carpenter is the first
Student Lion for the 1970-71
school year. Shep Russell is the
initial Student Rotarian.
Mr. Hawkins accompanies
each student club member,
chosen by the Honors Committee,
to weekly lunch meetings for a
month.
The honoree represents ASHS
by communicating with the
members.
Staff Starts Off
Several members of the
Crossroads staff attended the
Annual Conference held July 29-
31 at Appalachian State
University.
Donna Smith and Sue Ellen
Beal attended sessions studying
business management.
Carolyn Nance, Susan Chan
dler, Gary London, and Missy
Campbell studied layout
technique's, and Harold Overcash
attended photography classes.
Mrs. Thomason attended ad-
virory meetings.
Three hundred students from
North Carolina, Virginia, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and
Georgia gathered for the con
ference. They met with editors
and business managers to ex
change ideas and yearbooks.
Missy Campbell rated second
place for her layout, winning the
prize of five dollars.
Classroom activities include
lectures and study periods.
No activity was scheduled for
nights, so the group was free to
meet others atten^ng the co)i-
ference.
Three Take
Nominations
David Carpenter, Steve
Blalock, and Doug Pinkston are
nominees for the 1970 John
Motley Morehead Scholarship.
These boys are in competition
with 2300 others. Only 116
scholarships will be awarded.
The basis of selection are
scholastic ability and at
tainments, qualities of manhood,
truthfulness, courage, devotion to
duty, sympathy, kindliness,
unselfishness, and fellowship,
good moral character, and
physical vigor.
1969 was a record setting year
for the Morehead Foundation,
which is headquartered at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
The 1970 freshman class at
Carolina includes 87 Morehead
Scholars with 41 participating in
the freshman honors program.
This large number includes 69
students from North Carolina,
four from England, and 14 from
other states.
The local committee selects
two nominees to represent Stanly
County. Then the district com
mittee selects six nominees from
the district. The finals will be at
Chapel Hill.
All nominations must be in by
October 15, and the final
decisions will be announced
February 1, 1971.
“Support your student
government, be interested, and
encourage your student leaders,”
emphasized Dr. Earl Ruth,
Eighth District Congressman,
during the Student Council In
stallation Assembly, Friday,
September 8, third period.
The assembly opened with a
processional of homeroom
representatives, student council
officers, and class officers.
Shep Russell, student council
president announced the theme
for this year: Student In
volvement. He also explained
student council as a “student
organization, composed of
students elected by students to
represent them, to speak for
them, and to work for the welfare
of the school.”
Russell also hopes the student
council will develop school spirit,
student morals, and pride in the
school, provide a means for
expressing student opinion,
promote the welfare of the
school, teach leadership and
followership, and furnish an
opportunity for citizenship
training.
The council will sponsor
several service projects this year
and publish a student directory.
Jeff Gaskin, student council
AFS Student
Takes The
Spotlight
Among the new faces at ASHS
this year is one very special,
smiling face. This is the face of
Sirpa Maaria Leppanen, known
as Pihka.
Pihka is the foreign exchange
student who is making her home
in Albemarle this year. She flew
to Charlotte Thursday, August 27,
where her American family
welcomed her to America and
North Carolina.
Pihka is eighteen years old,
5’7” tall and has long brown hair
and brown eyes.
Pihka’s home is in Riihimaki,
Finland. Her parents are Oiva
and Rauni Leppanen; and, she
has one brother and two sisters.
Living with the Gene Drys at
613 Brown Avenue, Pihka is quite
happy with her new American
family. She loves having two
brothers, Benton, a college
senior, and Mark, an eighth
grader.
Pihka and Susan Dry, her
American sister, are already
quite fond of each other.
Pihka amazes everyone with
her knowledge of four languages.
She not only speaks Finnish and
Swedish, the two dialects of her
country; but, she also speaks
German and English. By taking
French I this year, she hopes to
add this language to her
collection.
After trying to tackle Algebra
III, Pihka learned that our math
is so different from the math she
is accustomed to that she will not
try to complete a math course
here. Instead, she will have a
study hall. Pihka is happy about
this decision because it will give
here more time to read more
about America.
As a senior, Pihka also takes
English IV, U.S. History, Varsity
Singers, and American
Problems.
Pihka is an honorary member
of the National Honor Society and
she is a member of the Boosters
Club. She hopes to become
familiar with other organizations
vice president, gave devotions
and led the student body in the
Pledge of Allegiance and
National Anthem.
Warren Hawkins, principal,
administered the oath of office to
student council officers; Shep
Russell, president, Jeff Gaskin,
vice president, Susan Blalock,
secretary, and Carolyn Hill,
treasurer.
Russell then installed
homeroom representatives and
Junior and Senior Class officers.
Senior Class officers installed
were David Carpenter, president,
Ann Howell, vice president, Janis
Holder, secretary, and Sue Ellen
Beal, treasurer.
Installed as Junior Class
leaders were Brian Garber,
president, Kathy Frye, vice
president, Lynn Chivington,
secretary, and Joy Early,
treasurer.
Taking the representative
pledge were Ricky Carpenter,
Gail Harrington, Gary London,
Susan Lowder, David Mauney,
Keith Nash, Martha Owens, Doug
Pinkston, Linda Almond, Duke
Furr, Brenda Gay, Jimmy Hahn,
William Hill, Tony Morton, Reid
Squires, Donald Waddell, Cathy
Cheatham, Carol Fitzgerald,
Jimmy Hesley, Roger Morton,
Full Moon Rises
In addition to being selected for
the Medalist Award, TTie Full
Moon has received further honors
from the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association.
Susan Squires, art staff
member, placed third in com
petition with an editorial cartoon
designed for the December issue
of the paper.
The cartoon, showing a
tenement alleyway with
discarded Christmas ornaments,
portrays the superficiality of
Christmas.
Also, The Board of Judges
selected Tlie Full Moon and eight
other publications from among
1,719 entries for “All-Columbian”
Sandra Pollard, Jackie Smart,
Lew Smith, and Becky Still.
Also installed were Carolyn
Nance, Crossroads editor, and
Libby Adams, Full Moon editor,
honorary council members.
Black representatives and
Sophomore Class officers had not
been elected at this time.
The student body then took the
Pledge of Loyalty.
Russell introduced Pihka
Leppanen from Riihimaki,
Finland, an AFS exchange
student now living in Albemarle.
Russell then introduced the
speaker. Dr. Earl Ruth. Ruth is
presently serving as
congressman from the eighth
district.
Dr. Ruth stressed that
education is more than just what
happens in the classroom and
noted the importance of attitude,
character, decisions and friends
during the high school years.
Ruth also named the high
school students of today as the
leaders of tomorrow.
The students led by Jackie Holt
and Chris Smart, marshals,
recessed from the auditorium,
Teresa Phillips played the organ
for the processional, recessional
and the National Anthem,
honors in advertising during the
1969-70 school year.
As stated by CSPA, “The
purpose of this rating is to en
courage work in selected fields
and to call attention to com
mendable effort within the
publications themselves.”
Mrs. Nancy Gamewell, ad
visor, stated, “All members of
last year’s staff worked hard; all
deserve credit, but the art and
business staffs deserve special
recognition: Maris Efird, art
editor, assisted by Brad Spear
and Susan Squires; Roy Trivette,
business manager; and Paul
Wolf, advertising manager.”
According to Libby Adams, this
year’s editor, “We are very
happy about this honor; but it
presents a serious challenge for
this year’s staff.”
of the school as she becomes
more accustomed to America,
Pihka enjoys music very much.
She loves to sing, dance, and play
the piano.
She is very eager to become a
part of ASHS and looks forward
to her year here, Pihka expressed
these desires in her introduction
to the student body Friday,
August 28, during the opening
assembly.
Because she still has two years
of school left when she returns to
her native country, Pihka hopes
to learn the most she can about
America rather than putting the
emphasis on her studies entirely.
We are all very happy to
welcome a new friend.
,,Pihka Leppanen, new foreign exchange student from Finland,
captures her audience with a warm, friendly smile.