The Full Moon
Vol. 35, No. 6 Albemare Senior High School, Albemarle, N. C. Jan.
20, 1971
Wake Upl
It's That Time Again
DECA students, Martha Owens, Sue Parker, and Donnie Eddins
and sponsor, Mrs. Brown, carefully arrange classroom display.
DECA Displays Values
‘‘Hand me that pair of shoes!”
“You lift her up while I put
these on her feet.”
“Hurry, you know she’s not
exactly the lightest thing in the
world.”
This might be a conversation
coming from the DECA room
where distributive education
students are hard at work. She is
not the teacher or a student but a
manequin donated to the class by
Belk’s.
In an effort to make classes
more realistic, merchandise was
borrowed from many local firms.
Student work with the material
and displays helps bring the class
to a better working relationship
with the community.
Display equipment, ordered
from Storecraft, recently
arrived. These cabinets and
cases aid the students in prac
ticing techniques learned in
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Lion and Rotarian
The student Rotarian for
January is Tony Oettinger.
Lindsey Dunevant is serving as
student Lion.
Graduation Nears
Senior Class secretaries met
with Miss Chiccra Caughman,
Tuesday, December 15, to mail
orders for graduation invitations.
Calling cards arrived Monday,
January li. Secretaries
distributed them during
homeroom period.
The secretaries are now taking
orders for caps and gowns.
“Romeo and Juliet”
Basketball homecoming 1971 is
Friday night, January 29. The
sponsors will parade through an
arch to the theme from “Romeo
and Juliet.”
Badges Boost Spirit
The Boosters Club purchased
booster badges to sell for both
wrestling and basketball seasons.
The stickers, with pins at
tached, may also be used again
for spring sports. They are blue
and white and say; “Go,
Bulldogs! ”
Students may buy a badge from
cheerleaders for 15 cents.
Musicians Audition
Interested members of the
Band attended auditions for the
Southeastern All-State Band
Clinic, January 16, in Laurin-
burg.
Report for Cards
Students will receive report
cards Tuesday, January 26, 3:00
p.m. in homerooms.
At this time, pupils will receive
third six weeks grades plus exam
and semester grades.
class. The classroom is now a
real test center for experiments
in new forms of eye appeal, color
schemes, and selling techniques.
Also recently arrived are
twelve new films and twelve
records to help in class activities.
Ordered from American
Economic Film Series, these
visual aids center on business
management, banking and other
related areas.
Mrs. Sybil Brown, advisor for
DECA, stated, “The support of
local businessmen has been the
largest help in making up these
displays, and the existence of
DECA is dependent upon
Albemarle’s merchants hiring
the students, and providing up-to-
date facts and speakers.
The display in the DECA room
is changed every three weeks.
Other students are encouraged to
visit the room and study the
displays.
—Libby Adams
Nash, Mabry
Act For Minis
“What the World Needs Now”
is the theme for the fifth year of
city-wide youth breakfasts
sponsored by the Committee of
Twenty. The early morning
meetings are scheduled for
February 1-5.
Breakfasts are planned for
Monday-Thursday. Friday’s
meeting will be held at night.
Committee of Twenty co-
chairmen are Libby Adams and
David Carpenter.
Members from Christ
Episcopal Church are Marlyn
Massey, Dewey Preslar, Renita
Ritchie and Lynn Chivington.
Representing Central
Methodist Church are Carolyn
Nance, Tony Oettinger, Kaye
Roberts, and John Baugh.
Libby Adams, Tommy
Winecoff, David Adams, and
Andrea Lowder are represen
tatives of First Lutheran Church.
Members from First Baptist
are David Carpenter, Elaine
Coble, Cynthia Coble, and Jeff
Gaskin.
Representatives of First
Presbyterian are John Howard,
Marcia Carlson, Peggy Plyler’
and Monte Cannon.
Cleb McClary, parole officer
from Georgetown, S. C., will be a
featured speaker. McClary is
well known from his tours with
Billy Graham and because of his
Bundy . . .
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Let's Be Builders"
Mini-Courses, after a suc
cessful program last year, are
scheduled for March 8-12.
Open only to seniors before, the
1971 program will include
seniors, juniors, and sophomores.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Gamewell and Mrs. Hudson, the
advanced English IV and III are
laying the basic plans. All
students are to be involved in the
later planning.
Steering committee for the 1971
Mini-Course program is as
follows: Keith Nash and Ellen
Mabry, co-chairmen; Janis
Holder and Freda Hahn,
secretaries.
Louise Cranford and Linda
Almond will serve as typists.
And, David Carpenter is
Publicity chairman, with Libby
Adams as secretary.
The Sophomore Class spon
sored an assembly Friday,
January 8, third period. Before
he turned the program over to
David Adams, president, Mr.
Hawkins made several an
nouncements.
David introduced Mr. Sam D.
Bundy from Farmville, North
Carolina, recently elected to the
North Carolina House of
Representatives.
Mr. Bundy’s topic for the
assembly was “Let’s Be
Builders.” He stated that by
getting personally involved,
getting on the right side of life,
living an unselfish life, and living
close to God, people can build.
Mr. Bundy stated that to get
somewhere in life young people
must be optimistic, be con
vincing, be bold, hope, and find
their place in life. If they expect
to build, they must help others.
He encouraged students to seek
the best things in life: character,
education, love, knowledge,
respect, and salvation because
they are free.
Mr. Bundy concluded his
speech with the following
philosophy: (1) Those who want,
find a way; those who don’t’
don’t. (2) Failure brings success’
and (3) life is made of clean
thoughts and noble deeds.
Preceeding the assembly, Mr.
Hawkins announced that Mini-
Courses will be March 8-12. He
also challenged students to make
their study halls more worth
while by offering mini-courses
during this time. He expressed
his disappointment over the
excessive vandalism during the
Christmas holidays. Because of
this, he stated, anyone caught
tresspassing on school grounds
will be arrested.
Vietnam war record.
Miss Pauletta Pearson, black
student at the North Carolina
School of the Arts, is also
scheduled to speak. Miss Pearson
was runnerup in the last Miss
North Carolina pageant.
The Parson of the Hills
Reverend Charles A. Keyes’
ministers to the mountain people
of Ashe and Wilkes counties.
Scheduled as the speaker for
Thursday morning, Keyes is
known for his work with a
medical mobile unit in the
mountains and for the annual
Christmas on the Mountain
party.
A speaker from Central Prison
in Raleigh has been secured for
the other day.
The New Directions, a high
school singing group from
Burlington, will perform at the
Friday night meeting.
A kickoff assembly at each
county high school is planned.
Hawkins
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Mr. Hawkins will attend the
National Secondary Principals’
Association meeting in Houston,
Texas, January 23-27. The
association meets annually to
discuss topics pertinent to
today’s students and teaching
situations.
Mr. Hawkins expects a busy
schedule during his stay in
Houston. Mr. Frazier will be in
charge while Mr. Hawkins is
absent.
Mr. Hawkins also attended last
year s meeting, which was in
Washington, D. C.
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involvement
Monte Burleson is head of the
newly created service committee
of the National Honor Society.
Other club members serving
with Monte are Libby Adams,
Susan Chandler, Gary London,
Andrea Lowder, Carolyn Nance,
Keith Nash, Debbie Neel, and
Tony Oettinger.
The committee is planning
projects in several areas. They
plan to help residents at the rest
home, needy families, the
mentally retarded, and a former
Senior High student who is now
attending college as a han
dicapped student.
Thirty students sacrifice their
study hall in order to aid others at
ASHS.
Martha Rowe, Debbie Sides,
and Kathy Frye help Mr. Frazier
to compile an absentee list each
morning during first period. They
also deliver the lists to the
teachers.
Libby Adams, Kathleen
Harbers, Mary Anne Crisco, and
Donna Bost service Mr. Frazier
in various jobs during their free
period. They also become
acquainted with the skills and
techniques of playing basketball.
Betsy Harrington, Jenny Clark,
Janet Gardner, and Sarah Burris
serve as biology aides during
their study halls. These girls
type, grade papers, supervise
during the absence of the
teacher, and do other odd jobs.
Jenny, who helps Mr. Chuck
Smith, commented, “It’s
educational; it’s like taking
biology over again.”
Janet, one of Mr. Lentz’s aides,
replied, “It’s a lot of fun, but it’s
hard work at times.”
Paulette Barrier, Louise
Cranford, and Debra Madaris
assist Mrs. Morgan as math
aides. They construct bulletin
boards, check papers, and
average grades, among other
things.
Paulette, who helps during
third period, exclaimed, “I do all
the odds and ends.”
Mrs. Morgan acknowledged,
“Anytime someone can’t do my
work for me, Paulette does it for
me. She does all my drawing for
me.”
Chris Smart works closely with
Mrs. Wolf in her office fifth
period at numerous jobs. Among
various tasks, she types, runs off
stencils, and groups papers.
^Helping Ml'. Fry in the music
office, Sarah Manning types,
arranges and sorts music, and
answers the telephone. When
asked about her work, she
replied, “There’ll never be
another teacher like Mr. Fry.”
Julie Deese, Donna Lowder,
Janis Holder, Linda Mills, and
Keith Nash assist Mrs. Deese,
Mrs. Gehring, Miss Caughman’
Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Gamewell
respectively. They also grade
papers, make bulletin boards,
and average grades.
Nine students work voluntarily
as the much needed library aides
Angela Little, Larry Mills, Susan
Blalock, Ken Wilson, Peggy
Morton, Doug Hahn, John
Howard, Cindy Stutts, and Toni
Lambeth check out books
replace books on the shelves, and
do countless other tasks.
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