Reid, David, John, and William join forces for next year’s Student
Council.
Males March On
The Full Moon
Vol. 36 — No. I I Albemarle Sr. High School, Albemarle, N. C. Apr. 14, 1971
Cheerleading Ratio
Attention all associates of the
Women’s Lib Movement! The
five hundred and ten students
who registered between March 8
and 11, elected four males March
12 to lead the Student Council
next year.
Reid Squires, president; David
Adams, vice-president; John
Baugh, secretary; and William
Hill, treasurer are the future
leaders of Senior High.
Doug Pinkston, Lindsey
Dunevant, Tony Oettinger, and
Calvin Ingram served as cam
paign managers for the winners,
respectively.
Opposing candidates and their
managers were Tony Mullis, with
Monte Burleson, for president;
David Mullinix, Marlyn Massey,
vice-president; Bonnie Little,
David Mauney, secretary; and,
Joy Early, Ricky Carpenter,
treasurer.
Interested candidates filed
petitions containing one hundred
signatures with Miss Gaye
Holshouser, Student Council
sponsor, by March 4. Other
students who applied for offices
are Jeff Gaskin, president;
Beverly Sanges, vice-president;
and Vicki Schreppel, secretary.
David Carpenter, chairman of
elections, conducted the
nominating convention March 5,
first period. Susan Lowder
served as David’s co-chairman.
Mini Courses 1971 ended
Friday, March 19. The success of
this program hinged not only on
the students, but also on teachers
and hostesses. Much ap
preciation is expressed to the
following people for their help in
the program.
Hostesses for the occasion
were Mrs. Sam Andrew, Mrs.
Tommy Andrew, Mrs. Max
Garber, Mrs. Tom Garrison,
Mrs. Wayne Mabry, Mrs. James
Nance, Mrs. Joe Ross, Mrs. Allen
Sinclair, Mrs. Ernest Whitley,
and Mrs. Hilda Woodruff.
Teachers in the program and
the courses they helped with are
as follows:
Alcoholism, Dr. George Ed-
dins, Marvin Ay cock, James
Williams, Everett Hudson, Max
Smith, Edward Webster, Lane
Russell.
American Minorities, Eddie
Harrington, Miss Maris Efird,
Rev. John Trantham.
Archery, Chuck Morehead.
Art and Music Interpression,
Mrs. Charles Spear, William B.
McGibney.
Astrology, Mrs. Henry Goforth.
Astronomy, R. C. Hatley.
Auto Mechanics, Calvin Poole,
Ezra Morton, James V. Lowder.
Following a week of cam
paigning, the nominees and their
campaign managers presented
campaign speeches March 12
during a third period assembly.
David Carpenter also led this
procedure.
Three of the newly elected
officers, Reid, David, and John,
and Pihka Leppanen, ac
companied by Miss Holshouser,
attended the Western District
North Carolina Student Council
Convention March 19-20 in
Asheville.
To qualify to run for any office,
a student had to have at least a B-
average. Rising seniors qualified
for the offices of president and
treasurer, and juniors for vice-
president and secretary.
Tony's Bound
Tony Morton, junior, has
received a scholarship to spend
twenty-six days at the Ap
palachian Outward Bound School
in Morganton, North Carolina.
From June 7 to July 2, Tony
will provide forest fire service,
rescue service, and other types of
aid to the Appalachian Mountain
area. In this confidence course,
he will learn mountaineering and
survival techniques.
“The Jewel Box” in y^bemarle
awarded Tony with the
Scholarship.
Baton Twirling, Donna
Lowder.
Bible Study, Danielle Bivins,
Rev. Phil By rum, Dr. Melicent
Huneycutt.
Black Studies, Dr. Walter L.
Yates, Warren Hawkins, E. E.
Waddell, Dr. Griffin Campbell,
Albert Winston, Mrs. Phipes,
Jerry Scales, Moceo Mayo,
Albert Winston.
Cake Decoration, Mrs. Marvin
Rummage.
Campus Radicalism, Steve
Thompson, Monte Burleson.
Cartoon Drawing, Ed Loeb.
Ceramics, Mrs. James Kerr.
Cheerleading, Katie King,
Charlotte Cooper, Mrs. Jean
Morgan.
Child Psychology, Mrs. Henry
Doby.
Christian Ethics, Dr. J. Horace
Maness, Roger Gramling, Rev.
Mike Deal, Carolyn Nance, Tony
Oettinger.
Communism, Prof. Lawrence
Wheeler, Rev. Anthony Kovacic.
Comparative World Religions,
Robert Conn, Dr. I. L. Shaver,
Roger Anderson, Harold Fegan.
Computer Science, Harley
Gaines, Paul Albee.
Contour and Gesture Drawing,
Mrs. Peggy Howard.
The cheerleading squads will
never be the same again; at least
not next year. The Boosters Club
met Thursday, March 11 to make
important decisions concerning
these groups.
If at least two black students
try out for the varsity squad,
considering the senior and junior
classes separately, the winners
will be the top four whites and top
black in each class. This decision
moves the number of varsity
cheerleaders from nine to ten.
The election of eight white and
two blacks will be in accordance
to the ration of whites to blacks at
Senior High.
If only one black student
competes for a position on the
squad from either class, she will
Senior Class elections were
Monday, March 29. Run-offs
resulted in Brian Garber,
president; Steve Hatley, vice-
president; Susan Blalock,
secretary; and Brenda Gay,
treasurer.
Final junior elections resulted
in Lew Smith, president; Myron
Harrington, vice-president;
Mary Emmons, secretary; and
June Fisher, treasurer.
Running for president of the
Senior Class were Mark Andrew,
Brian Garber, Jeff Gaskin, and
George Winecoff.
Steve Hatley, Freda Hahn,
Harold Overcash, and Marcia
Carlson were candidates for vice-
president.
Jackie Holt, Jackie Lowder,
and Susan Blalock ran for
secretary.
Filing for treasurer were Sally
McLester, Brenda Gay, Ellen
Mabry, and Gary Wilhoit.
Friday, March 26, was the
deadline for petitions with 25
class members’ signatures.
Rising juniors had Lew Smith
Cosmetology, Louise Allen,
Mrs. Polly Baucom, Fran Little,
Mrs. Laythene Benge, Mrs.
Linda Whitley, Willa McManus.
Crafts, Richard Lisenby, Mrs.
Frank Lambert, Tony Mullis,
Nannette Broadwell, Mrs. Betty
Crook.
Creative Thinking, Mrs. Nancy
Gamewell.
Criminology, Sharon
McKenzie, Paul Lentz, Pep
Mabry.
Crossroads Seminar, Ann
Thomason.
Dance, Andrea Lowder, Pat
Hopkins, Mrs. Lynn Cavaliero.
Drama-Film Making, Mrs.
Diane Hudson, Perry Eury, Mrs.
Wing.
Drugs, Rolf Ellis, Don Frey,
Marvin Aycock, Gene Maleskie,
Mrs. Nell Westerlund, Bill
Ferguson, Dr. George Leiby.
Ecology, Dr. W. Davis Fort,
Dr. George Leiby.
Electronics, David Kirk,
Harold Hilburn, Harry Miller.
Embroidery-Needlecraft, Mrs.
Bill Hatley.
ESP, Jose Fumero, Rev.
Marvin Boggs.
Family Tree, Mrs. J. D.
Morris.
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have to take the same chance as
the white students in her class to
be selected.
The student body will again
elect the varsity cheerleaders at
an assembly, Friday, April 30,
first period. This amendment, set
up last year to run for a period of
two years, will end this year.
Next year this meUiod of
selection will be considered and
either continued or revised.
Plans for the junior varsity
squad are not settled.
With only two opposing votes,
the club also voted that a
cheerleader may not participate
on the basketball team next year.
Anyone interested in trying out
for cheerleader signed up with
Mrs. Morgan by Friday, April 2.
and Robert Whitley running for
president; Bonnie Little, Myron
Harrington, Beverly Sanges, and
Jackie Tucker for vice-president;
Mary Emmons and Nona Pease
for secretary; and Kim Woodruff
and June Fisher for treasurer.
Students
Sea Neptune
The Juniors chose Neptune’s
Palace for the theme of this
year’s Junior-Senior prom,
staged Tuesday, April 6, from
8:00 until 12:00 p.m.
The musical band for the prom,
the Embers, played from the
deck of a sunken ship.
King Neptune presided over the
prom from his Throne at the
entrance of the gym.
Gaily colored murals set the
atmosphere for the underwater
theme.
Lynn Chivington served as
decorations committee chair
man; Joy Early as invitations
chairman; Kathy Frye as hostess
committee chairman; Beth
Kelley as refreshments chair
man ; and Ginny Deese served as
clean-up committee chairman.
Patch
Your Man
Sadie Hawkins Week is April
19-23. During the week, each girl
will “patch” the boy of her
choice. Thus, she will become his
servant for the week.
A carnival in the gym, Friday,
April 23,7:30-9:30, culminates the
week’s activities and features
open club exhibits. A dance
follows, 9:30-11:30, with music
provided by a seven number
group, the Force. During this
period, each Daisy Mae and
L’il Abner candidate will receive
a prize.
The Monogram club will
sponsor a ring toss. The National
Honor Society will throw darts at
balloons. Junior Civitans are
providing a putt-putt game and
the Forensics Club, a tricycle
race. The FTA will be fishing, the
Library Club has a cake walk,
and the Science Club will provide
a Love Machine.
Representatives for Daisy Mae
and L’il Abner are Gail
Harrington and Duke Furr,
Monogram Club; Andrea Lowder
and Charles Burr, NHS; Libby
Adams and Reid Squires, Junior
Civitan Club; Freda Hahn and
Ratified
Al a meeting Thursday, March
25, Mrs. Morgan explained all
rules and procedures to the
candidates.
Practice, which began
Tuesday, April 13, will run for
approximately two weeks.
Anyone who misses over two
practices will be automatically
disqualified.
Senior cheerleaders, Bonnie
Brooks, Julie Deese, Susan Dry,
Gail Harrington, and Teresa
Price, are instructing the can
didates.
Gamewell
Reaps Reward
According to a special com
mittee of judges designated by
the Learning Institute of North
Carolina, Albemarle Senior High
School’s Mrs. Nancy Gamewell is
one of the top three teachers in
the state of North Carolina.
Dr. John Hough announced the
citation of honorable mention at
the annual convention of the
North Carolina Association of
Educators, April 1, at Charlotte’s
Coliseum. Mrs. Gamewell’s
honor followed her being named
district winner in competition for
the Terry Sanford Award. Two
honorable mentions were made
in addition to the winner.
Established in 1965 to honor
Governor Sanford’s contributions
to education, the Terry Sanford
Award reveres creativity and
innovation among teachers and
school administrators in North
Carolina.
“I am deeply appreciative of
this recognition; however, I
cannot accept full responsibility
for it: this honor belongs to my
family, to friends and co-workers
who inspired and assisted me; to
the Albemarle City Schools; but
most of all to my students,
present and past, students brave
enough to make things happen in
education,” stated Mrs.
Gamewell.
COMING UP
Honor Society Tapping
April 15
VICA dinner
April 15
SAT
April 17
Sadie Hawkins Week
April 19-23
ICT District meeting
April 22
Sadie Hawkins’ Dance
April 23
Fiddler’s Convention
April 24
Selection of cheerleaders
April 30
Senior Week
May 3-7
Athletic Banquet
May 5
Senior Talent Show
May 7
Spring Choral Concert
May 14
Awards Day
May 18
John Baugh, Forensics; Cynthia
Coble and Roger Hudson, FTA;
Betsy Harrington and David
Mauney, Modern Music Masters;
Robin Wall and Kent Cooke,
Boosters Club; and Donna Smith
and George Winecoff, Health
Careers. These representatives
will act as publicity chairmen for
their respective clubs.
Other club exhibits and
nominees have not been chosen.
'Mini’ Teachers Move Courses
Class Leaders Set