spring Tapping
NHS Gains Twenty-One
Eighteen new members of the NHS pose for pictures after the
ceremony. Three new members were not present.
ITie National Honor Society
tapped eighteen members in a
general assembly Thursday,
April 15, and three members in a
private meeting of the
organization Tuesday, April 20.
New members and three of
their school activities follow, in
order tapped.
Ellen Mabry, Marshal,
Governor’s School nominee,
homeroom president; Susan
Andrew, Modern Music Masters
chaplain, homeroom secretary,
All-State Symphonic Band,
Marshal; Beth Smith, All-State
Symphonic Band, Modern Music
The Full Moon
Vol. 36 — No. 12 Albemarle Senior High School
May 5, 1971
Governor's School
Selects Mabry For Summer Work
Ellen Mabry will attend
Governor’s School this summer,
June 20-August 7. Chosen on a
basis of high score on a qualifying
intelligence test, class rank, and
interest in her chosen field, Ellen
was selected from five
nominations from ASHS.
One of four hundred of North
Carolina’s academically talented
high school students, Ellen will
March
In Line
The student body elected
marshals for the 1971-72 school
year Monday, April 19 during
homeroom. Rising seniors
elected are Lynn Chivington,
chief; Susan Blalock, Joy Early,
Brian Garber, and Beth Kelley.
Rising juniors are June Fisher,
Debby Frazier, and Beverly
Sanges.
All students on the first
semester honor roll were eligible
for the honor. The present senior
class elected the marshals.
Underclassmen
Get Weak
Students beware! Senior Week
is here!
The annual Senior Week is
scheduled for May 3-7, with
seniors getting privileges over
sophomores and juniors.
Scheduled for Friday morning,
second period, the Senior Class
officers plan to present un
discovered talent from the Class
of ’71 during the Senior Talent
Show.
A picnic lunch is planned for
seniors in the middle of the week.
The senior class will buy drinks
for the entire class, and all
seniors will be excused from their
fourth period classes.
The Senior Class plans
something different by changing
the Senior Banquet to a Senior
Picnic. Food will be served on
Morrow Mountain on Friday or
Saturday night during Senior
Week.
Sophomores and juniors can
relax this year though, because
mistreatment of un
derclassmen is out. Mr. Hawkins,
principal, stated that Senior
Week will be cancelled if the
hazing of underclassmen occurs.
ITie Sophomore and Junior
Classes must present gifts to all
seniors at least once during the
week.
spend eight weeks of the summer
in resident study on the campus
of Salem College in Winston-
Salem.
Having served as a Marshal,
mini-course chairman, and
homeroom president, Ellen
serves in many school activities.
She is a member of the National
Honor Society and the Marching
Band.
Her church activities at First
Baptist include Youth Choir,
Handbell Choir, Youth Council,
and Sunday-School vice-
president. Also, she serves as a
candy striper at the Stanly
County Hospital. Her varied
interests include sewing,
reading, canoeing, piano, and
flute.
The area of Ellen’s acceptance
is social sciences. The
curriculum emphasizes theory.
There is no charge to students in
residence. ITie Governor’s School
program attempts to introduce
and to stimulate critical inquiry
and thought for student ap
plication in continuing education.
The GS has three main areas of
learning activity, each with its
own emphasis on an important
aspect of personality develop
ment.
Ai'ea I is in the area of special
aptitude development. These
specialized areas other than
Ellen’s choice of social science
are the P'ine Arts, English,
French, Mathematics, and
Natural Science. Two-thirds of
the student’s class time is
devoted to Area I.
Ai’ea II is the area of general
intellectual development. About
one-sixth of the class time is
devoted in this study to enlarge
the students’ scope to all in
tellectual areas.
Area III is the area of personal
and social development. A
faculty of about seventy-five is
chosen for the program. As a part
of the educational experience,
guest lectures, concerts, drama
productions, exhibits, films, and
student athletic activities form
an important part of the summer
program.
Masters, homeroom vice-
president; Beth Kelley, Human
Relations Council, Varsity
Cheerleaders, Junior Civitan
secretary;
Steve Hatley, Varsity
basketball, homeroom president.
Boosters Club; Linda Almond,
('rossroads Editor-in-chief, FTA
vice-president. Student Council
representative; Susan Blalock,
Student Council secretary.
Library Club and aid. Secretary
of the rising senior class; Jackie
Holt, Marshal, majorette, FHA
treasurer and county treasurer;
Ginny Deese, Varsity
cheerleader, CYossroads staff.
Varsity basketball letterman;
Jeff Gaskin, Student Council
vice-president. Varsity football
and wrestling letterman;
Deborah Earnhardt, Full Moon
staff, Modern Music Masters,
Governor's School nominee; Joy
Early, majorette. Boosters Club,
Junior Class treasurer; William
Hill. Boosters Club vice-
president, Student Council
treasurer-elect, Science Club;
Mike Palmer, Sophomore Class
president. Junior Varsity foot
ball ;
Bobby Yingling, Varsity
basketball, golf team lettermen,
monogram club; Freda Hahn,
mini-course junior secretary,
FBLA secretary, Jr.-Sr. Prom
decoration co-chairman; Michael
Bunting, Modern Music Masters,
Marching Band, Spec-Talo-Scope
IV; Lorraine Thompson,
Majorette, Boosters Club, HIA
county secretary; Sally
McLester, Mars Hill Choral
Workshop, Boosters Club,
Forensics Club; and, Lynn
Chivington, Chief Marshal for ’71-
'72, Full Moon staff. Junior Class
secretary.
Upon being tapped, Brian
Garber and Donny Hamilton
refused induction into the
National Honor Society Thursday
afternoon.
Following the singing of one
stanza of “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
Doug Pinkston, NHS Chaplain
read devotions. Becky Jo Clark,
accompanied by Jimmy Long on
the piano, sang “O Loving
Father.”
Elmer Olsen, president of the
Richfield Manufacturing com
pany, delivered a speech con
cerning the four major
characteristics of the club,
c h r a c t e r , s c h o 1 a r s h i p,
leadership, and service.
After the tapping of the new
inductees, Mr. Hawkins, prin
cipal, made a short presentiUion
concerning the selection of Honor
Society members and then ad
ministered the oath to the new
selections.
The Albemarle Chapter now
has fifty-seven members.
Each new member walked to
the stage, decorated w’ith ivy and
yellow flowers, to receive his
flower and scroll from Steve
Blalock, president, and to light
his candle.
At the end of the tapping, the
new inductees signed the
register, and Tim Chrisco,
secretary, read the complete
membership list.
Jimmy Long, organist played
for lx)th the processional and
recessional.
Mrs. Nell Westerlund, advisor,
directed the assembly. Honor
Society members set the stage
during fourth and fifth periods
and cleaned up after school.
'Hie next induction which will
be a private ceremony is next
fall. The organization will tap
seniors at the time.
Old members of the club, in
lapped order are, Ricky Car
penter, Carolyn Hill, Steve
Blalock, Nancy Weydell, Gail
Waller, C.'arolyn Nance,
Meg Anderson, Julie Deese,
David C’arpenter, Doug Pinkston,
Shep Russell, Debbie Neel.
Tim (’hrisco, Tony Oettinger,
Keith Nash, Libby Adams,
Marlyn Massey, Janis Holder,
Louise Cranford, Andrea
lx)wder, Debbie J. Lowder, Susan
Lowder, Susan Chandler, Pihka
Leppanen (honorary member),
(Jail Harrington. Becky Jo
Clark, Debra Madaris, Chris
Smart, Charles Burris, Steve
Sinclair,
Monte liurleson. Sue Ellen
Beal, Donna Smith, CJary Lon
don, Donna Bost, and Marva
Morgan.
Other club officers are Gail
Waller, vice-president and Meg
Anderson, treasurer.
ITie Senior class of 1940
contributed a gift to the school
library in memory of Mrs.
Isabelle Frazier.
A custom framed art print
of W(K)dland Stream by Jasper
F. Cropsey is on order for the
school library.
llie late Mrs. Frazier was
the mother of Debby Frazier,
a sophomore, and wife of
Kenneth R. Frazier, assistant
principal and teacher.
Cropsey, an American
painter from 1823-1900, is
represented in the
Metropolitan Museum,
Corcoran Gallery, and in
private collections in the
United States and Europe.
Scholarships Pave The Way
Athletes Assemble
The All-Sports Banquet is May
5, 6:30 p.m. A dinner, served in
the cafeteria, will open the an
nual event.
Following the meal, athletes
will assemble in the auditorium.
Introduction of the speaker will
be made by Dr. Freeman. The
speaker will be Mr. Cal Stol, head
football coach at Wake Forest
University.
Upon conclusion of the speech,
presentation of awards will be
made by the respective coaches.
Trophies will be awarded in
football, basketball, wrestling,
baseball, tennis, and golf.
Duke Honors
Steve Blalock, senior, received
a grant-in-aid to attend Duke
University. The grant will assist
him financially the same as if he
had received an Algier B. Duke
Scholarship, for which he was a
finalist.
He was also notified that he has
received a James B. Duke Honor
Scholarship to attend Furman
University at Greenville, South
Carolina, but he plans to enter
Duke University.
Steve serves as president of the
National Honor Society and is
photographer and assistant
editor of the annual. He is a
member of the Science Club and
Modern Music Masters. He
received both the Biology and
History Awards.
He received a letter of com
mendation in the National Merit
Scholarship program and was a
nominee for the Morehead
Scholarship. He also attended
Governor’s School in Winston-
Salem last year.
Step To State
Charles Burris, senior,
received a James M. Johnston
Scholarship for an un
dergraduate study at North
C’arolina State University.
William M. (Jreer, director of
the Johnston Awards program,
announced the award to Charles.
(’harles was one of eleven
chosen irom statewide com
petition for the award.
Students of exceptional
academic ability receive the
award Irom the University
Scholarship Committee on the
recommendation of their high
school faculty. Leadership
(lualilications are also important.
Charles is second in the Senior
(lass, a member of the National
Honor Society, and of Modern
Music Masters. He also serves as
president of the Science Club.
( harles also received a James
B. Duke Honor Scholarship to
attend Furman University, but
he plans to enter NC State and
accept the Johnston Award.
(iate Opens
Debbie Lowder, senior, is a
winner of the 1971 Wingate
College Trustee Scholarship
Association Award.
Including Debbie, ten
Associate Trustee Scholars
received an award valued at
$1400.
Dr. Budd E. Smith, president of
the college, said that more than
fifty nominees for the awards
were interviewed by selection
committees consisting of
trustees, faculty members, and
local civic leaders.
Nominations for the annual
awai'ds come from throughout
the Eastern United States
ranging from Florida to New
Jersey.
Established by the board of
trustees in 19G5, to provide
college opportunity for out
standing high school graduates,
the awards are Wingate’s most
prestigious. The awards go to
young people with demonstrated
leadership ability, top academic
achievements, and outstanding
(lualities of good citizenship.
I'.udy ( aptuies First
Mr. H. T. Webb presented
Debbie Eudy the first FI'SA
Scholarship from North
Albemarle, Thursday, April IG,
during the last regular PTSA
nickeling.
The 100 dollar scholarship will
go toward expenses at Ap
palachian State University where
she plans to attend this coming
fall.
Debbie's activities include
Varsity Singers, FTA, Boosters
('lub, FHA, Senior Choir, Junior-
Senior Prom Committee, Spec-
Talo-Scope, PTSA Executive
('ommiltee. Sophomore Hop
Committee, Senior Banquet.