Homecoming ’71
Cindy Follows The
Yellow Brick Road
Friday, October 8, the Land of
Oz came to life in Junior High
Stadium for Homecoming ’71-72.
The football team elected Qndy
Kelly, senior, sponsoring Roger
Williams, as queen.
The Homecoming queen,
selected from among those girls
sponsoring the fifteen senior
players, was crowned by Brian
Garber, senior class president.
Brian presented Cindy with a
bouquet of red roses and a white
banner with silver lettering.
All sponsors wore white car
nations accented by the blue
letter “A”. Those sponsors of
senior boys made up the Court
and each of these received one
long-stemmed red rose and a blue
banner.
During school Friday, all
sponsors wore badges shaped like
the Oz characters with the boy’s
name on them.
The theme this year, as decided
by the Boosters Club, was Wizard
of Oz. Club members busily
constructed decorations for
several weeks.
In keeping with this theme,
girls sponsoring the players and
managers followed a yellow brick
road through a flowered rainbow
arch accented by the traditional
pot of gold. Escorting the
sponsors were seniors Mark
Andrew, David Carpenter, Lynn
Cranford, Dwight Funderburk,
Steve Hatley, and Bobby
Yingling.
Actors in the fantasy scene of
Oz were Nona Pease, Dorothy;
Ted Watson, Tin Woodsman;
Sandy Schoeneman, Straw
Scarecrow; Gary Wilhoit,
Cowardly Lion; Sandra Pollard,
Wicked Witch of the West;
Debbie Schooley, Good Witch of
the East; and Toto. The
characters all arranged for their
own costumes. The Marching
Band played during presen
tations “Somewhere Over The
Rainbow” and “Up, Up, and
Away.”
Serving as flower girl was
Eldora Almond, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sherrill Almond.
Crownbearer was Kyle Morton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Morton.
The senior players and their
sponsors were Duke Furr, Donna
Walser; Jeff Gaskin, Kim
Woodruff; John Harrington,
Mary Anne Crisco; John David
Holt, Nancy Furr; Melvin
Hooker, Robin Wall; Tony
Morton, Mary Sen ter; Jorge
Moutous, Sally McLester; Harold
Overcash, LaDonna Pennington;
Doug Owers, Ginny Deese; Ricky
Parker, Beth Kelley; Lin Senter,
Cathy Cheatam; Reid Squires,
Susan Plyler; Mac Swaringen,
Jo Anne Stevens; and Roger
Williams, Cindy Kelly. All of the
sponsors of senior players were
members of the Court.
Junior players and s{wnsors
are David Adams, Connie Mc
Donald; Kenny Ashcraft, Katie
Cauble; Boyce Baucom, Carol
Fitzgerald, Donald Benton,
Beverly Sanges; David Bryson,
Janet Miller; Eddie Burris,
Joyce Smith; David Biles, GaU
Wilkinson; Monty Canon,
Christine Garber.
Bruce Davis, Alicia Thomas;
The Full Moon
Vol. 37 — No. 2 Albemarle Sr. High School, Albemarle, N. C. Oct. 21, 1971
Juniors Sponsor Emben
The Junior Class sponsored an
Embers Concert at the Junior
High football stadium October 14,
at 7:30. This concert replaced the
annual Spec-talo-scope as the
Junior Class’s money-making
show for the prom.
Publicity fee for the concert
was the topic for discussion at the
October 6 meeting of the newly
elected Junior Council. The
council consists of the Junior
Qass officers and 18 represen
tatives.
The four class officers are Lew
Smith, President; Myron
Harrington, vice president; Mary
Emmons, secretary; and June
Fisher, treasurer. Miss
McKenzie is Junior Class
sponsor.
Representatives, elected in
homerooms, September 29, are
Linda Steel, Patti Hairyes,
Dewey Preslar, Cathy
Cheatham, Bonnie Little, Elaine
Allen, Janice Hooker, Sarah
Burris, Brenda Patterson, Katie
Cauble, Roger Turbeville, Robin
Wall, Lester Evans, Jackie
Almond, Rodney Lee, Buddy
Harris, Mark Phifer, and Rachel
Funderburk.
To aid class officers and to
keep juniors informed of class
activities are purposes of the
Junior Council.
Tony Mullis is the first
senior accepted at a college or
university this year.
He will attend the Florida
Institute of Technology,
majoring in oceanography
and bio-chemistry.
Tony plans to complete his
graduate work at the Wood-
shole Oceanographic In
stitute, Woodshole,
Massachusetts.
Jeff crowns Reid
Jeff crowns Reid for Morehead honors.
Squires, Gasltin Honored
Reid Squires and Jeff Gaskin
are the ASHS nominees for the
Morehead Scholarship at UNC-
Chapel Hill.
Two students from each high
school in North Carolina receive
the nominations. Reid and Jeff
must complete three interviews
in Stanly County, Salisbury, and
Chapel Hill, in their bid for the
Scholarship.
The Morehead Scholarships,
awards for merit without con
sideration for need, are valued at
$2,100 per annum. This
scholarship is subject to renewal
upon the maintenance of the
standards of work and conduct
which earn the awards.
The Morehead Scholarships
are based upon character,
scholastic ability, truthfulness,
and physical vigor.
Deca Officers
Dubbed
Linda Kelley welcomed the
DECA group in their installation
service, October 5, at 7:00 p.m.
Diane Laton read the devotions.
Outgoing officers installed the
new incoming officers. The
outgoing officers include Ivey
Smith, president; Karen Holt,
vice-president; Robbie Lowder,
secretary; David Smith,
treasurer; Debbie Lowder,
reporter; and Nancy Furr, and
Sue Parker Trexler, co
historians.
The emblem ceremony, after
the installation, consisted of four
parts, including Jimmy Love
presenting a speech on vocational
understanding, Sandy Greer
speaking on social intelligence,
Eddie Calloway speaking on civic
consciousness, and Elaine
Parker presenting a speech on
leadership development.
Gwen Davis, an alumni
member of DECA, graduating
from ASHS in 1965, also
presented a speech. She started
working with the North Carolina
Savings and Loan in Albemarle
through the local DECA chapter.
She is now employed as a
manager for North Carolina
Savings and Loan in Charlotte.
DECA is planning a tour to
Belk Buying Service in Charlotte
for the entire class.
DECA has planned a district
wide Parlimentary Procedure
Workshop at Central Cabarrus
October 20, at 7:00. The local
chapter is in the 6A district. It
includes 27 schools throughout
North Carolina. Mrs. Brown is in
charge of the Parliamentary
Procedure Workshop for the 1971-
72 school year.
Brian officially installs Cindy, Roger Williams’s
sponsor, as Homecoming Queen.
Aaron Deese, Sharon Thompson;
Darrel Ellis, Arthenia V^ite;
Jeff Frick, Cindy Isenhour;
Sammy Furgeson, Debbie
Newton; Leonard Hawkins,
Frances Long; Myron
Harrington, June Fisher; Ronald
Jackson, Rachel Funderburk;
Mike Lowder, Crystal Waller;
Billy Marshall, Deborah Kerr;
Billy McSwain, Bonnie Chandler;
Curtis Paschold, Brenda Burris;
Jeff Redwine, Lorraine Thomp
son; Lew Smith, Patti Hairyes;
and Prentice Watkins, Cherry
Allen.
Council Acts
On Issues
The Senior Council met
Monday, September 20, but due to
a NAACP meeting at the same
time, officers reset the date for
Friday, September 24.
Miss Merry Christmas
nominations are open only to
Senior girls this year. Any senior
may make a nomination by
dropping the name in boxes to be
placed in each senior homeroom
probably by the first of
November. The Senior Council
will elect from the nominations
two girls, one black and one
white, to receive this title.
Any Senior girl may enter the
competition for Carousel Prin
cess. The Senior Council will
select three finalists from the
entries, and then will set up a
committee to decide on one girl
out of the three to receive the
Carousel Princess title. The
selected girl may then ride in the
Carousel Parade in Charlotte,
paying her own expenses, and
compete for the Charlotte title.
The Council expressed concern
over the seeming lack of interest
at pep rallies.
Future meetings are planned
for Tuesday nights until
basketball season.
Actors
Unionize
Students interested in the
Theater met Tuesday night,
October 5, and formed a Drama
Club. The students elected of
ficers and drew up a constitution
which stated the duties of the
officers and left the membership
open to any interested student.
The aims of the new Drama
Qub are to increase interest in
drama at ASHS, to increase
knowledge of plays and drama on
an intellectual level, and to in
crease knowledge of drama on a
practical plane through
presentation of a dramatic
production.
The Club plans to present
several presentations during the
spring semester.
The Club elected John Baugh,
president; Sandra Pollard, vice-
president; Susan Andrew,
secretary; and Linda Frey,
treasurer.
In setting the mood for
Homecoming Week, October 4-8,
the Boosters Club prescribed a
certain dress each day of the
week for students. Monday was
“Hat Day” during which students
wore any and every size and
shape of hat to display their
school spirit.
Tuesday was “Village Day”
when any type of clothing within
reason was acceptable. On
Wednesday, declared “Jersey
Day,” students clustered in blue
and white jerseys. On Thursday,
“Qash Day,” students blended in
combinations of greens, purples,
and oranges. On Friday,
everyone wore suitable colors for
“Blue and White Day.”
An outdoor pep rally, Friday
afternoon at the end of school,
cheered the Bulldogs to fight
against South Rowan.
The traditional Homecoming
parade, Friday at 4 p.m.,
featured all sponsors of the
football players. Cheerleaders
led the parade and the Marching
Band played.
MOONBEAMS
Commendations Announced
The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation announced students
who received Letters of Com
mendation for outstanding
performance on the National
/Merit Qualifying Test. In ASHS
the commended students are
Perry Eury, Donny Hamilton,
and Cindy Ross.
Time’s Up!
October 29 will mark the end of
the first 9 weeks grading period.
Sex Hex
Sadie Hawkins Week is ten
tatively set for the three week
days before Thanksgiving
vacation begins. There is no
school on Thursday and Friday,
November 25-26.
Juniors Unite
Election of the Junior Council
and the upcoming Embers
concert were topics for the Junior
Class meeting, September 24.
Mr. Odem, a representative
from the L. G. Balfour Company,
explained the ordering of class
rings to the students.
Plans were made to order
rings, Friday, October 1.
Gamewell Again
Mrs. Gamewell will serve on
the National Council for Ac
creditation of Teacher Education
to evaluate North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, October 18-
21.