OCTOBER 1991
THE FULL MOON
Features
EDITOR: SALLYLOWDER
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funny f3ce on a pumpkin and put a candle inside
it. Have you ever wondered why people make
jack-o-lantems? People of Ireland say it is be
cause of a man named Jack, who lived long ago.
Jack was so stingy that he couldn’t get into
heaven. He had to walk around the earth and
carry a lantem everywhere he went. People
called him "Jack of the lantem" or "Jack O’
Lantem."
Theory of the
31st
By Shanta Maske
Did you ever see a ghost raraiing down your
street at night? Of course you have. In fact,
maybe you were the ghost-but only on Hallow
een, the 31st of October. This is when people
wear costumes and pretend to be ghosts or witches
or anything they want to be. But long ago, long
before Halloween became Halloween, some
people believed that ghosts groaned and moaned
as they roamed about on the last day of October.
These sup>erstitious people built bonfires to keep
ghosts away. Then they used the bonfires to cook
a feast. They were celebrating the end of sum
mer. Later, the celebration became known as
Halloween. Hallow means "holy and e en is
short for"evening.". Many people for Halloween
make jack-o-lantems. Whenyoumakeajack-o-
lantem for Halloween you carve either a scary or
A Countiy Boy Can Survive!
By Leslie Morgan
There were many singers and groups who per
Ever Heard of Booger Holler?
Don't Doubt Mystical Powers!
By Christy Hendrick
With Halloween approaching many people begin to get the “spwoks”. Along with Halloween
comes thoughts of ghosts, mysteries and legends. In Stanly County we have a few places locals go
to get a good scare around Halloween.
One of the first places is Booger Holler. Booger Holler is a bridge located in West Stanly. The
legend that goes along with this bridge is quite spooky to say the least It is said that one Halloween
night a group of people’s car stalled on the bridge. They got out of the car to try to find out what the
problem was. After getting out they heard chains rattling out from under the bridge. Suddenly a figure
of a woman and a baby appeared coming out of the water. It is told that the figure took the people under
the bridge and they were never heard from again. It is now said that someone can park on the bridge
at night and hear the screams of the victims.
Another place that comes to mind when thinking about Halloween adventures is Gravity Hill. If
you have ever been on one of those midnight rides to Gravity Hill, you know you can put your car in
neutral with your parking lights on and be pushed up the hill.. .by gravity? No one knows, but if you
are really daring you can sprinkle powder on the back bumper of your car and see handprints! The
story behind this mystery is UNBELIEVEABLE!! In the early 1950’s a woman and her infant were
traveling down a rural road when their car broke down. Upon getting out to check on the car the
woman sat the baby down behind the car. The car suddenly began rolling backward and rolled over
top of the baby. In panic the woman pushed the car off of the baby. To this day you can go to Gravity
Hill, put your car in neutral on the X and feel your car being pushed up the hill.
If you dare this Halloween, go visit these places. I promise you, it will make you wonder—WHAT
WAS THAT?
Do you have friends in low places? Boy, how
times have changed. Not long ago would you
find many people listening to country music.
Today more and more people arc changing their
stations to 96.9 or 103.7. Country music has
changed over the past few years. There are many
new country singers. There are also a couple of
old singers loo. George Jones, Willie Nelson,
and Hank Williams arc just a few of them. Some
country music has lots of beat to it and some
songs arc very slow and sad. The Kentucky
Headhunters and Hank Williams Jr.’s music is
totally different than that of Travis Tritt and
Garth Brooks.
At the beginning of the month the 25th An
nual Country Music awards came on television.
formed their new songs at the awards. The Judds
were also there saying good-bye to country music
fans. For you who don't know the Judds, they’re
a mother-daughter group who has had many hits
in countiy music. The Judds are splitung up be
cause the mother has cancer. During the awards
Garth Brooks was named entertainer of the year.
Vince Gill got male vocalist of the year. Tanya
Tucker was named female vocalist of the year.
There were also many more awards given away.
You people who don’t care forcoimU^ music,
you’re missing out. Country music is go^ to
listen to when you need to be relaxed. But, if you
don’t like it and think you never will, here s a
quarter, call someone who cares!!!
No Treats, Just Tricks
By Sally
Imagine it, it’s October 31, Halloween night.
"Hie full moon rests upon the black clouds and
visions of goblins and witches fill your imagina
tion with terrifying thoughts. But just when you
•hought it was safe to walk to a friend’s house
down the street, you find yourself getting clob
bered with eggs coming from all directioas. Tricks
like this one always seem to take place on Octo-
31. Here’s some AHS students who in the
past have enjoyed scaring the pants off of people
on Halloween nights. Lets see what they did to
niake their victom’s hearts skip seventeen beats!
Josh Cates -1 told my cousin that 1 had paid for
a hooker. Wlien she knocked on the door, he got
scared and ran!
Eric Culp - 1 torched a bag of bicxlegradable
'vaste, put it on somebody’s doorstep, and rang
•he doorbell. You should have seen the stuff on
his shoes!
•^yle Marx - Told my brother someone stole his
He ran out and looked and it was gone.
Really my mom had t;iken it to my aunl s.
*^ecky Wood - We took some friends down a long
road and had people dress up like ihey had
killed and were coming after us. We"acci-
'i'-'ntaily" l(x;ked the car (l(X)rs and had to hide in
Woods.
^hris 1 luneycult -1 destroyed pumpkins and put
® ^cad possum in .someone’s mailbox.
Cox and John Page - We tied .some thirteen
Lowder
year old to a tree and instead of taking his candy,
we took his mom! (Always check your candy
before you eat it). All right!
Coach Weiker - I put worm dirt m my best
friend’s Copenhagen container and even put a
worm in there!
Mr. Johnston - Sat on front porch and ctMsed ^
a scarecrow sitting in a rocking chair. V*^en the
little Halloween creatures would leave after col
lecting their treats, I would move or jump out of
Oie chair and scare them. Get ready, Marcee
Vanore, because I know you’ll be tnck or treatmg
again this year!
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Wendy Smoak holds on for dear life on "Booger Holler" bridge.
Teachers Prowl the Night!
By Natasha Byrd
Mrs -gSTi^sonand Mr. Hon are ready
for Haltoween '91.
Halloween night is always full of experiences
never to be forgotten. Some of the faculty here at
AHS have some strange memories they would
like to forget. Others admit to really never doing
anything that bizarre on Halloween. There are
also teachers that would like to forget some
things done to them on Halloween night.
Just by looking into the faces of some of the
faculty, you would never know that they had
been wild in high school or college. Mr. Morgan
remembered a Halloween night when some of his
friends ihrew rotten eggs on him. He said he
could smell that odor for two or three weeks
afterwards.
Mr. Shaw told of an encounter of mistaken
identity on Halloween night. He and some friends
had been driving around when a car pulled up
beside them and pulled a gun on them. The other
car thought they had been throwing rotten eggs.
Mr. Shaw was completely terrined.
Mr. Stewart when asked what he used to do on
Halloween night with his friends, replied "You
could not print what we did!" One has to wonder
what all that would include.
Mr. Marshall has a less bi/.arre memory of a
Halloween night in college. Tlie striingest thing
he could remember was that they would all dress
up as nerds on Halloween.
Mrs. Burleson could not think of anything she
did in college or high school on Halloween. She
admitted to being involved in her studies and
staying away from the crazy things everyone did
in college for Halloween.
Mr. Holcomb. Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Hedrick
have some memories of what some students did
to them. Mr. Holcomb, however got his ‘‘trick or
treaters” back. Some of his students came and
were about to do something to his car. He got on
the roof and surprised them with a shower from
his water hose.
Mr. Johnston can remember when students
rolled his total house. They rolled it from front to
back and stuck plastic in his chimney. It was
completely unbelievable to him.
Mr. Hedrick has been through it all with his
students. He remembered many rolled yards and
rotten eggs during his fi fteen years here. After all
that lime, he really has to get tired of it.
The faculty at AHS tell some stories that are
very surprising. If this is what they did on
Halloween, wonder what they did on normal
nights out on the town. When you are sitting in
class the rest of the school year, take a different
look at the teachers. They were a lot like you.
Also, the next time you think about doing some
thing to a faculty members yard or house,
DON’T!!!! A suqwising unexpected shower
might hit!!!