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THE LEXHIPEP
December 13, 1946
The Lexhipep
Published Monthly by the Students of the
Lexington High School, Lexington, North Carolina
EDiTORlAI
The Christmas
Seal
—W. Stanford Tate
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1946-47 EDITORIAL STAFF
EdItor-in-Chief Becky Smtih
Assistant Editor --------------- - Tommy Young
Literary Editor - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bob Peeler
Assistant Literary Editor - -- -- -- -- -- - Adele Tuttle
School Nows Editor Mory Sue Thomason
Sports Editor - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Hedrick
Assistant Sports Editor - -- -- -- -- -- -- Hubert Olive
Joke Editor Johnny McCrary
Feature Editor - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Sue Hooper
Columnists - -- -- -- -- Martha Horbinson, Mary Ann Hortzog
Reporter - Betty Jo Everhort
Exchange Editor Joek Swoim
Alumni Editor - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Enid Ayers
1946-47 BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager - -- -- -- -- -- -- Woody McKoy
Assistant Business Monoger - -- -- -- -- -- Tommy Stokes
Bookkeeper W. Stonford Tote
Photographers - Bill Johnson, John Hudson
Typists ----- Jock Alber, Ruth Jones, Ralph Musgrove, Evelyn McDode
Advisor - -- -- -- -- -- -- - Mrs. Ottis M. Hedrick
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Miss
SERIOUS THOUGHTS
“For unto you Is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.”—Luke 2:11.
“While rich men sign and poor men fret,
Dear me! We can’t spare Christmas yet!”
—Edward S. Martin, Christmas, 1898
The Christmas seal is very small, but it is observed by all. During the
yuletide season this little seal plays an important part in the holiday spirit.
The size, one inch by three-fourths of an inch, is insignificant. At the same
time it symbolizes more than a person can relate in two or three hundred words.
The seal is sold by the Tuberculosis Foundation, and each one helps to
fight the dread disease. Tuberculosis. My purchase may help finance the
salary of a tubercular nurse, while your purchases may pay for fifty tuber
cular tests for school children. Another’s small purchase may start a patient
on his way to recovery. The purchase of two seals may buy a brick that
starts a new hospital. All purchases, whether one cent or ten dollars, con
tribute greatly to the battle against this great public enemy.
The 1946 seal is a sory in itself. Pictured on this stamp is the old lamp
lighter. This was taken from the popular hit song, “The Old Lamp-Lighter.
The small light given by the lamp on each seal forn^ a light along the path
of the tubercular patients. This light may mean life to one such patient,
because one person dies every ten minutes from the scourge of Tuberculosis.
The sale of Christmas seals in past years has saved over four million lives.
Appeals to buy the seals are being made everywhere. When you are
approached, buy generously and stamp tnem on your Christmas mail to stamp
out Tuberculosis. Remember, by purchasing a Christmas seal you are wishing
a Merry Christmas to some tubercular patient.
Is There A Santa Claus?
—Becky Smith
Is there a Santa Claus? This question has perhaps been asked miUions
of times by innocent little boys or girls who have begged their mothers for a
reliable answer; however, they have all received the same deceiving reply,
“Why, darlings, of course there is a Santa Claus!”
To those who have never experienced the true spirit of Christmas, there
is no Santa Claus; but to others who have witnessed this season of merriment
and who believe deep inside of them that there is a true spirit, there is a
real Santa Claus who lives at the North Pole and makes his annual visits on
December 25. From an early age, the majority of us have been made to
believe that a funny-faced old man wearing a red suit and huge black boots
visits us, driving eight reindeer on the night of the 24th of December. We
are then in such close contact with the real Santa Claus that belief soon
becomes conviction and there are no further skeptical thoughts in our minds
as to his being tangible.
As we grow older, the realization that Santa Claus is only a fantasy
and that actually he is just our mothers and fathers breaks the dawn on a
new horizon for us, because we realize that we are not children any longer,
and we realize that we have broken the crust to adulthood.
The same question, however, is still lingering in many of our hearts
and minds. Is there a Santa Claus? Yes, there is a Santa Claus If we
believe there is one; maybe not in a tangible fashion as .we had once
believed, but lie, existe in spirit and in the love-and.the devotion sur
rounding usr ^
ENID AYERS AND JACK SWAIM
By M.A.H. & MJLH.
The things we have to do to get an interview!!! But of course it is worth
it when we have two people like Enid Ayers and Jack Swaim as Mr. and Miss
L.HJS. Happy with the Christmas spirit, they were busy cutting on a cedar
tree. We interrupted them to find out a few facts about them. Here’s what
we discovered!!! .. .
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1 Enid Ayers, our very attractive Miss L.H.S. of the month, is gifted With
musical talent. She is not too short and not too tall. She has a very sweet,
pretty face (also a sweet disposition to go with that).
She likes fruit cake, Pontlacs (wonder why?), Gregory Peck (we do, too).
Republicans, LEXHIPEP, music, movies, airplanes, fairs, “Rube” (he is cute)
and last but not least, she likes “ ’most everybody.”
Her one and only dislike is pests. (Don’t ask us what kind of pests,
because we would like to know, too.)
Enid’s favorite pastime is "doin’ nothing.” A lot of us seem to have that
as our favorite pastime. She doesn’t seem to “do nothing” very often, be
cause every time we see her she is busy doing something.
“The Ole Lamplighter” is her choice for her favorite song.
Like most Lexington girls, Enid likes W.C.U.N.C. We know you’ll love
it, Enid, if you go there, but we sho’ will miss ya!!
Enid is a very popular 111’ girl. Her activities are: Tri-Hi-Y Honor Society,
Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, First Vice-President of interstate Tri-Hi-Y, and
Enid is also a very efficient member of the LEXHIPEP staff.
Here’s to a very sweet gal!!!
As you can well see from the above picture, om Mr. L.HH. is a very
hard-working, serious, senior. He’s not so tall, has beautiful brown curly
hair, is talkative, has a swell personality, and is as cute as a bug in a rug.
His likes are many, mainly people, girls, “Peg” Hedrick (who doesn’t?),
people with a lot of popularity, his and Bill Johnson’s girl, Christmas presents
(that’s a hint), banana pudding (his downfall), and his grandma. By the
way, he said to be sure to add that he likes all his cousins and “RepubUcans”
(natch).
When we asked him what he disliked, his answer was short and to the
point: people telling cheerleaders to holloa. So take a hint! You can well
see why Jack has such a dUllke, for he is a cheerleader and a very good
one, too. He’s a member of the Hi-Y and president of the Dramatics Club
(Jack is very dramatic—Smile!) The Glee Club takes up part of his time
and couldn’t do without him. Right about now we should inform you that
Jack is the mighty good exchange editor of the LEXHIPEP.
People have almost convinced him that he is conceited by telling him so
much. Nevertheless, his ambition is for people not to think of him as
conceited.
He says he has so many favorite songs he doesn’t know any one particu
larly, but he likes “Mouse” Mundy’s version of all songs.
We don’t have to tell you his favorite pastime if you know him just a
little, because he indulges In it most of the time. It’s “Huggin and a
Chaikin”. That’s one of his favorite songs, too.
Jack says no one has ever heard of the college which he plans to attend,
but after he gets there everyone will hear plenty. It’s Lees-McRae at
Banner Elk (in the mountains).
As a P. S. to Jack’s interview, he adds that he would rather "smooch”
than eat, and he is hungry all the time.
Jack and Enid got a beautiful tree for Christmas and they said to wish
evei-yone a Merry Christmas for them. We’re happy to pin the title of Mr.
and Miss L.HB. on two swell people, and L.H.S. wishes both of them a
“Merry Christmas”.