Exams are over
And are we glad!
The
When report cards
come
We may be sad!
Merely a Dream?
Would you like to visit a youth
center? if you would, latch on to
this dreamboat of 1947 and prepare
to sail to the land of make-believe,
and the home of the best youth center
ever established. As we sail happily
into this land of fantasy, notice the
smiles on the faces of the boys and
girls already there who have been
enjoying the advantages of organized
youth for years. The dreamboat is
now approaching the door of golden
opportunity and the amazement of all
aboard is astonishing. The doors
swing open as our boat is anchored
and sweet melodies drift aimlessly
out as the joviality of the party in
creases within. We are greeted at the
door by a quiet demure lady, who
extends a hearty welcome to us, the
newcomers. The quietness in the first
room to which we are ushered imme
diately lets us know that this is the
reading and the reception room of
the Center, where one is able to enjoy
the literary collection of the club.
After our attention has been called to
the original portraits and prints on
the wall, and the lovely drapes at the
windows, our tour proceeds to the next
room, which is the game room. In
progress during oiu- stay were checker
games, ping pong, several different
card games, and an exciting bingo
game. Thoughts of leaving the room
bring regrets to ur hearts, but assur
ance that we could come back, sent
us on our way.
As we approach the next room
strains of sweet music enthrall us.
The modern methods of dance fasci
nate us extremely, being slightly dif
ferent from what we are accustomed.
Our attention is drawn Immediately
to the far end of the room, where a
crowd, gathered around a snack bar,
is clamoring for the latest in refresh
ment of Hersheys, cokes, and ice cream.
Fearing that we would be caught in
the rush for the snack bar, we slip
quietly through the door to the game
room and thus to the reception room,
where we express our regrets about
leaving. As we pass through the door
of opportunity, a poster attracts our
attention and we see the announce
ment of the approaching basketball
game on Tuesday night and of the
dance immediately afterwards.
So ends our tour of the dream
center, and as our boat sails quietly
into her home harbor, our dream is
interrupted by the realization that we
have no youth center and that our
dally venture to Purcell’s is about to
commence according to schedule. As
long as dreams create they are fine,
but as soon as their creation is gone,
they cause unhappiness. Is the real
ization of this dream of the youth of
Lexington asking too much?
Mr. a.nd Miss L. H. S. For January
eager spectators featured above are the Mr and Miss T w s
for January, Hubert OUve and Betty Jo Everhartr ^e ^"«cle on page iwj
Senior Superlatives For Class of ’47
Boy
Best Looking
Chub Wilson
Woody McKay
Richard Deane
Paul Williams
Paul Williams
Jake Cross
Woody McKay
Hubert Olive
Bob Tate
T, , . ^st Personality
Paul Shoemaker, Bill Hedrick
Wittiest
Most Intellectual
Most Outstanding
Most Versatile
Most Dependable
Most Popular
Best All Around
Best Disposition
Jake Cross
Jack Alber
Bill Hedrick
Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
Most Studious
Best Dressed
Cutest
Best Athlete
Best Sport
Girl
Most Attractive
Sue Hooper
Mary McLendon
Margaret O. Finch
Mary Anne Hunt
Adele Tuttle
Peggy Jean Thomason
Mary Anne Himt
Mary Sue Thomason
Betty York
Becky Smith
Margaret O. Finch
Jimmy Blue Sowers
Evelyn McDade
Betty Jo Everhart
Betty Jo Everhart
COMMENDATION FOR
LEXHIPEP
The LEXHIPEP of December 13
scooped the following papers: Char
lotte Observer, Greensboro Daily
News, Winston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel, and The Dispatch In the
“announcement” today!
Said announcement of marriage
is not to be released until the 15th
and 16th in the other papers. Your
reporters are on the job.
Jean Bain.
Thi* note was sent to
th. Chi? . December 13 when
f""»“n««ment of the forth-
Errer®Nrne"'“®*
New Faculty Members
Replace Resignations
The two vacancies occurring In the
Lexington High School Faculty when
Mrs. Elmer Nance, the former Miss
Jean Bain, librarian, and Mrs. R. D.
Golding, the former Miss Eunice s'lnir,
biology Instructor, resigned, have been
filled by two very capable persons
Mrs. Ferdinand Watson, Pr., and Mr
Hazel Gilstrap. The position of libra
rian vacated when Mrs. Elmer Nance
resigned has been filled by Mrs. Ferdi
nand Watson, Jr., and the position of
biology instructor vacated when Mrs.
R. D. Golding resigned haa been takpu
by Mr. Hazel Gillstrap.
Mrs. Ferdinand Watson, Jr., the for
mer Miss Louise Long, of Sanford
N. C., has been in Lexington for sev
eral years as a member of the Rob
bins Grammar School Faculty. She
married a Lexington man, and for the
past year and a half she has been
porprietor of Watson’s Store on Main
Lexington High School
Girl Elected Vice-
President of Honor
Society Convention
Peggy Jean Thomason was elected
vice-president of the State National
Honor Society Convention which was
held in Kannapolis January I7 and 18.
A letter was received several days
before the meeting informing her of
this honor. She is the president of
the local chapter and the local society
is quite proud of this honor
Margaret Finch, another member of
the Lexington High School Club, also
attended this meeting.
Street.
Mr. Gillstrap was graduated from
^rman University with the class of
1942. A month later he entered the
saw active duty imtil March,
1946. He was then released to In-
(Continued on page four)
Letters and Sweaters
Awarded To 1946
Football Team
Coach Jimmie Maus presented Fri
day morning, January 10, a resume
of the football season of 1946. Upon
reviewing the season, he pointed out
that Lexington High School had a
record of six wins, two ties, and three
losses. Mr. Maus also gave some idea
of the life of a football player during
the gridiron season.
This year the school awarded to each
deserving player a letter and a sweat-
M for fine work on the playing field.
The lettermen this year are Richard
Wilson and Paul Williams, co-cap-
tains; Charles Price, Hubert Olive.
Johnnie Newell, Benny Walser, Bill
Blalock, Robert Kepley, Stuart Brown,
Pete Clark, Zacky Taylor, Jimmy
Johnson, Harold Carter, Bill Cook
Bill Eanes, Clayton Gibson, Henry
Wall, Donald Thomas, Robert Peeler
and Paul McCrary. *
The three senior managers also re-
ceived letters; Woody McKay, Bill
Hedrick, and JeriY Cissel. Mr. W. D.
principal, congratulated
the lettermen and told them of his
iootball career. During this nine year
period he did not receive a letter nor
a sweater, in sympathy for his en
joyable but unprofitable career and in
appreciation of the work he had done
lor the team this year, the football
team awarded Air. Payne a letter and
a sweater, much to the amusement
01 the student body and the delight
of the principal.
Seniors Adopt
5aby Spears
Dan Stephen Spears, newly born son
of Mr. and Airs. Allen Spears, has
been adopted by the ’47 senior class
Of Lexington High School as their
cla^ baby. Allen Spears, a veteran
^d a senior, is the lucky father of
tnzs fine 6ight-pound and two-ounce
son. Dan was bom at the Lexington
Memorial Hospital on December 28,
At a senior class meeting on De-
cember 30, it was voted unanimously
to honor Dan and to give him, through
his lather, a surprise shower, on
January 2, 120 seniors gathered in the
auditorium for a class meeting when
t^ surprised and happy father was
showered with gifts that the small
f^ily will reaUy appreciate. Baby
bla^etS’ soap, powder, boottees, baby
clothes, and other numerous things
were among the beautiful and useful’
gifts which the class had the father
to open with a spontaneous and often
humorous comment on each.
Alany gifts were given by Individual
seniors, a bank was given by the
Class and nearly every senior contrib
uted to it. These gifts were little
memories from the senior class. Here’s
wlsWng good luck through the years
Stephen Spears, from the se
nior class of ’47.
Boys and Girls’ Basketball
Schedule for 1947
Januory 7—Mills Home; Here
Januory^JO—Ashemore Business College;
January 14—Mooresville; There
Jonugry 17~>Concord; Here
January 21—No game; exams
January 24—Children's Home; There
Januory 28—Thomosville; Here
Jonuory 3i~J4ills Home; Thomosville
February 4—Children's Home; Here
February 7—Asheboro; There
February 11—Spencer; Here
February 14—Thomosville; There
February 18—Concord; There
February 21—Mooresville; Here
February 25—Asheboro; There
March 3—Tentative