SEE “HOLD
EVERYTHING,”
SENIOR CIASS
PLAY
The Lexhipep
TONIGHT IN
HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
AT 8:00 O’CLOCK
Vol. XXIV
LEXINGTON, N. C., APRIL 1, 1947
No. 6
**Hold Everything^* Tonight
L.H.S. Yellowjackets
Capture South
Piedmont Tourney Title
Four Lexington Basketballers
Make Tournament
All-Stars
Saturday night, March 15, 1947, at
9:00 o’clock, the Lexington High
School Yellow Jackets won the South
Piedmont Conference Tournament by
defeating Children’s Home of Win
ston-Salem 35-30 in a thrilling over
time surge of power which clinched
the game for Lexington. This cham
pionship finals victory climaxed a
four-game series in the preceding
week.
In the first round of the tourna
ment on March 11th, Lexington de
feated North Wilkesboro by the score
of 33-22. Then the following Thurs
day, March 13th, the Lexington quin
tet downed the Thomasville five in
an evenly matched battle, 30-27. On
the next night, the l4th, the Yellow
Jackets won a lop-sided victory over
the high-seeded Kannapolis squad by
the score of 50-28. Finally in the
climactic finals the Lexington and
Children’s Home teams were so even
ly matched that neither team could
succeed in gaining a margin of over
three points in the course of the
game which at the final whistle was
tied 30-30. An overtime period of
three minutes was decided upon, dur
ing which the Lexington Hi squad
made two buckets and a foul shot to
capture the game 35-30 as the over
time ran out.
Immediately following the game,
trophies were awarded to the winning
teams, the runner-up teams, and boys
selected as all-tournament all-stars.
Lexington players named on the all-
star squad were: First string—Bill
Johnson, forward; and ‘"Tinker” Wil
liams, guard; second string—Stuart
Brown, center, and Harold Carter,
forward. These men were presented
with small gold basketballs. After
these individual awards had been
made, the captain of Lexington’s
siuad received a trophy for the team
as recognition of their victories in
their conference tournament.
Quill and Scroll
Hold Initiation
’The annual formal initiation of the
Alice Duer Miller Chapter of Quili
and Scroll of Lexington High School
was held on Friday, March 7, in the
high school auditorium.
The program was in the form of a
radio program with Jack Alber, the
president of the club, as announcer.
The new initiates were called to the
stage and were seated by the secre
tary, Enid Ayers.
Comic skits were presented by the
old members of the Quill and Scroll
characterizing the new members.
After these skits were given and
the curtains were closed, the new
initiates quickly donned caps and
gowns, as did Jack Alber, president,
Enid Ayers, secretary, and Mary Sue
Thomason. At this time, the code of
ethics was given, and the initiates
were formally inducted. The pins
and cards of the club were then given
out by the secretary.
The new members are as follows:
Tommy Young, T. D. Stokes, Evelyn
McDade, Jack Swaim, Mary Ann Hart-
zog, Martha Harbinson, Johimy Mc
Crary, Bob Tate, Bob Holmes, Mar
garet Finch, Johnny McCrary,
Blalock, Jane Shoaf, Betty Ann
Wall, Zacky Taylor, and Richard
Thomason.
"^Sue Hooper and Bob
Tate Star in Annual
Senior Class Production
Tonight, April 1, the Senior Class
will present its annual play. The
production this year is a farce com-
eay in three acts entitled ‘‘Hold Ev
erything,” and is written by Austin
Cioetz. Practices have been held reg
ularly by the cast under the direction
of Mrs. Otis Hedrick, and the play
promises to be the best produced yet.
The action of the play takes place
in the living room of a tourist home,
on Honeymoon ‘Trail, where crooks,
bankers, runaways, and potential
movie stars mingle—all intent on es
caping from each other. The players
may try to hold everjdhing, but there
is a bag of money which proves a
dangerous thing to have in one’s pos
session. It changes hands so rapidly
that you will need wits and glasses to
keep track of it. Never was so much
enjoyable action packed in one night’s
entertainment as is promised in the
play tonight.
The cast of characters for “Hold
Everything” is as follows: Caroline
Caruthers, a hotel proprietress, Mary
Anne Hunt; Niobe, a colored servant,
Ralph Bailey; Christopher Morgan, a
banker. Woody McKay; Connie Mor
gan, hts daughter. Sue Hooper; Bee
Williams, Connie’s friend, Mary Sue
Thomason; Courtney Barret, Jr., Con
nie’s pet aversion. Bob Tate; Mrs.
Julia Gibbs, an ambitious mother,
Betty Jo Everhart; her daughters—
Evelyn, a pianist, Evelyn McDade;
Patty, a vocalist, Patty Hege; Mary,
an elocutionist, Mary McLendon;
Adele, a dancer, Adele Tuttle; Steve
and Andy, crooks en route, Paul Wil
liams and Jerry Cissel; and Tim Ma-
cauley, a detective, ‘‘Chub” Wilson.
’The cast is a fine one, and has been
working hard with Mrs. Hedrick for
the past three weeks to make this
year’s Senior Class Play an outstand
ing performance.
SOUTH PIEDMONT CHAMPS — Lexington High school boys’ basketball team, champions of the
South Piedmont Conference tournament recently played at Catawba college have been going strong in
the Jounial-Sentlnel Northwest tournament at Winston-Salem during the past week The Yellow-
jackets wound up their conference schedule in second place, then swept to victory in the tournament
Members of the squad shown above, left to right, are: Tinker Williams, BUly Johnson, Stuart Brown’
Harold Carter, Pete Clark, and Tommy Young, manager; back row, Hubert Olive, Ernest McCrary,
Jack Burkhart, Robert Peeler, Richard Wilson and Coach Jimmy Maus. ’While Coach Maus has been
engaged in other coaching duUes the past week H azel Gllstrap of the high school faculty has been in
charge of the team in the Northwest tournament. (Photo by courtesy Salisbury Post)