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THE LEXHIPEP
September 26, 1947
Club
—Agnes Wilson
Hi-Y Selects And
Initiates Members
The Hi-Y hgld a meeting in the
auditorium Friday, September 12, with
Bill Blaylock presiding over the meet
ing. The old members selected Bill
Eanes, J. L. Peeler, Jimmy Dillon
Ralph “Tubba” Craver, Doster Wood,
Jimmy Plott, Bob Goins, Bill Palmer,
Jimmy Poston, Johnny Raker, J. T.
“Mac” McBride, Bob Hendricks,
Charles “Hardrock” Rothrock, Tommy
Westmoreland, “Stinky” Gibson, Sam
my Everhart, Donald “Stinky” Thom
ason, and Bob Kepley, as new mem
bers. They were required to wear
white shirts and pants, black shoe
string ties, old ties worn around the
waist, and small caps, worn at all
times, on the head. These members
carried a bucket filled with shoe pol
ish, rags to polish shoes, etc. The
shoeshines given by these boys cost a
dime. This money goes into the treas
ury for later use. The initiation lasts
one week, ending with “the long trek”
on Saturday night. Afterwards, the
boys are fullfledged members.
L.H.S. Girls Attend Annual
Girls’ State Convention
The annual 1947 Tar Heel Girls'
State was held this summer at Wom
an’s College in Greensboro, June 8
through June 13. Xexlngton High was
very fortunate to have six girls, Betty
Anne Wall, Mary Anne Hartzog, Grace
Hendricks, Mary Jo Sharpe, Nancy
Waitman, and Martha Harbinson, rep
resenting the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club, Legion Auxil
iary, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Civi-
tan Club, and the Charity X^ague.
Virginia Blackstone, the first repre
sentative to be chosen from the Junior
Home, represented the Kiwanis Club.
Girls’ State is held each year so
that studefits may learn and practice
government. The seven girls who at
tended this year appreciate the honor
bestowed upon them and hope that
what they learned may be of benefit
to themselves, their school, and their
town.
Lexington Sends Five To
Tar Heel Boys’ State
Bill Blalock, Lieutenant Governor,
Goes To Washington
The annual Tar Heel Boys’ State
was held at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill June E
through 15. Lexington was well rep
resented with three boys from the
up-coming senior class of Lexington
High School and two from the Junior
Order Home. These boys were Zacky
Taylor, T. D. Stokes, Jr., Bill Blalock,
and Jack Goins and Jim Davis.
Representatives to Boys’ State are
selected on the basis of leadership
and scholarship. Later in the week
they had elections for the state of
ficers. Bill Blalock won the place of
lieutenant governor, which enabled
him to go to Washington, D. C., and
study government on the national
scale.
Boys’ State helps boys to under
stand governmental problems better
so that they may become better citi
zens and leaders of this great nation
in the near future.
F. H. A. Officers
Hold Meeting
The Future Homemakers of Amer-
, lea’s officers, both new and old, met
in t'le Home Economics Room Wed
nesday, September 17, at 3:30.
NEW
in
OLD
FACES ^ PLACES
—Nancy Witherspoon
A new school year is off to a good start! It’s up to us to make it the
best ever!
There are quite a few new faces in L. H. S. this year. In the new wing
there are about two hundred eighth grade students studying diligently (ha!
ha!) in their private sanctuary.
But the column is not concerned about the eighth grade. Yours truly has
been sneaking around and has obtained what is hoped to be a comprehensive
list of those students who have recently moved to Lexington or who attended
the county schools last year.
Four of our new students have recently moved here from other towns.
Barbara Shambly is a senior and comes from Greensboro. She attended
Guilford High School last year. Barry Ausband formerly lived in Charlotte.
Jimmy Grayson, another senior, is from St. Chrles, Virginia. From Columbia,
South Carolina, comes Johnnie Dixon, who is in the ninth grade.
Two new students from the county schoools are Jack Parker and Floyd
Cromer from Southmont. Wendell Brooks of Route 3 attended Reeds School
last year, while Avril Sink, a junior, attended Tyro school. Nomona Taylor
(Zack’s cousin) is a senior from Linwood.
Here’s a good chance to show our Southern hospitality and that good
old L. H. S. spirit. Let’s show our new students (even the green sub-fresh-
men) that they’re as welcome as the flowers in May and that we have the
best school ever.
CUFF NOTES
Here’s hoping the senior class does as well the rest of the year as at
the first class meeting. A fine slate of officers was elected. Luck to Zack,
Mozelle, Audrey, and Bill. They’ve got what it takes.
How do you like the new sciiool store? The Student Council deserves a
pat on the back for the fine job they are doing. Mr. Leonard, the council
advisor, would like to call attention to the ruling about the cokes. They must
be drunk in the store if the machine is to remain there.
Bob Hendricks, Charles Rothrock, Jim Russell, and Jim Barger volunteered
to donate blood to the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. This is a fine
thing and has been done quite a few times before by our students.
It’s time to sign off now, but we’ll meet again next month. See you then.
L.H.S.Broadcasts First
Pep Meeting Of Year
Lexington High School held its first
pep meeting of the year on Thurs
day, September 11, with the coopera
tion of all the students. The student
body should be congratulated for the
excellent way in which they yelled.
Much of the credit goes to the new
chief, Jimmy Poston, and the other
cheerleaders.
The pep meeting was broadcast,
which was something new for most
of the students in L. H. S. The peo
ple of Lexington who heard the broad
cast seemed to like it very much, and
perhaps the pep meeting broadcasts
will be continued.
The cheerleaders which returned
from last year are Jimmy Postc-n
Martha Harbinson, Betty Ann Wall
“Mike” Siceloff, Jane Strelitz anid
Joanne Koonts. The new cheerleader
is Jean Rollins, with Ruth Kiriney as
substitute. ’The new advisor is Miss
Carolyn Hollingsworth.
During the meeting Mr. C. E. Wike,
the new principal, the coaches, and
the new co-captains, Zacky Taylor
and Benny Walser, made short talks.
The remainder of the meeting was
composed of yells and the school song.
Many alumni were present, and they
are always welcome.
B>3tty Weese, the new president,
called the meeting to order, then
turned it over to the advisor, the
teacher of the Home Economics de
partment, Mrs. Theodore Leonard. She
then held an informal business dis
cussion.
At the close of the meeting, the
officers decided to have the installa
tion service Tuesday night, September
23, to set aside one night of eyery
month.,for a business meeting; plans
were made for selecting and initiating
new members into the club.
Staff Notations
An unusual situation for the LEX
HIPEP staff this year is that only
four members of last year’s staff re
turned to L. H. S., all other mem
bers having been graduated in the
class of ’47. Those returning from
last year’s staff are Tommy Young,
editor, Mary Ann Hartzog and Mar
tha Harbinson, columnists, and T. D.
Stokes, business manager.
The following 1946-47 staff mem
bers are attending college this year:
Becky Smith, Duke; Bob Peeler, Bill
Johnson, and Ralph Musgrave, Ca
tawba; Woody McKay, Davidson; Bill
Hedrick, Hubert Olive, Johnny Mc
Crary, and Stanford Teta, Carolina;
Sue Hooper and Enid Ayers, Woman’s
College; and Adele Tuttle, Ashmore
Business College.
Those holding positions with local
business establishment are Jack Al-
ber, Mary Sue Thomason, Ruth Jones,
Betty Jo Everhart, John Hudson, and
Jack Swaim. Evelyn McDade recent
ly became Mrs. Don Kepley.
While most of the staff is new
Mrs. Hedrick, the LEXHIPEP adviser,
was interested to note that five oi
them had sisters who were on pre
vious staffs. The present members
and former sisters are: Mary Jo
Sharpe, Mrs. Nell Sharpe Aldridge;
Olivia Coggins, Jean Coggins; Theola
Jordan, Mrs. Gladys Jordan Johnson;
Nancy Witherspoon, Mrs. Betty With
erspoon Craver; and Ruth Jenkins
Mrs. Hazel Jenkins Morris. Ye editor
(praise be!) is an only child.
It has also been a point of interest
over a number of years that many
LEXHIPEP -staff members have fol
lowed - up their training on college
publications and in professions.
AL UMNI
NEWS
—Olivia Coggins
Glancing down the long list which
I hold before me I see that L. H. S.
has lost many of her prized posses
sions. I suppose that we have taken
our latest graduating class too much
for granted due to the fact that we
had them as seniors for two wonder
ful years. It any rate we are proud
to make such grand contributions to
the colleges of our state.
Among those who reported to the
freshman class at Wake Forest were
Harold Lanier, Bob Tate, “Tinker”
Williams and Jackie Lancaster. Also
Jimmy Streetman, who is now a stu
dent at Louisburg College, attended
summer school at Wake Forest this
past summer.
Carolina’s gain is surely our loss in
receiving Hubert Olive, Johnny Mc
Crary, Bill Hedrick, Jake Cross, and
Stanford Tate, while the other half of
the University, namely W. C. U. N. C.,
takes pride in the enrollment of Enid
Ayers, Mary Eleanor Gray, Sue Hoop
er, Kathryn Sink and Mary Anne
Hunt.
Becky Smith and Nancy Hunt made
Duke University their choice, while
De Neale Peeler and Mary McLendon
entered the freshman class at Greens
boro College.
Among the freshmen reporting to
Catawba College were Bob Peeler,
Ralph Musgrave and Margaret Finch.
Our contributions to Mars Hill were
Louis and Frankie Hedrick and Neil
Kearns.
Freshmen entering various other col
leges are “Woody” McKay, Davidson;
George Kapp, Oak Ridge Military
School; Patty Hege, High Point Col
lege; Charlie Williams, Penn State;
and Peggy Jean Thomason, Pfieffer
College.
Upperclasmen who have reported to
various colleges are Barbara Strelitz,
Sue Leonard, Jean Coggins, Patsy
Gordon, and Betsy Raper to Woman’s
College, and among those upperclass
men reporting to U. N. C. are Bill
Raker, Albert Eblein, “Toby” Hinkle
and Parks and E. H. Easter.
Keith Sink and Giles Crowell have
returned as juniors to Davidson.
Among the upperclassmen who have
returned to Wake Forest are Bill Hunt,
Wade Sowers, Bobby Team, Charles
Williams and Ishmael Tate.
■Various teas and parties were given
in honor of the returning college
students during the month of Sep
tember. Penny McCrary, a member
of the junior class of Duke, enter
tained at her home on September 7
in honor of Becky Smith and Nancy
Hunt. Also Jimmie Blue Sower hon
ored Sue Hooper and Mary Anne Hunt
at her home with a tea on September
10.
Let me speak for all the members
here at L. H. S. in asking you, the
alumni, to come back to see us often.
We miss you, and we wish you suc
cess and happiness in the college years
that lie ahead.
Jake Cross Wins
Scholarship
Jake Cross, Lexington High School
graduate of ’47, has been awarded a
$400 cash scholarship by the Univer
sity of North Carolina for the coming
year. “Jake” was also the winner of
the $100 scholarship given by the
Lexington Civitan Club.
“Jake” has served as president of
the student government, representa
tive to Boys’ State at Chapel Hill, a
drum major, and as a member of the
National Honor Society, the Beta
Club, and the Hi-Y.
The students are proud of “Jake”
and wish him much success in lAs
college career. ’They hope that his
scholarship may be continued
throughout his college years.