LEAP YEAR’S
HERE, SO
The Lexhipep
GIRLS, LOOK
BEFORE YOU
LEAP!
Vol. XXV
LEXINGTON, N. C., MARCH 5, 1948
No. 6
Lexington Accepts
Challenge; Do You?
—Bill Blalock
The need for a Community Center
Y.M.C.A.. is the most important need
that has ever faced our city of Lex-
iiigton. The future of the youth of
our city lies at stake. The children
of today will be the leaders of to
morrow, and v/ithout proper recrea
tion and training they cannot and
will not develop into t:e kind of
leaders we would want to have here
or anywhere else.
Laws have been passed to aid our
children by our well-meaning citizens.
Children under eighteen years of age
cannot patronize our pool parlors or
work selling beer and other intoxi
cating drinks. Young boys and ‘girls
are not allowed on the streets in the
late hours of the night. There was a
need for these laws. They also cost
the city officials in time and effort
to make them. If some of this time
and effort had been spent toward
providing a place where school chil
dren might find wholesome and ben
eficial entertainment, the laws would
have been of no avail.
L. H. S. King and Queen.
throne: Mozelle Perrel, lovely Queen of L.H.S. On right,
Zack Taylor, handsome King.
I speak as an average student and
youth of Lexington when I say that,
except for the two movie theaters,
there is absolutely no form of recrea
tion or entertainment during the day
or at night that is acceptable as clean
and wf-olesome. Besides just doing
away with much of our juvenile de
linquency, some sort of community
center would build up the character
and bodies of our children. A child
that grows up under the correct su
pervision and in the right environ
ment builds character that goes a long
way in determining his success as a
citizen and as an adult. If this proj
ect were equipped with gymnasium
facilities, which it definitely should
be, it would also serve as a place to
build strong young boys and girls
pt.ysically. Good health is accepted as
a very important factor in any voca
tion or profession. Should not, then,
the health and character of our youth
be important enough to bring about
the spending of a sufficient amount
of money and time to build up a
community center of some type? A
dollar spent in this manner would
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Best Dancers
Tri-Hi-Y Crowns
L. H. S. King And
Queen in Ceremony
In the annual coronation ceremony
Mozelle Ferrell and Zack Taylor were
crowned queen and king of L.H.S. on
March 1. These two seniors were
elected by popular vote by the stu
dent body. They were attended by
Nell and Nancy Haynes as pages, Dal
ton Koontz and Becky Swicegood as
crown-bearers, tumblers, and Isabel
Essick, Bill Palmer, Aubrey Black
burn, Kim Webb, Joanne Koontz,
“Tubba” Graver, Jane Strelitz, J. L.
Peeler, Mary Anne Hartzog, Johnnie
Raker, Martha Harbinson, Bill Bla
lock, Nancy Witherspoon, Bob
Holmes, Betty Anne Wall and Benny
Walser as members of the court.
The stage was decorated with ivy
and flowers. The throne, draped in
white and ivy, was on a raised plat
form to give the effect of being on a
pedestal. The various members of the
court, preceded by tumblers, came
slowly down the aisles to the stage,
where fre ceremonies took place. Jane
Shoaf, president of the Tri-Hi-Y, then
presented the crowns to the king and
queen on behalf of the Trl-Hi-Y.
The entertainment was provided by
George Zeelman from the Junior Or
der Home, who sang “They All Go
Wild Over Me;’’ Joan Kearns, who
played “Holiday for Strings;” Charles
Zeelman, from the Junior Home, sang
“I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clo
ver.” From Lummie Jo’s School of
Dancing, Emma Bruton and Marlene
Peeler did an acrobatic dance and a
tap solo.
Jim Poston and Bartha Hooper,
voted best looking couple at LEXHI
PEP dance.
Honor Society Stages
Leap Year Dance
The Leap Year Dance sponsored by
tt e ational Honor Society on Febru-
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March 3—Assembly, Tri-Hi-Y Club
Morch 8—Movie, "State Fair**
March 10—Assembly, Hi-Y Club
March IS—Movie, *^Keys of the Kingdom**
March 17—Assembly Latin Club
March 24—Assembly, Easter Program
March 31—Assembly, Polomene Potters
IMPORTANT DATES
March 19—LEXICON Stunt Night
April 2—Junior Play
April 8—P. T. A.
April 30—Senior Play
Moy 14—Jr.-Sr. Banquet
Lexhipep Sponsors
Enjoyable Saint
Valentine’s Dance
On the fateful night of February
14, the long promised dance spon
sored by the LEXHIPEP staff became
a reality. This dance, which was in
the form of a Leap Year Dance, was
f.eld at the American Legion Hut from
7;30 until—!! Since the dance was
a “girl get your man,” it was girl
break. At 9:00 o’clock all dancing was
discontinued for a floor show. The
talent was made up of local high
school students and also visitors im
ported from the Junior Order Home.
Among those guests from the Junior
Order who participated in the program
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruton,
Emma Bruton, and Charles and
George Zeilman, who gave musical
numbers and an acrobatic dance. The
talent from the High School were
Jimmy Poston and Bonnie Leonard.
Other guest participants in the pro
gram were John Byron Lopp and
Phyllis Breedon, upcoming eighth
graders from Robbins School. Our
own Doug Graver acted as the master
of ceremonies and the floor show
seemed to be quite an enjoyable fea
ture. The LEXHIPEP offered many
prizes. These prizes included Martha
Hooper and Jimmy Poston as the best
dancing couple, John Bivins as the
best boy dancer, Peggy Costner as the
best girl dancer, Bonnie Leonard as
the best representation of a valen
tine, and John Byron Lopp and Pr.yllls
Breedon won the best floor show
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Joanne Koonts Made
March of Dimes Queen
Joanne Koonts, a member of the
Junior Class, was crowned March of
Dimes Queen February 7, 1948, at
the Lexington Municipal Club, win
ning over all other Davidson County
contestants. Mr. Charles W. Mauze,
chairman of the drive, placed the
crown upon her head.
Joanne won over three other con
testants by the largest vote for the
contribution to the March of Dimes.
She was presented with a rhinestone
necklace and an orchid. All con
testants were given invitations to the
Piedmont dance. Other L. H. S. con
testants were Joanne Perrell, runner-
up, Mary Anne Hartzog, and Mary
Jane Shirley.
Senior Class Opens
Y. M. C. A. Drive
With Gift
In the interest of the Lexington
drive for a Community Center Y. M.
C. A. the city schools of Lexington
are being asked to give the sum of
$5,000 to tf.e cause. Naturally, since
it is the largest and most advanced
of all the city schools, the High School
will be expected to bear the major
part of this contribution.
Much interest has been evidenced
in high school in recent weeks, con
cerning the drive, and to open the
drive with a bang, the Senior Class
of Lexington High School voted to
contribute $100 to the fund as the first
contribution to the Y.M.C.A. It is
hoped that the Junior Class as well
as the lower classes will be able to
equal this contribution.
Every thinking member of L.H.S.
can readily see the advantages of
such a Community Center. Besides
the obvious use as a clean meeting
piace, the “Y” will contain a basket
ball court which could be used by the
high school to replace the poor gym
on which the Yellow Jackets are now
forced to play their games.
Quill and Scroll
Holds Formal And
Informal Initiation
The annual Quill and Scroll initia
tion was h eld Wednesday, February
18, 1948, in the form of a two-part
program, formal and informal.
In the formal initiation, the new
members’ names and duties were read
as they came to the stage. These new
members are: Joanne Koonts, Mar
tha Cox, Robrta Bafford, Agnes Wil
son, Doug Graver, Buddy Bender,
Nancy Witherspoon, Grace Hendricks.
Mary Jo Sharpe, Olivia Coggins, Nan
cy Waitman, Ruth Jenkins, Isabel
Essick and Theola Jordan from the
lexhipep staff; and Jane Strelitz
Barbara Ritchie, Jean Rollins, Caro
lyn Swing, Mozel Perrell, Audrey
Blackburn, Ralph Graver, J. L. Peeler,
Juanita Smith, and Ruth Everhart,
from the Lexicon staff. Hewey Clod-
felter was the only initiate at large.
The informal initiation was given in
the form of the Truth and Conse
quences program with “Squeel and
Crawl” as the sponsor. The contest
ants were seated around the stage and
each was called on to answer a ques
tion. If the contestants could not
answer the question, they paid the
consequences. Naturally, all contest
ants paid. Bob Holmes conducted the
informal initiation with Zack Taylor,
Quill and Scroll president, conducting
the formal.
March of Dimes Queen
Mr. Charles Mauze crowns Miss
Koontz at annual March of Dimes
Ball.—Courtesy H. Lee Waters.