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October 22, 1948
THE LEXHIPEP
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100% HOMEROOM
Front row—loft to right: Jeon Rollins, Jane Strelitz, Olivia Coggins, Roberta Bafford,
Mary Dowtin. Second row—left to right: Curtis Leonard, Jack Hankins, Tom Sheets, J.
L. Peeler, Charlie Myers, Ralph Craver, Poster Wood. Third row left to right: Jim
Plott, Buddy Foster, Bobby Clodfelter, Miss Manning, Bobby Goins, Hoi Crotts.
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Fishing For Fun
—Bonnie Leonard
An absent-minded professor walked
into an elevator shaft, fell four floors
to the bottom, stood up, brushed him
self off, and muttered, “I said up.”—
The Sentinel, Cumberland, Md.
Customer; Do you have a book called
“Man is the Master of Woman”?
Salesgirl: The Action department.
—Ihe Roanoke, Roanoke Rapids,
N. C.
Judge: “So your name is Joshua.
You’re not the Joshua who made the
sun stand still, are you?”
Culprit: “No, suh. Judge. Ah’m de
Joshua dat made de moon shine.”—
North Carolina Education Magazine,
September, 1948.
Major: “But, Rastus, why do you
call your cooties arithmetic bugs?”
Rastus: “ ’Cause dey add to my mis
ery, subtract from my pleasure, di
vide my attention, and multiply like
the dickens.”—North Carolina Edu
cation Magazine, September, 1948.
Deficit: What you’ve got when you
haven’t as much as if you had nothing.
—North Carolina Education Magazine,
September, 1948.
When Harry Wadsworth Ronele, a
poet who was shot by Hector Hatch,
a jealous lover, died with these words
on his lips:
“I loved and lost,
Do I look stupid.
Got shot by Hector
Instead of Cupid.”
—High Life, Senior High School,
Greensboro, N. C.
A Kiss in the Dark
Scene: A train compartment in
Rumania, during the war.
Characters; A German officer, a
Rumanian officer, and an old lady
and an attractive girl.
The train enters a tunnel. Pas
sengers hear first a kiss, then a slap.
The train emerges into light again.
Everyone remains silent, but the Ger
man officer has a black eye.
The old lady thinks: “What a good
girl she is, such a fine moral char
acter.”
The girl thinks: “Isn’t it odd that
the German tried to kiss the old lady
instead of me.”
The German thinks: “That Ruma
nian is a smart one. He steals a kiss
and I get hit.”
The Rumanian thinks: “I’m a clev
er fellow. I kiss the back of my
hand, hit a German officer, and get
away with it.”—The Councilor, Roch
ester High Schol, Rochester, Minn.
Time Was
—Mary Nell Lopp
1 YEAR AGO
LEXHIPEP launches annual drive;
goal is 100%.
Hi-Y Gangsters rob local bank.
What’s this we hear about Kirksey
Sink] and that good-looking Jack
Binns?
Lexington Hi Band performs—new
uniforms were obtained this summer.
L.H.S. broadcasts first Pep Meeting
of the year.
“Bensey” and Zacky chosen co-cap-
tains.
Lexington downs Salisbury 13-0 in
opener.
2 YEARS AGO
L.H.S. opens with many new mem
bers on faculty.
The latest news in the Freshman
ciass is Amelia Brown and Buddy
Beck.
Old flames never die (or do they?).
At least, one doesn’t and that’s Rod
ney Clark and Betty Rose Conrad.
“Chub” and “Tinker” elected co
captains.
Gaddy, .assistant coach and physi
cal director.
Lexington meets Salisbury in score
less opener.
Lexington defeats A&heboro 20-0 in
first win of the season.
3 YEARS AGO
The memorial plaque, formally pre
sented to school.
Yellow Jackets defeat Boyden in
opener of the season, 21 to 0.
“Goo-Ball” Wall certainly has been
receiving a lot of mail recently from
Mars Hill. Who could it be?!!!!
Gosh! Bill Eanes, who’s it gonna
be next? We just can’t keep up with
you. Why don’t you settle down?
cr have you? Could it be Sue Hooper?
.Could you find a, better niatch than
JaneStre.litz and . Zacky Taylor?
They’re both good-looking and they’re
got their share of personality too.
Jane, you certainly are lucky!!!!!
Cantee Club is to run Youth Center.
Band major and four majorettes
elected. President of the Student
Body elected first band major.
Australian (entering hospital:
“Ullow, Bill.”
“Ullow, Steve.”
“Come in to die?”
“No, yesterdye.”—The Hilltop Crier,
Standburg High School, Standburg,
S. Dak.
By TWO COUNTRY CLEMS
Well, howdy!!! We jest got in from distilling our “sunshine” and being
as how we are plum tuckered out we thought we’d jest set and chat a spell
with you’uns.
What’s all this here sparking talk we been having ’twixt Ruth Tysinger
and Biake Phillips? Guess Blake 'believes in that old saying, “two can eat
as cheap as one”!!!!!
Well, and hon, have yo’uns osen that good-looking city slicker from way
over Salisbury way? All these girls (especially Nancy Streetman and Betsy
Stoner) are more than “rite” ballyhooed over him. More power to you,
Rodger!!!
Whoo-'vVhee-ee!! .But ho wabout this here affair ’tween Carroll Leonard
and Joanne Perreil? Carroll shore must have a hankering for gals named
Joanne!!!!
It’s on!—It’s off!!—It’s on!!!—It’s off!!!! This Carter-Koonts affair
(Carolyn, that is) becomes more complicated!—(How’d that word get in
here?) every month.
Roxanne Disher is shore goo-goo over T. Grayson (Jimmy’s brother),
who is one of them there instructors at an airfield in Texas.
For heaven’s sake, these here summer romances are shore nice, ain’t
they? Ruth Russell and Fred Dobey are one of the many.
Spaking of beauty, guess some of you boys really found out just how
much natural beauty lots of our girls have. That week of Tri-Hi-Y initia
tion was really a test of true love, ’pears to me.
Well, hon, you remember Jack Burkhart, don’t you? Well, Rachel
Kepley (Bob’s sister) and Jack seem to be doing some heavy courtin’ lately.
Do you think Bill and “Mike” will ever quit being lovey-dovey?? They
shore do seem to be wrapped up in each other.
Imagine!! “Toughie” Bumgarner and Betty Rose Conrad have been
sparkin’ since March!!
Peggy Osborne and Harold Frady are kinda “moony” about each other
now!! So are Jim Stogner (Jim Poston’s cdusin) and Peggy Edwards.
’El hon, Betty Gray Lindsey and Nancy Poster have made some acquain
tances in Welcome, namely, Edwin Hill and Bill Honeycutt.
These here eighth graders (girls, that is) are shore good-lookers. Eve
Hargrave and Becky Strange will keep plenty of us worrying. But right now.
Tommy Snyder gives them a thrill!!!
Can you figger out these here Senior boys? Why, here is Jane all by
herself without Zack, and lonesome. You didn’t know? Well, don’t yo’uns
all go at one time.
El if this an’t a fine howdy-do!! Peggy Everhart and Treva Garner went
clear to Tyro to get their cute-fellers, Jimmy Swicegood and Roy Hanes.
Land sakes!!! Ain’t Bob Kepley handsome!!!? Does he still court some
girl or is he stagging it??
WeU, now Martha Hooper is shore the one to get her a good-Iookini
man—city slicker from Greensboro, no less. His name is Allie Rodgers.
Her ex, Jim Poston, has gone and jined the airforce!!?
These here young’uns shore do git a young start nowadays, to our notiom
Phyllis Breeden and Sammy McBride and also Jannette Leonard and Robert
Mims (KC103) are really ahitting it off!!!
El who’d ever thought it!!! Mary Nell and “Ang” really gave us all”
surprise. Those Lopps and Lindseys shore take to each other.
These here correspondent courses shore do pay off!!! ’Berta went way
up to Maryland this summer and now writes Jack Evans, and Aenes writes
Bob Hyler from S. C.!!! Gee!
If ever there was a cute boy, Don Leonard’s both of them. We know
a certain Senior blonde who’d love to date him!!! Well, that’s telling him.
Was we surprised when we learned that Mary Jane took her choice
betwix Ross and Dillon. (Wish we could have the privilege'") Oh well
tough luck, Dillon. But don’t feel too bad ’cause as the olT saying goes
there is more than one fish in the barrel” (or rather ocean, that is)
You Senior boys just do beat all-!!! when are you gonna wake-up
and pay some attention to some of the Senior girls?? After all thev’re
been waiting four years!!! > j
T^^ut has J. L. Peeler been adoin’ with hisself all summer? We ain’t
seed hide nor hair of him. He shore is a cute critter!!!!
2658 is Jimmy Dan Redwine’s telephone number (what a center!) in
^se some of you lucky girls whut’s been taking French would admier to
help him some nite!!!
By Formal Request!!! Miss Joanne Blackwelder has requested that yo’uns
(boys) keep away from her house. She is tired of answering the ting-a-ling
and ding dong!!! (Telephone and doorbell.)
Guess yo’uns git tired of reading this every month, but it jest seems
like Joanne and “Tubba” are settled for life—(nice goings we call it).
“Wit”, we’re rite surprised at youse!!! Why don’t you give Betty Loll
a chance??
Well, guess we’uns better git back to the cabin in the mountains Yo’uns
come ’cause we don’t go much.
—By CLEM AND JESSE
When Noah sailed the waters blue
He had his troubles' same as you;
For forty days he drove tho ark.
Before he found a place to park.