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Vol. XXXXI No. 8 LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, N. C. ~~ May 26, 1964 Awards Presented In Monogram Club Assembly The annual Monogram Assemb ly was held on Monday, May 11, 1964, at 10:30 a'.m. The boys were awarded their lr^^.t- ters or stars for the winter and spring sports. Coach Price began the pro gram by awarding the wrestling team their letters. The follow ing received either a letter or a star: Jerry Hester, Billy Parks, Keith Jarvis, Charles Duf- fey, Ronnie Briggs, Steve At kins, Gerald Lineberger, Charles Byrd, Eric Morgan, Andy Leon ard, Steve Everhart, Ronnie Biesecker, Bobby Kepley, Gary Cope, David Beck, Thompson Miller, Charles Murdock, Bucky Buckner, Harvey Fulbright, Steve. Smith, and Tom Camion. Coach Callicutt took the floor to present the basketball team’s awards. The' entire team won a letter or a star. They are as follows: Doug Pritchard, Hugh Bingham, Johnny Clark, David Siceloff, Larry Evans, Jimmy Philpott, Sidney Fritts, Hayes Jones, Neil Evans, Jimmy Car penter, Billy McGuinn, Dan Spears, Ken Yearick. The man agers, David Sechrest, Albert Joyner, Bob Cust, and Curtis May, also earned letters. Coach Callicutt also awarded the tennis team’s letters. These men are Jimmy Philpott, Byroh Burkehart, Micky Corn, Steve Erickson, Bobby Snider, Jeff Griffith, Sidney Fritts, Dicky Morgan, Donald Leonard, and Lexhilit Chooses New Staff Members On Tuesday night. May 5, at a covered dish supper Connie Beck, Senior Editor of the 1963- 64 LEXHILIT, announced po sitions for the 1964-65 LEXHI LIT staff. At this time tne com pleted LEXHILITS were pre sented to the surprised staffs. Honored guests for the supper were members of Miss Stall ing’s last year’s English class which originated the LEXHI LIT idea. Next year’s staff is as follows: Editor, Brodie Brown; Assistant Editors, Bren da Farabee and Harold Cran ford; Literary Editors, Myra Evans and Mae Mize; Assistant Literary Editors, Randy Mi chael, A1 Shoaf, and Steve Hor ten; Reading Staff, Charlotte Cont. On Page 11 James Rash. The managers who also lettered are Dave' Sink and David Sechrest. Coach King, who coached golf, lettered only four men. Gordon Wright, Eddie Strietman, Chuck Wall, an'd Craig Smith were the deserving young men. Coach Mull then presented the awards to the track team. Jack Palmer, Steve Atkins, Gary Cope, Steve Raker, Donnie Knepper, Truls Disen Bastian- sen, Bucky Buckner, Ronnie Biesecker, Ricky Benfield, Jim my Carpenter, Reid Rhodes, Hugh Bin’gham, Bob Plrilpottt, John McWhorter, and Roger Mc- Coin all received letters or stars. STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR BOYS' AND GIRLS' STATE Reid Rhodes and John McWhorter have been chosen to attend Boys’ State this summer. Boys’ State is an objective citizenship school, designed to teach rising high school seniors a true con ception of the ideals and objectives, the function and operation, of government. Boys’ State is sponsored by the American Legion Post. It will be held from June 14 to 20 at the University of North Carolina in the Institute of Government. Political parties are organized with every boy or girl playing an active role. State, County, and Municipal elections are held on the legal pattern of the state. City and County governments are form ed and operated, and a state government (complete with execu tive, legislative, and judicial units, boards, commissions, agencies, and other subdivisions of government) is organized and functions. Throughout the entire program, the students perform every opera tion and fill every position in government, elective and appointive. Susan Terry and Mary Blue Ray were chosen to attend Girls’ State, the same type of leadership school which will be held in Greensboro. SENIORS HOLD FINAL ASSEMBLY DEDICATION “The reason firm, the temsp- erate will, endurance, fore sight, strength, and skill.” —Wordsworth For your years of constant service, and for your sincere patience and loyalty to the stu dents of Lexington Senior High School, we, the LEXHIPEP staff of 1963-64 do lovingly dedi cate this, our Senior Edition to —MRS. L. E. BERRY. Rotary Club Honors Top Ten On Tuesday night. May 12, the Lexington Rotary Club hon ored the top ten students in each grade from the eighth to the eleventh. Due to a tie in the twelfth grade, thirteen stu dents were allowed to attend. The Lexington Municipal Club was the setting of the honorary supper. This banquet was es tablished six years ago to em phasize the academic achieve ments of students. As tne prin cipals read the names alphabeti cally, the President of the Ro tary Club presented certificates to the honorees. The following students represented Lexington Senior High: Freshmen Class— Becky Benfield, Barbara Black, Jeanne Cecil, Hannah Craven, W. R. Hinson, Jr., Su-jan Lin- thicum, Patricia McCrary, Jana Owen, Suzanne Reynolds, and Linda Yountz; Sophomore Class —Molly Albright, Steve Erick son, Hugh Everhart, Janet Fite, Sarah Jo Lohr, Randy Michael, Jack Mundy, Stuart Parks, Jo Sadler, and Steve Tesh; Junior Class — Elizabeth Ann Beck, Brodie Brown, Kenneth Butler, Betsy Burrell, Jean Calhoun, George Chambless, Chuck Green, Gary Hodge, Jack Pal mer, and Jean Yarbrough; and Senior Class — Connie Beck, Sue Beck, Robert Botsen, Kathy Brown, Betty Hemphill, Geral dine Hill, Thompson Miller, Su san Moore, Stephen Schaeffer, Penny Smith, Cynthia Workman, Larry Young, and Elaine Yates. Senior Dinner Held May 22 The final highlight for the events during the senior year was the annual Senior Dinner. This event was held on May 22 at seven o’clock at the Lex ington Municipal Club. The idea of giving a dinner was first started by the par ents of the President of the Senior Class, Bob Hendricks, in 1948. Since this time, it has become one of the most eager ly anticipated social events of the senior year. The first Sen ior Dinner was so successful that it has become an annual affair. This year the mothers of the senior class officers—Tliompson Miller, Hugh Bingham, Johnny Clark, and Teenie Sink—served as a central committee. They are Mrs. George Vance Miller, Mrs. James Bingham, Mrs. Hugh Clark, and Mrs. Archie Sink. Assisting these four were other mothers of seniors. The President of the Senior Class, Thompson Miller, pre sided over the dinner. Special guests for the occasion were senior homeroom teachers, school officials, and the senior class sponsors—Mrs. Ottis Hed rick, Miss Charlotte Matthews, Mr. Carroll Bowen, and Mr. David Holcombe. After the din ner, a dance was held for the seniors and their guests. The graduating class of 1964 held the annual Senior Assembly today. May 26, 1964. The proces sional was led by the class of ficers: Thompson Miller, Presi dent; Hugh Bingham, Vice Pre sident; Johnny Clark, iSecrebary; and Teenie Sink, Treasurer. The Prccessional, played by the band, was “Pomp and Circum stance.’’ The band, under the direction .of Mr. Pittman, played a special number. Aftre the de votions, the 1964 class electives— Honey Hartley, Poet; (Connie Beck, Histrina; 'Lou Raker, Prophet; and Larry Young, Testator^ were introduced, and the class poem, “The Great Search” was read by Honey Hartley. Senior Superlatives were then presented. (Next on the program were the presentations of awards and scholarships to deserving stu dents. They were as follows: National Honor Society Medal, TrhHi-Y Scholarship, (Spanish iClub Awards, Science Club Med als, 0. Henry Study Club Short Story Awards, Richard Walser Bock Club Awards. U. D. C. Scholarship and Awards, Lexing ton Music Study Club Ajwards, B. P. W. Scholarship, Civitan Scholarship and 'Citizenship Awards, Rotary Club Scholarship, and the H. Cloyd PhUpott Me morial Scholarship. All seniors who received any kind of scholarship w-ere intrcduced by Mr. Andrews and Mr. Wike. The dedicatin of the senior edition of the Lexhipep was made by Elaine Yates, editor of the Lexhipep. The sixteen-page e'dition w.as dedicated to Mrs. L. E. Berry, the deserving Eng lish and math teacher who has given many years of service to the students of LI;(HS. The Assembly was closed with the singing of the Seni.cr Class song and the Alma Mater. The seniors then marched cut to “Kipling DeKoven” which was played by the band. Representatives to Girls’ and Boys’ State LONG-AWAITED LEXICONS ARRIVE The 1963-64 Lexicon Staff presented its annual assembly on Friday, May 15. Harriette Hilton, co-editor, introduced the pro gram. Teenie Sink, also a co-editor, brought a round of applause as she read the dedication and presented annuals to Mr. Andrews and Mr. Wike. The audience made admiring comments as they caught their first glimpses of the annual. The program was brought to a close by the reading of the Finis by Cynthia Workman, Busi ness Manager, and the students excitedly returned to their classes to receive their 1963-64 edition of the Lexicon. Space Assembly The National Aeronautics Space Program was presented on Thursday, April 31, 1964 at two different times. The eleventh and twelfth grades had the privilege of seeing this ex hibition during second period and the ninth and tenth grades during third period. Mr. Amillio, who spoke to the 11th and 12th grades, explain ed the history of rockets. Next he explained the U.S. missies. He discussed the fuel u.'-ed to day and that which will be used in the future. Mr. William Nixon spoke to the ninth and tenth grades. Mrs Amillio and he illustrated and presented the past, present, and future in the world of space in one hour.
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