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The Lexhipep
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Vol. XXXVIII
LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, N. C., JAN. 20, 1961
No. 4
STUDENT COUNCIL
GIVES JUKE BOX
TRIAL RUN
—PHIL PALISOUL
and RUSTY WARD
The Student Council has recent
ly made an addition to our cafe
teria and what is hoped will also
boost school spirit, A Rock-Ola
juke box, furnished by the Su
perior Vending Machine Company
of Spencer, N. C., has been plac
ed in the ’ L. S. H. S, cafeteria
for enjoyment by the students.
The juke box is on a “trial run,”
and it is hoped that interest in
it will remain high and that stu
dents will continue to play it.
Fifty percent of the money tak
en in will be given to the Student
Council, and the remainder goes
to the distributor. Records will
be changed every two weeks to
assure students of a popular hit
tune selection. Any request that
a student would like to make may
be placed in the suggestion box in
the cafeteria. It is hope that the
tunes most requested by the stu
dents will be available to be
placed in the juke box. Several
other schools in North Carolina
also enjoy this privilege and
L. S. H, S. is proud to have join
ed the rank as a school with
spirit!
PEP CLUB INTRODUCED
IN ASSEMBLY
—ANN ROGERS
Thursday morning, January 5
an assembly was held to intro
duce the newly formed Pep Club
to the student body. Belinda
Burke presented the devotions, af
ter which Carol McWhorler read
the charter of the Pep Club and
explained its purpose. Melinda
Huffman, Dan Smith, Donnie
Leonard, and Coach Callicutt
then spoke on school spirit, with
Coach Callicutt giving credit to
the winter sports participants.
Next, the Student Council mem
bers presented two humorous
skits. In the first, Johnny Wil
liams presided while the “Do’s
and the Don’ts” demonstrated
proper and improper conduct at
basketball games and other school
activities. Kenny Swing discov
ered that Body Dayvault, al
though sitting with the “Do’s”
was definitely a “Don’t” and he
was quickly transferred. The sec
ond skit constituted a dummy
court marshal, which showed
some of the ridiculous things that
students do, or rather things that
they forget to do. The honorable
Judge Phil Palisoul charged his
JUDY RAYKES VOTED
CITIZEN OF THE
MONTH
Her many pleasant character
istics have led the House of Rep-
resen'atives to elect Judy Ray-
kes as the “Citizen of the Month”
for January of 1961. Judy, a pop
ular member of the senior class,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill C. Raykes of Avondale Drive.
She is a friendly person who al
ways displays a winning smile
and a cheerful “hello.” Since her
transfer to Lexington High her
sophomore year, Judy’s outgoing
personality has won for her a
■^rea many friends.
AWARDS AND TROPHIES PRESENTED
AT FOOTBALL BANQUET
—BARRY WILLIAMS
The varsity football team had their football banquet Monday
night, December 12, at the Country Club. The purpose of this annual
event is to recognize the football squad members and to award
gold footballs and trophies to outstanding lettermen.
Master of ceremonies P. D. Merritt called on Barry Williams to
deliver the invocation. Then the banquet meal, consisting of turkey,
dressing, cranberry sauce, green beans and corn, and candied yams,
was served to the team and attending civic club members and fathers
of the players. Mr. Merritt introduced several guests responsible for
the banquet, and Mr, Dugan Aycock presented the guest speaker. In
the absence of Coach Murray of Duke University, Coach Caldwell, end
coach for Duke, spoke on several topics concerning football. Former
L. S. H. S. alumnus and a present star at Duke, Dwight Bumgardner,
was called on to deliver a short message. Following Mr. Bumgardner,
Mr. Johnny Fritts presented Dr. W. L. Bingham, chairman of the
school board, with a $1,000 check to further improve the senior high
field house. President of the Yellow Jackets Booster Club Johnny
Fritts then presented gifts to the coaching staff, after which the
captains. Junior Webster and Dan Smith, presented coaches Price,
Bowen, and King wtih the team’s gifts. The coaches were honored
by a standing applause.
Awards to outstanding lettermen and gold footballs to all lettermen
were presented. Haywood Carter of the Jewel Box presented a gold
watch to Junior Webster, most outstanding player of the year. Super
intendent L, E. Andrews presented a trophy from Costner’s Jewelry
Store to Barry Williams, senior letterman with the highest scholastic
average. The Best Blocker Award from the Carolina Theater and the
Most Improved Award from Parker-Miller were presented to Butch
Gibson and Johnny Fritts respectively by “Scoop” McCrary. Gold foot
balls were given to the twenty-six lettermen by Coach Price, This
was the concluding feature of a very successful 1960 Varsity Foot
ball Banquet.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January 18—Semester Ends
January 23—Grades Come Out
January 26—Report Cards
January 27—High Point (here)
January 31—Burlington (here)
February 3—Solisbury (there)
February 7—Greensboro (here)
February 10—Reynolds (there)
February 14—High Point (there)
February 17—Burlington (there)
February 21—Salisbury (here)
February 24—Greensboro (there)
February 28—Reynolds (here)
' y fi ^
This citizen has a wide variety
of school interests, having been
a member of the Future Home
makers of America, Latin Club II,
Science Club H, and the Spanish
Club. Judy has also been tapped
by the Tri-Hi-Y and was chosen
this year as Senior Superlative,
“Most Talented.”
She is very enthusiastic about
her music. She has done much
solo work and has been quite a
favorite in many assembly pro
grams and religious and civic
performances. At the Piedmont
Festival in Thomasville, in which
she represented Lexington High,
Judy sang a lovely medley of
songs which included each of the
seasons of the year. She also en
joys singing in her church choir
and in youth fellowship as well
as playing the piano in her Sun
day School class.
These fine characteristics which
make Judy a good citizen cer
tainly merit her the honor of
the title, “Citizen of the Month.”
guards ot put the criminals to
death by various methods such
as stoning, shooting, and spitting.
The unfortunates were Rody Day-
vault, Rusty Ward, Kenny Swing,
Junior Webster, Vic Frietag, and
Don Hedrick.
After repeatedly lecturing the
condemned students in the sub
ject of forgetting proper behav
ior Phil walked off the stage re
vealing that he had forgotten an
important article of clothing!
The program was concluded by
he student body’s giving the
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
and singing The Star Spangled
Banner and the school Loyalty
song.
PUBLIC SPEAKING PROGRAM UNDER \NAY
—MARIE MOOREFIELD
The public speaking program of Lexington Senior High was or
ganized last week and is ready to begin activity in the spring semester.
One of the parts is the debating program. Last year one of the
debating teams debated the triangular debating program. This
team won and was the triangle’s representative at the district debate
in Greensboro. The other debating team took part in the Speech Festi
val held at Wake Forest College last spring.
This past summer several of the debaters attended a speech work
shop at Wake Forest College.
The second part of the program is the World Peace Speaking
Program. In this program ostudents write on a certain subject con
nected with the students particiapted in this program. Charlye Mc-
Dade won the Gold Key award for her speech.
These programs are intended to improve the speaking and
logical reasoning abilities of students.
Students who have entered the public speaking program are as
follows: Dorothy Shank, Marie Moorefield, Dick Bagby, Phil Palisoul,
Rusty Ward, John Leonard, Rody Dayvault, Jane Burrell, Kaye Al
bright, Tricia Berrier. Jeannette Garner. Martha Hardy, Talmadge
Hinkle, Betty Ferris, Tonie Wike, Benny Parker, Winnie Zimmerman,
Patricia McCrary, Diane Leonard, Doug Everhart, and Carol Rober
son, Mrs. Dugan Aycock is the sponsor of this important activity.
L S. H. S. WELCOMES TWO NEW TEACHERS
—PAT HANKINS
On November 27, Lexington
High School welcomed two new
members of the faculty.
Miss Kaye Mayes, a recent
graduate of Appalachian State
Teachers College, is from Moun
tain Park, N. C., and now lives
at 100 West Third Avenue. Before
coming to L. S. H. S. she taught
at Reynolds High School in Win
ston-Salem. Replacing Mrs. Hod
ges, she teaches biology and math.
When asked her opinion of L. S.
H. S. she replied, “My first
glimpse of L. S. H. S. and of its
students gave me the thought of
a modern, well administrated
high school. This concept still has
not been lost.”
Mr. David Holcombe, also a re
cent graduate of Asheville-Bilt-
more Junior College and Appala
chian State Teachers College,
comes from Weaverville, N. C. He
now resides with his wife and
two young sons at 403 Raeford
Ave. He taught at Appalachian
High School before coming to Lex
ington. As an added member of
the faculty, Mr. Holcombe teach
es Freshman English, Senior En
glish, U. S. History, general
math, and is also the coach of
the ninth grade boys’ basketball
team. His reply to a question ask
ing his opinion of L. S. H. S.
was, “Your able administration
and enthusiastic student body
could not fail to thrill any teach
er; but asked two questions:
where do all of these kids get
those huge cars, and why don’t
we paint the front doors?
All on the LEXHIPEP staff and
the student body wish happiness
and success to the two new teach
ers and hope they will enjoy
teaching in L. S. H. S.