G3HR1ST
The Lexhipep
Vol. XXXIX
LEXINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, N. C., DEC. 15, 1961
No. 3
White Rabbit Presides Over Coronation;
Mary Conrad And Noel Morphis Crowned
studying the globe are the four
finalists for the A.F.S. Program.
Left to right are Maxey Sander
son, Jimmy Snyder, Dobbin Cal
houn, and Martha Hardee.
A.F.S. Finalists
Are Chosen
—PAT HANKINS
The Lexington chapter of the
American Field Service has an
nounced the following finalists in
the American’s Abroad program:
Martha Hardee, Jimmy Snyder,
Dobbin Callahan, and Maxey
Sanderson.
Martha, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Hardee, holds many
honors at LSHS. She is a mem
ber of the LEXHIPEP staff and
a member of the Tri-Hi-Y, of
which she is vice president. Dur
ing her freshman and sophomore
years she was a member of the
Latin Club and the debating team.
,She was also a Junior-fSenior
Waitress. She is presently in the
Science Club, Spanish Club, and
Pep Club, of which she was
homecoming sponsor,
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—MARTHA HARDEE
Surprisingly the White Rabbit
was not late to conduct the royial
ceremony of the annual Tri-Hi-Y
Coronation Ball held on Novem
ber 17, 1961.
The decor of the Coronation
was that of the queen’s croquet
garden from Alice in Wonder
land. A golden apple tree, a card
tree, and three large cards set
the stage for the entrance of the
King and Queen of Hearts and
their court of Tri-Hi-Y members.
Presented in honor of the oc
casion were the following: Prince
Marlett Simmons Goodrum and
Princess Mary Louise Baney;
Count Robert Ernest Honeycutt
and Countess Mildred McKinney
Gee; Lord John Edmond Bum
garner and Lady Lynn Yvonne
Grandolfi; Duke Glenn Edward
Holmes and Duchess Cleo Hill
Everhart; Duke Sherill Wayne
Bumgardner and Duchess Suz
anne Everhart; The Jack of Dia
monds, John Richard Leonard
III :and Lady Brenda, Louise Hed
rick; The Jack of Spades, Jeff
rey Jennings Marley and Lady
Bonita, Sue Hilton; The Jack of
Clubs, Charles Richard Johnson
and Lady Patricia Louise Mel
ton; Nobleman, Lauren Cnaig
Kugel and Mistress, Barbara
Huffman Haris; Prince of Spades,
David Barry Myers and Prin
cess of Spades, Mary Elizabeth
Miller; Count Walter Kenneth
Swing and Countess Winnefred
Murray McCurdy; Prince of Dia
monds, Michael Harold Bell and
Princess Betty, Sue McMillan;
Prince of Clubs, James Eugene
Snyder and Princess Catherine,
Gainey Middleton; Baron John
Kanoy Myers and Baroness, Bar
bara Ann Morris; Emperor
Claude Morris Reynolds and Em-
peroress, Mary Linda McGinn;
The Jack of Hearts, Russell
Bruce Ward and Lady Charlye
Eliziabeth McDade; Count, Glenn
Lamar Clark and Countess, Carol
Lindsay Myers; Earl of Mercy,
Charles Lee Crouse and Lady
Sylvia, Diane Phillips; Count,
John Kelvin Fritts and Countess,
Mary Hundley Philpott; Prince,
Joseph Gi’egory Leonard land
Princess, Linda Lee Pritchard;
Lord, Lewis Odell Beck, Jr. and
Lady, Cynthia Shillinglaw; Baron,
Keith Andrew Briggs and Baron
ess, Judy Garland Shoaf; Duke
Guy Patrick Smith and Duchess,
Mkrtha Leigh Michael; Edwin
George Wall and Denmark’s Ann
Greta Harbourg Sorensen; Sir
John Thriston Parker and Lady
Julie Umstead Smith; Finland’s
Tony Ratia and Lady Diane
Whittington; The Knave of
Hearts, James Patrick McGinn
and Lady, Virginia Jordan Var
ner; Nobleman, Jeriy Lindsay
Beck and Lady, Linda Sue Swice-
good.
At last the royal rulers, King
of Hearts, Carey Noel Morphis
and Queen of Hearts, Mary Ma-
rinda Conrad, were announced
and crowned by the White Rab
bit, Carol McWhorter. “Putt” is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dave F. Conrad, Jr. Noel is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mor
phis, Jr. The girls of the court
paid special tribute to the king
and queen by performing a fig
ure.
For the entertainment of th®
court a skit of the Mad Tea
Party was re-enacted by the Jun
ior members of the Tri-Hi-Y.
Alice was played by Arlene Bick-
el; the Mad Hatter, Martha Har
dee; the Dormouse, Jt^ckie
Myers; the M^rch Hare, Regi
Williams; Tweedle Dum, Sandra
Craver; and Tweedle Dee, Libby
Ferguson.
The curtain closed with an hon
or dance led by the king and
queen, later joined in by the
members of their court.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Dec. 15—Basketball
Asheboro—here
Dec. 20—Christmas Assembly
Dec. 21-31—Christmas Holidays
Dec. 29—Tannenbaum Dance
Jan. 13—College Board Exam
Jan. 15-19—Semester Exams
Lamar Clark Voted
Outstanding
Citizen
-JIMMY SNYDER
The House of Representatives
has unanimously chosen Lamar
Clark as this issues “Citizen of
the Month.’’ Lamar, known pri
marily for his athletic ability
and leadership, is also one of the
friendliest and best liked mem
bers of the Seinor Class.
His varied outside interests
are shown by his membership
in the Latin, Pep, and Mongram
Clubs. He has twice been a mem
ber of the House of Representa
tives, and has been an active
member of the First Baptist
Church in both the morning and
evening services. Football is his
best liked sport, and here too
he has been given responsibility.
His teammates selected him as
one of the tri-captains for the
1961 season. Basketball and base
ball are his other two sports,
having lettered in both. With this
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