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Vol. xxxx
Lexington Senior High School, Lexington, N. C.
May 24, 1963
CLASS OF '63 HOLDS FINAL ASSEMBLY
Dedication
SHE PERFORMS LIFE’S
TASKS WITH EASE,
ALWAYS TRYING HER
BEST TO PLEASE.
For her help, her guid
ance, and her patience with
us, the students of L.S.H.S.,
we gratefully dedicate this,
the 1963 Senior Edition of
the LEXHIPEP, to
MRS INEZ HUSSEY
SENIOR DINNER TONIGHT
A dinner bonoiring tbe Class of 1963 will be held tomight, May 24,
at the Lexington Municipal Club beginning at seven o’clock Since
1948 the Senior Dinner has become an annual event ana is the final
highlight of the senior’s social activities.
This year, as is the tradition, the mothers of the class officers
will be in charge of the event. Those who have worked hard to make
the evening a success are Mrs. Ralph Gray, Mrs. W. H. Leonard, Mrs.
H. L. Berrier, and Mrs. T. S. Royster. The Senior Class officers in
clude president, Carl Gray, who will preside tonight; vice president,
Nolan Leonard; secretary, Tricia Berrier; and treasurer, Teddy Roy
ster, have headed the various dinner committees; other seniors have
also contributed to the preparation of the dinner and dance.
The evening’s entertainment will come from talented members
of the Senior Qass. Following the dinner a dance will be held in
honor of the seniors and their invited guests. The annual Senior Din
ner usually draws one hundred per cent attendance from both sen
iors arid their sponsors.
ROTARY CLUB HONORS TOP TEN
On Tuesday night. May 7, the
Lexington Rotary Club honored
the top ten students (according
to averages for the 1962-63 school
year) in grades eight through
twelve. The setting of the buf
fet supper was the Lexington
Municipal Club. Rotary Presi
dent Joe Adair presided over
the banquet which has been giv
en for the past five years in
recognition of academic achieve
ment. Dr. Harold Cranford was
in charge of the evening’s pro
gram which featured Dr. Jas
per Memory of Wake Forest Col
lege. Dr. Memory stressed the
fine things in Ike and used as
his text the works of John
Charles MacNeill, a North Caro
lina poet, in his talk. Mr. Adair
presented certificates to the
BETHY FARRIS AND
JACKIE MYERS ARE
HONOR GRADUATES
Bethy Farris, daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Farris,
has ben named valedictorian of
the Class of 1963, and Jackie
Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Myers, has been named
salutatorian.
Among Bebhy’s numerous
school honors and activities are
membership in the National Hon
or Society, the Literary Club,
and the Tri^Hi-Y. She holds the
position of class editor on the
DEXIiCON staff. She is a senior
superlative.
Jackie, too, has a long list of
accomplishments. Jackie was
Homecoming Quen in 1961. This
year Jackie has served as chief
cheerleader, editor of the LEX
ICON, and an active member of
th National Honor Society and
TrLHi-Y. She wsa voted the
“Most Popular” senior superla
tive.
STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED
On Thursday, April 25, elections were held for the 1963-1964 stu
dent council offices. Climaxing the campaigns, the candidates made
their final bids for election in an assembly immediately prior to
O'iag time. Enthusiasm reached a peak, and competition was stiff;
but the following students emerged the victors: Doug Pritchard, pres
ident; Hugh Bingham, parliamentarian; Sherry Wilson, vice presi
dent; Thompson Miller, treasurer; Dee Dee Jordan, secretary; Ann
Lanier, storekeeper; and Freddie Michael, assistant storkeeper. In
a brief ceremony May 6, Jimmy Snyder, the retiring president, swore
in Doug Pritchard who in turn installed the other newiy^lected office
holders.
hionoreeis w'hile the ppincipals
read them alphalbetically. The
following Senior High School stu
dents were invited to the ban
quet: Freshmen Class — Molly
Albright, Windon Blanton, Hugh
Everhart, Janet Fite, Alan Gib
son, Gail Leonjard, Sarah Jo
Lohr, Randy Michael, Stuart
Parks, and Jo Sadler; Sopho
more Class — Elizabeth Beck,
Anne Bingham, Jane Brady,
Brodie Brown, Betsy Burrell,
Kenneth Butler, Jean Calhoun,
Vickie Erickson Patricia Fraz
ier, Charles Green, and Jack
Palmer; Junior Class — Connie
Beck, Robert Botsch, Ruth
Davis, Betty Hemphill, Cather
ine Lambeth, Lou Raker, Teenie
S-lnik,, Stephen Schaeffer, Cyjn-
thia Workman, and Elaine Yates;
and Senior Class—Paul Canady,
Bethy Farris, Martha Hardee,
Rebekah Helmstetler, Taknadge
Hinkle, Barbara Mull, Jackie
Myers, Betty Sink, Jeannette
Turner, anl Tony Wike.
JUNIOR CLASS
MARSHALS HAVE
BEEN NAMED
The Juniors having the top
scholastic averages in their
class have been selected as
Junior Class Marshals for the
school year 1963-64. The mar
shals will serve this year for
the Senior Assembly, Baccalau
reate Sermon, graduation exer
cises, and the Senior Class play
next year.
Betty Hemphill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hemphill, is
the chief marshal. The other
nine marshals in the order of
academic standing are as fol
lows: Robert Botsch, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil J. Botsch;
Elaine Yates, daughter of Mr.
an3 Mas. Vestal Yates; Connie
Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cletus D. Beck; Cynthia Work
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff H. Workman; Teenie Sink,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch
ie M. Sink; Ruth Davis, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Davis;
Sue Beck, daughter of Mrs. Ned
Beck; and Catherine Lambeth,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
L. Lamibeth.
RUTH DAVIS ELECTED
TO GIRLS' STATE
Miss Ruth Davis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of
Avondale Circle, has been select
ed to attend North Carolina
Girls’ State. Miss Davis is sev
enteen years old and is a mem
ber of the junior class. Literary
Club; Tri-M Club; Pep Club;
and Library Club, of which she
is president, make up her school
activities. She is also a Junior
lass Marshal for this year.
Girls’ State is to be held at
Woman’s College in Greensboro
from June 16 to June 22. Govern
ment, especially that of North
Carolina, is to be studies: mock
elections for the Senate and
House of Representatives will be
held. At the end of the course,
the girls will visit Raleigh to
see the governmentin action.
Lexington Senior High School
is proud to have Miss Davis as
a representative to Girls’ State.
SENIOR ASSEMBLY
HELD YESTERDAY
The graduating class of 1963
were honored today in the an
nual Senior Assembly. The sen
ior procession was led by the
class officers Carl Gray, Presi
dent; Nolan Leonard, Vice-
President; Tricia Berrier, Sec
retary; and Teddy Royster,
Treasurer. Pam Adkins sang an
inspiring opening number, and
after the devotions, Gloria
Abrahms sang “Perfect Prayer.”
The band, under the direction of
Mr. Linw'OOtd Pittman, played
the traditlional “Ptrlocessioa|al,”
“Recessional,” and a special
numlber. The 1963 class elee-
tives—iTony Wike, Poet; Joe
Hornbuckle, Historian; Harry
Goforth, Prophet; and Maxey
Sanderson, Testator—were intro
duced, and the class poem, “A
Beginning was read by Tony
Wike. 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,
Tri-Hi-Y Scholacship, Spanish
Club Awards, Science Club
Medals, A. Henry Study Club
Short Story Awards, Richard
Walser Book Club Awards, U. D.
C. Scholarship and Awards, Lex
ington Music study Club Awards,
B. P. W. Scholarship, Civitan
Scholarship and Citizenship
Awards, Rotray Club Scholar
ship, and the H. Cloyd Philpott
Memorial Scholarship. All sen
iors who had received any kind
of scholarship were introduced
by Mr. Andrews and Mr. Wike.
The dedication of the senior
elition of the LEXHIPEP, a
much anticipated feature of the
assembly, was made by the edi
tor, Tony Wike. The fourteen-
page edition was dedicated to
Mrs. Inez Hussey, esteemed
guidance counselor and Student
Council advisor.
The assembly was closed with
the singing of the Senior Class
song and the alma mater song.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES SCHEDULED FOR
MAY 26 AND 28
The baccalaureate sermon and the graduation exercises for the
Class of 1963 have been scheduled for May 26 and 28 at the Lexing
ton Senior High School auditorium. Dr. Philip L. Shore, Jr., pastor
of First Methodist Church in Charlotte and former pastor of First
Methodist Chur:ch in Lexington, will preach itihe baccalaureate ser
mon; the service will begin at 8 p.m. Dr. Dale H. Gramley, who is
president of Siaiem CoRege, will deliver 'the commeocement address
at the program beginning at 8 o’clock Tuesday night.
A native of Mocksville, Dr. Shore attended Duke University and
Duke Divinity School Where he received his A.B. and B.D. degrees.
He served as a chaplain in the Navy for three years during World
War H. Since 1961 he has been pastor of First Methodist Church in
Charlotte. In 1962, High Point College conferred upion Dr. Shore .the
degree of Doctor of Divinity. He is president of the Western North
Carolina Board of Education, a member of the board of managers
of the Methodist Home in Chiarlotte, and is a trustee of Brevard Col
lege.
Dr. Gramley was born in Pennsylvania and attended Albright
College. He did bis graduate work at Columbia University. He has
been president of Salem Academy and College since 1949. Dr. Gram-
ley, who has received honorary degrees from Albright Cbllege, Mo
ravian Colleg, and Wake Forest CoU'ege, is also an active civic and
religious leader in the city of Winston-Salem.