Vol. XXXXI No. 2
Lexington Senior High School, Lexington, N. C.
November 19, 1963
Three "Beauties" To Represent LS.H.S.
The LSHS
Administration
Announces Candidates
For Exchange Students
Sherry Wilson and Roger
Price are the finalists in the
1964. A.F.S. Summer Program.
They were chosen by the Lex
ington Chapter from a list of
nine applicants. They were
judged on outstanding personal
ity, achievements in scholar
ship, and activity in various
school programs.
Their names will be forwarded
to New York City for re
view before the America’s
Abroad Committee of the A.F.S.
The American Field Service
will make a final selection of
students throughout America to
visit some foreign country this
summer as part of an interna
tional foreign exchange student
program.
DR. BAILEY SPEAKS
On October 3, L. S. H. S.
was pleasantly surprised with
an unscheduled assembly. The
Methodist’s visiting revival min
ister, Dr. Bailey, spoke. Our
president, Doug Pritchard in
troduced Mr. Lindsey, pastor
of the First Methodist Church,
who in turn presented our
guest speaker. He has written
several books and has a syn
dicated newspaper column en
titled “Dailey Bread.’’ He al
so has a widely-circulated
radio devotional program over
N. B. C. and affiliated stations.
Dr. Bailey emphasized thank
fulness. He believed that peo
ple were thankful, but forgetful:
They just seemed to overlook
the “thank-you.’’ He filled his
timely talk with situations and
examples making it easier to
visualize.
One of his examples was a
present day story, which he
compared to Jesus’s parable
about the ten whom he cured
and only one thanked him. The
20th century tale was that of
an elderly man, who presents
many deserving young men
full scholarships for any col
lege. He concluded that only
twenty out of the 1,000 boys
had ever written him a thank-
you note.
“This was not because they
weren’t thankful, but because
they were forgetful. It takes
so little effort to smile and
say thank-you — yet few do.
Won’t you try it?’’ Closing his
talk, he challenged each stu
dent to think and to be con
siderate, and to love one anoth
er.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nov. 21—P.T.A.
Nov. 25—Varsity Football
Banquet
Nov. 28-29—Thanksgiving
Holidays
Dec. 3—Garinger—here
Dec. 6—Garinger—there
Dec. 10—Thomasville—there
Dec. 13—Asheboro—here
MISS LOU RAKER
MISS SYDNEY YOUNG
MISS KATHY BROWN
LEXINGTON CLUB ATTENDED DECA
DISTRICT FOUR CONVENTION
The Lexington Senior High School Chapter of the Distributive
Education Clubs of America will attend the DECA District Four
Convention to be held in Salisbury November 6. Candidate for
district president is Geraldine Hill, while Honey Hartley is a can
didate for district secretary-treasurer. Representing the local club
in the Job Interview Contest is Kenneth Everhart, and contestant
for the D. E. Queen Contest is Gayla Young.
Other club activities this school year include an exhibit at
the Davidson County Fair with the theme, “Prospecting for a
Career Through Distributive Education;’’ a Get-Acquainted Social
at High Rock Lake; a Parlimentary Procedure Workshop held
as a dinner meeting at Chanticleer Restaurant in Salisbury with
Mr. George Uzzell, Rowan County Representative to the State
Legislature, as lecturer-teacher; District Four business meeting
and social held at A. L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. Super
intendent L. E. Andrews attended the meeting at Brown High
School as guest of the local club.
The D. E. I Classes have completed studying a unit entitled
“School and Business Relationships.’’ Mrs. Jody Gregg of the
Davidson County Welfare Department spoke to the groups on the
Federal and State Labor Laws. Mr. O’Neil Chastain, Manager of
McLellan Stores Company, was a guest of the classes and entered
into a job interview role-playing situation with four students.
The D. E. II Class has been studying “Career Planning for
Professional Growth.’’ Mrs. Gayle Hussey, Senior High Guidance
Counselor, addressed the group on “The Psychology of Careers.’’
All seniors took the Kuder Preference Test administered by Mrs.
Hussey and the General Aptitude Test Battery administered by
the Employment Security Commission for interest inventory pur
poses. The seniors toured the Dixie, Young-Hinkle, Link-Taylor
Furniture Market Showroom October 28.
Formal Initiation Held
For Tri-M Club
The Lexington Chapter of the
Modern Music Masters has just
joined the national society and
received its charter.
The officers of the Tri-M
Club for the 1963-1964 year are
as follows: Linda Nannie, presi
dent; Joyce Stanley, vice presi
dent; Glenyce Hartzog, secre
tary; John Fite, treasurer;
and Ken Butler, historian.
On Monday evening, Novem
ber 4, all of the members were
formally initiated into the
club. Devotions were present
ed by Linda Nannie and Joyce
Stanley. Eight new members
v/ere brought into the club.
They are Andy Ay cock, Jean
Baker, Vicki Erickson, Jim
Fry, Chuck Green, Michelle
McDade, Randy Perryman,
and Jo Saddler. After the initia
tion, the new members perform
ed solos. At the conclusions of
the program, everyone was in
vited to the band room for re
freshments.
LSHS Sends
Representatives To
NCSCC
Lexington Senior High School
was represented at the North
Carolina Student Council Con
gress by Sherry Wilson, Dee
Pee Jordan, Ann Lanier, Mar
tha Occhi, and Truls Disen
Bastiansen. The delegates left
for Winston-Salem Sunday, No
vember 3, and stayed until
Tuesday, November 5, during
which they attended a series
of meetings, classes, and ban
quets. The purpose of this an
nual meeting was to discuss
new ideas for school govern
ment.
Speech And Drama
Formed At LSHS
This year, to fulfill the de
mand for a club pretaining to
public speaking and drama,
under the leadership of Miss
Stallings and Mrs. Aycock, the
Speech and Drama Club has
been formed. The club is open
to anyone who would like to
stimulate their interest in
speech or drama. The club will
have several phases of which
a student may participate: pub
lic speaking, debate, or oral
interpretation. All students
v^hc are interested contact eith
er of the two sponsors. The
next meeting will be on Tues
day, November 5, at the home
of Linda Kirkman.
Fall is the time for queens,
princess, and school representa
tives. As a result of the recent
Senior Class election, the fol
lowing girls were chosen to
represent Lexington Senior High
School in various contests: Car
rousel Princess, Sydney Young;
Representative to the Miss
Davidson contest and to the
Armistice Day Parade, Kathy
Brown; Christmas Queen, Lou
Raker. Sydney Young is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Smith Young of Country Club
Drive. She is a member of the
Pep Club, Tri-Hi-Y, and LEXI
CON staff. She is also this
year’s homecoming queen and
Senior Superlative — Most At
tractive.
Kathey Brown, a cheerleader
and member of the LEXILIT
staff, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Williard Brown of 604
Long Street. She is also a mem
ber of the Pep Club, Tri-Hi-Y,
and National Honor Society.
This year she was elected Sen
ior Superlative—Most Popular.
Lou Raker is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Raker of
West Center Street. Her talent
is playing the piano, which will
be used in the contest. Lou is
LSHS’s chief cheerleader and
member of the Pep Club, Tri-
Hi-Y, and Future Teachers Club
of which she is treasurer. She
was voted Most Versatile by
the Senior Class.
Seventeen Tapped By
Honor Society
On Wednesday, October 30,
1963, the LSHS chapted of the
National Honor Society tapped
its new members. The program
was opened with devotions giv
en by Larry Young and Wayne
Berrier. The president, Jane
Leonard, explained the purpose
and meaning of the National
Honor Society, and the cere
mony was presented by Du
rante Clriffin, Teenie Sink,
Thompson Miller, and Connie
Beck, who discussed the four
principles — scholarship, char
acter, leadership, and service.
The procession of the old mem
bers tapped the following peo
ple: Judy Mauze, Doug Prit
chard, Bebs Mann, Penny
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Students On Trial
The Student Trial was held
in the auditorium from 1:15
until 2:15 on October 24th. The
Student Council sponsored the
trial under the able leadership
of Doug Pritchard, president of
L. S. H. S. and Hugh Bingham,
parliamentarian. The members
cf the council represented
those who were tried for of
fenses committed against the
school or its ideals.
One was Louise Litter, who
was tried for her untidiness
and disorderliness. Consequent
ly, she always managed to drop
her ice cream wrappers, cups,
and chewing gum (which she
is not supposed to chew) on
the ground instead of in the
waste basket. Gertrude Gripe’s
case was heard because she
failed to support the team and
griped constantly about those
who did, yelling in her ear.
Another of these was Sammy
Scratchoff, the reckless driver
who turns the parking lot into
a race track. These are only a
few of the nine points which
were stressed. The others were
titled as follows: Loving in the
Halls, Attitudes in the Class
room, Paper in the Cafeteria,
Unsportsmanlike Conduct, Pet
er Patriotic and the Star
Spangled Banner.
After all trials were held, the
judge addressed the jury, which
v/ere the students. They were
to decide the verdict—guilty or
not guilty. He pointed out that
whether we, the school advance
or become complacent hinges
on their decision.