Eastern High School - Talon Yearbook (Middletown, KY)

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Buildings and High Hopes 7.2. ,nxt 'qui sn: The eighty-nine year old Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs . . . Contrasting to a dynamic progression, Louisville remains steeped in Kentucky tra- dition-gracious hospitality, Southern fried chicken, Mint Juleps, and the old Kentucky Derby run at Churchill Downs. This race course, with its twin spires, is perhaps the best-known symbol of Louisville and the Blue- grass state. The majestic grounds play hosts to thousands of racing enthusiasts and num- erous iine, fast thoroughbred three year olds. The University of Louisville is the nation's oldest municipal university, having been founded in 1798. Its provincial architecture is comparable only to that of the Courthouse Clock Tower. The Ohio River presents a picturesque set- ting for a pleasant navigational anachronism, The Belle of Louisville. Nearly fifteen hundred people find leisure enjoyment on one of the paddle wheeler's weekly summer cruises to Twelve Mile Island. Louisville is an excellent place to live. Its attributes were logically present when Mayor Cowger commented, It is a city richly en- dowed by tradition and history, but even wealthier in present-day opportunities for bet- ter business and better living. zz, dig offraziifiv The traditional architecture of the Courthouse Clock Tower rx n l I rusthu-an lUUlSVll n-:FLLTGL The widely publicized Belle of Louisville 7

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Louisville - A Place of Tall An aerial view of Kentuckiana Louisville, taken by Mr. Bill Davis of the Courier Journal 1 V -sarass 7.7 W SI 'uri' 4 Eu?-E: V07 I 494Nx it a 4 v2 ?...b. ' Mg , y f G s.ll, t V l A l s I ,i ,A if , ? 'QQ' Q l 43 if Q'gqm Electricity-lifeline of industry 6 Loulsvllle s lndustrlal and economlcal growth beban when It was only 'mn infant village cl1n mg to the shores of the Ohlo Its lndustrles developed from the baS1C pattern of extractlve lndustrles and wholesalln and distributive houses LOl11SVlllC in the latter decade has pro population of 750 000 thus necessltatmo a dl verslficatlon of lndustrles Products vary from slurts to tlactors to electrlcal appliances to baseball bats Fortunately Loulsvllles resldentlal trans- portational recreational and cultural attributes have prooressed directly in proportion to its economical status. Louisville has led in devel- opment of the urban expressway. Some 2500 acres of parks and playorounds add a fresh vitality to a quick-paced city. The Falls City excels in the appreciation and affirmation of the arts-the Louisville Orchestra, Civic Bal- let, and nationally recognized Louisville Fund lil 'nl lt il 1 lil V?- The hustle and hustle of Fourth Street a metropol1s of progress . . I X A I J ,yrr EQE: y, M . . , . . . l E fb' ii slfsgiiffezf ' C ' - i 'U- gg , ,S ' . . ' . . . . , ' 511 N W S 3 lu H p to , y , 4 . . 7 . 7 s HW Q gressed as the hub of a vigorous metropolitan tttn n nnnn rg at u t e. . wi l' X, ,As il 5 X i l -1 Qs.41 1- i ' ' 7 ' ' ll it , :fm ' ' U ,' mb fl! , , I fn 4 Y I ll it it V y p' V f 1. 'Y V f ' if I ii I gr' au V' ' w V Y an 1 xl' a ff N

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Easterifs Communities - ,Q V I., I T it l2 m1l'l' l is V, rein it -sa' . .' QJQ-'H -1 1 . . ...,....1...........g....A.-.. sud' it M-wwf ' ' 9.2 l 73- Q .4-:ak New shopping-centers, 'like those above, provide an interesting con- trast to the more conventional stores, such as those pictured at the right. 8 The growth of the schools in a given area re- flects a corresponding growth within that area itself. Such is the case with Eastern High School and the area which it serves, including the com- munities of Middletown, Anchorage, Jeffersontown, Harrods Creek, Prospect, Eastwood, and Planta- tion. Student enrollment at Eastern during its first year, 1950, reached 14450, just fifty below the limit for which the school was designed. The next year enrollment passed that limit and has con- tinued to rise steadily, despite the loss of students to two new high schools, constructed in recent years, Waggener and Westport. This increase in the number of high school students is representativeof the growth of the pop- ulation as a whole in this area. New businesses and industries locating in Louisville and its sub- urbs have swelled the population by bringing with them employees and their families. Subdivisions and shopping-centers have been built rapidly to meet the needs of these families. Many established churches have found it necessary to make addi- tions to their facilities while other new churches have come into being. In addition to the high schools mentioned, elementary schools, among them Zachary Taylor and ,lane Hite, have been constructed to take care of a constantly increas- ing number of students. .fi I e3f,7vf'7,,, a 'ill'- ' 1'vilE'QQuii 2 'Q iw,