Eastern High School - Talon Yearbook (Middletown, KY)

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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,

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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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A Picture of Growth .- X., V' X RK .1 Anchorage Public School has be- come a symbol of the age and tra- dition of that community. '- Y 'AH 14 . .., Q e ' if - . , 1 , , . - . Q.. i . ' v . .1 fe' , 11 h , p 1 . . 1 .N 5- A x A ' -. .4-.r . I - - Middletown Methodist Church is among those which have found it necessary to add new buildings. All of this growth within its surrounding communities has resulted in a similar growth in Eastern High School itself. Additions made to the school's physical plant include a new wing housing ten classrooms, a modern language laboratory, dressing-rooms and a gymnasium, lighting for 5 - firwl , I -- Students gather at Plantation Swim Club, one of the new recrea- tional centers constructed in recent years. the football field, and an asphalt track, the only one of its kind in Jefferson County. Throughout the past fourteen years, Eastern High School has grown and will continue to grow to meet the edu- cational needs of communities on the move. 9