Lexington High School - Crystal Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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After telling all good-bye and realizing what an enjoyable evening I had had, I started down Main Street, first past Charlie ' s Meat Market. After attending many institutions of higher learning, Charlie Harris returned to Lexington and opened this meat market. As I passed the book store I noticed Helen Dunn ' s simplified fourth year English Literature Book which she wrote after having stopped writing novels. When I arrived home and turned on the radio, I heard Kenneth Hostetter ' s recording of Weep , which has outsold Johnny Ray ' s Cry of several years ago. Teen-age girls all over the country are swooning over this record. Aslthink back over this fine group, it ' s hard to realize they are the same gang of girls and boys who walked timidly across the stage on a June night some years ago to receive that diploma which they now have treasured among ole keepsakes. Carolyn McClung Elise Kirkpatrick - 15 -

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INTI THE TUTURE I have just returned from a reunion of the Class of ' 53 held at Lexington High School, and now, ten years later, I would like you to know what that class is doing. On the way to the high school I saw Rader Dod ' s new prefabricated house which is the rage in Lexington. It ' s the kind that your children can erect in half an hour while you are moving your possessions. Having arrived Inoticed a swimming pool had been built in place of the shop that was there ten years ago. I learned later that it was secured by the insti- gation of Betty Buchanan, Girls ' Physical Education teacher at L. H. S. As I entered the auditorium, I noticed everyone carrying around T. V. sets with wires on top of them. Yes, it was Ted Whiteside ' s new invention, the Walkie-Talkie Television Set. Everyone was interested in the program, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose , from which they said the sponsor, Buster Spencer, is getting rich. Suddenly a strange noise was heard outside and Charles Mutispaugh came in; he has his own rocket ship now and makes non-stop flights to Mars every day. The next person I noticed was Mary Ann Barger; that reminds me, the other day I read in the new issue of Vague that Mary Ann had been elected The Girl Whose Picture We ' d Rather Have In Our Billfolds by fourteen men ' s colleges in the U. S. Carolyn McClung, who is Fashion Editor of this magazine, states that the new trend is toward green fingernail polish. Suddenly I recognized a whole table full of my old friends--I must see what they ' re doing. There was Dora Mae Robinson, who has an internationally famous cooking school with the theme, Never again give your husband a hard biscuit. Florence Loving was telling me about her typewriter catching on fire when she attained the phenomenal speed of 649 words per minute at an exhibition recently. Next I learned that Joan Muterspaw is an airline hostess on a Piper Cub non-stop flight between Lexington and Buena Vista and that since Jo Shields became a dietitian, mashed potatoes are eaten only for breakfast by the upper strata of society. I also learned that Betty Straub has stopped teaching Home Ec. here and has gone to Australia to observe the habits of kangaroos in their natural habitats. Roberta Sensabaugh was telling me about her experiences of teaching Ancient History for a couple of years and then taking her whole class to Egypt to dig up a tomb. Some of the ole class who represented politics were Major W.ray; they say that since he ' s become Speaker of the House more has been accomplished than ever before. Lawana Hay- slett started out as a private secretary, became Secretary of State, and is now Secretary- General of the United Nations. Ann Campbell has designed a new Buick that will be the official car of the President of the U. S. I knew there was someone missing. Finally, I realized that one was Ronnie Ordel who has joined forces with Billy Graham and they have gone overseas to preach to a new tribe of head hunters in deepest Africa. The other was Myrna Ritchey, who opened a dancing school in South America where she is teaching the natives to waltz. The class is well represented in the medical field by Elise Kirkpatrick. She liked nursing so well that she went ahead and got her doctor ' s degree, too. At present she is studying to be a surgeon, and the eyes of the world are upon her to see what she will take up next. There is also Pauline Carter, Head Nurse in charge of thermometer sterilizing at the Slaughter Hospital; and Mary Ritchey, physical therapist at Jackson Memorial Hospital where she teaches patients to walk again after an attack of three-day measles. Finally, I got to a table of boys. Ralph Ordel was telling all about the game in which he pitched the New York Yankees to their 34th World Series Championship by pitching a no-hit game. Jimmy Camper was explaining the tunnel he built from New York to London; this has made travel to Europe by car very popular. There was Reese Nicely whose arguing ability has won him fame as a lawyer handling international horse thief cases. - 14 -

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DEAR OLE GOLDEN RULE DAYS Upon entering the portals of L. H. S. , we assumed a dignity which we have never assumed since. We very seriously felt the importance of our position as full-fledged high schoolers. Beginning as a large class of sixty-four, we were divided into two sections. Finding our- selves again in a hilarious moment, we elected Jack Ackerley, president of our class; Dora Mae Robinson, vice-president; and Berkeley Bierer, secretary-treasurer. Helen Dunn was sent to the Honor Court. The night practicing for Laurel Leaf Looks Down and the eighth grade basketball game will never be forgotten. Looking back, we wonder how Mr. Brockwell, as principal, ever survived. Leaving our eighth grade hardships behind us, we entered our freshman year with de- termination to do better. We were very thrilled at being given the privilege of taking Latin; however, our enthusiasm didn ' t seem to linger long, for some mysterious reason. After adjusting our schedules, we got down to business and elected Jim Kesler, Elise Kirkpatrick, and Ed Kennedy as class officers and rushed Dora Mae Robinson off to the Honor Court. Our sophomore year seemed to be a year of changes as we lost Mr. Brockwell, as prin- cipal, and gained in return, Mr. Samples who has given many sighs in undertaking to dis- cipline us. Miss Grant (my apologies, Mrs. Carpenter) down in girls gym, Mrs. McSorley, and Mr. Murphy were all new faces to us. This year certainly was a busy one for us. Elise Kirkpatrick, Jim Kesler, and Helen Dunn served respectively as president, vice- president, and secretary-treasurer. Lawana Hayslett represented us on the Honor Court. We just can ' t leave out all those wonderful rehearsals for the glee club operetta, The Mikado. Juniors- -what a year to be proud of- -especially our football team with a record of an undefeated and untied season. We began plans for our Junior-Senior Banquet approximately the second or third day of school. Our class had dwindled down to practically nothing--we had to give up Anne Slusser, Berkeley Bierer, and Reid White; and some of our members preferred the sophomore class to being juniors. Though many of us have been to Richmond thousands of times, we ' ll always remember the fun of our joint trip there with the seniors. Representing our class this year were Jim Kesler, president; Dora Mae Robinson, vice- president; and Lawana Hayslett, secretary-treasurer. We were given the privilege of hustling Pauline Carter and Lawana Hayslett (again) to the Honor Court. By the end of this year, we had all developed the ole seniority personalities of typical seniors to be. So, with due warning to Beware the Senior Class of 1952-53 we settled down to a long summers wait. - 16 -