Lexington High School - Lexian Yearbook (Lexington, OH)

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CLASS PROPHECY The Class of 1956 from Lexington, Ohio has recently been awarded the tirle, The Most Successful Class of the Twentieth Century. Here are the class's occupations and successes compiled until the present time. Lizabeth Dill has an unbeaten girls basketball team called The Lexdill Pros. Her high scorer is Donna Long. Oleva Hoffner, a very prosperous businesswoman, owns a famous chain of Chicken- in-the-Basket restaurants. Wilma Ward is her cashier, while Elizabeth Gordon holds the distinction of being head waitress. Evelyn Morehead is a majorette instructor at Ohio State University. Phyllis Enck is private secretary for a Mansfield attorney. Dick Horchler has become a movie producer and president of R-W-H Enterprises. His leading actress and three-time Academy Ward Winner is Luana Hawk. Make-up artist for R-W-H is Carolyn Foust while the props manager is Elmer More- head. Naturally,Myron Hamilton is the current teen-age idol ofR-W-H films. Head script writer is Martie Morgan. Others who chose to remain athletic and healthy are Brenda Ramshaw, head of an English soccer team and Jerry Wyrick, third baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. John Barr is now a very well-known TV Sports Commentator. We have another businesswoman--Shirley Texter, who is manager of a hat shop on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Charles Divelbiss is now the erudite and versatile young Editor-in-Chief of the Herald Tribune. His most dependable girl reporter is none other than Nancy Quiz Calendine. Two of our classmates have chosen the medical field. Janice Bender is a laboratory technician at the Mayo Clinic. Janice Daugherty, D. D. S., has her office in Washing- ton, D. C. We also have a representative in the creative field. Myrna LeFever is the latest Pulitzer Prize Winner and greatest contender for writer of the Great American Novel. Max Hamilton merely augmented his practices and became a test driver for the Ford Motor Company. lt has been said that Gene Hershner, a most brilliant architect, is now working dili- gently on the plans for the new United Nations Building in New York since the last one wouldn't even stand a couple of bombs. Joyann Bahr took to the sky as an airline hostess. Another strato-lover is Lloyd Nel- son, world-acclaimed jet ace. Bob Shuler combined his past experiences and ingenuity in becoming editor of The Shuler Gazette. Another person who stayed in the sports world is George Carver, our favorite jockey . . .The last time Iwas at Santa Anita. . .oh, skip it. . . Our local piano tuner and friendly harpsichord dealer is Nancy McLarnan,atempera- mental, maladjusted musician. Gerald Griffeth and Gerald Schumacher decided to stick together and opened a real estate office in Mansfield. Monitor's most stentorian voice is Radio Announcer Jim Shane. We haven't neglected our govemmental duties either. Harry Griebling is our very distinguished Secretary of Defense. Two civil defense workers who have taken on the task of protecting Lexington from foreign invaders are Esther Bell and Marilyn Barr. 22

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CQMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Dr. Glenn L. Clayton Dr. Clayton is president of Ashland College COhioj. He was born in New Lebanon, Ohio in 1910. Educated in the schools at New Lebanon,granted the degree ofBachelor of Science in Educa- tion by Miami fOhioj University in 1932, continued at Ohio State to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1948. He has 12 years of experience in public schoolwork, the last five of which were spent as Superintendent of Schools at New Le- banon, Ohio. Was a Member of the history faculty ot Ohio State University from 1945 to 1948. He assumed the presidency of Ash- land in 1948. Dr. Clayton is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Nation al scholastic honorary, Kappa Delta Pi,National educational honorarygBeta Pi Theta, National French honorary and Kappa Phi Kappa, Profes- sional education honorary. He has written A History of the Concept of Planning in the United States, and numerous articles on subjects related to his- tory, religion, education, and practical living. Dr. Clayton is past Moderator of the National Conference of Brethem Churches, immediate past president of the National Lay- men's Organization of the Brethem Churchesg Rotariang Sunday School executive and Bible School teacher. He is at home in the pulpit or on the platform. BACCALAUREATE SERVICE High School Auditorium May Twentieth Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Six 8:00 PM Processional. . . ............................. . . . High School Band Invocation ..... . Rev. Clinton Gill Music Scripture Reading Music Class Sermon. . . Music Benediction. . . Recessional. . . THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL . . Rev. Clinton Gill . . . Rev. John Waite . . . Rev. Clinton Gill High School Baud COMMENCEMENT LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Processional. . . Invocation. . . Music Oratiou . . Music Oration .... . . Music Presentation of Speaker Class Address. . . . Music Presentation of Awards Wednesday, May Twenty-Third, Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Six 8:00 PM ..- .. -......- Q -.. .---..- ...... .- ... ,,, ..... ,,, Presentation of D1p10m'aQ.'.'. Benediction. . . , . -.-.-. ,, 21 High School Band Rev. Thomas Leibrand . .Class Valedictorian Class Salutatorian Howard L. Hofacre Dr. Glenn L. Clayton , Richard M. Irvin . Raymond Fulton Rev. Thomas Leibrand -4 1 3 3

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY Director Mrs. Ann Ackerman Student Director Joyann Bahr OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY Steward ........... Mrs. Skinner .... . .... Cornelia Otis Skinner. . . . Otis Skinner .... Emily Kimbrough .... Purser........ Stewardess. . . . . Dick Winters. . . Admiral ....... Harriet St. John .... Winifred Blaugh .... Leo McEvoy. . . . Inspector ...... Therese.......... Madame Elise ....... Monsieur De La Croix. . . Window Cleaner. C ostumes Evelyn Morehead Nancy Calendine Stage Robert Shuler Gerald Griffeth Gerald Schumacher George Carver Gene Hershner Lighting Elmer Morehead . . Lloyd Nelson . . Shirley Texter . . . . . Luana Hawk Richard Horchler . . Myrna LeFever . . . Max Hamilton . . .Carolyn Foust . . , , , John Barr . . . Harry Griebling ,Brenda Ramshaw . . Martha Morgan . . . James Shane . . . Marilyn Barr Janice Daugherty Nancy McLarnan Charles Divelbiss . . Jerry Wyrick Make-up Donna Long Llzabeth Dill Phyllis Enck Oleva Hoffner Prompters Janice Bender Esther Bell Usherettes Wilma Ward Elizabeth Gordon