Lexington High School - Tiger Yearbook (Lexington, TN)

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Tftlujkfy On August b. 1945. the world ' s first stomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Japan. On August 14. Japan surrendered. Thus the atomic era was ushered in. During the rejoicing and celebrating that took place then, another im- portant event went almost unnoticed. On August 13. the class of 1949en- tered Lexington High School. We were not at all sure what an atom was. When Mrs. Dodds toldus in Science class that an atom was a tiny particle of matter, we felt the definition applied to the members of our class. We certainly felt small and insignificant. During the four years we have been here, we have seen many changes and improvements. If a student who graduated in 1945 should comeback, he would find things much changed. He would see anew foot-ball stadium, which seats more than two thousand people, and a winning foot-ball team backed by a newly organized band with forty-five members. Over the past four years, our team has won thirty-one games and lost nine with only two of these lost on our home field. On Thanksgiving of this year . we played our first annual Rotary Bowl Came with Paris. Tennessee. The student of 1945 would also find a public address system which was given as a gift by the Senior Class of ‘47. If he looked on the east side of the school, he would see a huge building on which work is still in progress. This is our new gymnasium. Yes— this is indeed a new era of construction for Old L.H.S., even as the whole world is entering a new era in which atomic energy is the dominating force. Many years of research went into the development of the atomic energy. Some of the greatest discoveries leading to the final achievement of nuclear fission were made by accident, and others were the result of long and arduous effort. We, too. have worked long and hard. Good fortune has attended us. and at last the class of 1949 has reached the goal which we sought. It is. however, with a feeling of regret that we realize that, in winning our goal, we must bid good-bye to the place we passed so many happy hours — Lexington High School. 17

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CLASS WILL (Contunued) 1, BONNIE FATE CROWNOVER. leave my sunny smile to MUSA OLIVER. I. MARY LOU DUCK, leave my ability to write love letters to JOHNNY PEARSON. 1. HELEN WILKINS, leave my ability to paddle my own canoe to PEGGY PATTON. I have found some one to paddle mine for me. I. JAMES WOODS, leave my ability to pick pretty girls to JIMMY FRONABARGER. I. MARGIE ANDERSON, leave my knack for losing my books to DYKE DICKERSON— A good excuse for not getting assignments. We. the Senior girls, leave our memberahip in the BILL KELLEY Fan Club t« all pUd- gea. I. CLYDE HANNA, leave all my “out of town girls’ to WAYNE HINSON. 1, BILLY AZB1LL. leave my ability to play basketball and football to anyone who can take my place. I, JO ANN HOUSTON, leave my friendly ways to WILMA STANFILL. We. ALICE PARKER and MAXINE LIPSCOMB. PAULINE WALLACE and LORENE ROBERTS, will our friendship to any four congenial people. I. BOBBIE CONNALLY. leave my seat in the study hall to JEAN CAREY. We. GROVER BEDWELL and THOMAS LITTLE, leave our well earned endurance to all veterans who follow us. I. JO ANN BUNCH, leave my happy-go-lucky ways to anyone with a bad disposition. I, CHARLES HAY. leave my swivel-hips to my brother BEN. I, F.A. FRONABARGER. leave my irresistible charm to many who need it. I, MARY MITZNER, leave my gift of argumentation to JERRY SMITH. I. LOUISE MC PEAKE, will my ability to please’ to JOY YOUNGERMAN. I, WAYNE RHODES, leave my quiet ways to .BILLY DENNISON. I. VELMA MANESS. leave my love for Phys. Ed. to BETTY SUE MARTIN. 1. WILLIE MAE JOWERS. wil my pretty clothes and pretty figure to JO ANN WEBB. We. the Senior Class, leave for MISS GRIFFIN, the book, “Amateur Detective Sugges- tions’ which we hope will be of great assistance in solving some of the pranks of various students. 1, LEE ROY GANTT, leave my love for opera to MISS HOLLAND. We. JOHN ROBERT JAMES. ROBERT LITTLE, and ELSTON MCKEE leave our good personalities to SAMM1E WHEELER. 1, JANE SMITH, leave my position on the ’Stringtown News’ to MAXINE STANFILL. I. MARJORIE INSCO, leave my good personality to BETTY STANFORD. I. LORRETTA DODDS, leave my sophistication to JUNE COPELAND. I. NORMA JOYCE AYERS, leave my love for Poplar Springs to ELIZABETH ORR. We. RACHEL STANFORD and JO REBA JAMES, will our friendship to GILDA SCOTT and MARY JEAN WEBB. I, MARY DYER, will my ability for picking good looking boys to JEAN STEWART. I. ALBA ELLEN SCATES, teave my pretty voice to BETTY ANN RHODES. We. SUE ANN BOLEN and CHRISTINE FIDDLER, will our seat in the study hall to CLARA FAYE BOLING and LOUNELLE LEWIS. I. MARY AGNES PAINTER, leave my chewing gum under the second seat on the Senior row to MISS ENGLAND. I, BILLY JOE DEERE, leave my witty ways to DOUGLAS LEWIS. We. ALLENE TAYLOR. CHRISTINE WHITE. MARY WALLACE. EVELYN CAGLE, and MARY RHODES, leave our softly modulated voices to JUNE SYKES and MARLENE ZIMMERLEE. I. EMMA JEAN TOLLEY, will my English book to anyone who likes English. I. MAXINE PENDERGRASS, will my winning personality to JEAN ANN SCOTT. I. LEROY POPE, leave MR. BOBBITT with one less headache. I. JOAN STEWART, just leave. We. MARION KEE and BILLY STANFILL. leave together. 1. JO ANN GRISSOM, leave my pleasant manner to all who need and don’t have it. — -Mary Agnes Painter 16

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JUNIORS MRS. WALTER HILLS. JR. Sponsor MRS. FLOYD CARRINGTON Sponsor JOHN ROBERTS President Football lctterman of 1948 season. BOBBE NELL BROWER Sec r etary-Treasure r Basketball; Beta Club mem- ber; Band Majorette; TKO Sweetheart.