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Little Store” (and Miss Lula Mae, the owner), The Mag and Extipes (pronounced ex-ti-peez), - a

Greek owned hamburger stand frequented by students of the 1930’s and 1940’s.)
Printed programs: From school plays, graduations, football and other sports, band concerts,

chorus recitals, May Day programs, FFA programs, Honor Society inductions. You get the idea.
Our school system is well over one-hundred years old. There should be lots of things out there.
Artifacts: An important trophy or plaque. A significant “Game ball,” an athletic letter, a

class ring. Perhaps you could donate a trophy case or display case to display the “look, but don’t

touch” items.
Cash: Some cash will be needed to buy frames for photos, or storage/display cases if these
are not donated. There may be some expense to laminate certain items to preserve them. Even small

amounts would help. We, not government, should finance our own museum. Acknowledgments
can be made to donors.

Volunteers: People with a love for school history and a willingness to donate some time will
be needed. Also, volunteers who have ability to present memorabilia in the most interesting ways.

“Wills”: Possibly you have school memorabilia you treasure and want to keep — but nobody
else in your family values it the way you do. You could stipulate in your will (or leave informal

instructions) that it will go to the school museum. Remember, if you have photos or written/printed
materials, copies can be made now for the museum and you could keep your originals.

Diaries, scrapbooks: Personal (but not too personal) accounts of your impression of some
school event. For example, Vera Kilgore Heilig wrote her highly detailed impressions of her own

high school graduation back in the 1930’s and gave that, as it was written at the time in her diary.
Scrapbook: they can be a treasure trove of information for a museum.

Want to help or get more information? Call 755-8183. Together, we can have a lot of fun
preserving and sharing a part of our past that is very dear to us.

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