PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Vol. XXII
Oxford, N. C., October, 1956
No. 1
Nine Join O. H. S.
Staff
Eight teachers and Dr. House’s secretary
are new on the staff this year.
Miss Bonnie Bunn of Rocky Mount
comes from Flora MacDonald, with a
major in Bible and History. She teaches
social studies and will advise the debating
and public-speaking group.'.
Miss Dorothy Jean Gooch, a 1956 gra
duate of East Carolina, teaches Home Ec
Mr. John Parham, a former O. H. S
student and a 1956 graduate of Wake
Forest, teaches science and is assistant
coach.
Mrs. John Kiraly, a graduate of Spring
field College in Mass., teaches girls’ phy
sical education and social studies.
Mrs. Henry Jennings of Oxford teaches
biology and chemistry. She is a graduate
of Randolph Macon.
Mrs. Walter Nutt, graduate of Wake
Forest College, teaches one of the three
eighth grades. She used to teach soda
studies here and was adviser for the
“Owl”.
Miss Mattie Mae Lyon of Oxford teaches
one of the sixth grades. She comes to
the Oxford system after teaching in Stoval
for several years. She is a graduafe o::
East Carolina College.
If*" Miss Evelyn Breedlove of Oxford teaches
another of the sixth grades. A graduate
of Duke University, she taught in Hender
'* \ son last year.
Miss Joanne Hatton, a graduate of this
school last spring, is Dr. House’s secretar>’.
During her high school years she was in
the G. A. A., Library Club, on the “Owl”
and “Oxonian” staffs, and was a senior
superlative (“Best Looking”, “Most Talen
ted”), class secretary, and Student Council
representative.
Miss Peggy Waldo, graduate of Camp
bell and Flora MacDonald colleges, teaches
public school music to the elementary
grades here and at Credle School.
New on O. H. S. Staff
Anne White Leads Juniors
Anne White has been elected Junior
class president. She is also secretary of
Student Council, and a member of Chorus
and Band.
Dan Averette was chosen vice-president,
Joyce Hicks, secretary; and Julianna Yan
cey, historian. Miss Averett is sptonsor.
Students Assist
Librarian
Five girls assist Miss Waller, librarian,
in circulating books to the grammar grades
and high school.
Priscilla Tippett is the only one who
served in that capacity last year and con
tinues to serve this year. Others are Jeanie
Parker, Jeanette Strickland, Frances Wil
son, and Margaret Cheatham.
To Chapel Hill For Band Day
The Oxford High band, led by Mr.
Swanger, with three out-of-town appear
ances already to their credit, will play in
Chapel Hill October 27 as a part of Band
Day celebration.
They played in Raleigh Oct. 20 for the
Shrine Bowl game between Oxford
Orphanage and Methodist Orphanage. They
went to Henderson Oct. 11 for Farmer’s
Day celebration, and to Durham Oct. 8
for “I Like Durham” Day. The Durham
celebration, originally scheduled for Oct.
6, (and the Oxford band went) was post
poned because of rain until Oct. 8.
Reading left to right: seated—Miss Lyon, Miss Hatton, Miss Gooch, Mrs.
Jennings; standing—Mrs. Nutt, Miss Bunn, Mr. Parham, Miss Breedlove,
Mrs. Kiraly.
The Befa Club Has
11 Members
The Beta Club has 11 members, an
nounces President Frank Bullock. They
are Margaret Adcock, Nellie Holmes Bal
lou, Alice Currin, Frank Bullock, Ven Bur-
well, Jane Hedrick, Patsy Hughes, Vic
toria Norris, Mary Ann MeSwain, Bettie
Parham, and Sallie Webb.
The major projects of the Beta Club
are a program of induction in assembly
for the new members and sending dele
gates to the State Convention, usually
held in Asheville in the spring. Last year
the club was represented at the convention
by Tommy Hogan, Jackie Raper, Nellie
Holmes Ballou, and Sallie Webb.
Any student may qualify for member
ship who has obtained an average of ninety
or above for the first two and a half years
in high school, and is outstanding in
character, achievement, and leadership.
"Owl" Staff Elects
Officers
Make Pictures, Sell
Magazines For Oxonian
Work on the Oxonian got well under
way when the photographer made indivi
dual pictures September 28 before the
magazine campaign ended October 8 with
over $2,200 worth of magazines sold. The
Junior class led in the sales with nearly
$300.00.
Buddy Norwood is editor and Frank
Bullocki, business manager. Misses Lois
Waller and Barbara Sanderford are co
advisers.
Other staff members elected last spring
are Dan Averett, associate editor, and
Gwen Hester, art editor.
“The staff wishes to thank all those
W'ho sold or bought subscriptions,” Miss
Waller commented.
“We congratulate the Juniors on their
fine work,” added Miss Sanderford. “Also
the elementary grades.”
Sallie Webb and Mary Ann MeSwain
have been elected editor and business
manager of the “Owl”. Both are seniors
with previous experience on the staff.
Derwood Robinson and George West,
both juniors, were elected associate editor
and circulation manager, respectively.
Reporters are Nellie Holmes Ballou,
Peggy Hobgood, Billy Adcock, Macon
Carrington, Tommy Lanier, Gene Woltz,
George Pat Tarry, and Caroline Vaught.
Pierre Leveque is photographer.
^Tuhlishers^^ To Chapel Hill
For Press Meet
Freshmen Organize
The Freshmen elected Charles Belcher
president, with Ray Williford as vice-pre
sident, and Richard Breedlove, secretary-
treasurer.
The Owl and Oxonian staffs had repre
sentatives at the fifteenth annual North
Carolina Press Institute held at Chapel
Hill October 5-6.
Sallie Webb, editor, and Mary Ann Mc-
Sw’ain, business manager, went from the
paper staff Friday, and Sallie and Derwood
Robinson, associate editor, went Saturday
Gwen Hester and John Cheatham went
for the yearbook Friday, and John and
Shirley Currin went Saturday.
Derwood Robinson, representing The
Owl, participated in a panel discussion on
sports writing, led by Tom Wickers, author
and former sports editor of the Winston
Salem Journal.
Mrs. Satterw'hite, adviser of The Owl,
accompanied the groups both days. Misses
Waller and Sanderford are Oxonian advi
sers.
Baucom To Pilot
The Seniors
Jimmy Baucom has been elected presi
dent of the Senior Class.
Other officers are Buddy Norwood, vice-
president; Mary Hall, secretary; and Patsy
Hughes, treasurer.
Class Night speakers have been chosen
as follows: Poet, Mary Ann MeSwain;
Prophet, Mary Ann Powell; Testator,
Tcmmy Steagall; Presentation of Gifts to
the Seniors, Calla Ann Raynor; Introduc
tion of Seniors, Nellie Holmes Ballou;
and Historian, Frank Bullock. Donna
Reid Daniel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Edward Daniel, is class mascot.
Jimmy is president of the Bible Club,
a member of the Student Council, and has
been elected a delegate to the North Caro
lina Congress of Student Councils.
Buddy Norwood is a member of the
football and basketball teams, and an ac
tive member of the Monogram Club. This
year he is serving as editor of the Oxonian.
Having also served as secretary of the
Junior Class last year, Mary Hall is a
member of G. A. A., the Chorus, of which
she is president, and a cheerleader.
Patsy Hughes, who is serving as trea
surer for the second consecutive year, is
a member of the Chorus, Bible Club, and
G. A. A.
Visitors Heard In
Assembly
“Politics” was the theme at assembly
Oct. 19.
Mr. Edward Taylor, representing Gran
ville County Democrats, spoke on the his
tory of his party and some of the present
campaign issues. Mr. J. U. Gilmore,
from the Republican party in Granville,
spoke similarly of his party.
“Columbus Day” was observed in as
sembly here October 12 with group sing
ing led by Miss Waldo, public-school music
teacher, and a talk by John Webb.
Rector Harry M. Thomas of the local
Episcopal church led devotional in assem
bly Oct. 5.
Attend Congress in
Wilmington
Student Council leaders were back in
school Wednesday after attending the N.
C. Student Council Congress held in Wil
mington Sunday through Tuesday.
Nellie Holmes Ballou, president, Martha
Taylor, vice-president, Jimmy Baucom,
chairman of points committee, and Miss
Reams, adviser, made the trip.
Last year Nellie Holmes Ballou attended
the Congress held in Rocky Mount.
Bible Club Leads
Chapel Devotional
Every Friday at assembly the Bible
Club, of which Jimmy Baucom is presi
dent, provides the devotional program.
Those participating thus far have been
Jimmy Baucom, Alice Currin, Linda Knott,
Gwen Hester, and Patsy Hughes.
Other club officers are Mary Ann Me
Swain, vice-president, Helen Adcock, sec
retary, and Betty Daniel, treasurer. Mrs.
MeSwain is the adviser.
An excerpt from the school handbook
suggests the club’s purpose:
“The Bible Club has as its objective in
creasing interest in and obedience to the
Word of God. Members are encouraged
to take part in weekly devotionals given
at the beginning of each chapel period.
This experience helps the members to have
practice in leading devotional periods.”
The club chooses a project each year.
Some of these have been as follows: put
ting Bibles in hospitals, giving programs
at the county home, providing for a needy
family in the autumn and in the spring,
sponsoring moving pictures on the Bible
story or on some great moral teaching.
“It is hoped that the members of the
Bible Club will enc age each other in
the setting of a good example of honesty
and obedience to school regulations.”