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THE EARLY BIRD
SEPT.-OCT.-NOV.
The Early Bird
This is the first edition of the
Orange Street Graded School
paper, known as “THE EARLY
BIRD.” We have worked hard
to i)roduce this first issue for
you. In preparing ourselves for
this work we made plans to
select the Editorial Staff.
The Early Bird Staff
Editor-in-Chief .... Mildred Norman
Asauciute Editors ..... Carolyn Clack
Carl Purcell, Helen Moss
Special Editors ... Gwendolyn Parker
Cornell Hamme
Art Editors Joy Jeffers
George Loeket
Business Manager .... George Wright
Secretary Mable Hicks
Assistant Secretary Grade
Cheatham
Poetry Editors Sandra Scott
Brenda Anderson
Circulation Manager .. Gloria Burton
REPORTERS
Frank P. Scott, Ella Mallory, Lizzie
Mae Hunt, Barbara McCoy, Malinda
Royster, Barbara Jones, John Fuller,
Lessie Straighter, Thomas Parker,
Magnolia Cheatham, Delores Norman,
Jerome Crews, Vcrtclia Wilson, Mary
Ann Edwards, Floyd Betts. Jackie
Patricia Ackins, James Bullock, Ver-
line Thornton, Mary B. Hicks, Alfred
Bagly, Douglas Elkerson, Emma Pet-
tiford, Lucy Hawkins, Gloria Holman,
Margaret Taylor, Doris McGhee, Annie
Mae Daniel.
It is our plan to keep THE
EARLY BIRD going and to
make it your favorite newspa
per. Please give us your whole
hearted support by buying
every issue.
Editorial
Interesting Things
About Our School
When our school opened in
September, several hundred ea
ger children anxiously waited
to see what was going to hap
pen. It had been said there were
surprises and new things in
in store this school term. We
have been in school only a few
months. There are some interest
ing things going which I
would like to mention.
First of all we have a school
paper. And we certainly hope
you will enjoy this first issue.
The staff plans to publish it
regularly for your reading plea
sure.
We have organized a Student
Council which is carrying on a
very fine program. It is a credit
to the school to see how well
each member performs his or
her special duties.
We are very proud of our
School Boy Patrol. They are
very alert and always at their
post of duty on time. With such
a fine selection of boys, we feel
there will be no accidents.
If you haven’t been in the
Orange Street School in the last
few weeks you must come. There
are many interesting things to
be seen. As you enter the hall
the first thing you will notice is
a new paint job. You will see a
fine new clock on the wall. No
longer does one have to press
the bell, it automatically rings
the hour. There are new bulle
tin boards in the hall. One is
used to post notices and the
other to place outstanding work
done by students. When you en
ter the auditorium you will see
beautiful new stage curtains.
We are very happy children
over the pr6gress our school is
making.
Brenda Patillo Anderson
6R WINS TOBACCO
RALLY
Gee! were we proud of our
Tobacco Rally! A few weeks ago
each of us tried to make our
class room the winner with the
most tobacco. The children and
teachers brought all the tobacco
they could bring.
The children in 7H which is
taught by Mrs. L. Q. Hamme,
had the highest amount of bund
les on Friday. Then we were
given one more day and 6R
taught by Mrs. B. Redding was
the winner with 386 bundles.
The class having the highest
amount was given a trip to the
Liggett-Myers Tobacco Com
pany in Durham, N. C.
“Hats off” to all of us for
$392.24 which was received by
our school for the sale of tobac
co.
Gwendolyn Parker
Special Editor
7 New Teachers
Added To Faculty
We are happy to say that
several new teachers have been
added to the Orange Street
School faculty. They are as fol
lows: Miss Glenda V. Spivey,
Miss Betty Jo Foster, Mrs Cor
nelia S. Stegall, Mrs. Atlanta
Cousins, Mr. Charlie Gregory,
Mrs. Lillian Miller and Mr. Mar
vel Coleman.
I shall give you a brief intro
duction of these very.fine teach
ers. Miss Spivey is our art
Teacher. She is from Wilson,
North Carolina and a graduate
of North Carolina College, Dur
ham, North Carolina.
Miss Foster has a fifth grade.
She is from Lenoir, N. C., and
is a graduate of Bennett College,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Mrs. Stegall has a first grade,
her home is in Oxford, N. C.
She comes''to us from the Angier
B. Duke School at the Orphan
age and is a graduate of Hamp
ton Institute, Va.
Mr. Gregory has a sixth grade.
His home is in Oxford, N. C.,
and he also comes to us from
the Angier B. Duke School. He
taught at the Orange Street
School some years ago. We are
happy to have him come back
to us again. He is a graduate of
South Carolina State College,
Orangeburg, S. C, and Univer
sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Mrs. Cousin has a third grade.
Her home is in Oxford, N. C.
She comes to us from the Or
phanage. She has a wide
and varied experience as a
teacher, having taught in Hoff
man, North Carolina. She grad
uated from Winston Salem
Teachers College.
Mrs. Miller has a 2nd grade.
Her home is in Oxford, N. C.
She is a graduate of Fayetteville
State Teachers College, Fayette
ville, N. C. Mrs. Miller taught
in the Orange Street School
last year and was transferred to
the Angier B. Duke School at
the end of the school term. She
taught there one month and due
to our large enrollment she re
turned to us. We are happy to
have Mrs. Miller with us again.
Mr. Coleman is coming to us
for the first time. We are proud
to have him as our instructor
in piano music and band. He
was born in Birmingham Ala.
He went to school at Fairfield
High School. When he graduated
from Fairfield High he went to
Morgan State College where he
majored in music. He furthered
his education at Western Re
serve Univ. Then he came to
teach at Orange Street School
in Oxford, North Carolina. We
are fortunate to have him here
and we will strive hard to make
his stay here a great one.
We welcome all our new
teachers to the Orange Street
School and hope you will enjoy
working with us.
Mable Hicks, Secretary
P.-T. A. Organizes
For 1952-53
The PTA at our school this
year started off in a big way.
Just to think that school has
been opened only a few months,
yet we can notice the results and
efforts of a working PTA. The
PTA is an organization of pa
rents and teachers working to
gether for the improvement of
our school and a better or closer
understanding between teachers
and parents for the benefit of
the children.
OFFICERS THIS YEAR ARE
President „ Mrs. L. L. Shoffner
Vice-President .. Mrs. V. Asgill
Secretary Mrs. Mary Hicks
Treasurer Mrs. Lethia Peace
, Brenda Anderson
Special Editor
Lunch Room Shows
Much Progress
The Lunch Room is progress
ing in such a way that Orange
Street School is very proud of
it. More and more children are
eating in the Lunch Room.
Sometimes parents wonder if
their children are getting the
proper foods in the Lunch Room
They don’t have to worry be
cause every day we have hot
lunches for everybody.
Mrs. Leatherberry, the super
visor, and her assistants, Mrs.
Glover and Mrs. Green are mak
ing these very good lunches for
us. We have several very fine
children working in the Lunch
Room that go to school at Orange
Street. Mr. John H. Lucas, our
principal, the children and
teachers of Orange Street School
are trying very hard to make
the Lunch Room a better one.
We are trying very hard to keep
the Lunch Room clean and shin
ing bright. We all love to work
in the Lunch Room. Cooking and
serving lunches is not a very
easy job. So you know the
people who work there do not
have it easy.
The people in the Lunch Room
do not just cook a lunch for
you to buy, but they think of
your health. They cook the food
that’s right for you.
Mable Hicks, Secretary
NEW SECRETARY .
Mrs. Bessie L. Parker is our
school secretary. She is a grad
uate of Fisk University in Nash
ville, Tennessee. We are happy
to have her join our school
family.