The Spectator
Volume No. Ill
J. F. WEBB HIGH SCHOOL, OXFORD, N. C., MAY 22, 1967
No. 6
WebbRomansEnjoy Band Members
Latin Banquet Perform For School
New Student Council Officers
BILL CURRIN
Bill Currin Chosen
Student Of Month
Bill Currin, one of the most pop
ular seniors, was selected Student of
the Month for May.
Bill greatly deserves this honor
since he is a member of the Student
Council, president of the Fl'A, vice-
presidcr*. "f the senior class, and an
active p..rJ.'eipani in the sports pro
gram. He was a member of Webb’s
football team this year and is now
on Webb’s fabulous baseball team.
Seniors Receive
Oraduafion Material
Seniors began to realize that the
end was really near when on Tues
day, May 2, the representatives of
Herff Jones Company arrived. From
a table set up in the cafeteria lobby,
he distributed the personal cards,
memor>' books, graduation an
nouncements, and appreciation fold
ers as ordered by the various stu
dent. After checking for any er
rors in their orders, the students re
turned to their • classrooms with
thoughts of that day for which they
had been waiting-tWETve^years.
Twirp King Crowned
Af Annual Dinner
On the night of April 15th, the
annual J F. Webb liviRP Dance
was held in the Webb cafeteria from
8-12 o’clock. The music was provid
ed by the fabulous Notations.
Robert Powell, one of the senior
representatives, was crowned the
TWIRP king. Robert was escorted
and crowned by our Homecoming
Queen, Kerr Blackwell. The other
two senior representatives were Bill
Currin, escorted by Joan Smith, and
George Boyd, escorted by Melina
Bifulco.
The junior representatives were
Brent Oakes, escorted by Kathy
Boyd, Tommy Arrington, escorted
by Ruth Wheeler, and Danny Cur
rin, escorted by Nancy Harris.
The sophomore class was repre
sented by William Adcock, escorted
by Beth Pruitt, Wayne Currin, es
corted by Carrie Pruitt, and Bill
Powell, escorted by Peggy Bryan.
The freshman representatives
were: Jerry Barker, escorted by Su
san Hunt, Reggie Currin, escorted
by Deborah Brown, and Harry Dix
on, escorted by Joy Lee Wilkie.
he dance was a great success and
' IPS enjoyed by everyone (especially
t. boys
• We woud like to thank the chap
erones and t'’e Student Council for
a ioh well aone!
Dal Mackie and Teresa Currin
were crowmed emperor and empress
at the annual Latin Club banquet
on Saturday night, April 22, 1967.
After trumpeters Joe Hensgen,
Michael Cascio, David Smith, and
Jimmy Smith played for group sing
ing of “Gaudimus Igitur” and the
national JCL Song, “The Purple and
Gold,” Joe Hensgen and Amy Sto
vall, the retiring rulers of the 1966
Latin banquet, crowned the incom
ing rulers amid the cheers and shouts
of a group of over 200 students and
guests. The runners up in the con
test were Bill Mitchell and Kitty
Boswood. The winners were elected
by a vote of members of the Latin
II club.
A three course dinner, eaten in
the traditional Roman style—using
fingers for forks, was served by
“slaves,” first year Latin students
who had to do the bidding of an
unlucky “master’’ to whom he was
assigned. Slaves were used to do
many things at the banquet, but
most were used to serve meals, per
form errands and to provide enter
tainment for the “masters.’’
After finger bowls and towels
were brought to the diners by slaves,
the program began. The program
was divided into three parts: A
Roman wedding, a girls’ quartet,
and a dance.
In the Roman wedding Bill Mitch
ell and Teresa Currin were joyous
ly united in the bonds of matri
mony by Pontifex Maximus, Dal
Mackie. As was established by the
indent Romans, the bride wore a
red veil over her white wedding
gown. Others in the group were
Michael Currin and Bill Daniel, fa
thers, Kitty Boswood and Lyna
Carol Bre^ove, mothers; Kitty
Boyd as matrona, and Robbie Clark
and A1 Barnes as servants. Steve
Wright was stage manager and Joy
Wilkie acted as narrator.
Amid encouraging laughttt from
the audience a quartet composed of
Ruth Wheeler, Cecilia Pruitt, Susan
Hunt, and Lud Hancock, with Nan
cy Harris at the piano, inspired ev
eryone present with their graceful
interpretation of “Interger Vitae,”
an ode to Horace.
The dance gracefully performed
by eleven girls and coached by Va-
Linda Elliott, dramatized the Ceres-
Proserpina theme. The eleven girls
in the dance were as follows: Vir
ginia Chadwick, Peggy Bryan, Shir
ley Ann Averett, Cathy Daniel, Rob
bie Watson, Debra Fox, Glenda Cur
rin, Patricia Adcock, Chris Thomas-
Webb band members brightened
the day for students at C. G. Credle
School on Thursday at 2:15 PJd.
The players entertained by playing
“The Star Spangled Banner,” sever
al marches, songs from South Paci
fic, “The Blue and the Gray,” a
Civil War melody, and concluded by
playing “Happy Birthday” to Miss
Patsy Montague. As a reward for
their efforts, each member received
an ice cream sandwich from the
lunchroom staff.
Mr. McCulloch and his band also
planned a performance on Sunday,
May 7, but because of the strong
wind, it was cancelled until Mon
day, May 15, at Veteran’s Field.
Here, they planned to play the songs
that they played at Credle School
plus several more. However, this
was cut short because of bad weath
er.
Mike Regan practices prize
tvinning speech.
son, Ivy Lawrence, and Becky New
comb.
After all the program was com
pleted came the most exciting part
of the banquet—the “slave auction.”
Auctioneer Thomas J. Currin sold
over 75 slaves, bringing over $325
into the club treasury. This money
will be used to help pay part of
the expenses of 18 students going
to the National Convention in Tuc
son, Arizona, this summer.
Parents and interested friends at
the banquet numbered over 100. In
all over 200 guests and students at
tended the banquet. Three students,
Jerry Barker, Bryant Henderson, and
Cabell Regan drove over 30 miles
from Camp Campbell to attend the
banquet.
The recently crowned Twirp King, Robert Powell, is
admired by sophomore girls. Sanne Jones and Teresa
Currin.
Reading from left to right: George Hunt, President;
Sanne Jones, Secretary; Teresa Currin, Treasurer; and
Bill Mitchell, Vice President.
Regan Wins Public Student Council
Speaking Contest Elects Officers
On Saturday, April 22, Mike Re
gan, a hard-working junior at Webb,
emerged the winner of a state-wide
public speaking contest, sponsored
by the North Carolina Federation
of Woman’s Clubs. This tremend
ous victory capped off his two prev
ious wins both in Henderson and
in Oxford. In addition to the hon
or of defeating representatives from
much larger schools, Mike received
a cash prize of one hundred dollars.
Grademothers Plan
For Senior Class
On Monday, May 8, the senior
grademothers met for the first time.
Those attending the important meet
ing were Mrs. Hillman Hicks, Mrs.
Earl Rose, Mrs. James Pruitt, Mrs.
Willie Young, Mrs. James Powell,
Mrs. Ben Thorp, Mrs. Graham
Wright, Mrs. Archie Lee King, Mrs.
Watkins Boyd, Mrs. Tom Hicks,
Mrs. Buster Pruitt, Mrs. Sam
Wheeler, Mrs. Joe Elliott, Mrs. Tom
Currin, Mrs. William Sharpe Jones,
and Mrs. Grover Saunders with
many more names added to the list
each day. At the meeting, Mrs.
Grover Saunders was elected over
all chairman with other chairmen
being elected to preside over the
different committees.
Art Classes Enjoy
Guided Tour
On May 3, Art III and the Art
II classes went to the North Caro
lina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
They were guided through each part
of the Museum and were thoroughly
introduced to the paintings, many
of which they had already studied.
Afterwards, they went on a tour of
the new Legislature building. Sena
tor Wills Hancock was present and
introduced them to Jimmy Morton
of Oxford who took the group on
a roof garden-to-basement guided
tour. After lunch the group went
through the old Capitol and return- .
ed for one last turn through the
Museum.
Everyone enjoyed the trip includ
ing the chaperones, Mrs. Moore and
Rev. E. W. Howard. Harry Hob-
good obliged by driving the speedy
activity bus!
On April 14, the run-off primary
for Student Council officers was
held. The following slate of officers
was elected: president, George Hunt;
vice-president. Bill Mitchell; secre
tary, Sanne Jones; treasurer, Teresa
Currin.
On the preceding Tuesday, elec
tions for next year’s cheerleaders
were held. The following girls will
make up next year’s pep team: Me
lina Bifulco, Mary Ann Culbreth,
Nancy Finch, Debra Fox, Lucy Han
cock, Nancy Harris, Sara King, Beth
Pruitt, Ruth Wheeler, and Ivy
Lawrence—^altemate. The Spectator
says congratulations to the officers
and cheerleaders!
Senior Officers
Plan Class Nighf
On Wednesday, May 3, Mr. Stall
ings met with the senior class of
ficers and advisors to determine the
procedure to be used in having a
class night for the seniors. This
particular part of the graduation ex
ercises could not be carried out as
in previous ;^ears because of the size
of the class. No suitable stage could
be found to accommodate the class,
and the complete program would be
entirely too long for both partici
pants and audience.
Therefore, the group decided to
use the side of the Webb cafeterium
opposite the stage as a seating place
for the students, leaving the remain
ing area for parents and others who
attend. They also decided to have
only four speakers. These will be
Robert Powell, class president, who
will offer a welcome; an elected stu
dent who will present the class; an
other elected student who will give
highlights of the class; and Clyde
Watkins, class treasurer, who will
offer the gift. This will be follow
ed by Mr. Stallings with the awards.
To finish the night, all seniors will
be honored at a combo party or
reception given by the grademothers.
At a recent senior meeting, the
class voted on the two other speak-
. ers. From a host of nominees, the
class voted Dorothea Jones to in
troduce the seniors and Pat Camp
bell to give highlights of the
At another meeting, they voted on
blue and gold as the rla«« colors
and the gold rose as the class flow-
-er.