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PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Volume X
Oxford, N. C., January-February, 1949
Number 4
Alumtu Association
Buys Floodlights
The Alumni Association of the Ox
ford High School has purchased flood
lights for the poles for the new athle
tic field facing Williamsboro Street
at an approximate cost of $960. The
organization is now trying to raise
additional funds for the purchase of
six, seventy-five foot poles which are
needed badly. The Association will
also assume the installation costs of
this project.
Organization
The Oxford High School Alumni
Association was organized in Novem
ber of 1947. Several persons interested
in organizing an alumni association
met in the Oxford Armory to discuss
future plans. In December of the same
year a charter meeting was held.
Those present wei’e Rux Currin,
Thomas Currin, McCall Perkins, Ed
gar Talley, Tingley Moore, Lonnie
Nelms, Bob Reece, Earl Yow, Taylor
Burwell, William Frazier, Harvey
Jackson, Charles Blaii', Dudley Wil
liams, Walter Hughes, Howard New
ton, Francis Finch, Millard Hill, Ray
mond Daniel, Sherman Wilson, Her
man Jones, Brummitt Jones, Fred
Lanier (deceased), Sam Wheeler, Jim
my Daniel, and Gordon Steagall,
^^'’’awford Williams v'ac the fir«!t. tnem-
ber. The officers for the following year
were elected at this meeting.
They were: President—Oscar Mc
Farland, Vice-President—T h o m a s
Currin, Secretary—Sam Wheeler.
At the December meeting it was
decided that women be allowed to be
come members. Ruby Robinson was
then elected treasurer. The club was
named the Oxford High School Athle
tic Association. The only qualification
for members is that they be graduates
of Oxford High School. A person may
also join as an honorary member and
not be a graduate of O. H. S. but
these persons cannot vote on officers
or projects. There are at the present
seventy-nine paid members.
Kings and Queens
Left to right: Gerleen Hester, Lindsay Currin, Harriet Arrington, Luther Daniel.
O.H.S. Crowns
King And Queen
Projects
The Alumni Association, besides
purchasing floodlights for the new
athletic field, has contributed $417
toward the cost of the bleachers for
the field. The bleachers are now paid
for in full. The organization has also
contributed $166 for the purchase of
the grass seed sown on the field last
October.
Drainage of the athletic field has
been worked on and the field is be
ing filled ill in places that washed out.
The structual steel for the new gym
nasium is now in place. The masonry
is almost complete. If the weather
will remain fair, the gym will be com
pleted sometime in the spring,—prob
ably early in May.
Harriet Arrington, Queen of Ox
ford High School and Luther Daniel,
King of Oxford High School were
crowned Friday, January 28 when the
grademothers of the eight high school
homerooms entertained at a dance in
the College Street Gymnasium. Music
for both round and square dancing
was furnished by Pat Hedgepeth and
his orchestra from Henderson.
The contest to decide upon a king
and queen of the high school was
sponsored by Miss Ream’s homeroom
of the Junior Class. Candidates for
the honor were nominated separately
by a petition which carried twenty-
five names. Voting began on Wednes
day and continued through Friday
aftei-noon. Each vote cost one penny.
“Out On A Limb” Is
Choice Of Seniors
Junior High Crowns King & Queen
At a dance held in the O. S. O. on
the night of January 28, students in
the Junior High School crowned
Lindsay Currin as king and Gerleen
Hester as queen of their student body.
Voting began on Wednesday morning
and continued through Friday after
noon. Recorded music was enjoyed
until 10:30.
Dr. McHugh Is to
Address P.-T.A.
Pia> To Be Presented By Class In
March
Seniors Elect Mascot
That cute little blonde with heaven
ly blue eyes whom you have been see
ing around with the seniors is their
mascot. She is Dickie Watkins, the
six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Watkins on College Street.
Dickie, at first, may seem a bit
bashful, but once she starts gabbing,
not even Mrs. Watkins can stop her!
Semester Calendar
Senior Play Early March
Easter Monday April 18
Triangle Debates April
Senior Exams .. May 23-27
Baccalaureate Sermon May 29
Class Night June 1
Graduating Exercises June 3
A noted psychologist. Dr. Gelolo
McHugh of the faculty of Duke Uni
versity, will be the guest speaker at
the February meeting of the Oxford
Parent-Teacher Association to be held
Thui'sday night of next week at 8
o’clock.
“Show Your Child How to Be Good”
will be the topic of the message which
Dr. McHugh, a child psychology spe
cialist, will bring. His lecture is to be
illustrated with sound movies.
The lecture will be the first in a
series which Dr. McHugh has been
invited to give in the community on
the complex subject of child psy
chology.
If you see a bright red bicycle fly
ing down the street, it’s probably
Dickie! She rides “most every day.”
Dickie’s ambition is to become a
majorette. She has already started
strutting with a baton and “can’t
wait to be old enough to march!”
At her early age of six, Dickie likes
to give parties. She also likes to sleep
until eleven o’clock. She will soon get
over that!!!
Among her other many hobbies,
Dickie also enjoys playing with her
doll, Judy, in her doll-house. Also,
reading and knitting are two of her
pastimes.
Dickie is a very versatile young
lady. The seniors are looking forward
to having her with them!
^ “Out on a Limb,” a comedy in three
acts, has been selected by the Senior
Class to be their annual dramatics
presentation. The play, written by
Albert Johnson, is published by the
Art Craft Play Company of Marion,
Iowa.
The theme of the play is “teen
agers versus parents” with the ac
tion taking place in an average home.
The story calls for five men and five
women, all of whom will be chosen
from the Senior Class. Characters
will be chosen early in February to
play the part of the scatter-brained
mother, the serious-minded husband,
the frustrated teen-ager, the spinster
aunt, the bachelor professor, the in
tellectual teen-ager, the young jour
nalist, the school psychologist, and
various minor characters in the play.
Miss Lorena AvereA of the Oxford
High School faculty will coach the
play which will be presented in March.
Money derived from sale of Senior
play tickets will be used by the class
to buy the gift which the Seniors
present to the school each year at
commencement.
Further Plans
Invitations ahd cards have been
ordered by members of the Senior
Class in preparation for graduation;
measurements for caps and gowns
have been completed, and the Senior
gift has been chosen. The Senior mas
cot has been elected by the class and
plans are underway for the planning
,of the commencement issue of “The
Owl.” The Senior Class is composed
of forty-nine members, thirty-two
boys and seventeen girls.
Miss Helen Wilkin and Miss Eugen
ia Boyd serve as advisers to the class.
Dickie Watkins is class mascot.