BEAT
SANFORD!!
PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Volume XII
Oxford, N, C., October 1950
Number 1
Mr. M. R. Vickers Assumes Principal’s Duties
0. H. S. Gains New Faculty Members, Art Supervisor
As the school term begins for the
year ’50-’51, O.H.S. welcomes a new
principal, Mr. M. K. Vickers; three
new teachers. Miss Helen Wall, art
instructor; Mrs. Hugh Currin, sixth
grade teacher; Mrs. Campbell, eighth
grade teacher.
Mr. Vickers
Our new principal, Mr. Vickers,
comes to us from Durham, North
Carolina. He attended college at Wake
Forest. From 1931 to 1942 he was
athletic coach at Oxford High and
then he served eight years in the
Army. This is his thirteenth year in
Oxford and he seems to like it fine.
In the line of food, Mr. Vickers pre
fers steak. Sports interest him, but
his main hobby is hunting. Not only
has Mr. Vickers been a coach, but
he has done several other types of
work. Mr. and Mrs. Vickers are mak
ing their home here on Grove Street.
Miss Wall
Miss Helen Ann Wall, the new art
teacher for O.H.S, is a native of
Lilesville, North Carolina. She at
tended Woman’s College at Greens
boro for four years with an addi
tional year of graduate work. She
likes to read and loves sports though
her first love is art. Miss Wall says
she is very pleased with her new art
room and likes Oxford just fine. She
loves to dance and her favorite color
is red.
Mrs. Currin
Meet Mrs. Hugh Currin, our new
sixth grade teacher who hails from
Charlotte. After graduating from
Meredith College, she took over the
job of being a housewife. She doesn’t
have any particular hobbies, but she
likes music. She is a resident of Front
Street and she thinks Oxford is “just
splendid.”
Mrs. Campbell
Mrs. Campbell, our new eighth
grade teacher, is a graduate of Greens
boro College and did graduate work
at Southwestern in Fort Worth,
Texas. She was born in Greensboro,
North Carolina, was recently married
and moved to Bullock. Her favorite
pastimes are cooking for her husband
and listening to symphonic music and
her favorite color is red. She likes
almost anything except lazy folks and
buttermilk. Bullock happens to be
her favorite spot in Granville County,
but she thinks Oxford is wonderful
too.
Lois Hester
Another new face around O.H.S. is
Lois Hester, our new secretary, re
placing Mrs. Durward Hight who
recently moved to Raleigh. Lois grad
uated from Oxford High in 1947 and
took a business course at Mrs.
Fuller’s Business School the follow
ing year.
Lois’s favorite color is blue, her
favorite pastime is going to movies,
and her pet peeve is young girls
smoking.
She tells us she likes her new job
fine and enjoys being back at her
Alma Mater.
New Faculty Members
Back row: Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Vickers. Front row: Mrs. Currin, Miss Wall.
Hedgepeth
Heads Council
Dear Students:
As we begin another year in the
furthering of our education, we are
also nearing our days of living a
citizen’s life in our world community.
With our government power becom
ing stronger throughout the years,
our citizenship is becoming more im
portant.
Our Student Council is a form of
government on a small scale giving
us needed experience in government
work and citizenship.
The Student Council, as our na
tion’s government, is of the people,
for the people, and by the people.
The members of the Council are your
representatives. They are there to
see that your ideas for a better school,
in which to live and work, are carried
through. The Council is an organiza
tion of students to plan ways of
helping each student in his school
career and it is a closer connection
between student and the faculty and
principal.
This year the Council plans to do
a great many things for our school
and students. However, to make our
year a successful one, we need your
help. The Student Council is yours
and we want you to use it in a con
structive way for the school, the stu
dents, and the Council.
Very sincerely yours,
Ruth Hedgrepeth, Pres.
Band Begins
Season
The 1950-51 band made its first
football appearance at the Oxford-
New Bern game. Favorable comments
were heard on all sides regarding the
precision and neat appearance of the
eighty students who compose the
band.
The new color guard, majorettes
and tumblers are very attractive and
add much to the band parades.
DURHAM COUNTY GAME
On Thursday Sept. 28th the band
played in Durham for the Oxford-
Durham game. The transportation
was provided by Radio Station
W.O.X.F. At the half time a letter D
was formed for Durham County and
O.H.S. for Oxford.
Oxonian Staff
Meets
The annual staff for the school
year 1950-51 which is composed of
Margaret Morris, Editor-in-Chief;
Jackie Jones, Associate-Editor; Bob
by Daniel, Business Manager; and
Ronald Ragland, Art Editor, has met
and has chosen as its Assistants Jean
Hughes, Assistant Business Manager;
Leslie Hall, Assistant Art Editor;
Homer Hobgood, Sports Editor; and
Ludie Maxwell, Typist.
MAGAZINE SALE
During two weeks in October, the
staff will sponsor the sale of magazine
subscriptions in order to raise the
funds needed to print the “Oxonian.”
Thq whole-hearted cooperation of
every high school student is necessary
if the magazine drive is to be a suc
cess.
g) —
News Briefs
“Calling All Teen-Agers"
Tune in WOXF every Saturday
morning at 10:15 and hear Shirley
Harris, class of ’51, conduct a new
radio program, “Calling All Teen-
Agers.” It’s well worth your time!
Bus Drivers Begin Work
O.H.S. boasts six new bus drivers
this year! Frank Daniel, Dan Crit-
cher, Charles Olive, Bobby Talley,
Brodie Newton, and Robert Lloyd.
Our Prosperous Faculty
O.H.S. teachers who are sporting
around in new cars this fall are Miss
Sue Fletcher, who is driving a Dodge;
Mrs. Oscar McFarland, a Chevrolet;
Miss Wilkin, a Plymouth; Mr. Cul-
ton, a Chevrolet; Miss White, lunch
room supervisor, a Dodge; Miss Lois
Waller, librarian, a Chevrolet; and
Miss Lorena Averett, a Pontiac.
Class Rings Arrive
Seniors who are waiving their
hands about for no apparent reasons
are doing nothing more than showing
off their new class ring-f*. which ar
rived early in September. And are
they beauties! They certainly are!
T.avdir Js Tnhjlpp. Qiippn
Martha “Monkey” Landis, former
O.H.S. student, was crowned Queen
of the Tobacco Jubilee which was
held in Oxford during August. Third
runner-up was Marianne, May, class
of’50. .
Visit New Art Room
If you haven’t visited Miss Ann
Wall’s new art room, you must do so.
Every wall is painted a different color
and asphalt tile is on order! By all
m.eans, go down and get acquainted.
Annual Staff Meets
Margaret Morris, Oxonian editor,
and her staff are already at work on
the 1951 Oxonian. Aided by Miss
Helen Wilkin, faculty sponsor, the
staff is planning a bigger and better
annual, so get your subscription
money ready!
Clayton Sets New Style
Have you seen Wilbur Clayton’s
dream car? No doors—but>the en
gine runs! What more could one
ask???
Student Council Gives Weiner
Roast
O.H.S. students had a wonderful
time at the Student Council weiner
roast. It’s a wonderful “get together”
idea. Council—let’s try it often!
Cheerleaders At Work
Cheerleaders have already been
elected and are hard at work learning
new yells and routines. They are
Frances Parham, Ludie Maxwell,
chief, Judy Gholson, Julia Hall, Peg
gy Paynter, Julia Adcock, and Er
nestine Dosher.
Library Has New Look
New furniture for the library was
ordered during the summer and ar
rived in time to be used on opening
day. Light tables and chairs cer
tainly add a “new look”—aided by
the new Venetian blinds which were
recently bought for the library and
for several class rooms.