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PUBLISHED EACH SCHOOL MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
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Vol. XXHI
Oxford, N. C., October, 1957
No. 1
Seniors Elect Russel!
Borlowe Class
President
Seniors resumed their high-schccl voyajtc
by picking Russell Barlowe as their cap
tain for Port Graduation.
Others chosen to serve were Dan Averett,
vice-president; Martha Taylor, secretary;
and Lindy Lou Baker, treasurer.
Class Night speakers have been chosen
as follows: Poet, Lindy Baker; Prophet,
Derwood Robinson; Testator, Dan
Averett; Giftorian, Martha Taylor; Intro
ducer of Seniors, Anne White; and His
torian, Julianna Yancey.
During high school, Russell has ser\^ed
as treasurer of the Student Council and
of the Junior Class, and as a member of
the basketball team, Monogram Club, anc
Beta Club.
Dan has participated in football anc
basketball, being co-captain this year. He
is also Oxonian editor and in the Mono
gram and Beta Clubs.
Martha, president of the Student Coun
cil, lists her activities as G-^.A., annual
staff, cheerleading, and Beta Club.
Lindy Lou, class treasurer, is president
of the F.H.A., and is in the Glee Club
and Beta Club.
High School Class President's
Six Newcomers At 0. H. S
This Year
Tliero are six new teachers at Oxford
High this year.
Mr. William L. Benton, a graduate cf
Carolina, directs band and chorus. He
has previously taught at the Belmont and
Garner schools.
Mrs. Joye Craven, who was graduated
last Spring from Furman University in
Greenville, S. C., teaches girls’ physical
education and general science, and will
coach the girls’ basketball team.
Mr. J. H. Daniel, a former John Nichols
High student, teaches one of the three
eighth grades. He is a graduate of Camp
bell and Elon Colleges, with a B..\. in
English, and minors in History, German,
and biology.
Mrs. Tom Jones instructs art in high
school as well as in the elementary grades.
She is a 1957 graduate of Furman Uni
versity.
Mrs. E. L. Moore teaches physics, gene
ral science, and biology. She is a gradu
ate of the University of Wisconsin, Illinois
State Normal University, and has also
studied at Duke. Mrs. Moore taught at
Credle School last year. During the sum
mer Mrs. Moore spent nine weeks at
Left to right: Russell Barlowe, Charles Stovall, Charles Belcher, Billy Elliott
Billy Elliott Heads
Freshmen
Billy Elliott, the son of Mr. and Mrs
W. J. Elliott, is president of the freshman
class.
Harper Ruff is vice-president, and Linda
Lilly, secretary-treasurer.
Billy plays center on the Wildcat team
and Harper plays fullback. Linda, whose
family last year moved here from Sea
board, likes to play basketball.
Exceed Goal For Yearbook
The O.xonian magazine sale exceeded its
$2500 goal by over fifty dollars.
The magazine campaign lasting from
September 23-October 4 had as its goa
$2500, against last year’s $2200. Announ
cements of winners of prizes will be made
later.
The staff, headed by Dan Averett, in
cludes Charles Stovall, associate; Nancy
Hix, business manager; and John Cheat
ham, art editor. Miss Williams, business
education teacher, and Miss Waller, libra
rian, are co-advisers.
Duke University working in the fields of
mathematics and natural sciences. Prior
to her summer of study, she was accepted
as a member of the National Science
Foundation Institute.
Aliss Mar>' Ellen Williams, a graduate
of East Carolina College, teaches com
mercial studies. She is co-sponsor of the
Oxonian, O.H.S. yearbook, along with Miss
Waller.
Dr. House and 0. H. S.^s New Activity Bus
Charles Stovall
Leads Juniors
Charles Stovall will lead the Juniors
this year as their president.
Others elected to ser.ve with him are
Fielding Walker, vice-president, Mary
Helen Blackwell, secretary; John Webb,
treasurer, and Callie Frazier, historian.
Stovall, a former member of the Junior
Varsity football team, is now on the Varsi
ty at quarterback. He L also on the
Oxonian Staff.
Fielding Walker was president of the
Sophomore Class last year and vice-presi
dent of the Latin Club. This year he is
a representative to the Student Council.
Mary Helen Blackwell, also secretary
of the Sophomore class last year, is a
member of the Student Council and asso
ciate editor of the Owl.
John Webb was president of his Fresh
man class and was treasurer of the Stu
dent Council last year. He also was given
a two-weeks trip to New York this sum
mer to visit the United Nations. The trip
was made possible by the Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs of Granville County.
Callie Frazier is a member of the Chorus
and this year is secretary of the Student
Council.
Charles Belcher
Soph. President
Charles Belcher, who last year served
as freshman president, has again been
chosen to lead his classmates. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Belcher.
Other officers are Betty Lou Rawls,
vice-president; Richard Breedlove, secre
tary; and Jimmy Frazier, treasurer.
Charles is a member of the Student
Council, the Monogram Club, and the
Latin Club. He plays tackle on the foot
ball team and hopes to play basketball
later.
Betty Lou, a member of the Student
Council, Latin Club, G.A.A., and F.H.A.,
is an active member of the choir and the
B.T.U. at the First Baptist Church.
Richard is a member of the Monogram
Club and plays football.
Jimmy is on the Oxonian staff and is
a member of the football team.
Homecoming Game
With Northern
Durham Here
Oct. 25
Homecoming will be observed here Fri
day night, October 25. The Oxford High-
Northern Durham game will highlight the
event prior to the homecoming dance.
During half-time the Homecoming Court
will be presented and the new queen will
be recognized by her predecessor. Miss
Helen .Adcock, 1956-57 queen.
Following the game a dance will be
held in the gymnasium, at which time
the Queen will be officially crowned and
her court will be presented.
The Queen is the Senior girl receiving
the highest number of votes from the stu
dent body. The second-high senior girl
is her maid of honor.
As a result of the voting on October
18, two girls from the freshman, sopho
more, junior, and senior classes will com
prise the Queen’s Court. ,
The event is sponsored annually by the
Student Council, undgj;^ the . guidance of
Miss Edna Reams, advise^ and Martha
Taylor, president.
A blanket invitation has been extended
to all former O. H. S. students.
Atfend Institute
At Chapel Hill
Oct. 12
October 12 found four Oxford “pub
lishers” in Chapel Hill for the sbsteenth
annual N. C. Press Institute.
Editor Derwood Robinson with his as
sociate editor, Mary Helen Blackwell, re
presented The Owl, and Dan Averett and
Fielding Walker, the Oxonian. Miss Wil
liams, one of the co-sponsors of the year
book, accompanied the group.
Last year Derwood Robinson, as asso
ciate editor of the Owl, participated in a
panel discussion on news writing.
Delegates were welcomed by Dean
Norval Neil Luxon, dean of the Univer
sity’s School of Journalism.
Guests of Woman’s
Club
Teachers in the Oxford city and in
Granville County’s systems were guests
of Oxford’s three Woman’s Clubs at a tea
Sept. 24 in their club house from 4 to
5:30.
Walker Heads Science Club
This year there is a Science Club at
O. H. S. of which Fielding Walker is
president and Charles Stovall, vice-presi
dent.
Nancy Lawson is secretary, and Harper
Ruff is treasurer. The two librarians are
Tommy Robinson (biology) and John
Cheatham (physics). Mrs. Dorothea
Moore is adviser.
Eight Cheerleaders
Martha Parham is Oxford High’s head
cheerleader. Others are Martha Taylor,
Lelia McFarland, Lillian McFarland, Ann
Stovall, Lea Lea Hall, Betty Daniel and
Charlotte Easton.