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December, 1958
Mrs. Elms’ Eighth Grade
Oui had a diaijlax on inactUs at
Iho lust ol llu' year. Our Icaclicr askod
us to hrina: insects and make a report on
lliem. Some of us l)rought grasslioiipers,
worms, bugs, beetles, and a little of every
thing. This was a di.s|)lay on insects that
harm crops.
lien I’ace did a project .showing the
size of the planets. He u.scd a mustard
seed showing the. size of Pluto, Mars, and
.Mercury. .A grain of wheat was used for
the .size of Isarth and Venus, .rn Knglish
pea. represented liranus and Neptune. .‘V
pecan wa.s used for Saturn, and a walnut
for Jupiter. A basketball was used to
show the size of the sun.
(Linda Sizemore)
Mrs. Lamm’s Room
Our class had a party October M. We
had cliocolate cake, fudpe, cookies, candy,
potato chips, and Pepsi Cola. Ruby Clark
and Linda Sanlord were in char^te of the
program. Everyone enjoyed it very much.
Each person in the room has done a
histor\' project. Some dressed dolls, made
booklets or covered wagons, carved guns,
or iiuilt log cabins. All were very nice.
'I'roy John.^on and A. M. Claybonic
cave a very interesting .science e.\perimcnt.
riu’y proved whether some foods had
-larch in them nr not. Charles Williams
and \uclor Sell gave a .'•cience e.xiHuimcnl
too. rhe> tested hou much air different
persons’ lung.'s ean hold. Everyone cn-
jo>ei all the experiments we had.
We are very glad to have Linda Wright
irom Oak Hill in our room this year.
(Reporter: Hetty Whitehurst)
News From Miss Smith’s
Room
There is a very ha{>{>\' person in our
room; Mi.ss Smith. She Anally got her
east off her arm. She is very good-natured
now and i.s always ha})}))'.
Our room and Mrs. Thomasson’s room
had a part)' Friday 21. We danced and
I)laycd records in the gym and had a
hap}))' time.
We had a })igcon in our room the other
day. Ru.ssell Cap})s caught it Hying a-
round in our room. It had only one eye,
hut it wa.'' ])rett)' just the same. Wc let
it go at lunch and it flew away.
Reporter,
Marv Wells Ruff
Sixth Grades Have
“Olympics”
To ( Id.'-c llicir unit .vlu(l\' iiii aiiciciit
(IiTc.cc the .si.vlh grade.-; cil the O.xford
High and ('|•('dl^' .School.-; iircscnlcd an
Olymiiic.-; in true ancient (Irteian .-ilyle.
(,'lad in tradili(}nal armor. Uinie.-;, lyres,
.spears, and .shields, the sUideiUs marched
into contests, games, dramas, and lyrics
depicting .scenes from .Mhi-ns, Sparla,
Corinth, and Olympia in times H. each
cla.ss rcpro.senling a city-stalc.
The Oxford High .Seliool gymna.siuni
wa.-5 arranged for the .setting of the eyeiit.
Each contest was subject to judges, Homer
l.assiter and Lula jewel, honor gue.sls
from the State Departnu-nf in Raleigh,
and .'Vnnie Oray liurroughs. school .suiier-
visor.
\'’ict()rs in I he evenls were awarded
laurel wreatlis. The following winning
firecks were crowned by Principal Bruce
Sloan: David Cannady, Linda Cuming,
■Melvin Nance. Ercddie Eorsythe, and Wil
liam Boyd.
Pu|)ils had prepared Ihese events under
the direction of Peggy Waldo, .Vnnic Gray
Burrough.s, and their teachers Mary V.
Lill>, Mildred S(|uiros, Evelyn Breedlove,
and Mattie Lyon. .-Ml projjs and costumes
were niad(- b\' pupils under the direction
of their teachers and Mrs. Tom Jones, art
in.-,tructor. Music and dances were direc
ted by Peggy Waldo, accompanied by
Mildred Squires, while contests and games
were coached by Principal Roy Smith.
Pre.sidents of Jr. High Classes
Rf'adilur k'll to right: first row: jud) Dean. David (.kinnady, \'ernon
Avcrelt. Second Row; Jimni)' Walker. Picot Frazier. David Cunin.
Hack row; Pegg\ .Averett, Jud) Hart, Lynn Duncan.
My Life Story
I am an atom. Some peoirle think that
is all there is to it, but they are wrong.
Indeed Ihey are! I am a, very si)erial atom.
I am an oxygen atom. My friends, Joe
.'.ml l-'ied. are hydrogen atoms.
joe. Fred, and 1 make up a trio of two
hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Cue.ss what wc are? -V nioleeule of water.
It lakes quite a few billion molecules for
a single drop of water.
One (lay .some ot my triends and I loll
from a leaking pipe in our homo. Man^’
trios of atoms bad fallen ahead of us.
.■\ dog came (dong and drank up all those
beautiful molecules in three big licks. 1
just escaped. 1 sincerely hope that never
Iiappens to me.
Linda Cuming,
Miss Breedlove’s Sixth tirade
I
Hall’s Drug Store
HEAD(;)L ARTERS
b'OR
SCHOOL SCPI'LIKS
GR-R-R-R-R! We Roar Again
(Miss Lyon’s Sixth Grade)
In our den wa- have (ione a lot ot things
since the last issue ol the Owl.
On Halloween we made candy a|iples
with earamel filling on litem. They were
reall, good. We make tliem like tliis:
We bought live packages ol (aramei Irlocks,
We liroughi a jk)! and a hol-i)lalc to
school. Then we pul llie candy in the
jioi and melted it until the caramel was
thick. We pill a itop.sirlc stick in each
apple. We dipited them in the Ihiek cara
mel. and Vummy, Yummy, were they
good ?
One day this fall Mrs. ticorge Duffy
came to sec us. She told us altoul Diony-
sia, a little tireek girl. She .said that the
tjxford Senior Woman’s Club was the
foster ixircnls of Dionysia. She said lliat
when they first “adopted" her, .she was
very simdl and thin. Now .site i.s tall and
not .so thin. She .said that Dionysia needed
clothes and candies. Some memliers of
our class .suggested that we look for clothes
and other things at home. Wo Inought
(Ire.sses. a raincoat, skirls, socks and other
things. Mi.ss Lyon heard Mrs. Duffy say
Diony.sia needed crayons, and she told
our cla.ss. So, w'e brought her a big box
ot crayons. Mr. Loui.s Hutchinson dry-
cleaned the clothes for us and we sent
them to Mrs. Duffy. We liope Diony.sia
will enjoy them.
t)ur .-Vnierican Educalioii Week project,
November 0-16, was fixing a display about
out school in J. C. Penney’s window.
Richard Paynter and George Childers were
in charge of arranging the items made by
our clinss. We certainly do thank Mr.
Childers for lending us the window.
t)n Friday of .'\merican lidiieation Week
wc gave a tea for our friends and parents
in our classroom. Wo (lid all the planning,
rooking, and serving.
Guests were greeted by Gail A.shworth.
.•\l tlie register wa.s Luther Carrington,
who also directed the guests to the re
frcshmenl table where Linda Parham,
.-Xmietle Clark, and Lucy Weltb Baird
as.sist('d in serving about twenty guests.
Goodbyes were said by Richard Paynter.
GIFTS FOR All. OCCASIONS
George Currin, Jeweler
W.-\TCIIES - DIAMONDS
CHINA - CRYSTAL
DISC CHARMS
FRIENDSHIP RINGS
Eighth Grade Presidents
JHDV HART
Jud) Hart, wlio moved here irom Slu-
vaii, \va.‘' elected luesidenl of Miss Hul-
loekV room.
She is an alternate cheericader and a
member o! the Junior High ('horu.'^. Wake
Idirest is her favorite college, and s})clliitg
her favorite snl)jecL
She stand> live feet, hve. and one half
inches tall, has a.sli-blond hair and hazel
eyes. Pink is her })relcrence in eolors. I'hc
food slie likes best is steak.
Listening to the radio is her favorite
})astimc. Her lavorili' entertainer is Pat
Boone.
i’EtAiV A\ ERETT
Mrs. Lainnvs ela.s.s elected as their elass
})residenl Pegg) Averelt. Baby-blue is her
ehoiee tolor. Her tavoritc food is steak.
Rick) Nelson is her favorite recording
star: .Anunican Bandstand, her favorite
television in'ograni; and 'Tony Curtis, her
tavoritc movie actor. Her lavorite s})ort
i.s softball.
Pegg) has black hair, hazel eyes, and i.s
fic'c feet, lour inches tall.
DAVID C'.CRRLN
Mr.". I'dms’ eighth grade class elecletl
as (licir homeroom })residenl. David Cur
rin. David is iive feet four, has blond
hair, and blue eyes.
Cluury ))ie and steak are l)is favorite;
ambrosia and beans he dislikes.
Hi" choice ol colors i> red. He likes
all girls, but his best girl is C'laudia Currin.
David enjoys his daily arithmetic classes
hut detest.s history assignments,
Baseball is Ids favorite s})ort, witli the
Vankee.s hi.s favorite team. Red ^.Skins
ai'e his favoi'ite lootball team.
Mrs. Squires’ Sixth Grade
Mr.x, S(|uii'i'.s' .-(ixlh grtidc decided to
lidvc ()|H'ii llou.-'C Novemix'r 1-1 since that
wa.-; the last dax' ot \m('ii((iii ifducaliou
Week. Diffeieiil children brought iieanuts,
pineapple juice, ginger ale, cookies, and
mints.
Mike Zava stood at the front door and
greeted the parenfs. David Cannady and
Carolyn Wliite greeted them at the next
door. Hilly Gri.s.som directed the parents
to the cla.s,sroom, and B(tbl)\' F'razier and
Mark, Smith ke|)t the rcgEter. .-Xbout
twcnl> parents eame.
.Sinte the elass has been sliidying Rome,
they (lie learning a Latin song tailed
“Don.a Nobis Patenr' in Ihice-ixirt har
mony. It is a very |)rotty song,
Mrs. S(|iiires' intpils are making 1 (luring
their luneh |H‘iio(l) Christma.s presents for
their patents or rekdive:;. 'I'hey imsist on
keeping the names of these presents secret.
Mrs. Squires’ room planned a surprise
party lor her on her birthday, November
LS. Idnda Pleasants’ grandmother made
a biflhdax- cake. Each penson was served
a drink and cookies made by Betsy Suitt
and Judith Yancey. Mrs. Squires w.as
presented a box of candy by her class.
She xvas very surpri.sed and happy.
Reporter, Mike Zava
Seventh Grade Presidents
JIMM’i' WALKER
Mrs. Wright’s room clccled Jimmy
W(dk('r a.; t'lass |)re.-;i(lent. He has blond
hair, blue eyes, weighs .SI pounds, and
i.s -f feet, 0 iiiehes fall.
Be.sides his .school activities, he is in-
lerested in baseball and movies, cspceially
Ihe '‘horror’’ ty|)e. Ricky Nelson is his
ehoica- ol vocalists. His favoi'ite cars arc
Ford and Chevrolet. He likes all girls,
but prcler.s blondes or brunettes. His
hobby is using the jig-saw. Spelling is his
favorite subject.
LYNN DlilNCAN
L\im Duncan is president of Miss
Smith’s room. Ho lives with Ids grand
mother, Mrs. Eugenia Hail. ,
rail, (lark, and handsome describes
L\ nn pcrfeclb. He is .s’ 7’’. with dark
complexion, brown eyes and black hair.
•Among Iti.s liivorites arc pork chops, the
color blue, spelling, and Carolyn Creech.
Collecting sitorls pictures is his hobby.
PlCt)T ER.-\Z1ER
The .'ludents ol Mrs. Thomasson’s
.seventli grade chose as their das.s presi
dent Pilot Frazier.
Blue is his favorite color; tavoritc food,
tried ehiekeii. Seienec is the subject he
likes best. .CIO P. M. Ls his favorite
time of day.
One of his great loves is sports. The
A'ankees are his favorite baseball lean),
Ids favorite footltall and basketball team
is University of North Carolina. Football
ranks above all other sports with Picot.
His lioltbies are collecting rocks and
footlxills.
Picot i.s .s’ 2", and has brown hair and
eves.
News From Miss Bullock’s
Room
We are itioud to have the lollowing
iico|)le as our grade-parents: Mr. J. F..
Rawls, Mrs, G. D. Gholson, Jr., Mrs. C.
F’. Wildman. Mrs. V\ . M. Hicks, and Mrs.
Mildred Duncan.
The following |)eo|)le, were chosen our
class oflieers: Judy Hart, president; Arch
HicEs, \ ice-]iresi(ient; Charles Peed, secre
tary; Paul Duffy, treasurer, Royster Wash
ington, reporter.
We arc proud to have Judy Hart with
us. She came from Stovall.
We have had some interesting sdeiiec
exhibits IhLs iwst month. Some exhibits
were posters showing pictures of volca
noes or rock formntioas that had been
cnl out of magazines; some .posters that
had hecii hand-colored showed an inside
view ot volcano. We had some vo’lcanoes
that xvere made out of plaster of paris
or mud, and one map made of salt and
Hour showing the mountain regions of the
linited States. There were a few posters
showing the carth-ciuakc Irclts of the
world, and some showed their damage.
Reported by
Royster Washington