MERRY
CHRISTMAS
^e Moxboro Rambler
PUBLISHED ONCE A MONTH BY THE STUDENTS OF ROXBORO HIGH SCHOOL
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
VOL. II
ESTABLISHED 1936
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1937
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NUMBER 3
The Dramatic Club
Presents Two One-
Act Plays Friday
Between the Two Plays the
Glee Club Gave a Program
of Musical Numbers
On Friday night, December 3, the
Dramatic Club of the Roxboro high
school presented two one-act plays.
The first one, entitled “Yes Means
No,” a farce by Howard E. Rogers,
was under the direction of Miss
Harkrader. The story centered
around Donald Bradsher (Teddy
Lawson), who was the son of a
wealthy business man, Earl Stewart
(Mr. Lawson), and just out of col
lege. It shows what a muddle a boy
can make of things when left in his
father’s office with the instructions
to answer “no” to all questions.
Others in the cast were Victoria
Black (Miss Collins), secretary to
Mr. Lawson, Frances Winstead
(Edith Merrill), fiancee of Teddy,
and Charles Reade Long (J. T.
Morgan) a big business man.
The second one which was directed
by Mrs. B. G. Clayton was called
“The Trysting Place.” This place
was a room just off the lounge of a
resort hotel to which few people
went. It proves how embarrassing it
can be when two people think they
are alone and find there is some one
listening. The cast follows:
M^. Cu-t”. the ^u"^ ""'"'■>
Grace 0. Clayton
Lancolot Briggs, the boy....Richard Long
Mrs. Briggs, his mother—
Anne Margaret Long
Jessie, his sister Mary Hester Austin
Ruport Smith Page Harris
Mr. Ing»ldsby, old friend of
Mrs. Briggs Curtis Long
Between the two plays the Glee
Club gave a short program under the
direction of Miss Margaret DeVany.
Their program follows:
Solo, Lullaby (Brahms) Annie L. Day
Amaryllis Ghys
All Through the Night Owen
The Pose Tree Practorius
Evening Prayer Humper Dinck
My Song Wilson
The stage managers were P. T.
Wrenn and Lester Long. Captains
of ticket teams were C. C. Garrett
and Robert Hunt. The entire pro
gram was thoroughly enjoyed by the
audience. .
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News From The
Junior Club
The Junior club held its regular
meeting on Thursday, December 2.
This was the first business meeting
to be held since the club was organ
ized. New officers were elected and
the Christmas program was arranged.
The club voted to give presents to
the needy children in the community
instead of giving to each other.
The new officers are: president,
Jean Kirby; vice-president, Anne
Timberlake; secretary, Margaret
O’Briant; treasurer, Theo Strum;
program committee, Joy Wilkerson,
Janie Murphy, Sarah Wilson; enter
tainment committee, Mary Frances
Crowell, Kate Day, Marion Long.
Senior Girl In Hospital
Sue Allen, who is a member of the
Senior Class, was operated on at the
Watts hospital last week for appendi
citis. We hope for her a rapid recov
ery.
Rambler Staff Visits
The Courier Office
The Rambler staff had a very in
teresting and instructive visit to the
Courier office a few days ago. The
staff had the privilege of seeing the
Courier go to press and had the set
up of the newspaper explained to
them by the officials in charge.
The Courier office is one of the
early establishments of the town and
the paper is one of the oldest in the
state. It is now in its 54th year. Sev
eral times it has been voted the best
of its type in the state.
Mr. J. W. Noell, its editor, is justly
proud of his paper. It has been in
the Noell family since 1884. Mr.
Noell, aside from running his paper,
often strays off into politics and as
a Senator goes down to Raleigh to
keep in touch with the state.
We wish for him and his staff a
happy Christmas and many more
years of service.
P. T. A. Holds Meeting
P. T. A. held an interesting meet
ing this month at the Central school.
The president, Mrs. Boatwright,
called the meeting to order. Miss
DeVany led the members in singing,
“The More We Get Together,” “The
Bells of St. Mary’s,” “Put On Your
Old Gray Bonnet,” and “Old Lang
Syne.” Mrs. Bruce Newell read the
minutes, after which Mrs. Boatwright
took up the business of the associa
tion. One hundred dollars was re
ported to be in the treasury. They
decided to give fifty dollars to each
of the schools to be used as needed.
After this the Zu Zu band, com
posed of eight little boys, directed
by Peggy Whitten, gave a selection.
This selection was followed by three
numbers given by the junior glee
club, “Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes,” “Stars,” and “Thanks
giving Song.” The last thing on the
program was a dance by Peggy
Whitten and Martha Boatwright,
“The Bellhop Boy and Girl.”
News Of The
Girls’ Hi-Y Club
On November 22, the Girls’ Hi-Y
club met at the home of Grace Os
borne Clayton. The program consist
ed of a discussion of the constitution
revised by the constitution commit
tee of the last conference. The club
decided to give a Thanksgiving bas
ket to a needy family, this being its
charity work for the month of No
vember. This club also welcomed its
two new members, Nellie Scott
Featherston and Louise Ashley. The
meeting was adjourned to meet at
the home of Virginia Huddleston on
December 6, 1937.
On December 6, the Girls’ Hi-Y
met at the home of Virginia Hud
dleston. Louise Dickens had charge
of the program. “Stunt Night” was
enjoyed by the members.
Central School Working
On Two Projects
Recently the grammar grade
teachers of the Central school gave
an entertainment for the purpose of
raising money to buy equipment for
the stage and playground. They were
very successful with this program
but still need more funds. Several
private donations have been made
and any other will be very much
appreciated.
PRINCIPAL
J. W. GADDY, JR.
Mr. Gaddy came to us from Kinston
high school two years ago. Under
his supervision many changes have
been made in the building and cur
riculum, We appreciate his
good work.
Person County Teachers
Hear Dr. Derrendinger
The most outstanding meeting
that the Person county teachers have
had in several years was heard last
week in the Roxboro central school.
It was the privilege of this group
to hear Dr. Derrendinger, of Cataw
ba college. Dr. Derrendinger was a
native of Switzerland until 1912 when
hn comp- io o -
similar to his own country in a num
ber of ways, according to his state
ment. He discussed the school sys
tem of Switzerland. A system it
seems that North Carolina might
pattern after in many respects. His
talk was indeed gripping and
thought provoking. It is the earnest
wish of every one that this group
may have more speakers of Dr.
Derrendinger’s calibre.
Third Month Honor Roll
Sixth Grade — Charlie Harris,
Thomas Long, Janie Pearl Crump
ton, Mary Jane Fox, Virginia Kirby,
Marion James, Clara Elizabeth Lee,
Nancy MastenMa, Mary Ela Morris.
Seventh^ Grade—Martha Boat
wright, Morion Frederick, Francis
Harris, Eruistine McGrew, Marie
Scoggins, /Madeline Tapp, Peggy
Whitten, Gordon Wilkerson, Margar
et Davis,I Janie Clayton, Emily
Moore, Elsie Saunders.
Eighth Grade—Annie Laurie
Reuben Bowes, Blanche
inline Clayton, Zelda Hol
Barnette,
Hurdle, P
leman, Ennma Bailey Jones, Arline
Newell, I
Kirby. I
Ninth
Teddy P;
Ellmore,
Perkerinf
Barrett, '
len, Mar /
Eleanor Winstead, George
t Grade—Sam Paul Davis,
;irker, Peggy Brooks, Kitty
Bertha Mae Morris, Lois
;, Louise Walker, Annie Sue
Helen Hall, Marguerite Al-
garet Green.
I Grade—Billy West, Kitty
Mary Lewis Dickens, Doris
, Ella Harris Winstead, Bar
Tenti
Collins,
Scoggins
den Wii istead, Rachel Fox, Doris
lva Moore, Helen Reid San-
ary Sievers Woody, Lavenia
Jones, I.
ders, M
Walker.
enth Grade—Page Harris,
Dickens, Nellie S. Feather-
Margaret Painter, Virginia
rs, Frances Winstead.
Elev
Louise
stone,
Saunde
Boy Patrols Are
Now Organized In
Roxboro High School
Twelve boy patrols have been
organized in the sixth and seventh
grades under the direction of Mr.
Sledge.
The members are: Captain—Ran
dolph King, lieutenant — Buddy
Thomas, patrols—Martin Michie,
Charlie Harris, Jack Hughs, Thomas
Long, Buris Carver, Tingley Moore,
Billy Jordon, Tom Thaxton, John
Shotwell, and Norfleet Umstead.
We think it is very necessary for
some action to be taken for the safety
of our boys and girls in Roxboro.
These boys will be assigned certain
strategic points in town and near
.he school. They will wear badges
and belts ordered from the Carolina
Motor Club which represent safety
and not policy.
Citizens of Roxboro: When a pa
trol member raises his hand to warn
your approaching a group of chil
dren who are crossing the street, he
is not directing or controlling you,
but merely calling your attention to
your obligation under the law to
respect the rights and safety of
pedestrians at crosswalks.
Blank sheets will be sent to par
ents soon asking them to map the
route for their child to come and go
from school. Then this route will be
strictly enforced. In the meantime I
hope every parent will see that his
child goes to and from school as is
directed by the patrol at crossings.
is behind this movement to help make
it a success. The boys in the patrol
will be given training along this line
by the police department, C. R.
Wood of Durham, and actual prob
lems which arise from day to day by
Mr. Sledge.
Amusing Comedy Is
Given By Junior Class
Members of Miss Hester’s section
of the junior class presented on last
Friday a very entertaining one-act
comedy entitled, “A Wedding.” This
comedy by John Kirkpatrick had to
do with the amusing mishaps occur-
ing on the day of a wedding. It
looked at several times throughout
the sparkling comedy as if the wed
ding would never take place. The
characters who took part were as
follows:
The Bridegroom Bob Whitten
The Best Man C. C. Garrett
The Bride Martha King
A Groomsman Barden Winstead
The Bridegroom’s Mother
Helen Reid Saunders
The Bride’s Father
Merriman Foushee
The Bride’s Aunt Hazel Warmack
Juniors And Seniors
Work On A Poverty
Stricken Vocabulary
The juniors and seniors are using
the Readers Digest in connection
with other English work this year.
As this magazine carries the best
selections from many other magazines
they hope to keep informed on the
important topics of the day. How
ever, to their astonishment, they find
their word supply running very low;
therefore they will work diligently
every month to add at least fifty
good words to their poverty stricken
vocabulary.
Seniors Present
"The Royal Gift”
The Senior class under the direc
tion of Mrs. Nichols and Miss Bowers
presented “The Royal Gift,” a
Christmas play, to the student body
Tuesday morning.
The theme of the play was found
in these words: “Inasmuch as peo
ple give to the sad, the needy: inas
much as they have ministered to the
lonely and the unfortunate, they have
ministered unto the Christ Child.”
The cast consisted of the following
seniors:
King Earl Stewart
Queen Louise Dickens
Miriam Frances Foushee
Priscilla Virginia Huddleston
The Jester Bitty Bullock
The Page Donald Bradsher
King Bothrite T. C. Wagstaff
King Korniah Page Harris
Lady Azalia Shallum Hannah Brewer
The Beggar Charles R. Long
The Shepherd Thomas Solomon
Inasmuch Eloise Newell
Miss Spink’s Room Gives
Interesting Program
On Thursday morning of Decem
ber 9 Miss Spink’s home room gave
an enjoyable as well as educational
program in chapel. This entertain
ment was on the order of Carl
Goerch’s “Man on the Street” pro
gram to which many people enjoy
listening.
This contest was between six boys
nr> ODA—-■’ 1 ' 1 ’‘ng nno teacher
Willie Gil Tiie other side were six
girls including ..other teacher. A
boy would draw a question from the
hat and then came the girl’s turn.
A phony microphone, which was
made by one of the boys from the
grade, was used.
Home Economics Class To
Give Unique Program
Miss Davis’ first and second year
home economics classes will give a
very interesting and unique chapel
program Friday.
If you want the answer to any
question on etiquette, write it on a
slip of paper and drop it in the box
that is now in the front hall for that
purpose. Her girls will act the an
swers on the stage, in costume.
All the costumes will have been
made by her pupils. Thus in an enter
taining manner they will give you a
review of two phases of their work.
(Miss Davis, to make it complete,
why not pass around some cookies
they have made?)
“The Wedding Present”
Given By Ninth Grade
On Wednesday morning, Decern-
ber 8, Miss Yancey’s section of the
ninth grade gave a delightful chapel
program. A comedy, “The Wedding
Present,” was presented. “The Wed
ding Present” is about the frantic
efforts of a honeymoon couple' to re
member the gift of the friend who
is their guest. Quite a situation is
created which is made more ludicrous
by the discovery that the guest does
not know himself what he sent.
The characters are as follows:
Bob Gordon (bridegroom)
Teddy Parker
Carrie Gordon (bride)
Louise Walker
Jim Dixon (the guest)
Henry Yarboro