Oxford High School - Oxonian Yearbook (Oxford, NC)

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Last Will Continued C181 Dick Young bestows some of his muscles upon Lionel Burnette. C191 Naomi Johnson bequeaths her dancing ability to Joyce Peebles. C201 Sara Walker and Barbara Elliott will their studious ways to Marion Cash. C211 Harold Currin bestows his skill in baseball upon Franklin Oakes. C221 Joan Parker, Daisy Mitchell, and Nellie Parrott leave their basketball positions to Ann Daniel and Frances Clayborne. C231 Dorothea Niles bequeaths her art talent to Ludie Maxwell. C241 Brent Adcock and Sidney Cutts leave their dancing ability to Thomas Parrott. C251 Dorothy Ragland wills her brown eyes to Margaret Dean. C261 Katherine Royster leave her best-all-round habits to Ruth Hedgepeth. C271 Jean Yeargin and Donnie Dean leave their black hair to Elizabeth Blalock, Audrey Humphries, and Shields Parham. Jean also leaves her technique with the tall, dark, and hand- some ones to Barbara Jean Adcock. C281 Nelson Daniel is leaving Mary Ann Floyd, period. C291 Jean Clark presents her singing talent to any of the girls who can master it. C301 Beth Watkins is leaving us all to follow Chuck Neer. C311 Patsy Banks leaves Nat Burwell, but not for good. C321 Carol Knott wills Virginia Hayes all the Square Dance fun she's had at the gym. C331 Grace Hamme and Marrianne May leave their height to Margaret Seabolt. C341 Betsy Hobgood and Donna Yancey bestow upon Jean Hester their Home Economic talent. C351 Annie Ruth Wheeler bequeaths her friendly disposition upon Eloise Gill. C361 Ann Buchanan bestows her beauty upon Frances Parham. C371 As for myself, I am taking it all with me to State College because I think I am going to need it. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can n'er forget what we did here!! CLASS OF '50 Witnesses: Dagwood J iggs Captain of the Kids Nineteen

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Last Will and Testament Bobby Greene, Testa tot Parents, faculty members, fellow students: We, the Senior Class of Oxford High School, in the year nineteen hundred and fifty, being of sound body and excellent mind, do hereby declare this last will and testament to be executed as follows: ITEM I: To the students we leave our seats on the steps in front of the building. We should like also to leave the cozy, roomy office for those who are seeking excuses after the tardy bell. ITEM II: To Mr. Hix, we extend our appreciation for his help and guidance through our first three years in high school. Our hats are off to Mr. Pittman, also, for his improvements to our school, for his guidance, and care in our last but most important year in school. ITEM III: We forgive our teachers for keeping us after school, for making long assign- ments, and for making us deposit our last stick of chewing gum in the waste basket. We cannot express in words our gratitude to you for helping in furthering our education so that we might become ladies and gentlemen, and responsible citizens of our country. ITEM IV: The Seniors leave their long assignments on Macbeth, Paradise Lost, and other phases of literature to the Juniors. ITEM V: To Mrs. Currin, our school secretary, we give our warmest thanks for helping us in every way possible. ITEM VI: The following Seniors wish to leave certain talents and personal belongings to their friends and undergraduates: C15 Gilbert Averett, Thomas Chappell, and Gilbert Dickerson leave some of their height to Julian Hughes. C25 Roy Beard, Norris Cole, Ralph Blackwell, Nat Burwell, and Douglas Currin leave their football positions to John Parham and Sam Finch. C35 Joe Bryan and Arthur Oakes leave their neat appearance to Jimmie Averette. C45 Howard Critcher and Edgar Wilson bestow their bashful ways upon Richard Beasley. C55 Weldon Currin, Lynwood Hughes, and William Pritchett present their automobile wings to Oliver Cash. C65 Titus Dickerson and Buck Hicks endow Geoffrey Knott with their studious ways. C75 Thomas Hobgood, Stanley Milton, and Taylor Currin will some of their weight to Ralph Mathews. C85 Jasper Jones and Wiley Oakley bestow their singing ability upon Frank Daniel. C95 Ed Meadows presents to E. V. Strother a little of his grey matter. C105 Tom Ragland bestows his art talent upon John Dean. C115 Jacquetta Baker wills all of her men to the Junior Class girls except one. C125 Jean Belcher and Betsy Turner leave their typing ability to Edith Ashley. C135 Gene Seabolt and Waverly Barnes bestow their good looks upon Bobby Daniel. C145 Gene Bullock wills to Ruth Burwell and Lillian Lemons her blond hair. C155 John Boyd and Hinnant Suitt leave their wit to Ralph Blalock. C165 Mildred Currin wills her position on the Owl staff to next year's poor editor. C175 Dixie Elliott, Ruth Wilson, and Margaret Boyd leave to Anna Averett, Margaret Mor- ris and Shirley Harris their short brown hair. Eighteen

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JUNIORS A . 5 'W V f Q, , V, - , , i gg-..., 4 f V A Me M, A. r 731' ii 'M' '51, 4 1 , im.. 1 M. 1 . ,':'ft - Members are: Francis Parham, President, Margaret Seabolt, Vice-presidentg Ludie Maxwell, Secretary, Bobby Daniel, T reasurerg Barbara Adcock, Edith Ashley, Anna Averette, Jimmie Averette, Richard Beasley, Elizabeth Blalock, Ralph Blalock, Barbara Brummitt, Lionel Bur- nette, Nathaniel Burwell, Ruth Burwell, Marion Cash, Oliver Cash, Frances Clayborne, Anne Daniel, Frank Daniel, john Dean, Margaret Dean, Sam Finch. Twenty